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Former CFO recounts riches-to-rags story Aaron Beam shares moral account of fall from CFO of HealthSouth to yard worker Tiffany Minnis Staff Writer Aaron Beam, former CFO of HealthSouth, spoke to a full and attentive room Wednesday, detailing his journey as a former millionaire turned yardman.

In 1984, Beam helped co-found the company with his boss Richard Marin Scrushy. Now, HealthSouth is known as one of the nation’s largest providers of outpatient surgery and rehabilitative services.

“Within six months it was clear to me the company was going to be a success,” Beam said.

When the company went public in 1986, Beam became a millionaire in two months. The company has continued expanding and now operates in all 50 states, employs 40,000 people and ranks 350 on the Fortune 500 list.

“The wealth changed me and certainly changed Richard,” Beam said. “He was the visionary that started a whole segment on the stock market.”

This new success changed when the company began to miss consecutive quarters and Scrushy began to make false promises to keep investors. Initially involved in cooking the books, Beam, along with others, began to alter numbers and lie to auditors.

At the time, Beam said he didn’t think it was fraud.

“We had done everything to the numbers we thought we could get away with,” Beam said.

In 1997 Beam, refusing to be involved in ille-

gal activities any longer, sold his share in the stock and resigned from the company. Years passed, and he heard nothing about the scandal in the media, and he mistakenly believed that HealthSouth was indeed making its numbers.

Beam would later find out that someone had blown the whistle on the fraud.

In the spring of 2003, Beam and the other financial officers testified against Scrushy when the case went to trial in 2005, lasting three months.

The company had accumulated more than half a billion dollars in accounting fraud, but Scrushy was found not guilty of all charges, while Beam was sentenced to three months in prison.

After Beam told a few prison stories to fill the room with laughter, he took a serious tone.

Beam said he went back to junior college at the age of 65, got a certificate in turf management and earned his money legally.

“I literally sleep better,” Beam said.

Beam, though he helped to create one of the most successful health care companies, is also credited for one of the biggest frauds in history.

Beam left the audience with a word of ethical advice, though.

“I think today, we should start teaching ethics in high schools and colleges as well as jobs,” Beam said. “That way you won’t make the same mistakes I made.”

Students said they enjoyed many aspects of Beam’s lecture.

“I enjoyed the speaker’s presentation,” David Rhodes, senior in psychology, said. “It was entertaining and educational.”

Thomas Brantley • The Daily Beacon

Aaron Beam, former CFO of HealthSouth, speaks to students about the dangers of corporate fraud on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Beam, who was sentenced to time in federal prison for his involvement in fraud, spoke of the importance of honesty in business and how his time in prison helped him realize the truly important things in life.

Texas bill to allow guns on campuses Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas— Texas is preparing to give college students and professors the right to carry guns on campus, adding momentum to a national campaign to open this part of society to firearms.

More than half the members of the Texas House have signed on as co-authors of a measure directing universities to allow concealed handguns. The Senate passed a similar bill in 2009 and is expected to do so again. Republican Gov. Rick Perry, who sometimes packs a pistol when he jogs, has said he’s in favor of the idea.

Texas has become a prime battleground for the issue because of its gun culture and its size, with 38 public universities and more than 500,000 students. It would become the second state, following Utah, to pass such a broad-based law. Colorado gives colleges the option and several have allowed handguns.

Supporters of the legislation argue that gun violence on campuses, such as the mass shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007 and Northern Illinois in 2008, show that the best defense against a gunman is students who can shoot back.

“It’s strictly a matter of self-defense,” said state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio. “I don’t ever want to see repeated on a Texas college campus what happened at Virginia Tech, where some deranged, suicidal madman goes into a building and is able to pick off totally defenseless kids like sitting ducks.”

Until the Virginia Tech incident, the worst college shooting in U.S. history occurred at the University of Texas, when sniper Charles Whitman went to the top of the administration tower in 1966 and killed 16 people and wounded dozens. Last September, a University of Texas student fired several shots from an assault rifle before killing himself.

Similar firearms measures have been proposed in about a dozen other states, but all face strong opposition, especially from college leaders. In Oklahoma, all 25 public college and university presidents declared their opposition to a concealed carry proposal.

“There is no scenario where allowing concealed weapons on college campuses will do anyTara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon thing other than create a more dangerous enviSharon Thompson, director of the Center for Agriculture and Food Security and ronment for students, faculty, staff and visitors,” Preparedness and professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, speaks about the pos- Oklahoma Chancellor of Higher Education Glen sibilities of food terrorism during the UT Science Forum on Friday, Feb. 18. Thompson dis- Johnson said in January.

University of Texas President William Powers cussed how international issues can affect the food supply of local foods.

has opposed concealed handguns on campus, saying the mix of students, guns and campus parties is too volatile.

Guns occupy a special place in Texas culture.

Politicians often tout owning a gun as essential to being Texan. Concealed handgun license holders are allowed to skip the metal detectors that scan Capitol visitors for guns, knives and other contraband.

Guns on campus bills have been rejected in 23 states since 2007, but gun control activists acknowledge it will be difficult to stop the Texas bill from passing this year. “Things do look bleak,” said Colin Goddard, assistant director of federal legislation for the Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence, who was in Austin recently to lobby against the Texas bills.

Goddard was a student at Virginia Tech when he was shot four times in his French class.

Student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people, including 10 in Goddard’s classroom, before shooting himself. Goddard dismisses the idea that another student with a gun could have stopped the killer.

“People tell me that if they would have been there, they would have shot that guy. That offends me,” Goddard said. “People want to be the hero, I understand that. They play video games and they think they understand the reality. It’s nothing like that.”

But Derek Titus, a senior at Texas A&M who has a state license to carry a concealed handgun, said someone with a gun that day could have improved the chances of survival.

“Gun-free zones are shooting galleries for the mass murderers,” Titus said. “We do not feel that we must rely on the police or security forces to defend our lives.”

Texas enacted its concealed handgun law in 1995, allowing people 21 or older to carry weapons if they pass a training course and a background check. The state had 461,724 license holders as of Dec. 31, according to the state Department of Public Safety.

Businesses, schools and churches can set rules banning guns on their premises. On college campuses, guns are prohibited in buildings, dorms and certain grounds around them.

Opponents of campus gun rights say students and faculty would live in fear of their classmates and colleagues, not knowing who might pull a gun over a poor grade, a broken romance or a drunken fraternity argument.

Frankie Shulkin, a first-year law student at the University of Texas, said he doesn’t think he’d feel safer if other students in his classes had guns.

NYC man kills four, court date forthcoming Associated Press After slashing his stepfather to death with a kitchen knife, 23-year-old Maksim Gelman headed to the home of a female acquaintance, killed her mother, then waited patiently for hours for the young woman to arrive so he could kill her, too, police said.

Initially, authorities thought it was the case of a jilted lover, angry at an ex-girlfriend.

But it became clear later the killings — two of four that Gelman is accused of committing during a rampage that lasted 28 hours — had a much more complicated motive.

Victim Yelena Bulchenko, 20, had a longtime boyfriend, and some of her friends didn’t know the suspect. They said the only relationship the

Ukraine-born Gelman had with the woman was in his mind. If he snapped, they said, it was because he couldn’t have her.

“He did not know her. He was not her boyfriend,” said Gerard Honig, Bulchenko’s boyfriend of two years who said he lived with the family. “She said he was creepy. He was weird, he was a stalker.”

Authorities are still piecing together the case. The attacks that swept up strangers, as well as people in the suspect’s life, prompted questions about what could unleash such a sprawling and sudden burst of violence from someone with no known history of it.

“It’s a very bizarre case. It’s hard to understand what the motivation was,” said Louis B. Schlesinger, a forensic psychology professor at New York’s John Jay College of Criminal

Justice.

“We don’t have enough facts yet,” he said.

Gelman is accused of killing Yelena and her mother, 56-year-old Anna Bulchenko, who was at the home when he arrived, after killing his stepfather over an argument about the keys to his mother’s Lexus, authorities said. He waited at the Bulchenko home for hours, police said.

Yelena arrived home around 4 p.m. to find her mother in a pool of blood, and Gelman chased her outside and stabbed her 11 times, authorities said. He later ran over a pedestrian and attacked random people, police said.

At the time of his arrest, he muttered “she had to die” to police, but it wasn’t clear to whom he was referring, police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

Gelman has been indicted on charges of mur-

der and attempted murder but has not issued a plea, and was being held without bail. His attorney had no comment.

Gelman said at the time of his arrest that it was a setup, and speaking to tabloid reporters from Bellevue Hospital where he was being held, he said: “Sometimes my mind isn’t right.”

Bulchenko’s friends were surprised when they found out who was accused of killing her.

Some had never heard of him. Those who did say he was obsessed with the woman, who worked as a dental assistant in Brooklyn.

“She wanted nothing to do with him,” said her friend Aleksandra Ilyayeva. The New York Post reported that Gelman had a makeshift shrine dedicated to Bulchenko where he used to spray paint.

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Monday, February 21, 2011

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Josh Williams, junior in journalism, tosses a Vortex football with Chaney Swiney, sophomore in geography, outside the Communications Building on Tuesday, Feb. 15.

1965: Malcolm X assassinated In New York City, Malcolm X, an African-American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights.

Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb., in 1925, Malcolm was the son of James Earl Little, a Baptist preacher who advocated the black nationalist ideals of Marcus Garvey. Threats from the Ku Klux Klan forced the family to move to Lansing, Michigan, where his father continued to preach his controversial sermons despite continuing threats.

In 1931, Malcolm’s father was brutally murdered by the white supremacist Black Legion, and Michigan authorities refused to prosecute those responsible. In 1937, Malcolm was taken from his family by welfare caseworkers. By the time he reached high school age, he had dropped out of school and moved to Boston, where he became increasingly involved in criminal activities.

In 1946, at the age of 21, Malcolm was sent to prison on a burglary conviction. It was there he encountered the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam, whose members are popularly known as Black Muslims. The Nation of Islam advocated black nationalism and racial separatism and condemned Americans of European descent as immoral “devils.” Muhammad’s teachings had a strong effect on Malcolm, who entered into an intense program of selfeducation and took the last name “X” to symbolize his stolen African identity.

After six years, Malcolm was released from prison and became a loyal and effective minister of the Nation of Islam in Harlem, N.Y. In contrast with civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X advocated self-defense and the liberation of African Americans “by any means necessary.” A fiery orator, Malcolm was admired by the African American community in New York and around the country.

In the early 1960s, he began to develop a more outspoken philosophy than that of Elijah Muhammad, whom he felt did not sufficiently support the civil rights movement. In late 1963, Malcolm’s suggestion that President John F. Kennedy’s assassination was a matter of the “chickens coming home to roost” provided Elijah Muhammad, who believed that Malcolm had become too powerful, with a convenient opportunity to suspend him from the Nation of Islam.

A few months later, Malcolm formally left the organization and made a Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, where he was profoundly affected by the lack of racial discord among orthodox Muslims. He returned to America as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz and in June 1964 founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity, which advocated black identity and held that racism, not the white race, was the greatest foe of the African American. Malcolm’s new movement steadily gained followers, and his more moderate philosophy became increasingly influential in the civil rights movement, especially among the leaders of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.

On Feb. 21, 1965, one week after his home was firebombed, Malcolm X was shot to death by Nation of Islam members while speaking at a rally of his organization in New York City.

—This Day in History is courtesy of history.com

Crime Log Feb. 16 A UT staff member reported a theft that occurred in the basement mechanical room of the Walters Life Sciences Building some time between 4 p.m. on Feb. 15 and 8:15 a.m. on Feb. 16.

The report stated that the value of the stolen items was $178.

A staff member reported a disturbance occurring in the Presidential Court building around 1:45 p.m. Upon further investigation, the UTPD officer arrested a male student for possession of unlawful drug paraphernalia and controlled substance possession.

A male student reported that he had been harassed by an unknown suspect from approximately 4:05 p.m. on Feb. 10 to 12:55 p.m. on Feb. 16. The report listed charges of harassing phone calls, stalking and hate crimes.

Feb. 17 A staff member reported a theft that occurred near Room 269D in the Stokely Athletics Center around 7:15 p.m. on Feb. 5. The report stated that the value of the stolen items was $100.

— Crime Log is compiled by Robbie Hargett

Compiled from a media log provided to the Daily Beacon by the Universty of Tennessee Police Department. All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. People with names similar or identical to those listed may not be those identified in reports.

Correction: In the Feb. 17 issue of The Daily Beacon, the location of a photograph of a new EZH20 water bottle filling station was incorrectly cited as the Student Aquatic Center. While numerous EZH20 stations now exist on campus, the station depicted in the photograph is an EZH20 station within the UC. The Daily Beacon regrets this error.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Tennessee schedules 40th Anniversary Junior Livestock Expo Future producers and program alumni are asked to mark their calendars now for the upcoming 40th Annivers ary Junior Livestock Expo hosted by University of Tennessee Extension. The beef events are scheduled for July 5-8, 2011, in Murfreesboro and the S heep Expo is set for July 11-14, in Cookeville.

In the course of the last 40 years, the program has documented participation from more than 30,000 Tennessee boys and girls, and according to organizers, the Expo involves whole families — parents, grandparents and extended family — in activities that contribute favorably to youth development .

Beef is a perennial agricultural industry powerhouse in the state, with the most recent data indicating that farms in every county raised a combined total of more than $423 million in cattle. While not as widespread a commodity, some 32,000 sheep are raised on farms across the state, bringing in annual farm receipts of nearly $2 million.

Youth from more than 65 of Tennessee’s 95 counties participated in last year ’s Expo, and Neel and other organizers hope the 40th Annual Junior Livestock Exposition will be even bigger this year.

Divisions for participation include: Explorers, fourth graders; Junior Level 1, fifth and sixth graders, Junior Level II, seventh and eighth graders; Senior Level I, ninth and 10th graders; S enior Level II, 11th and 12th graders. The young people will compete in Showmanship, Skillathon (a knowledge -based competition) and Premier Exhibition. More information about competing in this year ’s Expo is available from your local county UT Extension office or on the UT Animal S cience Department webpage: http://anim a l s c i e n c e . a g . u t k . e d u / B e e f / 4 HLivestockEntryProcedure -EXPO.html. Interested participants are urged to review the details early.

Neel and others hope Expo Alumni will turn out for the 40th Anniversary event . “ This year many of our participants will be the second or third-generation to exhibit. One or both of their parents, and in

NEWS some cases a grandparent, participated in some of the early Expos,” Neel recounts.

Tennessee 4-H state specialist and Expo alumna Amy Powell Williams (yes, she’s the daughter of Ben Powell, former state 4-H leader and one of the original organizers of the Expo) invites Expo alumni to visit the Expo’s new Facebook page.

Expo organizers also invite industry to participate is this year’s special anniversary event. Anyone interested in sponsoring all or part of an event or contributing in some way should contact Neel at 865974-7294.

UT Extension operates in each of Tennessee’s 95 counties as the off- campus division of the UT Institute of Agriculture. An educational outreach organization, funded by federal, state and local governments, UT Extension, in cooperation with Tennessee State University, brings research-based information about agriculture, family and consumer sciences, youth and community development to the people of Tennessee where they live and work.

UT Outdoor Program to offer eighth annual “All Access Weekend” Outdoor Festival The University of Tennessee Outdoor Program (UTOP) will host the eighth annual “All Access Weekend” Outdoor Festival to be held Feb. 25-27, 2010 on the campus of UT. The Outdoor Festival promotes outdoor adventure activities along with the preservation and conservation of the land we use. All proceeds from each event will go to support the Access Fund, a national climbing advocacy organization. These funds are used to keep areas open for climbers and other outdoor enthusiasts and to educate the public on proper land use.

All events are open to the general public.

The festival begins at the University Center Auditorium on Friday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. with the ever popular Telluride Mountain Film Presentation. This event will feature America’s premier festival of mountain, adventure, environmental and cultural films. Tickets to the Telluride Mount ain Film Presentation are free to UT students, faculty and staff. Tickets for the general public are $10 and can be purchased through UTOP at the event.

Saturday, Feb. 26, UTOP will be providing the opportunity to work with two local groups to improve two of our local recreation areas. We will be traveling to the Obed Wild and S cenic River to work with the park service on trail improvement projects.

The other group will travel just across the Tennessee River to help the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club build new mountain bike trails at Fort Dickerson.

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

A student hops on The T to escape the rain on Monday, Feb. 7. Showers have been forecasted to hit Knoxville late Monday evening.

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This effort will offer great, new trails and help gain awareness and support for the proposed Urban Wilderness and Historic Corridor, a 1,000 acre recreational venue along Knoxville’s south waterfront which is being championed by Legacy Parks Foundation. To register for these events, please contact UTOP at 865-974-9749 or utop@utk.edu.

On Sunday, Feb. 27, the UT Outdoor Program hosts the “Vol Wall Crankin’ for Access” climbing competition, located at the Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) building climbing wall. Registration will begin at noon and climbing will start at 1 p.m. The $15 entry fee, for each climber, goes directly to support the Access Fund and its mission. Climbers of all levels and abilities are welcome to participate in this charity event.

Tennessee “Yards & Neighborhoods” program holds workshops statewide An environmentally-friendly yard doesn’t have to be messy and overgrown. You can have manicured beauty and still protect nature.

That’s one idea behind the Tennessee “Yards & Neighborhoods” (TYN) program st atewide. TYN advises residents on how to maintain a beautiful, heartier landscape while conserving and protecting the water supply. It’s a partnership between University of Tennessee Extension, the Tennessee Water Resources Research Center at UT, and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). It is funded by a grant from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.

TYN is hosting workshops in several cities this year. Participating towns in TYN are Memphis, Clarksville, Nashville, Crossville, Chattanooga and Knoxville.

“Does Your Yard Measure Up?” — a TYN Home Landscape Workshop — will be held at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church at 2931 Kingston Pike in Knoxville on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To register, call the Knox County UT Extension office at 865-215-2440.

The cost is $35 per person or $50 per couple and includes lunch and a $20 soil test voucher.

Homeowners and gardeners will learn essential steps to keep an earth-friendly landscape that’s healthy for people, pets and the environment .

Participants will also hear about strategies for managing soil, turf, fertilizers and mulch, hear decorating ideas for landscape design, and learn how to recycle rain water in barrels.

The workshops will provide guide books and diagnostic tools such as soil tests and rain gauges.

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OPINIONS

Monday, February 21, 2011

LettersEditor to the

Rally article reports factual inaccuracies I am writing to highlight the distortions and logical fallacies presented by Center Bio-Ethical Reform’s Southeast Region Director Fletcher Armstrong that were reported in the Beacon’s Feb. 16 article, “Huckabee advocates value, importance of life.”

In the article, Armstrong claims that 10 percent of students change from pro-choice to pro-life because of Pro Life on Campus’ campaign, but there is no reference to any research backing this figure. I know I have not seen any sophisticated studies being conducted by Pro Life on Campus, let alone a neutral party, during its annual Genocide Awareness Campaign on UT’s campus.

With the combined enrollment of the Pro Life on Campus’ target schools at 70,000, Armstrong used the uncited statistic of 10 percent of mind-changers to translate to 7,000 mothers giving birth per year. There are several problems with this conclusion. First of all, nearly half of that 7,000 student figure would be male. Second, just because someone is pro-choice does not mean that she will obtain an unwanted pregnancy. Last, pro-choice women do not necessarily choose to have an abortion if they become pregnant; they simply support women’s reproductive rights and that includes their right to choose.

Armstrong proceeded to use this faulty figure of 7,000 mothers giving birth to break down Pro Life’s annual $450,000 budget into terms of $65 per child born.

It is especially concerning that these illogical statements were reported when the rally organized

by UT’s Progressive Student Alliance to protest the event, with a turnout of more than 80 participants, went unmentioned.

Abigail Strain senior in public administration astrain@utk.edu

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Quiet of winter maximizes Smokies’ appeal App al achian O u t lo o k by

Eric Dixon Reader views editorial as hypocritical According to the Beacon’s Feb. 16 opinion column, “JEM faculty mute on outside opportunities,” one would assume that the staff had realized its “glass house” before throwing any stones at TNJN and JEM faculty.

As a journalism and electronic media senior, I have been discouraged multiple times by the Beacon when I had applied for a photography position and never heard anything back. I know that I am not alone.

I am not here to promote myself, but after a photography internship at CBS in Los Angeles and a strong portfolio, I would expect AT LEAST an e-mail back. Whether or not it worked out was one thing, but professionalism is another.

In the fall of 2010, however, I was asked to be a photographer for TNJN. Not only was I given assignments and a voice in what I wanted to shoot, I know that even now that I am not working with them, they would respond to any ideas to help them out. The “open door” feel that TNJN gives is probably what is making students from all majors feel comfortable working with them and sharing their ideas/talent.

So, Beacon, I present you with this question: If it is equality that you want in terms of JEM recognition, why isn’t equality given to students who actually try to do things for your publication?

Katie Cleveland senior in journalism and electronic media kclevel2@utk.edu SCRAMBLED EGGS • Alex Cline

THE DAILY BACON • Blake Tredway

Though the month of February may not typically stir thoughts of the outdoors, this winter month presents ideal conditions for trips of wildlife viewing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This southern slice of the Appalachian Mountains is not only considered to be one of the most biodiverse areas on the entire continent, it’s also home to 800 miles of maintained hiking trails. Let me repeat: more than 800 miles of hiking trails. If you were to connect every trail in the park, it would stretchfrom Knoxville all the way to Miami.

Thus, taking the 45-minute drive from campus to the park is an attractive option any time of year. The variety and magnitude of trails, coupled with the exclusive plethora of life protected by the national park, make a trip to the Smokies an adventure waiting to be uniquely crafted.

To me, summer in the Smokies is the best part of year.

I can’t deny that taking a summer dip in a backcountry swimming hole after bagging a 5,000-foot peak is Appalachia at its best. Even so, I do think it’s important to acknowledge that each season in the Smokies presents its own strengths and weaknesses. While the season of rebirth isn’t here quite yet, winter in the Smokies certainly has its perks.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited park in the entire country. That’s right, the Smokies are more visited than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Rocky Mountain National Park or Grand Canyon National Park. Though other areas of the country have seen a decrease in visitation following the 2008 economic downturn, more than nine million annual visitors have continued to pour into the Smokies throughout the past few years.

I think the Smokies’ enormous annual attendance is a great indicator of the magic of these mountains.

However, I must admit that encountering huge crowds in the park throughout the spring, summer and fall months is not particularly enjoyable. The busiest months

in the park are those in the summer — June through August. After that, attendance at the park decreases steadily (with the exception of a large spike in October accompanying the autumn colors) until bottoming out in January and February.

As you can see, the months of January and February present the best opportunity of the year to enjoy the Smokies without the crowds. Isolation is one of the most powerful components of delving into the wild. Indeed, it is unfortunate that the peace and tranquility of this natural wonder can often be shattered by the hustle brought about by summer waves of tourism. While you can certainly find isolation in some areas of the park throughout the entire year, February represents the last chance of the school year to make your way into the Smokies before overall attendance begins to rise in March.

In addition, winter also presents some clear benefits for wildlife viewing. According to the Smokes Guide, the park is home to more than 1,500 black bears as well as red fox, white-tailed deer, bobcats, gray fox, minks, red squirrels, coyotes, wild turkeys and innumerable other bird species. In addition, elk were reintroduced to the park in 2001 and now have grown to a population of about 100. You’re in for a treat if you manage to spot one. Also, though black bears do not hibernate completely in the winter, it must be noted that they are less active, so seeing a bear now may be slightly more difficult than in the warmer months.

With a majority of the trees in the park having lost their leaves in the fall, catching a glimpse of wildlife is much more likely now. Spring will bring new life to the Smokies. However, a loss in the depth of view will accompany the windflowers.

The increased length of view certainly makes wildlife viewing more likely in the winter. Just a few weeks ago, a friend of mine was able to spot a screech owl along Schoolhouse Gap Trail in broad daylight. It was quite an amazing sight, and we surely wouldn’t have noticed if the tree had still possessed its leaves.

So at the very least, make your way up to Cades Cove Loop Road before the crowds — and traffic — start growing in March. The great wildlife views are well worth the trip. Also, the park just recently created a Twitter page with the most up-to-date road closings in the park. To receive free text alerts on road closings, text “follow SmokiesRoadsNPS” to 40404.

—Eric Dixon is a sophomore in philosophy. He can be reached at edixon4@utk.edu.

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Dependency isn’t bad. It’s called relationship.

I’ve always been dismayed at the discourse of independence circulating in our mostly American, mostly capitalist society. I’m unsure as to which of these entities is more responsible for this attitude — that being dependent on someone is negative and that one should always strive to remain self-sufficient, no matter the cost — but I think the attitude is recognized easily enough nowadays. Is there something about phrases like, “I never accepted any handouts from anyone!” or “I got to where I am today entirely on my own. No one ever gave me anything!” which should give us pause?

I think so. To the former, I find it positively shocking just how many folks take pride in the fact they’ve never received substantial financial help — either from the government or from friends and family — especially when, for some of them, financial struggle is a daily reality. I should make clear from the outset that I do not mean to belittle or chastise those people or, worse, to take away a source of pride. In fact, I think folks who have this attitude often have many reasons to be proud. I simply wish to problematize the idea that pride should come, foremost, from economic selfsufficiency.

That the very people for whom social welfare programs are intended decry these programs by reason of pride is not only confusing; it is an example of social hegemony — or a common sense understanding that works to the benefit of one group over another — at its most dangerous. Don’t miss it: This ideology benefits a small group of economic elites while shaming the poor into thinking their economic condition is entirely their own fault.

Why is being dependent on someone for day-today resources — especially on the government — rendered a blow to human dignity bar none? Because for a select few, it’s a blow to the wallet.

The hegemony of self-sufficiency is further supported by the idea among those who are (supposedly) self-sufficient that they got to where they are entirely on their own merits. We like to delude

ourselves that not only have we earned everything we have entirely by ourselves, but we actually deserve all this stuff — our material belongings and our relationships with one another.

We haven’t, and most of the time, we don’t.

What happens in the space between that sentence and the reality of blessing in which we live, Christians call “grace.” But no matter how you name it, it calls the market to the highest account. “The market is,” in the words of Kathryn Tanner, “not just a means to goals that are subject to moral evaluation, of special interest because of its purported efficiency in allocating means to ends. The market is a particular system of social cooperation, and as such, naturally raises questions about our duties and responsibilities to one another.”

What portrait of social cooperation does our market present, and how does this line up with our ethical commitments to one another? It seems to me that, in capitalist markets, we are incredibly dependent on one another: producers on consumers, consumers on producers, and so forth. And yet, one must still ask what about this scheme erases our dependency as soon as it establishes it.

We at UT attend a public university, which is supported not only by public dollars but by a whole host of generous benefactors. We drive on roads paid for by public dollars. We take medicine and trust it’s safe because it’s been subjected to substantial examination by the Food and Drug Administration.

We receive care packages from our parents by way of the U.S. Postal Service. (There’s two-for-one dependency right there.) We as students are in a unique position to remind the world of the virtues of community and relationship in public life — and of the importance of gratitude. Dependence on someone else is a signpost of relationship. Those who think themselves entirely self-sufficient are not only, in my view, delusional; they are also lonely.

Admitting just how dependent we are on one another can lead us to an even greater recognition of the gifts coming to fruition all around us, every day.

And it can make us pause before forcing a narrative of personal failure on folks whose economic situation is, actually, inseparable from concrete structures of social injustice.

Who does the American dream leave behind, and, worse, who does it make invisible?

—Justin Crisp is a senior in English and religious studies. He can be reached at jcrisp1@utk.edu.

ENTERTAINMENT

Monday, February 21, 2011

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Café offers outlet for student expression Black Cultural Center allows students to communicate feelings through artistic talents Brittney Dougherty Staff Writer On the final Tuesday of every month, the allpurpose room in the Black Cultural Center is transformed into a setting for poetry, music and cultural diversity.

The Mahogany Soul Café came to life through the efforts of the Office of Minority Student Affairs shortly after the BCC was constructed in 2002. Demetrius Richmond, assistant director for the office, said it originally developed this recurring event.

“It was designed to really give students an outlet to express their poetry talents, their spoken word talents, their vocal talents and their musical talents,” Richmond said.

According to Richmond, Knoxville is hardly a city full of opportunities for aspiring poets and artists.

“We noticed there was a lot of talent here at UT and there wasn’t an outlet for them to really share and engage with others,” Richmond said.

The Office of Minority Student Affairs may have begun the function, but through the assistance of other organizations and a few individuals, the event has been able to persist. The café is mainly put together through the work done by Biaunca King, Taria Person and Justin Coleman.

“It’s the three of us, and we do three different things,” King, junior in marketing, said.

According to King, Person and Coleman are in charge of finding talent and signing people up in advance. Not all acts have to register beforehand, though; a sign-up sheet is also available at the café.

Because of the increased popularity of the event, other organizations on UT’s campus have offered their services to ensure the program’s success.

“Mahogany Soul Café is nothing without cosponsors,” King said. “If any organization is interested in doing that, they can contact the Office of Minority Student Affairs.”

Various fraternities and sororities have cohosted before, as well as other student organizations, including a group called Strange Fruit On Stage Productions.

“Strange Fruit is an organization created to expose UT to minority arts, specifically theater and dance,” King said.

The group puts on a dance show and two plays each year. It has also cosponsored two nights of Mahogany Soul Café this year, and many of its members perform at the event.

Poetry is the most common act at the Mahogany Soul Café. Richmond, who has been attending the event for years, said students often cover a wide variety of topics.

“There is a lot of expression and catharsis related to relationships, social issues and life at UT,” Richmond said.

Instead of reading poetry, many students dance, play instruments or sing. Some get creative and mix poetry with dancing or singing.

No matter what the act is, though the audience usually snaps its approval and supports the performer.

“It is very welcoming, very laid-back, encouraging and supportive,” Richmond said. “It’s just sharing energy of expression and love.”

Recently, the café has grown in popularity.

More organizations have offered to sponsor it and more students have been attending, as well as performing. Richmond said performance times have to be limited sometimes just to include everyone.

“It has gotten so popular that we have had people standing out in the hall,” Richmond said.

The latest installment of the series will take place Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Black Cultural Center.

Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon

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SPORTS

Monday, February 21, 2011

Bayne youngest to win Daytona 500 Associated Press Trevor Bayne finally made a mistake.

Fortunately for him, it didn't happen until he missed the turn pulling into Victory Lane at the Daytona 500.

The youngest driver to win the Great American Race gave the historic Wood Brothers team its fifth Daytona 500 victory — its first since 1976 with David Pearson — and Bayne did it in a No. 21 Ford that was retrofitted to resemble Pearson's famed ride.

In just his second Sprint Cup start, the 20-year-old Bayne stunned NASCAR's biggest names with a thrilling overtime win Sunday at Daytona International Speedway, holding off Carl Edwards after fan favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. crashed in NASCAR's first attempt at a green-white-checkered flag finish.

"Our first 500, are you kidding me?" said Bayne, who needed directions to Victory Lane. "Wow. This is unbelievable."

Unbelievable, indeed.

Just one day after celebrating his 20th birthday and leaving his teenage years behind, the sport's biggest race was captured by an aw-shucks Tennessean who shaves once a week and considers "Rugrats" his favorite TV show.

The rookie had been great throughout Speedweeks, even proving his mettle by pushing four-time champion Jeff Gordon for most of a qualifying race.

With the win Bayne breaks Gordon's mark as the youngest winner in Daytona 500 history. Gordon was 26 when he won the 500 in 1997.

"I think it's very cool. Trevor's a good kid, and I love the Wood Brothers," Gordon said. "I'm really happy for him. And I think it's great for the sport. To have a young talent like that — he's got that spark, you know?"

The victory for NASCAR pioneers Leonard and Glen Wood ended a 10-yearlosing streak, and came the week of the 10th anniversary of Dale Earnhardt's fatal accident on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.

That anniversary had everyone almost certain Sunday's win would go to Earnhardt Jr., the prodigal son, who shied away from

the suggestion that the stars were lined up for a spectacular tribute to his father.

Bayne, whose official web site says "Coming Soon," never even allowed himself to daydream about such a magical finish.

The race had a record 74 lead changes among 22 drivers, and a record 16 cautions that wiped out many of the leaders, including Earnhardt Jr. on the first attempt at NASCAR's version of overtime. It put Bayne out front with a slew of unusual suspects.

David Ragan, winless in 147 career starts, was actually leading the field on NASCAR's first attempt at a green-whitecheckered finish. But he was flagged for changing lanes before the starting line, then an accident that collected Earnhardt in the middle of the pack brought out the caution, and Bayne inherited the lead.

But he had two-time series champion Tony Stewart, now winless in 13 career Daytona 500s, lurking behind with veterans Bobby Labonte, Mark Martin and Kurt Busch, who had collected two previous wins over Speedweeks. All were chomping at the bit for their first Daytona 500 title, but Bayne never blinked, holding his gas pedal down wide open as he staved off every challenge over the two-lap final shootout.

"I've never been to a racetrack with this many people!" he yelled in Victory Lane.

Edwards wound up second in a Ford and was followed by David Gilliland, Labonte and Busch.

Juan Pablo Montoya was sixth, Regan Smith seventh, and Kyle Busch, Paul Menard and Martin rounded out the top 10.

Earnhardt Jr. wound up 24th.

The race was a battle of attrition, thanks to the dicey two-car tandem racing at nearly 200 mph that was the norm throughout Speedweeks.

Hendrick Motorsports had a rough start to the season as three of the team's four cars, including five-time defending Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, were involved in an early 14-car wreck.

Gordon, who started on the front row, and Martin also sustained damage in the melee.

Gordon questioned the aggressiveness of his fellow drivers, especially so early in the race.

Mustapha Moussa • The Daily Beacon "What I don't quite understand is why Rhyne Williams and Tennys Sandgren rest between games against Simon Childs and guys are doing it three-wide, three-deep Andrew Carter of Louisville on Monday, Feb. 14. With a 4-2 win over Duke on Sunday, the Vols advanced to the championships of the ITA National Indoors Monday to face running for 28th," he said. the winner of the Ohio State-Virginia match.

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Monday, February 21, 2011

SPORTS

The Daily Beacon • 7

Diamond Vols begin season with series win UT takes first two games against Wisconsin-Milwaukee with solid defense, pitching Matthew McMurray Staff Writer The Tennessee Vols baseball team began the 2011 season strong, winning its first series of games overall against the University of WisconsinMilwaukee two games to one.

Friday The UT Vols baseball team opened the season with its first shutout in four years, a 4-0 decision, against Milwaukee.

Tennessee (2-1) pitcher Steven Gruver threw eight strikeouts, one away from tying his career high.

Gruber was able to pitch through six innings, working in and out of trouble to keep Milwaukee (1-2) at bay.

“It is always important to get off to a good start and this was about as good of a first game as we could have asked,” UT head coach Todd Raleigh said. “Steven (Gruver) did a great job out there. He competed, he made some pitches and really helped himself out there a couple of times with those pick-off moves. Our defense was outstanding today and he made pitches when he had to.”

Despite UT offensive production runs, the Panthers out-hit the Vols, 10-8 but were not able to capitalize.

“We threatened in four or five innings but just couldn’t get the big hit,” UWM head coach Scott Doffek said. “We were not aggressive enough in the power counts. It was our first time out, and (we) had to get the jitters out, especially with the inexperience we have in the lineup.”

UT did get the big hit it was looking for. Senior Khayyan Norfork came up to bat with the bases loaded in the second inning and cleared them, hitting a double and giving the Vols three of their four runs. “(Norfork) had a great day,” Raleigh said. “Two hits and one of his other at-bats was a hard-hit ball,” Raleigh said. “It was big. That was the difference.”

Saturday A determined and previously defeated Milwaukee baseball team Joy Hill • The Daily Beacon forced Tennessee to work for a 7-6 Jon Reed delivers a pitch to a Milwaukee batter on Saturday, Feb. 19. The Vols opened with a 4-0 victory Saturday despite UT’s early shutout on Friday and closed out the weekend winning two of three games in their first home series lead in the second inning. of the 2011 season.

The Vols’ defense was able to hold its own, and the Vols out-hit the Panthers, 11-10.

Raleigh stressed the work ethic of his defense after the win in Knoxville.

“What won us the game today was our defense, and I think that’s what gets lost in all of this,” Raleigh said. “ Ky (Norfork) and Zach (Osborne) both made a number of great plays. We’re playing tremendous defense out there, and that’s going to be our style.”

Milwaukee never rolled over, though, as it continued to fight the entire game. In the eighth inning, the Panthers rallied and scored two runs, one off a wild pitch thrown by UT freshman Nick Williams. The Panthers scored one in the ninth before the Vols ended the game.

“To our credit, we never gave up and really fought back,” Doffek said.

“I thought our at-bats were much better today, and we put ourselves in a position to win and just didn’t execute. We hit the ball well today and played good defense.”

Sunday UT went down one run early in the first inning when Milwaukee’s Cole Kraft batted in Jonathan Capasso, and the Vols failed to fight their way back. Tennessee trailed the entire game, never able to put together a solid offensive inning in a 9-6 losing effort.

In the third, Milwaukee’s bats came alive and put four runs on the scoreboard, pushing the score to 5-0 in Milwaukee’s favor. The Panthers had scored nine unanswered runs by the fifth inning.

UT finally answered in the bottom of the fifth with a single by junior Chris Pierce, who was subsequently batted in on a base hit by Zach Osborne. The Vols rallied and scored three more runs in the fifth to help their own cause, decreasing the Milwaukee lead to 9-4.

Milwaukee did not score for the rest of the game, and UT managed to score two more runs in the bottom of the eighth, but it wasn’t enough for the Vols to come back.

UT will take on Canisius College on Friday in the Lindsey Nelson Stadium at 3 p.m.

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Monday, February 21, 2011

THESPORTSPAGE

Vols lose to Georgia despite comeback Slot in Big Dance up to Vols’ play Hopson’s 32 points at home not enough to overcome Georgia’s grit Zac Ellis Editor-in-Chief

we start attacking their defense, that’s when the game opened up.”

The attacking came in the second half with an offense led largely by Hopson, who scored 21 of his 32 points after halftime. The Vols caught up with Georgia on a Steven Pearl layup to tie the game 43-43 with 11:58 remaining before a Melvin Goins steal and dunk two possessions later gave UT its first lead since the 16:50 mark in the first half at 45-43.

Tennessee’s Scotty Hopson and Tobias Harris combined for 50 points against SEC foe Georgia on Saturday. But even that dynamic duo wasn’t enough to keep the Bulldogs from heading back to Athens with a victory.

Despite clawing its way back from a 15point, first-half deficit, Tennessee failed to keep Georgia at bay in the waning moments of Saturday’s contest and fell to the visiting Bulldogs 69-63 at Thompson-Boling Arena in UT’s OUTLIVE game for cancer awareness.

Hopson set a career-high with 32 points on 12-of-19 shooting, with Harris notching 18 points for Tennessee (16-11, 6-6 SEC), which played in front of a UT crowd donning white OUTLIVE T-shirts. But the box score was noticeably lopsided, as no other Vol scored more than three points.

Jeremy Price led Georgia (18-8, 7-5) with 20 points.

“We play better when everybody contributes,” UT coach Bruce Pearl said.

“Right now, offensively Tobias and Scotty are looking aggressive. The rest are looking tentative.”

Andy Rowe • The Daily Beacon The Bulldogs started the contest on an Tobias Harris drives to the basket, heavily guarded by Georgia’s Trey offensive tear. After Thompkins, on Saturday, Feb. 19. Despite powerful performances by Harris and Hopson,the Vols were unable to beat the Bulldogs a second Harris knocked down a time this season, falling 69-63 at home.

3-pointer at the 16:50 But the Vols couldn’t close out the game in mark to give the Vols a 7-5 lead, Georgia staged a 17-0 run for a commanding 22-7 lead the waning moments. A Travis Leslie layup capped by a Sherrard Brantley trey with 10:15 and free throw with 3:37 left gave the Bulldogs a 59-52 lead. UT never crept closer left in the first half.

A Hopson layup with nine minutes left in than two points from there.

“At times we know how to close out games, the first period halted Georgia’s run and ended seven minutes of scoreless play for the and at times we don’t,” Hopson said. “They got the ball to the rim and either got fouled or Vols.

“Georgia started the game like they were got the bucket.

“Georgia definitely played like the tougher playing for their NCAA tournament lives,” team today. They outmanned us.”

Pearl said. “And we played like we were Pearl said the scoring discrepancy on the already in the field.

“You can’t spot a good team with that kind Tennessee roster was too obvious to ignore.

“You either have it or you don’t,” Pearl of a lead.”

Despite the deficit, Tennessee gradually said. “I told the team, ‘If you got more, it’s whittled the Bulldog lead down before half- time.’ If this is it, then we’re going to have a time. A Hopson floater left UT down only hard time beating teams on our schedule.”

The Vols have only four regular-season seven at intermission, 33-25.

Hopson led the Vols with 11 points at half- games remaining, two of which are on the time. Tennessee allowed Georgia to hit 52 road. Tennessee visits Vanderbilt on Tuesday, percent from the field in the first period, while and Hopson said the time is now for the Vols it only converted on 28 percent of its own to step up.

“Were definitely not representing shots.

“I think we were out there settling for too Tennessee basketball well,” Hopson said. “It’s many jump shots at the beginning instead of going to be even tougher on the road. It gets attacking their defense,” Harris said. “When tougher from here on out.”

Matt Dixon Sports Editor “You either have it or you don’t.”

That was the message Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl told his team following Saturday’s 69-63 loss to Georgia.

The scene was set up for the Vols to make a statement in front of a nationally televised audience.

Having it be the annual OUTLIVE game should’ve inspired the team more than it did, too.

However, a slow start and little scoring aside from Scotty Hopson and Tobias Harris pushed the Vols farther down the SEC East standings and closer to the NCAA Tournament bubble.

Pearl noted after the game that the Vols seemed to play as if they were already in the big dance. Given their early-season resume, they would likely be in the NCAA Tournament if it started today.

But the NCAA Tournament doesn’t start for nearly a month and the Vols have the chance to improve their seeding or play their way out of the tournament.

Tennessee appeared to have the “it” Pearl talked about Saturday earlier in the season, winning its first seven games.

But since the game at Pittsburgh on Dec. 11, UT is just 9-11, including six home losses, the most in a season under Pearl.

Currently sitting at 16-11 and 6-6 in SEC play, the time is now for the Vols to get back on track and end a strenuous season in positive fashion.

Tennessee has four games remaining in the regular season: at Vanderbilt, vs. Mississippi State, at South Carolina and vs. Kentucky.

Memorial Gym in Nashville is always a tough place for opponents, and the Vols have lost three of their last four games there against the Commodores.

Mississippi State appears to be peaking at the right time after early-season suspensions to its two best players, Dee Bost and Renardo Sidney.

South Carolina has struggled for much of the year, but played the Vols tough in Knoxville last week, losing 73-67.

And then there’s the visit from Pearl’s best friend, John Calipari, and his Kentucky Wildcats. Despite Kentucky not playing well on the road this season, UT fans should never be too confident about playing the Big Blue.

Each of the four games is winnable, but it wouldn’t suprise anyone if the Vols were to lose any of the four.

Tennessee will almost certainly need at

least a split of those four games to feel good heading into the SEC Tournament before Selection Sunday.

A split of the remaining games would put the Vols at .500 in the conference, 8-8, and 18-13 overall. Not great, but given its RPI and strength of schedule, UT should be put in the field of 68.

Additionally, the SEC Tournament will give the Vols a chance to play (and win) up to four more games.

While opportunities like Saturday’s to impress the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee are still available, it will be up to the Vols whether or not they take advantage of them.

If Tennessee doesn’t find “it,” it may have to look towards a different team goal, being the preseason and postseason NIT Champions.

—Matt Dixon is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at mdixon3@utk.edu

Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon

Scotty Hopson does his best Michael Jordan impression during a dunk against Georgia on Saturday, Feb. 19.

Despite a career-high 32 points from Hopson, the Vols were unable to pull out a home victory against the Bulldogs, losing 69-63 in a closely fought contest.