Issue 1, Volume 121
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Smooth sailing for Cheek, Roddy speak to incoming freshmen fall move-in day RJ Vogt
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Blair Kuykendall Editor-in-Chief
The Class of 2016 has officially arrived. Quiet desperation papered the faces of parents and students during move-in last Saturday, but UTPD and the housing staff were calm and cool in the face of the surge. Anxious freshmen spend weeks preparing for move-in day, but when the day finally arrives, all concerns fade save the singular purpose of transferring anything and everything into an allotted 12 ft. by 15 ft. space. The collective rush has potential to escalate into full-blown chaos. The sheer volume of traffic on campus alone can cause gridlock. “It’s been busy,” Brewer Dell, a Campus
Protection Specialist for UTPD, said. “Very busy.” But this was not UTPD’s first time at bat. Though move-in generally takes the form of organized chaos, staff members were satisfied with this year’s performance. “Today has gone lovely,” Jimmy Webb, another member of UTPD, said. “I’ve actually been enjoying it. Not everyone else is, but so far there have been no angry parents.” Webb said that movein traffic picked up at 7:30 a.m., and cars still lined the street into the afternoon. Access to Andy Holt Ave. from Volunteer Blvd. was blocked off, and cars were queued along Volunteer to reach the residence halls and parking garages. See MOVE IN on Page 3
Sorority Village: work in progress
SGA President Adam Roddy had these words to share with the class of 2016: “University traditions provide continuity and a sense of community for scholarship, teaching and learning … The passing of the torch of preparation to our new students is one of our university’s most valued traditions.” With ceremony and electric candles, UT’s new freshman class celebrated Torch Night on August 20th in Thompson-Boling Arena. The tradition dates back to 1925, when Glen Davis established it as a procession to Ayres Hall. Although the method has changed, the freshmen still recognize the event as an important experience. “When I saw the stage, I was excited to be part of the tradition,” said Amy Armendariz, freshman in psychology. A string trio played in the corner as students filed into the arena, and Provost Susan Martin began the evening by presenting a number of awards to upperclassmen. After she had handed out the awards, Vice Chancellor for Student Life Tim Rogers came forward and introduced Chancellor Jimmy Cheek to share a few words with the students. During move-in day, Cheek helped a few freshmen move into their dorms, and he expressed his amazement at the things they brought. “One of the students I helped had a whole bag of sunglasses,” he said to the laughter of 4,200 freshmen. “You truly are an incredible class, the best freshman class this university has ever had,” Cheek said, “and I’ve said that the past three years.” The class of 2016 continues a trend of ever-rising average ACT scores and high school GPAs, bring-
ing with them an average ACT score of 27 and an average high school GPA of 3.89. Chancellor Cheek challenged the freshman on three points: becoming fully engaged at the University of Tennessee, practicing civility to all, and graduating in four years. “Now you may ask the question, ‘Why are you so interested in us graduating in four years?’” Cheek said. “One of our economics professors just did a study … the students who graduate in four years make more money than their counterparts who graduate in five, six, seven, eight, or George Richardson • The Daily Beacon nine,” he explained. Jimmy Cheek speaks to the incoming freshmen class After Cheek’s at Torch Night as part of Welcome Week in speech, he encour- Thompson-Boling Arena on August 15, 2011. aged the students to open envelopes underneath their seats. gave a short history of Torch Night Inside the envelopes, the class of 2016 before beginning the Passing of the found tassels. Cheek said, “I hope you Torch. A student representative from will keep this tassel and not lose it, and in each college lit a candle as the students 2016 or before, I want you to walk across from that college stood and turned on the stage and shake my hand and say, ‘I their electronic candle. “I felt like a part of the student body,” made it.’ And I want all 4,200 of you to Armendariz said. The ceremony concluddo that.” Cheek then introduced Roddy, who ed with the singing of the alma mater.
Preston Peeden Associate Editor This past week, Sorority Village welcomed its first group of residents as three houses opened up for occupancy. Nestled on the edge of campus, the village’s first residents are members of the Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Zeta and Kappa Delta sororities, with Kappa Delta’s opening only coming with the Fire Marshal’s recent approval. These three houses, however, only represent a small portion of Sorority Village’s planned occupants, as there are to be thirteen residential homes and one administrative house that will have a multiple-chapter meeting space. And for those remaining sororities, their members are scattered throughout campus dorms and, in Sigma Kappa’s case (whose expected completion date was delayed by six weeks), a vacated fraternity house. “For five chapters, they’re going to be living in residence halls across campus,” said Jeff Cathey, associate dean of students. “A couple chapters, who knew they weren’t going to be moving in this fall, maintained a floor in Laurel Hall. Others are, honestly, in a variety of locations as Housing has done their best to absorb them… And one chapter is moving into the vacant Phi Gamma Delta house.” See SORORITY WEEK on Page 3
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Freshmen participate in icebreaker games with their Welcome Week team leader in Thompson-Boling Arena on Saturday, August 18. Many Welcome Week events are going on throughout campus to familiarize new students with UT.
ROTC offers students new experience David Cobb Assistant News Editor
Many of UT’s 4,200 new students leapt into the traditional college experience on Saturday as they moved into their dorm rooms for the 2012-13 academic year. However, for a few of these new Vols, the experience began in a vastly different way. The Rocky Top Battalion, UT’s Army Reserve Officer Training Corps,
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welcomed many of its 32 incoming participants with a catered barbeque lunch, a slew of motivational speeches, and a glimpse of the finish line. Lieutenant William Hatch, a recent UT graduate, was commissioned from the program and into the Army as a part of Saturday’s welcoming luncheon for new ROTC students, held at the Stokely Athletic Center. Lieutenant Hatch’s family and friends were on hand to witness the occasion, but it was incoming ROTC
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students like Luke Rogers, freshman in sociology, who were most motivated. “That was actually really cool,” Rogers said of Hatch’s commissioning. “I was really glad I got to see that. Everyone knows the goal, we all have that goal, but seeing it come to completion is really inspiring.” Rogers will live in Hess Hall this year and take classes like any other freshman, but according to ROTC cadet Thomas Wasson, senior in political science, the experiences that Rogers and his 31 incoming com-
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rades are about to undergo will be different than that of the typical student. “They’re probably a little overwhelmed,” Wasson said. “You’ve got the whole being a student thing, and then learning to be a soldier part-time. But I’m sure they’re excited, too.” Wasson said that he and the program’s other upperclassmen plan to welcome the new soldiers with open arms as they make the transition into college life. See ROTC on Page 5
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012 Associate Editor Preston Peeden
CAMPUS CALENDAR
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What’s HAPPENING AROUND CAMPUS
Aug. 22 - Aug. 24, 2012
Wednesday, Aug. 22 —
UT Farmers Market Fresh local produce, plants, food, crafts, and more weekly. @ UT Gardens on the Agricultural Campus 4 - 7 p.m.
2012 Welcome Back Barbecue Join the Knox County UT alumni for an evening with head football coach Derek Dooley and the 2012 football players. This is a great way to kick off football time in Tennessee. A barbecue meal with all the fixings will be provided by Buddy’s Barbecue. @ Thompson Boling Arena 5:30 p.m.
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A CycleUshare bicycle station is set up along Volunteer Blvd. Students can find more info on how to rent bicycles from multiple stations around campus at cycleushare.utk.edu.
Thursday, Aug. 23 — LGBTWQA OUTreach Open House Come visit the LGBT & Ally Resource Center as we welcome students to campus. Free food and drinks. Meet new friends. Everyone is welcome! @ LGBT & Ally Resource Center 1-3 p.m.
Weather Mostly Sunny 0% chance of rain HIGH LOW 86 63
1987 — ‘Dirty Dancing’ opens On this day in 1987, Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze as a dance instructor at a summer resort, opens in theaters across the United States. The film was a surprise box-office hit, earning some $64 million and turning Swayze into a Hollywood star. The Dirty Dancing soundtrack went multi-platinum and included the hit singles “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life,” which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, “Hungry Eyes” by Eric Carmen and “She’s Like the Wind,” co-written and sung by Swayze himself. The film also contained the now-famous line “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” Set in 1963 at the fictional Kellerman’s resort in upstate New York, Dirty Dancing told the coming-of-age story of the well-to-do teenager Frances “Baby” Houseman, played by Jennifer Grey, who develops a crush on the resort’s working-class dance instructor Johnny Castle (Swayze) while vacationing with her family. The term “dirty dancing” referred to a sensual style
of dance that the resort staff engages in during off-hour parties. When Johnny’s dance partner gets pregnant, Baby becomes her unlikely replacement, and the two end up falling in love, against the wishes of Baby’s protective father (played by the future Law and Order star Jerry Orbach). The film ends with a triumphant dance sequence in which Johnny and Baby dance and he lifts her high in the air. Written by Eleanor Bergstein, who based the script on her own experiences growing up, Dirty Dancing marked the feature-film debut of director Emile Ardolino, who won an Oscar for the 1983 documentary He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’. The film’s choreographer Kenny Ortega, who trained with Gene Kelly, later directed the High School Musical movies. Before Dirty Dancing, Swayze studied with the Joffrey Ballet and appeared in such films as The Outsiders (1983) and Red Dawn (1984), also featuring Jennifer Grey. Following his breakout performance in Dirty Dancing, the actor co-starred
in another blockbuster, Ghost (1990), with Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg. Swayze’s later film credits include Point Break (1991), City of Joy (1992) and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), for which he earned his third Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of the drag queen Vida Bohemme. Re-released in 1997 and again (briefly) in 2007 for its 10th and 20th anniversaries, Dirty Dancing is now recognized as one of the best loved female-oriented films--dubbed “chick flicks”--of all time. In 2004, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, a reworking of the original film set in Cuba in the 1950s, just before Fidel Castro’s revolution, was released to a tepid response from critics and audiences. The still-fit Swayze appeared in a cameo role as a dance instructor. — This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
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CAMPUS NEWS MOVE IN continued from Page 1
Though the actual move-in process can be grueling, once the unpacking is finished students finally get their first taste of college living. Many honors students who moved in on Friday were already reporting a positive experience overall. The Honors Ambassadors Program, a student-led outreach group in the Chancellor’s Honors Program, were on-site to assist students with the early move-in. “Everyone has been really friendly and helpful,” Kenny Hsueh, undecided freshman, said. Some new arrivals were already experiencing the mixed emotions associated with leaving home. As students ventured out to explore campus, the excitement was palpable. Students were attempting to organize their rooms, make some new friends, and find a place to eat lunch. “It’s been overwhelming,” Ellie Caughron, freshmen with pre-professional interest, said of her first 24 hours on campus. Students who had already moved in were enthusiastic about the university programming they had experienced thus far, especially the perks. “I would recommend that students participate in the Ignite program,” Andrew
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One roadblock for the completion of Sorority Village has been the complexity of the task at hand. “We were doing two unique things here,” said Jeff Maples, associate vice chancellor for finance and administration. “One, the University had to get the site prepared. So we had to do infrastructure, which is a completely different contractor. Then, we were dealing with thirteen different agencies. And even though it was only one project under the state Building Commissions’ approval, as a subset, there were fourteen individual projects, with fourteen individual designers… There were so many people involved in the design and the construction… There are so many things at play here and so many factors.” One such factor was the folding of the
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Students move into the North Carrick dorms on August 21, 2011.
Elmlinger, freshman in chemical engineering, said. “You even get to move in early.” Later in the day, students had the opportunity to attend the official Welcome Week Kickoff in Thompson-Boling Arena. Freshmen participated in the Big Day Out of community service on Monday, followed by the Torch Night ceremony Monday evening. Welcome Week events will continue through this weekend, and the full schedule of events can be found at http://welcomeweek.utk.edu/events.php.
Nashville-based contractor, TG Constructors. The group, which was contracted to complete the Phi Mu and Alpha Omicron Pi homes, informed UT in May of their bankruptcy. “We’re dealing [with] the surety company and trying to get another contractor to come in and finish the houses,” said Maples. “And we’re still in discussion with them on this matter… It is a very convoluted process that takes time, but we’re trying our best to expedite this.” Regardless of the hold-ups for other houses, to accommodate current residents, a new bus route has been directed toward Sorority Village and plans for the creation of an overflow parking lot are already underway. Maples said that, by the end of the fall, seven to eight houses are expected to be completed. The entire project, including the two houses which have yet to break ground, is expected to be completed by the start of Fall 2013 recruitment.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
OPINIONS
Editor-in-Chief Blair Kuykendall bkuykend@utk.edu
Editor’s Note Beacon stands with student body Blair Kuykendall Editor-in-Chief This time last year, I made you some promises. I believed then, as I do now, that giving your opinions and ideas in a strong public forum is The Daily Beacon’s greatest responsibility. Second to that, it is our job to provide UT students with the most relevant and entertaining content pertinent to the UT community. I promised you that our newspaper would take a more active role in promoting student opinions on campus. I guaranteed that this paper would provide you with more relevant, timely coverage of major campus events and student life. So, how did we do? Well, we made some progress. Most importantly, we ran more reader-generated content. I received more letters last year than we have in the past, and a great number of them made it to print. Several of you also contacted me to write guest columns, which we were happy to feature on our editorial page. We received a particularly large amount of commentary on the branding campaign, ‘Big Orange, Big Ideas,’ and the SGA election. Any publishable letters I received on these topics were featured on the editorial page. I used my editorials to document the more concise sentiments that were passed along to Beacon, hoping to present you with the facts on both fronts. In the course of my research on SGA’s operations, I discovered that students were being primarily represented through appointed administrative advisory boards. This year, the Dean of Students and SGA President Adam Roddy have announced that the SGA will be
taking open applications for those board positions, which is certainly a step in the right direction. The Daily Beacon also spent a great deal of time highlighting the issue of communication flow between the administration and the student body. We received a great deal of feedback on the subject from concerned students, especially this spring semester. This summer, Chancellor Cheek requested that the newly elected SGA members create a taskforce to address this disconnect. I personally served on this committee, and I can guarantee you that my feedback was extremely candid. Some of the ideas generated in that panel will be put into action by the administration in coming months. So we’ve made some progress, but we still have a long way to go. That’s where you come in. There are only 24 hours in a day, and our staff is in college, too. Please tell us what’s most important to you so that we can prioritize. What do you most enjoy reading? What information would you like to have at your fingertips each morning? Help us do our job better. Please contact us with ANY comments or concerns you have at letters@utdailybeacon.com. I have this account streamed straight to my phone as well. If Twitter is more convenient for you, feel free to tweet any comments, story ideas, or concerns to my new Twitter account @BKblairing. Follow for witticisms on UT’s daily intrigues and life in general. I work with some of the most witty, entertaining people you would ever want to meet, and every day they devote hours of their time to serving you and this university. I hope you will take the time to read and interact with us. — Blair Kuykendall is a senior in the College Scholars Program. She can be reached at bkuykend@utk.edu.
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New year offers new opportunities T he M a p le K i n d by
Hunter Tiption
It’s a new year at UT, and a new year brings new students, new professors, new football teams, and most importantly, new columnists at The Daily Beacon. That’s right, this is my first major writing experience in my life, and I hope it’s as exciting and adventurous for you as it is for me. First off, I’d like to tell you all a little about myself and what this column will address throughout the year. My name is Hunter Tipton, and I’m a senior majoring in Microbiology. I am from Maryville, Tennessee, and am a third generation University of Tennessee student. When offered a columnist position, I was told that I could address any number of things. For this reason I will write about a wide variety of my own interests, including pop-culture, politics, sports, school issues, and anything else in between. On occasion I will push the envelope on sensitive issues, not for the shock value or because of an inherent sense of self-righteousness, but because some sensitive issues simply need to be brought into the public eye. I am always receptive to your emails as feedback, and I appreciate any thoughtful criticism. Now that the boring part is out of the way, I want to jump into a little advice for new freshmen on campus. College is a different experience from any that you have previously had. Many of you come from schools where you were used to taking the hardest classes or making the best grades. Many of you had tight-knit friend groups that may have been split up by different college decisions. Some of you may have even been star athletes who decided to forgo college athletics. Learning how to deal with these changes is an important part of the college experience. My first bit of advice for the more studious students is to not load up your first semester schedule. I know some of you have already tried to make a schedule somewhat similar to ones you had in high school, including honors Math, Science, and English. Please, for the sake of yourself and those around you, do not
do this. An honors class is college is different from an honors class in high school. Simply put, they can be extremely, and sometimes unnecessarily, difficult. Your first semester should be spent integrating into college life, not studying. I know some of you will read this and say “He doesn’t know me! I’m a genius, I can do it!” I know this, because inevitably someone always says this to me (and I did this myself). I’m sure some of you are incredibly smart. I’m not criticizing your intelligence. You can take four honors classes your first semester and still make As. I’m just saying that you won’t enjoy it, and that you don’t have to prove yourself to anyone. For those of you who won’t be spending your first year in the library, I highly encourage you to get out and find campus organizations or activities to immerse yourselves in. This is a quick way to meet new people who share your same interests. As a freshman, I got involved in my hall association executive board to help plan fun events in Reese Hall. Two years later I became the President of the United Residence Halls Council, the umbrella organization over every residence hall association and the second largest campus organization after SGA. I have met some of my closest friends, including my current roommate, simply by being involved. Whether its community service, sports, hobbies, cultures, or drinking (fraternities), I’m sure you can find people with common interest to get to know. It only takes a little effort, and by the end of your senior year you will be happy that you did. At this point, I would like to introduce an interesting concept I will be implementing in my columns for this year. I deem it “Shameless Plug of the Week.” The SPOTW will highlight something I find personally interesting as a recommendation to my readers that somewhat relates to the subject of the column. Hopefully some of you will try these out and give me some feedback on them. And now, we dive into the inaugural… Shameless Plug of the Week: Seriously, for those of you who want to get involved on campus early, try out URHC. We are a campus organization that seeks to improve the on campus living experience at UT, and we welcome all students. To get more info, feel free to email me or talk to your RA, Hall Director, or Assistant Hall Director. — Hunter Tipton is a senior in microbiology. He can be reached at jtipto10@utk.edu.
Students support lends SGA legitamacy T he Fourth B ra n c h by
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Student governance at UT is an odd, frustrating thing. Many students are unaware of its existence, and almost all of those who are aware of it have a distaste for it. It’s a sort of phantasm that haunts UT student life. Like similar microcosms of government, it has fallen ill to something that political theorists colloquially call a “negative feedback loop.” Rudimentarily, the loop goes something like this. Consider two parties, party A and party B, that have come to a mutual agreement. A “negative feedback loop” refers to the scenario in which party A breaks the deal because it fears that party B will not uphold its end of the bargain. It’s not that party B has wronged party A, it’s just that party A is unwilling to take the risk that party B won't deliver on the agreement. Thus, party A acts out of preemptive self-defense. When “negative feedback loops” set in to systems of political representation, it's nearly impossible to restore trust between the “people” and their governmental institutions. In UT’s case, party A is the student body, and party B is the student government. Students at UT want a student government with some real meat to it. They want a student government that has clout with the administration, and they want leaders with actual power. But the recent past has delivered just the opposite. We’ve seen campaign promises with empty followthrough,alackofmotivationforchangeamongtopleaders, and lackluster inclusion among different student populations. But none of these things is the real problem with student government at the University of Tennessee. The funny thing is that students could, and probably would, put up with these sorts of shortcomings if the root of the problem were addressed. The truth is I’m not sure what happened first: SGA not delivering on its promise, or the students not supporting SGA. But the chronology is irrelevant now. In the recent past, students haven’t cared about SGA because it had no power. And, to an extent, SGA hasn’t had any power because students haven’t cared. The feedback loop has set in. The bedrock problem is that the Student Government Association (SGA) has simply lacked power in the recent past. Even when SGA experiences the shortcomings —empty promises, etc. —mentioned above, students
don’t really care because they’ve already checked out of the game. Good-intentioned SGA leaders have done some great things for campus, but SGA’s most valiant efforts at most residually affect student lives. Why would students care about a government that has no effect on them? Somewhere along the line, students stopped caring — almost entirely — about their student government. ThetotalvoteofthepastthreeSGAelectionshasaveraged about 17% of the total student population. This is, of course, because students think that SGA has no power to do anything of substance. It lacks legitimacy. Let’s reconsider the “negative feedback loop” mentioned above. Scarred by past experiences with SGA, students fear that SGA has no authority, so they aren’t willing to take the risk of committing lots of time and effort to support their SGA. SGA and the student body must have some sort of deal for there to be an effective student government: the students must be willing to provide genuine support for, and involvement with, the SGA, and the SGA must deliver on its promises to make promises with substance happen — to do things that really affect students’ educational and recreational lives. But success can only occur if neither party preemptively breaks the deal. In order to reverse the loop, SGA must take a bold step in the opposite direction. With that step, students must take the risk and follow with support in tow. The good news? It turns out there may be warrant for optimism. Three strong, capable leaders have recently been elected to the top SGA posts, and SGA showed unusual signs of life over the summer. There’s been quite an uptick in social media and website communication on their part, and they’re doing more to increase SGA recruitment. But it doesn't matter what efforts SGA is taking if there is no dialogue across campus. Student government at the University of Georgia has the power to distribute over one million dollars to student groups on campus. If you want SGA to have similar autonomy on this campus (which you should), then you have to be willing to engage in the dialogue. The aim of my column is to spark honest dialogue about student politics. I will share my thoughts —complementary at times, critical at others, but always constructive—againstthebackgroundthatSGAdeserves a nod in our student lives. I encourage you to e-mail Adam Roddy, our student body President, at sga1@utk.edu with thoughts or concerns throughout the year. SGA certainly needs to fight to regain legitimacy in the eyes ofstudents,butstudentdialogueandsupportarerequisites for that legitimacy as well. —EricDixonisaseniorinphilosophy.Hecanbereached at eric.dixon@utk.edu.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
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“It’s awesome,” Wasson said. “You get to be a soldier, you get a job out of college, and you get your education paid for. I’m kind of surprised that more people don’t do it. But it’s interesting. You’re not a normal student, that’s for sure.” In addition to typical courses, the ROTC students will take Military Science classes from Lieutenant Colonel Danny Kelley, who also doubles as the Military Science department head. “They’re going to do fitness training in the morning three days a week, go to classes, and learn about leadership and military courtesies,” Kelley said. “It’s the same stuff we teach folks in basic training.” Kelley said that, on average, only a third of incoming students complete the program and
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receive a commission to the military. He cited various reasons that students decide to drop ROTC, saying that while nearly all who enter the program are great young people, some decide that being a soldier is simply not what they thought it would be. After hearing Kelley speak on Saturday, Aubrey Bloom, freshman in civil engineering, said that he is willing to work hard while in college in order to serve his country once he graduates. “Social life obviously is important to me,” Bloom said. “But I’m here to get a degree and become an officer, so if I have to sacrifice social life or sleep hours to get done what I need to, then I’ll do it. “My dream is to become active,” Bloom said. “I will do what I’m asked to do; whether that be deployment overseas or in the States, I’ll do it. I’ll serve my country any way I’m asked to do it.”
Campus street gets Volunteer makeover Campaign fund, there is now a Power T in the center of the street and checkerboard end zones at either end. This homage to UT’s Shields-Watkins football field stretches from Volunteer Boulevard to Phillip Fulmer Drive in front of Neyland Stadium. “It blends in with the university and really shows our school spirit,” said Shawn Finchum, a junior in history. “... It brings more tradition to our school and makes people see that ‘Power T’ and that checkerboard. It really brings out what is inside the stadium.” The classes of 2007, 2008, and 2009 funded the project, with over 700 donors providing the $20,000 necessary to complete it. With the ongoing construction on campus, especially the areas around the stadium, the university had delayed repainting for three years. As of this week, though, students and faculty can walk over the checkerboard end zones or the Power T on the way to class. Karen Simsen, a spokeswoman for UT, announced that the street was officially reopened on August 20th. Later this fall, the street will get a special dedica-
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The Vol Walk is going to look a little different this year. Peyton Manning Pass is being painted to look like the field where the street’s namesake threw all of his Volunteer passes. Due to UT’s Senior Gift
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Peyton Manning Pass was reopened Monday, Aug. 20th, painted with the Power T and checkerboard end zones in time for the Vol Walk gameday tradition.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012 Arts & Culture Editor Victoria Wright vwright6@utk.edu
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Philanthropies in full gear Rob Davis Assistant Arts and Culture Editor
$5,000 for the Fisher House Foundation and aims to set the bar even higher this year. A new addition to this year's event is the presence of local and national businesses as the week’s sponsors. “Currently, we have deals in place with Coachman Clothiers in, Southern Tide, a national clothing company, and Chick-FilA,” Prosise said. “We’re still in talks with other companies and hope to build on this already promising start.” The deals benefit the sponsors by exposing their brands and products to a large number of people, while Kappa Sigma benefits from them by getting prizes and free merchandise. “Southern Tide benefits in two ways: they will increase awareness of their brand, and also help raise money for a great foundation that helps many people nationwide,” Preston Hewgley, senior in biomedical engineering and campus representative for Southern Tide, said. “I am excited that we can give back to those that gave a great sacrifice to protect our freedoms.” Throughout the week, members of various sororities will compete in several events to accumulate points. At the end of
the week, the sorority with the most points will be the champion of South Seas Week. “The events include Queen of the South Seas Pageant, the South Seas Olympics, which includes dodgeball and relay races, the South Seas Sandcastle Showdown, and the Aloha Basketball Showdown,” Prosise said. There will be two champions crowned at the end of the week. The participation champion will receive free products from sponsors and the overall points winner will be crowned Champion of the South Seas. “The big draw in all of this is the idea of bringing our philanthropy week to the next level,” Prosise said. “To my knowledge, we are the only Greek organization to bring in sponsors that are visible on a national level and ones who will donate product.” Both the sponsors and the fraternity have big plans for South Seas Week and have devoted a great deal of time to ensuring that everything runs smoothly. “At the end of the day, the ultimate goal is to increase participation and build excitement and augment the amount we can ultimately donate to the Fisher House Foundation,” Prosise said.
UT students dine cheaply Victoria Wright Arts and Entertainment Editor
Finding good restaurants near campus and saving As classes begin again, the planning and money is not difficult in preparation begins to intensify for philanKnoxville. Once regarded as the city thropy weeks that various fraternities and with the most restaurants per sororities arrange on campus. capita, Knoxville offers stuKappa Sigma will be the first organizadents a wide range of cuisine tion to host a weeklong event with their to choose from, and many second annual South Seas Week. restaurants offer discounts to “South Seas is going to be held this year cater to a student’s budget. between September 4 and September 7,” Undecided freshman Adam Prosise, senior in economics and Caitlin Pasko is busy during South Seas chair, said. “We're excited to be the school year, but her hectic the first big Greek event in the fall, after schedule does not prevent her (fraternity) rush and (sorority) recruitfrom enjoying a good meal. ment.” Instead of cooking in the Each year, fraternities and sororities kitchen, she opts to settle her host philanthropy weeks to raise and cravings by eating out. donate money to a cause of their choice. “I don’t have to prepare it Usually, these are related to organizations (food) which is really conventhat the national fraternity or sorority chapient,” said Pasko. “It’s cheaper, ter supports. but I don’t have the time and “All proceeds go the Fisher House the effort to cook my own Foundation,” Prosise said. “The Fisher meals.” House Foundation provides support to Besides grabbing a burger families of wounded veterans.” from Cookout on Cumberland Last year Kappa Sigma raised more than Ave., Pasko also enjoys Hibachi, a Japanese style of cooking where food is cooked over a hot open grill. “Whenever we were bored we would say ‘Let’s go get ice cream!’ or ‘Let’s go get dinner!’ It’s definitely one of the main staples of entertainment for my friend group.” David Bruce, manager of the Nama sushi restaurant downtown, said about 60 percent of the restaurants customers are students, with most stopping by on Mondays and Thursdays to catch the discounted sushi rolls. The eclectic decor and laidback atmosphere offers students an enjoyable experience by watching the sushi chefs prepare meals at the bar, he said. Since he started working at Nama two years ago, Bruce said students have become more open-minded to different Rob Davis • The Daily Beacon menu items. In August 2011, groups of sorority girls gather to compete in a sandcastle competition held to raise money for “The more they come in, charity.
they get a little more adventurous. They get to venture out and try new things.” Ed Archer, manager at Copper Cellar on Cumberland Avenue, said many students are leaning towards meatless cuisine options. “I think we see more students who are trying vegetarian, non-traditional meat foods,” Archer said. “Our portabella mushroom sandwich has done really well and so has the turkey burger. But by and large, I think most people like to eat what they can get at home.” The restaurant has two floors, with the bottom serving more elegant menu items, such as steak, while patrons can enjoy more traditional menu items on the top floor. On Wednesdays, patrons can enjoy $5 burgers with fries, an option Archer said offer students budget friendly option for entertainment during the week. “I think for students it’s a great deal. It’s a good buy for the money. You can’t beat that,” Archer said. “To a lot of people it’s sort of becoming an experience. It’s the thing to do on Wednesdays.” Paige Hill, senior in sociology, frequents restaurants as they offer cheap entertainment options. The Memphis native said she enjoys the diverse cuisines available in the city. “It’s actually better in Knoxville than in Memphis because it’s not so spread out,” Hill said. “It’s easier to pinpoint what you want.” Like other students, Hill said that during the school year she remains on a tight budget, but said there isn’t much conflict finding good restaurants, including her favorite sushi dish. “I think as long as you budget, anyone can enjoy good food here,” she said.
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Vols, Dooley hope for revival Austin Bornheim Assistant Sports Editor
The time is now on Rocky Top. Following the season-ending loss to Kentucky in 2011, the first in 26 years, the seat got much hotter for Derek Dooley. Is it warranted? I don't believe so, but Tennessee fans expect to win and that is something the Vols haven’t done much of in recent memory. The Volunteers were a perennial top25 team in the late 80s and 90s but haven’t been ranked since Sept.1, 2008. If one was to try and place a date on the end of the Tennessee dynasty, the SEC Championship loss to LSU in 2007 would be a good nominee. Tennessee had their heyday in the 90s with all-time great Peyton Manning and talented receivers Carl Pickens, Peerless Price and Marcus Nash over the decade. Is this 2012 team the rebirth of the Tennessee offense of old? The Volunteers have weapons in place. With Tyler Bray under center and the newly formed trio of Justin Hunter, Da'Rick Rogers and Cordarrelle Patterson on the outside, it looks like Tennessee has an opportunity to make a splash in Dooley's third season as head coach. Rogers is a proven All-SEC player, and before his injury, Hunter was torching defenses. The duo combined for 576 yards and six touchdowns in the three games they played together. Patterson, believed to be one of the top skill players transferring from junior college, has impressed during summer camp and brings another option to the offense. “He’s big and fast and can really make plays out there,” said Hunter. “He just added another huge weapon for us.” It is doubtful that the Volunteers will turn it around in one season and go from a 5-7 team to a 10-win power-
house. It just doesn’t happen, especially in the SEC. But this team has the opportunity to lay the groundwork for the years to come. Dooley is finally pleased with the types of athletes that are coming to the school. They fit his system and what he wants to do on both sides of the ball. “The first phase is getting the right guys that meet our criteria and the next phase is that we develop them.” Dooley said. For the past two seasons Dooley has been repairing a program that had been
neglected for the past few seasons. Recruiting fell off during the final seasons of the Fulmer era, and one-year coach Lane Kiffin recruited players that fit a criteria different from Dooley’s. Some of Kiffin’s best recruits left the program. With all of that said, the Vols have
been playing with only one SEC-ready player at many offensive positions for the past few seasons. When Hunter was lost for the year against Florida, the Tennessee offense struggled. Rogers was left as the only threat on the outside, and with a near nonexistent run game the Vols could do very little. But it’s the third year in the Derek Dooley era and the coach feels good about the team’s progress. The offensive line has gone from a unit with only three starts between them to one that has 106 under their belts.
We've got to be better than that if we want success,” said left tackle Antonio Richardson. Tennessee needs to show marked improvement this year for a couple of reasons: Dooley’s long-term future in Knoxville for one, and to bring continuously improving recruiting classes to campus. Dooley has done well on the recruiting trail but with in-state foe Vanderbilt and their second year coach James Franklin boasting a bowl appearance this past season and a top-15 recruiting class this year, Tennessee has even more competition than usual for future talent. With a good year, Tennessee can really start to rebuild the program of old. Patterson came to Tennessee to play with Hunter and Rogers, who he sees as top players at their positions, and if the team succeeds, more high school players will look at Tennessee the same way. With the crop of athletes Tennessee has now they can start to bring the program back into the spotlight it use to live in. They might not reap all of the rewards, but they can put Tennessee on the path to sustained success. “Trying to bring Tennessee back to the glory days,” reads Bray's Twitter biography. The Preston Peeden • The Daily Beacon Vols have the tools to start the move, but will this Tennessee The jury is still out on the running team break through and be the one that game since there is no visible evidence sends the Volunteers back in the right of improvement against an opponent, direction? but the offensive line can attest to a change. — Austin Bornheim is a senior in “We really buckled down this off-sea- journalism and electronic media and son. Looking back at last year’s per- can be reached at abornhei@utk.edu. formance is embar- You can follow him on Twitter at rassing for our group. @abornheim.
Augusta admits first female members The Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Busting into an all-boys club has never been a problem for Darla Moore. The Wall Street wizard with rich Southern roots made a name for herself in the male - dominated world of finance as executive vice president of one of the largest private investment firms in the United States. She was the first woman featured for a cover story by Fortune magazine in 1997, and at one point, she was the only woman on the board of trustees at her alma mater, the University of S outh Carolina. Moore broke another gender barrier Monday when the exclusive Augusta National Golf Club, which hosts the Masters tournament each year, asked her and former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to become its first women members. “Augusta National has always captured my imagination, and is one of the most magically beautiful places anywhere in the world, as everyone gets to see during the Masters each April,” Moore said in a statement. See AUGUSTA on Page 10
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She has served on a number of corporate, medical and university boards, but she is perhaps best known in South Carolina as a philanthropist. Moore is the top donor to the University of South Carolina, pledging $75 million since 1998, when the business school was named after her. She also donated $10 million to her late father's alma mater, Clemson University. Much of her philanthropy is done behind the scenes, as she eschews the spotlight. She declined an interview request for this article, instead choosing to release a short statement. “She loves to do her work under the radar. It's the people around her she wants to highlight and put out there. She doesn't want it to be about her,” said Jim Fields, the executive director of the Palmetto Institute, a nonprofit research group Moore founded in 2002 that is committed to improving South Carolinians' economic wellbeing. Moore is known for her ability to get things done, whether it's raising money or making decisions in the board room. Fortune called her the "the toughest babe in business" in 1997. “She's very direct in her thoughts and opinions and doesn't mind telling you, and she's extraordinarily proud of her roots in South Carolina and Lake City,” Fields said.
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The institute is using her native Lake City, a rural town in the northeast part of the state, as a petri dish for how to improve a distressed economy. That includes turning the former bean market, once one of the world's largest for string beans, into a community center, complete with
geothermal heating and cooling. Moore worked quietly through her foundations to renovate the 35,000-squarefoot building after former Gov. Mark Sanford called the project pork in a proposed state budget. Restoring the 1930s-era building was a passion of her father's, Gene Moore, that she wanted to complete, said Joe Rogers, chief operating officer of the Lake City Partnership Council, cofounded by Darla Moore. “She's a very loyal friend, just an incredible person,” Rogers said. “She's smart,
funny, intense, incredibly high energy; she's unconventional in a very good way.” Moore was the governor's appointee to the University of South Carolina board between 1999 and 2011, and for at least several years, was the only woman on the board. Gov. Nikki Haley summar-
congratulate Moore and Rice on their memberships. “Today is a great day for Augusta and for America, as another gender barrier falls. I commend the leadership of Augusta National on their decision,” Haley said. One of Moore's passions is gardening, and she's even turning the acreage around her Lake City home — the one her father was born in — into a botanical garden, with 5,000 species of plants and trees, in hopes it could be a tourist attraction for Lake City. Her other nonprofits include the Charleston Parks Conservancy, which she endowed with a $10 million donation five years ago. The conservancy's 600 volunteers, called park angels, have so far improved 26 parks in downtown Charleston, where she has a home. “She's an implementer. She knows • Photo Courtesy of Shawn P. Eklund what needs to be done. When she ily ousted Moore last year makes up her mind, it hapand replaced her with a cam- pens,” said Scott Parker, a paign donor, saying it was conservancy board member. time for a change and no one Moore was mentioned as was entitled to public office. a possible Augusta National Moore's removal prompted a member during the height of protest from students and the all-male membership alumni. debate in 2002. She and forIn her only response to the mer club chairman Hootie flap, Moore held a news con- Johnson worked on the uniference to announce a $5 mil- versity's $300 million capital lion pledge for a new aero- campaign in the late 1990s. space research center at the “I am fortunate to have university. The Republican many friends who are memgovernor had convinced leg- bers at Augusta National, so islators to remove funding for to be asked to join them as a the center. member represents a very It wasn't clear whether the happy and important occadust ever settled between the sion in my life,” she said in two, but the governor did her statement.
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Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu
Cordarrelle Patterson gives hope to Vol fans Austin Bornheim Assistant Sports Editor
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Cordarrelle Patterson slaps hands with a fellow receiver during summer practices.
Senior linebacker returns to team for fall Lauren Kittrell Sports Editor
Fall 2012 has begun, and with it comes another season of Tennessee football. While the team has been in a bit of a rut and is coming off a 10-7 loss to Kentucky, hope floats in the name of redshirt senior linebacker Herman Lathers. Head coach Derek Dooley said Lathers is a major asset to the team. “It’s fair to say if Herman is healthy, he is one of our strengths,” Dooley said. “That is the strength of our defense because Curt (Maggitt), Herman and A.J. have all proven that they can play good, winning football in this league. No other position has that, in fact, on the whole team. Nobody else has gone 12 games and proven they can be good. That’s a strength,
but we need to keep them healthy because depth is a real concern.” But Lather’s health is something that is more than uncertain. Facing numerous injuries since joining the team in 2009, Lathers is still overcoming an injury that has affected him throughout fall practice. “He’s not 100 percent,” Dooley said. “He’s back, but he’s not 100 percent. It’s just a little nagging injury that hopefully time off will help.” Though Dooley is hopeful that he will be healthy enough to compete this season, the injury has had him in and out of practice. Dooley said Lathers’ contribution during practice was worthwhile, but not quite up to par. “He was moving,” Dooley said. “He was limited, but he went through everything, so that was good.” Junior defensive line-
man Maurice Couch said practice without Lathers is “O.K.,” but different. “We are so used to Herm giving us the calls ASAP,” Couch said. “There were younger guys playing in his position. It was different.” Dooley said that, along with Lathers nagging injury, the beginning of classes will change some dynamics. “We have to get prepared for all of that,” Dooley said. “I think this is a good time for classes to start. You don’t want it on your game week and you don’t want it too early in camp. We’ll always go through a couple of days of issues there. Other than that, I think they are just ready to play somebody.” Sophomore tailback Devrin Young said he’s just ready to start the season. While the team’s fall practice camp at Milligan College was good preparation, Young said the team
is ready to play other teams. “I am just getting really excited,” Young said. “It is right around the corner. Obviously, Milligan was a good experience for everybody, and everybody got some good work done. Our team came back pretty healthy which was really important. I feel like we are ready.”
Arguably the top junior college transfer for this upcoming season, Cordarrelle Patterson has been surrounded by hype, and the wide receiver is excited about what he can do for the Volunteers this year. “It’s an honor to be on the same team as (Justin Hunter and Da’Rick Rogers). They can teach me so much and just help me improve my game,” said Patterson. At 6’3” and 205 lbs., Patterson adds another weapon on the outside that gives coaches, players, and fans alike a reason to be excited about the different options Tennessee’s offense can show opponents. “With the three of us out there I don’t know how teams are going to try and play it,” said Rogers. “It will be tough to put enough coverage on all three of us, so one of us should have a chance each play. That's what’s great about having CP (Patterson) on the team now; it’s just another big play maker.” Since transferring from Hutchinson Community College, Patterson has had growing pains trying to learn offensive coordinator Jimmy Chaney’s offense, but is still confident in his on-field ability. “There is so much to learn here and I’m just trying to get everything down pat,” Patterson said. “Here you have more game speed and it’s an adjustment getting use to that.” The Tennessee offense’s speed and the playbook’s density have been a challenge for Patterson, who wasn’t
enrolled in school until the summer term, but coaches and players have both helped the receiver pick up the passing game’s nuances. “The first couple days there was so much coming at me, but coach (Darin) Hinshaw was teaching me day by day to focus in and now I understand more of it,” said Patterson. “Justin and Da’Rick are teaching me the step-by-step moves and it’s coming slow, but I’m getting it.” For Chaney, adding another weapon was icing on the cake. According to Cheney, the most important area of the Vols offense this off-season didn’t deal with the playbook or schemes, but more about how the team meshed with some new faces. “It had nothing to do with X’s and O’s. I was more into the personality of our team, the chemistry of our team, the work ethic of our team, the attitude, all of the intangibles that I felt like were missing in the previous season. Trying to make sure we have a good frame of mind when we come out of training camp and I think Derek (Dooley) did a wonderful job with that,” Chaney said. “I think we're about right where we need to be.” In the Vols final scrimmage of the off-season, Patterson and quarterback Tyler Bray hooked up for a 10-yard touchdown, something fans hope to see plenty of this upcoming year. “It’s been a great training camp. I’m just ready to start playing,” said Patterson. Tennessee starts the season against North Carolina State on Aug. 31 in the Georgia Dome as a part of the Chickfil-A Kick-Off Game.
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