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Course offers insight on U.S. food handling Jordan Lawson Staff Writer UT’s Center for Agriculture and Food Security and Preparedness is hosting a course regarding the importing and transportation of food in the U.S. This pilot delivery of the course, entitled “Effective Sharing of Information and Intelligence Related to the Importation and Transportation of Food,” will take place Tuesday the UT Conference Center. Sharon Thompson, director of the Center for Agriculture and Food Security and Preparedness, said that the course addresses how food is transported in the U.S. and how it is vital that information about food security and safety should be shared between the public and private sectors. The course is designed for those who have a stake in food defense and safety, including law enforcement, emergency responders and public health officials. “At the end of this course, the participant will be able to
effectively identify, share and disseminate intelligence and information related to food imports and the transportation of food,” Thompson said. “They will also understand the importance of communicating information as soon as it is observed and know whom they should contact.” Ann White, program manager of the Center for Agriculture and Food Security and Preparedness, said that since 9/11 the U.S. has been cautious and on alert for terrorist attacks. “Everyday we hear about disgruntled employees or ‘homegrown terrorists,’” she said. “It is important to train those who work in the food industry and law enforcement what to look out for.” There have also been reports of problems concerning food safety with both imported products and those domestically produced, Thompson said. “This course will try and improve communication between the private and public sectors in order to identify problems early on and prevent associated health consequences,” she said. The pilot course is part of a certification process to gain
approval of the course from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The course is being developed by UT’s own Center for Agriculture and Food Security and Preparedness and has funding support from the DHS, Thompson said. UT, Virginia Tech and New Mexico State University faculty will teach the course. “Once the course is approved by DHS, it will be delivered nationally,” Thompson said. White said that they currently have two courses that have already been certified. They must deliver three pilot courses to achieve this certification so the course can be taught nationally. The other schools that help teach the course also aid in its design. “We collaborate with other colleges, such as New Mexico State University and Virginia Tech, to develop our courses, and our instructors include University of Tennessee staff and other subject matter experts from all across the country,” White said. There is no cost to take the course but preregistration is required. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the course will begin at 8 a.m. and last until 5 p.m.
Survey shows UT students dissatisfied Robby O’Daniel Editor-in-Chief
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Throughout the summer UT has freshman orientation that is meant to guide upcoming freshman in what classes to take, what clubs to join, and other things that new students to UT should learn.
According to a recent survey, UT students are less satisfied than their peers in terms of evaluating their overall educational experience at UT and whether they would attend UT again if they could start over. Data from the National Survey of Student Engagement was presented by Todd Diacon, executive director for academic success and program support, at the Academic Affairs and Student Success Committee meeting on Thursday morning. The numbers showed that UT seniors in 2008 presented lower scores — showing less participation, less satisfaction or less frequency in activities — in a number of categories. The biggest differences between UT and peer institutions came to the aforementioned questions, asking how students would rate their overall educational experience and whether they’d attend again. Even though both figures were below peers, they remained satisfactory overall. When evaluating the overall educational experience, UT students averaged 3.05, while Tennessee Higher Education Commission peers averaged 3.42. On a four-point scale, those answers to the question indicate an answer between “good” and “excellent,” though THEC peers are closer to excellent. In the same way, UT and THEC peers both range between “probably yes” and “definitely yes” when asking whether students would attend the same school again, but THEC peers are closer to “definitely yes” than UT. UT rates at 3.19, while THEC peers are at 3.51 for that school year. 2008 UT seniors also were below THEC peers in satisfaction when rating academic advising and relationships with others at the university. 2008 UT seniors ranked lower in participating in practicums, internships, volunteer work, research projects and study abroad. According to the survey, those surveyed also ranked lower when evaluating how their institution supported academic success or helped them understand people of different racial or ethnic backgrounds.
The only figure shown in the presentation that placed UT above THEC peers was students completing class presentations. Trustee Don Stansberry worried that all the categories shown except one showed UT below THEC peers. Provost Susan Martin said at the meeting that many of the figures showed the difference between UT and THEC peers as insignificant. According to the report, many of the effectsize differences were below .3, meaning they were “hardly noticeable.” The report said, “This does not mean that we can ignore differences. But it does mean that we need to make sure we understand the meaning of those differences.” Alexander McCormick, director of the National Survey of Student Engagement, emphasized that the differences are effect sizes, not percentage differences. “(With) .3, you’re pretty modest in terms of differences,” McCormick said. “You’re entering into the range of something that might be noticeable, but it’s not going to be a dramatic difference.” McCormick said there’s always a question with universities asking when figures like this become significant and meaningful, considering it’s a sample size of students willing to take the survey that constitutes the results. The response rate for the last data was 39 percent. “We have these students that responded to the survey, and how much can we infer in that for all of our students?” McCormick asked. He said the impetus of creating the survey was to improve discussion quality about higher education. He said rankings like the U.S. News and World Report ones were reputationdriven and “did not tell you anything about teaching and learning.” He said, with SAT scores, you can virtually reproduce the rankings. “We wanted to create a survey that refocused the discussion,” McCormick said. According to the report, the university has already taken action to address issues with advising and study abroad with hiring more advising professionals, changing the way advising is done at freshman orientation, promoting the Ready for the World Initiative and promoting study-abroad scholarships.
Book club promotes environmental thinking Andrea Castillo Staff Writer With the economic recession, the skyrocketing price of gas and now the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the idea of going green and the discussion of alternative options to save energy have become popular topics. This is especially true at the Knox County Public Library where Emily Ellis started a program, called the Brown Bag-Green Book series, in 2009 to do just that. With the Knox County Public Library and City of Knoxville as the sponsors of the Brown Bag-Green Book
series, Ellis, the leader and founder of the program, first started this series in the spring of 2009 when she noticed the number of people who were out for lunch and decided to use it to her advantage. She did this, not only to bring people to the Knox County Public Library, but also to discuss important issues. The discussions are held on the third Wednesday of each month at noon in the Knox County Public Library and members can either bring their own sack lunch or get takeout food at a nearby restaurant. Each discussion is led by a different
speaker or set of speakers. “This program is open to the public and is something that has generated a really good response and a great turnout,” said Ellis. “I’m glad I selected something that people are interested in and that continues to have people return each month.” Ellis stated that she is proud of the program. Green Books deals with environmental sustainability, and although the books do pertain to the discussion, the reading is not required for participants to attend. According to Ellis, the discussions are generally scheduled for an hour, but they often run over a bit, because
when you are engaged in an interesting subject and get carried away, it is difficult to just cut it off at times, she said. Each book is different and includes topics such as water providence, local food, clean energy and America's addiction to oil, as well as sustainable design. Bill Shiell, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, discussed "Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture," by Ellen Ruppel Shiell, last December. “The program creates a space in community for two things we need most: civility and dialogue,” Shiell said. Ellis invited him to do the
presentation, and he chose from a couple of different controversial issues in the culture. “I chose ‘Cheap’ because my tribe of Christians tends to spend more money around the Christmas season for people rather than for the person who is associated with Christmas,” Shiell says. As for the program itself, Shiell says that he found the forum engaging and stimulating. “The staff really set a nice tone and a warm environment for the conversation,” stated Shiell. The next discussion will be on July 21 and will be led by John Nolt, professor of
philosophy. He will be leading the discussion on a 10year-old classic, entitled “Fast Food Nation,” by Eric Schlosser. “The investigation and cultural history that it delves into changed the way America thinks about the way it eats,” Ellissaid. “With each program we invite someone in the community that has some insight and knowledge on the topic at hand.” Ellis also commented on the fact that John Nolt was an interesting and engaging speaker and that she is looking forward to him being there in the upcoming month.
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Construction on Neyland Stadium continues through the summer. The stadium is set to be finished by the first home game in September. Some new additions will be a statue of General Neyland for the Vol Walk and a concourse nearly doubled in size.
The Associated Press Wrestler Rick Flair promotes Tenn. lottery NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Lottery is using pro wrestler Ric Flair and his signature scream “woooooo” to promote the Mega Millions game. Flair, who calls himself “The Nature Boy,” appears in 30-second TV and radio spots tagged “Jack Up Your Jackpots.” He’s shown slapping a hapless skinny fellow and encouraging him to turn puny jackpots into huge ones by playing Mega Millions. “He’s an absolute delight to work with and everybody knows him,” said Rebecca Hargrove, president and CEO of the Tennessee lottery. “He’s a good representation of good people. “Everything we do is geared to sell more tickets, and this ad has garnered a lot of attention.” The spot will run for three weeks but lottery officials have the rights to run it for a year. It had more than 2,000 views on You Tube in six days. “It’s gotten the response we hoped,” Hargrove said. Flair has done previous promotion work for lotteries in North Carolina, Hargrove said. “I thought this was a perfect fit for him,” she said Tuesday. Flair’s website proclaims him “the most decorated world
champion in history.” In the Tennessee spot, he screams his famous “wooooo” four times. “People of all ages want his autograph,” Hargrove said. As far as the scrawny young man slapped by Flair in the chest, Hargrove said, “He’s a hoot. He sure has the right look for this ad.” Taking the blow was a bare-chested Michael Bradley, a local actor. The spot cost $110,000 to produce. Witness: Blagojevich considered Winfrey for Senate CHICAGO— Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich called Oprah Winfrey a kingmaker who could influence voters as he mulled naming the talk show host to President Barack Obama's former Senate seat, according to an FBI tape played Monday at his corruption trial. "She made Obama, she's up there so high nobody could assail this pick," Blagojevich is heard telling his chief of staff, John Harris, who is now a prosecution witness. Blagojevich had mentioned in TV interviews last year that Winfrey's name had come up in discussions about the seat. Winfrey said last year that she was "amused" by the revelation and that she was unaware at the time that she was under consideration.
On the tape played Monday, Harris says picking Winfrey would be a mistake and he is "not sure what she stands for." Blagojevich brushes such concerns aside, saying she was obviously a Democrat and her support in the 2008 election had "made Obama." But a few minutes later, Blagojevich is heard complaining that he needs more potential candidates. At one point, the governor considers trying to appoint Obama family friend Valerie Jarrett, even though she has withdrawn her name from consideration and taken a post as a White House adviser. And he erupts when Harris brings up former press secretary Cheryle Jackson. "There's no (expletive) way," he screams. He calls her an "(expletive) incompetent." The secretly made FBI tapes show that as time passed, Blagojevich warms to the idea of picking Democratic U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., someone he had been heard on tape earlier in the trial as saying was "a bad guy, a really bad guy." But Harris testified that Blagojevich told him that a "third party" with ties to Jackson had visited the governor and dangled the possibility of a $1.5 million campaign contribution. Harris did not address that person's identity in testimony Monday.
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‘True Blood’ proves mindlessly enjoyable Robby O’Daniel Editor-in-Chief “True Blood” is back for a third season, and the characters are as dumb as ever. Let’s be honest, “True Blood” fans: We get ridiculed enough for liking a show that features vampires and werewolves — a little too close to “Twilight” for many respectable Americans — so we can at least admit this one thing. Objectively, “True Blood” is a bit goofy. Pretty much its entire cast of characters has some kind of supernatural ability, whether it be vampire, werewolf, shapeshifter or mindreader. And they are all somehow centralized in the environment of this one bar in Louisiana, which brings into contention just what the percentages and chances are for having abilities in “True Blood.” I mean, is this a supernatural thriller, or is this the freaking “X-Men” we are talking about here? But then, “True Blood” never really defined its terms. At first, viewers just knew that Eric the sheriff was in charge. Then we learned of the queen of Louisiana (played expertly by an edgy version of Evan Rachel Wood), and now we’ve been introduced to the king of Mississippi. So does every state have these designations? And, for awhile, it was just vampires. But now a whole race of werewolves exists as well? Just how exactly did the main-
stream world not know about these creatures for so long? Supposedly vampires have been around for thousands of years, but they were still considered myth as late as the 1800s? How does that work? And it was just casually mentioned in the last season-three episode, but how on earth has only nine weeks passed from season one to season three? This show has the kind of nonsensical, frantic pacing of “24.” As you can see, if viewers truly think about the dynamics of “True Blood,” there’s plenty of plotholes. And characters like Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten) — the brother of protagonist Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) — make one question whether anyone in the show has an I.Q. higher than room temperature. Just to recap, Jason has went from vampire-hater to vampire-blood addict to religious nut to vigilante to would-be cop in the span of, well, if you believe the show’s timeline, NINE WEEKS. What kind of schizophrenic lunatic is Jason anyway? But what really questions Jason’s brains is the fact that he says every line with the same wide-eyed, vacant look on his face. Then there’s Sookie’s best friend Tara, who is ready to jump into bed with every potential killer or troublemaker that walks her way. In the season-three episode that aired Sunday, she was bedding new character and vampire Franklin Mott (James Frain). This is all despite the fact that the supposed
love of her life got killed just days earlier and the fact that she knew Franklin was a vampire before she went to bed with him. Tara’s life is a baffling and frustrating trainwreck that viewers cannot help but watch. There’s so much to critique about the show that it might be strange to hear how mindlessly enjoyable it is. The show’s mash-up of genres (horror, sci-fi, thriller), with its Southern setting and wealth of characters and possibilities makes for an enjoyable hour of television. Plus season three gets amped up in quality with the cast addition of Frain, who played Thomas Cromwell in Showtime’s “The Tudors.” It’s an interesting contrast to see the guy who played the self-righteous Protestant right-hand man to King Henry VIII morph into the ashen vampire, dressed completely in black, in “True Blood.” Frain, with his five-o’clock shadow and authoritative style for finding out information, brings just one word to mind — awesome. It’s a quality that Eric the sheriff has started evoking more and more lately. (Why are the villains always the most fun?) So while “True Blood” may make no sense or come off as just stupid from time to time, it has enough redeeming qualities to make it worth the watch. And, unless I have not set the bar low enough, at least it’s not “Twilight.”
Great show ‘Hung’ in the middle of HBO Sunday night Robby O’Daniel Editor-in-Chief Sunday was the debut of HBO’s summer lineup at full strength, with new episodes of “True Blood” at 9 p.m., “Hung” at 10 p.m. and “Entourage” at 10:30 p.m. Looking over that HBO dinner of an entree and two sides, it’s easy to see that the premium channel offers something for everyone. But the most riveting of the three, oddly enough, is “Hung,” which stands out like a sore thumb between the vampires and werewolves of “True Blood” and the ritzy movie stars of “Entourage.” Between these fantastical elements, the plight of everyman Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane) is strangely compelling. Besides, who doesn’t want to see The Punisher as a family man? Now obviously Ray stopped being the true everyman once he became a male prostitute, but the central conflicts of his life — his complicated yearning for reunion with his wife and
children and the physical and psychological barriers keeping him away from that — are universal to all. Frankly, for a channel that’s known for highbrow, artistic television shows, it’s refreshing to hear plain-speaking Ray talk about how fixing the roof to his house is probably the answer to all his problems (even if it obviously isn’t). What makes the show even more fun is how the entire cast of “Hung” surrounds plain Ray with a bunch of oddballs and screw-ups. In particular, despite Ray being a relative novice in the field of male prostitution, the second season premiere, which aired Sunday, pits Ray in the middle of a power struggle between his former pimp Tanya (Jane Adams) and his current one Lenore (Rebecca Creskoff). Adams has probably been in something you’ve seen — say, “Little Children” or “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” — and every time, she comes off as this self-defeating individual with a completely broken spirit. If
that’s Adams’ go-to character type, then she amps it up to 11 here. Her flailing efforts in season one — at being a high-school poetry coach, coming up with a pastry that has classic writing in it or generally trying to infusing poetry into anything — were pitiful and hilarious at the same time. A type of character like Adams is easy to root for. Then there’s Lenore, who is Tanya’s foil. She’s a buxom redhead with confidence, money and a flare for fashion and reminds of Joan (Christina Hendricks) from “Mad Men.” It’s interesting to see the scenes with Lenore and Tanya going at it because it not only allows Lenore establishing her dominance but also Tanya to squeak up for herself as well. The results can be pretty darn entertaining, especially with mild-mannered Ray sitting in the middle. “Hung” is not the most revolutionary show. The idea of a middle-America-familygone-zany has been done,
multiple times in fact. Showtime’s got “Weeds” where the matriarch is/was a marijuana dealer. At the heart of Showtime’s “United States of Tara” is an average American family affected by the mental illness of one of their own and how they handle it. Even “Dexter” has become that “type” of show the more it has went along. Yet, out of all of those shows, “Hung” is the one that exceeds most admirably at depicting middle America and the realities therein. Because “Hung” has the realistic backdrop of Ray as a high-school teacher. He’s that type of high-school educator that teaches history but really cares about athletics. In season one, it was basketball, and now it’s baseball. It’s here that we learn that Ray’s economic hardships are not just related to his family. As a coach, Ray struggles to battle through budgetary constraints to keep alive what he has the most fun doing in life — being involved in sports. Because sports make sense to a guy like Ray when every-
thing in his life does not. And if he loses sports — on top of his family, his money and his roof — what does he have
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Rising — Internet appreciation of Geocities Remember when the Internet was, like, really ugly? For years, users have gone to http://www.archive.org and been witness to the fact through the site’s Wayback Machine. It allows users to type in an address and see how it looked in the past. For example, remember when the Facebook login page was even simpler than it is today? Well, that’s not even the half of it, considering that big media conglomerates like CNN and ABC used to have painfully simple websites that users navigated, websites that novices could outdo in a matter of minutes today. But with the Wayback Machine, while there are some ugly, archaic sites to be seen, most of the focus is on the simple. To remember the truly horrific looking, one needs to use the new Geocitiesizer. On the website, the Geocities-izer proclaims that it can “make any webpage look like it was made by a 13-year-old in 1996.” Geocities, which apparently was bought by Yahoo! at one point and later shut down in late 2009 (who knew?), was a web provider that offered free websites to users. And these first site managers were notorious for being completely awful at web design, filling the sites with neon-green Comic Sans MS font and a small village of supposedly “funny” gif images. Now one can be nostalgic while also toying around with what Geocities might have looked like for nationally known sites. Geocities-izer, at http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/, automatically makes any website look like a “classic” Geocities one. Just type in the URL. One can even read the news through the New York Times while in Geocities mode, though the load time of the midi file that plays in the background slows down the computer. Geocities-izer even makes Google, perhaps the simplest site on the web, seem annoying with an ugly, patterned background and gifs strewn everywhere. Geocities-izer is truly up to the challenge for any site. Rising — Annoyances of soccer I know, it seems impossible for soccer to be more annoying than it is already. Yet the blare of the vuvuzela, the traditional South African instrument, over the World Cup games is enough to reduce even further a sane person’s ability to watch a soccer game. But it’s not like annoying fan practices are not without precedent. Pretty much every sport has its share of idiotic fans making the experience not enjoyable for everyone else. In baseball, it’s usually the fair-weather fans who do not care that are the most annoying. The wave, particularly when it occurs in a tense moment or in the ninth inning, is the most asinine thing ever invented. The entire concept is that the audience needs to stay engaged because the game is not exciting enough. If it’s not exciting for you, please give up your seats to someone who is excited. Then there’s also the practice of bouncing beach balls to and fro the stands, most practiced on the west coast. This shows an equal amount of disinterest from the fans as the wave. Moreover, it’s actually a hazard to the game because one in 10 times, that beach ball is going to wind up in the outfield, and time will have to be called on the game for about 15 seconds. Basketball, already a terribly boring sport to watch, is made more agonizing by the hardcore fans. Just tune in for 10 minutes to your average Duke-North Carolina contest. These weirdos will be painted up, jumping up and down and just yelling unintelligibly, especially when the visiting team is at the free-throw line. Then, just about every sport these days has teams that are proponents of the towel-waving, a knockoff of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ “Terrible Towels.” Now I’m not saying that one should get rid of passionate fans or the things they do to have a good time and support their team. However, when it becomes obtrusive even to those watching on television, one might have a problem here. Now YouTube — not one to ignore something gaining buzz in popular culture — decided to either poke fun at or pay homage to (you decide) the vuvuzela by adding a little soccer ball icon on Thursday that users could click to add the annoying sounds of the instrument to the videos they are watching. Google, the owners of YouTube, got into the act as well. When users look at maps of South Africa through the street view option on Google Maps, the man going through the streets is holding a vuvuzela. Now both of these nods to the instrument are patently useless and merely for fun. But should we really honor this instrument? It’d be the equivalent of honoring air horns — the bane of every sports watcher’s eardrums. Staying the same — Uncertainty about Facebook movie OK, for a long time, sites like College Humor made fun of the possibility of a Facebook movie. There were constant video parodies made. Some of them were even funny. Then came along the announcement that one was actually being made, and it seemed ridiculous. A movie about a social networking website? That’s absurd. But ... it is directed by David Fincher (”Fight Club,” “The Game,” “se7en,” “Zodiac,” all good films) and stars Jesse Eisenberg (”The Squid and the Whale,” “Zombieland.”) How could it really be bad with these two? So optimism went up a bit. But then the trailer came out. And the one-minute-and-11-second preview of the melodrama makes one wonder. Everyone is stone-cold serious when talking about the site and its moneymaking future. Admittedly it’s an interesting take on Facebook to make it extremely serious. As someone that knows nothing about the background of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg or the website before it mysteriously popped up on college laptops everywhere in the mid-2000s, it’s an intriguing story. But for this movie to work, it either has to a.) not be as melodramatic as it sounds from the trailer or b.) have a story that truly is compelling enough to get past the melodrama. If it’s just a case of a film trying to talk up Facebook as being more than it is, the writing — and Eisenberg — will get tiresome quite quickly.
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Jake Lane Recently, I’m sorry to say, I re-entered the world of gaming after an extended hiatus. My remorse stems not from coming back to the activity that both enlightened me in youth with such classics as “Final Fantasy VII” and “Metal Gear Solid,” but rather that it has taken such a long time to get up the gumption to bite the bullet and get a next-gen console. I can remember the days when playing video games was a cut-and-dry pastime: You either played console or computer, and while there was some rivalry among game systems for popular titles, going back to early platformers like “Super Mario Brothers,” onward to Sega’s “Sonic” franchise and spanning PlayStation titles like “Resident Evil” and the “Final Fantasy” series, exclusivity, while present, seemed infrequent. In today’s gaming arena, though, your system is not unlike a political party. Most of my friends who are more dedicated to the gamer lifestyle will tell you that the only way to avoid this is to own all systems and a decent computer to ensure that all bases are covered, and no experience can be missed on the grounds of insufficient hardware. As one friend put it in a conversation over a few pints at the Barcade one night, after being asked what systems he owned, replied, “I have all of them. I’m a GAMER, not a FRAT BOY.” Such lines between recreational playing and devoting the majority of your free time to the pursuit of game achievements and trophies were naturally carved by the explosion of postmillennium technology and the frequent accessorization of that technology, most notably Steve Jobs’ iLife scheme. In gaming, we have come from “Tamagotchi” key chains to the PokeWalker, game-specific controllers and console skins and, on a seedier note, the trade of accounts with high-level characters or items on MMORPGS and online games so that the buyer can claim superlative status for just $49.95, while avoiding the months and years of work it takes to establish such a profile. Which brings me back to my primary idea: the entertainment sphere has taken on a life of its own. For eons on end, humankind has sought to escape from the monotony of the daily grind through fiction and self-expression. But never more so than now have we made such flights of fancy into
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attainable life pursuits. For a century, actors have translated celluloid magic into greenback comfort. For 60 years or so, musicians have striven to make albums and concerts into a trade that not only paid the bills but afforded mansions, cars and other vices. Now we have seen the rise of professional gamers, who ply their trade in every platform from testing products to competing in Major League Gaming. I also recently read one review of Rock Star’s “Red Dead Redemption” which offered the theory that the game might prevail as the year’s best film. By that hypothesis, we can add in the profession and gaming and form another theory that video gaming may perhaps prove to be the most vital entertainment format of the moment, in that it provides all of the current modes of escapism in one concise package: literary conceits and drama, cinematic graphic capabilities and pacing, scores and licensed soundtracks from every genre of music and a degree of inclusion and mandatory participation unrivaled in any other medium, from the consumer perspective. So where does that put us, the musicians, the writers, the actors of the world? Even before the much-bemoaned and debated recession we may or may not have just ridden through it. Most industries in the entertainment world suffered unprecedented losses and by all means, seemed to be losing the interest of their audiences. To be fair, popular film and music is not what it once was, and for most informed and discerning consumers who already have a hard enough time balancing the budget, making room for such lackluster products just doesn’t make sense. But taking even the nownormal degree of Internet piracy into account, video games have weathered this storm much better than their elder siblings. So the medium blamed for high-school shootings, Satanism in the youth and general delinquency among the majority of consumers by media and politicians seems now perched at the precipice of becoming the preserver of entertainment as we know it. With hard-copy formats jettisoned everywhere for portability, price and deduction of clutter, game discs and moderately sized, superior-powered machines are already streamlined for the oncoming change in how we perceive the world. Not a bad time to get back in the saddle, eh? I can only hope gaming lives up to the potential and moves out of its mom’s basement fairly soon.
I’ve heard it said that everyone should have to work in food service at some point in their lives. And as a server in a restaurant, I completely agree with this statement. Too many people dine out without knowing how the process works from the restaurant’s end. But since everyone doesn’t work in the food industry, I’ve compiled a list of things you need to remember when dining at a restaurant: Servers can’t read your mind — Part of my job is to make sure you get exactly what you want when you order your food. But you can’t expect me to know what you want if you don’t tell me. Yes, we can see when you need a refill. No, we do not just KNOW you don’t want tomatoes on your salad. Read the menu, and tell us if there is anything in the dish you want omitted or added. It’ll save a lot of hassle later. Servers do not cook the food — We have nothing to do with how well your steak is cooked, or how soft your bread is. I put the order in the computer, and the kitchen takes it from there. If something with your meal is not right, we are more than happy to accommodate you. But don’t shoot the messenger (or in this case, don’t take it out on my tip). Dining out requires interaction with people — I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone up to a table and felt like I was pulling teeth just to get them to look at me and talk. Or worse, I’ll walk up to greet a table, ask them how they’re doing and they’ll immediately respond with “I want a Coke.” Um, OK? I’m not trying to be your best friend. And I promise I won’t hang around and try to talk to you about the latest episode of “Desperate Housewives.” I will, however, be polite and expect you to do the same. Please say “thank you” when I bring something to your table. I’m your server, not your servant. I promise if we can just be considerate of each other, it will be a much more pleasant experience for everyone
involved. Servers make about $2 per hour — Just the other day, I heard someone leaving the restaurant say, “I don’t know why we have to tip them. They’re getting paid anyway!” Whoa. Back up, my friends. Servers are not “getting paid.” We are working for tips. Tips pay my rent, buy my groceries and feed my dog. If I didn’t get tips, I could work 40 hours and make only $80 — BEFORE taxes. I’ve heard stories about super rich (and generous) people coming into restaurants and tipping their server $100. No, we do not expect that kind of money. We do expect, however, between 15 and 20 percent for a job well done. When you don’t give us the tip we deserve, it is stressful and frustrating. We do not run around frantically, refill your sweet tea nine times, be at your every beckoned call and clean up your mess after you leave because we think it’s fun. I know funds can be tight. (Trust me, I’m a college student and a server.) And it’s hard to force yourself to pay $40 for a meal and then another $8 for a tip. But honestly, if you don’t have enough money to tip, you don’t have enough money to eat out. The restaurant is not your personal dining room — The point of going out to a nice dinner is to eat well and relax. You don’t have to do any cooking, and you don’t have to stress. For that reason, we want you to make yourself comfortable and enjoy your time at the restaurant. However, once you finish eating, it’s time to leave. Your time is our money, guys. In the hour that you spend chatting or staring lovingly at your girlfriend after your meal, two more paying, tipping parties could have been seated in your place. And it’s even more annoying when one table lingers after the restaurant has visibly started to close down for the night. C’mon guys — your server wants to go home. Most of all, just remember that the people who work in the restaurant are hard-working human beings just like you are. We want you to be happy. But please don’t take us for granted. — Amber Harding is a senior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at ahardin8@utk.edu.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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D’Aprile recipient of Manning scholarship Vols name Lott new VFL Coordinator Staff Reports Marianela D’Aprile, an honors graduate from Westview High School in Martin, Tenn., has been named 2010 recipient of the Peyton Manning Scholarship. The scholarship has been awarded to a first-year student participating in UT’s Honors Program annually since 1998 in honor of Manning, the former Vols signal-caller, cocaptain and 1997 All-America selection. Peyton Manning and UT Director of Financial Aid Jeff Gerkin joined D’Aprile and her parents Celina and Marcelo along with his brother Franco and sister Camila during the June 21 ceremony at the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center. The presentation took place directly in front of the “Peyton Manning Study Area,” another byproduct of the Manning years at Tennessee. “Time sure has a way of slipping by,” Manning said. “Marianela now gives us a total of 13 Manning Scholarship recipients since it was first awarded back in 1998. She clearly upholds the outstanding academic standards that this scholarship has come to embody, and she is an accomplished studentathlete as well. I’m certainly proud to add Marianela to what has become an elite group of deserving
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scholarship recipients.” D’Aprile graduated from Westview High School with a 4.00 GPA and was named valedictorian. She becomes the ninth in-state recipient and the first from Martin. The incoming freshman was busy in the classroom while at Westview. Her activities include French Club President, Mu Alpha Theta Mathematical Honor Society, Beta Club Treasurer, National Honor Society, Science Bowl Team and Tennessee Math Teachers Association Math Competition Team. She was also a National Hispanic Scholar, a National Merit Finalist and Scholarship Recipient, received the American Chemical Society Award and was Honorable Mention in the Being, an American Essay Contest. D’Aprile is one of only 15 incoming Chancellor’s Honor students chosen to participate in this year’s Haslam Scholars Program, an indepth enrichment program in which elite students learn from and with one another through a series of integrated, interdisciplinary seminars and extracurricular experiences, including common study abroad. The future UT student was also member of the varsity soccer team. “Receiving the Peyton Manning Scholarship not only represents a way for me to pay for college, but
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also gives me a feeling of support and recognition from UT that cannot be matched”, Marianela said. “I am truly grateful for Mr. Manning’s generosity and believe that by funding this gift, he’s giving back to his alma mater as well as fostering education, two extremely valuable deeds.” A speech communication major who was No. 1 in his 1997 graduating class, Manning is the career passing leader at Tennessee with 11,201 yards, a 62.5 completion percentage and 89 touchdown passes. The Manning Scholarship is funded from gifts to the University garnered from Manning’s academic awards, the UT Athletic Department’s corporate matching grants program and other private gifts. Manning’s four-year career at UT (1994-97) produced a number of awards that generated $165,000 in scholarship funds. Among the awards were the Burger KingVincent de Paul Draddy National Scholar Athlete of the Year, the Davey O’Brien Foundation Award and the American Honda ScholarAthlete of the Year. The Manning Scholarship covers the costs of tuition, room and board. The award is granted to a first-year student on the basis of academic achievement, leadership and community service.
Staff Reports Head coach Derek Dooley took a giant step Wednesday toward his reorganization of the Tennessee brand, naming former Vols defensive back Andre Lott to the position of Vol for Life (VFL)/Character Education Coordinator. The newly-created VFL is a comprehensive program for UT’s football student-athletes that centers around four areas of personal growth: character education, life skills, career development and spiritual growth. “Hiring Andre to coordinate our VFL program is one of the many steps we have taken to reshape our culture into one that produces not only great players and great teams, but more importantly, greater men,” Dooley said. A former captain and four-year letterman from 1997-2001, Lott returns to Knoxville from West Tennessee where he was an assistant football coach, head track & field coach and Success Coordinator in the Hardin County school system. As Success Coordinator, Lott taught kids of all age groups real-life skills, dealing in Savannah with such issues as broken families, drug use, bullying and teen pregnancy. “I am excited about this opportunity and feel it is a job I was meant to do,” Lott said. “I have a tremendous passion for helping develop young people, and an even greater passion for my alma mater.” Lott’s playing days in Knoxville were an exciting time for the Vols, who won 53 games in those five years, played in three BCS bowl games, captured two SEC championships and won the 1998 BCS national championship in Lott’s redshirt freshman campaign. Lott was team captain in 2001 and served as a two-year member of the squad’s Unity Council -- a liaison group between the football team and coaching staff under Lott’s head coach, Phillip Fulmer. The All-SEC defensive back was drafted in the fifth round by the Washington Redskins and played five seasons in the NFL. “Andre represents everything it means to be a `Vol for Life,’” Dooley said. “He excelled at the highest level on the playing field in the SEC and the NFL and did so as a man of high character and principles.” Lott, 31, hails from Memphis and is married to a Savannah native, the former Jackie Givens, who will be working in Knoxville as a nurse practitioner at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. The couple has two children: Ella Grace, 4, and Ana Lou, 19 months.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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Whoriskey named to USTA summer team
Andy Westbrook • The Daily Beacon
Caitlin Whoriskey, former Lady Vol player, won her first professional math in the doubles title at Mt. Pleasant Women’s Pro Classic earlier this month. She also advanced to the quarterfinals in singles play but lost to Lauren Davis, 6-0, 6-2.
Jordan Lawson Staff Writer After a tremendous season and career at UT, senior tennis player Caitlin Whoriskey was chosen to join the 2010 United States Tennis Association’s Summer Collegiate Team. In 2009, Whoriskey became the first Lady Vol in history to join the team. The USTA Summer Collegiate Team began in 1996 and is a prestigious training program that caters to the top collegiate players in America. Funded by the USTA, it gives college players experience on the USTA Pro Circuit while providing a team-oriented environment. Whoriskey said she was very excited to have been chosen for the team a second time. “The first time it was a whole new experience and it was really nice to be recognized for your accomplishments during the year,” she said. “It’s my second time and just to be a part of it is quite an honor.” Sonia Hahn-Patrick, cohead coach of the Lady Vols tennis team, said she was excited because only a handful of collegiate players are chosen. “(Whoriskey) was appointed last year, and since it was her first year, it was more of a surprise, but it’s always an honor,” Hahn-Patrick said.
American players in the top six of the season-ending Intercollegiate Tennis Association singles rankings are automatically eligible for the team. The remaining players are chosen by USTA player development staff and national coaches, as well as current collegiate coaches. Hahn-Patrick said the coaches are looking at results, ranking and the player’s potential, so it’s difficult for a player to achieve all the criteria. Achieving is something that Whoriskey is used to, though. With her partner Natalie Pluskota, Whoriskey finished her career at UT as the runner-up at the NCAA Doubles Championships. For her career, Whoriskey has 113 doubles wins, the fourthhighest total in school history, and 92 singles wins, the 12th-highest in school history. This season, she finished ranked No. 1 with Pluskota and No. 10 in singles. She had a singles record of 33-13 and finished with 40 wins in doubles, setting another school record with the most doubles wins in the NCAA era. Whoriskey earned ITA AllAmerica honors in singles and doubles and was selected for the All-SEC first team for the second consecutive year. She was also named the 2010 ITA National Senior Player of the Year. Hahn-Patrick said it’s the variety of weapons in Whoriskey’s game that makes her such a standout. “She has a big serve, a big forehand, and she moves forward to the net,” HahnPatrick said. “In women’s tennis, you don’t have many players who can do that.” Whoriskey said her game is unique to tennis today. “I have the ability to come forward,” she said. “I have an all-court game. A lot of girls nowadays are just baseliners.” The USTA hosts a Pro Tour Transition camp for the women players from June 27 to July 1 in Boca Raton, Fla. There, Whoriskey will do drills and play matches with the other collegiate players on the team, with top national coaches watching and giving advice. “It’s nice to have someone there commenting on your strokes and the way you’re playing, and they give you good feedback,” Whoriskey said. “You try to incorporate that into your game.” Since this past season at UT was her last, Whoriskey said that she will start playing lower-level pro tournaments across the U.S. to build her tour points and earn a ranking.