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Girl Talk to headline Volapalooza 2011 Matt Costa, The Kingston Springs fill out set list for spring concert in World’s Fair Park Kristian Smith Student Life Editor The long-awaited Volapalooza lineup has finally been announced. This year, Girl Talk will headline the show, with special guest Matt Costa and opener The Kingston Springs.

This year’s Volapalooza will be held on April 29 at World’s Fair Park, and a mix of UT organizations will be sponsoring the event.

“The Campus Entertainment Board, Cultural Attractions Committee and SGA are sponsoring this year’s event,” Colin Spaulding, graduate assistant in the office of student activities, said.

Nicole Stratman, Volapalooza director for the Campus Entertainment Board, said the CEB wanted to pick three artists that would appeal to very diverse audiences.

“Girl Talk offers unique appeal, as he is arguably the most popular mashup artist at the moment and offers a unique and fresh twist on music that everyone knows,” Stratman said. “Just as they did last year with Flogging Molly, Cultural Attractions Committee was able to help us out again by sponsoring Matt Costa for this year’s supporting act.”

Stratman said the CEB wanted to have a lesser-known, local act for the opener, leading them to pursue The Kingston Springs for the spot. “(They) are gaining quite a bit of momentum in surrounding Tennessee areas,” she said.

Stratman said students can look forward to a great show with these performers.

“When it comes down to the performers, if you’ve

never seen Girl Talk, you won’t want to miss his show,” she said. “Be prepared for crowd-picked dancers, toilet paper cannons and song combinations featuring artists from Jay-Z to Black Sabbath.

“Matt Costa will offer a more chill, summery kind of atmosphere, and The Kingston Springs will be an excel-

genres and performers the students wanted to see and had the biggest response than ever before,” she said. “Using the top genre choices, we narrowed down the top performers that are realistically in our price range and fit the highenergy atmosphere that we desire for this end-of-the-year blowout concert.”

This year’s concert, like in previous years, will have a senior hour before the show, where there will be free giveaways, food and more. Stratman said most of the vendors at senior hour will be open to the rest of the concert-goers as well.

Stratman said she hopes to see a turnout as big or bigger than last year.

“Last year’s concert solidified the level that Campus Entertainment Board has desired for Volapalooza to reach,” she said. “This year we are hoping to draw just as big of a crowd, if not bigger.”

She said some changes have been made to the event to focus on a “more UTinvolved” concert.

“Many changes have been made to the overall feel of the concert, having changed the location to World’s Fair Park and working closely with other student organizations including Cultural Attractions Committee, Student Government Association and TeamVOLS, among others,” she said. “This year we will be teaming up with more sponsors ... Students will have more opportunities to take pride • Photo courtesy of Girl Talk in what their school has to offer in a much different atmosphere, from food to perlent opener to get the crowd warmed up for an energetic formers.” night of music and general mayhem in concert form.”

The Volapalooza schedule hasn’t been announced yet, Stratman said there was a lot of student input in the but students can get updates by “liking ” both the choices.

Volapalooza and Campus Entertainment Board’s Facebook “At the beginning of last semester, we heavily publi- pages. Volapalooza.com will also be coming soon. cized our Volapalooza student survey for input on which

Dominant Lady Vols retain SEC title Zac Ellis Editor-In-Chief NASHVILLE — Tennessee entered the weekend’s SEC Women’s Tournament as reigning conference tournament champions. They returned to Knoxville Sunday with another SEC title in hand.

The Lady Vols (31-2) disposed of Florida, Georgia and tournament runner-up Kentucky to win the 2011 SEC Women’s Tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. With the win, Tennessee earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Women’s Tournament.

UT’s Shekinna Stricklen, Angie Bjorklund and Glory Johnson were named to the All-Tournament Team, with Stricklen taking Most Valuable Player honors.

“Overall I thought we had great focus,” Summitt said. “We had a lot of people step up. I thought our intensity overall, both offensively and defensively, was where it needed to be.”

Meighan Simmons shook out of her one-game funk to lead UT with 18 points, while Johnson flirted with another double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds.

Jasmine Hassell lead Georgia with 20 points.

Despite UT’s 35-22 halftime lead, neither team shot well in the first half. Georgia hit on just a 23-percent clip, and even though the Lady Vols knocked down 41 percent of their shots, UT missed a handful of open layups.

Summitt’s halftime talk gave the Lady Vols a spark in the second half to the tune of 56 percent shooting. With the clock running down and the UT Pep Band chanting “chicken fingers,” Brianna Bass nailed a 3pointer with 28 seconds remaining to surpass 80 points, the mark usually reserved for free Hardee’s chicken fingers at UT home games.

Simmons said an SEC championship is just what this team needed.

“I think we’re a national championship team,” Simmons said. “(But) everybody’s mindset has to be on the same page.”

Tennessee 92, Florida 75 Tennessee’s quarterfinal matchup with Florida in the SEC Women’s Tournament on Friday did not reflect a sense of déjà vu in UT coach Pat Summitt. This was a difTennessee 90, Kentucky 65 ferent Florida team from the Tennessee capped off the one the Lady Vols had faced 2011 SEC Women’s during the regular season.

Tournament in style — record“It’s obviously the best that breaking style, actually. they’ve played us, in my opinThe Lady Vols used an SEC ion,” Summitt said of the Tournament and UT schoolGators. record 16 3-pointers to outgun Still, top-seeded Tennessee Kentucky 90-65 for Tennessee’s used a strong second-half 15th SEC Tournament champirally to thwart the upset onship on Sunday. efforts of No. 8 seed Florida, “Obviously, very, very defeating the Lady Gators 92pleased with the focus that we 75 in Friday’s quarterfinal had coming into the game, and SEC Women’s Tournament just our intensity overall,” game in Nashville.

Zac Ellis • The Daily Beacon Summitt said. “Maybe a little Johnson paced UT with a career-high 25 points while Coach Pat Summitt cuts down the net after the Lady slow start, but I thought we grabbing 11 rebounds against Vols’ 90-65 SEC Championship win over Kentucky on picked things up.”

Bjorklund came off the bench Florida. Stricklen scored 20 Sunday. Angie Bjorklund led the team with 23 points, to lead UT with 23 points, for Tennessee. including seven 3-pointers, as the Lady Vols hit an SEC including 7-of-8 on 3-pointers, Lanita Bartley led Florida Tournament-record 16 threes on the way to their 15th while Stricklen chipped in 19 with 14 points. and Simmons added 16.

Tennessee, which had conference tournament title.

Victoria Dunlap and dominated Florida in both regular season matchups, put on a shaky performance in the first Bernisha Pinkett each led Kentucky with 15 points.

The conference finals matchup featured physical play on both half on Friday, leading the Lady Gators by two, 38-36, at intermission. UT shot 42 percent in the first half, compared to Florida’s ends of the court, with 44 fouls called in the contest.

“I think we came out with a lot of energy,” Stricklen said. “We 49 percent.

“I thought we started really strong,” Johnson said. “(But) saw that the game was going to be really physical, and we made adjustments.” whenever they made runs, it kind of hit us hard.”

A back-and-forth game appeared to break open on a Bjorklund The Lady Vols woke up in the second half, scoring tallying 54 3-pointer with 8:25 left in the first half to give UT a 27-20 lead. points — including 15 from Johnson — on 54-percent shooting.

“Overall, when you get a win and you’re in the situation we’re But a short rally capped by a Pinkett trey with 4:19 left in the first in, it’s survive and advance and move on,” Summitt said, “and period pushed Kentucky within one at 30-29.

The Lady Vols ended up with a nine-point 39-30 lead thanks (that’s) what we’re going to do.” largely to 8-of-9 shooting on 3-pointers in the first period.

Tennessee stayed hot well into the second half, hitting 8-of-12 Tennessee 82, Georgia 58 The Lady Vols’ next challenge was Georgia, which awaited UT treys after intermission to lead by as many as 28 points. UT shot in Saturday’s semifinals of the SEC Women’s Tournament, and 56 percent for the contest.

Summitt said her players earned every moment of Sunday’s Tennessee wasted no time in throwing the Lady Bulldogs to the championship. wayside.

“I’m proud for this team,” Summitt said. “They’ve worked so Tennessee used an early 16-2 lead to overwhelm Georgia 82hard to be where they are, and they deserve what they got today.”

58, clinching a spot in the tournament championship game.

Vegas production booked for Knoxville Grace Van Dyke Staff Writer A big Vegas show is coming to Knoxville from March 23 to 27, in the form of Cirque Du Soleil’s Alegria.

Cirque Du Soleil has several different shows, each unique. “(Alegria) is mainly an artistic expression of the conflict between an older generation and a younger generation,” Erin Burns Freeman of SRW and Associates said.

Audiences can enjoy many acts, including trapeze, manipulation, Russian bars, contortion and high bars.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for Knoxville to have something like this,” Tim Reese, manager of Thompson-Boling Arena, said. “The uncommonality of what people are going to see is going to be very interesting.

It’s like Cirque on steroids when they bring it into an arena. I think the visualness is going to be spectacular.”

“It’s very high-end artistic, but at the same time it’s going to appeal to a demographic that loves the circus of the performances that are involved within the show,” Freeman, who is handling media relations for Alegria in Knoxville, said.

Freeman said something can be found for everyone at this show.

“If you bring your children, they are going to be in awe of the acrobatic acts,” she said.

“If you bring your grandmother, she would love the music, as Cirque travels with a fourpiece orchestra. If you brought your older sister, she would be impressed by the makeup that is involved, or the costuming.”

Alegria is a massive production involving 18 tractortrailers, 100 staff members from 22 countries, 55 performers from 18 countries, 11 languages, 500 costume items and 100,000 pounds of equip-

ment. The show takes 20 hours to set up and an average of four to tear down.

Performers were trained to do their own makeup before going on the road with Alegria, and the process can take as much as an hour.

Alegria just celebrated its 600th performance. By the end of the nationwide tour, it will have traveled to 75 cities.

“Cirque is trying to make an effort to get into markets that wouldn’t normally see a caliber show like this,” Freeman said. “Ticket sales in Knoxville have not been hard, because people have been jumping at the opportunity to see Cirque Du Soleil in Knoxville without having to travel all the way to Vegas,” she said.

The audience is expected to come from much of the surrounding area, as well as Knoxville itself.

“This is a regional effort,” Freeman said.

A show like Alegria doesn’t often visit smaller cities like Knoxville, as compared to Las Vegas. Knoxville’s college student population of about 27,000 is also an added element.

“They are offering a wonderful discount to students,” Reese said. “It’s substantial.

They’ve geared up something specifically for the students.

The discount is not typical.”

“I think that it will be a much different type of show than folks are used to seeing in an arena,” Reese said about bringing the show to Thompson-Boling. “The show is set up to accommodate 3,000 to 4,000 people right now.”

Thompson-Boling Arena’s capacity is normally about 20,400. Only about 20 percent of the arena is being used for seating, as the stage and performance area will be massive.

“They have ballooned it to fill an arena,” Reese said. “I think it’s really going to be spectacular.”

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Wojciech Dulinski, undecided freshman, plays tennis with a friend on one of the TRECS tennis courts outside the Bubble on Friday, March 4.

Crime Log 1876: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone On this day in 1876, 29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new invention — the telephone.

The Scottish-born Bell worked in London with his father, Melville Bell, who developed Visible Speech, a written system used to teach speaking to the deaf. In the 1870s, the Bells moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where the younger Bell found work as a teacher at the Pemberton Avenue School for the Deaf. He later married one of his students, Mabel Hubbard.

While in Boston, Bell became very interested in the possibility of transmitting speech over wires. Samuel F.B. Morse's invention of the telegraph in 1843 had made nearly instantaneous communication possible between two distant points. The drawback of the telegraph, however, was that it still required hand-delivery of messages between telegraph stations and recipients, and only one message could be transmitted at a time. Bell wanted to improve on this by creating a “harmonic telegraph,” a device that combined aspects of the telegraph and record player to allow individuals to speak to each other from a distance.

With the help of Thomas A. Watson, a Boston machine shop employee, Bell developed a prototype. In this first telephone, sound waves caused an electric current to vary in intensity and frequency, causing a thin, soft iron plate — called the diaphragm — to vibrate. These vibrations were transferred magnetically to another wire connected to a diaphragm in another, distant instrument. When that diaphragm vibrated, the original sound would be replicated in the ear of the receiving instrument. Three days after filing the patent, the telephone carried its first intelligible message — the famous “Mr. Watson, come here, I need you” — from Bell to his assistant.

Bell’s patent filing beat a similar claim by Elisha Gray by only two hours. Not wanting to be shut out of the communications market, Western Union Telegraph Company employed Gray and fellow inventor Thomas A. Edison to develop their own telephone technology. Bell sued, and the case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld Bell’s patent rights. In the years to come, the Bell Company withstood repeated legal challenges to emerge as the massive American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) and form the foundation of the modern telecommunications industry.

— This Day in History is courtesy of history.com

March 2 A male UT student reported a theft that occurred in the food court of the Presidential Court Building some time between 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on March 1.

A student reported that the license plate had been stolen from his red 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee while it was parked on the top level of the G11 parking garage between 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 6 and 5:12 p.m. on March 2.

March 3 A female student reported a theft that occurred in the cubby area of the weight room in the

TRECS some time around 6:15 p.m. on March 2.

A UT staff member reported that she received a harassing phone call around 9:25 p.m. on March 2 while she was in Room 609 of the Haslam Business Building.

A male student reported a theft that occurred at dryer No. 13 in the laundry room of Reese Hall at approximately 11:15 p.m. on March 1. The report stated that the value of the stolen items was $422.

— 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.

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Ralph Nader to speak Wednesday

Prospective students for CIRE inaugural class visit campus Tiberiu Stan may be from West coast, but he could see himself making East Tennessee home this August as part of the inaugural class of the UT/ORNL Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education (CIRE).

Stan, a senior in physics at University of California-Santa Barbara, has worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico the past five summers. He is one of 43 prospective students who was on campus this week to interview for CIRE. CIRE will offer one of the country’s first interdisciplinary doctoral degrees in energy science and engineering and will train scientists to take on the world’s most challenging energy problems by working with teams of researchers making scientific breakthroughs that could become thriving business enterprises.

On Monday, the prospective students toured facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) such as the Spallation Neutron Source and the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences which the students would have the invaluable opportunity to use as researchers.

Tuesday, they met with department representatives and CIRE leaders and toured UT research laboratories.

The student candidates are equally remarkable. UT and ORNL recruited for the inaugural class at some of the most prestigious universities in the nation, yielding candidates from the University of Virginia, the University of Michigan, Northwestern University, the California Institute of Technology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Ohio State University and Purdue University, among others.

CIRE will add roughly 30 doctoral students per year and has an initial faculty line of 38 members. Its curriculum was developed after a task force conducted interviews with leaders of energy-related industries such as Chevron, DuPont, Siemens and Exxon Mobil to solicit insight into what they look for in the doctoral graduates they hire.

By increasing the number of doctoral students and the university’s research base, the center is instrumental in helping UT Knoxville in its mission to become a Top 25 public research institution.

The center is co-located at UT Knoxville and ORNL.

The man dubbed one of the most influential figures in the United States, Ralph Nader will speak on the UT’s campus, at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Cox Auditorium in the AMB. Sponsored by the Central Program Council and the Issues Committee, the event is free and open to the public, though first-priority seating will go to students, faculty and staff beginning at 6 p.m.

Nader, a consumer advocate and four-time presidential candidate, has dedicated his life to both exposing and offering solutions to the problems in the U.S. government system. He was recently called “One of the Most Influential Figures in American History” by The Atlantic.

Time magazine also named Nader as “One of the 100 Most Influential Americans of the Twentieth Century.”

Nader recently released his first novel, “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us,” which presents a “practical utopia,” outlining the lasting improvements to society that America’s most powerful figures could achieve if they pooled their resources toward a singular goal.

Nader immersed himself in public life in 1965 when he took on the auto industry with his book, “Unsafe at Any Speed,” an exposé of the disregard carmakers held for the safety of their customers. The Senate hearing into Nader’s accusations and the resulting life-saving motor vehicle safety laws launched Nader into the public sphere.

Nader’s work with lawmakers has prompted the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. He also helped draft and pass the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Meat and Poultry Inspection Rules, the Air and Water Pollution Control Laws and the Freedom of Information Act. In his latest citizen initiative, he is working with alumni classes, including his own at Princeton University and Harvard Law School, to expand their efforts beyond parties and reunions to community projects that systemically advance social justice.

Among his best-selling books are “Crashing the Party: How to Tell the Truth and Still Run for President,” “Winning the Insurance Game,” “Why Women Pay More and Getting the Best from Your Doctor.” He also writes a weekly column, “In the Public Interest,” which runs in newspapers around the U.S. The Central Program Council is the primary source for student programming at UT Knoxville. The council seeks to provide dynamic and purposeful co-curricular programs that promote the educational, cultural, recreational and personal development of all students.

The Issues Committee brings interesting and informative issues to the UT Knoxville campus. The Issues Committee guides its programming toward ideas and issues that can stimulate and enrich the university community.

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Bener Oguz of Sigma Alpha Epsilon battles Austin Burress of FIJI against the ropes during the championship bout of the featherweight division of the SAE Fraternity Boxing Tournament on Saturday, March 5. SAE, FIJI and Pi Kappa Alpha ended the tournament in a three-way tie for the team championship of the annual event benefitting Golden Gloves Charities.

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Falling — Amount of pajamas allowed at Quantico Marine Base In a move that has either drawn the ire or the chuckles of the majority of the world following politics and news, Bradley Manning, the soldier charged with leaking cables containing sensitive international data to Wikileaks, is now being forced to sleep naked while he is being held in solitary confinement at the Quantico Marine Base in Quantico, Va. Manning, who was picked up in Baghdad and has been held at the base since July, is being kept in solitary confinement while he awaits trial for allegedly downloading classified documents and handing them over to “the enemy” (Julian Assange, in this particular case) as he worked as a military intelligent officer. Manning is being kept under a POI order, which is a less severe version of a suicide watch. The order requires that Manning be kept in his cell 23 hours each day, wear just underpants and flip flops and must be visually checked on every five minutes.

The problem here seems to be, according to Manning’s attorney David Coombs, that Manning allegedly made a smart remark to those detaining him, saying sarcastically that if he wanted to kill himself, he could do it with the elastic of his underpants or using his flip flops.

Now, post-comment, Manning is being forced to strip and sleep naked every night and stand naked at attention every morning for roll call. Spokesmen for the prison say that they are not attempting to humiliate or embarrass Manning, but that these procedures are to protect him and preserve his safety. Coombs counters that this is simply a tactic being used to degrade Manning.

Not to make political commentary or judgment either way, but to Manning we must simply ask — if you’re facing charges of treason, is it really the best time for sarcasm?

Rising — Followers of “Team Winning” Charlie Sheen, apparently on a personal quest to win some sort of trophy for general lunacy, while still managing to avoid any type of medical/legal intervention, has become the central point of media focus this past week.

Sheen, who was essentially fired from his starring role on “Two and a Half Men” after he mouthed off about his bosses, has gone on a one-man media campaign to tell his side of the story — and has raised every possible media ethics question known to man.

What seems to be the trouble with Sheen is that the media at large is happy to capitalize on his rants for profits, ratings and attention. The lines of journalism ethics are becoming more and more blurred with each interview Sheen does, and no one seems to be willing to put down a foot and say, “This man is unwell and clearly needs help.”

Sheen, who shares a California home with two women he refers to as his “goddesses” — a porn star and a pinup girl for a marijuana magazine — has lost privileges with his children, is unemployed, seems to have a barely functional understanding of the reality of his life, is possibly suffering from mental illness, admits to using all sorts of drugs, has allegedly threatened his ex-wives, possibly made anti-Semitic remarks against former show runners and has lost representation of a publicist, among other things ...

Now, all of the above things are alleged — there is a possibility the allegations could be false and unfounded, and that Sheen comes away smelling like a rose. That isn’t the problem.

The problem is the seeming adoration of a man who is possibly very unwell and no one’s willingness to call him on it.

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Asking tough questions not heretical Pol itics o f Tr u t h by

Justin Crisp Heresiology, meet Twitter.

Heaven was the problem — or, perhaps more specifically, the matter of who gets to go there. For those readers who do not follow this stuff as obsessively as I do, emergent church pastor and author Rob Bell got himself into some trouble this past week over what he said in a promotional video for his upcoming book, “Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived.” Accused of promoting universalism — in short, the Christian idea that God will save everybody — Bell soon found himself trending on Twitter. The reason? Fellow pastor and author John Piper had tweeted ex cathedra, “Farewell, Rob Bell,” and he had been branded a heretic.

In said video (which, it should be added, is part of a marketing strategy deployed by his publisher), Bell describes an art show held at his church which included numerous sculptures and paintings. One included a quote from Gandhi, and by the end of the show, someone had attached a note on which the following was written: “Reality check: He’s in hell.”

What exactly is at stake in such a declaration?

How do statements like these function politically and socially? And how does one get to a point psychologically where they can write off another human being in such a disturbing way?

This is the tragic indifference of damnation, the logic of hell: They were not one of us; therefore, they do not matter. The consequence of being “other” is eternal punishment. Not only are you not like me, but it’s your own fault.

I should say that whoever wrote the note in question would likely argue that my characterization of the logic of hell is incorrect — that it is, rather, a matter of divine justice (defined, in this case, as receiving just punishment or reward for one’s ethical choices this side of death). Considering the theological perspective from which this response rises, I just don’t think this is honest. The matter is really whether or not one identifies as a Christian,

since according to the basic Protestant sensibility presupposed by which most of Bell’s detractors (and Bell himself), one is justified by grace through faith rather than by moral rectitude. When this sensibility is made confessional — as in Gandhi must confess faith in Jesus Christ in order to be justified by grace and go to heaven — it immediately divides the social body into those who are Christian and those who aren’t.

Conservative evangelicals can dress their logic of hell up in all manner of pious talk about judgment and soteriology, but it is and will forever be a morally reprehensible strategy to demonize “the other.”

Identifying other human beings who do not look, sound, speak or pray like me and abjecting them to a realm where I can not only ignore them but can also be imaginatively satisfied of their punishment is violence. Spiritual violence is real violence, and it ought to be identified as such.

This is where Bell, as a Christian, feels the need to enter the public square and to place in the foreground the disturbing implications of damnation rhetoric. He states, “The real question (is) what is God like? Millions ... were taught that the primary message, the center of the gospel of Jesus, is that God is going to send you to hell unless you believe in Jesus, so what gets subtly taught is that Jesus rescues you from God. But what kind of God is that that we’d need to be rescued from this God? How could that God ever be good? How could that God ever be trusted?” Bell, at least according to this promotional clip, not only sees the conservative evangelical deployment of hell as a matter of spiritual violence but also as a direct challenge to the internal logic of Christianity.

By this, I do not mean to suggest that Bell’s is the “real” Christianity, whereas Piper’s is the “fake” Christianity. I propose, rather, that the meaning of Christianity is contested. It is not a static institution but a debate about what its symbols mean and about how its practitioners are to act in the world. And Rob Bell has dared to enter this debate, to ask tough questions about the arrogance and indifference of the logic of hell. Why? Because he saw something precious to him being used to dangerous and violent ends.

If that’s heresy, sign me up.

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

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As you all know, Spring Break 2011 is just around the bend. To many of you, the conclusion of classes on Friday means a road trip to Florida (or somewhere similar), warm weather, a ridiculous amount of alcohol, bikinis and nights you won’t remember. Being a Volunteer, I must admit I am as huge a fan of tradition as the next guy, but this stereotypical springbreak tradition has got to go.

Spring break is about taking a recess from the rigidity and monotony that academia can become. It is about experiencing something refreshing and revitalizing. After this long and cold winter, spring break is about taking a hiatus from campus and seeing the world come alive with your own two eyes.

There’s an argument to be made for the spring break that consists of incessant partying, especially if you’ll be experiencing it with your closest friends (and you’re entitled to such a trip if you so desire).

However, I believe there is potential for so much more.

Do yourself a favor and take at least a few days to explore the wild.

Everyone loves an adventure. What is a better recipe for spring break than an adventure filled with hidden landscapes and a plethora of unknowns? The best way to escape the structure and demand of life on campus is to escape civilization altogether. Take a trip into the wilderness. Not only is it the cheapest spring break trip possible, it literally provides the best “break” from the monotonous structure of life at school. A breath of fresh air to standard college life, a few days in the wild can do miraculous things.

So what does a spring break trip into the wild look like? Seeing as the most visited U.S. Natural Park is in our backyard, I think the best place to look is in the Smokies. With more than 800 maintained hiking trails, the Smokies offer a variety of options. If you happen to be less experienced, you and your friends could set aside a few days to go car camping, or frontcountry camping, in the Smokies.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to 10 frontcountry camping sites, and many of these sites will conveniently be opening for the season on the first weekend of UT’s spring break. Of these 10, three of the sites are within an hour drive of campus: Elkmont Campground, Abrams Creek Campground and Cades Cove Campground. These frontcountry campsites provide cold, running water and flush toilets for visitors, but showers aren’t available in the park.

Most of the sites require small fees and reservations ahead of time, which can be made by calling 877-4446777 or visiting www.nps.gov/grsm.

For those of you who want to escape further from the commodities of civilization, there are even more backpacking, or backcountry camping, options viable in the Smokies. For spring break trips, I would recommend doing a portion of the Appalachian Trail.

Backpacking along portions of the AT in the Smokies presents a handful of advantages. First, there are numerous backcountry shelters (which require reservations at 865-436-1231). These shelters allow you to shed the hassle and weight of carrying a backcountry tent along the trail with you. Second, the shelters are built at some of the most beautiful places along the trail. Waking up in a cozy backcountry shelter with a phenomenal vista just outside is quite a way to spend your spring break. If you’ve never gone backpacking before, visit the UT Outdoor Program office on the bottom floor of TRECS. They have all the resources required to learn everything you need to know for a backcountry trek in the Smokies.

It’s clear that a trip in the Smokies is a wonderful spring break option for students. Nonetheless, if you’re hung up on the idea of digging your toes into the sand over break, there are still options to do so in the wild.

In fact, beach camping is one of the most fun ways to spend spring break. If you want warmer weather, I would recommend beach camping at one of the many state parks on the Atlantic coast in Georgia or Florida.

Seeing as there are a variety of options available, I encourage you to try a change of pace this year. Take a break from the tourist-infested beaches and make a journey into the wild. With minimal costs and a plethora of wilderness within a reasonable drive, a spring-break trip into the wild is sure to be as refreshing and exhilarating a break as you can imagine.

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

ENTERTAINMENT

Monday, March 7, 2011

Associated Press Mellencamp headlines Beale Street Music Festival MEMPHIS, Tenn. — John Mellencamp, Wilco, Cee Lo Green, Ke$ha, Stone Temple Pilots, B.o.B. and Godsmack are scheduled to perform at the three-day Beale Street Music Festival this spring.

The eclectic lineup for the April 29-May 1 music festival was announced Thursday by officials with Memphis in May, a monthlong celebration that also includes a world championship barbecue competition.

The music festival, in its 35th year, is held along the Mississippi River at Tom Lee Park and will have three large performance tents, a blues tent and a blues shack.

The lineup also includes The Flaming Lips, Ludacris, Buckcherry, Mumford & Sons, Jason Mraz, Charlie Wilson, Ziggy Marley, MGMT, Macy Gray and Everclear.

Jerry Lee Lewis, Kirk Whalum, Lucero, Al Kapone, 8Ball & MJG and other Memphis-related performers are scheduled to appear.

Early ticket sales have been brisk, said Jim Holt, president and CEO of Memphis in May. “We’ve gotten a very positive response so far,” Holt said. “It’s a diverse lineup. Very deep.”

Memphis is known as the home of the blues, and that genre will be represented by Jimmie Vaughan, Otis Clay, John Hammond and others.

The roster also includes Gregg Allman, Cake, Lucinda Williams, Saving Abel, Sublime with Rome, The Avett Brothers, Hinder and Cage the Elephant.

Rhodes acquires Foote’s books, personal papers MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A collection of books, manuscripts, personal papers, maps and other materials belonging to Civil War historian and author Shelby Foote have been acquired by Rhodes College in Memphis, school officials said Friday.

The Shelby Foote Collection will eventually be put on display at the 136,000-square-foot library on the Rhodes campus, college President William E. Troutt said in a statement Friday.

Members of the college’s faculty and its library division are developing a process for indexing, cataloging and permanently storing and displaying the materials. Much of the collection will be digitized and made available for review online and through other electronic media.

Foote was 88 when he died in June 2005 in Memphis. Author of “The Civil War: A Narrative,” Foote gained national fame when he contributed to documentary filmmaker Ken Burns’ “Civil War” series.

Foote’s son, Huger Foote, had been seeking a place to house the collection in Memphis. Shelby Foote was born in Greenville, Miss., but Memphis was his adopted hometown.

Rhodes had given the writer an honorary degree in 1982. The college took ownership of the collection in November 2010. The purchase price has not been disclosed.

The collection features a 2,350-volume book library that includes works of classic literature, literary interpretation, and American and European history. The library holds signed or inscribed firstedition novels by William Faulkner, Walker Percy, Eudora Welty and Foote himself.

The personal papers include drafts and notes from Foote’s novels, essays, short stories, screenplays, speeches and lectures. Correspondence from friends, relatives, U.S. presidents and other prominent figures is included in the materials.

Decades-worth of personal diaries, memo books and calendars, along with a large collection of handdrawn maps, photographs, magazines and other memorabilia, also are part of the collection.

The materials also include military artifacts, sculptures, figurines, drawings, posters and personal awards.

The Rhodes collection is separate from the mateAndrea Stockard • The Daily Beacon rials being included in an estate sale beginning Saturday. Foote’s two-story, 11-room house is the Students enjoy a nice day on the Pedestrian Mall Amphitheatre on Thursday, highlight of the estate sale, which also includes March 3. A heavy dousing of rain brought cold temperatures back to Knoxville with about $200,000 of Foote’s personal belongings. it over the weekend.

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SPORTS

Monday, March 7, 2011

UT softball goes perfect amid foul weather Rain cancels finals of Tennessee Classic after Lady Vols defeat Furman, Georgia Southern Staff Reports Despite the constant threat of precipitation on a rain-soaked Saturday at the Lee Softball Stadium, the No. 7 Lady Vol softball team managed to get in both of its scheduled contests on the second day of the annual Tennessee Classic, improving to 18-2 overall by defeating Furman (6-4) and Georgia Southern (8-0, 5 inn.).

"It's fantastic that we were able to get both of our games in considering today's weather outlook," Lady Vol Co-Head Coach Karen Weekly said. "It drizzled all throughout the second game, but our team never let it affect them. No one on our team gets too excited about facing difficulties like the rain and instead just gets ready to play."

Tennessee sophomore right fielder Kat Dotson was the offensive star of the afternoon, combining to go 6-for-7 at the plate with a pair of HR's and five total RBIs, including a perfect 4-for-4 effort with a homer, a triple and three RBIs during UT's opener against the Paladins. The Savannah, Ga., native improved her season average to a team-best .517 to go along with a squad-high 30 RBIs. Shelby Burchell joined her teammate Dotson in homering during each contest to give her a Lady Vol-high seven HR's in 2011.

That established a new personal single-season mark (previous was five HR's in 2009) for the junior first baseman. The Columbia, Tenn., product's big fly against Furman proved to be the game-winner in the bottom of the sixth inning as the two-run bomb broke a 4-4 deadlock.

"It wasn't the plan entering the day to start Cat (Hosfield) in both games, but we knew coming into Saturday we had three solid pitchers available to throw," Karen Weekly said.

"After all three saw action against Furman, we felt it was best to come back with Cat and let her go as long as possible against Georgia Southern.”

Furman After Tennessee left a runner at second in the bottom of the first following a Dotson twoout base knock and a stolen base, a fielding miscue on the Lady Vols granted Furman a lead-off runner in the top of the second.

Pitcher Lauren Collier was quickly erased from the base paths, however, as Lady Vol third baseman Melissa Davin dealt with a

bouncer from shortstop Jessie Homesley and started a 5-4-6 fielder's choice rundown. A sharp liner to third was also handled by UT's freshman at the hot corner as a Paladin occupant was left stranded.

The Tennessee offense finally got untracked in the bottom of the third by registering a twoout scoring outburst. Dotson got things off and running by blasting a 1-0 pitch over the wall to knot the score at 1-1. Burchell followed by legging out an infield single and soon came racing all the way around from first to cross the dish and make it 2-1 Big Orange via an RBI double off the bat of Gibson.

The deadlock remained until the bottom of the sixth when Dotson started another twoout rally with a triple off the very top of the outfield wall. Burchell stepped to the dish and crushed the first offering she received from Collier well out of Lee Stadium to grant a 6-4 lead it wouldn't relinquish.

Georgia Southern Tennessee's second contest of the day proved quite a bit less dramatic as the Lady Vols wasted little time in racing to an insurmountable advantage.

After leaving the bases loaded in the first, the Big Orange jumped on the Eagles for six runs on five hits with the benefit of two errors in the bottom of the second.

With Hosfield having retired the first six GSU batters of the match-up, Thomas got the UT offense off and running in the second by leading off the frame with her first collegiate extra base hit (a double). Brown walked, swiped a base and a wild pitch ended up leading to Tennessee's first tally of the contest.

From there Grieve blasted a two-run triple, Dotson doubled in a tally and later scored on a throwing error by Georgia Southern catcher Mackenzie Williams and Burchell blasted her second HR of the day to improve the advantage to 6-0.

Down to their last chance in the top of the fifth, the Eagles had brief thoughts of extending the contest as lead-off hitter Williams singled to center. Hosfield was too tough, however, getting a groundout to third and a fly ball to left for two quick outs. Right fielder Kelly Burnett ripped a liner that threatened the gap in left center, but UT junior shortstop Ashley Wade Rackley • The Daily Beacon Andrews leapt high in the air to snag the orb Jessica Spigner slides into home to avoid the tag of ETSU catcher Jackie Baird on and impressively conclude the Big Orange's Tuesday, Feb. 15. The Lady Vols hosted the Tennessee Classic this weekend, beatrun-rule triumph. ing both Furman and Georgia Southern.

Monday, March 7, 2011

SPORTS

The Daily Beacon • 7

Paul, Hornets rally stifle Grizzlies Associated Press So much for Chris Paul’s offensive woes.

Paul had 23 points and 14 assists, Willie Green keyed a fourth-quarter rally and the New Orleans Hornets beat the Memphis Grizzlies 98-91 on Friday night to move up in the Western Conference standings.

Paul, who was limited to 17 points over the previous three games, was 7 of 15 from the field, including 2 for 3 on 3pointers.

“It was nice,” he said. “I was able to get into the lane and create a little bit. We picked up the tempo. When we play at that type of tempo, that’s the kind of game we need to play, and the kind of game we all can thrive in.”

Willie Green scored 13 of his 15 points in the fourth as the Hornets snapped a three-game skid and moved past idle Portland into sixth place in the West. “(Green) got hot, and they started looking for him,” said Mike Conley, one of three Grizzlies to finish with 12 points.

“It’s tough when he’s making shots like that. Guys were putting hands up and playing good D, but that was the guy they were going to.”

Jarrett Jack had 19 points for New Orleans, while Marco Belinelli and Carl Landry scored 14 apiece. Belinelli was 6 of 7 from the floor and Landry grabbed 10 rebounds.

Hornets coach Monty Williams said before the game he thought the criticism of Paul during the slump was unfair, and his second-leading scorer was taking the blame for a lot of other players’ mistakes.

“Obviously, he hasn’t played up to his standards,” Williams said, before adding: “Sooner or later — more likely sooner — he’s going to break out, and hopefully, everybody can retract all that was said about him.”

Sooner, in fact, was against the Grizzlies, who had won five straight at home and remains in eighth in the West despite the loss.

“We didn’t come out with a lot of energy early,” Memphis coach Lionel Hollins said. “We couldn’t sustain, and we weren’t

consistent.”

Zach Randolph led the Grizzlies with 20 points and 11 rebounds. O.J. Mayo had 13 points, while Marc Gasol and Darrell Arthur also had 12.

Memphis had a chance to tie it with 34.1 seconds left, but Gasol missed two free throws, then fouled Jack, who hit both of his foul shots for a 95-91 Hornets lead.

“The first one, I felt like it was good, but it came up a little short,” Gasol said.

“The second one was a little longer. It happens.”

The Hornets, who went 5 for 6 at the line in the final 32.1 seconds, managed to get the win despite losing leading scorer David West to a sprained left ankle with about 8:20 left in the first quarter.

New Orleans closed the first half with a 14-2 run to tie it at 45. Jack capped the surge with a layup in the final seconds of the second quarter.

Mayo had 11 points at the break, and Conley had 10, hitting all four of his shots. But he struggled guarding Paul, spending the final minutes of the half on the bench with three fouls.

The Hornets made nine of their first 11 shots in the third to build a 68-58 lead.

But the Grizzlies rallied to send it to the final period tied at 72.

Williams had criticized his team’s play and lack of passion after Wednesday night’s 107-88 loss to the Knicks. The scolding apparently had an effect.

“Our guys came out with an attitude,” Williams said of Friday’s win, “whether they were mad at me, mad at themselves or mad at the world. The bottom line is, that’s how we have to play.”

NOTES: Hornets F Trevor Ariza was out with a strained muscle. ... Many of the Grizzlies have begun sporting beards, part of a pledge to let their facial hair grow until they earn a playoff berth. ...

Mayo earned a technical in the first half when he and Paul got tangled up and Mayo reacted. ... Memphis G Ish Smith, obtained in the trade deadline deal with the Rockets, got his first action in a Grizzlies uniform, entering in the third quarter. He had 4 points and an assist. ...

Mayo matched his season high with six assists.

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Allan Houston, former UT basketball star, speaks during halftime of the UTKentucky game on Sunday, March 6. Houston, the Volunteers’ all-time leading scorer, had his jersey retired Sunday with a banner bearing his name and number hoisted to the rafters.

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THESPORTSPAGE

Monday, March 7, 2011

Lack of consistency sums up Vols’ play Vols’ fast start can’t top UK in finale Colin Skinner Asst. Sports Editor The key to any college basketball team’s late postseason tournament run is depth.

Sure, a few sure-fire No. 1 seeds plow through their regional brackets like steamrollers, all the while immune to the upset bug in the play of their “fab five” or six players who can score, rebound and play big defense. Besides that, a team better have a bench that is always ready to produce and come up big, especially when the shots aren’t falling for the starters.

For Vols hoops this season, the word “consistency” has not been in style. Just when Scotty Hopson finds his groove, the bench stops producing. Just when the lineup is reconfigured and a spark has ignited the team’s offensive production, the flame is put out in a gut-busting defeat. We saw it early in the year in December, if you recall the relapses against Oakland, Charlotte and USC all in a row ... And it happened again.

But poor play wasn’t consistent either.

No play was. Tennessee crushed Memphis at home and then flopped against Arkansas on the road, the same team the Big Orange is playing in the first round of the SEC Tournament this Thursday. Then a demoralizing overtime defeat to Florida created some needed motivation for the first of two wins this season against cross-state rival Vanderbilt. Then another win against Georgia. The next game, you ask? A disheartening loss at the hands (or feet, rather) of Connecticut.

See the overall trend this season exhibits? One win to the next loss, two losses to the next win. It has been that type of season for the Tennessee Volunteers on the hardwood.

We’ve all heard about the drama this season with the SEC’s strict sanctions on head coach Bruce Pearl before the NCAA had even mentioned word of its handlings of recruiting violations, which will be

announced this June. My point is that it is a waste of time and tomfoolery to get caught in all that mess and to point fingers as to why UT has not had more W’s on the stat sheet this season; it’s something simpler than that.

The players surrounding Scotty Hopson, Tobias Harris and Brian Williams in large part have not filled in the gaps where past players did, most recently the way these starting three did when Wayne Chism and Tyler Smith were here. The gap, therefore, remains wide in most games when Hopson is producing and Harris is rebounding, but there is no combustible spark, no player stepping up consistently in a role off the bench to score points and take pressure off the Vols, Hopson and Co. During the season, a number of players like Josh Bone, Skylar McBee, Trae Golden and Kenny Hall were called to step up after changes to the point guard position moved spots around and changed players’ minutes. Consistency wasn’t found in the end, which has left the Vols a bubble team heading into this postseason.

A prime example of this stuck out like a sore thumb on the stat sheet after Saturday’s loss to Kentucky. In a combined effort of 49 total minutes, Golden, McBee, Stephen Pearl, Bone and Jeronne Maymon combined for one point: a Maymon free throw. This is about as much as Allan Houston scored during the game, with his daughter in hand. Off the stat sheet, their effort, defensive play and ball handling is unquestionably valuable to the Vols, but what the Vols really need heading into the postseason is a guy who can consistently score coming off the bench.

There’s no telling what kind of Tennessee team we will see against Arkansas this Thursday, whether it be an explosive one with a mission or a scrappy version barely eking out a win, but one thing is for sure: The Vols must find their depth immediately.

in the first half.

“Obviously, they made some shots, they knocked down seven three balls,” Pearl said. “I thought their Tennessee certainly could’ve used Allan Houston three-point shooting, when they needed a big basSunday afternoon against rival Kentucky, when the ket, they got a big three.”

Knight led the Wildcats with 19 points, includformer Vol great had his No. 20 retired at half time.

With second place in the SEC East and a bye in ing 17 in the second half. Miller added 15 points. the opening round of the SEC Tournament on the Despite shooting just 3-of-15 from the field, line, the Volunteers (18-13, 8-8 SEC) couldn’t sus- Terrence Jones scored 15 points (9-of-15 from the tain their half time lead, and allowed the No. 23- free-throw line) and grabbed 12 rebounds.

Harris led the Vols with 18 points. ranked Wildcats (22-8, 10-6 SEC) to escape “I thought Tobias gave us great confidence, and Knoxville on Senior Day with just their second conyou could see that he was a lot more healthy in this ference road win of the season, 64-58.

“To leave second place on the table, where we game than he was the last time the two teams had the opportunity to finish right there with played,” Pearl said. “... I thought Tobias played realKentucky, is disappointing,” UT coach Bruce Pearl ly, really well on both ends of the floor.”

Despite leading the team in scoring on 7-of-13 said. “To not be able to add to the history of our program, as far as the rivalry is concerned, is disap- shooting from the field, Pearl would’ve liked for Harris to have gotten more opportunities on the pointing when you get swept by Kentucky.

Tennessee led 29-22 at the half. The Vols never offensive end.

“Tobias should’ve gotten more than 13 shots,” trailed in the first half, after jumping out to an early 7-0 lead, and led by as many as 10 points, 16-6, fol- said Pearl. “I know he led us in shots attempted, but we should’ve gotten him the ball more. We lowing a one-handed should’ve been dunk by junior guard looking for him Cameron Tatum with more.”

11:07 left in the first half.

Junior guard Kentucky shot just 28.6 Scotty Hopson percent (8-of-28) from the scored just 13 field in the first half, and points on 2-ofthe 22 points were its low10 from the ing scoring half of the seafield, but made son.

9-of-11 free Kentucky scored the throws, all in first seven points of the the second half. second half, tying the Hopson had game at 29 on a Brandon averaged more Knight three from the top than 23 points of the key at the 18:21 per game over mark. A Doron Lamb 3the Vols’ past pointer gave the Wildcats six contests their first lead of the conentering test at 32-31 with 17 minSunday. utes remaining in the “They shadgame. ed my side a The 18-4 Kentucky run lot,” Hopson to start the second half said. “It was culminated in a Darius tough. The help Miller dunk off an incame quicker, bounds play to give the and they made Wildcats a 40-33 lead it apparent not with 14:39 left.

Wade Rackley• The Daily Beacon to let us get The Vols would fight — Colin Skinner is a junior in journalism their way back, eventualMelvin Goins is engulfed by multiple Kentucky easy drives to and electronic media. He can be reached at ly taking a 52-51 lead on the basket.” defenders while attempting a shot on Sunday, The loss was cskinne3@utk.edu. a Kenny Hall hook shot March 6. Despite an explosive performance out with 5:56 remaining. It of the gates, the Vols were unable to keep the the Vols’ eighth home loss on would be the last pressure on in the second half, as the Wildcats the year, their lead UT had on the battled back to a 64-58 win in the Vols’ final most since the day.

1994-95 season.

“They outhustled regular-season game.

“The home us towards the end of the game,” freshman Tobias Harris said. court didn’t beat us,” Pearl said. “We had all the advantages, and just we didn’t not take advantage of “That was the key for the game right there.”

Tennessee kept the game within two posses- it.”

Still, Pearl believes the Vols are on the cusp. sions over the closing minutes but couldn’t “We’re close,” he said. “We’re close enough to keep Kentucky off the offensive glass.

“Obviously, the rebounding was a big factor almost finish second in the league and get a bye in down the stretch,” Pearl said. “We had a couple the league, but we’re far enough away to finish fifth. of chances where we got stops and couldn’t We’re close enough to be in discussion for the NCAA Tournament, I don’t know exactly where we secure a rebound.”

As has been the case all year for the Vols, not are at, but I know the more we win the SEC getting a stop on defense or a bucket on offense Tournament the more we help ourselves. I still feel resulted in another frustrating loss on Sunday. like we are in position, but we’ve obviously missed “It is very difficult, in the sense that the another opportunity.”

While Tennessee missed the opportunity on game was right there, we had it,” Harris said.

“A couple of plays didn’t go our way, and we Sunday, the Vols will have another opportunity in the postseason. just couldn’t finish it out.”

“This team still has an opportunity to write its Kentucky shot 44 percent (11-of-25) in the second half, and knocked down six 3-pointers history, and how badly they want it and how — including five straight to open the half — focused they’re willing to be, we’re good enough to after hitting just one shot from beyond the arc beat anybody in the league,” Pearl said.

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