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International students get Lean on campus UT students learn Lean Management, focusing on improving business production brought in after use and are cleaned, packaged, sterilized and then taken back to be used once again.

“It’s fun,” Zenteno said. “People are nice, but it is really strict. You can’t afford to mess up. We need to work around medical timings and have to work within tight conditions.”

David Guzman, a recent Monterrey Tech graduate, works with Frigorizados La Huerta in Aguascalientes, Mexico. La Huerta is a frozen foods company that had hired Guzman to work as the projects manager. Since

sons into production.

“It is very convenient because the Lean philosophy and the La Huerta philosophy are so aligned that it reflects Staff Writer the workplace and community,” Guzman said. “There is a strong relationship between La Huerta and the communiThe month of June is a busy month for UT. With ty and the suppliers.”

Destination ImagiNation finishing up and new student When teaching a lesson Thursday on dysfunctional orientations beginning, Rupy Sawhney, associate profesproduction processes and how to improve them, Sawhney sor and associate department head of the Department of used Legos as a teaching platform.

Industrial and Information Engineering, has had someThe class was broken up into production staff and conthing else planned for the university. sultants. For five minutes, the Working with the Institute of Technology “staff ” would operate and create a and Superior Studies of Monterrey, Mexico, production line in which they proUT is hosting 26 students, with majors duced a Lego “product.” ranging from industrial engineering to When the five minutes were up, mechatronics. the “consultants” would critique These students learn business concepts what went wrong and try to impleto improve production at local area busiment a new plan where time would nesses and at home. This concept, known as be saved and personnel could be Lean Management, is a process that focuses used differently. on the reduction of waste, inventory and The students will not only go to customer response time. the companies but learn about East The concept of this program began a few Tennessee culture as well. The stuyears ago when Sawhney was invited to dents joined members of the speak at the Aguascalientes campus of International House on a trip to the Monterrey Tech about the Lean Smoky Mountains. For many of Management process. This is the first year them, it was the first time they had that the program will take place in seen mountains. With the weekend Knoxville. ending, it’s back to work for this Led by Sawhney, graduate student group.

Enrique Macias de Andas and Christopher After lecture each day, they then Wright from the UT Institute of Public go to work putting what they Service, classes are held Monday through learned in the classroom into play Thursday in the Haslam Business Building at their job site. On Fridays they from 9 a.m. to noon. travel to major companies and tour The students, all of whom came from five their facilities. This past Friday, different campuses, will work with three they toured Denso Manufacturing local companies to observe and improve the in Maryville. They will go to Alcoa, manufacturing processes at each location.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, The state will track the changes made at and the Corvette plant in Bowling each company to measure the economic Green, Ky. impact that each team influenced.

This year decides a lot about the The companies taking part in this proAnthony Cespedes • The Daily Beacon gram are SL Tennessee out of Clinton, Enrique Macias De Anda, graduate student in Industrial Engineering, helps a student teach future of the program, Sawhney Fulton Bellows in South Knoxville and East Lean Management on Thursday, June 9. The Department of Industrial and Information said.

“Everything depends on the Tennessee Children’s Hospital near UT’s Engineering, in partnershp with the Institute of Technology and Superior Studies of success of this summer,” he said. campus.

Monterrey, Mexico, is hosting students at UT to teach concepts of Lean business practices.

“These students had the opportuThe students have already jumped into Guzman is a graduate, La Huerta paid the majority of his nity to go elsewhere, but for them to choose Tennessee is the inner workings of each company. tuition for the summer program. a tremendous opportunity.

When they are asked, ‘Where At East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, students dress What makes Guzman different from the rest of the did you learn Lean Management?’ they will say ‘the in sterilized jumpsuits every day to observe the sterilization process the hospital uses. Andrea Zenteno, junior at group is that he implements at work everything that he University of Tennessee.’ I see this program becoming Monterrey Tech, watched from where the instruments are learns in class. Using Skype and Microsoft Outlook, he bigger and better in the years to come.” communicates with his team in Mexico to put these les-

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Early Southern sermons published Rob Davis Staff Writer UT Libraries’ Newfound Press published English professor Michael Lofaro’s “Southern Manuscript Sermons before 1800: A Bibliography” in 2010, but instead of limiting the bibliography to book form, Newfound Press also established an online search engine for Lofaro’s book.

“English professor Michael Lofaro started working on a bibliography of Southern manuscript sermons,” Linda Phillips, UT Libraries interim dean, said.

“The texts he found would be not published. They were just manuscripts. (He) went all over the South looking for these.”

“Southern Manuscript Sermons before 1800: A Bibliography” is the first guide published examining sermon manuscripts in the Southern colonies, and later, the states.

Full texts of the manuscripts are found in several different university libraries, including libraries at Georgetown University, University of Maryland and Oxford University in England.

But Lofaro did not begin the project.

He joined it in 1976.

“This project had been started by a very prominent English professor here, Richard Beale Davis,” Phillips said. “It was 1946 that he started it, using only index cards. Lofaro was the one who kept this work going after Davis’ death.”

In 2008, Lofaro approached Newfound Press to publish his database of sermons into a print edition.

The current database, which can be found on the Newfound Press website, was made by employees of the university libraries.

“The database was two years in develGeorge Richardson • The Daily Beacon opment,” Phillips said. “It’s a very robust Danielle Davis, senior in anthropology, studies public policy over lunch in Rocky Top database.”

Cafe in the UC on Monday, June 13.

The database contains such information about the manuscripts as keywords, author, date of sermon, denomination of the author and the repository of the texts, where the full text is located.

Newfound Press’ online database allows users to search by any subject listed in the bibliography, including author, repository and books of the Bible.

Since the database has been online, it has received more than 1,700 manuscripts in less than a year, and the book has been downloaded 261 times.

Although the bibliography provides much information about the more than 1,500 sermons, the full text is not available on either the website or in the book.

“It’s not full text because the full text is located in libraries all around the South,” Phillips said. “The full text has not been digitized, but that would be a logical next step.”

Newfound Press allows users to access the full text of the written bibliography on its website, as well as the opportunity for users to download the full text.

The bibliography is marketed towards scholarly research; however, the database is still pertinent to students.

“I took an Appalachian history course last year,” Philip Davis, senior in history, said. “It would have been really useful to see what topics preachers were covering in the Appalachian area during the early history of the United States.”

In addition to Lofaro’s book, Newfound Press has also published books by several different authors.

“One of the reasons that we founded Newfound Press is to make very specialized scholarly material available around the world for free,” Phillips said.

“Publishers can’t afford to publish books like these unless they are selling thousands of copies of these.”

The database for Lofaro’s bibliography is at http://dlc.lib.utk.edu/sermons/sermons_public.htm.

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John Kerrigan, senior in finance, Michael Knapp, senior in finance, and Phil Payne, MBA, study in the Masters Investment Learning Center in the Haslam Business Building on Monday, June 13.

1777 - Continental Congress chooses national flag On this day in 1777, during the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution stating that "the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white" and that "the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation."

The national flag, which became known as the "stars and stripes," was based on the "Grand Union" flag, a banner carried by the Continental Army in 1776 that also consisted of 13 red and white stripes. According to legend, Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross designed the new canton for the flag, which consisted of a circle of 13 stars and a blue background, at the request of General George Washington. Historians have been unable to conclusively prove or disprove this legend.

With the entrance of new states into the United States after independence, new stripes and stars were added to represent new additions to the Union. In 1818, however, Congress enacted a law stipulating that the 13 original stripes be restored and that only stars be added to represent new states.

On June 14, 1877, the first Flag Day observance was held on the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the American flag. As instructed by Congress, the U.S. flag was flown from all public buildings across the country. In the years after the first Flag Day, several states continued to observe the anniversary, and in 1949 Congress officially designated June 14 as Flag Day, a national day of observance.

1954 - First nationwide civil defense drill held Over 12 million Americans "die" in a mock nuclear attack, as the United States goes through its first nationwide civil defense drill. Though American officials were satisfied with the results of the

drill, the event stood as a stark reminder that the United States—and the world—was now living under a nuclear shadow.

The June 1954 civil defense drill was organized and evaluated by the Civil Defense Administration, and included operations in 54 cities in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Alaska, and Hawaii. Canada also participated in the exercise. The basic premise of the drill was that the United States was under massive nuclear assault from both aircraft and submarines, and that most major urban areas had been targeted. At 10 a.m., alarms were sounded in selected cities, at which time all citizens were supposed to get off the streets, seek shelter, and prepare for the onslaught. Each citizen was supposed to know where the closest fallout shelter was located; these included the basements of government buildings and schools, underground subway tunnels, and private shelters. Even President Dwight D. Eisenhower took part in the show, heading to an underground bunker in Washington, D.C. The entire drill lasted only about 10 minutes, at which time an all-clear signal was broadcast and life returned to normal. Civil Defense Administration officials estimated that New York City would suffer the most in such an attack, losing over 2 million people. Other cities, including Washington, D.C., would also endure massive loss of life. In all, it was estimated that over 12 million Americans would die in an attack.

Despite those rather mind-numbing figures, government officials pronounced themselves very pleased with the drill. Minor problems in communication occurred, and one woman in New York City managed to create a massive traffic jam by simply stopping her car in the middle of the road, leaping out, and running for cover. In most cities, however, the streets were deserted just moments after the alarms sounded and there were no signs of panic or criminal behavior. A more cautious assessment came from a retired military officer, who observed that the recent development of the hydrogen bomb by the Soviet Union had "outstripped the progress made in our civil defense strides to defend against it."

—This Day in History courtesy of History.com

‘Spring Hurricane’ dismantles South Jake Lane Managing Editor “April showers bring May flowers,” goes the old adage.

For residents of East Tennessee, these “showers” and their correspondent high winds brought broken windows, totaled cars and power outages during the late weeks of April and early May. For residents of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Joplin, Mo., loss of life cast a deeper pall on the devastation the storms have left in their wake.

In the month since these storms and tornadoes hit, citizens of the states affected have begun the process of rebuilding and healing and in doing so, to make sense of the meteorological phenomena which brought about these storms.

April and May are peak months. What we saw was not untypical, definitely more active than normal.”

The overall number of tornadoes nationally from the 2011 outbreak versus 1974 were 331, opposed to 148. Roberts, who works with the National Weather Service in Morristown, said the combined 52 tornadoes in eastern Tennessee nearly tripled the record of 18 set during the Tornado Super Outbreak of 1974. “(This spring) was more extreme in terms of numbers,” Roberts said. “April 27 was the No. 1 event of all time.”

Though the majority of tornadic activity and subsequent destruction occurred on or around April 27, Roberts said the signs of an active season have been apparent since late winter, due to a “very active troughing pattern.”

As for the future of precipitation in the area, Roberts offered some hope for what is looking like a record-breaking summer for the heat index.

“We’re ahead of schedule for precipitation for the year,” Roberts said. “But if we don’t see an increase in the immediate future, we could possibly move into a drought.”

52 Tornadoes: Tripling a 37-year record While the effects of the storms are easily visible in news casts and ongoing efforts to return to normal life, their importance in terms of weather phenomena may be understated at this point.

“We had quite a bit of severe weather,” See WEATHER on Page 3 meteorologist Sam Roberts said. “ March,

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areas escaped with little to no lasting impact, others lost roofs, paint and entire buildings.

Though precise numbers are still being tallied continued from Page 2 as insurance companies calculate and award claims damage, some preliminary figures from Hail Dings: the Salt-Rust of the South?

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A change which few have met with resignation most costly homeowners’ catastrophe in the comis the structural damage to homes. While some pany’s 90-year history.”

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A worker prepares ceiling fixtures while working in a classroom of the Humanities and Social Sciences building on Monday, June 13. Crews began a serious restoration to the interior of the building, now decades old, at the beginning of the summer semester.

Prof. studies youth following protests Anthony Elias Staff Writer Politics and social media have become quite a combination as of late.

UT professor Brian Barber’s newest tool — a $450,000 grant from the Jacobs Foundation — is helping the professor of child and family studies build research on the Egyptian youth before, during and after the country’s recent government overthrow at the hands of a tool of its own: social media.

Barber said the technology “was an effective mobilizer” in helping the youth organize its efforts.

Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were used to “orchestrate the urgency that was created” to announce events in Egypt and to encourage attendance during the days of protest on Jan. 25 and Jan. 26.

Those who did not attend the two days of protest were shown videos via Facebook by a deputy director of Human Rights Watch in Egypt who was interviewed by Barber.

“On the 25th of January, the youth were on Facebook only,” the deputy director told his interviewer. “The TV gave people videos from Tahrir, but we had some of the police using violence. So when we put these on Facebook, I asked my friends if they knew what happened on 25th of January. If they say no, I sit them down in front of my laptop and make them watch this video. After this, he wanted to come with me.”

He said the government’s role in taking away the Internet only increased the country’s interest in the matter.

“When he decided to cut the service of text messages, then he cut the Internet,” the deputy director said. “After that, people knew that tomorrow would be a big day. You don’t have a

chance to know what is going on. The only chance is to go. I mean you couldn’t stay at home to watch. No choices, the only choice is to go.”

However, Barber, the founding director of the Center for the Study of Youth and Political Violence at UT, chose to change the name of the facility to the Center for the Study of Youth and Political Conflict because “people misinterpreted the intent” of the center’s purpose.

“It would be inappropriate to think we were there (in Egypt) to study political violence,” Barber said, adding that the demonstrations in Egypt were entirely “unviolent.”

After returning from his first trip to Egypt, Barber portrayed the Egyptian Revolution’s critical success to “none expecting a revolution of this magnitude” and that it “occurred because of an unanticipated confluence.”

“You have to be on the spot, walking in the midst of people,” Barber said.

Barber returns to the Middle East in July to study the Egyptian youth after this year’s revolutionary events. With the help of co-investigators Clea McNeely and James Youniss of Catholic University in Washington D.C., credited with putting the Jacobs Foundation grant proposal together with Barber, Barber will use the Jacobs funding to also assemble a feature film-length documentary on his research of chronicling youth development during and after the unanticipated government overthrow.

The Jacobs Foundation is committed to creating a real and sustaining impact by financing research in the field of child and youth development and by supporting the development of professional and social skills of young people around the world. Last year, the Jacobs Foundation approved grants amounting to $12.69 million dollars.

Voter settles for Obama in slump Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — If President Barack Obama wants North Carolina in his win column again next year, he might have to count on Elliott Johnson’s quiet, even grudging, acceptance rather than the riotous enthusiasm that propelled him to the White House in 2008.

Johnson, a 23-year-old college graduate with a new accounting degree in hand, is an intern at a commercial real estate firm. He would like something more permanent. But many of his college friends aren’t finding work, either, and he’s counting on a breakthrough in the economy.

“We have to do something different,” he said, pausing at a downtown street corner on a sweltering afternoon.

Johnson supported libertarian-leaning Republican Ron Paul, a Texas congressman, for president in 2008, but he’s now open to giving Obama a try.

“I feel like there’s better out there, but, honestly, I’m not seeing the better right now,” he said. “So he may be the best we have.”

For the president, struggling against 9.1 percent unemployment and a sluggish economic recovery, that might be as good as it gets these days.

Nationally his approval ratings hover around or just below 50 percent. But public opinion surveys find that a large majority disapproves of his handling of the economy, and even more believe the economy is in a rut.

That means the economy will be a dominant factor in determining how many people vote for president next year.

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Guest Column Family shapes columnist’s viewpoint I’m Chelsea B. Tolliver, your newest Daily Beacon columnist, and I have been described as many things. Of course, only some of them are true. These are: I am blunt, I am analytical, I am practical, I am perceptive and I am very stubborn. When I see something stupid, I say, “That’s stupid.”

I do have some tact, but I often choose not to use it.

A lot of these qualities come from my family dynamic. I am the younger of two children. My older brother Kevin is just as blunt as I am. He, however, has a great deal of tact, and usually uses it. He is very skilled at Irish diplomacy, telling a man to go to hell and making him look forward to the journey. He has a business degree, but we wouldn’t be surprised if he goes into politics. I’d vote for him. He has an uncanny ability to look at an issue and quickly see any stupidity therein. That fact makes him a great debater. I said I was stubborn, as you will soon see, mainly because I grew up learning how to argue with him.

My dad is a physicist. He taught/gave me my analytical side. I was homeschooled in middle school and he taught me math and science. It’s a different way to have learned.

He teaches like he learns: this is the first step, this is why. This is the second step, this is why.

This is how the second step works with the first. This is the third step ... and so on. I wasn’t born a “math person” but I learned how to be one and, in the process, learned how to analyze everything.

My dad is like Kevin when it comes to politics — he calls it like it is. My dad, however, does more analyzing before hand. So, once his decision is made, he can explain it in a calm, logical way that is so thought out that loopholes are negligible if they exist at all.

My mom taught/gave me my perceptive side. She is a pediatric speech and language pathologist. She’s very good at what she does.

That requires patience — with the children and with the parents. No matter how hard and unfair her day is, she keeps her poise and

shows grace in all her dealings. Learning alongside her is probably the only thing that tames my stubbornness and gives me any patience at all. The whole world should be grateful.

All of that together helped shape my bluntness. I think, however, that trait would be present no matter how I was raised. One person who has experienced my bluntness in a way that no one else has is my cousin Rebekah. Her taste in guys has been poor, and somehow, it’s always me who has to tell her she’s being stupid. She also had a habit of spending way too much money on stupid stuff.

She’s gotten over that. Thanks, in part, to yours truly (she says that, not me). It seems like she would get tired of hearing my blunt advice.

She keeps asking me for it, though, and I’m happy to give it to her, much like I will be happy to talk straight with all of you.

Thanks to Rebekah’s experiences on the battlefield of love, I will also be able to offer you readers a few tokens of wisdom on relationships. Rebekah has had relationships with eight guys over the last few years. She has broken up with five of those eight over or right after holidays when we have been at our grandmother’s house. Thanks to her, I have seen, analyzed and studied all kinds of relationships and have learned the signs of somebody being stupid. So, be on guard, because I have gotten good at spotting it.

My family members have truly helped shape my personality and given me the traits necessary to pull off a column entitled “Almost PC.” We will be delving into some controversial matters here in my humble missives, ranging from politics to pop culture.

I thought it best for you to get to know me a bit before we embark on what I hope will be a thoroughly interesting journey. Rest assured, it will be anything but politically correct.

— Chelsea Tolliver is a sophomore in the College Scholars Program. She can be reached at ctollive@utk.edu.

SCRAMBLED EGGS • Alex Cline

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Tennessee politics baffle columnist T he Social N etwo r k by

Elliott DeVore Since the beginning of my adult life the U.S. has made some progress in politics, repealing DADT and electing a mixed race president most recently.

However, with each step forward the nation takes, the state of Tennessee seems to take three steps back.

Being a resident of Knoxville for 22 years I had been blind to the ignorant conservatism that thrives here, until I came to college. Now, as I’m a month and a half away from moving away from Knoxville (and Tennessee for the matter) for grad school, I’ve realized … we’re trapped in time. Decades behind: It’s as if we’re living in a political land of the lost. I have become aware of what many who transplant to Knoxville realized instantly … it’s like the 50s.

If I hear the phrase, “well that’s just the way they were raised, what do you expect?” again in response to racist and homophobic jokes I just might die. This pervasive attitude seems to have allowed Tennesseans to elect officials who do such outrageous things as the “don’t say gay bill,” the new bill prosecuting those who post “offensive images,” or governors who sign a bill stripping city employees who identity as gay or lesbian protection from job discrimination.

Maybe someone can explain to me just why all of these bills, which come from conservatives, have nothing to do with money and taxes or job creation … especially when that is what the hot issues are today with the president. It seems that these conservatives only want to pass bills that intrude on the personal lives of others, because they believe THAT is most important. I mean really! It just makes no sense whatsoever. This slew of idiotic legislation is making world news: BBC has covered the “don’t say gay bill” throughout it’s embarrassing journey.

Campfield hasn’t been the only Tennessee politician to look foolish to the national public, either.

Former Rep. Paul Stanley introduced a bill in 2009 that would prevent lesbian and gay couples from adopting children on the grounds that they can’t provide good “family values” or a proper upbringing.

Shortly after introducing the bill Stanley resigned from office after his extramarital affair with an intern was made public.

A Nashville City ordinance that protected gays and lesbians from job discrimination was also abolished. The rationale was stated that no city should have a policy that was stricter at the city level than at the state level. Obviously the ethical solution would be to make it illegal to discriminate against LGBT people in the ENTIRE state of Tennessee.

Just a few years ago, then-Knoxville Mayor Haslam addressed Gary Elgin, who was the director of the Rainbow Community Awareness project in Knoxville, after the shootings at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church (TVUUC), saying, “It is often easy to make these tragic events, which are far too frequent, about the community in which they occur. Knoxville is a caring, compassionate city where diverse viewpoints are shared and respected.

Every person, regardless of race, religion, age, sex or sexual orientation, is a person of human dignity and a valued member of our community.” TVUUC was reportedly targeted because of their open arms towards the LGBT community.

If we as members of the LGBT Community are people of human dignity and we’re valued members of the greater community, then why, Gov. Haslam, did you nullify the ordinance that made members of the LGBT community equal and protected? Do we not have enough dignity or are we not valued enough members of the Tennessee community to have job security? Sorry Mr. Haslam, but it seems these things are “about the community in which they occur.” Like I said, I truly don’t get Tennessee politics.

People say one thing and do another; what happened to having integrity and doing what is best for your constituents?

I don’t think passing laws to punish people for posting offensive images, or not allowing students to discuss being gay, or any other recent embarrassing legislature is fulfilling any of the responsibilities of our civil servants. Well, on second thought, maybe I can get the state of Tennessee to ban the Westboro Baptist Church’s website, www.godhatesfags.com, from being accessed anywhere in the state. Because I’m utterly repulsed by it! Somebody please explain it to me; I’m dying to understand.

— Elliott Devore is a graduate in psychology. He can be reached at edevore@utk.edu.

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So did we win this one or lose it, folks?

Campus lit up last week with the news that the lottery scholarship has been extended to the summer term by HB 2010/SB 1529. Students have been officially cleared to put summer months to good academic use, backed by lottery scholarships to fund their tuition.

This measure is an incredible advantage to many students on campus, who can now work out scheduling issues in order to graduate on time. The provisions of the bill will certainly make some students’ lives a whole lot easier. We here at the Beacon now duly offer a shout out to our SGA representatives, who worked tirelessly to make this all happen.

And that should be that. Now the scholarship will apply to the summer months as well, so everyone can take the courses they need, when they need them to graduate on time. That’s right, as many courses as we like ... er, wait.

There’s the rub.

Because you see, any time you send something through the bureaucratic machinery, it never comes out the same. Or simple.

Case in point: The student body, along with the SGA, saw a problem. Students wanted to be able to use scholarship funding to take classes over the summer, just like they do during the school year. It seemed like an excellent idea.

Everyone would be able to graduate on time, taking all the classes needed to achieve their goals.

SGA took the idea and ran with it. Their letter-writing and lobbying paid off, because they actually delivered. But, as always, there’s a catch.

Students are more than welcome to take summer classes, and their cost will indeed by covered by the scholarship. However, students will only be allowed 120 hours of scholarshipbacked education, and not a second more. Only

certain majors that actually require over 120 hours will be exempt from this rule. This means that if you matriculated to the university in the Fall of 2009 or later and you were planning a more in-depth curriculum for yourself, you will likewise be figuring out how to pay for it.

Yourself.

A great deal of people seeking double-majors, minors or simply a broader course of study will be affected. Estimates indicate about 2,200 current UT students across the system will face difficulty graduating within the hour limit. This figure, however, does not account for those who enter college without their life plan already in place. Those students will be at a great disadvantage should they ever decide to change their major.

Now I understand that economic times are hard, and we need to cut government spending. No doubt. Take the $15 million allotted for a swimming pool in Kingsport that topped last year’s ‘pork report.’

Something needs to be done. Limiting credit hours covered by the lottery scholarship, however, is not the solution. Students who want to take more hours are often the most dedicated. These students who want to have a broader knowledge base are an asset to our state’s future.

Look at it like this: When students spend extra time in college, the end result is a greater increase in their human capital. Their effort increases the human capital available in the state of Tennessee, making our communities and businesses stronger.

Breadth and depth in higher education is the key to Tennessee’s successful future.

At least we have taken a step in the right direction. More students will be able to enjoy the convenience of summer studies. Doublemajors, however, should select their classes as strategically as possible. Highschool students have it a bit harder. They must soon decide what to do with the rest of their lives. If they choose wrong, they will pay. Literally.

— Blair Kuykendall is a junior in the College Scholars Program. She can be reached at bkuykend@utk.edu.

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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Documentary promotes plant-based diet Jake Lane Managing Editor We live in an era of self-improvement, whether it be cosmetic surgery, miracle diets or mid-life crises involving affairs with personal trainers. Every time I hear about a book, television series or new film espousing some lifealtering approach to physical health, naturally I assume that some angle of capitalist gain is driving the project rather than a desire to help the masses.

When I viewed Lee Fulkerson’s “Forks Over Knives,” I had to not only question my condescending view towards the health doc genre, but also my own regression into a red meat carnivore from a mere pescatarian.

Summarizing the film would be simple: Almost a half-century of research co-opted by the United States and China (!) has yielded massive data proving the benefits of a whole foods, plant-based diet.

Fulkerson returns to this point over and over again, yet the film neither resembles an attempt at vegetarian proselytizing or blatant product placement. Instead, Fulkerson follows the work of physicians T. Colin Campbell and Caldwell B. Esselstyn, whose independent studies eventually joined field research and clinical application to form the basis of Fulkerson’s supposition.

The film begins with Fulkerson’s own story, a middleaged American man who consumes excesses of caffeine and sugar and subsequently is a bit overweight. He visits a

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By implanting his own story, Fulkerson lends urgency to the film’s message. The issue at hand is what saved the lives of several other patients of Campbell and Esselstyn interviewed in the film, and perhaps Fulkerson himself.

Now would be the time when you say, “Show me the proof!”

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Now, as with any other scientific study, social media survey or the turning of nuclear warheads into a whale and a pot of petunias, these results are random and completely based on their sources. However, the overwhelming conclusion backed up numerous times throughout the film is that Fulkerson, by way of Campbell and Esselstyn, may be on to something.

Fulkerson claims that the results of Campbell and Chen’s survey showed a positive correlation to meat and dairy consumption and cancer occurrence. Campbell even states that roughly two percent of cancer actually results from genetic breakdown, the prevalent theory in oncology next to carcinogen exposure.

When observed 30 years later, after the widespread introduction of fast-food chain restaurants and Western products featuring high fructose corn syrup, Fulkerson observes that the same • Photo courtesy of Forks over Knives Chinese populations already exhibited the rampant rates of hypertension, cardiovascular disease and even cancer occurrence observed in Western culture.

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6 • The Daily Beacon

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

THESPORTSPAGE

Past coaches, UT meet with NCAA Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Tennessee coaches Bruce Pearl and Lane Kiffin finally got to explain themselves in front of the NCAA. All they can do now is wait to see if it did any good.

Kiffin spent more than four hours answering questions in front of the infractions committee Saturday, then was followed

by Pearl, who spent nearly five hours in front of the committee. School officials are hoping the daylong closed-door hearing marks the beginning of the end of a 22-month investigation that rocked the Volunteers’ football and men’s basketball programs and tarnished Tennessee’s reputation.

“The hardest part is just being here,” Pearl said.

“This was not something I was looking forward to.”

The committee is expected to make a ruling within eight to 12 weeks.

That’s when the Volunteers’ will learn their punishment.

Tennessee faces a dozen major rules violations in George Richardson • The Daily Beacon the two high-proLane Kiffin waits to lead the team file sports includonto the field before a game ing accusations against South Carolina on that both coaches Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. Several c o m m i tt e d current and former members of the recruiting infracUT Athletics staff were asked tions and that about the case they presented for both also failed to themselves in May of allegations promote an atmosagainst multiple programs. phere of compliance within those programs.

Pearl, the former Volunteers men's basketball coach, also was charged with unethical conduct after misleading NCAA investigators during an interview last June when he was asked about hosting high school juniors at a cookout at his house on Sept. 20, 2008 and phoning John Craft, father of recruit Aaron Craft, in an effort to influence Craft’s statement to investigators about the cookout.

Craft just completed his freshman season at Ohio State, whose football program is also under NCAA investigation.

On Sept. 10, in a tearful news conference, Pearl acknowledged he had provided false information to the investigators.

That part was not contested Saturday, but there was plenty of discussion on other issues — and lots of people trying to help Tennessee plead for leniency.

Those attending included, Kiffin, now the Southern

California football coach; Pearl, who was fired after last season by Tennessee; Mike Hamilton, the outgoing athletic director; SEC commissioner Mike Slive; Derek Dooley, Tennessee’s new football coach; and Cuonzo Martin, the Vols new men’s basketball coach. Martin and Dooley are not implicated in the charges.

The school’s contingent was so large it forced the NCAA to move its hearing into a bigger conference room, and the hearing was held about five blocks from the home stadium of one of Tennessee’s most famous alums — four-time NFL MVP Peyton Manning.

“We are glad we had the opportunity to present our case,” university chancellor Jimmy Cheek said in a statement. “We feel it was a fair hearing and we look forward to the resolution of this matter.”

Kiffin was accompanied at the hearing by USC athletic director Pat Haden, who made his second appearance in front of an NCAA committee in Indy this year. He also attended January’s appeals hearing for USC, which this week was stripped George Richardson • The Daily Beacon of its 2004 national title by the Bowl Bruce Pearl reasons with officials Championship during a game against Oakland Series for NCAA University on Tuesday, Dec. 14, violations.

2010. Pearl and a whole host of Tennessee has Tennessee’s current and former already taken some staff appeared before the steps in hopes of Committee on Infractions avoiding a punishSaturday in Indianapolis, Ind. ment that would be that drastic.

It reduced Pearl’s salary by $1.5 million last season and banned him from off-campus recruiting for one year. The SEC also suspended Pearl for eight conference games. In March, Pearl was fired.

The school also lowered the salary for each of Pearl's three assistants, who were accused of not providing “complete” information about the cookout.

Pearl and two of his assistants, Tony Jones and Steve Forbes also are accused of making 96 impermissible phone calls to 12 recruits or relatives between Aug. 1, 2007, and July 29, 2009, and the school has been charged with failure to monitor the coaching staff’s contacts.

Kiffin and his assistants were accused of making improper calls to recruits, too, after Tennessee officials warned them against it. He made those calls just days before taking the Southern California job in January 2010.

‘Stability’ essential to Cronan, UT Matt Dixon Sports Editor It was quite the understatement made by UTK Chancellor Jimmy Cheek during the June 7 press conference where men’s Athletic Director Mike Hamilton announced his resignation, effective June 30.

“We want somebody to come in and build on the strong foundation that already exists,” Cheek said when asked what qualities the next athletic director would need.

“And we also need stability.”

Three head football coaches. Two head men’s basketball coaches.

A vacant head baseball coaching position. And soon to be no full-time athletic director.

Safe to say, stability should be UT’s first priority in the short-term.

Currently, UT is one of two schools in the country that has separate men’s and women’s athletic departments; the other is Texas.

Stability has been a staple on the women’s side of things, most notably with basketball coach Pat Summitt and women’s Athletic Director Joan Cronan.

So it shouldn’t have come as a surprise when Cronan was named the interim athletic director last Thursday.

“It’s an exciting time,” Cronan said. “When I think about history and where we started, I’ve actually been an athletic director for 38 years — some of you, don’t start counting. It’s been a long time, and this is an opportunity to look to the future.

“When I was offered this job, I said, ‘Why and why not?’ The why is I love Tennessee. The why is I love the Big Orange. The why is that we’re good, and I want us to continue. The challenge is the transition.

The challenge is we haven’t had a great year — but the future is bright.

I look forward to having the opportunity to lead this program into the future.”

That future includes a merging of the men’s and women’s athletic departments, also announced last Thursday.

“As we looked at going forward, we looked at some consolidation and all of you know that we have been doing some consolidation,” Cronan said. “We looked at efficiency and effectiveness, and this is a way to continue that. This is a way to be part of the solution, not a part of the problem. I think as we look forward to UT athletics, both men’s and women’s, I think it’s going to be all right.”

While Cronan made it clear she wasn’t interested in being the fulltime athletic director, she will aide in finding her replacement.

“I love the title interim athletic director and I’m looking forward to being a part of the search and a part of selecting that vice-chancellor and athletic director that will lead Tennessee in the future,” she said.

One of her first duties will be being on the committee that hires the next baseball coach — a position that could be filled by the end of the week.

But most importantly, Cronan brings that “s-word” Cheek mentioned on June 7.

“My goal right now is to bring stability and bring a feeling of ‘We’re going to be O.K.,’ because we are going to be O.K.,” she said. “I look around at other athletic departments, we’re in pretty good shape. You talk about financially, you talk about competitively. I met with all of our head coaches today and I told them, ‘You are all great. And my job is to be sure you can be as good as you can possibly be.’”

Alexander leads UT with record throw Staff Reports Annie Alexander launched a school-record throw in the shot put Saturday afternoon, while the Lady Vol 4x400m relay and Vol sprinter Dentarius Locke also punched through for points on the final day of the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium.

As a result, the Lady Vols wound up finishing tied for 11th in the women’s team standings with 20 points.

Texas A&M claimed the title with 49, followed in second by Oregon with 45.

In the men’s team race, Locke provided UT’s lone point for a tie for 64th-place.

Texas A&M took home the trophy with 55 points, edging Florida State (54) and Florida (53).

“My goal coming into today was to see if the women could get into the 20s for points,” UT Director of Track & Field J.J. Clark said. “I figured if we could get into the mid-20s that would probably get us a top10 finish. We came in 11th and did the best we could with what we had today, and that’s all we could do.

“On the men’s side, we need more talent at the national level. It’s plain and simple.”

Alexander, a junior from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, matched her placing in Wednesday’s discus throw competition, unloading a blast of 57 feet, 11 1/4 inches to snare third place in the shot put on the final day.

That measurement was not only a career best, but it also improved upon her own school record of 57-9 3/4, which she set on April 2 at the UT-UCLA Dual.

Entering the meet seeded fourth and having acquired a reputation as a late-round performer, Alexander came ready to perform from the get-go on Saturday. She opened the proceedings with a toss of 54-10 3/4 and improved in each of her six attempts. She followed with tosses of 55-2, 55-6 1/4, 56-1 1/4 and 56-4 1/2 before her deciding effort, and never fell below fourth place during the course of the event.

“Annie had a banner meet,” Clark said. “She came here, delivered and threw her best. She competed in both events (discus, shot) very well.

“John Frazier does a great job of fine-tuning her and getting her ready. She improved every throw today, and I want to congratulate her on doing a great job and also coach Frazier on delivering that.”

The Lady Vol 4x4 had the second-best effort on a sunny afternoon at the blue

oval. The quartet of Ellen Wortham, Kianna Ruff, Martinique Octave and Nijgia Snapp produced a season-best readout of 3:32.15 to score two points in a seventh-place showing.

Clark was very complementary of the late-blooming group, which worked through some injuries to shine at season’s end.

“They’ve been hurt all year with Nijgia’s hamstring and Martinique’s quad,” Clark said. “At regionals, we put our team together for the first time and were fortunate enough to make the NCAA meet. They came here and made the finals.

“Ellen was a great lead-off leg, giving us a good start.

We just went from there, coming together to run the best time of the year in the last meet. That’s what you want to do. The good thing is that they are all coming back next year.”

For the UT men, Locke got on the scoreboard in his second NCAA meet and produced another All-America effort. The redshirt freshman from Tampa wound up eighth in the 200-meter dash, jetting around the turn and down the straightaway in 20.91 with a 2.6 wind at his back. An All-American in the 60 meters indoors, he will match those accolades outdoors in the 200. That’s not a bad showing for a sprinter, much less a firstyear collegiate competitor.

“He’s an All-American as a freshman,” Clark said, recognizing the fine accomplishment by the rookie. “He had to run out of lane one today, which is difficult. He did the best that he could do, and I’m very proud that he came as a freshman and scored in the 200. I congratulate him on that.”

Brittany Sheffey’s day in the 1500m didn’t go as she had hoped, but she now has a complete race under her belt after being tripped in the NCAA semifinal round the past two seasons. After advancing to the championship race this season via a protest by her coach, Sheffey wound up 12th in 4:22.50.

The UT junior led the pack through the first two laps as she did on Thursday.

As the bell sounded for the final 400, though, she found herself boxed in on the rail.

She had no clear path to the outside until about 200 remained, but by that time is was too late.

“Brittany had a bad race,” Clark said. “We know that she can compete with these runners. She beat two of them last week who finished in the top three at this meet.

She is a talented and quality athlete, and she just had a bad day. I believe she will be able to be a contributor for us next year.”