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Volapalooza lineup announced Preston Peeden Managing Editor As another semester continues to roll slowly to a close, one big student event stands out on the horizon. Sandwiching the end of classes and the beginning of exams, Volapalooza has served as a break for the weary and tired UT student. With the concert a month away, anticipation will begin to grow with the announcement of the lineup. In 2002, Volapalooza was merely a show made up of mostly local bands. But fast forward to 2012, for the event’s 10th anniversary. Volapalooza: The Kickoff to Commencement concert, which is the largest student-run event on campus by any student organization, has become a one-day festival known for big bands and even bigger shows. With previous acts including Flogging Molly, Passion Pit, Cake, Ben Folds and others, this year’s lineup stands up as just as impressive. The April 27 show will include the electronic group Big Gigantic; Knoxville’s The Black Cadillacs; an import from Memphis, Tenn., Three 6 Mafia; and headlining the event is reggae royalty Ziggy Marley. For some of the artists, little introduction is necessary. Three 6 Mafia have been a staple of the hip-hop scene since their debut album “Mystic Stylez,” and have been a household name since their Oscar win for their contributions to the “Hustle and Flow” soundtrack. While Ziggy Marley’s famous last name alone adds credibility to anything he does, it certainly does not hurt that he is an incredibly talented artist in his own right. On the other hand, Big Gigantic and The Black Cadillacs might be less familiar to many. Big Gigantic is an electronic group whose festival touring record will include stops at Bonnaroo, Wakarusa and the Electric Forest Music Festival by this summer’s end. And as for The Black Cadillacs, their renown comes from a series of successful shows as opening acts and headliners around the area. The process for choosing the lineup came down to student desires. “We looked at our Volapalooza student survey that we send out in the beginning of the year for all the students to take and suggest artists and genres that they want us to do,” Michelle Swing, senior in marketing and co-chair of Volapalooza, said. “For the past three years, hip-hop has been the top genre. And so all of our efforts were going towards getting a hip-hop artist.” After snaring Three 6 Mafia as a sorely-needed hip-hop representative, Volapalooza

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then went out to try to find a way to make the concert appeal to more than just fans of one genre. “We wanted to include as many genres as we could, starting off with Big Gigantic, which we think is a really great electronic selection,” Swing said. “They sold out at the Valarium at around 1,200 people in September, and they are really popular with the electronic college scene. The Black Cadillacs are a local popular opener, and they got a lot of appeal around here. And Ziggy Marley ... he fits into the reggae side easily.” This all-inclusive attitude was shared by Swing’s fellow co-chair Kyle Zanath, a senior in biochemical, cellular and molecular biology. “We wanted to get something for everyone, and that’s really hard to do,” Zanath said. “We messed around with different genres and trying to work in our budget ... We are trying to create a festival atmosphere, which can be hard on a college campus. But we’re working there and this year I think we have encompassed it pretty well.” The following organizations have contributed to help create this year’s festival: Central Program Council, Cultural Attractions Committee, Honor’s Council, Black Cultural Programming Committee, Student Government Association, Disability Services, RecSports, Aramark, Tennessee Athletics, and the Division of Student Life. Ultimately, though, the event comes down to giving a special experience to the students. “I want people to enjoy themselves,” Zanath said. “We have been putting a lot of effort into this, and we know this is a good lineup.” Due to the timing of being after the last day of classes, Swing is hoping that Volapalooza will allow students to blow off some steam before finals. “We want this to be a giant end-of-the-year blowout,” Swing said. “We want everyone to enjoy themselves and take the time to really just celebrate their success and the hard work they’ve put in throughout the year. It’s a celebration and a reward.” The show will be held at the intramural fields by the TRECS, with gates opening at 6 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students, if purchased beforehand — albeit the means of purchase are not yet known — and $10 dollars at the gates with a valid UT student ID. For non-students, tickets for admission will be available on Monday and will cost $20 in advance through knoxvilleticket.com, and $30 at the gates for general admission. For more information, the Central Program Council urges students and non-students alike to “like” the Volapalooza Facebook page to get up-to-date releases on ticketing and other matters. Also check out the Facebook pages of the Valarium and the Midnight Voyage for information about the official after-show at the Ciderhouse with Ana Sia and Reid Speed.

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• Perpetual Groove, 2003

• Appetite for Destruction, 2004

• Robert Randolph, 2005

• Ben Folds, 2006

• CAKE, 2007

Activism strikes social media The Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda — If Joseph Kony lived in relative anonymity before this week, he’s an Internet star now. A video about the atrocities carried out by Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army has gone viral, racking up millions more views seemingly by the hour. The marketing campaign is an effort by the advocacy group Invisible Children to vastly increase awareness about a jungle militia leader who is wanted for atrocities by the International Criminal Court and is being hunted by 100 U.S. Special Forces advisers and local troops in four Central African countries. The group’s 30-minute video, which was released Monday, had more than 32 million views on YouTube by Thursday. The movie is part of an effort called KONY 2012 that targets Kony and the LRA. “Kony is a monster. He deserves to be prosecuted and hanged,” said Col. Felix Kulayigye, the spokesman for

Uganda’s military. But Kulayigye said that Kony’s forces — once thousands strong — have been so degraded that he no longer considers Kony a threat to the region. Because of the intensified hunt for Kony, his forces split into smaller groups that can travel the jungle more easily. Experts estimate that the LRA now has only about 250 fighters. Still, the militia abducts children, forcing them to serve as soldiers or sex slaves, and even to kill their parents or each other to survive. The LRA now operates in Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan. Uganda, Invisible Children and (hash)stopkony were among the top 10 trending terms on Twitter among both the worldwide and U.S. audience on Wednesday night, ranking higher than New iPad or Peyton Manning. Twitter’s top trends more commonly include celebrities than fugitive militants.

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Warren’s books. I was very excited to have the opportunity to hear Frank speak and to learn more • Gym Class Heroes, about his mission with PostSecret.” His message took a more serious turn halfway He is a man who collects secrets, and the audi2009 ence in Cox Auditorium on Wednesday night did through the show, when he began to focus on a major theme of PostSecret — suicide prevention. not fail to deliver. “The fact is, in this country, in the short amount “I’m a self-proclaimed Harry Potter fanatic,” the first secret sharer who stepped to the microphone, of time I have been speaking here tonight, there have been two murders, but said. “I have ‘The Deathly four Americans have taken Hallows’ tattooed on my wrist. their own life,” Warren said. When I came out as a teenager, it “On college campuses, it’s even (Harry Potter) was my strength. • Passion Pit, 2010 more devastating. Statistically, And I’ve always been afraid that among us here tonight, in the the strength’s gonna leave. The next 12 months, 30 of us will reason that I got it done … I don’t think about ending our lives — want it to disappear.” and 10 of you, right now, are “My secret’s not quite as sitting by somebody who will upbeat as that one,” another stuactually try.” dent said, “but … so here goes. He proceeded to share three Pain pills took everything I ever ways to help prevent suicide. had away from me; they took my • Girl Talk, 2011 See VIRAL VIDEO on Page 2 He said the most effective relationship, my job, my school, option is to be direct, and conmy violin, my computer, my front a potential threat head friends and most importantly, they took my dignity and integri- Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon on. “Ask them and say, ‘Hey, are ty away from me. And in relation Frank Warren, founder of you thinking about hurting to that guy’s secret, Harry Potter PostSecret, discusses a also helped me keep my sanity secret mailed to him on a yourself? I’m always here if you while I was in rehab.” burger wrapper on need to talk,’” Warren said. The second path is to These two secrets represent Wednesday in the Cox the wide variety of emotions Auditorium. The event was remove the method; check to and interesting theme of con- hosted by the Central see if they have a loaded nectedness present at the Program Council and was firearm or prescription medicaPostSecret Live Event, spon- the first time Warren had tions. Finally, Warren advised to sored by the Visual Arts visited Knoxville. contact professional help, citCommittee. The program ing 1-800-SUICIDE and also brought Frank Warren, founder mentioning VolAware, the UT suicide hotline. of the award-winning blog PostSecret, to campus. “More than once, I’ve gotten e-mails from stuHe walked out in jeans and an untucked buttonup, on a stage adorned only with a barstool and a dents that said the only reason I’m alive today is because my RA asked me how I was doing at just small table; the simplicity belied his story. “My name is Frank, and I collect secrets,” the right time,” Warren said. “Sometimes it’s the smallest things that can make the biggest differWarren said. This was not just his introduction; it was also ence.” Logan Brooks, a sophomore in English and a how he began his mission back in 2004. He passed out 3,000 postcards to complete strangers, asking Resident Assistant in Morrill Hall, really felt the for their secrets. It wasn’t long before those secrets importance of that secret. “When Frank mentioned how RAs could be that began to trickle in, and soon, the project had taken change or assistance for that one student, I truly a life of its own. “I’ve been a PostSecret fan for years,” Jackie believed my position as a student leader became Delpilar, a sophomore in journalism and electronic that much more necessary and influential,” Brooks Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon media, said. “I look forward to checking the web- said. Kevin Benaim Gonzalez, graduate student in business administration, speaks with a site every Sunday, and I’ve read several of Frank representative from Target at the Diversity Job Fair on Tuesday in the UC Ballroom.

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VIRAL VIDEO continued from Page 1 Jolly Okot was abducted in 1986 by the militia group that later became the LRA. The then-18-year-old could speak English so was valuable to the militants. She was also forced to have sex. Today, Okot is the Uganda country director for Invisible Children, in charge of 105 employees. She said the group is helping 800 people affected by LRA violence to attend high school and university. She said the program has given hope to kids who previously dropped out of the education system. “The most exciting thing about this film is that I’m so grateful that the world has been able to pay attention to an issue that has long been neglected,” Okot said. “I think it is an eye-opener and I think this will push for Joseph Kony to be apprehended, and I think justice will get to him.” Ben Keesey, Invisible Children’s 28-year-old chief executive officer, said the viral success shows their message resonates and that viewers feel empowered to force change. It was released on the website www.kony2012.com. The burst of attention has also brought with it some crit-

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NEWS icism on Internet sites of Invisible Children’s work, including the ratio of the group’s spending on direct aid, its rating by the site Charity Navigator, and a 2008 photo of three Invisible Children members holding guns alongside troops from the country now known as South Sudan. Invisible Children posted rebuttals to the criticism on its website, saying that it has spent about 80 percent of its funds on programs that further its mission, about 16 percent on administration and management, and about 3 percent on fundraising. The group said its accountability and transparency score is currently low because it has four independent voting members on its board of directors and not five, but that it is seeking to add a fifth. The group said the three workers in the photo thought it would be a good “joke” photo for family and friends. Kony’s Ugandan rebel group is blamed for tens of thousands of mutilations and killings over the last 26 years. Rear Adm. Brian L. Losey, the top U.S. special operations commander for Africa, told reporters last month that U.S. troops are now stationed in bases in Uganda, Congo, South Sudan and Central African Republic as part of the anti-LRA fight. Losey said there’s been a decrease in the lethality of LRA activities attributable to U.S. and partner nation efforts.

Ruhakana Rugunda, the Ugandan diplomat who led the country’s failed peace negotiations with Kony in 2006, said the work of organizations such as Invisible Children preserves the memory of an insurgency whose brutal legacy should never be forgotten. The talks with Kony, mediated by South Sudan, ended in 2008 after the rebel leader refused to sign the final peace agreement, saying he could not guarantee his security once he left the bush. The last known images of Kony show him shaking hands, and sometimes smiling, with dignitaries visiting his camp. Some images showed him wearing a suit and shiny black shoes. “Kony gives you the impression that he is harmless, that he cannot catch a fly,” Rugunda said, recalling his conversations with Kony, who was an altar boy before he became an elusive rebel leader. Rugunda last saw Kony in a forested camp in eastern Congo before the rebel leader and his men fled to the Central African Republic, where they have retained the capacity to harass villagers for food. Rugunda said that capturing Kony alive would set in motion a “full accountability mechanism” in which the world would get to know how it came to be that Kony committed the many crimes he is accused of.

Students work for community Jasmine Fletcher-Green Staff Writer The Black Law Students Association Pre-Law Division (BSLA PLD) is an organization that focuses on the community development of Knoxville. This Saturday on March 10, BSLA PLD will be hosting its first community empowerment program at Dr. E.V. Davidson Recreation center. The event, titled “Speak Now,” will take place from 1-3 p.m. Lunch will include salad, chicken strips and cookies. “Speak Now” is an open forum for the Knoxville community to express concerns. BLSA PLD’s primary focus is the east side of Knoxville because it needs improvement in areas such as education, computer skills and surplus of jobs. The event started off as an idea to from Charles Walton, chair of social activism. “If you really want to be normal then that’s fine — but if you want to be down for a cause it has to become your lifestyle,” Walton said. Walton’s original idea was to teach a civics class to the community so that changes could be instilled in the area. The group then decided to expand that idea into multiple opportunities for the citizens to let their voices be heard. “All power lies in the hands of community,” Alexandria Parris, senior in psychology and vice president of BLSA PLD, said. “We will be the source to get it done. No role will be defined until we get our name in the community. We’re building our bridge right now.” Once a solid relationship has been established with the community, BLSA PLD plans to enforce its long- and short-term goals. Short-term goals of BLSA PLD are increasing community activism and bringing both the UT community and the Knoxville community together. “There is no community without communication,” Gregory Woodberry, senior in psychology and treasurer and chair of fundraising, said. BLSA PLD’s purpose is to not only prepare students for law school but to help them be aware of the needs of the community and better enforce those needs. By strengthening the connection to these two communities, BLSA PLD plans to achieve those goals.

“This is a college city so there is no need for the relationship of these two communities to be so rocky,” Erica Perry, senior in political science and president of the organization, said. BLSA PLD’s long-term goals include helping the community gain better computer skills. They plan to create classes that teach the basic computer skills such as using Microsoft Office and conducting emails. “A lot of people in that community don’t have email addresses for businesses to contact them about a job and that’s a problem,” Parris said. Another long-term goal of BLSA PLD is helping citizens on the east side have better success with finding jobs. “Many businesses are moving closer to the downtown area that was once in the east, which creates problems for those who lack the transportation to get back and forth,” Kimberly Burley, junior in journalism and electronic media and chair of programming, said. BLSA PLD’s ultimate long-term goal is bettering the education of east side schooling. Every Thursday morning at 7:45 a.m., the group volunteers to tutor the Lady Bugs at Austin-East elementary. They also offer their services at Milton Roberts and Lonsdale the third Friday of each month at 3 p.m., carpooling from the Black Cultural Center at 2:30 p.m. “People on this campus are too content with quantity over quality of programs,” Burley said. BLSA PLD has also hosted events such as Spotlight on the Struggle, held on February 15 during Black History month. At this event three movies, “On My Sisters Shoulders,” “Paul Robinson: Here I Stand” and “Freedom Riders,” were shown to tell students the black history that’s not usually told. BLSA PLD was chartered in the spring of 2011. They also have a close relationship with the graduate chapter of BLSA, which serves as mentors for them. “Our primary goal for the campus is to increase compassion and drown out empathy,” Perry said. BLSA PLD is interested in pairing with any organization that shares these goals. Meetings are held twice on alternate Thursdays in Room 237 of the UC at 8 p.m. Majors vary in BLSA PLD, and it is not mandatory for students to be pre-law.

Crime Log

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Students walk across the newly painted pedestrian crosswalk on the corner of 16th street and White avenue. March 3

11:58 p.m. — A 19-year-old white student was observed stumbling along Cumberland Avenue near 11th Street. An officer took him into custody without incident and charged him with public intoxication. March 5 7 p.m. — An officer was called to Tyson Alumni House in reference to a threat. The 46-year-old male victim reported that two USB flash drives were stolen. He reported a 40-year-old black female as a possible suspect. The victim turned in several documents in reference to the possible person of interest. March 6 1:14 a.m. — Two officers approached a red 2012 Jeep Cherokee parked at Sequoyah Park boat ramp. When the officer approached, the smell of marijuana was coming from inside the vehicle, and the officer could see the smoke rolling out of the opened window. After gaining consent to search the vehicle from the driver, the officers found a green, leafy substance believed to be marijuana, as well as drug paraphernalia. Two 18-year-

old white males and a 19-year-old white male were inside the vehicle. The occupants of the vehicle were each given a misdemeanor citation for simple possession of drug paraphernalia. 11:49 a.m. — An officer was dispatched to the UC first floor food court. The 21-year-old female victim stated that she left her wrist wallet on the table. When she returned, the wallet and all of its contents had been stolen. 2:22 p.m. — An officer was sent to the UTK Veterinarian School to meet with a 50-year-old white female concerning a harassment problem. The harassment was by telephone involving one of the school’s new resident doctors and her ex-husband. 2:25 p.m. — A 19-year-old white male reported a theft to an officer. The victim stated that he had locked his bike on a bike rack outside of the Art & Architecture Building around 5 p.m. on March 2. When he returned on March 6 at 1:30 p.m., the bike and bike lock had been stolen. 7:17 p.m. — A 19-year-old white female reported to a police officer that her 18-year-old white female roommate had stolen several items of her clothing.

Compiled from a media log provided to the Daily Beacon by the University 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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Electronic group tours area Nash Armstrong Staff Writer Daniel Disaster, one piece of the Atlantabased electronic group Heroes and Villains, said it’s “only a matter of time” before the electronicbased genre reaches America’s big venues. “It’s crazy to think electronic music is getting to that level in America,” Disaster said. “It’s all about having a good time, getting loose and letting yourself go.” Disaster and his partner, Pete Heartless, will bring this idea to the Longbranch Saloon this Saturday, sponsored by Knoxville Sound System. Based on past East Tennessee shows, Disaster said he hopes the energy at Saturday’s show can knock another local show out of his Top 10 events. “We had a show in Chattanooga a couple years ago, and it was one of my favorite shows I’ve done all time,” Disaster said. “Chatty was super, super crazy. I don’t know what to expect from Knoxville, but I hope it can knock Chatty out of my Top 10.” Local artist and show opener Perry Davis, or PaerBaer, said high energy will dominate the Heroes and Villains set. “He’s got that heavy sound that is popular around here,” Davis said. “Plus he’s got a lot of dope hip-hop remixes, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that hip-hop remixes go off at shows.” Heroes and Villains is not new to the music scene. Disaster and Heartless received their starts producing Southern hip-hop artists, such as T.I. and Young Jeezy. The Atlanta-based producers’ most recent product, “Transformers N the Hood,” came with the help of FKi, an

Atlanta-based hip-hop duo. Starting as producers helped Disaster learn the process of making an album, which he brought with him to his own music. With the basics down, Disaster said he now tries to push the envelope as much as possible, something he respects about his major influences. “I like listening to people who don’t go with the status quo,” he said. “Like Kanye West, it’s kind of weird (that he’s one of my big influences), but it’s because he does what he wants. He doesn’t stay within the boundaries.” It is this idea that is helping electronic-based music come into mainstream music, Disaster said, but the best is yet to come. “The Internet and ease of obtaining musicproducing software has made more people not only listen to electronic house, but even start to produce their own music,” he said. “Artists can now put out songs that blow up from their hotel room while they’re touring, and have it out to the world in much less time than before. “The business model has changed,” he said. “It used to be that albums were what made sales, but now albums are just promos for artists’ shows. Dubstep used to be 25 dudes in hoodies standing in the crowd. Now it’s stadium sized, and I think it’s just the tip of the iceberg.” Heroes and Villains will play at Longbranch Saloon Saturday, March 10. Openers include Subsurgence, Borg, PaerBaer v. iRell and NBK3. Before 10 p.m., tickets are $8 and $10 after 10 p.m. Twitter: @WE_ARE_HXV Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/heroesxvillains

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Band tours Knoxville with ‘folky blues’ Wiley Robinson Staff Writer What do you get when the eighth and tenth youngest members of a traveling family grow up? The Afterwhile, of course: guitarist/vocals Tony and lead singer Gina Cuchetti grew up on the road, and they didn’t leave, either. This week they find themselves touring in Knoxville. What’s the up-and-coming “folky blues” duo been up to lately? Well, Gina was recently a contestant on NBC’s “The Voice,” where she became a top semi-finalist. “I got to go to LA for about three weeks,” said Gina. “They put us through a whole regiment of training and practicing — it was pretty extensive. It was interesting to work with wardrobe people and producers.” Gina (and her voice) rose to the top of the competi-

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Coach Cuonzo Martin talks with the men’s basketball team at center court after practice in New Orleans on Thursday. The team, which finished in second-place in the SEC, plays at 7:30 p.m. EST against the winner of the Ole Miss-Auburn game.

tion, prevented from finalist status by a technicality. “The three guy judges, their teams were already full by the time I went on. Christina Aguilera had already won my spot,” Gina said. “Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton, and other finalists, they were all very encouraging and impressed and stuff. I got to meet and network a lot of talented people. It was so much fun.” The Afterwhile also has a new album in the works, but it’s still very much in the development phase. “We don’t really have a name for it yet. It’s still in the works, we’re still mixing and mastering,” Tony said, traveling with his new baby, Linus, who could be heard playing in the background over the phone. “We redid a few of our songs that we’ve previously recorded that we felt like doing with different style and interpretation. We’re always expanding and reinventing our sound, every time it seems like something new.” Despite the wide breadth of stylistic interpretation

experienced in their music, when asked what they felt most comfortable defining their music as, Tony didn’t hesitate. “We’re folky blues, with some country and bluegrass.” The Afterwhile started their Knoxville tour on Tuesday with the Longbranch Saloon, played Sapphire Thursday, and play Preservation Pub Friday at 8 p.m. They will also play Hard Rock Cafe Gatlinburg on Saturday. “We love Pres. Pub!” Tony said. “It’s got a great live atmosphere, and the owner is so nice. We’re a live band, we love being live. (A few Sundays ago) we were in Daytona Beach playing live for The Beach 92.7 just jamming in this little studio; it was awesome. We don’t just play our recorded stuff for a live audience, we have a cool mix of blues, funk and good unique blend of sounds for live shows.”

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Acting, writing anchors ‘House of Lies’ Robby O’Daniel Recruitment Editor After watching the first eight episodes of the new Showtime comedy “House of Lies,” the viewer can end up with a love-hate relationship similar to the one that so many have with the main character, management consultant Marty Kaan (Don Cheadle). Since it usually takes some time for television shows to find their footing, it is not surprising that the first feeling is the hate. The first episode begins with Marty waking up from a probably drug-induced slumber after having sex with his ex-wife. The very first shot of the series has them naked in a bed. The rest of the first episode features a trip to a strip club, a Marty make-out session with a stripper and finally, said stripper having sex in a restaurant bathroom with a client’s wife. TV viewers are not prudes. It is fine to include sex in television shows, but the easy initial reaction to “House of Lies” is “ugh, not another sex comedy.” After all, “Entourage” already had eight unbearable seasons. “Californication” is already on its fifth season, as well, not to mention that it airs immediately after “House of Lies.” Even still, sex serves as the topic of conversation for some hilarious exchanges between the cast members of the excellent ensemble in “House of Lies.” Ben Schwartz parlays his hilarious Jean-Ralphio character from “Parks and Recreation” into Clyde. As part of Marty’s team, Clyde’s main function in the show is to hit on women and make fun of co-worker Doug (Josh Lawson). Clyde oozes that wannabe machismo constantly, usually in failing efforts. Of course, “Veronica Mars” fans have prayed for the return of Kristen Bell to television since she left. Bell plays Jeannie, a plucky, up-and-comer, poised to become partner one day. Bell ably plays the woman in a man’s world with the same gusto she brought to the underdog Veronica role. However, Jeannie keeping her engagement a secret and cheating on her fiancé is a mystery that is burning a little too slowly, especially for the stakes involved. But the real standout of the cast is actually Lawson as Doug. Doug is that character that everyone takes turns putting down, like Toby from “The Office” or Jerry from “Parks and Recreation.” However, unlike Toby or Jerry,

who usually end up simply dumbstruck, Doug’s words and energy usually trip him up. In episode four, “Mini-Mogul,” Clyde tries to teach Doug how to pick up women, the George Clooney way: laugh at yourself, stand by ideals and be suave. After laughing in an awkward, creepy way, Doug stands by his ideals, saying, “Darfur sucked,” in a matter-of-fact, yet out-of-nowhere way that is hilarious. He defends himself to Clyde afterward, saying he was being “‘Facts of Life’ Clooney, the relatable everyman,” a fantastic reference. Lawson has this scholarly, speedy way of talking — he constantly alludes to his Harvard Business School background — which makes all his pedantic rants about fruit or theater believable. When Doug hears the gang is going to Indiana in episode two, he exclaims, “the home of the Raggedy Ann doll,” to the groans of the rest of the group. The biggest hurdle “House of Lies” has to overcome is the esoteric nature of what the protagonists do. Indeed, how many Showtime viewers go into “House of Lies,” knowing exactly what management consulting means? To the writers’ credit, the show goes to great pains to explain all the jargon and terminology of the profession. Multiple times, the series’ episode recaps ends with a statement equivalent to “still don’t understand what we do?” The show breaks the fourth wall to explain, by having Marty talk and move around scenes, while everyone else freezes. This tactic plays throughout the first eight episodes to mixed effects. Ironically, the choice is most effective when Marty does not have to explain any inside-baseball terms to viewers, instead just offering a one-note joke. Early in the series’ fifth episode, “Utah,” Marty bemoans having to go to Utah on business because all the people brag about their snowboarding prowess. Upon meeting his client in Utah, Marty launches into a spiel about loving snowboarding. He lists off various snowboarding facts. Then the show freezes, and Marty turns to the camera, saying, “Wikipedia.” Those quick jokes hit the mark, but too often, when the freezes happen, they feel more like a history lesson than a comedy. Thanks to its actors and writing, “House of Lies” has potential, but unfortunately, the show has not quite decoded the legalese of its profession. Those not interested in the at-times dull politicking of competing consulting firms may feel like episodes fall flat more often than not. — Robby O’Daniel is a graduate student in communications. He can be reached at rodaniel@utk.edu.

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Sarah Russell The month of March is always the time where everyone at UT begins to notice that it’s college decision time for high school seniors. Between the upsurge of weekend events and invitationals on campus and the increase in the number of bored teens and their overly enthusiastic parents trooping around campus, it is hard to miss the fact that it is, in fact, already March, and that in a matter of months UT will be filled with fresh young faces ready to be inculcated with “Big Ideas.” It is equally hard to not flash back to our own days as high school seniors and remember where we were in March of our senior years. We were all suffering from extreme and incurable forms of “senioritis”; we were eagerly awaiting the day when we could try living on our own; and, most notably, we were feeling the pressure of making the infamous College Decision. We all remember the days of receiving so much mail from various colleges that we wept for the environment. We remember being asked by every human over the age of 30 where we were going to college, what we were planning on majoring in, and where we saw ourselves retiring in 60 years. It was a stressful and sometimes scary time, but it was also a very exciting and promising time. We were finally making a decision on our own that would ultimately shape the rest of our lives. That said, though, choosing a particular college over another, like so many choices in life, is not going to alter space and time or start World War III. We often forget this fact when we are faced with important decisions, especially decisions costing a good deal of time and money. And everyone reacts to these decisions differently; some people jump into them blindly without considering consequences, and some people (like me, for example) worry about them until they scream for mercy. Either way, we are not giving the choice at hand the proper and appropriate consideration. By rushing through them or by analyzing them to

death, we ignore the fact that they are important decisions, but hardly decisions that will ruin us permanently one way or another. None of this is to discount the importance of these decisions; choosing a college, as the new crop of high school seniors can attest, is an extremely important choice to make with many factors to take into account: tuition costs, quality of education, location and faculty, to name just a few. To a certain extent, though, college (and most other life experiences for that matter) is ultimately what you make of it. You will get out of college as much as you put into it, just as you will with any job you enter or any relationship you are involved in. You can work hard and reap the rewards, or you can sit back and waste your time. Graduate schools these days are not particularly focused on whether or not you attended an Ivy League for your undergraduate work; they would rather see a good GPA, extracurricular activities, and a drive to do bigger and better things in life. Ultimately, if you find a college where you can be happy and thrive, you have made the best possible choice in investing in your future. Some choices do lead to better outcomes in the long run, and it is crucial to know how the choices you make will affect you down the road. Working incessantly in college might broaden your graduate school and job horizons, but it might result in one too many stress ulcers; whereas taking it easy in college might influence future job opportunities, but it might ultimately be better for your health. I have preached about balance before in this column, and I hope to extend that concept further and into a more practical realm. When I am sure to take all sides into account, when I consider my health and happiness, and when I acknowledge my drive to succeed, I am able to choose based on several criteria rather than the most immediate or seemingly pressing one. Just as the incoming freshmen will discover, it is not necessarily better to go broke attending Yale than to save some money and succeed at a state university. Considering all of the factors, even the seemingly trivial ones, will contribute to better and wiser decision making. — Sarah Russell is a senior in history. She can be reached at srusse22@utk.edu.

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Not too long ago in the Fort I happened by a scene on 17th and Laurel, just a bit above that annoying four-way stop above Niro’s and Fort Sanders Yacht Club: two shirtless, 18- to 25-year-old guys were stomping around, in what was hopefully an artificially induced rage, demanding any passing group of two or more guys to fight them. The real momentum was coming from this enormous young man whose body looked like something out of pro wrestling; he would run around, bellowing incomprehensible challenges, and actually assault people passing by with hard shoves and total area violation — not a harmless “come at me, bro.” Almost immediately upon coming across this, the kind of stuff you have no choice but to stop and watch, the couple was harassing and intimidating a group of five plus bros with guttural noises, shoves, facial and body gestures; of this group the two largest started visually preparing for fisticuffs. At one point the scene did perfectly resemble an arcade fighting game, with two opponents facing each other in rhythmic, looping fight stances, lacking only health meters. But then somebody got punched in the face, and a sloppy but genuine fight broke out. It’s very hard to tell if the fighters, probably being average, grocery shopping members of society during the day, had some sort of unconscious social contract with each other to not severely injure, or if they were really just that bad at fighting, because amazingly nobody got seriously hurt. After the larger group dispersed, and the huge, insane bro took a few moments to revel in his victory, the couple started harassing some people who obviously didn’t want to fight. But before I could reach my phone to call the police, a brown pickup truck with two guys who had had a minor role in the previous fight pulled up next to the instigators. Upon confidently disembarking the truck, it became apparent that one of them was brandishing a handgun. I can only guess that these guys were attempting to make up for their lack of involvement in the fight by utilizing the power of the great equalizer; perhaps bringing a gun into a well lit, high

traffic area on a home game night seemed like a good idea at the time. Ironic how the people who actually did the least fighting took the situation the most seriously. He pointed the pistol at the steroid guy (come at me now, bro) whose body language suddenly became hilariously neutral; upon seeing the handgun, his higher brain functions, which previously did not appear to have existed, were suddenly tapping on the shoulder of his, I don’t know, self-indulgent primal instinct whose “night out” it had apparently been. Terrified, but completely intrigued, I had to keep watching and find out if there was any more insanity, but nary 45 seconds after the brandishing of the pistol did a police officer serendipitously drive past, stop in the middle of the street, and immediately jump out with his hand on his holster. Suddenly aware of their mortality, and the four quarrelers started walking away with the most interesting combination of nonchalance and haste. At first I was incredulous at the interruption of my social observations, but the sudden presence of order in the stupid world I had been in for the past six or seven minutes brought mixed feelings. These two guys completely broke the boundary of even the terrible things I find appropriate; they were, not just verbally, but physically assaulting bystanders with great animation and intensity — and even more crazy, they had only provoked some random guys walking by into being even crazier; at least according to American law; the guys who brought the gun to the party, however selfless or selfish the motive, were in way deeper trouble than the original idiots, who actually got away. At least, the guy with the gun was who the cop made a beeline for. And however disturbing it is to see something as colossally unnecessary as that on the way you walk to school every day, and however great it was to see the situation resolved (thanks, KPD), our prisons made it impossible for me to feel good about the outcome. Our correctional system isn’t going to help that stupid kid with the gun’s life get back on track, it’s only going to ruin it. I think the guys who started it deserved to get taken in a lot more. Life is fragile, and people deserve help and a second chance, even when violence has rightly landed them periodically away from society. — Wiley Robinson is a junior in ecology and evolutionary biology. He can be reached at rrobin23@utk.edu.

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Emily DeLanzo Design Editor Wildflowers are now blooming full-speed ahead in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the first sights of major megafauna have occurred. Students should head for the mountains of the Smokies and escape the stress of midterms in Knoxville. Porters Creek Trail is well known for its historic value, large trees and wildflowers in the spring. Great Smoky Mountains National Park has well over 40 different species of spring wildflowers. This trail floor will be carpeted with wildflowers like bloodroot, hepaticas, white fringed phaelia and white trilliums. The Greenbrier area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park shows remnants of an old community that began during the early 1800s. The owners of these residences were asked to move during the creation of the national park. This almost ghost-town stands among some of the largest trees in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Porters Creek Trail extends up to 4.7 miles into virgin forest. I think that you should look no further than the two-mile point where a waterfall cascades outward. This trail only gains about 600 feet in elevation over the course of the two miles to Fern Branch Falls. The old road eventually turns into a walking path, and you’ll finally be able to see gigantic trees. This area of the park is one of the few places where old-growth, virgin forests still exist. The Greenbrier area was

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not logged in the 1800s and 1900s. The first mile of the trail is an old gravel road. You’ll pass over a footbridge and then meet a fork in the road. The trail to the right leads to a historic old farm site complete with an old home and an old barn. If you keep to the left, you’ll be on your way to the waterfall. After about another hundred feet, you’ll come to another trail junction. At 1.6 miles, you’ll cross another footbridge and literally be bombarded with wildflowers on both sides of the trail. Finally, around the two-mile mark, you’ll approach Fern Branch Falls on the left of the trail. This 60-foot waterfall shows best after a nice rain. All in all, the Porters Creek Trail provides a great, remote escape from the hubbub of Knoxville and even Gatlinburg. Greenbrier is rarely visited and remains a local favorite. In order to get there, connect onto Highway 321 from Highway 441 from Gatlinburg at traffic light number three. Drive six miles and turn right into Greenbrier. The entrance is clearly marked with a Smoky Mountain National Park entrance sign on the right. This road will turn into a gravel road after a short distance. Drive 3.1 miles to a fork in the road. Stay straight to go to the Porters Creek trailhead. The parking lot will be almost another mile from this fork. Please remember that because of the unseasonably warm water lately, some of our megafauna, like the black bear, have awoken from their denning this winter. Be sure to read on safety and maintain a good distance between you and any wild animals you encounter. Also, keep in mind the drastic weather that has been occurring lately. If you see any threats or hear thunder, head for your car. Lastly, enjoy your hike and say hello to the wildflowers for me!

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as a leader. “In both singles and doubles play, I try to set an example,” she said. “Never give up when you’re out playing for your team, and to keep fighting until the last ball is struck. I definitely try and be a leader to our four talented freshman players.”

All the way from Southern California, sophomore Brynn Boren brings leadership and great talent to the Lady Vols tennis team. Boren’s aggressiveness on the court and her overall will to win makes her a great asset to the team. “Brynn is an all around great player,” said senior Sarah Toti, Boren’s doubles partner. “She has a very aggressive game style and she always goes for her shots. She is specifically known for her forehand, that’s her main weapon.” Choosing the right college was a challenging task for Brynn as she was looking for the best place for her to play college tennis. “As I was going through high school, I was realizing how much of a bubble I was in,” Boren said. “I Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon wanted to get away from Brynn Boren prepares to swing the whole ‘OC’ (Orange against Florida on March 3. The County) thing. I liked UT Lady Vols play against Ole Miss the best. I love the girls on the team, the atmosphere, on Friday after winning against I just love everything about South Carolina on Sunday. it.” Midway through her first As a freshman, Boren was selected second team All-SEC, year, Boren overcame adversifreshman All-SEC, 2011 ITA ty when she was diagnosed Ohio Valley Region Rookie of with mono, which caused her the Year and made the SEC to be out for five weeks. “It took me about six Freshman Academic Honor Roll. Boren is currently ranked months to fully recover from 34th in the nation in singles it,” Boren said. “I lost all my play, and along with Toti, No. strength and had to start completely over. This was definite2 in doubles play. Receiving these honors her ly a tough obstacle for me.” Boren recalls her most freshman year proved her to be a true standout athlete. memorable, defining moment Now into her second season at so far as a Lady Vol tennis Tennessee, Boren expresses player. “Last year, we were playing her responsibility to stand up

UGA in the SEC Tournament, I had just gotten over mono and was on my comeback,” she said. “I was getting my butt kicked playing this girl who I have never beaten in juniors who was always ranked top-10 (in singles play). My match was the clinching match. After I won, the crowd went nuts. It was such a great feeling after I had just come back from mono and the comeback from being down a set to win for the team was awesome.” Boren’s quick transition from high school to college tennis came with numerous challenges. “It’s not easy going from high school where you compete with girls around the nation but you play for yourself out there,” she said. “For college, you play for your team, so it’s a whole new pressure but it’s so much fun.” Boren and the Lady Vols are looking ahead to their bright future this season. “Our main goal as a team is to get as far as we can in the NCAA Tournament,” she said. “We are definitely capable of getting to the final four.” Spare time is hard to find for Boren, but when she has time she enjoys reading, relaxing and going to the beach when she is at home in sunny California. One of Brynn’s role models has always been tennis player Lindsey Davenport. “I modeled my game after her; I looked up to her when I was little” she said. Boren and the No. 8 Lady Vols travel this weekend for matches at Ole Miss on Friday and Mississippi State on Sunday.

In the Tennessee-Ball State slugfest on Wednesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, both teams combined for 25 hits, but, ironically, pitching and defense were what secured the Vols’ 9-7 win. UT closer Nick Williams entered the ninth inning with a comfortable 9-6 lead, but the game quickly turned into a nail-biter. Ball State (2-7) began the inning with four straight hits, cutting the lead to 9-7 and leaving the bases loaded with still no one out. More so than his performance, UT head coach Dave Serrano saw something that led him to visit Williams on the mound. “I went out to the mound because his body language when he gave up a couple of hits bothered me a little bit,” Serrano said. “I don’t want our guys to want to give up hits, but in Nick’s role, that’s what his job is — to come in with a three-run lead and pound the strike zone.” Williams settled down, getting a called strikeout from a 3-2 pitch, followed by a threepitch strikeout, to earn the first two outs of the inning. Ball State left fielder Kirby Campbell was finally able to put the ball into play, with a ground ball toward the right side of the infield, but UT second baseman Will Maddox made a diving stop and zipped the ball to first base for the deciding out. Serrano called the play “unbelievable.” “Maddox saved our life with that play at the end of the game,” Serrano said. “And to me, in this kind of game, a mid-week game where you gave up 13 hits, we didn’t have a hiccup defen-

sively. (If) we had a hiccup — give up 90 feet somewhere along the line — and this score is probably different.” Both Serrano and Williams emphasized the contribution of catcher Ethan Bennett in the pivotal ninth inning, always keeping the balls in the dirt from Williams in front of him, allowing Williams to stretch the strike zone. “It allowed Nick to throw some really nasty pitches,” Serrano said. “And Ethan putting his body in front of the ball, to keep the ball in front, allowed us to win that game.” Until a flyout to the catcher in the bottom of the eighth, Drew Steckenrider was having a perfect game for the Vols, both offensively and defensively. As designated hitter, Steckenrider went 2for-3 with a walk from the plate, highlighted by a sixth-inning, two-run home run to left-center field. That gave the Vols (9-3) two insurance runs, stretching their lead to 9-6. He followed up on that performance in the very next frame, producing a flawless twoinning relief effort in the seventh and eighth innings. He gave up no hits, struck out five of the six batters he faced and threw 20 of his 25 pitches for strikes. “That was pretty special,” Serrano said. “I don’t know what the readings were — doesn’t matter what the readings were — he was coming in and throwing a fastball by a lot of guys.” Encouragement from a teammate helped Steckenrider. “In the bullpen, (catcher) Andy Yates was warming me up, and he said that my stuff looked as good as it has all season, even in the fall, tonight,” Steckenrider said. “So I felt pretty confident, just him saying something like that, just a little bit of confidence, going out.”

Sailing Club to host regatta Zak Koenig Staff Writer On Saturday, the Sailing Club will host North Points No. 3, its annual spring installment of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association qualifier regattas. The SAISA regattas include teams from across the Southeast. “This weekend, we’re going to have College of Charleston, UNC-Wilmington, Clemson, The Citadel, NC State, Georgia Tech, Auburn and ourselves,” Ervin Grove, senior in marketing and club president, said. “We race two-man boats called dinghies, and throughout the season we travel around the Southeast and meet up with schools and we try to make our boats go faster than theirs.” The regatta will be held at the Concord Yacht Club and is free for the public. “We just returned from Clemson where we got second place out of nine, which is a really strong finish,” Grove said. “We also went down to St. Petersburg, Fla., a few weeks ago, and we got eighth out of 20 schools, which put us fourth in our region.” Collegiate sailboat racing consists of several dinghies that start together in a line, race across a stretch of open water, maneuver around a buoy and race back to the starting line. “I like going fast in small boats, because the small boat makes the sailor, but big boats get the glory, so it really tests your ability better than the big boats,” Grove said. Since the dinghies have no onboard motor, they rely on the sailors’ abilities to harness the wind, all the while avoiding collisions with other boats. Given the erratic wind around Knoxville recently, the sailors’

abilities will be put to the test, in a spectacular show of skill and sportsmanship. “You haven’t won the race, if in by doing so you’ve lost the respect of your competitors,” said Grove, quoting world famous sailor Paul Elvstrom. The Sailing Club is currently one of UT’s most active and successful clubs, and is open to all students, staff and faculty with a current RecSports membership. There is no experience necessary to join the club, and the club has several qualified instructors who teach learn-to-sail classes on a weekly basis. “In the spring of 1996, several secondsemester freshmen with a passion for sailboat racing revived the dormant Sailing Club at The University of Tennessee, and within a year they established a partnership with Concord Yacht Club,” said Wayne Culter, retired research professor of history and faculty adviser to the Sailing Club. Since the club’s reactivation, it has grown from only a few dedicated sailors to several dozen members of varying levels of participation and competitiveness. Thanks to the partnership with CYC, the club is able to sail year-round, even after their own fleet of dinghies has been put into winter storage. The club’s success is not limited to just the race course either. “In my 15 years as adviser, not one officer has failed to make his/her grades and all have earned their degree,” Cutler said. “In one remarkable stretch, four club presidents not only proved their sailing prowess, but won doctoral fellowships to Duke, Stanford, UCLA and Case Western.” The Sailing Club will be taking a recreational/instructional Spring Break trip from Key Largo down the gulf coast of Florida to Key West and back.