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Wesley Mills News Editor After seven years of service, UT Vice President of Public and Government Relations Hank Dye will step down July 11. Dye discussed the possibility of retirement with President Joe DiPietro at the beginning of the year and has made the call to step down. Through email, DiPietro informed staff and faculty in June that Dye would be retiring this month. Dye has worked for the University of Tennessee since April 1, 2005 and was responsible for overall communications, marketing and branding activity for government relations at the state and federal levels. Dye is part of the system administration and oversees the Knoxville, Chattanooga, Martin, Tullahoma and

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Hank Dye presents the First Place “Best Single Feature” award to Lucie R. Willsie, associate editor of the Cleveland Daily Banner in the 2011 State Press Awards.

Memphis campuses. A 1963 journalism graduate, Dye wore many hats at UT. He served as a member of the Athletics Board, the National Alumni Association Board of Governors, and the College of Communications Board of Visitors. Part of the reason he came back to work for UT was that he loves the university. “He’s been a person who cares and has been involved and had a very successful career prior to coming here,” Assistant Vice President and Director of Communications Gina Stafford said. “He had actually intended to retire before, but the university needed him and he’s come here for seven years.” “A whole lot of what’s had him here is that he just loves the university and has since he was an undergraduate,” she said. Originally, Dye’s goal was to only

be working for UT a couple years, just until they were back on their feet again. But after a couple president changes and administration switches, Dye thought best to stay on and help ease the transition from one administration to the next. Through that transition, Dye was vital in helping to develop the strategic plan that is now in place, and will set the tone for the next 10 years. In his tenure at UT, Dye sat under three presidents, and through the transitions he felt like he was able to add some stability within the transition. “There were three good individuals, and I had a great deal of respect for all three of them and enjoyed many facets of working with all three of them,” Dye said. See HANK DYE on Page 3

The French Market in downtown Knoxville offers UT students a side of European culture and authentic Parisian flair with their meal. The Market opened on Gay Street in 2008. Since that time, owners Allen and Susan Tate have seen their dream evolve into one of Knoxville’s premier restaurants. Allen marvels at how far they’ve progressed from their unassuming beginnings. “My wife wanted to open a little art, décor, and flower shop and she suggested we do crepes on the side for fun,” he said. “We didn’t have one table or chair when we first opened. Little by little, we’ve grown into a full blown restaurant.” Today, the Tate’s crepes attract substantial crowds. “On any given weekend, we will serve over a thousand customers in here,” he calculated. “That’s certainly not bad for a restaurant with only 30 chairs!” With numbers like these,

it would seem the hype generated by the couple’s artfully selected menu is well merited. Crepes are available in both sweet and savory, with numerous options available in each category. Savory crepes come filled with fresh, hearty ingredients such as organic baby spinach, Roma tomatoes, marinated artichokes, sautéed mushrooms, and smoked salmon. For customers with a craving for something sweet, the Nutella, Strawberries and Crème crepe is one of the most popular on the menu. Frequent customer and upcoming UT sophomore Lola Reinke describes her choice of savory crepe as “incredible.” “It’s delicious,” she said. “It’s definitely a treat to have this kind of flavor right here in Knoxville.” But to say that the fanciful fare is the only draw of the French Market is to leave out an important part of its appeal. The elegant décor and atmosphere is largely Susan’s vision. See FRENCH MARKET on Page 3

Polk County fighting unusual forest fire The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A wildfire that has closed a road and hiking trails in the Cherokee National Forest is unusual for this time of the year, a park spokesman said Monday. Terry McDonald told The Associated Press in a phone interview that the Polk County wildfire was first reported on Friday. He said officials believe it was sparked when high winds from an area storm on Thursday blew trees into power lines. That storm also killed two people inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Two others died in Chattanooga when the winds overturned a double-decker pontoon boat on Chickamauga Lake, and sev-

eral other people were injured. As for the wildfire about 20 miles east of Cleveland, Tenn., McDonald said Forest Service Road 77 has been closed, as well as about 25 miles of trails in the Chilhowee Recreation Area. Officials expect the fire to burn over about 1,600 acres before it is contained. McDonald said it’s uncommon to have a fire that size during the summer. He said the normal fire season for the area is in the spring and fall. “We have some pretty large fires then, but this time of year we haven’t seen anything like this in a while,” he said. McDonald said the campground is about two miles from the containment lines, and that there are no structures close by, but he said

officials decided to close the road and trails as a precaution. “The campground is not immediately threatened, but we just wanted to get people for safety concerns out of the area,” he said. Officials said containing the fire has been a challenge because of the rugged terrain and extremely hot and dry weather. But McDonald said the weather is expected to change. Forecasters were calling for a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms in the area on Monday, with thunderstorms and cooler temperatures projected through Friday. Improved weather conditions elsewhere, particularly in the West, have helped crews gain ground on wildfires.

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Construction continues along Phillip Fulmer Way on June 28. A portion of Middle Way Drive is now being used in the construction and a detour has been put in place off of Cumberland Ave.

Bieber cited on LA freeway The Associated Press

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View of the Cherokee National Forest.

LOS ANGELES—Justin Bieber is used to attracting crowds. But he had at least one follower too many when somebody tailed him on a Los Angeles freeway, and it led to a speeding ticket for the teen idol. The singer of “Boyfriend” and “Baby” was cited for driving in excess of 65 mph at about 10:45 a.m. Friday, after calls came in complaining of a freeway chase on southbound U.S. Highway 101 near Studio City, said Officer Ming Hsu of the California Highway Patrol. The 18-year-old crooner told officers he was being chased by paparazzi, and investigators confirmed he was being followed by at

least one vehicle, Hsu said. “The second vehicle left the area and there's a search to find that driver,” Hsu said. Hsu did not have a description of the other vehicle. A call and an email to Bieber’s publicist weren’t immediately returned. The claim of a chase is backed by an unlikely eyewitness, Los Angeles City Councilman Dennis Zine, who called authorities after seeing Bieber’s distinctive chrome Fisker Karma being chased by five or six other cars. On his morning commute to City Hall, Zine, who spent 33 years as a police officer, said he saw Bieber’s sports car drive up behind him and zoom around him, weaving wildly in and out of traffic while five or six other cars gave chase.

Zine estimated the chase exceeded 100 mph as paparazzi engaged in wild maneuvers to keep up with Bieber, including driving on the shoulder and cutting off other vehicles. Zine said Bieber was breaking the law by driving recklessly and speeding, and the paparazzi were breaking the law by hounding him. “This was very bizarre, very outrageous and showed a total disregard for life and property,” Zine said. Zine, a witness to countless crashes and fatalities during his time as an officer, said he was surprised no one crashed. “The way (Bieber) was driving was totally reckless, I would have arrested him if I had pulled him over,” said Zine. “I wouldn't have given him a ticket and let him go.”

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During one of the last few orientations on June 28, the welcome sign hangs in the UC for incoming freshman. Freshman orientation gives incoming students a chance to find out about organizations they can join as well as their first advising appointment to schedule their first semester of classes.

1925— In Dayton, Tennessee, the socalled "Monkey Trial" begins with John Thomas Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law. The law, which had been passed in March, made it a misdemeanor punishable by fine to "teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals." With local businessman George Rappalyea, Scopes had conspired to get charged with this violation, and after his arrest the pair enlisted the aid of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to organize a defense. Hearing of this coordinated attack on Christian fundamentalism, William Jennings Bryan, the three-time Democratic presidential candidate and a fundamentalist hero, volunteered to assist the prosecution. Soon after, the great attorney Clarence Darrow agreed to join the ACLU in the defense, and the stage was set for one of the most famous trials in U.S. history. On July 10, the Monkey Trial got underway, and within a few days hordes of spec-

tators and reporters had descended on Dayton as preachers set up revival tents along the city's main street to keep the faithful stirred up. Inside the Rhea County Courthouse, the defense suffered early setbacks when Judge John Raulston ruled against their attempt to prove the law unconstitutional and then refused to end his practice of opening each day's proceeding with prayer. Outside, Dayton took on a carnival-like atmosphere as an exhibit featuring two chimpanzees and a supposed "missing link" opened in town, and vendors sold Bibles, toy monkeys, hot dogs, and lemonade. The missing link was in fact Jo Viens of Burlington, Vermont, a 51-year-old man who was of short stature and possessed a receding forehead and a protruding jaw. One of the chimpanzees — named Joe Mendi--wore a plaid suit, a brown fedora, and white spats, and entertained Dayton's citizens by monkeying around on the courthouse lawn.

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HANK DYE continued from Page 1 “When you go through times of change like that, there’s always adjustments to be made, but I don’t look back on it with any great difficulty. They were all three good men, and I enjoyed working with all three of them.” Last October, Dye and his wife Margaret moved to Townsend, Tenn., where the mountains are green and the trails are steep. Dye loves to hike and said when he gets done relaxing for thirty days, he’s going to start doing some more outdoor activities that he loves. “I loved to hike and I will do a lot more hiking now,” he said. “After I spend about thirty days doing absolutely nothing, I will get a little engaged in fly fishing, and

probably find a couple of things related to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park that I might volunteer for and get engaged that way. I won’t totally sit still after the thirty days.” Dye has worked as a part of the system administration, and doesn’t necessarily get to see all the day-to-day activities that go on at the various campuses. However, he loves the fact that he’s worked in a place that is surrounded by young and smart people. “The thing that has been really good from my standpoint is when you’re here you are around young people and you are around smart people, and I find that very invigorating,” he said. “I think that’s something that has added a little joy to this seven years and I’ve enjoyed it very much and I’ll miss it.”

FRENCH MARKET continued from Page 1 She gathered inspiration during the couple’s two year stay in Paris. Most of the ornamentation and furniture right down to the tables and chairs were imported from France, and genuine Parisian touches abound. “The paint on the walls is the exact shade used in Paris on all the windowpanes,” Susan said, gesturing toward the frothy, sea foam green hue. The many framed prints adorning the walls hail originally from France, as well. These include vintage advertisements of French women in their finery, a framed Laduree bag, and colorful maps of Paris. “On one of our trips to Paris, we brought them back. Just rolled them up in a tube and framed them when we got here!” she said.

Any artwork not imported from France is the creation of Susan and Allen themselves. “I took some of the photographs while in Paris as did my husband. Then I printed on them on watercolor paper and painted them,” she explained. Décor is not the only authentically Parisian element of the bistro. Even the flour, both traditional and buckwheat, used to make the crepes is imported regularly from France, as are the dainty macaroons and petitfours. Attention to detail is what helps lend the French Market some of its distinctive European charm. “It is very reminiscent of what I would like to feel if I was going to spend an afternoon in Paris,” said Reinke, who has visited the City of Lights herself. “Eating here truly feels as though you were in France, or in a fairytale. It has that way of taking you away, which is nice.”

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Genesis Minter, junior in chemical engineering, helps clean up the chemistry lab after a semester full of labs. Minter was a stockroom worker for the semester.

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Preston Preeden Managing Editor I have a fear of needles. When I was little, my fear was so great that when flu shot time came around, I would go upstairs and hide in my closet hoping that that my parents would forget they had a third child in need of some form of immunity to influenza. Even today, I can’t drive past the Medic building behind the Fort without getting a little queasy. Most people would see my fear of needles as an inconsequential thing; I mean how often on a daily basis do I come in contact with my fear? This past week, however, I gained a new perspective on needles, and more accurately on giving blood. I recently came across an article documenting a movement to repeal the ban on gay men donating blood. The article, which dealt with the Red Cross’ growing need for healthy blood, brought a clench to my stomach. Originally, the clench was due to my above-mentioned fear, but by the end of the text that feeling shifted to anger and outrage. I’ve given blood a couple of times, and each time I’ve been asked the same questions. And to me, the answers I gave were perfunctory. I didn’t think about the question for longer than the time it took me to be certain of their answers. To me, they were little questions with little answers, but that’s not how one of those questions is. Ever since the HIV/AIDS scare of the mid-1980s, one particular screening question has been asked continually to all male donors. The phrasing of this question isn’t universal but its meaning is. “Have you (as the donor) had sex with a man, even once, since 1977?” Any man who says yes is ultimately and indefinitely removed from the donor pool. This ban on gay men, or MSMs (“men who have sex with men”) as classified by federal agencies, wasn’t readily challenged when it was first instituted. It was created in an era of extreme uncertainty over the mysterious specter that was HIV/AIDS, and prevailing wisdom said that there was something in the blood donor supply that was spreading AIDS and that gay men were disproportionately affected by the disease. So by putting two and two together, the FDA instituted

the screening process to try and eliminate the risk of further infection. For the past twenty-odd years, this ban has gone unquestioned by the majority of Americans, as many like me saw those screening questions as nothing more than a small inconvenience, but this trend has started to change. Coming on the heels of China’s recent repeal of a ban on lesbians being able to donate blood and the UK’s loosening on gay male blood donations in some areas of the country, over 60 US legislators have banded together in the hopes of furthering the process of eliminating the ban. The FDA’s ban isn’t inherently a bad thing in the sense that it was not made out of a spirit of discrimination, but rather one of fear. It’s easy for me, as someone born in the early ‘90s, to not be able to completely understand the fear that AIDS caused. It was literally a mystery killer that came out of nowhere. The FDA added these questions to help, but in the end they helped preserve an archaic discriminatory notion against homosexuals in this country. America has come a long way since the Reagan years. Testing and screening for HIV/AIDS is exponentially better and the nation’s overall attitude toward the gay community is on an unprecedented upswing. And yet in this positive environment, a gay man is not afforded the simply ability to give blood, something a straight man can do after an infinite number of unprotected sexual encounters without a moment’s hesitation. Even individual blood banks are calling for the recall of this ban, viewing it as “medically and scientifically unwarranted.” American blood banks are in desperate need for donations, but they automatically rule out over 2 million possible donors for nothing more than their sexual orientation. Not every gay man has AIDS, and yet they are still classified and treated as if they do by the FDA. I may be afraid to give blood, but any blood bank would be more than happy for me to give blood. We live in a nation with one of the most liberal and encompassing constitutions and set of human rights in the world, and yet rules like these are still readily allowed and supported by our institutions. Giving blood is a choice. I may be afraid of taking the needle’s plunge, but I still have the ability to. And that is a choice that all people in this country should have. The ability to give blood should be decided by health (or in my case cowardice), not sexual orientation. - Preston Peeden is a senior in history. He can be reached at ppeeden@utk.edu.

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Robbie Hargett A while ago at Nashville’s Frist Center for the Visual Arts, my girlfriend and I overheard a group of people discussing a piece of abstract art that was part of the current exhibit. They wondered aloud what the random combination of colors meant. One said she thought it had to do with death, another said life, and still another said love. They gave their various reasons and argued their points, until finally they decided they all hated it anyway and left. It seems that so many people hate abstract art because they can’t immediately draw meaning from it. They can’t look at three shades of blue splashed, seemingly whimsically, onto a canvas and say, it’s a statement on death, or the process of death, or the difference between death and the process of death. And life. What they might sarcastically say is, it’s a statement on the color blue. But, indeed, that may be true. In fact, the latter take could be more likely than the former, a realization that actually gets at the real reason people should be skeptical of abstract art; it’s usually a destabilization or critique of another theory of art, something to do with form, line, contrast, color, etc. So, basically, it’s elitist. You have to know something about the specific theory that particular piece of abstract art is responding to, and that’s the problem. Abstract art gets its name because it comments on abstract ideas, not concrete subjects. What we have to do, then, is not confuse how we view abstract art with how we view other forms of art. Our first inclination when confronted by a piece of art—any kind of art, be it visual art, literature, or music—is to assume it means something. When we can’t come up with its meaning, we think either we are stupid or the art is stupid. It’s probably neither, we’re just trying too hard. Art doesn’t always have a meaning, in the traditional sense; that is, its primary goal is not usually to bury themes and

motifs for the viewer, reader or listener to dig up. Literature courses and art critics have got us thinking that way, but the beginnings of works of art are much nobler. Of course, different pieces of art do different things. But good art—yes, I’m about to make a distinction between good art and bad art—does not generalize. And that’s perhaps one of the only distinctions you can make between good art and bad art, but it’s true. Good art does not generalize; it does not say life is good, or the human heart is unknowable. Critics say that. Granted, a writer may print “life is good” in his story, but if you see those words on the page, you can bet it’s not the point of the story. Here’s one way to put it: the writer doesn’t want to simply tell you that life is good, he wants to show you just HOW life is good. For example, a writer may talk a lot about death, and it may seem like he wants the reader to take from his story the idea that death is inevitable. But that’s not really what he’s trying to say. A writer doesn’t set out to write a story about death’s inevitability, because good writers do not generalize like that. Instead, he sets out to write a story about something specific and concrete, like a piece of birthday cake. It’s a piece of a child’s birthday cake her mother has left in the fridge long after the child passed away. Then one day the mother throws away the piece of cake. The writer’s job is to show the reader what has changed in the mother; why, this day, she has thrown away the piece of cake. But when a reader picking up the story sees that death is involved, he may get stuck thinking the story is trying to say something about death, because death is one of those abstract “big ideas” that literature professors always want to focus their discussions on. The reader, if he is naïve, may even put the story down because he likes happy stories, stories with good endings, not depressing stories about death. And at that point something has failed in our overall understanding of art and its aims, because that story was not about death, or the child who died. It was about the mother. And if it was about any abstract idea, it wasn’t death, or life; it was love. - Robbie Hargett is a graduate in English. He can be reached at ghargett1@utk.edu

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Some kids read comic books. Some read tween adventures like “Nancy Drew” and “The Hardy Boys,” a genre which has exploded in recent years with the supernatural sub-genre populated by “Harry Potter” and the “Twilight Saga.” Then there are kids like me, 10 years ago, who read most of the above but also delved into (and suffered at the hands of junior high administration for) “Mad” and “Cracked,” at the time the two leading illustrated satire magazines in America. I’ve been a pop culture geek for as long as I can remember, so combining that with a caricatured comix format was the perfect formula for periodical reading as a kid. It may also explain my warped sense of humor and morality, but I digress. While “Mad” will always reign king in that particular genre of magazines, “Cracked” was usually much funnier and off-beat in its interpretation of pop culture (a cover spoofing “Jason Goes to Hell” with “Cracked” mascot Sylvester P. Smythe as a bellboy in Hell hustling around with the hockey-masked killers implements of destruction comes to mind). Unfortunately, declining readership and failed reformatting to compete with the likes of “Maxim” put the magazine under by 2007. This is all about the history of a website most of you have probably visited at least once, Cracked.com. Lauding itself as “America's only comedy website since 1958,” the print format is oddly enough banished to a dark corner and a mothballed entity which bears no mention. As I grew up with it, showing it a little love seemed important. Like many news sites and blogs, Cracked is updated with the rapidity of a hyperactive child's change of attention. Its format is simple: a list-based countdown of issues such as “The 16 Most Hilariously Dishonest Old School Advertisements” and “6 Mind Blowing Ways ‘Starship Troopers’ Predicted the Future,” the latter of which confirms that even in its current incarnation, the site has not lost its roots in lampooning pop culture. That same article is what prompted me to write this column. An unfortunate carry-over from childhood has been my inability to “choose my battles” and “let things roll off of my back.” In other words, I can’t let an argument go unfinished. Thus, I read poorly constructed, grammatically-bankrupt comments on YouTube and

Cracked and feel the need to let loose my Interwebz rage on someone’s free speech half a world away. One response warned me of fluoride and indoctrination by the news media and Jewish overlords, which I laughed off and summarily attacked back as misled and racist. All of this has a point, which I’m coming to. Though I would defend free speech to my last drop of blood (B+, in case of the apocalypse), it doesn’t change the fact that I think the majority of trolls on the net are either mentally deficient thanks to lack of parental restraint or seriously bound for federal incarceration. With the “Starship Troopers” article, this was all too apparent. I love Robert Heinlein as an author, despite his nationalist verve that borders on fascism in that particular book, but his rabid fans have not, in the 14 years and two sequels which followed the adaptation of his 1958 classic, been able to grasp that this cinematic interpretation was campy satire. In the comments, libertarian standard bearers and military conservative types attacked the website for liberal bias and lack of respect for militaristic power. The gist of the article was how four years prior to 9/11 and the inception of the War on Terror, director Paul Verhoeven time-traveled into the modern world and took ideas that became the film's subtly fascist Federation News (compared with Fox News on Cracked, with eerie similarity), the film’s message of “We’re winning the fight!” against alien invaders with President Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” stunt, and other oddly prescient moments which exist on film. While I do not seriously think Paul Verhoeven is a timetraveler, the concept is hilarious, and that’s the point of the article. But people, with their own warped sense of America and patriotism, cannot see through the fog of war to make the distinction between comedy and hardhitting news. As a journalist, this is a serious problem. I have strong opinions and I express them in this paper — either on page four or in an understood editorial, non-object format. People should have their views, regardless of how farflung and logically devoid they may be. But in times such as now, where every story seems to spell more gloom and doom, and the world stands at the brink of war if you believe certain news outlets, levity is not what we should be fighting against. It’s what we should be fighting for, on the battlefield or in social forums or bedrooms. The ability to smile in the face of collapse is an American trait which might be counterintuitive, but it’s one which I can get behind whole-heartedly. (This column originally ran on July 19, 2011) — Jake Lane is a graduate in creative writing. He can be reached at jlane23@utk.edu.

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Summer films have highs and lows coherent story. And “The Dictator” and “Battleship” only provided momentary entertainment. In fact, the only really good movie in The first full week of July has just ended, and the month after “The Avengers” was Wes that can mean only one thing (well it can mean Anderson’s sleeper-hit “Moonrise Kingdom,” a lot of things, but for the purpose of this col- which was both funny, awkward and genuine. Following the roller coaster ride that was umn the meaning is singular); it’s time for a midsummer movie recap and review and a May, the June box office provided a more stable sketch of some of the most anticipated features series of good movies. “Snow White and The Huntsmen” was poorly executed, but visually left to come. The summer opened up fast with the highly stunning. “Prometheus” not only gave all Ridley anticipated Marvel comic adaption “The Scott fanboys the most divisive movie question since the arguments Avengers,” which over Deckard’s humanboasted arguably the ity being up for grabs summer’s best ensemwhen “Blade Runner” ble cast. Robert was still culturally releDowney Jr., Chris vant, but also told a Evans, Jeremy Renner, massive (and loose) Liam Hemsworth, story with subtle ease. Mark Ruffalo, Samuel “Brave” is just another L. Jackson and a host film in the long succesof others all brought sion of incredible Pixar their respective characclassics, and this time ters to live in what was around, the movie pro(while not necessarily vided a strong female good cinema) a more role model (something than worth-the-pricelacking in this current of-admission film. crop of summer films). From the “Avengers” “Magic Mike” told lofty starting point, essentially the story of • Photos courtesy of rottentomatoes.com Tim Burton and Channing Tatum’s early Johnny Depp made us feel both uncomfortable and entertained while in life career as a stripper, which, despite severwatching “Dark Shadows,” Sacha Baron Cohen al stale characters, a bland plot and an obscene pushed his ever-increasing boundary farther amount of screen time for a shirtless Matthew with “The Dictator,” and Liam Neeson, Rihanna McConaughey, provided entertainment solely and Taylor Kitsch laid an egg with the board through possessing an abundance of purely game adaptation of “Battleship” (the only sal- attractive people. June wrapped up with the survageable moment that movie could have had prisingly funny and incredibly raunchy, “Ted,” would have been if Neeson had lamented the which marked the successful film-debut for loss of his vessel with the phrase, “You sunk my “Family Guy” creator Seth McFarlane. The story of July and beyond for this sumbattleship”). The first wave of summer movies ended with the release of “Men in Black III,” mer’s quality of movies rests on two film’s shoulwhich hoped to revitalize the franchise with a ders: “The Amazing Spider-Man,” and “The healthy dose of Will Smith as Agent J and a Josh Dark Knight Rises.” “The Amazing Spider-Man” is a way-tooBrolin/Tommy Lee Jones timeshare of Agent K. Overall, the month of May was a mixed bag soon reboot of the classic comic series, but this for movies. “The Avengers” was definitely a time helmed by a much more age-appropriate high starting point, but following that, not much looking Andrew Garfield. His performance is really stood out. “Dark Shadows” not only both genuine and enjoyable, and does much to proved that Tim Burton can make a beautiful off-set the toothlessness of Rhys Ifans’ villainy looking film, but also that he still has trouble and the awkward stage chemistry between him bringing all of his visions together into one and his love interest Gwenn Stacy, played by the

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“Brave,” “Prometheus,” and “Moonrise Kingdom” represent clear hits, while “Battleship,” “That’s My Boy” and a cornucopia of others fell short of even modest expectations. With really only “The Dark Knight Rises,” “Total Recall” and “The Bourne Legacy” left as the last major film releases before classes start, this summer seems to be like any other. There were good movies, there were bad movies, and there were some that fell in between. And it seems likely that appraisal will only change if Nolan can pull another rabbit out of Frank Miller’s “Dark Knight” hat.

talented Emma Stone. But ultimately, this summer’s chances at reaching the pinnacle of success rests with Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated finale to his revolutionary “Dark Knight” trilogy. Christian Bale reprises his role as an older, more tired Bruce Wayne, who is once again forced into the line of fire by the viscerally evil Bane, played by the seemingly omnipresent Tom Hardy. Throw in Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle, Gary Oldman as James Gordon and a couple random Joseph Gordon-Levitt appearances, and “The Dark Knight Rises” has the chance to be one of the best summer films in recent memory. The summer so far has been – like all movie seasons – a hodgepodge of good and bad.

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

SPORTS

Stokes guides U.S. to gold Lauren Kittrell Editor-in-Chief Tennessee rising sophomore power forward Jarnell Stokes recently returned from an experience of a lifetime. On June 20, Stokes helped lead the USA Basketball Men’s U18 National Team to a gold medal during the 2012 FIBA Americas Championship in Brazil. “It was a great experience,” he said. “Being able to represent your country is something guys don’t do a lot. It’s every kid’s dream.” The only player on the 12-man U.S. squad with college-playing experience, Stokes’ presence was a major factor for the team. He started all five of the team’s games, averaging 14 points, second-best on the squad, and 5.6 rebounds per contest. In the gold medal game against the host country Brazil, he scored 11 points and grabbed four rebounds.

While winning gold was a great feeling, the time Stokes spent representing his country and meeting the people of Brazil had a lasting affect on him. “Although we beat them in Brazil, in their home, they showed us nothing but love,” he said. “They were asking for autographs afterwards and taking all our clothes. It was something that a lot of guys don’t experience at my age.” Unsure of what to expect on foreign soil, Stokes took it as an opportunity to learn and grow as a basketball player. “I had no idea what it would be like,” Stokes said. “I had never left the country so in my mind, (the trip) was just to learn the most I could.” Being his first trip out of the U.S., much of the experience was new to him. Oddly enough, the change in dining struck him more than anything. “The food was definitely different,” Stokes said. “There wasn’t a McDonald’s around or any American

food so I was basically eating rice.” Stokes became just the second Vol to play in the event, joining Allan Houston, UT’s all-time leading scorer, who played on the U.S.’s gold medal team in 1990 when the event was called the Junior World Championship Qualifier. As he looks forward to his first full season with the Vols, Stokes’ experience with the national team makes him much more confident in his ability as a leader. More importantly, he feels the bond between his UT teammates growing even stronger. “I’m more of a leader now,” he said. “I feel like I have a great relationship with my teammates. I kept in contact with them through this whole process so I’m just looking forward to this next year.” For Stokes, he’ll use the remaining part of his summer to prepare for his second season with the Vols. “My next step will be getting in the best shape I can,” Stokes said.

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Tyler Bray throws a pass against Georgia on Oct. 8, 2011.

Two Vols named to football watch list Staff Reports A pair of Tennessee juniors, quarterback Tyler Bray and wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers, have each been named to the watch list for the 77th annual Maxwell Award. The award is named in honor of sportswriter Robert R. “Tiny” Maxwell and has honored college football's outstanding player in each year since 1937. Bray and Rogers represent two of the 13 SEC studentathletes, and UT is one of only three schools in the conference with multiple players on the 65-player list, joining Alabama (two players) and Arkansas (three players). The watch list candidates have been chosen by the Maxwell Football Club’s selection committee, evaluating past performance and future potential. A native of Kingsburg, Calif., Bray has played in 16 games for the Vols in his career, including 12 starts, and already ranks among the school’s career passing leaders in touchdowns (7th, 35), completions (10th, 272), and yards (3,832). He has

completed 272 of 471 passing attempts for his career (57.7%), and in 2011, he completed 147-of-247 passes for 1,983 yards, 17 touchdowns, and six interceptions, averaging 283.3 passing yards per game. Bray is 8-4 in his career as a starter and owns the UT records for consecutive games with multiple touchdown passes (10) and most passing yards in the first four games of a season (1,328). Rogers, from Calhoun, Ga., was named to the first team of the Associated Press All-SEC team in 2011 after leading the conference with 1,040 yards receiving and finishing second in the league with both 67 receptions and nine receiving touchdowns. He was the sixth Vol to post 1,000-yard receiving season (seventh time; Joey Kent accomplished the feat twice), and his yards and receptions totals from a year ago ranked fifth and sixth, respectively, in Tennessee history. In 25 career games at UT, including 12 starts, Rogers has caught 78 passes for 1,207 yards and 11 touchdowns.