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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

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Boxing charity event successful RJ Vogt Staff Writer A billboard just off of Alcoa Highway advertised for a “Gun Show” on March 10 and 11 at the Knoxville Expo Center during the day.

At night, the Expo Center displayed a different kind of gun show: Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s (SAE) Boxing Tournament.

The tournament, a fundraiser for SAE’s philanthropy work with Golden Gloves, has gained national recognition from Sports Illustrated and My College Road Trip as one of the “102 Things You Gotta Do Before You Graduate” and “The Biggest Party Weekend in the South,” respectively.

The 32nd annual installment of the tournament lived up to the hype, attracting over 3,000 fans. Blake Jeter, sophomore in finance and director of boxing operations for SAE, said the event’s profits have not been completely totaled yet, but he ventured an estimate “It looks like it’s going to be over $100,000,” Jeter said.

This philanthropic haul is not the only benefit of the boxing tournament; the boxers themselves enjoy the experience.

“Getting up in front of all those people and showing them what I’ve been training for (over) the past two months was definitely worth it,” Brian Shin, freshman in chemical engineering and welterweight contender for Pi Kappa Phi, said. “I wanted to box because I had never done any kind of physical contact sport before and just wanted to give it a shot.”

According to saeboxing.com, boxers like Shin trained for up to six months, often dropping 30 or more pounds in order to fight smaller opponents.

For the fans, much of the thrill lies in

knowing the men in gloves outside of the ring.

“I enjoyed watching the competition between the fighters and seeing their hard work pay off,” said Olivia Bagatelas, sophomore in nursing. “It’s even more exciting when you (know) a few boxers and can help cheer them on.”

This year’s tournament featured 10 weight classes and almost 60 boxers contending for the title. Winners were as follows: Featherweight — Bener Oguz, SAE; Lightweight — Drew Schefano, Kappa Sig; Jr. Welterweight — Eli Watson, SAE; Welterweight — Trent Elsten, DTD and Daniel Kail, Lambda Chi; Jr. Middleweight — Justin West, Phi Sig, and Trey Greenwell, SAE; Middleweight — Buck Sheesley, Phi Sig; Jr. Light Heavyweight — David Alecio, Lambda Chi; Light Heavyweight — Brad Butkowski, Lambda Chi; Heavyweight — Danny Pritchett, Pi Kappa Alpha; Sr. Heavyweight — Steven Hill, AGR. SAE and Phi Sig tied in points (8 each) for the Tournament (SAE — 4 boxers and 3 champions; Phi Sig — 8 boxers and 2 champions). Phi Sig won the coin toss to hold the trophy until next year.

“I would encourage people from across the state to come and watch it,” Jeter said.

“It’s a great event and a great philanthropy, and it’s going to be a memory of a great man.”

The man of whom he speaks, Ace Miller, was the owner of Golden Gloves of Knoxville and organizer of the tournament for the past 32 years. Unfortunately, Miller died Thursday afternoon of a heart attack. He was 73.

“He was a very outgoing guy,” Jeter said. “He loved the boxers and loved the tournament. Most importantly, he loved getting kids off the street and into the gym, and being a father figure for them.”

Lady Vols land No. 2 seed in NCAA Beacon Staff Reports Tennessee knew it was in the NCAA women’s Tournament.

The only question Monday night was which road the Lady Volunteers would have to travel to win a ninth national championship.

Despite a subpar regular season by UT standards, the Lady Vols (24-8) were awarded the No. 2 seed in the Des Moines, Iowa region, and drew coach Pat Summitt’s alma mater UT-Martin in the first round. Tip-off is Saturday at 4:10 p.m. EST in Chicago and will be on ESPN2. A potential second-round game would be against the winner of No. 7 seed Depaul and 10th-seeded BYU.

Undefeated Baylor is the top seed in the Lady Vols’ region. The Lady Bears beat UT 76-67 in Knoxville on Nov. 27.

The Lady Vols are coming off an SEC Tournament title, the school’s 16th alltime, after finishing second in the conference’s regular season standings behind Kentucky, who was also a No. 2 seed.

Georgia (4), LSU (5), South Carolina (5), Arkansas (6), Vanderbilt (7) and Florida (9) will also represent the SEC in the 64team field.

Last year, Tennessee made its first Elite Eight appearance since its national title run in 2008. The Lady Vols lost to eventual national runner-up Notre Dame, 73-59.

UT remains the only school to play in all 30 NCAA Tournaments.

Rebecca Vaughan • The Daily Beacon

Meighan Simmons shoots over a Florida defender during a game on Feb. 26. The Lady Vols received the No.2 seed in the Des Moins region and will face UT-Martin in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday at 4:10 p.m. EST.

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

A fighter gets knocked out of the ring during the SAE Fraternity Boxing Tournament on Saturday, March 5, 2011. This year’s annual event, held at the Knoxville Expo Center, drew in over 3,000 fans and helped to raise over $100,000 for a good cause.

TRECS offers outdoor Spring Break options These trips provide students with the means and equipment necessary for escaping the metropolis of Knoxville while enjoyDesign Editor ing incredible outdoor experiences. The trip While some students are busy preparing guides are highly qualified, trained and for trips home or overcrowded beaches, the enjoy sharing their love for the outdoors TRECS Outdoor Recreation Program makes with other students.

“The most rewarding aspect of these its final preparations for three spring break trips is the positive response from particitrip options.

The three options for the TRECS spring pants and hearing them talk about experibreak are mountaineering in New encing things they never thought they Hampshire, sea kayaking in coastal Georgia would,” Worth said.

Students may sign and rock-climbing in North up for any of the Carolina along the Blue three Outdoor Ridge Mountains. The Recreation’s spring mountaineering trip is break adventures on $400, the sea kayaking trip the first floor of the is $300 and the rock-climbTRECS in the ing trip is $200.

Outdoor Recreation “These trips are a great lobby. For other posbang for your buck, and sible TRECS you’ll get some experiOutdoor Recreation ences of a lifetime,” Travis sponsored trips, Hampton, senior in exercheck the outdoor cise science and a leader of program guide availthe Outdoor Recreation able, also on the first Program, said. floor of the TRECS. Students may sign up The Outdoor until the trips fill.

Recreation Program Mountaineering only has also provides equipone spot left, sea kayaking Wade Rackley • The Daily Beacon ment rentals for stuhas three spots left and rock-climbing still has A number of bikes hang on the dents. Students may eight available spots for walls and ceiling of the Outdoor rent a bike for a Recreation Program’s storage semester for only students.

The mountaineering area in the TRECS on Monday, $40. The Outdoor trip is going to the Oct. 25, 2010. The program is Recreation Program Presidential Mountains in hosting three Spring Break trips also has backpackNew Hampshire, which is that including mountaineering, ing, rock-climbing part of the White sea kayaking and rock-climbing. and kayaking equipMountain chain that The trips are still open to stu- ment, as well as lesincludes Mount dents, but space is limited, so sons for beginners contact immediately if interested. learning how to Washington. kayak and rockRyan Worth, senior in climb.

The programs and lessons offered are environmental science, is guiding the mounall taught by well-qualified students. taineering trip with two other leaders.

Additional information for any trips or “To take people that don’t experience the outdoors routinely, it’s like watching a baby equipment rentals are available online at walk for the first time sometimes,” Worth http://recsports.utk.edu/Programs/Outdoor or by phone at (865) 974-9749. said.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Jj Bautista rides his bike between students Pedestrian Mall during a class change on Thursday.

1836 — Houston retreats from Santa Anna’s army Less than a week after the disastrous defeat of Texas rebels at the Alamo, the newly commissioned Texan General Sam Houston begins a series of strategic retreats to buy time to train his ill-prepared army.

Revolutionary Texans had only formally announced their independence from Mexico 11 days earlier. On March 6, 1836, the separatists chose Sam Houston to be the commander-in-chief of the revolutionary army. Houston immediately departed for Gonzales, Texas, where the main force of the revolutionary army was stationed. When he arrived, he found that the Texan army consisted of 374 poorly dressed and ill-equipped men. Most had no guns or military experience, and they had only two days of rations.

Houston had little time to dwell on the situation, because he learned that the Mexican general Santa Anna was staging a siege of the Alamo in San Antonio. Before Houston could prepare his troops to rush to aid the defenders, however, word arrived that Santa Anna had wiped them out on March 6.

Scouts reported that Santa Anna’s troops were heading east toward Gonzales. Unprepared to confront the Mexican army with his poorly trained force, Houston began a series of strategic retreats designed to give him enough time to whip his army into fighting shape.

Houston’s decision to retreat won him little but scorn from the Texas rebels. His troops and officers were eager to engage the Mexicans, and they chafed at Houston’s insistence on learning proper field maneuvers. Houston wisely continued to organize, train, and equip his troops so they would be prepared to meet Santa Anna’s army. Finally, after nearly a month of falling back, Houston ordered his

men to turn around and head south to meet Santa Anna’s forces.

On April 21, Houston led his 783 troops in an attack on Santa Anna’s force of nearly twice that number near the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto River. With the famous cry, “Remember the Alamo,” the Texans stormed the surprised Mexican forces. After a brief attempt at defense, the Mexican soldiers broke into a disorganized retreat, allowing the Texans to isolate and slaughter them. In a stunning victory, Houston’s army succeeded in killing or capturing nearly the entire Mexican force, including General Santa Anna, who was taken prisoner. Only two Texans were killed and 30 wounded.

Fearful of execution, Santa Anna signed an order calling for the immediate withdrawal of all Mexican troops from Texas soil. The Mexicans never again seriously threatened the independence of the Lone Star Republic.

1865 — Confederacy approves black soldiers On this day in 1865, with the main Rebel armies facing long odds against must larger Union armies, the Confederacy, in a desperate measure, reluctantly approves the use of black troops.

The situation was bleak for the Confederates in the spring of 1865. The Yankees had captured large swaths of Southern territory, General William T. Sherman’s Union army was tearing through the Carolinas, and General Robert E. Lee was trying valiantly to hold the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, against General Ulysses S. Grant’s growing force. Lee and Confederate President Jefferson Davis had only two options. One was for Lee to unite with General Joseph Johnston’s army in the Carolinas and use the combined force to take on Sherman and Grant one at a time. The other option was to arm slaves, the last source of fresh manpower in the Confederacy.

The idea of enlisting blacks had been debated for some time. Arming slaves was essentially a way of setting them free, since they could not realistically be sent back to plantations after they had fought.

General Patrick Cleburne had suggested enlisting slaves a year before, but few in the Confederate leadership considered the proposal, since slavery was the foundation of Southern society. One politician asked, “What did we go to war for, if not to protect our property?” Another suggested, “If slaves will make good soldiers, our whole theory of slavery is wrong.” Lee weighed in on the issue and asked the Confederate government for help. “We must decide whether slavery shall be extinguished by our enemies and the slaves be used against us, or use them ourselves.” Lee asked that the slaves be freed as a condition of fighting, but the bill that passed the Confederate Congress on March 13, 1865, did not stipulate freedom for those who served.

1942 — U.S. Army launches K-9 Corps On this day in 1942, the Quartermaster Corps (QMC) of the United States Army begins training dogs for the newly established War Dog Program, or “K-9 Corps.”

Well over a million dogs served on both sides during World War I, carrying messages along the complex network of trenches and providing some measure of psychological comfort to the soldiers.

The most famous dog to emerge from the war was Rin Tin Tin, an abandoned puppy of German war dogs found in France in 1918 and taken to the United States, where he made his film debut in the 1922 silent film The Man from Hell's River. As the first bona fide animal movie star, Rin Tin Tin made the little-known German Shepherd breed famous across the country.

In the United States, the practice of training dogs for military purposes was largely abandoned after World War I. When the country entered World War II in December 1941, the American Kennel Association and a group called Dogs for Defense began a movement to mobilize dog owners to donate healthy and capable animals to the Quartermaster Corps of the U.S. Army. Training began in March 1942, and that fall the QMC was given the task of training dogs for the U.S. Navy, Marines and Coast Guard as well.

The K-9 Corps initially accepted over 30 breeds of dogs, but the list was soon narrowed to seven: German Shepherds, Belgian sheep dogs, Doberman Pinschers, collies, Siberian Huskies, Malumutes and Eskimo dogs. Members of the K-9 Corps were trained for a total of 8 to 12 weeks. After basic obedience training, they were sent through one of four specialized programs to prepare them for work as sentry dogs, scout or patrol dogs, messenger dogs or mine-detection dogs. In active combat duty, scout dogs proved especially essential by alerting patrols to the approach of the enemy and preventing surprise attacks.

— This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

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Drug refugee arrested in Texas The Associated Press

Sarah Houston • The Daily Beacon

Levi Stephens performs during an Open Mic Night hosted by the Campus Entertainment Board on Thursday.

Students had an opportunity to listen to and enjoy the genre-blending that Stephens has mastered, bringing the best of soul, rock and gospel into his music.

Charity group faces budget cuts The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A survey of Salvation Army youth programs in more than 80 cities shows more than eight in 10 programs saw increased demand from children and families in the past year as unemployment and funding cuts strained charities.

The survey released to The Associated Press found 56 percent of the charity's youth programs — including camps, preschools, daycare and afterschool programs — are operating at or beyond their capacity.

The report, “Growing Up in a Downturn,” also examined the Great Recession’s effect on youth programs since 2008.

Since then, 41 percent of the programs have had to cut back services or close their doors because of insufficient funding.

Sites in Los Angeles, Rockford, Ill., and Memphis, Tenn., were among those forced to scale back.

Salvation Army Commissioner William Roberts, the charity’s national commander, wrote in the report that the increasing demand shows parents across the country are facing daily questions about how to provide for their children when even social service programs have to make cuts.

“Should they spend their latest pay check on food or rent?” he wrote. “How can they spend time with their children while working two jobs?”

In raw numbers since 2008, attendance at Salvation Army daycare programs increased by more than 40,000 children. Overall, the charity has seen an increase in need across all of its programs. In 2010, it provided assistance to 30.2 million people in the U.S., compared with 28.9 million in 2007.

At the same time, giving to the Salvation Army has been strained in some hard-hit regions with the highest unemployment. Programs that had to cut back are serv-

ing 10 percent fewer youths than before the recession on average, the report found.

In 2011, a third of the charity’s youth programs saw a reduction in contributions. For another 31 percent of them, donations remained flat. The report says many programs will see similar pressures throughout 2012, even though giving to the Salvation Army’s popular red kettle campaign was up last year.

In Memphis, Tenn., a decline of about 15 percent in donations amounted to the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Maj. Mark Woodcock, the area commander, said he had to close the doors of a subsidized childcare center that served low-income families for more than 30 years to focus on the most critical priorities of feeding and sheltering people.

In the charity’s women's shelter with a capacity of 120 beds, 70 of them will go to children as a result of the ongoing economic slump, he said. So the shelter also provides tutoring and oversight to make sure those children attend school regularly.

“A lot of times people feel that the face of homeless is that

man they see on the street corner,” he said. “Really the true face of homelessness is children.”

The Memphis chapter will be able to add more programs for children later this year with the opening of a $31 million Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center. It’s one of 34 centers nationwide funded by a $1.6 billion gift from McDonald’s heiress Joan Kroc when she died in 2003.

Even with challenges, many of the charity’s youth programs had been able to redirect services and resources to meet growing demand, the report found. In some cases, they have expanded or opened new youth facilities during the downturn.

In Kerrville, Texas, youth services were maxed out at serving 43 students each day in after-school programs with a small facility in the town of about 23,000 people, said Salvation Army Capt. Brett Meredith. With the building of a new $32 million Kroc Community Center that opened in November 2010, it can serve 200 students daily with a complex that includes two pools, a fitness center, dance studio and gymnasium.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The nephew of the former boss of Mexico’s Gulf cartel crossed illegally into Texas to hide from a rival and spent five months running his drug operation from the U.S. before he was caught, a federal prosecutor said Monday.

Rafael Cardenas Vela pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine and marijuana in exchange for the government dropping money laundering and immigration charges.

The 38-year-old mountain of a man with a middle school education and 500 armed men at his beck and call had grabbed control of the cartel’s operations in Matamoros, across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, in early 2011 after a steady rise under the tutelage of two powerful uncles. But the Gulf cartel had been in turmoil since Mexican marines killed one of those uncles, Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, also known as “Tony Tormenta,” in November 2010. Like others who ran afoul of rivals, Cardenas Vela sought refuge in the United States.

Last summer, U.S. authorities began hearing that Cardenas Vela was in the U.S. Through daily emails with subordinates he continued to manage the drug transportation and distribution cells that moved cocaine and marijuana across the border, north to Houston and on to cities deeper in the interior, Assistant U.S. attorney Jody Young said. He

made more than $5 million in drug proceeds, the flow of which he also oversaw, ensuring some money went into the pockets of Mexican law enforcement officers as bribes.

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen explained that the refuge Cardenas Vela sought would cost him at least 10 years and as much as life in prison.

With his plea, prosecutors agreed to recommend that his punishment come at the lower end of the scale. His uncle Osiel Cardenas Guillen, long-time head of the Gulf cartel, made his own deal after his extradition to the U.S. and was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2010. Part of Cardenas Guillen's legal team flanked a shackled Cardenas Vela on Monday.

His attorneys declined to comment following the hearing.

Federal authorities had already been watching a ranch near the South Texas town of Rio Hondo when Port Isabel police officers pulled over a silver Ford F150 pickup with temporary Texas tags for speeding just after 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 20.

Cardenas Vela, who was in the front passenger seat, presented a Mexican passport and visa in a false name.

Once confronted with his true identity, he admitted to being involved in bringing marijuana and cocaine into the U.S. for several years, according to court records.

Two others who were in the truck with him also were arrested. They pleaded guilty to giving false statements and were sentenced to time served in February.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

OPINIONS

LettersEditor to the

Mullins’ Limbaugh column misguided To whomever it may concern, I appreciate the immense effort that Mr. Mullins goes through to defend freedom of speech and to be fair in his defense of such, but I feel like he has lost all perspective over Limbaugh’s remarks.

The problem here is not so much what Limbaugh said as much as it is why he said it.

Limbaugh called Ms. Fluke a slut because he claimed that tax money is subsidizing her sex life.

He went on to further elaborate that she should be forced to make porn so he can watch it and get his money’s worth out of her taxpayer subsidized sexual exploits.

Well, the thing is taxpayers are not paying for this contraceptive coverage. In this case, it would be either Ms. Fluke, the institution she attends, or a combination of the two that would pay for it.

Furthermore, Ms. Fluke never once mentioned her sex life or the sex life of any woman during her testimony.

What she did talk about is how contraceptives can be used for other medical ailments besides preventing pregnancy.

She gave an example of a friend she knew who had a cyst on her ovary and was using contraceptives to manage this ailment.

The entire justification for calling Ms. Fluke a slut was based on a false premise that she was asking for taxpayer money to subsidize her sex life.

This is an outright lie. Mr. Mullins suggests that I should just “tune out” Limbaugh’s incendiary lies.

The problem with that is that Limbaugh has millions of viewers who are now spreading

this lie across every public forum they come across.

Simply put, to be a part of the national political discourse at the moment, one can not escape Limbaugh’s lie.

I simply can not “tune” it “out.”

Ignoring such maliciously deceitful rhetoric is, in my humble opinion, immoral. If Limbaugh would have simply called Ms. Fluke a slut, it would be a meaningless and petty insult, but Limbaugh crossed the line when he elected to lie and distort political reality.

Furthermore, what is most telling about Limbaugh’s rant is that nowhere does he mention religion which was supposed to be why this was being opposed.

We can no longer allow outright deceit for immediate political gain in our political discourse. I understand that Mr. Mullins believes he is defending the First Amendment, but I can assure him, malicious lies are not covered under freedom of speech.

I sincerely hope he reconsiders his position, and I strongly encourage others to stand up against this deceitful, incendiary rhetoric.

Thank you for your time and attention, Nick Zamudio Electrical Engineering, Junior Class of 2013 nzamudio@utk.edu.

CYNIC, n.

A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic’s eyes to improve his vision.

— The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

SCRAMBLED EGGS • Alex Cline

The Great Mash Up• Liz Newnam

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SGA lacks relevance, substance C ampbel l’s Co r n e r by

Seth Campbell I knew this time was coming. The weather is getting warm, the birds are chirping and the trees are beginning to blossom, which all means that the SGA elections are on the horizon. As of late, the University of Tennessee, specifically The Daily Beacon, has been assaulted by constant talk regarding the upcoming SGA elections. If you need more evidence, simply notice the barrage of Fuel and Revolt rhetoric and shirts that are appearing throughout campus.

While others have written columns regarding their personal support and how this election will be different, I remain rather pessimistic about the whole thing. Maybe I’m just cynical. As a senior, I’ve seen all this before and am bored by the entire ethos of SGA elections.

This standpoint isn’t from a lack of trying. Since I have been enrolled at UT, I’ve attempted to participate in the election process and with different organizations connected with the SGA, but the overall being of the SGA is faulty by failing to motivate students and failing to accomplish anything I deem meaningful.

For these reasons, the thought of supporting either Fuel or Revolt seems nothing more than silly.

Just as seen in any realm of politics, the challenger always has better solutions than the incumbent and will accomplish more, all while magically pleasing all the students. In reality, the SGA is constructed in a way that makes meaningful progress out of reach for the students involved. I’m not saying that the students who are participating aren’t interested in real progress, I am simply pessimistic at the thought of the organization. Judging by the success rate since my tuition dollars have been pouring in, the SGA isn’t capable of accomplishing important government-related tasks.

While I am clearly cynical regarding the SGA and the elections, I am not the only one. Voter turnout for these elections is a tiny fraction of UT’s

enrollment. Last year’s election had a horrid turnout of just under 10 percent of enrolled students. With such apathy, it’s a wonder why the campus is continuously forced to endure this archaic tradition.

There was a time when the SGA and these elections were a campus-wide event that encompassed most students. The candidates were highly visible, charismatic and hell-bent on making progress at UT. The first African-American SGA President, Jimmie Baxter, was elected to this position in 1969.

After winning in a contested run-off for the position, Baxter was forced to deal with issues that today’s student body cannot fathom. While Fuel and Revolt paint windows and bicker on social media, Baxter dealt with contentious race relations, protest against the Vietnam War and the unpopular election of UT President Edward Boling. Baxter, who was a veteran, was able to steer UT through a tumultuous period with ease and grace. He kept the student body subdued and refused to let any protest develop into a raucous riot that could easily harm the UT campus. In comparison, current SGA lobbies for more ATM parking spots.

Following Baxter’s tenure as SGA President, John Smith won the 1970 election and had the opportunity of joining President Richard Nixon when he visited UT’s campus. When Nixon arrived in Knoxville, Smith greeted the president and accompanied him throughout his time in our city.

Smith served as a liaison to President Nixon, informing Nixon of the overall attitude of students across the country. In comparison, current SGA complains about large orange banners.

While the SGA was clearly once a body that could influence a great number of UT students, it appears that our student government has devolved into nothing more than a figurehead that claims to represent students. I’d rather not hear about how one particular party will change the status quo or how the other party will tell Chancellor Cheek exactly what all UT students want.

Though many students have proclaimed a renaissance in the way they approach these SGA elections, I cannot say the same. It could be my apathy or it could be my ignorance, but when it comes to the SGA elections, I could not possibly care any less.

— Seth Campbell is a senior in history. He can be reached at scampb42@utk.edu.

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Dodging bicycles on the Pedestrian Mall actually seems appealing right now. Actually, dodging commuters using any form of transportation that doesn’t require gasoline seems great right now.

The past month has seen gas prices creeping up to that dreaded $5 mark in many states, which indicates one thing: Prices at the pump are just too dang high (especially for those living in Los Angeles; prices there have already topped the $5 mark).

Thankfully, in Knoxville and most cities in the United States, the prices have remained at or below the $4 mark. Nonetheless, Time.com predicts that we might attain that holy grail of wallet hits by the time consumers load up their car for summer vacation.

If (or most likely when) we start trading our precious Abraham Lincolns for gallons of gas, one positive outcome may be gleaned. As is usually the case, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. The same can be applied in this situation.

A spike in gas prices leads to more and more customers turning to alternative automobile energy sources. These sustainable solutions to the gas problem are becoming more and more available these days, which is a wholeheartedly welcome change.

Driving a hybrid or electric car unfortunately leads to being the brunt of the joke from those driving monstrous trucks. Nevertheless, those driving the “low self-esteem” Toyota Prius will be laughing all the way to the bank in the coming months.

While all the debate rages over prices at the pump, one solution has been flying under the radar for years: natural gas powered cars. These cars have been in production since the 1990s, but they just won’t sell. Today, there is just one major automaker that still produces a car that runs on natural gas.

Honda sells only about 1,000 of their natural-gaspowered GX model every year in the United States, according to USA Today.

As America’s glut of natural gas causes prices to decrease, one can only scratch one’s head about

those statistics. It makes no sense whatsoever that a homegrown fuel source that is incredibly cheap and environmentally friendly compared to gasoline is not being used to power one of our main energy needs.

Oil companies have been receiving extremely high amounts of natural gas as a result of increased drilling for gasoline. The supply has been so abundant that in some cases, the supply is so abundant that the drillers don’t have anything they can do with it. This has led to excess natural gas being burned off in the quest for more liquid gold (aka oil).

It is unthinkable that the solution to our current oil problems is right under our nose, yet we haven’t even given a second thought to making a switch from our gas-guzzling giants.

Automobiles powered by natural gas could run on as little as $1.25 a gallon, according to USA Today. Let’s crunch some numbers here: The average gas tank holds around 16 gallons of fuel.

If gas prices hit $5 by Memorial Day, this means that the average gasoline consumer would be paying $80 to fill up. Replace that car with one running on natural gas, and you could be paying as little as $20 to get that warm and fuzzy “full tank” feeling.

We could be saving $60 per tank, on average, yet we don’t. Why? With a busy schedule, it may be more convenient to fill up at a gas station.

Conversely, it may actually be easier to fill up on natural gas; it can be done at your own home.

This isn’t a practical solution for the apartment and dorm-dwelling population, but the idea is still there. If it grows enough, who knows, we may see gas stations with a natural gas pump as well.

It just makes sense. We have enormously abundant supplies of cheap, clean natural gas. The crude oil supply is running ever slimmer. Oh, and let’s not forget that the Middle East is home to a major supply of oil, but natural gas can be obtained at home here in the United States. Add avoiding international conflict to the ever-growing list of pros for using natural gas.

Even if natural-gas-powered automobile sales increase by a small amount, that is still a meaningful difference in the energy struggle. The combination of electric (such as the Nissan Leaf), hybrid (such as the aforementioned Prius) and natural-gaspowered (such as a Honda Civic GX) will hopefully mean a large chunk of oil consumption is slashed.

— Ashton Smith is a sophomore in communications. He can be reached at ssmit192@utk.edu.

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Romney visits Southern voters Lost painting The Associated Press MOBILE, Ala. — Wealthy New Englander Mitt Romney is trying to woo Southern voters with a mix of regional references that sometimes show self-deprecating humor, and sometimes are just plain awkward.

The GOP presidential contender admits that campaigning in Alabama, Mississippi and other Southern states is “a bit of an away game” for him. Unlike Kansas, however, he’s campaigning hard in those states, hoping essentially to tie or even steal a victory from more conservative rivals Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich.

Romney seems torn between trying to be a full-bore (albeit temporary) Southerner and acknowledging his outsider status. In rainy Mobile on Monday, he talked of eating catfish and hunting as he campaigned alongside comedian Jeff Foxworthy, known for his “you might be a redneck” jokes.

As is often the case, Romney showed an engaging side and stiffness, at almost the same time. When the rainsoaked crowd sang “Happy Birthday,” Romney exclaimed: “That’s a fine Alabama good morning,” as if such greetings are somehow different in other states.

Moments later, he showed good-natured self-awareness, saying he hoped to go hunting with an Alabama friend who “can actually show me which end of the rifle to point.” The audience, crammed under an awning for protection from the storm, laughed with appreciation.

The former Massachusetts governor was mocked during his 2008 presidential bid for claiming he sometimes hunts “small varmints.” GOP candidates rarely refer to firearms without extolling the need to protect gun-owners’ rights.

Romney sometimes has struggled to connect with Southern Republicans. He recently said he doesn’t follow auto racing but knows people who own NASCAR teams.

He greeted voters in Jackson, Miss., last week with a hearty “Morning, y’all!” and said he started the day with “a biscuit and some cheesy grits.”

While Southerners sometimes add cheese to grits, they generally go with just salt, pepper and butter.

In Birmingham, Ala., Romney was endorsed by Randy Owen of the popular country band Alabama. But Romney raised eyebrows when he asked Owen to sing a few lines of “Sweet Home, Alabama,” the iconic hit for a rival band, Lynyrd Skynyrd. Owen gamely obliged.

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unfamiliar regions. Lyndon Johnson (Texas) and Jimmy Carter (Georgia) had strong Southern accents, and John F. Kennedy’s Boston accent was strange to many Americans.

Romney seems at his best when he acknowledges that Southern mannerisms do not come naturally to him.

Campaigning in Pascagoula, Miss., he said he was turning into an “unofficial Southerner.”

“I’m learning to say ‘y’all’ and I like grits. Strange things are happening to me,” he said with a smile.

It’s not clear that Southern Republicans feel more warmly toward Romney’s chief rivals. Gingrich, a former House speaker, represented Georgia for 20 years in Congress, but the non-native never developed a Southern accent. He also has not lived in Georgia for decades. Santorum is from western Pennsylvania.

None of them is a Protestant, the religious affiliation that dominates the South. Santorum and Gingrich are Roman Catholics, and Romney is Mormon.

Santorum and Gingrich talk more openly about God than does Romney, who occasionally mentions the importance of “my faith.” But that’s true in all parts of the country.

Some Romney supporters feel his Mormonism might hurt him in the South. But there has been little overt discussion of the topic.

Voters who braved Monday's rain to see Romney in Mobile had simple, straightforward reasons for backing him.

“He’s a man of integrity,” said Billye Howard, 64. “I like what he says.”

Patsy Clark, a retired banker, said Romney “is a fixer, and we definitely need fixing.”

“He has good family values,” Clark said.

Some Republicans say it’s essential for Romney to show strength in the South, which has become the party's most reliable region. He might seem a somewhat weaker nominee if he fails to win a Deep South state, a cultural classification that no longer includes Florida, which Romney won.

But regardless of who is the Republican nominee, there’s virtually no chance that President Barack Obama will win Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky or South Carolina. Georgia would be a mighty stretch.

Romney, who turned 65 on Monday, thanked Mobile supporters for a birthday gift. “I hope to unwrap it Tuesday,” when both Alabama and Mississippi vote, he said.

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FLORENCE, Italy — Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted on the wall of one of Florence’s most famous buildings.

The latest findings Monday still leave much mystery in the hunt for the “Battle of Anghiari,” a wall mural painted by Leonardo in Florence’s storied Palazzo Vecchio, and possibly hidden behind a fresco done by Giorgio Vasari decades later.

The hunt for the unfinished mural has captivated art historians for centuries, and took on fresh impetus in the last years with the employment of state-of-art scientific tools.

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Maurizio Seracini, an Italian engineer from the University of San Diego, told reporters that the fragments of color retrieved by the probe in the palace’s Hall of the 1500s are consistent with pigments used by Leonardo. He said an analysis showed that the red, black and beige paint found is consistent with the organic paint Leonardo used on his frescoes.

But the paint could also have been used by Leonardo’s contemporaries in Florence, which is awash in Renaissance art. Seracini called the results “encouraging” but preliminary.

To find samples of pigment of the wall behind a space previously discovered under the Vasari, work, experts slipped probes through areas where paint on the outer wall’s fresco was either cracked or flaked off, noted Cristina Acidini, the head of Florence’s cultural heritage and museums.

For one sample, a probe was slipped into a spot near a downward thrusting sword in Vasari’s work. For another sample, the probe went through a point near the head of a horse, with its eye open wide as if startled.

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Fiction: The Smokies Cry for Miles Parsons Logan N.Murphy In his dream, Miles returned to Tennessee.

He was seventeen, crude and crass, and he tore honeysuckle flowers off by the handful to offer to his girl, Annie Jefferson. She was with him in the woods, hopping from creek bank to creek bank while Miles took her by the hand up the incline. Late afternoon brought sweaty heat and swarming insects thirsty for human blood, birds wailing in the boughs, and squirrels fleeing from the sound of boots trampling the leaves that were just beginning to fall. The trail was marked only by flattened grasses and underbrush where Miles had passed before many times, and out ahead he saw the cleavage where the hills overlapped and shot up into the next rise all stony and full of rich red clay, poison ivy, deadly serpents.

Annie was wearing a pair of Miles's trousers hiked up high by suspenders stolen from her father’s wardrobe, and her tiny form was swallowed by them. She looked like a damsel being eaten by a strange, inverted beast from myth, but the crooked smile pulled across her face made Miles think otherwise. She was a year younger than he was, but wiser than he knew he’d ever become. In a way, he loved Annie. In a way, he hated the word “love.”

We’re almost there, he promised.

If I get blisters I’ll smack you, Annie said.

The trail became rocky and thick with fallen limbs from the storm that had shot through the week before, a pair of twisters come down from Kentucky that ruined farmhouses and uprooted oaks, many that had stood for a century or more. Miles helped Annie over one of the trees, lifted her up like one would a child, and set her back down beside him and kissed her, and kissed her again. Annie bit him on the lip, and scrunched up her nose at him and laughed, and pushed him

away with a look that said more later. She took Miles by the hand and squeezed. They climbed the rest of the way up the hill while the filtered light tumbled down from the forest canopy above, here and there punctuated by a leaf wafting down or an acorn splashing into a stream and out of sight.

There, stretched out in a matrix of winding rivers, was the valley floor, boxed in by gently-sloping mountains on each side, green peaks coated in deciduous growth like the contours of some great earthen deity resting on the ground, sun drifting slowly down off-center to the convergence of the mountains’ feet, sky gorgeous alight. Red, pink, red, orange.

A few paces ahead the cliff dropped off for Miles didn’t know how far before the valley came up to meet the base, a long way off. He sat on a flat boulder by the edge and surveyed the land like he owned it, and Annie came to sit beside him, though soon she was in his lap breathing softly.

Reckon God set this up just for us? said Annie.

Don’t doubt that for a second.

Remember that time your sister caught us in my daddy’s barn? She said she come over to borrow a bucket.

She didn’t need no bucket, Miles said. She was comin’ to spy.

They laughed together, fell back on the rock warmed by the sun, a natural stovetop that convinced them to shed their clothing. Miles was acutely aware of Annie’s skin curved against his, tight with youth but pocked with callouses from life on a farm. That scar from when she’d tried to jump the fence in one bound, sliced her side open to the bone when she was thirteen. His fingers found the spot, and Annie shivered.

She looked up at him from where her head lay in the crook of his arm, and then they were kissing again. They didn’t stop until they were both out of breath and coated in a sheen of sweat.

Miles stood naked at the cliff’s edge after, hands on his hips, stretching his back in the dusk and making the occasional bird call for Annie’s amusement. She watched him from the

boulder, her hair matted to the side of her head. She buttoned up her shirt and walked to join him, covered only by the oversized button-down she’d borrowed from Miles. Her legs were white toothpicks sprouting from the shirt’s bottom hem.

A flash of lightning baked the northwest sky, and Miles’s ears popped with the pressure dip. Storm, he said. But there hadn’t been a storm, not that night.

Will you not tell me you love me, Miles? Annie said.

No, he said.

Why not?

Because I ain’t a poet nor a painter.

Just say it anyways.

I won’t have this talk with you again.

Annie sighed and grumbled his name like a curse, and she kicked at a stone with her bare foot. It rolled off the edge and into the nothingness of open air below.

I’m going west with my sister, he told her once the night had fully come.

West?

I hear tales that there’s whole mountains like these, but made out of silver, if you can get past the Injuns with your scalp still on your head.

So just tell me you love me before you go.

Miles woke up in Arizona, and the darkness was absolute save for the slight hum of the coals beside him. The dream was ended like it ended every night, and he twisted his neck to make sure Kitty was still asleep beside him. There she was, serene and clutching her pistol in one hand across her breast.

Doc and Charlie were asleep sitting up, leaned back against one another with an empty liquor bottle dropped beside them.

The sky was empty, clouded over with the coming storm, but there would be no rain, not that night. Just dry, thrusting lightning, flashing red and white over the dust.

— Logan Murphy is a senior in English. He can be reached at lmurph10@utk.edu.

Iran denies filmmaker award Haslam tries to discontinue arrests The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities canceled a ceremony Monday in honor of the country’s Oscar-winning director even though the government had hailed his win as a triumph over a competitor from Israel.

The event for Asghar Farhadi, whose movie, “A Separation,” won the Oscar for best foreign film last month, was abruptly scrapped after authorities denied permission, according to the semiofficial Ilna news agency.

There were no details as to why a permit was denied but some Iranian conservatives were upset with the film’s themes:

domestic turmoil, gender inequality and the desire by many to leave the country.

Ilna said two cinema groups, the Center for Directors of Iranian Cinema and the High Council of Producers of Iranian Cinema, issued a statement decrying the cancellation. All public events in Iran need government approval.

“We indented to have a simple and friendly meeting to say ‘thank you’ for the great achievement you brought Iran and Iranian cinema but the cultural custodians did not let us realize this,” said the statement, addressing Farhadi.

“We deeply regret this,” the statement added. There was no immediate reaction from Farhadi.

The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Haslam said Monday that he wants to avoid arresting Occupy Nashville protesters unless there is a flagrant violation of a new law intended to evict them from their camp near the state Capitol.

The law, signed by the Republican governor, prohibits camping on state property that is not specifically designated for it.

State troopers had an opportunity to arrest 24year-old Christopher Humphrey early Monday morning. He was maintaining his vigil at the group’s camp on War Memorial Plaza.

Humphrey said he was asked to come out of his tent. When he did, he said he stood in front of the tent and extended his arms

to be handcuffed.

“The officer very carefully grabbed my arm, walked me about four paces ... and said that I wasn’t being arrested,” Humphrey said. “That was disappointing to me because I knew that I was going to be arrested.”

He said the troopers proceeded to remove his tent, as well as two others nearby from the plaza.

State workers then began pressure-washing the plaza.

Safety Department spokeswoman Jennifer Donnals told The Associated Press in an email that “no arrests were made and no citations issued as all protesters on the plaza cooperated with the troopers.”

Haslam later told reporters that he doesn't want to put anyone in jail unless “somebody is just flagrantly disobeying the

law.”

“I don’t think the purpose of any of this was to arrest anybody and put them in jail,” Haslam said.

“The purpose was to do what the Legislature asked us to do with Legislative Plaza, which was to clear it of tents and folks camping out there.”

The state gave the protesters a seven-day notice on March 2 to remove their encampment, but it wasn’t clear when the Tennessee Highway Patrol would start enforcing the law.

Representative Eric Watson, R-Cleveland, the sponsor of the legislation, said he asked that the protesters be given a warning even after the seven-day period.

“My request as the bill sponsor was to give these folks a fair shake,” said Watson, a former sheriff’s lieutenant. “I’ve always said, even as a law enforcement officer myself, a lot of times it’s better to enforce the spirit of the law than the letter of the law.”

The main provision of the legislation makes it a misdemeanor to lay down “bedding for the purpose of sleeping ” on government-owned land at the Capitol. It refers to items associated with camping, “including tents, portable toilets, sleeping bags, tarps, stakes, ropes, blankets, propane heaters, cooking equipment and generators.”

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Pitcher excels on mound as starter, adds pitches Robby O’Daniel Recruitment Editor UT starting pitcher Zack Godley did not even think about pitching until his junior year of high school. He had never pitched before in his life.

His coach at Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School in Bamberg, S.C., told Godley, who played outfield and catcher at the time, that he needed to pitch because he was one of the hardest throwers on the team.

Before he took the mound, did Godley consider himself a catcher or an outfielder?

“Actually I always thought of myself as a football player,” Godley said. “I never really thought of playing baseball in college. But whenever I got the opportunity to play in junior college and pitch, I figured I’d take it and do what I could with it.”

Godley described the town he grew up in — Bamberg, S.C. — in distances.

It is 15 to 20 minutes away from the closest McDonald’s. The closest Walmart is 30 to 45 minutes away.

“It’s not like the suburbs that are out here where you have houses so close together that you can reach out and touch one from another window,” he said. “Out there, it was just our family.”

The family he grew up with in Bamberg included his father, mother, two older brothers and his mother’s side of the family — everyone from grandparents to aunts to cousins.

“My whole family grew up on one street, right there together,” he said.

“We all lived right there together, played ball together all the time.”

His father always traveled, doing construction work, while his mother went to her job at an import-and-export facility in town. Godley’s two brothers taught him about sports.

“My (oldest) brother grew up playing soccer, and I hated soccer,” Godley said. “I played it when I was little, but I grew out of it. I always wanted to play football. I always liked hitting people, and I couldn’t stand kicking the ball.”

Godley’s oldest brother played soccer and wrestled, while his middle brother played baseball.

“When I was little, I would bet the glove was bigger than I was,” Godley said. “And they would throw the ball up, and if I missed it, they’d beat me up and then put the glove back on my hand and see if I could catch it again.”

Godley excelled as a quarterback and linebacker in high school. But rather than accept a football offer from a Division-II school, Godley opted to play baseball at junior college and hold out for a baseball offer from a Division I school. This path led him to joining UT for his sophomore season in 2011 and becoming the best statistical pitcher for the 2012 Vols.

Through his first four starts of this season, Godley is 3-0 with a 1.44 earned-run average, giving up four runs on 17 hits in 25 innings pitched.

Making his 2012 start even more remarkable, Godley was not a starter last year. As a reliever, he went 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA in 28 relief appearances.

For Godley, the difference between this year and last year is deeper than the difference between starting and relieving. His entire mindset toward pitching has changed.

“Up to this year, I just have been trying to throw the ball as hard as I possibly could and just trying to get guys to miss it,” he said. “And this year with coach Serrano, he’s changed everything that I do as far as approaching a hitter because now all I do is try to get them to get themselves out. I throw the ball for a strike and let them get themselves out.”

Instead of relying on his fastball like last year, Godley added a changeup to his repertoire, a pitch he says he did not throw in 2011.

While Godley throws two-seam and four-seam fastballs, a slider and a curveball, he calls the changeup his most effective pitch and his favorite.

“I’ve been sticking it in first-pitch strikes and getting early swings on it and getting ground balls to Ozzie (UT shortstop Zach Osborne) and (UT second baseman) Will (Maddox),” he said.

UT catcher Ethan Bennett calls Godley one of the most fun pitchers he has caught lately.

“I know what he’s going to do, and I know how he’s going to use his pitch effectively to get the guys out,” Bennett said.

Godley prefers starting to relieving because he gets to prepare to take the mound and anticipate it.

“I get to know that I get the ball,” Godley said. “And I don’t have to wait throughout the game, wait on my name to be called.”

His preparation before a start is as scheduled as a Monday-WednesdayFriday class.

On Mondays, Godley throws an “LU,” what Serrano calls a “loosen-up.”

“It’s pretty much like a bullpen, but it’s just a lighter version,” Godley said.

“It’s only 10, 12 pitches, whereas a bullpen’s probably 20 to 30.”

On Wednesdays, Godley throws a bullpen session, and on Fridays, he pitches.

Godley started in UT’s upset of thenNo. 16 Texas on March 3 at Minute Maid Park in Houston. He lasted seven innings, giving up three earned runs on eight hits, and it only took him 68 pitches to do so. His pitch count is reflected in the brevity of the game. It lasted just two hours and 37 minutes.

He relished the opportunity to pitch at the home of the Houston Astros.

“It’s a big-league atmosphere,” he said. “You’re playing on a big-league field. It doesn’t compare. Playing on the college field is amazing, but getting to play on a major league ballpark is just something else.”

His best start yet came on Friday against Louisiana-Monroe. He tossed eight innings of work, giving up no runs on three hits. He struck out 10 batters and walked only two. That game lasted an even shorter amount of time: two hours, 17 minutes.

The former outfielder and catcher has shown his ability to go deep into games. With each successive start, Godley has lasted longer: four innings on Feb. 18, six innings on Feb. 25, seven innings on March 3 and eight innings on Friday. Even still, Godley does not think about that.

“All I try to do is come in here (the dugout) and sit down and listen to what coach has got to say to me and then go out on the mound and throw,” he said.

“Whenever he gets ready for someone else to go in, he’ll tell me.”

Whitney Carter • The Daily Beacon

Zack Godley winds up to deliver a pitch to a Seton Hall batter during a game on Saturday, Feb. 25. Godley, who didn’t start pitching until his junior of high school, has taken well to the mound, delivering his best start against Louisiana-Monroe Friday, striking out 10 batters in 8 scoreless innings.

Research h Weekk 2012

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is pleased to sponsor the third annual Research Week from March 26 through 31. This event shines the spotlight on undergraduate research and creative activities that take place across campus. Inevitably, some of the activities fall outside the seven days designated as Research Week, but we include them here so students can become aware of the many related activities underway this semester. This collection of events highlights the wide variety of research and creative opportunities that exist at UT. For additional information, visit http://www.utk.edu/go/o2.

Schedule of Events March 9–18

Schooll off Artt 65th h Annuall Studentt Artt Competition n and d Show UT’s School of Art will be opening the 65th Annual Student Art Competition and Show at 6:00 p.m. Friday, March 9, in the Ewing Gallery. This year’s jurors are Karen Shaw for fine arts and Amy Koch for architectural and art history essays. Kenneth White, a UT alumnus, will juror the graphic design entries.

March 13

20th h Alfred d & Juliaa Hilll Lecturee on n Scii ence,, Societyy and d the Masss Media “Alternative Universes: Different Ways of Thinking about Science and Science Journalism” will be presented by Stephen S. Hall, award-winning science writer. 8:00 p.m. in the University Center’s Shiloh Room.

March 16

Schooll off Musicc Celebration n off Excellencee Competition Time: 4:00 p.m.

Location: James R. Cox Auditorium

March 26

n 101 Graduatee S chooll Admission UT’s Career Services will present an informative overview of the graduate school admission process, covering a range of topics including types of degrees, timelines, finding programs, and much more, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the University Center Auditorium.

March 27

Findingg Fundingg forr Graduatee School UTK’s Graduate School will explain the various opportunities for financial assistance to attend graduate school, including graduate research assistantships, graduate teaching assistants, and various fellowships and scholarships, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the University Center, Shiloh Room.

Bakerr Scholarss Exhibition Baker Scholars will share their research with posters and presentations that are scheduled from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Baker Center’s Toyota Auditorium and Rotunda. d uates,, Nationall Science Research h Experiencess forr Undergrad Foundation Diana Anderson from the National Science Foundation in Washington, DC, will offer insights into the NSF’s REU program, which offers thousands of opportunities for undergraduates primarily during summer research projects, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the University Center, Room 223-224.

March 28

Brown n Bagg Lunch h with h Dianee Anderson,, Nationall Science Foundation Dr. Anderson invites students to join her for a casual discussion about undergraduate research over lunch at noon in the University Center, Crest Room.

Thee PHD D Movie The Department of Biochemistry & Cellular & Molecular Biology, PEER D Movie at 7:00 p.m. in the Program will host a screening of Thee PHD Alumni Memorial Building Auditorium.

March 28 & March 29

EUReCA A – Thee Exhibition n off Undergraduatee Research h & Creativee Achievement Location: University Center Ballroom The exhibition, in its 16th year, will feature poster displays of research projects and creative activities done by UT undergraduates who are working with faculty mentors. Setup of exhibits is scheduled for noon to 4:00 p.m. on March 28, with judging to begin at 5:30 p.m. All participants must be present until completion of the judging. The exhibit is open to public viewing on March 29 from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.

EUReCA A Awardss Ceremony Time: Thursday, March 29 at 6:00 p.m.

Location: University Center's Tennessee Auditorium In addition to various departmental awards, UT’s Office of Sustainability will award a $200 UT Bookstore gift certificate at the 2012 EURïCA event to a project involving environmental sustainability.

March 29

PEER R Springg Symposium “Networking for Success in the STEM Professions” is scheduled from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

March 31

Honorss Symposium Time: 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Location: Baker Center

April 3

Sigmaa Thetaa Tau u – Gammaa Chii Chapterr Research h Day Keynote speaker Kathleen Stevens from the University of Texas Health Science Center will discuss “The Science of Improvement,” and will be joined by a Tennessee Practice Panel that will relate her comments situations in this state.

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Location: The Foundry

April 27

Collegee off Architecturee & Design n Finall Reviewss off 5th h Yearr Projects Fifth-year architecture students present their final projects, a prelude to the annual Tau Sigma Delta architecture competition on April 30.

Location: Art & Architecture Building

For more information on this week’s activities, please visit http://research.utk.edu/rw

8 • The Daily Beacon

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

THENITPREVIEW

UT hopes for first NIT title NIT looks good for Vols to get over that hump that you’re not in the NCAA Tournament and you need your fans to get you over that hump.”

The Tigers come into the game averaging Despite narrowly missing out on the 63.7 points per game and fare well on the NCAA Tournament, first-year coach Cuonzo Martin and the Tennessee men’s basketball boards with 36.1 rebounds per game. They team have plenty left to play for, as they were did not fare well against .500 or better selected as a No. 1 seed in the NIT on teams, finishing 3-8 against those opponents. Junior forward Rahad Hassan leads Sunday night.

After closing the regular season strong the attack on offense for the Tigers, averagwith a 10-4 record and finishing second in ing a team-high 12.8 points per contest.

“I know they won their conference, and the SEC regular season standings, a nail-biting overtime loss to Ole Miss in the SEC we have been going over tape on them,” Tournament quarterfinals diminished the Martin said. “They will be tough; they will Vols’ chances of dancing in March, forcing defend and play hard.”

The Vols will be looking to senior guard them to try to erase a three-game losing Cameron Tatum, who ranks second on UT’s streak in the NIT, which consists of 32 all-time games played list, and junior forward teams.

“We don’t look back at games we lost and Jeronne Maymon, who was chosen as a secsay that could have put us in the tourna- ond-team All-SEC selection this season, to help lead the m e n t , ” way and try to Martin said. win their first “When you N I T start looking Championship back you kid in school histoyourself. You ry. put your best Maymon foot forward averaged 12.6 and do points and a everything team-high 8.1 in your rebounds per power to win game this seathat ballson, while sophgame and omore point whatever Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon Trae happens hap- The UT men’s basketball team was selected as a guard Golden led the pens.

You No. 1 seed in the NIT Tournament and will host team in scoring play every Savannah State in Thompson-Boling Arena on with 13.7 points game like it’s Tuesday. per game. your last “We still get to play the game we love and game so that way you don’t have to worry about if I had did this or we could’ve done we are competing for a championship,” Tatum said. “I just have to make sure everythat.”

First round play will tip off Tuesday as the body is still energetic and still understands Vols (18-14) will host the MEAC regular-sea- that we have something important to play son champion and No. 8-seed Savannah for.”

UT bounced back from a rough start at State Tigers (21-11), who are coached by the beginning of the season, as well as a 2-5 MEAC Coach of the Year Horace Broadnax.

The NIT berth marks Tennessee’s 12th all- start in conference play, and has made the time appearance, in which it has compiled a most of its late-season opportunities.

“I think it’s a credit to our guys,” Martin 12-11 record. The Vols’ most recent appearance in the NIT was in 2004 when they lost said about the team’s turnaround from a 3-6 start to the season. “As a coach, you always to George Mason 58-55 in the first round.

Although the Vols were hoping for a sev- want to see your guys get better as the seaenth-straight NCAA Tournament berth, they son goes on and I thought they really did are excited to be able to play inside that and never stopped fighting.”

The No. 1-seed Vols will tip off against Thompson-Boling Arena.

Savannah State at 8 p.m. EST and will be “It will be nice to be at home and have our fans behind us and generate some energy for broadcast on ESPNU. The winner will go on us to get out of the gates to a fast start,” to play the winner of a game between No. 4Martin said. “Sometimes you have a tenden- seed Middle Tennessee and No. 5-seed cy as a player to be a little relaxed somewhat Marshall.

Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer

good doing it, or even lost, it was tough for them. And they were usually the higher seed.

If you need proof that the Vols probably weren’t ready for the NCAA Tournament and all its pressure, watch some tape from the 7772 overtime loss to Ole Miss in the quarterfiAssistant Sports Editor nals of the SEC tourney. Even though The six-year streak of NCAA Tournaments Tennessee hadn’t proved it was an NCAA team throughout the whole season, it had the chance is over for Tennessee. What a drag, right?

It’s actually not the worst thing. In fact, it to in the SEC Tournament, and, frankly, it flopped. might even be a blessing for the Vols.

The NCAA Tournament is for the big boys.

UT coach Cuonzo Martin said it numerous times in the last few games of the season: It’s the gut check of gut checks. It offers the potential glory of being the last team standing, Tennessee is an NCAA Tournament team.

Yes, the Tennessee team we see right now hoisting up that big trophy while wearing fresh championship hats and looks like an NCAA T-shirts while the confetteam. Finishing the seati rains from the rafters. son winning 10 of 14, But for half of the including wins against teams, it ends on the UConn, Vanderbilt and first day, and it ends at Florida, and placing hard. Whether you lose second in conference by one or 100, there’s no play, the Vols would way to lose in the have normally been NCAAs that isn’t heartsomething along the breaking. lines of a No. 6 seed.

So here’s the question.

But it’s a body of What’s better for this work, and Tennessee’s team heading forward: is missing an arm and a getting knocked out and leg. Losses to Oakland, possibly embarrassed in College of Charleston the first round of the and a 12-20 Austin NCAA Tournament, or Peay squad at home playing a couple games back in November and at home, and maybe even December were enough games against the likes to nullify the spark that of Washington or Jarnell Stokes gave to a Arizona in the worldwandering squad. famous Madison Square “Obviously you want George Richardson • The Daily Beacon Garden in New York? to be in the NCAA I’d gladly take the latTournament,” Martin Jordan McRae shoots over a Georgia defender during a game on Saturday, ter, especially if I were said. “But like I told the Feb. 4. The Volunteers look to keep Tennessee. guys, we had 32 games their season alive in the first round of Momentum is hard to to do our work and we the NIT against Savannah State on come by for any team in came up short. That’s Tuesday. any conference in any part of it.” division. When you Now, why is making the NIT, the island of manage to work hard enough to stumble into misfit toys that couldn’t make it onto the real island of misfit toys known as the Last Four In, its fickle fortunes, you don’t want to leave.

It doesn’t matter if no one will remember or a blessing?

If Tennessee had made it into the field of 68, care, an NIT Championship would be a great they would have likely been stuck as a 13- or catapult into next season, where Tennessee 14-seed. Granted, the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds will all of the sudden have experience and aren’t elite this year, and some are even suspect potentially one of the nation’s premier front(re: Baylor), but even some of the best courts in Stokes and Jeronne Maymon.

The NIT isn’t the Big Dance, but it’s music Tennessee teams had issues in the first round the Vols can tap their feet to. That’s a good of the NCAA Tournament in the past six years.

Whether they barely made it out, didn’t look start.

Clay Seal