The Daily Beacon

Issue 27, Volume 122

Friday, February 15, 2013

SGA looks toward transition in coming year Blair Kuykendall Editor in Chief On the heels of the unveiling of this year’s SGA campaigns, the current SGA administration took a few moments with The Daily Beacon to reflect on their achievements and next year’s leadership transition.

“I’m a little sad, I feel like it came by so quickly,” Taelor Olive, student services director, said. “It’s a little bittersweet, but at the same time exciting because I feel like a lot of the things we wanted to accomplish we did ... like the locked tuition rate, we got a lot of positive feedback on that.”

SGA President Adam Roddy and Vice President Terry Nowell both agreed with Olive and mentioned several other improvements their administration has achieved.

“Personally I feel the tuition lock was our biggest victory, and a great way to start off the year,” Nowell said. “The continual input we’ve had for the app will be our legacy ... for future students to see and appreciate.”

Beyond the success of the new UT app, Roddy hopes to accomplish a few more goals before the school year draws to a close.

• Photo courtesy of SGA

Members of the Student Body Executive Board serve as a voice for UT students.

“We’re working on that food pantry concept,” Roddy said. “If that could get implemented, that would be a great thing for students.”

He would also like to guarantee students have an easier time planning their college expenses by encouraging administrators to give fair warning about tuition increases.

“I’m going to try to present this idea at the Board of Trustees meeting, and it wouldn’t be implemented for a few more years, but I would love to see the tuition

UT students fight poverty in Guatemala Emilee Lamb

Contributor Contributor During the first term of summer when many college students will be taking extra classes or bolstering their bank accounts, a group of volunteers from UT will be living and working for six weeks in the slums of Guatemala, hoping to make progress toward Nourish International’s goal of ending extreme poverty.

Nourish International is an organization which sprung up around the idea that college students could use their resources and business savvy to change the situation of poverty stricken communities around the globe. Founded in 2003 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a much simpler organization, Nourish has grown to include 29 campuses across the United States, and its goal is very wide-reaching in scope.

“What Nourish is all about is engaging students to join the fight against global poverty,” said Mary Carnes, a senior in global studies and the Nourish project coordinator at UT. “So, we run small businesses on campus, and then the money we raise from that goes to projects abroad to support local organizations in poor communities.”

Those small business schemes make up the bulk of the work that Nourish does. Each summer, Nourish chapters across the nation

send delegations of students to carry out service projects funded completely by the profits made during the school year.

“We do what we call Ventures on campus, which are various business related things,” Carnes said. “Like, we sell jewelry we got in Uganda on campus to students. There’s also a big venture coming up where we’re going to partner with a group that puts on ‘Fort Sanders Fest.’ We do things like that on campus and in the community, and the money we raise just goes straight to our project.”

The factor that separates Nourish International from other charity organizations is its intention to make any service it provides to those in need have a lasting impact.

“Nourish really tries to be sustainable, and so every project that we do we try to make sure we work alongside community members and that it can continue on,” said Amber Donaldson, a senior in nutrition and chapter leader of Nourish. “Being sustainable and continuous are the main things.”

This summer, UT’s Nourish chapter is planning to send about five students to join a group from Indiana University in a partnership with an organization in Guatemala called UPAVIM. See NOURISH on Page 3

announcement be made before the onset of summer,” Roddy said.

“That is a big determinant of students taking summer jobs, or rather they go on a study abroad trip.”

While the team would still like to gain more ground, Nowell believes that the student senate has conducted its affairs diligently for the benefit of students.

“I’m really proud of the way senate has run this year,” Nowell said. “I don’t know if we’ve had a more productive senate in the years I’ve been here. Also, to add to that, if we’ve had a more

impactful senate. (Senators) are continuing their service of students inside senate chambers and outside them.”

Olive hopes that next year’s administration continues to support the culture that has emerged this year in student services. She offered some advice for student leaders that emerge after spring’s transition.

“I want whoever the next student services director is to make sure that goes smoothly,” Olive said. “In general, it’s less certain things I want them to do and

more the mentality of whatever their policies are ... first keep in mind you’re here for the students.

You are elected by the students and you are here to serve them, so that’s your first priority ... and if it’s something that the student’s want, we have to fight for it, we have no other option.”

In line with that sentiment, Roddy is doing what he can to ensure next year’s SGA gets off to the right start.

“I definitely keep in the loop ... I’ve told the presidential candidates of every campaign, and the

American Cancer Society honors professor Deborah Ince Staff Writer Professor Bonnie Hufford has made a name for herself in the infamous blue ink of her editing pen, and any student who has visited the College of Communication and Information has likely seen her energetically greeting students and faculty alike.

However, many students may not know about the popular journalism professor’s ongoing battle with chronic myelogenous leukemia and myeloma and her recent bestowal of the “Volunteer of the Year” award for 20112012 by the American Cancer Society (ACS).

As one of four award winners in Tennessee, Hufford was honored for her commitment to ACS projects and efforts to enable others in their fight with cancer. Members of ACS’ Mid-South Division presented Hufford with the award at Tin Roof bar on Tuesday, Feb. 5, which coincidentally is Hufford’s birthday.

Lauren Hensley, the community representative of ACS’ Mid-South Division and one of Hufford’s former students, said that Hufford is a big advocate for ACS. “Everything Bonnie’s done has just been incredible,” Hensely said. “She’s been an office volunteer ... she’s supported every event we’ve had, she’s personally been to every one of my events. She’ll just show up and say ‘What do you need me to do?’”

Hufford was also selected as an ACS Hero of Hope for 2012 and spent the year traveling and speaking about her own story with cancer. She has been ACS’ UT faculty advisor for campus Relay for Life teams since 2005.

After a chronic myelogenous leukemia diagnosis at age 27 and subsequent terminal Stage 3 myeloma in 2009,

• Photo courtesy of Donna Griffin

Bonnie Hufford, a professor in journalism and electronic media, volunteers for UT’s “Relay for Life” on May 8, 2012. Hufford was awarded by the American Cancer Society for her volunteer efforts against cancer.

Hufford has experienced chemotherapy, radiation therapy and a stem cell transplant.

The myeloma tumor in her back grew so large that it fractured three vertebrae. She currently needs a cane to walk, but it hardly slows her down.

“I’m really a young person trapped in this beat-up body …

I need to be able to keep chasing people around Circle Park for Relay and beat up students in editing lab,” Hufford joked.

Though aggressive treatment plans have sometimes forced her to stop teaching for

periods of time, Hufford said the one thing that keeps her going is her yearning to return to the classroom.

“The 15 months I was off was probably the hardest part.

I really did miss it when I was gone,” Hufford said. “That’s what I was fighting to get back for, fighting to get back to UT.” Hensley said that in her work with ACS, Hufford exudes the same energy she displays in the classroom. Her attitude is one of the main reasons she was awarded

INSIDE THE DAILY BEACON: Page Page Page Page Page Page Page

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

. . . . . . .

. . . . . . In Short . . . . . . . . News . . . . . . Opinions . . . Arts & Culture . . . Arts & Culture . . . . . . . Sports . . . . . . . Sports

campaigns in general, my advice is free,” he said. “If you ever have questions, whether its involving rule-breaking or violations or what it means to be president, or what that looks like, give me a call or stop by the office ... I’d like to think that I’ve extended that hand out at least. But I try to stay as neutral as possible.”

He hopes the new executive board will continue this year’s emphasis on student service and continuity.

“I’d like to think we have set a precedent that SGA is doing their best to provide things for the student body, whether it’s a food pantry, whether it’s really trying to affect tuition,” Roddy said. “I’d love to see SGA not become a year to year organization, because that has been what it has been historically. I challenged our exec board to really think about how they can package all of the projects they are working on and prioritize.”

Nowell conveyed the responsibility candidates will need to assume.

“I think its very important that our future leaders within SGA really take the time to prepare, to research, and to speak out when its necceary, and sometimes when it’s inconvenient,” he said.

“Volunteer of the Year.”

“She obviously made an impact on me as a professor because four to five years later when I met her through this, she’s been a great support for me when I started this position,” Hensley said.

Hensley chuckled as she reminisced on one memorable Bonnie Hufford moment when the professor arrived late to a committee meeting.

“She comes in and says ‘Sorry, I was late. I was at the hospital getting a blood transfusion.’ She made it seem like she was coming back from the grocery store ... All she wants to know is what she can do for others,” Hensley said.

Despite her struggles with the disease for much of her life, Hufford said her love of teaching and her ACS work is what helps keep her going day-to-day. She also credited her faith for much of the strength she’s drawn on in her struggles.

“I just figure somebody upstairs is looking out for me, and there’s a reason I’m still around ... Someone has guided me down this path through this whole experience. You have to (have faith),” she said.

For Hufford, the key to beating cancer is simple.

“The first thing I would say would be have hope,” Hufford said. “The scientific discoveries and treatments are coming faster and faster all the time.

Ever since we’re able to map the human genome, we know much more about what’s going on. I know how hard (doctors) are working to try to find a cure, and in the 30-plus years I’ve seen cancers that used to be fatal turn completely around.”

To learn more about the American Cancer Society, individuals can visit the organization’s website at cancer.org, call anytime at 800-227-2345 or visit their local Knoxville office on Weisgarber Road.

The Daily Beacon is printed using soy based ink on newsprint containing recycled content, utilizing renewable sources and produced in a sustainable, environmental responsble manner.

utdailybeacon.com

Get to know Rick Lamb on Page 8

2 • THE DAILY BEACON

Friday, February 15, 2013 Associate Editor Preston Peeden

IN SHORT

ppeeden@utk.edu

Managing Editor Emily DeLanzo edelanzo@utk.edu

Crime Log

Around Rocky Top February 6

1:20 p.m. A complainant reported that a suspect had left several harassing messages through Facebook, starting in August.

8:46 p.m. An officer met with a victim in the UTPD lobby in reference to a report of an assault in Reese Hall. A UT student was assaulted by another student in his dorm room and did sustain injuries but did not wish to file charges.

February 7 12:00 p.m. A victim reported the theft of her UT ID card from the Rocky Top Cafe of the UC, where she left it unattended.

5:06 p.m. Two officers were dispatched to a report of a suspicious person at the Science and Engineering Building.

The reporting party described the suspect, and the officers located him a few blocks away.

The suspect, having previously been warned for trespassing on UT property, was placed under arrest for criminal trespassing.

9:20 p.m. An officer responded to a suspicious person call near Volunteer Hall.

He made contact with an individual on White Ave. and 17th Street who was unsteady on his feet, had bloodshot eyes, and smelled of alcohol. He was arrested and charged with public intoxication.

February 8 2:00 p.m. While checking the south side of the The Tennessee Economics Club sells cookies and donuts for Valentine’s Day on the Presidential Court building, an officer spotted three male subPedestrian Walkway on Feb. 14. jects sitting on a bench with the smell of marijuana comJaylnn Baker • The Daily Beacon

ing from the area. The middle subject was smoking from a glass pipe, and when the officer approached, the subject placed the glass pipe beside his left leg. When the officer asked to see it, the subject handed it to the officer and there was still a green leafy substance and residue in the pipe. The subject on the left side of him had a bag containing the substance. The subject on the right side of him had a Red Bull container inside of which was a glass pipe and a bag containing more of the green leafy substance believed to be marijuana. All three were given misdemeanor citations.

10:18 p.m. An officer was flagged down by security at 1501 White Ave. due to an individual being on private property after having been warned not to be. Upon exiting the establishment, the subject ran and was apprehended soon after. The subject was arrested for criminal trespassing, evading arrest, resisting arrest, public intoxication, and underage drinking.

February 9 2:36 a.m. An officer was dispatched to Hess Hall in reference to an intoxicated person.

Upon arrival, the officer made contact with hall staff who advised they found a subject passed out in the stairwell.

The subject was unable to care for himself due to his intoxicated state and was placed under arrest for public intoxication.

10:29 p.m. An officer was dispatched to a fourth floor room in North Carrick in reference to a confiscation. A subject was issued a misdemeanor citation for simple possession.

February 10

THIS DAY IN 1898 — The Maine explodes

2:48 a.m. An officer was dispatched to a confiscation report at Clement Hall. A subject was cited for unlawful drug paraphernalia and simple possession of drugs.

February 11 12:05 a.m. An officer observed an individual urinating on a dumpster in the alleyway off of 18th St., between Forest Ave. and Grand Ave. The individual was placed under arrest for public intoxication and underage consumption.

12:50 p.m. An officer was dispatched to a possible domestic assault at Volunteer Hall. He interviewed a suspect/victim and took voluntary statements from two witnesses and another victim/suspect.

9:12 p.m. An officer observed a black Chevrolet Aveo traveling west on Cumberland Ave. displaying expired registration. He initiated a traffic stop, and a check through dispatch showed the driver to be operating the vehicle with a suspended license.

February 12 12:07 p.m. An officer met with a complainant inside the lobby of UTPD. The complainant reported that his wallet and contents were stolen from the fifth floor Hodges Library.

February 13 10:59 a.m. An officer was dispatched to the lobby of the UTPD station for a report of a stolen wallet. The victim stated that her wallet was stolen from Hodges Library. *Crimelogs are compiled from official UTPD records.

HISTORY 1903 — First Teddy bear goes on sale

A massive explosion of unknown origin sinks the battleship USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana harbor, killing 260 of the fewer than 400 American crew members aboard.

One of the first American battleships, the Maine weighed more than 6,000 tons and was built at a cost of more than $2 million.

Ostensibly on a friendly visit, the Maine had been sent to Cuba to protect the interests of Americans there after a rebellion against Spanish rule broke out in Havana in January.

An official U.S. Naval Court of Inquiry ruled in March that the ship was blown up by a mine, without directly placing the blame on Spain. Much of Congress and a majority of the American public expressed little doubt that Spain was responsible and called for a declaration of war.

Subsequent diplomatic failures to resolve the Maine matter, coupled with United States indignation over Spain’s brutal suppression of the Cuban rebellion and continued losses to American investment, led to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in April 1898.

Within three months, the United States had decisively defeated Spanish forces on land and sea, and in August an armistice halted the fighting. On December 12, 1898, the Treaty of Paris was signed between the United States and Spain, officially ending the SpanishAmerican War and granting the United States its first overseas empire with the ceding of such former Spanish possessions as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.

In 1976, a team of American naval investigators concluded that the Maine explosion was likely caused by a fire that ignited its ammunition stocks, not by a Spanish mine or act of sabotage.

On this day in 1903, toy store owner and inventor Morris Michtom places two stuffed bears in his shop window, advertising them as Teddy bears. Michtom had earlier petitioned President Theodore Roosevelt for permission to use his nickname, Teddy. The president agreed and, before long, other toy manufacturers began turning out copies of Michtom’s stuffed bears, which soon became a national childhood institution.

One of Theodore Roosevelt’s hunting expeditions provided the inspiration for the Teddy bear. Ironically, though he was an avid conservationist, Roosevelt-led hunting trips often resulted in excessive slaughter, including one African trip during which his party killed more than 6,000 animals for sport and trophies.

However, the idea for the teddy bear likely arose out of one of Roosevelt’s more compassionate acts.

Reports differ as to the exact details of the inspiration behind the teddy bear, but it is thought that while hunting in Mississippi in 1902, Roosevelt came upon an old injured black bear that his guides had tied to a tree.

(The age, sex and state of health of the bear remain contested.) While some reports claim Roosevelt shot the bear out of pity for his suffering, others insist he set the bear free.

Political cartoonists later portrayed the bear as a cub, implying that under the tough, outdoorsy and macho image of Roosevelt lay a much softer, more sensitive interior.

— This Day in History is courtesy of History. com.

Friday, February 15, 2013

THE DAILY BEACON • 3 News Editor RJ Vogt

CAMPUS NEWS NOURISH continued from Page 1 “Our main focus right now is to work on education,” Carnes said. “UPAVIM is a women’s empowerment organization, but they do a lot of different things, and they have a learning center that they’ve set up for children in the community.

We are hoping to partner up with them and help develop some of their curriculum in the schools.”

In addition to improving the education system available to those in the Central American community, Nourish volunteers hope to institute potential for businesses to improve the situation for members of the community.

“Depending on the interest of the students going on the trip, we might also help with a project in entrepreneurship,” Carnes said. “We would be helping to develop products,

mainly crafts, for the women there to sell nationally and internationally.”

Although it is being funded by profits from the year’s business ventures, this summer’s project will also be supported by donations given to Nourish during the month of February as part of a national fundraising effort.

“Right now, we’re doing the 2013 Nourish International Giving Challenge,” Carnes said. “We’re trying to do basically a donation drive and get people to donate to the project.”

All service projects are done in tandem with an organization already established in the project destination. According to the official website of Nourish, the purpose of this is to “bridge the gap between those with resources but no local expertise and those without resources but the knowledge of what should be done to address poverty in their community.”

rvogt@utk.edu

Assistant News Editor David Cobb dcobb3@utk.edu

Despite a modern approach to the problem, Nourish International’s goal of ending global poverty within the lifetime of the current generation of college students is admittedly no small task.

“I doubt it will happen in our lifetime, but I think we can make significant progress,” said Alana Stein, a freshman studying chemistry.

Nourish members still have high hopes for their organization and the possibilities it introduces for college students.

“Nourish is a different kind of student organization,” Donaldson said. “We have a lot of global studies and humanitarian focused organizations, and then we have a lot of business focused organizations, but Nourish is unique in the sense that it combines both of those. I would like to see our membership grow so that we can have a larger impact on campus and in the communities where we do our projects.”

Local company spreads cheer on Valentine’s Day Justin Joo Staff Writer While dozens of roses were delivered to lovestruck students on Valentine’s Day, there’s one Knoxville organization that’s been delivering flowers all year long.

Random Acts of Flowers is a charity organization that takes donated flowers and re-purposes them into “new” bouquets. These bouquets are then delivered to places like hospitals, nursing homes and hospice care centers.

“We’re basically a charity that takes what would likely be garbage and we turn it into a smile,” said Larsen Jay, the founder and executive director of Random Acts of Flowers.

The process of making new bouquets from old ones starts when the donated flowers — which come from places like weddings, funerals and overstocked florist shops — come to a central processing site.

They’re then broken down into individual pieces. The flowers that are damaged or have begun to wilt are thrown out.

The flowers that still look good are then gathered and reorganized into new arrangements.

Jay said that artificial flowers are also accepted. These flowers are used when recipients have either an immunity or allergy condition that would hinder them from receiving a bouquet made of real flowers.

The time lapse from receiving the donated flowers to shipping them to their intended recipient usually takes between 24 to 48 hours.

Once the flowers are delivered, Random Acts of Flowers receives a list put together by the caregivers that tells them which people to give the repurposed bouquets to.

“The beauty of the program is that we don’t know who’s going to get the flowers,” Jay explained. “We simply make as many (bouquets) as we possibly can … and when we get there we simply get a list of room numbers.”

Jay said that the caretakers’ list is created based on who the caretakers think really could use an extra smile.

“They’ve gone around to the nurses and the caregivers and said, ‘Okay, who needs a pick me up? Who needs a touch point? Maybe who hasn’t had a visitor? ... Who’s nervous about an upcoming procedure?’” Jay said.

“Whatever the case may be, it doesn’t matter to us. When we get that list of rooms, we know that that’s a room that has been identified by somebody on the staff as somebody who needs a smile,” he added.

The idea for Random Acts of Flowers originated about five years ago when Jay fell

from a ladder that had crumbled underneath him, causing him to plummet nearly two stories before landing face-first on the concrete below.

After getting out of the trauma ward at the UT Medical Center, Jay soon found himself swamped with flowers. But it was after receiving so many bouquets that the idea for the future charity lit in Jay’s mind.

“When I was going through the halls at the end of the first week, I just noticed how many other rooms around me had no flowers, no plants, no visitors and really no life,” Jay recalled.

“And it seemed obvious what we had to do.”

What Jay had to do was go and start taking off the tags from his many flowers, load them onto a wheelchair and deliver them from room to room.

Jay enjoyed the experience of donating the flowers and wondered if there was an organization doing a similar activity. After some research, however, he realized that there weren’t any organizations that distributed flowers on a large scale. Thus, Jay took it upon himself to start Random Acts of Flowers.

It has been growing steadily ever since. During his first year, Jay said Random Acts of Flowers made about 50 to 150 donations a month. During their second year, 200 to 250 donations were made a month.

The third year saw an increase of 300 to 350 donations a month.

But then during the past fourth year, Jay said their donations have jumped to 600 to 800 a month. Not only that, but Random Acts of Flowers now has more than 130 sources for donated flowers, a huge leap from the eight spots they had when they first started.

“Really it comes down to the more flowers we get in the door, the more we can process, the more we can deliver,” Jay said. “… But it’s all across the board, it’s just gone crazy for the past year or so.”

Organizing and delivering those donations is a fleet of around 300 volunteers, including Scott Haefer. A senior marketing and logistics double major at UT, Haefer began volunteering with Random Acts of Flowers in December.

His interest was piqued when Jay, a UT alumnus on both undergrad and graduate level, came into his Management 402 class to discuss the Random Acts of Flowers organization and how it originated. The presentation left an impression on Haefer.

“He talked about his mission and how he got it started up,” Haefer recalled. “So from there I got on their website …

and decided I’d give it a try.

First day in, I liked it and liked the people there. I’ve been there since then.”

Haefer volunteers about once a week for approximately two hours. He said that he tends to do any number of odd jobs that might be needed, such as cleaning and transporting heavy materials. But for him, the best part is doing what he can to help bring a smile on people’s faces.

“Some people in nursing homes, I’m sure receive flowers all the time, and then you have people who don’t have as many relatives or close family members to bring them flowers,” Haefer said. “And I feel like those people just appreciate getting something, or they probably appreciate that contact of when that person comes in to delivery the flowers ... just getting the chance to talk to them for a few minutes when they’re in there.”

For Jay, who has helped deliver many bouquets since that first trip with a loaded wheelchair, that reaction is what Random Acts of Flowers is all about.

“Usually the reaction is pretty overwhelming,” he said.

“People are generally overwhelmed that someone would do something nice for them for no reason. … But most of the time, the reaction is really just across-the-board genuinely overwhelmed and excited that somebody did something nice for them and brought them a smile.”

For those interested in making donations or volunteering, more information can be found at randomactsofflowers.org.

Jay said that the charity is always open to receiving flowers and getting new help.

“There’s no shortage of flowers thrown away everyday and there’s no shortage of people that could use a pick-me-up,” he said.

• Photo courtesy of Bill McKibben

The book selected for the 2013 Life of the Mind program is “Eaarth” by Bill McKibben.

Incoming freshman to read ‘Eaarth’ for Life of Mind Samantha Smoak Copy Editor Every undergraduate at UT who isn’t a transfer student has participated in it.

The Life of the Mind program has become a staple for UT freshmen and is entering its 10th year of existence on campus. This year’s rendition of the program will feature the book “Eaarth,” by Bill McKibben, which will be read this summer by the entering class of 2017.

A committee of 18 faculty, staff and students chose the 2013 Life of the Mind book after searching for a book revolving around sustainability.

Elizabeth Schonagen, co-chair of the Life of the Mind committee, said that narrowing down hundreds of books to ten finalists is a long and grueling process.

“Nominations are solicited during spring and summer from the Volunteer community,” Schonagen said. “Book lists found in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times Review of Books, Pulitzer Prize and Hugo Award winners and nominations from campus partners (are also considered).”

Schonagen explained that all of the choices are then fitted against Ready for the World learning outcomes and other considerations. Those that survive the process are reviewed by dozens of faculty and students, and eventually ten finalists are presented to the Life of the Mind committee.

Evan Ford, a sophomore in philosophy and economics who serves as the Haslam Program’s representative on the committee, said the book stood out to him in a powerful way.

“I personally read seven or eight books in the selection process, and ‘Eaarth’ was a standout,” Ford said. “It’s specific and powerful while managing not to get repetitive over 290 pages … it’s an optimistic,

though demanding, game plan for how to repair and sustain our Earth.”

Ford hopes that after reading the book, students will learn more about the climate and how it is changing.

“I hope they learn that we are in a grave, but fixable crisis,” he said. “Often we see headlines about climate change and dismiss them, either because we think it’s all a hoax, or because we’re scared there’s nothing we can do about it. This book, at its core, aims at dispelling both this non-belief and this hopelessness.”

To supplement what students will learn from the book, faculty will design environmental service learning projects for the FYS 129 courses.

According to Dr. John Nolt, a professor of philosophy, a workshop will take place in May to begin designing those workshops.

“These (service learning projects) will vary in content and the service projects will also vary from course to course … the course content and projects will emerge from the workshop,” he said.

Ford explained that reading the book will teach students to read critically and open their

minds to new ideas.

“In addition to learning about the climate, I hope this book shows freshmen how to read books the way college students should: critically,” he said. “To be knowledgeable and ‘smart,’ you have to be able to read things despite your bias and decide whether or not the facts convince you.

You can’t just wantonly dismiss truth because it doesn’t mesh with how you were raised. I hope students give McKibben, a legitimate expert, a chance to educate us about a subject we know little about.”

The committee consisted of co-chairs Ruth Darling and Elizabeth Schonagen, faculty members Sherry Cable, Chris Cox, Paul Erwin, Joanne Logan, Thura Mack, Mike McKinney, John Nolt, Nate Sanders and Tricia Stuth. Staff members Gordie Bennett, Kirsten Benson, Stella Bridgeman Prince, Melissa Shivers and students Michael Croal, Elisabeth Spratt, and Ford also served on the committee.

More information about the book and the 2013 Life of the Mind program can be found at torch.utk.edu/lifeofthemind.

4 • THE DAILY BEACON

Friday, February 15, 2013 Editor-in-Chief Blair Kuykendall

OPINIONS

bkuykend@utk.edu

Contact us letters@utk.edu

College-Educated

& Domesticated

Growing out of ‘adult’ vocabulary Emily DeLanzo Managing Editor In my hometown, differences in there/ they’re/their bear no importance, and children become mothers as young as 13. My parents fought the traditional method of raising children in Cocke County. Traditional meaning exposing them to sex, drugs and foul language before puberty.

So yes, I was that scrawny kid in the front of the classroom with zero demerits and never a foul word on the back of my report card. I did all of my assigned reading and then some.

I hammered through all of “Anne of Green Gables” before the end of fourth grade. I sobbed at the end of “The Red Pony” in fifth grade, and I was a mathlete.

One of the most embarrassing moments of my elementary education fell in Mr. Balch’s sixth grade social studies class. We were reading and learning about Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. In his class, he made us take turns practicing reading our chapters aloud. I didn’t mind although my squeaky loud voice wasn’t the most conducive to learning. He warned us before the start of the chapter to be sure to pronounce “Shiite” correctly and proceeded to tell a story about how one of his previous students butchered it.

My class roared in laughter, and up until my eighth grade year, I never understood how someone could fit the word “damn” into Shiite.

I missed the boat and some crucial understanding of vulgarity at a young age.

Foul language was never a part of my childhood, and I am grateful.

My parents never swore around me, and until my younger sister, who turns 18 in less than a week, started incorporating curse words into her vocabulary, my parents pretended they never existed. My parents constantly pushed and pressured me into using better

vocabulary, and once I entered high school, my father explained that saving words for certain situations give them more power than just throwing vulgar words around in my daily vernacular.

After my major quarter-life crisis a year or so ago, I decided that words should never have that much power over someone. You can’t give power to words like “blame” or “abuse,” and the same goes for the f-word or the c-word or any of those other words I was always taught to avoid. In turn, I began using them to the point where some became pet names for friends, animals and ex-boyfriends.

A few years later and not so much wiser, I’m starting to realize I need to behave like an adult. Acting like an adult doesn’t mean using adult language used in R-rated movies or participating in R-rated behaviors but holding yourself accountable for the way you present yourself to people on all levels. Even a year ago, I wouldn’t walk up to a professor and drop a few words worthy of a Lil Wayne rap song, but I wouldn’t think twice about spewing some vulgarity in front of Mormons.

Growing up in Mississippi for a few years, my family has always practiced Lent despite our lack of Catholicism. This year, I’m excited to eat fish only on Friday and give up vulgarity.

It’s time to get more creative and a little more respectful of my elders, and more importantly, myself.

Here’s to a stronger vocabulary. I only broke Lent forty times yesterday. But hey, I work at the Beacon. It’s expected.

Chocolate Bacon One bag of semisweet chocolate chips As much bacon as you can handle Bake bacon in the oven at 375 F for ten minutes (it’s less greasy this way). Microwave chocolate in fifteen second intervals and stir until melted. Dip, let sit and be fat.

— Emily DeLanzo is a senior in environmental studies. She can be reached at edelanzo@utk. edu.

SCRAMBLED EGGS • Alex Cline

Dotty... • Katie Dyson-Smith

Columns of The Daily Beacon are reflections of the individual columnist, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or its editorial staff.

Classics still spur creativity Chaos Theory by

Sarah Russell I recently met with a group of my peers in the history department who are writing senior theses. Our professor was giving us tips to help stop a serious case of writer’s block.

One piece of advice he gave stuck with me: he suggested that if we ever came to a point where we could not think of anything to say, we should pick up a work of our favorite literature and read several pages of it. He explained that sometimes, the admiration we have for our favorite authors’ abilities to write about even the most mundane things can inspire our own writing. If Charles Dickens can make writing about a lamppost engaging, the professor explained, then surely we can find the words to make our arguments interesting as well.

What is it about these great works of literature that cause generations of teachers to add them to the canon of books students should read? Is it that these books merely exhibit fine craftsmanship with language and theory, or is there something else that keeps getting these books assigned to unsuspecting students every year? Maybe, as my professor indicated, these books inspire something in us that goes beyond an appreciation for language and intellectual prowess. Maybe the truths that these books contain, truths that were just as relevant when they were written as they are now, are what keeps readers returning to these books year after year.

There is a method of teaching that, although somewhat outdated today, is still used in schools. It is called the “Great Books” method, and it emphasizes a curriculum that is centered almost exclusively around canonical works written by authors like Plato,

Shakespeare, Henry James, and Mark Twain, among others.

The National Great Books Foundation’s website outlines how to create a curriculum with these works, focusing on engaged discussions between students around interpretive questions that prompt a deep analysis of the book.

Although almost every student experiences this kind of learning in English, history or philosophy classes, the point of a Great Books curriculum is to expose students exclusively to books traditionally considered to be great works of literature rather than newer works.

This approach has been highly debated by teachers and scholars, because many people take issue with the exclusion of newer works and with the fact that the Great Books canon was generally agreed upon years ago by a few people and has changed very little since.

Nonetheless, there are many good reasons for ensuring that students have read the books that are traditionally understood to be the greatest works of literature in history. Much of the curriculums of humanities courses at universities still include many of these traditional works, assuming that their students have had some exposure to “great books” in high school, doing some a disservice as they enter college.

There is a reason that these books have remained in curriculums and on bookshelves for decades and, in some cases, centuries: they remain strikingly relevant to issues today, even if they were published years ago.

As long as there are angsty high school boys, students will read “Catcher in the Rye.” As long as parents object to their children’s romantic lives, Romeo and Juliet will still be taught. It is not only the language of these works that inspires our writing and our thinking; it is the fact that there are some stories of the human condition that will never fade.

— Sarah Russell is a senior in history. She can be reached at srusse22@utk.edu.

Religious ideology too close to politics Burden of Infallibility by

Wiley Robinson

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Blair Kuykendall

editorinchief@utdailybeacon.com

MANAGING EDITOR Emily DeLanzo ASSOCIATE EDITOR Preston Peeden CHIEF COPY EDITOR Eric Nalley DESIGN EDITORS Alex Cline Caroline Gompers PHOTO EDITORS Tia Patron Tara Sripunvoraskul NEWS EDITOR RJ Vogt ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR David Cobb ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Victoria Wright ASSISTANT ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Melodi Erdogan SPORTS EDITOR Lauren Kittrell ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Austin Bornheim COPY EDITORS Hannah Bloomfield Claire Dodson Jacob Hobson Justin Joo Samantha Smoak

ADVERTISING MANAGER Alison Embry beaconads@utdailybeacon.com

ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Casey Lawrence Andi Overby Sookie Park ADVERTISING PRODUCTION ARTISTS Will Jellicorse Ryan McPherson EDITORIAL PRODUCTION ARTISTS Brittany Coggins Kristi Frazier Taylor Presley Katrina Roberts CLASSIFIED ADVISER Savannah Pickard orderad@utdailybeacon.com

To report a news item, please e-mail editor.news@utdailybeacon.com or call 865-974-2348 To submit a press release, please e-mail pressreleases@utdailybeacon.com To place an ad, please e-mail beaconads@utdailybeacon.com or call 865-974-5206 To place a classified ad, please e-mail orderad@utdailybeacon.com or call 865-974-4931 To submit a Letter to the Editor, please e-mail letters@utdailybeacon.com or call 865-974-4931 If you think something has been reported incorrectly, please contact the managing editor at 974-2348.

Advertising: (865) 974-5206 Classifieds: (865) 974-4931 Editor-in-Chief: (865) 974-2348 Managing Editor: (865) 974-2348 Main Newsroom: (865) 974-3226 Fax: (865) 974-5569

The Daily Beacon is published by students at The University of Tennessee Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and Tuesday and Friday during the summer semester. The offices are located at 1340 Circle Park Drive, 11 Communications Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-0314. The newspaper is free on campus and is available via mail subscription for $200/year, $100/semester or $70/summer only.

It is also available online at: www.utdailybeacon.com.

LETTERS POLICY: The Daily Beacon welcomes all letters to the editor and guest columns from students, faculty and staff. Each submission is considered for publication by the editor on the basis of space, timeliness and clarity. Contributions must include the author’s name and phone number for verification. Students must include their year in school and major. Letters to the editor and guest columns may be e-mailed to letters@utdailybeacon.com or sent to Blair Kuykendall, 1340 Circle Park Dr., 11 Communications Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-0314. The Beacon reserves the right to reject any submissions or edit all copy in compliance with available space, editorial policy and style. Any and all submissions to the above recipients are subject to publication.

In America, there are still two cultural champions vying for supremacy over the American soul. Christianity and consumerism — the Pillars of Hercules for the modern age — shakily supporting the status quo of the first hyperpower alone on the world stage. As the signs of old age and decay begin taking their toll more prominently with each passing day, reactionary forces redouble their efforts to maintain them, embracing the mentality that the best defense is a good offense.

For consumerism, this takes the form of increasing corporate influence over the political system and daily life. It claims as its victims both the planet’s environment and the civil liberties enshrined in the Constitution, when the profit motive entrenches itself in government and serves its interests under the guise of security, dignity and other mimicked virtues. For Christianity, it takes the form of culture wars, equally trampling upon the Bill of Rights in pursuit of the ultimate objective of its proponents — to turn back the clock and return to the golden age of enforced religious hegemony over culture known to history as the Dark Ages.

We are witnesses to an all-out assault by the religious insurgence in a discussion that is foundationally intolerant of them on all true notions of what it means to be free. In Tennessee, bills have been passed requiring the teaching of creationism in science classes, encouraging displays of the Ten Commandments in schools, courthouses and other public buildings, and promoting the involvement of teachers and administrators in after-hours religious activities on school grounds. In Kansas, a sweeping anti-abortion bill — on top of severely limiting access for women to basic contraception — includes a provision to protect doctors who deliberately

withhold vital information from mothers about the health of their fetuses. In North Carolina, voters have struck down the legality of gay marriage, and in Mississippi, a prominent lawmaker has gone even further by apologetically calling for gay men to be put to death based solely on a single line from Leviticus. Think of the rhetoric in these passed elections and how strong religious affiliation is a prerequisite for sufficient voter interest. Barring an immediate and diametric change in direction, these and countless other recent examples are likely but a preview of what’s in store for the nation in the years ahead.

Faced with this rising tide of ignorance, misogyny, and theocratic yearnings, those who value the Enlightenment principles of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” struggle with how best to respond; how best to mount an effective defense against it in a nation where religious factions keep democratically finding their illegitimate way into the already hectic back-and-forth of democracy. Ironically, much of this difficulty is self-imposed, for most of the efforts to counteract this deluge of fanaticism remain severely hampered by a basic unwillingness to call the enemy by its true name.

True believers are not by themselves intolerant, but it is they who meet the basic criteria for it in a society whose collective well-being is based on the interest of the many. To proselytize means “to convert or attempt to convert as a proselyte” and a proselyte is “a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another.” This agenda has no place in government.

Government is too powerful for the continued acceptance of policy that is influenced by religious agenda. That said, even if incendiary atheism is what it takes to rally against religious agenda in legislation at the national and state level, we can’t continue to tolerate the hypocritical marriage of religious voter bases and conservative policies that keep the nation unequal and economically stagnant.

— Wiley Robinson is a senior in ecology and evolutionary biology. He can be reached at rrobin1@utk.edu.

Friday, February 15, 2013

THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Victoria Wright

ARTS & CULTURE

vwright6@utk.edu

Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Melodi Erdogan

merdogan@utk.edu

‘Vagina Monologues’ aims to end violence Molly Loftus Staff Writer The UC Ballroom was howling with laughter and subservient to seriousness as “The Vagina Monologues� cast acted out the true stories of over 200 women.

The award-winning play is based on the founder/playwright of V-Day, Eve Ensler’s vicarious experience with female empowerment on an international scale.

UT’s Women’s Coordinating Council sponsored the opening performance Wednesday night as a sector of V-Day, a worldwide recognition and desired termination of violence against women. The final impression of “The Vagina Monologuesâ€? was the documentary “Until the Violence Stops,â€? which is a diverse collage of women suffering from the universal submission to violence. The V-Day charity is globally augmenting and has raised $70 million in the past 10 years. “It evokes a reaction ‌ shocked, happy, funny, informedâ€? said director Kara Glen. “There’s not a lot of plays for women about women.

There was an all-woman cast. It speaks about rape, violence, relationships, lesbianism, sex crime and genital mutilation.� “The Vagina Monologues� exhibits a dancing disparity between shamefully repressed female realities and unfortunate veracities that women face. According to “Until the Violence Stops,� one in three women will be beaten or raped in her lifetime.

Abby Powers, a freshman rower, did not expect the event to be so revealing. “I was surprised by it,� she said. “I wasn’t really expecting that.

They were bold in what they said.

They didn’t really hold back or anything.�

A theme of “The Vagina Monologues� is demolishing the barrier of oppression society has constructed over time. “One of the main goals is to help women be comfortable with themselves. It’s okay to be candid. It’s okay to be frank. Being frank isn’t un-ladylike,� Glen said.

The production is far from proper. Men and women blushed as “the vaginas� unleashed a selection of orgasms, including the African American, machine gun, diva, Irish Catholic and college moan. Each moan possesses a unique personality enacted by the crew in, as students would deem, an orgy.

Glen said that the event offered an opportunity for the men in the audience as well. “I think men can take away the same thing if not more because they are forced to think about and experience the issues for an hour and 45 minutes,� Glen said.

Men and women are exposed to body awareness, control, image and acceptance as it pertains to female genitalia. The monologues meld serious issues into the humor in order to address valid concerns. “I like that they are raising awareness about sexual abuse. It’s really important because people don’t really think about that,�

Powers said.

Overall the night was a success.

Audience members traveled mountains and valleys paved by the enactment of the 200 interviewed women around the world. “It went better than I expected,� Glen said. “The cast lit up tonight.� “The Vagina Monologues� will play again Feb. 14 and 15 in the UC ballroom at 7 p.m.

Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

Students watch the opening night of “The Vagina Monologues,� presented by the Women’s Coordinating Council, in the UC Ballroom on Feb. 13.

TUTORING

EMPLOYMENT

FOR RENT

FOR RENT

HOUSES FOR RENT

*5( 35(3 &/$66 +DOI WKH SULFH RI .DSODQ &ODVVURRP 6HWWLQJ ([SHUL HQFHG 3URIHVVRU &ODVVHV I R U P L Q J Q R Z JUHSUHSFODVV#JPDLO FRP

* &DUOWRQ 6DORQ LV VHHNLQJ DQ HQHUJHWLF GH SHQGDEOH DQG IULHQGO\ VDORQ FRRUGLQDWRU 7KH SRVLWLRQ LQ FOXGHV ERRNLQJ DSSRLQW PHQWV LQYHQWRU\ FXVWRPHU VHUYLFH DQG EDVLF KRXVH NHHSLQJ 7KH KRXUV ZLOO EH RQ )ULGD\ V IURP 3OHDVH FDOO IRU PRUH LQIRUPDWLRQ

5HQW87. FRP %5 &21'26 :DON WR FODVV UHQWDOV LQ WKH )RUW (YLDQ7RZHU )RXQWDLQ 3ODFH 5HQDLVVDQFH 8QL YHUVLW\7RZHU SOXV 6XOOLQ V5LGJH .LQJVWRQ3ODFH :RRGODQGV DQG 5LYHU7RZQH 5REHUW +ROPHV 2 Z Q H U $ J H Q W 5HQW87. FRP

:RRGODQGV &KHURNHH :RRGV :D\ %5 %$ FRQGR LQ OX[XULRXV :RRGODQGV VWX GHQW FRPPXQLW\ MXVW PLQXWHV IURP 87 FDPSXV DQG 87 0HGLFDO &HQWHU 6KXWWOH WR FDPSXV VZLP PLQJ SRROV WKHDWHU YROOH\ EDOO FRXUW DQG PRUH &RQGR LV ORFDWHG RQ JURXQG IORRU :DVKHU DQG GU\HU LV DYDLO DEOH IRU /HVVHH V XVH 2SHQ IORRUSODQ QHXWUDO FDUSHW LQ EHGURRPV WLOH LQ EDWKV RSHQ IORRUSODQ 6HH SLFWXHV DW ZZZ ZDQGZSP FRP &DOO

IRU VKRZLQJ :DOODFH :DOODFH ,QF

7RS RI WK 6W DW /DXUHO /DUJH %5 EULFN KRXVH %$ 5HQW QHJRWLDEOH +DUG ZRRG IORRULQJ FHQWUDO KHDW DYDLODEOH QRZ DQG RU -XQH $OVR DYDLODEOH DQG %5 KRXVHV 1R SHWV 'HWDLOV

7(6735(3 (;3(576 *5( *0$7 /6$7 )RU RYHU \HDUV 0L FKDHO . 6PLWK 3K ' DQG KLV WHDFKHUV KDYH KHOSHG 87 VWXGHQWV SUHSDUH IRU WKH *5( *0$7 /6$7 2XU SURJUDPV RIIHU LQGL YLGXDO WXWRULQJ SUDFWLFH WHVWV DQG FRPSXWHU DG DSWLYH VWUDWHJLHV DW D UHDVRQDEOH SULFH 3UR JUDPV FDQ EH GHVLJQHG DURXQG \RXU VFKHGXOH ZHHNGD\V ZHHNQLJKWV RU ZHHNHQGV &RQYHQLHQWO\ ORFDWHG DW 6RXWK 3HWHUV 5G &DOO

IRU PRUH LQIRUPD WLRQ

EMPLOYMENT %HDYHU %URRN *ROI DQG &RXQWU\ &OXE LV QRZ DFFHSW LQJ DSSOLFDWLRQV IRU 3 7 VHUYHUV DQG EDUWHQGHUV ([ SHULHQFH SUHIHUUHG EXW QRW QHFHVVDU\ %DQTXHW H[SHUL HQFH LV SOXV 0XVW EH DYDLO DEOH QLJKWV ZHHNHQGV DQG KROLGD\V $SSO\ LQ SHUVRQ 0 ) $0 30 1R SKRQH FDOOV SOHDVH %HDYHU %URRN 'ULYH

7+,6 63$&( &28/' %( <285 $' &$//

6WD\LQJ LQ .QR[YLOOH 7KLV 6XPPHU" 1HHG D )XQ 6XPPHU -RE" &DPS :HEE GD\ FDPS LQ :HVW .QR[YLOOH LV QRZ DFFHSW LQJ DSSOLFDWLRQV IRU IXOO WLPH VXPPHU FDPS FRXQ VHORU MREV 3RVLWLRQV JHQ HUDO FDPS FRXQVHORUV OLIHJXDUGV DQG LQVWUXFW RUV IRU $UFKHU\ $UWV &UDIWV 'UDPD 6ZLPPLQJ 5RSHV &RXUVH 1DWXUH 6SRUWV DQG VRPH OHDGHU VKLS SRVLWLRQV 3DUW WLPH DYDLODEOH ZZZ FDPS ZHEE FRP WR DSSO\

UNFURN APTS DQG %5 $SWV 87 DUHD DQG :HVW .QR[ DUHD &DOO IRU DS SRLQWPHQW

6RXWK .QR[YLOOH 87 GRZQ WRZQ %5 DSWV 0RYH LQ VSH FLDO IRU WKLV PRQWK

FOR RENT 678'(17 63(&,$/ 5HFHLYH PRQWKO\ GLV FRXQW RQ UHQW $OO VL]HV DSDUWPHQWV DYDLODEOH &DOO

6XOOLQV 5LGJH 6XOOLQV 6WUHHW QG IORRU %5 %$ FRQGR RQ HGJH RI FDPSXV 1HXWUDO FDUSHW DQG RSHQ IORRUSODQ &RQYHQLHQW WR 87 FDPSXV 9HW VFKRRO $J FDPSXV DQG 87 0HGLFDO &HQWHU &RQGR KDV EDOFRQ\ &RLQ ODXQGU\ DQG VZLPPLQJ SRRO RQ VLWH 6HH SLFWXUHV DW ZZZ ZDQG ZSP FRP &DOO

IRU VKRZLQJ :DOODFH :DOODFH ,QF :$/. 72 &$0386 *UHDW 6SHFLDOV %5 $SDUW PHQWV $YDLODEOH 1R VHFXU LW\ GHSRVLWV 3ULPH &DPSXV +RXVLQJ

SULPHFDPSXVKRXVLQJWQ FRP

5HDG 7+( '$,/< %($&21 &/$66,),('6 WR ILQG WKH SHUIHFW URRPPDWH RU DSDUWPHQW

HOUSES FOR RENT %5 KRXVHV LQ )RUW 6DQGHUV VKRZLQJ QRZ IRU $XJXVW 1HZO\ UH PRGHOHG : ' +9$& SDUN LQJ ODUJH EHGURRPV ZDON WR FDPSXV %HVW KRXVHV JR TXLFNO\ RU 9ROUHQWDOV FRP

CONDOS FOR RENT &DPSXV &RQGRV $YDLODEOH LQ $XJXVW %5 %$ DQG %5 %$ XQLWV DYDLODEOH : ' LQ XQLW 5H VHUYHG RII VWUHHW SDUNLQJ PLQXWH ZDON WR /DZ 6FKRRO DQG VWDGLXP PR

&DPSXV FRQGRV DQG %5 DW 5HQDLVVDQFH /DXUHO 6WD WLRQ )RXQWDLQ 3ODFH DQG /DNH $YH 3ULFHG IURP N )RU D OLVW RI FRQGRV IRU VDOH HPDLO PKDUWV #DRO FRP RU FDOO 0DUW\ +DUWVHOO ZLWK 5HDOW\ ,Q YHVWRUV &HGDU %OXII RI ILFH

5HQDLVVDQFH ,, &RQGR IRU UHQW %5 %$ $OO KDUG ZRRG PLQXWH ZDON WR FDPSXV $OO DSSOLDQFHV LQ FOXGHG 6WDUWLQJ $XJ PR &DOO RU ELJUHGEXFN#FRPFDVW QHW

&RQGR IRU VDOH (DV\ ZDON WR FDPSXV %5 XQLW UG IORRU 2QO\ XQLW ZLWK SDUNLQJ VSDFHV : ' EDOFRQ\ FDEOH DQG LQWHUQHW LQFOXGHG /DXUHO 6WDWLRQ &RQGRV /DXUHO $YH 3ULFHG WR VHOO

5($' 7+( '$,/< %($&21 &/$66,),('6

5($' 7+( '$,/< %($&21 &/$66,),('6

CONDOS FOR SALE 5REHUW+ROPHV5HDOWRU FRP /DNH 3OD]D %5 SUHPL XP FRQGR IRU 6DOH N 6XOOLQV 5LGJH N 5REHUW +ROPHV 5( 0$; 5HDO (VWDWH 7HQ &RPPHUFLDO

MERCH. FOR SALE %22.6 &OXPV\ +HDUWV D VOLJKWO\ PLVJXLGHG URPDQFH ZLOO HOHYDWH DXWKRU +\VWHULD 0ROW WR WKH UDQNV RI .HDWV +HPLQJZD\ DQG 3RH 7KH\ ZLOO QRW DSSUHFLDWH WKH FRP SDQ\ $YDLODEOH YLD $PD]RQ FRP

7+,6 63$&( &28/' %( <285 $' &$//

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD â&#x20AC;˘ Will Shortz ACROSS

9 Anger 15 Question before and after â&#x20AC;&#x153;orâ&#x20AC;?

16 Madrid-Barajas Airport carrier 17 Fry cookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concern 18 Symbols of impending trouble 19 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Righto!â&#x20AC;?

21 Brooklyn player 22 Back covers

5($' 7+( '$,/< %($&21 &/$66,),('6

&21'26 )25 /($6( 21 87 &$0386 1RZ OHDVLQJ IRU IDOO DW /DXUHO 6WDWLRQ 6W &KULVWRSK HU DQG )UDQNOLQ 6WDWLRQ ,Q FOXGHV ZDWHU FDEOH DQG LQ WHUQHW 8QLYHUVLW\ 5HDO (V WDWH DQG 3URSHUW\ 0DQDJH PHQW //& WK 6WUHHW .QR[YLOOH ZZZ XUHKRXVLQJ FRP RU UHQWDOV#XUHKRXVLQJ FRP

5HQW87. FRP %5 &21'26 6HDUFK RQOLQH RU

1 Pets named for their British Isles origin

+RXVHV LQ WKH )RUW $YDLO DEOH IRU )DOO DQG %5 LQFOXGHV DSSOLDQFHV DQG LQWHUQHW 6RPH ZLWK IURQW \DUG DQG SDUNLQJ &DOO

CONDOS FOR RENT CONDOS FOR SALE

25 Wall St. Journal news subjects 26 Vegetable thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s often fried 27 Was short

36 Some crisscross patterns

1

38 Concert memento

15

16

40 Cut (off )

17

18

3

41 Sausage king Froman in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ferris Buellerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Offâ&#x20AC;?

4

5

7

8

23

9

24

46 Madhouses 47 Several Rodins

31

32

49 Fearsome figure in Greek myth

34 Hombreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s firearm

60 Print

40

42

45

43

46

48

47

49

51

58 Made close

37

39 41

44

51 Lose a liking for

31 Some club tunes

50

52

53

57

58

59

60

14 Bob Marley, e.g.

DOWN

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE

D O N O W

V C R S

E L O I

33

36

38

59 Checking account offer

I P O D

14

29

35

48 1978 and 1986 World Cup winner: Abbr.

57 Smitten

I T E M M O M E U D B A R S A B L B R N O L I K E T U T E R R E D T C A R H __ __ L O S V E N R T E X E A R B A R S I R E E S

13

26

28

34

29 Something to chew on

H I H O

12

21

25

30

11

44 Gaunt

53 Johnny Appleseed, e.g.

W H E N

10

20

27

43 ___ cheese

6

19 22

42 What you might do some light reading on?

28 A.A.A. courses

30 Chip, say

2

I A R R A K E I I T O B U N A P O R F M F F O I N O N E O D Y Z E Y R

D I S N E Y

E N I G M A

B A E R

A N T I

R E E D

N A W A U O R R R T U K Y D A A R M Y E A S A J

E L G I N

T H E __

D O R A

O R S K

20 Key discovery of 1799

1 â&#x20AC;&#x153;No ___!â&#x20AC;?

22 Give for free

2 Raise, with â&#x20AC;&#x153;upâ&#x20AC;?

23 Look for

3 Naught

24 A lot of oil moves through it

4 Looked into?

5 Singles out, say 6 Bureau employees: Abbr.

26 Boot 28 Something to play 29 Cut down

7 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jersey Shoreâ&#x20AC;? co-star

31 Bunkum

8 Bars

32 Tennyson title lady

9 Cubes

33 Big piece of cabbage

10 ___-minded

35 Chain selling desserts

11 Hardly an old-timer

37 Complimentary robe providers

12 Made a loaded romantic call to?

13 Feather source

39 Sent up 43 Russian dressing?

54

55

56

44 Slip site 45 College town on the Stillwater River 46 E-pubs 47 Like leftovers, often 49 Really touch 50 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tower Heistâ&#x20AC;? actor, 2011 52 Hatchery supply 54 Get tripped up 55 Mr. ___ (Clue-like board game) 56 Elevated lines?

6 • THE DAILY BEACON

Friday, February 15, 2013 Arts & Culture Editor Victoria Wright

ARTS & CULTURE

vwright6@utk.edu

Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Melodi Erdogan

merdogan@utk.edu

‘Rachmaninoff Remembered’ features renowned composer Melodi Erdogan Assistant Arts & Culture Editor

• Photo courtesy of The Virginmarys

The Virginmarys’ new 12-track album, “King of Conflict,” blends grunge sounds with British rock.

The Virginmarys’ new album blends 90s grunge and British rock Anthony Sheriff Contributor British trio band The Virginmarys released their first full length album, “King of Conflict,” in the U.S. this past Tuesday, and they have certainly started out by making a good impression.

In the past few years there has been an influx in British bands debuting in the U.S. As of recent, the big names have been One Direction, who have had pop singles such as “What Makes You Beautiful” and “Little Things.” Another pop female artist, Cher Lloyd, created “Want you Back.” However as of Feb. 5, the new British artists on the scene are The Virginmarys.

The Virginmarys formed outside of Manchester in 2006. The band trio consists of Ally Dickaty on lead vocals and guitar, Danny Dolan on drums and back-up vocals, and Matt Rose rocking the bass.

Their first debut was at the Download Festival in 2010, and since then they have toured with bands such as Slash, Terrorvision, The View and We Are Scientists, along

with doing many solo performances and releasing multiple EPs such as “Portrait of Red,” which is featured on their newest album.

The band has the traditional hard rock setup allowing for a traditional rock sound that provides the kick, hard chords and riffs that true rock fans love. Their sound is similar to the ‘grunge’ sound of Nirvana and the late Kurt Cobain and shares some similarities with the sound of the Foo Fighters’ upbeat style on their album, “One by One.” The Virginmarys’ newest album, produced by Toby Jepson, has stayed true to their former sound and ideals of rock. The album starts out with the extremely upbeat, guitar driven song, “Dead Man’s Shoes,” and by the time the chorus hits, it brings a shock and awe moment that is sure to cause heel tapping and head bopping with the frantic lyrics to make it a fantastic listen.

However, one of the best songs on the album is probably the second one, “Portrait Of Red,” not only because it shows the true ability of Dickaty as a lead vocalist, but it features one of

the best guitar solos recorded in recent years. And on top of all this, they do not pull any punches with the lyrics such as “Baby treat my body like a canvas.” Insinuate what you will.

The most impressive and most original song on the album is the last song, “Ends Don’t Mend.” Not only is the song about 15 minutes in length, but it shows a more diverse sound that The Virginmarys are capable of, which up until now had not been heard. Despite the song’s length, it is a ride that is worth sticking around for, since it takes you through so many different sounds and vignettes.

It is the darkest song on the album in texture and possibly in lyrics, as well.

If anything it is the most emotional, and Dickaty genuinely portrays his feelings.

As a whole, the album is a fantastic return to the roots of rock but on a scale of one to five it is a solid four. While the band is still experimenting with their sound, in future albums their own sound and voice should emerge. In all though, the album is highly recommended.

Seventy years ago Sergei Rachmaninoff performed his last concert at UT, and five weeks later he passed away.

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Rachmaninoff’s last concert, renowned classical pianist Evgeny Brakhman will be performing a solo set completely of Rachmaninoff’s works on the exact date of his last concert in 1943.

The event will by held Sunday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Building’s Cox Auditorium and is being hosted by The Evelyn Miller Young Pianist Series in partnership with the School of Music and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Jeffrey Pappas, director of the School of Music, said that the event will be a great remembrance to the Russian composer, conductor and pianist.

“His last concert had to be somewhere and I think Knoxville should be honored, not that this was his last concert and that he died after it, but that we get the chance to commemorate such an empowering and towering figure in music,” Dr. Pappas said. “It’s one of those things that you wish it hadn’t happened, but since it did we want to make sure that this wonderful event doesn’t go unnoticed when we commemorate him at this event.”

Brakhman is an internationally acclaimed concert pianist and a professor at Nizhny Govgorod State Glinka Conservatoire in Russia.

Maxwell Meyer, freshman majoring in English, is not familiar with Rachmaninoff’s music but plans on attending the event.

“He played his last show here. That’s a historic moment in his life and in the life of Knoxville, it’s just important that any one goes to see his remembrance,” Meyer said.

The event is being presented by the Evelyn Miller Young Pianist series, which holds concerts for rising pianists in the area, in partnership with the School of Music and the College of Arts and Sciences. The show will also be covered by UT’s radio station, “The Rock,” The Knoxville News-Sentinel and WUOT. The event is open to students and the Knoxville public. Pappas said that this connection between partners is helping the Knoxville community’s togetherness.

“I think what will be one of the greatest things from just an organizational standpoint

is that a group of people came together to make sure this happened so it’s a wonderful concert for our school and for our college,” Pappas said. “I think it’s what those types of partnerships are what make us strong and are going to strength the arts not only in our community but in other communities.”

Having a connection with classical music since his childhood, Meyer is excited to attend the event and add more to his piano playlist.

“I started listening to classical music from my father who collects records and he has a few classical albums that he would play for me and I always enjoyed them so I ventured off on my own excursion from what he was listening to and I’m still searching for good classical

dents.

“It’s one of the few times in your life that you’re really going to have that opportunity to go,” Pappas said.

“This is a free concert where you get to hear a world-class pianist play where if you were in New York or Chicago or Atlanta, it would cost you a fair amount of money. It’s not the free part that is really the most important, it’s a matter of that there are so many wonderful experiences on every university campus that I would just hope students would take full advantage of them.”

Meyer said he sees no reason why students shouldn’t take advantage of the free classical concert.

“A live music event of any genre is probably one of the best things to experience,”

• Photo courtesy of Library of Congress

Sergei Rachmaninoff, a Russian composer and pianist, is known as one of the finest composers in Russian history with influences by Tchaikovsky. music today,” he said.

Pappas said that he never goes into a concert thinking what his favorite part will be but always leaves having one.

“I’m sure that there will be one time on Sunday night that I will be touched by the music when I either get goosebumps or I hear a phrase once, and I hear it differently now and it evokes an image or an emotion for me which is exciting,” he said.

Having seen the Grammy Awards this past weekend, Pappas said that he enjoys seeing the music pervading this culture’s day and age and thinks bringing events like Rachmaninoff Remembered will only amplify that for stu-

Meyer said. “If you’ve never been to a classical music concert before, they’re actually really fun and there is good music. It’s just something fun to do.”

Diverse and cultural opportunities are things students should use to their advantage, Pappas said.

“Make sure you diversify and you go out and hear and take in as much as you can of this campus to develop you as a person in so many ways,” Pappas said. “We have done as best as we can to get the word out, and whether people will show up or not I sure hope they will because it will be a splendid concert.”

Friday, February 15, 2013

THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell

SPORTS

lkittre1@utk.edu

Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu

Vols to host Wildcats Troy Provost-Heron Staff Writer After a 58-46 win against the Vanderbilt Commodores on Wednesday, the Tennessee Volunteers (13-10, 5-6 SEC) will try to stay on a roll against the No. 25 Kentucky Wildcats (17-7, 8-3).

The Wildcats lost to the No. 7 Florida Gators, 69-52, on Tuesday, but their winloss column wasn’t the only thing to fall victim in the game. Freshman forward Nerlens Noel, who averages 10.6 points, 9.6 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game, suffered a torn ACL in his left knee during the second half.

“In 20-something years, this is the first time it’s happened while I’ve been head coach,” Kentucky head coach John Calipari said, “which makes it even more devastating because I’ve got to deal with

this young man and his family along with. OK, now the team changes. There’s two parts to this: One, adversity hits all of us. That’s just how it is. You don’t go through life unscathed. This is another great life lesson for all of us on this staff and for Nerlens. Things don’t just go the next step up. And then one guy’s misery becomes another man’s opportunity.

Look, I still have a good team.”

The loss of Noel should really help the Vols in this game, especially in the case of sophomore forward Jarnell Stokes, who should benefit from the absence of the best defensive player in the country.

The Volunteer offense is playing the best that they have all season due to the dominance of Stokes, who is currently riding a double-double streak of six games.

“I think part of that (the offense being at its best) is because we’ve identified

Probable Starters

Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon

Junior guard Trae Golden goes for a layup against Ole Miss in Thompson-Boling Arena on Jan. 9.

that Jarnell has really stepped up as our guy,” head coach Cuonzo Martin said.

“The offense flows through Jarnell, as opposed to the beginning of the season.”

While some have called into question his low assists numbers, junior guard Trae Golden, who has recorded 28 points but only four assists in two games since returning from injury, must continue to be aggressive and play his game of basketball, according to Martin.

“Trae is a guy who has been scoring all of his life,” Martin said. “There is no need for him to stop scoring now. I will never put the pressure on him to out and get ten or eleven assists. In order for Trae to get a lot of assists he has to be a scoring threat. That is how he gets his assists, when he is aggressive and scoring.”

The game will tip-off at 1 p.m. and will be televised on CBS.

How They Matchup

Tennessee

Kentucky

UT

G Trae Golden G Amani Moore G Josh Richardson F Jordan McRae F Jarnell Stokes

G Ryan Harrow G Julius Mays G Archie Goodwin F Alex Poythress F Kyle Wiltjer

63.7

Scoring Offense

75.0

61.6

Scoring Defense

62.8

0.429

Field Goal %

0.486

0.286

3-Point %

0.361

+5.0

Rebound Margin

+5.4

10.3

Assists Per Game

14.5

3.9

Blocks Per Game

7.5

3.9

Steals Per Game

6.4

-2.1

Turnover Margin

-0.8

Last Meeting: January 31, 2012, in Lexington, Ky. - Wildcats 69-44

UK

8 • THE DAILY BEACON

Friday, February 15, 2013 Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell

SPORTS

lkittre1@utk.edu

Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu

Baseball, Serrano builds program Andy Vaughan Contributor As the Tennessee baseball team looks to begin its regular season Friday, there’s uncertainty about where the Vols will be at the end of the season.

But for second year head coach Dave Serrano, the goal is clear.

“Sometimes you need to change the culture of a program, the identity of a program, the expectations of a program, and no matter where I’ve been the expectations have always been to play in the College World Series,” said Serrano.

“Nobody’s told us we can’t be any good, nobody’s told me that yet, so there’s no reason why we can’t believe we can be as good as possible,” he continued.

Serrano’s first season with Tennessee was a disappointing one, with the Vols finishing on a 24-31 record overall and 8-22 in the SEC, which put them last in the SEC East.

The 2013 Vols will certainly have a learning curve this year as the roster will have 18 true freshmen, and RHP Zach Godley and infielder Zach Luther are the team’s lone seniors.

“It makes me feel real old, especially because of the fact that I’m older than anyone else on the team,” Godley said. “It definitely does make me feel older. I like it though. I like being one of the older guys on the team. I like trying to be one of the leaders. I’m excited.”

Sophomore infielder Will Maddox returns after earning a spot on the SEC All-Freshman Team in 2012. Maddox led the team in batting average at .297, hits (63), runs scored (32), total bases (79), stolen bases

Softball looks to keep early success Thomas Duggins Staff Writer After kicking off their season undefeated in their first five games, the fourth-ranked Lady Vols (5-0) look to keep up their success in a four team tournament at the University of South Florida this weekend.

Being as highly ranked as they are, the Lady Vols have yet to face any team ranked close to them. The Lady Vols’ early wins this year came at The Red Desert Classic, a tournament in Utah which had teams from Southern Utah, Idaho State, Utah State, South Dakota and BYU. That said, the Lady Vols gained confidence and learned from their play out in Utah.

“I just think we learned that we need to play together and come out and attack,” senior Ivy Renfroe said. “Especially with our hitters, just come out and just go after it. I think we learned we can play together.”

In Utah, Tennessee domi-

nated their competition. They outscored their opponents by a combined 53-8 margin. The Lady Vols showcased their power, hitting 15 extra-base hits and seven home runs.

“There’s a lot of keys to hitting with power. We’ve been working on that as a team and we did some things in the middle of the tournament out there to try to generate more power,” Lady Vols co-head coach Karen Weekly said. “A lot of it has to do with pitching too. You have to have a good at bat, you have to get the right pitch and you have to be ready to take your cut when you get the right pitch.”

The Lady Vols face a little bit stiffer competition in Florida facing ACC foe North Carolina State (4-0) and a No. 12 ranked South Florida Bulls team from the Big East.

“This weekend we’re going to try to put the same kind of swings on the ball, but we’re going to face some really good

pitching down in Florida,” Weekly said.

Tennessee’s pitching also played a large part in their success in Utah. They surrendered only eight runs through five games. Junior Ellen Renfroe also pitched a no-hitter versus Utah State. The Lady Vols started four pitchers in the Red Desert Classic: Ivy and Ellen Renfroe, Cheyanne Durango and freshman Erin Gabriel.

Weekly expects them all to play a role at South Florida.

“I think all four are going to be key for us,” she said. “They may not all four start different games, but they all four are going to have a place in different games and you may see a game where all four girls get in the game. That may happen down the road and we’ve prepared each of them for that. To go in, and go one time through the batting order and if that’s what it takes, to give a team four different looks that’s what we’ll do.”

Lamb hits stride, prepares for future Austin Bornheim Assistant Sports Editor File Photo • The Daily Beacon

A Tennessee baseball player makes a slide for the base against Alabama on April 1, 2012.

(14), at-bats (212) and on-base percentage (.374), so the Vols will need his production this season.

Tennessee begins its season Friday with a trip to Las Vegas, where they will play a fourgame series against UNLV. Much like the Vols, the Rebels’ biggest challenge coming into this season is youth.

The team will have 16 underclassmen as compared to only 13 upperclassmen. The Rebels will rely on pitcher Erick Fedde at the top of the rotation, who was 6-5 with a 3.59 ERA in

2012. UNLV also returns their leading hitter in senior Brandon Bayardi, who hit .361 with 53 RBIs and seven home runs in 2012.

Serrano knew when he took over this team that it was going to be a challenge and success wouldn’t happen overnight, but he’s optimistic about the future.

“You always want to have success right out of the gate, but that’s unrealistic. We’re building something and I’m excited about that,” Serrano said.

After three major moves so far in his life, UT golfer Rick Lamb has found a home on Rocky Top. “It’s definitely been a pretty crazy last seven to eight years,” Lamb said. “I guess I’ve lived in four or five different spots, but it’s been cool to see so many different golf courses, meet lots of different people and making connections have been pretty beneficial to me.”

Lamb, a South Bend, Ind., native, moved to Bradenton, Fla., to finish out his high school career. The senior then chose Santa Clara University – 2,900 miles away from his Florida home – for his college career.

But after two years on the west coast Lamb wasn’t pleased with how his career was going and the mood around the Santa Clara program.

“It wasn’t quite what had been promised to me,” he said. “I tried to stick it out but it didn’t pan out. There were a couple things, but the program just wasn’t where I wanted it to be and where I wanted to be.”

He eventually chose Tennessee, but the Big Orange wasn’t the only school in the Southeast the younger golfer had his eye on.

“I went on a couple visits to SEC schools and I narrowed it down to Virginia, North Carolina, Southern Methodist University and Tennessee,” he said. “I went for a visit (to those schools), checked it out and everyone had a pretty good practice facility, but it seemed like Tennessee’s was head and shoulders above everyone else’s. I also got along with the coaches and the guys. I liked where the team was heading.”

Lamb’s junior year didn’t start the way he would have hoped – two top 25 finishes in his first seven tournaments. Moving to a new school and self imposed pressure is what Lamb attributes to his early season play, but he was happy with the way he concluded the year.

“Last year I struggled a bit because I was putting a lot of pressure on myself to perform when I first got here,” he said. “I felt I needed to prove I belonged here and I think I got too hard on myself and it got away from me.

However, he finished the season with three top 10 finishes.

“I lost some confidence and it spiraled downhill, but I went back and figured it out,” he said.

“I had a good tournament and it started to turn around.”

The senior is coming off his first win of this year after posting a total score of 207 in the Gifford Collegiate Tournament.

Lamb was rushed to the tournament due to playing in an amateur tournament that finished the day before.

“I finished that tournament on Sunday and

• Photo courtesy of Wade Rackley/Tennessee Athletics

Senior Rick Lamb hits a drive during the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate Tournament on Oct. 16, 2011. started our tournament on Monday,” he said.

“I think it helped me getting into a tournament mindset.”

But he believes the amateur event and “comfort” helped him win his second career event.

“I think it helped me getting into a tournament mindset. It’s tough to get back into competition after two months break since the last event.”

Off the course, Lamb likes to spend most of his time just relaxing.

“I’m playing golf a lot and traveling so when I do get a break I find myself just relaxing and hanging out … I work out and put a lot toward golf and don’t have time for much else.”

During his high school days and when he returns to Florida, Lamb enjoys hitting the beach and the waves.

“When I was in Florida I liked (to) surf a lot and had a lot of fun doing that,” he said. “The beach was a big hangout and it’s always nice to be outside.”

He is a senior though, and he has high hopes for his career when he leaves the collegiate ranks.

“Whenever I graduate I plan on staying amateur through summer and try and get on the Walker Cup – which is the equivalent of the Ryder Cup for amateurs – and it’s a big deal for amateurs,” he said.

He then hopes to go to Q-School – Qualifying School for the PGA Tour – and eventually make it onto Tour.