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Knotts, Tiller run as scholars Matt Dixon Sports Editor

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When Chelsea Knotts called Elizabeth Tiller during the summer of 2008 to ask her about being roommates at Tennessee that fall, it made sense.

The two incoming freshmen met during the interview weekend earlier that year for the inaugural class of the Haslam Scholars Program, which selects only 15 high school seniors annually.

Knotts and Tiller had already been chosen to be a part of the first class of the program and both were going to be on the Lady Volunteers’ track and field team. Knotts came to UT from Ripley, W.V., Tiller from Tuscaloosa, Ala. Now, four years later, they are best friends, and Knotts, who enjoys hiking and photography, even admitted that people often confuse one for the other.

“It’s been more than just a teammate and a Haslam Scholar,” Tiller said. “Chelsea’s also been my roommate for four years and we do absolutely every extracurricular activi-

ty together. It was really nice for her and I to form this instant bond and go to practices together and also have these Haslam classes.”

The scholars program includes a 28credit hour curriculum, various seminars and community service projects and an all-expense paid study abroad program.

“Elizabeth Tiller and Chelsea Knotts epitomize the scholar-athlete,” Steven Dandaneau, director of the Haslam Scholars Program, said. “They compete athletically at the highest level, but scholarship always comes first. Track requires dedication and true grit, and they have these qualities in abundance. But, as Haslam Scholars, they’re also highly involved in leadership and service, study abroad and intensive research, each and all requiring its own sort of focus and hard work. Few students I have ever known in over 20 years of university teaching match, and none exceed, Elizabeth’s and Chelsea’s inspiring record of academic and athletic achievement.”

See SCHOLARS on Page 9

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A man features his home grown vegetables at a table at the flea market in LaFollette on Friday, April 13. Students in Professor Rob Heller’s JEM 490 Advanced Photojournalism class took their annual trip to LaFollette to photograph the area and its inhabitants over the weekend. See page 7 for a photo spread from the trip.

Artist raps with new style Wesley Mills Staff Writer Today’s best hits don’t include the lyrical flow of Jay-Z combined with the medieval tales of Geoffrey Chaucer or Charles Darwin’s survival of the fittest, but that’s what Canadian rapper and playwright Baba Brinkman does every day.

On April 24, Brinkman will perform for UT students in the UC Auditorium from 7:30-9 p.m.

Ever since studying English literature in college, Brinkman’s goal has been to connect the dots between hip-hop and Shakespeare, rap and evolution.

“I think a lot of people have expectations about

what rap is about,” Brinkman said. “A lot of that comes from Top 40 hip-hop or mainstream hiphop. I’ve always looked at rap as a medium. A medium is capable of containing any message.”

For the next four weeks, Brinkman will be sitting under the tutelage of professors at UT who study science. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, UT offers a singer-songwriter grant that allows people like Brinkman to interact with professors and researchers to explore opportunities.

These networking opportunities provide new information for Brinkman to use as ingredients to mix into his career and make his work accessible to the public.

See BRINKMAN on Page 3

Students march against injustice Jasmine Fletcher-Green Staff Writer With the controversy that has spurred from the Trayvon Martin incident, students from the university community have joined the cause by walking in Martin’s honor.

On Thursday, students met at the Black Cultural Center (BCC) to walk for the injustice of Martin’s untimely death. Several students had signs and many were also wearing hoodies.

Some signs included sayings, such as “I am Trayvon Martin,” “Do I look suspicious” and “Justice for Trayvon.”

The group consisted of about 75 people.

Participants left the BCC heading toward the

Pedestrian Mall. They then veered left onto Volunteer Avenue, eventually migrating to Cumberland Avenue.

At the corner of Cumberland and 17th Street, the students observed one of two moments of silence in Martin’s memory. The second was done after the students walked past the library, returning to the walkway.

“It was great to see people come together for a common cause other than a party,” Stephanie Jones, junior in nursing, said. “People didn’t seem disturbed as we protested; instead they were taking pictures and watching in support.

Cars were even slowing down.”

See TRAYVON on Page 3

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Members of Alpha Omicron Pi and Alpha Delta Pi dance in colorful costumes as part of their performance of “Monsters, Inc.” during Carnicus on Saturday.

1969 — Architect of Czechoslovakia’s Prague Spring resigns Alexander Dubcek, the communist leader who launched a broad program of liberal reforms in Czechoslovakia, is forced to resign as first secretary by the Soviet forces occupying his country. The staunchly pro-Soviet Gustav Husak was appointed Czechoslovak leader in his place, reestablishing an authoritarian communist dictatorship in the Soviet satellite state.

The trend toward liberalization in Czechoslovakia began in 1963, and in 1968 reached its apex after Dubcek replaced Antonin Novotny as first secretary of the party. He introduced a series of far-reaching political and economic reforms, including increased freedom of speech and an end to state censorship. Dubcek's effort to establish “communism with a human face” was celebrated across the country and the brief period of freedom became known as the “Prague Spring.”

On August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union answered Dubcek’s reforms with the invasion of Czechoslovakia by 600,000 Warsaw Pact troops. Prague was not eager to give way, but scat-

tered student resistance was no match for Soviet tanks. Dubcek's reforms were repealed, and the leader was replaced with the staunchly pro-Soviet Gustav Husak, who reestablished an authoritarian communist regime in the country.

In 1989, as communist governments folded across Eastern Europe, Prague again became the scene of demonstrations for democratic reforms. In December 1989, Husak’s government conceded to demands for a multiparty parliament. Husak resigned, and for the first time in two decades Dubcek returned to politics as chairman of the new parliament, which subsequently elected playwright Vaclav Havel as president of Czechoslovakia.

1975 — Cambodia falls to the Khmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge troops capture Phnom Penh and government forces surrender. The war between government troops and the communist insurgents had been raging since March 1970, when Lt. Gen. Lon Nol had ousted Prince Norodom Sihanouk in a bloodless coup and proclaimed the establishment of the Khmer Republic.

Between 1970 and 1975, Lon Nol and his army, the Forces Armees Nationale Khmer (FANK), with U.S. support and military aid, battled the communist Khmer Rouge for control of Cambodia. During the five years of bitter fighting, approximately 10 percent of Cambodia’s 7 million people died. When the U.S. forces departed South Vietnam in 1973, both the Cambodians and South Vietnamese found themselves fighting the communists alone. Without U.S. support, Lon Nol’s forces fought on, but eventually succumbed to the Khmer Rouge. With the surrender, the victorious Khmer Rouge evacuated Phnom Penh and set about reordering Cambodian society. This resulted in a killing spree and the notorious “killing fields.”

Eventually, hundreds of thousands of Cambodians were murdered or died from exhaustion, hunger, and disease.

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

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TRAYVON continued from Page 1 The marchers were united with a variety of chants during the march. One of the sayings was a line that has been passed down through generations of mass movements. “What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!” Terry Benson, undecided senior and member of the track team, led the chants. There were printed-out sheets for the chants so that students could be on one accord. At the bottom of the sheet was a quote from Martin’s mother that said, “This is not a black and white thing, this is a right and wrong thing.”

Also at the top of the sheet was a message that stated, “Being charged and being convicted are two completely different things, and until Zimmerman is convicted the battle isn’t over.”

Benson was one of five students who organized the march. Nia Sheriff, Betty Hong, Harlin Miller and Akoma Onwuzuruigbo were the other orchestrators, each representing multiple organizations.

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The idea was sparked from a conversation between Benson and Onwuzuruigbo on the tragedy of Trayvon Martin. The two then decided to contact the others and they met nightly in preparation.

“It was so memorable to be a part of a 21stcentury cause,” said Ryane Adeniran, junior in child and family studies. “We’ve learned about how marches and protests such as this created movements that changed the world. Now it’s time for our generation to make our mark and become passionate about what is right as those before us have also done.”

The march received news coverage from a local Knoxville news station as well as campus news media.

“I am pleased at the turnout,” Miller, sophomore in history, said. “However, I still believe we need more student, faculty and administrative involvement because temporary activism is just as much of a problem as no activism at all.

“People always get upset over injustices too late, but if they stay active in the issues as a good citizen should be, then justice can only progress instead of digress.”

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Dana Masoud, undecided freshman, shows the henna designs on her hand from a booth set up as part of Muslim Awareness Week, hosted by the Muslim Student Association, on Wednesday.

BRINKMAN continued from Page 1 Darren Ellis, junior in history, said he thought the idea of a different approach to rap could be something students would enjoy.

Brinkman’s performance caught Ellis’ attention.

“I would find it very interesting, I would want to hear it,” Ellis said. “I think people could be successful rapping about other things than the stereotypical stuff. I know of a couple rappers who just rap about political and cultural issues.

They aren’t extremely successful like Jay-Z, but they do well for themselves.”

Brinkman decided early on that his background did not fit the stereotypical subject matter that hip-hop was about. He enjoyed hip-hop, but he wanted to record material on subjects he cared about.

“Their subject matter is about a lifestyle that I never really experienced,” Brinkman said. “What I knew about was science and literature and philosophy. I was an academic and good at school and really liked it.”

Brinkman said that sometimes science and philosophy can spark tensions of controversy, and controversy means interest.

“I think evolution and Darwin are a great source to provoke that outrage and

response,” Brinkman said.

“Whether people agree with what I say or not, I hope they will at least respect me for doing something bold and challenging.”

Brinkman said that before every show he tells himself he’s going to have skeptics in the crowd, and it’s his job to convert them.

Because Brinkman’s style of hip-hop is not very famil-

because it doesn’t work, and doesn’t get healthy to survive or reproduce,” he said, “or, if there’s a new mutation that works really well, it starts to get a response and thrive and be successful.

And that mutation will get copied.”

While Brinkman has won a few major awards at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival, he still thinks he’s got work to do.

“I don’t consider myself to have made it until I can decide to chill on the beach for the rest of my life where I can decide if I want to rap or want to live the good life,” Brinkman said.

Catherine Crawley, communications coordinator at the National Institute for and • Photo courtesy of Greg Edwards) Mathematical Biological Synthesis iar to most, people are in Knoxville, said she is unsure what to think when looking forward to they hear about the show. Brinkman’s performance.

He himself calls it “morbid “We’re excited to have the curiosity.” talents of Baba Brinkman at “I do something that no NIMBioS and look forward one else really does,” he to the songs he will create said. “People that hear while he’s here,” Crawley about it have this weird said. sense of ‘I don’t know what that’s like because its so different. It’s either going to be awesome or really horrible and I can’t decide which it’s going to be so I have to go find out.’”

In a niche market, Brinkman is unsure whether this new mix of style and subject will take off, but he compares it to one of his main topics: evolution.

“As soon as there is a new mutation, either that new mutation will die out

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Get facts straight to benefit Uganda In an attempt to address the 21-year conflict and war in northern Uganda, and successively the atrocities committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army in neighboring countries, Invisible Children (IC) has launched yet another campaign to raise awareness: Kony 2012. However, this campaign is misguided and reductionist in approach. IC, like numerous NGOs, fails to acknowledge its own affiliation and maintenance of power structures, American hegemony, and domination. Through trendy T-shirts, bracelets and symbols, IC sensationalizes the suffering of a community while claiming to alleviate it. It legitimizes military intervention as a means to an end and reinforces the Savior Complex through goodwill and charity. All of which we feel is detrimental to the reconstruction and reconciliation processes that are taking place in northern Uganda.

The Gulu Study and Service Abroad Program at UT (GSSAP) along with the Jazz for Justice Project have come together to raise awareness about the complexity of the war and post-conflict environment in northern Uganda while giving students a chance to explore other local grassroots organizations working in the region. We believe that if people around the world want to truly engage in the issue they should think of investing in organizations such as The Justice and Reconciliation Project, AYINET: Uganda Victims Foundation, Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies, the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative and others. Elevating Kony subsequently moves attention away from these efforts and directs it toward harsh stereotypes about Africa, painting Ugandans solely as victims without agency.

Our initiative, Uganda 2012, maintains that Joseph Kony, the leader or the Lord’s Resistance Army should be stopped, apprehended and brought to justice (whatever that may look like). However, we resist IC’s campaign if it means reducing the conflict and peoples’ lives to an advocacy kit, deadline and one-sided historical narrative. The students of GSSAP, who first traveled to Uganda last year, joined a growing list of students from the Jazz for Justice Project who made trips there since 2006.

In 2008-09, Jazz for Justice launched the campaign “Educate” which was a response to IC’s “Rescue” campaign that promoted selling “I heart the LRA” shirts and encouraged U.S. teenagers and young adults to “abduct” themselves until the U.S. government responded to their proposal on stopping the LRA. We wanted to show how insensitive and absurd this campaign was, but we were heavily criticized by IC

supporters. Eventually, after arranging meetings with the IC leaders (including Jason Russell), they discontinued the shirts and changed their website to reflect current developments of the war. IC has a history of sensational and insensitive campaigns and it would serve everyone to explore alternative methods of raising awareness. The individuals who subscribe to “rescuing or saving African children” take for granted the privilege that they are afforded due to the degradation of the rest of the world. This is evident to us as we see young people subscribing to something that appears benevolent, but maintains the system that made it possible for this war to go on without international attention in the first place.

The IC film will tell you that Kony is not fighting for a cause, but for power, and that he is not supported by anyone. This, however, is a one-dimensional view of the conflict. The LRA began as a politically-oriented group that released a manifesto denouncing the marginalization of the Acholi people by the Uganda government (President Museveni’s government).

There is also a substantial amount of proof that Kony had help and was for a time supported by the Sudanese government in Khartoum. In addition, the Ugandan national army has been implicated in atrocities committed during the war which must be addressed.

Over half the film focuses on Jason and his young son, but this is a theme in IC’s work, in which they spend far too much time and energy promoting what they have done instead of focusing on the issue. Earlier this month, IC released Kony 2012, Part Two, which seeks to address these issues and take a multifaceted approach to the conflict. However, it is important to note that awareness and good intentions are never enough. It’s better to do your research and circulate thorough, accurate information beforehand, rather than circulating information to clean up the mess of over-simplified sensationalism.

GSSAP and Jazz for Justice will be tabling this week on the Pedestrian Mall for Uganda 2012. You can expect to receive information on local grassroots organizations and others ways to support stability and justice in northern Uganda. As echoed by a northern Ugandan this past weekend when Kony 2012 was finally screened in Gulu, “This is too painful. They shouldn’t have shown this.” Let us listen and learn.

Jayanni Webster Senior College Scholars Program jwebst16@utk.edu

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Tragedy refutes dangerous gun law C ampbel l’s Co r n e r by

Seth Campbell Since my last column concerning Trayvon Martin and the conundrum in Sanford, Fla., I have received an outpouring of comments, critique and general concern. It’s important to note that a case such as this cannot trigger a unanimous, concrete reaction. The emotions and opinions that many are showcasing in response to this tragedy are not uniform in nature and no one would expect them to be.

Many have proclaimed this whole case a sham because there are similar cases that don’t garner the same level of attention. Of course not every murder case can launch a media frenzy that includes using outdated photos, interviewing acquaintances, and making largescale assumptions of guilt or innocence.

Regardless of the attention the Trayvon Martin case has attracted, it remains relevant and worthy of discussion. Can the murder be considered a hate crime? Was Martin murdered in self-defense? Questions such as these are worthy of discussion and, more importantly, worthy of trial. For this reason, deciding to bring the case to trial was the correct decision.

Though many have ridiculed my opinions since the last column, I stand by my commentary. Purposely, I failed to mention George Zimmerman’s name throughout the entirety of my last Martin-related column. I have never proclaimed Zimmerman a lynchhungry racist or a cold-blooded murderer, but rather that this case seems appropriate for a trial. Zimmerman’s actions may have been motivated by only fear, but if that is the case, let’s allow a trial to determine his guilt or innocence.

It seems evident that Martin’s race played a certain role in this murder. This isn’t claiming

that Zimmerman is a racist, but it deals with the much larger picture of racial stereotypes and typecasting — specifically in the southern United States. There’s little doubt that if 17year-old Trayvon Martin were Caucasian, he would still be alive. In Zimmerman’s mind, Martin was a significant threat to the neighborhood, though Zimmerman had no tangible proof of this threat. I suppose if one classifies Arizona Tea a threat, then Martin was most definitely at-large.

It seems illogical to proclaim Zimmerman free from any guilt due to his aggressive actions. When the dispatcher asked Zimmerman to not follow the young man, he blatantly refused to listen. If Zimmerman merely listened to the directions from the 911dispatcher, Martin would still be alive.

Zimmerman’s aggression and stubbornness were contributing factors to this tragedy. If he would have followed instructions, the proper forces would have been dispatched and Trayvon Martin would most likely have lived.

If any decency has arisen from this murder, it is the attention towards Florida’s ridiculous “Stand Your Ground” law. While our Second Amendment stands true on a constant basis, the right to bear arms cannot be translated into the right to fire arms at will. If every state were to adopt similar laws, the murder rate would skyrocket and murders across the country could be justified. Thankfully, this case has many state legislatures reviewing this foolish law.

Regardless of where the blame rests, a 17year-old teenager was killed. Luckily, we live in a country with a legitimate legal system and we must place a certain amount of trust in our judicial system in cases such as these. Whether or not you blame Zimmerman for the killing, a young man does not have the opportunity to attend college, raise a family, or live his Godgiven life. Truthfully, this is the real tragedy of the matter.

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

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As the school year is slowly coming to a close, seniors have begun to feel the senioritis bug they once felt in high school. Yet, this time, instead of worrying about prom and what pool you plan on going to this summer, seniors must be setting up potential job interviews or preparing for graduate school. Although many might have already figured out what their plans will be for the future, some students might have stalled over these last few months. An integral part of any job seeking process is the interview.

Yet, many students find themselves very nervous and unsure of themselves when they encounter a potential employer in an interview session. In order to be better prepared, we must work and practice on our interviewing skills by doing mock interviews. Once we have learned how to promote our abilities, we will have the confidence to enter any work place with a competent attitude.

Sometimes a student can get nervous when put on the spot, especially if this is a job that he really wants. Yet, there are some things an interviewee should never say during the session.

The online job resource center, Monster, reports there are 10 things a candidate should never ask.

First, never ask about the perks of the job. If you are offered the job, that would be an appropriate time ask about the benefits. One should also never ask how the company is doing.

Before the interview, make sure you do your research on the company and where they are in comparison to their competitors. Monster also states that you should not talk poorly of your last boss. Although you might feel that the boss treated you unfairly, the interviewer will think you just complain a lot. Make sure to always end on a positive note when in an interview, even if you discuss a negative event.

Also, an interviewee should never compliment

the interviewer on his or her physical appearance.

Even if you are saying you like their shoes, it can appear as superficial and unprofessional. Fifth, never complain. Although you might have a headache or have eaten too much at lunch, never tell your interviewer your personal problems as it is inappropriate in a business setting. Another common problem that interviewees have is discussing how they were released from their last job. If you were fired previously, do not bluntly state it. Simply say that you and your boss did not see eye-to-eye on certain things, and you decided to take your creative energy elsewhere.

Never show your desperation for a job.

Although you may have been searching for months, never use the sympathy card on an interviewer. Also, never say, “I don’t know.” If you do not know the answer, say you will get back to them, or think the question out loud. Never be afraid to think over your questions. The interviewer knows you want to answer in the best way possible and wants to see you problem-solve or think. Lastly, never say your biggest weakness is that you work too hard. Interviewers really do want to hear what you are striving to fix.

If you still feel that you are not prepared for your interview, make sure to stop by the Student Success Center on campus. They have an abundance of workshops, classes and staff that would be willing to coach you through anything you might need. This is a wonderful resource we have on campus, and each student should use this to his or her advantage.

Interviewing can be scary, especially if this is your first time doing it in the real world. Just make sure to wear an appropriate outfit, come in with a big smile, and be as honest and professional as possible. Always make sure to send a thank you note to your interviewer as well.

Remember to be grateful, curious and open to learning new things. If you practice common questions and come prepared, you will enter the office being a confident and ready college graduate who is about to make an impact on our world.

— Samantha Trueheart is a sophomore in communications. She can be reached at struehea@utk.edu.

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Equestrian team suitable for all Tia Patron Photo Editor For people who own horses, moving to a new city can mean losing a dear friend.

This is where the UT Equestrian Team can help. The equestrian team is a club sport that offers lessons in western and hunt seat as well as recreation riding. Founded in 1975, the team competes in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association in hunt seat equitation and western horsemanship.

The team has 40-50 members taking lessons this semester. In terms of experience, members range from none to national players. Beginners Gabby Palladion, Leila Owen and Caitlin McCord agreed that interacting with the horses is one of the best aspects of the program. The team atmosphere is also a highlight.

Currently being housed by Hartbrook Farm in New Market, Tenn., the team has access to 23 school horses, up from the original six when they switched farms two years ago. Coach Michele Thompson said she loves the current group of riders.

“There is a good string of horses and riders,” Thompson said. “Much more of a dedicated group.”

Thompson has experience in Jumpers and Western and has coached multiple Congress and World champions and reserve champions.

Thompson said there used to be a “No Drama” sign on the farm, but it has been taken down after it was obvious that the team had united and there was no need to settle arguments between members.

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Previous office experience, computer and phone skills desired. Send resume: office@northshoregroup.com The Children’s Center of Knoxville, Inc. is looking for a special May graduate to be our next Family Services Coordinator. BS in Child and Family Studies or related field preferred. Full time position with excellent benefit package, including meals, paid time off and insurance. Interested applicants should send resume to ccknoxville@bellsouth.net. EOE.

All active members pay dues and lesson fees each semester. The lesson fees give each rider a one-hour lesson each week. Although the club can cater to new riders, being cheaper than most lesson programs also can save the experienced rider money.

Beginners can choose a certain style of riding or choose a recreational lesson that includes using some of the 1,000 miles of trails that are on the 150-acre farm.

Riders are given a different horse each lesson, and after they gain experience they are able to compete. The team currently has about 20 members that compete, and they finished fourth in their league last year.

Current club president Kimberly King, senior in food science, has faced many issues in her two-year reign. During her junior year the team faced a major decision on a barn change. Their old head coach became pregnant so they decided to move the team to another barn on short notice.

“The team is my child, I have to take care of them,” King sad. “It is much easier to change trainers by yourself, but as a group it is much harder. I carry this team on my shoulders and I take the responsibility, but with the help of the officers we were able to come up with the decision.”

The club also participates in several activities throughout the year like Light the Night walk and Trunk or Treat. They have bi-weekly meetings and free pizza for anyone interested.

For more information on the club contact the president in waiting, Kathleen Wilson, at kwilso63@utk.edu or visit their website http://universityoftennesseeequestrianteam.blog spot.com.

EMPLOYMENT 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, & some leadership positions. Part-time available. www.campwebb.comto apply.

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Iran tightens grip on Web The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran — Iran calls it the “soft war” with the West: Battles to control, defend and monitor the Internet and other high-level telecommunications. The latest move came quietly when the powerful Revolutionary Guard recently launched what it claims is a hack-proof communications network for its high-level commanders.

Largely overshadowed by the showdowns over Iran’s nuclear program, the efforts to build a cyber-fortress have become a priority among leaders fearful of Internet espionage and virus attacks from abroad and seeking to choke off opposition outlets at home.

The drive also highlights the stepped up attempts by many nations — particularly across the Middle East — to filter the Web after social networking sites played such a crucial role in the Arab Spring uprisings.

In a video message for the

Iranian new year last month, President Barack Obama denounced what he called the “electronic curtain” that keeps ordinary Iranians from reaching out to Americans and the West.

“We are not in an imaginary state of threats or sanctions,” Revolutionary Guard Deputy Cmdr. Hossein Salami told Guard leaders in late March as he inaugurated the new closed communications system called “Basir,” or Perspective.

“Threats and sanctions are practically being enforced against us. Communications have changed the picture of the world including threats and wars.”

The system is vaguely described as a something akin to a closed mobile phone network, possibly involving special relay towers and passcodes.

The Guard’s network is separate from Iran’s wider goal of creating a so-called “clean” Josef Beal • The Daily Beacon Internet, a plan not fully explained by authorities but A donation table for the East Tennessee Pit Bull Rescue sits on the Pedestrian Mall on Tuesday, April 3. Pit bulls apparently seeking to weed are often abandoned due to assumptions of possible violent behavior, leading to a large number of homeless and abandoned dogs. out non-sanctioned content.

IRA dissidents could crash Olympics party The Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland — When the flame of peace comes to Northern Ireland this summer, police will face an Olympic task to ensure that IRA die-hards don’t try to blow it out.

The Olympic Torch will spend five June days traveling through 67 cities, towns and villages throughout this long-divided corner of the United Kingdom. The flame’s ambitious course into predominantly British Protestant and Irish Catholic turf should offer a poignant measure of how far Northern Ireland has traveled down its own road to reconciliation.

Irish Republican Army dissidents are committed to shattering that image and, experts agree, are bound to see the

Olympics as an unprecedented opportunity to advertise their defiant existence.

“I’d be very surprised if the dissidents don’t try something during the Olympics. Putting a small bomb anywhere near an Olympic venue would put them on every front page in the world,” said Richard English, director of the Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

English said leaders of today’s three main IRA splinter groups are desperate to be taken seriously in an age when Northern Ireland peacemaking is seen worldwide as a triumph following the 2005 demise of the long-dominant IRA faction, the Provisionals. He said the Olympic torch will present the first, easiest target.

“Anything in Ireland is easier for the dissidents to hit. And

the torch is a target that just carries on and on and on, its course choreographed far in advance. So it’s a nightmare logistically for the police,” he said.

A security think tank offering advice to British companies for the Olympics, the SIRS Consultancy, says the Olympic flame’s June 3-7 procession through Northern Ireland has been recklessly timed.

Experts say the IRA dissidents’ failure to attack London since then reflects the British security forces’ heightened powers and resources following al-Qaida’s 9/11 attacks on the United States in 2001 and on the London transport system in 2005.

The homemade bombs by dissident IRA groups also are often flawed. Many are duds and some explode sooner than intended.

For more information, contact Kathy Baughman at (865) 545-5340 or by email at kathy.baughman@lmunet.edu.

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PHOTOFEATURE

Eyes on LaFollette

• Photo courtesy of Taylor Stewart

19 students in Professor Rob Heller’s advanced photojournalism class traveled to LaFollette this weekend as part of the “Eyes on LaFollette” project. The project, which is in its 15th edition since 1993, has students document the everyday lives and events of the people of the small town. These images are a sampling of the more than 7,000 images shot by those students for the project, which is run as a special edition in the local paper, The LaFollette Press.

• Photo courtesy of Maddie Brown

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• Photo courtesy of Ben Ozburn

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ARTS&CULTURE

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Global warming sets stage for competition The Associated Press YOKOSUKA, Japan — To the world’s military leaders, the debate over climate change is long over. They are preparing for a new kind of Cold War in the Arctic, anticipating that rising temperatures there will open up a treasure trove of resources, long-dreamed-of sea lanes and a slew of potential conflicts.

By Arctic standards, the region is already buzzing with military activity, and experts believe that will increase significantly in the years ahead.

Last month, Norway wrapped up one of the largest Arctic maneuvers ever — Exercise Cold Response — with 16,300 troops from 14 countries training on the ice for everything from high intensity warfare to terror threats.

Attesting to the harsh conditions, five Norwegian troops were killed when their C130 Hercules aircraft crashed near the summit of Kebnekaise, Sweden’s highest mountain.

The U.S., Canada and Denmark held major exercises two months ago, and in an unprecedented move, the military chiefs of the seven main Arctic powers — Canada, the U.S., Russia, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden and Finland — are to gather at a Canadian military base in May to specifically discuss regional security issues.

None of this means a shooting war is likely at the North Pole any time soon. But as the number of workers and ships increases in the High North to exploit oil and gas reserves, so will the need for policing, border patrols and — if push comes to shove — military muscle to enforce rival claims.

The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that 13 percent of the world's undiscovered oil and 30 percent of its untapped natural gas is in the Arctic. Shipping lanes could be regularly open across the Arctic by 2030 as rising temperatures continue to melt the sea ice, according to a National Research Council analysis commissioned by the U.S. Navy last year.

What countries should do about climate change remains a heated political debate. But that has not stopped north-looking militaries from moving ahead with strategies that assume current trends will continue.

Russia, Canada and the United States have the biggest stakes in the Arctic. With its military budget stretched thin by Iraq, Afghanistan and more pressing issues elsewhere, the

United States has been something of a reluctant northern power, though its nuclear-powered submarine fleet, which can navigate for months underwater and below the ice cap, remains second to none.

Russia — one-third of which lies within the Arctic Circle — has been the most aggressive in establishing itself as the emerging region’s superpower.

Rob Huebert, an associate political science professor at the University of Calgary in Canada, said Russia has recovered enough from its economic troubles of the 1990s to significantly rebuild its Arctic military capabilities, which were a key to the overall Cold War strategy of the Soviet Union, and has increased its bomber patrols and submarine activity.

He said that has in turn led other Arctic countries — Norway, Denmark and Canada — to resume regional military exercises that they had abandoned or cut back on after the Soviet collapse. Even non-Arctic nations such as France have expressed interest in deploying their militaries to the Arctic.

“We have an entire ocean region that had previously been closed to the world now opening up,” Huebert said. “There are numerous factors now coming together that are mutually reinforcing themselves, causing a buildup of military capabilities in the region. This is only going to increase as time goes on.”

Noting that the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe, the U.S. Navy in 2009 announced a beefed-up Arctic Roadmap by its own task force on climate change that called for a three-stage strategy to increase readiness, build cooperative relations with Arctic nations and identify areas of potential conflict.

“We want to maintain our edge up there,” said Cmdr. Ian Johnson, the captain of the USS Connecticut, which is one of the U.S. Navy’s most Arctic-capable nuclear submarines and was deployed to the North Pole last year. “Our interest in the Arctic has never really waned. It remains very important.”

But the U.S. remains ill-equipped for largescale Arctic missions, according to a simulation conducted by the U.S. Naval War College.

A summary released last month found the Navy is “inadequately prepared to conduct sustained maritime operations in the Arctic” because it lacks ships able to operate in or near Arctic ice, support facilities and adequate communications.

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Jordan Williams, senior in marketing, and rescue Dozer hang out on the Pedestrian Mall to raise support for the East Tennessee Pit Bull Rescue (ETPBR) on Tuesday, April 3. Dogs such as Dozer are often seen in a certain negative light, due to assumptions about the breed, a fact the members of the ETPBR hope to change.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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Four Lady Vols selected in WNBA Draft Staff Reports Bristol, Conn.— University of Tennessee Lady Vols Shekinna Stricklen, Glory Johnson and Kelley Cain were all taken in the First Round and Vicki Baugh was selected in the Third Round of the 2012 WNBA Draft presented by Boost Mobile, on Monday, April 16 at the ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn.

It was the best first round showing ever in the draft for Tennessee with three players taken. The Lady Vols had two first round selections in 1997, 1999, 2003 and 2008. In total 15, UT players have been first round WNBA picks on draft day.

The first Lady Vol selected was the 6’2” multi-position Stricklen to the Seattle Storm with the second pick overall.

Two selections later, Tennessee teammate Johnson heard her

SCHOLARS continued from Page 1 The “veritable dynamic duo,” as Dandaneau called them, spends a lot of time with Redeeming Hope Ministries, a grassroots organization that includes members of the Redeemer Church of Knoxville and UT students whose goal is to help the underprivileged and homeless of urban Knoxville, especially in the Fort Sanders neighborhood.

“Last weekend we were downtown as part of First Friday helping to promote this winetasting event we’re helping put on for Redeeming Hope Ministries on May 4,” Tiller said.

On the track, Knotts’ specialty is the 800m. Tiller competes in the 3000m, 5000m, 1500m (outdoors) and mile (indoors). Not surprisingly, both are three-time members of SEC Academic Honor Roll. Knotts is UT’s female nominee for the SEC Brad Davis Community Service Post-Graduate Scholarship and the sole endorsed candidate for the Rhodes Scholarship. Tiller was the 2008 Peyton Manning Scholarship recipient and a member of the 2011 SEC Track and Field Community Service team.

“It’s very unique and we’re very fortunate to have such scholar-athletes (as) a part of our program,” J.J. Clark, UT director of track and field, said. “Chelsea and Elizabeth add to the substance of our team academically and they both have great, great character.”

At the Chancellor’s Honors Banquet on April 9, Knotts was one of seven recipients of the Torchbearer, the highest honor UT

name called by the Tulsa Shock, as the fourth overall pick in the draft.

A surprise selection in the first round was Cain who was picked as the seventh player overall by the New York Liberty.

Cain, a 2011 UT grad, has been playing in Turkey since January 2012 with Gure Belediyesi of the Turkish League.

Baugh, one of the 15 players invited to the draft, made her way to the stage as the 25th player taken overall and the first pick of the third round by Tulsa where she will join Johnson.

The Lady Vol head coach Pat Summitt was ecstatic about three Lady Vols going in the first round and four overall.

“What a great day in the lives of these young ladies! I couldn’t be prouder as a coach,” said Summitt. “It’s every player’s dream to go to the next level and play in the WNBA...today they have realized this dream.”

Stricklen, a 6’2” guard/forward/center who earned WBCA All-America and SEC Player of the Year acclaim as a junior,

awards students. She became just the fourth Lady Vol and 24th athlete to receive the award.

“It’s a real honor to be selected as a Torchbearer,” Knotts said. “I know there’s so many students here that do so much for the community and the university so it’s just a real honor to be chosen by a faculty member and by the committee.”

Naturally, she had help from Tiller.

“I knew that she really wanted the award and she actually asked me to write one of her two recommendation letters,” Tiller said.

“That was really interesting for me, trying to encapsulate her in this one little letter. But I was so excited for her when she got it. I know that means a lot for athletics to have only the fourth Lady Vol to even get a Torchbearer award, and it’s huge for the track team. Hopefully it’ll draw a lot of recognition and maybe even better studentathletes in the future.”

Knotts and Tiller will both graduate from UT in May, Knotts in cellular and molecular biology and Tiller in Spanish and public administration. Tiller will stay in Knoxville and start UT’s 17-month MBA program, ultimately wanting to go into non-profit work.

Knotts plans to return home and attend medical school at West Virginia this fall, and then begin her residency.

“I think I’ll remember my time at UT mostly with the people I’ve met and the experiences I’ve had with them,” Knotts said. “I think the people have been the most defining part of UT and Tennessee in general. It’s just a great place to be.”

spent time playing all five positions as a Lady Vol and finished her career seventh all-time in points with 1,882 and 11th in rebounds with 905.

“I am so proud of her,” said Summitt. “Obviously, Seattle saw something in her just like we did when we recruited Shekinna to come to Tennessee.

“She has come such a long way and developed into such a great player. Maybe that’s why I stayed on her and was a little harder...she had such potential to be an outstanding player.

You can see it has all paid off today as the second pick overall.

Seattle has a player capable of playing all five spots on the floor now.”

Stricklen had a large group from Morrilton, Ark., attend the draft with her and said she was surprised at her high pick. “I am a little surprised but I am looking forward to playing in the WNBA.

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Aamil Sulaiman, graduate student in the School of Music, performs the String Quartet Op. 18, No. 5 in A Major during the Spring String Chamber Music Recital in the Alumni Memorial Building on Tuesday, April 10.

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THESPORTSPAGE

Vols drop finale to Georgia, 7-0 Ben Daniel Staff Writer The Tennessee men’s tennis team hosted No. 4 Georgia in the final match of the regular season Saturday hoping to get one more solid victory before the start of the SEC Tournament.

While the Vols could not take down the Bulldogs and lost the match without getting any team points, UT coach Sam Winterbotham was optimistic about the 7-0 loss.

“It’s a match we’re capable of winning,” Winterbotham said. “Georgia’s higher ranked and they’re probably stronger top to bottom, but we’re capable of winning that match. We’ve got to compete to win, not just compete to keep it close. That’s where these guys have to grow up.”

No. 15 Tennessee (13-12, 5-6 SEC) was up against one of the toughest opponents that it has seen this season. With five players ranked in the top 60, Georgia came into Knoxville and did not let up on the Vols.

Senior Bryan Swartz was honored for his final home match, but was unable to get the win alongside freshman Peter Nagovnak as Tennessee has lost the past seven matches on Court Three of its doubles parings.

While losing the doubles point early to Georgia, the perfect 7-0 record of duo Edward

Jones and Jarryd Chaplin ended in an 8-2 loss.

Freshmen Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese showed their dominance and broke out of a recent slump, winning 8-3. This pair will be key in the upcoming post-season.

“I love playing with Mikelis because he’s an awesome tennis player and awesome partner,” Reese said. “The last couple of matches haven’t gone our way. They’ve all been close.

We just got to get back to what we do best.

High barrier, making a lot of balls, and really fight for every point. We have been working a lot in practice and have been putting a lot of focus on doubles the past couple of days.”

In the singles matches, there was very little good news. All six Tennessee players were taken down one-by-one as Georgia routed through the young team.

Libietis’ first career top 10 win will have to come at another time as No. 9 Spencer defeated him in a battle that included a 10-point tiebreaker. Freshman Brandon Fickey initially had the momentum to win the match over Georgia’s Doumbia as he won the first set, but then lost 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.

“The season’s just started,” Winterbotham said. “What we did up until now prepares us for the season. That’s why I’m really disappointed today because I wanted to see someTara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon thing from this team that I didn’t see today.”

Edward Jones returns a backhand volley at the net during a match against The Vols take on Alabama in the first round Vanderbilt on Friday, March 30.

Despite the perfect record of Jones and doubles of the SEC Tournament on Wednesday in partner Jarryd Chaplin, the Vols dropped the doubles point early on the way to a 7Starkville, Miss.

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Runners adjust to heat The Associated Press BOSTON — Temperatures rising into the 80s slowed the field at the 116th Boston Marathon and may have convinced as many as 4,300 runners to sit this one out.

Defending champion Geoffrey Mutai dropped out at the 18-mile mark due to cramping, one year after he won with the fastest marathon in world history. Mutai, who also won the New York Marathon in the fall, was hoping a repeat victory in Boston would earn him a place on the Kenyan Olympic team.

A total of 22,426 runners started Monday's race in Hopkinton in temperatures expected to be as high as 84 by the time the last of them fin-

ish their 26.2-mile trek to Boston’s Back Bay. That’s about 84 percent of the registered field of almost 27,000, with many of the no-shows expected to take race organizers up on their offer for a deferment into next year’s race.

The largely unprecedented offer was issued in response to forecasts that called for temperatures rising from 69 at the start to 81 by the midpoint.

The heat didn’t seem to be a problem for Canadian Joshua Cassidy, who won the men’s wheelchair race in a time of 1 hour, 18 minutes, 25 seconds that is the fastest in history.

American Shirley Reilly edged Japan’s Wakako Tsuchida during a sprint to the finish in the women's wheelchair division.

Track teams win nine events Staff Reports KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Competing on a splendid Saturday afternoon at Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium, the Tennessee track & field teams combined for nine event victories, including six in the higher-caliber “Showcase” races, on the final day of the 46thannual Sea Ray Relays.

On a day in which 23 UT student-athletes were recognized on Senior Day, Ellen Wortham made her final home appearance one for the record books. The local product from Maryville cruised to an NCAAleading and meet-record-tying time

of 55.93 seconds to win the Showcase 400m hurdles by three seconds. It marked the thirdstraight season she won that event at this meet.

After running on UT’s victorious 4x400m relay and winning the long jump at 19-11 3/4, Wortham was named the Tony Wilson Award winner for women’s running events for the second year in a row. Wortham joins Aleen Bailey of South Carolina (2002, 2003) as the only two-time winners for running events.

Pittsburgh’s Trecia Smith (1999, 2000) and Annie Alexander of Tennessee (2010, 2011) twice won the award for field events.