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UT to implement new student loan system Alyce Howell Staff Writer

Cleveland police say boy, 8, tied to coffee table CLEVELAND — Police say an 8-year-old boy has been found hog-tied with duct tape and tied to a coffee table in a Cleveland home as his mother slept. They've removed nine children from the home.

Officers received a call before dawn Thursday from a 15-year-old boy, who said his mother makes his sister tie his brother up every night or she gets beaten.

They say they found the younger boy on the floor with his hands and feet bound behind his back with tape and a shoelace around his neck.

They say his feet were tied to the table.

Police say the boy's discolored hands indicate he may have been tied up for some time.

The mother and a man were asleep. They were taken into custody. No charges have been filed.

The children have been placed in county custody.

The student loan process will undergo some changes this year following modifications to the way the federal government distributes those loans. Instead of students going to a bank to receive a loan, they will get their loans straight from the federal government.

There are a few adjustments current students who have been receiving loans will have to make as the new system goes into effect this summer.

“The process is the same, except that the students can’t pick the lender,” Jeff Gerkin, assistant dean and director of Financial Aid and Scholarships, said.

Students currently receiving federally backed student loans must complete a new master promissory note, known as an MPN, by mid-tolate summer for summer term and by June or July for fall term.

Current students with existing federally backed loans managed by banks will have the option to consolidate their loans into the direct loan program.

New loan recipients, including freshmen and transfer students, will now complete forms directly from the Department of Education to

receive their loans.

Students requesting additional money for college expenses will have to be determined eligible by the federal office.

“The changes are mostly from behind the scenes that really won’t affect the student except when it comes time to pay the loans

back,” Gerkin said.

Designated loan servers will handle the payback procedures. The current students who have an existing loan with another lender, such as a bank, will still issue payback to that private lender. If they wish to take out another loan, it will be from the government, and then they will later have to repay two separate loans to two

separate lenders.

However, there is a choice for students who are uncomfortable with having two lenders.

They may consolidate their previous loan with their current one through the government, eliminating the private lender.

“Students want to be careful if they do decide to consolidate their loans because if they do, they could end up giving up any benefits that their previous lender provided,” Gerkin said.

Students interested in consolidating their loans should contact their previous lender to see what benefits they are getting and then compare it to what is offered by the federal government, Gerkin suggested.

Gerkin said financial aid office staff are available to walk students through the process.

However, students must decide if they want to consolidate their loans within the next year, or those loans will automatically remain with the private lender.

“I think the process might be fairer and more need-based,” Brittany Mitchell, junior in animal science, said.

Mitchell said the new information on student loan consolidation had not yet effectively been delivered to students.

Graduating seniors look forward to commencement, future plans

Bubble-blowers take aim at Guinness Book record MARGATE, N.J. — People all over the world Thursday tried to break into the Guinness World Records book for the most people simultaneously blowing bubbles at multiple locations.

It will be several weeks before organizers know if they surpassed the 34,529 who set the record across England in 2007.

But the publicity will help raise money for autism.

The idea started in Ventnor, N.J. Isabelle Mosca said blowing bubbles was a way for her 11-year-old autistic son Kyle to share an activity with his classmates.

In New Jersey, people blew bubbles at schools, Atlantic City casinos, shopping malls and gyms. Participation was expected to be strong in Louisiana after a local country singer publicized the event online.

And participants signed up as far away as Australia once the event went viral on Facebook.

La. gov declares state of emergency, oil could reach shore Thursday NEW ORLEANS — The edge of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was expected to reach the Mississippi River delta by Thursday night and a new technique to break up the oil a mile underwater could be tried, officials said.

As of this morning, part of the slick was about 3 miles from the Louisiana shore, said National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration spokesman Charles Henry said. It's too late to stop some of the spill from reaching the coast, but BP PLC said it might attempt to break up some of the oil spewing from a blown-out a mile under water.

— The Associated Press

Rob Davis Staff Writer

Census staff to collect missing data Kyle Turner Staff Writer With the deadline come and gone for U.S. census data to be collected by mail, census takers will begin canvassing neighborhoods to fill in informational gaps.

Starting May 1, census takers will visit residences that have not turned in their census data distributed by mail over the past months.

The Fort Sanders neighborhood will be the first area on the list, said Marty Coffman, local census office manager for Knoxville and surrounding counties.

“Our biggest concern is that UT is getting ready to end their semester, and while most students who live on campus have been counted for, our biggest concern still remains the apartments and non-campus residences,” Coffman said.

The local census office has strategically chosen Fort Sanders due to the high probability that many students will be leaving for the summer and would make it hard to account residents accurately.

In an effort to collect data before it is too late, the census office has hired 1,350 employees for the purposes of canvassing neighborhoods to collect data on unreturned census forms.

Coffman said for every unreturned census form and the cost of a first-class postage stamp, the federal government is having to spend approximately $57-$60 for each house visit.

“We had only asked for one resident to complete the form for the entire household, which would have taken no more than 10 minutes,” Coffman said. “However, accurate data is important for so many reasons, and that is why we are dispatching census takers on foot.”

Under federal law, a national census is mandated every 10 years for the purposes of congressional reapportionment, as well as federal funds distribution.

“The most important things that come from the census involve redistributing the 435 congressional seats as well as over $400 billion dollars in federal funds that prove so important to local communities and states as a whole,” Coffman said.

The community of students that attend UT make up a large portion of the public and must be accounted for when distributing money for roads, health care and education, among other public services.

Some students who failed to complete the census form did not realize its impact or felt it didn’t apply to them.

“I was under the impression that my parents were the one that counted me on the census and didn’t think that the one up here applied until I was told too late,” Michael Duke, undecided sophomore, said.

Coffman said the census should be filled out by individuals who spend most of their year in one place, which includes temporary, college residences.

“I didn’t realize the huge impact it had on Knoxville. I will definitely be at home when the census takers come and cooperate fully,” Duke, who is interested in pursuing a political science degree, said.

The local census office has commended UT for the work that has been completed by those living on campus.

Resident assistants distributed and collected the census data from residents, ensuring that students living on campus were accounted for before the end of term.

Jessica Sanders is a senior who has made the most of her time at the university, and on May 14, she will graduate with a degree in sociology from the College of Arts and Sciences.

Next year, Sanders will attend Louisiana State University to seek a master’s degree in higher education administration/student affairs, “My ultimate goal is to work with orientation or leadership programs in a large Southeastern Conference school,” Sanders said. “I love the environment and how there is so much to do. Working as an orientation leader made me realize I wanted to stay on campus and go to graduate school to continue this sort of work.”

She said her involvement at UT has helped her succeed.

“I think part of the preparation for my success is me taking advantage of getting involved,” she said. “I still visit some of my past professors because I made such a connection with them. I think UT prepared me really well. I feel like I went to the best school in Tennessee.”

Volapalooza, which features Asher Roth, Flogging Molly and Passion Pit, kicks off commencement week for students like Sanders on Friday.

Before the concert, a “Senior Hour” will take place for all graduating seniors. The event includes free food and drinks for seniors and will take place from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The commencement ceremonies begin on May 8 with the College of Veterinary Medicine. Ceremonies continue May 12-14. The final day of ceremonies begins at 8:30 a.m. with the College of Arts and Sciences and concludes with the College of Architecture and Design at 6:30 p.m.

“Usually the ceremonies last one hour, and all students are recognized, walk across the stage and shake hands with their dean,” Monique Anderson, associate dean of students and university registrar, said.

The keynote speaker will be Al Gore, former vice president of the United States and senator from Tennessee. Gore will be presented with an honorary degree and give a speech during the ceremony for the College of Arts and Sciences. The former vice president will become only one of three people to receive an honorary degree from the university. The other two recipients have been Dolly Parton and Howard H. Baker Jr. When the students walk across the stage and are acknowledged, they do not actually receive their diploma on stage.

“All diplomas are mailed to students once grades are posted to transcripts and students are cleared to graduate,” Anderson said. “The diplomas are a large size that are attractive for framing. The university seal and signature of the president are on the diploma.”

In coordination with commencement, the Black Cultural Center sponsored a multi-cultural graduation celebration on April 24.

For Sanders, commencement is bittersweet.

“I’m excited to be entering the next phase of my life in graduate school,” she said. “However, I am sad to leave the university behind.”

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Friday, April 30 —

• The final day of classes for the spring semester.

• 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. Suzanne Lenhart, professor of mathematics, speaks on “The Power of Optimal Control: From Confining Rabies to Improving CPR” in dining rooms C-D of the Thompson-Boling Arena. This week’s Science Forum is free and open to the public.

• 3:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. Brian Beckage of the University of Vermont speaks on “Fires, feedbacks and the dynamics of ecological communities” in room 307 in the Science and Engineering Building. This NIMBioS/EEB Interdisciplinary Seminar is free and open to the public.

• 7 p.m. Volapalooza, featuring Passion Pit, Flogging Molly and Asher Roth, takes place in World’s Fair Park. The concert is sponsored by the CPC Campus Entertainment Board, the Student Government Association and the CPC Cultural Attractions Committee. With a valid UT ID, students attend for free; tickets are $15 for UT faculty, staff and the general public. Doors open at 6 p.m.

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Construction is underway on the new amphitheater on campus. It is a part of the Neyland Stadium construction, located beside of the Alumni Memorial Building.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY • 1789 — In New York City, George Washington, the great military leader of the American Revolution, is inaugurated as the first president of the United States. In February 1789, all 69 presidential electors unanimously chose Washington to be the first U.S. president. In March, the new U.S. constitution officially took effect, and in April Congress formally sent word to Washington that he had won the presidency. He borrowed money to pay off his debts in Virginia and traveled to New York. On April 30, he came across the Hudson River in a specially built and decorated barge. The inaugural ceremony was performed on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street, and a large crowd cheered after he took the oath of office. The president then retired indoors to read Congress his inaugural address, a quiet speech in which he spoke of the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people. The evening celebration was opened and closed by 13 skyrockets and 13 cannons.

• 1927 — The Federal Industrial Institution for Women, the first women’s federal prison, opens in Alderson, W.Va. All women serving federal sentences of more than a year were to be brought here. Run by Mary B. Harris, the prison’s buildings, each named after social reformers, sat atop 500 acres. One judge described the prison as a “fashionable boarding school.” In some respects the judge was correct; the overriding purpose of the prison was to reform the inmates, not punish them. The prisoners farmed the land and performed office work in order to learn how to type and file. They also cooked and canned vegetables and fruits. Other women’s prisons had similar ideals.

At Bedford Hills in New York, there were no fences, and the inmates lived in cottages equipped with their own kitchen and garden. The prisoners were even given singing lessons. Reform efforts had a good chance for success since the women sent to these prisons were far from hardened criminals. At the

Federal Industrial Institute, the vast majority of the women were imprisoned for drug and alcohol charges imposed during the Prohibition era.

• 1945 — Holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler’s dreams of a “1,000-year” Reich. Since at least 1943, it was becoming increasingly clear that Germany would fold under the pressure of the Allied forces. In February of that year, the German 6th Army, lured deep into the Soviet Union, was annihilated at the Battle of Stalingrad, and German hopes for a sustained offensive on both fronts evaporated. Then, in June 1944, the Western Allied armies landed at Normandy, France, and began systematically to push the Germans back toward Berlin. By July 1944, several German military commanders acknowledged their imminent defeat and plotted to remove Hitler from power so as to negotiate a more favorable peace. Their attempts to assassinate Hitler failed, however, and in his reprisals, Hitler executed over 4,000 fellow countrymen. In January 1945, facing a siege of Berlin by the Soviets, Hitler withdrew to his bunker to live out his final days. Located 55 feet under the chancellery, the shelter contained 18 rooms and was fully self-sufficient, with its own water and electrical supply. Though he was growing increasingly mad, Hitler continued to give orders and meet with such close subordinates as Hermann Goering, Heinrich Himmler and Josef Goebbels. He also married his long-time mistress Eva Braun just two days before his suicide.

— Courtesy of History.com

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Energy panel educates on green possibilities Alyce Howell Staff Writer The rising opportunity for alternative energy and green jobs in the Appalachian region was discussed at UT on Wednesday at an energy panel titled “Alternative Energy and the Future of Green Jobs.”

Kim Jensen, UT professor of agricultural economics, talked about the potential of the Appalachian area to support different types of energy sources and provide more jobs for local families.

“The energy sources that are considered ‘green’ that could be generated for electricity are solar, wind, biofuels (ethanol), landfill gases and dairy methane,” Jensen said.

Coal facilities make up for 26 percent of energy generation in Tennessee. Solar energy is used more in the western U.S., and wind is used more in the Midwest.

The Appalachian region is suited for biomass production — the growth of wood and switchgrass — which can be converted into ethanol for energy production, Jensen said.

This developing industry requires a

mixture of technologies and training that could provide jobs in the region.

While ethanol is traditionally associated as a byproduct of corn, the Appalachian region grows more switchgrass.

“The reason for this is because, unlike corn, it is a native plant and doesn’t compete with food sources,” Jensen said. “It also doesn’t need a lot of input (or nutrients) to make it grow. However, it is a bulky product and could not be shipped very far.”

Gil Hough, Tennessee director of renewable programs for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, discussed solar and wind powers, citing Knoxville as one of the few southern cities to be a part of Solar America Cities, an organization that teaches code inspectors what to look for in building Green Energy designs.

Wind energy use is increasing and may reach 20 percent by 2030, with 46 states capturing wind as a renewable energy source. Jobs in wind energy are thought to raise 20 percent in the next 20 years and bring in more than $1 billion of state energy savings.

OIT to update e-mail, registration Staff Reports The Office of Information Technology launched a customer satisfaction survey on Feb. 9 with the purpose of gathering input on user satisfaction with the IT services OIT provides and to collect ideas for improvement.

A total of 3,287 surveys were completed. A summary of the survey results and all comments is available at OIT’s website, http://oit.utk.edu/2010survey.

Three areas that received the lowest overall satisfaction ratings were Tmail and Exchange, UT Web search engine and online class registration. OIT is diligently working to improve all three of these areas.

Student e-mail will be outsourced to both Microsoft and Google. Beginning June 7,

users will be able to request migration to Microsoft’s Live@edu. With this move, users will receive a 10 GB email mailbox, compared to the current Tmail 100 MB mailbox for undergraduates and the 250 MB mailbox for graduate students. Users will also receive a 25 GB “skydrive,” which is a file storage area. Students who move to Microsoft will still retain their utk.edu domain.

Plans to implement Google Mail are still being finalized.

OIT is working with the Office of Communications and Marketing to implement Google as UT-Knoxville’s primary search engine. In May, OIT will implement Google’s custom search on the utk.edu website. This free service will bring the power of Google search, but with certain Google-imposed limitations.

Later in the summer, OIT

will implement the Google search appliance. This will remove the limitations and will bring the full power of Google search to UT-Knoxville, while also enabling OIT to ensure that new pages are indexed in a more timely manner.

Banner Online Services will replace Circle Park Online, starting with registration for Spring 2011. It will provide 24/7 service and will be integrated with the portal to allow single sign-on to Banner, Online@UT and DARS Web. Users requested the portal via the SGA and the Technology Fee Appropriations Board.

This piece is just a part of an overall UT system initiative to standardize student information systems on a mainstream commercial product and move away from our in-house developed systems.

“The result of how many green jobs this would create for us have not been estimated yet,” Hough said.

However, Hough did list successful manufacturers of energy-efficient products located in Tennessee, such as Sharp, Hemlock and Wacker.

J.P. Plumlee, Tennessee biodiesel director for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, discussed clean energy biofuels.

Specifically, the local use of “yellow grease” leftover from fryer oil that can be used to run vehicles. In the area, 70 restaurant locations donate or sell fryer oil that is then converted into usable fuel.

Plumlee said the alternative biofuel was introduced about three years ago, thanks to student green funds and involvement.

“The students were key figures in getting this information and doing the research,” Plumlee said.

The estimated amount of fuel produced would be enough to run a public transportation sector like Knoxville Area Transit.

Attending the program was Aleah Fleming, freshman in sociology, who heard about the program from her sociology teacher.

“She got me interested in green energy, and she is really passionate, so it makes you want to see what it is all about,” Fleming said. “I thought the program was really informative, especially Hough’s presentation. The jobs that will open up will be great for the unemployment.”

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Criticism of Gore’s climate stance stems from politics, denial Recently, citizens have written the News-Sentinel to express their opposition to the university’s decision to award an honorary degree to former Vice President Al Gore.

Apparently, the opposition stems primarily from Gore’s public statements about anthropogenic global climate change. We, the undersigned, write in particular response to objections based on Gore’s conviction that climate changes have already occurred.

The scientific evidence for anthropogenic global climate change may not be unequivocal, but few independent climate scientists doubt that climate changes are evident and caused by humans. The 2007 report issued by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that the planet is warming and that humans are to blame for it. The observed increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases since the preindustrial era has most likely committed the world to a warming of 2.4 degrees Celsius. Mitigation efforts only limit further additions to the existing warming trend. Disturbingly, many experts now conclude that the IPCC report most likely underestimates the extent of already noticeable changes in weather patterns.

So, why the criticism of Gore? In our view, as sociologists, the so-called “climate skeptics” misleadingly assert that short-term weather events disprove climate change, misconstrue the importance of scientific (un)certainty about climate change and are unaware of the economic interests supporting a denial mantra in the media and politics.

It is not uncommon for humans to deny impending dangers, and we can always perceive evidence that there’s nothing new under the sun. After a series of blizzards paralyzed the East Coast in January and February, many people responded with: “Global warming? With all this snow?” While it is comforting to focus on the short term weather patterns, such conclusions are unwarranted and dangerous. Climate is, by definition, a measure of decades and centuries — no single episode of severe weather can be attributed to global climate trends. Moreover, climate scientists find that a warming planet is consistent with the production of more frequent and intense weather events — cold or warm.

It is an unfortunate public perception (demonstrated in recent Gallup poll data) that the public is more likely than previously to believe that scientists themselves are uncertain about the existence of anthropogenic climate change. Popular perceptions of science are that science is all about certainty and unambiguous knowledge. However, the best science can do is create consensus, not eliminate uncertainty. Science’s core is not a body of well-ordered facts and findings with clear meanings but, rather, an institutionalized skepticism and tolerance of uncertainty. So, no, there is not absolute certainty about climate change just as there is not absolute certainty about any scientific “fact.” However, there is widespread consensus, and the real debates that remain among climate scientists are over the rate of warming, the sequence of its impacts and the best ways to mitigate it.

Debate over whether humans are contributing to global climate change occurs only in the political realm. Despite consistent expressions by IPCC and others of the science of climate change, a March 2010 Gallup poll showed that the public as a whole is less worried about the threat of global warming than indicated in previous polls. This shift is most evident, however, among political conservatives, while the views of political liberals have not changed in recent years. Given this politicization, it is critical to trace who benefits from ignoring the potential danger and avoiding changes that would mitigate climate change’s effects. Corporations that profit from fossil fuel use are the primary beneficiaries — and supporters — of denial. Freemarket think tanks such as the Atlas Economic Research Foundation in the United States and the International Policy Network in Great Britain have received grants totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the oil giant ExxonMobil. Both organizations have funded international seminars pulling together climate change deniers from across the globe.

Al Gore won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the IPCC. He demonstrated substantial courage in his unceasing efforts to bring the truth — the “inconvenient truth” — about anthropogenic global climate change to the public in easily understandable language.

We, the undersigned, praise the University of Tennessee leaders for their political courage in awarding him an honorary degree and supporting increased public awareness of climate change.

Sherry Cable, Paul K. Gellert, Damayanti Banerjee, R. Scott Frey, Stephanie Bohon, Hoan Bui, Harry Dahms, Ben Feldmeyer, Asafa Jalata, Judy Morelock, Lois Presser and Jon Shefner Sociology faculty members

THE DAILY BACON • Blake Treadway

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Student experience reveals insights into UT I thou ght y ou h a d c la s s ! by

Gabe Johnson During my stint at UT, I have learned several valuable lessons. Most of these I kept to myself; however, recently I have decided to retire as a columnist for The Daily Beacon and collect the lucrative pension all former columnists receive.

(Here’s a fun fact: Did you know a former columnist draws the same paycheck from UT that a current one does?) Since I have decided to retreat from the glamour of public life to live “normally” amongst you plebeians, I see no reason to keep this information to myself. Read diligently because this could perhaps be the most intellectually stimulating and eye-opening column you have ever read. Ever.

Firstly, we were lied to at orientation. I cannot remember the last time I walked by The Rock to check campus news (which my orientation leader said everyone does daily). Does anyone besides fraternities and band members even paint The Rock? Furthermore, I was very disappointed on the first day of classes as a freshman because no one yelled, “Big Orange Country!” at me (like I was guaranteed would happen regularly). All I have wanted for the past four years was to scream “Go Vols!” at the top of my lungs like a moron.

Please give me the chance if you see me.

The oddest characteristic about UT is perhaps a symptom of our over-protected generation.

Despite being legal adults, UT students are babies.

They cry when our sports teams lose and throw a tantrum when a mediocre coach leaves for a better school, and most importantly, no one on this campus can take criticism. Criticize a basketball player and the others threaten to no longer offer interviews. Criticize the band and you get angry emails from their parents about how ashamed you should be. Minority groups, members of the military and student organizations are just a few examples of groups that are criticized and then yell “not fair” in response. They are by no means alone; they are only the most recent examples.

Groups like UT Dining and SGA, however, have

consistently taken the criticisms to heart, and both organizations continue to improve. Others should do the same.

On a happier note, I learned UT students are cleverer than governors and even vice presidential candidates. It is a testament to this campus when an economics major (not a computer science major) at UT (not an Ivy League school, MIT or even a better SEC school like Florida) can hack into a government official’s e-mail with little effort.

Either UT students are smarter than average, or this particular official is sufficiently dumber than average.

Also despite UT’s attempts to be a “beacon shining bright,” this campus is plagued by backward ideas and opinions. Our treatment of opposing teams and fans at sporting events, the backwardness (and ineffectiveness) of our “dry campus” status and students’ treatment of donated works of art are just a few examples of this. The most shocking instance, however, is clearly the throwing of bananas at visiting prospective African-American students and the calling of homosexual students “fags.” This is embarrassing and unacceptable. The fact this still occurs (and on a college campus no less) is a reminder of the South’s dark past, a past we should be actively trying to shed.

Finally, the most important advice I could possibly give: Do not write editorials for The Beacon. Yes, you get to impose, weekly, your opinions onto the helpless student body, and yes, it is a lot of fun while still being very educational.

Despite this, if you write for the paper you will learn all of your opinions are incorrect. You will realize that you are unfunny, a poor writer and perhaps the dumbest person on Earth. Also, in your picture you will have a goofy smile, and you will look fat. Is this how you want to be remembered?

Alas, my reign of terror is over. The iron fist I have used to rule this campus for over a year has finally corroded. Though I will miss writing for the paper, I can take solace knowing I am likely the first and last columnist who consistently tried to sneak professional wrestling references into a university-supported paper. This whole experience has been “too sweet”!

— Gabe Johnson is a senior in political science and history. He can be reached at gjohns13@utk.edu.

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This generation of children is the first in history expected to live shorter lives than their parents.

No, it’s not because the 2012 Armageddon is going to wipe us all off the face of the earth. It’s not because of global warming or nuclear annihilation. It’s because, for the most part, children are not being set up to live healthy lives.

I don’t know if you’ve noticed yet, but little kids are getting fat. And I’m not talking about cute little baby fat. I’m talking serious problem fat.

But it’s not really their fault. After all — they’re kids. We can’t expect them to know automatically how to diet and exercise properly.

In fact, childhood obesity can be blamed solely on the older generations.

A couple months ago, a show called “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” aired on ABC. Jamie Oliver is a famous British chef who helped revolutionize the school lunch program in the United Kingdom. Now, he’s come to help us do the same thing.

But we’re all stuck in our ways. We don’t want to cook fresh, healthy food when there’s a McDonald’s right next door. We don’t want to slave away in the kitchen to prepare food for our kids in school when we can just buy cheap boxes of processed crap for them to stuff in their little faces.

This is a problem, guys. When Jamie visited an elementary school in Huntington, W.Va., he discovered the students eating pizza with a side of cereal soaked in chocolate and strawberry milk — for breakfast. For lunch? Chicken nuggets and french fries.

All of these foods are processed. They’re delivered frozen in bulk in giant boxes to the schools. They’re high in fat, high in calories, high in sodium and have little to no nutritional value.

Jamie is trying to convince the government that there needs to be higher standards for food

in schools, and, frankly, I couldn’t agree more. It’s not too much to ask that these schools order real, fresh food with proper nutrients to feed to these kids.

America is the most obese country in the world. A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 17 percent of adolescents aged 2 to 19 years were obese in 2009. Not overweight, guys — obese.

The same study found that 80 percent of overweight children aged 10 to 15 years became obese by age 25.

And it’s up to parents and other responsible adults to fix this. If you give a kid the choice between a hamburger and french fries or a healthy chicken and veggie stir-fry, he’s probably going to choose the former. And that’s why this problem started in the first place.

Parents need to get involved with their kids in the kitchen. They can teach them how to make healthy meals and make cooking fun. When I was younger, my parents served me vegetables with meals. There was never a choice. Now, vegetables are still a huge part of my diet. My point? Your kids (or the kids you babysit, or whatever) might claim they only like chicken fingers and macaroni and cheese. But as the adult, it’s your job not to give into their stubbornness.

So why should you — a carefree college student — give a flying fig about what snotty nosed little kids are eating? Because, in a few years, you might have a rug rat of your own.

Because good citizens don’t like it when their fellow countrymen are keeling over from heart attacks at age 30. And because kids aren’t the only ones susceptible to health problems from poor nutrition — you are equally at risk.

You can start solving this problem right now.

Go to JamieOliver.com and sign his petition for better food in schools. If there are little kids in your life, work on making healthy changes to their eating habits. And make sure that your own diet isn’t leading you toward a premature death.

Because in the words of my fellow Hoosier, John Mellencamp: “Dying to me don’t sound like all that much fun.”

— Amber Harding is a junior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at ahardin8@utk.edu.

Friday, April 30, 2010

The Daily Beacon • 5

STUDENTLIFE UC stays open late

The UC will remain open late during exam days this year. The night before the first exam day, the UC, including Starbucks, the snack shop and the computer lab, will be open all night.

During remaining exam days, the UC will stay open until 1 a.m.

Two UT students win Fulbright grants

Special hour set aside for graduating seniors Graduating seniors at UT are being encouraged to show up early for Volapalooza: The Kickoff to Commencement on Friday for “Senior Hour” to take advantage of free food, drinks and giveaways to celebrate their accomplishments.

“Senior Hour” begins at 5 p.m. at World’s Fair Park. Seniors will need to show their UT ID for free admission.

Volapalooza begins at 6 p.m. and will feature musical act Passion Pit with special guest star Flogging Molly and opening act Asher Roth. The concert event is free to all UT students with a UT ID. General admission tickets are available through Knoxville Tickets Unlimited for $15 at http://knoxvilletickets.com.

For more information on Volapalooza, visit http://www.utk.edu/volapalooza.

Two UT students have received Fulbright grants for the 2010-2011 academic year. Jordan Kuck, a doctoral student in history, will be conducting research in Latvia, while Alex Tullock, a graduating senior in Russian, will go to the country for an English teaching assistantship.

Kuck, of Bertrand, Neb., is researching the 20th century Latvian dictator Karlis Ulmanis for his dissertation. His Fulbright grant will enable him to spend nine months in Latvia where he will have access to historical archives. Kuck plans to return to UT after his experience to teach and complete his Ph.D. Tullock, of Riceville, Tenn., will graduate next month with a Bachelor of Arts in Russian.

During his Fulbright year, he will teach English language classes and serve as an advisor to Russian teachers of English, experiences Tullock anticipates will help him with his future plans of teaching at the university level.

Each year, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides full grants for graduate study or research and English teaching assistantships to approximately 1,500 U.S. students and operates in over 140 countries worldwide.

The grants are sponsored by the Department of State and named for the late Senator J. William Fulbright. Applications for next year’s Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition become available on May 1, 2010. UT students must have their completed applications submitted by Sept. 15, 2010.

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THE TOMATO HEAD KNOXVILLE Now hiring dish and food running positions. Full and part-time available, no experience necessary. Apply in person at 12 Market Square or apply online at thetomatohead.com.

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Friday, April 30, 2010

ENTERTAINMENT

Bush discusses wreck, faith in new book The Associated Press DALLAS — Former first lady Laura Bush said in her new book that she lost her faith for many years after her pleas to God to spare the life of a high school classmate whose car she hit were not answered.

Bush talks in detail for the first time publicly of the accident she was involved in as a 17-year-old in Midland, Texas, that killed her friend Mike Douglas. She said that she and a girlfriend were on their way to a drive-in theater on Nov. 6, 1963, when she ran a stop sign and hit Douglas’ car.

The memoir, “Spoken from the Heart,” is set for release next week. A copy of the 456page book was obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Bush said that in the emergency room after the accident, she could hear Douglas’ mother sobbing on the other side of a curtain. Guilt over the accident consumed her for years, and she regretted not visiting Douglas’ parents following the accident.

Bush said in the book that when she became a mother, she began to fully understand what his parents had gone

through. She said that after a high school classmate of her twin daughters committed suicide, she insisted that they visit the friend’s parents.

In her book, the former first lady also talks about everything from her childhood to meeting George W. Bush — the man she fell in love with for his humor and steadfastness — to her time as first lady.

She also dispels rumors that she ever considered leaving her husband over his drinking, saying she never told him it was “Jim Beam or me.” She said that while his drinking was indeed a problem at one point, they loved each other and never considered divorce.

But she said he was “a bore” when he drank too much, and she felt he could be a “better man.”

She said her husband would drink bourbon before dinner, beer during and B&B after, a combination she called “lethal” but “completely accepted” by their social circle.

The man who went on to serve two terms as president quit drinking in 1986 at the age of 40. She said his decision came as a result of a growing religious faith, being

a husband and a father and recognizing that “failures are best met head-on, cleareyed.”

The former first lady also talks about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, saying she was shocked that the communications system had made it difficult for her to speak to her husband. He tried to call from Air Force One and couldn’t get through. She had to call him and only succeeded on the second try. Watching the news on TV, she felt a “mourning like I had never known.”

Bush defends her husband’s decision to invade Iraq and was surprised when intelligence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction proved to be wrong. She said that in hopes of resolving the crisis, her husband had contacted Saddam through France and Russia and was hoping for a “last-minute breakthrough.”

She also said that while she always cared about her appearance, she wasn’t one to follow the trends, explaining “I have been wearing the same suits, sweaters and slacks for years.” “East Coast elegance,” she said, was impossible for “sweater-set girls in Midland.”

Friday, April 30, 2010

ENTERTAINMENT

The Daily Beacon • 7

Goo Goo Dolls walk line between art, pop Jake Lane Entertainment Editor The rise to fame sometimes has the unfortunate side effect of causing artistic merit, and indeed personal integrity, to be obscured by clouds of currency and buzz. To dodge the bullet and still keep making the Hit Parade is far less common.

For Goo Goo Dolls bassist Robby Takac, this career path has made all the difference in setting his group apart from their peers in the pop rock ‘n’ roll field.

“Radio trends form your band sometimes,” Takac said. “We have been in sort of a bubble for a while. A lot of the music we listen to doesn’t sound like what we make. I feel like this kind of music is custom made for us.”

While their sound may fit like a velvet glove, the Goo Goo Dolls’ long-standing run of hit records and singles, stretching back to their 1995 breakthrough “Name,” sometimes overshadows a history much longer and varied.

From their Replacements-clone early days as Sex Maggot and subsequent name change to stand more of a chance landing a record deal, the band has rolled forward and evolved in the spirit of constant experimentation while managing to develop a cohesive sound that has translated into multi-platinum sales and soldout tours across the world.

This summer the band is set to deliver its ninth studio album, “Something For the Rest of Us,” which Takac said has a number of auditory curveballs that will keep listeners on their toes but always pleased.

“We have one song with a Motown kind of groove, like the Temptations,” Takac said. “We’ve been opening with ‘The Sweetest Lie’ (from “Something ”).

It’s really satisfying to give the crowd something they might not know. With the new song, a lot of people know the words and sing along from seeing them on YouTube and the Internet.”

Though the band’s string of successes has put them in a spot rife with pigeonholing, Takac said they don’t put too much thought into critical response when

working on new material.

“I have a stack of reviews at home that goes back to 1986,” Takac said, “that say the new album sounds the same as the last, but that’s never the case. Becoming the band you need to become means you gotta put that shit out of your head, so you can make that record you need to make.”

In the course of recording “Something For the Rest of Us,” the band decided that more work needed to be done.

Though they expected it to release in January, when finishing the record, they found themselves “ knee deep in the songs again.”

“We had a rough release date, and we thought it was going to come out,” Takac said. “We had some down time and opened some sessions, and we ended up recording a song with Butch Vig.” Though several producers lended their touch to the boards while recording, Tim Palmer (Robert Plant, the Cure) primarily helmed the majority of the record. Takac said Palmer’s nonintrusive style helped produce a sound that is truer to their live sound than other records.

“When a producers works with us, they have a sort of singular vision of how we’re going to sound, and when they realize that’s not the case, they spend a lot of time playing catch up,” Takac said.

“Tim’s more like ‘let’s hunker down and make a record.’”

As their repertoire has expanded, so have the band’s set.

“There are some songs we’ve got to play, or else I think some people would jump on stage and kill us,” Takac said with a laugh. “And there are songs we love to play. This is the first time in the history of our band that we’re not staying up until seven in the morning.

“Not trying to live like Motley Crue makes for a better rock band, because the party short sells the crowd. Sometimes there are too many war wounds.”

The Goo Goo Dolls will play the Tennessee Theatre May 4. Tickets are sold out, but there are most always scalpers about who would love to cut you a deal.

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FINALFAREWELL Devyn Downey Advertising Rep I’ve always thought of UT as my own little “bubble,” my escape from the reality and the outside world. What other time in your life can you sleep in late and party during the week with your friends who all live within a half-mile radius of you?

It seems like just yesterday I was moving to a campus where I didn’t know anyone and was so nervous for what lie ahead.

Now, four years later, I look at how far I have come and what I have learned throughout my time at UT. I have met so many amazing friends (shoutout to my amazing roommates CD & CLaw) and developed great relationships with my professors, which I never thought could happen at a school of this size.

My time at The Daily Beacon has prepared me professionally for anything, and I am so thankful for this opportunity.

Not only did it allow me to discover a new career interest to pursue in the “real world,” but I have made some lasting relationships with the people in this office.

Karen and Lynne, thank you for making the office a home

Friday, April 30, 2010 away from home and a family that I can share everything with (sometimes probably T.M.I.!).

As for all you crazy ad reps …

Lynette, you are always so level-headed and responsible.

Where would I be without your words of wisdom about silly boys?

Ally, I’m going to miss your crazy weekend stories the most!

Matt, thanks for always being there to drive me to classes a building away and attending client meetings with certain individuals.

And Scott, who knew our friendship at work would lead to one of the best Spring Breaks ever with all of our friends.

Lastly, for all of you Tin Roof groupies whom I’ve seen on the weekends … “Sorry for partying.”

It’s been a great four years. Now on to the next chapter in my life.

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FINALFAREWELL Lynette Williams Advertising Rep Usually when I tell people I work for The Daily Beacon, they ask if I write. This is the one time that I can say yes.

However, since I do Advertising Sales, this could be a little rough, but here it goes. Of my experiences at UT, The Beacon stands out the most. Having the opportunity to work with all the other ad reps and Beacon staff has truly been a rewarding experience.

To my ad reps: Scott — You always keep the office interesting, to say the least.

I guess you will just have to keep guessing why I am always laughing at you.

Ally — Good luck starting your dictatorship next year. I cannot think of a better manager to hold things down around here.

Devyn — DD, oh how I will miss your weekend stories and your ability to always want to go get a “drink.”

Matt — It has been an interesting two years, but you have taught me a lot. You will always give Tom Hanks in “Big” a run for his money.

Patrick — You have kept me sane working here. I cannot thank you enough for all the times you have helped me. Maybe one day you will figure out who took your hot dogs two years ago.

Geneva — I will miss coming back to production to watch YouTube videos with you. Nothing beats Nichole337.

Lynne and Karen — Thanks for being patient with me through my college years. It means so much to me that I always have your support.

In my final goodbye to UT, I owe it all to my parents and my friends who have always been there to push me through it. I could not have done it without you all!

And on to the next one ...

Matt Nielsen Advertising Manager After spending more time in the Advertising office than in class the last two years, there are so many things I could and maybe should say.

However I want to say what matters most and keep things simple.

I had a great two years here, and I want to thank everyone who I had an opportunity to meet and work with

while at the Beacon for making this a wonderful experience. I have learned some valuable lessons in both career pursuits and in life.

Special thanks to Jane, Karen and Lynne. The Beacon would not be what it is if it wasn’t for the three of you every year. You all provided me with some invaluable lessons in life, and I will always be gracious for that.

I have also had the opportunity to make some wonderful friends here, especially Ally, Devyn, Scott, Geneva, Patrick and Lynette. As much as I joke around with you all and pretend I don’t care, I really will miss each of you next year.

Each of you mean a lot to me. I wish you all luck in the future, and I know you all will go on and do incredible things in life.

I hope the new students that start here in the summer and fall will have as great of an experience as I have had. I end with one of my favorite quotes, a little bit modified for the occasion and said sincerely.

It’s been real. It’s been fun, and it has indeed been real fun.

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Jenny Bledsoe Opinions Editor So, here’s my “senior” goodbye. I’m not a senior, but this marks my final issue at The Daily Beacon.

Earlier this year, the parent of a prospective student told me that the junior year is the best year of college because it’s the last one in which you are completely focused within the campus space. After that, you’re looking ahead. Your sights are no longer set within the university community but, rather, beyond the place you’ve come to

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call home.

So, perhaps it’s appropriate that I write my goodbye column at this point in my college career.

During my tenure at The Beacon, my goal for this publication has been to highlight and explain issues of concern to students on this campus. I may be unusual in that my concerns for this university are primarily fiscal ones.

The truth is, though, the issues most students worry about obviously are not fiscal, but monetary problems underlie most issues of student concern on this cam-

pus (class size, quality of buildings, class availability, tuition increases, etc.).

As I look ahead to the future of the university, one particular date looms in my mind: July 1, 2011.

None of us really knows what this university will look like once the stimulus funds run out. Sure, administrators have been making plans for over a year now in preparation for these impending budget cuts, but that does not mean that any of us knows exactly what to expect when that day finally arrives.

Though all students may not be aware of the plans and strategies administrators are considering in the face of these multi-million dollar cuts, all students are aware of different problems that plague this campus and this university as a whole.

So, in saying goodbye, I ask you to consider what you see to be the primary downfalls of this university. Think about these issues, and then brainstorm potential solutions to these problems. (And let me just say that cutting salaries, for the most part, is not a reasonable solution.)

As students, you live your lives on this campus more so than faculty, staff and administrators do. You know what’s lacking on this campus, and you might even know how to solve these problems. Take the initiative to consider real solutions to these problems. You have just as much insight — maybe even more — into these issues as do administrators. And if you come up

with a brilliant idea, share it! The chancellor and the provost, I know, are eager to hear your feedback.

This place has become my home, as I trust it has become yours as well. It’s easy to merely complain about the issues on this campus, cathartically releasing our frustration with bureaucratic red tape.

In truth, though, we have a responsibility to own our alma mater to do something about its problems in order to ensure that it continues to be a place in which students learn and grow into their full potential as adults, as human beings.

As students, it’s difficult

to make The Beacon all that it can be, but I hope that at least to some extent you feel that you have been more informed and more educated about the goingson of this campus as a result of our publication.

And, in saying goodbye, I hope I have in some way inspired you to an active and practical consideration of ways to improve your and future students’ experiences at UT. And may our university continue to improve itself, with continued commitment to its students and its students to it. And thus, may the University of Tennessee, with the help of its students and alumni,

increase in excellence, building upon its rich traditions: “On a Hallowed hill in Tennessee / Like Beacon shining bright / The stately walls of old U.T. / Rise glorious to the sight.”

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FINALFAREWELL Best sports moment Brad: If you want to know how much things have changed since I arrived on the Tennessee campus, look no further than my top sports moment. At a school steeped in football tradition, a basketball moment takes top honor. I had the pleasure of following the Vols on their recent, history-making run to the Elite Eight. No one expected Tennessee to make history and knock off Ohio State in St. Louis, but they did just that. Beyond the outcome of the game, I was amazed by the Big Orange presence in St. Louis. The Vols’ fans showed up in droves and together we experienced one of the best moments in my young sports life.

Patrick: When I started my tenure at UT, the football program would have won this category hands down. However, with the recent success of Bruce “The Hebrew Hammer” Pearl, the basketball team has taken this claim. The first and second rounds in Providence, R.I. are by far the most exciting and memorable sports moments I have experienced at UT.

Brad Merritt Sports Editor

Favorite dorm Brad: Humes, without a doubt.

Although it is a female only dorm, I remember many a late night setting off the alarms at the side entrance of Humes.

From there, it was an all out sprint to whichever room I was headed before an RA could put an end to my late night rendezvous. The only real challenge was plotting the next morning's escape.

Patrick: Humes Hall takes the cake by far. I can remember sprinting up the stairs of the side door to sounds of alarms and RA's over the intercom just like it was yesterday. Ahh the memories. The only bad part was having to break out the James Bond skills to leave the next day without being caught.

pen. The only problem was none of the student's (other than the inept student body president) had any idea that it happened until it was already done. However, what's most surprising to me is the student-body’s apathy about it.

Is Lane Kiffin the only thing worthy of a riot around here anymore?

Patrick: Without a doubt Parking Services. How are you going to sell more parking passes then you have spaces to park in? Not only does this leave UT students with an ever-increasing task of fighting for a place to park Mad Max style, it drains the pockets of already broke college students. Ticket prices doubled, available spaces decreased and they started to hire other students to give you the $24.00 or $32.00 ticket. Sounds like someone's moral compass isn't pointing north.

Biggest impact from a professor Brad: Not to get sappy, but were it not for Dr. Levine, a professor in communication studies at the University, I wouldn't be writing this farewell column and I definitely wouldn't be graduating. He leads a study-abroad program to Paris, France each summer and the experience, as cliche as it may sound, truly changed my life. If you are thinking about studying abroad, sign up for Dr. Levine's program. It will be the best decision you've ever made.

Patrick: It's a dead-even tie between Dr. Gellert and Dr. Jones from the sociology department. They have easily made the biggest influence in my thinking and perception of the world. Both of these

men are more than eager to promote goodwill and place a high value on educating their students. Because of them, I have become a richer person in fulfilling my life. I tip my hat to you gentlemen.

Final Farewell Brad: Aside from Dr. Levine, I would be remised if I didn't thank Dr. Ruth Darling.

Dr. Darling, I don't know that even I deserved a second chance, but I will never forget all that you did for me. To my minion, say no to carrots. To all my other Beaconites, it's been real. To all my rosties, a stride of pride. To all the fat girls, life’s too short. And as for you, Crepe Daddy Dollas, go make me a baguette.

Patrick: So I guess this is where I say goodbye to the good, the bad and the ugly.

All cynicism aside, UT has definitely been one of the greatest experiences of my life.

I highly encourage you to make the very best of what you have here. To my Beaconites, it's been real. I'll miss you all.

To my classmates, I wish you all the success in the world. To my boys at Phi Sig, damn proud. And to anyone who gave me a chance, thank you.

Best piece of advice Brad: Anywhere but the face.

Patrick: Question authority. Think for yourself. And remember to try to walk a mile in someone else's shoes (size 13 preferably).

Both: Deuces.

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Patrick Relford Design Editor Senior year is coming to a close and the “itis” has set in. So much so that we have decided to combine our farewell columns.

Here are a few of our good and bad memories of college and a few words of wisdom for the next generation of students.

Brad: At a university notorious for “ The Big Orange Screw,” it's hard to pick just one, but I have to go with Mike Hamilton's recent “cooperation” from students to take away every last one of the student football tickets in section E. He commented at the time that he had to have the students cooperation to make it hap-

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Clark continuing development on and off track for UT athletes Terrence Boone Staff Writer

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UT director of track and field J.J. Clark has been a staple of UT track teams. Clark has helped groom 131 All-American certificates and won 37 SEC Championships.

Year in and year out, in order to continue to produce results, one must do the little things to achieve by working hard, preparing and remaining mentally sharp to stay ahead of the competition. All these traits make UT director of Track and Field J.J. Clark able to consistently churn out All-Americans.

Clark noted some keys to his maintained success as a coach.

“Well, it’s really having the passion and drive to put the time in to figure out how to be successful,” Clark said. “It’s a process, not an easy process but it’s an exciting process if you have the passion and drive to do it.”

Clark has developed numerous athletes over his 20-year coaching career, including competitors who competed at the Olympic level and taking former walk-on Phoebe Wright to stardom over her four years.

Wright talked about what Clark has contributed to her success.

“He just knows the whole game,” Wright said.

“He knows the mental side, he knows the science, he knows what it takes to be good and he tries to make everyone better at everything, not just track.”

With 21 different coachof-the-year nods in track and cross country, Clark is revered as one of the best around. He started at the University of Florida as an assistant coach and honed the Gators’ women’s middle distance team, producing two athletes who achieved SEC Athlete of the Year honors.

While being at the controls for the Big Orange, Clark has watched 30 Lady Vol athletes attain 131 AllAmerica certificates, eight

NCAA titles and 37 SEC championships. That success in developing talent is something Clark admitted he has enjoyed watching.

“I like seeing these youngsters develop confidence in themselves before they enter the real world,” he said. “They come here and achieve things they never believed they would achieve, and it carries forward into the real world.”

Not only has Clark taken athletes to new heights on the track, but he’s developed them off the track, as well. Clark has seen 107 athletes receive SEC Academic Honor Roll awards. Since 2002, he’s had seven athletes receive Academic All-America distinctions. Under his tutelage, not only will athletes earn their degree and realize their dreams in the real world, but they have the opportunity to compete at the professional ranks.

Clark noted how the athletes he trains will have bright futures ahead of them if they continue to develop.

“The student-athletes, knowing that there’s another level to reach, will strive to achieve that goal of reaching the next level,” he said.

Now at the commands of the men’s and women’s track and field teams, Clark faces the ultimate task of bringing an entire team together. This past weekend at Penn Relays, three Lady Vol relays won their events while the men took strides toward the big stage, producing some solid finishes.

As Tennessee heads for the home stretch of the season, with the SEC Championships coming up in two weeks, Clark will need to mold this team together to produce a big finish. With him at the controls, Orange Nation has little to worry about.

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Three Lady Vol golfers snag SEC accolades Staff Reports Led by sophomore Nathalie Mansson’s first-team selection, three Lady Vols captured All-SEC honors as the conference announced its 2009-10 women’s golf awards on Tuesday.

Mansson, who becomes the ninth Lady Vol ever to earn All-SEC First Team accolades, was joined by senior Diana Cantú, an All-SEC Second Team pick, and freshman Erica Popson, an AllFreshman Team selection, in being honored for their achievements this season.

A native of Stockholm, Sweden, Mansson has put together one of the finest seasons in Tennessee history. Her stroke average of 72.85 has her on pace to break Young-A Yang’s nineyear-old UT record (73.06), and her 13 rounds of par or better are tied for the second-most in a season by a Lady Vol. Mansson also has seven top-10 finishes and two tournament victories in 2009-10. She helped

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Three Lady Vol golfers were selected on the All-SEC teams. Sophomore Nathalie Mansson, Senior Diana Cantu and Freshman Erica Popson were all honored by the conference for this season’s performances.

lead the Big Orange to team and individual sweeps at the Mercedes-Benz Women’s Collegiate Championships and Alamo Invitational, nabbing medalist honors in consecutive weeks to cap the fall season in October.

She ranks fifth in the conference in average and is the No. 16-rated player in the Golfstat Cup individual standings. An All-Freshman and All-SEC Second Team honoree as a rookie in 200809, Mansson also snagged SEC Women’s Golfer of the Week honors on April 13 after finishing runner-up at the Bryan National Collegiate tournament.

Cantú earned her first-ever All-SEC accolade with her Second Team selection. This season, the Monterrey, Mexico, native is second on the Lady Vols with a 75.04 stroke average and has six rounds of par or better.

She has six top-25 finishes in 2009-10, led by back-to-back top-10 placements that helped lead to team titles at the Mercedes-Benz and Alamo tournaments. For her career, Cantú has played 123 rounds — tied for fourth-most in Lady Vol history — and has a four-year stroke average of 76.28, which ranks ninth on the UT career chart.

Popson was named to the All-Freshman squad after nearly winning individual medalist honors at the SEC Championship from April 16-18 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Davenport, Fla., native broke the UT record for total score in a tournament (208) and was tied with Vanderbilt’s Marina Alex after 54 holes before falling on the second hole of a playoff to capture SEC Runner-up honors. Her score in relation to par of 5-under also tied for the third-best in Tennessee history.

In eight tournaments this season, she has a 75.33 stroke average, six rounds of par or better and four top-25 finishes.

On the heels of nabbing the SEC Championship, Alex was named the SEC Golfer of the Year, while 2010 SEC team champion Alabama collected three other individual awards.

Crimson Tide head coach Mic Potter was voted SEC Coach of the Year after leading his squad to its first-ever conference title, while sophomore Brooke Pancake nabbed the SEC ScholarAthlete of the Year award and Jennifer Kirby was named the SEC Freshman of the Year.

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Nations unite under World Cup Nash Armstrong Editor-In-Chief

Patrick Relford Design Editor In a world full of turmoil, where many nations that sit side by side are continuously in conflict with one another, days set aside for peace and fellowship are few and far between. Sometimes, rather than governmental summits and peace talks, the world of sports can provide a venue for humanity.

The 2010 World Cup, held this year in South Africa, is the world’s largest event in which all nations can agree to unite for a single purpose.

ESPN has recently begun showing an advertisement, featuring U2 lead singer Bono, which attempts to encompass the passion and spirit of the month-long event.

The commercial shows how many people of different nationalities and ethnicities bond while forgetting about the agreements or disagreements on political, economic and social matters.

This is the essence of the Cup. Soccer, a sport that anyone can play regardless of economic standing, is the world’s game. Many sports form their identity based on geographical location and the expense to play, but soccer is a victim to neither. Find an open space, something resembling a ball and two sides willing to compete. Game on.

Americans usually choose to focus on what we consider the “Big Four” sports in football, baseball, basketball and hockey.

Granted, the United States’ Major League Soccer (MLS) organization has gained steam in recent years (thanks to names such as David Beckham, Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan), but it is still considered a small-market sport.

Since the United States last hosted the Cup in 1994, Americans have opened up their eyes and minds to the world’s game, but for reasons similar to those of why we follow the Summer and Winter Olympic games. We want to see our nation dominate

the world at its own game. Until the hiring of U.S. national team head coach Bob Bradley, this was not even a relevant thought. Having this mindset, the casual fan looks strictly for pride and bragging rights, rather than realizing the bigger picture of the World Cup. As the ESPN ad states, soccer “gives respect where respect is due.” The 32 nations who qualified will come together and showcase the sport’s greatest athletes as mediators for peace and humanity. This is what makes soccer unique compared to other sports.

On June 11, the faces of diplomacy will shift from world politicians to the likes of world-class players such as Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney and Christiano Renaldo.

These players, along with many others, gain a fan base in many nations that fly different colors of their own. In doing so, the world becomes not just nations with similar interests but a global community with a single identity.

The World Cup is simply more than wins and losses. While hoisting the winner’s trophy is a nation’s main goal, acceptance and tolerance for nations different from their own is the true prize for, not only the athletes, but also the fanbases that support them. Soccer provides a forum for cultural exchange and education that no other global sport can boast.

While they may be unrealized perks, each nation benefits from the month-long exposition of ideals, customs and lifestyles that accumulate from various parts of the world.

It is this that truly defines the World Cup. Nations with conflicting views on numerous aspects of life coming together under one banner: the beauty of competition.

Baseball is “America’s game,” boxing is the “sweet science,” but only soccer is truly “the beautiful game.”

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Goff leading UT rugby into national spotlight Zac Ellis Assistant Sports Editor For Tennessee rugby coach Butch Robertson, one game was enough to realize Benji Goff was a special player.

At the tail end of the Tennessee high school rugby season in 2006, Robertson ventured to scout the state’s best high school players at a state rugby all-star competition.

Even in an exhibition of talent and skill, Goff, then a senior at Brentwood High School in his native Nashville, lit up the field. And Robertson took notice.

“Benji was on the Tennessee side,” Robertson said.

“The kid goes out there and scores like six times. I thought, ‘This is a man above boys.’”

Now a senior on the University of Tennessee Rugby Football Club, Goff has developed into an irreplaceable component to Robertson’s squad. In fact, Robertson is still searching for answers as to what Goff can’t do on the field.

Goff has seen action in several different positions for UTRFC during his career on Rocky Top, and Robertson even threw the senior into the flyhalf position —the rugby equivilent to quarterback — during one injuryplagued contest.

“I take a lot of pride in that I am someone they can use,” Goff said. “If something basically goes wrong they can throw me in there and we can keep going.”

When asked about Goff ’s position on the field, Robertson said it’s impossible to pinpoint.

“You got a basketball player who plays guard and forward, what do you call him?” Robertson said. “Benji’s just a player.”

All in all, Goff said, it’s about playing the game, not the position.

“Once it gets going, you’re just a rugby player,” he said.

Goff was first turned onto rugby while a freshman at Brentwood. When some friends threw together a rugby team, Goff, regularly a football player, decided to step outside the box and into the scrum.

Soon enough, a newfound sport blossomed into a newfound talent for Goff.

“I realized I was pretty good at it whenever our high school team went to nationals and got fifth in the nation, which was the highest a southern team had ever done,” Goff said. “Then we all came to UT.” Goff ’s career in orange and white is continuing to produce plenty of accolades. This season, Goff helped UTRFC reach at least the Sweet Sixteen of the USA Rugby Collegiate National Championship Tournament for the seventh time in seven years, only one year after snagging individual All-America honors.

This season, during tournament losses to Army and Texas A&M, Goff turned up on an unfamiliar radar: a representative for the USA Sevens Team, a seven-player squad picked to represent the United States in the 2016

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UTRFC’s Benji Goff was invited to try out for the USA Sevens Team, a squad which could represent the United States at the 2016 Olympic Games. Goff, a senior on the UT rugby club, was an All-American selection in 2008.

Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

“The head coach, Al Caravelli, contacted me and invited me to come to the camp,” Goff said. “On the team, there are actually two or three guys from college.

But it’s not many college guys.”

“It’s basically like the biggest honor I’ve gotten.”

Though just a tryout for the team, Robertson stressed that the invitation is impressive in itself.

“It’s quite an honor just to be invited,” Robertson said. “They’re only grabbing 25 or so kids from the nation. That’s pretty good stuff.”

Though Goff ’s individual invite could put the senior on the international stage, the entire UTRFC team was invited to participate in the nationally televised USA Sevens Collegiate Championship Invitational this summer. Only 16 college teams were selected for the games, which will feature 38 matches and take place June 4-6 with several games airing on NBC. “Being able to go and represent our team on the national level, we’ve never had that kind of thing with

rugby,” Goff said. “For a club to be around that long, with our reputation, we’ve been invited to this thing. It’s enormous.”

For a club team about to step into uncharted territory, Robertson emphasized the importance of having Goff, a captain of the squad, leading the way.

“He’s actually raising the bar for everybody else,” Robertson said. “I don’t know anybody on the team who doesn’t enjoy playing with him.”

Thus far, Goff ’s favorite aspects of his rugby career do not include championships or accolades, Olympic tryouts or national television exposure. Instead, Goff points to his teammates as the most memorable part of his career on the field.

“One of the benefits that come from playing on a club like UT rugby would be getting to know a bunch of the guys,” Goff said. “Some of my best friends I’ve met through playing rugby and playing with UT.” “It’s more of a community than a club.”

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