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UT gives grant to entrepreneur Wesley Mills Staff Writer Jake Baron was walking back from class one day, and his shoulders were really bothering him. It seemed that this blob of weight on his back was the problem.

Not too long after, Baron ran into a couple that lived in his apartment complex. They had just come back from a jog, but they did not carry their keys and needed someone to let them in.

“I was wondering why someone hasn’t made a real comfortable backpack or backpack that did more than just put weight on your shoulders,” Baron said. “And then I started thinking about that, as well as why can’t people run with anything.”

So it began. Over the next several months, Baron used these two instances to launch him into this winning idea of Casenova, his new and unique backpack.

Once Baron found out that UT offers grants every semester for student-owned businesses, he really Studbegan to work.

Tom Graves, a friend of Baron, is the operations director for Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He says that these bi-yearly grants given by UT can really aid students in their quests for entrepreneurships.

“We reach out across campus for any student who has a business to make an application for the grant,” Graves said. “Typically we get around nine to 12 student-owned companies that will pitch for grant money. The intention is to provide seed money for startups.”

During class, Baron would draw sketches of various ideas that he had for this new backpack. He made paper cutouts and paper models. After many wads of paper and ideas twirled around, Baron finally decided on neoprene as the material, which is best known for its use in wetsuits and koozies.

“Most backpacks have very thin straps and are very uncomfortable,” Baron said. “This one has a mesh, so it’s not hot and sweaty against your back. The other thing is that it’s tight. It’s snug against your body so when you’re wearing it it’s not bouncing around, rubbing against you.”

“I see all these students with backpacks, and I said, you know, if you’ve got a novel idea for a backpack, you may be able to get some real traction,” Graves said.

Baron had been in competitions before his final pitch for the $12,500 grant, but the idea was no shoo-in. Baron won first place in a 2010 competition, and then went on to compete in Vol Court, which is run through the university research foundation.

“I actually ran from graduation in my gown to give this pitch,” Baron said. “Later that day I received a call from Tom Graves, and he told me that I had won the competition, and within a week he told me that I had won this grant.”

The grant is from the Boyd Venture Fund. Randy Boyd, who started up the fund, set up an endowment with the business school, which is administered by the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Baron has already received $7,500 of his grant, and $5,000 of that has already been allotted for placing the order to the manufacturer in China, where he will be receiving his single-strap knapsacks from.

Graves, who met Baron as a rising junior, said that Baron is the exemplary applicant of the grant.

“He actually met the criteria of the grant,” Graves said. “Is the business scalable? It clearly is. Does he have a set of identified milestones that he intends to achieve with the money he will be awarded? He does. And is there real growth potential for his business? And there is.”

Apparently, the sprint from graduation to the pitch platform paid off.

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Jake Baron is presented a $12,500 grant from Randy Boyd, CEO of Radio Systems Corp, on Feb. 6. Baron was given the grant for development of his Casenova line of ergonomic backpacks.

Online photos worry students Caroline Snapp Staff Writer

Taylor Gautier • The Daily Beacon

Brooke Johnson, junior in child and family studies, Aeriel Baptista, senior in special education, and Frances Ferree, senior in psychology, visit with Paul, an oncology patient at the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital (ETCH), on Feb. 8. Dance Marathon, UT’s largest student-run philanthropy, raises awareness and money for the ETCH and provides community outreach through volunteer efforts.

Snowstorm paralyzes South The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — A winter storm that dumped several inches of snow across parts of the South, causing power outages, slippery roads and numerous accidents during the Presidents Day holiday weekend, moved out to sea Monday.

Crews were working to restore power to tens of thousands of households that lost electricity as a result of the storm.

The storm brought as much as 9 inches of snow to some areas on Sunday as it powered its way from Kentucky and Tennessee to West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina. The storm system was expected to push off the coast early

Monday, with the nation’s capital getting only snow flurries, according to the National Weather Service.

The storm hit toward the end of what has been an otherwise mild winter in the region.

In northern Tennessee, about 20 vehicles were involved in crashes along a threemile stretch of Interstate 75 near the Kentucky border on Sunday afternoon.

Tennessee Highway Patrol Sgt. Stacy Heatherly said the crashes were reported shortly before 2 p.m. in near “white-out” conditions caused by heavy snowfall and fog. Police said a youth was seriously injured. All lanes of Interstate 75 had reopened by early evening.

Dozens of wrecks were also reported in North Carolina as snow, sleet and rain fell

with little accumulation, according to The Winston-Salem Journal.

In Virginia, the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 were shut down following a two-vehicle crash that critically injured one man, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. The accident was reported at about 6:20 p.m. on I-95 near the interchange with Interstate 295 in Prince George County. The male driver of one vehicle suffered life-threatening injuries, and an adult male passenger in the same vehicle also was hospitalized.

Snow began sticking in the Richmond area after dark, and Virginia State Police had responded to about 700 crashes as of 10 p.m.

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According to a recent CNN article, even three years after pictures are deleted on Facebook, they are still accessible via a direct link. This raises questions about the security of Facebook and whether users’ privacy could be jeopardized.

For college students, this also could pose the risk of future employers finding pictures or comments that could damage their reputation. Freshman John Delaney sees the harm in Facebook pictures not being taken down after being deleted.

“If there’s a picture of when you were a freshman and you’re at a frat house and really drunk,” Delaney said, “even when you delete it, it could still pop up after your out of school and you’re trying to get a job, that could definitely be a problem.”

Although Delaney himself has never experienced a problem from something posted on Facebook, he recalls a time in high school when another student got in trouble from something he posted.

“There was a case at my high school where there was a kid who posted something on Facebook and he ended up getting expelled from school because the school saw it,” Delaney said.

Stephanie Kit, associate director of Career Services at UT, warns that employers often check job candidates’ Facebook profiles and that it could pose a real problem when students are applying for jobs.

“Basically you just really have to use common sense when you’re putting pictures and comments out there,” Kit said. “We do know that employers are checking Facebook profiles, so there’s lots of instances where they look up candidates, or they

might go out and have other employees who are already on board do the searching, so it could even be that someone you know could be looking at your profile.”

Kit warns that pictures can be very dangerous, and she suggests that students be careful about what they posted on their Facebook as early as freshman year.

“You need to be careful of pictures that just don’t put you in the most professional light,” Kit said. “If you’re partying or if you’re drinking or anything illegal or even potentially what your wearing or how you look, really anything that could put you in a negative light.”

Even pictures that are put up by a friend could hurt one’s chances for landing a dream job.

“You also find that friends take pictures of you and tag you, so those could possibly be floating around, even if it wasn’t anything of your doing necessarily,” Kit said.

Kit added that social media is not all bad when it comes to job searching. She said some forms of social media could be beneficial for job hunting, such as a blog showcasing someone’s writing ability or a website that demonstrates technically ability.

“LinkedIn is another social media that is being pushed for college students to get on it. It can be a great tool for job hunting because you can connect with groups such as alumni groups or other affiliations, and you can see how you connect, so it’s a great networking tool,” Kit said.

When asked what the best thing to do to keep Facebook secure is, Kit said that adjusting the privacy settings as high as possible is best.

“I also recommend people are smart about their privacy,” Kit said. “It’s best to make your profile as private as possible.”

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Taylor Gautier • The Daily Beacon

Danielle Howarth, junior in child and family studies, decorates a handprint banner as part of a Dance Marathon fundraiser for the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital Hematology and Oncology Department on Feb. 6.

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, Nebraska, 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 self-education 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, New York. 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 NonViolent Coordinating Committee.

On February 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.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

SNOWSTORM continued from Page 1 The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that only an inch or two of snow had fallen north of Interstate 85 in North Carolina, though more was expected close to the Virginia line.

The weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for the RaleighDurham area until 9 a.m.

Monday. Officials were advising motorists to use caution when driving in the morning, as some return to work and others travel on Presidents Day. Wet snow also downed power lines. Appalachian Power was reporting that 52,000 customers were without power Sunday night in central and southern Virginia, as well as in West Virginia. Dominion Energy was reporting

another 16,000 outages, mostly in the Richmond, Va., area and Shenandoah Valley. Kentucky Power said 23,000 households were without power Sunday night.

Nick Fillo, a meteorologist in the National Weather Service’s Blacksburg, Va., office, said 5 to 8 inches of snow fell in the Blue Ridge Mountains, while about 3 to 6 inches fell on that state’s Piedmont region.

“This was our first real winter storm,” Fillo said.

The weather service said late Sunday that the snowfall was “diminishing in both intensity and coverage” and would end Monday morning.

Fillo said a low-pressure system would be coming out of the Rockies this week, bringing snow to the Great Lakes area but not significantly affecting the South.

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Josh Hunt, sophomore in business, and Katie Roller, junior in anthropology, enjoy lunch in Gibbs Hall Cafeteria on Thursday.

Paul still seeking delegates The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Ron Paul may not win the Republican nomination for president — he has yet to win a single state — but his strategy of trying to amass delegates in caucus states could land him a prominent role at the party’s national convention this summer.

Imagine this: A primetime speech at the GOP convention in which Paul criticizes American military action overseas and condemns the war on terror as an overreach of government authority at home. It’s enough to make some Republicans cringe.

But they may have little choice if they want to placate Paul’s supporters and keep them from becoming a distraction at an event designed to promote party unity and showcase the nominee, whoever it is.

“Paul is fascinating because good ol’ Ron will say just about anything he wants to say at any particular time,” said Dennis Goldford, a professor of politics at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. “And the last thing you want somebody doing is going off message in primetime at a convention.”

With the exception of Maine, the Texas congressman hasn’t come close to winning the popular vote in any of the first nine states to vote.

However, campaign aides say their knowledge of caucus rules combined with the enthusiasm of Paul's supporters gives them a unique ability to take advantage of a process that could take several months to sort out.

Paul’s campaign manager, John Tate, said he is unsure how many delegates Paul has amassed in caucus states. But, he boldly predicted: “We are confident that when all is said and done and some of these caucus states finish their process that we will end up with either a good plurality or a majority of the delegates out of Maine, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, possibly Colorado.”

Paul echoed Tate’s prediction for Iowa and Maine in a broadcast interview Sunday. “The bottom line is, who is going to get the delegates and we think we’re doing pretty good,” Paul said on CNN. Five caucus states have voted so far. In The Associated Press delegate count, Paul isn’t projected to win any national delegates in Iowa, Colorado or Minnesota. He got five out of 28 in Nevada and 10 out of 21 in Maine.

Romney leads the overall race for delegates with 123, followed by Santorum at 72, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 32. Paul is in fourth place, according to the AP count, with 19 delegates. It takes 1,144 delegates to win the Republican nomination for president.

Most primaries and some caucuses are bind-

ing, meaning delegates won by the candidates are pledged to support that candidate at the national convention this summer. Political parties in many caucus states, however, use a multistep process to award national delegates.

In those states, the AP uses results from local caucuses to project the number of national delegates candidates would win if they are able to maintain the same level of support throughout the process. Those projections, however, can change because local caucuses are just the first step.

In Iowa, for example, more than 120,000 caucus-goers attended local caucuses on Jan. 3. At those caucuses, they voted in a straw poll for president in which Rick Santorum eked out a 34-vote win over Mitt Romney. Paul finished third, about 3,000 votes behind.

The national media focused almost entirely on the straw poll results, but the real work was just beginning. After the straw poll was over, caucus-goers elected delegates to county conventions scheduled for March. Those conventions will elect delegates to congressional district conventions in April and the state GOP convention in June.

Delegates to the GOP national convention in Tampa, Fla., will be selected at the congressional district and state conventions, and the outcome may look very different from the results of the Jan 3 vote.

In most years, it doesn’t matter because the party nominee is obvious by then, so the presumptive nominee gets all the delegates, regardless of who won in January.

Paul’s supporters, however, plan to promote their delegates at every level of the process, regardless of what happens in the national campaign, Tate said.

“The ultimate goal is obviously still to win, to get enough delegates there to win the nomination,” Tate said in an interview. “I think there’s lot of secondary goals, to make sure that our and Dr. Paul’s views are represented at the convention, represented in the platform.”

“We want to make sure that the Republican Party understands that we are a major part of the Republican Party,” Tate added. “We’re not to be overlooked; we’re not to be taken for granted.”

It is not unusual for some losing candidates to have a role at the party’s national convention.

Hillary Rodham Clinton got a prominent speaking spot at the Democratic convention in 2008.

But Clinton had waged an epic primary battle with then-candidate Barack Obama, and her speech was designed to help unify the party.

Many of Paul’s libertarian views dovetail nicely with mainstream Republican ideas on limited government and low taxes. But Paul breaks with much of his party when he talks about American intervention abroad and gov-

ernment efforts to fight terrorism at home.

“Following the Constitution, don’t police the world, don’t participate in all this nation-building, cut spending, cut taxes, cut deficits — these are traditional Republican principles,” said David Fischer, vice chairman of Paul’s campaign in Iowa. “I consider the view of these Republicans who want to simply grow the size and scope of the government, that's outside of Republican mainstream.”

There is precedent for Paul winning delegates in caucus states where he lost the initial vote. In 2008, during Paul’s first campaign for president, he finished a distant second in the Nevada caucuses, which Romney won with more than half the vote. At the GOP state convention three months later, Paul had so many supporters that he was poised to win some of Nevada’s national delegates when party leaders abruptly shut down the convention.

Later, the party’s executive committee tried to appoint its own delegation to the national convention and Paul’s supporters sued. The

lawsuit failed but the two sides eventually reached a compromise that gave Paul some delegates to the national convention in St. Paul, Minn.

Paul, however, didn't attend the 2008 convention. Instead, he held a rival rally in nearby Minneapolis.

This year, it might be better to accommodate Paul and his supporters rather than try to shut them out, said Rich Galen, a GOP strategist and former Gingrich aide who is neutral in the 2012 race.

Galen thinks Paul is guaranteed a speaking spot at the convention, and maybe a few concessions in the party platform, as long as they don't deviate too much from mainstream Republican positions.

And what if Paul gets up at the convention and talks about slashing the military or repealing the Patriot Act? “That’s just Ron Paul being Ron Paul,” Galen said. “It would make the next morning's papers, but who cares?”

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Editor’s Note SGA’s legislative year in review Blair Kuykendall Editor-in-Chief Having committed this paper to a complete analysis of SGA’s activity this year, I have been conducting a review of SGA’s legislative actions and budgetary performance.

To give proper weight to both issues, I will first be sharing information on the organization’s recent legislative undertakings. Those of you who are interested can look for budget details in next Wednesday’s Beacon.

On to the task at hand.

In total, five bills and three resolutions have passed this year’s student senate. Analysis of this legislation should lend some insight into the policy direction of this administration.

My information is based on facts provided directly to me by members of the SGA executive board; I requested a summary of their legislative activity, and read through all of the disclosed meeting minutes reports. I do apologize in advance for the veritable laundry list of information to follow, but I prefer my facts upfront.

The first resolution listed on the summary, SEN01-12: 2010-2011 Student Government Association Accomplishments, was sponsored by Ross Rowland, Courtney Sharp, Drew Shapiro, Todd Skelton and Will Gibbons. This resolution commemorated the leadership contributions and service of last year’s SGA. After the celebratory resolution in April, legislative activity resumed in November. SEN-01-12: Bill to Create an SGA Town Hall, resolved to hold a sponsored meeting for students to interact with administrators. I couldn’t find any information on an SGA town hall meeting in any recent meeting minutes reports, so it is uncertain as of yet when this will occur.

To ramp up security on campus, SEN-06-12: Act to Help Facilities Communication of Safety on Campus, was passed on Nov. 8, 2011 as well. This

bill calls for a Safety Committee in the Student Services Branch to report safety bulletins on campus. No such committee is listed on the SGA website at this time.

SEN-04-12: Evaluation of Academic Advisors was passed on Nov. 8, 2011 as well. Here the senators voted to use the Student Assessment and Instruction System to evaluate advisors and faculty to create public results on TN101. The university administration has also promoted that system, and this was undoubtedly a positive addition to student life.

The SGA passed resolution SEN-03-12: The Extension of Current and Future Campus Bus Routes to Include Fraternity Park, the New Student Health Center, and the Volunteer Boulevard Entrance of TRECS, to state that the bus system should stop at new buildings on campus.

SEN-03-12: Laundry Prices Per Load Should Be Reduced called for a reduction in the cost of laundry facilities use, but that action could prove problematic without raising housing fees. Additionally, senate bill SEN 07-12 called for voter registration cards to be added to freshmen move-in packets.

The senate most recently moved to allow university applicants to self-identify as LGBT in SEN04-12. This resolution split members, garnering 35 supporters along with 16 opponents.

And there you have it. Those eight pieces of legislation, coupled with two acts passed by Freshmen Council, represent this year’s SGA activity to date. More legislation will be considered at their meeting this evening.

Though I seldom condone the use of lengthy quotes, I feel like it would be apropos at this point to include an excerpt of SGA’s constitutional mission: “to organize and mobilize student involvement in seeking solutions to the serious problems facing the community, the nation, and humankind; and to promote the recognition of students’ rights and responsibilities to the university, the community, and humanity.”

Instead of adding my commentary, I’ll await yours.

— Blair Kuykendall is a junior in the College Scholars Program. She can be reached at bkuykend@utk.edu.

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Syrian situation merits US attention C ampbel l’s Co r n e r by

Seth Campbell Deja vu, anyone? Needless to say, we’ve been in this position before. Not even a year ago, the United States was confronted with a similar situation in Libya. Before the Libya issue, our country faced ordeals with other Middle Eastern countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan.

While each country has presented a unique problem, it still seems that our beloved United States continuously finds itself entangled in these messes.

Syria presents the same basic issue as did Libya and Iraq — predominantly a question of what is moral. As American citizens, we can watch CNN or Fox and hear the news reports of Syrians being slaughtered by Assad’s regime. Some reports have the death toll at 8,500 Syrians killed by Assad’s dictatorship.

We all know the repulsiveness of these atrocities. I doubt anyone wants to see a massacre like the one currently being conducted in Syria. Are we going to simply turn our heads and pretend like it isn’t happening? Or are we going to be proactive and find a solution to remove Assad and his oppressive regime?

Personally, I support the latter.

The current trend in America is a pure isolationist theory. Anyone can tune-in to one of the dozens of GOP presidential debates and hear Ron Paul preach this policy of isolation. By and large, these isolationists want nothing to do with other nations’ problems. While Paul’s policy seems to make sense, our country has historically come to the aid of those in need. There are plenty of countries around the world that don’t have the capacity to help others in their time of need, but the United States is not one of these countries. Turning away from such massacres as seen in Syria is a basic negligence of human rights.

Recently, many conservatives, such as Karl Rove, drafted a letter urging President Obama to take action on the deteriorating issue within Syria. Not often do I find myself on the same side of an issue as Karl Rove, but this is most definitely an exception. If President Obama doesn’t deal with Syria accordingly, the unrest

will linger and eventually become worse. In the process, more Syrians will be slaughtered, and the entire region will take an even deeper nosedive into chaos. It is difficult for me to fathom, but Rove understands Syria, and I completely agree with him.

Effectively handling Syria is by no means an easy task. By reviewing the Libya situation, one can better understand how to deal with Assad and Syria.

Removing Gadhafi and liberating Libya was predominantly done within the boundaries of Libya and by revolutionary fighters. It’s important to note that these fighters did receive help from across the globe. With cooperation by the United States, as well as Canada and France, Gadhafi’s regime crumbled, and Libya was free from a decades-long and strange dictatorship. From there, Libya was left in the hands of the revolutionaries.

Dealing with Syria is going to take some similar strategy, but it is important to note that Syria does have certain allies that Libya lacked. Both Russia and China opposed a U.N. resolution calling for the end of Assad’s violence within Syria. Predictably, Russia is known to deal large amounts of arms and supplies to Syria’s government. While both Russia and China came to the aid of Assad, perhaps his largest supporter is Iran. Coincidentally, Iran is probably the largest foreign threat to the United States.

Aiding the revolutionaries in Syria would muddy an already hazy relationship between the United States and Iran. While it appears that Iran is becoming evercloser to obtaining a nuclear weapon (if they haven’t already), this complicates the issue even more. Not to mention Iran’s outward hatred towards our closest ally, Israel.

The situation is clearly a mess. As messy and muddled as it is, it just seems innately wrong to turn a blind-eye towards the massacring of thousands of Syrians. Dealing with these Middle Eastern countries will never have a simple answer or an easy strategy, but we must deal with them sooner or later. Pretending that this massive display of violence is purely fiction will only allow for the problem to get worse. We must be a proactive country and we must always place an emphasis on human rights. In this case, it means removing Assad.

— Seth Campbell is a senior in history. He can be reached at scampb42@utk.edu.

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Universities in the United States often carry a stereotype that students engage in reckless binge drinking. Binge drinking is often defined as consuming five or more drinks in a short amount of time, ranging from two to four hours. Yet, many students reinforce this stereotype through their actions. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reports that “each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking; this includes about 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 as a result of homicides, and 300 from suicide, as well as hundreds from other injuries such as falls, burns, and drowning.” Because consumption of alcohol has become a common expectancy in the college atmosphere, higher rates of students are participating in underage drinking.

Although drinking is thought to lessen inhibitions in order to repress social anxiety and help make memorable times with friends, there are many consequences to exposing your body to the large intake of alcohol that college students participate in during weekends, sporting events and other social functions.

Because drinking impairs one from making responsible decisions while intoxicated, a student’s health can be directly or indirectly at risk. As stated before, many young adults in the United States experience alcohol-related accidents that lead to injury or even death.

Drunk driving has become a common problem in America due to the lack of mass transit available. Many young adults often find themselves behind the wheel after consuming large quantities of alcohol. Typically, those driving are putting not only themselves at risk, but also those who are in the car and on the streets.

CollegeDrinkingPrevention.org states that “3,360,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 drive under the influence of alcohol.” If you are caught drunk driving, the state of Tennessee will revoke your license for one year and you will be required to pay a fine of $350-1,500; and if your BAC is over .20, you will face jail time for seven consecutive days. Mothers Against

Drunk Driving reports that the state of Tennessee has had 27 fatal DUI traffic incidents in the last year.

There are many other dangers to binge drinking that students tend not to realize.

CollegeDrinkingPrevention.org reports that, “400,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 had unprotected sex and more than 100,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 report having been too intoxicated to know if they consented to having sex.”

If students do not use protection, they are putting themselves at risk of unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

Students who engage in long-term binge drinking might experience certain health problems with their liver, heart and brain. Also, because alcohol carries so many calories, there is a higher chance of obesityrelated diabetes. Commonly, young adults who binge drink experience a “black out,” and the next morning they cannot remember certain events of the night.

While it might be funny to your peers, this can be damaging to the brain. When a person is blacked out, the brain loses the ability to consolidate short-term memories and process them into long-term memories.

Many long-term drinkers suffer from raised blood pressure, blood lipids and a higher risk of having a stroke, while a light drinker experiences a lower risk of heart disease. In the liver, alcohol can cause fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. Some reports have also connected various cancers to long-term binge drinking.

Although many college kids are eager to show their independence by participating in underage drinking, the negative effects often outweigh the benefits. Some students state that drinking helps in socializing with the opposite sex and makes meeting new people easier.

If a student feels this way, they should try enrolling in the many different student organizations and clubs offered around campus. If you do something you love, it will be easier to connect with those around you. The best way to end binge drinking and alcohol-related deaths is to continue to spread awareness. Maybe if students understand the risks involved, drinking rates will decrease. Remember that you could be the one in that car crash, or suffer from a serious illness, or even become pregnant from a man you can hardly remember because you were too intoxicated to think about the consequences.

— Samantha Trueheart is a sophomore in communications. She can be reached at struehea@utk.edu.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

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ARTS&CULTURE

Classical singer dies Godspeed You! The Associated Press LONDON — South African-born opera singer Elizabeth Connell, who won global acclaim in roles by Wagner, Strauss, Beethoven and others, has died. She was 65.

Connell's management company, Helmut Fischer Artists International, said Monday that the singer died of cancer Feb. 18 in London.

Born in Port Elizabeth in 1946, Connell moved to London in 1970 and made her

debut at Ireland’s Wexford Festival in 1972.

She had a long association with both Opera Australia and the English National Opera, and performed at the world’s major opera houses, including Germany’s Bayreuth festival, la Scala in Milan and New York’s Metropolitan Opera, where she performed 12 times between 1985 and 1991.

She was singing Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s “Macbeth” at the Met on Jan. 23, 1988, when a member of the audience leapt to his death from a balcony during the second intermission, cutting short a live radio broadcast of the performance.

delivers in studio recorded music as triumphant as when the entrance of the martial drums in the “Lift Yr. Skinny Fist Like Antennas to Heaven” movement of “Storm,” or the brutal breakneck crescendo of “The Sad Mafioso” in “East Hastings,” the track condensed to 4:09 in “28 Days Later.” As much as a band like The Flaming Lips can be lifeaffirming in their live shows, Godspeed’s records, which consist of several minisymphonies of many individual movements, open your eyes to the beauty just below the ugliness of Western society and force you to face fear in order to emerge from darkness into a “bleak, uncertain, beautiful” new world.

Of course gushing like that isn’t likely to convert any skeptics, but when you boil it down different people look for a variety of means to feel fulfilled. Some live on the fringe and skirt danger, some spend a lot of money, and still others strap on a pair of headphones and tune in for an hour or so to receive a strange transmission from a speculative future now past and yet to come.

From the sustained F# drone at the beginning of “The Dead Flag Blues,” a bass hum like the voice of the “horrible machine” described a few moments later, to the loop of George W. Bush at the end of “Tiny Silver Hammers,” the combined 262 minutes and 12 seconds of Godspeed’s output could very well be the only music you need in your life. Then again, that kind of tunnel vision (or hearing, as it were), could lead to a more radical form of the apathy the band has squalled against for the last two decades.

For my money, though, the emotional resonance of Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s musical forays with their spoken word narrations of street preachers and inmates speak much louder than most performers who sing.

Jake Lane Arts and Culture Editor A little known fact: redundancy is the cornerstone of the written word. The whole nature of conveying information is often a restrained process of hearing information you already know and acting oblivious, all in favor of maintaining the status quo and upholding the social contract.

So sit back and smile while I tell you not about some new piece of art on the horizon, or on television right now. The last time this band was featured in a release was 2002, heralding Danny Boyle’s zombie apocalypse in “28 Days Later.” Of course I’m talking about Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the Montreal-based collective whose particular version of post-rock combines the bleakest corners of the human mind and heart with every reason for redemption imaginable. They are perhaps the most terrifying, glorious band I have ever heard and in the last few weeks of scouring the local zip code for gainful employment, their music has provided grandeur to even the most mundane moments and at times provided a life-line when the meat hook realities lead to some pretty dark turns.

Imagine if Ennio Morricone fronted an instrument nontet in the year 3000. For all five of you who haven’t heard the band’s two landmark full-lengths, “F# A# ∞ ” and “Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven” (and their divisive third LP “Yanqui U.X.O.”), Godspeed is easily one of the most hipster-baiting groups of the ’90s and early 2000s. Like trying to describe religious experience to an atheist, it can be easy to dismiss the subtle soft-loud-soft-fade dynamics of Godspeed as overlong or indigestible, somehow not transitive outside of some social circles.

There are, however, few moments in

— Jake Lane is a creative writing graduate.

He can be reached at jlane23@utk.edu.

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Smokey appears illuminated by fire during pre-game ceremonies before a game against South Carolina on Feb. 8.

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THESPORTSPAGE

Steckenrider tabbed player of week Staff Reports Following a monster opening weekend, Tennessee junior Drew Steckenrider has been named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday.

Steckenrider put his enormous talent on display both offensively and on the mound in UT’s sweep over Northern Illinois this weekend.

Hitting out of the cleanup spot, the 6-5 switch-hitting junior reached base 11 times in 14 plate appearances, going 5-for-8 (.625) with a pair of doubles and his second career home run, in addition to walking four times, being hit by a pitch twice, stealing the first base of his career, scoring a team-high five runs and driving in two more.

The Lawrenceville, Ga., native also served as the team’s Opening Day starter, picking up the win after allowing just two hits and no runs and striking out two in his pre-determined four innings of work.

Steckenrider becomes the first UT player to earn a weekly conference honor since P.J. Polk picked up player of the week accolades on April 5, 2010.

The Vols will return to the diamond on Tuesday when they host Western Kentucky at 3 p.m.

Lady Vols earn SEC accolades Staff Reports

Joy Hill • The Daily Beacon

Drew Steckenrider eyes a batter before a pitch to a Canisius player during a game on Feb. 26, 2011. Steckenrider was named the SEC Player of the Week for his play both offensively and on the mound during the weekend’s sweep over Northern Illinois.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The Lady Vols swept the Southeastern Conference’s weekly women’s basketball awards Monday with senior Shekinna Stricklen earning SEC Player of the Week honors and freshman Cierra Burdick capturing the Freshman of the Week honor.

Stricklen averaged 17.3 ppg and 7.0 rpg in three key SEC wins last week. In a must win over No. 7-ranked Kentucky on Monday, she scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds while connecting on 66.7 percent of her shots.

In that game the Morrilton, Ark., product eclipsed the 1,700 career points and 800 career rebounds. She led the Lady Vols with 22 points and 12 rebounds in a key road victory at Mississippi State on Thursday night, marking her fourth double-double of the season. On Sunday at Ole Miss, Stricklen tossed in 12 points, including two of three three-pointers, and grabbed three rebounds. For the week, Stricklen shot 53.8 percent from the field (2139), 50.0 percent (3-6) from three-point land and 87.5 percent (7-8) on her charity tosses, averaging 30.0 mpg.

The honor is Stricklen’s fifth career SEC

Player of the Week award. She captured the accolade three times in 2009-10 and once in 2010-11. On the season, the 6-2 guard/forward leads UT in scoring with 15.2 ppg and 6.5 rpg second on the team. In SEC play, she has upped her scoring average to a team-best 15.8 ppg.

Stricklen joins classmate Glory Johnson (two times) as Lady Vols that have won the SEC POW this season.

Burdick was named the SEC Freshman of the Week for the first time during her rookie campaign after scoring 7.3 ppg and grabbing 6.0 rpg for the week. Averaging 18.0 mpg, she connected on 66.7 percent of her shots (10-15) while contributing 2.7 apg.

In limited duty versus Kentucky (10 minutes), she grabbed five rebounds, dished three assists and added a bucket. At Mississippi State, she logged 26 minutes while scoring 10 points, grabbing seven rebounds, with three assists two blocks. Against Ole Miss, she dropped in 10 points on 4 of 5 shooting (.800), collecting six rebounds and two assists in 18 minutes.

The Lady Vols take the floor Thursday when they play host to Arkansas before wrapping up regular season SEC play when Florida comes to town Sunday.

Joy Hill • The Daily Beacon

The UT baseball team prays prior to the start of its season opener against Milwaukee on Feb. 18, 2011. The baseball team hosts Western Kentucky at 3 p.m. today at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

Mannings expand UT scholarship Staff Reports Seeking to give the greatest gift — a college education — Peyton and Ashley Manning have made a significant investment in the Peyton Manning Scholarship Endowment at the University of Tennessee. Their generous gift will offer financial assistance to two UT students annually.

Created in 1998, the Peyton Manning Scholarship Endowment is funded from gifts made to the university in honor of Manning’s academic awards while he was a UT student-athlete, the UT Athletic Department’s corporate matching grants program and other private gifts.

“The University of Tennessee holds a special place in my heart, and Ashley and I are excited about the opportunity to award more deserving UT students with the Manning Scholarship,” said Manning. “One of the most gratifying times for me each summer is meeting a phenomenal student who has been selected for the Manning Scholarship. Making a difference in the lives of young people is the greatest gift any of us can receive.”

To date, fifteen students have received awards from the scholarship. The Manning Scholarship covers the costs of tuition, room, and board. The

award is granted to a first-year student on the basis of academic achievement, leadership, and community service. All Peyton Manning Scholarship recipients are part of the Haslam Scholars Program, UT’s premiere specialized honors program.

This isn’t the first gift Manning has made to his alma mater. In 1999, Manning made a gift of $100,000 to the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center, which is home to the Peyton Manning Study Lab. In 2006, Manning announced and has fully funded a $1 million contribution to The Campaign for Tennessee for the renovation of Neyland Stadium and the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center. In 2010, the Indianapolis Colts quarterback and his wife created the Peyton Manning Communications Enrichment endowment. The fund provides ongoing support for a variety of educational initiatives within the college’s School of Communication Studies, where Manning was the top Speech Communication graduate in spring 1997 and recipient of the college’s Hileman Distinguished Alumni Award in 2007.

The Mannings’ gift is part of the university’s $1 billion fundraising campaign, The Campaign for Tennessee, which came to a close in December.