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Volapalooza hoopla signals commencement Extraordinary spring storms force concert location change, cannot stifle end-of-year celebration Will Abrams Arts and Entertainment Editor

Kristian Smith Student Life Editor As UT students and faculty prepare to close out another spring semester on Rocky Top, Volapalooza: The Kickoff to Commencement arrives to give the community a jolt of excitement before the end of the school year.

One big change in this year’s event is that it has been moved from its usual venue at World’s Fair Park.

“Due to inclement weather, Volapalooza: The Kickoff to Commencement will be relocating to the REC Sports Intramural Fields located at 2106 Andy Holt Ave.,” event coordinators said in a formal statement.

Weather was a major issue in the venue change.

“There were a lot of problems with tire tracks and mud last year,” Brian Stevens, chair of the Campus Entertainment Board, said.

This year’s festivities will start with Senior Hour at 6 p.m.

All seniors will be able to enter the grounds early and will receive free food from vendors including Domino’s Pizza, Sweet CeCe’s, Pitmasters Barbeque and Rita’s Italian Ice. According to Stevens, seniors will also get the chance to get prime seats for Volapalooza.

“It’s a good chance to come when it’s not crowded, and (seniors) will be getting the best seat in the house,” he said. “This is our way of treating the seniors by giving them the best experience possible.”

The gates for all non-seniors will open at 7 p.m., and the show will start at 7:45 p.m.

The show is free for all UT students with valid ID. Besides a free concert and giveaways, outgoing SGA president Tommy Jervis, an SGA member of the Volapalooza committee, said the event will have a great atmosphere.

“Everyone is finally done with school and in a good mood,” he said.

Volapalooza is free for all students, but that has not always been the case.

“A few years ago, it wasn’t free, and the turnout wasn’t desirable,” Jervis said. “We are all college students, and we don’t have money trees in our backyards. Having a concert of this caliber for free is huge.”

But Stevens said if students each paid a

fee of $5 it could triple the budget for Volapalooza.

“Vanderbilt has a two-day show and brings in big-name artists, and people always ask why we don’t mimic Vanderbilt, but we don’t have the money,” he said.

Stevens’ idea is not to charge for tickets, though. He proposes adding a $5 Volapalooza fee to tuition.

“Now, part of the student recreation fee goes toward Volapalooza, and if every stu-

ent, event coordinators promise to deliver as good a show as the Campus Entertainment Board has ever put on. With Girl Talk, Matt Costa, and openers The Kingston Springs, CEB (with the support of the Cultural Attractions Committee and SGA) shows that it is not afraid to dish out a little bit of everything.

“We always aim for diversity and try to represent the campus as best we can,” Kyle Zanath, senior in biological sciences and a

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dent paid $5 more, we would have $150,000 more in the budget,” Stevens said. “We could make Volapalooza even bigger and better.”

Stevens said he doesn’t think many students would be upset by this fee.

“I think students would be fine with paying a little extra to get big name artists that you would pay $20 or $30 to go to otherwise,” he said. “People loved Matisyahu and Big Boi.” Although the event’s venue may be differ-

member of the Volapalooza subcommittee, said.

While Girl Talk and Matt Costa may be more familiar to college students, opening act The Kingston Springs could be the next big thing coming out of the Nashville-area music scene.

The band, which actually calls Kingston Springs, Tenn., home, has only been putting together music for a few short years and has already found itself on the Lollapalooza line-

up.

Comprised of lead singer/guitarist Ian Ferguson, bassist Alexander Geddes, drummer Matt Demaio, and jack-of-all-trades James Guldry (guitar/keys/horn), the musicians have taken some time to establish themselves in the area surrounding the Music City.

“I like to think of it as almost a boot camp preparing us, because if you can do well in Nashville, you can do well anywhere,” Ferguson said.

“Although we’re in Nashville a lot, we’re still kind of separated,” Guldry said. “I like how we have our little (home) right outside of Nashville.”

The band is currently recording a fulllength album, but for now, a seven-track EP, entitled “The Vacation Time,” is its sole collection of music. Despite not ever having been on a tour prior to last fall, the band has learned to love the bonding experience.

“Being in the car together and … just doing what we love, that’s the best part about touring,” Demaio said.

With performances at both Volapalooza and Lollapalooza on the horizon, it isn't too difficult for the musicians to look back and see how far they have come.

“It was fun going from coffee shops to bigger venues and then eventually from Nashville to out-of-state shows,” Ferguson said. “We started in our basement and built from there … so that’s something we are pretty proud of.”

The Kingston Springs may appear to be the smallest part of the Volapalooza lineup, but the group shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.

“We’re starting to get bigger shows, and we have a lot of new stuff that we want to bring to the table,” Guldry said.

With the mash-up skills of Girl Talk and smooth melodies of Matt Costa, the addition of The Kingston Springs brings together what event coordinators are hoping to be the perfect combination.

After Volapalooza’s last concert drew more than 8,000 in attendance, event coordinators are pursuing an even greater crowd to celebrate the end of the school year.

“Last year set a big bar for us as far as attendance goes,” Zanath said. “This year, we actually upped the amount of public tickets we can sell, so we are actually striving for a little bit more.”

Volapalooza: The Kickoff to Commencement begins with Senior Hour at 6 p.m. followed by gates opening for the concert at 7:00 p.m.

Historic thunderstorms ravage campus

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Softball co-head coach Ralph Weekly receives a plaque from UT commemorating his 1000th career victory before a game against Mississippi State on Thursday, April 21. Coach Weekly, who has been coaching for more than 24 years, shares more than 500 career victories with his wife and co-head coach Karen Weekly.

storm’s impact was detrimental to the campus tree population. Sizable trees outside of the Humanities Building and throughout Circle Park fell to the ground as a result of strong winds and rain.

“We have lost over 50 trees, most of which were older, larger trees,” Ledford

advised she was hit in the head by hail,” Simerly said. “She received medical attention and was released.”

Editor-in-Chief Damage was not limited to UT’s campus, however. Several highly populated stuSevere thunderstorms ripped through dent neighborhoods, like Fort Sanders and the Knoxville area throughout this past the Cherokee Trail area off Alcoa Highway, week, leaving several UT campus buildings experienced their own end of the and student apartments damaged and storm’s severity. maintaining lengthy power outages.

Cara Rains, senior in political sciTerry Ledford, executive director ence, witnessed the storm from a of UT Facilities Services, said he has friend’s house in the Cherokee Trail not experienced this kind of damagneighborhood of The Retreat when the ing weather on campus. second round of storms came through “This is the worst storm damage I on Wednesday night. Rains said the have seen in the 25 years I’ve been friends took cover in the house before here,” Ledford said in an e-mail. assessing the hail damage to their vehiHeavy thunderstorms began on cles in the outside parking lot.

Monday night, leaving many campus “We went outside and saw people buildings without power. UT’s Office looking at our cars,” Rains said. “We of Information Technology said in a noticed that my back windshield was Monday e-mail that several OITcompletely gone. My front windshield offered services were affected by the was cracked. My side mirror was gone. power outages. According to the OIT All of us had dents all over (the cars).” website, several network issues Though the majority of houses surremained after the majority of servicvived with minimal damage, Rains said es were restored by late Monday. she knew of a handful of students whose Severe storms continued into houses suffered broken windows. Power Wednesday evening, with golf ballwas still not restored to the neighborsized hail raining down on the majorhood until late Thursday thanks largely ity of campus and the Fort Sanders to fallen trees on Cherokee Trail, which area. remained blocked off to drivers from the “These series of storms are the Alcoa Highway side as of Thursday most significant that we have seen in afternoon. the UT community in recent years,” With widespread damages to vehiEmily Simerly, public information cles, many students have attempted to officer for UTPD, said in an email. reserve rental cars, but Rains said that is “Over the week, the Ag Campus, Hill, not currently an easy option in President’s House, Visitor’s Center, and C-8 Parking lot were some of the Jake Wheeler • The Daily Beacon Knoxville.

“I called Enterprise, and I’m No. 247 most (affected) areas.”

The Highland Avenue sign hangs down on the waiting list,” Rains said. “All In an effort to avoid hail damage, many garageless students sought after the storms that rolled through campus Enterprises in the area are out of cars. shelter for their vehicles in UT park- on Monday. The following storm on They said it will be next week before ing garages during the storm. Wednesday left more damaged cars with they get new cars.”

Efforts to clean up and restore buildStudents, faculty and staff witnessed hail and flooded streets. ings on campus are still underway by the effects of the storm on campus as UT Facilities Services, with many early as Tuesday morning, including massive damage to greenhouses on the south said. “We have a laundry list of other build- employees working around the clock to ing damage.” maintain university operation with final side of The Hill.

Safety was a large concern for UTPD exams around the corner.

“The worst damage was the loss of a “We have quite a few dedicated people greenhouse on Monday night,” Ledford during the storms. While university police said. “(Then) the hail Wednesday night dispatched an increased number of officers that have now spent two all-nighters this pretty much took out all of the roof glass on to respond to Wednesday’s storm-related week,” Ledford said. “These type events incidents, Simerly said only one injury was result in a lot less impact to the campus all of the glass greenhouses.” community due to the dedication of these Students likely noticed fallen trees all reported to the department.

“We had one reported injury, a female people.” across campus, as well. Ledford said the

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Chad Hellwinckel, of UT’s Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, speaks at a food panel held by the Sociology Graduate Student Association on April 19. The panel discussed different ways to explore local food choices and problems with industrialized food practices.

2004: World War II monument opens in Washington, D.C. On April 29, 2004, the National World War II Memorial opens in Washington, D.C., to thousands of visitors, providing overdue recognition for the 16 million U.S. men and women who served in the war. The memorial is located on 7.4 acres on the former site of the Rainbow Pool at the National Mall between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. The Capitol dome is seen to the east, and Arlington Cemetery is just across the Potomac River to the west.

The granite and bronze monument features fountains between arches symbolizing hostilities in Europe and the Far East. The arches are flanked by semicircles of pillars, one each for the states, territories and the District of Columbia. Beyond the pool is a curved wall of 4,000 gold stars, one for every 100 Americans killed in the war. An Announcement Stone proclaims that the memorial honors those “Americans who took up the struggle during the Second World War and made the sacrifices to perpetuate the gift our forefathers entrusted to us: A nation conceived in liberty and justice.”

Though the federal government donated $16 million to the memorial fund, it took more than $164 million in private donations to get it built. Former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole, who was severely wounded in the war, and actor Tom Hanks were among its most vocal supporters. Only a fraction of the 16 million Americans who served in the war would ever see it.

Four million World War II veterans were living at the time, with more than 1,100 dying every day, according to government records.

The memorial was inspired by Roger Durbin of Berkey, Ohio, who served under Gen. George S. Patton. At a fish fry near Toledo in February 1987, he asked U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur why there was no memorial on the Mall to honor World War II veterans. Kaptur, a Democrat from Ohio, soon introduced legislation to build one, starting a process that would stumble along through 17 years of legislative, legal and artistic entanglements. Durbin died of pancreatic cancer in 2000.

The monument was formally dedicated May 29, 2004, by U.S. President George W. Bush. Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it received some 4.4 million visitors in 2005.

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

April 27

Crime Log

A UT student reported that her bicycle had been stolen from the bike rack in the courtyard of Hess Hall some time between 5 p.m. on March 15 and 10:30 a.m. on April 27.

A male UT faculty member reported an incident of harassment that occurred in the Communications Building around 5:30 p.m. on April 26. The victim stated that he had filed a previous harassment report in April 2008 against a former student, and a no-contact order was issued. The student had graduated from the university and had moved to another state, but now she has moved back to Knoxville.

At approximately 11:20 p.m., a UTPD officer was dispatched to the Four Points by Sheraton on White Avenue to assist KPD officers in response to an armed robbery. More information about this case can be found in the e-mail sent by UTPD to Knoxville-area UT students, faculty and staff on April 28.

—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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Secret society leaves mark in unexpected ways Influence of Scarabbeans includes creating student activities fee, revitalizing Torch Night John Bussa Staff Writer The Scarabbean Senior Society has worked for the betterment of UT, often from behind the scenes, without trying to take credit, so its impact here at the university is largely unknown.

Elliot Park Frost, George Herbert Clarke and John Ayres founded the Society in 1915 and based it on a secret society at another school.

“The Scarabbean Society was based on the Seven Society at the University of Virginia,” said Bruce Wheeler, director emeritus of the Chancellor’s Honors Program.

From the start, the group focused on the betterment of the university through service. Males were chosen for selection based on a point system for activities, awards, honors and positions in their junior year.

James Montgomery, in his “Threshold of a New Day: The University of Tennessee, 1919-1946,” said of the Society in its early years that “handpicked leaders discussed ways to improve campus spirit or conditions and then planted the ideas within other organized groups.”

Throughout its existence, the Scarabbean Senior Society undertook many projects for the university. It was one of the lead organizations that pushed for bowling alleys inside the new UC. The Society led to the implementation of the student activities fee and

also helped start The Daily Beacon, both in 1965. Revitalizing the Aloha Oe ceremony by moving it to immediately before commencement and strengthening Torch Night were also Society projects from the same general period.

In addition to overall campus projects, society members also worked on improving specific groups and organizations, like Omicron Delta Kappa. In recent years, the Society worked on the creation of the Senior Gift Committee and also pushed for the current Ambassador Scholars program. In 1982, Scarabbean alumni startead the L.R. Hesler Award. It also had its own loan fund at one point, the E.P. Frost Memorial Fund.

While the Scarabbean Senior Society has maintained some level of secrecy throughout its entire history, even going so far as to meet in caves, it still had a visible presence as it was mentioned in some way, usually by a membership page, in every year from 1920 through 1969 in the Volunteer yearbook.

One reason for its increased secrecy at the end of the 1960s was the increased hostility on campus because of the anti-Vietnam War sentiment. The group’s current projects remain unknown or unverified because of its secrecy oath. “(Secrecy) was valuable at a time of serious polarization of views at the time with the anti-Vietnam war debate then raging and dramatic cultural change among the campus population,” Frank Gibson said in an e-mail.

Most alleged society members contacted for comment offered

responses of neither confirmation or denial of the group’s existence.

“I am a proud member of the Society and was actively involved during my undergraduate study at Tennessee; however, I’m afraid my vow of silence regarding its activity extends far beyond my matriculation,” Caleb Riser said in an e-mail.

The group, contrary to popular belief, does not initiate members based on positions held. Previous SGA President Tommy Jervis said he is not a member of the group. The Society selects an array of students including but not limited to resident assistants, orientation leaders and Student Alumni Associate members.

The group is reported to have met in Hopecote about once per month, call fellow members “comrades,” have a directory of all members, living and deceased, called “The Blackbook,” and call its best members “Worthy Osiris,” “Henry Morgan,” “Edward Davis” and “Amenophis III.” Through at least the mid-1990s, the usual tapping spot for new members was at the Torchbearer statue.

The Scarabbean Senior Society remains clear on its mission and purpose, stating in its own newsletter from either 1998 or 1999, “Our Society has long been a catalyst for change at the University of Tennessee, and today this tradition continues ... And our commitment to cooperate and ‘plan, initiate, and unostentatiously support’ positive change is reflected in the many activities we involve ourselves with each day.”

Rested Predators ready for Canucks Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Nashville Predators arrived in Vancouver on Wednesday night to find a city still letting out a giant, collective sigh of relief.

They hope to catch the Canucks still catching their breath, too.

Vancouver beat the archrival Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 in overtime in Game 7 on Tuesday night after blowing a 3-0 lead in the emotional firstround series.

After being knocked around — and out of the playoffs — by Chicago the last two seasons, it was as much an exorcism as a series for the NHL’s best regular-season team.

When it was over, relieved goalie Roberto Luongo said it was bigger than winning Olympic gold in the same building 14 months earlier. Center Ryan Kesler, who lost that gold-medal game to Luongo and Canada, agreed.

So it’s easy to wonder if the Canucks are in for a letdown when the second round starts Thursday night.

“That’s the mistake we can make and it’s up to us to decide if we want to make that mistake or not,” Luongo said. “As a group, obviously, we were really excited, but at the end of the day we came into this season not to beat Chicago. We came into this season to try to make a run at a Cup.” The Predators had a celebration of their own after eliminating Anaheim in six games Sunday for their first series victory in the franchise’s 12 years.

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But they’ve had three full days to recover, and defenseman Ryan Suter said it would have been difficult to get back at it just a couple days after advancing.

“Definitely,” Suter said. “We had a lot of pressure because we had never been out of the first round, but I can’t imagine the pressure that was on them after losing their series lead like they did.”

Both teams talked Wednesday about resetting, and how they hadn’t won anything yet. But getting up to play each other might not be as easy, especially for the Canucks. There is little of the built-in hatred that was present from Game 1 against Chicago.

There are still, however, plenty of interesting links between the teams.

Defenseman Shane O’Brien was traded to Nashville — after first being waived — following a rocky two seasons in Vancouver that included being briefly exiled from the team for gaining weight during the Olympics and being late to a practice. And Canucks defenseman Dan Hamhuis spent his first six NHL seasons in Nashville before signing in Vancouver as a free agent over the summer.

“Obviously, I had a long talk with Dan today about their players and he shared that information with our group also,” Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said. “Just like Shane is going to share some of the information about us. We’ve both got our resources and we’re going to use them.”

Nashville coach Barry Trotz wasn’t as interested in picking O’Brien’s brain, but like Anaheim, he doesn’t expect it to take long for the rivalry to build.

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SGA candidate apologies for ‘purely jovial’ actions This is in response to Zac Ellis’ April 13 editorial entitled, “SGA victors lack integrity in celebration.”

First, I want to apologize for the timeliness of this response. Ross Rowland, Courtney Sharp and I have been working with the past officials — Tommy Jervis, Angie Sessoms and Avery G. Howard — to make the transition into our roles as quick and as smooth as possible. We have been very busy and have gotten off to a great start.

I also would like to comment further on the past article and thank you for your point of view on the event. Foremost, I want to apologize for the actions on the night of elections. The three of us had been working extremely hard for more than five months with the members of the REACH campaign and having all our hard work pay off was unbelievable.

Being in a bar setting, I got caught up in the heat of the moment and my emotion got the better of me.

For this, I apologize.

However, since you brought up this incident, I want to set the story straight. While such an action would often make one question a person’s integrity, this particular situation should not be the case. The manner in which the “gesture” was done was purely jovial and was in no way directed towards any persons or group of people.

In addition, you missed Ross, Courtney and myself hugging, shaking hands and speaking with each of the three SPARK candidates and the rest of their campaign and commending them later in the evening.

Personally, I spoke with one candidate for more than half an hour in an effort to show my great respect for her as a candidate and all of the incredible work she has done.

Additionally, we respectfully waited to address our group to allow the other candidates the opportunity to deliver the results first to avoid the news being spread via cheers or applause from the opposite results party just a few blocks away. Even though we ran the risk of our group finding out the results prior to our arrival, we wanted to make sure we gave that opportunity to the other campaign.

In all, I just want to let the readers, students and Mr. Ellis know the full story of what happened that night and defend any question of any campaign member’s integrity. Despite your previous editorial, nothing has slowed us down since we found out the news that Wednesday. We have been working diligently and the policies on which we ran are

currently underway. The reverse Text Alert system is out for bidding and we are meeting this week to discuss the changes for the T-Link and KAT bus routes for both on and off campus.

I want to close by saying it was not my intention to bring any negative publicity to the Student Government Association or the university. While I do take full responsibility for the actions, it is my desire to reassure the student body that the REACH candidates are very serious about our positions within student government and will uphold all duties required of our elected offices.

Drew Shapiro SGA Student Services Director ashapir1@utk.edu Columnist erroneously defines liberalism Treston Wheat’s April 21 column in The Daily Beacon entitled, “Man’s problems not fixable by government” commits many logical fallacies, the most egregious being that of the straw man argument. The liberalism that he is arguing against is not the liberalism that I know. He conflates Marxism, an ideology that is all but dead in the world, with modern liberalism and therefore paints us all as bogey men. He says that liberals would rather just “give out money as a form of welfare or punish the rich for being successful,” yet I know of no such liberals.

He says that “ordinary people” are not angry with the rich as long as they came across their money by honest means. That’s the issue right there. The economic collapse of the past few years was the direct result of Wall Street NOT being honest. We, as liberals, don’t want to punish the rich or just hand out money, but we do want fairness and honesty and a level playing field. We are the ones that recognize that human nature is such that regulation of business is absolutely necessary in order to ensure such a level playing field.

It amazes me that anyone who has witnessed the recent economic collapse would still be arguing for the very same policies that caused it.

Lastly, he keeps referring to the fictional “ordinary man,” when no such person actually exists. This is a country of diversity and diverse opinions. I am an atheist, for example, yet I am just as “ordinary” as he. His writing is not in defense of me.

Brian Flatt junior in ecology and evolutionary biology bflatt72@utk.edu

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Digital age provides false sense of security Ac orns and Other Seeds by

Anna-Lise Burnette While sitting in a UT computer lab this week, working soundlessly on yet another paper, I noticed a sign tacked up on the wall, which stated in large block letters, “Protect your data: quitting your browser is not enough; Log off of the computer when finished.” I then noticed that the desktop background included the directions, “Save files to D: Drive or your own media; All other files will be erased on log off!” Having just saved a document to the desktop myself, it was an obvious reminder to be cautious when working on important school assignments. But, because I was curious and snoopy, I decided to open up the local disk folder and see what was inside.

No fewer than 52 files populated the folder, ranging in date from yesterday to last week.

Further investigation (more random clicking of files, really) uncovered even more documents, some dated as far back as September of last year. Doing what any person with no time to waste would do, I opened a few documents that had interesting titles.

Most of them, though, were not really that interesting.

Economics PowerPoint presentations, Spanish and engineering homework assignments, and a multitude of subject-specific study guides … everything I found was fairly run of the mill. But what surprised me about finding all of these old documents was how personal they all were.

Each had a certain flavor, the faint essence of whoever created it lingering on somewhere in the bowels of the mindless machine.

It made me wonder what I had left behind, too, and I started to get antsy. What if someone started opening up my documents one day, as well? I immediately deleted my most recent desktop save and emptied the trash can.

Starting to feel better right away, I settled back down into my working-mode groove and

continued to chip away at my assignments.

Only later did I realize my false sense of security. I’ve used countless (maybe around 15 or 20) computer lab workstations around campus to complete projects and submit drafts, to edit and re-edit and re-edit again various writings, like this column. My spirits sank as I realized that little pieces of myself were potentially still strewn about campus like so many pieces of jetsam.

That is, I think, the danger of the digital age. There’s something very comforting about the antiseptic, glossy surface of a computer monitor that makes you feel like you’re living in a private bubble of total anonymity. But the fact of the matter is, even a personal computer can be hacked these days. I’m not trying to be an alarmist. I’m just saying that some people, somewhere, have the ability to access your private information whether or not you leave your laptop unlocked in a public space.

This really occurred to me only recently, after I had to call tech support to fix an access issue I had while working at my internship.

After telling them which networked computer I was using, I watched in horror as the cursor started to move across the screen. Suddenly a log-in screen appeared, and letters I wasn’t typing were being entered rapidly and unashamedly. Never has having a computer fixed been so terrifying. But it made me realize that digital privacy (especially in the workplace, though in public places as well) is a relatively tightly woven illusion. Unless you have the technical know-how to safeguard your computer or smartphone or iPad (I personally revel in blind ignorance on this point), you may be vulnerable.

But we can make smart decisions. Be thoughtful and careful about what you choose to save to your electronic devices. (As an added bonus: This can double as a morality exercise) Be strategic about where and when you access personal documents, no matter the content. And most importantly, don’t leave your Facebook account logged in at the Apple store.

— Anna-Lise Burnette is a junior in global and Asian studies. She can be reached at kburnet7@utk.edu.

Self-conception fictional need for humanity F r ac tur ed Co n sc i o u s n e s s by

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Self-perception is a funny thing. It is really hard to conceptualize, and once you do, you always think differently of yourself, the way that you interact with yourself and how you interpret what you do. This has always bothered me. I do not necessarily NOT think about myself (because I definitely do), but I especially dwell on the way I am perceived by others, so much so that is has become an annoying habit. I constantly harp on the way my friends and colleagues interpret my actions and words and then analyze their responses for hours upon end to wrestle every single meaning that could possibly be ascertained.

I once read this quote by Aldous Huxley in his book “The Doors of Perception”: “To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves.” For a while, this quote has been my working definition of self-perception, and furthermore, it has served as a way to really perceive the world around me and dissect the individuals I come in contact with on a regular basis. What is so important and so gracefully highlighted by Huxley is that to truly understand yourself, you must become an outsider looking in. So how do you, I, we do this?

(And this is where these ideas become murky and obscure).

Everyone spends a great deal of time concentrating on getting ready, especially when you are going to see someone you consider special — like a significant other. During this whole ordeal, you look in the mirror continuously. You do this to determine whether your hair looks good or whether your make-up is making you look too fake. Everyone does it; that is undeniable. But is this where you are closest to really understanding how others perceive you?

To become self-aware and, perhaps, use Huxley's

proposition to achieve the full capacity of this ability, looking in the mirror would be the best and most logical place to start. However, to really grasp selfperception, looking in the mirror is but another way that you are deceiving yourself into thinking that you really know how others interpret and scrutinize you.

Again, everyone admits to noticing something in the other sex first. “I always look at their smile. It is what sells him to me first,” and so on. This is why the mirror is not a valid indicator of who you truly are to someone else. While one person may focus on your smile, you may look in the mirror and focus on your weight. I know that this sounds a bit like a diagnosing of the continuation of poor self images, but it is not. Because while you may focus on an imperfection, someone else may focus on a perfection that has not been apparent to you. A mirror functions as a way to convince you that while it may seem infallible, human interpretation will always play a part in not only emotional perception, but visual perception and understanding as well.

To become self-actualized and perceive yourself as others see you, you must not rely on mirrors but rather on the last part of the quote. To begin to understand others through their own lens, then can you understand yourself through their lens. It is a continual, circular process of processing, examining and interpreting not only those around you, but yourself as well. While the mirror does give you the best estimate as to some others’ analyses and critiques of you, your mind serves as a bias, even when you think you are looking your best.

In reality, you never really see yourself as you truly are. To become self-aware is possible, but to truly understand self-perception is quite literally impossible. A mirror just reflects light and allows you to see a reflected image of yourself, but you never see yourself outside of this. To read what others write about you and your actions provides some insight to who you are, but it can never be truly unbiased.

We never really see ourselves as we are, without a lens that is provided to us through the world in which we mediate and function. We will always need to use a circular process of defining and redefining to comprehend ourselves and those we interact with, just as Aldous Huxley would have desired.

— Brittany Vasquez is a junior in anthropology.

She can be reached at bvasque1@utk.edu.

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New Arts and Sciences dean pursuit continues Jamison Lanum Staff Writer The search for the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences continues today as UT hosts the second of four forums aimed at presenting each of the remaining four candidates to the public. The forum will take place in the UC Shiloh Room from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Candidate Gregory Simpson, professor in the psychology department at the University of Kansas, will be participating in today’s forum.

Bob Rider, dean of College of Education, Health and Human Sciences and chair of the Dean’s Search Committee, was tasked with leading the search after Dean Bruce Bursten resigned last December.

“The forum is to give the students, faculty and staff in the college, and anyone who is really interested to get a sense of the philosophy (of the candidate), along with the manner and assurance in which he or she speaks,” Rider said.

At the forum, candidates will present on how they’re prepared to be the new dean.

“That’s a very open-ended and broadly conceived question, but it’s a question that gets at your passion, experience and credentials,” Rider said. “It gets at your ideas of

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move ahead.”

The larger issues that the incoming dean will have to address mainly revolve around money and retaining faculty members.

“We haven’t had a raise in four years, so it’s a real issue for the faculty,” McSween said. “Some of our best faculty are being pulled out of our clutches because some other states are willing to offer them more money. For the next four to five years, we’re not going to see a lot of new state money. Working with the college are four development officers that go and raise money, and part of the dean’s job is to work with them.”

The forum for Allan Burns, Anthropology Department chair at the University of Florida, was held Wednesday.

The forum for John Zomchick, UT professor in English and executive associated dean for Academic Personnel in the College of Arts and Sciences, will be held Monday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the UC Auditorium. The last forum will be held for Theresa Lee, professor in the University of Michigan’s neuroscience program and research scientist in the school’s reproductive science program, on Thursday, May 5, from 11 a.m to noon in the UC Shiloh Room.

For the full public forum schedule, webcasts of each forum and more information on the candidates, visit, http://www.artsci.utk.edu/dean_eval/index.asp.

how you’re going to grow the college and move it forward.”

Following their opening statement, candidates will take questions from the audience.

“To me, that’s where the real candidate will shine or not shine,” Rider said.

Each forum will be streamed live and will be kept for viewing afterwards. An online feedback form can also be found on the College of Arts and Sciences website.

Current Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Hap McSween is also on the search committee because of his experience as dean and for the purpose of showing that he’s not a potential candidate.

“Often, when there is an interim dean, the first question possible candidates ask is, ‘Well, is this an inside job?

You’re running a search, but do you really want to hire the person who is the interim,’” McSween said. “This makes it very clear that I can’t be drafted. It’s a really important decision, because it’s such a big college. It defines the character of the institution.”

McSween, who has been the interim dean twice, says being able to remain focused is a must for the new dean.

“It’s a huge complicated college,” he said. “It’s the ultimate in multitasking. You cannot get so bogged down by the day-to-day fires you have to fight that you don’t have a chance to think about the strategy that the college needs to

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Homelessness afflicts diverse crowd Haley Hall Staff Writer

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Max Miller, sophomore in geology, gets his bike fixed by the UT Outdoors Club.

The event lasted for two days and allowed students to get their bikes adjusted and fixed for free.

Homelessness is a persistent and rising problem in Knox County, according to a recent report by the UT College of Social Work.

The report consists of data collected by the Knoxville Homeless Management Information System, or Knox HMIS. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development set up homeless management information systems throughout the country to gauge a variety of information involving the homeless population and the effectiveness of homeless assistance.

Research was much different before these systems were in place.

“The research had been spotty at best, and often times it was hard for large cities to keep up, ” David Patterson, professor in social work and the principal investigator on KnoxHMIS, said.

KnoxHMIS began collecting data in 2004.

Patterson said since that time more than 24,000 unduplicated individuals have been documented in seeking homelessness services.

Such data provides researchers in UT’s College of Social Work with knowledge of trends in the homeless community and the services available to them.

“Homelessness is the result of poverty, disability, the combination of structural/economic factors and individual difficulties,” Patterson said.

This year’s report discusses such factors in 2010.

Key findings note a substantial number of disabled individuals and a rise in the number of single mothers who are homeless.

“In previous years we’ve seen loss of job, no affordable housing and domestic violence as kind of the top three reasons for women becoming homeless, and this year we found domestic violence to be that top reason,” Stacia West, a KnoxHMIS data analyst, said.

Domestic violence does not leave only women homeless, however.

“Children now make up 20 percent of the homeless population in Knoxville,” West said.

In fact, the makeup of Knoxville’s homeless population is fairly diverse.

“The person you see on the street at KARM (Knox Area Rescue Ministries) or outside the mission district or whatever you want to call it is not really representative of the entire homeless population in Knoxville,” West said.

With more than 7,000 individuals seeking help for homelessness in 2010, a variety of factors come in to play.

West and Patterson reported that 41 percent of the homeless population seeking services has a disability, which may be physical or mental. One-fifth of all homeless people seeking services met criteria for chronic homelessness by having a disabling condition and having been homeless for more than a year or homeless three or more times in the past four years.

Overall, the report reveals a 28-percent increase in the number of people seeking homelessness services from 2009 to 2010. In Knox County, 60 percent of those individuals are from Knox county, and 83 percent are from Knox County and the surrounding eight counties.

West said KnoxHMIS seeks to inform policymakers and the public. Data regarding homelessness might thus be used to address problems more productively.

One means by which Patterson believes homelessness services might be improved lies in the development of permanent supportive housing.

“I think what’s not well understood is that permanent supportive housing is the best available alternative to housing people and that there’s been a misunderstanding amongst some of our politicians that people have to stop drinking and stop being mentally ill before they can be housed,” Patterson said.

He also said that permanent supportive housing has been shown to reduce substance use and abuse.

West said such discussions of the options surrounding homelessness promote possibilities for improvement.

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UT among Princeton Review’s top 311 green colleges UT has been recognized as one of the most environmentally responsible college campuses in North America by the Princeton Review. The education services company selected UT for inclusion in the second annual edition of its guidebook, The Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges: 2011 Edition, released April 20.

UT is one of five campuses recognized in Tennessee. Also included on the list is the UT Martin campus.

Highlights of UT’s inclusion in the list are the campus’ Make Orange Green program, the sustainable building policy, and the Student Environmental Initiatives Fee. Make Orange Green has been recognized as one of the top campus sustainability programs in the nation. The program coordinates environmental activities across all areas of campus, including the establishment of a broad energy conservation policy, recycling programs and other efforts.

The campus’ sustainable building policy was established in 2007 to make Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system the standard for new construction and renovation projects exceeding $5 million. LEED-certified projects are rated based on their use of environmentally friendly building practices.

Ayres Hall reopened in January after a two-year renovation and is expected to be the first building on campus to receive LEED certification. The Min Kao Electrical and Computer Engineering Facility and the new Student Health Center, both currently under construction, also will be considered for the designation.

UT students voted in 2005 to create the Student Environmental Initiatives Fee to fund environmental stewardship programs such as energy efficiency upgrades to campus

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buildings and the purchase of green power.

The fee funded the purchase of 5,000 blocks of green power for the university, a purchase that was equivalent to removing 764 cars from the road for a year. Other student efforts include an annual light bulb exchange and environmental competition in the residence halls.

In January, Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek issued a challenge to the UT community to reduce energy consumption on campus by 10 percent over 12 months through changes in individuals’ daily actions.

The Chancellor’s Challenge is part of the Switch Your Thinking campaign which encourages energy conservation through behavior change. Students are asked to be mindful of energy use while in residence halls, and faculty and staff are asked to shut down computers and turn off lights in offices and classrooms while not in use, as well as to look for other opportunities for saving electricity.

Developed by The Princeton Review in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the Guide to 311 Green Colleges is the only free, comprehensive guidebook focused solely on institutions of higher education that have demonstrated an above-average commitment to sustainability in terms of campus infrastructure, activities and initiatives.

UT was also was included in the inaugural edition of the guidebook in 2010.

The complete guidebook may be downloaded at http://www.centerforgreenschools.org/greenguide.

Davidson and Morris are approved by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture to teach the course and grant certification for domestic kitchens.

Individuals interested in forming a catering business (made-to-order birthday cakes, wedding cakes, etc.) are not required to take this course and should contact a local health department for information regarding regulations. Examples of potentially hazardous foods that cannot be processed in a domestic kitchen include salsa, pickled vegetables, relishes or chow-chow, cheesecakes, canned vegetables or meats, fermented vegetables and dairy or meat products.

Individuals with an inside pet of any kind will not qualify as a food manufacturer under the Domestic Kitchen Rule.

Preregistration with payment is mandatory, and the $100 registration fee is nonrefundable. Registration includes instruction materials, lunch and certificate.

For more information or to enroll, contact Nancy Austin at 865-974-7717 or naustin@utk.edu. To enroll online, visit http://tinyurl.com/fst051211.

The UT Institute of Agriculture provides instruction, research and public service through the UT College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources; the UT College of Veterinary Medicine; UT AgResearch, including its system of 10 research and education centers; and UT Extension with offices in all 95 Tennessee counties.

Extension offers second domestic kitchen certification course in Nashville

Following a national search, the Department of Plant Sciences at the UT Institute of Agriculture has selected Brad Collett as an assistant professor of landscape architecture.

Collett will teach landscape design and landscape architecture at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Prior to his new position at UT, Collett worked as a project manager at Edward J. Stone, Jr. and Associates in Orlando, Florida. While there, he designed and managed projects for a variety of clients ranging from resort attractions to urban design projects.

In addition, Collett is a LEED Accredited Professional. He is also the co-founder of the EDSAgreen Program; an Internet education group which emphasizes sustainable design, practices in landscaping.

Collett has a Masters in Landscape Architecture from The Ohio State University where he also worked as a graduate teaching assistant. But he also has ties to the Knoxville area.

Individuals who use a domestic kitchen to prepare, manufacture and sell food to the public can ensure their facilities meet Tennessee Department of Agriculture regulations through an upcoming course presented by the UT Institute of Agriculture Food Science Technology and UT Extension faculty.

Domestic Kitchen - Tennessee Food Safety Certification, will be held 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. CDT, Thursday, May 12, in the Ed Jones Auditorium of the Ellington Agricultural Center, 440 Hogan Rd., Nashville.

Dr. Michael Davidson, a UT food microbiologist, and William Morris, a UT Extension food safety specialist, will cover regulations for establishments using domestic kitchen facilities for bakery and other non-potentially hazardous foods intended for sale.

Collett joins UT Landscape Architecture Program

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Friday, April 29, 2011

OPINIONS

Beacon years provide personal college niche Zac Ellis Editor-in-Chief When presented with a new opportunity, like a college experience, one is often told that the opportunity will be “what you make of it.” No two students’ college experiences are the same, and I can safely say I’ve cultivated every opportunity thrown my way during my tenure at UT. For me, the greatest measure of “what I made” of my college career has been as a staffer with The Daily Beacon.

I knew by fourth grade that, in some form or capacity, I wanted to pursue a career in writing. In high school, four semesters of journalism class solidified the area in which I would eventually study upon reaching UT, the only school to which I applied.

I knew very little about The Daily Beacon, though I remember reading copies of the

campus newspaper every day during my freshman year, the only year of my college tenure in which I did not work for the Beacon. I remember thinking, “This would take a lot of work, but I want to work there.”

Three years and three editorial positions later, the Beacon has been the single most important aspect of my collegiate career. I’ve been able to do more than I ever imagined in only three short years of work.

I’ve been able to interview numerous UT coaches and student-athletes, with former football coach Lane Kiffin’s late-night press conference on Jan. 12, 2010 serving as the most memorable.

I’ve been able to feature numerous talented and unique students with stories in the Beacon, like senior Andy Rogers’ diabetesthemed theater production or Richard “Sully” Sullivan’s crazy in-game antics as a fan at UT sporting events.

I’ve been able to highlight several highprofile UT individuals, like new system president Joe DiPietro.

But in truth, the most important aspect of my time at the Beacon has been the wealth of

knowledge I’ve obtained. Though my time in the classroom has been imperative to my education, the newsroom and deadline experience in the everyday grind at the Beacon cannot be replaced.

There have been countless late nights spent scanning the pages of the Beacon, searching for edits before the paper is sent to press. There have been mistakes made that have taught me valuable lessons along the way. But through all the work that has taken place, nothing in my career at UT has provided as much of a learning experience as my time at the Beacon.

That’s my message to those (few) who take stock in my opinion: Do your best to find your niche in college. There is nothing that says a person’s college experience must be decided from the get-go. Find what you like and dislike, join clubs and get to know people. Few things stifle a budding creative mind like sitting in a dorm playing Xbox all day, wasting away what some consider the best four years of your life.

You decide how you want your college experience to turn out, hopefully making

new friends along the way. Having talked to many former Beacon staffers during my time at UT, I was always surprised by how many people harped on the bond formed between those who worked hours upon hours in this desolate newsroom.

Many met their best friends here. Some even met their spouses. It’s crazy how things work out.

The same can happen to all who view college as a new opportunity. I will soon leave UT with a group of friends I didn’t know existed four years ago, including many names listed on the Beacon masthead. That’s the stuff that will stick with me, no matter what path I follow next.

So thank you to those who worked with me, put up with me and trusted me. Thank you, readers, for reading our thoughtful ramblings each day. And I thank everyone responsible for making UT the experience it’s been for me. What a ride it’s been.

—Zac Ellis is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at rellis3@utk.edu.

Feeling of victory nears with finish line Brittney Moore Design Editor Well this is exciting: my first AND last column in one. It’s like a two-for-one deal, really.

Beacon readers, you probably have no idea who I am, since I haven’t written anything since my freshman year, so let me do a brief introduction. I’m a current design editor, have been at the Beacon on and off since my freshman year and generally work behind the scenes. I’m not a writer, but I somehow wound up being a journalism major. (Yeah, no idea how that worked out.)

I guess it gave me more of a job security post graduation than being an English major. To steal from “Avenue Q,” what do you do with a BA in English, anyway?

So I’m graduating from UT in two weeks, passing grades pending. If I don’t pass, I’ll probably get on my hands and knees and beg my professors to let me graduate from the Big Orange Screw so it doesn’t steal any more of my money via parking tickets.

Side note: Anyone else think it’s a low blow to give students a parking ticket in a garage when they’re seeking shelter from massive hail? OK, cool, I knew there was someone on my side.

Parking ticket ranting aside (I could write a book about that; they know my car by now after accumulating at least 20 during my four years here), my time at UT has been pretty exciting. I’ve made friends that I hope to keep for the rest

of my life, learned invaluable amounts of knowledge and broken out of my shell, socially speaking. My addiction to caffeine has worsened; I finally learned how to budget my dining dollars (not spending every day in Starbucks and buying mugs every week certainly helps), and I’ve found out that I can still pass my classes if I don’t have a perfect attendance record (but it certainly does help if I show up).

I’ve had the best of times and the worst of times in these last four years. I roasted marshmallows at the Torchbearer, got on the roof of Ayers and I danced with the devil in the pale moonlight. Ok, well maybe not that last one, but I had to fit that Batman quote in somewhere. I’d imagine dancing with the devil would be pretty freaking scary, or fun, depending on your religious beliefs.

But seriously folks, I will miss this college campus. It’s been my home for a while and will always be. I’ll miss the big trees in Circle Park (oh, wait, the now non-existent trees, I suppose), the rush of large crowds that come to see the football games and the football games themselves — even if we do lose a few. I’ll miss the overpriced-yet-delicious pretzels in Neyland Stadium, the feeling of being so small compared to the massive size of that place and watching the band perform the Circle Drill during halftime.

I think my favorite football game happened my freshman year (2007 for you young’ns) when we played South Carolina at home. It went into overtime, we won and the Pride played the Circle Drill at halftime. My seat was in the first row of the overhang, and the view was spectacular.

Even if I’m not a huge sports fan, an experience like that is hard to beat. I will never forget the view from the top of Ayers, either, nor the feeling of conquering my intense fear of heights.

Those two moments sum up my experience at UT pretty well: a rushing feeling of victory, nostalgia and tradition all wrapped up in a nice fouryear package.

The only cost is tuition and parking tickets.

— Brittney Moore is a senior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at bmoore24@utk.edu.

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OPINIONS

10 • The Daily Beacon

Sports desk, OSU build fond memories Colin Skinner Assistant Sports Editor

It has been both a privilege and an honor to cover UT sports these past two semesters for students and faculty here alike.

Though I entered The Daily Beacon in the wake of Lane Kiffin escaping for the Southern California hills and Derek Dooley officially ushering in a new era in Tennessee football, Bruce Pearl never allowed a dull day at the office, and the same goes for former UT football player Albert Haynesworth and the young Dooley football team altogether.

One thing I learned in my time as the assistant sports editor is that no matter how much I yearned for the football team to mature so I could write headlines like, “Bray rips Alabama for 347 yards at home, ends losing

streak,” freshmen will always be freshmen, sophomores will play like sophomores and so on. I do believe Derek Dooley has this program headed in the only right direction there is for this fine university, and the hiring of Cuonzo Martin in basketball could not have been a better fit for UT and in the best interests of the team.

Another thing I wanted to get off my chest before I leave this office is to officially come out of the closet — the fan closet, that is — and admit that I am an avid and practicing Ohio State Buckeyes fan, despite the everpresent criticism from friends, teachers and the South in general. Many times last semester and this spring, I subconsciously found myself weaseling in some sort of mentioning of the Buckeyes into my stories, and if I offended anyone, I am in no way apologetic.

Though I realize Ohio State’s record against the SEC is now 19 in bowl games all-time (thank

you, Arkansas’ Ryan Mallett), I do want to say that I will never back down, and to all the haters, take off, the last two generations of Skinners went there.

OK, in all seriousness, I cherish the Volunteers and what sports have done for me here. In the same tone, I wanted to also point out in this final column of mine the present similarities between former Vols basketball coach Pearl and current Ohio State football coach Jim “The Vest” Tressel.

We all know the story and aftermath of the poor choices made by Pearl, i.e. lying to the NCAA about a barbecue in which recruits attended, as well as other recruiting infractions and dealings with Brian Williams at the end of the year involving a prescription for his “sore back,” as the media was told. The university was handed a list of infractions in a report done by the NCAA, and after a 30-point crippling defeat at the hands of Michigan (boo!), the face of UT

basketball was dismissed from the team and coaching.

Similarly, in Columbus, Ohio, The Vest has been accused of lying to the NCAA. In this particular offense, Tressel did not comply with the NCAA back in September when asked if any of his players had committed infractions to his knowledge, nor did he turn in information to Ohio State and athletics director Gene Smith of e-mails he received notifying him that players had improperly sold conference championship hardware and symbolic Gold Pants key chains given them after beating Michigan. A few players also received free tattoos at a parlor in Columbus which was involved in the purchasing of the items from the players.

Being under fire at Ohio State is very similar to being in the hot seat at the University of Tennessee — regional radio stations talk non-stop of the matter, news stations send reporters daily to speak to the compliance offices of the respective athletic department, and fans weep. The university has moral standards of its own, as well as a reputation, to uphold.

The Ohio State University will receive an official notification of sanctions against Tressel in August if Tressel is still standing as head coach. The reality of that is looking dimmer every day that new information is released in the ordeal.

To conclude my stay here at the Beacon Inn, I want to point out that as I leave the position of assistant sports editor, the state of athletics here on Rocky Top seems to finally be leveling out and headed down the right path.

If my predictions are correct, a statue will be dedicated to Derek Dooley one day just outside Beacon headquarters near Gate 11 at Neyland Stadium, and a banner will hang from the rafters donning the Orange and White with Cuonzo Martin’s name stitched into it.

Go Vols, Go Bucks and long live sports.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Letter provides insight for past self

Brandi Panter Managing Editor

I think I have rewritten the lead for this, the last column I will ever write as a Daily Beacon staffer, at least 40 times at this point. I’m not sure how I am to articulate my emotions leading up to this point, as I have more feelings exploding in me than fireworks lit into the sky on the 4th of July.

Because I couldn’t figure out how to quite summarize everything I think and feel, I instead decided to do things a little differently. I decided I would write an open letter to myself, two years ago (three years in August, yikes) in the past, from her future self on her first day of college.

Dear Brandi, I would just like to preface this letter by saying, who are you trying to impress? You hate math and science, why are you going pre-med? I know you are trying to stifle your creativity because you don’t think adults should be artistic and that you should do something professional and responsible. Tough luck, kid, you’re going to be an English major anyway. Stop fighting fate and get “Othello” out of the box you hid it in when you were packing.

I know you’re insecure, chubby and you feel like you don’t fit in; just like high school, huh?

Almost every girl on your floor is doing sorority recruitment right now, and you’re sitting inside by yourself. You don’t know *anyone*, you’re scared, you’re shy and you’re out of your element.

You’ve always been treated like your feelings and opinions didn’t matter, so why start trying now?

You eventually break out of your awkward shell, thankfully. It took you long enough.

Good news, you finally fall in love. The big kid, “Pride and Prejudice” type of love that deserves its own screenplay and a two-book deal. Bad news, he — Colin Skinner is a junior in breaks your heart. You’ll live, journalism and electronic trust me. You’re still alive at 21 to media. He can be reached at date every idiot this side of the cskinne3@utk.edu.

Mississippi.

When you finally get some nerve, you start getting involved in things. You invest your time in a committee that meets every desire for intellectual stimulation you’ve ever dreamed of. Your brain is fed, and you find yourself around the most brilliant and engaging people you’ve ever known. You feel dumb and worthless in their company, but it is worth it just to engage.

I haven’t gotten to the best part, yet. When you do accept your fate and the double history and English literature major, you decide to start using writing, the only semi-discernible skill you have (and even then, it is barely even a skill), and you go toddling into the office of the Daily Beacon. I don’t even have the words to tell about it.

Sophomore year, when you become a copy editor, you’re terrified. You’re the newest, and the youngest, and everyone here knows more than you, but you realize that editing within an inch of recognition makes you happier than anything ever has.

You go out for managing editor the next year. Somehow, beyond someone’s better judgment, you get the job. It’s still a mystery as to why no one has fired you.

You’ll never feel like you’re doing enough, and you’ll always have a term you name “editor guilt.”

You become crazy and defensive over what quickly becomes “your child.” You’ve never put this much investment and emotion into anything before, and sometimes it really hurts, but you never walk away from it unhappy. This is what real love and dedication feels like. It’s the most you’ve ever learned from anything, and the happiest you’ve ever been doing anything before.

It sounds dumb, because it is, but you go through more emotions over a newspaper than you do a boyfriend. It’s the smartest thing you do, and it completely breaks your heart to leave.

Auf wiedersehen.

— Brandi Panter is a junior in history and English literature.

She can be reached at bpanter1@utk.edu. You can also follow her on Twitter at @brandimpanter.

Friday, April 29, 2011

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Tragedy forces perspective in life focuses Kevin Huebschman Chief Copy Editor So for my farewell column, I was all set to sit down and figure out what kind of sagely advice I, who’ve spent four years and earned a degree at UT, could impart on those who are still slowly moving forward.

Then Wednesday happened. And my priorities shifted.

Growing up around here, I’ve watched the annual reports of tornado-laden summer storms rampaging through places like Oklahoma, Arkansas and western Tennessee, but that weather never seemed to come through Cleveland, Tenn., (where I grew up) or, later, here.

When I watched the damage unfold in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Wednesday night, including the live footage of the tornado that nearly ripped Bryant-Denny Stadium apart, that seemed about as real as one of these storms could get.

Then Chattanooga got hit. Then Cleveland.

Then we did.

And suddenly, what was devastating, but always behind the safety of a TV screen for me, was a very real threat to me, my family and my loved ones.

Thankfully, my parents are all right — thanks to being one of the first homes to lose power, they were completely unaware Bradley County was under a state of emergency Wednesday night — as is everyone else I’ve checked in with.

But that doesn’t mean everything’s all right.

Parts of Cleveland and Chattanooga have been completely decimated, and though the people I grew up with may be safe, they’re far from unaffected. As of Thursday afternoon, the death toll in Cleveland has climbed to the double digits, dozens more are trapped in buildings and seriously wounded, and the Cleveland mayor said the city looked like a “war zone.”

According to what my parents have told me, the region has suffered more power outages in this storm than the Blizzard of ’93 caused, and if you remember that storm, you understand the significance. Some areas may have to wait as long as three weeks before their electricity is restored.

For the first time I can remember, I was consciously worrying that something had happened to my family because they didn’t return a phone call or text within 10 minutes. For the first time, I

wasn’t checking weather maps out of curiosity of where the tornados were landing; I was checking — and praying — that those tornados weren’t coming down on top of my old home.

The scariest part of this aftermath is that, as bad as my hometown has it, it’s nothing compared to Tuscaloosa and Birmingham. Whole sections of those cities aren’t destroyed; they’re just … gone, picked up by a tornado and moved, in bits and pieces, to a new location.

When an earthquake hits Haiti, a tsunami swamps Japan, or a hurricane devastates a coastline, we all reel. The standard “I hope everyone’s all right” and “I’ll pray for them” thoughts go through our minds, but within a few weeks or months, it just becomes another far-away tragedy, piled onto those that have already happened in our lifetimes.

And there’s nothing wrong with us for letting Andrea Stockard • The Daily Beacon it go. As callous as it may sound, life can’t stop for Circle Park basks in the sun in February. Circle Park was damaged in the series of all of us when it stops for a few; the world has to severe storms that hit campus earlier this week, destroying several trees. go on, and we have to go with it. But that doesn’t mean we should forget it or ignore those whose lives have been so radically altered.

Eventually, a sense of normalcy will return to us. But for those in Tuscaloosa, Chattanooga, Cleveland and dozens of other communities around us, that sense is weeks, maybe years, into the future.

Maybe we can’t continue to empathize and share with those afflicted through their entire struggle, but we can make sure that, in six months, when Tennessee and Alabama meet in Tuscaloosa, we still see our opponents as humans who have suffered, rather than fools who happen to be wearing the wrong color that day.

On a lighter note, this is the last time I will write anything for the Beacon, and as much as I hate being sentimental, I can honestly say the two years I spent working here, and the last 12 months I spent in the newsroom were some of the best of my life.

I made the mistake of waiting until my junior year to apply for the Beacon, and it’s something I’ll admit I’ve regretted ever since I began working here. The experience has been invaluable, the friendships irreplaceable, and I wish I could find out how much my life would have been affected had I started here two years earlier. Don’t make the same mistake I did, guys. Find something you love, get involved and learn. And, most importantly, have fun.

— Kevin Huebschman is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at khuebsch@utk.edu.

OPINIONS

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Grizzlies fall to late-game heroics Associated Press Just 1.7 seconds is all that remained for Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker in what has been a wasted and humiliating dud of a playoff run.

An undrafted rookie didn’t let them go down that quickly.

Catching the inbounds pass with 1.7 seconds left, Gary Neal forced overtime with a spectacular 3-pointer in the face of O.J. Mayo as time expired, and the topseeded San Antonio Spurs staved off elimination by stunning the Memphis Grizzlies 110-103 on Wednesday night.

“It felt good. I knew I had good legs going into it,” Neal said. “It felt good. I followed through and it went in.”

The eighth-seeded Grizzlies still lead the bestof-seven series 3-2. They will host the Spurs on Friday night, but left town knowing they missed a knockout punch.

“They’re down by three, you’ve got to run them off the 3. You can’t let nobody shoot an open 3,” Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph said.

“You’ve got to contest the 3, you’ve got to deny the ball.”

The straightaway 3-pointer was the second of two remarkable San Antonio baskets in the final 2.2 seconds of regulation. Manu Ginobili, who scored 33 points, hit the other with a long corner jumper while falling out of bounds in front of the Spurs bench, in what was originally ruled a 3.

A video replay confirmed Ginobili’s left toe was on the line. That left the Spurs still

trailing 95-94, and after two free throws by Randolph, San Antonio needed another miracle.

Ginobili? Parker? Duncan, in perhaps a repeat of his memorable tying 3-pointer with 3 seconds left against Phoenix in the 2008 playoffs, before the Spurs went on to a double-overtime win?

Nope.

They drew it up for Neal, a 26-year-old rookie and former European journeyman who the Spurs signed this season after giving him an audition on their summer league team.

“You really don’t think about the magnitude of making or missing it, you just think about trying to get the best shot that you can get,” said Neal, who finished with seven points. “It went in today, but I think it’s the best shot I could have got in that

Friday, April 29, 2011

Bonds formed enhance Beacon experience

ple working at the Beacon who have been there through it all, though. As the student life edisituation.”

Kristian Smith tor, I have had the privilege of Randolph led Memphis working with many talented Student Life Editor with 26 points and 11 news editors. Katie, Kyle and rebounds. He scored 18 Blair have all been great to points in the fourth quarter As my time at The Daily work with, and I felt a sense of and overtime, but the Spurs Beacon comes to an end, I can’t pride seeing Kyle and Blair, two assured a Game 6 in the help but think back on the past of the best staff writers from my overtime behind Parker, who two and a half years I have spent first semester as student life ediscored 6 of his 24 in the here as a writer and editor. tor, ascend to editorial positions.

When I first came to write at the I know they will continue to do extra period.

Only eight teams in NBA Beacon as a sophomore, I had great things for the Beacon. history have ever come back no idea I would be involved with Brandi — I have really from a 3-1 deficit. The Spurs, it for the rest of my college enjoyed getting to know you and who were the NBA’s win- career. One of my friends wrote working with you this year, and I ningest team for most of the at the Beacon, and she encour- will miss our newsroom chats season, are desperate to join aged me to apply. I came in for a about fashion and celebrity gosthat list in what may be their meeting to check it out and sip. Zac — we have both been at the Beacon since we were sophlast good shot to win a fifth ended up taking a story.

I still remember that first omores, and even though so championship in the Duncan story (it was about New Year’s much has changed in the past era. traditions) and the thrill I had Memphis remains on the when I saw it in print. two years, it has been great verge of becoming just the Throughout my first semester as working with you for so long. I know you have a very bright fourth No. 8 seed in NBA his- a writer for the Beacon, I future ahead of you in journaltory to win a playoff series. learned so much more about ism, and I wish you the best of Not since Golden State upset writing and interviewing than I luck in everything (I can’t wait to Dallas in 2006 has a No. 8 had learned in any of my journal- see your articles in Sports seed toppled a No. 1 in the ism classes. The excitement of Illustrated one day!). first round. seeing my first story “above the My future plans have changed Marc Gasol had 11 points fold” on the front page was much a lot since I first started college. and 17 rebounds for more rewarding than an A in any While I once “knew” I wanted to Memphis, while Mike Conley journalism class. be a reporter, I now plan to go to As I transitioned from staff law school. Though I no longer scored 20 points and Sam writer to managing editor in the plan to pursue journalism, my Young added 18.

Duncan began the game in summer, I learned a lot more time at the Beacon is not for vintage playoff form, looking about newspapers in general. naught. I encourage anyone who keenly aware of the stakes. From meeting deadlines to deal- is remotely interested in writing, He scored 11 points in the ing with other editors, I gained a especially journalism students, first 91⁄2 minutes, but scored much better understanding to work at the Beacon. The realabout the newspaper business. world experience you will gain just two the rest of the way.

And as the student life editor for with meeting deadlines and He had 12 rebounds. the past two years, I have had Randolph, whose 3-point- valuable experiences that I working with a team will be valuer at the end of the Game 3 couldn’t have gotten anywhere able in any future career you may choose. The Beacon has win gave the Grizzlies the else. But that’s not to say it wasbeen one of the best experiences momentum, hit another big n’t a challenge; an editorial posiof my college career, and I hope shot with 13.7 seconds left in tion at a newspaper is like a man- many more students take advanregulation. His 18-footer agerial position at a company, tage of this opportunity. over Antonio McDyess put and there was always a lot to Memphis ahead 93-91, deal with, especially while trying — Kristian Smith is a senior in prompting Randolph to put to balance school work and journalism and electronic his finger to his lips, hushing other jobs and internships. media. She can be reached at I have met so many great peo- ksmit113@utk.edu. the crowd.

THESPORTSPAGE

Friday, April 29, 2011

South can, should use sports to rally

Smith serves way atop SEC tennis team for the road ahead at the NCAAs.” As a junior, Smith went 9-1 in singles and 8-3 in doubles with Davey Once again, senior John-Patrick Sandgren on his way to 2010 SEC Smith made history Wednesday by Player of the Year honors. He also earning back-to-back SEC Player of picked up the SEC Tournament the Year accolades.

MVP trophy after going undefeated Smith went 9-1 in singles and 9during the Vols’ drive to the tourna2 in doubles in the top two positions ment championship. in the Vols’ lineup to help lead He finished his conference career Tennessee to its first back-to-back 32-8 in singles and 33-9 in doubles regular-season SEC titles in prowhile playing a majority of those gram history. matches at the No. 1 position. He “Like last year, it’s obviously a was named SEC Player of the Week great honor to receive this award eight times and was SEC Freshman again,” said Smith, a of the Year in 2008. native of Townsville, Smith and Conkic, who Australia. “There were have held the No. 1 national a lot of other players doubles ranking in doubles who could have earned since March 1, became two of it this year. I’m just only six Vols to ever receive glad to be part of a all-conference accolades four great team again with times. The Vols’ duo went 8great coaches. Now 1 in SEC regular-season play we’re looking forward and also picked up a pair of to the rest of the seawins in the SEC son.”

Championships.

Four Vols earned Williams was the SEC first-team All-SEC honFreshman of the Year last ors, twice as many firstseason, and lived up to the team selections than high billing again as a sophoany other school. Smith more. The Knoxville native was joined on the list finished 9-2 in both singles by senior Boris Conkic and doubles while playing and sophomores Rhyne primarily at the No. 2 posiWilliams and Tennys tions. He took over the No. 1 Sandgren. national singles ranking from With the postseason Smith in January and conference honors February after winning the decided, the fourthsingles title at the USTA/ITA ranked Vols (21-4, 10-1 National Intercollegiate SEC) with find out Indoor Championships.

He is their seeding for the currently ranked fifth nationNCAA Championships ally. on May 3. The tournaLike Williams, Sandgren ment begins May 13 also earned All-SEC honors with the Vols likely to for the second time after host the first two going 10-1 at No. 3 singles, rounds. improving his career conferSmith’s career at ence record to 20-1. In his Tennessee has been first season in the doubles nothing short of hisGeorge Richardson • The Daily Beacon lineup, he teamed up with toric in terms of wins John-Patrick Smith waits for the return against his Williams to go 9-2. and accolades with a Per Nilsson was named month to go. He shot in a match against Florida on April 10. Smith became the second con- has earned another SEC Player of the Year, making SEC Coach of the Year after leading Mississippi State to ference player to ever history with back-to-back honors. the SEC Western Division earn multiple SEC Player of the Year honors, sharing lot too,” Smith said. “On the road, title, and Mississippi State’s Malte that feat with John Isner, who won sometimes you just have to survive. Stropp was named Freshman of the the award at Georgia in 2006 and I was the one who was able to finish Year.

Tennessee did not regularly play 2007 and has been ranked as high as the matches a few times, against 18 in the world in singles on the Kentucky and Georgia and faced a freshman in the conference lineup, some match points. I hope those and therefore no Vols were eligible ATP Tour.

The Vols played 6 of 11 SEC kinds of matches can prepare the for the SEC All-Freshman Team.

Staff Reports

Matt Dixon Sports Editor It’s a chant that’s often heard during the final minutes of an SEC school’s victory over an opponent from another conference.

It’s a chant that shows the passion — and to an extent the arrogance — some fans of the 12 SEC schools have.

“SEC! SEC! SEC!” Now, that same pride needs to rise to the occasion once again, much like SEC teams’ play in the national championship game.

The events that took place throughout the South this week are devastating.

The full extent of damages from these tornados, winds, hail and heavy rains won't be known for quite some time.

But when they are, they won’t be very good.

Watching the tornado slowly make its way to Tuscaloosa, Ala., is one of the many images I will take away from Wednesday.

The city, home of the University of Alabama, took a direct hit from a tornado spawned by one of yesterday’s storms’ many supercells.

Luckily, the tornado didn’t actually hit the school’s campus, but watching the video of it passing just south of the Crimson Tide’s Bryant-Denny Stadium was surreal, seemingly straight out of a natural-disaster movie.

The pictures and videos that soon followed on Twitter and various news outlets were heartbreaking.

But it didn’t just happen to Tuscaloosa, or even just the state of Alabama.

It happened all over the southeast.

Buildings, whole street blocks and small towns were leveled.

Hundreds of people were killed.

Many more were injured.

And the lives of a region changed.

This is a time for Southerners to rally around each other — putting school alliances aside. And it’s already started.

GVX247.com senior writer and former Daily Beacon Sports Editor Wes Rucker tweeted late Thursday night: “God bless those who are helping neighbors in the South tonight. Southerners are proud and stubborn and tough, and we’ll get through this.”

True words. Very well spoken (or tweeted).

While not everyone in the South claims football as a religion, the unique way the SEC brings fans together through sports is a bond that can be utilized now.

Whether it’s donating time or money, or even just giving a friend a ride because their car was damaged, we all can help in some way.

It’s the “Southern” thing to do.

And if we do, we can make an impact far greater than the one mother nature gave us this week.

Last column of the year As you’ve hopefully already read in today’s Beacon, this year’s staff wrote farewell columns.

I was supposed to write a column wrapping up my first year at the Beacon. (I’m not graduating till next year, I redshirted early during my college career).

I felt led to write about a much more important topic.

But this year of covering and pretending to know more than I do about Tennessee athletics, as well as various other sports topics, has been a fun experience.

Headlining and night editing were awful but were made worthwhile by the people I got the opportunity to work with the past two semesters, many of whom are moving on from the student paper.

Kudos to all you guys and gals.

You all have provided many hilarious, horrible and hideous memories.

--Matt Dixon is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at mdixon3@utk.edu. He can be followed on Twitter at @MattDixon3.

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matches on the road this season, and Smith clinched three of those matches. He faced six match points on his way to beating Eric Quigley 6-7 (1), 7-6 (15), 6-4 to secure a 4-2 win indoors at Kentucky, and a few weeks later, he defeated Marcel Thiemann 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 and clinched a victory at Mississippi.

In the regular-season finale at Georgia, Smith defeated Wil Spencer 7-5, 6-3 to secure a share of the conference title with the Bulldogs.

“We had a lot of close matches this year, and we were on the road a

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