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Students share creative talent, offer advice Library-sponsored writing contest awards excellence in variety of literary categories Christopher Thomas Staff Writer The UT Creative Writing Program hosted a public reading on Tuesday evening for its graduate and undergraduate award-winning writers and poets. The event, co-sponsored by Writers in the Library, gave the select students an occasion to share their year’s work with peers and faculty. Each student read his or her own piece of work, which was given recognition based on the talent and proficiency of the work. The numerous list of awarded students included Tawnysha Greene, a second-year doctoral candidate in creative writing, Faith Barger, senior in graphic design with a minor in English, Cynthia Bentley, junior in creative writing, and Logan Murphy, junior in creative writing. Their personal stories, educational knowledge, student identity, memories of childhood and ambitions have crafted their identities as authors and in the same way acted as their artistic muses. For Tawnysha Greene, it was risk “My professor assigned a ‘secret story’ for me to write, meaning that I had to write a story unlike any that I had written before and that I would not normally present in a writing workshop,” Greene said. “She told me to take a risk, and ‘Eskimo Days’ and everything that I’ve written since then is the result.” As a doctorial candidate, Greene, who won second prize in graduate fiction for “Eskimo Days”, has focused her narrative voice specifically, but her collection of poems has been off her familiar path. “My academic focus is the coming-of-age story as told from the female voice,” she said. “My creative dissertation will be a novel-length manuscript tailored after one such coming-of-age story. The stories and poems that have placed in these awards are all part of the same series about a young girl and her childhood.” Greene has spent years developing her style, but in her case, sometimes a gamble can pay off. In her words, Greene’s works often focus on selfcontained vignettes. Greene is also published in several literary magazines including Grist: A Journal for Writers, Necessary Fiction and Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts. Her recommendation for aspiring writers is simple: “Tell the truth.” For Faith Barger, it is reality “I am inspired by real life and real people and …

complexity of relationships and capturing that in a way that communicates and relates to readers,” Barger said. Barger crafted her story, “Survivor’s Guilt,” which won the first-prize Eleanora Burke Award for Nonfiction, from her own experiences and memories from her high school. The people she knew are the characters of the narrative reality. “I decided to write about my best friend’s teen pregnancy, because she is a hilarious character that

profoundly affected the person I’ve grown into,” Barger said. As a graphic design major, Barger’s writing reflects the skills she has studied. “I’ve been told I use articulate, specific language, and I like to create really descriptive scenes so the audience can feel like they are right there with me in my experiences,” Barger said. “I try to make sure I always maintain a level of honesty and authenticity in my writing; that’s what’s most important to

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Stephanie Riggs, senior in English, reads her work, “Out to Lunch,” during the UT Writing Prizes reading in McClung Tower on Tuesday, April 19. The event recognized the winners of the UT Creative Writing Program’s yearly writing contests. I knew would be entertaining to both read and write about, but more than that, I knew there was an accessibility and vulnerability in her character that almost everyone can relate to,” Barger said. The characters of Barger’s life have not only influenced her writing, but they’ve also influenced herself. “(My story) shows how the dynamics of our relationship changed as a result of her experience as a young mother and how growing up in a small town

me.” For Cynthia Bentley, it is perspective Bentley’s story, “When Peace Comes,” which won the second-prize Robert A. Burke Award for Fiction, focuses on the perspective of the narrator and the experience she has. “I’ve always wanted to write a story from a child’s perspective and one set during World War II, so I figured I could combine the two,” she said. “My

story takes place during World War II. The narrator, a young girl, is left with her older sister and mother after her father is drafted and dies in the war. Every event, whether mundane or tragic, is filtered through a young child’s mind.” Bentley draws upon perspectives in her everyday life: books she reads, music she hears and her family. “One day, a memory was sparked of my sister and I, as children, dancing around our coffee table in huge Garfield slippers and waving plastic fairy wands to the Andrews Sisters’ ‘Bei Mir Bist du Schoen,’” Bentley said. “The Andrews Sisters were popular in the 1940s. I wanted to try to write a story in a decade completely foreign to me.” Bentley also said that other writers influence her greatly. “I was very influenced by Sandra Cisneros’ ‘The House on Mango Street,’” she said. “Her writing style really stuck with me, and I wanted to try to put my own twist on her style for my own piece.” Bentley recommended that aspiring writers should read for inspiration. “All writers should read relentlessly,” she said. “Writers influence other writers. By imitating the writers you like, you will find your own unique voice and develop your own writing style.” For Logan Murphy, it is the raw experience “I wrote ‘Dive’ just after finishing reading Don DeLillo’s masterpiece novel, ‘White Noise,’” Murphy said. “My goal was to capture the vacant and often oblivious paths that people take through life. I hoped to frame the human condition in such a way that touched the raw core of what it means to be alive. Control, order, willful ignorance — I wanted to show just how these can lead to a destructive lifestyle.” Murphy, who won the first-place Bain-Swiggett Poetry Award for “Dive, a Sestina,” characterizes himself as a student of the postmodern genre. “I first picked up ‘Fight Club’ by Chuck Palahniuk,” Murphy said. “He has been my greatest inspiration, most especially in my fiction writing. His works still play the part of muse from time to time.” Poetry is not the only genre Murphy enjoys writing in, though. “I’ve also tried my hand at science fiction,” he said. “The man responsible for my becoming a writer in the first place is a science fiction author: Frank Herbert.” Murphy recommended reading “Fight Club,” known for its character rawness.

Students question task force report Kevin Huebschman Chief Copy Editor In 2010, Chancellor Jimmy Cheek commissioned a task force that was to evaluate the performance of the Baker Center, as well as make recommendations regarding the center’s future. The task force released its findings in March and, in the process, raised several concerns from those involved in or close to the Baker Center community. On Wednesday, four students with ties to the Baker Center — Meredith Whitfield, a student-employee at the center, Eric Dixon, sophomore in philosophy and global studies, Hadil Senno and Sarah Lucas, the latter three Baker Scholars — as well as Gavin Luter, a former employee of the center, met with Baker Center Director Carl Pierce and presented a rebuttal report, raising concerns they found with the task force’s original report. “We have kind of a twopart issue,” Whitfield, junior in history, said during the meeting. “The first part … is fundamentally philosophical, because the proposed mission in the task force report runs contrary to both the original mission, set forth by Sen. (Howard) Baker of the Baker Center itself and, following that, the practical implementation of that philosophy.” According to the students and Luter, the federal grant that currently funds the center clearly places student and civic engagement at the forefront of the center’s priorities. A shift in this philosophy, the students said, would create concerns, not only within the affected student body, but with those granting the Baker Center its funds. That shift, Luter said, George Richardson • The Daily Beacon would transition the center John Fischer, senior in electrical engineering, performs a 360-degree turn over a into more of a think tank, small jump outside Presidential Courtyard on Sunday, April 10.

specifically in the areas of energy, environmental and global security studies. “That’s something that was kind of concerning to us,” he said, “because some of the original nature of the Baker Center language is bipartisan in nature and promoting kind of bipartisan research about the policy process of democracy.” That bipartisan nature, Luter argued, cannot continue when the center is forced to focus on such sensitive topics as the three mentioned above. Senno followed Luter by describing the dangers the Baker Center would face if it narrowed its focus down to three subjects. “What was most concerning to me was this whole student engagement and civility part of the Baker Center,” Senno, senior in Spanish, said. “It’s been laid down in the foundation, and I feel like we’re losing sight of that with any recommendations that the task force has.” Senno did say that she agreed with the task force, in that the Baker Center needed to focus on increasing student engagement; however, she believed the report was contradictory in its suggestion, saying that the recommendations would drive students away both physically and philosophically. Decreased classroom sizes, as well as a reduction in the size of the museum located within the Baker Center, are both recommendations of the task force, and those reductions, Sanno said, would drive students away. Philosophically, narrowing the fields of study at the Baker Center would narrow the student body and the number of individuals willing to help the center, Sanno said, as well as harming external relationships the center has already established. Pierce, who made clear he

was not a stand-in for Cheek and was meeting with the students simply as the head of the Baker Center, responded to the students and Lutor’s raised concerns by first acknowledging that both sides held the Baker Center’s best interests in mind and then by thanking the group. “What you are doing here — and I value it very much — is you’re equipping me with, one, information and, two, ideas that I can use as I commence a continuation of a process,” by working with both the co-chairs (Tom Griscom, former press secretary for Baker, and John Scheb, head of the Department of Political Science) of the task force and with Cheek to determine the implications of the report, Pierce said. Pierce also asserted that how the task force’s report is taken has yet to be set in stone, a process which is still ongoing, he said. However, Luter challenged that, saying there has already been a clear cost in human capital. “As a result of the task force report, human capital decisions have been made,” Luter said. “So therefore, the report is in some ways binding, and we ask you to reconsider de-implementation of that report as it’s manifested itself in human capital decisions being made and ultimately a change in direction in the mission (of the center).” An additional recommendation the task force made was the reduction of full-time staff positions at the Baker Center to just three, as well as Pierce’s position as director, which would mean the elimination of four other staff positions at the center. Whitfield focused specifically on the impact of losing Leah Adinolfi, director of student engagement at the Baker Center. See BAKER on Page 3

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Lauren Garner, senior in studio art, Stephanie Hacker, junior in anthropology, Carmelo Mannino, junior in management and environmental studies, and Sara Delheimer, senior in sociology, enjoy free burgers during a recycling and environmental awareness event in Humanities Plaza hosted by SPEAK on Wednesday, April 20.

753 B.C.: Rome founded According to tradition, on April 21, 753 B.C., Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, found Rome on the site where they were suckled by a she-wolf as orphaned infants. Actually, the Romulus and Remus myth originated sometime in the fourth century B.C., and the exact date of Rome’s founding was set by the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro in the first century B.C. According to the legend, Romulus and Remus were the sons of Rhea Silvia, the daughter of King Numitor of Alba Longa. Alba Longa was a mythical city located in the Alban Hills southeast of what would become Rome. Before the birth of the twins, Numitor was deposed by his younger brother Amulius, who forced Rhea to become a vestal virgin so that she would not give birth to rival claimants to his title. However, Rhea was impregnated by the war god Mars and

gave birth to Romulus and Remus. Amulius ordered the infants drowned in the Tiber, but they survived and washed ashore at the foot of the Palatine hill, where they were suckled by a she-wolf until they were found by the shepherd Faustulus. Reared by Faustulus and his wife, the twins later became leaders of a band of young shepherd warriors. After learning their true identity, they attacked Alba Longa, killed the wicked Amulius, and restored their grandfather to the throne. The twins then decided to found a town on the site where they had been saved as infants. They soon became involved in a petty quarrel, however, and Remus was slain by his brother. Romulus then became ruler of the settlement, which was named “Rome” after him. — This Day in History is courtesy of history.com.

Crime Log April 19 A student reported that the rear window of her blue 2007 Chevy Cobalt had been shattered while it was parked in the N8 parking lot behind Reese Hall on Caledonia Avenue between midnight and 4:05 p.m.

a strong odor he believed to be marijuana coming from a group of four male students. After further investigation, one student was issued a misdemeanor citation for unlawful drug paraphernalia and simple possession of marijuana, and another student was issued a misdemeanor citation for simple possession of marijuana.

— Crime Log is compiled by Robbie Hargett. At approximately 6:23 p.m., a UTPD officer, while patrolling Presidential Courtyard, smelled Correction In the April 19 issue of The Daily Beacon, Zac Ellis’ article surrounding proposed state gun legislation stated that the proposal would allow “permit-holding students, faculty and staff to carry firearms on campus.” State Senate bills 0051 and 0399 actually propose that any permit-carrying “full-time faculty and members of the staff” would be authorized to carry firearms at UT or any public postsecondary institution in the state. Students are not included within either proposal. The Daily Beacon regrets this error.

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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Engineering professor receives National Science Foundation award Wei He, an assistant professor in UT’s College of Engineering has received a National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. He received the award for her project “Immunologically Responsive Therapeutic Biomaterials to Modulate Wound Healing in the Nervous Systems: An Integrated Research and Education Plan.” The award is effective from Aug. 1, 2011 through July 31, 2016. She holds a joint appointment in the college’s Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical departments. The CAREER award is one of NSF’s most prestigious awards to support junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. He’s research focuses on the interface of biomaterials and biological systems, particularly the nervous system where implantable materials are reconnecting the damaged neural network to improve patients’ quality of life. She also is developing new bioactive materials for

BAKER continued from Page 1 “We stand to lose a lot,” Whitfield said. “We stand to lose a lot within the mission of the university and within the vision of the university for the future.” Lucas shifted the focus to the threat of losing the Baker Learning Community, an area she said was incredibly important to both the center and to students who are looking to find ways to engage themselves on campus. “It acts as a recruitment for intelligent and engaged students,” Lucas, sophomore in deaf education and political science, said. “And then once we get them here, it keeps them here. When you look at learning-community kids and, subsequently, Baker Scholars, they’re the most engaged kids

orthopedic applications. He received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Tianjin University in China and her doctorate from the University of Connecticut. Her doctoral thesis work sparked her interest in the biomedical engineering field. He held a post-doctoral position at Georgia Tech where she advanced her research in the field of neural engineering, particularly on brain-machine interface and nerve regeneration. In 2006, she accepted a senior fellow position at the University of Washington in Seattle to develop new materials for tissue engineering. Shortly thereafter, she joined the UT faculty. Chancellor Cheek names five Chancellor’s Professors Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek has named five senior faculty members as the new class of Chancellor’s Professors. This is the university’s highest permanent academic honor. The new Chancellor’s Professors are: Jeffrey M. Becker, professor and head of the department of microbiology; Suzanne Lenhart, professor of mathematics; Lawrence Townsend, Robert M. Condra professor of nuclear engineering; Beauvais Lyons, James R. Cox professor of art; and William “Bill” Fox, Willaim B. Stokely distinguished professor of business and director of UT’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER). Becker has trained more than 30 doctoral students who hold faculty or staff positions at many major institutions, has published more than 240 peer-reviewed articles, and has been awarded grants for research from many national agencies. He holds a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant in the thirty-third year of continuous funding, and he has received a

on campus.” Whitfield backed this by citing the dropout rate at UT, which she called “astronomical,” saying students have a hard enough time to find ways to engage themselves at Tennessee without losing more of those avenues. Pierce, however, assured the students that, at this time, the Baker Center is contemplating no change to the learning community. While Pierce acknowledged the concerns of the students and Luter and made clear he did not have the power to single-handedly implement changes, he did offer some support for the group. “I can communicate to (Cheek) what I have learned from you (the students and Luter) today,” Pierce said, “and share with him everything you’ve provided me and

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Research Career Development Award from NIH. Becker is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He serves on the NIH Drug Discovery and Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance Study Section, on the editorial board of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, and as associate editor of the journal Microbiology. Becker has been a consultant to the pharmaceutical companies Eli Lilly, Merck, and Smith-Kline Beckman. Lenhart’s work in the field of mathematical biology has been used in devising drug strategies to treat HIV and in making recommendations to change the chest pressure pattern in CPR. Her work also has been used to help combat environmental problems, such as black bear population control, fishery maintenance and control of the gypsy moth. Lenhart has received grants from the National Science Foundation almost continuously since 1985, and she is the associate director for education, outreach and diversity at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS). She was the director of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in the Department of Mathematics for fifteen years and is now the director of such a program for NIMBioS. Townsend’s work in space radiation protection and transport codes has been used by

NASA’s Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER) project team, part of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft and by the NASA Space Radiation Analysis Group, which handles radiation exposure monitoring for astronauts on manned space missions. Townsend was a senior scientist and radiation expert at NASA before coming to UT and recently has been an expert source for the media on radiation sickness symptoms in light of the nuclear crisis in Japan. Lyons is an expert in printmaking, contemporary art, art parody, mock documentation and art censorship issues. His one-person exhibitions have been presented at more than 60 galleries and museums in the United States and abroad. Lyons is well known for his “Hokes Archives,” creating mock academic projects in archaeology, medicine, folk art and zoology. His prints are in numerous public collections, including the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in 2002, and in 2003 and 2004 he served as president of the UT Faculty Senate. Fox is the leading national expert on Internet taxation and has extensive expertise in state tax policy, public finance (operations between government and private sectors) and fiscal federalism.

maybe more effectively share it with the co-chairs of the task force.” Pierce also said everyone involved should try to see the task force report as positive, but he also agreed to assist the students in having their concerns heard by those in position to assist. “First priority, raise the issue of a meeting with the co-chairs of the task force,” Pierce said. “Ultimate goal from the perspective of this group, highest priority given all the other concerns we’ve talked about, would be reconsideration of the elimination of the position of director of student engagement.” During the meeting, Sanno also presented Pierce with multiple e-mails, letters of concern sent by other students, as evidence that the four attending students were not alone in their opinions.

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Columnist utilizes erroneous generalizations Treston Wheat’s column in the April 14 issue of The Daily Beacon entitled, “Bible shows Christian respect for women” presents a good subject but not without first making uninformed and incorrect accusations. Wheat’s points about examples of women in the Bible are not what I found problematic, despite the fact that this topic could be more adequately addressed; his comments about atheism devaluing women are what deeply trouble me. His quick assumptions that one can only value life if one is Christian is illogical at best and disturbing at worst. Painting all the members of any group with such a sexist brush is unfair and is worse yet when you label a collection of people who, by definition, only share one belief: the non-existence of supernatural powers. Also, many who would be considered atheists are squarely humanist, which clearly values people, even if that means humans are “cosmic accidents.” I, for one, will go on living as an atheist, acting as a feminist and respecting my fellow humans, even without some divine mandate for my actions. Jennifer Porter junior in ecology and evolutionary biology jporte16@utk.edu

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Age not necessarily indicative of wisdom

Arizona law serves as answer to ‘serious problem’ In response to Elliott DeVore’s April 19 column entitled, “Anti-immigration bills filled with ignorance,” I wish we lived in a country that could afford to keep the promise on the Statue of Liberty, but we can’t. We haven’t been able to since the early 1900s, when the modern Leviathan State was born. In order for us to get away with allowing anyone into our country that wants in, we would have to end the welfare society, drug war, prohibition against prostitution and government regulation of business. For those of you who doubt me, I didn’t come up with this idea. Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman did. Until we end these initiatives, we will continually have people coming into this country illegally and undermining these efforts with fraud and smuggling. But this is not the main reason that I am writing in response to DeVore’s April 19 column. I am writing to rebut the claim that those in favor of Arizona’s law are racist or are in some way “anti-immigration.” The citizens of Arizona are not racist or ignorant, and neither are the majority of Americans; they had a very serious problem with regard to illegal immigration. In 2009 alone, it was estimated that the cost of illegal immigration to the taxpayers of Arizona was almost $3 billion. In a state with a comparable population to Tennessee, one can see how that amount is such a daunting problem. Why should Arizona care if this law drives out illegal immigrants? That is what it was intended to do. Very few people in America are against immigration. We enjoy the prospect of adding more people with the entrepreneurial spirit, a love of liberty and a distaste for tyranny to our rolls. But what we don’t enjoy are people coming into our country without permission. Illegal immigrants are not “undocumented workers;” they are illegal immigrants — people who move from one country to another without the legal permission of the latter. What makes you think that people who would enter our country by breaking our laws would be the kind of people we would want to be in our country in the first place? Further, the Arizona law was essentially copied and pasted from the standing federal law. The people of Arizona simply wanted the law enforced by someone, and the only one willing to do it was the state government. Illegal immigrants have murdered people in Arizona, most notably Robert Krentz, as they make their way into the state, and here in Knoxville, a woman was murdered in her hotel room by an illegal immigrant. The bottom line is that Arizonans aren’t racist. They faced a serious problem that needed a serious solution, and, from their perspective, the government of Arizona took a perfectly reasonable step to fix this problem. Jonathan Dunham senior in enterprise management jdunham2@utk.edu SCRAMBLED EGGS • Alex Cline

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Off the Deep End by

Derek Mullins Think for a moment, if you will, of all the times you’ve heard the phrase, “Respect your elders.” It’s an imperative that exists in the body of many religious texts, including the Bible, and is one of the first ideals many parents try to instill in their children. The idea, of course, is that by affording those who are older respect without question or precondition, you are opening yourself up to receive the wisdom your elders have accumulated over the years, should they choose to impart it to you. This concept used to be a fairly reasonable idea. Nowadays? Not so much. Now, to be fair, I, like many, could probably not count the number of times I was given this directive if I tried, but I was around a lot of wise people growing up. Most of my teachers, my grandparents — who were all part of the “Greatest Generation” — and many other influences warranted the respect that this commonly held commandment demands. Yet as we all have, I progressively realized that a fair percentage of the elders I was supposed to be respecting were full of crap. I was lucky enough to have a break from the barrage of last-minute assignments that always pop up when semesters come to a close to fit in a trip home this last weekend. After eating dinner with my mother and sister at one of the restaurants on Stone Drive, the commercial epicenter of the city, the three of us piled into my mother’s car and headed for home. As we topped a hill that overlooks Dobyns-Bennett High School, the city’s main high school, I noticed something going on in Memorial Park, a parcel of land across the street from the school. Never one to allow my curiosity to go unfed, I asked my mother to drive by so we could see what was going on. Much to my pleasant surprise, the event was a rally of local supporters of the Tea Party. As a disclaimer, I do not lend very much credence to the Tea Party, be it at the national or local level. I

find many of its beliefs to be impractical and illogical. So you can imagine that I was not expecting to get very many intelligent vibes from the smattering of Tea Baggers — a term utilized, despite its sexual connotations, by many members of the movement as a name for themselves. I was not disappointed. The group looked to be dominated by individuals in their 50s, 60s or older, and most of them had signs. Though these posters were unreadable from the interior of my mother’s sedan, the local paper was kind enough to print pictures from the event showing that most of the signs essentially carried the same message: “Balance the Budget and Stop Spending.” The article that was coupled with these images contained quotations from members in attendance and even a couple of lines from Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey, who I am ashamed to say is the state senator for my voting district. This is one instance where I would not only question that age-old imperative, but I would outright discourage it. It turned out that a family friend attended the event. He explained and elaborated on what the aforementioned article had reported. He and many of those quoted in the piece said that the primary purpose of the gathering was to express the feeling that the government should cut funding for a litany of programs to try to balance the budget so that my generation would not have to pay off his generation’s heavy debts. After moving past whatever impressions of nobility I found in this cause, I could not help but ask if entitlements like Social Security or Medicare made his list of items that should be on the chopping block. His answer? “No.” I then asked if he didn’t think that it was a little hypocritical for him and the rest of the old-age Tea Partiers to be rallying to cut funding to programs that benefit everyone else without making a sacrifice himself. “… no.” The fact that many older conservatives actively voice support for having massive cuts in funding to everything but entitlements that benefit them is something that strikes me as highly hypocritical. I do not dispute that the budget has to diminish in size, and I agree that Social Security and Medicare shouldn’t be touched. However, we all have to realize that sacrifices are necessary to climb out of this hole. — Derek Mullins is a senior in political science and history. He can be reached at dmullin5@utk.edu.

Man’s problems not fixable by governments Immut abl y Right by

Treston Wheat

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Using the analysis of Jean Bethke Elshtain, certain ideologies within the last century have consistently attacked the ordinary person, even though they supposedly wanted to help him. The strands of thought include radical feminism, Marxism and certain parts of modern liberalism. Each of these categories has an idea of the “proletariat,” but their concepts are too abstract to even have an honest discussion of the ideas. Radical feminism becomes disappointed and even hostile towards the ordinary woman who does not share its man-hating, anti-masculine bigotry. These are the women, like my own mother, who, though they believe in equality of the sexes, think that women should have a right to work in the home. They do not necessarily want to be CEOs of businesses and reject child-rearing. Instead, they embrace their motherly instincts and want to settle down with a husband. It is the radical feminist who is against the ordinary woman because she thinks that matrimony is some sort of constraint or bondage, while real feminism promotes the ordinary woman’s choice to do either or both. Then there are ideologies like Marxism and modern liberalism. They claim to be working for the ordinary person and the working class, but in fact become agitated when they do not sign onto their notions of how to “solve” the problems of the middle class. Marxism and liberalism would prefer that the government give out money as a form of welfare or chastise and punish the rich for being successful. However, the ordinary person is not angry with the rich for being rich as long as they came across the wealth by honest means. The working class of America rightly embraces the American dream that anyone can go from rags to riches. Marxists and liberals try to say that if the American dream was true, then everyone would be rich. This demonstrates that they do not actually understand the American dream or the ordinary person. The dream is not that everyone will have the same material wealth, but that if one works hard enough, then they can achieve it. Collectivist ideologies dislike that the ordinary person does not buy into the malarkey that government is the solution, which

dissatisfies Marxists and liberals. The reason these radical ideologies believe they can help the ordinary person is the same reason they are rejected. Radical feminists, Marxists and liberals reject a human nature and therefore believe that they can achieve utopia here on earth. This is not new to American history. During the late 19th and early 20th century, a group of people called the Progressives thought they could engineer a better, more perfect society through science. They thought they could create a utopia by changing people’s behaviors, because they did not believe people had intrinsic natures that would prevent heaven on earth. Progressives would collect impressive amounts of data to try to support their theory, but they could never quite achieve that utopia. Ordinary people reject that kind of belief system because they do not believe in grandiose ideas of a transcendent government solving all their problems. Unlike the intelligentsia of the left, ordinary people tend to be religious rather than irreligious. According to orthodox Christianity and the theology of St. Augustine, to which many practicing Christians adhere even if they are not aware, man is in a fallen nature because of Original Sin. The doctrine states that Adam’s sin tainted all of humanity. St. Augustine also follows this with the idea that the fallen cannot create utopia, or the city of heaven, as he called it. For those who are not religious or Christian, the philosopher Hannah Arendt also argued this case in her fantastic work, “Eichmann in Jerusalem.” Her central point was that everyone had it in them to be evil; we all could have been a part of the Nazi regime. Evil is banal, because it has no depth and it only lays waste to the world. Adolf Hitler and others were not mythic demi-gods who, though we abhor them, should somehow be admired. Anyone, according to her, could commit evil acts because of their nature. The radical ideologies of which I speak are antagonistic towards this way of thinking because they believe a government can control the outcomes for the people. I write in the defense of the ordinary person because I believe in his or her basic ideals of hard work, justice and fairness. I do not believe that government or people can establish a utopia here, because we do have a fallen nature that precludes us to sinning and evil. We should guard against those ideologies that try to say a central authority can handle all of our problems. Government is to help establish order and defend basic rights. Only God can establish heaven on earth. — Treston Wheat is a senior in political science and history. He can be reached at twheat@utk.edu.

NEWS

Thursday, April 21, 2011

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Former CEO settles wrongful death lawsuit Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Former Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. CEO August Busch IV has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit over his girlfriend’s accidental drug overdose death, Busch’s lawyer said Wednesday. A motion seeking approval of the settlement from Cape Girardeau County Circuit Judge William Syler was filed Friday. “We believe the settlement is very fair and even generous, but in an effort to ensure Blake’s future, we are hopeful the court will approve,” Busch’s attorney, Art Margulis, said. Adrienne Martin, 27, a one-time aspiring model, died Dec. 19 at Busch’s sprawling estate in suburban St. Louis. An autopsy concluded she overdosed on oxycodone and also had a significant amount of cocaine in her system. Dr. Kevin Martin of Cape Girardeau, her ex-husband, filed the lawsuit last month on behalf of the couple’s 8-year-old son, Blake Martin. Messages seeking comment from Kevin Martin and his

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attorney were not returned. Syler must determine if the agreement is in the best interest of the child. The judge could also direct some of the proceeds to Adrienne Martin’s parents. Adrienne Martin’s father, George “Larry” Eby, is seeking to join the suit. Eby’s attorney declined comment on Wednesday. Maurice Graham, another attorney for Busch, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the settlement is not an admission of negligence. “Mr. Busch has made a decision to put this behind him and to avoid lengthy litigation, but most importantly, to help Blake Martin,” Graham said. “He does not feel he has any responsibility for Ms. Martin’s unfortunate death, but he does feel strongly he wants to help this young man. He is concerned, however, that Blake Martin’s grandparents are seeking to receive part of the settlement intended for Blake.” Busch, 46, was the last of a long line of Busch family members to run the company. Against his wishes, the maker of Budweiser, Bud Light and other beers was sold to Belgian brewer InBev in 2008. Busch’s net worth isn’t known, but he earned about $100 million from the sale, then began earning $120,000 a month

as a consultant to InBev. Busch told authorities that he awoke about 12:45 p.m. on Dec. 19 and tried to awaken Martin, but she was unresponsive. Martin was pronounced dead at 1:26 p.m. Martin took the oxycodone five or six hours before she died and cocaine about an hour before, St. Louis County prosecutor McCulloch said. He declined to file charges. He said Busch was largely uncooperative in the investigation, but there was no evidence the overdose was anything but an accident. Busch has had difficult times before. While attending the University of Arizona in 1983, Busch left a bar near Tucson, Ariz., with a 22-year-old woman. His black Corvette crashed, and the woman died. Busch, who was found hours later at his home, had suffered a fractured skull and claimed he had amnesia. After a seven-month investigation, authorities declined to press charges, citing a lack of evidence. Two years later, Busch was acquitted by a St. Louis jury of assault charges resulting from a police chase that ended with an officer shooting out a tire on his Mercedes-Benz. Busch has called Martin’s death the saddest time of his life.

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NEWS

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Activist on trial for purportedly racist song Associated Press JOHANNESBURG — The youth leader of South Africa’s governing African National Congress never wanted to be dragged into court to defend his right to sing a song some whites find offensive, and says those who filed the suit are more concerned about his high profile than his singing, he testified Wednesday in his hate speech trial. But, taking the stand for the first time more than a week into the trial, Julius Malema said Wednesday he now sees some benefit in proceedings that have been closely followed across South Africa. Malema said the trial “has helped to shed some light,” allowing him to explain why whites should not be offended when he sings “shoot the boer.” His entire testimony was broadcast live across the country Wednesday. “Boer” is Afrikaans — the language of Dutch descendants known as Afrikaners — for farmer, and sometimes is used as an insult for whites. Malema argued that in the song it is a metaphor for apartheid, and the call is to eliminate oppression, not kill individuals. The appearance of the star witness drew special attention after days of testimony by politicians and criminologists,

music experts and even a poet. The judge, Collin Lamont, intervened unusually often to engage with Malema, whom he called charismatic. Those who expected fireworks from Malema, known for his fiery rhetoric, were for the most part disappointed. But Malema made no apologies for his reputation. “I belong to a very radical and militant youth organization,” he said. “If you are not militant, you run the risk of being irrelevant.” Dressed in a gray suit, V-neck sweater and open-necked shirt, he answered questions calmly if forcefully, even when pressed to say he was racist or inspired by violent hatred of whites — propositions he steadfastly denied. His followers include whites, and his enemy is apartheid and oppression, he said. He said he has used “boer” to refer to black police officers working for administrations set up under white rule and led by blacks despised as apartheid collaborators by activists like Malema. AfriForum, which portrays itself as an advocate for Afrikaners, filed the suit to get a judge to declare Malema’s singing of “shoot the boer” to be hate speech, which is prohibited under South African law. A hate speech designation could lead to criminal charges. Afriforum says Afrikaners and Afrikaner farmers felt humiliated and degraded when they heard “Shoot the boer,”

and believed Malema sang it to “be harmful to or to incite harm against” whites. During an exchange with Malema Wednesday, AfriForum’s lawyer Martin Brassey proposed that if Malema would agree not to sing the song on occasions when it might provoke disquiet, AfriForum might drop the case. Brassey said he could even envision Malema singing the song as part of a history lesson for the residents of Orania, a South African town founded by whites who want to live separately from blacks. Malema said barring him alone from singing the song when and where he chose was comparable to apartheid-era attempts to isolate leaders by putting them under house arrest or making it illegal for newspapers to quote them. “I want to sing with my people,” he said. “I want to sing and commemorate with my people without restrictions on me as an individual.” Malema accused AfriForum of targeting him to gain attention. “You are not genuine,” he said. “This is cheap politicking.” As he finished his testimony for the day, he said AfriForum leaders would use the break to speak to reporters, while he would speak to his followers. “Now you can go to the photo opportunity,” Malema said.

Hate crime offender faces indictment Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. — A former Rutgers University freshman was indicted Wednesday on a hate crime charge after allegedly using a webcam to spy on a same-sex encounter involving his roommate, who committed suicide shortly afterward in a case that started a national conversation on bullying. A 15-count indictment was handed up Wednesday by a Middlesex County grand jury against Dharun Ravi, of Plainsboro, who had already faced invasion of privacy charges along with another student, Molly Wei. The indictment charges Ravi with bias intimidation, invasion of privacy, witness and evidence tampering, and other charges stemming from the suicide of 18-year-old Tyler Clementi in September. The indictment said charges against Wei would not be presented to the grand jury “at this time.” Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River shortly after authorities say Ravi and Wei used a webcam to peek at his liaison. Lawyers for Ravi say the webcam stream was viewed on only a single computer and did not show the men having sex. The indictment says Ravi targeted Clementi and invaded his privacy knowing that Clementi would be intimidated because of his sexual orientation. According to the indictment, Ravi deleted a Twitter post letting others know how they could view a second encounter involving Clementi and

replaced it with a false tweet; deleted text messages sent and received by witnesses; and gave false information to police — all actions intended to mislead investigators. If convicted of the most serious bias charge, Ravi could face five to 10 years in prison. Lawyers for Ravi and Wei didn’t immediately return calls seeking comment. The death of Clementi, a promising violinist in his first weeks at college, came amid a string of highprofile suicides of young people who were gay or perceived to be gay. Partly because of his high-profile death and the other circumstances surrounding his suicide, Clementi became a face of the issue. President Barack Obama and celebrities including talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and sex columnist Dan Savage have talked publicly about his death and said that young gays and lesbians need to know that life gets better. Clementi’s parents, Jane and Joe Clementi, said in a statement released Wednesday that they were eager for the case to move forward in order to “reinforce the standards of acceptable conduct in our society.” “The grand jury indictment spells out cold and calculated acts against our son Tyler by his former college roommate,” they said. “If these facts are true, as they appear to be, then it is important for our criminal justice system to establish clear accountability under the law.”

Thursday, April 21, 2011

ENTERTAINMENT

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‘Music Man’ promises grand closing for CBT Student-actors dispense backstage commentary on classic, dance-heavy musical Brittney Dougherty Staff Writer The cast of the Clarence Brown Theatre’s final production of the season, “The Music Man,” has become especially involved in this play by forming a sort of community. “The Music Man” is about a traveling salesman named Harold Hill, who stops in a small town to run a scam. Michelle Fratus, graduate in music, has a small part in the play. She says everyone involved has worked together to make the show extra special. “Every actor, even the kids, developed a back story for his or her character,” she said, “so we even have a sense of the history of this community before Harold Hill arrives on the scene.” Kat Hale, senior in theatre and constable’s wife in the show, said the – Kat Hale back stories are on “The Music Man” reflected in one of her favorite scenes. Both Hale and Fratus said their favorite part is when Harold Hill comes to the town to warn the residents that they are “in trouble with a capital T.” “It’s amazing to watch the different perspectives of the characters,” Hale said. “You can see what’s going through all the people’s minds on their faces.” Often, individual theaters have to alter plays to fit their needs and abilities. However, Fratus said the CBT decided to keep the play in its original form. “It’s a classic the way it was originally written, so we are being true to every note

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and every word,” she said. Like many of the productions the CBT presents, “The Music Man” is a musical, which means the orchestra is part of the production. Fratus said the orchestra adds a lot to the play. “The orchestra adds a great deal of energy to what we’re doing onstage,” she said. “It’s great to have that full-bodied sound.” On the other hand, the orchestra adds another group for everyone to coordinate with. Hale said it can be difficult to get everything to match up but that it sounds great when it does. The biggest obstacle the players have run into is a crowded stage. More than 40 actors are onstage and another 30 people are in the stage crew. Hale said it can be difficult to get everything right with so many people involved. Kody Pratt, a junior in theatre, jumped at the chance to be a part of the show. She said she loves musicals and being able to utilize her dance skills in her dancing role. “I’m a dancer, so having a dance role has been really nice,” she said. “They brought in a choreographer from Chicago, and she actually choreographs for Broadway.” “The Music Man” begins with a preview show Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and is free for UT students with an ID card. Opening night is Friday, and student tickets are $10. The show continues every day except Easter until May 15. It begins at 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sundays, with student tickets at $5. Tickets are available online at clarencebrowntheatre.com and the central ticket office.

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David Kortemeier and Katy Wolfe Zahn pose in a promotional shot for ‘The Music Man,’ debuting at the Clarence Brown Theatre on Thursday, April 21. The show is scheduled to run through Sunday, May 15, with the exception of Easter Sunday.

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Vols tennis enters SECs as No. 1 overall seed Staff Reports Following a road victory over Georgia to clinch a consecutive SEC regular-season title, the Tennessee Volunteers returned to No. 2 in the ITA national team rankings. Tennessee (20-3, 10-1 SEC) ended the regular season on a four-match winning streak that culminated in a 4-3 win against fifth-ranked Georgia on Saturday to secure a share of the regular-season title and claim the No. 1 seed in the SEC Championships later this week. The Vols had been ranked fourth nationally the last month. Individually, the Vols have two players simultaneously ranked in the top 10 for the first time since 1988. Senior John-Patrick Smith climbed up four spots to the 10th position, while sophomore Rhyne Williams rose to third. Sophomore Tennys Sandgren is ranked 54th, and senior Matteo Fago is

ranked 74th. In doubles, Smith and fellow senior Boris Conkic maintained their hold on the No. 1 ranking for the fifth consecutive polling period despite a loss Saturday. Sandgren and Williams, who finished 9-2 in SEC play together, moved up to No. 52. A First in 23 Years The Vols have not had two players ranked in the top 10 in singles simultaneously since Byron Talbot was ranked fourth and Shelby Cannon was fifth in the 1988 preseason poll. Prior to that, Mel Purcell and Rodney Harmon were the only other teammates to be in the top 10 at the same time. In the final 1980 rankings, Purcell was sixth and Harmon was 10th. Purcell and Harmon also ended the year atop the doubles rankings after becoming the first — and still only — Tennessee duo to win the NCAA doubles title. Williams ended the regular season on a tear, winning his last four matches, includ-

ing a straight-set victory against eighthranked Alexandre Lacroix of Florida. He defeated Javier Garrapiz 6-3, 6-3 at the No. 2 position to help the Vols defeat Georgia in the season finale, and he earned SEC Player of the Week honors as a result. With his recent success, Williams moved past Kentucky’s Eric Quigley to third in the singles rankings. Williams held the top ranking in January and February. Smith wrapped up the SEC season with a 9-1 conference record. His last win clinched the Vols’ first back-to-back conference titles in program history when he beat 16th-ranked Wil Spencer 7-5, 6-3 on court 1. The SEC Tournament Awaits The Vols practice on their home courts one more time before leaving Wednesday afternoon for the SEC Championships in Gainesville, Fla. As the No. 1 seed, they received a first-round bye and begin competition Friday against either Vanderbilt or Mississippi. The match is scheduled for 6

p.m. Smith named to the SEC Men’s Tennis Community Service Team Smith was Tennessee’s representative on the SEC Men's Tennis Community Service Team. Smith, who was Tennessee’s nominee for the McWhorter Award, has been a frequent visitor to the Knoxville Children’s Hospital during his career and is a member of Tennessee’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee. He has helped with multiple tennis clinics in Knoxville and has also worked in the tennis community back home in Townsville, Australia. ITA National Rankings Singles No. 3 - Rhyne Williams No. 10 - John-Patrick Smith No. 54 - Tennys Sandgren No. 74 - Matteo Fago Doubles No. 1 - Conkic/Smith No. 52 - Sandgren/Williams No. 89 - Conkic/Williams

No. 4 UT softball tramples Radford Katie Cawrse Staff Writer The No. 4 Tennessee softball team swept through Radford’s best efforts Tuesday night with a 9-1 victory in Lee Stadium. The sister act of Ivy and Ellen Renfroe’s pitching held the Highlanders to four hits in a dominant defensive performance, giving the Lady Vols (39-6, 17-2 home) their 11th straight win, their longest streak of the season. Sophomore Ivy Renfroe, who started the game, managed to strike out five, while only allowing four hits through the third inning. Younger sister and freshman Ellen Renfroe came in as relief, following up with a perfect performance through the end of the game. “We are motivated by each other,” Ivy Renfore said. “She works hard, I work hard.” While Ivy’s performance this season has often fallen behind her sister’s, her talents were on full display in Tuesday’s game. Offensively, junior third baseman Jessica Spigner came out strong, going 3-for-3, which included a two-run home run, her 11th on the year. Infielder Laura Gibson put on a show as well, going 2-for-3 at the plate and scoring two runs, as well as recording an RBI. This was a sense of redemption for

Gibson since her leg injury against No. 2 Georgia. “This was a difficult game for us, because Radford is a tough team to have coming in for a mid-week contest,” co-head coach Ralph Weekly said. “They entered today at 28-14 and leading the Big South Conference and are coming off NCAA Tournament appearances. “We told our team pre-game of the challenge we would face tonight, and they responded. Jessica Spigner was phenomenal at the plate, and Laura Gibson continued her torrid hitting. Both Ivy and Ellen Renfroe threw very well against a tough lineup.” The Lady Vols didn’t dominate for the entire game, though. Radford was able to close down Tennessee’s lead in the top of the fourth with a Tennessee error in the infield to make it 3-1. The game would not stay close for very long, though, as a triple from Gibson in the bottom of the fourth put the Lady Vols on top of the Highlanders 5-1. Tennessee was able to close the game by the bottom of the fifth, scoring an additional four runs on five hits to bring the final score to 9-1, bringing on the run rule. Up next for the Big Orange: April 21-23 the Lady Volunteers will host Mississippi State in Lee Softball Stadium in a three-game series. Prior to the start of the contest set, co-head coach Ralph Weekly will be honored for his 1,000th career win, which he received earlier this month.

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Italian Vol proud of UT tennis career Lauren Kittrell Staff Writer After practice on a sunny Tuesday afternoon, senior UT tennis star Matteo Fago said he had no regrets in his decision to play tennis at a collegiate level and earn a degree. Hailing from Ceprano, Italy, Fago learned the English language, spent many hours studying and worked even harder on the court. His passion to learn, his love of tennis and the friendships he has built have influenced him greatly and have given him the drive to continue. “I just wanted to take this challenge as a way to get better,” Fago said. “I mean, I just wanted to live a different experience that I wouldn’t have had if I had never come here. I wanted to see something different from my home country, and I think I definitely got that.” Senior Boris Conkic said that, after meeting Fago while playing in Egypt for a few consecutive years, the two discussed his plans for college, and Fago eventually said he wanted to join Conkic. Conkic informed Tennessee tennis coach, Sam Winterbotham, of his decision, and everything fell into place. As the two prepare to graduate, along with senior John-Patrick Smith, and move on to the professional world, Conkic said he hopes Tennessee continues to perform well. He hopes fans will remember them as players and contributors to the team and the university. “I’m sure that they will think of us as three really good players and three really good leaders,” Conkic said. “I just hope the next generations will be as successful as we were.” Fago has managed to overcome several obstacles during his time at UT. From juggling a hectic class schedule and tennis to understanding a

second language, Fago has worked hard and has managed to achieve it all. After four years at the university, Fago said he can look back and see the rewards, but understanding the teachers and learning to process English quickly enough to take notes is something that was very challenging for him at first. “It was not too hard, but challenging,” Fago said. “It requires a lot of time. And you have to spend extra time, because sometimes I wouldn’t know what a word meant. I remember when I first started, it was really hard for me to take notes because I could barely understand what the visual was saying.” Though Fago’s desire to learn and to achieve a degree was not related to a specific field, he is now finishing up college and plans to graduate with a degree in economics. Fago said the time and effort put into tennis and school took away from his private life to a degree, but he still made time to build lasting friendships with his teammates and others during his stay at UT. “I feel like in the team we are extremely close,” Fago said. “I consider my team as my family.” Fago said his teammates care for one another, share with one another and look out for each other, and this is something that he will miss after graduation. Everything considered, Fago’s has enjoyed his time at UT. As he looks back, he is encouraged with his progress and achievements. “I’m really proud of what I did,” he said. “I think it was a really big challenge for me to come here not knowing much about it as a freshman, but I think I really used the challenge to develop as a person and to get better and to learn more. I think my tennis skill is better now, too, and I really enjoyed my time here. Overall, it was a great decision.”

Martin lands star Oklahoma guard Staff Reports The Tennessee basketball team added a third member to its 2011 signing class Wednesday, as Vols head coach Cuonzo Martin announced that Josh Richardson of Edmond, Okla., signed a National Letter of Intent to attend UT. A six-foot-five, 180-pound guard who attends Santa Fe High School, Richardson plans to enroll at Tennessee this summer and hopes to major in biology while minoring in business. “Josh can play multiple positions and he’s a guy who has a real passion for playing defense,” Martin said. “He has a great work ethic and really

attacks the basket offensively. He’s the type of young man we want in this program. I’m excited about welcoming him into the Tennessee family.” As a senior this season, Richardson was named to The Oklahoman’s Super 5 first team, and he also landed on the Oklahoma Coaches Association “Large West” AllState Team. He averaged 16.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists after moving from the wing to the team’s primary point guard. “I’ve known coach Martin for about two years now, and we’ve always had a really good relationship,” Richardson said. “He’s been recruiting me for a long time, and even when he changed schools, we kept talking. I took a visit to Tennessee’s campus and loved

it, and I ended up committing while I was there. I’m very excited about my decision. “The fan support down there is amazing, and it was great to meet the whole coaching staff. I like them all.” Richardson, who chose UT over Georgia Tech, Oklahoma, Penn State and TCU, played AAU ball for the Alabama Celtics and Athletes First programs. He was coached at Santa Fe High School by Shawn Schenk. Richardson joins current Vols signees Chris Jones (Memphis, Tenn.) and Wes Washpun (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) in Tennessee’s crop of newcomers for the 2011-12 season.

Wade Rackley • The Daily Beacon

Matteo Fago returns a serve against Wake Forest on Sunday, Feb. 27. Fago, originally from Ceprano, Italy, made the decision to come to UT to pursue tennis after conferring with fellow Vol Boris Conkic while playing abroad in Egypt.

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UT cheerleaders exude Big Orange spirit Male, female members perform in all athletic seasons to encourage UT teams, fans Lauren Kittrell Staff Writer The Vols cheerleading squad may not get as much coverage as the sports it cheers for, but it works just as hard on its performance at the games. Full of life and pep, the team practices each week to help lead UT fans as they cheer on their favorite team. Katie Kindred, senior in retail and consumer science, said cheerleading is about being an ambassador to the school. “It’s awesome cheering for every sport here,” Kindred said. “We cheer for men’s and women’s basketball, we cheer for the Lady Vol volleyball team, we do pep rallies everywhere, so we get to be involved in everything. “It’s about having fun and supporting your university.” Kindred said there was no sport she enjoyed cheering for more than another, but she said different experiences, like the NCAA Final Four in basketball, had been highlights. The team practices together several times per week during the football and basketball seasons, and Kindred said this is an amazing opportunity to build friendships. “We’re with these people every day for at least three hours a day, and we come in and practice on our own,” Kindred said. “It’s kind of like a sorority and a fraternity put together, and you hang out with

these people like they’re your brothers and sisters. It’s definitely a family.” Jake Gieske, a business pre-major sophomore, said that from a male’s point of view, cheerleading might not seem to be the most masculine thing, but he refuted this by adding that it takes extreme skill and athleticism. His favorite aspect of cheerleading is “Running Through the T” at football games, and he looks forward to coming to practice every day. “It’s a lot of fun,” Gieske said. “We do a lot of things that are very athletic. I lift four days a week, so it’s very athletic. It’s a great way to be on the sidelines and still be involved.” Joy Postell-Gee serves as the head coach for t h e Te n n e s s e e spirit program and is leading the upcoming auditions on April 29. Postell-Gee said that,

although there is no lack of talented young women for the team, it is harder to find young men who are willing to invest their time and effort into cheerleading. “We do struggle with the male skill level, because, especially in East Tennessee, male cheerleading is certainly not prominent,” Postell-Gee said. “Typically, we take other athletes, maybe former football players or basketball players. We generally have very athletic males.” The cheerleading team is offering audi-

tions April 29 and 30 and May 19 to all university students, including incoming freshmen. Postell-Gee said the opportunity to be on the squad is something that helps students feel more involved and have the immediate comforts of a family. “Right away, you become invested in the university once you’re selected,” Postell-Gee said. “You almost automatically have a family. A home-away-from-home family. Instantly you get brothers and sisters and ‘Momma Joy,’ and I do think it offers comfort.”

Matthew DeMaria• The Daily Beacon

Cheerleaders are raised up during a basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 26. Members of the cheerleading squad are involved with almost every sport on campus and get involved outside the events as well.