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‘Boulder Booties’ wins top Vol Court prize Nathan Berger Staff Writer
Key gov’t document released in Blagojevich case CHICAGO — A judge ordered the release Wednesday of a key document outlining the evidence federal prosecutors plan to present at former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial, dismissing defense attorneys’ concerns that it could prejudice potential jurors. U.S. District Judge James B. Zagel issued an order on the court Web site granting immediate access to the socalled Santiago proffer to three news organizations that sought access to it — The Associated Press, the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. In a statement accompanying his order, Zagel dismissed defense attorneys’ concerns that releasing the document so close to the June 3 scheduled start of the trial could unfairly influence potential jurors. The 91-page document was released in its entirety.
“Boulder Booties” may be the next new product to hit the shelves. After eight weeks of business seminars, “Boulder Booties” was announced as the winner of Vol Court on Tuesday night. Vol Court is a venture between the UT Research Foundation (UTRF) and the College of Business Administration’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. “What we did was set up a series of eight speakers who talked about eight different elements critical to starting a business and it culminated in a pitch competition in the end, so that they could tie together all those ideas and present their business idea for funding,” Joy Fisher, UTRF director of marketing and business development, said. The prize for the pitch competition was $1,000 and a variety of legal and financial advising.
“It is one of our core mission objectives to create and support an entrepreneur culture here on campus and in the community,” John Hopkins, UTRF vice president, said. “This provides a dynamic framework in which we perform our core mission of technology commercialization.” The winner, “Boulder Booties,” produces a cover for rock climbing shoes that extends the life of the expensive footwear. The rubber and fabric booties protect the shoes while climbers are walking between climbs or belaying. Each of the eight teams took turns presenting their product with examples of marketing strategies, target demographics and revenue estimates. At the end of each presentation, a panel of four judges asked the teams questions on topics such as how they gathered their research and what competition they might face. “Start-up businesses are important for a lot of reasons,” Fisher said. “Innovation is key to jump starting the economy, and innovation typically comes from new businesses. It doesn’t come from
Historic downtown Knoxville neighborhood to host tours Rob Davis Staff Writer
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7-day-old Florida infant dies after pit bull bite NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — Police say a pit bull terrier fatally mauled a 7day-old Florida baby as the child apparently lay next to his sleeping teenage mother. The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office in New Port Richey says the boy was attacked Wednesday and died shortly after. Neighbors told the St. Petersburg Times the 16year-old mother didn’t discover her son was dead until a neighbor knocked on the mother’s door and woke her around noon. They said mom answered the door, then turned around and saw what had happened to her newborn son. Neighbors said the dog belongs to the baby’s father. It was taken away by county animal services. Mustache advocacy group seeks tax break ST. LOUIS — It’s time that mustached Americans got in on the stimulus money. At least that’s the proposal being pushed by tax policy professor John Yeutter and the St. Louisbased American Mustache Institute. The tongue-incheek group dubs itself “the world’s only facial hair advocacy and research organization.” On the eve of the deadline to file income tax returns, the professor and the AMI are pushing for a $250 annual tax incentive for people with mustaches. The funds would be used for mustachegrooming supplies. The AMI said the current system “provides a disincentive for the clean-shaven to enjoy the mustached American lifestyle.” The AMI said the stimulus money could be used not only for trimming instruments but for wax, combs and mirrors. — The Associated Press
the large existing businesses. It comes from people with ideas who take a step forward and make things happen.” A variety of companies were exhibited, including “Integrated Technologies,” whose product generated electrical power from car pressure on interstates. Only one other company in the world, Israeli-based Innowattech, has developed a similar product. “Ratemyhostfamily.com, LLC,” is a Web site that allows study abroad students to better research host families and foreign residence halls and to interact with students who have lived in those locations before. The contest’s judges announced that their decision leaned toward companies that “kept the ball moving” and had already shown the most progress. While the judges were making their decision, Fisher asked the teams for input on the Vol Court process. Participants said they learned valuable tips about all aspects of starting a business, and they only wished they had more time with the program.
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UT football standout Eric Berry participates in the 2010 Bowl for Kids’ Sake Wednesday afternoon. Each team bowled for an hour and there were prizes awarded to the team with the most money raised for Big Brothers Big Sisters.
The historic Knoxville neighborhood, Fourth and Gill, will conduct its 20th annual Tour of Homes Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. “Fourth and Gill is close to downtown, and there are several students who live in the area,” said Brett Burdick, who is on the board for the Fourth and Gill Historic Tours. “If students wish to just drive by the homes, cruise up Luttrell Street for a quick glance.” The Fourth and Gill homes are set in the style of architecture that was popular in the area during the 1880s and up until the 1940s, and the area of North Knoxville was annexed into the city in 1897. However, the area began to decline during World War II as many people moved out. Within the last two decades, however, the area has gone through renovations and was put on the national historic register. The Tour of Homes invites the public to take a walk through this historical neighborhood of Knoxville. There are 10 homes in total, and guests are invited to walk through each one. There is also a guided trolley tour which goes by the homes. Joe Hammer, graduate student in speech pathology and audiology, said he is interested in attending the Tour of Homes. “I really don’t know much about the Knoxville area because I’m from Nashville, and this sounds interesting,” Hammer said. The homes include singles, duplexes, an old school building that has been converted into apartments, and the Central United Methodist Church, which date back to the 19th century. The tour is part of the Dogwood Arts Festival, which celebrates the art as well as the natural beauty, that abounds in the city. The tour of homes is the only walking tour affiliated with the Dogwoods Arts Festival. Maps are available next to the Brownlow lofts, and the maps detail different historical trees, places, as well as just for a self tour of the 1300 block of Luttrell Street. Tickets can be purchased at the Central United Methodist Church, 201 3rd Avenue, during the event. Tickets are sold until an hour before the event ends. Adult tickets are $10, and children under 12 are admitted free.
Dollywood celebrates 25th anniversary The Associated Press NASHVILLE — Dolly Parton seems to live her life by the motto “Go big or go home.” With her signature theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., she did both. Parton opened Dollywood in 1986 on the site of what had been the Silver Dollar City theme park. The first year, 1.3 million visitors came. Now at the start of its 25th anniversary season, Dollywood has more than doubled in size to 150 acres, and over 40 million people have passed through its gates, with 2.5 million guests in a typical season. “I always thought that if I made it big or got successful at what I had started out to do, that I wanted to come back to my part of the coun-
try and do something great, something that would bring a lot of jobs into this area,” said Parton, 64, in a recent interview. “Sure enough, I was lucky, and God was good to me and things happened good. We started the park and 25 years later, we’re still at it.” Parton expanded her brand locally to include the Dixie Stampede dinner theater in 1988 and Dollywood’s Splash Country waterpark in 2001. All three together employ 3,000 people. When asked why she thinks Dollywood has been so successful, Parton didn’t hesitate. “Location, location, location. It’s a great place to be going right into the Great Smoky Mountain National Park,” she said. “We’ve got plenty of stuff to be entertain-
ing for anybody that wants to come to this area, and all the beautiful things that are not mine, that are in this whole area. This is a wonderful place to visit, whether you get over to my businesses or not.” Dollywood is Tennessee’s No. 1 ticketed tourist attraction and has been for over a decade. “They’ve created a lot of economic benefit for that entire region, which then sends an enormous amount of state and local tax to pay for education and keep other expenses to the community down,” said Susan Whitaker, Tennessee’s tourism development commissioner. Whitaker says over 88 percent of tourists drive instead of fly to attractions in Tennessee, particularly to Dollywood, and that leaves
ripples throughout the state as visitors arrive. “People come in and they may spend one day or two days there, but they’re in the area and they’re going to spend money all over the place,” she said. Matthew Lambert from Knoxville, Tenn., has been a season passholder to Dollywood since 1995. There are many reasons he keeps coming back. “I love the atmosphere,” he said. “Everytime you come here it’s like coming home. You see people that you know that are working there. Everybody’s friendly. The shows are amazing. The food is wonderful. The rides are great. It’s the whole experience. It’s the way a park should be, not a giant megaconglomerate, corporate run park.”
That, and “They still have my favorite wooden coaster in the whole wide world, The Thunderhead,” he added. “I’ve ridden it over 1,900 times.” Theme parks, with their relatively high per-person admission, do not always fare well in recessions. Six Flags is struggling to emerge from bankruptcy; Cedar Fair saw a 7 percent drop in attendance last year; and even Disney has offered incentives in the last two years like free admission on your birthday and free tickets for volunteers. Dollywood saw a 6 percent drop in attendance last year, but spokesman Pete Owens says the park attributes the decrease more to bad weather than the recession. Online ticket prices for one-day admission this year are $56 for adults, $45 for kids.
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• 9:40 a.m. until 10:50 a.m. — K.D. Kreuer of the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart, Germany, speaks on “Exploring the Limits of ‘Wet’ and ‘Dry’ Proton Conducting Ionomers for PEM Fuel Cell Applications” in room M311 of the Walters Life Sciences Building. The STAIR Seminar is free and open to the public.
• 3:40 p.m. — Two UT graduate students lead a chemistry seminar in room 415 of Buehler Hall. Julia Abbott speaks on “Probing the Formation of the Archetypical Schrock-Carbene Complex: Kinetic, Mechanistic and Structural Studies,” and Adam Pippin speaks on “HBC12: An Efficient Dehydroxylation Reagent.” The seminar is free and open to the public. Hayley DeBusk • The Daily Beacon
• 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. — The International House screens the movie “Parineeta” as part of its International Film Series in the Hodges Library Auditorium.The movie is a Bollywood adaptation of a Bengali novella. Set in Calcutta in the early ‘60s, “Parineeta” explores complex human emotions within the narrative of a love story.
Friday, April 16 — • 12 p.m. until 1 p.m.— Soren Sorensen, professor and head of the physics and astronomy department, speaks on “The End of the Universe” in dining rooms CD of the Thompson-Boling Arena. The science forum is free and open to the public.
Students sign up to participate in “Bowl for Kids’ Sake” 2010. The event took place Wednesday in the University Center’s Down Under and raised funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee.
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Saturday, April 3 • 4:03 a.m. — Officer spoke with members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Alpha Gamma Rho fraternities regarding a disturbance and possible vandalism of the Alpha Gamma Rho house. A member of the latter fraternity awoke to a commotion and breaking bottles outside and alerted his president. The men investigated the exterior of their house and found their Trance AC unit pulled over and its wiring exposed. A group of men was in the area, and they fled the president when he attempted to speak with them. He chased them to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house, where they entered and disappeared. A representative from the house said that he had heard other residents saying the cops were outside but could not identify them. He said he would not be surprised if his brothers were “up to NO good.”
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DOLLY continued from Page 1 New this season at the park is the Adventure Mountain challenge course, which cost $6 million to build. “We definitely want to expand with new things every year, eventually with a resort,” Parton said. “We may eventually have Dollywoods in other parts of the country, where we can kind of be true to whatever’s going on in that part of the world.” No matter what, Parton’s pride for Dollywood will always exceed its size. “I would honestly say that with all the awards and all the other things that I’ve done in my life, Dollywood is one of the greatest dreams that I’ve ever had come true. I am so proud of that I can’t even begin to tell you,” she said. “Dollywood is real special to me.”
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Palin rallies participants with anti-tax message The Associated Press BOSTON — The crosscountry Tea Party Express tour built toward a climax Wednesday with a rally steeped in anti-tax symbolism and an exhortation from one of the few politicians it has embraced, Sarah Palin. The former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee said in Boston that President Barack Obama must be rebuffed in this fall’s midterm elections after overreaching with his first-year stimulus law and with health care, student loan and financial regulatory overhauls. “Is this what their ‘change’ is all about?” Palin asked a sun-splashed crowd of roughly 5,000 gathered just a mile from the site of the original Tea Party from which the movement got its name. “I want to tell them, nah, we’ll
keep clinging to our Constitution and our guns and religion — and you can keep the change.” Tea partiers planned to meet for a final rally in Washington on Thursday, coinciding with the federal tax-filing deadline. Local events are also planned in Oklahoma, Ohio and other locations. Palin put her own spin on Tax Day, saying, “We need to cut taxes so that our families can keep more of what they earn and produce, and our mom-and-pops then, our small businesses, can reinvest according to our own priorities, and hire more people and let the private sector grow and thrive and prosper.” She also played to the crowd by trotting out a trademark line as she lobbied for more domestic energy production. “Yeah, let’s drill baby drill,
not stall baby stall — you betcha,” Palin said. The gathering intended to hark back to 1773, when American colonists upset about British taxation without government representation threw British tea into the harbor in protest. The modern tea party movement is diverse, with both Republican and Democratic followers, as well as some outliers who question the legitimacy of Obama’s presidency. Some doubt he was born in the United States, as his birth certificate shows. Several speakers protested suggestions of racist undertones to the movement, which sprouted as the nation elected its first black president. Nonetheless, virtually the entire speaking program
and audience were white. An exception was the singer of the Tea Party anthem, Lloyd Marcus, who made a point of describing himself not as AfricanAmerican, but American. One person in the crowd, John Arathuzik, 69, of Topsfield, said he had never been especially politically active until he saw the direction of the Obama administration. “I feel like I can do one of two things: I can certainly vote in November, which I’ll do, and I can provide support for the peaceful protest about the direction this country is taking,” said Arathuzik, a veteran who clutched a copy of the Constitution distributed by a vendor. Michael Brantmuller, a 40-
year-old unemployed carpenter from Salem, N.H., said he appreciated Palin’s “redwhite-and-blue” speech but added: “I don’t know whether she’s the right spokesperson, because she’s such a polarizing figure and people may judge her before they listen to her.” A festive mood filled the air. A band played patriotic music, and hawkers sold yellow Gadsden flags emblazoned with the words “Don’t Tread on Me” and the image of a rattlesnake. Small groups of counterprotesters urged civility, as well as respect for gay and minority rights. They noted some members of Congress alleged racism after voting for Obama’s health care law.
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Veteran’s letter to the editor about incident full of mistruths This is a follow up to Jake Lane’s April 8 column on the killings of civilians by U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and a factcheck on USMC veteran Jonathan Dunham’s April 12 letter to the editor, which supported the 2007 murders. Let me start by commenting on the moral decay in this country, which began during the Bush administration and blights us still today. When we speak of civilian deaths in Iraq, we always blame the victim: “They shouldn’t have been there,” “It’s tough being a soldier,” “It’s war.” We have people who literally refuse to see the wrong in killing innocent civilians — and it’s usually because of blatant racism (“Arabs are terrorists”) or out of extreme nationalism (“If you don’t want to stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them”). Both conditions are dangerous for any nation, and if these conditions continue, it will spell the end of the United States as a constitutional democracy. I don’t know for sure if USMC veteran Jonathan Dunham was unaware of what was found regarding the WikiLeaks video, or if he was blatantly lying. The latter, if done purposely, is indicative of a systemic disease in the American system of covering up incidents that “look bad” and then criticizing those who call for justice once they are uncovered. Contrary to Dunham’s assertions, none of the men in the group that were fired upon by an American Apache helicopter was in possession of an RPG — apparently, the trigger-happy Americans “mistook” a telescopic lens for the weapon. Only one man was carrying a gun, which is not uncommon in Iraq; in fact, the journalists in the group may have been using him as a body guard. The claim that these men were carrying any sort of heavy weaponry is a lie. None of the men threatened or even pointed toward the helicopter; they were simply milling around on a street corner. You can see that clearly in the video. What is clear in the video is the impatience of the American crewmembers, who continually expressed their urge to fire upon these people. What is also clear is what American soldiers think after they have killed innocent civilians: “Oh yeah, look at those dead bastards.” Dunham also lied when he claimed that the van that stopped by to help the wounded was collecting weapons; the driver of the van was a good Samaritan who was taking his children to a tutoring lesson. He had stopped to help the wounded but was also fired upon by the American soldiers in the helicopter. They kept firing at the van as well, and when they were told that there were children in the van, one of the crewmen said, “Well it’s their fault bringing their kids to a battle.” So it’s not the fault of those brave American soldiers who couldn’t even send in a ground team to confirm whether or not the men in the group were armed, but it was the fault of the civilians for being in the area. Only after everybody was gunned down was a ground team sent, which indicates another truth — the cowardice of the military. In short, nobody should be making excuses for these killings in Iraq. We should have the backbone to at least call out our soldiers when they do the kind of things that make it harder for the United States to be seen as a just nation. We’ve been blinded by this notion that we are somehow unpatriotic when we dissent — an idea that contradicts the founding ideals of this nation. Dunham also argues that the details of this event were on a “need-to-know” basis. I’m sorry, but I thought that we lived in a country whose military was held accountable by its people. Or would Dunham like it better if we gave the military our unquestioning support, like they do in North Korea or China? In return for the billions of taxpayer dollars we pay to support them and our sometimes blind support, don’t they at least owe us the truth, not lies and cover-ups? Not only does it seem that people like him would fire upon those who they think are insurgents from hundreds of feet in the air: They are also too cowardly to admit, and then face the consequences of, their actions. Waqas Ahmad Senior in psychology COFFEY & INK • Kelsey Roy
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Nuclear treaty hinders America’s defense Immut abl y Right by
Treston Wheat Once again President Barack Obama has made America less safe with his foreign policy. Signing the nuclear arms treaty with Russia to reduce our nuclear arsenal and no longer use nuclear weapons against nonnuclear powers, except Iran and North Korea, has prevented proper deterrence against our country. Those countries are not included because they do not follow the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty (NPT). However, the president should never have signed the treaty, and the Senate needs to reject it. The treaty is bad for America because it makes the threat of deterrence far less credible. Take this scenario. Hugo Chavez, the “president” of Venezuela, decides to take bold action and bomb an American submarine that is doing a training exercise off the coast of South America. Because of this treaty, Obama’s lawyers will come in to see if Chavez is in compliance with the NPT. If he is, then Obama can only use conventional methods of warfare. Or imagine a worse scenario. Biological attacks of anthrax in the Mall in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of thousands in our nation’s capital are lying dead. Again, Obama’s response will be to see if the assaulting country or sponsor of the terrorist group is in compliance with the NPT. This is a ludicrous and completely the wrong approach; it abandons a half-century of defense policy that has kept America and our allies safe. The Soviets knew they could not attack Western Europe unless they wanted to lose Moscow. The proper response to an attack from another country is a disproportionate one. Say Chavez had actually blown up the submarine; America would need to use nuclear weapons to bomb (insert 10 Venezuelan cities here). This is the essence of deterrence. Some will call this an immoral action, but it prevented war with the Soviet Union for decades. Therefore, it would be more moral to save millions more than
would die if war ensued. The world needs to believe that if anyone attacks this great country then they will feel the full force of our nuclear arsenal. We should make killing any American citizen so horrific that no one would ever think to assault us. It is true that the U.S. has enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world many times over. It is also true that we could reduce our nuclear stockpile and still defend our country. Obama merely wants to replace aging parts in the already existing arsenal. Instead, Obama should replace the aging missiles with new, more efficient, more powerful ones. That way there can be a reduction of nuclear weapons (saving us money) and still be deterrence. If Obama really wanted a nuclear-free world, he should not have forsaken our allies when he abandoned the missile defense system in Poland. If a large enough defense system existed, then it would not matter which country acquired nuclear weapons; they would all be useless. We could place the defense system in Korea, Japan, India, Eastern Europe, Israel, etc. Iran and North Korea could waste their money gaining the weapons and the U.S.’s defense system would make them worthless. That is truly a time when we could have a nuclear-free world. Until that time, America should be willing to utilize these weapons against biological, chemical, conventional, nuclear or cyber attacks if they occur. It is important to remember that when conducting foreign policy one should be as hawkish as possible. This is the only way to stop rogue regimes from being willing to attack us. I would say, “If we are going to reduce our nuclear stockpiles, Russia, it is going to be one at a time.” I do not think Obama is intentionally trying to make America less safe. He believes this new treaty will eventually lead to a nuclear-free world. However, he is being naïve, which is going to hurt the country. As Sarah Palin put it, it is like being a kid on the playground and saying to a bully, “Go ahead, punch me in the face, and I’m not going to retaliate. Go ahead and do what you want to with me.” It would be best if the Senate rejected the treaty. — Treston Wheat is a junior in political science and history. He can be reached at twheat@utk.edu.
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Be warned sophomores and juniors everywhere: There is such a thing as the upperclassmen 20. Twenty what, you ask? Twenty pounds. When our parents were growing up, freshmen were the only people targeted with potential weight gain. However, many food establishments, including collegedining halls, have implemented healthier choices. My freshman year of college I enjoyed the wonderful food dining halls had to offer but with some caution. This was somewhat easy considering there were a decent amount of free, or already paid for, options. Every one had warned me about the dreaded “Freshman 15.” I was so paranoid my first year of college that I would come home from school and everyone would make comments about how terrible I looked that I actually lost weight. Sophomore year, this wasn’t exactly the case. Instead of realizing that my losing weight had to do with the fact that I was eating healthily and exercising, I attributed my weight loss to some sort of lucky freshman miracle. So through sophomore year I threw out any bit of health information I knew from freshman year. Along with my healthy eating and exercise habits went my sleep and studying schedule. I no longer went to bed early in order to wake up and work out. Instead, I stayed up late with friends from work, eating curly fries and honey mustard at Urban Bar. Since I had been up so late, I would need to sleep in late, even if that meant skipping
class. After skipping class all day and not getting a great night’s rest I would again meet another friend for lunch or run and grab a quick fast food meal. Since I didn’t make it to class, I would have to stay up even later that night working on homework or reading what I had missed in class that day. I would then decide since I had studied all night I could go out, on a Tuesday. So by the beginning of junior year, I was 20 pounds heavier and .5 GPA points lighter. My first priority was to gain some weight in my GPA this year. I quit staying out after work and instead went to the library. I made it a point to go to every single class, even if that meant going to bed before getting to watch my favorite TV show. Once I got that back in order, I decided to lose some pounds. I started out making small changes that any college student can make. Instead of going out to eat all the time, I planned ahead of time what I was going to eat that week. When I was at the grocery store, I only bought foods that were healthy, so I wouldn’t even be tempted to eat the way I did the previous year. Next I made it a point to go to bed early, so I could get back into my routine of working out in the morning. I started out going to the free TRECS. Slowly but surely I have made improvements, and have been losing weight. I am writing this column in order to warn the many sophomores out there: Just because you didn’t gain the Freshman 15 does not mean you are safe. Make sure you are making small efforts to stay in shape, eat healthily and keep your grades up, or else you will become victim to the “Sophomore 20.” — Ali Griffin is a junior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at sgriff10@utk.edu.
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Poland’s post-crash sense of unity starts to fray The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — The sense of unity spawned by the plane crash that killed Poland’s president and dozens of other leaders has begun to fray, with controversy flaring over the choice of a burial site and suspicion spreading about the cause of the accident. Aviation experts say the probe of the crash is moving relatively quickly, but some Poles are complaining about a lack of public information, including the transcript of conversation in the cockpit before the accident. Pilots ignored pleas by traffic controllers at the Smolensk Airport to land elsewhere. Some here are speculating that they ignored the risks in order to keep President Lech Kaczynski on schedule for a memorial for Polish officers executed by Soviet secret police in the Katyn forest in 1940. Investigators hope to release information on the flight recordings on Thursday, but conspiracy theories are already swirling. “We will never find out the truth,” said Jan Maliszewski, a 42-year-old construction worker. Discord flared for a second day as to whether Kaczynski and his wife should be interred at the 1,000-year-old Wawel Cathedral — the main burial site of Polish monarchs since the 14th century and of more recent heroes, including the 20thcentury Polish statesman and military leader Jozef Pilsudski. Sunday’s state funeral will begin at 2 p.m. (1200 GMT) with a Mass at St. Mary’s Basilica. The bodies of the first couple will then be carried in a funeral procession across the Old Town and up the Wawel hill, site of a castle and a fortification wall surrounding the cathedral. Some Poles criticized the decision to bury Kaczynski, whose combative style earned him many opponents, in a place reserved for the most esteemed of national figures. “President Lech Kaczynski was a kind, humble man, but
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there is no reason to bury him on Wawel with Polish kings, next to Jozef Pilsudski,” said Andrzej Wajda, the director who made a film on the Katyn massacres that won him an Oscar nomination in 2008. About 300 people staged a protest in Warsaw on Wednesday evening decrying the decision, which was made by the Kaczynski family and the Catholic church without public debate or a vote in parliament. A large banner read “Warsaw for President, Wawel for Kings.” It followed a similar rally in Krakow the evening before. “Wawel is a place for kings, poets and the most outstanding people of Poland,” said Katarzyna Markiewicz, 25. “Mr. Kaczynski was our president and this is a national tragedy, but he shouldn’t be at Wawel. This is a political game.” In a front-page editorial, leading Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza said the “decision to bury him in Wawel is hasty and emotional.” It raised the unsettling prospect of protests during the state funeral, which will be attended by numerous world leaders, including President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as well as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. “I trust that the entire society will accept this decision with understanding,” Krakow Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz said. “During such occasions, we should unite, and never divide. Divisions serve no one.” Meanwhile, the bodies of 30 victims returned home, their flag-draped coffins laid out side-by-side on the tarmac at Warsaw’s airport before being ferried into town. Among them were the remains of the central bank head Slawomir Skryzpek and Polish Olympic Committee head Piotr Nurowski. “You have returned home; you have returned to your loved ones,” Prime Minster Donald Tusk said facing the caskets and weeping relatives. “Today your loved ones are crying. Today
the entire country is crying.” In speculating about the cause of the crash, Polish media have focused on a 2008 incident in which people aboard the presidential plane said Kaczynski pressured pilots — unsuccessfully — to make a risky landing in Georgia during the war there with Russia in 2008. “The president came to the cockpit and as a commander-inchief, ordered me to fly to Tbilisi,” the pilot wrote in his report of the incident, which was printed by the Gazeta Wyborcza daily soon after the August 2008 trip. Kaczynski is quoted as telling him: “if someone decides to be an officer, he shouldn’t be fearful.” That pilot, Grzegorz Pietruczuk, was quoted Wednesday as acknowledging the demands of keeping dignitaries on schedule. “We’re under pressure to stick to a schedule. We know the rank of the passengers we have on board,” Pietruczuk said in the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily. “But our pilots are trained not to give in to pressure.” Investigators have suggested that human error may have been to blame for Saturday’s crash. The Tu-154 went down while trying to land in dense fog at Smolensk in western Russia. All aboard were killed, including the president, first lady, and dozens of Polish political, military and religious leaders. The pilot had been warned of bad weather in Smolensk and advised by air traffic controllers to land elsewhere — which would have delayed the Katyn observances. “This investigation is moving rather quickly, and I’ve seen more information released than I would normally expect,” said Bill Voss, president of the U.S.-based Flight Safety Foundation. “Everyone is impatient because the tragedy is of such a huge magnitude.” Polish officials said June 20 now appears all but certain to be the date of an early election to replace Kaczynski.
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South Carolina band Needtobreathe traces musical roots back to family Will Abrams Staff Writer
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Growing up in a small town like Possum Kingdom, S.C., one wouldn’t think that brothers Bear and Bo Rinehart would have an overwhelming supply of musical influences in the community. Luckily for the future members of band Needtobreathe, their family knew a thing or two on the subject. “Our dad played the trumpet … on the show ‘Hee Haw’ and our mom was actually a piano teacher,” Bo said. “We were always around it and always loved it but never real-
ly picked it up.” After graduating high school, the brothers decided to try out music as a hobby, but it soon became something more. “As soon as we touched the guitar, we were off to the races like ‘We’ve got to find a band,’” Bo said. Eventually the brothers added bassist Seth Bolt and drummer Joe Stillwell, and the band’s ensemble was complete. When the group first started out around a decade ago, each member learned to use their unique skill sets to help the band out in any way possible. “I do a lot of art work, and Seth has his own studio so he does recordings,” Bo said. “... And Joe would go put up posters all over campus, and we just kind of guerilla advertised. We would play anywhere … and we felt that as long as we put on a good show, that people would come back.” After several years of such exhausting tactics, the band finally signed with Atlantic Records and has since released three studio albums. The band’s most recent album, “The Outsiders,” has the band on a hot streak with two well-received singles in “Something Beautiful” and “Lay ‘Em Down” and a third, “Hurricane,” starting to gain steam. A song that is particularly close to the band’s heart on the album is its title track. For the band, the song is autobiographical in that they have trouble at times adjusting to their new lifestyle in the big cities as opposed to Possum Kingdom. “The record is about us kind of finding our place and coming to terms with who we are,” Bo said. One of the main things that stand out to listeners is the group’s distinctive Southern sound that permeates every track. “I think folk music and especially gospel music (are) the greatest forms of American music, and I think that it’s something that will never die,” Bo said. “At first, I think we were kind of scared of it, but … people embrace it.” The band is one, much like similar band Switchfoot, who struggles with labels in the music world. More often than not, the group is heard on Christian radio stations, which makes listeners curious as to how the band members would describe themselves. “There has never been like a Christian agenda there … but, at the same time, it is a part of our lives,” Bo said. “I think anything that you believe in is going to find its way into your music.” In spite of the band’s busy schedule of tour dates and recording albums, the band also likes to help out with a charity called Project Rescue. The organization’s main goal is to not only eliminate sex trafficking but also provide education and vocational training. “There are a lot of great charities out there … but it’s something that has kind of been close to our hearts,” Bo said. During the extent of its existence, the band has enjoyed the loyalty of its fans and, in return, tries to put on a show that will make that relationship pay off. “The fans that come to our shows are 100-percent Needtobreathe fans, and they know every song from beginning to end,” Bo said. “People are going to stay until the end of the show (and) they are going to sing every song, so it is a really fun time.” Needtobreathe will play at the Bijou Theatre on Thursday at 8 p.m.
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Music festival spins out of Dogwood Arts Will Abrams Staff Writer For years, the Dogwood Arts Festival has brought to Knoxville a creative spirit that inspires artists famous and unknown alike to display their talent in a variety of ways. With this year being the festival’s 50th anniversary, organizers are going above and beyond to include as much artistic culture as possible throughout the month of April. So far, residents of Knoxville have experienced film festivals, art exhibits, nature trails and much more. Beginning Friday, the festival will feature a music festival of unprecedented magnitude appropriately titled “Rhythm and Blooms.” “The Dogwood Arts Festival has previously called their music programming ‘Rhythm and Blooms,’ but this is the first year that we have actually spun it off into its own festival weekend,” said Chyna Brackeen, the festival’s co-chair. The weekend, which will center mainly on Americana music, will feature performances by over 40 artists including local talent such as the Songbirds, the Black Lillies and Brendon James Wright and the Wrongs. While the event will also
feature acts of national fame, organizers feel that a local flavor will make the festival seem that much more of a Knoxville tradition. “(We) looked at a lot of up-and-coming bands and regional and local bands … because one of the things, I think, we have lacked in Knoxville has been the ability to really sponsor our local music scene when we are looking at doing these bigger
festival events,” Brackeen said. Unlike the traditional music festival setup ala the Beale Street Music Festival or Bonnaroo, the weekend will take place in several different venues all within walking distance of the Market Square area. These range from more obvious choices like the Bijou Theatre to the more intimate stage of Remedy Coffee.
“Since this is part of the Dogwood Arts Festival, we really wanted to involve some gardens as well and put the focus on … the beauty of our natural surrounding, so that’s how the Knoxville Botanical Gardens and the UT Gardens got into the mix,” Brackeen said. Considering the sheer logistics going into the weekend, one could reasonably be worried about similar bands being crossbooked and fans having to miss out on great acts, but Brackeen believes that festival organizers have done a good job of making sure each band is in the proper place. “(We) kind of plugged each artist into the venue that I felt would work with their sound and then tried to work around how each of those artists would flow into one a n o t h e r, ” Brackeen said. In case there are any situations where one’s favorite bands are booked closely together at different venues, organizers have made sure that performances begin at different times at each location, so that an entire concert does not have to be missed. If nothing else, organizers hope that the music festival inspires local acts to create new material and find new audiences as a result of what happens over the three-day period. “There are certain cities
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but nobody has packaged it and marketed it that way and … hopefully this festival will do that.” Festival passes, which are good for the whole weekend,
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SPORTS
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Smith snags No. 1 ranking for first time ever Staff Reports The Tennessee Volunteers climbed back to second in the ITA national rankings following a key weekend victory over sixth-ranked Florida, and John-Patrick Smith earned the No. 1 singles ranking for the first time in his career. The Vols (22-1, 10-0 SEC) clinched at least a share of the Southeastern Conference regular-season title and rose two spots in the rankings by defeating Florida 4-3 on Friday and South Carolina 6-1 on Sunday. The Vols can capture the championship outright when they host Georgia in the season finale Saturday at 3 p.m. at UT Varsity Courts. Admission is free. Smith has helped the Vols in their undefeated conference run with his 9-1 record at the No. 1 sin-
gles position. The junior from Townsville, Australia, has been ranked second nationally for most of the year, but on Tuesday, he became the first Vol to reach No. 1 since associate head coach Chris Woodruff occupied the top spot in 1993. Smith and senior Davey Sandgren remained second in the doubles rankings. Junior Boris Conkic and freshman Rhyne Williams dropped to seventh. Historically speaking Smith is believed to be the third Vol in history to attain the No. 1 national ranking, joining Woodruff and three-time All-American Paul Annacone. Smith is also likely the only UT player to have been ranked first in both singles and doubles. He and Sandgren have been ranked No. 1 on three occasions the last two seasons. Woodruff earned the final No. 1 ranking in 1993, which came as no real surprise considering he entered the NCAA Championships as the top seed and won the tournament. Annacone finished with a dominating 51-3 record in 1984 on his way to the top year-end ranking. Smith has posted a team-leading 34-6 record this season and has 103 career wins, good for seventh in Tennessee history. With a doubles victory Sunday against South Carolina, he became the third UT player to reach 100 career wins in both singles and doubles. Rest of the story Four Vols remained in the national singles rankings in addition to Smith. Conkic slipped to No. 40, Williams rose two spots to No. 47 and freshman Tennys Sandgren moved up six positions to No. 105. Senior Matt Brewer, who has been sidelined the last two weeks with an ankle injury, stayed ranked at No. 115. Williams, who has been a mainstay at the No. 3 position, is second on the team with a 32-6 record. He currently has the highest freshman winning percentage in school history at .842, and he is seventh for most wins in a freshman season. Tennys Sandgren debuted in the last round of rankings at No. 111 and currently has a 10-match winning streak. He is the only Vol with an undefeated record in SEC play, having gone 9-0 at the No. 4 position.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
SPORTS
McCray emerging as team ace
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UT pitcher Stephen McCray watches action from the dugout in a game against Florida earlier this season. The Vols’ senior currently leads the team in wins and is tied with Bryan Morgado for innings pitched in 2010.
Terrence Boone Staff Writer This past summer, Tennessee starting pitcher Stephen McCray spent time in the Coastal Plains League with the Florence RedWolves. The experience McCray got paid dividends this season as he’s the team leader in wins and tied for innings pitched with Bryan Morgado. Head coach Todd Raleigh noted how McCray’s improvement this season is attributed to his growth as a player. “I think, from a physical standpoint, he’s developed a cutter, and that’s really made him throw a lot more groundballs,” Raleigh said. “From an emotional standpoint, he’s just matured a lot from last year. He’s not trying to strike everybody out. He’s got more of an attitude of letting them make contact instead of striking everyone out.” McCray was very productive with the RedWolves, posting a 5-2 record with a 1.92 ERA in 10 appearances. His .169 batting average against led the league in that category. While ranking fourth in strikeouts, McCray got a chance to incorporate some new pitches in his repertoire, something he said has helped him this season. “It gave me a lot of innings under my belt, and there’s nothing like experience,” McCray said. “This summer’s when I started toying with throwing a two-seamer, sinker and a cutter and just gave me some time on the mound to work some kinks out that I had in the mid-
dle of last year.” A senior from Lilburn, Ga., McCray has proved to be invaluable to the Diamond Vols this season. With a 4-3 record, which includes a recent win over nationally ranked Florida, McCray gave up only one run in six innings of work. In Tennessee’s 12-4 win over the Gators, McCray allowed only seven hits and tied his season-high with seven strikeouts. McCray also recorded a solid outing against Ole Miss. He went seven strong innings and allowed only four hits and two runs while striking out five. Despite the quality start, McCray hit three batters and gave up a home run, albeit in a winning effort. Nevertheless, McCray touched on how he’s become more resilient when things don’t go his way. “My main thing is I just tell myself to relax,” McCray said. “When I start to hit a bump in the road, I tend to try harder. And for me, it’s just to relax and trust my stuff.” The game that allowed McCray to show off his new stuff came in an early season game against perennial Pac-10 power Oregon State on February 28. Against Oregon State, ranked No. 10, McCray went seven innings, while giving up only three hits and one run. Even with that strong effort, McCray came away with the loss in a 1-0 grind-it-out game. “They (Oregon State) were ranked pretty high,” McCray said. “I went in there, and I was pretty high on energy. I was just ready to go to see how I ranked. And I was hoping to go up there and throw well, and it gave me some confidence.”
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Hawn’s five-hit day highlights 16-7 victory Robby O’Daniel Chief Copy Editor Before the series against No. 8 Florida last weekend, UT head coach Todd Raleigh, known for his plethora of lineup changes, shuffled his lineup even more dramatically than usual. He broke up the three-four tandem of first baseman Cody Hawn and catcher Blake Forsythe, trying the two out in different spots lower in the order. Moreover, he moved the team’s best hitter and leadoff man P.J. Polk down from No. 1 to Hawn’s former slot at No. 3. Two of the affected parties — Polk and Hawn — were subsequently difference makers in the Vols’ 16-7 clobbering of Lipscomb on Tuesday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Early on in the game, it seemed like things would play out much differently. Two early shots from Lipscomb — a firstinning homer and a second-inning, two-RBI double — had netted the visitors a 3-0 lead. Lipscomb starter Matt Bowling, despite entering the game with a 0-3 record and a 15.26 earned run average, had retired the first four batters to face him. But then centerfielder Josh Liles beat out a grounder to third for a single. Forsythe, batting in the No. 6 slot, stroked a single to center field. Two UT runs would score off a throwing error and an RBI groundout, making it 3-2 Lipscomb. And then freshman designated hitter Cody Stubbs made all those runners count with a three-run home run, just clearing the scoreboard, to right field. Raleigh identified it as the “big play” of the game. “We fell behind a little bit early,” Raleigh said. “He (Stubbs) hit a big home run and after that, it felt like we really relaxed, and it was good to see him do that because he’s going to be a great player.” Even though Stubbs’ homer gave the Vols a lead they would never relinquish and set the tone for the game, this night arguably belonged to Hawn. The slugging junior added a home run to his total and went 5-for-6 on the day, becoming the first Vol to have five hits in a game since Tony Delmonico did it against Tennessee Temple on May 8, 2007. “Cody Hawn may have had his best game of the year,” Raleigh said. Raleigh said he talked with Hawn before the game about relaxing and not putting too much pressure on himself. Hawn agreed. “Just trying to do too much, I felt like I was missing some pitches that I hit last year, and that was really the big thing to it,” Hawn said. “And then when I did get a good pitch, I was fouling it back.” Raleigh said this pressure mentality from Hawn and Forsythe was part of the reason for switching up the batting order. But Polk, the Vols’ current No. 3 hitter, thrives on pressure. Going into Tuesday’s game, Polk had a .607 batting average with runners in scoring position to prove it. “I really don’t let the pressure get to me,” Polk said. “I try to hit early in the count and just be aggressive in those counts and hit early, that way I won’t have to hit the pitcher’s best pitch. So I think just staying with that approach has helped me a lot.” It was the bottom of the fifth, the Vols had the bases loaded, the score was 7-4 Vols and Lipscomb was still within reach of a comeback. Even though he was 0-for-3 on the night at the time, this is when Polk decided to put the game out of reach with a slicing, stand-up triple to center field. Polk said he has no wish for where he bats in the order. “I really don’t have a preference,” he said. “Once I get in the box, I just let my instincts take over, and whatever the situation is, dictates what my job is at the time, so if I’m hitting No. 1, No. 3 or even No. 9, I don’t really think too much about it.” He said players come up in different situations regardless of the order. “Wherever you are in the lineup, you just adapt and adjust on the fly,” Polk said. “So when you get up, you might be leading off the inning, or you might have two or three guys on base. So just whatever the situation is, you just adjust and go accordingly.” On Tuesday, the Vols took advantage of Lipscomb pitching (seven walks) and Lipscomb fielding (five errors) to churn out 16 runs on 20 hits. While Lipscomb (12-22) had plenty of chances in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings — including two bases-loaded situations, a failure to make the big hit spelled doom for the Bisons. Now the Vols (17-17) prepare for an SEC weekend matchup at Mississippi State, hoping to improve a 3-9 record in the conference. “I think we’re a good matchup for Mississippi State obviously,” Raleigh said. “I think it’s crucial for us to go down there and play well because we got six in a row at home (from April 23 through May 2). We could really make a run right now, so this is a big series for us.”
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Junior Matt Duffy rounds the bases in Tuesday’s matchup against Lipscomb. The Vols rode Cody Hawn’s career-high five hits to a 16-7 victory over the Bisons.
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