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Student Senate fights against gun legislation Representatives pass resolution to denounce changes on current anti-weapon policy Zac Ellis Editor-in-Chief As state legislators prepare to offer a proposal allowing permit-holding students, faculty and staff to carry firearms on UT’s campus, the university’s student leaders are attempting to prevent such change to campus policy. The Student Senate passed a resolution to express student opposition to state Senate Bills 0051 and 0399, which would allow UT students, faculty and staff with gun permits to carry firearms to campus. Such legislation is scheduled to appear before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday and stands to amend current campus policy, which prohibits weapons on campus to anyone outside of law enforcement. Sponsored by Arts and Sciences senators Eric Dixon and Terry Nowell, Student Senate resolution 6-11 was announced by SGA President Ross Rowland at a press conference on Monday morning. “This passed with 40 senators voting for this resolution, six opposed and one abstention,” Rowland said. “Obviously, it passed overwhelmingly for expressing student opposition to weapons on campus.” Rowland said an open policy to permit-carrying gun owners places risk upon the entirety of UT’s campus. “It’s just a matter of keeping students safe on campus and, additionally, having an evironment that sustains a healthy learning space,” Rowland said. “If students don’t feel safe, they aren’t able to learn, and that’s our primary goal on this campus.” Rowland pointed to several statistics to support the Student Senate’s resolution. A statement released by the Tennessee Association of Chief of Police maintained that permit holders lack appropriate shooting training to properly serve as defense against violent offenders. A similar statement by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators said that no credible, statistical

Poll stats lead to revolt in Nigeria Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria — Angry opposition supporters in Nigeria’s Muslim north set fire to homes bearing ruling party banners Monday and heavy gunfire rang out in several towns as election officials released results showing the Christian incumbent had gained an insurmountable lead. Results from Saturday’s election released live on national television indicated President Goodluck Jonathan had a commanding lead of more than 10 million votes with only two states left to be announced. The Muslim north had largely voted for former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari’s party brought a formal complaint Monday afternoon to the nation’s electoral commission over vote tallies, alleging massive rigging in Jonathan’s homeland. The letter also alleged that the computer software used to tally results had been tampered with in northern states to favor the ruling party. “What is being exhibited to the world is not collated from polling units but ... a lot of manipulations,” the letter read. In a statement, the federal police blamed the violence on “persons who failed to accept the results,” denying it came from religious or ethnic roots. Election officials said they would finish releasing election results later Monday regardless of the ongoing violence. Witnesses said youths in the northern city of Kano were setting fires to homes that bore Jonathan party banners. Heavy gunfire also could be heard. An Associated Press reporter there saw hundreds of youths carrying wooden planks in the street, shouting “Only Buhari” in the local Hausa language. “What I am looking for now is rescue, the mob is still outside. I need rescue,” said Mark Asu-Obi, who was trapped inside his

Kano home with his wife and three children. “There are hoodlums all over the place. It’s not just my place that they are attacking. I am not a politician. I am an independent observer.” In Kaduna, home to the oil-rich nation’s vice president, angry young men burned tires in the streets and threw stones at police and soldiers trying to restore order, witnesses said. “Right now, I’m holed up in my room. There’s gunshots everywhere,” said Shehu Sani, a civil rights leader. “They are firing and killing people on the street.” Kaduna state police spokesman Aminu Lawal described the fighting there as an “uprising.” In neighboring Katsina state, a mob attacked a prison and freed 42 inmates, police spokesman Abubakar Mohammed said. Federal emergency management agency spokesman Yushua Shuaib declined to release casualty figures out of fears it would further stoke sectarian violence. “Such a thing can encourage a reprisal attack,” he said. Over the weekend, opposition supporters also rioted in the northeastern state of Gombe. Protesters burned down the house of the local chairman of the ruling party, two hotels and at least two buses there. The rioters accused Gombe’s ruling party government of rigging the results to ensure that Jonathan got at least 25 percent of the vote. Police chief Suleiman Lawal said Sunday that there had been a “complete breakdown of law and order” there. Nigeria’s elections have long been marred by violence and rigging. But voting in the Saturday presidential election had been largely peaceful apart from a hotel blast that wounded eight people and the fatal shooting of a police officer at a polling station.

evidence exists to suggest that laws allowing a concealed weapon would reduce crime. Though Rowland admitted some students and faculty approve of the state legislation, the opinion of the masses could be ignored. “This obviously isn’t the consensus of all 27,000 students, faculty and so forth on campus,” Rowland said, “but I would say the overwhelming majority have been in opposition to this piece of legislation in the state.” The Student Senate resolution joins a similar Faculty

Senate resolution passed in March, expressing the UT faculty’s opposition to the state legislation. Carole Myers, assistant professor of nursing and co-sponsor of the Faculty Senate resolution, said at a March 7 Faculty Senate meeting that safety is the primary concern for preventing such action in Nashville. “The idea was that we thought safety was the underpinning of this whole resolution,” Myers said, “so we wanted to

make another statement about it. It may not be an essential statement, but we were trying to reinforce a point about safety and the fact that this is a priority.” Faculty Senate President Joan Heminway said in a faculty-wide e-mail on April 15 that supporters of the legislation have been hard to come by. “Supporters of guns on college campuses seem to be largely from outside the university community,” Heminway said. “I have only heard from one colleague who favors guns on campus.” UT’s administrators have not stood without voice on the issue. Heminway said Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and his cabinet have expressed disapproval of the proposal, while UT President Joe DiPietro said in a statement released on Monday that current campus guidelines are in place for a reason. “The University of Tennessee has stated its opposition to allowing anyone other than law enforcement officers to carry guns while on campus,” DiPietro said. “The current law works. There is no need to change it. “A primary priority of the university is the safety and security of our students, faculty and staff. This responsibility is taken seriously, and campuses work with law enforcement to take measures to create the safest environments possible.” Local and campus law enforcements have likewise voiced opposition to the bill, which officials believe could actually increase threats of violence on campus and deter trained individuals from providing defense. “We oppose the proposal, because it will inhibit our ability to provide security to people on campus and reduce our effectiveness if confronted with a violent situation,” UT Chief of Police Gloria Graham said in a statement. “Our department and departments around the state urge legislators to defeat this proposal immediately.” Students, faculty, campus police officers and other campus officials plan to attend the committee meeting today to lobby against the proposition.

UT chapter dominates competition Engineering events include transportation quiz, steel bridge contest Rob Davis Staff Writer UT’s chapter of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) won first place overall at the American Society of Civil Engineers Southeast Conference and will compete for a national title. The conference took place on the Tennessee Tech University campus from March 24 through 26 and featured schools like Vanderbilt University, the University of Florida and the University of Auburn. “Overall, we were able to bring home nine trophies, including first place in concrete cubes,” Marianne Hutson, UT conference chair, said. The events included concrete cubes, an environmental competition and a surveying competition, most of which UT placed first or second in. “There are many events that make up the competition,” Hutson said. “The different events include a transportation quiz competition, steel bridge and concrete canoe, among others.” UT, which finished third in the steel bridge event, will also join Florida and Southern Polytechnic University, which finished first and second, respectively, at the national steel bridge championship. The competition will take place at the Texas A&M campus on May 20 and 21. The steel bridge challenge required civil engineering students to design, fabricate and construct a steel bridge. Steel bridges are judged on construction speed, as well as bridge economy, in which UT finished second and third, respec-

tively. Besides competitions, members of UT’s chapter of ASCE met and traveled with members of Tongji University, from Shanghai, China, at the conference. “Another aspect of our conference experience has been working so closely with the Tongji University students,” Hutson said. “Many of our faculty have ties with the university and have invited them to join our students and compete in the competition. Each year the Tongjis meet and travel with the UTK Conference team.” Tongji University also did well in the competition, placing third overall, first in the T-shirt competition and second in visual display and hydrology. Both UT and Tongji University also placed within the top 10 in the mystery event. “Each team consists of three students who are initially kept separate,” Hutson said. “The first student is given written instructions and is told to draw what they interpret. The drawing is given to the second student, who gives verbal instructions to the third student, who has building supplies (Play-Doh, Popsicle sticks, etc.). Communication is strictly limited to these media, and the team with the most correct structure and best communication wins.” The UT College of Engineering is consistently ranked as one of the top 100 engineering programs in the nation, and with a first-place finish at the regional competition, many students felt the program lived up to its expectation. “Being an engineering major, it’s great to see that our (ASCE) chapter can compete and win against schools like Vanderbilt or Florida,” Brian Daniel, junior in engineering, said.

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Students from the UT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering celebrate with students and faculty from Tongji University following the American Society of Civil Engineers Southeast Student Conference on Saturday, March 26. UT took home first place from the conference, which hosts 26 schools from across the world in competitions designed to test creative solutions to practical engineering problems.

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Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon

Rosalía Alda celebrates after a point during a tennis match against Georgia on Saturday, April 16. Alda, along with fellow seniors Jennifer Meredith and Maria Sorbello, went a combined 4-0 in singles and doubles as the Lady Vols upset No. 8 Georgia on Senior Day.

1897: First Boston Marathon held On April 19, 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 sixminute, 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.

The Boston Marathon was originally held on Patriot’s Day, April 19, a regional holiday that commemorates the beginning of the Revolutionary War. In years when the 19th fell on a Sunday, the race was held the following Monday. In 1969, Patriot’s Day was officially moved to the third Monday in April and the race has been held on that Monday ever since. Women were not allowed to enter the Boston race officially until 1972, but Roberta “Bobbi” Gibb couldn’t wait: In 1966, she became the first woman to run the entire Boston Marathon, but had to hide in the bushes near the start until the race began. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer, who had registered as “K. V. Switzer,” was the first woman to run with a race number. Switzer finished even though officials tried to physically remove her from the race after she was identified as a woman. In the fall of 1971, the Amateur Athletics Union permitted its sanctioned marathons (including Boston) to allow female entry. Nina Kuscsik became the first official female participant to win the Boston Marathon in 1972. Seven other women started and finished that race. — This Day in History is courtesy of history.com.

Crime Log April 15

April 16

A UT student reported that a $50 bill had been stolen from her wallet from inside her maroon 2000 Saturn while it was parked near the rear loading zones of the Art and Architecture Building between 9:30 p.m. on April 14 and 12:40 a.m. on April 15.

A male student and an unaffiliated male subject reported that they had been struck from behind by an unknown suspect while in the Taco Bell parking lot on Cumberland Avenue around 3:48 a.m. Both victims refused medical treatment, transportation to an area hospital or police case cards from KPD or UTPD.

At approximately 2:18 a.m., an officer was dispatched to Neyland Stadium in response to a motion sensor alarm on the football field. Upon arrival, the officer observed two students, one male and one female, running toward the north end zone from the 50-yard line. Both subjects were charged with criminal trespassing. A UT faculty member reported the theft of a Samsung Model DVD, which had been stolen from Room 342 of the George C. Taylor Building some time between noon on March 19 and 1 p.m. on April 12.

April 17 At approximately 1:13 a.m., while conducting a traffic stop in the parking lot behind the Roaming Gnome Pub & Eatery, an officer observed a blue Ford Explorer hit another parked car while trying to back out of a parking space. The officer asked the driver, a male student, to submit to a series of standardized field sobriety tests. He agreed but performed poorly on the tests and was arrested for driving under the influence, first offense. — Crime Log is compiled by Robbie Hargett.

Compiled from a media log provided to the Daily Beacon by the Universty of Tennessee Police Department. All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. People with names similar or identical to those listed may not be those identified in reports.

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NEWS campus’s celebration of 50 years of African American achievement as reasons for its selection. The University of Wisconsin and North Carolina State University also have used this book for similar programs. For more information about the book and the author, visit http://rebeccaskloot.com/the-immortal-life/. For questions about UT’s LOM program, contact Drew Webb at fys100@utk.edu. Ready for the World Café concludes semester with tropical menu

Life of the Mind program to get upgrade for fall The 2011-2012 academic year will bring some significant changes to the Life of the Mind (LOM) program, the common reading experience that gives first-year students their initial taste of academic life at UT. The LOM book is “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” written by Rebecca Skloot, an award-winning science writer. For the first time, the Life of the Mind will be part of a new FirstYear Studies course, FYS 100: The Volunteer Connection. This will be a zero-credit, pass-fail course that all first-year students must complete between orientation and the first few weeks of class. As part of the course, students will read the book, attend a discussion session and a lecture by the author, and complete a creative project. Students also complete technology and academic success tutorials and participate in activities designed to help them make the transition from high school to college. At least 150 faculty and staff members are needed to serve as Life of the Mind discussion group facilitators. Their responsibilities will include: reading “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” (the Provost office will provide facilitators with free copies of the book); attending a facilitator orientation in early August to discuss the book with colleagues and get ideas for leading an engaging discussion; reviewing up to 30 creative projects submitted by the students in your discussion group via Blackboard and generating feedback (Blackboard experience is not necessary; training will be provided.); leading a one-hour discussion with a small group of freshmen at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, August 15, and ensuring that attendance is taken (Facilitators also will be invited to attend Skloot’s presentation at 9:00 a.m. on the same day.); and completing a brief survey about the experience. To volunteer to be a facilitator, go to http://torch.utk.edu/lifeofthemind/leaders/ and complete the brief form. A representative of the Provost office will then contact you to provide additional information and send you a copy of the book. “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” published just last year, has received wide acclaim, including selection as a New York Times Notable Book and the Amazon.com editors' choice for the Best Book of 2010 and is being made into a movie, produced in part by Oprah Winfrey. The book tells of the African-American woman whose cervical cancer cells, taken during a biopsy and cultured without her knowledge or permission in the 1950s, have been integral in developing the polio vaccine, unlocking secrets of cancer and viruses, helping understand the effects of the atom bomb, and contributing to the development of in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping. The cells are known as HeLa, a name derived from the initial letters of her first and last names. Skloot’s book weaves together many important themes, including African American history, research, and medical ethics. She explains the science of HeLa cells but also introduces readers to the Lacks family and their journey in understanding what happened to Henrietta. “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” was chosen during a three-month process during which the LOM committee reviewed more than 100 nominations from the campus community. Members cited the book’s broad, cross-disciplinary nature and relevance to the

The Ready for the World Café at UT will offer a tropical menu for its final week of the semester. The menu for this final week at the café is tropical salad, yummy honey chicken, sweet and spicy spinach, sweet and sour meatballs, Caribbean casserole, seafood gumbo, and almond wild rice. Diners will be able to enter a raffle for a football signed by the UT football team. The café is open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each Monday through Thursday in the Hermitage Room on the third floor of the UC. Diners pay $11 for the all-you-can-eat buffet or $9 for a plate of food to carry out. Aramark’s faculty/staff discount card can be used at the café. The café is operated by students in the advanced food production and service management class, Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism (HRT) 445, at UT. Students in HRT 445 take turns planning the menus, marketing the café, and working in the café. ARAMARK, UT’s provider of dining services, prepares the food. This week’s café manager is Jake Storey. Storey, of Titusville, Florida, is a senior in HRT. He has worked with the hospitality team at Thompson-Boling Arena and is a member of the UT football team. He hopes to go to culinary school to become a chef and own a restaurant. UT Gardens’ Blooms Days to be held earlier in year Traditionally held the last weekend of June, Blooms Days has been moved to avoid the oppressive heat East Tennessee has experienced the last few years. The event will run Saturday, May 7 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, May 8 from 10 a.m. -4 p.m. More than 20 workshops will be offered for everyone, from novice

The Daily Beacon • 3 to advanced gardeners, covering a variety of gardening topics. Workshops with such titles as Bonsai for Beginners, Preserving the Harvest and You Can Promise a Rose Garden will be led by regional gardening experts and included in the cost of admission. Consulting rosarians will lead guided tours and answer rose gardening questions. Live musical performances will be held on both days. Saturday, Red-Haired Mary will perform from 10:00 a.m. to noon and Wild Blue Yonder will take stage from 1-3 p.m. Sunday Four Leaf Peat will play from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. and Robinella will close Blooms Days 2011 with the final performance from 2-4 p.m. Kids of all ages can visit the Kids Corner to create make-and-take projects and get creeped-out at the Insect Zoo. The festival will also include a garden marketplace where visitors can shop for handmade herbal soaps, silver and beaded jewelry, topiaries, nature-inspired artwork, trellises and wind chimes, straw baskets, birdhouses and weathervanes, garden fountains and much more. Blooms Days this year will also combine the UT Gardens annual spring plant sale. The UT Gardens Friends booth will have plants grown especially for the event, including the featured plant Kalanchoe ‘Flapjack.’ Other plant vendors will offer a wide variety of annuals, herbs, vegetables, perennials, roses, trees and shrubs, making Blooms Days a one-stop shopping experience for spring planting. Food from Buddy’s Bar-b-q and Mediterranean Delight, ice cream from Cruze Dairy and Kettle Korn from Smoky Mountain Kettle Korn will be available for purchase. Blooms Days, in its 9th year, is made possible through the generosity of Pilot, UT Federal Credit Union, Knoxville News-Sentinel, WBIR-TV and WUOT 91.9 FM. Tickets will be $6 at the gate. Children under 12 will be admitted free. Tickets are good for one day only, and the event will be held rain or shine. All proceeds will benefit the UT Gardens. For more information and a complete schedule of the weekend’s activities, please visit: http://utgardens.tennessee.edu. The UT Gardens located in Knoxville and Jackson are part of the UT Institute of Agriculture. Their mission is to foster appreciation, education and stewardship of plants through garden displays, collections, educational programs and research trials. Some 4,000 annuals, perennials, herbs, tropicals, trees, shrubs, vegetables and ornamental grasses are evaluated each year. Both gardens are Tennessee Certified Arboreta and American Conifer Society Reference Gardens. The gardens are open during all seasons and free to the public. For more information, visit http://utgardens.tennessee.edu/ and http://west.tennessee.edu/ornamentals/.

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Guest Column Congressmen doing jobs for wrong reason As the old Schoolhouse Rock song goes, “Three is a magic number.” The same applies in the world of politics — and no, I’m not talking about the three-ring circus we call our government (Schoolhouse Rock again) or, at least, not the whole thing. I’m thinking more along the lines of a single branch: Congress. Thanks to a wonderful website called Measuring Worth, I discovered that in terms of real dollars (meaning after converting older American dollars to modern American dollars and accounting for inflation), congressmen today get paid more than three times as much per day in 2011 than they did in 1789. This gross disparity, I believe, is partly the doings of the legislature’s power to raise its own pay. Does this sound a bit unfair to anyone else? In what other vocation may the workers vote to raise their own pay? That blank space in your head right now isn’t the result of a certain occupation eluding you — it’s because no such job exists. Such an inequity in power, I think, cannot justifiably be attributed to the greater responsibility congressmen must shoulder. The way I see it, they know as soon as they run for their positions exactly what their titles entail, and so they should accept their yoke as an honorable civic duty, not as a chore for which they need enticement to complete. Think about it for a second. The U.S. tax code already grants congressmen huge tax deductions for any away-from-home business that lasts less than a year, for employees they pay and for partial ownership or rental of housing in Washington, D.C. Add to that the generous benefits they receive from corporations for using and promoting their products and from certain airlines for traveling with them, and our representatives in both the House and Senate still have enough money to make a family in the lower class live more comfortably. The key actors perpetuating this scenario are the incumbents who rely on their seats to be their sole source of income. With every re-election they see wage hikes, which they themselves approved in their previous terms (pay increases do not take effect until the next term of Congress meets). Consider the first congressmen of our country. People like John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington were not career politicians, performing civic duties solely for the sake of the monetary compensation they would get. They dipped their thumbs in other industries, like agriculture, and made a living from the profits they reaped therein. So even after they retired, they still lived comfortably. If the politicians of today truly wish to stay afloat in today’s economy, all they need do is look for further employment or investment. This setup I think provides incentive for the legislature not to care if the federal government shuts down, as it almost did in recent weeks. If the entire administration had been forced to close, representatives and senators would still have collected their congressional salaries in exchange for simply twiddling their thumbs on Capitol Hill, but we average Americans just would have been plumb out of luck (especially in areas like infrastructure and the postal system, which, along with other services, are funded entirely by the national government). So here is my message to the men and women of Congress: Get real jobs, and remember who you work for. Margaret Cross freshman in German mcross9@utk.edu SCRAMBLED EGGS• Alex Cline

THE GREAT MASH-UP • Liz Newnam

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Anti-immigration bills filled with ignorance T he Social N etwo r k by

Elliott DeVore Last year the extreme anti-immigration legislation that passed in Arizona evoked many controversial responses from both sides of the aisle. Conservatives boasted its protection of jobs and tax money. Liberals condemned its racism and inhumane repercussions. Either way your opinion sways, you must acknowledge the inevitable racial profiling that ensues with legislation like this. Even with such negative criticism, other states are creating and passing copycat legislation — Georgia most recently. In the Georgia House of Representatives, Matt Ramsey (R-72) introduced House Bill 78, “The Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011,” which will be the harshest immigration law to date in the U.S. if the governor signs it into law. One supporter, Republican Sen. Renee Unterman of Gwinnete County, Ga., said her constituents overwhelmingly write her saying, “Illegal immigrants are crowding our schools and emergency rooms, we’re footing the bill, and it isn’t fair.” Conservatives say that undocumented workers are flooding our nation and reaping the benefits of our taxpayer dollars. What they seem to be forgetting is that undocumented workers are consumers as well; anytime they make a purchase, they are paying sales tax on those goods and often, they, too, pay property taxes. Why do they not pay more attention to U.S. citizens who live here but don’t pay their taxes? Why not add an amendment to deport these people? Because it would be much harder to find these Americans, since not all of them can be racially profiled. Some counties have already taken charge on this issue. Unterman said in her address to the Senate that the sherriff in her county takes care of business. “When I ride down the street, I don’t see as many people that are foreign,” she said. “Because they’re scattered … They’re scared to death to be in Guinnet County, because they’ve got a sheriff that does his business.” She said she thinks the program is very successful

and flourishing. She said illegal immigrants were flooding the schools in her distinct at such high levels that many English as a Second Language classes (ESL) were added out of necessity, which takes away from taxpayers. In the same breath, she admitted she didn’t know what ESL was at first. This bill gives government officials the ability to arrest people during a legal stop, such as for a traffic ticket or other commonplace occurrence, if they cannot produce documents proving legal residency. This could greatly impact people of color, as government reports have shown that race has played a role in routine police stops across the nation. Enacting a bill of this nature will only further racial profiling and perpetuate racist stereotypes, not save money. Also, per HB 87, any person using fraudulent identification to obtain a job will be sentenced to no less than one year in jail and no more than 10 years, as well as being fined up to $100,000 or both. A second offense only increases the jail time and fines. Since this bill will be sending more people behind bars, it also includes that each state prison will receive an increased amount of funding to make accommodations. Now I know you’re saying, “I thought the bill was going to prevent waste of hardearned tax dollars on people who don’t pay taxes.” To further the fiscal irony of this bill, let’s looks to Arizona, whose immigration bill served as a model for Georgia’s. Upon passing SB1070, Arizona was blacklisted by many organizations and conferences across the nation; consequently, the tourism industry lost an estimated $150,000,000 in revenue, an issue nicknamed “RIP Conventions and RIP Hotels.” Arizona’s governor also spent roughly $1.5 million defending the legislation. Isn’t it funny that this bill had such a negative impact on Arizona’s economy when it was meant to “protect jobs and save taxpayer dollars?” After all of my research, I have only one conclusion: This bill is illresearched and obviously biased. How can someone say that his or her bill isn’t full of hate and doesn’t support racial profiling but openly say that he or she put people in jail before finding out whether they are illegal immigrants? The answer: with ignorance, fiscal pretense and, of course, with the support of the Republican Party. This is obviously not about money. Be informed, be proactive and you, too, can make a difference. — Elliott DeVore is a senior in psychology. He can be reached at edevore@utk.edu.

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Editor’s Note: This column originally ran on Feb. 1. Typically, I'm not a huge fan of Oprah Winfrey. While part of me commends her for all of the wonderful things she's done for so many people, there is another part of me that thinks she's selfrighteous about all of her good deeds, similar to someone who finds a lost wallet and tweets, "just returned a man's wallet #good deed." There is always someone who is "that guy." They're lucky the vast majority of us, at least, get amusement out of it, otherwise they'd probably wonder why their friends' list is constantly dwindling. With that being said, I did happen to get home at the beginning of one of her shows the other day and since nothing else was on ("House," "Hoarders," "Intervention," "That '70s Show," etc.) I decided I would stay tuned in. "How happy are you?" was the question the show was meant to revolve around. The obvious follow-up questions were asked; other questions asked were the common reasons people presume each other to not be happy or the reasons one finds oneself unhappy. "Do you know your neighbors?" "How often do you have sex?" "How strong are your friendships?" Kudos, Oprah, because I think you figured out how to look happy. Apparently no one told her that looking happy isn't quite the same as actually being in high spirits. I want to address the fact that I appreciate these questions and believe that they are questions worthy of careful consideration when evaluating your life (which should also be done much more often than we do). I have a wall in my condo that is covered in painted canvas. It's absolutely my favorite wall and is continually being added to; it will never be complete. Each canvas has its own intricate background that took way too long and way too many pots of Teavana. One thing that 95 percent of the different canvases have in common is that they are each completed with a different quote. Rather, I think of them as my life rules. Marshall Mathers, Iron & Wine, Sublime and various

philosophers and journalists cover the once-blank canvas with their words. Charles-Louis de Secondat is among these. "If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are." This one quote hangs in the sea of stretched and starched cotton. It is one of my favorites by far. That is the hardest part about being content with ourselves, especially in college. Friends come and go. We have open enemies and secret "frenemies," and we are perpetually looking at everyone around us, wondering how we can have what they have, look like they look, live like they live, etc. If we weren't wishing to have more than everyone else, I don't think we would have to worry about being so unhappy. Perhaps if we were more concerned with what we do have, we wouldn't be so worried about what we don't have? "Do you have a good relationship with your neighbors," Oprah asks. Supposedly, people have a tendency to be happier in their day-to-day lives when they are well-acquainted with their neighbors. But so what? So what if you don't drop weekly baked goods by your neighbor's house? A popular one: When all of your friends have boyfriends/girlfriends, so what if you're the only one "ridin' solo?" Usually we start thinking of the first five reasons why you deserve a relationship more than they do: You've been single longer. You're funnier than they are. You're better looking than they are. We're so focused sometimes on everyone else's relationships and what everyone else has that we forget to be happy for people (people usually being our friends). Experts say that jealousy is "the natural emotion that makes you want to do it again, try harder, to continue striving until you succeed." In a nutshell, jealousy is a normal reaction to things we don't/can't have. There's nothing wrong with being jealous and there's nothing wrong with all of the other "bad" characteristics and properties to your life. I think the real focus should be on fixing the things you know are wrong, not following a list of the things other people think are right. Answering a few measly questions on a "How happy are you?" quiz won't tell you, or anyone else, if you're actually happy. So for the love ... realize that your happiness only belongs to you. — Ashleigh Disler is a junior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at adisler@utk.edu.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

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Satiric ‘Scream 4’ rejuvenates horror genre Will Abrams Arts and Entertainment Editor The horror genre had it coming. After a decade of pathetic remakes and weak Japanese adaptations, “Scream 4” has arrived to deliver a much-needed throat slashing. Since 1996, the “Scream” franchise has been a staple of its genre by providing a satirist look at one of horror’s most famous categories, the slasher film. The newest installment of the series picks up years after “Scream 3” in Woodsboro, the town where the original took place. Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) has returned to promote her new book, while Sheriff Dewey Riley (David Arquette) and his wife, Gale (Courteney Cox), have grown accustomed to living the small-town life in Woodsboro. As one could expect, the reunion of these characters can only result in a return of the Ghostface killer. This time, a brand new cast has been assembled, featuring some of the biggest rising stars in Hollywood (Kristen Bell and Anna Paquin, for starters). Aside from the series’ original three characters, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin and Erik Knudsen have also been added to the killer’s list. What the original “Scream” did for the slasher genre, “Scream 4” delivers with a sledgehammer to the YouTube generation. From the film’s brilliant opening to stunning conclusion, a clear message is sent to the creators of modern horror cinema: Stop ripping off classics and come up with something original.

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This isn’t to say that the film is boring, though. There are still plenty of twists, turns and jumps throughout the ordeal. In an attempt to broadcast the values of today’s horror films, “Scream 4” also features some of the bloodiest deaths in the franchise (although the first scene of the original may always stick out as the best). As previously stated, the film features a rather large list of characters played by young actors. Anthony Anderson and Adam Brody even have a small bit as sheriff’s deputies. With so many characters running around, the film suffers from never spending enough time with each of them. Although most of these characters have very limited roles, there are a few performances that shine through. Neve Campbell does well with her new role as a more adult figure than in previous installments. Likewise, Emma Roberts, who plays Sidney Prescott’s cousin, gives a very memorable performance. “Scream 4” is not the perfect horror movie, but perhaps it isn’t really trying to be. After all, the series began as and, judging by the latest film, continues to be • Photo courtesy of rottentomatoes.com a commentary on the horror genre rather than just a member of its ranks. Despite its occasional shortcomings, “Scream 4” is the One large component missing from the film is the long catand-mouse scenes that deliver most of the suspense from the best thing to happen to the horror genre in some time. original trilogy. Even the film’s opening kill is rushed, a major change from the first three films. Although the film’s scathing view of the “Saw” franchise is refreshing (and deserved), the comedic element of “Scream 4” can be a little overbearing at times. In fact, one could almost say that writer Kevin Williamson was more concerned with this part of the film than its actual horror.

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Softball earns weekend sweep of LSU Vols tennis wins, defends SEC title No. 6 Lady Vols end Lady Tigers’ 11-game win streak with two shutouts against the Tigers, running their win streak to nine and taking the lead in the 42-match overall series for these two teams. Sophomore second baseman Lauren Gibson led the offensive explosion, as she went 3-for-4 at the plate. LSU was unable to present any rally in the bottom of the seventh and final inning, as UT pitcher Ivy Renfroe served the Tigers with their second consecutive shutout. Winning 7-2 to finish off the weekend, the Lady Vols triumphed on Sunday as they extended their win streak to 10. Tennessee’s offense proved to be too much for the Tigers to handle, and tempers flared because of it. LSU coach Yvette Girouard was ejected from the game Sunday. “There was a lot of chaos in this game,” Weekly said. “I’ve never seen so much arguing. I certainly don’t blame the coaches from either side, and if I blame the umpires, I’m in trouble.” Ellen Renfroe gained her second win of the weekend. She and sister Ivy held the LSU offense to only two runs for the series, while the Lady Vols scored 24. “They have a lot of offensive weapons,” Girouard said. “And Renfroe, I wouldn’t say she’s (former Lady Vols star) Monica Abbott, but she’s good enough to get them where they need to be.” Next up for Tennessee is Radford on Tuesday, followed by a three-game series at home against Mississippi State.

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for the tennis program, but it has been nearly a decade since a UT men’s team in any sport has pulled off league honors in consecutive years. The last team to do so was the outdoor track and field squad, who won the SEC title in 2001 and again in 2002. Tennessee now has nine SEC titles since 1950. The Vols won the league in 1951, 1966, 1970, 1980, 1986, 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2011. Prior to 1990, the SEC champion was decided by an end-of-season flighted tournament rather than conference standings. Georgia has won the most titles with 25. Tennessee is tied with Florida for second among current SEC teams. Surprisingly enough, Tulane won 17 conference tennis titles before leaving the SEC in 1966.

When senior John-Patrick Smith fell backwards in celebration after delivering the final Staff Writer point in a 4-3 road victory at Georgia on Saturday, the 2011 Tennessee squad finished a This weekend, the No. 6-ranked Lady Vols job that no other Volunteer tennis team had headed to Baton Rouge, La., to take on No. 19ever accomplished. ranked LSU Tigers in a three-game series. The fourth-ranked Vols (20-3, 10-1 SEC) Tennessee walked away with the sweep, had captured back-to-back SEC regular-season bringing LSU’s 11-game win streak to a close. titles for the first time in program history. Beginning Friday night, the Lady Vols left They finished the schedule tied with fifthnothing to spare, as freshman pitcher Ellen ranked Georgia, which also finished 10-1 in Renfroe came out ready to win from the pitchconference play. ing circle after waiting through a severe storm “This is an incredibly hard league to win,” delay. Renfroe’s pitching backed Tennessee as said Sam it earned a 6-0 shutout win to start the weekWinterbotham, end. now in his fifth “This was a great pitcher’s duel between a season as head pair of outstanding young pitchers in Ellen coach. “For us to Renfroe and Brittany Mack,” Lady Vols cobe able to do it head coach Ralph Weekly said. “We got some back to back is clutch hits from Madison Shipman and Shelby just a fantastic Burchell, and that proved to be the difference accomplishment. in the game.” Saturday ’s We’re going to While LSU managed to get hitters on base, win against really enjoy that. the performance by the infield kept the runGeorgia We’re going to ners from scoring. was the savor that For the Lady Vols, however, back-to-back Vols’ 20th moment. I hope singles from sophomore Raven Chavanne, norvictory of the guys take mally in the outfield but at third base over the the season, that to heart. weekend, and senior center fielder Kelly g i v i n g The stats tell Grieve would clinch the final innings of the Joy Hill • The Daily Beacon Tennessee you, it’s hard to game and secure the win. John-Patrick Smith concentrates on a shot during a four condo.” Saturday was much the same for the Lady The Vols do tennis match against Florida on Sunday, April 10. s e c u t i v e Vols, as they earned a commanding 11-0 win not have much With a win over the weekend against Georgia, the years of at 20 time to enjoy the Volunteers guaranteed at least a tie for the regular- least regular-season season SEC Championship while securing a No. 1 dual-match finish, however. seed in the upcoming SEC Tournament in Gainesville, wins. It is the longest After a few days Fla. streak of at of practice, they depart for Gainesville, Fla., on Wednesday least 20 wins per year since the Vols pulled off afternoon to begin their bid for back-to-back the feat six seasons in a row from 1982-1987. Since Smith, Boris Conkic and Matteo Fago SEC tournament titles. joined the Vols four years ago, Tennessee has As the No. 1 seed in the SEC gone 97-16 in team play. To look at year-byChampionships, the Vols receive a first-round bye and will play in the quarterfinals Friday at year results: 2008: 23-7 (9-2 SEC) 6 p.m. They face the winner of Thursday’s 2009: 23-7 (8-3 SEC) match between Vanderbilt and Mississippi. 2010: 31-2 (11-0 SEC) “We’ve got ourselves in great position now 2011: 20-3 (10-1 SEC) — we’ve given ourselves the top seed in the By finishing the season 10-1 in SEC play, SEC Championships,” Winterbotham said. “I think we’re really excited to try to accomplish the Vols logged their third 10-win conference the same feat this year by winning the both season since the SEC expanded to 12 members. Last year, Tennessee swept through the regular-season and tournament titles.” Tennessee has won three SEC conference 11-0 and they went 10-1 in 2000 on Championships, coming in 1990, 2001 and their way to the regular-season title and even2010. The first two titles were won in tually an appearance in the NCAA semifinals. Individually, few teams have enjoyed the Knoxville and last season’s trophy came at success at the top of the lineup as the Vols have Kentucky. Last season’s title run was nothing short of this season. Smith and sophomore Rhyne impressive as Tennessee became the first team Williams both won nine matches at the 1 and 2 in tournament history to shut out all three positions in singles, and sophomore Tennys opponents en route to the title, beating LSU, Sandgren went 10-1 on court 3. In doubles, Williams and Sandgren finished Mississippi and Florida all by 4-0 scores. The Vols are 7-3 in Winterbotham's first 9-2 on court 2 in their first season as a pairing. Smith, last season’s SEC Player of the Year, Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon four appearances in the SEC Tournament. They reached the finals in 2009 before win- was 9-2 with eight wins coming with Conkic Members of the softball team huddle before taking the field during a game against ning the title in 2010. on court 1 and another with freshman Jarryd Alabama on Tuesday, March 22. The Lady Vols recorded their 10th consecutive win Tennessee’s back-to-back titles are the first Chaplin on court 2. on Sunday, completing a sweep of LSU on the road.

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