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Forum seeks to educate on revolving fund Students, faculty urge university to put funds towards alternative energy, other initiatives Emily DeLanzo Design Editor On Tuesday, April 17, almost 40 students, faculty and speakers filed into the Shiloh Room at the University Center to discuss the potential and positive effects of a revolving fund. Speakers talked about potential solutions at this forum and collaborative discussion focusing primarily on energy efficiency. Nick Alderson, junior in environmental studies and past intern for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, organized the “Gettin’ Green & Savin’ Green: Energy Efficiency at UT” event. “This event was focusing on energy efficiency and the benefits of energy efficiency,” Alderson said. “Here on campus we really want to institute a revolving fund for greener energy.” A revolving fund is where the university makes an initial investment towards a renewable energy source. The money saved from that investment through energy efficiency returns to the original fund to be used to invest in other cost-effective initiatives. “We want to get the word out to students and get them more interested in green efficiency,” Alderson said. “We want them to go to the chancellor, faculty and staff and express an interest in a revolving fund. (Students) want the university to be a leader in energy efficiency here on campus.” This meeting was to receive student feedback to give to Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and his office. “Students are very responsive to green energy,” Alderson said. “UTK already purchases about three percent of its power through green power from TVA. That’s paid for through the student environmental fee. Through energy efficiency, we can decrease the total amount of power we need, reduce our canon emissions, and afford more green power.”

This event had three speakers to educate the students in attendance about energy efficiency: Bruce Tonn, political science professor and senior researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the Environmental Sciences Division; Bill Park, an agricultural and resource economics professor; and Maria Rosales, senior in environmental studies and the Tennessee Campus Organizer of Southern Energy Network. These three speakers lectured students on the importance and the relevance of investing in greener technology. Tonn discussed how a switch to a more sustainable, energy efficient lifestyle through buildings and weatherization can benefit many parties. “Energy efficiency has a positive impact on people’s health, comfort and ability to pay for their energy costs,” Tonn said. Tonn has been working with the Department of Energy with a National Weatherization program to increase energy efficiency in lowincome homes. This forum discussed ways the campus community can speed the adoption of new energy efficient measures and the means to pay for these investments. The revolving fund being pushed by students like Alderson and Rosales will help achieve the goal of being more energy efficient. “The revolving fund is our ‘big idea’ and we want the administration to address it as such,” Alderson said. “Other top 25 universities have revolving funds.” “At a school noted for its accomplishments in sustainability, UTK now has the chance to invest in innovated and sustainable energy practices for the future,” Rosales said. “I have been around (here) for five years, and I’ve seen a lot Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon of students dedicate time and effort for energy UT students and staff gather for food at an Earth Day event on Friday. On Tuesday, efficiency. I think it’s time to see the university members of UT met to discuss the impact of a revolving fund on energy efficiency do its part now.” on campus.

KUB offers ‘start/stop’ service Wesley Mills Staff Writer With the days of the Internet upon us, things are becoming easier by the click. While there are many students who live in dorms and on-campus housing, there is also a chunk of students who live in off-campus apartments. Among those students who buy services from the Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB), some find that they are paying for months they are not actually using. “I mean, it’s not anyone’s fault,” Brittany Doss, junior in nursing, said. “It just kind of is what it is. When you sign on to a lot of these apartment leases, you know ahead of time that you are in a 12-month lease, and you’re paying for all those regardless if you’re there or not.” However, even though students will be paying for rent with 12month leases, they can stop paying their KUB bill with a click of a mouse. On KUB’s website, there is a “Start/Stop Service” tab, which

allows users to start or stop their residential utility services at any time. All that’s necessary is one’s account number, billing zip code and an ID number. Students such as Josh Delaney, sophomore in communications studies, like this idea because he feels like he would definitely use that feature to its fullest potential. “I personally like it, because for instance, in the summer, I probably won’t be here much and I think it’s beneficial to get on the website and discontinue the utilities just to save money,” Delaney said. Justin Schoonmaker, junior in journalism and electronic media, lives in the Woodlands Apartments, but he’s from Knoxville, so in the summer he may not be on campus as much. “I think it’s good for the fact that a lot of college students don’t live here so we are going to need this place to live for nine months of the year,” Schoonmaker said. “But they only offer 12-month leases, so there’s going to be a 3-month period where we are not going to be here, or not going to be here as much, and where we don’t want to pay for something we are not using, so it would be good to stop the pay for those months.” See KUB on Page 3

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Brian Conlon, junior in German and environmental sciences, mans the grill at the Earth Day Celebration on Friday. Students had a chance to get a taste of veggie burgers prepared with ingredients from Three Rivers Market.

Event held to promote awareness of LGBT community, prevent bullying, suicide Justin Joo Staff Writer A countdown of 20 minutes was on the projector screen, and the crowd of more than 100 people in the UC Ballroom remained silent the entire time. This was the 17th annual Day of Silence event. The participants’ silence represented the lack of communication, awareness and prevention of bullying toward the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community. The event is put on by the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN). Brandon Hopper, junior in psychology at Tusculum College and board member of GLSEN, explained the silence further at the opening of the event, once the silence had been broken. “It is an act of solidarity not only within the community, but also in society,” Hopper said. “Silence fuels oppression. But we are not powerless. So tonight we break that silence.” Dozens of display boards lined the walls from different organizations that lent their support to the event. There were boards from Planned Parenthood, giving advice on preventing STDs and dis-

tributing free condoms. The display from the Knox County Health Department also had information on STDs, including HIV and AIDS. The KHD was also offering free, anonymous HIV testing in UC Rooms 216, 217 and 218. The event was hosted by UT’s OUTreach LGBT & Ally Resource Center. Donna Braquet, OUTreach’s center coordinator, said that Day of Silence was not only important for raising awareness, but also to show the high school-aged LGBT community that there are people who care. “It’s pretty amazing,” Braquet said. “I couldn’t imagine coming out and having these kinds of resources when I was their age. It’s great for bringing them into the next step of their lives.” Throughout the day, thousands of middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities participated in the Day of Silence. Traditionally, students spend the entire day in silence and some will often set up display tables with information about the persecution young students face because of their sexual orientation or identity and the consequences of that persecution. See DAY OF SILENCE on Page 3

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Nicholas Lopes, graduate student in biochemistry and molecular biology, watches the men’s badminton finals of Vanderbilt vs. Georgia during a tournament in HPER on Saturday. Yi-Ting Huang and Pratap Joshi won mixed doubles, Juanjuan Chai and Tara Sripunvoraskul won women’s doubles, and Chai also picked up the women’s singles title.

1778 — John Paul Jones burns Whitehaven, England At 8 a.m. on this day in 1778, John Paul Jones, with 30 volunteers from his ship, the USS Ranger, launches a surprise attack on the two harbor forts at Whitehaven, England. Jones’ boat successfully took the southern fort, but a second boat, assigned to attack to the northern fort, returned to the Ranger without having done so, claiming to have been scared off by a strange noise. To compensate, Jones decided to burn the southern fort; the blaze ultimately consumed the entire town. It was the only American raid on English shores during the American Revolution. Later the same day, Jones continued from Whitehaven, where he began his sailing career, to his home territory of Kirkcudbright Bay, Scotland. There he intended to abduct the earl of Selkirk, and then exchange him for American sailors held captive by Britain. Although he did not find the earl at home, Jones’ crew was able to steal all his silver, including his wife’s teapot, still containing her breakfast tea. From Scotland, Jones sailed across the Irish Sea to Carrickfergus, where the

Ranger captured the HMS Drake after delivering fatal wounds to the British ship’s captain and lieutenant. In September 1779, Jones fought one of the fiercest battles in naval history when he led the USS Bonhomme Richard frigate, named for Benjamin Franklin, in an engagement with the 50-gun British warship HMS Serapis. The USS Bonhomme Richard was struck; it began taking on water and caught fire. When the British captain of the Serapis ordered Jones to surrender, Jones famously replied, “I have not yet begun to fight!” A few hours later, the British captain and crew of the Serapis admitted defeat and Jones took command of their ship. Jones went on to establish himself as one of the greatest naval commanders in history; he is remembered, along with John Barry, as a Father of the American Navy. He is buried in a crypt in the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel at Annapolis, Maryland, where a Marine honor guard stands at attention in his honor whenever the crypt is open to the public. — This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

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KUB continued from Page 1 Neither Delaney nor Schoonmaker knew about the feature that KUB offered online, but both said they intend to use it once summer comes around. Doss also said that it’s going to be a big help since

NEWS she handles most of the utilities in the apartment. “I’m the one that gets the bill and so in the summer, while I’m not here, it’ll be nice to just be able to cut off KUB for three months and to not be getting the bills that we usually get” Doss said. Doss also said that more students would probably like to know about the KUB’s

“Start/Stop Service” feature before the summer starts. “If more people knew about it, or if they had some way of letting people know about it upfront, that’d definitely be a good thing,” Doss said. “I know once summer starts, paying a bill you may not be using is going to be the last thing that you want to do.”

Legislators hope to adjourn The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee lawmakers are preparing for what they hope is the last week of the 107th General Assembly, though issues that still need to be worked out include the state’s annual spending plan, proposals to change the way the state selects Supreme Court justices and a resilient effort to ban teaching about gay issues in schools. Also still pending is a dispute between business groups and gun advocates over a bill seeking to guarantee that employees have a right to store firearms their cars while at work. Republican leaders nevertheless express confidence that the session can draw to a close by the end of the week. “There are about 60 or 70 bills that are still there,” said Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey, RBlountville. “I think we’re right on course to adjourn.” House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick, R-Chattanooga, agreed. He said a series of weekend meetings were scheduled to hash out the budget plan, although he appeared to give little stock to an alternative budget being proposed by House Democrats. “I haven’t seen it, and I don’t know if it’s serious or political,” McCormick said. “If they can gather 50 votes, they can pass their budget, but I suspect they won’t be able to.” House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh of Ripley and other Democrats say Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s administration is failing to recognize $200 million in better-than-expected revenues. Fitzhugh said the Democratic plan would call for deeper cuts to the sales tax on groceries and other spending measures if revenues continue to improve. “We’re serious when we propose it,” Fitzhugh said. “And we hope it can at least be considered by the majority.” A proposal to strip employers of the right to ban firearms on company property is just

one step away from a floor vote in both chambers, despite concerns from the governor and other Republican leaders. The National Rifle Association is ratcheting up pressure on lawmakers to pass the bill this year — and to avoid an unaccustomed defeat for the gun lobby in Tennessee. The NRA sent a letter to lawmakers last week denouncing efforts to block floor votes on the measure as “a perversion of the representative democracy intended to benefit the citizens.” The group threatened that when it comes to election-year grading of incumbents, it will treat any procedural vote to stop the bill as an even more serious demerit than a vote against the final version of the bill. Rep. Eddie Bass, D-Prospect, and the main House sponsor of the bill, delayed a vote in the House Calendar Committee last week, and was coy when asked about his plans for the bill. “All the excitement has yet to come,” Bass said. “It could come to the floor rather quickly, but I just had a thing or two I wanted to do. A little tweaking.” Haslam, Ramsey and House Speaker Beth Harwell have all criticized the bill as being too broad because it doesn’t provide for exceptions for large businesses or schools. Ramsey predicted it won’t be until next year that a revised version of the bill passes. “I’ve said all along I’d rather not see that come to the floor this year,” he said. There are two proposals that seek to amend the Tennessee Constitution to change the way Supreme Court and appeals judges are selected. The measure sponsored by Republican Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris of Collierville passed the Senate last week and would provide constitutional cover for three methods of determining the makeup of the state’s highest court: Contested elections, a federal-style plan, or a plan similar to the current one.

DAY OF SILENCE continued from Page 1 UT’s own Lambda Student Union was one of those that not only remained silent during the day but also had posters and brochures with information about anti-bullying on display on the Pedestrian Mall. Despite the peacefulness of their demonstration, Lambda members said they still had a few negative confrontations. Caitlin Miller, president of Lambda and junior in philosophy, felt those negative reactions were exactly why the Day of Silence is needed. “There’s a lot more to be done on campus,” Miller said. “A lot of people aren’t aware of the issues. Not even because they’re against LGBT, but they just don’t know.” Lambda said most of the students were very supportive of them. As part of the “breaking the silence” portion of the event, the Knoxville Gay Men’s Chorus

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(KGMC) took to the stage. A slideshow accompanied the chorus while they sang Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” showing pictures of dozens of young, LGBT teenagers (many of them as young as 14) who had committed suicide. When the song was over, awards were given out to different people who had helped set up the event as well as those who had made other contributions to the local LGBT community, such as setting up an alternative prom, which had more than 200 participants this year. A number of East Tennessee High Schools and their GayStraight Alliances participated in the event, including Bearden, West, Campbell County, South Doyle, Oak Ridge, Clinton, Alcoa, William Blount, and Maryville. In fact, the Alcoa High School Choir took to the stage and teamed up with the KGMC to sing “Keep Holding On” by Avril Lavigne. A few tears could be seen in the audience, but they were paired with smiles.

Nick Heslep, Alcoa High School senior and member of the choir, said he was thrilled and encouraged by the event. “It shows how many really support LGBT,” Heslep said. “You wouldn’t think that there were that many supporters but when you get them all together you can really see.” Fabiola Nuneg, junior from Alcoa and also a part of the choir, was more concerned about the message of the Day of Silence. “It really shows we need to be more involved,” Fabiola said. “We need to spread this out.” The event closed with the Alcoa High School Choir and KGMC returning to the stage. As they sang “Light up the World,” purple glow sticks were distributed to the audience. The lights were then dimmed, and the audience sang along as they waved the glow sticks in the air. A thunderous applause was given for the two choirs, but more importantly, for those who had fallen prey to bullying, and for those who had had enough.

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Staff Column Puzzles promote critical thinking You might not read this column. You might not even read this newspaper — but you picked it up. And when you did, you turned directly to this page, flipped it over, folded it and settled down in class to do the Sudoku for the next 50 minutes. The Sudoku and crossword puzzles offer an easy escape from paying attention to the lecture, as well as a muchneeded brain rest. Sounds like fun, right? Not so fast. While one might think that puzzles are a relaxing task, in order to finish them, one inevitably employs higher-order thinking skills. My favorite example of this can be seen in a daily conundrum called “Jumble.” A Jumble is a word puzzle with a written clue and corresponding illustration. These are accompanied by a series of six to eight sets of scrambled letters, which need to be unscrambled in order to progress. The steps are performed in a certain order: One works his way down the list, unscrambling one set at a time. When all of the words have been unjumbled, certain letters are pre-circled to stand out — and when ordered correctly, they reveal a pun which matches the clue. If you take an even closer look at these steps, you’ll notice that they resemble a particular set of learning objectives, as outlined by Bloom’s Taxonomy. The taxonomy has six different levels of educational goals, organized into the lower-level: 1. Knowledge: Recalling previously learned material 2. Comprehension: Demonstrating understanding of material 3. Application: Solving problems using acquired knowledge for new situations And the higher-level: 4. Analysis: Looking at information and breaking it into parts and sorting it by cause or motive 5. Synthesis: Putting information back together in a different manner or pattern, providing a new solution 6. Evaluation: Making judgments and defending one’s own opinion You may be asking yourself, “What do all of these little categories have to do with a simple unscrambling of letters and solving a newspaper puzzle?” Well, the answer is simple. The steps of solving the Jumble puzzle coincide beautifully with the low-to-high organization of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Allow me to illuminate: 1. Knowledge: This step is recognition of the letters, and realizing that the orders in which the letters are arranged are not sequences which make words. 2. Comprehension: This is a basic interpretation

of the rules of the puzzle. There is a deep understanding that the letter arrangements we have previously recognized need to be unscrambled to form a word. 3. Application: This joins the first two steps together. Solvers must enter the unfamiliar situation of unscrambling the letters and recognizing the words formed. 4. Analysis: This is the first appearance of higherorder thinking skills. As a part of the puzzle, we are required to extract the letters of the newly-formed words and set them apart from the other words. This extraction filters the letters by different causes; some letters are more important to solving the puzzle than others. 5. Synthesis: After extracting the appropriate letters, we must now reassemble them to form new words. In this step, we rearrange the letters into different patterns and formations to come up with a solution. 6. Evaluation: After we think we have an arrangement of letters that may fit the solution of the puzzle, we take a look at the illustrated and written clues to judge if they coincide. If we are wrong, we try again until we have a solution whose correctness we can defend. Many tests given by instructors in grade schools and colleges only delve into the first three levels of organized thinking. They assess our regurgitation of facts, our ability to understand concepts, and to apply those concepts to unfamiliar situations. However, they rarely even touch Analysis, Synthesis, or Evaluation situations. As an institution for higher education, we should be employing these higher-order thinking skills, making those who achieve a degree at UT feel like they have learned more than just a bunch of facts and applications. They should feel competent in their ability to judge situations and defend those judgments. They should feel qualified to break apart aspects of difficult situations and examine the pieces before reassembling them into new and innovative solutions. In light of impending finals, I encourage you to pick up a newspaper in a time of rest and sharpen your higherorder thinking skills. If we can’t get it from our lectures or exams, we have to get it from somewhere else. Where better than a newspaper? You can go back to your Sudoku now. Just don’t be surprised if it tricks you into sharpening your mind while you relax. — Liz Newnam is a senior in food science and technology. She can be reached at enewnam@utk.edu.

SCRAMBLED EGGS • Alex Cline

THE GREAT MASH-UP • Liz Newnam

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Marijuana use becoming mainstream A shton’s A n a lys i s by

Ashton Smith This year, the unofficial holiday known as 4/20 fell on a Friday. For users of marijuana, “420” symbolizes cannabis in numeric form. For these same people, the celebration of this holiday includes — you guessed it — mass amounts of weed smoking. There have long been certain companies or activityplanners who use the date of April 20 to promote their projects, with hopes that those celebrating will incorporate their product or event into their “holiday plans.” This year, more than any other in recent history, the date was used as a marketing ploy. A prime example of this was the unveiling of a statue of Willie Nelson by a nonprofit group in Austin, Texas. The unveiling of an 8-foot bronze statue of Nelson was planned for around 4:20 p.m. on Friday, according to The Wall Street Journal. With the 78-year-old country music star’s calls for the creation of a “Teapot,” an obvious ploy on the recent rise of the Tea Party, included a slogan of “Tax it, regulate it and legalize it!” according to the Journal. While the organizers claim that the time was a mere coincidence, the holiday must have held at least some corner of their mind, as 4:30 or 4:15 p.m. are more commonly-used start times for non-cannabis-related events. Another example is the release of the film “Marley” on Friday. With Fridays normally being the prime release date for movies, Magnolia Pictures lucked out this year. They were able to coincide the release of a documentary on one of the leading figures in marijuana culture with the most holy date for members of said culture. According to the Journal, Magnolia’s president Eamonn Bowles said, “(The release date) was an obvious choice.” Our own university even cashed in on the craze, figuratively speaking. The UC Auditorium ran a showing of “The Dark Side of the Rainbow” on Friday and prominently placed the date “4.20” in bold letters in promotional materials. The film, which combines “the 1973 Pink Floyd album ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ with the visual portion of the 1939 film ‘The Wizard of Oz’” according to activities.utk.edu, is an obvious choice for pot smokers. When the date’s importance has

permeated even to campus activity advertisements, its place in the mind of the general public becomes clear. All of which goes to show how far the drug has extended its reach into our society, and more importantly, into popular culture. Gone are the days of “Reefer Madness,” the 1936 cult classic film depicting high school students literally going insane and committing violent crimes after being persuaded to try pot by drug dealers. Rather than government propaganda telling the nation that marijuana use leads to committing manslaughter, we now see movie stars smoking joints in films such as “Pineapple Express” or the “Harold & Kumar” series. The difference between marijuana’s portrayal in the 1930s and the present is laughable, and not just because more people watching the movies are high. While the characters in these films have some unfortunate encounters due to their usage, such as Neil Patrick Harris stealing their car (in “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle”), the ill-fated events are used in comedic fashion and the end result is high, happy people (gorging themselves on 30 hamburgers apiece). According to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), who celebrated Friday by lowering its $25 membership fee to $4.20, “more than 30 percent of the U.S. population lives under some form of marijuana decriminalization, and according to government and academic studies, these laws have not contributed to an increase in marijuana consumption nor negatively impacted adolescent attitudes toward drug use.” Nonetheless, not all has been good in the wide weed world recently. The University of Oregon has received a lot of heat recently following ESPN’s report that current and former players estimate that 40-60 percent of their football team smokes marijuana. Despite the fact that Oregon is one of 16 states that have enacted laws to legalize medical marijuana, according to medicalmarijuana.procon.org, pot has yet to be accepted across the board. While the article claims that smoking helped some of the athletes perform by relaxing them, reports like this one still spark outrage in the public arena. That being said, I believe that in our lifetime, the minority of those in support of the legalization of medical marijuana will become the majority. Our generation, though not all smokers, still widely accepts its use as harmless. As this generation ages, so the acceptance of marijuana will increase. — Ashton Smith is a sophomore in communications. He can be reached at ssmit192@utk.edu.

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Last week, I utilized the first half of my final 1,500 words for this paper to issue the first half of my “senior will” for the underclassmen students of this university. In that column, I asked that they defend their rights and make their voices heard, not only to stand up for themselves, but also to carry on the legacy of students from previous generations who did not go quiet in moments of controversy or contention. I figured I might as well use the last 750 words allotted to me to issue the second half of my request: Don’t just stand up for yourselves. Stand up for one another, even when doing so might mean that you are defending someone’s right to say, do, or be something with which you do not agree and/or when it may be detrimental to your own interests. When I was a freshman, I was brighter-eyed and much less cynical about the world. College life was obviously a new experience, and I had never had the opportunity to see a protest or demonstration in person. It is with great disappointment that I tell you the first one I witnessed was not for some lofty ideal or urgently-needed reform. Instead, it was conducted by a group of Westboro Baptist Church copycats who were intent on terrorizing college students. The group was on campus for almost a full week in the fall of 2007. They set up shop in front of the Pedestrian Mall entrance to Hodges Library. I had walked by the group a few times on my way to class, but I never considered stopping to listen in any great detail that Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Thursday, however, was a different story. As I was coming back from my afternoon political science class, I noticed that a new face had stepped to the forefront of the hateful group. He was using rhetoric that was substantially more vitriolic and accusatory than his peers, and he clearly had little interest in whether what he was saying offended anyone. While a few fought back

or cast middle fingers towards him, most just let it roll off their backs and kept going. That was before our sights landed on the girl. The young lady who would spur my forthcoming actions had a haircut that was even shorter than my own buzzcut. She wore men’s shorts and a tank top and was visibly not a fan of shaving her legs or armpits like so many of her female classmates. I immediately assumed she was a lesbian. It became clear that the man thought the same, for he immediately lashed out at this complete stranger, explaining how she looked like a “whore” and a “piece of trash” and how she was bound to go to hell for her sins. He continued on like this despite the fact that the girl had done nothing to him and was visibly hurt by his words while another man from the group taped it all from the steps, no doubt for a publicity video. Seeing that he wasn’t going to stop and that the rest of the onlookers had fallen silent, something came over me. I stepped to the front of the semicircle, blocked his view of the girl, and launched into a rendition of a famous speech from “The Music Man” as done by the character Alan Shore on “Boston Legal.” “Folks, we’ve got trouble, trouble right here in the Marble City. That’s trouble with a capital ‘T’ and that rhymes with ‘B’ and that stands for bigotry. We’ve got bigots galore…” I could tell he wasn’t happy with the fact that I had hijacked his audience, and I knew something was coming. Sure enough, he cut me off. “You masturbate, don’t you?!” he screamed. “No,” I retorted. “Premarital sex takes care of all of my needs.” While I ultimately made myself look like a loon and may have made some in the crowd question my own sexual orientation (after all, I did spoof a Broadway musical), I succeeded. I did not know the victim of his tirade, nor did I stay to demand thanks from her. I made a fool of myself just so someone could not berate one of my fellow students for who she was or what she believed. I ask that you do the same if a similar situation arises. Oh, and one more thing: make sure they take down that eyesore they call “art” on the Pedestrian Mall. — Derek Mullins is a senior in political science. He can be reached at dmullin5@utk.edu.

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Hungarian guitarist opens music school for Gypsy children

Fiction: Waiting Room by Olivia Cooper Benny never saw the bus coming. He remembered waking up in the park on a bench with William Howard Taft sitting next to him. “Are you James Garfield?” Benny asked. “I can be,” Taft replied. He took out a blanket, wrapped himself up and emerged as the 20th President of the United States of America. “Oh, that’s pretty cool I guess,” Benny replied then looked around. The grass around them was made up of the thin strips of plastic found in gift baskets. The blue sky looked the same but the clouds looked like they were cut out of cardboard and held up on strings. “Garfield, where are we?” he asked and turned back to his right to see a blue cartoon cat sitting by him. “Is this better?” Garfield asked, “I think your generation associates Garfield with this cat more than the historical one, although due to copyright issues I have to be blue.” Benny shrugged. “To answer your question, you were hit by a bus and a committee is now deciding if you technically died. Right now you are just sprawled out on the street because you decided to jaywalk.” “This just a lesson to teach me not to jaywalk?” Benny asked. “No, you really are just half dead. I have to entertain you for a while before I send you off.” Benny looked down to see that his clothes were his school uniform from twelve years ago. Khakis and a polo shirt with the school logo on the chest squeezed onto him to show that he had more than grown out of the outfit. “Sorry about the clothes. I’m still pretty new at this. It was the first outfit that stood out, so I put you in it.” Garfield replied and licked his paw. “I guess you should entertain me then,” Benny replied. “What do you want to do?” “Well. If you are some sort of otherworldly creature, can you tell me my future?” “Not really. I know it, but I can’t tell you.” “Any advice regarding it?” “Nope.” “Any advice in general?”

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munism, which resulted in the close of many mines and factories that provided low-skilled jobs. The school chose its students mainly through auditions held around the country; most of the teachers are, like Snetberger, also Roma. “In regular music schools, their real talents and values often go unnoticed,” Snetberger said. “That’s why I wanted to have mostly Roma for teachers, because they are clear about this and recognize the students’ skills. “My main aim is to build on and develop what they bring from home, to open their musical world to new styles they haven’t yet known.” One of the most talented musicians attending classes is Elemer Feher, a 20-yearold clarinetist from the city of Godollo, near Budapest. Feher is among the oldest students at the center and has already auditioned at conservatories in Germany, where he hopes to continue his studies. While Feher’s first love is classical music, the Snetberger experience is helping him expand his horizons.

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“Well, I guess you should be nice and stuff. Nobody likes a complete jerk,” Garfield explained then wrapped himself up in the blanket again. Benny looked to the sky and found the cardboard sun falling to the earth. It rolled around slowly on a far off hill and turned the sky orange and purple. Something furry nudged Benny’s arm aside and crawled onto his lap. Garfield turned himself into a pug and landed, with a snort, onto his lap and yawned. “I’m more of a dog person anyway,” the pug said, “could you watch the sky for a while? I’m pretty beat.” “What am I watching for?” “An answer.” The pug snored on Benny’s lap. The sky had turned to night, the moon was another cardboard cutout and the stars were twisted spoons. Benny pet the dog which kicked in its sleep slightly as if it were chasing cars. The dog snuffled loudly as a bottle rocket flew into the sky and exploded. A parachute emerged from the casing and drifted towards the park bench. Benny cradled the dog and put it aside to investigate. Just as he was about to touch it, the small box attached to the parachute opened like a clam and spit a wadded up piece of paper out. Benny smoothed it out on the park bench. It was written in an old typewriter font and read; “See you later.” Benny woke up in the street. His head was pounding and his torso was sore but he was able to sit up with little pain. A police officer was right above his head and urged everyone back as soon as Benny’s eyes opened. The bus driver sat on the sidewalk sobbing as an officer stood over her, writing furiously on his clipboard. Benny stood up. An officer tried to make him sit back down. “Sir, an ambulance is on its way,” he assured Benny, but he walked away and sat by the woman. She looked up and the two stared at each other. Wrinkles were forming on her face, her hair was turning gray at the roots and her eyes were red and puffy. Benny put his hand on her shoulder and she hugged him. “It’ll be OK,” Benny told her. Across the street stood an overweight man with sunglasses who stared into the bushes along the sidewalk. He held a leash in his hand that was attached to a pug that barked and wagged its tail.

FELSOORS, Hungary — For young Gypsy musicians, it’s a unique opportunity to get ahead in life. Renowned Hungarian jazz guitarist Ferenc Snetberger’s music school for Roma kids is coming to the end of its inaugural year, with around 60 students getting instruction not just in their instruments but also in subjects such as English and computer skills seen as key to building a professional career. Nearly all of the students at the Snetberger Music Talent Center in Felsoors, a picturesque village among rolling hills on the north side of Lake Balaton, two hours drive from the capital Budapest, come from underprivileged Roma families. The integration of its Roma community, estimated at around 5-8 percent of Hungary’s 10 million people, is one of the largest social and economic challenges facing the country. Unemployment among Hungary’s Roma ballooned after the 1990 end of com-

— Olivia Cooper is a senior in creative writing. She can be reached at ocooper@utk.edu.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Vols continue development

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At the start of spring practice, Tennessee coach Derek Dooley noted several things he wanted the Volunteers to improve on, two of which were individual investment and last year’s dismal running game. The Vols made strides in both areas as they closed out the spring with the Orange and White game Saturday afternoon in Neyland Stadium. Sophomore running back Marlin Lane accounted for two touchdowns and 226 all-purpose yards, including 106 rushing yards on nine carries, as he helped lead the Orange squad to a 17-14 win and a steak dinner. “We feel like we made the progress we needed to make,” Dooley said. “That doesn’t mean we are a great running team, but it is something to build on.” The White squad rushing attack was led by junior Rajion Neal and sophomore Devrin Young, who combined for 18 carries for 88 yards and a score. “I think we have three guys who all have different qualities that can help us move the football and you saw a little spurt of all of it today,” Dooley said. “They’re all good backs and hopefully they will continue to develop.” While the running game is showing improvement under first-year running backs coach Jay Graham, there is still room for development. “We got a lot of cutups we can watch from the spring and try to polish it up,” Dooley said. “Hopefully the players are seeing what it takes to be a good running football team.” Nonetheless, the team has a sense of confidence that it lacked last season in the running game. “That’s what we had in our minds the whole offseason,” junior right tackle Ja’Wuan James said. “During the spring workouts, during the spring camps, (offensive line) coach (Sam) Pittman and (offensive coordinator Jim) Chaney did a good job of emphasizing it. We just try and get better at

running every day.” Spring Standouts While many players use the spring to tune up their skills and get back into the flow of action, a few Vols went above and beyond expectations and have left a lasting impact on their coaches with spring practice now at a close. Three standouts were sophomore wide receiver Jacob Carter, freshman receiver Cody Blanc, and early enrollee and sophomore defensive back Brian Randolph. Carter, who walked on his freshman year, broke out on the scene in the team’s second scrimmage, leading the team in receiving with four catches for 102 yards. He followed up his strong performance by wrapping up the spring with six receptions for 42 yards, finishing third out of all players in receiving. Blanc also impressed coaches, as he hauled in three passes for 38 yards and shook off many tackles. “They have been at it all spring,” Dooley said on the two young receivers. “Jacob has just been a good, steady hand and Cody is a bigger guy. He’s big and fast. We’re thin at wideout and needed those two guys.” Randolph, who came into the game with an interception in each of the Vols’ first two spring scrimmages, continued his playmaking ability, totaling four tackles, one for a loss, and a pass break-up on Saturday. “We are playing a lot with the defensive backs and we are blitzing a lot more,” Randolph said. “We have a lot of blitz called for us and it puts us in better position to make plays.” Spring Awards John Stucky Off-Season Award: sophomore defensive end/linebacker Jordan Williams, sophomore defensive back Brian Randolph, junior right tackle Ja’Wuan James and junior quarterback Tyler Bray Harvey Robinson Offensive Surprise Award: sophomore running back Devrin Young Andy Spiva Defensive Surprise Award: sophomore defensive tackle Gregory Clark and senior defensive end/linebacker Steven Fowlkes Big Lick Award: senior linebacker Herman Lathers, junior linebacker Jacques Smith, junior wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers and sophomore tight end Brendan Downs Fourth Quarter Award: sophomore defensive back Justin Coleman, sophomore linebacker A.J. Johnson, senior left guard Dallas Thomas and junior right tackle Ja’Wuan James Unsung Hero Award: senior defensive end/linebacker Willie Bohannon and junior offensive lineman James Stone

Monday, April 23, 2012

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Top 10 plays nothing new for Fritts Riley Blevins Staff Writer Tennessee center fielder Chris Fritts was sitting in his parents’ hotel room when the texts and calls started coming in. Sitting on the bed next to his girlfriend and parents, Tom and Janet, who made the long drive from Houston to see their son play in a three-game homestand against No. 4 Florida, would turn into a moment they will never forget. “My parents were here and in town this weekend from Texas,” Fritts said. “It was nice and really cool they got to see it. I was actually sitting with them and my girlfriend in their hotel room and people started messaging me and saying, ‘Look it’s on SportsCenter.’” Fritts earned ESPN’s No. 1 spot on Top 10 plays following a miraculous diving catch during Saturday’s game against the Gators. “I said that was the play of the day,” said UT coach Dave Serrano. “He’s continued to make spectacular plays and anchor out outfield for us.” With a 2-2 pitcher’s count on Florida’s Tyler Thomas in the top of the fifth, Fritts and the Vols’ outfield shifted inward, preparing for a more defensive swing and shallow-hit ball. Florida’s outfielder jumped in front a tailing fastball, sending a fly ball well over Fritts’ head. “Being drawn in and all, I had to run ever father,” Fritts said. “He got a hold of it and put a good swing on it. I didn’t think I had a play on the ball until I was looking up on it. I got my feet under me and eyes on it and then it’s a matter to hold on to it. Once you catch it, it’s almost harder to just hold. Tracking the ball into leftcenter field while glancing over his glove-side shoulder, Fritts left his feet, making a diving grab that brought a sold-out Lindsey Nelson Stadium to their feet. “I was pumped,” Fritts said. “Richard Carter was over there. I knew he was backing me up if worse came to worse. He was there to celebrate with me ’cause I couldn’t believe I caught it and neither could he.”

Oddly enough, Fritts has never seen his play on national television. “SportsCenter wasn’t on,” Fritts said. “(The play) was on ESPN News or something and in the hotel they didn’t get ESPN News so I couldn’t see it. It turns out I never got to see it. I never saw it on SportsCenter. I’ve still only seen the YouTube clip of it. I had already seen it and I wasn’t really worried about it.” Perhaps Fritts wasn’t concerned with seeing his diving catch on ESPN’s Top 10 plays because he has been there once before. The Houston native made an eerily similar grab on March 1 of his freshman season against Oregon State. Playing left field, Fritts again chased a ball over his left shoulder, leaving his feet to make what has been termed his signature “acrobatic” catch. Only this time, Fritts popped up from the turf and fired the ball towards his cutoff man in a bang-bang play that doubled off an Oregon State base runner at first. “It was at the very beginning of the season and one of my first starts of the year,” Fritts said. “We ended up doubling the guy off at first base, but we double him off which is what made it a top play. Seriously, if you watch the two plays they’re very similar — almost the exact same play. If you told me to remake that play right now I’d tell you I couldn’t do it.” Fritts said being a twotime top 10 play winner leads to what he describes as endless jokes in the locker room. “They laugh and joke all the time,” he said. “Because I was on top 10 my freshman year. They give me so much crap because of the earlier one. They give me a hard time. They tell me, ‘I don’t know how you walk through the door with your head so big.’ It’s all in good fun, though.” While both plays are similar, unlike his freshman year catch, Fritts got to do some of the joking himself after the Vols’ 5-4 win on April 14 against Florida. Clinging to slim a 5-4 lead in the top of the ninth, the Vols got out of a basesloaded jam following a

game-ending double play on a sharply hit grounder to third. “Third baseman who made the crazy diving play to end the game, Zach Luther? Yeah, he’s my roommate,” Fritts said. “He was a little bit sour that he didn’t get any credit and I got all the credit for my play. Oddly enough when I got back to my apartment that night, he didn’t know and I knew I was No. 1. When he found out it was hilarious. I couldn’t stop laughing.” While Fritts said he will never forget his two diving catches that earned him national television honors, the junior claims that’s not why he plays. “I want people to see me run hard and use my ability to the fullest,” he said. “I just want them to say, ‘Hey, he plays the game the right way and respects the game.’ I want to be a part of someGeorge Richardson • The Daily Beacon thing great and lay the Chris Fritts focuses on reading signals from the third base coach during a game cement for the future here at against Alabama on Friday, March 30. Fritts landed at the top of SportCenter’s UT.” Top 10 Plays after a spectacular grab against Florida to help in a 5-4 win over the Gators

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Orange wins spring game, 17-14 Lauren Kittrell News Editor

Tennessee’s day-to-day mental outlook was a major concern with coach Derek Dooley. His concerns were vanquished in the name of an Orange team 17-14 victory at the Orange and White Game on Saturday. The win was just enough to show the competition, improvement and mental toughness Dooley was looking for. Dooley said he was encouraged by the players’ performances and efforts on the field. “Well, I was real pleased with just the competitive matchup and the competitive part of the game,” Dooley said. “I thought our players played with a lot of toughness, good energy, good effort; they were into the game and it showed.” With 106 rushing yards and two touchdowns, sophomore running back Marlin Lane was a major contributing factor in the Orange team’s success. Lane’s 19-yard opening-drive score led to an early 7-0 lead over the White team. “I just wanted to come out this morning, execute every play, and play hard for my team and my side and dominate in the run game,” Lane said. “I focus on running physical and not worry about looking for holes and just reading the keys.” On the ensuing drive, junior running back Rajion Neal scored on a 2-yard run for the White team. After the first two possessions ended in scoring drives, the 35,421 fans in attendance (fourth largest in Tennessee Orange and White history) were not to be disappointed. On the final play of the first half, Lane scored on a 39-yard run to make the score 14-7 in favor of the Orange team. For Dooley, the play merely pointed out poor defense. “(The play) was designed to get into field goal range,” Dooley said. “They

were, I think, on about the 42 (yard line) and you knew they were going to be playing soft so if you get up to the 35, maybe you have a shot at a field goal. That was bad defense more than anything.” Junior quarterback Tyler Bray threw a touchdown pass to tight end Mychal Rivera in the third quarter to tie the game at 14-14, but failed to follow up on the Orange team’s game-winning 37-yard field goal from Derrick Brodus. The White team’s loss means a meal of hot dogs, chips and water with no ice during the team dinner on Sunday. Juxtaposed against the steak dinner the Orange team enjoyed, the hot dogs weren’t what the White team was hoping for. Regardless of the disappointment, Bray said his improvement from last spring’s game was enough to camouflage his team’s loss. He finished Saturday 14of-26 for 157 yards and a touchdown. “I think I had more completions on the first drive than I did all last spring.” Bray said, referring to a 5-of-30 performance in last year’s spring game. “I did better, and our offensive line did better, and our receivers caught the ball.” Bray’s performance in the game didn’t miss Dooley’s all-seeing eye. Dooley said that while Bray has more to develop, he’s made some progress and is working hard. “I think he has had a good spring,” Dooley said. “He is a lot more patient, he’s understanding the game, he’s understanding the level of intensity that it takes every day to be good.” Saturday’s scrimmage marked the Vols’ 15th and final practice this spring and stands as a gateway to the start of the fall season. Though spring practice has ended, preparation has only just begun. “Overall, real pleased with the spring,” Dooley said. “Real pleased with the attitudes the players have had and the work ethic, and now we turn the page and get ready for real ball.”

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