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Students relax on the Hill at the end of 2011 spring semester. On Wednesday many students finished up Mini-Term before summer classes started. Mini-Term is an option for students who do not want to take classes the entire summer and will instead dedicate three straight weeks in May to classes.

Mini-term offers unique class experience Wesley Mills News Editor For most students, school was out May 9.

Papers were turned in, tests were taken and grades were posted.

But for the select few that remained, summer school awaited.

And out of those students, few enroll in the mini-term. This past mini-term ended on May 30, and students like Steven Solomon, senior in political science, needed these classes.

“I needed to get in classes that are required for graduation in the fall,” he said. “I am graduating early because I have summer and mini-terms twice.”

Solomon has taken two mini-term classes in his time at UT, and says he really enjoys the mini-term classes because of the amount of information he can absorb in such a limited time.

“I learn more when I fill up on info quickly,” he said. “If everything is drawn out, it is tough to remember things. I get more out of 14 days of mini term than I do most classes of four months.”

However, due to lack of involvement in some of the classes, many departments are rethinking their strategies on how to do the mini-term.

Ian Down, professor of political science, says things are proba-

Satellite photos show Iran nuclear cleanup The Associated Press VIENNA — New commercial satellite images suggest that Iran has demolished two buildings at a military site where it is suspected of trying to erase evidence of a nuclear arms program, a U.S. nonproliferation think tank said Thursday.

The images were published Thursday by the Wa s h i n g t o n - b a s e d Institute for Science and International Security, which provides consultancy services for U.S. government agencies focused on nonproliferation and is considered an objective source of information on Iran’s nuclear program.

A senior diplomat who saw the photos displayed on the think tank’s website and who is accredited to the International Atomic Energy Agency told The Associated Press they showed apparent cleanup work similar to that depicted on spy satellite photos supplied to the IAEA by member nations closely tracking Iran’s nuclear activities.

The IAEA, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, presented some of those spy satellite images on Wednesday to the

agency’s 35-member nation board, prompting Iran’s chief IAEA delegate Ali Asghar Soltanieh to dismiss allegations of a cleanup as “baseless.”

Iran has consistently rejected accusations that it is attempting to erase traces possibly left by secret nuclear work at the Parchin military installation before granting U.N. inspectors permission to visit the facility. The Iranians contend that radioactive particles, should they exist, could not in fact be cleaned up.

That is debatable, but the agency is looking for other evidence at Parchin as well, hoping to find traces left by the kind of high conventional explosives it suspects the Iranians tested there.

At stake is the threat an Iran armed with nuclear weapons could pose to its neighbors. The U.S. and Israel have indicated readiness to attack Iran if diplomacy and sanctions fail to curb its nuclear program. Both suspect that Iran is aiming to build nuclear weapons, and Israel believes it would be a prime target.

See IRAN on Page 3

bly changing within his department.

“As of now we have to determine a more effective use of miniterm than was possible this year due to the relatively low enrollments,” Down said. “The Department hasn’t yet made a decision about what to do in the future but the mini-term enrollments have been low this year and so it’s likely to be changed in the future.”

Down has been teaching at UT for eight years, but has only been teaching mini-term for two years.

Out of those two, Down has enjoyed time teaching, although he said that the preparation time can be taxing on a teacher.

Down said the mini-term has many advantages and students should take more advantage of it.

“The upside is that it’s easier to build from one meeting to the next because the meetings follow one another so closely, with each meeting being a week’s worth of material,” Down said.

Recap and review of the material isn’t needed like it is in the regular term.

“It’s not necessary to refresh student’s memory of what was covered earlier in the course because it would only have been a matter of days ago, rather than weeks,” he said. “In addition, with smaller classes it’s easier to get to know the students and more of the students are likely to speak up and interact than is the case with large classes.”

But there can obviously be some drawbacks to copious amounts of information being pummeled into student’s brains.

Solomon said missing class is the worst.

“If you miss class, you suffer,” Solomon said. “Don’t miss class.”

Agreeing with Solomon, Down said that the limited time means a student’s attendance is paramount in understanding and retaining the material. Down said there’s also little room for rabbit trails and in-depth discussion of students’ questions.

“Because so much is packed into such a short time frame there’s little scope for adapting the course in line with student interest,” Down said. “In a regular semester when students raise issues it’s easier to put together additional data or material to address those issues. In addition, it’s easier to lose student attention, particularly if the material is demanding because the meetings are three hours in length, while the regular semester typically has more manageable 50 or 75-minute sections.”

Though it’s packed tight, there are students that latch onto the quick-paced classes that the mini-term offers.

“The mini-term setup is heavy, for sure,” Solomon said.

“However, if you like fast paced classes with loads of information, mini-term is for you. If I could get three credit hours every 14 days, you better believe I would take it. It is challenging, but that is what makes it fun.”

UTPD welcomes new chief Staff Reports KNOXVILLE — Troy Lane, chief of police at the University of Wyoming, has been named the chief of police for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Police Department.

Lane, who has more than 16 years of campus law enforcement experience, will begin June 25.

“Troy Lane brings a wide range of knowledge and skills to this role. He will provide leadership for our police force as it continues building its strong connections to the campus community and other local law enforcement agencies,” said Jeff Maples, senior associate vice chancellor for finance and administration.

“Campus safety is one of our most important responsibilities, and we look forward to working with Troy to enhance the university’s safety and security initiatives.”

As police chief at the University of Wyoming since 2007, Lane supervised 14 sworn officers and 10 support personnel.

The University of Wyoming is the state’s land-grant university, with an enrollment of 13,476 as of 2009.

Lane increased the emergency preparedness of the police department, arranging the first-ever mutual-assistance agreements between the campus police, the city of Laramie, Wyoming’s police department and the Albany County Sheriff’s Office. He led the effort to rewrite and update the university’s emergency response plan and is cer-

tified as an instructor in the National Incident Management System and the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation training program. He also created a system of anonymous reporting of crimes and suspicious behavior to the police department’s website.

“A campus is a very diverse community, with challenges and opportunities that are unique in the law enforcement profession,” Lane said. “My focus will be on learning as much as possible about the UTPD, its employees and its central role to the well-being of the UT campus. I am honored to be joining the University of Tennessee and leading the men and women of its police force.”

Lane replaces former chief Gloria Graham, who left in January 2012 to become assistant chief of police at the University of Chicago.

Assistant Chief Debbie Perry has served as interim chief since Graham’s departure.

Lane began his law enforcement career in 1988 as a military policeman in the U.S. Army in Fort Riley, Kansas.

After leaving the military in 1992, he continued working in law enforcement, and in 1996 was named assistant director of the Kansas State University Police Department. In that role, he supervised 24 sworn officers and 20 support personnel. He left Kansas State in 2007 for the chief of police position at the University of Wyoming.

Lane has a master’s degree in criminal justice from Ft. Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, and a bachelor’s degree in management and • Photo courtesy TN Today ethics from Manhattan Christian College in Manhattan, Kansas. He attended the FBI academy in Quantico, Va., where he received special training in forensic science, statement analysis, managing investigations, legal issues for command-level officers, and budgets and grant writing.

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Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon

The main signs from Krystal’s were taken down early Thursday morning after the closure announcement was made on Wednesday. Moving trucks were on location Thursday removing fixtures from the building.

1958 — De Gaulle reassumes French leadership During a French political crisis over the military and civilian revolt in Algeria, Charles de Gaulle is called out of retirement to head a new emergency government. Considered the only leader of sufficient strength and stature to deal with the perilous situation, the former war hero was made the virtual dictator of France, with power to rule by decree for six months.

A veteran of World War I, de Gaulle unsuccessfully petitioned his country to modernize its armed forces in the years before the outbreak of World War II. After French Premier Henri Petain signed an armistice with Nazi Germany in June 1940, de Gaulle fled to London, where he organized the Free French forces and rallied French colonies to the Allied cause. His forces fought successfully in North Africa, and in June 1944 he was named head of the

French government in exile.

On August 26, following the Allied invasion of France, de Gaulle entered Paris in triumph and in November was unanimously elected provisional president of France.

He resigned two months later, claiming he lacked sufficient governing power. He formed a new political party that had only moderate electoral success, and in 1953 he retired. However, five years later, in May 1958, the Algerian revolt created a political crisis in France, and he was called out of retirement to lead the nation. A new constitution was passed, and in late December he was elected president of the Fifth Republic.

During the next decade, President de Gaulle granted independence to Algeria and attempted to restore France to its former international stature by withdrawing from the U.S.-dominated NATO alliance and promoting the development of French atomic weapons. However, student demonstrations and workers’ strikes in 1968 eroded his popular support, and in 1969 his proposals for further constitutional reform were defeated in a national vote. On April 28, 1969, Charles de Gaulle, at 79 years old, retired permanently. He died the following year.

1980 — CNN launches On this day in 1980, CNN (Cable News Network), the world’s first 24-hour television news network, makes its debut. The network signed on at 6 p.m. EST from its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, with a lead story about the attempted assassination of civil rights leader Vernon Jordan.

CNN went on to change the notion that news could only be reported at fixed times throughout the day. At the time of CNN’s launch, TV news was dominated by three major networks — ABC, CBS and NBC — and their nightly 30-minute broadcasts.

Initially available in less than two million U.S. homes, today CNN is seen in more than 89 million American households and over 160 million homes internationally.

CNN was the brainchild of Robert “Ted” Turner, a colorful, outspoken businessman dubbed the “Mouth of the South.” Turner was born on November 19, 1938, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and as a child moved with his family to Georgia, where his father ran a successful billboard advertising company.

After his father committed suicide in 1963, Turner took over the business and expanded it. In 1970, he bought a failing Atlanta TV station that broadcast old movies and network reruns and within a few years he had transformed it into a “superstation,” a concept he pioneered, in which the station was beamed by satellite into homes across the country. Turner later bought the Atlanta Braves baseball team and the Atlanta Hawks basketball team and aired their games on his network, TBS (Turner Broadcasting System). In 1977, Turner gained international fame when he sailed his yacht to victory in the prestigious America’s Cup race.

In its first years of operation, CNN lost money and was ridiculed as the Chicken Noodle Network. However, Turner continued to invest in building up the network’s news bureaus around the world and in 1983, he bought Satellite News Channel, owned in part by ABC, and thereby eliminated CNN’s main competitor. CNN eventually came to be known for covering live events around the world as they happened, often beating the major networks to the punch. The network gained significant traction with its live coverage of the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and the network’s audience grew along with the increasing popularity of cable television during the 1990s.

In 1996, CNN merged with Time Warner, which merged with America Online four years later. Today, Ted Turner is an environmentalist and peace activist whose philanthropic efforts include a 1997 gift of $1 billion to the United Nations.

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

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Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon

Customers enjoy local produce at the UT Farmers’ Market on Wednesday. Every week until October farmers and artisans sell their products in the UT Gardens from 4-7 p.m.

IRAN continued from Page 1 Iran insists its nuclear program is peaceful but has consistently rebuffed requests by the IAEA for access to Parchin, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) southeast of the capital, Tehran. Its refusal to grant agency experts access to sites, officials and documents sought by the IAEA has paralyzed a large-scale agency probe of suspected secret work on nuclear weapons for more than four years.

Parchin became a focus late last year after satellite images revealed the start of apparent cleanup work there shortly after IAEA first requested permission to visit the facility.

The IAEA expressed its latest concerns last week. Its Iran report noted that — while satellite photos had over past years shown “virtually no activity” at the site — “the buildings of interest to the agency are now subject to extensive activities that could hamper the agency's ability to undertake effective verification.”

The think tank, ISIS, said on its website that the commercial satellite imagery from May 25 “shows that two small build-

ings at the same site as the suspected testing chamber have been completely razed.”

“There are visible tracks made by heavy machinery used in the demolition process,” it said. “Heavy machinery tracks and extensive evidence of earth displacement is also visible throughout the interior as well as the exterior of the site’s perimeter.”

The ISIS website also displayed a commercial satellite image taken April 9 which seems to show the two buildings in question still standing.

Diplomats at the closed IAEA meeting Wednesday who saw images that the agency had in its possession said one photo that was taken earlier this month also showed several buildings razed and extensive earth works around the site.

The senior diplomat told the AP that despite months of apparent “sanitization,” the building sheltering a metal pressure chamber where the explosions testing allegedly took place was still standing on the latest satellite images.

But he said streams of what appear to be water trickling from inside indicate the chamber was being cleaned as well.

The diplomat demanded anonymity because his information was confidential.

Huge wildfire plagues southwest The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A massive wildfire in the New Mexico wilderness that has already become the state’s largest blaze ever has grown to nearly 300 square miles as it spreads in all directions, and experts say conditions are ripe this season for similar massive blazes across the West.

Persistent drought, climate change and shifts in land use and firefighting strategies mean western states likely will see giant fires that will require hundreds, if not thousands, of firefighters on-site.

“We’ve been in a long drought cycle for the last 20 years, and conditions now are great for these type of fires,” said Steve Pyne, author of “Tending Fire: Coping with America’s Wildland Fires” and a life science professor at Arizona State University. “Everything

is in line.”

Agencies in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and other western states are bracing for the worst, given the bleak forecast. Many counties have established emergency telephone and email notification systems to warn of wildfires, and most states have enlisted crews from nearby states to be ready when the big ones come.

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Editor’sNote Opinions hindered, speech not free Lauren Kittrell Editor-in-Chief I was pondering what topic to write about for my column. You wouldn’t think that would be difficult.

There’s no end to my opinions. I could write books on why “jeggings” should not exist and why Wall-E is Pixar’s worst film.

My dilemma wasn’t in trying to find an opinion.

It was attempting to abolish the unprintable ones.

As a journalist, the right of free speech is more valuable to me than… a lot of things, but in my circle of friends there are more than a few topics I would avoid approaching at a “comfortable” dinner party.

Sure, technically speaking, I can rant and rave about anything I want. Unfortunately, it would cost me the respect of many of my friends, coworkers, superiors, professors, peers, etc.

What if I stated my opinions on abortion? What if I made a strong case for or against same sex marriage? What if I addressed the right to own and operate guns or said that Knoxville should be a dry city? (I don't believe Knoxville should be a dry city… it’s just an example. Don’t start the hate train just yet) With this in mind, I decided to write on eggshells, carefully avoiding any sensitive topics.

I immediately began writhing inside. In all honesty, there are times when the minefield of appropriate topics becomes a kind of live-in coffin for me. The things I want to say, but don’t, hang around my neck like the shell chokers worn by guys who never outgrew the ‘90s. Generally speaking, caring what people think of me and following the rules of etiquette don’t mesh well with my personality. I love Teddy Roosevelt’s quote, “Walk softly and carry a big stick.” Unfortunately, I can only do that for so long. I walk softly along, but at the drop of a pin I’m ready to challenge anyone in my path. I generally lose. At least I try.

It’s not just me. Anyone with any opinion will have someone sitting on the opposing side flinging compost at them. The question is, do you bring up the elephant in the room, or just let it sit?

All that said, forget about walking softly. I’m stating my opinions loud and clear.

I support Bill Haslam’s “monkey bill”. The bill will allow students to question and criticize

controversial scientific theories such as evolution and global warming.

There shouldn’t even be a need for the bill. It sickens me to think that what students can and can’t say in class is up to the government. What is wrong with student’s asking questions and challenging the accepted scientific beliefs of today? Isn’t that how we learned that the earth was round?

One of the first rules of biology that I learned (I’ll never forget it. Props to Jay L. Wile) was that there is no such thing as a scientific fact. There are laws, yes, but no facts. If there are no scientific facts, then why does it take an Act of Congress (figuratively) to allow students to question the legitimacy of evolution? Is this so engrained in our teaching that no one can question it?

I’m just getting started.

In Ben Stein’s documentary ”Expelled,” this issue was brought up. It challenged the stifling of America’s first amendment. It said that scientists who see evidence of intelligent design in nature should be allowed to explore other possibilities outside of evolution. Crazy right? And yet, Stein outsmarted eminent evolutionary scientists so quickly they didn’t know they’d admitted to believing in extra-terrestrial beings until they’d seen the film in theaters. Overkill?

Maybe.

It would be one thing if it was a law allowing teachers to teach intelligent design. I personally don’t have a problem with it, but I understand the reasoning behind separation of church and state and I believe it applies to schools. That makes sense to me. What I have issues with are laws that restrict the freedom of speech for middle schoolers (or any student).

Isn’t it a bit wrong that students can go to public schools, learn, make a 4.0 GPA, and can’t even question the information being shoved down their throat? Isn’t it wrong that these students aren’t able to do anything about it? They’re not even allowed raise their hand out of curiosity?

My views edge on conservative, but somehow they're more radical in this day and age than every Chaco-wearing granola fan who believes drugs should be legalized.

I was going to avoid this topic. It seemed like one of those opinions that should never be printed.

And then I had an idea.

Tomorrow, I will wish I had written about freerange chickens...

— Lauren Kittrell is a senior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at lkittre1@utk.edu.

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Summer break meets summer school C ommit tee o f

I n f ra ct i o n s by

Greg Bearringer Summer time in the midst of graduate school is a weird experience, not least because of the tension between needing a mental break on one hand and needing to accomplish quite a bit of stuff that is basically work even if it isn’t the same type of work that the regular school year usually requires.

Reading lists, conferences, the prospect of having to issue out CVs and transcripts and letters of recommendation in a mere few months to schools looking for jobs, acceptance, and or funding to and from various sources and upon which hangs your prospects in your chosen profession, the fear of language atrophy (the scary effect of not having conjugated a verb from a language you just spent xamount of time studying, leading to, at its worst, only a vague impression of how to buy seven oranges or, for those of us studying dead languages, just enough to fake a reading knowledge because half of translation is using a dictionary), on top of travels to conferences, workshops, beaches, and homesteads and random projects which aren’t completely necessary but still offer loads of guilt when they remain uncompleted; this year, I have told myself I am going to learn Old Frisian (if you have to ask, don’t) and come up with two conference papers. It’s surprisingly busy in its totality even while a specific day might be “Read half a book, take notes, eat lunch, take a nap, go to friends house and complain about how life is hectic.”

I have spent way too much time watching baseball this summer. It hasn’t really affected my ability to get anything done because I am an Angels fan and they play games late at night. Watch too much of a specific type of TV — such as baseball — and you will know a lot of weird things, like the fact that Chevy Runs Deep and that Coors Light everything, whether it be facts or blasts, is both cold and hard.

You also learn pretty quickly that many TV stations are really happy to advertise their own products, sometimes almost exclusively. I must admit that I know the Disney channel is the king of self-only

advertisement. I know that because I also watch too much “Phineas and Ferb.” Yes, yes I do.

2007 was the last time I went more than about thirty days without attending classes for credit at some accredited institution of higher learning. This past year has been something like a mental slog through swamp of jet-puffed marshmallows and mixed metaphors. Learning is ummmm-ummmm good, but only in smaller amounts and for shorter durations than what I have spent the last five years doing. I am willing to bet that my ratio of baseballwatching to productivity will fall significantly after about another week of my brain being willing only to do enough to maintain homeostasis. Which is good, because I have to take not one but two different GRE exams, the worst of which will be the literature subject test. I am torn about what I think of the test’s format; on one hand, I don’t know that knowing very little about a whole lot is very indicative of anyone’s ability to “do” grad school.

On the other hand, I also understand that it might be useful to know if a student knows things like “who was John Donne?” because, well, many students won’t spend much time in grad school reading Mr. Donne’s work even while a PhD in literature will probably be expected to know something about the 17th century English poet.

A lot of getting a doctorate is essentially learning at least enough to hold up in polite conversation, and I don’t mean that negatively. I simply mean that this little macro-society is based upon people who have an intellectual fetish, which is connected to other similar fetishes through language, thought structures, and antecedent; if credentialed, you will be expected to teach something which isn’t your specific fetish and of which you aren’t an “expert”.

Being able to discuss something intelligently doesn’t require an immense amount of specialized knowledge, and, really, that ability is all professors are expected to impart upon their students. At least as useful as the dissertation, the ability of grad students to do their reading, learn a whole lot quickly, and discuss the subject intelligently translates to the classroom — and to the profession — the best. Not that I am actually doing that, but still.

— Greg Bearringer is a graduate student in Medieval History. He can be reached at gbearrin@utk.edu.

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So this is my first column.

Understandably, I’m writing this with hesitation and anxiety. It’s not that I have a fear of the public reading my words (I’m a newspaper reporter), but these are my intimate words. They’re my own thoughts.

Honesty, as I was writing this entry, I kept psychologically torturing myself about how this column had to be good. That thought spun a web about how I wanted to one day be a media mogul, and no one would take me seriously if I wrote a bad column, which would be found on the Internet by some editor that just happened to work for “The New York Times.”

It’s good, even healthy to worry about your future.

Actually, it’s motivating. Some might even call it ambitious. But how far can we take our ambition before it becomes detrimental?

I often like to play on the example of Icarus and his refusal to listen to his father’s advice of flying too close to the sun. His father, Daedalus, a master Athenian craftsman, constructed wings made from feathers and wax for his son to escape Crete.

However, wax is merely an adhesive, and yes, it melts in extreme heat. So Icarus went tumbling down into the waters, where he drowned.

Morbid, yes, I know, but it’s an interesting example of how pride and ambition is seen as detrimental in history.

And we as humans have a tendency to spread ourselves too thin. We overwork ourselves to the point of exhaustion, and we often sacrifice natural resources and the health of our planet to build larger cities. Sometimes I wonder if it’s all worth it. Maybe we’re meant to be complacent creatures who work modestly to ensure we have the basic needs on Maslow’s hierarchy met.

I’ll draw another example. Before I transferred to UT, I attended a small Catholic university called Loyola in Chicago. I had an amazing professor there who taught an introduction to International Studies course. On our first day of class, he showed us a short

video from a BBC nightly news segment about a small village in Ethiopia. The people there didn’t have luxury foreign cars, they didn’t have two-story houses, nor did they have a specialized safety unit.

But they did have a designated elder to settle village quarrels and a small school. They had to walk over a mile to get clean water and they shared their home with animals, but they were comfortable. They didn’t, at least on the video, complain.

So obviously there’s a way to live life without leaving behind a heavy carbon footprint or excessively worrying about gaining material wealth or our status among our peers.

Don’t get me wrong, though. I’m the quintesential 21st century future career woman. However, burnout is frequent and often I wish to escape the rat race of reaching the “best” position possible on my career.

I feed into the magazine articles that tell you how to get ahead and how to live your life the way I want to.

We can’t all be the greatest, yet we attempt to make it our reality everyday. Our parents tell us to be the best we can be and Nike tells us to “Just Do It.” Most Americans often feel pulled in different directions and tire of the never-ending rat race of trying to climb the corporate ladder. It’s one of the hardest aspects of reality that we face; yet, people still keep bouncing back for more.

I often think of the cliché relationship often portrayed in Hollywood films of the uber-focused career woman who doesn’t have time for love or the focused, and often perpetually irritated, career man who doesn’t have time for his kid (queue the Harry Chaplin song). Our ambition can be emotionally draining too and can also have detrimental effects on the here and now It’s in our DNA though. Humans share the innate, inner voice that tells us to be better, to nurture our passions, and to follow our dreams. But there has to be a balance. We’re strong, but we’re not hard-driven to stress out every day and reach so far that the sun melts our own internal wax: our sanity.

There has to be a balance, like everything else in this world. It’s give and take. Somehow between the first sentence and this last paragraph, my first column became easier to write.

I’m only human of course.

— Victoria Wright is a junior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at vwright6@utk.edu.

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Saturday, June 2 What: Truth and Savage Co. Where: The Ciderhouse When: Doors open at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m.

Price: $8 advance, $10 at door ($3 minor fee for under 21s) Preston’s View: Truth and Savage Co. straddles a fine line between country and rock & roll, but the band’s members profess to love both genres equally. They’re veterans of national festivals, with appearances at Bonnaroo and the Stagecoach under their belts, and their four-part harmonies are sure to satisfy most ears. Also, the price is within most people’s budgets.

Friday, June 1

Sunday, June 3

What: Styx Where: Tennessee Theatre When: 8 p.m.

Price: $47 Preston’s View: It’s hard to go wrong with Styx, they may be getting up there in years, but they still remain the prototype band for the arena rock movement of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. Expect a big band, with bigger hair and gigantic power ballads. Price is a little high, but the Tennessee is a great venue and Styx is worth the money, even if you’re only going to either listen to the music your parents blasted, or if you just want another band crossed off your bucket list.

What: Tea Leaf Green with Hollis Brown Where: The Ciderhouse When: Doors open at 9 p.m., show at 10 p.m.

Price: $12 advance, $15 at door ($3 minor fee for under 21s) Preston’s View: TLG are a traveling band that prefers to describe themselves as “gypsies” touring along America’s highway gracing audiences with their own mixture of jam band-esque tunes and pop gems. At the heart of TLG is the idea of a quest. For the band members, the search is for wisdom and good times, and for those in attendance, the quest’s goal is a good live show, which is something that TLG will provide readily.

What: The Coathangers Where: The Pilot Light When: 10 p.m.

Price: 18+, $6 Preston’s View: The Coathangers are an all-girl quartet out of Atlanta bursting at the seams with rambunctious stage energy and killer rock riffs. For those who haven’t heard of this band yet, take the time for a listen, or just go to the show for something new. Good price, good venue, good band. That’s a combination that’s hard to beat.

• Photo courtesy of J. Powell

What: First Friday Where: Downtown Knoxville When: 6 to 9 p.m.

Price: Free Preston’s View: The basis of First Friday can be broken down into three words: food, music and art. And in regards to all three, this free festival offers more than any one person could ever need. Not only do the sights, sounds and tastes delight anyone who comes to First Friday, but so does the chance to have a nice, chill and lively spot to hang out with friends in Knoxville’s burgeoning Old City.

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Friday, June 1, 2012

Lady Vols fall behind Baseball season wraps up early, lose to Alabama, 5-3 Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer

Matt Dixon Sports Editor Alabama plated four runs and forced a Tennessee pitching change before the Lady Volunteers recorded an out Thursday night at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Okla.

By then, the lead was too much for Tennessee to overcome.

Two-seed Alabama (56-7) held on for a 5-3 victory in the opening round of the double-elimination Women’s College World Series.

“The Alabama team deserves credit,” UT cohead coach Ralph Weekly said. “They came out on fire and attacking the ball. But I’m still proud of our kids. I think that we fought the whole game, and I think after the first inning, it could have been a lot worse except that our kids fought and fought and hung in there. You know, this is the World Series. People have asked me about all kinds of different excuses. There are no excuses. That was a softball game. We played hard, they played hard, and they came out on top.”

No. 7 seed Tennessee (52-13) falls to the losers’ bracket where it’ll play Oregon in an elimination game on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. EST. It’s the Lady Vols fifth WCWS appearance in eight years, and first since 2010.

Tennessee starting pitcher Ivy Renfroe gave up four runs (three earned) on two hits and two walks before being replaced by her younger sister,

Ellen Renfroe, with no outs in the bottom of the first inning. Ellen Renfroe got the Lady Vols out of the frame, allowing no further damage after the Crimson Tide left the bases loaded.

Ellen Renfroe pitched 3.1 innings in relief, allowing a run on two hits with three walks.

Ivy Renfroe re-entered the game after Alabama scored a run in the fourth inning.

Tennessee left fielder Melissa Davin cut the Crimson Tide lead in half with a two-run home run in the top of the second inning. It was her eighth long ball of the season.

The Lady Vols added another run in the seventh inning when All-American third baseman Raven Chavanne singled-in Davin, but Alabama pitcher Jackie Traina struck out the next two Lady Vols batters to end the game.

Traina threw a complete game, scattering five hits and giving up three walks.

“That was a dominating performance by Jackie Traina,” Weekly said. “She did a fantastic job.”

With the win, Traina improves to 38-2 on the season, while Ivy Renfroe, who pitched 2.2 innings, drops to 25-9 on the year.

Tennessee and Alabama split a double-header in Tuscaloosa on March 21.

The Lady Vols reached the WCWS after beating Georgia in the Knoxville Super Regional last weekend and winning five straight games in the Knoxville Regional two weekends ago after Tennessee lost its opening game of the NCAA Tournament.

• Photo courtesy of Wade Rackley/UTADPHOTO

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Clear dismissed from Vols Beacon Staff Report Cameron Clear will end his Tennessee playing career with just one catch for four yards.

The 6-foot-6, 283-pound tight end was dismissed from the Volunteers’ football team on May 25 by coach Derek Dooley following Clear's arrest on May 22 for theft of property valued between $1,000 and $10,000.

He had been suspended indefinitely from the program on May 23.

“It hurts anytime a player is dismissed from the program, but there comes a time when a player’s actions dictate that his privilege of being a part of this team should be removed,” Dooley said in a release. “We will continue to support Cam and his family to

help him learn from his actions and become the person and player I believe he has the potential to be.”

The Memphis native played in all 12 of Tennessee’s games in 2011 as a true freshman, starting the final two. He was the topranked player in the state in the class of 2011, according to 247Sports.com.

Clear went through spring practice as the No. 2 tight end behind starter Mychal Rivera, but was expected to have a significant role this season because Dooley and offensive coordinator Jim Chaney like to use two tight ends sets. Clear was regarded as the Vols’ best blocking tight end, and has even been projected as a possible offensive tackle in the future.

The Dave Serrano era at Tennessee wrapped up its first season on May 19, as the Vols lost to 18th-ranked Arkansas 8-3 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

Despite finishing the season with a losing record of 24-31 overall and a last place finish of 8-22 in SEC play, the Volunteers accomplished many impressive feats this year on the diamond and have a reason to look forward to the future of their baseball program.

“I’m excited and thrilled for this opportunity I’ve been given to bring this team back to its ranks in the SEC and at the national level,” Serrano said. “I’ve really felt accepted here in my first year and the support staff has been great.”

Serrano, who led UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton each to the College World Series, opened up his tenure at UT with the team winning its first seven games, which was the second best start to a season in school history.

The Vols also recorded their first home sweep of an SEC opponent since 2008 when they took all three games from Alabama early in conference play. It was only the second time in history they had swept Alabama.

UT put together a second seven-game win streak, which spanned from March 27-April 6 and concluded with a series-opening 5-4 win against the two-time defending national champion South Carolina.

Through their first 30 games, UT compiled 20-10 record and a solid 6-4 mark in SEC play. It was the fastest the program had reached the 20-win mark since the 2005 campaign, when the Vols made an appearance in the College World Series.

“I was thrilled about the way we opened up the season,” Serrano said. “The guys were playing great ball and the Alabama sweep was definitely one of the highlights of the season.”

However, the second half of the season was not kind to the Vols. they won just four games of their last 25 contests, which included a 2-12 mark in SEC play.

“This season was a tale of two half’s,” Serrano said. “It didn’t help with our team being as young as it is and not very deep.

The dismissal of one of our key players due to off the field issues had its impact as well as losing (Friday night starting pitcher) Zack Godley four weeks with an oblique injury.

However, those are not excuses that make up for the way we finished. ” Freshman second baseman Will Maddox led the club in batting average with a .297 mark and in total bases with 79. It was just

the third time in history a freshman led the team in batting average. Maddox was named to the SEC Freshman Team for his play.

Junior outfielder/pitcher Drew Steckenrider, who was selected to the SEC second team, led the team with six home runs, and also impressed from the mound, leading the team in appearances (27), ERA (3.36), strikeouts (79) and opponent batting average (.197). It is still up in question whether or not he will return for next season, as he could be picked in the major league draft.

Godley will return to next year’s team as the ace after gaining the confidence of his head coach to be the top weekend starter.

Godley made 11 starts and one appearance out of the bullpen on his way to finishing the season with a 4-2 record and 3.50 ERA. “We expect him to be one of the leaders on the team next year,” Serrano said. “He has the experience of being a weekend starter and he did a very good job in his role.”

The overall team batting average on the season was .248 while the pitching staff compiled a 4.65 ERA. With six seniors graduating, including shortstop Zack Osborne who played in the third-most games ever as a Tennessee Vol (216), the Vols will have to fill some holes for next years ball club.

“We have a very big recruiting class coming in with a lot of JUCO players as well as good high school players that we expect to step in right away and have an impact,” Serrano said. “However, that means we will have a young ball club again which is a bad thing to some extent but not something we can’t overcome.”

Next season, the Vols will open up the year on the west coast against UNLV and also play host early in the campaign to Arizona State.

“I think that we will have one of the toughest if not the toughest out of conference schedule in the SEC,” Serrano said. “I don’t care if we don’t have an unblemished record I want our team to be prepared going into our 30 conference games.”

The Vols are excited for next season, especially considering how much the fan base has grown. This season a total of 63,084 were in attendance at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, ranking second highest of all-time.

“That just shows it is another one of the building blocks for this program,” Serrano said.

While the 2012 season will be one that the players and Coach Serrano will never want to repeat, the building blocks for the program have been laid down and there is much room to grow.