The Daily Beacon

Partly Cloudy with a 0% chance of rain HIGH LOW 72 49

White overtakes Orange in annual spring game

PAGE 9 T H E

Monday, April 19, 2010 Issue 63

E D I T O R I A L L Y

Clarence Brown Theatre gets quixotic with ‘Man of La Mancha’

I N D E P E N D E N T

PUBLISHED SINCE 1906

PAGE 7

http://dailybeacon.utk.edu

Vol. 113 S T U D E N T

N E W S P A P E R

O F

T H E

U N I V E R S I T Y

O F

T E N N E S S E E

Earth Day events to promote sustainability Kyle Turner Staff Writer

Chinese president flies to earthquake zone JIEGU, China — Chinese President Hu Jintao met with earthquake survivors Sunday in a remote, mountainous Tibetan region where rescue supplies were arriving at a faster pace.

Hu cut short an official trip to South America to deal with the disaster, which killed more than 1,700 people in western China. Amid heavy security, Hu visited a village on the outskirts of Jiegu then headed to a field hospital beside the Jiegu sports stadium.

Crowds of patients and visitors craned their necks to catch a glimpse of Hu as he chatted with medical staff and rescue teams for about 15 minutes. He took no questions and did not speak with journalists.

Zou Ming, head of disaster relief at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said 25,000 tents, more than 50,000 cottonpadded quilts, and 850 tons of instant food and drinking water have been delivered to the quake zone.

In celebration of Earth Day and UT’s effort to make campus more sustainable, S.P.E.A.K. will host recycling and environmentally conscious events at the 2010 Earth Day Festival.

The festival takes place in the Humanities Plaza on April 22 from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. as one of many Earth Month events.

The events are all free and aimed at promoting sustainability by making little changes to everyday life.

“The goal of the event is to show students that there are small ways to make big impacts on the environment,” Danielle Gerhard, sophomore in psychology, said.

Students are highly encouraged to stop by and take full advantage of the different activities held throughout the event.

A cookout will start the day off, including vegetarian options aimed at showing students alternatives to meat are just as accessible and delicious.

In an effort to promote recycling clothing, tables will be set up where students have the option to drop off unwanted clothes in exchange for someone else’s donations.

Gerhard said this is a completely free way to get “new” clothing instead of donating or throwing out unwanted items.

To show that recycling clothing can be creative, students have the option to bring in a Tshirt and get a screen print placed on the shirt.

Free screen prints will be offered as a way to give a new look to an item of clothing someone might have contemplated disregarding.

Other services offered at the event focus on UT bikers. Free bike tune-ups will be offered through U-TOP during the day.

“Riding your bike to school is one of the easiest ways to reduce your carbon footprint while in college, and free tune-ups will be offered to ensure students can keep cycling,” Chelsea Ennis, junior in psychology, said.

The environmental groups represented at the Earth Day festival include Mountain Justice, TN Valley Bikes, UT Organic Market Garden

and Make Orange Green.

“While students are at the festival, we really hope that they take a minute and visit the different tables with important message,” Gerhard said. “A lot of great groups will be there to highlight some of the important environmental aspects in the Knoxville community.”

S.P.E.A.K. is also encouraging students to hear David Quammen, author of the book “The Song of the Dodo,” Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the UC Auditorium.

Quammen will discuss evolution and the effects of human environmental actions.

The author will highlight how the environment has changed from human impact and how those changes translate into evolutionary patterns.

“He is a renowned environmental journalist and is extremely well informed about the environment,” Stephen Holland, senior in environmental and soil science, said. “His message is going to (be) applicable to all, and I think anyone who gets a chance should hear what he has to say.”

Solo trans-Atlantic rower coped with iPods, candy CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio — An Ohio woman who became the youngest person to row across the Atlantic Ocean alone says she got through the journey with four iPods, 300 chocolate bars and 100 audiobooks.

Katie Spotz spent more than two months alone at sea before completing her feat in March. The 22-year-old athlete spoke about the adventure at a welcome-home party Saturday in suburban Cleveland.

Spotz says her training included more than 100 hours meditating to help cope with the loneliness of rowing for 10 hours a day. She said the hardest part was sleeping in cramped quarters and battling sleep deprivation. She split the rowing into two-hour shifts and spent time sending e-mails and Twitter messages.

Turkish Cypriot hard-liner wins election NICOSIA, Cyprus — Hardline challenger Dervis Eroglu won a key Turkish Cypriot leadership election Sunday, vowing to continue peace talks amid fears his victory could grind reunification negotiations with the Greek Cypriots to a halt and scuttle Turkey’s bid for European Union membership.

Eroglu won just enough votes for an outright victory, with 50.38 percent compared to leftist incumbent Mehmet Ali Talat’s 42.85 percent, according to results posted on the Turkish Cypriot High Electoral Board’s website.

Candidates needed 50 percent plus one vote to avoid a runoff.

Eroglu assured supporters who rushed to his party headquarters in the northern, Turkish Cypriot half of the island’s divided capital, that he would not abandon negotiations aimed at reunifying the divided island.

• Photo courtesy of Josh Queener, TVC

At a recent TVC filming of “World View,” Samantha Vandergriff speaks to producer Whitney Bell. “World View” features interviews with international students at UT and students who have studied abroad. Interest meetings and auditions are Monday at 8 p.m. in suite 40 in the Communications Building. There are openings for several positions including on-air talent, videographers, editors, producers, ad sales and graphic designers.

Greeks build during week Rob Davis Staff Writer Greek Week is in full swing this week on campus.

During the week, many different events will take place at UT, but the main event of Greek Week will take place off campus.

“The Habitat for Humanity house build is the main event of Greek Week, and it is the third year students have participated in the build,” Jim Harrison, adviser for the Interfraternity Council, said. “Along with helping build the house, students have helped raise $30,000 to help fund the project.

This is also the third year students have raised money.”

During the week, Greek organizations will work together to build houses off Rutledge Pike. The days are divided into different work periods. Each period will consist of several Greek organizations, with a total of 20 students working on the site at all times.

“It’s a great opportunity to give back to the community,” Meghan Slater, philanthropy chair for Panhellenic, and junior in public relations, said.

“The hours are from 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., and students wear hard hats and actually get to build a house.”

In total, students will complete five houses. One of which will go to local resident Princess Thomas, who is the single mother of a 12 year old.

“While the students are building the house, the future residents will be attending class,” Slater said.

“They will be learning skills like money management and basic home upkeep skills.”

Students have enjoyed giving back to the community.

“I participated in building the Habitat house last year,” Clay Collett, a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and a sophomore in political science, said.

“It’s a great experience to be able to help build an environment for children and parents who need it.

I plan to do it all my four years of college and after that as well. It really is a rewarding experience for them and for you.”

Although building the Habitat houses is the main focus of the week, different activities will go on throughout the week.

In addition to starting the house, Sunday featured an all-Greek worship service at Sevier Heights Baptist Church.

The Panhellenic Building will host a blood drive Monday and Tuesday. Each person to donate blood will receive five points for his or her organization.

Tuesday will also feature a volleyball tournament on Fiji Island. The event is open to all Greek organizations.

Wednesday will feature an all-Greek cookout on Fiji Island during the afternoon.

The week finishes out with Carnicus on Friday and Saturday. In addition to Carnicus, Saturday will feature the dedication of the Habitat houses. All the participants are invited to come out and view the dedication.

Lindsey Nelson Stadium will play host to the allGreek baseball game Sunday. This is the final event of Greek Week and after the game the all-Greek picture will be taken at the stadium.

New academic sorority aims for fall 2010 start Donesha Aldridge Staff Writer A new academic sorority is hoping to get its start next fall.

Beta Beta’s presidents, Elizabeth Southerland, freshman in music and Emily Smith, sophomore in nuclear engineering, want motivated female students to join.

“We are very passionate about the causes and purposes of our sorority,” Southerland said.

Southerland said there are many reasons women should want to join the new sorority.

“First and foremost, Beta Beta is to serve as a support group for academically motivated women,” she said. “We want to encourage each other to continue pursuing not only academic excellence but overall per-

sonal optimality. We believe that there are many women at UT and all over the country, who hold the potential to be truly great, if they are only given the resources.”

Southerland said she thinks Beta Beta will be successful.

“Beta Beta began as one of those ‘great ideas’ friends talk about but never actually follow through with,” Southerland said.

“However, because we are so passionate about Beta Beta’s purpose, our sorority is well on its way to becoming real. Beta Beta’s astounding initial success is also due, in my opinion, to the nobility and importance of its purpose.”

Southerland said UT women who are academically motivated and artistically inclined would be great candidates for Beta Beta.

See SORORITY on Page 3

CAMPUS CALENDAR

2 • The Daily Beacon

InSHORT

Monday, April 19, 2010

?

What’s HAPPENING AROUND CAMPUS

April 19 - April 20, 2010 Monday, April 19 —

• 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. — A discussion about the newly adopted UT Knoxville Climate Action Plain, which outlines a conceptual approach by which the university can achieve “climate neutrality,” or zero net greenhouse gas emission, by 2061 in the practice presentation room in The Commons in Hodges Library.

• 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. — The International House screens the film “New York, I Love You” in the I-House. The film is free and open to the public and is a romance consisting of 11 short films.

• 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. — Lyn Hejinian, professor of English at the University of California at Berkeley and a poet, essayist, editor and translator, will read from her poetry and discuss contemporary art and artistic collaboration in the Hodges Library Auditorium. Hejinian is currently a Guggenheim Fellow in Creative Arts. Her talk is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Department of English and the Office of Research’s Visiting Scholars Program.

Tuesday, April 20 — • 7p.m. until 8:30 p.m. — Timothy Lynch, legal scholar and a leading voice in support of the Bill of Rights and civil liberties, speaks on “Drug Prohibition” in the UC Auditorium. Sponsored by the CPC Issues Committee, the lecture is free and open to the public. After Lynch’s talk, the CPC Film Committee screens the film “Dark Side of the Rainbow.”

Hayley DeBusk • The Daily Beacon

The historic Knoxville neighborhood, Fourth and Gill, conducted its 20th annual Tour of Homes on Sunday. The homes in this area are set in the style of architecture that was popular during the 1880s until the 1940s.

THE CRIME

LOG

Friday, April 9

Fire Department reported to the scene to assist in extinguishing the fire, also providing fans to help draw smoke from the buildings.

When the smoke cleared, the smoldering remains of two golf carts proved to be the source of the arson, with the only likely source of ignition an empty napkin dispenser nearby. The carts are believed to belong to UT Dining Services. The glass in the windows shattered by the fire will need to be replaced. Police seized videos from the Carrick and Reese residence halls to seek the cause of the incident.

• 3:41 a.m. — Officer was dispatched to a reported fire caused by arson in the Presidential Courtyard. As they entered by the east entrance off Francis Street and attempted to start extinguishing the fire, there was a loud explosion and the glass above the door of a nearby building blew out.

At this time the officers began an evacuation of the surrounding residence hall. Knoxville

• 9:22 p.m. — Officers investigated a theft in the Art and Architecture Building. The victim reported that, between 2 a.m. and 10 a.m., someone stole her MacBook Pro and drafting software from her drafting desk (No. 307). The laptop and software were bought on April 28, 2008, for a combined cost of $2,144.28. The victim said she would report the serial numbers if she could find receipts.

Saturday, April 3 • 4:25 a.m. — Officer was informed of a man causing a disturbance in the drive-thru of the Krystal’s on the Strip. The suspect shouted at bystanders and berated them and jumped on the back of a vehicle. The alcoholic odor on his breath, combined with an overall lack of coordination and slurred speech, indicated the man was drunk. Officers placed him under arrest for public intoxication.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY • 1897 — John J. McDermott of New York won the first Boston Marathon with a time of 2:55:10. The Boston Marathon was the brainchild of Boston Athletic Association member and inaugural U.S. Olympic team manager John Graham, who was inspired by the marathon at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. With the assistance of Boston businessman Herbert H. Holton, various routes were considered, before a measured distance of 24.5 miles from the Irvington Oval in Boston to Metcalf’s Mill in Ashland was eventually selected. Fifteen runners started the race, but only 10 made it to the finish line. John J. McDermott, representing the Pastime Athletic Club of New York City, took the lead from Harvard athlete Dick Grant over the hills in Newton.

Although he walked several times during the final miles, McDermott still won by a comfortable six-minute, 52 seconds. McDermott had won the only other marathon on U.S. soil the previous October in New York. The marathon’s distance was changed in 1908 in accordance with Olympic standards to its current length of 26 miles, 385 yards.

— Courtesy of History.com

Monday, April 19, 2010

The Daily Beacon • 3

STATE&LOCAL

SORORITY continued from Page 1

Two Tenn. deputies on leave after shooting

Police investigate double homicide in Tenn.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A pair of central Tennessee deputies have been placed on administrative leave after an officer shot and killed a man during a roadside confrontation.

The Murfreesboro Daily News Journal reports that the deputies, whose names were not released, shot the 28-year-old man on Saturday after receiving reports of the man walking along a road and lunging a metal or wooden object at passing cars.

Rutherford County Sheriff’s Detective Sgt. Dan Goodwin says the department received multiple 911 calls after 11 a.m. about the man, who would try to jump on vehicles that slowed down near him.

Goodwin says officers followed the man about a half mile, trying to get him to drop various objects. The man, who was not identified, lunged at an officer, who shot and killed him, Goodwin says.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the matter.

SURGOINSVILLE, Tenn. — Investigators in northeastern Tennessee are investigating a double homicide and searching for the grandson of the people found dead.

Hawkins County Sheriff Roger Christian told the Kingsport Times-News that a deputy went to the home Saturday evening for a welfare check and found two bodies inside.

Christian said there was no positive identification as of Saturday night, but one person was believed to be a retired law enforcement officer from the Newport News Va. area.

The couple’s grandson, a teenager, also lived at the home but wasn’t there when deputies arrived and is being searched for, Christian said. Christian did not call the grandson a suspect but said a person sought for questioning remained at large.

Officials think he was driving a 2006 Honda minivan with Tennessee plates 262JYB.

Tenn. police seek Internet help for pawned items CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A southeastern Tennessee sheriff’s office is looking to add high-tech help to its ability to track stolen items being pawned.

The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office has asked county commissioners to subscribe to an Internet service that tracks pawned items and compares them to lists of stolen goods.

Capt. Steve Lawson, who heads the criminal investigation division, said the electronic service will save money over a detective pouring over volumes of handwritten reports that pawnshops turn in daily.

Lawson said a one-year subscription to the service would cost $5,890 opposed to $27,600 a year to hire someone to do it.

County commissioner Ed Elkins says the commission’s finance committee will take up the request this week.

Probe goes on after elections administrator’s exit

The sorority has 12 official members.

Southerland said the founding members are Megan Long, Sophia Linville and Elizabeth Sherrill.

Southerland said they are in the process of finding an adviser.

In order to apply to be a member, applicants must be female students that have completed at least one semester of college and have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.25.

Southerland said freshmen are welcome to join Beta Beta in its activities and meetings, and if all goes well for those freshmen, they may be induct-

ed in the spring.

“If you spend too many Friday nights in the library and feel that you need to ‘get out’ a little more, Beta Beta is for you,” Southerland said. “If you are feeling a little overwhelmed by college life and need a little help getting organized and choosing a major, Beta Beta is for you. If you are willing to work as hard as you need to in order to achieve academic success, Beta Beta is for you.”

Clarice Hawkins, junior in audiology and speech pathology, said having an academic sorority for women is a good idea, and it is a positive change for campus.

“I think the campus needs something like this,” Hawkins said.

“Academics are very

important because it is the reason why we are here.”

Southerland said studies show that friends often are each other’s influence.

“If a woman is surrounded by friends and colleagues who encourage her to pursue her studies, stay focused, and have fun at the same time, she is more likely to succeed,” she said. “Beta Beta is not specific to any major, largely because we want to provide an opportunity for those without a major to talk to and befriend other academically motivated girls who have chosen a major.”

Southerland said nonmembers may attend Beta Beta’s meetings and strategy sessions that will help students learn better study habits.

Recycle me.

JASPER, Tenn. — An investigation into allegations of fraud and nepotism in southeastern Tennessee is continuing despite the resignation of the elections administrator.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Kristin Helm told the Chattanooga Times Free Press that the probe involving former Marion County elections administrator Holly Henegar hasn’t been turned over to prosecutors, and no result is imminent.

Henegar resigned April 8 and faces a May 4 hearing before the state election commission.

Tennessee Election Administrator Mark Goins said the issues before the election commission include alleged falsifying of documents and improper election worker payments.

PLEASE RECYCLE YOUR BEACON

Sign a lease before May 1 and be entered to win

univheights.com 865.609.7767 | 1319 KNOTTY PINE WAY | KNOXVILLE, TN 37920

see office for details

4 • The Daily Beacon

Monday, April 19, 2010

OPINIONS

Letter Editor to the

Columnist miscategorizes Jefferson’s views on Constitution In his April 12 column, Sam Smith addressed the new vacancy on the Supreme Court. Smith says the new judge must see the Constitution as flexible, claiming the document was intentionally written to conform to the changing times. Thomas Jefferson agrees with him, or so Smith claims. I admit I lack the perceptive genius of Smith, but I have never recognized the Jefferson he describes.

For Jefferson, what is now called a “living constitution” is something he would have deemed a dead constitution or no constitution at all. On questions of constitutional interpretation, Jefferson vehemently opposed Federalists like John Marshall and Alexander Hamilton, as he would oppose centralists like Barack Obama or Sonia Sotomayor today.

Look no further than Jefferson’s first major battle with Hamilton over the constitutionality of a national bank to find that he was not the figment Smith imagines. Jefferson’s 1791 view is one of the finest legal arguments for a strict construction of the Constitution: “I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground: That ‘all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people.’ To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition.” In other words, Jefferson believed that a constitution including so-called “implied” powers is a document that might as well not exist.

A flexible interpretation of the Constitution rests on two clauses, the “general welfare” clause and the “necessary and proper” clause, both of which Jefferson addresses.

Jefferson explains his interpretation of the “general welfare” clause: “‘To lay taxes to provide for the general welfare of the United States,’ that is to say, ‘to lay taxes for the purpose of providing for the general welfare.’ ... To consider the latter phrase, not as describing the purpose of the first, but as giving a distinct and independent power to do any act they please, which might be for the good of the Union, would render all the preceding and subsequent enumerations of power completely useless. It would reduce the whole instrument to a single phrase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be for the good of the United States ... It is an established rule of construction where a phrase will bear either of two meanings, to give it that which will allow some meaning to the other parts of the instrument, and not that which would render all the others useless. Certainly no such universal power was meant to be given them. It was intended to lace them up straitly within the enumerated powers, and those without which, as means, these powers could not be carried into effect.”

Jefferson says of the “necessary and proper” clause: “‘to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the enumerated powers.’ But they can all be carried into execution without a bank. A bank therefore is not necessary, and consequently not authorized by this phrase ... the Constitution allows only the means which are ‘necessary,’ not those which are merely ‘convenient’ for effecting the enumerated powers.”

Hamilton’s weak response — to which Smith lends his support — was to alter the meaning of the word “necessary.” This amounts to an accusation that the framers had used the wrong word.

“Necessary often means no more than needful, requisite, incidental, useful or conducive to,” Hamilton says. Unfortunately for the ends of central planners everywhere, we must recognize that there is no “useful and proper” clause in the Constitution. If we wish to correct the framers’ “mistake” of using the word “necessary,” we may do so, but not by misconstruing the meaning of the word. The solution: Amend the Constitution, because it is more sensible than changing the meanings of words.

Alex Winston Senior in political science

THE DAILY BACON • Blake Treadway

DOONESBURY • Garry Trudeau

Columns of The Daily Beacon are reflections of the individual columnist, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or its editorial staff.

Public value of higher education questionable Wor d A N N A rc hy by

Anna Parker After sitting in a college classroom for three years, I have just gotten around to asking a very important question: Why have I been sitting in a college classroom for three years? That isn’t exactly true. I have been questioning the public value of the University of Tennessee since the first week I arrived here. As I approach graduation this May, however, I feel that I stand in a much better place to actually answer this question.

I will be graduating with a B.A. in English literature. If you had asked me three years ago if I would ever consider graduating with this concentration, I would have laughed. English majors graduate with one of the statistically least marketable degrees. I sort of understand how I eventually arrived at this major despite this information, but it isn’t a story of selfdiscovery. I found my major after changing majors at least six times and finally arriving not at enlightenment but at the reality of choosing something that would reward the assortment of classes that I had accumulated after two years of indecision.

I think the majority of people in developed nations just assume that keeping people in educational institutions at the expense of the public for almost a quarter of their lives must inevitably contribute to a stronger economy, culture, fill-in-the blank whatever. This month I will officially finish almost three years of reading works of fiction and then writing papers about themes, characters, etc. I still cannot convince myself that people in the state of Tennessee and now all over the United States should give up their resources so that I can sit in a classroom and discuss “Gulliver’s Travels.”

So why did I continue my studies?

Bachelor’s degrees are now so common because of the amount of public funds we

commit to higher education that one nearly cannot function in society without one. We as a society have bought into the myth that college degrees practically materialize jobs all by themselves. This belief could not be farther from the truth. College students across the country will be graduating this May without jobs despite the fact that they are “qualified” to work. And, really, how could they not? I know I feel qualified to work after writing a paper about scatological themes in “Gulliver’s Travels.”

Many European countries have spent the last few decades testing this theory to its very unfortunate ends. Despite the fact that many of these countries commit even more public funds to higher education than the U.S., youth unemployment presents a dire problem. As Daniel Henniger articulated in his April 8 Wall Street Journal op-ed, “The Kids Are Not Alright,” “in Europe, ‘youth unemployment’ has become part of the permanent landscape, something that somehow never goes away.”

Henniger, however, does point out an exception among countries like Spain with 44.5 percent youth unemployment and Sweden at 26.9 percent. Germany’s youth unemployment currently stands at only nine percent even under the stress of the recession. Why? Germany, instead of only emphasizing the need for a degree, utilizes an apprentice system to move young people directly into jobs.

We as a society must begin to question whether or not the institutions we praise actually accomplish the goals we assign to them. Many people would argue that regardless of whether or not my English degree will help me get a job, it is still nonetheless “valuable.” Why, though?

Why shouldn’t I just read “Gulliver’s Travels” in my free time? Is it OK to demand resources from every American because some people feel that expanding my knowledge of English literature serves society? And if it does serve society, how?

The answers to these questions are not at all obvious despite what we have been led to believe.

— Anna Parker is a senior in English literature. She can be reached at aparke23@utk.edu.

Obama’s peace stance on defense wise R ed, White & B o ld by In a world

Sam Smith IV

EDITOR IN CHIEF

ADVERTISING MANAGER

Nash Armstrong

Matt Nielsen

MANAGING EDITOR

Flora Theden CHIEF COPY EDITOR

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Sarah Fadule

Ally Callahan, Scott Crump, Devyn Downey, Lynette Williams

Robby O’Daniel

SENIOR ADVERTISING

DESIGN EDITORS

PRODUCTION ARTIST

EDITORIAL PRODUCTION ARTISTS

PHOTO EDITOR

Brittany Coggins, Emily Delanzo

ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

George Richardson

Jenny Bledsoe ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Jake Lane SPORTS EDITOR

Brad Merritt ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Zac Ellis

Editor: (865) 974-2348 Managing Editor: (865) 974-2348

Kevin Letsinger, Brandi M. Panter,

Newsroom: (865) 974-3226

Chauntele Scarlett

Kelsey Roy, Josh Schendel,

OPINION EDITOR

Classifieds: (865) 974-4931 Main office: (865) 974-3231

Katie Freeman

Kristian Smith

Advertising: (865) 974-5206

COPY EDITORS

CARTOONISTS

FEATURES EDITOR

If you think something has been reported incorrectly, please contact the managing editor at 974-2348.

Eric Nalley, Katie Niehaus

NEWS EDITOR

STUDENT LIFE &

To place a classified, please call the classified manager at 974-4931.

Geneva Hill

Patrick Relford Hayley DeBusk

To place an ad, please call retail advertising at 974-5206.

ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES

Theresa Parrish

Faith Barger

To report a news item, please e-mail the newsroom@utk.edu or call the managing editor at 974-2348.

Newsroom fax: (865) 974-5569 Photo: (865) 974-5212 E-mail: newsroom@utk.edu letters@utk.edu

Blake Treadway The Daily Beacon is published by students at The University of Tennessee Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and Tuesday and Friday during the summer semester. The offices are located at 1340 Circle Park Drive, 5 Communications Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-0314. The newspaper is free on campus and is available via mail subscription for $200/year, $100/semester or $70/summer only. It is also available online at: http://dailybeacon.utk.edu.

LETTERS POLICY: The Daily Beacon welcomes all letters to the editor and guest columns from students, faculty and staff. Each submission is considered for publication by the editor on the basis of space, timeliness and clarity. Contributions must include the author’s name and phone number for verification. Students must include their year in school and major. Letters to the editor and guest columns may be e-mailed to letters@utk.edu or sent to Nash Armstrong, 1340 Circle Park Dr., 5 Communications Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-0314. The Beacon reserves the right to reject any submissions or edit all copy in compliance with available space, editorial policy and style.

where nations or rouge organizations and terrorist groups can, within minutes, eliminate entire populations from existence, it is essential that the United States maintain our ability to defend ourselves and our allies from attack. Our most effective way of doing this, as history teaches us, comes not through enforcing American views on the world, our military might (although it’s incredibly important) or our stockpiles of weaponry, but rather our ability to restrain ourselves from actually using them.

Nearly three years ago a young and idealistic candidate for our world’s most powerful office proudly proclaimed that he would, when elected, be willing to engage the world and even meet with leaders and countries with whom we might not agree.

Suddenly the postivist forces of politics that foolishly profess to hold the patent to foreign policy derided this as naïve. We’ve seen this surge of silly criticisms yet again as the president just reached an historic agreement with Russia regarding our future of nuclear nonproliferation.

Funny enough, those levying such criticisms often don’t seem to have a real grasp of history or of what it means to defend our security. They ignore the history that so clearly teaches us that at the height of the Cold War another bold and courageous commander-in-chief who eloquently said, “Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate,” was able to keep our world from nuclear war by embracing a strategy of strength through peace, of speaking with our enemies and of realizing and accepting our limitations.

It takes real strength to call out and throw out the “boot in the ass” policies that guided the Reagan and Bush 43 administrations for what they were — dangerous and weakening to America. It takes strength to forge alliances, to become respected in the global community, to exercise restraint and to talk with those with whom we disagree, even though it’s difficult.

These were the foreign policy legacies of men like John F. Kennedy, George H.W. Bush (not his son) and now President Obama. It was President Kennedy who reminded us, “We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we are only six percent of the world’s population, that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind, that we cannot right every wrong or reverse each adversity and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem.” It was unfortunate that our country never saw how Kennedy’s ideas would have panned out had he remained in office and gained reelection as would have been the likely case. But until recently, it seems that no other president (despite how hard Carter and Clinton might have tried) has been able to effectively continue down the path of proving Kennedy a visionary in his plight for peace. Let us hope for our country that Obama can do this.

Certainly no one would have called John Kennedy, a famed war hero, weak on defense.

It would be ridiculous to do so, and so criticizing the legacy he left that is currently being fulfilled is also just as ridiculous. And so we should be proud, and thankful, that 47 years after President Kennedy reached an agreement with the Soviets on the Limited Test Ban Treaty, the first major nuclear nonproliferation treatment, President Obama is wisely following in those footsteps and in doing so is keeping us much safer.

— Sam Smith IV is a junior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at ssmit162@utk.edu.

Monday, April 19, 2010

NATION&WORLD

No damage to plane that flew through volcanic ash AMSTERDAM — KLM, the Dutch subsidiary of Air France, said Sunday it wants to resume passenger flights in Europe as soon as possible after it flew a plane through the cloud of volcanic ash covering much of the continent without suffering any damage.

KLM carried out the test flight above Dutch airspace Saturday.

It said initial inspections afterward showed no damage or irregularities from the ash in the air that has led to a ban on air travel over much of Europe since Friday.

The airline says it now plans to return seven airplanes without passengers to Amsterdam from Duesseldorf Sunday.

“We hope to receive permission as soon as possible after that to start up our operation and to transport our passengers to their destinations,” said Chief Executive Peter Hartman, who was aboard Saturday’s flight.

Germany’s Lufthansa flew 10 empty planes to Frankfurt from Munich at low altitude on Saturday under so-called visual flight rules, in which pilots don’t have to rely on their instruments.

But the KLM flight, a Boeing 737, flew up to 41,000 feet, the maximum altitude at which the aircraft is certified to fly.

Polish president flown to Krakow for tradition-laden burial KRAKOW, Poland — The bodies of President Lech Kaczynski and his wife were flown from Warsaw to Krakow early Sunday for burial among Polish kings and poets at a tradition-laden ceremony that will be bereft of many world leaders whose travel plans were paralyzed by a plume of volcanic ash.

The state funeral had been expected to draw numerous world leaders, but many were forced to cancel — including President

The Daily Beacon • 5

Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel — at the last minute because of the ever-expanding volcanic ash cloud, dangerous to airplane engines, that has enveloped Europe and closed nearly all of the continent’s airports since late Thursday.

Several leaders from the Baltics and Balkans came by car and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev flew from Moscow.

Despite the dearth of global dignitaries, no one said the funeral should be postponed.

Eight days after the Polish Air Force Tupolev 154 crashed on approach to Smolensk, Russia, killing the first couple and 94 others, the Kaczynskis’ coffins were flown by military transport from the capital after an all-night vigil at St. John’s Cathedral.

Pope celebrates open air Mass in Catholic Malta VALLETTA, Malta — Malta’s top archbishop said Sunday that the church must recognize “the failures and sins” of its members as he opened a papal Mass in Malta, a heavily Catholic nation rocked by the worldwide sex abuse scandal.

Church officials expected up to 10,000 people to attend the Mass and thousands more to turn out along Pope Benedict XVI’s motorcade route before he returns to Rome in the evening.

Archbishop Paul Cremona opened the Mass at a granary near the sea, saying that “we cannot just cling to the model of the church to which we have been accustomed for decades.”

He did not directly mention the scandal but said the “church must be humble enough to recognize the failures and sins of its members.” Benedict listened, seated nearby on the altar.

Benedict made no direct reference to the scandals on the first day of the two-day visit.

Ten men who claimed they were abused by priests several

decades ago want to meet with Benedict in Malta. But they told local newspapers Sunday they would go to Rome if Benedict did not have time to see them in Malta.

Gates memo said U.S. lacks policy for Iran’s nuclear program WASHINGTON — A memo from Defense Secretary Robert Gates to the White House warned that the United States lacks a nimble long-term plan for dealing with Iran’s nuclear program, according to a published report.

Gates wrote the three-page memo in January and it set off efforts in the Pentagon, White House and intelligence agencies to come up with new options, including the use of the military, the New York Times said in its Sunday editions, quoting unnamed government officials.

White House officials Saturday night strongly disagreed with the comments that the memo caused a reconsideration of the administration’s approach to Iran.

“It is absolutely false that any memo touched off a reassessment of our options,” National Security Council spokesman Benjamin Rhodes told The Associated Press. “This administration has been planning for all contingencies regarding Iran for many months.”

One senior official described the memo as “a wake-up call,” the paper reported. But the recipient of the document, Gen. James Jones, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, told the newspaper in an interview that the administration has a plan that “anticipates the full range of contingencies.”

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell, who did not confirm the memo Saturday night, said the White House has reviewed many Iran options.

SERVICES

EMPLOYMENT

UNFURN APTS

FOR RENT

FOR RENT

HOUSE FOR RENT

ROOMMATES

CONDOS FOR SALE

Bartending. 40 hour program. Must be 18 years old.

Day, evening and Saturday classes. knoxvillebartendingschool.com 1-800-BARTEND.

Sales Executive Sports minded professionals, management opportunity. Unlimited earning potential.

Email resume: satprosys@gmail.com, (865)789-4084.

16th PLACE APARTMENTS 3 blocks from UT Law School (1543- 1539 Highland Ave.) 1BR and 2BR apts. only.

Brick exterior, carpet, laundry facility on first floor.

Guaranteed and secured parking. 24 hour maintenance. No dogs or cats. 30th year in Fort Sanders. brit.howard@sixteenthplace. com.. www.sixteenthplace.com.

(865)522-5700.

APT. FOR RENT. 10 minutes from UT. Studio- $405 or 1BR- $505, 2BR $635.

(865)523-0441.

SULLINS RIDGE #309 For rent $949 or for sale $104K .

2BR, 2BA, overlooks pool.

Walk to UT. (423)646-9133.

Attention all College Students. Prelease NOW for Fall! All Size Apartments Available. Call 525-3369.

1 deluxe BR available in 2BR apartment with common areas. Available May 12August 1. University Heights.

Rent includes water, electric and internet. $549/mo. Call 607-2864.

Renaissance Condos For Sale. Beautiful hardwood floors, granite countertops and new appliances. Condos have a spacious floor plan. $219k and up for 3BR units, for an appointment call Marty Hartsell 237-7914, Renaissance Real Estate.

3BR, 2BA, clean up to date apt. 2 blocks from The Hill.

DW, refrigerator with ice makers, microwave, free water, security system, Direct TV. Complete sprinkler system throughout house. $1575/mo. or www.foracesllc.com (865)387-6183.

CAMPUS 2 BLOCKS! Apts. now leasing for fall.

2BR $745-$925/mo. 1BR $495-$545/mo.

Studio $425/mo. Some with W/D, dishwasher and microwave.

(865)933-5204 or utk-apts.com.

Victorian house divided into apartments located on Forest Ave. Eff. apartment $350/mo. 1BR apartment $450/mo. 2BR $750/mo. 1BR house $550/mo. Private parking, water included. Deposit and references required. Armstrong Properties 525-6914.

3BR, 1BA, W/D, All appliances. Quiet neighborhood, large yard, 5 min. to UT. $950/mo plus utilities. Lease period- 6/1/10 - 5/31/11. Call Mark. (901)338-8421.

EMPLOYMENT After School Care at Sequoyah Elementary Now hiring for the 2010-11 school year. M-F 12:45-6PM or 2:15-6PM. Close to campus. No nights and weekends. Experience preferred.

Call Holly 659-5919.

Auto tech needed. PT or FT, near campus. Call Doug 755-7663.

Downtown law firm has a full-time temporary runner’s position available starting Mid July 2010 through the summer of 2011. Applicants MUST have dependable transportation available for travel during the work day and be available from 8:30-5:30 Monday through Friday. This position is perfect for a recent undergraduate that will be attending Law School in the fall of 2011. Duties include hand and car deliveries to various offices in Knoxville and the surrounding counties, filing of various documents in the court systems and general office clerical work. Some light lifting may be involved.

Applicants should email their resume to with kaa@emadlaw.com “Runner Position” in the subject line. Hourly wage and mileage reimbursement and paid parking.

ISO student coordinator. PT, 20 hours a week. Undergrad only. No programming or IT security experience needed.

Must be out going and have experience with facebook and twitter. Send resume to rivers@tennessee.edu.

Need person for lawn mowing, weeding, and other chores at our home. 5 mins. from campus. Call 637-3600.

PART-TIME WORK Great pay, flexible schedule, permanent/ temporary.

Sales/ Service. Conditions apply. (865)450-3189 parttimework.com.

Person needed for house cleaning and other organizational chores at our home.

524-4000 (home) or 637-3600.

Sherwin- Williams Paint Company is now hiring for PT sales associate. Hours and pay flexible. Call (865)687-5650 for interview.

Summer child care position available. West Knoxville pay rate neg. Contact Laura at (865)244-8069.

Summer Work $15 base appointment. Starting people in sales/service.

PT/FT. Conditions apply. All ages 18+. Call (865)450-3189. www.workforstudents.com.

THE TOMATO HEAD KNOXVILLE Now hiring dish and food running positions. Full and part-time available, no experience necessary. Apply in person at 12 Market Square or apply online at thetomatohead.com.

Vacation Season is Upon Us…Earn Some Extra $$$ StaffingSolutions is seeking candidates for our PT customer service project at a W. Knox catalog call center.

Positions will accept incoming calls and place orders for customers. Data entry and basic computer skills a must.

Positive working environment and flexible schedules available for this Mon-Sun call center. Pay is $8.50/hr. **Must be available to work the following dates: 4/23 and/or 4/24, 4/25 and 4/26.** Stop by our office for Open House on the following dates/times: Mon & Tues, 4/19 & 4/20 from 10AM-2PM. 8331 E. Walker Springs Lane, Suite 401, Knoxville, TN 37923 (Across from Wal-Mart & Sam's Club).

Want to spend your summer on the lake? Sequoyah Marina is looking for cooks, waitresses and dock hands.

Contact us at sequoyahmarina.net or (865)494-7984.

UNFURN APTS 1 and 2BR Apts. UT area.

(865)522-5815. Ask about our special.

This space could be yours. Call 974-4931

KEYSTONE CREEK 2BR apartment. Approx 4 miles west of UT on Middlebrook Pike. $500. Call (865)522-5815. Ask about our special.

VICTORIAN HOUSE APTS Established 1980 3 blocks behind UT Law School. 1, 2 and 3BR apartments. VERY LARGE AND NEWLY RENOVATED TOP TO BOTTOM. Hardwood floors, high ceilings, porches, 3BR’s have W/D connections. 2 full baths, dishwashers. Guaranteed secured parking. 24 hour maintenance. No dogs or cats. brit.howard@sixteenthplace. com. www.sixteenthplace.com.

(865)522-5700.

FOR RENT 10 MO. LEASES AVAILABLE Walk to campus! Student Apts. Cable, and internet included. From $330/BR. , 1, 2 and 3 BR. Prime Campus Housing (865)637-3444. www.primecampushousing.c om/tn.

4th AND GILL Houses and apartments now available. Please call Tim at (865)599-2235.

5BR. 3BA House.

Central H/A, hardwood floors, great front porch, W/D, dishwasher, off street parking, quiet side of Fort, 2322 Highland. No Pets. Leave namee and number (865)389-6732.

Also have 3 and 4 BRs.

CAMBRIDGE ARMS Just 4 miles west of campus.

Small pets allowed. Pool and laundry rooms. 2BR at great price! Call (865)588-1087.

Condo for rent 3BR 2BA near campus. W/D included. $375/mo each. 2833 Jersey Avenue 37919. (865)310-6977.

CONDOS FOR RENT Condos within walking distance of UT campus.

Franklin Station, Laurel Station, Lake Plaza, Laurel Villas, St. Christopher, River Towne. Units starting at $400/BR. Units include cable/ internet, water/ sewage, parking, and W/D. University Real Estate. (865)673-6600. urehousing.com.

HUNTINGTON PLACE UT students! Only 3 miles west of campus. We have eff. to 3BR. Hardwood floors. Central H/A. Pets allowed. Call (865)588-1087.

Ask about our special.

NOTICE We only have 3 units available for Fall Semester. 4 and 5BRs. Call Neely Development. (865)521-7324 Renaissance III 3BR, 2BA condo. Great location - Lake Ave. at Terrace. Available May 1. Like new. W/D, Free parking. For an appointment to inspect call Jess at 525-7113 or 806-0873 or 806-0619.

RentUTK.com 1-4BR CONDOS Rent walk-to-class condos in the Fort and Ag/Vet Campus plus Woodlands and RiverTowne. Call Robert Holmes, Owner/Agent, RentUTK.com (800)915-1770.

Special 1 month FREE. Convenient to downtown, UT area. 2BR apartments available now. $475/mo (865)573-1000.

HOUSE FOR RENT 2 or 3BR house $1000/mo.

Attractive home, lovely interior, lots of light and charm.

Hardwood floors, W/D, security system provided. Less than 5 min. to UT. Available June 1. (865)776-4281.

2BR 1BA house in Fort Sanders. Available this Spring with C H/A, deck and parking. For more info contact Fortsandersrental@gmail.co m.

2BR house. 2 full Bath. LR, kitchen, fenced yard. Pet allowed. Private parking. 2018 Forest. Walking distance to campus. Available July 1. $800/mo. (865)522-3325.

3BR 2BA townhouse in Fort Sanders.

Available this Spring with C H/A, W/D, DW and parking. For more info contact Fortsandersrental@gmail.com.

3BR house, 2.5BA. Walking distance to campus. 2103 Highland. Central H/A, W/D connection, private parking, dishwasher, living/ dining room. Avail. now. $1150/mo.

(865)522-3325.

3BR, 2.5BA, W/D, very nice and close to campus. $350/mo. per person. Call 386-5081 or visit www.volhousing.com.

Available now.

Female non-smoker roommate wanted for 2BR, 2BA. Woodlands Apts. $500/mo. includes utilities. No pets. roommate009@gmail.com or call (931)624-3770.

3BR, with huge loft house in Ft. Sanders available August.

New kitchen /bath, Central H/A, W/D, parking, 3 blocks to campus. Call now (865)622-2112 or (865)964-4669.

RobertHolmesRealtor.com CandyFactory #14, SullinsRidge #208 and #108B, KingstonPlace #B401, Duplex at 801 EleanorSt plus all UT/Downtown condos for sale. Call Robert Holmes, RE/MAX Real Commercial, (423)586-1770.

Available now. Non-smoker roommate wanted for 3BR, 3BA. West Knoxville Home.

Perfect for graduate student. $650/mo. plus Utilities. No pets. (865)242-0632.

6BR, 2BA remodeled, central H/A, W/D, guest/ bar room, porch, parking, pets OK. 3 blocks to campus. Bonus.

For August. (865)622-2112 or (865)964-4669.

Spacious 3BR /3BA 2-story condo. Appliances remain, including microwave, refrigerator, washer and dryer!!

Carpet, tile and wood floors, gas frplc, private deck.

North off Broadway just minutes from town and campus. $147,000 Katherine Latimer 719-4499 DeanSmith, Inc. 588-5000.

Christian female looking for female roommate for discipleship house. Age 18-24.

Condo West off South Peters. No pets, no smoking.

Private BR, BA. $325/mo.

(865)599-7043. lynky08@gmail.com.

8BR 4BA remodeled house with bonus bar-room, optional theater room, or 9thBR, dual kitchens W/D, Central H/A, parking. For August. 3 blocks to campus.

Call now for lowest price.

(865)622-2112 or (865)964-4669.

Woodlands 2BR 2BA W/D included. Must sell. Fully equipped kitchen. $144,000.

(865)406-4160, (865)250-1263.

CONDOS FOR SALE 3BR 3BA Condo in Woodlands. Lowest price for 3 bedrooms. $169,900. Contact Cole Edwards, (865)250-7345.

West 7 min. UT. Two nice 3BR 3BA. LR, DR,, deck, study, guest room, den, patio/ swing, gas fireplaces, all appliances, W/D, hardwood, security, lawncare, no pets. Available May or Aug. 12 mo. lease. $1275/mo. Jim 363-1913.

HOMES FOR SALE 1100 Chickamauga Ave. Renovated 2,400 sq. ft. 8 rooms plus. 4BR, 2.5BA, Must see. $169,900. (865)604-3538

Condos For Sale: 1BR Condo $44,900. Renaissance III 3BR 2BA Condo $264,000. 1BR Condo $48,900. Call Mary Campbell at Keller Williams Realty at 964-5658.

ROOMMATES

AUTOS FOR SALE

St. Christopher Condo. 3BR 2BA, top floor with cathedral ceilings in living room and kitchen, $189,900.

Sammy Manning, Volunteer Realty. 539-1112.

3BR 2BA. Renaissance II. Off street parking.

Rent $425/mo. plus utilities.

Washer/Dryer, Balcony, and Full Kitchen. (540)597-5595.

100+ vehicles $5,995 or less. Specializing in imports. www.DOUGJUSTUS.com

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD • Will Shortz Across

40 In the style of

1 6 10 14

Sank, as a putt What bird wings do Usually deleted e-mail Item stuffed with pimento 15 Suffix with zillion 16 Living ___ (what an employer is asked to pay)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

34

35

36

53

54

55

41 Hearty enjoyment 42 Small error 43 Poor, depressed neighborhood

14

15

17

16

18

19

20

21

22

45 Rodeo ropes 46 Hank whose homerun record was surpassed by Barry Bonds

17 Two steeds?

23 25

26

27

24

28

29

32

30

31

33

48 ___ de toilette

19 ∏r2, for a circle 20 Somewhat 21 One signing with a landlord 23 Groove 24 Industrialist J. Paul ___ 25 Pants ending just below the knees 29 Small whiskey glass

49 Intelligence

37

51 Move to another country

40

38

39

41

56 Cuts off, as branches

43

42

44

45

57 Two water slides?

46

59 Dull hurt

47

48

60 Bug-eyed

49

50

61 Sewing machine inventor Howe

56

57

32 Hang around for

62 Like a buttinsky

59

60

61

33 $$$

63 Deep-six

62

63

64

34 Boat propeller

64 Harking back to an earlier style 1 Arizona tribe

18 Cross to bear

42 Lopsided win, in slang

2 “The Good Earth” heroine

22 Like omelets

44 Rocking toy, in totspeak

37 “Cheers” barfly 38 Isolated hill 39 “___ cow!”

Down

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE B L E S S S T E P S

M I L L E B O R N E S

X A V I E R C U G A T

E N I D R I E L S

T S O C R I N N O G E N D

R C E O S W O N W E S L E A L L L I F I S H E E N R A R A L A T I C E N E R G

O R E O

B O L D A S B R A S S

B Y L O T

S P A R E D T U R I E O M L V E S E R S A S A C S B T I I A P N

A L A D L A T A B O V E S S C I I T A N C A N T A N C E N D E R T I L N E W L A D A O R O N M O U T E W T S

51 58

25 Biblical water-to-wine site 3 Italian currency before 26 Missing roll call, say the euro 4 Actresses Mendes and Longoria 5 Point off, as for bad behavior 6 In legend he sold his soul to the devil

52

45 Of the flock

27 Two charts?

46 Lion in “The Chronicles of Narnia”

28 Salt’s place on a margarita glass

47 Oil company acquired

by BP

29 Word-guessing game

48 Online publications, briefly

30 Wild about 31 “Wow, I didn’t know that!”

50 Small argument 52 Govern

8 The “A” in MoMA

33 Event not to be missed

9 Cockroach or termite

35 “Not to mention …”

53 Going ___ tooth and nail

10 Al Jolson classic

36 Dark loaves

54 Go like hell

11 Two scout groups?

38 “However …”

55 Old U.S. gas brand

12 Player’s rep

39 Is afflicted with

13 Full of substance

41 Mannerly guy

58 “Fourscore and seven years ___ …”

7 Queue

51 Greek Cupid

6 • The Daily Beacon

NATION&WORLD

Monday, April 19, 2010

Sharpton becomes Obama’s link to streets The Associated Press NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton is a “lightning rod” for President Barack Obama on inner city streets, Obama’s former Harvard mentor and friend said Saturday at a forum in Harlem.

But Sharpton, who led the event, told The Associated Press that America’s first black president “has to work both for us and for others,” and that if Obama were to push a race-based agenda, “that would only organize the right against him.”

Sharpton spoke on the last day of an annual conference organized by his National Action Network. Speakers included three members of Obama’s Cabinet and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, as well as Charles Ogletree, the president’s Harvard Law School professor, now a friend.

“Al Sharpton has become the lightning rod in moving Obama’s agenda forward,” Ogletree told the AP, describing Sharpton

as a conduit between the disadvantaged and powerful leaders. “And he has access to both the streets and the suites, to make sure that the people who are voiceless, faceless and powerless finally have some say.”

Standing at the back of a balcony overlooking Harlem’s ornate First Corinthian Baptist Church, the 57-year-old lawyer said that some black Americans may be disappointed the president they helped elect isn’t doing more for them.

“And President Obama expected to do a lot more,” said Ogletree, referring to the challenges Obama faces in two wars and the struggling economy. Still, he predicted, the new health care law would affect uninsured black Americans more than any other segment of the population.

Sharpton clearly was at the center of this forum. Saturday, the front page of the Washington Post featured a photo of him with a headline that read: “Activist Al Sharpton takes on new role as administration ally.”

He chuckled at the notion.

“I’ve been as much in this White House as I was in George (W.) Bush’s — it’s only when Bush invited me to the White House, it was him reaching out; when Obama invites me, all of a sudden, we’re allies,” Sharpton joked during a break, sitting in a pew on the altar that served as a high-tech stage.

Amid a heated national debate over whether black leaders should align themselves with the president, Sharpton has defended Obama against criticism from television host Tavis Smiley that “black folk are catching hell” and Obama should do more to help them.

Black Americans, Sharpton said, “need to solve our own problems.”

Sharpton told the AP that he is working to expand his Harlem-based organization to 100 cities from the current 42, with about 200,000 members, “and to really deliver against unemployment that is disproportionate in the black community and for health care and education reform.”

The four-day conference, focusing on a 12-month plan of action for black leadership, brought together prominent figures from dozens of fields, tackling topics as diverse as finding jobs for men leaving prison and federal subsidies for black farmers.

Sharpton’s plan to better life for black Americans measures its success by individual goal-setting — “every day, every week, every month,” said Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter.

Nutter has a big goal: to reach and teach a half-million adults in his city who are considered “low-literate,” which means they can read, technically, but have difficulty understanding a newspaper article or even a utility bill.

“It is impossible for parents to help their children if they can’t read,” said Nutter, who leads the largest American city with a black mayor. “It is almost impossible to lift yourself out of poverty if you can’t function at a high enough level.”

ENTERTAINMENT

Monday, April 19, 2010

The Daily Beacon • 7

CBT’s new spring musical entertains Amanda Wulforst Staff Writer Actors at the Clarence Brown Theatre debuted its first performance of the spring musical “Man of La Mancha,” on April 16.

With 34 cast members and the artistic team, director Paul Barnes brought Miguel Cervantes’s telling of Don Quixote to life in the CBT’s performance of Dale Wasserman’s “Man of La Mancha,” with original lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh.

Before the musical even began, actors entertained the audience with “silent acting” in a dark, dungeon setting, where the entire musical takes place. Once the lights dimmed and the musical began, all eyes were captivated to the stage as David Kortemeier’s Miguel Cervantes and Neil Friedman’s interpretation of Cervantes’ manservant are brought to the dungeon to wait for their torture during Spanish Inquisition.

While in the dungeon, Cervantes and the rest of the prisoners set up a play within a play, where the dungeon served as an ingenious set creation, which the cast transformed with each scene in Cervantes’s play. Cervantes thus introduced Alonso Quijana — the gentleman that went mad and became Don Quixote, the knight errant.

Cervantes includes many of Don Quixote’s adventures, like the attack on the windmill and his chivalric fight for his Aldonza’s/“Dulcinea”’s honor. And while Don Quixote is falling for “Dulcinea,” his niece’s husband, Dr. Carrasco (Jonathan Visser) began plotting to return the knight to his home and back to sanity.

Though the plot line was ingenious as the musical progressed, the original Cervantes’ story seemed to become lost within Don Quixote’s.

The audience would only be reminded of the original plot line when Cervantes would interrupt the play to speak of Don Quixote, or when the Inquisition came to take a prisoner from the dungeon.

The cast rendered Wasserman’s tale perfectly, making the audience laugh and yet watch in anticipation all throughout. Katy Wolfe-Zahn (Aldonza/“Dulcinea”) interacted in harmony with Kortemeier and both gave convincing performances as Aldonza/“Dulcinea” and Cervantes/Don Quixote.

Also, Ryan Stem’s Padre gave a notably hilarious performance that provided comic relief within the musical. Friedman as the manservant and Sancho executed a performance that many will love in his faithfulness and comic interaction with Don Quixote.

The orchestra’s music and the actors added to the overall entertaining play with ease and beauty. The songs “Man of La Mancha” and “The Impossible Dream” provided the audience with a look into Don Quixote’s beliefs involving his choice to live as a knight and a look into the overall themes of the play.

In “The Impossible Dream,” Don Quixote sings of his quest: “And the world will be better • Photo courtesy of Eric Smith for this: That one man, scorned and covered with “The Man of La Mancha” is showing at the Clarence Brown Theatre. It is a story of scars, still strove, with his last ounce of courage, a knight who rides in a hopeful quest for love and valor amid trying times. to reach the unreachable star.”

“Man of La Mancha” will run from April 16 until May 2.

explaining the facebook pics of you and a goat, hard. getting your vitamins, easy.

introducing...

connect

spark

(caffeine + 8 key nutrients)

(vitamin e + choline)

©2010 glacéau, glacéau®, vitaminwater®, bottle design and label are registered trademarks of glacéau.

8 • The Daily Beacon

Monday, April 19, 2010

ENTERTAINMENT

Grunge band tours for new album Drew Lambert Staff Writer

• Photo courtesy of Days of Fire

Immersed in sounds from the bygone grunge rock era, the band Day of Fire arrives in Knoxville to kick off a tour in support of its new album “Losing All.” The group is set to spearhead their tour alongside metal moguls Sevendust at the Valarium on Wednesday.

This four-piece, crewed by guitarist Joe Pangallo, his brother Chris Pangallo on bass, lead singer Josh Brown and drummer Zach Simms, is comfortable sharing the stage with such big names, however, coming fresh off a tour with hard rock acts Cold and Nonpoint.

Pangallo said he is optimistic about this upcoming tour with Sevendust, looking forward to the chance to play for that audience.

“We expect the crowds to be great,” he said.

“We know they have a great fanbase, and their fans like rock-and-roll music so, we expect it to be a great show.”

For Day of Fire, the title of its new effort, “Losing All,” doesn’t represent the tragedy of loss, as much as it speaks of hope and fresh starts. A series of major upheavals occurred over the course of two years as the band strived to put together the album. Business relationships collapsed, and vocalist Brown’s eight-year marriage nearly ended in divorce.

“It was a time of loss all around, and we weren’t really sure what was going to happen, so that’s why we named it ‘Losing All,’” Pangallo said. “And we came through it in the end, you know. We have great management, a booking agent and a label now, and Josh’s marriage is together and looking great.”

Brown, who grew up in Jackson, Tenn., focuses the lyrical themes on the new album to reflect real-life experiences, including his past battles with a debilitating drug addiction that began at age 15.

After a near-death experience due to drug

overdose, Brown went through rehab, later emerging with inspiration to write songs about his new lease on life. Soon after, Day of Fire was formed, creating a self-titled debut record, along with its follow-up, 2006’s “Cut and Move,” during a brief break in touring.

The two albums sold over 150,000 copies combined, later leading to a record deal with Razor & Tie in 2010 to produce “Losing All.” Chris Daughtry, who had opened for the band a year before his stint on “American Idol,” invited Day of Fire on tour, and helped co-write three tracks on “Losing All,” including the song “Hello Heartache.”

“Those songs definitely have a unique character to them,” Pangallo said. “I wouldn’t say that they necessarily shape the way the rest of the album sounds, but we were happy to write those songs with him and it just adds a different flavor to the album.”

Members of the group strived to channel the artistic vision of their influences on the new record, with Pangallo citing alternative rock groups like Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden and Nirvana as inspirations to the sound as they crafted a fresh, modern take to iconic music from the ‘90s.

“I think we’ve all definitely grown as songwriters, so the songs are just better,” he said. “I guess when you mature as a songwriter, you have better ideas, and I think we were able to put songs together in a better way, just all around were able to make a better album.”

Pangallo explained that the drums, guitar and bass were all tracked live at a Nashville studio with producer Rogers Masson at the helm during the month-long recording process for “Losing All,” giving the record a more dynamic sound.

“We all contributed to the writing on the album,” he said. “Different guys come up with different ideas, and we all kind of get together in a room and jam on it and just kind of work it out.”

Smokey says, “Recyle your Daily Beacon!”

Monday, April 19, 2010

The Daily Beacon • 9

SPORTS

Ice Vols hit road to support White tops Orange in spring game cross-country relief effort Anthony Elias Staff Writer UT Ice Vol hockey players Robert Banks, freshman in civil engineering and Peter Williams, freshman in logistics, showed their support for crosscountry runner Jasmine “Jazzy” Jordan on Wednesday by putting on their running gear and running alongside up Asheville Highway.

Both UT forwards ran a combined six miles while Jordan ran nearly 11 miles, adding to an already-astonishing total of over 2,200 miles.

Williams, who ran four-and-a-half miles, says that Jazzy’s effort should not go unnoticed, especially after the 17 year old has traveled so far.

“Running cross country doesn’t seem like it’s a lot, but it’s tougher than most people think,” Williams said.

Banks said that just getting out and running was a good way for the university to show its support, while the Dalton, Minn., native made her way through Knoxville.

“Just coming in and showing that we support (her) as part of the University of Tennessee not only helps the university show it cares, but it helps her cause out,” Banks said. “It’s such a prestigious university getting behind her on this type of thing.”

Jordan is a 17-year-old cross-country runner who put her goal of running in the 2012 Summer Olympics aside to honor a family friend, Sheila Grothe, who died on April 17, 2009, after an ongoing battle with cancer at the age of 38. Grothe was a wellrespected truck driver in the family business, Jordan Enterprises and Pilot Car Service, as well as a family friend.

In dedication to Grothe, Jordan began running on Sept. 1, 2009, from La Verne, Calif., to New York City.

The runner’s effort is to try and raise money for the St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund (SCF), an organization which provides financial assistance to professional truck drivers who have medical problems and can’t afford health care.

Studies show that 70 percent of the 3.2 million professional drivers in the U.S. have one or more serious health problems such as obesity, diabetes, sleep disorders and cardiovascular disease.

Like Jordan, Williams has grown up around the truck-driving business.

The Ice Vol forward’s father, Skip Williams — the event coordinator for the Knoxville-based fund — is also an employee for Safety First Sleep Solutions, performing sleep apnea screening for truck drivers.

The event coordinator added, “What happens is (the truck driver’s) a good employee, and he gets sick and they fire him. Especially the over-theroad drivers, not because they’re bad employees, but because they’re sick and they don’t want their insurance to go up.”

UT alum Dr. Donna Kennedy is the executive director of the Knoxvillebased fund and feels that the industry leaves very little breathing room for the uninsured truckers, even through sickness or injury.

“They could be in the hospital and say, ‘I have cancer’ or ‘I broke my leg’ and they’ll say, ‘Alright, you’re fired; we’re coming to get the truck, and we’re taking away your health insurance’ and they’re left with nothing,” Kennedy said. “(Then) on the other side, a lot of the people we help are owner-operators, so they’re having to cover their own insurance and it costs too much, so they choose to not do that and then they get injured or have a medical problem and then they’re really hurting.”

Donations can be made on Jazzy’s website at http://www.runwithjazzy.com, but according to the UT forwards, support can also come as easy as going for a run with Jordan during her journey.

“If they want to help her in ways of raising awareness, she’s continuing to run from here to New York City,” Williams added. “It’s going to take awhile; she has 900 miles left. I know people are busy with exams and everything, but after exam time, just run with her and show that you support her.”

The cross-country runner acknowledged the endless support she’s received on the trip from the towns she’s gone through, especially here in the hometown of the St. Christopher Fund.

“I’ve gotten a lot of support here in Knoxville,” Jazzy said. “It’s meant a lot to me. I can’t even say my best welcoming because so many places have been great.”

Hayley DeBusk • The Daily Beacon

Junior Tauren Poole runs the ball during Saturday’s Orange and White game.

Poole led all rushers with 43 yards on 12 carries.

Zac Ellis Assistant Sports Editor For Tennessee quarterback Matt Simms, Saturday’s annual Orange and White game was a chance to soak in the experience of Neyland Stadium for the first time.

It was an experience that left Simms and many other players longing for kickoff of UT’s fall season.

“It was really cool to hear the Rocky Top chant for the first time ever, live and in color,” Simms said. “It was a great day, and we’re just looking forward to the season now.”

Simms and fellow quarterback Tyler Bray manned their respective squads in Saturday’s Orange and

White game, with Bray’s late 3-yard touchdown strike to Denarius Moore lifting the White team to a 16-7 win over Simms’ Orange squad.

The freshman Bray, who completed 18-of-40 passes for 200 yards and no interceptions, impressed head coach Derek Dooley, who liked the way his freshman signal-caller handled his job under center.

“I was real pleased with his presence out there,” Dooley said. “He’s really a high school senior. He wasn’t nervous, nothing jittery. He performed the way he’d been performing all spring.”

Junior college transfer Simms finished the game 12for-16 for 125 yards but also threw three interceptions.

See ORANGE & WHITE on Page 10

SPORTS CALENDAR

10 • The Daily Beacon

Monday, April 19, 2010

THESPORTSPAGE

?

What’s HAPPENING IN SPORTS

April 20 - April 22, 2010 Tuesday, April 20 — Softball Tennessee Tech Cookeville, Tenn.

6 p.m.

Wednesday, April 21— Baseball Western Carolina Cullowhee, N.C. 6 p.m.

Thursday, April 22 — Women’s Tennis SEC Tournament Athens, Ga. TBA Men’s Tennis SEC Tournament Lexington, Ky. TBA Men’s Track Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. All Day Women’s Track Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. All Day

Daily Quote

“If we’re not snapping every day, getting a hundred snaps every day, we’re working for Florida, or we’re working for Alabama.”

— UT center Cody Pope on practicing frequently with UT’s inexperienced offensive line

ORANGE & WHITE continued from Page 9 “I did some things well; I did some things not so well,” Simms said. “I had a good time. I’m just ready to get to ready and work through the summer and continue to get better.”

While many eyes have been on the quarterback battle between Simms and Bray, several other position players in UT’s offense produced results on Saturday. Wide receiver Gerald Jones led all wideouts with six catches for 84 yards, while Moore tallied 39 yards on three catches. 6-foot-5 freshman Matt Milton added six catches for 47 yards.

Tailback Tauren Poole, UT’s most experienced rusher after the departure of Montario Hardesty and Bryce Brown, rushed for 50 yards on 12 carries while catching three passes for 58 yards.

“On offense, Gerald Jones and Denarius Moore showed they’re good, SEC-quality receivers,” Dooley said.

Simms admitted he felt comfortable with the passing game.

“It definitely felt good,” he said. “The good thing was everyone lined up right and knew what to do on every play. Now it’s just being more consistent and getting better.”

The biggest question mark on UT’s roster is arguably the offensive line, a unit which has to replace all five starters from last year’s team. The center position has struggled in previous scrimmages, with junior Cody Pope and senior Victor Thomas taking most of the snapping duties, but Pope said Saturday’s outing was the best of the spring.

“I think I’m getting more comfortable every day,” Pope said.

“If we’re not snapping every day, getting a hundred snaps every day, we’re working for Florida, or we’re working for Alabama.”

Dooley said there’s plenty of work to be done in that area.

Hayley DeBusk • The Daily Beacon “Our biggest concern up front is center, and it still is,” TOP: Captains of the Orange team shake hands with the captains of the Dooley said. “Our big concern is depth. We’ve got some young White team Saturday afternoon. It was Tennessee's first Orange and White cats behind them, but I feel good about that first five.”

UT’s defense saw several positive performances as well. game under Coach Derek Dooley, who changed the format of the game. In Linebacker Herman Lathers tallied nine tackles on the afterthe past, the game had the offense versus the defense, but Dooley allowed noon, including one sack. Defensive tackle Marlon Walls ratthe senior Vols to draft teams to play in a regular game. BOTTOM: tled the quarterbacks all day long, recording three sacks for a Sophomore David Oku receives the ball after a kickoff from the White team. total loss of 16 yards.

Defensive tackle Montori Hughes kept Simms on his toes all day, giving the junior college transfer a taste of SEC defense.

“The good thing is Montori’s on my team now, so I don’t have to worry about him hitting me,” Simms said.

Overall the Vols’ performance gave Dooley hope for the team’s potential in the fall.

“I was really proud of this football team, how they’ve handled themselves over the last two months, the work put in the program,” Dooley said. “They’ve really embraced some new ways of doing things.”