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Issue 38, Volume 122

Monday, March 4, 2013

For a third consecutive year, Sigma Alpha Epsilon has finished atop the standings of the Ace Miller Memorial Boxing Tournament. But this time no other fraternity is joining it there. After tying for first place in the overall competitions of 2011 and 2012, the tournament hosts used a Saturday night comeback to win the team trophy in the 33rd rendition of the inter-fraternity fights this weekend at the Knoxville Expo Center. Bener Oguz captured the lightweight belt and was among four SAE’s to win one of the tournament’s 11 weight classes. The senior finance major became the first from his fraternity since 2006 to earn a spot in the event’s Hall of Fame. To earn the honor he had to outlast Will Morton of Lambda Chi Alpha, which entered Saturday two points ahead of SAE.

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After bumping up a weight class from his 2010 and 2011 junior middleweight titles, this year was his second as middleweight champion. “I keep telling my guys, there are two parts that are the best about this whole tournament,” Sheesly said. “One is eating after weigh-ins, and the second is getting your hand raised in that ring after you’ve gone to war.” The Ace Miller Memorial Boxing tournament was formerly known as the SAE Boxing Tournament, but after legendary Knoxville boxing trainer Ace Miller passed away in March, the men of SAE chose to rename the tournament in Miller’s honor. Prior to the first fight on each of the tournament’s three nights, officials ceremonially rang the bell to honor Miller, who was critical in the formation of the event. r ke

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Fo r Oguz, who started boxing his senior year in high school, his championship bout held the double weight of personal achievement and helping his team earn an outright title. “It feels good, man,” Oguz said. “It’s been a lot of hard work and I guess it just paid off. It’s a fun sport and I like doing it. So I mean it was easy because I love it.” Receiving the delegation as a Hall of Fame honoree requires winning three individual titles over two weight classes — a difficult task considering most fighters only have four years to compete. After securing the featherweight belts in 2011 and

David Cobb 2012, “During Assistant News Editor Oguz boxing bumped up season I don’t a class in 2013. go out as much He said his and I just kind of Saturday victory train, work and do classprobably signified the work, and don’t really have end of his boxing career, unless he stays in school for time for drinking. “So it really helps, helps me a fifth year. “To tell you the truth, do well in school. And it helps it really helps me with my me be a better person.” One boxer who did come grades,” Oguz said of the tournament, which most boxers back for a fifth year of school train months in advance for. was Phi Sigma Kappa’s Buck

Sheesley, a senior in accounting. His victory in the middleweight division was his fourth career belt. Sheesly earned his Hall of Fame berth in 2012, but with this year’s title he became one of three four-time champions since the tournament’s inception in 1980. “Man, it really means a lot,” Sheesly said just moments after he was crowned 2013’s Best Boxer. “One of three people in 33 years, that really means a lot. I have had so much support throughout this whole thing from friends, family, brothers, everything. It’s been incredible.”

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UT Trustees meet, approve bonuses Organization offers Justin Joo Staff Writer The full Board of Trustees met on Friday and discussed a variety of matters including appointing a new chancellor for UT Chattanooga, changing the names of several UT Knoxville’s buildings and approving potential bonuses for six UT executive officers. The Board approved the

finalized version of their “Performance and Retention Plan,” which is designed to motivate and reward several UT executive officers for completing a specific set of goals. Two of the six officers include Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and UT System President Joe DiPietro. Should the officers accomplish their goals, they will be

granted a bonus that could be up to but no more than 15 percent of their base salary. Cheek, whose base annual salary as of July 1, 2012, was $394,956, could receive a bonus of up to $59,243. DiPietro’s base annual salary as of July 1, 2012, was $445,567.50, leading to a potential bonus of up to $66,835.13.

One of the goals for DiPietro is demonstrating improvement in employee satisfaction on the Employee Engagement Survey in order to recruit and retain a diverse group of employees. Another goal is to bring the faculty and staff salaries closer to the median of their peer group. See TRUSTEES on Page 3

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The UT Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Singers, Concert Choir, Men’s Chorale, and Women’s Chorale, conducted by James Fellenbaum, performs Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 in the Tennessee Theatre on Feb. 24. Soloists included Jenniger Sohl, Caitlin Bolden, Boris Van Druff, and Ian Richardson.

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With Spring Break just around the corner, many UT students are planning trips all over the country instead of focusing in the classroom. This week, the Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships (ONSF) is offering information sessions, a faculty panel and a presentation about a more formative trip that goes far beyond spring break’s beaches and actually extends the classroom: the Fulbright Scholarship. The nationally competitive scholarship receives between 10,000 and 12,000 applicants each year, each hoping to earn 10 months of financial support to study abroad after graduating college. The 25 percent of applicants who receive the prestigious scholarships go on to complete personal research projects or teach English as a second language in countries all over the world. “The main emphasis of the Fulbright is cultural exchange,” Michael Handelsman, director of the ONSF, said. “All Fulbrighters are basically ambassadors for the United States. They’re committed to learning about the host culture, and in that process, are sharing their own cultural traditions and values.” Five members of the UT community earned Fulbright Scholarships in 2011-2012, leaving for the likes of Mexico

City and Paris. Handelsman hopes that “Fulbright Week at UT” sparks more of the same success. Today, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Baker Center Room 118, and Tuesday, from 12:30 to 1 p.m. in the Baker Center’s Toyota Auditorium, information sessions will be offered to all students and faculty interested in applying. Nichole Fazio-Veigel, the ONSF assistant director, said that the sessions will provide both a general overview and some specific tips. The session will also offer guidance on negotiating the program’s “hefty” website. Dr. Handelsman, a 6-time Fulbright scholar himself, has plenty of history with the Fulbright program. After spending time in Brazil and Ecuador as both a student and a faculty member, Handelsman called the rich experience “transformative.” “The opportunity to be engaged in another culture, not as just an observer but as one who can become part of a community … the whole relationships shifts from thinking about that other culture to thinking with them,” he said. “Something has happened to you that you’re going to think a bit differently, your priorities change a little bit. … That’s why people go, you’re not doing tourism.” See FULBRIGHT on Page 3

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The Common Ground Book Club discusses T Cooper’s ‘Real Man Adventures’ on Feb. 19. T Cooper will be reading some of his works at the ‘Writers in the Library’ event on March 11.

Children participate in a one-day workshop cello recital led by Kathleen Bowman with Sera Smolen, Avi Friedlander, Alicia Randisi-Hooker and Kirsten Cassel Greer on Feb. 16.

Crime February 13 5:00 p.m. An officer responded to the Howard Baker Center in reference to a past occurred theft. The complainant stated that a Dell laptop and lapel microphone were taken without authorization by an unknown person from Room 103. February 19 9:30 a.m. An officer was flagged down by a student who stated that he had his UT identification stolen from the Student Aquatic Center. 2:48 p.m. An officer was dispatched to the UTPD lobby in reference to a stolen hangtag. February 20 1:16 p.m. An officer met with a reporting victim inside of UTPD’s lobby in reference to the theft of personal property from Tom Black Track between approximately 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. that day. 1:24 p.m. An officer was dispatched to Ferris

Hall Room 404 for the report of a laptop theft. Upon arrival he made contact with the victim and obtained his contact information. February 21 1:48 p.m. An officer was dispatched to the fourth floor of Hodges Library in reference to a laptop theft. 2:07 p.m. An officer responded to a student reporting the theft of his Vol card from Grieve Hall. 2:21 p.m. A victim reported the theft of his Vol card after leaving it unattended for 30 minutes in a HPER classroom. February 22 10:29 p.m. An officer observed a vehicle make a restricted left hand turn from Cumberland Ave. onto 17th St. He initiated a traffic stop and found the driver to have an active warrant for violation of probation out of Hamblen County.

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11:16 p.m. An officer was dispatched to Clement Hall in reference to a disturbance. Two city citations were issued for underage consumption alcohol. February 23 1:50 a.m. An officer observed a vehicle cross the double yellow line into oncoming traffic on 17th St. after turning from Forest Ave. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle on Ailor Ave.; however, the driver did not yield to emergency equipment until 21st St. The driver appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs and became uncooperative during standardized field sobriety testing and was placed under arrest for DUI First Offense and a blood sample was submitted to determine the driver’s BAC. 4:01 a.m. Officers were dispatched to Massey Hall in reference to a possibly intoxicated/sick person. The subject was transported the Knox County Intake Facility without incident.

4:31 a.m. An officer was dispatched to Thompson-Boling Arena in response to report of a burglary. At the time of the report, the extent of loss or damage was undetermined. February 24 12:59 a.m. Officers were dispatched to a fire alarm at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house. It was learned that the fire alarm was set off by an artificial smoke machine. While clearing the remainder of the house, several individuals were found hiding inside of a room on the main level. Individuals were issued misdemeanor citations for disorderly conduct and failure to evacuate a building during a fire alarm. 2:35 p.m. An officer was dispatched to the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house in reference to vandalism. Upon arrival, the officer observed a observed a broken window on the northwest corner of the house. The officer issued the fraternity president a UTPD case card.

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Elliot Watson captured his second consecutive belt after his opponent Andrew Veal was continued from Page 1 deemed medically ineligible to The profits raised from the fight on Saturday. $20 dollar nightly admission charges and $40 weekend pass- Middleweight: Phi Sigma es will go to help the Golden Kappa Gloves gym that he operated Tournament legend Buck Sheesley won his fourth title until his death. Last year’s tournament by default after being pitted raised more than $125,000, against fellow fraternity memand although financial records ber Dalton Folks in the finals. and attendance figures weren’t yet available from this year’s Junior Light Heavyweight: Phi event, tournament officials Sigma Kappa said the Expo Center was at Lake Kirby was the lone comor very close to its capacity of petitor able to knock off an 3,000 each of the three nights. SAE on Saturday as he defeated Patrick Pickney. Light Heavyweight: Alpha Tau Omega Daniel Pouget ended Lambda Results from Saturday’s 11 Chi Alpha’s chances of tying for the team trophy when he championship fights. defeated John Honan. Featherweight: Alpha Tau Cruiserweight: Alpha Gamma Omega Michael Jordan outlasted Phi Rho Delta Theta’s Xavier Harmon Joe Shapiro defeated Phi Kappa in Saturday night’s first cham- Psi’s Brandon Hutchison to earn AGR’s only title in 2013. pionship bout. 2013 Ace Miller Memorial Boxing Tournament

Lightweight: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Bener Oguz earned a spot in the tournament’s Hall of Fame with a victory over Lambda Chi Alpha’s Will Morton, which proved crucial in the team competition.

Heavyweight: Sigma Chi Jack Robertson denied Alpha Tau Omega a third belt with his defeat of Russell Smith.

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TRUSTEE continued from Page 1 Some of Cheek’s goals include building positive relationships with students, faculty, staff and alumni; implementing a plan to become a nationally competitive athletic program (that emphasizes both academics and athletics); and increasing the amount of funding to support renovation and construction needs. Should any of the executive officers not meet their stated goals, they would not receive the bonus. Funding for all of the bonuses within the plan will be the responsibility of the individual campuses or the system budgetary unit. New chancellor for UT Chattanooga One of the other major orders of business was to approve Steven Angle as the new chancellor of UT Chattanooga. DiPietro spoke highly of Angle before the trustees cast their votes. “I recommend the election of Dr. Angle with utmost support and confidence in his ability to lead our precious institution here at Chattanooga to new outstanding heights,” DiPietro said. The Board then voted unanimously in support of Angle. The new chancellor’s most recent position was as senior vice president at Wright State University in Ohio, which he had been working as since August 2012. Prior to that, Angle had been the provost at Wright State. After the vote, Angle spoke briefly

Senior Heavyweight: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Jake Clifton unseated Alpha Gamma Rho’s Steven Hill as continued from Page 1 Junior Welterweight: Sigma senior heavyweight champion with a closely contested vicChi On Wednesday, Handelsman Jonathan Cain earned the tory. and Fazio-Veigel will equip stufirst of Sigma Chi’s two belts dents and faculty with informawith a victory over Phi Sigma Unofficial Final Tally with tion on recommendation letters, number of boxers who fought one of the most important facets Kappa’s Eric Wurster. in parenthesis: Sigma Alpha of the application. Handelsman described stuWelterweight: Sigma Alpha Epsilon 11 (8), Lambda Chi Alpha 9 (8), Phi Sigma Kappa dents who scramble at the lastEpsilon 7 (6), Alpha Tau Omega 7 minute for recommendations from teachers they hardly know Colin Tuck warded off a furi- (7), Sigma Chi 5 (7), Alpha as unsuccessful at best. ous comeback from Lambda Gamma Rho 3 (3), Pi Kappa “Too often I think students Chi Alpha’s Caleb Harvey to Phi 2 (6), Phi Kappa Psi 1 (3). think that a letter of reference Other competitors: Sigma Nu win by decision. means some faculty member sim(2), Kappa Alpha (2), Kappa ply saying, ‘I know you, you’re a Junior Middleweight: Sigma Sigma (1), Sigma Phi Epsilon great student, I recommend you.’ (1), Delta Tau Delta (1), Phi That is not going to convince any Alpha Epsilon Delta Theta (1). panel of anything,” he said.

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to thank the board and to express his optimism for UTC’s future. “It’s a great honor and a huge responsibility,” Angle said. “We’re just tickled pink to be here … I should say blue and gold. … We’re delighted to be able to look forward to the future and to stand on the shoulders of those who came before us.” Angle will have a base annual salary of $291,000, an expense allowance of $583.33 per month, a housing allowance of $1,666.67 a month, and a moving allowance of $20,000. His post as chancellor will be effective on July 1. New names and renames for UTK Earlier in the day, several name changes for buildings around UT Knoxville were approved. The new residence hall that is currently under construction on Andy Holt Avenue has been named the Fred D. Brown Jr. Residence Hall. Brown has been a long time staff member and created the Office of Diversity Programs in the College of Engineering. The buildings that are being renamed include the Frank H. McClung Museum, which will be called the Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture. The middle initial “D.” will be added to the John Tickle Engineering Building. The former Student Health Center will be renamed Temple Hall in honor of Oliver P. Temple and his daughter, Mary Boyce Temple, for their work in agriculture. The new football practice facility will be named the Anderson Training Center.

Instead, both Handelsman and Fazio-Veigel stressed the importance of building relationships. Fazio-Veigel said that the sessions and panel are open to all students, especially noting that freshmen and sophomores should attend, while Handelsman pointed out that a relationship is a two-way street. “It’s a question of a team effort,” he said. “My role on the panel is going to be couch it in those terms, so that a faculty member … will be working closely with the student … so that there’s a mutual exchange.” Joining Handelsman on the panel will be Jeff Becker, professor of microbiology, and Tom Burman, professor of history.

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Dr. Bruce MacLennan speaks during a discussion on ‘Healthcare in America: Today and Tomorrow’ on Feb. 27.

The week will wrap up with a visit from Sabeen Altaf on Friday, the senior program officer of Whitaker International. A subset of the Fulbright Institute, the Whitaker program focuses on students studying science, technology, engineering or medicine (STEM). “Traditionally the students in the sciences and technology have not done much study abroad because they are really in kind of a locked curriculum,” Handelsman said. “Because it’s a professional program, there isn’t a lot of flexibility to do study abroad and things like that. This Whitaker project is trying to create … a flexibility so that we can accommodate these engineers

and biochemists so they’ll begin to think more broadly.” Although he acknowledged that the STEM students often assume study abroad opportunities are not for them, he thinks that Altaf’s visit will give students pause. The whole week is intended to make all students stop and think about life after college. “What we’re trying to do in the ONSF is to make sure that this becomes a campus culture,” Handelsman said. “So it’s not just people in certain disciplines, it’s not just certain professors who are enthusiastic, but it’s a community that really takes ownerships of what the ONSF is trying to promote.”

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Chancellor’s benefits policy nonsensical United Campus Workers is the union for staff and faculty at public colleges and universities across the state of Tennessee. We are concerned about the dignity and equality of all workers and are working in coalition to support the call for benefit equality on our campuses. Below is the response from our union’s legal counsel to the statement released (Jan. 10) by the UT Knoxville chancellor. The letter from the two University of Tennessee chancellors, as it purports to rely on legal analysis, is quite disingenuous, in my view. Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) Section 8-27-201 merely provides that there is only one state group insurance plan. We are not asking for a new or additional plan, we are just asking that the one plan that covers all state employees provide coverage for domestic partners. If they decide to contain that provision in the health plan, then that will be the plan. Continuing with the circularity of logic, the chancellor then references the state statute and constitutional provision which prohibit gay marriage. Does the Faculty Senate’s resolution ask UT to recognize gay marriage? No. It just talks about providing equal benefits to domestic partners of employees. It should be noted that AT&T SE (formerly known as BellSouth Telecommunications) which operates in all nine southeastern states (including Tennessee) has been offering health insurance benefits to domestic partners since the 1990s. None of these states has ever recognized gay marriage and none of these states has ever challenged this insurance coverage. But as we all know, providing health care to

domestic partners has nothing to do with marriage. As an interesting footnote, the AT&T plan provides benefits to both same sex and opposite sex domestic partners. The State of Tennessee, along with all these other states, has benefited greatly by having more of their residents covered by health insurance, thus avoiding the cost to the state of providing health care to the otherwise uninsured. A little candor finally peaks through when the chancellor states at the bottom of the second page that the “political issues are the most challenging.” He seems to argue that pursuing the Faculty Senate’s resolution is not in the best interest of a publicly funded institution. Public opinion has long supported eliminating workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual preference or gender identification, even at times where gay marriage has only been supported by a minority of citizens. Moreover, the experience in the private sector is that providing coverage for domestic partners actually drives down per capita insurance costs by expanding the insurance pool, not to mention providing an advantage in attracting and retaining qualified employees. I guess my overall response to the chancellor would be “Fess up, your legal arguments just do not wash. Be honest and admit, the ‘political issue’ is what it is all about.” John L. Quinn General Counsel United Campus Workers Communications Workers of America AFL-CIO, District 3

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Julia Ross After all of this talk about becoming more engaged students, who complain less and advocate more, and even more talk about developing a more rigorous curriculum, which demands our time and energy and inspires our imaginations, I think it is time to break these goals into clear and actionable steps individuals can take on the path toward a positive culture shift at our university. I have written before about the need for a student-led initiative that would make a “Ready for the World” experience a graduation requirement for all students, not just honors students. Aside from the ways that such a requirement would benefit diversity, it would also be the first step toward shaping our students into strong candidates for a variety of nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships. Surely, we cannot become a Top 25 school until more students begin applying for these opportunities. The internal infrastructure necessary to support students wishing to submit applications to nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships is already in place. It’s called the Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships (ONSF). It is administratively housed within the Student Success Center and is physically located within the Baker Center. Nearly every week they host information sessions about different scholarships and fellowships, application preparation workshops, and various skill tutorials, like how to write a research abstract or how to prepare a CV. Week after week, fewer than 10 students turn up at these tutorials. If nothing else, this clearly demonstrates that the students at our great university are desperately in need of a wake-up call. Right now, for whatever reason, we are not realizing our potential, and are therefore not interested in gaining these skills or learning this information. As students, by our general absence from these events, we have shown that we simply do not believe that we need to know how to prepare a CV

properly and that we don’t particularly want to have someone else pay for what promises to be an incredible year abroad. Maybe the above depiction doesn’t fit you as a student. Maybe you do care, but have thought that you can just learn these things later, another day, another week. However, the reality is that an individual should begin thinking of herself of himself as a future applicant for these opportunities from the first day of their college career in order to make use of all of the resources available on this campus that could serve to make him or her truly competitive in this endeavor. Still, it is never too late to start actively planning the future of your scholastic and social interests. This week provides an excellent opportunity to personally begin working toward this goal. The Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships is hosting Fulbright Week on campus. Events will include information sessions on the Fulbright Opportunity, a faculty panel discussion on how to ask for and write strong letters of recommendation, and special sessions on Friday about the Whitaker International Program for Biomedical Research. The very nature of these Fulbright opportunities demands that students be flexible thinkers and talented planners who will not only understand why research or teaching abroad is important, but have done enough as undergraduates so that when the opportunity to apply rolls around, they are prepared. The Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships is always eager to meet with students to help guide and inform their interest in a nationally competitive opportunity, like the Rhodes, Gates Cambridge, Boren, Udall, Goldwater, Fulbright, Peace Corps, or Critical Language Scholarship. They are all interesting and the annual winners of each are all inspiring — you should look them up. In the meantime, if you would like to prove that as a student body you truly do believe in your own potential, then I suggest that those of you with an interest in teaching or doing research abroad attend some of ONSF’s upcoming events. You will be doing a favor not only to yourself, but also to our university community. — Julia Ross is a sophomore double majoring in microbiology and political science. She may be reached at jross26@utk.edu.

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This whole “sequester” thing scares me. I’ll be brutally honest: I’m terrible with numbers unless I can see how they work. I can’t understand the economics behind all of these tax cuts. I just know the average American should probably care a little more than they do about this. While numbers rarely make sense to me, I can understand the words and some of the lingo. The textbook definition of the verb “sequester” means to isolate or hide away something or someone, and the noun means a typical cut in government spending. The terminology labeling this whole business shenanigan is about as vague as the event right now. When I hear of a word that means a general cut in government spending, I believe the cut shouldn’t be something numbering in the trillions. That just seems a little more than a “typical” amount of money. If the media is in fact using the term wrong and the government is intending for the verb form to be used, what exactly are they hiding away? What is there left at this point? I’m exacerbated, fed up with the way our political system is entirely canceling itself out. When do we, the American people, say that enough is enough? How many more stupid congressional stalemates will we have to sit through before we remember that we have the right to impeach and overthrow these greedy pigs who have nothing better to do than to take money from organizations that really couldn’t care less about the American population? I’m not talking about the president, who seems to be everyone’s favorite target when the term “impeachment” starts to get tossed around. I’m talking about that other

branch, you know, the one that is responsible for legislation. Fifty years or so from now, this decade will be a huge case study of how the American government began to change, or at least I hope it will be. We need to realize, as a country, that our bipartisan system of checks and balances isn’t doing its job anymore. There are a lot of reasons behind this, of course, on all sides of the political world. Republicans have been infighting over the idea of changing the way their party approaches the younger generation and the shifting values of America. Democrats are seeing parts of their party break away into more liberal or more moderate factions, losing strength as a whole party. The biggest interference comes from outside, however. Political “activists” and lobbyists keep shoving money down the throats of those making decisions for the country. I’m not quite sure how that helps the rest of us who don’t have money to pay people off with. Perhaps, instead of “fighting” for the “rights” of x, y, and z, one day these companies, parties, organizations, or whatever will stop and say, “Well, I could do a more productive thing and create some jobs with these millions of dollars.” Come on people. Maybe it is the idealist in me, but we have to get to the bottom of this and fast. We are the up and coming generation. Ten years from now, we will be the ones at the heads of companies. We will hold government offices. We will make decisions. When do we start? Do we wait for all the old crows to die off? Do we even care? I have a theory that our generation has become so battered by this past decade or so, many of us have thrown our hands up and just expected the sky to fall anyway. Maybe it’s time we step up to the plate instead of letting the sand run through our hands. — Kayla Graham is a senior in English literature. She can be reached at kgraham7@ utk.edu.

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Race helps fund campus libraries

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The Love Your Libraries 5K took place at UT on Saturday to benefit Hodges Library. All proceeds from fees and sponsorships go directly to the library.

Savannah Gilman Contributor Snow flurries may have greeted the runners of the Love Your Libraries 5K on Saturday, but that didn’t stop them from keeping up their pace. For runners like Jamie Hatcher, a senior in child and family studies, the weather also didn’t hinder the cause. “It was cold, but once I got into (the race) I was taking off my gloves and hairband,� Hatcher said. “It was nice to go on a run on campus and pass by places you are familiar with and buildings you have classes in. I love Hodges (Library) and, of course, have spent many hours there and am all for benefiting it.� It appeared the weather did not detract from Hatcher’s time either, as she took home the

third place medal for women overall in the 21st annual race. Hosted by UT’s Graduate Student Senate, the race is open to the entire Knoxville community. It boasts a wide variety of participants, ranging from undergraduate and graduate students to faculty and staff from campus, as well as local high school track teams. “The way graduate students use library resources in our research pretty much mandates that we live in the library and that seemed like a natural cause for which to have a philanthropic event,� Amanda Sanford, GSS president, said. The event brought together different aspects of the campus and community around the uniting cause of the libraries. While the race was coordinated by GSS, there were Student Government Association (SGA) freshman council members manning tables, members

of the Tennessee Crew team marking the course and the Knoxville Track club managing the finish line. Their assistance, paired with donations from the UT Bookstore, Panera Bread, Dunkin’ Donuts, Gigi’s Cupcakes and Aramark, contributed to the success of the race. “The race went well,� Bennett Adkinson, the race chair and a graduate student in teacher education and the theory of practicing teacher education department, said. “We were so well organized from the get-go that everything went smoothly and everyone seemed happy, and that is really all I could ask for.� He said that volunteering was an easy decision, as the money raised is for a good cause that directly affects his graduation. The proceeds through registration, donations and sponsor-

ships are donated directly to the library; what benefits the library, benefits students. The funds have gone to further educational possibilities through the purchase of licenses for new research materials and software as well as new books The proceeds also fund the popular “De-Stress for Successâ€? campaign the library hosts during finals week each semester that provides free activities and services to students. As a public research institution, Sanford explained that the entire university community revolves around the campus libraries. “This is something that everyone here benefits from and is a unique way for us to be able to give back and make Emily DeLanzo • The Daily Beacon sure the library is as techno- Food is on display during the annual wild game feast logically innovative as possible hosted by the UT Wildlife and Fisheries Society on Feb. and as accessible as possible 23. for everyone,â€? Sanford said.

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Monday, March 4, 2013 Arts & Culture Editor Victoria Wright

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Hollywood screenwriter talks basics, archetypes Melodi Erdogan Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Scott Myers has had a career worthy of many aspiring screenwriters’ dreams, but during his appearances on campus he was careful to add a dosage of reality. Myers, Hollywood screenwriter and screenwriting teacher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, visited UT on Friday for three different programs. The first was an informal discussion, the second a formal presentation and the final event was an opportunity for students to speak to Myers personally at a reception after his formal presentation. Sponsored by the cinema studies program and the English department’s Better English Fund, Myers gave his formal presentation in the Lindsay E. Young Auditorium to present his findings on character archetypes in screenwriting. Titled “Archetypes: Character Structure, Film Analysis and Screenwriting Theory,” Myers’ goal was to communicate important ideas about storytelling and to inspire them to think about their writing in new and different ways, he said. “I’m always excited to talk about movies and stories, that’s my passion so I very was excited to have an opportunity to come and speak here,” Myers said. Myers wrote the scripts to the 1989 film “K-9” starring James Belushi, and the

1997 film “Trojan War” starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. Ryan Woldruff, graduate student and teaching associate in English, introduced Myers’ blog, “Get Into The Story,” to cinema studies chair Dr. Charles Maland, who in turn invited Myers for a visit. Philip Coode, junior in journalism and electronic media and minor in cinema studies, aspires to work in Hollywood one day. “I want to go into screenwriting and directing someday, and I thought I got a lot of really good advice and a lot of specific and direct descriptions of all the different types of characters in film,” Coode said. Revolving around how psychologist Carl Jung and author James Campbell shaped his ideas around characters and their roles in cinema, in his formal presentation Myers used classic films such as “The Wizard of Oz” and “The Silence of the Lambs” to demonstrate the five character archetypes: the protagonist, the nemesis, the attractor, the mentor and the trickster. “Many aspiring writers tend to think of (screenwriting) in a formulaic manner, and one of the best ways I found to avoid that is by focusing on characters and starting on characters,” Myers said. “(The archetypes) have opened up a whole new way to think about screenwriting for me and I’m very excited and I’d like to share that with people.” Already working on a few scripts himself, Coode said that he found Myers’ archetype

analysis to be very helpful. “It was a lot of specific types of stuff like the five different characters, which are pretty useful and how in some ways you wouldn’t really expect to be tricksters and to be mentors and how they really are that way,” Coode said. “But it’s a good way to when you sit down and think about it you can see what they’re going into. For when I want to write, he gives you a good idea of how you can twist around what a character can be and basic stuff.” Updated daily with basics on screenwriting, interviews with script readers and the daily occurrences in the film industry, Myers’ blog is only one way in which cinema has become a large platform for many opportunities. “Hollywood is a very exciting place right now, it’s very competitive, but there’s never been more opportunity for content creators in not just Hollywood, but transmedia,” Myers said. “There’s one message that I would send out to people: go out and do it, create it, film it, shoot it, put it out there, as I said earlier, it only takes one set of eyeballs to make a complete difference. If you’re creative and you have an idea, put it into action, put it out there and see what happens because this is an incredible time we live in now with all the opportunities we have.” Having had countless years of experience in Hollywood screenwriting as not only a screenwriter but also a producer, Myers said that what he

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learned is that screenwriting is not easy and that it requires a basic belief in oneself. “There’s a saying that seeing is believing, well in some ways for screenwriters, believing is seeing,” Myers said. “You have to believe those characters exist, you have to believe the story universe exist. And if you do that and act like they’re actually there, that’s when the story starts to emerge. The more you believe that they exist, the better chance you have of them coming to life for you.” Hoping to work in Hollywood one day, Coode said that Myers’ presentation

was a good foundation for what he will use when writing his own scripts. “I do a lot of writing right now and I have a folder of stuff I’ve learned from my cinema studies classes as how to work on film, so I’ll probably putting all this information with that,” he said. “As I write I go through it, they’re basic rules and good things to think about when you’re writing. They’re good basics that creativity goes along with.” Myers lived and worked in Hollywood, Calif., for 15 years. But what is Hollywood really like? According to Myers, it’s

competitive, frustrating and time consuming. “Everybody wants to be a Hollywood screenwriter, or at least it seems like that,” Myers said. “It takes a long time to get a movie made, there are a lot of obstacles in the way of getting a movie made, and yet it’s creative because you are drafting stories. What better way to make a living than to sit in a room and come up with an entire story universe and a world of characters that enlivens you and hopefully someone else will connect with?” Based off his discoveries within the narrative aspect of cinema, Myers said that what inspires him the most are the characters within a story. “I want to find characters that I find compelling, that I find interesting, that I’m curious about, if I can discover something about them that makes me want to be with them for a long period of time, it can take months to write a script,” Myers said. “That’s what inspires me. Those characters, that situation, see what happens, what takes place in that environment.” The best part of being a Hollywood screenwriter is seeing what you created, said Myers. “Sitting there with a script at the end of the process, there’s something incredibly satisfying about that,” Myers said. “And then on a day to day basis, those revelations, those moments, big or small, you have a story problem and it resolves itself or a character speaks to you in a voice you may not have otherwise known. That daily participation in the creative process, that’s great. But yeah, there’s nothing better than typing fate out and it’s sitting there with your completed screenplay.” Coode, who has taken a few cinema studies classes to fulfill his minor in the subject, enjoyed when Myers categorized different characters as their archetypes. “When he was going through all the movies with the exact kind of characters that some of them fill in because some of them are characters that you don’t really think of. Like Toto from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ being a trickster.” Myers said that he hopes attendants now understand the basic theories of screenwriting and character archetypes. “I just love these ideas,” Myers said. “It’s always exciting to talk about them, but interfacing with the students and the people here. I always love to talk about what they’re interested in, what stories they’re writing, what their aspirations are, their goals are.” Advice for an aspiring screenwriting has three parts, Myers said. “Read scripts, watch movies, write pages. Immerse yourself in the world of movies; immerse yourself in the world of screenwriting. You’ll read scripts, read your favorite movie scripts, there’s all sorts of sites online where you can download them and read them for free, you can watch movies but don’t have a favorite genre, just watch everything. And then write pages, be constantly writing, writing every day,” he said. For more information on Scott Myers, visit his blog at www.gointothestory.com.

Monday, March 4, 2013

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SPORTS

Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell

Hendee continues father’s legacy and grateful and like they’re being taken care of,” said Kredich. Her behind-the-scenes work is vital to the Six First Team All-SEC members, three All- smooth running of the team, and it does not Freshman Team members, nine Second Team go unnoticed. “When someone says thank you and appreAll-SEC members, one SEC Diver of the Year ciates your work, it makes you realize your and Diving Coach of the Year. Those are the honors received by UT’s swim hard work was for a purpose. (Managing) has and dive team at the SEC championships, given me a place and a purpose at UT, but it’s which took place at Texas A&M in College also given me a family,” said Hendee. Hendee always knew that she wanted to Station last week. Success of that magnitude is made possible attend UT. Her father, Joe Hendee, began his through the collaboration of a team comprised 30 year tenure with the UT swim and dive team in 1978. of more than just coaches and athletes. “Before my dad died, it was a way to spend Claire Hendee, sophomore student manager, mirrors the team’s dedication to be the time with him. After that it became a way to carry on his legacy ... it’s best, whether it be paya good way to keep the ing special attention ou weren’t made to memory of my dad alive to mundane tasks or a safe person to confide have an easy life, but and to see how much they him. To carry on his in. from those challenges loved legacy is a huge honor,” “It’s important for you can become great Hendee said. me to have people work He commenced his legfrom a vision rather and experience acy as a student assistant than a set of instrucgreatness.” and working his way up to tions,” said head coach assistant coach of the Vols, Matt Kredich. — Claire Hendee becoming Tennessee’s Kredich said that first full-paid assistant Hendee has poured coach. Hendee strives to creativity into many aspects of her work, including finding a more mimic how much her father invested in the athletes, deeper than just their accomplishefficient way to do the team’s laundry. Hendee’s primary responsibilities include ments in the pool. “She treats people really well. She treats doing the laundry, setting up for practices, videotaping meets and aiding in the coordina- everybody with tremendous respect,” Kredich tion of logistics for team travel and recruiting said. “I’ve never heard her complain about her work. They’re very similar.” visits. In the five years that Kredich worked along“The bulk of the job is being there just in case,” Hendee said. “It seems like a lot of side Joe Hendee, Kredich said he never saw waiting around but it’s made clear why I do him be anything but happy. “Claire’s the same way,” Kredich added. it when someone needs me to run an errand, “Fight the good fight, keep the faith, finish like set up equipment or (get) a (power)bar or the race,” is a saying that has been imbedded something.” The student manager inherited exagger- in the team culture for years (derived from ated tasks at the SEC championship last week, II Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14; Joel working from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day of the 2:23-32). It later became a slogan regarding six day meet. What gets her through the hard Joe Hendee’s battle with cancer, which he was work are the “fun moments” in the event of a diagnosed with toward the end of Claire’s high school career. victory or the cracking of inside jokes. “Despite external circumstances, if a person “Matt is an incredible leader and I appreciate the work atmosphere that he creates,” said sticks to their core values, whether it be religious or their own ability, they will be happy. Hendee. Her contribution to the team has more folds That is the key to happiness,” Kredich said. Hendee applies this scripture to the conducthan the team’s towel collection. “She’s very calming, relentlessly positive tion of her life as well. “You weren’t made to have an easy life, but and has an attitude of ‘how can I serve you?’ It’s very comforting for people to know that from those challenges you can become great she’s around. She makes people feel fortunate and experience greatness,” said Hendee.

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Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu

Diamond Vols fall 7-3 to No. 25 Virginia Tech Staff Reports Two big innings by No. 25 Virginia Tech proved to be too much to overcome as Tennessee dropped a 7-3 decision on the final day of the USA Baseball Irish Classic at Coleman Field at the National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. “The third inning got away from us where they scored four runs but we fought back, we chipped away and got a run in three straight frames and that is what I think Volunteer baseball is supposed to be about,” UT head coach Dave Serrano said. “We made some twostrike adjustments, put the ball in play which we haven’t been doing a great job of, and got some two-out base hits. That is the mentality we have to have.” “We need to find an identity as a baseball team,” Serrano said. “Right now, we are a bunch of good kids that aren’t playing as a baseball team and that bothers me because this has the opportunity to be a good team. The only way we can be good is if we start playing together and start being on the same page about a lot of different things.” After the Hokies put up a four-spot in the third, Tennessee used two-out rallies in the next three innings to inch within a single tally, only to see VT pull away with a three-run eighth. Will Maddox led the Orange and White offensive effort, going 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs. The multi-hit contest marked the sixth consecutive game and ninth time in 11 games this season in which he has accomplished that feat. During his current six-game hitting streak, the Gainesville, Ga., native is hitting at a scalding .520 clip (13-for-25)

with seven RBIs and five runs scored. For the year, he leads the squad with a .420 batting average, nine RBIs and nine runs scored. Freshman Aaron Quillen suffered the loss for the Big Orange, allowing four runs — two earned — while scattering eight hits over six innings of work. Junior Nick Williams came out of the bullpen to strike out two in a perfect 1.1 frames of relief. Virginia Tech took advantage of a Tennessee error to get on the board in the third as the miscue helped extend the frame in which the Hokies got a bases-loaded, bases-clearing triple from Tyler Horan and an RBI single from Andrew Rash to jump out to a 4-0 lead. The Vols proceeded to punch right back, however, using two-out rallies in each of the next three to cut the

Hokie lead down to just one run. In the third, Taylor Smart got the ball rolling with a single before A.J. Simcox was hit by a pitch. Maddox then came through with the first of his two two-out RBIs on the day, punching a single to right. Just an inning later, a hit by pitch played a large role once again as Pierce Bily was drilled by a 1-2 pitch with two outs. He then promptly stole second before coming around the final 180 feet to score when Andrew Lee lined a single just past the glove of the diving Hokie shortstop into left for a single. UT’s final run of the contest came after two quick outs in the fifth when Simcox reached on an error by his counterpart at short, stole second and scored on a double down the right-field line by Maddox.

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Nick Williams pitched 1 1/3 innings in the Vols’ losing effort against Virginia Tech yesterday.

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Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell

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Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu

Men’s programs need rebranding

Lauren Kittrell Sports Editor Tennessee sports is in a rebranding phase. Don’t panic. There are some things that will never change. The “Power ‘T,’” the Orange and the White, “Rocky Top,” Smokey and checkerboard end zones will forever remain a part of UT’s brand, but as the university seeks excellence in every department, sports will be receiving a little tweaking. Let’s all let out a sigh of relief. I think we can all agree that the athletics department is “a project that could use a little tweaking.” Specifically on the men’s side of the coin. While the Lady Vols struggle to find enough media attention, the athletics department has more challenging problems to address. Several of the men’s teams are facing branding issues that can’t be fixed with a press release and some team love. From just flat losing, to SEC, NCAA or even legal violations, something must be done to address and adjust the image UT sports has created over the last few years. We’ve witnessed some of this rebranding in the form of coaches. Baseball, men’s basketball (women’s basketball has no branding issues), football, and swimming and diving are some of the sports that have recently undergone coaching changes. The hope with coaches like

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basketball head coach Cuonzo Martin, football head coach Butch Jones and baseball head coach Dave Serrano is that they have the leadership capabilities so desperately lacking in these sports. There’s so much that can be said. There may not have been any Manti Te’o incidents or Lance Armstrong debacles, but it’s safe to say that UT has had their fair share of turmoil in the public relations department. I know a few incidents are passing through your mind (a certain quarterback and his beer bottle tossing ring a bell?), but there’s probably much much more going on under the surface than you’re even aware of. There are times when the UTPD crime log holds more than meets the eye or the paper. While our male athletes are far from superheroes, they are painted as objects of affection. They are put on pedestals that few deserve and even fewer know how to handle with responsibility. The athletes who do respond well to the limelight, I respect so much, but these are few and far between. Maybe these “new” coaches are the answer. They’ve come in with new goals and aspirations and new leadership techniques. They have a passion to see their programs improve, not just athletically in terms of winning and losing, but in team chemistry, relationships and character. Let’s hope their re-branding goals, or just brand-amping goals, lead to a brighter athletic future. — Lauren Kittrell is a senior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at lkittre1@utk.edu.

Lady Vols drop regular season finale, 78-65 Staff Reports

Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon

Bashaara Graves goes for a contested shot while being swarmed by two Kentucky defenders on Sunday.

With the SEC regular-season championship and the No. 1 seed in the SEC Tournament secured, the No. 8 Tennessee Lady Vols dropped a 78-65 decision at No. 10 Kentucky on Sunday afternoon at Memorial Coliseum. For the 17th time this season, Meighan Simmons led the lady Vols in scoring putting up 15 points to go along with seven rebounds and two assists. Turnovers played a big part in the Kentucky victory as the Wildcats used 19 Tennessee turnovers in the first half, a season high for the Lady Vols, to put 21 of their 36 points on the board. The previous seasonhigh was 17 at Chattanooga in the first game of the season on Nov. 9, 2012. The Lady Vols finished the game with a season-high 31 turnovers as Kentucky capitalized by tallying 33 points off of those turnovers. Tennessee’s previous high in 2012-13 was 26 turnovers in a game, also at Chattanooga. The Lady Vols cut the once13 point first half lead to just two at 34-32 nearing the end of the half using a 13-2 run sparked by Graves and Williams. Graves put up eight of the 12 points tallied during the run while Williams pulled down three defensive rebounds. It looked as though the half would end with Tennessee down just two points, however a blocking foul on Graves was called as Samarie Walker dished out a pass to Azia Bishop who layed it up with .1 seconds remaining on the clock to give the Wildcats a four-point halftime lead. The Wildcats opened the second half on a 9-0 run to extend its lead to 13 points and later extending the lead to 19 points using back-to-back A’dia Mathies 3-pointers. The Lady Vols start their quest for the SEC Tournament championship on Friday at Noon in Duluth, Ga.

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