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Volapalooza ups ante with five acts Lauren Kittrell News Editor The night of much anticipation is finally here.

Volapalooza 2012 will be held Friday at 6 p.m. in ThompsonBoling Arena. The event will host Ziggy Marley, Big Gigantic, Three 6 Mafia, the Black Cadillacs and DJ Hailstorm.

Andy Garber, chairman of the Campus Entertainment Board and Volapalooza Director for 2009–2010, said that this is one of the largest events in Volapalooza history.

“I think that the diverse array of artists is the biggest highlight of Volapalooza 2012,” Garber, senior in English, said. “We always try to bring in artists that represent the tastes of the student body, and we are appealing to the fans of four different genres this year. We have never had more than four acts, nor have so many student organiza-

tions contributed to the event.”

Student tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the gate. Public tickets are $20 advance and $30 at gate. Ticket prices may appear steep, but Garber said the prices are vital towards the success of the event.

“This is only the second year that we have decided to charge students for tickets to the event,” Garber said. “Nearly 70 percent of the students who responded to our survey last fall indicated that they would be willing to pay a small fee for tickets if it allowed us to continue to bring in well-known artists. We felt that charging students was our only option if we wanted to live up to the expectations students have had for the event.”

Michelle Swing, senior in marketing and co-chair for Volapalooza, said one difficulty with the event has been budgeting. With continuous budget cuts, Volapalooza counts on student and student organization support to continue each year.

“Unfortunately the Volapalooza budget continues to be cut every year,” Swing said. “For example, our total budget that was given to us for 2012 compared to 2010 has decreased by 50 percent. It is hard to put on a quality concert with big brand name acts when you have a pretty dismal budget. The budget comes from the $5 student activities fee that is part of everyone’s tuition and divided among various student programming committees within the Central Program Council. Sound, lighting and stage usually takes up the majority of that budget. The only way for us to be able to bring in bigger and better acts is to charge for tickets or procure some amazing sponsors who want to help out the cause! But we try to do our best with the resources that we are given, and we want the students to understand it is going to be a little difficult to get Red Hot Chili Peppers when we don’t have the funds, but we hope for the best every year!”

See Volapalooza on Page 3A

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

The Knoxville skyline shows behind the Volapalooza crowd on May 1, 2010. This year’s show has been moved to Thompson-Boling Arena because of possible inclement weather.

to Titan offers Lecturer accuses politics Trip organic potential Blair Kuykendall

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America has no comprehensive plan to address the environmental problems plaguing our future, and Christine Todd Whitman blames politicians.

“There is an ongoing need to craft an energy policy that respects our environment, providing clean air and water,” Whitman said.

“We won’t get the thoughtful discussion we need, unless we demand better. Political polarization has developed. Politicians ... if they can’t get everything they want, they do nothing.”

Whitman, former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President George W. Bush, resigned her commission in 2003. Her lecture on Wednesday evening, “The Need for Climate Change in Washington: How Hyper-Partisanship Has Paralyzed Policymaking,” was standing room only.

Whitman is a realist when it comes to environmental policy. She supports regulations that can coexist with economic development.

“We are told now we can’t protect our air and water without crippling our economy,” Whitman said. “That’s simply not true. If you

look back to the early days of the environmental movement, Republicans and Democrats came together to work on these issues.

It was a time of enormous upheaval, yet our representatives realized they had to come together and create solutions. Our economy didn’t collapse, it grew.”

The former director sees an immediate need for reasonable individuals to work through these problems.

“It’s no question the U.S. faces a host of environmental problems today,” Whitman said. “We yearn for thoughtful discussion about how to return our economy to health. We need thoughtful discussion about how we protect this country here and abroad.”

Whitman blames the activists themselves for some of the stagnancy.

“What has happened to our environmental movement?”

Whitman said. “Why haven’t we seen progress? So much of the environmental movement has gone too far with its rhetoric. The American people are smarter than that. Both sides now are doubted by the American public.”

See WHITMAN on Page 3A

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Dan Hiergesell Staff Writer Exploration has served as a main contributor in molding mankind into the advanced entity it is today.

From Christopher Columbus to Neil Armstrong, humans have been occupying the forefront of discovery for hundreds of years. This tendency to become more involved with our surroundings has never played a more significant role than when it comes to space exploration. The proposed 2016 mission to Saturn’s moon Titan is potential for another groundbreaking notch in mankind’s expansive belt.

For many, the Titan Mare Explorer mission doesn’t seem like a necessary step in space exploration considering its need for massive NASA funding, but scientists have been researching the distant celestial being for many years. This proposed mission to Saturn’s largest moon, which sits roughly 800 million miles away from Earth, could finally shed light on one of the only objects within our solar system besides our own world that possesses stable bodies of surface liquid.

While Titan’s lakes and rivers are composed of mostly ethane and methane, the moon’s geographical and atmospheric makeup mimic some of Earth’s distinct characteristics. Devon M. Burr, an assistant planetary science professor at the University of Tennessee, specializes in researching the fluvial systems and organic structures of Titan.

“People are really interested in Titan as an astrobiological target,” Burr said.

“People call it a frozen early Earth. There’s a lot of organic materials which are carbon based. We consider the methane that flows in the rivers on Titan, as well as the sediment that makes up the sand dunes, organic. So because of this organic material flowing and floating around the surface, people have spent a fair amount of time looking at Titan as sort of a laboratory for prebiotic chemistry.”

Burr’s research over the past few years has revolved around capturing the surface changes on Titan through studying its tectonic features and subsurface faults, more specifically the effect it has on the moon’s river systems.

“We rigorously and quantitatively categorize different drainage patterns on Titan,” Burr said. “From those patterns we infer different controlling factors like rectangular networks, which are controlled by joints or faults in the subsurface.”

There are three major patterns that comprise Titan’s rectangular networks, which are also found on earth.

Dendritic, which is comprised of many contributing streams that converge into one main river, is the most common pattern. Parallel is another common drainage system on Titan, but this one functions via swift moving streams that are sloped but often skewed. The most revealing pattern is the trellis system, which is the kind of drainage system that we have on earth in North America’s Appalachian Mountains.

This system consists of smaller tributaries feeding into a river from steep slopes on the sides of mountains.

See DR. BURR on Page 5A

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Jakob Gulledge, junior in mathematics, plays on the floor of the stage in Cox Auditorium on April 19. Gulledge is a part of the UT Percussion Ensemble that performed that night.

1521 — Magellan killed in the Philippines After traveling three-quarters of the way around the globe, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan is killed during a tribal skirmish on Mactan Island in the Philippines. Earlier in the month, his ships had dropped anchor at the Philippine island of Cebu, and Magellan met with the local chief, who after converting to Christianity persuaded the Europeans to assist him in conquering a rival tribe on the neighboring island of Mactan. In the subsequent fighting, Magellan was hit by a poisoned arrow and left to die by his retreating comrades.

Magellan, a Portuguese noble, fought for his country against the Muslim domination of the Indian Ocean and Morocco. He participated in a number of key battles and in 1514 asked Portugal’s King Manuel for an increase in his pension. The king refused, having heard unfounded rumors of improper conduct on Magellan’s part after a siege in Morocco. In 1516, Magellan again made the request and the king again refused, so Magellan went to Spain in 1517 to offer his services to King Charles I, later Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.

In 1494, Portugal and Spain, at the prompting of Pope Alexander VI, settled disputes over newly discovered lands in America and elsewhere by dividing the world into two spheres of influence. A line of demarcation was agreed to in the Atlantic Ocean — all new discoveries west of the line were to be Spanish, and all to the east Portuguese. Thus, South and Central America became dominated by the Spanish, with the exception of Brazil, which was discovered by the Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral in 1500 and was somewhat east of the demarcation line. Other Portuguese discoveries in the early 16th century, such as the Moluccas Islands — the Spice Islands of Indonesia — made the Spanish jealous.

To King Charles, Magellan proposed sailing west, finding a strait through the Americas, and then continuing west to the Moluccas, which would prove that the Spice Islands lay west of the demarcation line and thus in the Spanish sphere. Magellan knew that the world was round but underestimated its size, thinking that the Moluccas must be situated just west of the American continent, not on the other side of a great uncharted ocean. The king accepted the plan, and on September 20, 1519, Magellan set sail from Spain in command of five ships and 270 men.

Magellan sailed to West Africa and then to Brazil, where he searched the South American coast for a strait that would take him to the Pacific. He searched the Rio de la Plata, a large estuary south of Brazil, for a way through; failing, he continued south along the coast of Patagonia. At the end of March 1520, the expedition set up winter quarter at Port St. Julian. On Easter day at midnight, the Spanish captains mutinied against their Portuguese captain, but Magellan crushed the revolt, executing one of the captains and leaving another ashore when his ship left St. Julian in August.

On October 21, he finally discovered the strait he had been seeking. The Strait of Magellan, as it became known, is located near the tip of South America, separating Tierra del Fuego and the continental mainland. Only three ships entered the passage; one had been wrecked and another deserted. It took 38 days to navigate the treacherous strait, and when ocean was sighted at the other end Magellan wept with joy. He was the first European explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic. His fleet accomplished the westward crossing of the ocean in 99 days, crossing waters so strangely calm that the ocean was named “Pacific,” from the Latin word pacificus, meaning “tranquil.” By the end, the men were out of food and chewed the leather parts of their gear to keep themselves alive. On March 6, 1521, the expedition landed at the island of Guam. Ten days later, they reached the Philippines — they were only about 400 miles from the Spice Islands.

After Magellan’s death, the survivors, in two ships, sailed on to the Moluccas and loaded the hulls with spice.

1773 — Parliament passes the Tea Act On this day in 1773, the British Parliament passes the Tea Act, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy by greatly lowering the tea tax it paid to the British government and, thus, granting it a de facto monopoly on the American tea trade. Because all legal tea entered the colonies through England, allowing the East India Company to pay lower taxes in Britain also allowed it to sell tea more cheaply in the colonies. Even untaxed Dutch tea, which entered the colonies illegally through smuggling, was more expensive the East India tea, after the act took effect.

British Prime Minister, Frederick, Lord North, who initiated the legislation, thought it impossible that the colonists would protest cheap tea; he was wrong. Many colonists viewed the act as yet another example of taxation tyranny, precisely because it left an earlier duty on tea entering the colonies in place, while removing the duty on tea entering England.

When three tea ships carrying East India Company tea, the Dartmouth, the Eleanor and the Beaver, arrived in Boston Harbor, the colonists demanded that the tea be returned to England. After Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson refused to send back the cargo, Patriot leader Samuel Adams organized the so-called Boston Tea Party with about 60 members of the radically anti-British Sons of Liberty. On December 16, 1773, the Patriots boarded the British ships disguised as Mohawk Indians and dumped the tea chests, valued then at £18,000 (nearly $1 million in today’s money), into the water.

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

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VOLAPALOOZA continued from Page 1A One addition to Volapalooza this year will be student transportation to and from the show. Garber hopes it will make it possible for more students to attend.

“We really wanted to make it easier for students to travel to and from the show,” Garber said. “We have arranged for a shuttle to pick up students at Quarry Trail and drop them off at the gate.”

As one of the largest campus events held at the university, Garber said students are the driving force behind Volapalooza. The event relies on student participation.

“Their support over the past decade has allowed us to transform a small show featuring local bands into a huge event with nationally-known and awardwinning artists,” Garber said. “Over the past couple of years, the number of colleges and universities who are able to host large-scale concerts has decreased. Volapalooza has become a part of cam-

WHITMAN continued from Page 1A She believes dialogue about the environment should be more inclusive.

“I’m convinced that people’s confidence in the environmental movement has been compromised by the arguments that have been advanced,” Whitman said. “Instead of talking about global warming, we should have been talking about climate change. Instead of blaming human activity, they should recognize the world has been changing from the beginning.

They should welcome a public debate and raise the issues.

When you have an honest discussion with the American pub-

Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon

Gretchen Bundy, graduate student in sculpture, walks around the Ewing Gallery examining Amy Hand’s MFA thesis show on Monday. The exhibit consisted of grass and multiple ceramic heads.

pus culture, and we hope that it will become a Tennessee tradition. Volapalooza is special because it’s an event for students, by students, and representatives from numerous organizations spend the better part of a year planning the event.”

Tickets can be purchased ahead of time at bigorangetix.utk.edu and knoxvilletickets.com. As the kick-off for Volapalooza draws near, Garber urges students to take ownership of the event as a whole.

“We would like to see students come to the event because they like the artists, but it’s equally important that they come to show their support for Volapalooza itself,” Garber said. “We know that the student body wants large-scale concerts on campus; whether they love or hate this year’s lineup, I would encourage them to attend so that we have the opportunity to continue improving on the event for years to come.”

The fun doesn’t end with Volapalooza. The Official After Show will be held at The Cider House. The show, presented by The Valarium and The Midnight Voyage, will feature Ana Sia and Reid Speed.

lic, you generally get some good answers.”

This kind of faith in the American public characterizes Whitman’s views.

“The modern day environmental movement was basically started by Rachel Carson in the Silent Spring,” Whitman said.

“Average people said that they had had enough. It was people, everyday people, who stood up.

We forced our elected leadership to act. We need to do better.

“A new generation of activism will be required. I would hope

that if nothing else, we remember democracy requires participation.”

The Baker Center hosted Whitman as part of their series promoting interdisciplinary approaches to environmental policy.

“Whitman is a common sense supporter of environmental protection,” Matt Murray, director of the Baker Center, said.

“We want clean, green, affordable, reliable energy,” Whitman said. “I would let the marketplace determine the best ones.”

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Friday, April 27, 2012

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‘Veep’ showcases Louis-Dreyfus Robby O’Daniel Recruitment Editor There is something about the character of Elaine in “Seinfeld” that stands out from the rest of the ensemble.

Kramer is the obvious favorite. He has all the bombastic breakdowns, the physical comedy out of nowhere. George brings the Woody Allen-esque neurosis, that Larry David conversational humor. Jerry is the star.

But Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) has this bubbly, infectious energy about her. “Seinfeld” has plenty of callback jokes, but Elaine’s two-hand push and exclamation of “Get out!” is probably the funniest. At least on paper, she looks like the most normal of all of them, but she occasionally goes on these physical comedic riffs that add to an already stellar script.

It’s an obvious comparison, but reflecting on her “Seinfeld” work provides an interesting contrast to her star turn in HBO’s new comedy “Veep.”

In the show, Louis-Dreyfus plays Vice President Selina Meyer, who looks to make the Clean Jobs Commission the main project of her tenure but runs into roadblocks along the way.

While Selina produces several fun quips in the pilot, her most striking attribute is an underlying tension and rage.

Louis-Dreyfus brings the same intense energy to the role, but it is channeled in a completely different way.

Rather than a “Get out,” viewers see Selina flip out at her chief of staff, Amy (Anna Chlumsky). The scene strikes a very believable note, with Selina knocking over a cup of coffee in her anger.

In fact, the entire “Veep” pilot feels authentic because of its use of improvisation. It allows characters to hit lines and story points on their own time, rather than the sometimes painfully rehearsed nature of sitcoms.

The concept plays to great effect in a scene following a vice presidential flub.

Selina is filling in for the president, making a speech.

However, one of the president’s aides attends and viciously edits Selina’s speech before she gets on stage.

She has to stay away from talking about certain topics, which just so happen to dovetail with Selina’s Clean Jobs Commission.

As a result, Selina has to improvise the speech, which leads to an unfortunate use of a slur about the mentally handicapped.

In the next scene, Selina and her entire staff are gathered, talking about potential strategy. Mike, the vice president’s director of communications, is not so certain that the gaffe will end up getting media attention. “What if Tom Hanks dies?” he asks.

Despite the hilarious line, the true genius of the scene is the actors believably conversing and interrupting each other during the group conversation. Too often, conversations come off as stilted or fake through heavily choreographed blocking and timing. The overlapping lines, as well as the realistically off-balanced delivery, really makes the scene — and the show as a whole — come together.

The different style is punctuated with the way “Veep” ends its pilot episode. A camera sits, taking a wide shot of the entire office and all the principle players in the show. Actors come and go, walking into and out of the camera’s eye, as viewers see the various plots wrap up, while the end credits roll.

“Veep” sports a stellar ensemble cast, highlighted

by Tony Hale, who brings the same delicate, reticent nature as his “Arrested Development” character, Buster.

The early series standout, though, is Mike (Matt Walsh), who gives voice to many of the pilot episode’s best one-liners.

Mike is a storehouse of references, comparing White House liaison Jonah to the main character from the 1989 movie “My Left Foot,” as well as the titular character in the TV series “Doogie Howser, M.D.” Jonah says he does not even know what these references mean, underlining the age difference. Mike’s funny response to the putdown is just to say that “My Left Foot” is a great movie.

Cursing in “Veep” is frequent, but it is used in the best way when Mike hastily uses an expletive in a Jonah putdown, only to see that he just cursed in front of someone Selina has to apologize to already.Viewers see Mike’s surprised reaction in the background, adding a second layer to the comedy.

Not to overload the column in “Seinfeld” references, but out of all its TV brethren, “Veep” is most like Larry David’s HBO comedy “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” with a different setting. It’s a comedy of manners, yet to get ahead, it helps to not have any.

— Robby O’Daniel is a graduate student in communications. He can be reached at rodaniel@utk.edu.

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America’s action harms Middle East T he Bur den o f I n fa l l i b i l i t y by

Wiley Robinson “First you push into territories where you have no business to be, and where you had promised not to go; secondly, your intrusion provokes resentment and, in these wild countries, resentment means resistance; thirdly, you instantly cry out that the people are rebellious and that their act is rebellion; fourthly, you send a force to stamp out the rebellion; and fifthly, having spread bloodshed, confusion and anarchy, you declare, with hands uplifted to the heavens, that moral reasons force you to stay, for if you were to leave, this territory would be left in a condition which no civilized power could contemplate with equanimity or with composure. These are the five stages in the Forward Rake’s progress.” — David Starr Jordan, on the American Empire in the 1800s Empathy is, clearly, the most valuable human trait one can possess. Just look at the power of foresight it gave Mr. Jordan up there. It’s necessary and critical for the growth of every applied field of human endeavor — especially mathematics, economics and engineering. A wise man once said that seeing economics simply as applied mathematics is like seeing war simply as applied violence (I actually said that, just now). That attitude marginalizes and de-emphasizes our humanity for some illusion of predictability and control — admittedly powerful models that are nonetheless highly inaccurate.

In fact, the logic of such models appeals to me greatly.

I don’t have many beliefs. Beliefs require faith, something I lack — not merely religious faith but the implication of clinging hard to any idea with too many contradictions.

Beliefs have the advantage of getting things done without the inconvenience of having to second guess oneself. But truly, in this day and age, so much amazing, destructive power has been put in the hands of so few — people who goodness knows got to where they’re at having considerable faith in something.

And I firmly believe in the social sciences, and that some of the most good I can do right now is write about how America is screwing everyone over by ignoring them. I don’t believe America is just going to be all right, and military operations in the Middle East need to continue to be at the fore-front of discussion instead of this out-of-site, out-of-mind idiocy.

As if Iraq didn’t exemplify some twisted moral opposite of WW2 — being us using unrelated events to smash a country and dictator that we established — Afghanistan is the same model, but with more violence and money required for the same outcome. Can we really afford to destabilize Pakistan any more? Oh, that’s right, we’re gonna make ’em! That feels good to say, doesn’t it? Great, here’s a huge disability entitlement because you’ve got PTSD. The moral and economic outrage are one in the same.

Under the threat of nuclear war, America crushed the potential for pointless conflict in developing countries by basically including them in Western trade and giving them money and new economies. We treat them like customers. We did it in East Asia, which didn’t look much better than West Asian does now, and look at them.

They’re flourishing. But in the Middle East we create our own self-perpetuating conflicts with a self-reinforcing body of troops from the resentful, angry populace, and we call it a “counter-insurgency?” The only way your great country finally crushed the people of Iraq — who naturally, and, I’d say, admirably rose against us, our evil doctrine of acceptable civilian deaths, and our army of psychologically tortured, low-paid mercenaries — was by destroying the entire country’s infrastructure. White Man’s Burden to the sickeningly absurd.

Afghanistan, hilariously, has no infrastructure we can crush. America alone caused the cultural imbalance in Afghanistan by heavily arming the guys who think rape is okay and paving their way to power. And yet of the 50 billion yearly we spend ignoring our own problems and destroying Afghani lives, 1.5 of that is spent on humanitarian efforts that have a real cultural affect. Al Qaeda is no longer there. Why are we? What is so hard about understanding that continuing to cause a selfperpetuating war-zone with our presence (there was not a single suicide bombing in Afghanistan before 2001) is never going to be a stabilizing force? It takes a fascist, insane level of ethnocentricity and dehumanization of another people to continue killing a provoked people.

America is the greatest source of destabilization of our time.

The operation in Afghanistan has already failed. It shames us all. And I can only take a sad pleasure in the reinforcement of my beliefs — the fact that math, engineering, and science, without empathy, have only bankrupted, humiliated and caused untold misery.

— Wiley Robinson is a junior in ecology and environmental biology. He can be reached at rrobin23@utk.edu.

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Ever since humans first felt the need to document facts and ideas, we have had a need for storing those documents in such a way that they could be accessible and attainable for others — after all, what good is an idea if you don’t share it? But the difficulties of organizing and maintaining archives have not been entirely solved, even in our modern technological age.

There is much to be said for having moved beyond private libraries, only accessible to elite and literate people and containing only a small number of books, into a realm of Internet databases and searchable repositories of millions of published documents.

Nonetheless, technology illuminates both the positive and the negative sides of archiving — the collection and dissemination of humanity’s creativity, and the near impossibility of finding everything that has ever been created.

In an article written for the New York Times called “Scan This Book!” writer Kevin Kelly discusses the benefits of and the roadblocks to a “universal library” — what he envisions to be an online repository of every book or document ever created. Kelly argues that steps are being made towards realizing this concept through projects like the Million Book Project or, more notably, Google’s plan to digitally scan every book in five major research libraries.

The issue, according to Kelly, is that of copyright laws that make about 75 percent of books unable to be scanned, because no one knows who owns the copyright.

Copyright laws reveal the irony of digital archiving projects: technology has provided us with an unprecedented way and place to organize every document humans have ever published, even though the odds are not good that we will ever be able to use this technology to its fullest capacity.

The technology of the Internet, however, makes the pursuit of knowledge through documents, as Kelly says, a more “democratic” process. It opens up the possibility of research to those who might not have had access to those kinds of documents before. While this is

undoubtedly important on a scholarly level in that it promotes more research on diverse topics, availability of documents can become critical sources of knowledge in regards to social issues.

Scholar Louis Bickford argues that preservation of and access to archives in issues of human rights abuses is crucial to understanding what happened and in taking steps to make changes. In the case of human rights abuses, documents pertaining to the issues are often destroyed by authoritarian governments or are simply not preserved because of money or a perceived lack of need. When so little is known about the particulars of the perpetration of human rights abuses, documents that can be salvaged become the only source of knowledge available. Ironically, their power as historical representations grows as their availability decreases, because when so little is known about an issue, any information available becomes in effect priceless. The handful of documents that have been archived about human rights abuses become invaluable as the only sources scholars and activists have for analyzing what happened, how it affects people today, and how to change or prevent it in the future.

As people grow increasingly aware of the need to document events for posterity, the number of sites dedicated to these archival projects will only increase as well. The September 11 Digital Archive is one such example of a site that seeks to digitize documents pertaining to the tragic event of a decade ago in an effort to increase their availability. As with archives about human rights abuses, these documents serve to provide scholars with easy access to primary sources, but they also serve as a kind of national consciousness, a “lest we forget” project that reminds us of the pain and the poignancy of the attacks for Americans and for the world.

The e-mails to the Library of Congress and the Department of Justice from people across the globe, or the art made in memory of the Twin Towers by visitors to Ground Zero, are firsthand accounts of the feelings that September 11 provoked. Just as with the idea of the “universal library,” it is practically impossible to track down every document that was written, drawn, filmed, or spoken about September 11, but the ones we do have possess a great power — the power to recreate an event in detail for years to come and to remind us of why we need to remember it at all.

— Sarah Russell is a senior in history. She can be reached at srusse22@utk.edu.

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DR. BURR continued from Page 1A Burr’s research following these patterns and unique drainage systems, that mostly consist of liquid hydrocarbons such as methane mixed with nitrogen, has led her to one of the most important and sought after features of Titan: its massive lakes.

“Titan has lakes of liquid hydrocarbon and methane mixed together, as well as butane, ethane, propane and liquid nitrogen,” Burr said. “People are really interested in how the chemistry goes on Titan and how different constituents interact with each other because the organic materials are fairly rudimentary, like the organic material from early earth.”

So as the need to explore these lakes grows larger in order to research Titans earth-like characteristics, the need for the proposed Titan Mare Explorer mission follows suit.

“It’s really expensive to get to the outer solar system,” Burr said. “It’s a long way out, communication travel time takes awhile and it’s dark, so you can’t use solar panels.”

But besides the cost of actually launching a shuttle to Titan, that would approximately take seven years to get to, Burr still insists that the mission is feasible. It’s up to NASA, which has currently proposed to fund concept studies in order to decide whether these potential missions would be beneficial or not, to ultimately ignite the boosters and put Titan’s exploration into full effect.

“The mission is to send a spacecraft to Titan which would jet us in a probe, turn into a boat and fall down through the thick atmosphere to the surface,” Burr said. “It would presumably land in a lake.

The lakes are really clustered together at the poles so we think that we could target one and hit it. The winds don’t blow hard and the lakes are fairly large.”

This spacecraft-boat would ultimately traverse Titan’s surface any-

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where between three to six months, depending on how costly and how successful, or unsuccessful, the mission becomes. Looking at Titan’s atmosphere, organic makeup and liquid lake structure, the probe would calculate things like wave height, and would have a meteorological station that would take samples of the relative humidity and wind speed on the surface.

But for Burr, who specializes in Titan’s fluvial liquid drainage systems, discovering more of the sort would not be the ultimate mission feat.

“The most amazing thing we could find would be an active volcano,” Burr said.

“On Titan we have these cryovolcanoes, or cold volcanoes, so the erupted material is not silicate rock like on earth, but instead it’s ice water mixed with ammonia and other organic constituents.”

If volcanism on Titan really does exist, the hypothesis is that it comes from energy released from the decay of radioactive elements within the moon’s mantle, similar to the volcanic process on earth.

But to this point, the only mission to Saturn and its surrounding satellites has been the Cassini-Huygen • Photo courtesy of Dr. Burr mission, which has been in orbit since 2004. The problem has been the probes’ inconsistency to explore Titan and its many features, only making rounds to the Earth-like moon every three or so months. So far, the CassiniHuygen mission has been able to capture Titan’s polar clouds consisting of methane, as well as using its land probe to photograph the rocky surface.

But for mankind’s sake, with exploration and scientific discovery intertwined, the Titan Mare Explorer mission holds the key to so much more. Maybe even active ice volcanoes orbiting Saturn.

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Staff Writer According to a recent Gallup poll, approximately one in four young people today is getting inked.

Matthew Crigger, apprentice at local tattoo studio Synergy Tattoo, said tattoos may be losing their negative stigma, but American culture still has a ways to go.

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“However, having been in and around tattoos for the last decade, one can definitely see them moving in a more mainstream direction.”

This view is largely evidenced by the substantial number of college students flocking to establishments like Synergy. Tattoo artist Cari Clarke, who has been working in Knoxville area tattoo establishments for the last seven years, said a significant percentage of Synergy’s business comes from UT students alone.

“I feel like the majority of our customers go to UT, another university, or are at least college-aged,” Clarke noted. “The greater amount are female, too, between the ages of 19 and 25. This is a college town, so that’s where most of the tattoo parlors get their business from anyway.”

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TATTOOS continued from Page 5A Crigger supports Clarke’s numbers, saying that approximately “one out of three” Synergy customers are UT students.

“Prior to here, I worked at this one shop off Central, even closer to campus, and the numbers were even greater,” Crigger said.

“UT students or alumni were pretty much every other customer there.”

Although so much of their business stems from young people, Crigger doesn’t foresee the majority of his customers regretting their decision later in life.

“At any point in time, an image can be important to you, whether it be long- or short-term importance,” Crigger said.

“Some of my tattoos I’ve had for almost 10 years. I can look down at and say, this is where I was at that age in my life. They serve as a timeline of your personal history.”

Danyelle Johnson, a senior in special education, is one UT student who certainly didn’t rush into her getting her tattoo, a peace sign on her inner wrist.

“I was 20 when I got it, but I first thought of the idea at 17 or 18,” Johnson said. “If I was going to be putting it on my body and seeing it on a regular basis, then I wanted it to be something important to me.”

Johnson opted for a peace sign due to the message it promotes and daily reminder it brings her.

“Seeing it on my wrist every day reminds me to live my life in the way I want to,” Johnson said. “It makes me think, are my

NEWS actions positive? Am I helping people?”

Crigger is an avid believer in getting tattoos of images to express an idea, like Johnson did, rather than of script.

“Images are more profound,” he explained. “Words you can look at and immediately go, OK, this is exactly what this person means. But if you get an image to support the words you were trying to say, then you have a story to tell.”

Crigger also advocates the need to be cautious and thoughtful about the visibility of one’s tattoos.

“Regardless of how mainstream tattoos may eventually become, you’re still faced with the day-to-day realities of the present,” Crigger said. “You still have to get out there and find a job. As someone who’s been met with job discrimination over my tattoos before, I highly discourage people from getting inked on unconcealed places like the hands and neck. Unless you’re in an artistic profession, a lot of the time visible tattoos are job killers.”

In the end, however, the decision is left up to the customer.

“Good decisions are relative,” Crigger said. “The important thing that we try to stress is quality. Getting it done right and in a quality, clean environment — i.e. not in someone’s garage in exchange for $20 and a six pack of Budweiser — is the number one thing.”

If done safely and with consideration, getting a tattoo can be a meaningful decision.

“My tattoo holds a message that will always stick with me,” Johnson said. “I’ll never regret it. It’s a part of who I am.”

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Award honors cultures Lauren Kittrell News Editor The Spanish department is preparing to celebrate an award ceremony for first-year students at 3 p.m. Friday.

The award will recognize the efforts of students’ end-of-the-year cultural projects. First-Year Language Program director Dolly Young said the ceremony is a way to show appreciation for their work and communicate the importance of cultural understanding.

“Often students taking courses to fulfill basic requirements simply don’t get recognition for some outstanding work,” Young said. “Moreover, we want to stress that the cultural component of a foreign language is significant. By having an award that recognizes their work on this, we send the message that cross-cultural understandings are an important part of studying a foreign language.”

This is the first year the award has been offered and Young said she is excited about the learning experience the event will be for students.

“I am most excited about students viewing what other students did for their projects,” Young said.

“While students did get graded on this project, I believe that just as valuable as a grade is what students learn from viewing what their peers were able to accomplish. That’s what is most exciting.”

The ceremony will award the student with the most impressive cultural project with an award for Creativity and Excellence in Promoting Intercultural Competency through foreign lan-

guage study. The prize is $200, much of which is funded by the Center for International Education.

Patricia Harriman, foreign language lecturer and logistics coordinator for the event, said the event will recognize students’ hard work and creativity with the recognition they deserve. Not only is there a cash prize for the first place winner, but there will also be certificates for runner-ups.

Harriman encourages students to attend regardless of their involvement in the event. She said students should attend for numerous reasons. “(Students should attend in order) to support their fellow classmates, to see the winners’ entries, and to enjoy some free snacks,” Harriman said.

Young added to Harriman’s statement, saying that the event will function as a wonderful study break opportunity for busy students.

“At a time when most students are very busy, I would say the ceremony is worth attending to show their engagement in the FL learning process, that they are serious FL learners, that they are capable of supporting their peers and to simply have an enjoyable time,” Young said. “I suspect there will be many humorous moments too. We can all use some chuckling at this point in the semester.”

This might be the first ceremony the department has held, but Young said she hopes it will continue for many years.

“We do hope to continue this award if we see that enough students participate in the ceremony for the award,” Young said. “This is where they will get to view the best projects.”

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Party hopes to become UT tradition Jake Lane Arts & Culture Editor As another year goes into the books and students prepare to disperse for the summer, various organizations gather to provide a proper send off.

This year a new tradition begins thanks to a few advertising majors whose sense of adventure has led them to create a festival from scratch.

Fort Sanders Fest began less than six weeks ago when Scott Soder, a senior in advertising, observed that his backyard was rife with party potential.

“I just looked at my backyard and thought this would be a great place for a music festival,” Soder said.

Following the conception of the idea, a viral marketing campaign followed. At the Dayglow show at the Valarium in March, a man with a ghetto blaster pumping Tone-Loc’s “Wild Thing” first drew people’s attention to the festival. In following weeks a series of videos, mimicking works of classic art, appeared on YouTube and Facebook and have since generated almost 10,000 views. On the event’s Facebook page more than 1,500 people have confirmed attendance, meeting the event’s official capacity.

Seeking to give the event a more official status than the many impromptu blockbusters which often occur in the Fort, Soder and fellow coordinator Paris Wade received a permit from the city for the event, attained sponsorship and have pledged to donate proceeds from the Fest to Nourish International, a charity organization which helps provide infrastructure to develop-

ing communities.

The goal of the festival, Wade said, is to embrace the spirit of the Fort in a legitimate manner.

“What we tried from the beginning was to set it up like a legal block party,” Wade, a senior in advertising, said.

Soder said that the event, which features more than 15 bands, will showcase local talent rarely seen outside the Fort Sanders area.

“A lot of these bands that are playing are people that play around the Fort at house parties, so it’s got more of a grassroots feel,” Soder said.

While the task of putting on a festival has initially put financial constraints on the planners, the practical experience of organizing the Fort Sanders Fest has been more like an internship for Soder and Wade. Right now the legacy of the Fest is impossible to see, but at this point Wade sees it as an experiment that will take on a life of its own after he leaves the university.

“There are events like this on other campuses, festivals and the like,” Wade said. “I’d like to see it go on, but I’m graduating and it’s up to the next class to see what they’ll do with it.”

Soder echoed this sentiment.

“I’d be a little disappointed if it didn’t become a tradition,” Soder said. “I don’t know if I’ll be planning it — it’s been a lot of work. It’s been a learning process; I’ve never done anything like this before.”

The Fort Sanders Fest begins this Saturday, April 28, at 2 p.m., and will take place on the block of 12th and Forest in the Fort Sanders neighborhood. Admission is $8.

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Farewell to journalism Jake Lane Arts & Culture Editor Leavetakings are strange beasts, even for those of us whose sentimentality is as dormant as a bear in the depths of hibernation.

Saying goodbye to a way of life can be like observing and processing a death — impossible to fully articulate, yet undeniably final.

Upon joining the Beacon staff in August of 2008, I was riding high on an enthusiastic path towards a career in journalism.

The ability to know tomorrow’s news today lent me a certain confidence, a trump card to other people’s perspective on issues and current events. Of course this hubris was short lived and I transferred to the creative writing program, but the passion for living on the cusp of a breaking story has never left me to this day.

In the transition from editorial production to editorial staff, I changed my focus from aesthetic to articulation, relating ideas in words instead of design. The transformation that took place led me to new ways of approaching information and writing,

and has since informed my style of crafting fiction in addition to news reporting.

A common misconception about this job is that journalists somehow tap into a vein of otherwise unattainable knowledge, a task not unlike pulling a story from the ether and breathing life in to it. Truth, in comparison, is less glorious but wholly more fulfilling.

While journalism has definitely declined since I first was inspired to write, I’ve found that those who seek it out have become emboldened by the additional challenges which must be faced when attempting to present facts and opinions in a compelling manner. We resent and repel the ideology of zealots, who would twist facts and hang on conjecture to sell copies rather than stick to objectivity and maintain the integrity of the news cycle. We live in the era of instant gratification, and as such, wait for no source to provide late-breaking news in depth rather than a halfhearted guess at the actual facts as they stand.

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Adventure opens new possibilities LizNewnam Cartoonist There is no other way to say this: I love October.

Those who know me well understand that October holds a very special place in my heart: it takes on fairy wings and demon claws and it transforms into this magical month known as “Adventure-tober.”

Adventure-tober is an annual personal retreat in which I strive to find myself in a different physical location each day for the 31 days of October. It may seem like a simple thing — to go somewhere new — but the principle behind it is a bit daunting.

It is a personal challenge to get out of your comfort zone.

It forces you to take a break from the familiar and immerse yourself in adventure.

Adventure-tober began at a very low point in my life. I had just freed myself from a mentally and emotionally abusive relationship. I ended up giving so many parts of myself away that I hardly had any idea of who I was anymore. I felt like I had no control over my own life, and that I had nothing that truly belonged to me. But then, something truly fantastic happened.

It was a groggy and sleep-deprived October morning when I saw it: a castle — by the name of Hoskins Law Library. Looming in the distance with its towering frame, it invited me to come inside from the cold.

I ventured on with a half-awake “I wonder what’s in there...”

I walked up the stone steps and looked around.

Authors, philosophers, luminaries were carved into the ceiling, greeting me like old friends. The stained glass windows caused prancing light mosaics on the ground before me. Famous encouragements of curiosity were scrawled in the structural beams. The novelty excited me — I had set out on my own adventure, and it made me feel alive. It made me feel liberated humbled by my surroundings.

One adventure led to another — which led to many more. Soon, I began incorporating adventures into my daily routine. Contradictory as it seems to schedule spontaneity, it put my mind at ease. Slowly but surely, I began to regain confidence in the decisions I made. Adventuring helped me accept the things I cannot plan for.

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Emily DeLanzo Design Editor Mt. LeConte is the third highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, towering at 6,953 feet. Almost 70 miles of trails lead to Mt. LeConte in some way, shape or form.

Trillium Gap, Rainbow Falls, Alum Cave and the Boulevard Trail via the Appalachian Trail are most of the trails that weasel their way up the mountain.

Mt. LeConte is the only lodge available for overnight stays in the Smokies.

Reservations at the lodge for overnight stays must be made almost a year in a d v a n c e .

Regardless of whether you have reservations, day hikers can purchase bag lunches from the lodge.

Just remember that the shortest walk to this lodge is the five miles each way through Alum Cave Trail.

Rocks excite me. Geology gets my rocks off; so in turn, I absolutely adore the Alum Cave Trail. Even if you’re not willing to trudge the 10 miles round-trip to Mt. LeConte, I highly suggest at least marching your way to the Alum Cave Bluffs.

This trail was named because during the Civil War, both the North and the South fought over property rights to extract gun powder from these exposed limestone bluffs. Visitors can hike to the bluffs in just 2.2 miles up the Alum Cave Trail.

If available, I would definitely exploit the fact that Mt. LeConte has several different routes. Having two cars (one at the trail you start and one at the trail you end) definitely helps plan your adventure.

The Roaring Fork area is prime real estate

for waterfall and wildlife viewing. Trillium Gap Trail and Rainbow Falls can be made into a loop. If you do that, you actually get the joy of seeing two waterfalls: Grotto Falls on Trillium and then Rainbow Falls. Each of those trails is a little over 6.5 miles each way.

Although each trail is longer than the fivemile trek up Alum Cave, the trails themselves are more level and less steep. Trillium is much easier than Rainbow in my opinion. A few times a week, a herd of llamas prance up Trillium Gap Trail carrying supplies to the lodge. My mentality is that I can do anything a llama can do.

Grotto Falls off of Trillium Gap is the only waterfall that visitors have the opportunity to walk behind safely.

The trail actually crosses under the roughly 20-foot waterfall. Rainbow Falls is accessible off of the Rainbow Falls trail. This waterfall is almost 30 feet tall.

To me, I almost always favor Grotto over Rainbow any day. If you get the joys of making Trillium Gap and Rainbow in a loop to LeConte, I’d recommend to go up Trillium and down Rainbow.

Either way, you’d end up on the Roaring Fork loop right on the edge of Gatlinburg.

Boulevard is the longest trail to Mt. LeConte. Each way is almost the round-trip of all the other trails. To access the Boulevard, you have to hike almost three miles in on the Appalachian Trail before turning off to the Boulevard.

This trail is the most steady in terms of lack of incline and pleasant stroll. I really enjoy the views and the ecology of the area. Boulevard is a higher elevation walk along a ridge.

Regardless of how you get up to the top, Mt. LeConte is a sight to behold. You feel a great sense of accomplishment once you make it to the lodge and grab lunch. Always start early on any of these trails. Bring rain gear because it’s always moist in the higher elevations.

Enjoy your hike! If you find the ranger elevator, let me know. When you go hiking this summer, stop by the Sugarlands Visitor Center and say hello to me!

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LIZ FAREWELL continued from Page 8A In essence, it gave me my life back. It reminded me of how I would run around the yard pretending to be a pirate when I was younger — conquering imaginary islands and finding hidden treasures. It helped me discover my love of Knoxville, its quirks and secret histories. It made me feel comfortable with my solitude and confident in my independence. It has also given me a working library of stories and anecdotes to recall and share with others.

Since the very first Adventure-tober, I’ve set foot in every single UT building, whether I belonged there or not. I have waded through every fountain on campus — yes, even the one between Estabrook and Pasqua. I have experienced courses in wine tasting, dairy product judging, Appalachian music, and beekeeping. Adventuring has even led me to unexpected love: my fiancé and I first bonded over grabbing a camera and taking pictures of beautiful things we saw around campus and in downtown Knoxville. We each managed to wear through a pair of shoes in a semester, which we wrote little love notes on, tied together, and tossed up into a tree in Queensland, Australia.

The Adventure-tober mindset is not one that simply lasts for that month — the frame of thought can be applied through life itself, exemplifying the motto “Leave no stone unturned.” This philosophy led me to accept a directing

ARTS&CULTURE position in “Rocky Horror Picture Show” (and strutting before a 500+ crowd in a corset and fishnets). It led me to be involved with a national service sorority and give back to the Knoxville community through volunteerism. It led me to a job at The Daily Beacon for the past two years and introduced me to the pleasure of making people smile through my work: cartooning. Opportunities for adventures come in many forms — it’s not just limited to seeking unfamiliar locations.

It can be sitting with a new person at lunch, or it can be taking a different route to class. It’s just a matter of jumpstarting your brain and embracing everyday uncertainty.

The next time Adventuretober comes around, I will be in Australia, beginning the next chapter. While my five years at UT all boil down to a single symbolic piece of paper, it was undeniably full of rich experiences and astounding individuals. With this, I challenge you to take your life and make it into something that you are proud to share with the world.

Adventure-tober has more than prepared me for moving halfway across the world — challenging me to be flexible in moments of uncertainty and to embrace the unplanned. Taking daily adventures saved my life.

What will it do for yours?

— Liz Newnam is a graduating senior in food science and technology. She can be reached at enewnam@utk.edu.

JAKE FAREWELL continued from Page 7A This is not to say, like so many other trends, that news is dead. As long as the existence of the human species continues, we will be trumpeting our triumphs and tragedies to all who will listen, without pause or recourse, forever and ever amen.

Our essential vanity also gives us that key to compassion and goodwill which makes the news cycle so vital. Seventy years ago the idea of genocide was such a foreign concept that artists could only depict it as the most brutal, bloody spectacle to adorn a canvass. Thanks to the photos taken by GIs and imbedded photogs at liberated German concentration camps, the horrors of human hatred became real, indelible and impersonal, and thus we as a people

ostensibly left behind such barbaric tactics, although American involvement in Vietnam two decades later and the subsequent purges by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia leave a haunting reminder that no extent of atrocity is out of the question when the desire for power is strong enough to justify the means of acquisition.

So in leaving there is no apprehension that somehow the world of news will change. I look forward to the surprise of news rather than the world-weary indifference which currently accompanies almost every story I read. Someone once told me that at the Beacon you’re lucky to do a year before burning out, and I’ve been here almost four. The new guard is here to take up the reins, and I can’t wait to see what they do.

To all of you out there who seek truth,

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and the fewer who hope for some kind of divine justice in this godless world, remember that a byline and two living sources are all the credibility you need to make a story fact. Use it wisely, and we will all prosper. Abuse the privilege and we all will suffer the indignity of ignorance, the most abhorrent trait imaginable. We credit ourselves as the most intelligent species on the planet, but so often fail to keep up our end of the bargain in practice. You’re in college to better your understanding of the world so that you can make it better for as many people as possible. Please, don’t blow it.

— Jake Lane is a graduate in creative writing. He can be reached at jlane23@utk.edu. All inquiries will be read and relished, if not answered in a timely manner.

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Sports as important as academics for UT image Matt Dixon Sports Editor When I started college at Tennessee in the fall of 2007, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I actually had no idea how I was admitted into UT. Quite frankly, I still don’t.

On Thursday, I was talking to probably my favorite professor at UT and at one point she said, “I’m getting the vibe talking to you that I care more about your grade than you do.” It sounds crazy, but she was completely right. I don’t advise anyone to take the approach to college I have. In fact, I strongly encourage you not to. If you know me or have had a class with me, you understand.

I see myself as the one of the last of a dying breed of UT students. Since the HOPE Scholarship was established, the average incoming student has a 30-something ACT score and a 4.0-plus GPA. There’s nothing wrong with high academic standards. UT should strive to be the best university it can be. But it’s not the Tennessee I came to know growing up in Knoxville.

I could make fun of the #BigOrangeBigIdeas campaign slogan, but I’ll save that for my Twitter. Sure, the branding sounds nice, and no one will argue it’s a reasonable expectation, but a college shouldn’t strive to sit atop academic rankings.

There are no national championships for being a top-25 public research university, only recognition, which does help recruiting better students. At the same time, athletics are more often than not the face of a university, and it is at Tennessee. The Peyton Mannings and Tyler Brays who spend three or four years throwing touchdown passes in orange and white have a big impact on Tennessee’s image. Most of the time more than it should be.

I say this because Peyton Manning shaped my view of UT in a greater way than academics did. Luckily for UT, Manning is as good of an ambassador for a university as any athlete.

Still, my perspective of UT is different than most. One of my first memories of Tennessee was of students creating pandemonium in Neyland Stadium after beating Florida in overtime in 1998. One of the goal posts is still in the Tennessee River. Those crazy college kids.

I grew up living and dying with Volunteers football, sitting with my dad in section AA, row 3, seats 13 and 14. I wouldn’t trade those

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SPORTS memories for anything. My idea of UT was forged from a young age watching Phillip Fulmer coach from the sidelines in Neyland Stadium and Pat Summitt coach from the bench in Thompson-Boling Arena.

When Summitt stepped down last Thursday after 38 years as women’s basketball coach, it hit me that the Tennessee athletics I fell in love with growing up with was gone. Luckily, my unhealthy passion for the Vols began to diminish after my sophomore year when I decided to try my hand at this journalism thing.

Now, three years later — yes, I redshirted a year — I leave UT with a resume full of experience. Being sports editor at The Daily Beacon for two years as well as having opportunities with the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Associated Press have been a true blessing. None of the three ever asked me about my GPA or test scores either.

But while these opportunities have (hopefully) given me a chance to become a successful journalist in the future, they’re not what I’ll remember my time as a student at UT by.

Like Manning was for the childhood me, my perception of UT revolves around people.

More than anything else, I’m much more thankful for the friends and relationships I’ve developed over the last five years. I worked alongside two Beacon staffs that embodied what I believe UT should be. There’s too many of y’all to even begin trying to name, but each of you knows who you are.

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Opportunities were a blessing Clay Seal Assistant Sports Editor The first time I visited UT (circa 2006), my high school buddy/four-year college roommate and I came with his parents to take in our first Vols basketball game.

At one point during the weekend, he and I went off on our own to explore campus. We of course found our way to the legendary Neyland Stadium, which was under construction (shocker!). We simply had to see inside the place, though, so we

walked what seemed like a mile to the backside of the bowl, weaving our way through fences and caution tape.

Eventually we got in.

We crept around on the north side near the corner of the end zone closer to The Hill. We looked on in awe of how big the place was — our Nippert Stadium at The University of Cincinnati is only about a third of the size.

I probably looked a little foolish in how excited I was to see the famous checker pattern in the end zone. We snapped a few pictures, but we dared not go onto the field: we didn’t want to get in trouble, but we also felt ourselves not worthy of such an honor — to lay our feet on Shields-Watkins Field.

I secretly wondered if there would ever be a way I could go on the field, though, maybe just once.

Last weekend after the Orange and White game, however, a few other Daily Beacon sports staffers and I got to toss the game ball around on the field (sports editor Matt Dixon, winning guest coach on the Orange team, was awarded the pigskin for his valiant efforts as he ascended into

UT coaching legend with an undefeated record).

I got to go on a flag-route and caught a touchdown, unsuccessfully attempting to spin the ball in celebration. I also showed why I never attempted to walk on as a punter.

A groundskeeper with a sneering eye eventually kicked us off, most likely making it the last time that I will be inside Neyland Stadium as a journalist.

As we all left to head back to our cars, I was very aware that not many people get the opportunity to play catch at Neyland. And that’s just a taste of the cool stuff I got to do while I covered sports for the Beacon, Tennessee Journalist and the Knoxville News Sentinel during my time at UT. Although the School of Journalism and Electronic Media let me down in some ways, I came to Tennessee for the opportunity to cover perennial top 25 athletic programs in hopes to build a legitimate sports resume, and I got a lot more: I never in a million years would have expected the drama (and the privilege to cover) NCAA investigations and coaching changes.

It’s been great, but at least for now I’m leaving the sports reporting business. I’m anxious to head back to Cincinnati and find a job with relatively normal hours so I can maybe have the semblance of a regular life. I feel God has a lot of things for me to do there that have nothing to do with my career.

And sorry for the sappiness in this column, but I’ve got a little bit more for you.

I’ve had such a rare experience and been blessed with many opportunities here, so I have to thank those who helped me out.

Phil Kaplan and Jesse Smithey at the News Sentinel: Thank you for taking a chance on me just one year into my journalism career. I’m humbled and honored every single time I see one of my stories in the paper or online. I can only imagine it took some patience on your end, but working for you helped me more than you could know.

Grant Ramey and Cliff Chartrand: You have continued to be my friends and mentors even though you have moved on to bigger and better things. Your kindness to a dorky sophomore who didn’t know a thing about sports will forever be appreciated.

Zac Ellis and Matt Dixon: I was flattered that you two wanted me at the Beacon and were willing to give me an editorial spot event though I hadn’t previously been on staff. More than anything, I’m grateful for the relationships I’ve built here.

And a sincere thank you to everyone else who helped me along the way: my family, professors (especially in JEM) and friends.

— Clay Seal is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at cseal4@utk.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @clayjseal.

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• Photo courtesy of Wade Rackley/UTADPHOTO

In my five years at UT, I have had the opportunity to attend hundreds of events and shot thousands of photos.

Here are a few of my favorites. I hope you all have enjoyed my tenure at UT.

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Warlick hires assistant Elzy Staff Reports Tennessee head women’s basketball coach Holly Warlick announced today the hiring of her first new staff member as Lady Vol standout Kyra Elzy will be returning to Rocky Top as assistant coach/recruiting coordinator.

Elzy, an associate head coach/recruiting coordinator at the University of Kentucky for the last four years, will fill the role held by former Lady Vol assistant coach Mickie DeMoss who announced on April 2 she was leaving UT to join the WNBA's Indiana Fever.

“I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am to have Kyra on our staff,” Warlick said. “From the time she was a player on our NCAA title teams in 1997 and 1998, she possessed a coach’s mentality on the floor. As I have watched her collegiate coaching

MATT FAREWELL continued from Page 11A I’ll forever be grateful to Wes Rucker for giving me my first professional journalism experience with the Chattanooga Times Free Press. His willingness to take a chance on me just because I attended football practice every day furthered my belief that showing up is the first step toward being successful in any adventure in life.

Interning with Wes also got me a foot in the door with Beth Rucker (no relation) and the AP. This spring, Beth even talked the AP into letting me cover UT’s spring practice after she wised-up and got out of journalism.

I should note that both Wes and Beth are UT J-school grads and former Beacon editors.

career progress, I have become more impressed with her each stop along the way.

“Kyra is a phenomenal recruiter possessing a great coaching mind and will complement Dean (Lockwood) and I perfectly. As a Lady Vol, she knows firsthand what our expectations are at Tennessee,” Warlick said.

Elzy just completed her fourth season at Kentucky where she served as the recruiting coordinator and was responsible for coaching the guards of the 2012 SEC Champion Wildcats.

This season marked her second as associate head coach after being promoted in August 2010.

“I am humbled, honored and excited for the opportunity to come back to the University of Tennessee as a coach for the Lady Vols,” said Elzy.

“First, it was incredible as a studentathlete to be part of the history, tradi-

tion and legacy of the Lady Vols during my playing days. Now I am thankful for the privilege and the gift to return to the Tennessee program.”

As a student-athlete at Tennessee from 1996-2001, Elzy’s game excelled under the nation’s all-time winningest coach in Hall of Famer Pat Summitt. A four-year letter winner, who actually spent five seasons in a Lady Vol uniform after missing the 1998-99 season with an injury, she was a member of two national championship teams (1997 and 1998) and a national runner-up squad (2000). During her time in Knoxville, she played in 126 games and earned the Holly Warlick Defensive Player of the Year award in 1997, the Unsung Hero Award in 1998 and the USA Today All-Injury Team that recognized athletes that compete while overcoming medical issues in 2000.

There have been countless others who have made my UT experience better than I could’ve ever imagined it being when I first began carrying a backpack around campus five years ago with no business being a UT student.

When I applied to UT, I wrote an essay on why I should be admitted. My answer centered on my lifelong obsession of Tennessee athletics, especially of Vols football.

I never understood why I did that.

Admissions should’ve thrown that application away based on that alone.

I’d like to say I’ve come a long way since then, but instead I realized I’ve just come full circle after Jimmy Stanton and Derek Dooley asked me to be a guest head coach in the Orange and White game last Saturday. In case you’re wondering, my team won.

Growing up I never dreamed of being a

coach like Phillip Fulmer. I always wanted to be an athlete like Peyton Manning or Chris Burke. For good or bad, coaches and players are the faces of universities. I sure hope I’m not one of the people who shapes the way some young Knoxville boy views UT like Vols athletes did for me in the 1990s.

I just want to write about them.

One of the best pieces of advice I’ve been given is leave every place you find, big or small, better than how you found it.

Hopefully I’ve done that during my time at UT. If not, let me know. Naturally, I have to take a one-hour PE class this summer to officially graduate.

— Matt Dixon is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at mdixon3@utk.edu. You can follow him on Twitter at @MattDixon3.

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Jake Rowland is greeted by the team with celebrations during the Alabama game on March 30.