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Sorority Village almost done Members look forward to sense of community Wade Scofield Staff Writer It won’t be long until the massive project across Alcoa Highway is complete and UT adds another beautiful piece of architecture to the campus. With the first houses expected to be completed in August, the termed Sorority Village will provide a sense of community to Panhellenic members and also seek to increase UT’s ability to bring to campus students for whom Greek life is important. “We expect if everything goes according to plan, we will have more than half the sororities open this fall,” Lindi Smedberg, Panhellenic adviser, said. “And the sororities that have not opened will remain in the Panhellenic Building and expect to have completed construction within the next year.” The 13 houses will range from 9,000 to 17,000 square feet. The most expensive house will cost about $5 million, and each house is funded by private, sorority funds. The plans
indicate that between 35 and 48 women will be living in each house. One of the biggest perks of Sorority Village is the opportunity for sisters to have a common space to share for more than one hour for every week. “Houses will be a place not only for the women to live and for meeting space, but to also be a kind of hang out space,” Smedberg said. “If you are in between classes and you want to hang out, it’s now a great place to strengthen inter-sorority bonds.” “We’re probably most excited about the common space of community that Panhellenic has been lacking,” Morgan Owens, junior in public relations, said. “Right now, it’s hard for some of the younger girls to get acquainted with the older ones in the chapter because they only see us for a brief period of time weekly. Now, at times chapters will be eating together and can host events at their houses instead of having to go off campus.” See SORORITY VILLAGE on Page 3
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Construction continues on Sorority Village on Monday. The housing will alleviate overcrowding in the residence halls as well as the future hall that will be built near Presidential Court.
Applications requested for medical device accelerator The Associated Press
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Jessie Van der Laan, printshop technician, and Jered Sprecher, associate professor of art, talk to Jackie Battenfield after her lecture “How To Make a Living Doing What You Love” on Friday. Battenfield lectured on three tools that an artist needs to make a living through artistic work.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Applications are now open for ZeroTo510, a program designed to help entrepreneurs bring medical device products and companies to market, and are being accepted now through April 5. ZeroTo510 is a unique, entrepreneurial accelerator program that focuses on leveraging the regional strength of the Memphis area in medical device research and manufacturing. The goal of ZeroTo510 is to help medical device entrepreneurs navigate the start-up process, refine business models and achieve the Food and Drug Administration’s 510(k) pre-market notification filing. Through a competitive application process, six companies will be selected to matriculate through an intensive, mentor-driven, 12-week program of instruction and hands-on activities designed to guide the entrepreneur through the process. In addition, each company chosen for the program will receive $50,000 in seed capital from coinvestors Innova, a pre-seed, seed and early-stage investor focused on starting and funding highgrowth companies in the healthcare, technology and healthcare technology fields across the state of Tennessee, and MB Venture Partners, a Memphisbased venture capital firm that provides equity capital and strategic direction to life sciences startups.
The program is launched by Memphis Bioworks Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that is leading the collaboration among public, private, academic, and government entities to accelerate the growth of the bioscience industry in the Memphis region, and Innova. ZeroTo510 is an initiative of the Greater Memphis Accelerator Consortium, a Startup TN affiliate program funded by the State of Tennessee Economic and Community Development Commission. “ZeroTo510 is the first-ever program of its kind in the United States focused on medical devices,” said Allan Daisley, director of innovation and sustainability initiatives for Memphis Bioworks. “An entrepreneurship program for medical devices is an ideal match for the resources and talents of the Memphis area. Typically, it can take years for ideas to pass through regulatory hurdles. An accelerator program that focuses on the 510(k) filing is the right approach to achieving an expedited path to market, but achieving success in that path requires unique skills and knowledge. ZeroTo510 will provide that.” At the end of the 12-week program, the participants will pitch to a group of investors. The investors will select up to three finalists, who will receive as much as $100,000 in additional capital infusion and the opportunity to further develop their business and then present at the 10th Musculoskeletal New Ventures Conference in Memphis this October.
Court hears affirmative action case The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University of Texas. The court said Tuesday it will return to the issue of affirmative action in higher education for the first time since its 2003 decision endorsing the use of race as a factor in admissions. This time around, a more conservative court is being asked to outlaw the use of Texas’ affirmative action plan and possibly to jettison the earlier ruling entirely.
A federal appeals court upheld the Texas program at issue, saying it was allowed under the high court’s decision in Grutter vs. Bollinger in 2003 that upheld racial considerations in university admissions at the University of Michigan law school. The Texas case will be argued in the fall and the changed makeup of the Supreme Court could foretell a different outcome. For one thing, Justice Samuel Alito appears more hostile to affirmative action than his predecessor, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. For another, Justice Elena Kagan, who might be expected to vote with the court’s liberalleaning justices in support of it, is not taking part in the case.
Kagan’s absence probably is a result of the Justice Department’s participation in the Texas case in the lower courts at a time when she served as solicitor general. The challenge to the University of Texas program comes from Abigail Fisher, who filed a lawsuit with another woman when they were denied admission there. They contended the university’s race-conscious policy violated their civil and constitutional rights. By then, the two had enrolled elsewhere. The other woman has since dropped out of the case and the state has said that Fisher is a senior at Louisiana State University whose impending graduation should bring an end to the lawsuit. But the
Supreme Court appeared not to buy that argument Tuesday. Most entering freshman at Texas are admitted because they are among the top 10 percent in their high school class. The Texas policy applies to the remaining spots and allows for the consideration of race along with other factors. Texas had dropped affirmative action policies after a 1996 appeals court ruling. But following the high court ruling in 2003, the university resumed considering race starting with its 2005 entering class The case is Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, 11-345.
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The Knoxville skyline shown from Thompson-Boling Arena shows the latest construction advancements with the Henley Bridge project in this undated photo. Construction is projected to finish before June 30, 2013, but there is a $1 billion bonus if it is completed before the end of the year.
Feb. 17 3:14 a.m. — An officer observed a silver 1998 Honda CRV traveling southbound on Melrose Avenue without a functioning right tail light. The driver of the vehicle, a 21-year-old white male with no affiliation to UT, was arrested for: driving on a suspended license, simple possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, manufacture, deliver, sale or possession of schedule VI drug and manufacture, deliver, sale or possession of schedule drug. One passenger of the vehicle was also charged with simple possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Another passenger was released. All parties were issued criminal trespassing warnings for UT property. 3:38 p.m. — Officers were dispatched to a parking arena near 18th Street and White Avenue in reference to a sick person. The officers woke the sick person, a 53-year-old black male with no affiliation to UT. His clothes were “dirty and disheveled,” his breath smelled of alcohol and his responses to officers were slurred. Rural Metro arrived and evaluated the subject, and he was arrested for having an outstanding warrant from the Knoxville Police Department. 4:15 p.m. — An officer was dispatched to Morrill Hall to take a vandalism call. The officer met with two 19-year-old UT students, one male and one female. One had their motorcycle vandalized and the other had their scooter vandalized. Feb. 28 5:43 a.m. — An officer observed a blue 1999
Mitsubishi Montero driving the wrong way on Locust Street at Union Avenue. The office and the driver of the vehicle “had to stop abruptly to avoid a head-on collision.” After stopping, then pausing briefly, the driver of the vehicle drove around the left side of the officer’s patrol car and continued northbound towards Summit Hill Drive. The vehicle stopped at the I-275 off-ramp, facing the wrong way. The officer found the driver, a 24-year-old white male with no affiliation to UT, to be driving under the influence and arrested him for DUI (first offense). The driver refused to submit to a blood-alcohol test and was also charged with violating the implied consent law. The vehicle was impounded. 10:10 p.m. — An officer was dispatched to a possible domestic assault on Level 2 of the G-10 parking garage located at 1500 Phillip Fulmer Way. The primary aggressor, a 39-year-old white male with no affiliation to UT, was arrested for public intoxication and simple domestic assault. Feb. 29 2:39 a.m. — An officer was dispatched to the Facility Services building at 2233 Volunteer Blvd. in reference to an intoxicated individual trying to get in the building’s front door. The individual, a 21-year-old white male UT student, was arrested for public intoxication. 12:44 p.m. — Officers were dispatched to the second floor of Gibbs Hall in reference to a theft. The victim, a 19-year-old UT student, reported his TV and laptop had been stolen from his dorm room over the weekend. There were no signs of forced entry and no suspect information. 3:45 p.m. — Officers exited Alcoa Highway at Cherokee Trail and noticed a white 2004 Dodge Caravan on the shoulder of the road with its emergency flashers activated. Rural Metro arrived and transported the subject, a 35-year-old white male with no affiliation to UT, to UT Medical Center. The driver was later arrested for DUI (first offense) and outstanding warrants.
1980 — U.S. hockey team makes miracle on ice In one of the most dramatic upsets in Olympic history, the underdog U.S. hockey team, made up of college players, defeats the four-time defending gold-medal winning Soviet team at the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York. The Soviet squad, previously regarded as the finest in the world, fell to the youthful American team 4-3 before a frenzied crowd of 10,000 spectators. Two days later, the Americans defeated Finland 4-2 to clinch the hockey gold. The Soviet team had captured the previous four Olympic hockey golds, going back to 1964, and had not lost an Olympic hockey game since 1968. Three days before the Lake Placid Games began, the Soviets routed the U.S. team 10-3 in an exhibition game at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Americans looked scrappy, but few blamed them for it — their average age, after all, was only 22, and their team captain, Mike Eruzione, was recruited from the obscurity of the Toledo Blades of the International League. Few had high hopes for the seventh-seeded U.S. team entering the Olympic tournament, but the team soon silenced its detractors, making it through the opening round of play undefeated, with four victories and one tie, thus advancing to the four-team medal round. The Soviets, however, were seeded No. 1 and as expected went undefeated, with five victories in the first round. On Friday afternoon, February 22, the American amateurs and the Soviet dream team met before a sold-out crowd at Lake Placid. The Soviets broke through first, with their new young star, Valery Krotov, deflecting a slap shot beyond American goalie Jim Craig’s reach in the first period. Midway through the period, Buzz Schneider, the only American who had previously been an Olympian, answered the Soviet goal with a high shot over the shoulder of Vladislav Tretiak, the Soviet goalie. The relentless Soviet attack continued as the period progressed, with Sergei Makarov giving his team a 2-1 lead. With just a few seconds left in the first period, American Ken Morrow shot the puck down the ice in desperation. Mark Johnson picked it up and sent it into the Soviet goal with one second remaining. After a brief Soviet protest, the goal was deemed good, and the game was tied. In the second period, the irritated Soviets came out with a new goalie, Vladimir Myshkin, and turned up the attack. The Soviets dominated play in the second period, outshooting the United States 12-2, and taking a 3-2 lead with a goal by Alesandr Maltsev just over two minutes into the period. If not for several remarkable saves by Jim Craig, the Soviet lead would surely have been higher than 3-2 as the third and final 20-minute period began.
Nearly nine minutes into the period, Johnson took advantage of a Soviet penalty and knocked home a wild shot by David Silk to tie the contest again at 3-3. About a minute and a half later, Mike Eruzione, whose last name means “eruption” in Italian, picked up a loose puck in the Soviet zone and slammed it past Myshkin with a 25-foot wrist shot. For the first time in the game, the Americans had the lead, and the crowd erupted in celebration. There were still 10 minutes of play to go, but the Americans held on, with Craig making a few more fabulous saves. With five seconds remaining, the Americans finally managed to get the puck out of their zone, and the crowd began counting down the final seconds. When the final horn sounded, the players, coaches, and team officials poured onto the ice in raucous celebration. The Soviet players, as awestruck as everyone else, waited patiently to shake their opponents’ hands. The so-called Miracle on Ice was more than just an Olympic upset; to many Americans, it was an ideological victory in the Cold War as meaningful as the Berlin Airlift or the Apollo moon landing. The upset came at an auspicious time: President Jimmy Carter had just announced that the United States was going to boycott the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and Americans, faced with a major recession and the Iran hostage crisis, were in dire need of something to celebrate. After the game, President Carter called the players to congratulate them, and millions of Americans spent that Friday night in revelry over the triumph of “our boys” over the Russian pros. As the U.S. team demonstrated in their victory over Finland two days later, it was disparaging to call the U.S. team amateurs. Three-quarters of the squad were top college players who were on their way to the National Hockey League (NHL), and coach Herb Brooks had trained the team long and hard in a manner that would have made the most authoritative Soviet coach proud. The 1980 U.S. hockey team was probably the best-conditioned American Olympic hockey team of all time — the result of countless hours running skating exercises in preparation for Lake Placid. In their play, the U.S. players adopted passing techniques developed by the Soviets for the larger international hockey rinks, while preserving the rough checking style that was known to throw the Soviets off-guard. It was these factors, combined with an exceptional afternoon of play by Craig, Johnson, Eruzione, and others, that resulted in the miracle at Lake Placid. This improbable victory was later memorialized in a 2004 film, Miracle, starring Kurt Russell. — This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
SORORITY VILLAGE continued from Page 1 Even though some sort of fraternity row, either on Lake Avenue or at the current Fraternity Park Drive, has been in existence since the 1950s, there is uncertainty as to why it has taken until the 2010s for the construction of sorority houses. “No one really knows why we don’t have them,” Owens said. “There were plans for townhouses about 10 years ago to be erected in the 20th Street/Terrace Avenue area, but that didn’t work out,” Smedberg said. “Plans for Sorority Village began to emerge at least four years ago, because recruitment catalogs from 2007 have mention of future houses. Of course, each sorority had to complete their fundraising for the construction before building could begin.” Owens, current Panhellenic vice president of recruitment, noted that the houses will provide a recruiting tool UT has lacked for more than 30 years. “It will take a couple years to adjust because
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NEWS not all of the houses will be done this fall,” Owens said. “And this year we will be trying to make it as fair and equal as possible. It will be a great recruiting tool. We won’t have to cram 100 or more potential new members with almost an entire chapter into a tiny suite. It’s a great tool to draw a lot of people to campus, and I think it’s also going to help with alumnae because they’ve worked so hard to get this and they can see it and they can get more involved with their chapter.” The future of the Panhellenic Building at the corner of 16th Street and Cumberland Avenue is unconfirmed, but the option that has progressed the furthest is that the UT ROTC program will move into the building after the planned demolition of the Stokely Athletic Center. Plans indicate that Laurel Hall, now primarily a space for Panhellenic sororities by floor, will become housing similar to Apartment Residence Hall. Coupled with the plans for a new residence hall at the corner of Francis Street and Andy Holt Avenue, Laurel will allow Apartment Residence Hall to be cleared for renovations. “When the village is complete, the upgrades are going to get rolling,” Smedberg said. “It’s an exciting time,” Owens said. “We can’t wait for the Village to be finished.”
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Students listen to Erica Nowak, a Disney recruiter, during the Disney Program Session at Career Services on Feb. 8. Disney offers a college internship program for any major. Students will do various things like work retail, food, attractions, photography, lodging and recreation.
Obama pushes education plan The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Access to college has been the driving force in federal higher education policy for decades. But the Obama administration is pushing a fundamental agenda shift that aggressively brings a new question into the debate: What are people getting for their money? Students with loans are graduating on average with more than $25,000 in debt. The federal government pours $140 billion annually into federal grants and loans. Unemployment remains high, yet there are projected shortages in many industries with some high-tech companies already complaining about a lack of highly trained workers. Meanwhile, literacy among college students has declined in the last decade, according to a commission convened during the George W. Bush administration that said American higher education has become “increasingly risk-averse, at times self-satisfied, and unduly expensive.” About 40 percent of college students at fouryear schools aren’t graduating, and in two-year programs, only about 40 percent of students graduate or transfer, according to the policy and analysis group College Measures. College drop-outs are expensive, and not just for the individual. About a fifth of full-time students who enroll at a community college do not return for a second year, costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually, according to an analysis released last fall by the American Institutes for Research. There’s been a growing debate over whether post-secondary schools should be more transparent about the cost of an education and the success of graduates. President Barack Obama has weighed in with a strong “yes.” During his State of the Union address, Obama put the higher education on notice: “If you can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down,” he said. “Higher education can’t be a luxury — it’s an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.” He wants to slightly reduce federal aid for schools that don’t control tuition costs and shift it to those that do. He also has proposed an $8 billion program to train community college students for high-growth industries that would provide financial incentives to programs that ensured their trainees find work. Both proposals need congressional approval. At the same time, the administration is developing both a “scorecard” for use in comparing school statistics such as graduation rates as well
as a “shopping sheet” students would receive from schools they applied to with estimates of how much debt they might graduate with and estimated future payments on student loans. American’s higher education system has long been the backbone of much of the nation’s success, and there’s no doubt that a college degree is valuable. It’s now projected that students with a bachelor’s degree will earn a million more dollars over their lifetime than students with only a high school diploma, Education Secretary Arne Duncan says. But Obama’s statement to Congress jolted the higher education establishment, which believes that college isn’t just to create foot soldiers for industry and that the use of measured outcomes would hurt the humanities, meaning fewer students will turn to Shakespeare and instead study engineering, said Anthony Carnevale, director of the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University. The community has already been reeling over an earlier administration decision to require career college programs — many of which are at for-profit institutions — to better prepare students for “gainful employment” or risk losing federal aid. “It’s the notion that the ...federal government will begin to say we want to know what we’re paying for and we want to make sure that people don’t pay for education programs that take them nowhere, especially if the program is supposed to get them a job, we want it to get them a job,” Carnevale said. Some fear that Obama might want to apply the “gainful employment” standards to traditional four-year degree programs. Robert Moran, director of federal relations at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, said reporting requires time and resources, and it’s even more difficult to gauge the success of a graduate with an English degree than someone with a very specific career certificate. Duncan said in an interview he doesn’t see a big need to go in that direction now, although he does think it’s important to track factors such as graduation rates and tuition costs. He said he tracked his graduates while serving as chief executive officer of the Chicago Public Schools and noticed that some universities were graduating them at rates of 75 percent or more, while others were graduating them at a small fraction of that. “Colleges aren’t too dissimilar to high schools. Some have done a great job building cultures around completion and obtainment and some haven’t,” Duncan said.
Southern Baptists look for new name The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Southern Baptists first considered changing their name in 1903. Leaders have seriously proposed it at least 13 times since then. Now, Southern Baptist Convention President Bryant Wright hopes a compromise of sorts could put the issue to rest by adding the moniker “Great Commission Baptists.” A task force formed by the nation’s largest Protestant denomination recommended to the SBC’s executive committee Monday that they
should give an official option to those who might not embrace the “Southern” name and identity. Wright and other church leaders are concerned that their name is too regional and impedes the evangelistic faith’s efforts to spread the Gospel worldwide. The “Great Commission” refers to Matthew 28:16-20, in which Jesus instructs his disciples at Galilee to “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” “We are Southern Baptists. That’s who we are. The Great Commission is what we do,” said Jimmy Draper, the head of the name task force
and a former SBC president. He was also president of the SBC’s publishing and retail arm, LifeWay, when it changed its name from the Baptist Sunday School Board. The panel rejected a complete name change, citing the legal costs and difficulties like the thousands of will and trusts naming the SBC. They also noted the positive associations many hold with the Southern Baptist name, such as with its well-regarded disaster relief organization. Wright said a name change was first proposed
in 1903, and the idea has lingered since then. He hopes when members realize the cost of a legal name change, they will see the wisdom in the recommendation and have unity moving forward. The executive committee will consider the name recommendation on Tuesday. Anyone can then introduce the proposal at the annual convention this summer to be voted on by delegates, but a measure endorsed by the committee would carry greater weight
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Columnist uses hypocritical language I agree with the underlying point of Emily DeLanzo’s article “Disney love creates false fantasies.” Disney, throughout its almost century-long reign in animation, has crafted ideas of life that glorify feudalism, espouse the objectification and idealization of women’s (and men’s!) bodies and gender roles, and lionize an illustration of racism which was only slightly ameliorated with the outrage over “Song of the South.” But to vilify an entire art form and shame a group of women you don’t even know because of a misplaced grudge against society for not providing you with a prince of your own? That’s pathetic. Perhaps the element of Emily’s diatribe with which I take the most issue is the argument itself. I see where she’s coming from: women, relationships, society, independence, etc. But in the very same breath, she exercises the same offensive language she hopes to stage herself against. Calling the famous villain from “The Little Mermaid” a “fat psycho” reinforces a shameful label. Maybe in a different society, Ursula would have been admired for her cleverness or self-confidence. Furthermore, regardless of these Disney women’s dress, demeanor or life choices, none of them are “sluts.” “Slut” is a term used to degrade, disempower and denigrate the women of today’s society by creating a stereotype that women who sell their bodies are somehow worth less than those who don’t. That Emily used it in such an insulting and misogynistic way only speaks to the way she is perhaps void of the actual experiences and lifestyles of these women to such a degree that she can no longer effectively judge who is in the wrong. But the basic idea here is simple. Women and men can be over-reliant on significant others and place too much weight on creating or sustaining relationships in general. In no uncertain terms, it would be gratifying to see every person in this world capable of happiness and success without “needing” someone else. Still, it is more gratifying to know that every one of those same people is capable of making that choice themselves, and any respectable human being would not discredit someone’s lifestyle choices, no matter what they are. Any person who can’t appreciate those freedoms should probably stop writing under the guise of women’s lib.
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State separate from church, vice versa In Mr. Campbell’s column “Separate spheres of religion, politics” (Feb. 14), he bashes Catholicism, even though he claims to be a Catholic, for fighting the government’s mandate that they provide contraceptives to women. First of all, regardless of whether you are Catholic or even religious, the government’s blatant disregard for the First Amendment is the real issue here. The Constitution forbids the government from making any law for or against religion, and mandating that Catholic hospitals offer contraceptives, which they consider to be a deadly sin, is an unconstitutional intrusion. How could the Catholic Church condemn the use of contraceptives if it is forced to offer them in its own hospitals and institutions? The First Amendment was made specifically for cases such as this so that the government would not be able to intrude on religious and other individual rights. Secondly, Mr. Campbell argues that religious figures should stay out of politics; however, he does not condemn the government for intruding upon religion. How is it unacceptable for figures like Rev. Billy Graham to enter politics, but somehow acceptable for President Obama to mandate a church to do something it considers evil? Just because you think that society will improve because of contraceptives does not make it right to force a religion to disobey its own doctrine. If religion must be separate from the government, then government must be separate from religion. Thomas Smith Senior in political science tsmit116@utk.edu
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I can still remember when, almost a decade ago, our family received in the mail a small booklet of babyrelated coupons from Kroger. It was around that time when one of my older sisters and her husband had their first child, my niece, and so the coupons seemed nothing but opportunely delivered and useful. But then it occurred to me: Why was my family (the small, nuclear bit of it that remained at that point) receiving “buy one get one free” pureed vegetable advertisements? Shouldn’t glossy ads like that be going to my sister and brother-in-law’s place? Later I learned that my sister still carried a Kroger Plus card that was linked to my parents’ address and phone number. And at the time, that was all the explanation I needed. My 11-or-so years of experience had taught me that half of all the mail you receive is trying to sell you something (while the other half, of course, is asking that you kindly pay for something you’ve already bought). So it made sense to me that Kroger would be sending us coupons because, well, we often shopped there. That the coupons our family received were so very specific to our situation (that being the arrival of a new and tiny person) didn’t really occur to me then. But this series of memories came rushing back to me when I recently read about Target’s marketing analysts in a piece by Charles Duhigg called “How Companies Learn Your Secrets.” The multi-page article in the New York Times Online outlined how many large companies now hire researchers to determine which ads or coupons should be sent to which customers and when. Though perhaps it shouldn’t come as too much of a shock, almost any store with a loyalty or rewards system keeps track of individual buyers and what purchases they make. Databases of customer information make sending out “customized” ads a snap; most big chains make use of demographics with unprecedented frequency, thanks to the ease of electronic sorting.
Of course there’s not much secret about your shopping cart when you’re plowing up and down the aisles of your nearest super-mart, so what’s all the fuss about? Well, retailers are savvy enough to know that at certain times of the year (say, the beginning of Fall Semester) consumers are more likely to be out shopping for all the trappings that come with school starting up again. It’s a predictable, regularly scheduled occurrence that many chains bank on to boost sales. But what about all those other big life-events that could happen at any time, like the birth of a child or the acceptance of a new job — how can retailers hope to reach into a buyer’s pockets when those very same pockets are cluttered with airplane tickets and used wet wipes? That’s where consumer analysis steps in to save the day for floundering mid-season sales. Because with enough training and careful attention, our favorite stores can figure out the “secret” lives we live outside their walls. Certain combinations of purchases made by a particular demographic are often indicative of purchasesyet-to-come; for instance, if a 20-something buys multivitamins, anti-nausea medication and some pregnancy tests, there’s a good chance that the next nine months (nay, two decades) are going to be filled with trips to the store. And if a retailer can earn your loyalty from the very beginning … well, once a customer always a customer (or so they hope). If any of this makes you slightly uneasy, you’re not alone. Debates will undoubtedly continue to rage about what is and isn’t too much personal information for a retailer to be hanging on to. In a way, though, it shouldn’t be too upsetting. After all, isn’t having our purchases accounted for the price we pay for the convenience of having all our goods manufactured for us? Maybe specially tailored flyers seem a little underhanded, but it doesn’t change the fact that we were going to buy many of those advertised things anyway, eventually. If we’re going to buy into consumer culture, I figure we may as well buy into it with gusto, appreciating the time and money companies spend trying to get our business while still acknowledging that we’re onto their game. (Oh yes, and Target? If you’re taking notes, I could really use some discounted home wares.) — Anna-Lise Burnette is a senior in interdisciplinary studies. She can be reached at kburnet7@utk.edu.
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“THIS IS WHAT I THINK. It’s a shrewd, largelyuniversal observation about a particular topic or society in general. Your day and life will be better because of it and, per my aptitude for educating the masses, it’s entirely probable that I’ll dispense at least one more datum like it before bedtime. Also, the idea behind this thought was far too labyrinthine to be contained to 140 characters, but I did it anyway, ’cause I’m clever.” I wish I were as honest when I tweet as I am when I evaluate my own tweeting habits, but such is social media. It’s an interesting dynamic, really — in the world of Twitter, I, like my semi-enlightened-yet-still-tweeting-forsome-reason contemporaries, am compelled to constantly exhibit myself on my best terms possible and am given a forum to do just that, so, you know … why not? The brevity of the whole thing is cool. Twitter founder Jack Dorsey chose the term “twitter” for its definition — “a short burst of inconsequential information,” which he and his creative staff likened to a bird chirping (hence the present logo). “It was just perfect … That’s exactly what the product was,” Dorsey said. Yeah. But given its creators’ acknowledgment of the site as a sort of illegitimate means of substantive communication, I can’t help but still regard Twitter exactly as I did when I first discovered it back in 2009 — as little more than a novelty and little less than the epitome of egoism. Sure, the website has plenty of practical, wholesome and/or altruistic applications now (including but not limited to Egyptian revolution and real-time updates of … whatever), but that doesn’t change the fact that it began as a condensed version of Facebook’s “status,” the absolute most narcissistic thing in social media. A tweet, regardless of content, is based on the voice of each account’s operator and on what that person thinks or wants. So aside from activists, idiots, those who “follow” exclusively on Twitter, and those who relate to other human beings in the most terse manner possible anyway — introverts, mutes, girls who communicate verbally in Internet slang-uage (lol, omg, smh etc.) —, the only people populating Twitter are those seeking
some kind of attention. Similarly, we “follow” because self-promotion is only half the appeal. The other half is the site’s “bite-sized” nature — Twitter gives us a piece of information in two seconds and provides it devoid of pomp, frill or extraneousness not immediately critical to the topic at hand. If details are necessary, there might be a link to a news outlet’s website or something; but that information is optional, not caked around the absolute most strippeddown representation of the issue. It’s a microcosm of the newest information globalization in which only the purest form of an idea is given regard. The past two decades have forged a cultural shift in the information realm by which we’ve come to consistently expect data in miniature form. Our generation likes to get the picture and move on, and we don’t have the time, capacity or focus to engage anything that takes more than a few seconds. Incidentally, this is why reports have abstracts, newscasts have soundbites and books have Cliffnotes. The cause/effect of the whole thing is really pretty simple: As modernity augments our capacity to do more, say more, learn more and think more, our attention span shrinks. As sad as it may be, this trend has significant real-world implications. Take campaign politics, for instance. A candidate’s job is to convey a message and convince a body of voters that that message is consistent with their interests, but how is this possible when the voters tune out after 30 seconds? Many politicians have taken to the mainstream by actually setting up Twitter accounts through which they can communicate with their constituents, but does this really help on the campaign trail? Do speeches need to be limited to 60 seconds? What about debates (for which this is kind of already the case)? Are we fast moving toward an era of half-hourlong National Conventions? Whoever heard someone complain about a speech being too short anyway? Whatever the case, it’s an ever-changing reality. The influence of Twitter and all things similar might be undermining substantive discourse and mitigating the power of intelligent rhetoric, but it’s becoming more and more the lay of the land, and a politician’s job as a public official is to adapt to it. Obviously there’s no by-thebook remedy for adapting to social politics, but politicians are making moves to engage the problem. The only question is, are they strategizing successfully? Smell That next week. — Sam Ellis is a senior in English & political science. He can be reached at sellis11@utk.edu.
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Adele takes two Brit awards Bronson Pinchot returns in new show departed divas, Whitney Houston and Amy The Associated Press Winehouse. Tousle-haired singer-songwriter Sheeran won LONDON — Soulful songstress Adele capped prizes for solo artist and British breakthrough a momentous year of Grammy Awards triumph act. and medical woes with a double win at the U.K.’s The red-headed 21-year-old has been panned Brit music awards Tuesday, taking prizes for as bland by some critics, but has amassed album of the year and best British female solo legions of young fans through online releases artist. and a relentless calendar of shows. Teen-friendly English troubadour Ed Sheeran Sheeran thanked his manager for transformwon two trophies, including British male solo ing a “spotty, chubby ginger teenager” into a artist, at an energetic ceremony in London. It has been a dramatic year for the down-to- Brit-winner. Long derided as earth north London dull, the Brits have diva Adele, who become a lively celebased her chart-topbration of U.K. ping songs of heartmusic and style — break on a rocky and this year’s relationship. awards come with Her sophomore British music riding album “21” won six high around the Grammys last week world. and has sold more “I’m so, so proud than 6 million to be British and to copies in the United be flying our flag,” States alone. But said Adele, who has Adele also had to the century’s bestundergo vocal cord selling album so far. surgery in Tuesday’s event November to fix a — which kicked off potentially careerwith Coldplay perthreatening throat forming “Charlie condition. Brown” and included She delivered a live turns from powerhouse perSheeran, Florence formance of her sin• Photo courtesy of Jelmer de Haas and the Machine, gle “Rolling in the Noel Gallagher, Bruno Mars and Rihanna — Deep” to thousands of fans and industry insiders brought out a host of stars who blended rock ‘n’ at London’s O2 arena. roll attitude and fashion finery. “It’s been an amazing year,” Adele said as she Blur frontman Damon Albarn dressed down received the female artist statuette from petite for the red carpet in jeans and a flat cap, and forpop star Kylie Minogue. mer Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher wore a “I feel like a drag queen next to you,” joked the leather jacket. But others struck a snazzier note. winner, who wore a sleek black Burberry gown Actor Ray Winstone arrived in a pinstriped but towered over Minogue. She thanked her three-piece suit, complete with watch chain. record company “for letting me be the kind of Style standouts included Minogue, in a strapartist I want to be.” less sky blue dress; plump-lipped Internet sensaThe 23-year-old lost out on the British single tion Lana Del Ray, wearing a floor-length red prize to boy band One Direction’s “What Makes gown; and Florence and the Machine’s Florence You Beautiful,” but took the coveted album of the year award for “21.” The statue was presented by Welch, in a lacy peach dress by Sarah Burton of singer George Michael, returning to the stage Alexander McQueen. Coldplay won their fourth best British group after suffering life-threatening pneumonia in trophy, while Foo Fighters were voted best interDecember. The ceremony also included tributes to two national group.
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His filmography includes 1980s hits like “Risky Business” and “Beverly Hills Cop,” but since “Perfect Strangers” ended in 1993 after eight seasons, Pinchot has performed on and offBroadway, appeared in touring theatrical productions and done voiceovers and audiobooks. His new show, though, is altogether different. First, the designs are his own. “I get a kick out of it because I sit there with a sketchbook and say, ‘This is what it should look like when it’s done’ and in the end it either looks like that or it’s better,” he said. ‘My theater training helps; in theater, it doesn’t matter where you’re at with your performance, opening night is opening night.” Home base is Pinchot’s circa 1840 mansion in the center of Harford, a town of about 1,300 people. It was the home of state Sen. Edward Jones in the early 1900s and had more recently served as office space. Pinchot bought the place in 2000.
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HARFORD, Pa. — For more than a decade, Bronson Pinchot has spent much of his downtime in the picture-book Pennsylvania hamlet where he found a dream home far from the stressful clamor of New York or L.A. Pinchot likely remains best known as the endearingly naïve, quasi-Mediterranean immigrant Balki Bartokomous from the TV sitcom “Perfect Strangers.” But unlike Balki, Pinchot is by his own admission “fiercely private” and an “introvert that does a pretty convincing performance as an extrovert.” Still, he has decided to open his doors to America via “The Bronson Pinchot Project,” which premiered Feb. 11 on the DIY Network. In all, eight episodes were shot over 13 weeks at the end of last year in Harford, a village founded in 1790 and nestled in the Endless Mountains of Susquehanna County near the New York state line.
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A contractor rolls paint onto the side of the future Lawson Athletic Center addition to the current athletic center, oblivious to the power outage on Feb. 15.
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Bronson continued from Page 5 “I wanted a Greek Revival house within five driving hours of New York City,” Pinchot said. When he first walked in, he said, he knew he would buy it. When he arrived, the scene couldn't have been better staged by a Hollywood set designer: The house smelled of cinnamon toast, the air outside smelled of fresh manure, a woman pushing a baby carriage paused to admire a neighbor’s fuchsia roses across the street. He now owns six historic properties in Harford, including what was a burned-out vacant home also from around 1840 and a sweet blue-shingled building that houses the town’s post office. Eventually, he hopes many of the properties will be places for visiting friends to stay. The first season’s architectural stars are his Ioniccolumned mansion and Decker House, a smaller home rehabbed with salvaged wood from demolished old buildings, windows from an abandoned farmhouse and floors from a property formerly part of late heiress Doris Duke’s
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estate. Not only is “The Bronson Pinchot Project” a show about historic restoration, it’s a love letter to his adopted hometown. Years of trial and error have culminated into the current style viewers will see taking shape — a blend of English regency and American high country along with 19th-century plaster casts of ancient Greek sculpture and architectural flourishes. The goal is for rooms to look like they’ve taken shape over many decades, he said. His earliest home rehab forays involved getting all the period details and furniture just right. But it felt wrong. Things you won’t see in Bronson world: kitchen appliances. Refrigerators — which Pinchot calls “unacceptably, unforgivably ugly” — ovens, dishwashers and microwaves are cleverly concealed behind salvaged wainscoting, cupboards and cabinets mounted clandestinely on hinges, like a bookcase hiding a castle’s secret passageway. All of his properties eventually will get the full “Bronsonian” treatment, a process shaped both by the availability of salvage materials and Pinchot’s own improvisational approach to renovating.
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Auction to feature Munch’s ‘Scream’ The Associated Press NEW YORK — One of four versions of Edvard Munch’s masterpiece “The Scream” will be sold this spring in New York, Sotheby’s auction house announced Tuesday. Sotheby’s estimates that the work, which has become a modern icon of human anxiety, will sell for $80 million or more. The 1895 drawing of a man holding his head and screaming under a streaked, blood-red sky is being sold by Norwegian businessman Petter Olsen, whose father was a friend and patron of Munch’s. It is the only version of “The Scream” still in private hands. “I have lived with this work all my life, and its power and energy have only increased with time,” Olsen said. “Now, however, I feel the moment has come to offer the rest of the world a chance to own and appreciate this remarkable work, which is the only version of ‘The Scream’ not in the collection of a Norwegian museum.” The work will lead Sotheby’s Impressionist and modern sale on May 2. Olsen said proceeds will go toward the establishment of a new museum, art center and hotel in Hvitsten, Norway, where Olsen’s father and Munch were neighbors. A price tag of $80 million would be among the highest-ever for an artwork.
According to Sotheby’s, a total of eight works have sold for $80 million or more at auction. The record is $106.5 million for Picasso’s “Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust,” sold in 2010 by Christie’s in New York. The director of the National Museum in Oslo, Audun Eckhoff, told The Associated Press that Norwegian authorities approved the Munch sale a few months ago. “Our consideration was that it is acceptable, since several versions of ‘The Scream’ remain in Norway,” he said. One version of “The Scream” is owned by the National Museum and two others by the Munch Museum, also in Oslo. Sotheby’s said in a news release that this pastel-on-board version of “The Scream” is the most colorful and vibrant of the four and the only version whose frame was hand-painted by the artist to include his poem detailing the work’s inspiration. In the poem, Munch described himself “shivering with anxiety” and said he felt “the great scream in nature.” The work will be on view at Sotheby’s in London starting April 13 and then in New York starting April 27. Curator Petra Pettersen of the Munch Museum said she hopes that whoever buys “The Scream” will display it as well. “I hope it will not disappear from the public and that it will still be possible to see it at exhibitions,” she said.
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A couple dances during the Tennessee Waltz after the Feb. 15 UT men’s basketball game. The waltz is a tradition after games, when fans interlock and sway while the band plays.
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Softball splits rainy weekend on the Pittsburgh Panthers, but that game was also canceled due to rain. Tennessee took on Illinois on Friday, winning The No. 7 Tennessee softball team won one the offensive battle 10-7 over the Fighting Illini. game in weekend tournament action after rain Tennessee notched 12 hits during a constant drizzle, which led to sloppy playing conditions. canceled the majority of the games. “Today was a tough day weather-wise for all “It was unfortunate to have three of our games rained out,” co-head coach Karen Weekly the pitchers in this game with cold temperatures said. “We should have had played five games but and a near constant drizzle falling,” Lady Vol cohead coach Ralph Weekly said. only got to play two.” Leading the charge for the Lady Vols was junAfter the rain moved out, the Lady Vols lost to No. 13 Texas 3-2 in nine innings on Sunday ior Lauren Gibson going 3-for-3, hitting her secafter the game was rescheduled from the ond career grand slam and grabbing five RBIs. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead, Illinois scored Saturday rain-out. Tennessee took a one-run lead going into the four unanswered runs. But the Lady Vols fought back and controlled the bottom of the ninth. lead for the rest of the With international game. rules in place, which “It’s a credit to our puts a runner on secyoung team for fighting ond base at the beginthrough the adversity ning of the inning, and coming out with a Texas belted a two-run, win,” Ralph Weekly said. inside-the-park home Ivy Renfroe (1-1) got run to win the game the win, coming in as a with two outs. reliever and getting her Tennessee took the first win of the season lead when Lauren with five strikeouts in Gibson drove in a run three innings. Madison in the top of the fifth. Shipman went 2-3 with Senior Ashley Andrews an RBI and a solo home finished 3-for-4 with a run. clutch RBI in the top of Tennessee has been the ninth to give the playing on the road since Big Orange a 2-1 lead. Feb. 9, starting in The game was a Arizona, then continuing pitching duel that had Wade Rackley • The Daily Beacon around the United to be decided in extra innings. Sophomore Sophomore Ivy Renfroe pitches States. “We do it every year,” Ellen Renfroe pitched against ETSU on Feb. 15. The Lady eight innings, giving up Vols lost to Texas 3-2 in extra innings Karen Weekly said. “Our one run for UT. Junior Sunday. Ellen Renfroe only let one hit seniors are handling it Ivy Renfroe suffered the past her in eight innings and it was very well. It’s a challenge loss, giving up the one Ivy who had a hit in the last inning. for our freshmen, getThe Lady Vols have their first home ting into the routine. It’s hit in the final inning. “It was a tough loss,” game against Georgia Southern on a necessity with the weather we have in Karen Weekly said. Feb. 29 in a doubleheader at 3 p.m. February.” “We were in the posiAlong with playing on tion to win the game, and we told them we were really proud of how hard they fought. We can’t the road, playing in hostile environments prejust look at the last pitch to evaluate the whole pares the team for the tough SEC play that lies ahead for the Lady Volunteers. game.” The Lady Vols make one more tournament With the tournament brackets being rearranged all weekend, new schedules were appearance in Clearwater, Fla. this weekend, released each day because of the changing then return for their season home opener at the weather. The Lady Vols were scheduled to take end of February.
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Ex-NFL player charged with tax evasion The Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge has put off a former NFL player’s sentencing to give prosecutors time to notify possible fraud victims in Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida and Arizona. The amount of Jeffrey Walker’s restitution payment will depend on the number of victims, The Clarion-Ledger (http://on.thecl.com/A4jh6A) reported. Sentencing had been scheduled last Friday. Federal assistant public defender George Lucas opposed the delay, saying Walker has been waiting months to be sentenced. Walker, 48, pleaded guilty in October to wire fraud and tax evasion involving a planned resort in China. Prosecutors said he used investors’ money for personal items including a luxury van and a boat. Walker, formerly of Madison, Miss., now lives in Franklin, Tenn. He was drafted in 1986 by the San Diego Chargers in 1986 and also played with the New Orleans Saints. Prosecutors know of at least 20 investors who were victims of the multimillion-dollar
scheme, but Assistant U.S. Attorney Jerry Rushing said in court last week that letters from potential victims continue to arrive, including some last week. Two people testified last week that they sent thousands of dollars to Walker, who was accused of fraudulently obtaining at least $2.1 million from investors. Walker faces up to 23 years in prison under federal law, but likely will get a lesser sentence under federal sentencing guidelines. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate did not set a sentencing date Friday, but said all victim statements must be received within the next 45 days, and Walker will be sentenced the week after that. FBI and IRS officials said Walker misrepresented to as many as 30 investors that their money would be used for building estate homes, townhomes and patio homes in China in a project his companies, Charter Resources International and Sterling Group Holdings Inc., supposedly were developing. Investors in Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida and Arizona made interstate bank wire transfers to one of his companies. One sent a $200,000 check.
UT hosts Boys and Girls Clubs ‘Punt, Pass & Kick’ Staff Reports More than 100 local youth converged on Tennessee’s indoor football complex on Presidents Day as UT Sport Management students hosted the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley for the Eighth Annual Punt, Pass & Kick competition inside the Neyland Thompson Sports Center. Youth ages 8-12 from 14 Boys & Girls Clubs competed in the event which awarded first, second and third place for each age group. Every participant received a T-shirt and a ribbon. UT sport management students who are members of the 160-member majors club Partners in Sports planned and managed the event, and several student-athletes served as mentors, signing autographs and working at each station with the youth who participated. “The Punt, Pass & Kick event is really a benefit for all involved,” said Josh Pate, a graduate assistant for Partners in Sports. “It is a wonderful opportunity for the kids with the Boys & Girls Club to get on a college campus and have fun with a great group of
college students and student-athletes, and it is great for our students because it gives them a service project for a local organization. This is just one of the events that Partners in Sports manages throughout the year, and it always gets positive reviews due to the level of hands-on work for each volunteer.” The student-athlete involvement was the biggest hit for the Boys & Girls Clubs kids. Tennessee placekicker Michael Palardy spent much of his time teaching kids how to properly kick the ball, while quarterback Tyler Bray gave a few lessons in throwing accuracy at the passing station. “It’s a great feeling to be able to put smiles on little kids’ faces, who grow up watching Tennessee football,” Palardy said of the experience. “It’s everything to them to be able to interact with some of the players. I think it does the community and me a lot of good to be able to give back to them like that.” At the end of the day, the indoor football complex echoed with a resounding, “Yes!” when the participants were asked if they had fun at the event. The smiles on their faces as they left the field spoke even louder.
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Molly Hannis gives assistant coach Jennifer Woodruff a hug on the podium after winning the 100 breast stroke during the SEC Swimming Championships on Feb. 17.
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THESPORTSPAGE
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Projected Starters Tennessee 14-13 (6-6 SEC)
Ole Miss 15-11 (5-7 SEC)
G Skylar McBee G Trae Golden G Cameron Tatum F Jeronne Maymon F Jarnell Stokes
G Jarvis Summers G Nick Williams F Terrance Henry F Murphy Holloway F Reginald Buckner
6.9 13.1 7.7 12.3 8.4
How They Match-up UT 68.5 Scoring Offense 65.3 Scoring Defense Field Goals % 44.2 Three Point % 36.0 Free Throw % 69.0 +3.0 Rebound Margin 4.3 Blocks per game 13.0 Assists per game 5.7 Steals per game -1.70 Turnover Margin
UM 66.0 66.0 43.0 30.1 59.7 +3.7 5.3 11.3 6.6 -1.50
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Forward Jeronne Maymon fights off Arkansas players on Feb. 15. The redshirt junior has 301 points this season so far, averaging 12 points per game.
9.8 10.0 11.7 11.0 7.0
Why the Vols will win: Tennessee’s four-game win streak was snapped in a rough 62-50 loss at Alabama on Saturday. Good news for the Vols; they’re at home to take on Ole Miss. The Rebels haven’t won an away game since Jan. 21 at Georgia. Jeronne Maymon, who has averaged 14.6 points in the past eight games, will have to go up against a Mississippi inside game that averages 38.6 rebounds a game, good for 24th in the nation. Skylar McBee was held to zero points at Alabama after four straight double-digit games. The Vols are 10-0 this season when he scores at least 10 points. He’s emerged as a solid shooting guard, and UT will rely on him to get his points if they want to win.
Why the Rebel Black Bears will win: The Rebels play a lot inside, potentially leaving guards not as tightly defended, but UT coach Cuonzo Martin said Ole Miss can give a lot of looks on both sides of the ball, and they go with whatever works at the time. The Rebels will certainly need to keep up their rebounding pace, and look to create secondchance opportunities, as they only shoot 43 percent from the field and 30 percent from beyond the arc. Getting to the foul line and converting will help them stay in the game.