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UT dining makes changes for upcoming year Expanded meal equivalency, extended hours of operation highlight new offerings use it,” she said.

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Editor-in-Chief Students do not want more dining dollars.

They would like to use their meal plans everywhere on campus.

UT dining marketing director Mary Leslie Patterson said this was what students said in their feedback to UT dining.

And UT dining listened. Now meal equivalency is available at all the national brands — places like the Rocky Top Cafe restaurants — for dinner meal equivalency.

Previously meal equivalency was only available at Sbarro in Rocky Top. Now one can go to all the locations — Sbarro, Petro’s, Chickfil-A and Subway — and use his or her $4.55 meal equivalency in any way.

It essentially makes the unlimited meal plan the same as 20 meal equivalencies a week on campus — breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week, except for Saturday dinner.

Though the Rocky Top locations’ meal equivalency is only for dinner, Patterson said several national brands have meal equivalency at other times. Among those, IHOP has it for breakfast, and KFC Express and Quiznos have it for lunch.

In addition, students can eat dinner later than the previous semester. Locations on campus like Quiznos at Andy’s Pantry and Vol Hall, KFC Express, Starbucks and Subway have meal equivalency for dinner now until 8 p.m., instead of the previous 7:30 p.m.

Rocky Top Cafe still closes at 7 p.m. because the University Center, which houses Rocky Top, closes at 7 p.m.

Guest meals Campus meal plans will also now offer five free guest meals, so students can bring a guest to eat and pay for them five times per semester.

Patterson said it was largely a response to, again, what students wanted. Previously some students would swipe twice in order to pay for a companion, but while she said this was not a problem, this should not be happening.

“A student should only use their meal plan for themselves and not feeding their buddies,” she said. “Other campuses have guest meals, and the students requested it. They wanted to be able to bring a friend.”

The five free guest meals is available on all residential and apartment meal plans except the Varsity Inn plan, and students who do not wish to use the guest meals can use them for themselves.

“On the Any Ten plan, if you wanted to use one of the extra meals that week, you could

Meal plan costs Meal plans themselves have gone up at a rate of 3-percent this year. The most expensive residential plan — the Vol Block plan — costs $1,658 per semester now. Meanwhile, the apartment meal plans cost $1,034 per semester.

She said the raises in price were comparable to recent years. In 2007, there was no increase from one year to the next, and last year, Patterson said the change was also right around three percent.

“We look at the SEC schools and compare our meal plan prices,” she said.

In that comparison, she said UT looks favorable.

“UT meal plans fall in the bottom half as far as expense,” she said. “When you look at some other schools — some are even smaller than we are and are still more expensive. So we’ve been able to offer a lot and still keep them inexpensive.”

Popularity of meal plans Patterson said UT dining constantly looks at which plans are most popular with which students.

She said, in terms of popularity, the unlimited meal plan was the most popular. It was followed by Any Ten, Unlimited Plus and Any Eight in that order.

Freshmen males prefer the unlimited plans.

“The access to Presidential (Court) is right there on the unlimited plan,” she said. “What we find with freshmen is that they tend to eat together in large groups. ... With the unlimited plan, they can come in and snack, come in and eat.”

She said it was also popular for the same reason with people in Morrill Hall because of the learning communities.

However Patterson said a lot of females shifted to the Any Eight residential meal plan in their second semester.

And with sophomores, juniors and seniors, the Any Five Apartment Meal Plan and the Any Eight Apartment Meal Plan are neck and neck, followed by the Apartment Dining Dollar Plan.

“What students are telling us about the apartment plans is they find themselves saving more money with the meal plan rather than just running the debit card over and over, especially residents on campus because they don’t have to pay sales tax,” she said.

Other changes A new fraternity meal plan will become

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In UT dining facilities, such as Rocky Top Cafe located in the UC, extended meal equivalency is just one of the new options thanks to changes in the meal plan system. available this year. Patterson said the Interfraternity Council president talked to UT dining, saying fraternities were interested in a specially made meal plan.

“So if you’re a student living in Fraternity Park, then the meal plan available to them (is) $350 per semester, four meals per week, and you can add dining dollars to it,” Patterson said.

In addition, a new coupon book is being made for UT dining, which Patterson estimates will have about 20 to 30 coupons in it.

And the book will have discounts on the national brands on campus, not just dining halls.

Patterson said the book, which is free when a student buys the commuter meal plan, was designed to get more commuters to eat on campus.

Other changes include making the Tortilla Fresca — the most popular part of the Smokey’s food court — two-sided, due to high demand. So now two different lines will process student orders.

Another thing students asked for that is

Moon water has similar properties to Earth Staff Reports Researchers at UT are once again turning what scientists thought they knew about the moon on its head.

Thin slice of lunar basalt with a petrographic (geologic) microscope in plane-polarized light. Last fall, researchers, including Larry Taylor, a distinguished professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, discovered “lunar dew” on the moon’s surface — absorbed “water” in the uppermost layers of lunar soil. This discovery of water debunked beliefs held since the return of the first Apollo rocks that the moon was bone-dry.

Now, scientists, including Taylor and Yang Liu, research assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, have discovered that water on the moon is more widespread — on the outside and inside of the moon — with some similarities to water in volcanic systems on Earth.

Their research will be featured in the article, “Lunar Apatite with Terrestrial Volatile Abundances” in the July 22 edition of the scientific journal, Nature.

Unlike lunar dew which is believed to come from an outside source such as solar wind which brings hydrogen into contact with the Moon’s oxygen, the water discovered by Taylor and Liu is internal, arising from an entirely different origin.

How it got there is not yet known.

The water may have been added by impacting comets, which contain ice, during or after the formation of the moon and Earth.

Thin slice of lunar basalt with a petrographic (geologic) microscope. This is the same view with crossed polarizers, revealing the complicated chemistry of the lunar minerals.

The existence of volcanoes on the moon more than four billion years ago gave the researchers a clue that water might exist inside the body, since the dynamics of volcanoes on Earth are mostly driven by water.

Therefore, the scientists made their novel discovery by examining a lunar basalt brought back from the 1971 Apollo 14 mission. Using secondary ion mass spectrometry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., scientists determined volatile elements in a calcium phosphate mineral are very similar in the same mineral found on Earth.

The scientists said this provides “robust evidence for the presence of water in the interior of the moon from where some lunar rocks were derived.

This demonstrates a closer chemical and geologic relationship between the Earth and moon than previously known. We must now re-evaluate the volatile inventories of the moon, relative to the Earth.”

The finding of volatiles on the moon has deep implications for how it, and the Earth, formed. It is generally believed that the moon was created when the early Earth was hit by a Mars-sized proto-planet called Theia, melting and vaporizing itself and a large chunk of the Earth.

The cloud of particles created by the impact later congealed to form the moon, which supposedly was devoid of

highly volatile elements such as hydrogen and chlorine. However, the researchers’ discovery of these volatiles challenges this theory.

“If water in the Moon was residue water kept during the giant impact, it is surprising that water survived the impact at all because less volatile elements, such as sodium and potassium, are strongly depleted. The details of the impact theory need to be re-examined,” Liu said.

The discovery of abundant and ubiquitous water on the moon could mean a human settlement on the moon is not so far-fetched. Currently the endeavour would be very expensive.

For example, it costs $25,000 to take one pint of water to the moon. However, if scientists devise processes to easily recover this water from the lunar rocks for drinking water and fuel, a human settlement is not out of reach.

“Now we have ready sources of water that can be consumed by plants and humans but also electrolyzed into liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to develop rocket fuel,” Taylor said. “Until the recent discovery of water in and on the moon, it was going to be a very energyintensive endeavor to separate these elements from the lunar rocks and soil.”

Taylor and Liu collaborated with George Rossman, Yunbin Guan, John Eiler and Edward Stolper at CalTech, as well as Jeremy Boyce at CalTech and UCLA. Their research was funded by NASA Cosmochemistry, the National Science Foundation and the Moore Foundation for Support of the Caltech Microanalysis Center.

coming to UT dining this fall is soft-serve ice cream at Presidential Court and milkshakes at Chick-fil-A. Plus catering will be available at the national brands on campus, so students, faculty and staff can order trays of food to cater their events or gatherings.

Patterson said students, faculty and staff had demanded catering.

“They’ve been using Quiznos a lot in the past, and McAllister’s, but now we can move forward with Subway and Chick-fil-A,” she said.

Student health Patterson said one resource that not many know about, yet is used widely, is Student Nutrition Educator Brittany Ellis.

Ellis works in conjunction with the Student Health Center, and the center refers students with dietary restrictions to her.

“We always have that position, and it’s a great resource,” she said. “ See DINING on Page 2

Baker center interim director promoted to full-time position Staff Reports Carl Pierce, interim director of the Baker Center at UT since June 1 of last year, has been named the center’s director.

“I’m pleased Carl has accepted this position,” Chancellor Jimmy Cheek said. “We’re privileged to have the Baker Center as part of our campus. As it continues to grow and evolve, the center will help put UT on the map as a leader in public policy thinking.

“I look forward to working with Carl to develop a strategic mission for the Baker Center.”

Pierce will report to the UT chancellor and lead the Baker Center as it works closely with Sen. Baker, UT deans and faculty and with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

“I’m pleased to continue leading the Baker Center as we further define its mission and develop a plan for achieving that mission,” Pierce said. “The Baker Center — just like Sen. Baker himself — is an incredible asset to the university, our local community, our state, our nation and, indeed, to the world.”

College of Business Administration Dean Jan Williams chaired the committee that conducted the director search.

Pierce has a bachelor’s degree and law degree from Yale University. He has been teaching in UT’s College of Law since 1972. He also has served the college as assistant dean from 1972 to 1974 and as director of the Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law from 1997 to 2000.

Now the W. Allen Separk Distinguished Professor of Law, his special interests are corporate law, regulation of the legal profession and American legal history.

The Baker Center, which opened at UT in 2003, is a public policy institute integrating research, education, public programming and archives. It develops programs and promotes research to further the public’s knowledge of our system of governance and to highlight the critical importance of public service, a hallmark of Baker’s career.

The center opened its new facility in October 2008. The center includes the Modern Political Archives, which hold more than 100 collections of political papers from prominent Tennessee leaders.

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Swimmers Breanna Folk and Jenny Connolly both placed in the top 50 of the world at the 2010 Champions Series Eastern Section meet in Athens, Georgia. Folk got second in 100m breast while Connolly placed first in 100m back.

DINING continued from Page 1 “She gets a lot of calls from faculty, staff and students.”

Patterson said she is getting a lot of students with food allergies lately.

“We go to great length to assure that these students can eat on campus, so we’ll cook separate meals for them.”

Also involving health, there will be a health identification program in dining locations in time for the fall, which will better identify food for their contents.

On the horizon Patterson said UT dining is looking at adding another location to Volunteer Hall.

“Hopefully it’ll be coming on line, I would say, late fall semester,” she said. “And we don’t have a name for it yet.”

Business Manager for Finance and Administration Brian Browning said it will be a restaurant that offers Southern-style food and accepts meal plan.

“The university is always looking for ways that we can maximize the efficiency and offerings for the students in

terms of dining services,” Browning said.

He said UT dining changes — specifically making meal equivalency available for national brands — make meal plans more appealing and ben-

eficial to students.

Students in the past would confuse or forget which campus locations offered meal plan when, he said.

“This will hopefully alleviate that confusion,” he said.

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Billy Bragg finds lasting musical success Staff Reports He was born Steven William Bragg in Essex around the time Tommy Steele was climbing the singles charts with Happy Guitar and the Soviet Union was launching Sputnik 2 into space.

As of the 2008 release of his 11th album, “Mr. Love & Justice,” he is known as Billy Bragg by his loyalists worldwide, yet he is still called Steven by his mother and still referred to as “the Bard of Barking” by the press.

He has worked alongside British parliamentarians, unskilled unemployed workers, members of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, young

music hopefuls, unsung buskers in the street, incarcerated convicts, newly liberated refugees, punk rockers and striking dockers.

It’s been a quarter century since he took the stage for his first solo gig at North London Polytechnic, a concert advertising him under the first name Billy so his family wouldn’t spot his new career move. Since then Billy Bragg has recorded hit singles, composed top ten albums, penned political anthems sung at rallies, kept alive traditional English folk songs and put his own spin on America’s greatest folk catalog. He has appeared on both MTV and late-night highbrow chat shows, singing his mind on the first and speaking his

mind on the latter.

In 2006 he authored his first book, “The Progressive Patriot,” a protest against the extremist British National Party electing twelve councilors in his east London hometown, electing them in the very locality which molded both the young Bragg and his beliefs and, in bitter irony, contains the street named Bragg Close in his honor.

Starting out those 25 years ago as a singing-in-the-street punk/rock urchin truly left its mark on Bragg as a quarter of a century later Bragg led The Big Busk, an event which saw over 500 happy people perform massed ensemble versions of classic busker material such as “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” and

“Maggie May” directly in front of the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank of the Thames.

In the past 10 years, Bragg collaborated with both Woody Guthrie and Ludwig Van Beethoven. But when Nora Guthrie saw him perform in New York at a Guthrie celebration one summer, she knew she had found the musician to edit the lyrics and apply the music to her late father’s unpublished songs.

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25 years later, Billy Bragg is still turning out hit singles and thought provoking political anthems. Here he is pictured performing at a Labor Day rally.

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Editor’s Note University study expectations unrealistic How much do you study? Apparently not as much as the past.

According to a July 4 Boston Globe article, professors Philip Babcock, at the University of California Santa Barbara, and Mindy Marks, at the University of California Riverside, looked at timeuse surveys which analyzed how much the average student studies. It found that the average student studies for about 14 hours a week these days.

Taken by itself, that’s not such an alarming figure. It’s two hours a day, and really, do faculty and administration think college students study much on Fridays and Saturdays? So it’s really split over five days.

In addition, student studying is hardly a straight line with no increases or decreases over the course of a semester. Faculty and administration have to know that student studying has peaks and valleys, depending on when test-taking days are.

Yet 14 hours a week becomes an alarming figure when it gets compared to the past. Those idealistic 1964 college students studied for about 24 hours a week on average, 10 hours more than these days.

This figure affects all demographics and attendees of all schools, whether the schools have a particularly good academic reputation or not.

So essentially, all people are left with is a need for answers. Why are students today studying for two hours a day when 1964 students studied for about three-and-a-half hours a day?

The Boston Globe article ruled out a few of the easily guessed reasons.

The biggest drop in studying came before the advent of new technology. According to the Globe, study time fell from 24.4 hours per week to 16.8 hours per week between 1961 and 1981. So the drop does not seem to be because students are all on Facebook these days or even because students used unreliable typewriters to produce papers or confusing card catalogues at the library to find books.

So what’s the real reason? Perhaps the biggest clue is a look at how high school seniors are studying. According to data from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program, students did not even study six hours a week while a senior in high school by 2009.

But to us college students of this generation, is this really so surprising? All I have to rely on is my personal experience, but senior year at Soddy-Daisy High School was the easiest year if you were a model honor student on top of your studies. When I graduated, since I took a mathematics course in eighth grade, I did not even have to take a math course during senior year. And I only went to school all day in my last semester of high school because I elected to.

If high school seniors are having similar experiences to the ones I had, where some students only had one class during their last semester or even graduated high school a semester early, then it’s not surprising that study time would be so lax during the senior year of high school. (Granted, my high school was shifting from period schedule to block schedule, and that played a part in these happenings, but still, the point remains overall.)

And as anyone could probably guess, that’s not the best setup for entering college. It seems as if this lack of study time during the end of high school would be in direct correlation to a rough college transition. My worst report card in undergraduate education was, predictably, freshman year, fall semester.

And yet the National Survey for Student Engagement said in 2009, according to the same Globe article, that 62 percent of college students studied 15 hours or less and yet still came back with As and Bs. Is getting As and Bs on your report card having a rough transition? Of course not.

So really the problem is that the standards of college success have been lowered, and this does not fit in with idealistic expectations of what college should be — the old idea of studying for hours in the library and agonizing over doing well on the test. I would argue that this ideal still exists, but it is more centered around big tests and paper due dates than, say, a constant need to pull all-nighters.

Another big reason why students probably study less and another one that the Boston Globe article gives attention to is the advent of sites like Rate My Professor. Sites like these essentially shifted the power away from professors and toward college students. When professors have to start worrying about what their reputation is, they might shift toward being more popular and making assignments fewer and less complex.

Plus course evaluations give students the power to say whether professors are being “unfair,” and of course a student’s definition of “unfair” can vary and often depend upon who is the easiest professor in that field and how each other professor stacks up against the easiest class sections.

In response, the Globe said some universities are putting less weight on course evaluations when it comes to granting tenure, which is a right move.

However, there’s no real easy answer on this front because, to be fair, course sections should be roughly the same difficulty for the same course. For example, there should be no English 101 course section that is drastically more difficult than any other English 101 section.

More rigid guidelines and more distinct class assignments — like professors’ aptitude for assigning Blackboard written responses to readings than just having students read for class — can help put an end to some of these disparities in studying and studying expectations.

At the same time, we need to make our studying expectations a bit more realistic. When universities, like the ones mentioned in the Globe article, say that students should study two hours a week for each credit hour they have on their schedule, it becomes a bit ridiculous.

No student is studying a full 30 hours a week — on top of attending class 15 hours a week.

Today’s students are engaged in student groups and have part-time jobs to take care of. There are simply not enough hours in a week to allot 45 hours a week to college. That might sound lazy, but it’s just common sense.

— Robby O’Daniel is a graduate student in communication and information. He can be reached at rodaniel@utk.edu.

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Rodriguez should face consequences Tuesda ernoon uesdayy Aft Afternoon

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When I was six, I got a toy basketball goal for Christmas. I was so excited I couldn’t wait to go outside to play with it, and despite my parents’ warnings, as soon as I could find a ball, I threw it at the goal.

I overshot, and the ball landed on top of our entertainment stand, where, every year, my parents laid out their very old, very expensive nativity scene for the holidays. Needless to say, most of the set was shattered.

I knew immediately I’d done something wrong, and of course, I was sorry for doing it.

That didn’t change the fact that my parents had never been more furious with me, and I got in a load of trouble. And you know what? I deserved it.

I knew that it was wrong both before and after I shot the ball, but just because I understood it was wrong doesn’t mean I shouldn’t have had to face the consequences.

As cliché as it sounds, making mistakes is a part of growing up, as are the consequences that come with them. So when Alex Rodriguez admits to using steroids for three years, apologizes, and says it was because he was young and made mistakes, it’s only fair to believe he’ll have to face the consequences of his actions, right?

According to the MLB, that’s apparently wrong. One of the biggest topics in baseball this weekend is A-Rod’s chase for 600 home runs — After a four-game series with Kansas City, he’s still at 599, something that, as a diehard Yankee hater, absolutely thrills me. What I want to know, though, is why it’s the chase for 600? And why does no one seem to say anything?

By Rodriguez’s own admission, he used steroids from 2001-2003, during which he hit 156 home runs. So why have those 156 homers, and every other stat of his from those three seasons, not been wiped from record?

Shockingly, performance-enhancing drugs are illegal in baseball, as in most other sports, and if a current player tests positive for them, he

receives a 50-game suspension on first offense, a full-season suspension on second and a lifetime ban on third.

Yet A-Rod faced nothing after his admission — which, by the way, came only after he denied using for two years and after near-indisputable evidence was presented — and most of the baseball world seems to have forgotten that he’s still a relic of one of baseball’s darkest chapters.

I’m not saying that A-Rod should be forced to give up every award and title he’s won in his career or that a cloud of suspicion should constantly surround him for the remainder of his career, but I am saying that we, and the MLB specifically, shouldn’t be willing to gloss over those three years.

True, Rodriguez was the MLB’s golden boy for years, a supposed example of purity in the Dark Ages of baseball, whereas other sluggers who were vilified, such as Barry Bonds, separated themselves from the media and from their fans as much as possible, making it that much easier to despise them. Again, though, just because he’s a good person doesn’t mean he should expect preferential treatment.

If anything, the league should be more willing to punish A-Rod. He was idealized by the league and its supporters, but ultimately he betrayed them. He had plenty of chances to admit to his steroid use before near-indisputable evidence came out, but he continued to deny his use of the drugs, and in doing so, when he finally changed his stance, he’d marred the MLB’s reputation more than any other player in the steroids era.

Maybe the idea of stripping A-Rod of three years of his career is a little harsh, but to expect either the media or the league to say, “Hey, this guy blatantly cheated for three years. Is it really OK to endorse his chase for the home run record?” isn’t too much to ask, I think.

Fine, maybe A-Rod’s mistake, which he repeated over and over for three years, was really one of youth, but if that’s the case, then there should be someone there to make sure he’s held accountable for that decision, to make sure he understands the consequences of his actions.

— Kevin Huebschman is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at khuebsch@utk.edu.

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Entertainment Editor Jake Lane’s recent column about artistic personas got me thinking.

We are told to separate writers from their writing, musicians from their music and filmmakers from their films, but do we actually do that?

Not at all. We may be commanded to abide by certain rules but, in reality, audiences are terribly disobedient. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing — everyone, myself included, filters how they perceive a piece of art through what they know about the artist — but it certainly can get in the way.

Not that this keeps me up at night, but Miley Cyrus’ video for “Can’t Be Tamed” caused quite an uproar for its “sexually explicit content.”

Contrary to its title, the images are incredibly tame for today’s (and yesterday’s) standards. An unknowing person wouldn’t bat an eye if it appeared in a string of MTV2 clips, but if you know that’s Hannah Montana sandwiched between two half-naked dudes, then there is some added gravity to the situation.

If “Can’t Be Tamed” was a better song than the squeaky-clean “Party In the USA,” then I might be upset about the backlash, but it’s not.

What really concerns me is when good work suffers because of its creator’s bad decisions. I know people who boycott the movies of Woody Allen and Roman Polanski because of certain questionable things they’ve done in their personal lives. This is a tragedy. From what I’ve seen, there are no subliminal messages in either

filmmakers’ work. If anything, “Rosemary’s Baby” will make sure you never go near a child, much less rape one.

It’s when the thing I hate about an artist coincides with the thing I hate about his or her art that I become guilty of disobeying the writer/writing rule. Take Bono, for instance: If he’s a self-righteous toolbag in real life, then I can ignore it, but when he sings like one, then all of his real-life toolbaggery is apparent in the music. Yes, Bono, I can tolerate your incessant willingness to inform everyone that you’re trying to save the world, but it’s when you croon and gasp directly into my ears that things gets personal. Sorry, but you won’t save me.

Flip side of the same coin: Kanye West. He may be inconsiderate, garish, outspoken and even a little dumb, but any sort of self-promotion is clearly more a result of his insecurity than his self-righteousness. When he freestyled over the introspective “Everything I Am” on “Saturday Night Live” and continuously tripped over his words — “I meant to freestyle/I meant to mess up/Ya’ll wish you could be me/I’m rockin’ on your TV/Hey mama, can you see me?” — it didn’t alienate me but in fact drew me closer.

What fascinates me most about Kanye’s persona is that he’s basically an ordinary dude living an extraordinary life. People want perfection from their celebrities, and while Kanye is definitely larger-than-life, he is not, in fact, better than all of us normal people. So next time he does something totally uncalled for, over the top and self-centered (and he will), just remember that this is the Kanye that you both love to hate and just plain love, and without "I'mma let you finish," we wouldn't have "Everything I Am." Can't wait for the new album — apparently he worships Satan now.

— Ben Whiteside is a senior in creative writing. He can be reached at bwhitesi@utk.edu.

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Social Distortion announces fall tour Staff Reports Southern California rock ‘n’ roll band Social Distortion announced a headlining U.S. tour beginning Oct. 14 through Nov. 23 in support of the their highly anticipated forthcoming album due out later this fall.

Touring for the first time since 2009’s excursion of Europe and the U.S., which included dates with Pearl Jam, and the band’s recent jaunt to Brazil and Argentina earlier this year, Social Distortion will perform a few select warm-up shows before hitting the main stage at this summer’s Lollapalooza and Outside Lands. Following the festival dates, the band will take a month off before returning to the stage to unveil its first new album in six years for music-hungry fans across the country on one of the fall’s mostawaited tours.

Currently Mike Ness and crew are wrapping up recording on Social Distortion’s seventh studio album and follow-up to their critically adored and fan-coveted 2004 album, “Sex, Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll.”

Formed in Fullerton, Calif., in 1979, Social Distortion has spent the last three decades performing its signature style of roots-driven rock ‘n’ roll and hard-luck stories for fans worldwide while recording six albums including “Mommy’s Little Monster,” “Prison Bound,” “Social Distortion,” “Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell, “White Light, White Heat, White Trash” and the aforementioned Sex, Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll.”

Social Distortion will play the Valarium Nov. 9 with guests Lucero and Frank Turner.

Tickets are $30 in advance and $32 at the door.

BILLY continued from Page 3 Collaborating with the U.S. indie-rock group Wilco, the two Guthrie/Bragg albums, “Mermaid Ave. (Vols. 1 & 2)”, gave Bragg a pair of sizeable North American hits and exposed him to a new audience. In 2007, Bragg was commissioned to write lyrics for the “Ode To Joy” for a gala concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London. There the Bard of Barking met Her Majesty who later requested a copy of Beethoven’s score with Bragg’s signature on it.

The day before he met the Queen, Bragg had been awarded the Classic Songwriter award by Q magazine in London. One of the first in the audience to shake his hand in congratulations during that moment was Paul McCartney.

Typically, Bragg used the attention of the record industry audience to make a plea for contributions to his program to supply guitars to prison inmates, so they might rehabilitate themselves through music and gain self-esteem and a hobby or even a career. The name of this

program is Jail Guitar Doors, a name Bragg chose in honor of his early heroes, The Clash, who had a song by that name.

To use a quote by his one of his heroes, Bob Dylan, the voice and songs of Barking’s singing son “bring hope to the vanquished and humility to the mighty.” Continuing that path so accurately described by Dylan is Billy Bragg’s new album, “Mr. Love & Justice,” featuring his band The Blokes and particularly his old pal Ian McLagan of Small Faces and Faces fame. The album’s title suggests the quixotic twin themes of Bragg’s songwriting; our human frailties in romance and the never-ending pursuit of a fairer society.

Produced by his longterm sidekick Grant Showbiz and featuring a guest appearance Robert Wyatt on the first track, I Keep Faith, the dozen songs of “Mr. Love & Justice” reaffirm Bragg as no mere pop star or jobbing songwriter but as someone somehow so obviously greater than the sum of his parts.

Bragg will perform at the Bijou Theatre Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $24 and can be purchased now.

EMPLOYMENT

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UNFURN APTS

FOR RENT

FOR RENT

ROOMMATES

CONDOS FOR SALE

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3 Spoons Yogurt is coming to the strip and loking for friendly, hard-working employees to help us serve delicious frozen yogurt to the Knoxville community! To apply, please contact Wesley Hightower at wesley@spoonsyogurt.com.

Summer Work $15 base appointment. Starting people in sales/service. PT/FT. Conditions apply. All ages 18+.

Call (865)450-3189. www.workforstudents.com.

KEYSTONE CREEK 2BR apartment. Approx 4 miles west of UT on Middlebrook Pike. $500. Call (865)522-5815. Ask about our special.

1 and 2BR, 1BA duplex apartment. 1mi. from campus. $500 & $650/mo. water included.

No pets.

(865)862-6402.

Victorian house divided into apartments located on Forest Ave. Eff. apartment $375/mo. 1BR apartment $475/mo. 2BR $750/mo.

1BR house. W/D included. $575/mo. Private parking, water included. Deposit and references required. Armstrong Properties 525-6914.

Looking for roommates 11th Place Condos.

Call (865)599-3239 or 599-3284.

THE TOMATO HEAD KNOXVILLE Now hiring baker positions.

Full and part-time available, no experience necessary.

Must have weekend and early morning availability.

Apply in person at 12 Market Square or apply online at

HUNTINGTON PLACE UT students! Only 3 miles west of campus. We have eff. to 3BR. Hardwood floors. Central H/A. Pets allowed. Call (865)588-1087.

Ask about our special.

6529 Deane Hill Dr, close to UT. 2BR 1.5BA Tile kitchen & baths. All appl & W/D. Fenced patio, clubhouse & pool. Reduced to $112,900.

For more infomation go to www.cbww.com/vickdyer or call Vick Dyer, Coldwell Banker, Wallace & Wallace .865-584-4000.

UT Condo Lake Plaza Building in new construction, next to McDonlds. 8th floor corner, Great view, parking, 3BR, 2BA, granite tops SS appliances, W/D, and available now. $285,000 Call Vick Dyer (865)599-4001.

Coldwell Banker, Wallace & Wallace, (865)584-4000.

After school program seeking PT counselors. M-F 12:45-6pm. $8.25/hr. Experience working with children preferred. Cedar Bluff Elementary School. dugnet9200@aol.com.

Fun Afterschool Jobs High energy, fun coworkers, great children! Tate’s School is hiring after school counselors who enjoy leading activities with pre-school/Kindergarten. 52-acre campus on Cedar Bluff Road.

Must be available M - F from 3 - 6 PM . Call (865)690-9208 or info@tatescamp.com.

Gynecology office seeks student for PT clerical work Preferred Biology, English Chemistry or Premed Major.

Monday through Saturday.

8am - 12noon. Email to knoxville_gyn@yahoo.com.

Infant caregiver needed in West Knoxville. MWF 11-6, TR 1-6. Loving, dedicated person needed. Exp. with infants required. Starting Points Child Care, 966-2613.

Now hiring for after school childcare center in West Knoxville. PT positions available 2-6PM. Call Robert 454-1091.

Now hiring PT counter help.

Crown Dry Cleaners. Contact Brian at (865)584-7464.

OPEN CASTING Saturday, July 31st 10a.m.-4p.m.

Wear swimsuit under clothing. Be prepared to have photographs taken.

18 Karat Model and Talent Management, 6409 Deane Hill Dr. (865)558-0004. www.18karat.com.

PART-TIME WORK. Great pay, flexible schedule, permanent/ temporary. Sales/ Service. Conditions apply.

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Pimento’s Cafe and Market in Turkey Creek is looking for cashiers, and delivery drivers. Prefer graduate students. Call Lance (865)566-0433, or (901)461-8991.

Runner - Law Office, downtown. M-F 1:00-5:00. Must have own automobile. Begin 7/26. Call 524-5353 or email jtindell@ritlaw.com.

Savvi Formalwear Now ing PT sales associates. ary plus commission. work environment.

(865)898-4742.

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THE TOMATO HEAD MARYVILLE Hiring all positions Full and part-time. No experience necessary. Apply in person.

211 W. Broadway, Maryville, TN (865)981-1080 or online www.thetomatohead.com.

Toddler teacher needed in West Knoxville. 2:30-6:00 M-F. Needs to be energetic and love children. Experience with young children required. Starting Points Child Care. 966-2613.

Two part-time receptionists/ clerical positions with downtown law firm. Near bus stop, flexible hours, $8+/hr. Good people skills, good attitude, and be able to maintain confidentiality.

Send resume and days/hrs. of availability to P.O. Box 1624, Knoxville, TN 37901 or email 1624@bellsouth.net.

Want to complete missions in Knoxville? Make a difference as an AmeriCorps member by seving part-time to raise urban youth as leaders! Variety of positions available (e.g. afterschool program support, tutoring, computer learning lab support, fitness/ nutrition, volunteer support and sports support). Receive a living allowance and money for school!

Positions start August 3rd. Contact rbenway@emeraldyouthfoundation.org.

FURN APTS Single furnished basement apartment with lots of extras.

Near campus.

Non-smoker. $300/mo. mcombs@utk.edu.

UNFURN APTS 1 and 2BR Apts. UT area.

(865)522-5815. Ask about our special.

16th PLACE APARTMENTS 3 blocks from UT Law School (1543- 1539 Highland Ave.) 2BR apts. only. Brick exterior, carpet, laundry facility on first floor. Guaranteed and secured parking. 24 hour maintenance. No dogs or cats. 30th year in Fort Sanders. brit.howard@sixteenthplace.com.. www.sixteenthplace.com.

(865)522-5700.

1BR apartments available now. One block from campus. Call between 9 AM and 9 PM. (865)363-4726.

1BR apt. in English Tudor Bldg. next to Ft. Sanders Hospital. $400/mo. plus utilities.

522-4964, 9AM-5PM.

FOR RENT

10 MO. LEASES AVAILABLE Walk to campus! Student Apts. Cable, and internet included. 1BR apts. Prime Campus Housing (865)637-3444. www.primecampushousing.com/tn.

1BR, LR, kitchen, private parking and entrance. All utilities paid. Walking distance to campus. $400/mo.

Call 522-3325.

3BR 2BA Laurel Villas, across from The Hill. W/D, 2 gated parking spots, ground floor. $1425/mo. Andy 851-4261.

3BR, 3BA, Double car garage.

Minutes from campus. 1 yr. lease. Security deposit, No pets, no smoking. $1,150/mo Call (865)603-0379.

4th AND GILL Houses and apartments now available. Please call Tim at (865)599-2235.

Artsy, Victorian apts. and houses. 1, 2, or 3BR. Some fenced yards. $395 - $1,200.

(865)455-0488.

Attention all College Students. Prelease NOW for Fall! All Size Apartments Available. Call 525-3369.

CAMBRIDGE ARMS Just 4 miles west of campus.

Small pets allowed. Pool and laundry rooms. 2BR at great price! Call (865)588-1087.

CAMPUS 2 BLOCKS! Apts. now leasing for fall.

2BR $695 -$795/mo. Some with W/D, dishwasher and microwave. (865)933-5204 or utk-apts.com.

Condo for Rent - Spacious 1,500 sq. ft. 3BR, 2.5BA, In quiet and safe subdivision (guard on duty 24 hours per day). Located behind UT Medical Center. Swimming pool and tennis court available on site. 2 car garage, completely remodeled. Suitcase ready. No pets or smoking allowed. $1400/mo.

Contact (865)387-4897.

Condo, 1BR 1.5Ba, directly across from World’s Fair Park. Fully furnished including linens, W/D, parking on site. Water, sewer, cable TV, security, elevator. $600/mo.

No pets. Call 865-919-0736.

CONDOS FOR RENT Condos within walking distance of UT campus.

Franklin Station, River Towne, Renaissance II, and 1201 Highland Ave. Units starting at $400/BR. Units include cable/ internet, water/ sewage, parking, and W/D. University Real Estate. (865) 673-6600. urehousing.com.

Immediate occupancy. 2BR condo townhouse. Beautifully remodeled. 5 mile UT, 1 mile West Town Mall, 1 block Kingston Pike busline.

Private patio, water, W/D furnished. $850/mo.

(865)643-2442.

Individual leases in 4BR house. Share beautiful 2 story house. $360 rent plus $90 utilities. (HD TV, wireless internet and W/D). 5 min. drive to campus. Available August 1. (865)771-1874.

LIVE IN A BIT OF HISTORY. Quiet historic building minutes from UT. Ideal for graduate students. 1BR apts. H/W floors. W/D, dishwasher, LR, small dining room. $500 - $525. Year lease.

Deposit.

One pet.

(865)242-1881.

LUXURY 1BR CONDOS Pool/elevator/securty.

3 min. walk to Law School. $480R. $300SD. No app. fee.

865 (4408-0006, 250-8136).

Monday Plaza 1BR and studios available on The Strip.

Starting at $340/mo. Call (865)219-9000 for information.

Palisades. Very large 1800 sq. ft. 2BR, 2BA, All amenities with pool and club house.

No pets. $1250/mo. 1 yr. lease. Howard Grower Realty Executives Associates.

588-3232 or 705-0969.

River Towne Condo. Luxury lake front living. Rick @ 865-805-9730.

Special 1 month FREE. Convenient to downtown, UT area. 2BR apartments available now. $475/mo (865)573-1000.

St. Christopher’s Square 3BR 2BA condo. Balcony, newly remodeled, W/D, SS appliances, granite, tile, hardwood, reserved parking. Cable, internet and water provided. $1500/mo. 691-7581.

SULLINS RIDGE #309 For rent $949 or for sale $104K .

2BR, 2BA, overlooks pool.

Walk to UT. (423)646-9133.

The Woodlands. 3BR, 3BA townhouse. Ideal for 3 students. $525/mo. each. Near campus behind UT Hospital.

All amenities included. Howard Grower Realty Executive Associates. 588-3232 or 705-0969.

Two miles to UT Medical Center. Renter for private furnished studio apartment in house with 2 other females. Quiet residential neighborhood. Utilities and cable included. $590/month.

(615)504-2383 Very Nice 1BR condo. Pool, elevator, security. 2 Blocks to Law Bldg. $510.00/mo. $400/SD, (423)968-2981/ 366-0385.

Walk to campus. $450/mo.

Renaissance II, 16th & Highland. Furnished, DW, W/D, balcony, cable. Nice! Call Lee 901-237-9548.

Woodgate Apartments now leasing 1, 2, & 3 BR apartment homes, furnished and unfurnished. Close to campus and great rates! Call today to schedule a tour!

(865)688-8866. Ask about our student discount!

HOUSE FOR RENT 2 story home in Karns for rent. 1900 sq.ft. 3BR 2.5BA, bonus room. $1475/mo. Min. 1 year lease, security deposit, renters ins. required.

No pets/ smoking. Call (865)208-3882.

3 - 10BRs. Best houses in Fort Sanders. Available August.

Huge bedrooms, Central H/A, W/D, parking, 3 blocks to campus, pets OK, must see!

Starts $325/BR (865)964-4669 or volrentals.com.

3BR 2.5BA house walking distance to campus. 1533 Forest. Central H/A, W/D connection, private parking, dishwasher, living/ dining room.

Avail.

July 31. $1300/mo. (865)522-3325.

4BR + extra study rooms. 5 minutes from campus. LIKE NEW $1150/mo.

Call (865)919-8789.

7 yr. old super energy efficient 2BR, cottage. Level yard, backs to park. All H/W floors and tile. Concord St./ Sutherland Ave. $675/mo.

Available August 10.

(865)719-8666.

Available now. 3BR, 3BA. West Knoxville Home. 1 car agarage. Perfect for graduate students. $1200/mo. Includes water. No pets.

(865)242-0632.

Fort Sanders. Park your car and walk to UT. 3BR, 2BA appliances, W/D furnished.

Available now.

(865)919-4082.

Roommate wanted to share nice 3BR house. 10 minutes UT. W/D $340/month plus share utilities. (423)283-9355.

Rooms available now, basic to luxury. $250 -$450/monh.

Visit www.Tenants-Choice.com and search for Rooms Type (865)637-9118.

Wanted to share, nice 2BR apt at The Grove at Deane Hill. Available now. Private bath, W/D. $420/mo.

865-466-8346.

CONDOS FOR SALE $88,400. Condo in quaint West Hills. 2BR 1320 sq. ft. townhouse. Lg. living room, separate dining, gally kitchen. Patio, community pool. Ina Painter, Re/Max Preferred Properties, 865-218-1132.

2 Biggg BRs -- 2 Biggg Walk-in Closets- 1 up- 1 down! FPL, Vaulted Ceilings, 1C Garage! Only 9 Yrs Old and completely redone....

NEW Cpt, Paint, Bronze Lighting, Bronze Plumb Fixtures & door knobs! WOW! Low Utilities. $123,900. Close in West. www.810CalypsoBILL LONG Way.com (865)679-1981 Realty Executives.

2BR 1.5BA, newly renovated, cozy floor plan, pool, clubhouse, fenced patio, private parking, security system. 15 min. from UT at Westfield Condos. $111,900. 216-7994.

2BR, 1BA, Kingston Place on Jersey Ave. Easy access, plenty of parking., low utilities. Clean and light. $69,900. (865)806-6029.

3638 Topside Rd. Close to UT. 3 LG BR, 2BA, 2 car garage. Open living room with cathedral ceiling and gas FP. Eat-in kitchen, front and back patio for entertaining.

Reduced to $159,900. For more infomation go to www.cbww.com/vickdyer or call Vick Dyer, Coldwell Banker, Wallace & Wallace .865-584-4000.

Condos For Sale: Contact Mary Campbell, Keller Wiiam Realty at (865)964-5658.

1BR Condo $44,900. 1BR Condo $48,900. www.universitytowerknoxville.com.

7912 Biltmore Way, close to UT. No steps. 2BR 2BA 1 car garage. Neutral paint, all appl, vaulted ceiling & excellent condition. Reduced to $97,900. For infomation go to www.cbww.com/vickdyer or call Vick Dyer, Coldwell Banker, Wallace & Wallace .865-584-4000.

820 Blue Spruce Way, close to UT. 2BR 2.5BA 1 car garage. Hwd, tile & carpet flrs, SS appl, jetted tub, end unit.

Excellent cond. $124,900. For more infomation go to www.cbww.com/vickdyer or call Vick Dyer, Coldwell Banker, Wallace & Wallace .865-584-4000.

DOWNTOWN CONDOS. 523 N. Bertrand St. Park Place Condos. Close to UT. Gated, parking, pool, courtyard with fountain, basketball court and FHA loan approval.

Unit 211 - 2BR 1.5BA, high celings & lots of windows.

Open floor plan, neutral paint, SS appl. Reduced to $109,900.

Unit 318 - 1BR 1BA studio.

Great corner unit with lots of windows and view of front lawn. High ceilings, solid oak trim, doors and cabinetry. $89,900.

For more infomation go to www.cbww.com/vickdyer or call Vick Dyer, Coldwell Banker, Wallace & Wallace .865-584-4000.

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For more infomation go to www.cbww.com/vickdyer or call Vick Dyer, Coldwell Banker, Wallace & Wallace .865-584-4000.

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(615)631-2585. $74,500.

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Factory sealed plastic. Full $125, Queen $150, King $225.

Contact Brad (865)696-1819.

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6 • The Daily Beacon

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

THESPORTSPAGE

Tennis team paces UT athletics in academics Staff Reports During the spring semester, the tennis team accomplished what no men’s program has done before: lead the entire Tennessee athletic department in team gradepoint average.

The Vols captured the SEC regular season and tournament titles and reached the final of the NCAA Tennis Championships, all while compiling a 3.48 GPA as a team. They have paced the men’s programs in GPA the last four semesters and have become the first men’s program to earn the highest average among all UT sports since the team GPA competition began.

In addition to earning the highest spring GPA on campus, Tennessee also qualified to become an ITA AllAcademic Team after posting a 3.34 GPA for the full school year. The Vols also won the ITA award in 2009.

Sam Winterbotham and Chris Woodruff, who have been coaching together at UT the last four seasons, have stressed the importance of excellence on the court as well as in academics. In 2010, Tennessee set a pair of program records when five Vols were All-SEC selections and nine were named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.

“We want them to win championships, but we also want them to be champions in the classroom,” said Winterbotham, who was named SEC Coach of the Year. “We had the goal to be an Academic All-America team, which we did. At the same time, we also accomplished our goal of winning an SEC title, and we finished just one win away from the NCAA title. The commitment they’ve shown this year in both areas, it makes us immensely proud as coaches.”

Summer is the season for

academic awards, and the Vols have already taken home their share of individual accolades with more to come from the ITA next month.

All nine Vols eligible for the SEC Academic Honor Roll made the list, including Davey Sandgren, who earned the award for a fourth time while majoring in aerospace engineering. The eight additional award winners are Matt Brewer (geography), Boris Conkic (sport management), Matteo Fago (economics), Taylor Patrick (accounting), John-Patrick Smith (economics), Max Stevens (communication studies), Bryan Swartz (business) and Christopher Williams (criminal justice).

Edward Jones and Rhyne Williams were named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

In May, Smith also became the first Vol in seven years to be named to the ESPN the Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-District Team, an award that honors an athlete’s accomplishments in academics as well as in team competition. On the court, Smith earned his third All-America honor and was ranked No. 1 nationally in singles and doubles for a time during the season.

Smith and Fago, who both finished their junior years as economics majors, will be named ITA Scholar-Athletes next month.

“We’ve got great character on this team, and that’s something we look for in our players,” Winterbotham said.

“They make doing this job an absolute pleasure. I’m just as proud of their off-court accomplishments as I am of what they’ve accomplished on the court.”

Scott Swain, associate director at the Thornton Athletic Student Life Center, has worked with the tennis team and echoed Winterbotham’s sentiments.

Stocker, Reveiz tabbed by SEC media Staff Reports Tennessee helped close the successful 2010 SEC Media Days on Friday morning by making the rounds at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Ala., for nearly three hours.

UT representatives were head coach Derek Dooley and a trio of seniors: tight end Luke Stocker, linebacker Nick Reveiz and defensive end Chris Walker. All four individuals visited with various media outlets in 13 separate locations throughout the hotel to help kick off the 2010 season.

Stocker and Reveiz garnered some recognition from the morethan-1,000 media members in attendance when they were selected to the 2010 All-Southeastern Conference Media Days Football Team. Both Vols were second-team selections, matching the honors earlier in the week for Walker and Stocker from the league coaches.

A native of Berea, Ky., Stocker caught 29 passes for 389 yards and was second on the squad with five receiving touchdowns. He ended the regular season with a flurry, catching a combined 10 passes against Vanderbilt and Kentucky for 125 yards and two touchdowns.

Reveiz earned both a scholarship in 2009 along with a starting middle linebacker spot. The Farragut product then capped those accomplishments by being named team captain. Reveiz’s season was cut short by an injury in the fourth game but not before he made 27 tackles including 4 1/2 tackles for loss.

Tennessee opens fall practice Aug. 4.

Multi-talented athlete Hunter places sixth at World Juniors track championships Staff Reports With his first football season at Tennessee rapidly approaching, Justin Hunter understandably has been training this summer with the gridiron in mind. Despite his focus on the sport, the UT signee still was able to scratch out a sixth-place finish in the long jump Wednesday night at the IAAF World Junior Track & Field Championships at Stade Moncton 2010.

Hunter, who is slated to play wide receiver for the Big Orange during the fall and for the track and field team during the spring, carded a leap of 24 feet, 6 1/4 inches (7.47

meters) to wind up his first international competition in sixth place. South Africa’s Luvo Manyonga captured the gold medal with a jump of 262 3/4 (7.99), while Eusebio Cáceres of Spain (25-11 / 7.90m) earned the silver and Canada’s Taylor Stewart (25-5 1/2 / 7.63m) nabbed the bronze in front of his countrymen.

Hunter, who entered the meet ranked sixth in the field as the U.S junior champion and owner of the top U.S. prep jump this season at 25-10 3/4 (7.89m), admitted that he wasn’t as dialed in as he might have been during track and field season.