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CNN correspondent lectures on minority education, stereotypes Donesha Aldridge Staff Writer
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair returns to campaign trail LONDON — Former Prime Minister Tony Blair made a dramatic pre-election return to domestic British politics Tuesday with an attack on the policies of David Cameron, the smooth young Conservative leader sometimes nicknamed “Tory Blair.” Blair’s return, weeks before a national election, came in a speech urging voters to give his Labour Party a fourth term in office. “In uncertain times, there’s a lot to be said for certain leadership,” Blair said, dismissing the Conservative campaign slogan “vote for change” as “the most vacuous slogan in politics.” He said it begged the question: “Change to what exactly?” Blair has made few appearances in Britain since he quit as prime minister in 2007, though his January testimony defending his actions in Iraq to the country’s inquiry into the war marked a return to the limelight.
Steve Perry, CNN correspondent and principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Conn., spoke to UT students, staff and the Knoxville community on Monday night. “On headstones, there is a date and a date, and you don’t have control of either of them,” Perry said. “But the dash in the middle is all you.” The program was a part of the Young Professional Series: “Black in America 2.5” sponsored by the Black Cultural Programming Committee (BCPC). At the beginning of the program, BCPC played CNN’s “Black in America 2,” which featured Perry. The film portrayed the daily life of Perry and the school he founded to give students a fair opportunity to compete in society. Perry said Capital Preparatory Magnet School has a 100 percent graduation rate and all of his students continue their studies in college. “We started a family where we dare to dream,” he said. Perry began his lecture by
telling an anecdote about a king’s promise to grant a man’s wishes if he successfully swam through dangerous waters. “My objective is to push you in the water,” he said. “Like a prized fighter, you’ve won.” Perry discussed the importance of education in the black community. He made a reference to the incident that happened at UT in which a student threw a banana out the window at a group that was touring the school. “There is nothing more disgusting than going to a college campus and to see brothers not going to classes,” he said. Perry said everyone should go beyond the social communities of their own race because the world is full of other outlets. “It is one thing to be racist, but another to be the stereotype,” he said. In the film, he stated that “education is the great equalizer” to the problems of society. Perry said the school systems do not equip children or prepare them with the necessary tools for college. See PERRY on Page 3
Ga. lawmaker wants to impeach attorney general over healthcare ATLANTA — A Georgia legislator wants to begin the impeachment process against his state attorney general for refusing to sue the federal government over health care reform. Republican state Rep. Mark Hatfield filed a bill Tuesday against Democratic Attorney General Thurbert Baker, who is also running for governor. The resolution claims Baker is required by the Georgia constitution to follow Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue’s direction and join 14 other states challenging the Democratic-backed health care bill. Baker said the state lacks a viable legal claim. Perdue said if needed he will appoint outside counsel. The Republican-led House would have to approve the resolution by a simple majority. The Senate would then hold a trial and two-thirds must vote for impeachment. Catholics find ties to the church tested by crisis WARSAW, Poland — An Austrian priest avoids mention of Pope Benedict XVI in his masses. A Philadelphia woman stops going to confession, saying she now sees priests as more flawed than herself. British protesters call for the pontiff to resign. As the faithful fill churches this Holy Week, many Roman Catholics around the world are finding their relationship to the church painfully tested by new revelations of clerical abuse and suggestions Benedict himself may have helped cover up cases in Germany and the U.S.
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Fred Armiseu plays his drum god alter ego Jens Henneman. Armiseu opened for Joanna Newsom’s sold out show as a part of Big Ears 2010. To read more about Big Ears 2010, see PAGE 5.
UT Libraries adds three millionth book Alyce Howell Staff Writer UT Libraries celebrated the addition of their one millionth book in 1970 and their two millionth book in 1994. On March 26, the libraries celebrated the introduction of their three millionth volume of their collection. Jennifer Beals, head of UT Libraries Specials Collections, said the event “was a pretty impressive milestone.” The celebration was held at 5 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium in Hodges Library. The three millionth book inducted into the collection was “TSVLVKI SQCLVCLV, A Cherokee Spelling Book,” which was published in Knoxville in 1819. This is one of three copies known, with the other
two books located at Yale and the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Mass. “The book, which is a part of the Cherokee history, will be a part of the Special Collections, which is a major focus for East Tennessee history and early Knoxville imprints, (which) has about 60, 000 volumes,” Beals said. “TSVLVKI SQCLVCLV, A Cherokee Spelling Book” was purchased from a rare books dealer in Boston. It was written in 1817 by missionary Daniel Butrick and David Brown, Butrick’s Cherokee student at the Brainerd Mission in Chattanooga. “The university had known about the book since 1985 and had tried a few times to buy it ... It’s such an important piece of scholarship,”
Beals said. During the celebration, UT Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and Provost Susan Martin spoke about the contribution to the library and the importance of the library to the university. Another guest speaker for this event was Vicki Rozema, graduate teaching assistant of history, who has published several books about Cherokee history. “I was very pleased to be invited because I had known about the Cherokee speller for several years and had even mentioned it in one of my books. I grew up a few miles from the site of the Brainerd Mission and had been interested in researching and writing about the Brainerd Mission for many years,” Rozema said. “I thought I could offer folks in attendance a unique
perspective on the creation of the speller because of my continuing research.” Rozema gave a short lecture on the history of the Brainerd Mission and the Cherokee speller and its importance “TSVLVKI SQCLVCLV, A Cherokee Spelling Book” was on display during the event so that guests could admire it. The book has been added to Special Collections and can be viewed only in the Reading Room upon request in Hodges Library, Monday through Friday until 5:30 p.m. Also in this collection are Cherokee hymnals and language books. For more information, visit the UT Libraries news page at http://info.lib.utk.edu/news/blog/20 10/03/29/3-millionth-volume/.
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Wednesday, Mar. 31 — • 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. — HealthBeat 2010, a health fair for UT students, faculty and staff, takes place in the UC Ballroom. The health fair is free and open to the public. Several screenings and tests will be provided, and exhibition booths will be set up with representatives from various health care organizations and UT departments.
• 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. — The United Residence Halls Council sponsors the first annual EGGstravaganza in Circle Park. Open to all children in the Knoxville community, there will be egg hunts, face painting, balloon artists, pictures with the Easter bunny, free food, T-shirts and more. • 7:30 p.m. — Marc Thiessen, chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush, speaks on national security and enhanced interrogation techniques while discussing his book “Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack” in the UC Auditorium. Sponsored by the CPC Issues Committee, the talk is free and open to the public.
Thursday, April. 1 — • 3:40 p.m. — Shannon Stahl of the University of Wisconsin speaks on “Aerobic Oxidation Reactions Catalyzed by Palladium and Copper” in room 415 of Buehler Hall. This chemistry seminar is free and open to the public.
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A student enjoys the warm weather Tuesday afternoon by sitting outside and reading. The weather will continue to be warm through Saturday, hitting highs near the 80s.
THE CRIME Wednesday, March 24 • 9:24 a.m. — Officer responded to Staff Lot 23 to handle a case of an altered parking hangtag. On arrival, he found the tag hanging in a white 1997 Toyota 4Runner. The tag was confiscated, and the vehicle was towed and later released to its owner following a voluntary statement. • 10:56 a.m. — Officer responded to a reported altered handicap tag in Staff Lot 7 near Perkins Hall. On scene, the vehicle’s owner turned over the hangtag to the officer, who mailed it back to the state to be processed. The owner also
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received a ticket from parking services for parking in a handicapped space. Thursday, March 25 11:38 a.m. — Officer was alerted of an unidentified backpack in the first floor men’s restroom of the university center. On investigation, the owner was identified, and the bag was returned. The only thing found to be missing was a pair of headphones. Surveillance footage was used to find an unidentified suspect, who also reportedly tried to re-sell a textbook to the campus bookstore, but was rejected due to an inability to identify himself.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY • 1776 — In a letter, Abigail Adams writes to her husband, John Adams, urging him and the other members of the Continental Congress not to forget about the nation’s women when fighting for America’s independence from Great Britain. The future first lady wrote in part, “I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” Nearly 150 years before the House of Representatives voted to pass the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, Adams’ letter was a private first step in the fight for equal rights for women. Recognized and admired as a formidable woman in her own right, the union of Abigail and John Adams persists as a model of
mutual respect and affection; they have since been referred to as “America’s first power couple.” Their correspondence of over 1,000 letters written between 1762 and 1801 remains in the Massachusetts Historical Society and continues to give historians a unique perspective on domestic and political life during the revolutionary era. • 1889 — The Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower’s designer, and attended by French Prime Minister Pierre Tirard, a handful of other dignitaries and 200 construction workers. In 1889, to honor of the centenary of the French Revolution, the French government planned an international exposition and announced a design competition for a monument to be built on the Champ-de-Mars in central Paris. Out of more than 100 designs submitted, the Centennial Committee chose Eiffel’s plan of an openlattice wrought-iron tower that would reach almost 1,000 feet above Paris and be the world’s tallest man-made structure. — Courtesy of History.com
In a Tuesday sports article, “Sweet No. 100,” the UT men’s tennis team’s match against No. 10 Louisville was said to be UT head coach Sam Winterbotham’s 100th victory. The match was Winterbotham’s 100th career match as UT head coach. The Daily Beacon regrets this error.
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Dem. gives $1 million to campaign The Associated Press NASHVILLE — Democrat Mike McWherter is giving his Tennessee gubernatorial bid $1 million, campaign staff confirmed Tuesday. McWherter, a Jackson businessman and son of former Gov. Ned McWherter, is one of two Democrats remaining in the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Phil Bredesen. The current fundraising period ends Wednesday. Campaign manager Kim Sasser Hayden did not immediately offer more comments other than to confirm McWherter’s contribution. The big donation coincided with a more aggressive stance taken in a gubernatorial candidate forum hosted by the Tennessee Health Care Association. McWherter called the health care overhaul signed by Democratic President Barack Obama last week “the law of the land” and criticized Republicans for urging the state to join a lawsuit seeking to block the law. “Access to affordable, adequate health care is something that every Tennessean ought to have,” McWherter said. “And this should not be an issue that we politically grandstand about.” McWherter singled out U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, a Chattanooga Republican who has called for Tennessee to join 14 other states seeking to mount a legal challenge on health
PERRY continued from Page 1 He said that it is not every student’s fault for his or her failures in college and life, but rather the school systems because they do not provide children with a proper education. Pamela Walker, junior in history and BCPC member, was touched by Perry’s lecture. “He spoke to me, and he kept it real,” Walker said. “America does have a problem that many seem to ignore. Dr. Perry is bringing light on the issues of educational sys-
care. “Wamp is about to tell you something about you can meet them at the state line and how he’s going to fight this issue all the way through,” McWherter said. “But that is not how you solve problems.” Wamp said McWherter shouldn’t “just roll over and play dead in the name of politics.” “This is a defining moment in the history of our country,” Wamp said. “And I’m sorry, we shouldn’t just accept it.” Wamp cited examples of what he called federal government failures ranging from last year’s Cash for Clunkers money-back program for cars and trucks to an inability to supply ice to victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. “This is the government that we want to turn over more and more of our health care to?” Wamp said. “Sorry, Mike.” McWherter had raised about $1 million through the end of the last reporting period in January. That was the most among Democrats, but far behind the leading three Republicans in the race, Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, state Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey of Blountville and Wamp. A fourth Republican, Memphis prosecutor Bill Gibbons, dropped out of the race this week due to lackluster fundraising. State Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle, also of Memphis, abandoned his Democratic gubernatorial bid last month largely for the same reason.
tems.” Perry’s message to students was that each of them had been called to make greater accomplishments. “You’ve got to do something more than make a living, but you have to make a life,” Perry said. “You are an investment that must return quickly.” Perry said being at UT was an honor for him. “I am honored to get the opportunity to be on a college campus that I have great respect for,” he said. “UT produces phenomenal graduates.” Many students felt Perry’s lecture was intriguing and uplifting. Kevin Guice, sophomore in business and BCPC
member, said he was inspired by Perry’s message. “The essence of the program and the topic was great,” Guice said. “Perry’s heart was really in the message.” Mario Fortney, senior in accounting and vice chair of BCPC, said Perry forced him to think. “He forced me to think about giving back to the community and facing my fears about doing something innovative,” he said. Dawn Norwood, BCPC’s graduate advisor, said that the event was well-received and that Perry gave an important message that students needed to hear.
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‘Disturbing future’ rests on incorrect assumptions This letter is written in response to the March 29 letter to the editor, titled “SGA elections point to disturbing future of politics,” regarding the results of the SGA election and campaign week. As one of the 11 senators from the Transform campaign that managed to squeeze out an election victory, I want to highlight that my win (presumably others as well) came not from the “free stuff” but from personally contacting many of my friends in my district and explaining why they should make the effort to vote. Through Facebook, phone and even a few personal discussions, I did what I could to discourage the apathy that plagues UT elections. This speaks to the faulty idea that giving out freebies automatically leads to election victories. Alone, it simply can’t. Taking a free T-shirt or eating a burger is not a binding contract, and many students accepted the shirts and food from both parties. Transform’s defeat stemmed from multiple issues that were difficult to control. We formed nearly five months after Fuse began to organize and could only muster about half of the candidates. While our budget was less than a quarter of theirs (these funds are private donations), a bigger factor was party size. Fuse won because it had more candidates with more friends in more places. Freshmen represent the plurality of voters, and Greek involvement is equally important. Who had more freshmen and more freshmen outreach? Fuse. Who better attracted Greeks? Fuse. You might notice that Transform did incredibly well in upperclassmen campus dorms, but this also makes perfect sense, as these are people who have witnessed SGA in the past and know the issues. Unfortunately, Transform was unable to motivate enough upper classmen to vote us into office. I don’t want to seem as if I completely disagree with the author, because his points about issue ignorance are valid. However, cynicism must be tempered with genuine effort to promote change. Apathy is inexcusable, but dismissing students as trivial materialists is equally harmful. Upper-classmen lethargy results from years of seeing a half-hearted SGA, and we absolutely have to change that. Bribery occurs in all elections, for even the slightest promise of improved schools or roads is in essence a bribe. To fix these problems, students must do two things: First, hold SGA accountable to its actions year round — remember the names of your representatives, and if we fail, never vote for us again. Both parties had solid policy ideas, now we must work to achieve them. SGA does not start or stop during campaign week. Secondly, we must eliminate apathy and increase voter turnout to eliminate even the slightest effect of the gift-giving. Larger voter turnout will make t-shirts and food too costly to be effective and instead force more efficient methods like improved policy and legitimate change. No matter the election results, SGA is still the designated link between students and administration for the betterment of our school. Dismissing it as a charade is a self-fulfilling prophecy, for as soon as students stop expressing their opinion to the administration, our opinions will no longer matter. Cameron Landers Junior in honors biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology Senator-elect for Andy Holt Apartments
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Am I sitting in my Hinduism class, listening to a lecture about devotionalism? I think so, but I’m cripplingly distracted by a flicker at my right elbow. My neighbor has his laptop open to a dozen screens, and I can’t believe what I’m seeing — or what I’m hearing: a rapid clicking, like someone nervously biting his nails, only it’s the sound of his thumb on the clicker of his laptop, pop-pop-popping in between page after page of images. So many products. I think he’s on engagets.com right now, scrolling at top speed down to the bottom of the page and back up again — what is he looking for? — and all I see is images. The text below the images is a blur — no, I don’t even see images — yes, that looks like a camera but I can’t be sure, though the photograph is smooth and brilliant. That is ... a box of some sort, some kind of gadget, but now he’s changed screens — his Facebook page — yes, there’s his photograph — or are those the lecture notes, a facsimile of the larger pulldown screen toward which my professor is gesturing, and the photo is of Shiva? Now Facebook, now ESPN.com, now a news page with headlines about contracts. The generation twice above us says we’ve lost our investment in time and our attention-spans have atrophied, but watching my neighbor scroll faster than he can possibly read, even faster than he can possibly see, I think they don’t know the half of it. I don’t know the half of it. It’s as if the sheer movement through cyberspace as fast as the computer will allow — that is the object. That is what gives pleasure. Consumption of images at the speed of fiber optics. Yet not even the images are being consumed. It’s what the image represents, the basic shadow of it, already recognizable to the conditioned eye-brain channel, is giving the pleasure.
Or maybe he is looking for something. What are you looking for, my friend? What do you want? He downloads “awesome_jesus.jpg” but moves on. He clicks play on a video and watches the first few seconds before scrolling on so fast that as I try to take notes on his behavior I start to get motion sickness. I need some Dramamine. Or maybe some fresh air. Back to ESPN.com, then 4-chan, then Facebook. He looks up at the professor, then back to his computer. Six tabs are open and proliferating. Seven, eight, nine. He switches between them with no observable pattern. Now he’s watching a video without sound, and as some college basketball play-of-the-week unfolds silently we hear the professor: “They have a place where they eat cows and a place where they worship cows.” The point-guard steps to the side ... he pitches the ball into the air — “Krishna is one of ten avatars of the Lord Vishnu, whereas the Hebrew God only has one, so to speak ...” — The shot is good! He’s won the game in overtime! He has saved humanity from itself. He has come to earth as a human and swished the three-point shot of the week! My neighbor moves through to a video game Web site — or is it? Too fast to tell because it’s gone now, but I did see Mario’s face laughing. Now back to 4-chan, the Internet’s largest image database — and there’s Jim Carrey, laughing, and the number 35 on a basketball jersey moving with urgency through the dark city and some sports mogul’s fat head screaming, cropped out from a photo and lying in a pool of cartoonish blood. Now he’s laughing again, my neighbor — at his screen or at the professor, or is he coughing? I see nothing funny on the screen — and what is my professor talking about? He’s talking about Krishna’s flute, so powerfully alluring, pulling people in to him. But I think about the Pied Piper and his flute, his magic music, so alluring to impressionable minds that crave the sensory input, that can’t concentrate, that are lead so easily away from home. — Amien Essif is a junior in English literature. He can be reached at aessif@utk.edu.
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As some of you may know, I recently ran for the Student Government Association (SGA) Senate with the Transform campaign. As more of you likely know: We lost. As can be expected, I am a little sore about losing something I put so much time and effort into, but by now I’ve kind of come to terms with it. Actually, I’m really quite excited about the things that this campaign has brought into motion, some of which are already visible. Before February or so, I neither thought nor cared about SGA (except maybe to go grab a hot dog during campaign week). It was and is my opinion that while there have always been very hardworking SGA representatives, the SGA as a whole has been largely ineffectual or at least not relevant to the whole student body. I never really recall anyone reaching out to get me involved or giving me quick and easy access to what exactly SGA is and what it’s been doing. But I do know that seemingly all it took to finally procure some of the promised improvements and updates to the SGA Web site was one person (me) making that an obvious issue for them. Seriously, it’s incredibly easy to get in touch with them via Facebook, e-mail or through the (new!) suggestion box on their Web site. Okay, so there’s a good chance I’ve lost y’all’s attention talking about student government this long (sucks that this is true, isn’t it?). Too bad, I’m going to continue anyway. One of the biggest things I noticed during campaign week was that students would seem to go really far out of their way to not care. I don’t blame them, having been
in those shoes not too long ago myself. SGA has all year to take a couple minutes and talk to me, but they never do. Then, one special week, they come out of the woodwork and bombard me with food, fliers and everything else under the sun before — Poof! — they vanish to wherever they all came from. Occasionally, you’ll see an old campaign shirt in your drawer and wonder, “I could’ve sworn we had a student government on campus.” Thinking you were in a dream, you went back to sleep and received one more unexcused absence in your classes that day. And that’s about as far as the regular student’s understanding of SGA goes. I know — I’m a pretty regular student. All I’m asking is that if and when you see a student government table out on your campus every few days or so next year, at least some of those times, when you’re not in a rush, stop by and inform yourself (if nothing else). Sign a petition, fill out a poll, talk with whoever is there. Seriously, something like that only takes a couple minutes, and it’ll make you feel a little bit better in the process. Representation is a two-way street. It is the representative’s job to be as transparent and communicative as possible, and it is the job of those represented to reciprocate that communication whenever possible and to hold their leaders accountable if they don’t live up to expectations. The SGA at the University of Tennessee has been kind of a joke since I’ve been here and probably longer. But drawing attention to an earlier point, all it took to finally get a long-awaited update to the SGA Web site was one person speaking out about it. Imagine what a few thousand students could do by even taking a mild interest in campus politics. — Kel Thompson is a junior in creative writing. He can be reached at kthomp28@utk.edu.
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Big Ears ends with comedy, sounds of ‘lullaby’ Jake Lane Entertainment Editor Adrian Belew — No hands, but no slouch Andrew W.K.’s lackluster performance left a noticeable pall. Though it may have just been the physical hangover, the idea of having indulged the fantasy of seeing the hyphenate hellion with a classical group felt more and more like feverish hipsterism. The only cure seemed to lie in more music, in as heavy a dose as possible. First on the day’s roster was Adrian Belew, who felt from the first audible notes like a palette cleanser for the crime committed the previous evening. The Kentucky-born guitar virtuoso may be best known as a longtime co-leader of King Crimson, which means he gets automatic indie hipster cred, but he seems to have never paid it any mind. Sitting in an armless chair, likely pulled from the Square Room’s dining room, Belew perched as though throned before a rapt audience. The middle-age majority and overall arena rock refugee appear• Photo courtesy of Eric Smith ance provided an interesting Indie favorites Vampire Weekend played to a sold out crowd at the Tennessee Theatre as a part of Big Ears 2010. counterpoint for the previous
evening’s bored teenage demographic, with the exception that these folks were actually listening and grooving. With just his guitar and an array of aural explorational effects pedals, Belew created a series of swooping loops and riffs that immediately recalled the finger-tapping extravaganzas of the ’80s, but also kept with the running theme of modern and neoclassical music. At one point Belew held up both hands as he clipped back and forth between loops on the floor, to laughs and applause from his devoted audience. After a bit of downtime and a sabbatical to Krutch Park for a Food Not Bombs serving, the Dirty Projectors became the next agenda bulletin. Grime on the lens and dark on the stage The only major complaint from this weekend of music would have to be that it is damn near impossible to shoot on a standard SLR in the theatres. For a professional press phototag, this is no sweat, but with a Canon Rebel xTi and stock lens, the butter could not be cut. See BIG EARS on Page 6
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After School Care at Sequoyah Elementary Now hiring for the 2010-11 school year. M-F 12:45-6PM or 2:15-6PM. Close to campus. No nights and weekends. Experience preferred. Call Holly 659-5919. All Star cheerleading instructor. Must know choreography and stunting. Gymnastics instructor also needed. Evening hours. M -Th. Minutes from campus. (865)688-2121. Are you a creative and fun loving person who loves kids? Then the Boys and Girls Clubs are looking for you. Summer part-time positions are available for Youth Development Workers in our Knoxville, Maryville, Lenoir City, and Lake City clubs. Must be available M-F 10am-6pm. HS diploma, background checks, and drug screening required. Pay starts at $7.25 hour. Experience with school aged children preferred. Complete application at Moses Center, 220 Carrick Street or on our website www.bgctnv.org. EOE. Enjoy outdoors? Summer camp counselors needed in Nashville area. Whippoorwill Farm Day Camp needs lifeguards and general activity counselors. Bus transportation provided to camp. Email whippoorwill@starband.n et or visit our website at www.whippoorwill.com for an application. First Baptist Concord/ WestLake FT, PT positions available. Teacher/ Teacher assistant. Professional Christian working environment. Call (865)288-1629. Sales Executive Sports minded professionals, management opportunity. Unlimited earning potential. Email resume: satprosys@gmail.com, (865)789-4084.
Paid internships: Make good money while opening future Grad/ Med school and Career opportunities. Learn more call Bobby Nicholson (865)643-6030. Part-time employment, 10-15 hrs./wk. at horse farm in West Knoxville. Experience with horses is a MUST! Contact Teresa (865)207-4733. Staying in Knoxville This Summer? Need a Fun Summer Job? Camp Webb day camp, in West Knoxville, is now accepting applications for full-time summer camp counselor jobs! Positions: general camp counselors, lifeguards, and instructors for Archery, Arts & Crafts, Drama, Swimming, Ropes Course, Nature, Sports, and some leadership positions. Part-time available. www.campwebb.com to apply. Still looking for a Summer Internship? Earn $2300/mo. Develop your skills and resume. Call Aaron at (615)975-7171. Summer camp counselor needed to work with children ages 6-12 M-F. Must have experience working with children in group setting and be at least 20 years old. Must be reliable and energetic, and be willing to get a Class D for hire driver license. Position can continue into Fall. Call 966-2613 for more information. West Knoxville location THE TOMATO HEAD KNOXVILLE Now hiring dish and food running positions. Full and part-time available, no experience necessary. Apply in person at 12 Market Square or apply online at thetomatohead.com.
UNFURN APTS 1 and 2BR Apts. UT area. (865)522-5815. Ask about our special. 16th PLACE APARTMENTS 3 blocks from UT Law School (1543- 1539 Highland Ave.) 1BR and 2BR apts. only. Brick exterior, carpet, laundry facility on first floor. Guaranteed and secured parking. 24 hour maintenance. No dogs or cats. 30th year in Fort Sanders. brit.howard@sixteenthplace. com. www.sixteenthplace.com. (865)522-5700. KEYSTONE CREEK 2BR apartment. Approx 4 miles west of UT on Middlebrook Pike. $500. Call (865)522-5815. Ask about our special. VICTORIAN HOUSE APTS Established 1980 3 blocks behind UT Law School. 1, 2 and 3BR apartments. VERY LARGE AND NEWLY RENOVATED TOP TO BOTTOM. Hardwood floors, high ceilings, porches, 3BR’s have W/D connections. 2 full baths, dishwashers. Guaranteed secured parking. 24 hour maintenance. No dogs or cats. brit.howard@sixteenthplace. com. www.sixteenthplace.com. (865)522-5700.
FOR RENT 10 MO. LEASES AVAILABLE Walk to campus! Student Apts. Cable, and internet included. From $330/BR. , 1, 2 and 3 BR. Prime Campus Housing (865)637-3444. www.primecampushousing.c om/tn. 2BR/ 1BA duplex apartment. 1mi. from campus. $650/mo. water included, no pets. (423)994-4622.
5 minutes to UT campus, 3BR 2BA, fireplace, patio, W/D, enclosed garage, quiet neighborhood. $1200/mo. No pets. Call (205)394-0451. 5BR. 3BA House. Central H/A, hardwood floors, great front porch, W/D, dishwasher, off street parking, quiet side of Fort, 2322 Highland. No Pets. Leave namee and number (865)389-6732. Also have 3 and 4 BRs. Available for Fall 2010. Close to UT. 2BR and 4BR houses. Walk to class, $425/person. Off-street parking, W/D furnished. (865)388-6144. CAMBRIDGE ARMS Just 4 miles west of campus. Small pets allowed. Pool and laundry rooms. 2BR at great price! Call (865)588-1087. CAMPUS 2 BLOCKS! Apts. now leasing for fall. 3BR $1050/mo. 2BR $845/mo. 1BR $545/mo. Some with W/D, dishwasher and microwave. (865)933-5204 or utk-apts.com. Condo for rent 3BR 2BA near campus. All wood floors. W/D included. $375/mo each. 2833 Jersey Avenue 37919. (865)310-6977. CONDOS FOR RENT Condos within walking distance of UT campus. Franklin Station, Laurel Station, Lake Plaza, Laurel Villas, St. Christopher, River Towne. Units starting at $400/BR. Units include cable/ internet, water/ sewage, parking, and W/D. University Real Estate. (865)673-6600. urehousing.com. Franklin Station Condo for rent. 2 roommates seeking third for 3BR condo. Third BR has private bath. $450/mo. includes utilities and wireless internet. Lease required. (865)414-9619. Have you booked your 2010 - 2011 housing needs. Neely Development has a few units still available in the Fort Sanders area. Call (865)521-7324.
LUXURY 1BR CONDOS 3 min. walk to Law School. $480R, $300SD. No app. fee. 865 (4408-0006, 250-8136). Now leasing 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5BR apartments available summer and fall. Rents from $375 -$2,000 per month. All are conveniently located in Ft. Sanders with parking. Most have hardwood floors, high ceilings with lots of light. The best units go first, (865)300-9898, apartments@hillwoodvillas.c om. Renaissance II Condo for rent starting immediately or for Fall 2010. 3BR 2BA with W/D and 2 parking passes. Call George at (865)694-4808. bigredbuck@comcast.net. RentUTK.com 1-4BR CONDOS Rent walk-to-class condos in the Fort and Ag/Vet Campus plus Woodlands and RiverTowne. Call Robert Holmes, Owner/Agent, RentUTK.com (800)915-1770. Special 1 month FREE. Convenient to downtown, UT area. 2BR apartments available now. $475/mo (865)573-1000.
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3BR, 2.5BA, W/D, very nice and close to campus. $350/mo. per person. Call 386-5081 or visit www.volhousing.com.
Condos For Sale: 1BR Condo $44,900. Renaissance III 3BR 2BA Condo $264,000. 1BR Condo $48,900. Call Mary Campbell at Keller Williams Realty at 964-5658.
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BIG EARS continued from Page 5 Starting in the photo pit for the Dirty Projectors gave an interesting perspective to their show. Easily the most fluid band of the weekend, capturing still frames was difficult but also gave a sort of stop motion effect to the whole affair. While it is a totally unfair
ENTERTAINMENT comparison, the band’s artistic merit and at times worldbeat leanings give them the potential to be this generation’s Talking Heads, although some might say Modest Mouse still tenuously holds that title. Hell, Dave Longstreth even looks like David Byrne with a modern haircut. The group’s hour-long set was a highlight, and missing their encore of last year’s
“Stillness Is the Move” was a definite bummer, but the next show ended up being yet another jubilant surprise, and it was set to start in but a few minutes. Renaissance jams and the emergence of hermits The eventual performance of recently-off-the-grid Sufjan Stevens was another much-buzzed attraction of this year’s Big Ears. Though
he only appeared in a collaborative role, Stevens’s comments as of late toward music as an idea and career, i.e. he might be quitting, have thrown fans into fits of despondency. Thus, the chatter around Clogs late-afternoon performance was that of excitement and anticipation. Entering toward the end of Gyan Riley was a treat. The son of festival artist-inresidence Terry Riley, the classical guitarist gave perhaps the best solo performance of the weekend. His soft spoken introductions and sincere thanks to the quiet and attentive audience only added to his charm. From a lower floor balcony box, watching the set up for Clogs was an insight to logistical terror. The band consisted of guitar, violin, various keyboards, a basson and drums, all of which had to be balanced. After about twenty minutes they found their way to the stage. Frequent collaborator Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond outshined her fellows on stage. Five months pregnant and radiating a boundless reserve of energy, her soaring voice hit the roof of the Bijou and never stopped ringing. Stevens appeared and sang his “The Owl and the Tanager” to the delight of the audience, but his auxiliary role proved more crucial. Arranger and violin master Padma Newsome’s manic energy gave his compositions a pulse and then some. At one point he dropped a double-whammy dad-andmusic-geek joke regarding the group’s next song. “This will sound like something from the Renaissance to you because, well, it is based on some chord charts that Renaissance composers used to jam on,” Newsome explained. After half an hour and a few beers, the necessity for food became a priority. Luckily, the excellent Bistro At the Bijou was only one hundred paces away.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Attack of the 50-foot blonde and other anecdotes Though the band played the prime time spot smack in the middle of the festival, Vampire Weekend was probably the most anticipated show. Less than halfway through the Dirty Projectors’ set, a queue of ticketholding teenage girls already began to form at the doors of the Tennessee Theatre. Inevitably their fratastic dude friends came later and gave an oddly appropriate, if stifling, air of prep greed to the performance. L.A. dance rockers Abe Vigoda opened to pre-emptive applause, but overall indifference. Their sound was decent, but their songs lacked aesthetic diversity and generally were short of their intended mark. The highlight of their show was sneaking swigs from smuggled beers while a Tex Cobb/El Duce type bouncer wasn’t looking. By the time VW hit the stage, the pheromonepacked theater was nigh on to overflowing. The band tapped both albums and their early single “Ladies of Cambridge,” bantering sparsely with the teeming pool of adolescence that made up the pit. From behind them, the cover of their latest, “Contra,” was emblazoned on the back curtain and chandeliers reminiscent of their debut album cover hung above the quartet. At times the light show would include blue or red light projecting from “the blonde lady’s” massive dilated pupils. One fan remarked that it was sad that they felt the need to put on a huge rock show, but few other complaints could be heard in the uproar. The band finished with a three-song encore, closing with the prep-elite satire “Walcott.” German rhythm, sacred harp and “Au t o d re a m o g ra p h i c a l Tales” Following Vampire Weekend, the plan was to finish the night with Joanna
Newsom and head home. The day had only lasted eight hours, but the overload ran high, and not even beer and free Red Bull could recharge the weary eyes and brain. Running into Adrian Belew outside the Bijou was an unexpected treat, but general bleariness made for a bland exchange. Only a few minutes late and with the bonus of a girlfriend to save a seat, watching Fred Armisen warm up the crowd was just the ticket to getting back in the game. In his Jens Henneman character, the incognito Armisen displayed his “complicated drumming technique,” postulated the end of using analog instruments for iPhone beat machines and fielded questions from the audience in a musical Q & A session. His impression of the Who’s Keith Moon was especially hilarious. Following Armisen’s act seemed a daunting task, but Joanna Newsom and her band of collaborators were more than ready for the task. While demurely addressing the audience and sometimes giving the stage to her band for comic relief, Newsom rarely relinquished the focus that she and her golden harp demanded. Armisen returned once more to beat a cowbell (Saturday Night Live flashback?) in his street attire. Feeling the gust of a second wind, compulsion lead to the Tennessee Theatre for the late night performance of Terry Riley’s “Au t o d re a m o g ra p h i c a l Tales,” an hour and change free form composition that only tied itself together when Riley spoke. The soothing build, crescendo and retreat of the piece was a music nerd’s lullaby, and though it would have been great to watch it finish, sleep was coming one way or another. The deserted Sunday 2 a.m. street were a biker’s dream, lit up and littered but never treacherous. By 3 a.m., the day was done and all that was left of Big Ears 2010 was the grand finale.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Soccer announces 2010 schedule Staff Reports The Tennessee Lady Vol soccer team and head coach Angela Kelly are prepping to embark on a new campaign highlighted by the release of UT’s challenging 2010 fall soccer schedule. In addition to the usual 11 matches in the rugged Southeastern Conference, the ’10 slate boasts trips to Chapel Hill, N.C., to battle 20time NCAA National Champion North Carolina and a jaunt to Tempe, Ariz., to match up against both Arizona and Arizona State. During the season, the Orange & White will face 11 squads that received bids into last year’s NCAA field of 64, consisting of Arizona State, Wisconsin, Ole Miss, North Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, Kennesaw State, South Carolina, Florida, LSU and Auburn. Four of those squads (Wisconsin, North Carolina, Maryland and South Carolina) eventually advanced on to the “Sweet 16,” with the Tarheels emerging as national titlists. The Lady Vols enter the 2010 season having lost just two regular starters and boasting the return of 20 letter-winners and nine players that started at least 10 matches during the 2009 campaign, as well as a senior goalkeeper. Included among the returnees for Tennessee (with 2009 stat total included in parentheses) are 2009 SEC All-Freshman midfielder Amy Harrison (two goals, four assists; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), past Soccer Buzz Central Region All-Freshman midfield selections Chelsea Hatcher (three goals, one assist; Cincinnati, Ohio) and Tanya Emerson (Capistrano Beach, Calif.), experienced midfielders Julie Edwards (one goal, one assist; Glenmoore, Pa.), Lara Langworthy (two assists; Murfreesboro, Tenn.) and Emily Shore (one assist; Gainesville, Fla.), returning forwards Emily Dowd (two goals, three assists; Gainesville, Fla.), Jayden Barrett (three goals, one assist; Corona, Calif.), Alexis Owens (Carmel, Ind.), Ashley Owens (Murrieta, Calif.) and Anna Fisher (Franklin, Tenn.) and battletested defenders Ali Hall (two assists; Hawthorn Woods, Ill.), Melissa Speros (Lancaster, Pa.), Grace Cuenin (Midlothian, Va.), Hannah Hut (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) and Kylie Bono (Anaheim, Calif.). Also back to bolster the defensive effort is NSCAA Scholar AllSouth Region Honorable Mention goalkeeper Molly Baird (Raleigh, N.C.), who tallied 101 saves during the ’09 season. The 2010 campaign gets rolling for the Big Orange at Regal Soccer Stadium with UT’s home opener against Western Kentucky (Aug. 20) before welcoming Richmond, Maryland and Kennesaw State for the annual First Tennessee Lady Vol Classic over Aug. 27 & 29. The initial road trip of the season brings a tremendous challenge as the Big Orange venture to Chapel Hill, N.C., for a match-up against 20time national champion North Carolina (Sept. 4). Next up is a lengthy flight out to Tempe, Ariz., to faceoff against both Arizona State (Sept. 10) and Arizona (Sept. 12) before returning to Knoxville for six consecutive matches. NCAA Tourney participant Wisconsin visits UT to christen the home stand on Sept. 17 before the Lady Vols wrap-up the non-conference slate on Sept. 19 by hosting Chattanooga. The SEC schedule gets started on Sept. 24 against Arkansas, one of six league foes slated to visit Regal Soccer Stadium in 2010, including LSU (Sept. 26), Vanderbilt (Oct. 1), Kentucky (Oct. 3), Alabama (Oct. 24) and Georgia (Oct. 29).
SPORTS
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Ambidextrous pitcher throws for Yanks The Associated Press KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte threw with both arms for the New York Yankees on Tuesday, giving up one run in 1 1-3 innings during a 9-6 split-squad loss to the Atlanta Braves. Making his first appearance for the Yankees, Venditte took over for CC Sabathia with two outs in the fifth inning and tossed four warmup pitches with each hand. Venditte switched back and forth, depending on whether he was facing a righty or lefty, and gave up two hits and a walk. The 24-year- old reliever, who uses a sixfinger glove, pitched for two teams in Class A last season and went a combined 4-2 with 22 saves and a 1.87 ERA. He is scheduled to begin the season at Class A Tampa. Sabathia said he knew the Yankees had
an ambidextrous pitcher in their organization, but did a double take when Venditte took the mound. “I’ve never seen anything like that,” Sabathia said. “I felt like we kept changing pitchers before I figured out what was happening.” If he makes the majors, Venditte wouldn’t be the first pitcher to throw as a lefthander and right-hander. Greg Harris, who pitched for Cincinnati, Montreal, San Diego, Texas, Philadelphia, Boston and the Yankees from 1981-95, was a righty throughout his career. He pitched from the left side for two batters in the second-tolast game of his career. Yankees manager Joe Girardi had said he wanted to watch Venditte throw this spring and asked that the pitcher be sent over from the minor league complex for an exhibition
game. Venditte started out as a righty in the fifth and retired Yunel Escobar on a grounder to end the inning. In the sixth, Venditte pitched right-handed to Matt Diaz and gave up a single. Venditte shifted to a lefty and fielded Nate McLouth’s sacrifice bunt. Later in the inning, switch-hitter Brooks Conrad came to the plate and by rule Venditte had to declare in advance how he would pitch. He went righty, Conrad batted lefty and grounded out. Clint Sammons hit his first homer of the spring in the fourth off Sabathia. Troy Glaus upped his spring average to .372 with two doubles and Melky Cabrera also had two hits against his former teammates. Nick Swisher and Jorge Posada homered for the Yankees.
SPORTS CALENDAR
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Wednesday, Mar. 31 — Softball Middle Tennessee Knoxville 6 p.m. Baseball Presbyterian Knoxville 7 p.m.
Friday, April 2 — Men’s Tennis Mississippi Knoxville 2 p.m. Softball South Carolina Columbia, S.C. 5 p.m. Baseball Mississippi Oxford, Miss. 7:30 p.m. Women’s Track Pepsi Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla. All Day
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
THESPORTSPAGE
Vols persevere to reach first-ever Elite Eight Oh, the year that was in Tennessee basketball. The 2010 UT men’s basketball season culminated Sunday afternoon with a 7069 loss to Michigan State in the Elite Eight. This was UT’s first-ever Elite Eight, the deepest post-season run of any Volunteer squad in the history of the program. An agonizing defeat, but an end to a season that in no way diminished the journey it took to get there. For the Vols, the remarkable aspect of the 2010 basketball season might be the team’s first-ever Elite Eight appearance. It could be head coach Bruce Pearl’s fifth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance. It might even be the mentality of a team hell-bent on redemption from a forgettable 2009 season. But really, the true beauty of this season lies in the adversity UT faced in reaching that goal — more obstacles than any fully coherent Vol fan would ever foresee. In August, Tennessee Hayley DeBusk • The Daily Beacon associate head coach Tony UT head coach Bruce Pearl has taken all five of his Jones’ father, Clarence W. Tennessee teams to the NCAA Tournament. Pearl’s Jones, was found murdered Vols reached their first-ever Elite Eight this season, los- in Detroit. It was a loss that shook the foundation of UT’s ing to Michigan State on Sunday in St.Louis. close coaching staff.
Zac Ellis Assistant Sports Editor In September, there was Emmanuel Negedu. The UT sophomore’s collapse during a workout on Sept. 28 left not only Negedu’s basketball career in jeopardy, but also his life. Negedu sat out the season but remained an important staple on UT’s bench during games. On New Year’s Day, a wellpublicized morning traffic stop occurred on Alcoa Highway. Tyler Smith, Cameron Tatum, Brian Williams and Melvin Goins were all pulled over and arrested for drug and weapons charges. Smith, an All-SEC forward, was booted from the squad on Jan. 8. All that in one season? But, oh yes, there was still basketball to be played. And play they did. After the Jan. 1 arrests, UT sat with a 10-2 record thanks to a defeat of Memphis over Christmas break. After holding off Charlotte on Jan. 6, the top-ranked and undefeated Kansas Jayhawks ventured to Thompson-Boling Arena four days later. And still without the services of four key players, a resilient group of six scholarship Vols and three walk-ons took the floor against a daunting Jayhawk squad. And we all know how that turned out.
The Kansas win injected life into a squad seemingly left for dead after New Year’s Day. The spark remained as the season progressed, allowing key wins over Kentucky and Florida while keeping hopes high for an impressive NCAA Tournament seed. The disappointment of a No. 6 seed on Selection Sunday pitted the Vols against a determined San Diego State team, a sexy upset pick amongst many basketball bigwigs. But the Vols persevered, outgunning the Aztecs before taking out Ohio and Ohio State to reach Tennessee’s first Elite Eight. On Jan. 2, with the metaphorical bruises and bumps this team had already suffered, how many fans had Tennessee reaching the Elite Eight, a goal historically unreachable by Volunteer standards? The answer is zero. Most teams face obstacles within the confines of baselines and sidelines, boxscores and schedules. This past season, Tennessee’s adversity was extracurricular, unusual and understandably unexpected. This squad fought through difficulties, more so than any of Pearl’s five teams at UT. And the Vols not only broke through barriers, but they also made Tennessee history by reaching March Madness’s fourth game. Disappointment of Sunday’s loss will stick with this team and fans alike. But the overall body of work that was the 2010 UT basketball season begs to be appreciated, especially with the amount of snags along the way.