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NJ mosque provokes discrimination debate Islamic group claims town altered zoning laws in example of anti-Muslim legislation Associated Press NEWARK— An Islamic group has sued a suburban town it says engaged in religious discrimination by abruptly changing zoning regulations to prevent the opening of a mosque. Members of the Al Falah Center and local residents filed suit Tuesday in federal court in Trenton against Bridgewater Township’s mayor, council and planning officials. The lawsuit says the sudden zoning changes thwarted plans the group had been working on, with the township’s knowledge, to convert a closed banquet hall in a mostly residential area into a mosque and community center. It accuses town officials of bowing to pressure from protesters and an antimosque Internet campaign. The Bridgewater protests were reminiscent of opposition to an Islamic center and mosque planned in New York City near the World Trade Center site. Developers have envisioned an Islamic center, a large health club, a day care center and a cultural gallery built over a subterranean mosque just blocks

from where Islamic extremists used hijacked The lawsuit claims the site plan, with airplanes to destroy the twin towers and kill details of available parking and other thousands of people on Sept. 11, 2001. requirements, was discussed with the town Supporters say allowing the center to be planning board, but the first public hearing built would reflect American values of toler- on the application had to be adjourned ance and religious freedom, while opponents because so many protesters showed up, argue locating a mosque so close to the attack site would be insensitive to the victims’ memories. The Al Falah Center, according to court papers, is a nonprofit group formed by local Muslim residents of different ethnicities, backgrounds and professions who said they had been renting out various locations around Bridgewater for 10 years as they searched for a suitable place to build a permanent mosque to serve – Islamic lawsuit Muslims in and around the central on discrimination of opening mosque New Jersey suburb. The center members found a closed former inn with a large banquet hall exceeding the venue’s capacity. on more than 7.5 acres of land that was “What should have been an uncomplicatzoned for “permitted conditional use” for ed approval of the application then houses of worship, and they drew up plans foundered in a storm of anti-Muslim sentito renovate it into a mosque, day care facili- ment and hysteria,” the lawsuit says. ty, religious school and community center. Town officials voted to change the rules

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for houses of worship, prohibiting them in residential zones unless they fronted on state highways, court papers say. The ruling affected only the mosque, the suit says, as 17 existing religious facilities in Bridgewater — several in residential areas — were allowed to remain. The suit seeks to block enforcement of the ordinance and allow the group’s application to be processed. A message left for the mayor of Bridgewater on Wednesday was not i m m e d i at e l y returned. The lead counsel for Al Falah is Arnold & Porter LLP, the pro bono partner of The Brennan Center for Justice. It declined to comment on active litigation. Archer & Greiner and the Asian American Legal Defense Fund also are supporting the Islamic group’s lawsuit.

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Successive storms ravage South Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Violent weather ripped through the South for a second straight day, killing at least eight people from Arkansas to Alabama, damaging homes in a rural Texas community and spreading destruction into Georgia and Tennessee. The latest round of severe weather Tuesday night and early Wednesday came after a series of powerful storms that had already killed 10 people in Arkansas and one in Mississippi. In the latest storms, a Louisiana police officer on a camping trip was killed by a tree limb while shielding his daughter from the high winds at a state park in northern Mississippi, Choctaw County, Miss., Coroner Keith Coleman said. The daughter was not hurt. Also in Mississippi, a man was crushed in his mobile home when a tree fell during the storm, and a truck driver died after hitting a downed tree on a state highway. In Alabama, where the governor declared a state of emergency, one person was killed in the northern part of the state when a tree fell on a car. Two people died in St. Clair County in central Alabama and another in Jackson County in the northeast, though emergency officials did not say how. The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management confirmed early Wednesday that another person died in a storm in Sharp County. Officials said the person was in a home near Arkansas Highway 230 but didn’t know exactly how the person died or whether a tornado had touched down in the area. In Louisiana, police were investigating if two deaths in Monroe were storm-related. A woman’s body was found early Wednesday in a vehicle that had become trapped in a flooded underpass and a man’s body was found later on a flooded street. The latest round of storms moved through as communities in much of the region struggled with flooding and damage from earlier twisters. In Arkansas, a tornado smashed Vilonia, just north of Little Rock, on Monday night, ripping the roof off the grocery store, flattening homes and tossing vehicles into the air. Four people were killed there, and six died in flooding elsewhere in the state. In Mississippi, a 3-year-old girl was killed when a storm toppled a tree onto her home. The destruction continued Wednesday as severe storms in northwest Georgia downed trees, blew out windows in a hospital and tore off part of a school roof. Much of north and central Georgia was bracing for another round of thunderstorms later Wednesday and a tornado watch was issued. Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon In eastern Tennessee, what appeared to be Victoria Haggerty, sophomore in deaf education, works with a letterpress machine a tornado struck just outside Chattanooga in in the Art and Architecture Building on Tuesday, April 26. Tiftonia, at the base of the tourist peak

Lookout Mountain. Angela Milchack, 29, had just dropped off her son at Lookout Valley Elementary School. Students took cover and none were hurt. “It just sounded like the wind was blowing really, really hard,” she said. Tops were snapped off trees and insulation and metal roof panels littered the ground. Police officers walked down the street, spraypainting symbols at houses they had checked for people who might be inside. The National Weather Service had issued a high-risk warning for severe weather from northeast of Memphis to just northeast of Dallas and covering a large swath of Arkansas. It last issued such a warning on April 16, when dozens of tornadoes hit North Carolina and killed 21 people. Emergency management officials in Alabama said two suspected tornadoes touched down in Marshall County, about 70 miles northeast of Birmingham, causing widespread injuries and damage. “There are people trapped in mobile homes, in vehicles. We’ve got trees down all over, power lines down all over. It’s all over the county,” said Phil Mayer, working in the county emergency management office. The weather service didn’t immediately confirm twister damage, but forecasters had issued several tornado warnings and said winds blew as hard as 70 mph, just short of hurricane force. High winds also damaged a hangar at the Birmingham airport. Dozens of tornado warnings were issued in Arkansas throughout the night. Strong winds peeled part of the roof off of a medical building next to a hospital in West Memphis, near the Tennessee border, but no one was inside. At least one person was injured when a storm slammed through the tiny town of Edom some 75 miles east of Dallas late Tuesday, said Fire Chief Eddie Wood. Witnesses described seeing what they thought was a tornado rolling the woman’s mobile home with her inside. A video shot by the Tyler Morning Telegraph showed emergency responders covering the injured woman to shield her from rain and hail. Her mobile home was reduced to a pile of debris in the road. “We have multiple houses damaged or destroyed,” said Chuck Allen, Van Zandt County emergency management spokesman. He said he would survey the area by helicopter Wednesday to get an accurate count. Ted Ryan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, said at least one tornado almost certainly hit between Edom and the town of Van to the north. He said the weather service would send a team to the area Wednesday to assess the damage and determine the strength of the storm.

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1945: Benito Mussolini executed On this day in 1945, “Il Duce,” Benito Mussolini, and his mistress, Clara Petacci, are shot by Italian partisans who had captured the couple as they attempted to flee to Switzerland. The 61-year-old deposed former dictator of Italy was established by his German allies as the figurehead of a puppet government in northern Italy during the German occupation toward the close of the war. As the Allies fought their way up the Italian peninsula, defeat of the Axis powers all but certain, Mussolini considered his options. Not wanting to fall into the hands of either the British or the Americans, and knowing that the communist partisans, who had been fighting the remnants of rov-

ing Italian fascist soldiers and thugs in the north, would try him as a war criminal, he settled on escape to a neutral country. He and his mistress made it to the Swiss border, only to discover that the guards had crossed over to the partisan side. Knowing they would not let him pass, he disguised himself in a Luftwaffe coat and helmet, hoping to slip into Austria with some German soldiers. His subterfuge proved incompetent, and he and Petacci were discovered by partisans and shot, their bodies then transported by truck to Milan, where they were hung upside down and displayed publicly for revilement by the masses. — This Day in History is courtesy of history.com.

Crime Log April 25

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A UT staff member reported that he had received a harassing telephone call on his office phone around 8:23 a.m. The complainant stated that the unidentified male caller made suggestive remarks concerning the complainant’s sexual orientation. The complainant told the caller not to contact him again, then hung up.

Students hand out Bibles and take prayer requests at a prayer booth on the At approximately 4:15 p.m., a UTPD officer Pedestrian Mall outside Hodges Library on Tuesday, April 26. was dispatched to the alley behind Papa John’s

Pizza on Lake Avenue in response to a report of two intoxicated individuals. After further investigation, an unaffiliated homeless man was arrested for public intoxication. — Crime Log is compiled by Robbie Hargett. Compiled from a media log provided to the Daily Beacon by the Universty of Tennessee Police Department. All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. People with names similar or identical to those listed may not be those identified in reports.

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Chemistry department to hold Honors Day The Department of Chemistry will be holding its 2011 Honor’s Day Awards Ceremony today. Dub Shults, retired Associate Director of ORNL Analytical Sciences Division will be the guest speaker at this annual event. Introduced in 1979, Honor’s Day Awards Ceremony is held annually to recognize outstanding academics, service and teaching in the chemistry department. Awards will be given to outstanding undergraduates along with general awards and recognitions for achievement and scholarship. Graduate awards will be given in specific areas of chemistry as well as overall service, teaching, research and merit awards. Exceptional staff members will also be recognized for their service to the department. Members of the faculty will enjoy awards given for their achievements in the way of service, appointments and prestigious awards. A reception will be held in Buehler Hall Room 511 at 2:45 p.m. prior to the awards program, which begins at 3:40 p.m. in 555 Buehler Hall. UT to hold conference on social justice and University The Department of Sociology and the Center for the Study of Social Justice will be hosting a conference on Social Justice and the University that will use the idea of social justice to explore the challenges universities face meeting the economic, social and global pressures of the 21st century.

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NEWS The conference will open with a reception today from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and will continue on Friday and Saturday. With faculty, student, staff and community participants, the conference is designed to begin an ongoing discussion of how social justice can inform the responsibilities of higher education. The keynote speakers are: John Gaventa, professor and research fellow at the Institute for Development Studies in England; Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center; and Erik Olin Wright, Vilas Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of WisconsinMadison. Gaventa has written widely on issues of power, participatory development and governance, civil society and social change. Piven is one of the foremost political sociologists in the country, having written influential work on protest, the welfare state and voting. Piven is also a past-president of the American Sociological Association. She is cofounder of Human SERVE (Service Employees Registration and Voter Education), an organization that worked to increase voter registration among underrepresented and low-income populations. Wright is the President Elect of the American Sociological Association and series editor of the Real Utopias Project. The Real Utopias Project focuses on egalitarian change through the fundamental redesign of basic social and economic institutions. The Social Justice and Universities Conference is cosponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, Ready for the World, the Chancellors Honors Program, Hodges Library, the School of Information Sciences, the Office of Research, the College of Law, the African Studies Program, Global Studies and the Departments of Anthropology, English, Modern Foreign Languages and Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies and Geography. Kickoff to Commencement to be held Friday

The Kickoff to Commencement is an annual end of the year concert and celebration for UT students and the surrounding Knoxville Community. This year’s event is being presented by the Campus Entertainment Board, the Cultural Attractions Committee and the Student Government Association. WUTK 90.3 The Rock is serving as the media sponsor. Volapalooza 2011 will feature musical performances by headliner Girl Talk, special guest Matt Costa and opening act the Kingston Springs. The event will be at the Rec Sports Field. The night will start with Senior Hour at 6 p.m., where graduating seniors will be allowed to enter early to receive free food from local vendors and a selection of other free items to honor their achievement. Gates for non-seniors and the general public will open at 7 p.m. The show will begin at 7:45 p.m. The event is free for all UT students with a valid student ID presented at the gate. Tickets for non-students and the general public are $15 prior to the event and will be $20 at the gate. Tickets can be purchased at the Central Ticket Office in room 124 of the UC or online at http://knoxvilletickets.com. Any questions or arrangements for special accomodations should be directed to the Office of Student Activities at 865-974-5455 or via email at colin@utk.edu. Third annual multicultural graduation celebration to be held Saturday The Black Cultural Programming Committee & the Office of Minority Student Affairs at UT will hold a Multicultural Graduation Celebration on Saturday at 3 p.m. in the UC Auditorium. This will be a time of cultural expression, fellowship, food and accolades. The keynote speaker will be author, lecturer and media journalist Ed Gordon from BET’s Weekly with Ed Gordon. The event is open to all students, graduates and their friends and families.

Rising stocks beat expectations Associated Press NEW YORK — Stocks turned higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it would end its $600 billion bond-buying program as scheduled in June because the economy has improved. The decision, announced after the Fed’s two-day policy meeting, was widely expected on Wall Street. The Fed made no changes to the bond program and said that job market conditions “are improving gradually.” It repeated its promise to keep interest rates low for “an extended period.” Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will hold a news conference on the economy later Wednesday. Bernanke is expected to discuss the job market, inflation and the prospects for economic growth in the months ahead. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 45 points, or 0.4 percent, to 12,640 in afternoon trading. It went up about 30 points shortly after the Fed’s statement came out. The Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 1, or 0.1 percent, to 1,349. The Nasdaq composite index rose 5, or 0.2 percent, to 2,853. Earnings results were mixed. Boeing Co. rose less than 1 percent after reporting earnings that beat analyst expectations. The airplane maker and defense contractor also said it still expects to deliver its long delayed 787 aircraft in the third quarter. DeVry Inc. rose 7 percent. The for-profit education company reported that its earn-

ings rose 18 percent as its revenue rose. Broadcom Corp. fell 12 percent a day after the chip maker issued a second-quarter revenue outlook that was below analyst estimates. Specialty glass maker Corning Inc. rose 1 percent after the company’s revenue surged on strong sales of glass for flat-screen televisions, computers and mobile devices. Johnson & Johnson fell less than 1 percent after the health giant said it would buy medical device maker Synthes Inc. for $21.3 billion in one of the largest deals in the company’s history. Bond prices rose slightly after the Fed’s statement came out. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 3.35 percent after the Fed released its statement, after trading at 3.37 percent minutes earlier. The 10-year yield was trading at 3.32 percent late Tuesday. Investors were encouraged after the Commerce Department reported that businesses increased their orders for long-lasting manufactured goods by 2.5 percent in March, a bigger increase than economists had predicted. “The manufacturing sector remains the real bright spot of the economy,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at New York-based brokerage house Avalon Partners Inc. Stocks reached their highest level in nearly three years Tuesday on strong earnings results from major companies including Ford Motor Co. and Cummins Inc.

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LettersEditor to the

Classroom no place for teaching of homosexuality I am writing in response to Elliot DeVore’s April 26 column entitled, “Effects of new bill potentially devestating.” My wife and I were just talking about this exact issue. We came to the same conclusion: We support the bill. It is our belief that public schools shouldn’t talk about sex and drugs at all. Why, do you ask, do we believe this? 1. It is our belief that these are incredibly personal questions of morality and, thus, should be taught by parents. 2. They are outside the purpose of schools. So, in order to ensure that everyone’s children learn what their parents want them to learn, we should leave these subjects up to the parents. Why should some nameless teacher, who my child will probably never see again, have leave to teach my child about homosexuality? They are more than likely going to run into more than one homosexual and thus will need continual education on the subject. How can they get that without having the same teacher, year after year, put what they see in context? Who is in a better position to do so than the child’s parents? In addition, it is my honest belief that children need to focus on what unites us, not what divides — children are capable of doing that themselves. Teaching children about homosexuality just stresses to them that these kids are different, which will cause bullying. It has been my experience that this is exactly what happens. We talk about it in class, then some unfortunate kid gets picked on, and it always seems to happen in that order. As far as the groups are concerned, why do we have to have these groups in schools? Why can’t you form these groups outside of school? Why must taxpayers pay for it, either in the form of money or resources (and location is a resource)? These groups are frankly a distraction that students, who should be studying, can’t afford. The purpose of school is to teach children skills they will need in life. These include the ability to think critically, the ability to judge value accurately and the ability to use logic to arrive at a correct conclusion. The constant focus on sex and drugs causes nothing but distraction from this and should be avoided by serious teachers. I want to ask you a question directly, Mr. DeVore: Why must society address this issue? Will our world end tomorrow if we don’t? Will our lives change drastically if we fail to address it? No, they will not, because homosexuality only affects those who practice it. The murderers of Matthew Shepherd and Lawrence King have been punished for their crimes and future offenders will be punished for theirs, and if you have a problem with bullying, I recommend you try punching — hard. After all, that is what your teachers were trying to teach you by telling you to stop being a sissy. Otherwise, keep what happens in your bedroom, in your bedroom. Jonathan Dunham senior in enterprise management jdunham2@utk.edu Christianity not necessary for value of life Treston Wheat’s April 14 column, entitled “Bible shows Christian respect for women,” presents a good subject but not first without making uninformed and incorrect accusations. Wheat’s points about examples of women in the Bible are not what I found problematic, despite the fact that this topic could be more adequately addressed. His comments about atheism devaluing women are what deeply trouble me. His quick assumption that one can only value life if one is Christian is illogical at best and disturbing at worst. Painting all the members of any group with such a sexist brush is unfair and is worse when you label a collection of people who, by definition, only share one belief: the non-existence of supernatural powers. Also, the focuses of many who would be considered atheists are squarely humanist, which clearly values people, including if that means humans are “cosmic accidents.” I, for one, will go on living as an atheist, acting as a feminist and respecting my fellow humans even without some divine mandate for my actions. Jennifer Porter junior in ecology and evolutionary biology jporte16@utk.edu SCRAMBLED EGGS • Alex Cline

THE GREAT MASHUP • Liz Newnam

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Students should take stand on beliefs Immut abl y Right by

Treston Wheat This is my final column for The Daily Beacon. In the fall, I will jettison off to Washington, D.C., to study at Georgetown. I do not know if the paper will hire another conservative columnist, but I want to say to my fellow conservatives and Christians to keep the faith and stay strong. I know it can be daunting at times being in class and having your beliefs constantly attacked. Despite all this, I want to say to you: Keep fighting the good fight. The tide is turning in America, and our side is regaining its strength. I know I annoy professors and fellow classmates constantly by professing truth in the conservative and Christian causes, but we must all stand up and continue to fight for what we think is right. On campus, there are many opportunities for us to engage fellow students and teachers in constructive ways. In class, when teachers try to push their agendas of liberalism or anti-religion, you can calmly and rationally discuss these ideas with them. Some teachers try to force their students to agree with them and refuse to allow debate. I have a strong Christian friend who has had her beliefs assaulted in class on more than one occasion. Her sociology professor tried to tell the class that truth did not exist, and that there was no right or wrong. She valiantly stood her ground and argued that one finds truth in our Creator and Lord. This is an excellent example for fellow students. As a political science and history major, I have several classes in which we discuss politics in historical and modern contexts. There are always those activists on the left in the classroom who have tried to forcefully argue for their progressivism. Even some of my favorite teachers have done so. Without fail, I try to make the case for conservatism and Christianity as the superior option. Do not let liberal teachers and students dominate the discussion in the class so that you feel intimidated and will not speak. Challenge your professors’ and peers’ ways of thinking, because that is what the university should be about: a professional engagement of ideas

to discover what is right and wrong. Also, my fellow conservatives and Christians, there are plenty of opportunities within the university system to explicate your beliefs and help advocate for your ideas. I served on the Issues Committee on campus for four years. Consistently, the committee brought speakers with whom I disagreed and found relatively abhorrent. Sometimes the committee would bring conservatives, but none that would “pack the house,” as people say. Issues Committee brought the likes of Michael Steele, and although he is a conservative’s conservative, he does not have the same name recognition or power that Ann Coulter would have. I implore my fellow conservatives and Christians to join committees and organizations like this to help our cause. There are plenty of other organizations a conservative or Christian could join to bring their ideas to campus: College Republicans, Women’s Coordinating Council, Campus Crusade for Christ, et al. It is important that we take part within the institution if we are to fight for truth and what is right. There is this publication, as well. Since I have been at UT, there have been three conservative columnists printed in the Beacon: Michael Lumley, Anna Parker and myself. I think it is time that more conservatives apply to submit commentary for The Daily Beacon. It is a great way to engage the student population. Although, a warning to anyone wanting to write: Be ready to receive plenty of hate mail. Even if you do not choose to be a columnist, you can always write letters to the Beacon in support or challenge of people’s opinions. As an editorially independent paper, the Beacon willingly publishes differing opinions and beliefs. It is one of the few non-biased sources on campus. I write this to my co-conservatives and co-religionists so that they know it is all right to argue for your beliefs on campus. Liberalism and secularism continue to permeate college campuses and classrooms either from the professors, administrators or vocal students. So for my final column, I wish to encourage those who do not agree with this agenda to take a stance against it. As I have just argued, there are many ways to do as such. We must defend essential truths here on campus, and although I am leaving, I hope others will put forth the effort to support them. God bless. — Treston Wheat is a senior in political science and history. He can be reached at twheat@utk.edu.

Auto accident example of need for integrity Off T he Deep End by

Derek Mullins

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I recently had the misfortune of falling victim to a hit-and-run driver in the C-8 parking lot on campus. While my car was in no way damaged as bad as some of those who were victimized by uprooted trees, downed limbs or toppled telephone poles after Monday’s hellacious storm, it was enough that I called UTPD and had a report prepared in case I decided to file a claim with my insurance provider. Then I started doing some research. I looked into how much it would cost to have the car repaired, I made inquiries into how much the deductible would be if I reported the incident to my insurance company and, most importantly, I researched how much my premium would go up if I filed a claim under the “uninsured motorist” coverage I have with my insurance company. I was rather alarmed at the answer to the last part and, needless to say, I will be paying out of my own pocket if and when I decide to get the more or less superficial damage to my vehicle repaired. Why have insurance premiums shot up? There are many who would point the accusatory finger at the multi-billion dollar insurance companies that make up the market. Sure, there are smaller companies that offer what is, in reality, mostly inferior coverage in exchange for premiums that are cheaper than the ones you would pay to be covered by policies with the larger providers. The big guys, on the other hand, tack on more and more administrative fees in order to bolster profits in an already lucrative industry. What’s more, they routinely work to make filing an actual claim a tremendous hassle to discourage motorists from actually using the coverage for which they pay such prices. Despite all the aforementioned reasons and my usual pro-consumer tendencies, I cannot help but feel that the blame should be placed squarely on the shoulders of those motorists who see dollar signs instead of damaged automobiles whenever they have an accident. Thanks to individuals who, even in the most honest of accidents or minuscule of incidents, call “We’ll turn your wreck into a check” attorneys before they even get finished dealing with the police or filing a claim with their

insurance company or the insurance company of the opposing party, we have seen the cost to insure cars skyrocket in this country. Now, please don’t get me wrong. If your car is actually damaged in a significant way in an accident and your insurance provider or another party’s insurance provider refuses to pay, you probably should contact an attorney. If you are seriously injured because of the accident and are unable to have your doctor bills or other expenses paid by an insurance company, you should probably seek legal counsel. I have no qualms with honest attempts to obtain reasonable and due compensation by individuals who are struck by a moment of bad luck and misfortune. Instead, I have a problem with those who believe that they should “make bank” from their accident by any means possible, including lying to insurance companies and authorities, faking physical injury to maximize potential profit, and hiring and employing those sleazy attorneys who choose to demean their chosen profession by advertising their “ambulance-chasing” services on billboards, television and even on the sides of busses. The morals of this tirade are simple. While you’re driving, be alert and safe. If you are involved in an accident, be honest. Take the initiative and admit your responsibility. If you are the victimized party, be honest and don’t try to take advantage of the situation for your own personal gain. Remember, it should all be about fair and just compensation, not getting enough money to finance a vacation or some other extraneous expense. Breaking away from my diatribe, I would just like to take this opportunity to bid this school year farewell. To those graduating seniors and graduate students and to faculty and staff members who are leaving campus for the last time in a couple of weeks: Good luck. I hope your future endeavors prove prosperous, wherever they might be. To those underclassmen, graduate students, faculty and staff members and soon-to-be-fifth-year seniors who are returning to campus next year: See you next year. Finally, to the owner of the blue Honda that hit my vehicle two weeks ago and sped off to avoid detection: I hope your car was crushed by a tree Monday afternoon. Have a great summer, everyone. — Derek Mullins is a senior in political science and history. He can be reached at dmullin5@utk.edu.

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Single-parent homes experience growth in US Associated Press One in four children in the United States is being raised by a single parent — a percentage that has been on the rise and is higher than other developed countries, according to a report released Wednesday. Of the 27 industrialized countries studied by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the U.S. had 25.8 percent of children being raised by a single parent, compared with an average of 14.9 percent across the other countries. Ireland was second (24.3 percent), followed by New Zealand (23.7 percent). Greece, Spain, Italy and Luxemborg had among the lowest percentages of children in single-parent homes. Experts point to a variety of factors to explain the high U.S. figure, including a cultural shift toward greater acceptance of single-par-

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ent child rearing. The U.S. also lacks policies to help support families, including childcare at work and national paid maternity leave, which are commonplace in other countries. “When our parents married, there was a sense that you were marrying for life,” said Edward Zigler, founder and director of Yale’s Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy. “That sense is not as prevalent.” Single parents in the U.S. were more likely to be employed — 35.8 percent compared to a 21.3 percent average — but they also had higher rates of poverty, the report found. “The in-work poverty is higher in the U.S. than other OECD countries, because at the bottom end of the labor market, earnings are very low,” said Willem Adema, a senior economist in the group’s social policy division. “For parents, the risk is higher because they have to make expenditures on childcare costs.”

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The study pointed out that the U.S. is the only OECD country that does not have a national paid parental leave policy. Some states have started to adopt such policies, but most parents are offered 12 weeks of unpaid leave. This is particularly difficult for unwed mothers, who may not be able to afford to take time off, Zigler said. “We have not built in the kind of national support systems for families and children that other countries have,” he said. Childhood poverty rates in the U.S. are also expected to climb — 23.5 percent from 20 percent. Adema said the rise is a direct result of the financial crisis and higher unemployment rates. “The financial strain causes all sorts of other strain, so ultimately it might contribute to family dissolution,” Adema said. “At the same time, it might bring some families together. I suspect that the response differs across families.”

The Paris-based organization looked at a broad sector of indicators that affected families and children, including childhood poverty, early education and amount of time spent on parental care. Across the nations examined, preschool enrollment has grown from 30 to 50 percent between 1998 and 2007. The average enrollment was 58.2 percent, while in the U.S. it was lower. The report noted that public spending on child welfare and education is higher in the U.S. than in other countries — $160,000 per child compared to $149,000. However, the authors say most of that money is spent after the crucial early childhood years. “This means early investment — including childcare and support for families around the time of birth — could be strengthened,” the authors wrote in a separate paper examining the United States.

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FOR SALE Popular condos in the UT area within walking distance to campus. Why pay rent when you can own? Lake Plaza, Franklin Station, St. Christopher, Renaissance & Game Day. Michele Garren, University Real Estate & Property Mgmt, LLC (865)673-6600. www.urehousing.com For sale, walking distance to campus. Renaissance II 3BR 2BA. Gated covered parking. Washer/dryer included. $182,000 (865)740-4425, swt18@gmail.com. RobertHolmesRealtor.com Condo Listings and Property Mgmt. Call Robert Holmes, RE/MAX Real Estate Ten Commercial (423)231-1266.

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Harvard scholar new face of Tibetan struggle Academic Lobsang Sangay to replace aging Dalai Lama as Tibetan prime minister Associated Press DHARMSALA, India — A Harvard legal scholar has been elected the next prime minister of Tibet’s government-in-exile, officials announced Wednesday, paving the way for new leadership in the Tibetan community as the Dalai Lama gives up political power. Lobsang Sangay, 43, a lawyer and scholar who has spent years studying international law and conflict resolution, won with 55 percent of the votes cast by tens of thousands of Tibetans around the world, chief election commissioner Jamphel Choesang said in the north Indian town of Dharmsala, where the exile government is based. He praised the Dalai Lama on Wednesday for handing over political power and vowed to continue Tibet’s struggle for autonomy. “I hope, one, to keep the Tibet issue alive and so that

the sacrifices made inside Tibet and the ongoing suffering of Tibetans will not be forgotten by the world,” he said by phone from Washington. While the government-inexile has existed for decades, it has long been seen as a powerless reflection of the wishes of the Dalai Lama, the exiled 75-year-old Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader worshipped as a neardeity by many followers. Earlier this year, though, the Dalai Lama announced he would give up his political – Lobsang Jinpa role, saying it was time for Photo Lab Employee elected leadership in the Tibetan community. The political change, yet to be written into the community’s constitution, reverses centuries of tradition in which the Dalai Lama was also the region’s political leader. While it remains unclear if an elected leader will be able to step out of the Dalai Lama’s immense shadow, the shift is widely seen as a way to prepare for the spiritual leader’s eventual death, and to show Beijing that exile leaders will continue to wield influence. The message “is that the Tibetan struggle is clearly a Tibetan people’s struggle,” government spokesman Thupten Samphel said after Sangay’s victory was announced. “This is a wake-up call for China.” In many ways, Sangay’s election is really about the Dalai Lama’s age and worries over his succession. A man of immense personal charisma, whose followers range from the Tibetan plateau to the mansions of

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Hollywood, he is seen in many world capitals as the personification of the Tibetan struggle. His death, many Tibetans believe, could leave the community adrift. While the Dalai Lama is believed to be in fairly g o o d health, he o p e n l y admits that his death has become a major political concern. Many observers believe his death will lead to rival Dalai Lamas — one appointed by Beijing, which rules Tibet, and one by senior monks loyal to the current Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace laureate, has also suggested that negotiations with Beijing — which has vilified him for his vocal resistance to China’s rule over Tibet — would be less complicated under another Tibetan figurehead. In Dharmsala, voters were delighted with the news Wednesday. “The Dalai Lama wants young Tibetans to take on leadership,” said 28-year-old Lobsang Jinpa, who works in a photo lab. “Even if (Sangay) makes mistakes, the Dalai Lama is there to guide him.” Internet cafe clerk Dawa Tsering, 28, said Sangay would “lead us not by tradition but by modern education. He is also a lawyer, so his experience and education will be a good weapon to fight for the Tibetan cause.” Sangay, a senior fellow at Harvard Law School who lives in Medford, Massachusetts, said he plans to move to Dharmsala and expects to take office in mid-August, when the five-year term of the current prime minister ends. He has said the Dalai Lama’s decision to abdicate political power means that Tibetans will be able to fight China on two fronts. “On one side we’ll have the Dalai Lama, who has historical legitimacy and global popularity,” he told The Associated Press in March. “And on the second, we have a democratic government functioning in exile. We are showing China that if Tibetans are allowed to choose, they are capable of forming a stable democratic government.” Successive rounds of talks between Chinese officials and representatives of the Dalai Lama have made no apparent progress toward bringing the sides together. Beijing accuses the Dalai Lama of seeking to separate Tibet from China, despite his claims to be working only for more autonomy under Chinese rule. China occupied Tibet in 1950 and claims the region has been part of its territory for centuries, although many Tibetans, who are linguistically and ethnically distinct, say they were effectively independent. Tibetans fear they are being marginalized economically by Chinese and that their religion is under threat from restrictions imposed by the authoritarian government. The outgoing prime minister, a Buddhist monk, welcomed the new leadership. “It’s a significant change from old to new, from a monk to a lay person, from older to young, and from traditional to modern,” said Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche. The Dalai Lama is still revered by most Tibetans as their king. He is the 14th person to hold the title in a tradition stretching back 500 years, with each Dalai Lama chosen as a child by senior monks through a series of mystical signs. Each is believed to be the reincarnation of his predecessor.

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

ENTERTAINMENT

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West Coast band embraces evolving sound Funk, reggae group, Slightly Stoopid, creates own label to control creativity, record output Will Abrams Arts and Entertainment Editor Each year, thousands of aspiring musicians hope for that one chance of instant stardom, but West Coast band Slightly Stoopid serves as a reminder that sometimes the best things take a little time. Since the mid-’90s, the band has been putting out tracks with unique titles like “Smoke Rasta Dub” and “Comb 4 My Dome” for its growing fanbase. The group’s founding members, Miles Doughty and Kyle McDonald (who both supply vocals and play guitar/bass), began playing together at a young age, Ryan “RyMo” Moran said, the band’s drummer. The rest of the band’s roster includes names that may seem fitting to its unique sound, like C-Money (trumpet/keyboard), Dela (saxophone) and Oguer “O.G.” Ocon (congas/percussion/harp). Since its inception, Slightly Stoopid has picked up on several different genres, including funk, reggae and blues. “When the band started, it was Miles and Kyle, and it was kind of a punk band,” Moran said. “As we have matured and developed a following, our music has evolved in the same way.” Once the band started to release recorded work, Doughty and McDonald

decided to create their own label in an effort to maintain control of future albums. “A lot of times people think you sign a record deal and you’ve made it,” Moran said. “Basically, when you sign to a record label, it’s kind of like a loan situation where the label is loaning you money to make a great record.” Starting with its 2001 album, “Live & Direct: Acoustic Roots,” Slightly Stoopid has released four albums through Stoopid Records. The latest of those albums came in 2008 with the release of “Slightly Not Stoned Enough to Eat Breakfast Yet Stoopid.” After releasing several albums in close proximity to one another, the band decided to not rush into more studio work.

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“With (our next album), we decided, ‘Let’s take a little extra time and try to refine this album and make it something that we are really proud of,’” Moran said. The currently untitled album has been put together in the group’s own studio, a decision that has relieved the band members of much stress. “In most studios, as soon as you walk in the door, it’s $1000 a day,” Moran said. “With our own place, we’ve been able to take our time a little more, because we’re not on that pinch.” Before Slightly Stoopid can finish its latest album, the group will complete its spring tour, which runs through June. As its success has come from a snowball effect over the last 15 years, touring is a large part of Slightly Stoopid’s journey. Fortunately, the band has taken a liking to the idea. “(Seeing new cities) is always kind of my favorite part of being on the road,”

Moran said. “Every day is totally unique.” To start off its current tour, the band performed its annual April 20 show in celebration of the “stoner holiday” at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. This year, Slightly Stoopid decided to donate proceeds from the concert to relief funds in Japan. “Everyone has seen the footage on TV of this (tsunami) blasting through cities,” Moran said. “It touched a lot of us, because we all live on the coast.” As the band carries on with its spring tour, the musicians are setting their eyes on continuing to serve the fanbase they have assembled over the years. “Kind of our main focus at this point is just keeping the vibe up, putting out good records and touring as much as we can,” Moran said. Slightly Stoopid will perform at the Valarium at 8 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

SPORTS

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Lady Vol golf selected in NCAA West Regional Tennessee captures No. 5 seed in 24-team tournament, held May 5-7 in Washington state Thomas is a freshman out of Spokane, Wash., who captured back-to-back 4A Washington state girls titles in 2009 and 2010. Staff Reports She will be joined in the Evergreen State by reigning SEC Champion Erica Popson, twoThe No. 11 Tennessee Lady Vol golf team will time All-American Nathalie Mansson, sophohead to Auburn, Wash., for the NCAA West Regional Tournament from May 5-7, the NCAA more Sara Monberg and freshman Kaitlyn Rohrback. announced on Monday. This is the 19th consecutive NCAA The Lady Vols captured the No. 5 seed at the 24-team, University of Washington-hosted West Tournament selection for the Lady Vols, who Regional and will compete at the Washington have competed at an NCAA Regional every year since the program started in 1992-93. National Golf A top-eight Course. finish at the A field of 72 West Regional teams and 18 will vault the individuals was Big Orange to selected for the its third conN C A A secutive Tournament , N C A A which will conChampionship sist of three 54and seventh hole prelimiappearance in nary regional eight years. competitions UT has been to and a 72-hole nine total N C A A N C A A Championship Championship tournament Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon Finals. from May 18The last 21 at the Sara Monberg tees off during the Mercedes-Benz Traditions Club Classic at Fox Den Country Club on Sunday, Oct. 10, t i m e in Bryan, 2010. Monberg will join a number of fellow Lady Vols Te n n e s s e e in Auburn, Wash., for the NCAA West Regional competed at Texas. the West The top Tournament from May 5-7. Regional, in eight teams and top two individuals at each regional advance 2005, it tied for first with UCLA at the New Mexico State University Golf Course in Las to the NCAA Championship. “I am excited to take the team to Washington Cruces, N.M. Last season the Lady Vols finished second at for the NCAA Regional,” Lady Vol coach Judi the NCAA East Regional at the Ironwood Pavon said. “Chessey (Thomas) will be happy to Country Club in Greenville, N.C., before placing play close to home and it will be a new experience for the rest of the team. The regional com- in a tie for 19th at the NCAA Championships in mittees did a good job making the fields fair, so Wilmington, N.C. Popson, sophomore from Davenport, Fla., there is no benefit to one site over the other.”

and Mansson, junior from Stockholm, Sweden, both earned All-Region honors a year ago with top-10 finishes. At their last tournament, the SEC Championship, the Lady Vols placed sixth as a team and Popson claimed the individual championship at the Auburn Golf Club form April 1517. Popson has finished first at her last three tournaments, claiming the Bryan National Collegiate by one shot from March 25-27, tying with Mansson at the Rebel Intercollegiate from April 1-3 and becoming the second Lady Vol to earn medalist honors at the conference tournament. Tennessee is joined in the West Regional field

by No. 1-seed USC, No.2 Virginia, No. 3 Arizona, No. 4 Georgia, No. 6 Pepperdine, No. 7 Iowa State, No. 8 UC Davis, No. 9 Texas A&M, No. 10 Oklahoma, No. 11 Oregon, No. 12 South Carolina, No. 13 Washington, No. 14 Tulsa, No. 15 Denver, No. 16 San Diego State, No. 17 Brigham Young, No. 18 New Mexico, No. 19 UTSA, No. 20 Portland, No. 21 New Mexico State, No. 22 San Jose State, No. 23 Oral Roberts and No. 24 UTEP. Former Lady Vol golfer and assistant coach Carrie Parnaby is in her third-year as the head coach at No. 19-seed UTSA. She led the Roadrunners to their first ever NCAA Regional appearance.

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Draft picks not reflective of recent UT football Matt Dixon Sports Editor The 2011 NFL Draft kicks off Thursday at 8 p.m. Former SEC standouts Cam Newton of Auburn, Marcell Dareus of Alabama, A.J. Green of Georgia and Patrick Peterson of LSU are all expected to be selected very early — possibly all among the first six players selected. But don’t expect any Tennessee players to be selected in the first round. In fact, don’t expect many former Volunteers to be selected at all. For better or worse, only two former UT players — tight end Luke Stocker and wide receiver Denarius Moore — are likely to hear their names called in the seven-round draft, which takes place over three days. Only the first round takes place Thursday. The second and third rounds take place Friday

night with rounds four through seven on Saturday. That doesn’t mean other former Vols such as wide receiver Gerald Jones, middle linebacker Nick Reveiz or offensive guard Jarrod Shaw won’t play in the NFL. After all, the NFL rushing champion this past season — Arian Foster, who played at Tennessee — went undrafted in 2009. Former Vol quarterback Heath Shuler passed up a chance to contend for the Heisman Trophy in 1994 and was the third overall pick by the Washington Redskins. He played just four seasons in the league, throwing just 15 touchdown passes before retiring because of a foot injury. Still, the fact that this will be the first draft since 2005 in which a Vol has not been selected in the first round is an indication of where the program has been the past few seasons. Going back to 2000, UT has produced 60 draft picks, the fifth most of any school, including 12 first-round picks, tied with Oklahoma for the sixth most. Other schools that rank in the top 10 of those lists include SEC powerhouses Florida, Georgia and LSU, as well as USC, Ohio State and Oklahoma, to name a few. Yet one glaring discrepancy separates Tennessee from every other school listed in

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Denarius Moore hauls in the game-winning touchdown in double overtime between two UAB defenders on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Moore and Luke Stocker are two former Vols who are likely to hear their names called in the NFL Draft, which starts Thursday night and runs through Saturday.

either of those stats: a BCS bowl game. The Vols have not played in a BCS bowl game since the 1999 season, when they played Nebraska in the 2000 Fiesta Bowl. It was the third consecutive major bowl UT had played in: 1999 Fiesta Bowl against Florida State for the first-ever BCS National Championship and 1998 Orange Bowl against Nebraska. UT has also not won an SEC title since 1998, losing the championship game on three occasions since: in 2001 to LSU and in 2004 and 2007 to Auburn. So what’s the reason for UT producing as much NFL talent as other schools in the country that have competed for — and won — conference and national titles? An obvious answer would be coaching, or specifically the coaching turnover that ravaged the Vols’ football program in recent years. Yet the firing of Phillip Fulmer in 2008, which ultimately led to Lane Kiffin and Derek Dooley’s arrivals in Knoxville, came after the long-time coach had endured two losing seasons in the last four years: 2005 and 2008. The talent on those football teams, and others during the past decade, was still there at certain positions — guys like Foster, wide receiver Robert Meachem (first-round draft pick in 2007), strong safety Eric Berry (first-round pick in 2010) to name a few — but overall, the drop off in talent began soon after the 2001 sea-

son. That 2001 team — the last UT squad that truly competed for a national title — had future NFL pass catchers Donte’ Stallworth, Kelley Washington and Jason Witten, as well as John Henderson and Albert Haynesworth on the interior of its defensive line. Running back Travis Stephens ran for more yards that season than any other Vol in school history, and quarterback Casey Clausen led the Vols to road victories at Florida, Alabama and Notre Dame, as well as a Capital One (Citrus) Bowl annihilation of Michigan. Since the upset loss to LSU in the 2001 SEC Championship, where a win would have put the Vols in the national championship game, one could argue UT hasn’t been in the national spotlight on the field. But that hasn’t necessarily stemmed from a lack of talent, judging by the NFL Draft stats. It’s more attributed to other schools in the conference getting better coaching and more talent. Going forward, even if current Vols like quarterback Tyler Bray, or wide receivers Justin Hunter and Da’Rick Rogers, or defensive end Jacques Smith become future NFL Draft picks — even first-round picks — it won’t necessarily guarantee wins or championships for Tennessee. But it sure can’t hurt.