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Diversity Fair to focus on minority students Career Services hosts third annual forum to connect variety of job candidates, employers Jamison Lanum Staff Writer Students seeking employment and networking opportunities can attend the Diversity Job Fair Tuesday.

The third annual Diversity Job Fair, sponsored by Career Services, hopes to partner students with employers who are dedicated to diversity.

The fair was developed as an alternative to the larger fall and spring job fairs with a focus on underrepresented populations.

“We had always wanted to do a diversity fair, because diversity is important to us, and it is very important to the employers that we serve,” Russ Coughenour, director of Career Services, said. “We decided to create a program for employers that would leverage the diversity that we have here at UT.” Thirty-six companies are registered for this year’s fair, including Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, PepsiCo, Target Stores and Tennessee Valley Authority.

“I believe that the employers in attendance will have a heightened mission to attract and retain top diversity candidates to their organizations,” Coughenour said. “Not that other companies at other fairs don’t, it’s just that employers at the Diversity Fair know that we have made a special effort to feature our diversity to them.”

Students who are typically overwhelmed by the large fall and upcoming spring job fairs might find the Diversity Job Fair more inviting.

“The event provides a much more intimate setting for students to connect with employers,” Sarah Helm, coordinator

“

The motto of our fair is

‘define your own diversity.’ We won’t be excluding anyone. From the

employer perspective, they are

wanting to talk to the best and

brightest students at UT. If they are from an underrepresented population, that would be all the better.

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– Russ Coughenour, director of Career Services, on the third annual Diversity Job Fair

for the Disability Careers Office, said.

Also involved with this year’s fair is C.A.R.E. — Concerns, Awareness, Representation and Education — a committee initiated by Career Services in 2007.

“The purpose of C.A.R.E. is to engage students from diverse backgrounds to become actively involved in the career development and employment preparation process,” Helm said. “The committee consists of both Career Services staff members and representatives from outside of the department who are focused on diversity initiatives in their respective departments.”

Both Career Services and C.A.R.E. hope that students specifically from underrepresented populations will take advantage of this year’s Diversity Job Fair.

“The event is designed for students from a variety of populations, such as students with disabilities, the LGBT community and individuals from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds,” Helm said. “We also encourage students who are not currently looking for employment to come to the event to experience a job-fair environment and begin making connections with employers.”

Students who would typically not consider themselves as part of an underrepresented population should also feel free to attend.

“The motto of our fair is ‘define your own diversity,’” Coughenour said. “We won’t be excluding anyone. From the employer perspective, they are wanting to talk to the best and brightest students at UT. If they are from an underrepresented population, that would be all the better.”

The fair will be held Tuesday in the UC Ballroom from 3 to 5 p.m.

UT NAACP to host week of events Local chapter to cap off Black History Month, raise awareness of purpose Liz Ross Staff Writer

Wade Rackley • The Daily Beacon

Freshmen pre-professional interest majors Julia Woods and Lindsey Brock play on the rugby field on Monday near Tyson Park. The whole area was flooded because of heavy storms affecting the Knoxville area on Monday.

In culmination of Black History Month, UT’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is hosting a week of events on campus.

With events including a genealogy workshop and a higher learning forum, members are interested in promoting the mission of the NAACP in hopes of recruiting more students to the organization.

“More people should be involved in the NAACP than there are now,” Florence Stallard, membership chairperson and junior in nutrition, said. “People don’t realize if it wasn’t for the NAACP, we wouldn’t have some of the rights we take advantage of today.”

The week’s events included a genealogy workshop on Monday, the general body meeting and membership mixer today at 6 p.m. in the Black Cultural Center Rooms 101 and 102, and a higher learning forum on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium in the Baker Center.

Founded in 1909, the NAACP is one of the oldest remaining groups of the American Civil Rights Movement. The NAACP’s mission statement aims to ensure the political, educational, social and economical equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.

Stallard also said that, though a chapter on campus that deals with campus issues exists, students should get involved with their local NAACP chapter as well to tackle state and national issues.

“Some people get intimidated by the title, but the NAACP welcomes people of different colors and backgrounds,” she said. “Our main purpose is continuing that fight for equality and civil rights ... for all.”

Many students said that they did not know UT had an NAACP chapter.

“I’d never even heard of that before,” Ashley Parker, junior in communications, said.

Stallard said that she feels that if more people knew what the purpose of the NAACP was, then more people would get involved.

For information on all events, visit the UT NAACP page on Facebook.

World leaders pressure Gadhafi, Libya regime Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya — International pressure on Moammar Gadhafi to end his crackdown on opponents escalated Monday as his loyalists closed in on rebel-held cities closest to the capital. The U.S. moved naval and air forces closer to Libya and said all options were open, including the use of warplanes to patrol the North African nation’s skies and protect Libyans threatened by their leader.

France said it would start flying aid to the opposition-controlled eastern half of the country. The European Union imposed an arms embargo and other sanctions, following the lead of the U.S. and the U.N. The EU was also considering the creation of a no-fly zone over Libya. And the U.S. and Europe were freezing billions in Libya’s foreign assets.

“Gadhafi has lost the legitimacy to govern, and it is time for him to go without further violence or delay,” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said. “No option is off the table.

That of course includes a no-fly zone,” Clinton added. British Prime Minister David Cameron told British lawmakers: “We do not in any way rule out the use of military assets” to deal with Gadhafi’s regime.

Gadhafi, who has launched the most brutal crackdown of any Arab regime facing a wave of popular uprisings, laughed off a question from ABC News about whether he would step down as the Obama administration is demanding.

“My people love me. They would die for me,” he said. ABC reported that Gadhafi invited the U.N. or any other organization to come on a fact-finding mission.

The turmoil in the oil-rich nation roiled markets for another day. Libya’s oil chief said production had been cut by around 50 percent, denting supplies that go primarily to Europe.

The uprising that began on Feb. 15 has posed most serious challenge to Gadhafi in his more than four decades in power. His bloody crackdown has left hundreds, and perhaps thousands, dead. But clashes appear to have eased considerably over the past few days after planeloads of foreign journalists arrived in the capital at the government’s invitation.

The two sides are entrenched, and the direction the uprising takes next could depend on which can hold out longest. Gadhafi is dug in in Tripoli and nearby cities, backed by his elite security forces and militiamen who are generally better armed than the military. His opponents, holding the east and much of the country’s oil infrastructure, also control pockets in western Libya near Tripoli. They are backed by mutinous army units, but those forces appear to have limited supplies of ammunition and weapons.

Gadhafi opponents have moved to consolidate their hold in the east, centered on Benghazi — Libya’s second largest city, where the uprising began. Politicians there on Sunday set up their first leadership council to manage day-to-day affairs, taking a step toward forming what could be an alternative to Gadhafi’s regime.

The opposition is backed by numerous units of the military in the east that joined the uprising, and they hold several bases and Benghazi’s airport. But so far, the units do not appear to have melded into a unified fighting force. Gadhafi long kept the military weak, fearing a challenge to his rule, so many units are plagued by shortages of supplies and ammunition.

On Monday, pro-Gadhafi forces retook control of the border crossings with Tunisia in the west after they had fallen under opposition control and bombed an ammunition depot in the rebelheld east, residents in the area said. The Libyan Defense Ministry denied the bombing.

Regime forces also moved to tighten their ring around two opposition-controlled cities closest to the capital Tripoli — Zawiya and Misrata — where the two sides are locked in standoffs.

An Associated Press reporter saw a large, pro-Gadhafi force massed on the western edge of Zawiya, some 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli, with about a dozen armored vehicles along with tanks and jeeps mounted with anti-aircraft guns. An officer said they were from the elite Khamis Brigade, named after one of Gadhafi’s sons who commands it. U.S. diplomats have said the brigade is the best equipped force in Libya.

Residents inside the city said they were anticipating a possible attack.

“Our people are waiting for them to come and, God willing, we will defeat them,” one resident who only wanted to be quoted by

his first name, Alaa, told AP in Cairo by telephone.

In Misrata, Libya’s third largest city 125 miles (200 kilometers) east of Tripoli, pro-Gadhafi troops who control part of an air base on the city’s outskirts tried to advance Monday. But they were repelled by opposition forces, who included residents armed with automatic weapons and defected army units allied with them, one of the opposition fighters said.

No casualties were reported and the fighter claimed that his side had captured eight soldiers, including a senior officer.

The opposition controls most of the air base, and the fighter said dozens of anti-Gadhafi gunmen have arrived from further east in recent days as reinforcements.

Several residents of the eastern city of Ajdabiya said Gadhafi’s air force also bombed an ammunition depot nearby held by the opposition. One, 17-year-old Abdel-Bari Zwei, reported intermittent explosions and a fire, and another, Faraj al-Maghrabi, said the facility was partially damaged. The site contains bombs, missiles and ammunition — key for the undersupplied opposition military forces.

State TV carried a statement by Libya’s Defense Ministry denying any attempt to bomb the depot. Ajdabiya lies about 450 miles (750 kilometers) east of Tripoli along the Mediterranean coast.

Gadhafi supporters said they were in control of the city of Sabratha, west of Tripoli, which has seemed to go back and forth between the two camps the past week. Several residents told The AP that protesters set fire to a police station, but then were dispersed. Anti-Gadhafi graffiti — “Down with the enemy of freedom” and “Libya is free, Gadhafi must leave” — were scrawled on some walls, but residents were painting them over.

Global efforts to halt Gadhafi’s crackdown escalated on Monday.

In Washington, the Pentagon said it was moving some naval and air forces closer to Libya in case they are needed. The U.S. has a regular military presence in the Mediterranean Sea and farther to the south has two aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf area.

The U.S. Treasury Department said that at least $30 billion in Libyan assets have been frozen since President Barack Obama imposed sanctions on Libya last week.

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Joy Hill • The Daily Beacon

Students practice Kendo, the martial art of sword fencing, in HPER on Sunday. The Martial Arts Club hosts a Kendo class on Friday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. in HPER. For more information about the Martial Arts Club visit http://web.utk.edu/~utmaclub/.

Crime 1932: Lindbergh baby kidnapped On this day in 1932, in a crime that captured the attention of the entire nation, Charles Lindbergh III, the 20-month-old son of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, is kidnapped from the family’s new mansion in Hopewell, N.J. Lindbergh, who became an international celebrity when he flew the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, and his wife Anne discovered a ransom note demanding $50,000 in their son’s empty room. The kidnapper used a ladder to climb up to the open second-floor window and left muddy footprints in the room.

The Lindberghs were inundated by offers of assistance and false clues. Even Al Capone offered his help from prison. For three days, investigators found nothing and there was no further word from the kidnappers. Then, a new letter showed up, this time demanding $70,000.

The kidnappers eventually gave instructions for dropping off the money and when it was delivered, the Lindberghs were told their baby was on a boat called Nelly off the coast of Massachusetts.

After an exhaustive search, however, there was no sign of either the boat or the child. Soon after, the baby’s body was discovered

near the Lindbergh mansion. He had been killed the night of the kidnapping and was found less than a mile from home. The heartbroken Lindberghs ended up donating the mansion to charity and moved away.

The kidnapping looked like it would go unsolved until September 1934, when a marked bill from the ransom turned up.

The gas station attendant who had accepted the bill wrote down the license plate number because he was suspicious of the driver.

It was tracked back to a German immigrant and carpenter, Bruno Hauptmann. When his home was searched, detectives found a chunk of Lindbergh ransom money.

Hauptmann claimed that a friend had given him the money to hold and that he had no connection to the crime. The resulting trial was a national sensation. The prosecution’s case was not particularly strong; the main evidence, besides the money, was testimony from handwriting experts that the ransom note had been written by Hauptmann. The prosecution also tried to establish a connection between Hauptmann and the type of wood that was used to make the ladder.

— This Day in History is courtesy of history.com

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Feb. 26

consumption.

At approximately 2:42 a.m., while responding to a report of an injured student in Room 919 of Laurel Avenue Apartments, a UTPD officer observed two underage females consuming alcoholic beverages. Neither of the subjects was affiliated with UT. The officer cited one subject to Knoxville Municipal Court for underage consumption and arrested the other for underage

Feb. 27 A UT student reported that her vehicle was vandalized while it was parked on the second level of the G7 parking garage between 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 18 and 4 p.m. on Feb. 24.

— Crime Log is compiled by Robbie Hargett

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

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Belizean medical mission trip helps make UT student ‘Ready for the World’ Knoxville native Alicia McClintock knew she wanted to be a doctor, but it was a medical mission trip to Belize that confirmed that international medicine was the best way for her to give back.

McClintock, senior in biological sciences at UT, recently shared her story on UT’s Ready for the World Facebook page. Ready for the World is the campus’s international and intercultural initiative.

McClintock and the other students made many house visits to survey the number of people living in each household and gather some general information about the people.

They would observe the home environment, looking at the family’s water source and how they stored boiled water. They also would look for other environmental hazards, taking note of the materials used to construct the house and whether the toilet was inside or outside.

After the home visits, Alicia and her peers set up a clinic in an empty house and set to work. They sought each patient’s personal and family clinical history, measured blood pressure and weight and discussed current health issues. The undergraduates provided information to a doctor who prescribed medications.

Not only did Alicia and the other student help patients at this make-shift clinic, they went out into the larger community to provide free blood pressure checks and glucoselevel tests for anyone interested. McClintock said this day was particularly rewarding because of the many people they met.

McClintock said the experience also gave her the chance to learn from seasoned professionals. She learned how to give injections and stitch sutures, and she gained insight about practicing medicine in remote areas.

McClintock plans to go to medical school and is waiting to complete interviews with a number of universities nationwide. She has also applied for and is waiting to receive news from the military about acceptance into the Health Professionals Scholarship Program.

Her ultimate goal is to become a military physician.

UT’s Ready for the World Café takes flavorful journey to Asia Dishes from Korea, Japan and China high-

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NEWS light the menu this week at the Ready for the World Café at UT. The menu includes Korean beef bulgogi (Korean barbecued beef), avocado chicken stir fry, vegetable lo mein, cod filets in an orange sauce, sesame steamed vegetables, shieldzini (Japanese cucumber salad) and sticky white rice.

The café is an international buffet operated by students in the advanced food production and service management class, Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism (HRT) 445, at UT The café is open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each Monday through Thursday in the Hermitage Room on the third floor of the University Center.

Diners pay $11 for the all-you-can-eat buffet or $9 for a plate of food to carry out.

Aramark’s faculty/staff discount card can be used at the café.

Students in HRT 445 take turns planning the menus, marketing the café and working in the café. ARAMARK, UT’s provider of dining services, prepares the food.

This week’s café manager is student Kyle Orabone of Collierville, a senior in HRT who wants to focus on the lodging and resort sector.

Heavy rains cause floods across state Associated Press

Monday. There were reports of pea-sized hail.

There had been no reports of deaths, injuries or serious damage from the storms.

Dean Fleenor, a spokesman for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, said the state command center in Nashville had not been activated, but the agency was monitoring weather developments.

Flash flooding was widespread across the central part of the state. There were reports of trees and power lines down in the Dover area northwest of Nashville. There was also a report of wind damage north of Fredonia, which is near Manchester.

By noon, most of the rain had cleared West Tennessee.

East Tennessee was getting the brunt of the storms by Monday afternoon with a tornado watch in effect up the Tennessee River valley from Chattanooga through Knoxville to the Tri-Cities. A tornado warning was issued in the early afternoon for the Knoxville area.

There was also a flash flood watch in effect for areas of East Tennessee north of Gatlinburg.

Boyd said the heavy weather for Monday afternoon would likely occur east of Interstate 65 and south of Interstate 40.

NASHVILLE — A cold front drove through Tennessee on Monday, dumping heavy downpours of rain and triggering flash flood watches and tornado watches.

“We’ve not had a lot of wind damage,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Bobby Boyd in Nashville. “Flash flooding has been the issue.”

In Knoxville, 1-to-2 inches of rain fell Monday morning and afternoon, flooding streets, basements and backyards. Volunteer Boulevard was impassable Thursday afternoon at the University of Tennessee, and Broadway at Interstate 640 was a trouble spot where most vehicles could not get through and some had to be rescued.

No serious injuries were reported.

The storms were being pushed by a front that was expected to drop temperatures by 40 degrees by Tuesday morning.

“When I came in the morning at 4 a.m., I had 71 degrees on the thermometer in my truck,” Boyd said. “The airport’s got 58 now (at noon) and the high tomorrow will be 57.

Marco Institute to host symposium on The low tonight will be 32.”

Radar indicated rotation that could have medieval gardens been funnel clouds over Murfreesboro at noon “Gardens, Real and Imagined” is the topic of a symposium to be hosted by the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, March 10-12.

The symposium will be held at the Baker Center, 1640 Cumberland Ave. The symposium will feature landscape historians, art historians and literary scholars exploring the form, function, philosophy and artistic depiction of medieval and early modern gardens.

Deirdre Larkin, horticulturist for The Cloisters, the branch of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe, will deliver the keynote address, “Hortus Redivivius: The Medieval Garden Recreated,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 10, in the Baker Center.

The keynote address and all lectures are free and open to the public. Parking is available at the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center parking garage.

The symposium is sponsored by the Marco Institute, the departments of History and Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, the Hodges Better English Fund, Ready for the World, and the College of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Initiative.

For more information on the symposium, Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon visit the Marco Institute website at http://web.utk.edu/~marco/ or call 865-974- Sully Sullivan, senior in biological sciences, jumps for joy at a Vols basketball game 1859. against Mississippi State. Sullivan is the leader of the Rocky Top Rowdies and a fixture at Vols home games. He leads many student activities during the games.

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StaffColumn Individuals have power to aid Libyans Kim Lynch Copy Editor In life, it is easy to focus only on issues directly relevant to ourselves; however, sometimes it is necessary to step back and recognize that there is a larger world filled with problems difficult to imagine. This is the current situation in Libya.

Some news sources, like CNN’s Anderson Cooper, are passionately reporting every update out of the North African country. Others are mentioning it in passing or not at all. Some of you may be unaware that a revolution is currently taking place.

The people of Libya are revolting against their dictator of 42 years, Muammar Qaddafi (one of many variations on his name). Though Libya is one of the top 10 oil reserve countries, the government does not provide for its citizens.

Thirty percent of the country is unemployed, and those who do work only have part-time jobs that do not adequately provide for a family. Half of the nation’s 6.5 million citizens are younger than 18. With the exception of a few revolts in the 1980s, Qaddafi has largely kept a tight regime over the people, many of whom are too afraid to even mention his name in public, simply calling him “the leader.” Combine the people’s frustration with their situation and the success of the recent democratic revolution in Egypt, and it makes sense why the citizens would take this opportunity to make their voice heard.

Qaddafi’s backlash was immediate and intense.

Though the Internet was widely shut down, some managed to tweet what was happening. feb17voices tweeted, “Caller in #Tripoli says mercenaries are shooting at ambulances.” @Libyayalibya tweeted, “#Gaddafi has given orders to the mercenaries to rape the Libyan women.” Soldiers were given orders to shoot peaceful protestors with .50 bmg bullets, which have the power to penetrate concrete, and those

who did not were punished. Warchadi tweeted, “Planes bombing the houses of the Libyan officers who refused to obey orders.”

In any revolution, there is going to be loss of life. Qaddafi, however, has made it quite clear that he would rather all his citizens die than relinquish power. In a speech on Feb. 22, he called the protestors “rats” and “gangsters.” He said, “I will not leave the country, and I will die as a martyr at the end” and “I haven’t even started to give orders to use bullets.” Qaddafi’s second son, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, said, “We will fight until the last man, the last woman, the last bullet.” The Sydney Morning Herald reported on March 1 that the death count had risen to nearly 2000 people after just two weeks. It is difficult to decipher if the situation is a bloody revolution or a full-blown massacre.

The U.S. has had little response to the situation.

On Feb. 25, President Obama released a statement condemning the “extreme measures against the people of Libya, including by using weapons of war, mercenaries and wanton violence against unarmed civilians.” Though better than saying nothing at all, this stern warning is essentially useless. Qaddafi is not intimidated by the U.S. and clearly has no intention of stopping the violence.

The United Nations has also come under criticism for doing nothing more than condemning the “excessively heavy-handed” and “illegal” actions of the government.

So what can any of us do? The simplest thing is to inform others. They may not be aware of what’s happening, so educate yourself and spread the word either by re-tweeting on Twitter or sharing news articles. Donate to secure charities likee Muslims Without Borders at http://mwbrelief.org/. I won’t pretend to understand the politics of the world. I don’t know what sort of government Libya needs. However, the people of Libya want Qaddafi out of power.

This is why they have been risking and sacrificing their lives, to work for a better tomorrow.

— Kim Lynch is a sophomore in English literature. She can be reached at klynch9@utk.edu.

The Great Mash Up• Liz Newnam

Scrambled Eggs • Alex Cline

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Marriage unharmed by repeal T he Social N etwo r k by

Elliott DeVore This week’s column comes from the road, boys and girls. Since Wednesday, I’ve been to Iowa State and (currently) the University of Vermont. I heard the amazing news just before I was going into my first interview. Since I left, President Barack Obama made some exciting strides towards LGBT equality. For those of you who are not aware, Obama has instructed the Department of Justice to stop supporting the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

DOMA has constitutionally restricted the recognition of marriage to that between one man and one woman. For many, myself included, the news was thrilling for future possibilities; ironically, both of the states in which I am interviewing for graduate school already enjoy marriage equality.

Quickly following the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT), Obama has been delivering the much-needed one-two punch to egg the LGBT equality train along.

Since the inception of DOMA in 1996, many states have legalized same-sex marriage or allowed civil unions, yet the constitutionality of DOMA has negated the marriages performed in those states, as well as other countries. DOMA denies legally married same-sex couples more than a thousand federal benefits. Marriage equality is more than just a title; it serves as a protection for our families and our partners. In this day and age, marriage has transcended what many think of as simply a religious ceremony; it has become a legally binding contract, institutionalized within the government.

This social contract provides many fiscal and social benefits that every American citizen should be able to enjoy irrespective of peoples’ religious beliefs surrounding the issue. (Many atheists get married — are you surprised?) The rights accompanying marriage secure guardianship of children adopted by same-sex partners, secure visitation rights in hospitals and help secure Social Security benefits and legal inheritance rights that

have been enjoyed by heterosexual couples for decades (just to name a few).

With the current instructions from the president, the Department of Justice will no longer defend DOMA in court cases.

I believe that if people do not approve of the government providing benefits to a sect of the U.S. population through a religious institution (marriage), then no one should be able to be married in the eyes of the government. Why has the government even given a level of privilege to people who are married over people who are not married?

Organizations like Focus on the Family have leaders like James Dobson who have been quoted saying things like, “Same sex marriage will lead to group marriage, marriage between daddies and little girls and between a man and his donkey.”

News flash: While in Iowa and Vermont, I have yet to see anything close to what Dobson has described. These states seem to be functioning pretty well. As a matter of fact, UVM is having a bridal clothing fashion show on campus soon; it seems that same-sex marriage has yet to deteriorate “American values and traditional marriage.” DOMA has been infringing on my right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Many Republican leaders across the country have issues with the newly disbanded enforcement of DOMA. They feel that Obama is being partial to his politics and not policy. However, Obama has yet to come out and fully support marriage equality; he says he supports civil unions and that his beliefs are “evolving.” However, with this new position, will people across the U.S. bring court cases against their state if it has a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage? I truly believe that this was a crucial first step to achieving marriage equality on a national level.

If you disagree with marriage equality on a religious basis, I am not denying you your opinion, but religious beliefs should not deny my peers and me legal rights, the same rights enjoyed by heterosexual individuals. Some of those have zero religious connections with the “religious” institution of marriage. America needs to reevaluate its policy when that policy comes from the pew. Think equality, America. Think equality.

—Elliott DeVore is a senior in psychology. He can be reached at edevore@utk.edu.

Self discovery comes from getting ‘lost’ For the Love. . . by

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“Lost” always has such a negative connotation. You’re lost in math class, you lose your keys and you’re lost in the middle of nowhere. You lose your dog, you’ve lost your head and you lose a friend.

After a complete week of misplaced items, both tangible and intangible, it got me thinking, are we really lost and are we really losing? How much of our lives do we spend looking for things that are, in fact, right in front of our faces?

I know this is a tiresome topic, but I think it’s important. I mean, think about it for a minute: We’re taught that good things don’t fall into our laps. Actually, this is pounded in our heads so much in Western society that we have the nerve to be annoyed with people who do think good things are supposed to just fall into their laps. Before I go on, let me state that there’s a fine difference between being lazy and expecting things to happen for you and simply allowing things to happen as they may.

Western society has also demonstrated that we’re always supposed to know what we’re doing; we’re always supposed to know where we’re headed. The dreadful question of, “What’s your major?” has never been more ridiculing than for those who have to timidly respond with, “I’m undecided right now” — as if those who have declared their majors are any more ahead of those who haven’t. One study reveals that as many as 44 percent of college students will change their majors at least once. And if I may be blunt, declaring a major simply to do so doesn’t make you any more aware of where your life is headed.

There are, of course, those things in life that always seem to be in limbo. For example, your lease in your apartment is up in a month; you haven’t found a new apartment, you know

you aren’t staying there, you don’t know if you want to have a roommate or live alone and just get a pet, and you can’t decide how tired of living on campus you really are at this point.

Needless to say, this is a stressful situation.

So you’re lost. You have no idea what you want a degree in, you have no idea where you’re living in a month’s time, you’re living paycheck-to-paycheck and sometimes life feels like it’s never going to get any easier. You go to class and you’re lost in math. You get back to the parking garage and you realize you’ve lost your keys. You take a back road home and you’re lost in the middle of nowhere. You come home, open the door and you lose your dog.

Now you’ve lost your head, and for that, you lose a friend.

So no one told you life was going to be this way? Your job’s a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s DOA? “Friends,” anyone? Everyone has those days, weeks, months, years. It’s why people get so excited over New Year’s, right?

I don’t think this is what life is supposed to be about, though. As much as thinking of life as a rat race motivates me to do better than the next person (in the cubicle beside me at the library), having things figured out more than the people around you isn’t what’s important.

And while declaring your major and making sure you always have a place to live is definitely important, I don’t think that’s what life is supposed to be about either.

I could be wrong, but I think that life is about being lost sometimes. I think from time to time, being lost is a spectacularly wonderful thing. I believe when you’re lost, you really don’t have a whole lot to lose. And it’s only when you don’t have a whole lot to lose that you’re brave enough to wander. When you’re lost, sometimes, absolutely astonishing things simply fall into your lap because being lost forced you to wander. So no, not all who wander are lost. But for the love…get lost.

—Ashleigh Disler is a junior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at adisler@utk.edu.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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ENTERTAINMENT

Oscars forgo elegance for popularity ‘Company’ dissects American Dream Will Abrams Arts & Entertainment Editor

The Academy Awards ceremony is the culmination of a year’s worth of hard work and talented filmmakers that celebrate those who have made the film industry what it is today. At least, that’s what they should be going for.

On Sunday night, however, the 83rd annual ceremony was really about the program trying to maximize its audience and gain back the popularity it has lost in recent years.

The program contained two very youthful cohosts, James Franco and Anne Hathaway, and a ceremony stripped of any precious seconds that could be wasted on something stupid like, I don’t know, a lifetime achievement award, perhaps.

Who cares what those old geezers think? I want more face time with the stars of “Bride Wars” and “Spiderman 3.”

Despite the show’s best efforts, the duo flatlined on about 80 percent of its material because of the odd combination of a stone-dry Franco and Hathaway’s desperate need to be liked by the audience.

The pair was not alone in the show’s series of failed attempts at humor, though. Other “young and totally sexy” presenters like Justin Timberlake bombed their lines as well. Then again, when you make a joke based on a documentary that only about half of the room has seen, the odds aren’t in your favor.

Although the show was aiming at a much younger audience, it seems that 94-year-old Kirk Douglas got away with the night’s most memorable performance, whether he knows it or not.

As far as the actual awards distribution goes, the evening’s only real surprise was that there wasn’t a film that really ran away with the whole show.

Sure, “The King’s Speech” picked up four of the night’s biggest awards, best picture, best actor, best director (stolen blindly from David Fincher of “The Social Network”) and best original screenplay, but those were its only wins. In fact, the only other film to reach this modest figure was “Inception,” winning in the more technical categories.

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While it wasn’t necessarily shocking that “Toy Story 3” found its name on the ballot a few times, Randy Newman’s win for best original song is ridiculous. “We Belong Together,” which was basically “You’ve Got a Friend in Me, Part 3” beat out more impressive works like “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” and “I See the Light” from the animated “Tangled.”

One of the more interesting parts of the show is the acceptance speech. This is the time when everyone gets to see the true nature of the celebrities and filmmakers. While Melissa Leo’s win for best supporting actress in “The Fighter” ensured that the guy who mutes f-bombs was on task, other entertainers seemed rather nonchalant about the win. Natalie Portman, who took home best actress for “Black Swan” (the film’s only win), seemed more than a little prepared for her speech, considering everyone with breath called the category a lock months ago.

Two of the evening’s best speeches came from Christian Bale, who won best supporting actor in “The Fighter,” and the 73-year-old scribe of “The King’s Speech,” David Seidler.

“My father always said to me, I would be a late bloomer,” the writer said during the broadcast.

Considering his age and the fact that it was his first-ever nomination, it’s safe to say the winner of best original screenplay has indeed bloomed.

When the awards season rolls around next year, hopefully organizers will rewatch Sunday night’s performance and realize that professionalism and elegance are what the Oscars are about. If you toss out attractive people who are in over their heads, the show loses its quality.

No matter how many mistakes were made in the production of the program, in the end, it’s about those who shot for the highest achievement in film and succeeded. Congratulations to the winners and nominees and let’s all hope for another great year for film in 2011.

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OK, we get it. The economy is bad.

Panning to Phil Woodward (Chris Cooper), In the first 10 minutes of “The Company Men” there is some more focused commentary on the (director John Wells), the audience is given a quiz, nature of corporations versus human beings. or litmus test, on the economic headlines of the Besides being a victim of ageism, his circumlast era: shriveling American manufacturing in stances mean that he is that much less nimble than favor of financial manipulation, the stresses for a Bobby, who has had to utterly slash his lifestyle. company of going public and the relationships Having been unceremoniously phased out after so therein. many decades of purpose, Phil takes the blatant Those who commoditization passed can now of his life — the spend time tryultimate source of ing to gauge suffering in this the movie’s curfilm — quite hard. rentness; this When one finds may or may not out that he or she distract from means as much to one of the shalthe people they’d lowest story forged life-long arcs imaginarelationships with ble. This is one as the numbers on of those movies a balance sheet, where the twohe or she may not minute website bounce back trailer leaves quickly. It’s almost you with few as if there’s somesurprises. thing deep inside Of the three people that wants archetypal suits to be appreciated. that are circled Serves Phil right • Photo courtesy of rottentomatoes.com around, rich for not thinking s u b u rb a n i t e about the company first.

Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck) has the most accessiThe gradual clash of the company’s two ble story. Bobby is a successful sales executive for founders brings it all home. Gene McClary a quickly consolidating shipbuilding firm. Bobby (Tommy Lee Jones) and James Salinger (Craig T. makes around $120,000 plus bonuses and such. Nelson) represent the same corporate conflict on Bobby gets fired. His severance package isn’t the highest tier of command — McClary clinging enough. to the notion of employee solidarity, Salinger Experiencing the existential limbo of unemploy- embracing the monolithic will of the stockholders. ment without much grace, Bobby strongly resists Only one will survive. The movie makes clear who anything that might contradict the remaining iner- to sympathize with — a pity this critical polarity tia for his sense of self-reliance and success. He isn’t so obvious in real life. Poor Phil’s joins something like a sweatshop/computer lab McCain/Palin sticker seems to state otherwise. expressly for intensely sending out resumes, comThough a slow, uneventful film, perhaps a plete with its own morale coach and hireability strength of “The Company Men” is its lack of expert who gives advice like touching up the gray escapism — though few reader, as college stu—Will Abrams is a senior in journalism and in one’s hair, or to quit smoking. Not for the indi- dents, have experienced the power of corporate electronic media and can be reached at vidual’s sake or anything, just because employers executives, they are still only too familiar with don’t want to deal with extra medical costs. Who being at the mercy of faceless forces, unsympathetwabrams1@utk.edu. knew such places existed? ic bureaucracy and having their aspirations and What’s interesting about Bobby is that he repre- identities threatened by a noted lack of money. sents the ubiquitous riches-to-rags story that has This well-acted world is the real world, and it is its more romantic counterpart extinct by compar- poignant — at times teeth-grittingly uncomfortison. Like so many in today’s culture, he lived com- able. pletely beyond his means via mortgage and car Despite what the Supreme Court has ruled, corpayment. He based his identity around his wealth, porations can’t be as warm as people, and money success and independence, expressed by his shouldn’t be speech. unwillingness to let go of the more superficial tenets of status and distance at family gatherings.

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

ENTERTAINMENT

Brandi Panter Managing Editor

Best Dressed — Mila Kunis in Elie Saab Kunis is has grown from her role as mouthy, spoiled Jackie in “That ’70s Show” to a demure leading lady with an astronomical performance in “Black Swan,” and thankfully her wardrobe is following suit.

Kunis was a vision in purple at Sunday’s Academy Awards. Though she wasn’t a nominee (her co-star, and fellow red carpet winner Natalie Portman took home the only “Black Swan” acting prize), Kunis is definitely taking home the gold for best dressed.

The light purple gown, via Elie Saab Haute Couture, is itself a work of art that Kunis carried beautifully. The dress, constructed from lavender chiffon with tiers of lace trim, is the perfect mix of construction and femininity.

The color and material of the dress give it a romantic, soft look that reminds you of something that belongs in what would be the equivalent to a modern Jane Austen novel. The light color, something akin to George Richardson • The Daily Beacon purple cotton candy, was a perfect compleA student hops on the T to escape the rain on Monday, Feb. 7. Knoxville was hit ment to Kunis’ olive complexion and dark with strong storms Monday, although not even an inch of rain was estimated at hair and eyes. Her makeup, it should be McGhee Tyson Airport. Several areas of campus were closed off because of added, was beautiful, and her simple up-do • Photo courtesy of rottentomatoes.com flooding from the storm. didn’t detract or compete from the details of the gown. Her simple Neil Lane diamond jewelry and creme Bottega Veneta clutch were also in the utmost vein of taste.

The construction of the gown, to go back for a moment, is really what makes it my top choice. While the dress is romantic and soft, the architecture of the bodice and the individual tiers of each layer, make for wearable art. The lace, with open-vent panels that begin at the waist, shows an appropriate amount of skin for the Academy Awards and still manages to be demurely sexy and attractive. On a taller woman, the dress would have looked tacky (Kunis herself is quite petite — 5-foot-3), and any other materials on the tiers would have made Kunis look like a purple wedding cake.

Overall, Kunis gets an A+ for the evening.

Worst Dressed — Cate Blanchett in Givenchy And now, we take a look at the worst possible version of light purple, architecture-style dresses.

Oh Cate, what, what, what are you thinking? You normally flatter your fair skin and blonde hair so beautifully. This dress, on the other hand, is a total disaster that absolutely washes you out and makes you look like a sheet of paper. Your hair isn’t much better.

I understand the appeal of “wash-ngo,” but this is the Oscars we’re talking about. You could have at least tried to do something with your hair.

But on to the dress — Cate, your dress kind of looks like the Magic Mirror from “Snow White.” If that’s the case, you probably should have looked into it beforehand, so it could have at least told you that you were definitely not the fairest one of all.

The dress looks like a classic, flowing Greek down with beaded football pads • Photo courtesy of rottentomatoes.com on top of it. The open hole in the middle of the chest makes Blanchett look as though she is a big, purple rectangle, and the large, extended, construction-style sleeves widen Blanchett’s arms in a very unflattering manner. Overall, the look is a disaster.

Additional Award — Michelle Williams for cutest hair Seriously, the pixie cut was just too cute. Very flattering, very appropriate, very well-styled and • Photo courtesy of rottentomatoes.com just flat-out adorable.

— Brandi Panter is a junior in history and English literature. She can be reached at bpanter1@utk.edu, or you can (gag) follow her on Twitter at @brandimpanter.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

The Daily Beacon • 7

SPORTS

UT track soars in SEC Indoors Vols men’s tennis routs Wake Forest Staff Reports Tennessee wrapped up the 2011 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships Sunday afternoon with a trio of victories, another SEC meet record, the co-high-point scorer for the women’s meet and finishes of third for the Lady Vols and seventh for the Vols at the Randal Tyson Track Center.

The Lady Vols improved one spot over 2010 by tallying 78 points to finish behind champion LSU (135) and runner-up Arkansas (118).

Auburn (57) and Florida (55) rounded out the top five. On the men’s side, the Vols nearly doubled their point total (46.33) and moved up three positions from last year’s 10th-place result.

Florida tallied 148 points to claim the title, followed by Arkansas (136.50), LSU (98), Alabama (65.50), Georgia (55.33) and Auburn (47.33) ahead of the Vols.

“I just want to keep improving,” UT Director of Track & Field J.J. Clark said. “We’re shooting for the number-one spot, and right now we have improvements, personal bests, records, SEC champions on both sides, and that’s where we’re starting from right now.

“We’re going to move forward until we get to that top spot. For right now, we have to climb the ladder until we reach the pinnacle.”

For the second time during the weekend, the Lady Vols broke a meet record. After senior Jackie Areson snapped a 24-year-old mark in the women’s 3000 meters Saturday night, she returned to the track on Sunday to anchor a distance medley relay unit that crushed UT’s yearold SEC women’s standard. The quartet of juniors Brittany Sheffey (1200m), Ashley Harris (400m) and Chanelle Price (800m) joined Areson (1600m) to win by a whopping 32 seconds over runner-up Arkansas, notching an automatic qualifying time for the NCAA Indoor Championships in 11 minutes, 5.37 seconds.

That toppled the old mark of 11:14.59 set by UT’s Phoebe Wright, Kim White, Price and Areson a year ago.

The victory gave Tennessee its fifth straight triumph in that event at the SEC Indoor meet and was the program’s seventh overall, every one of them under the guidance of Clark.

“We weren’t really worried about the (SEC meet) record,” Areson said. “We wanted to try to get as close to (NCAA) auto as possible, because we were kind of on the bubble. I just wanted to help the relay qualify for nationals, and I knew we had to run faster than the meet record to do that.”

“Running an auto mark at the end of the meet is absolutely fantastic,” Clark said. “It’s one of the top times in the country, and we’re happy we punched our ticket (to NCAAs).”

The Big Orange men also turned in an impressive performance in the DMR, racing to a runnerup finish in a season-best readout of 9:47.45. The combination of senior Chris Rapp, sophomore Terry Benson, freshman Ford Bell and senior Peter Sigilai, running with a purpose, gave the Vols their highest placing on the final day, contributing eight points toward the ledger after Sigilai out-dueled the home-standing Arkansas anchor leg on the final lap.

“It was great to see Peter have a great anchor leg and an explosive finish,” Clark said. “We knew that they could do this. We were just hoping that they got it done, and they did. We needed all the points we could from the men, and Peter did a good job providing points for his team.”

While the Lady Vols’ Areson was part of two meet records, classmate Liz Costello turned out to be Tennessee’s and the women’s meet’s cohigh-point producer with 18 points. After taking second behind Areson in the 3K on Saturday night, the Princeton transfer stepped into the limelight on Sunday, capturing the 5000 meters by six seconds in 16:27.54.

Costello ran in a small lead pack with Auburn’s Holly Knight and Miranda Walker of Arkansas for most of the race before taking the lead with 7 1/2 laps to go. She would quicken the pace over the latter stages of the race and go on to give UT its third SEC Indoor 5K champ, following Areson’s victory of a year ago.

“It’s great,” Costello said of her feeling about winning the 5K. “This is my second time running the 5000m on the track. I never thought an SEC championship would be something that I would participate in or win at all, so I’m just really excited. To get the points for my team means a lot, too. We’re all putting our hearts out there and try-

ing to contribute.”

“Liz has made an immediate impact to our program, on the track and off, from the standpoint of being a leader off it as well as being one in how she performs.” Clark said. “She came in here her first year winning a conference title, which is big for the SEC, and ties for the high-point scorer for the meet. What a weekend, what a meet, what a person, what an athlete — Liz Costello.”

In the women’s 800, Price followed up her runner-up effort a year ago with a victory this time around. With two-time SEC Indoor champ and teammate Phoebe Wright graduated, Price became the tone-setter, leading wire-to-wire for her first career SEC individual crown in a seasonbest 2:05.10. Sophomore Nijgia Snapp covered the distance in 2:07.69 to take fifth, while freshman Kianna Ruff checked in sixth in 2:08.19 to help contribute 17 points for Tennessee in this event.

Following Wright’s victories the past two seasons, Price boosted UT’s streak of wins to three in a row and gave the Lady Vols their sixth alltime 800m triumph at SEC Indoors. Additionally, she became the 12th SEC Indoor 800m champion coached by Clark. He coached seven at Florida and now has produced five at Tennessee.

“I’m glad to get the win for my team, and I’m really happy to be the SEC champion,” Price said.

“I wanted to get out in front and stay there, and I did.”

“I thought Chanelle did an excellent job,” Clark said. “She was in line to do well, and she was coming along as the year progressed. I am very happy that she made some great adjustments in her run to make this a victory for her. She’s done a great job, and I think there is more in the future to come from Chanelle Price. Great victory, great run, SEC champion!”

In the men’s 800, Sigilai left everything he had on the track and nearly came up with another win at this meet for Tennessee. He got out well, ran up front the whole way and kicked strongly on the final lap in hopes of collecting his first SEC triumph. The senior came up a mere 16/100ths of a second short, settling for third behind Fred Samoei (1:49.68) of Alabama and Aaron Evans (1:49.76) of Georgia in a career-best 1:49.84.

Junior teammate Joe Franklin also chipped in points, taking sixth in 1:51.71.

“Peter is super-talented,” Clark said. “We weren’t surprised that he was able to do that. He ran a smart race and good race. He definitely had us excited going into that final lap.

“A couple of changes here and there, and he definitely would be an SEC champion. We are happy for his performance today, though, and look forward to him getting faster for the outdoor season.”

Redshirt freshman Dentarius Locke was a twoevent individual scorer for Team Orange, taking fifth in the 200-meter dash and sixth in the 60meter dash. After running 6.71 in the straight sprint, he came back later in the afternoon to log a 21.07 readout in the one-lapper. His efforts earned seven points for the Big Orange.

Locke also was a part of the UT 4x400m relay unit that nabbed seventh. He took the baton after turns from junior Deaundra Dailey, freshman Jarael Nelvis and junior Varick Tucker to check in with a season-best 3:11.37 clocking.

“He (Dentarius) had it tough; the sprints in the SEC are just absolutely amazing,” Clark said.

“Being able to get in there and get some points as a freshman is what we are looking for. He did a great job, and we are happy that he is definitely in orange and able to run. We look forward to some good stuff from him the next several years.”

The Lady Vols, meanwhile, cranked out a fifthplace finish in the meet-closing 4x4, logging their top effort as well at 3:36.16. Moving the stick around the oval were junior Ellen Wortham, sophomore Martinique Octave, sophomore Nijgia Snapp and freshman Kianna Ruff.

Other scorers for the Vols on Sunday included sophomore Chris Bodary, who was seventh in the 5000m in 14:23.61, and sophomore Terry Benson, who finished eighth in the 60m hurdles at 8.21. Redshirt freshman Jordan Chaney finished just out scoring range, placing ninth in 4:16.53 in his first SEC final.

For the Lady Vols, redshirt freshman Aslynn Halvorson delivered a point in the shot put, producing a toss of 46-2 1/2 to wind up eighth.

The squads will now turn their focus toward the NCAA Indoor Championships, which will be held March 11-12 in College Station, Texas.

Preston Peeden Staff Writer When faced with the dilemma of historical recurrence, Mark Twain once said, “History does not repeat itself, it rhymes.” In that sense, the Tennessee men’s tennis team experienced its own historical rhyming this past weekend in its match against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

Last year, the Vols followed up a loss in the ITA Indoor Championships to Virginia with a less-than-stellar victory over Wake by a slim margin of 4-3. And this year, the Vols entered their match against the Demon Deacons under similar circumstances.

Like last year, the Vols made it to the indoor ginals before falling to Virginia, a perennial tennis power, and entered the Wake match with something to prove. But this year, the match went differently from the very beginning.

In what should have been an outdoor match, play was postponed and pushed inside by sporadic rain, something that played to the Vols’ advantage because of their lack of practice time outside.

“We only got to practice one or two days outdoors,” sophomore Ed Jones said. “We’ve been playing a lot indoors and we’re more used to it.”

With the play moved inside, things appeared different for the Vols this time. By the time the final match had ended, the No. 2-ranked Vols downed the 35th-ranked Demon Deacons by a dominating score of 6-1.

The Vols opened strong with a clean sweep of the doubles matches. That feat was highlighted by sophomores Rhyne Williams and Tennys Sandgren cutting through the competition to win 8-7 in a tiebreaker.

“It feels good to get a win,” Williams said.

“They’re a good team, and they gave us a run last year, so it felt real good.”

The other doubles matches for the Vols were won by seniors J.P. Smith and Boris Conkic, and

senior Matteo Fago and sophomore Ed Jones.

The Vols carried their strong doubles momentum into the singles matches and won five of six matches, the only loss coming from Taylor Patrick. Patrick’s performance, however, was not a low point for the Vols, as he was not scheduled to play, only getting the nod after an injury to Fago.

“He handled it great,” coach Sam Winterbotham said. “He’s getting better and better … Taylor’s effort really stood out, and I was extremely proud of him.”

Another performer who stood out for the Vols was Ed Jones, who not only collected a doubles victory with Fago, but also finished his singles match in the fifth spot at a blistering pace, beating Adam Lee 6-3, 6-2.

“I’m very pleased,” Jones said. “I feel pretty confident about myself and the team.”

The quality of Jones’ performance was not lost on his coach, either.

“For the fourth time in five matches, Ed’s moved up from sixth to fifth and won two of them,” Winterbotham said. “He’s doing real well.”

Other performances of note were turned in by not only Rhyne Williams and Boris Conkic, who both pulled out victories with matching scores of 6-3, 6-4, but also J.P. Smith, who won in comeback fashion 2-6, 6-0, 1-0 (4).

“He wasn’t handling himself well the first set,” Winterbotham said. “But he turned that around in the second set and the tiebreaker. He’s playing well right now.”

The Vols came into this match hoping not to repeat history. And despite coincidental circumstances, they left their last non-conference match with a commanding victory.

“We’re a slightly different team,” Winterbotham said. “We’re more experienced.

We just need to practice more, outdoors and indoors, because everyone in the SEC is tough.”

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A member of the UT women’s swimming team competes in the Last Chance Meet on Feb. 25. Several members of the team recorded career-best times at the meet, while the Lady Vols’ results earned them a ninth-place finish in the regular season.

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Softball squad exits California perfect Diamond Vols continue fast start 4-1, giving Karen Weekly her 700th career win.

The win came as a result of solid defense and Staff Writer the pitching that sophomore Ivy Renfroe and The No. 8-ranked Lady Vols traveled to freshman Ellen Renfroe brought to the mound on Cathedral City, Calif., this past weekend. They Friday. The duo allowed seven hits and only one dominated the field in the Cathedral City Classic, run scored.

“This was a great win against a very good BYU walking away undefeated and extending their win streak to six. The Big Orange defense was the team,” Weekly said. “Our hitters did a good job dominant force this weekend, as the team gave up adjusting to different types of pitchers and in capitalizing on their scoring opportunities. Ellen and only seven runs during the tournament.

The weekend’s matches started on Thursday as Ivy Renfroe battled tough and did a nice job of Tennessee took on the University of California at keeping a powerful lineup in check. I really liked Santa Barbara, winning 2-0 over the Gauchos. the way they both stepped up their efforts with Both sophomore right fielder Kat Dotson and opposing runners on base.”

Weekly only spoke briefly on the subject. As freshman pinch runner Tory Lewis were responsible for the two runs, as UT came away with a solid accomplished as she is, Weekly said she realizes it’s the support off the field that makes her landwin to start the tournament.

The Lady Vols next faced off against San Diego mark victory so fulfilling.

“As for the 700 wins, they are the result of havState University. UT trampled the Aztecs 11-3 in six innings. Tennessee’s offense came out strong, ing tremendous support from the administration busting out 15 hits. Dotson came out with a stel- and a lot of great coaches and players to work with lar performance, going 3-of-4 at the plate, includ- during my career,” Weekly said.

UT closed out the tournament with wins ing a double against Loyola and a triple.

Marymount Freshman and UCLA. shortstop The Loyola M a d i s o n Marymount Shipman also game was all came through about speed in with a notable this 7-2 win for performance. the Lady Vols.

She was 2-for-3 Big hitters for at the plate and the game were managed both sophomore a double and R a v e n two RBIs. Chavanne, The coachsophomore ing staff has Kelly Grieve been impressed and Dotson, with the team who, together, and its ability totaled seven to bounce back of UT’s 13 hits. after defeat.

The biggest “Karen win of the tour(Weekly, conament, howhead coach) ever, came and I were realagainst No. 2ly proud of the ranked and last way our team Wade Rackley • The Daily Beacon year’s national came out tonight against The Lady Vols softball team break from a huddle c h a m p i o n a very good against ETSU on Feb. 15. The Lady Vols extended their UCLA, a 7-1 San Diego win streak to six games after sweeping through the decision and a State squad Cathedral City Classic in Califorina this past weekend. huge upset for that qualified They play against Evansville at home on Thursday at 6 the Lady Vols.

Te n n e s s e e for NCAA p.m. improved its regionals last record to 14-2 with the win.

Ellen Renfore domiseason,” Lady Vol co-head coach Ralph Weekly said. “I thought we hit well, ran the bases well and nated defensively, handing UCLA its third loss.

The right hander earned a career-high 10 strikeplayed solid defense.”

BYU followed, though the Cougars proved to be outs against the Bruins, allowing only one run for no match for UT. The Lady Vols beat the Cougars the night. While still unexperienced at the college level, Renfroe held her own on Saturday afternoon.

“We decided as a staff to put Ellen Renfroe in the circle against a very good UCLA team,” Weekly said. “Facing the defending national champions in front of 1,000-plus fans, it was definitely a great maturing situation for a young freshman.

UCLA is as good a hitting team as there is in collegiate softball, and Ellen threw a great game against them today. Our hitters responded early and often and gave us a good lead that we were able to protect the whole game.”

Up next for the Lady Vols is a home match against Evansville on Thursday.

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Tommy John’s surgery. Raleigh was impressed with Reed but understood that he needs to pace his pitcher.

“The biggest thing for (Jon) was that Not even a one-and-a-half hour rain delay could stop the UT baseball team he kept his pitch count down,” Raleigh from jumping out to a 5-1 overall record, said. “He probably could have gone a little more, but he is coming off of Tommy its best start under coach Todd Raleigh.

The Vols swept the visiting Canisius John’s surgery, and we had plenty of pitchCollege Griffins in a three-game series at ing left after getting a good start yesterLindsey Nelson Stadium this past week- day.”

Sophomore Drew Steckenrider earned end. his first career save on Saturday.

“We’ve got to continue to make Steckenrider threw three scoreless innings improvement,” Raleigh said. “We have a while striking out four of the 11 batters he lot of room for improvement, and I think faced. we’re going to continue to make strides.”

The Vols’ offense once again benefited In game one, the Vols’ victory came an from another solid performance by Zach outstanding start by junior pitcher Steven Osborne.

Gruver, who Osborne allowed just went 3-for-3 two hits, no on Saturday runs, no walks with an RBI and threw 10 and a run strikeouts in s c o r e d . seven innings.

Following “I feel like I S a t u r d a y ’s could have g a m e , gone nine Osborne led innings,” all UT hitGruver said. “I ters with a took it one .583 batting pitch at a average. time. You can’t “(Zach) worry about has been the pitch unbelievable, before or after. both offenI just tried to sively and put the pitch defensively,” where I wantRaleigh said. ed it.”

“He delivWith perered big formances like today. He got this, it’s easy a bunt down to see why and chopped Gruver was one over the openingtheir heads, day starter for because they Tennessee. In were playing 13 innings this Francis Glynn • The Daily Beacon in. He’s givs e a s o n , ing us great Gruver has Junior Steven Gruver pitches against Canisius on at-bats, not Feb. 25.

Gruver threw 110 pitches, with 65 strikes, in allowed zero seven innings against Canisius College in a 4-0 vicchasing hits. runs and thrown 18 tory. The Vols now are 5-1, and their next game is He is just against Bradley on Friday at 1 p.m. doing a great strikeouts. job.”

“Gruver Second baseman Khayyan Norfork conwas obviously outstanding,” Raleigh said. tinued to impress on his senior campaign “Our pitching was phenomenal. The on Saturday.

Norfork went 2-for-3 and change with him is a combination of develincreased his team-leading RBI total to opment, maturity and being healthy.”

UT benefited from a strong outing by seven after hitting three on Saturday.

Gruver, as the Vols were held to just a one- Norfork is the only Vol to hit in each of run lead until a two-run seventh inning, UT’s first six games.

In the final game of the Vols’ weekend and a one-run eighth inning secured the homestand, UT’s offense was the key to win for the pitcher from Ohio.

Junior shortstop Zach Osborne aided another victory. Third baseman Matt on offense, going 2-for-2 with a pair of Duffy led the Vols, batting 3-for-3 with doubles and earning an RBI on a sacrifice three RBIs and uncharacteristically stealbunt in the seventh that helped Davis ing three bases, a proud personal achievement for the senior.

Morgan score.

“I guess I just got some good jumps,” In the second game, the Vols defeated Duffy said. “When they don’t think you’re the Griffins 6-2 following a strong outing a threat to steal the bases, it helps as well. by freshman starter Jon Reed, who earned We’ve really been working hard on his first victory of the season. baserunning lately.”

Reed redshirted last season because of

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