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Majority of patients satisfied with TennCare Katie Freeman News Editor

A survey conducted by two researchers in UT’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER), shows that a high percentage of TennCare recipients are satisified with their health care and TennCare coverage.

TennCare is a Medicaid waiver that provides health care service to low-income households in Tennessee that meet Medicaid regulations.

Bill Fox, director of the CBER, and Christopher Carty, a research associate, used a random, digit-dial approach to poll 5,000 households. About 20 percent of these households have a member on TennCare. The 2009 survey is a continuation of an annual CBER study contracted

with the state Department of Finance and Administration since 1993.

“We find that 76 percent of the head of households think their own health care is excellent or good, which is a high percentage for the history of this data. For their children, they think that 89 percent (of the child’s quality of health care) is excellent or good,” Fox said.

The extremely high satisfaction with TennCare’s medical coverage for children is the same as satisfaction among the nonTennCare population, including

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those who pay for medical insurance, Fox said.

“One way we base this is we

What we find is that 92 percent are satisfied with TennCare, the second highest percentage since 1993.”

The report concluded that more children are insured, while there is an insignificant drop in insured a d u l t s .

H o w e v e r, among insured adults there has been a decline in initial visits to the emergency room for care.

More people on TennCare visit the doctor regularly.

“The substantial decrease in the number of uninsured children can be partially attributed to the CoverKids program and an

We find that 76 percent of the head

of households think their own health care is

excellent or good, which is a high percentage for the history of this data.

– Bill Fox, director of the CBER, speaking about the 2009 survey.

ask (heads of households) whether or not they are satisfied with the quality of their Medicare,” Fox said. “The other way is we ask about their satisifaction with TennCare itself.

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increase in the number of children covered by TennCare as a result of declining economic conditions,” a UT press release includes from the CBER report.

Over the years, Fox and other CBER researchers have consulted with TennCare administrators as they use survey results to improve coverage.

“We’ve done special cuts of this data for them at times to help them know [the impact of] changes they’ve made in programs involving coverage and to look at how well this government program is performing,” Fox said. “We’ve consulted about the results every year, and they’ve called us with these very specialized questions.”

In addition to its research for TennCare, the CBER has researchers working on questions of the future of the economy, welfare and unemployment in Tennessee.

Writers in the Library program on hiatus due to budgetary concerns Ellen Larson Staff Writer

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Sophomore tailback Tauren Poole carries the ball on a run play during practice Monday afternoon.

Appeals court rules to block sports betting in Delaware Federal appeals court says Delaware betting plan would violate federal ban on sports wagering

The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Delaware’s plan to offer sports betting would violate a 1992 federal ban on sports wagering.

The court in Philadelphia ruled after hearing almost two hours of arguments from attorneys for Delaware and for professional sports leagues and the NCAA, both of which opposed the plan.

Delaware claimed it was exempt from the federal ban because it ran a sports lottery in 1976. The leagues claim the exemption does not allow Delaware to offer bets on single games or on sports other than professional football, but attorneys for the state argued otherwise.

The leagues were challenging the denial of an injunction that would have prevented the betting from beginning next month. Attorneys for Delaware argued that the leagues had not met the requirements for an injunction.

But the appeals court, instead of ruling on the injunction, turned directly to the league’s claim that the sports betting would violate federal law.

During Monday’s arguments, Judge Theodore McKee questioned what would happen if the state was allowed to begin sports betting in September, then have it declared illegal several months later. Individual bettors would have lost hundreds or thousands of dollars on what essentially was an illegal state scheme, he noted.

“What happens if you’re wrong?” McKee asked Andre Bouchard, an attorney representing the state.

“Caveat emptor,” Bouchard replied, citing the Latin admonition of “buyer beware.”

UT’s Writers in the Library program is in limbo this year due to short funds.

The program is a cosponsored effort by UT Libraries and the Creative Writing Program of the Department of English to bring new and established writers to campus to read from their works.

“That program brings to campus writers — some very distinguished, some recently published for the first time — or others in the publishing business — publishers, illustrators, editors, agents — to speak or read in the Lindsay Young Auditorium in the library,” Jo Anne Deeken, head of Technical Services in Hodges Library, said.

There are no new updates on the Writers in the Library Program Web site, causing confusion among students who have heard that the program has been dropped.

“The Writers in the Library Program has not been cancelled,” Deeken said. “There is a persistent rumor going on about that

fact that I responded to last semester. The rumor seems to have reappeared this fall.”

However, Michael Knight, director of UT’s creative writing program, acknowledges that the program has transformed due to cutbacks.

“The Writers in the Library Program is now over,” Knight said. “There will still be readings this year, but it is not under the name ‘Writers in the Library,’ and there will be less of them. The program is in a hiatus due to budget concerns. There used to be set aside a certain amount for the program, but we no longer have those funds.”

The biggest change this year is the absence of a Writer in Residence.

“The Writer in Residence is a program where the library selects a local writer, pays them a small honorarium, gives them space, time, the use of a computer and supplies for a one year period,” Deeken said. “The only requirement we make of the Writer in Residence is to help plan the Writers in the Library readers.”

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Armored car robbers plea for mercy The Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Six young men who staged one of the largest armored car heists in U.S. history and then spent a week splurging on strippers, high-living and even Mother’s Day gifts are asking a South Carolina judge for mercy.

On Monday, the men — four of whom were college students at the time of the holdup — will learn their punishment for the $9.8 million robbery and the beating of a guard left bloodied and bound on a secluded road beside a strawberry patch in Columbia in 2007.

While prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence all but one of the men to at least 25 years, relatives and defense attorneys insist they are misguided youth, not scheming criminals.

“He’s a person that — once he recognizes he’s made a mistake — he makes a change in his life,” Gail McPhail, the mother of one of the men, said during a hearing earlier this month. “I believe he has greatness in him.”

The crime was sloppy and the coverup quickly discovered. The men didn’t even bring enough garbage bags to haul away all the $18 million in the armored car, defense attorneys said.

More than half of the money they stole remains missing.

“This type of crime doesn’t belong in any pantheon of crime,” defense

attorney Joe McCulloch said during the Aug. 10 hearing. “There wasn’t a whole lot of sophistication here.”

Prosecutors have a different view.

They said the Express Teller Services car was stopped at a gas station to refuel when two men wielding weapons overpowered a guard. The armored car was driven to a dirt road where two other men waited in a second vehicle to unload the money.

“This isn’t two guys that knocked over granddad’s liquor store — there’s a lot more to it than that,” prosecutor Dan Goldberg said. “It was a wellthought out, calculated plan. Each person involved had their own role. They had their own job and they executed them... And there was a far reaching impact as a result of their actions.”

Jeremy McPhail, 21, of Society Hill; Dominic Lyde, 24, of Darlington; Domonique Blakney, 21, of Darlington; Paul Whitaker, 23, of Sumter; Kelby Blakney, 22, of Darlington; and Darryl Frierson, 23, of Columbia, have all pleaded guilty in the case.

Underestimating the amount of their score, the men only made off with a little more than half of the money.

They left one guard badly beaten, duct taped with broken bones and knocked out teeth, while the other guard — whom authorities have called the mastermind of the heist — appeared unharmed.

For a week, the men spent money on strippers, tennis shoes, tattoos, elec-

tronics, used cars and even Mother’s Day gifts.

Investigators said they were immediately suspicious of the overly descriptive account of the robbery given by Frierson, who was initially considered a victim. He failed a polygraph test and deputies began to question his friend, Whitaker, and the other men.

All but one of the six men were arrested about a week after the heist.

Nine months later, Lyde was arrested in North Carolina.

Five of the six have pleaded guilty to armed robbery, kidnapping, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and conspiracy. Whitaker, who also worked for the armored car company, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy.

Brothers Domonique and Kelby Blakney have already been sentenced but are asking a judge to reduce their 25-year prison terms. Prosecutors have asked that their request be denied and that McPhail, Lyde and Frierson each be given at least 25 years in prison.

Whitaker will likely get a lesser sentence, prosecutors said.

Family members say many of the men once volunteered in their communities, helped raise their siblings and aspired to be college graduates despite growing up in rough neighborhoods.

One was a college athlete, another a sensitive father who turned to cocaine and alcohol after ending his relationship with the mother of his young daughter.

CAMPUS CALENDAR

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Wednesday, Aug. 26 —

Student football ticket sales for the Western Kentucky game begin. Go to bigorangetix.utk.edu for information on student football tickets and guest ticket opportunities.

10 a.m.until 3 p.m.

The Part-Time Job Fair gives students the opportunity to speak with a variety of employers about their opportunities both on and off campus.

Thursday, Aug. 27 —

Last day to return books to the UT Book & Supply Store if not dropping the course.

3:40 p.m. until 5 p.m.

Ned A. Porter, chemistry professor at Vanderbilt University, will lead a Chemistry Department Seminar titled “Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and 7-dehydrocholesterol as targets of oxidative stress” in Room 415 of Buehler Hall.

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Students take the True Colors personality assessment at the leadership styles workshop, LIVE Leadershop!, Thursday evening at the University Center.

Friday, Aug. 28 — Last day to register, add, change grading options for or drop a full session course without a “W.” 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.

CPC Film Committee will show the film “Star Trek” in the UC Auditorium.

Entrance is $2 with a UT ID and $3 without.

Saturday, Aug. 29 — 8 a.m.

The 5K race, part of The Man Run for prostate cancer awareness, starts at 8 a.m.The one-mile Fun Run/Walk begins at 8:30 a.m.To register, visit www.edgereg.com, event name The Man Run, or call 865-305-8577.

THIS DAY INHISTORY On this day in 1835, the first in a series of six articles announcing the supposed discovery of life on the moon appears in the New York Sun newspaper. Known collectively as “The Great Moon Hoax,” the articles were supposedly reprinted from the Edinburgh Journal of Science. The byline was Dr. Andrew Grant, described as a colleague of Sir John Herschel, a famous astronomer of the day. Herschel had in fact traveled to Capetown, South Africa, in January 1834 to set up an observatory with a powerful new telescope. As Grant described it, Herschel had found evidence of life forms on the moon, including such fantastic animals as unicorns, two-legged beavers and furry, winged humanoids resembling bats. The articles also offered a vivid description of the moon’s geography, complete with massive craters, enormous amethyst crystals, rushing rivers and lush vegetation.

— Courtesy of History.com.

THE CRIME Friday, August 21 • 10:03 a.m. — Possible sick person transported to UT Medical Center by Rural Metro • 5:14 p.m. — Officer assisting KPD at Clinch Avenue Saturday, August 22 • 2:18 a.m. — Fight in progress on Cumberland Avenue • 4:26 a.m. — Officer assisting KPD with loud party on Laurel Avenue • 5:02 a.m. — Arrest on 16th Street

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• 7:22 a.m. — Intoxicated female on 17th Street Monday, August 24 • 12:18 a.m. — Harassment at Presidential Courtyard

Compiled from a media log provided to the Daily Beacon by the University of Tennessee Police Department. All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

People with names similar or identical to those listed may not be those identified in reports.

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The Associated Press Man falsely claims CIA affiliation to avoid citation MOUNT CARMEL, Tenn. — Police in northeast Tennessee say Scott Gibson isn’t the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency and he’d have to pay his speeding fine even if he were.

On June 29, a Mount Carmel speed camera clocked the 56-yearold Gibson of Rogersville going 66 mph in a 55 mph zone. He was sent a citation.

Assistant Police Chief Mike Campbell said Gibson sent back a copy of the citation with a handwritten note, claiming he wasn’t subject to local speed zones because he was the deputy chief of the CIA. Police contacted the federal agency, which responded that Gibson wasn’t and never had been an employee.

He was arrested for criminal impersonation, and Campbell said federal charges are also pending.

An attempt to reach him at a phone number listed for Scott Gibson in Rogersville got a recording that said the phone didn’t accept incoming calls.

Campbell said Gibson would have been fined $75 even if he were who he claimed.

Three Tennessee companies to lay off 100 workers NASHVILLE — A state report on layoffs shows three companies plan to idle more than 100 workers each.

The report from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development for the week of Aug. 17 through Aug. 24 shows Nestaway Wire Company is ending 116 jobs at its plant in McKenzie, in Carroll County. The company makes coated wire products, such a dishwasher racks.

The department also says elevator maker ThyssenKrupp will idle 110 employees at its Hardeman County plant in Middleton, cutting a shift.

Both of those plants in West Tennessee began their layoffs last week.

The state said Alemite (A’-leh-myt), a company in northeast Tennessee that makes grease guns and lubricant handling systems, will lay off 119 workers beginning in November.

Venezula takes Miss Universe crown for sixth time NASSAU, Bahamas — Miss Venezuela was the fairest of them all, again.

Venezuelan Stefania Fernandez won the 2009 Miss Universe pageant in the Bahamas on Sunday night.

Dressed in a flowing red gown, Fernandez embraced runner up Miss Dominican Republic as the announcement was made and received the crown from last year’s winner, Dayana Mendoza, of Venezuela. The sparkling tiara fell to the floor at one point, as Fernandez danced in joy.

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continued from Page 1 On paper the Writers in the Library Program is still running. However, it is not doing anything—it is paused for the time being.

“Since the Writer in Residence selects the readers paid for by the Libraries, the Libraries will not be funding their portion of the Writers in the Library series this year,” Deeken said. “It is never hard enough to find good authors. We wish we had more time and money and could bring in all the ones who contact us each year.”

The program cut is another small way the economy is affecting students, especially Knight’s English students. They received extra credit opportunities through the program.

“We used to have a great thing with the program,” Knight said. “It sounds like a luxury, but it was wonderful. It was also great to have that one person, the Writer in Residence, to run the ‘Writers in the Library’ program.”

One student shared sympathies with the program’s setback.

“It is disappointing to see, especially because it was a tool for students that want help,” Rasika Venkataraman, a junior majoring in business, said.

Perhaps once the economy gets better, there will be more readings. There are only two readings for this semester on the calendar so far, but Knight has hope for the future of the Writers in the Library Program.

“It is confusing. We are hoping that the program is just on pause,” Knight said.

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New Presidential Court dining options disappoint Dear UT Dining, Let me first say that I am thoroughly impressed by the renovations to the Presidential Court Building. It was this improvement that had me looking forward to eating on campus.

For the last three years I have eaten 2-3 meals per day just about every day at Presidential Court. Rare was the occasion that I was disappointed in the quality of food. Quality was solid, especially for a cafeteriastyle dining experience. Another strong point was the amount of time spent in the cafeteria; whether I was looking for a quick bite to eat or a chance to hang out with friends, Presidential Cafeteria was the place to go. Last year, I even found the greatest asset: Patrick the manager. He actually wanted to know how you felt and how he could improve things.

Tonight I got the chance to experience the new, modern PCB Café. I was severely disappointed in my experience. Upon arrival I was greeted with lines winding around and through other lines. On more than one occasion, other people in a line would find they had been in the wrong line. I got in the shortest line I could find. Eleven minutes later, I got a slice of pizza. Maybe the term pizza is misleading. I got a triangle of pizza dough with a tablespoon of sauce and a few shreds of cheese. While eating my “pizza,” I stood in line for another twelve minutes for fried rice and spaghetti with vegetables and soy sauce. Thinking I would have the chance to sit down and enjoy my meal, I was unable to find a table. I decided to head to the Omelet station for an old favorite. Once again eating in line, I was disappointed further when I found out there was no sausage, ham or bacon for the Omelets. Sixteen minutes for eggs and cheese. Was the meat budget spent on new lighting? It took me a full hour to eat eggs with cheese, a slice of “pizza” and rice with asian spaghetti.

Perhaps the biggest problem here is the sheer increase in the number of students being served. There seems to be roughly the same number of food options as the old system, just spread out around the cafeteria. This would not be a problem if the All American Grille were still an option. Though now there are retail options downstairs, these do not sufficiently alleviate the crowds upstairs. It seemed that the staff was unprepared for the number of customers. Several stations were out of plates and silverware. Drink stations had no cups. Thirty minutes before closing, food was running out.

I realize that this new system is unperfected as of yet, but these are issues I believe need to be addressed.

I guess until they are, I’ll just eat at Morrill.

Sincerely, Danny Waltman Junior in English

Forbes ranking of UT showcases ‘downward spiral’ It’s pretty sad to see a headline that says “Forbes includes UT in top rankings.” We’re merely “included.”

Sadder yet is to read that being 422 out of 600 is spun into “top 14 percent” by counting apparently 2,800-plus schools to get that 14 percent ranking. That’s more than 50 schools per state, or in the case of Tennessee, about one school for every two counties. Wow, we might be the best university in Knox County.

In fact, Forbes ranked us in the bottom third in its survey. Saddest of all is to see the direction UT is going: dropping 94 positions in a single year.

Of course we will hear the explanations about budget and the economy, but those things are likewise affecting our competitors in the survey.

That UT ranks 422 is a miserable showing if this ranking carries any validity, and if it does not, why cover it on the front page? Instead of using phony math to put lipstick on a pig, the Beacon should be asking administration to explain how we’re going to reverse this downward spiral.

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Woodstock culture lost to commecialism T he Pop Co lu m n by

Robbie Wright

Aug. 15 through 18 of this year marked the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival, the infamous outdoor concert advertised as “3 Days of Peace and Music” and probably best known to most people my age as “that thing where all the hippies got together and got naked and smoked weed for like, a week.”

Some of the more musically, culturally ordrug-ally educated among us may know a little more about it: You might have seen concert footage of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin or The Who, or maybe you saw “Hippies” on The History Channel. But you could have just become aware of it this year, when seemingly every form of media featured some kind of “tribute” to the anniversary.

Target and Macy’s, said Hayley Tsukayama of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, each launched a “Summer of Love” collection to commemorate the event and cash in on your ignorance of history. (Fun fact! “The Summer of Love” is actually a reference to the summer of 1967 in the San Francisco district of Haight-Ashbury, a heyday for the hippie counterculture that soon collapsed into bedlam, as runaway youths and an increasingly exploitative drug culture made LSD trips less leisurely.) The Woodstock-themed paraphernalia available at Target spanned everything from clothing (“Peace, Love, Savings!”) to a prominent display of the Woodstock 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition DVDs, the box itself clad in an adorable suedefringed vest. Yes, for real. I wonder what the original hippies think about all this.

The commercialization of the hippie aesthetic is nothing new. Even in my relatively short life experience, this is the second major resurgence of ugly peace-sign jewelry I’ve witnessed. The second time around, it crept back onto shelves and hangers behind “boho” clothing and the things (headbands and flannel) that all those indie kids are pissed off you started wearing. But it isn’t just in the fashion arena that hippie-ism has been repackaged and redefined. Our new-millennium collegiate culture is host to new hippie hybrids that, now that I have stopped to think about it, are not so much redefining the lifestyle as they are corrupting and misinterpreting it.

The first hybrid is the aforementioned “bohemian/arty” person. They have preserved the hippie understanding and appreciation of beauty, new music and the importance of creativity.

However, they are so concerned with being alternative or counter-everything that they have no idea why they are doing it. All they know is that they don’t want you trying to do it too. That would make you a “poseur,” which is the most venomous insult they can hurl at you. They are not neo-hippies because they are classist and condescending, which is not peaceful, loving or effective at sticking it to the American-consumer-capitalist-“Man” either.

The second is the “eco-obsessed” person. They are good because they are functioning as advocates for Mother Earth, and are, though they are greatly outnumbered and overwhelmed, fighting daily to keep us on the right track. But they are usually pessimists, endlessly reminding us of our failures as a civilization and prophesying our demise. In other words, not too much fun at parties. They are not the new hippies either, as they often do not believe that what they are demanding is even possible. They seem to relish championing the lost cause and spend more time criticizing and bemoaning than they do encouraging. They don’t really want change — they want to be right.

Most modern “hippies,” however, are simply hijacking the moniker to justify drug use. Let’s be honest, this is college, and people from all social groups, from nerds to jocks, are using drugs. That is reality. Along with the use of drugs comes a certain fascination with the accessories: tie-dye, psychedelic music, various hemp crafts, etc. But it is interesting to watch as this requisite collection of pipes and tapestries becomes a lifestyle. The “druggie” subculture is almost always comprised of accepting and non-judgmental people, an invaluable legacy of the Woodstock generation. But drug use, in many cases, can stray completely from the goal of an expanded consciousness and degenerate into an excuse to be disconnected and apathetic about anything other than drugs. This cannot be masked by a Beatles album on loop. There is a difference between the original hippies’ curiosity about the potential of drugs to supplement an understanding of the universe and eating three bags of chips while watching Adult Swim — just because you can.

I was not alive in 1969. I will never really know what it was like to be a pioneer of free living and free love in a time of bomb shelters and the military draft.

My interpretation of symbols like that played-out peace sign has been filtered by four decades of change, just as everyone’s has. But when, for about $200, you can buy a new identity as a “flower child,” I have to suspect that these 40 years have warped the original sentiments of harmony and understanding.

There is much to be learned by remembering and applying aspects of the socio-political movement that our parents began, but we must remember that, once, it had a purpose.

—Robbie Wright is a senior in English literature.

She can be reached at rwrigh24@utk.edu.

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Recently someone asked me, “What makes you who you are?” I am not often left speechless and fumbling for words, but this one had me staggering. Never the girl to let any question go unanswered, any challenge unmet, I have spent the better part of the past month trying to somehow grasp an answer. Relationships.

Whether it be with our God, with our dog or all of the lovers and losers in between, the people and admittedly the materials we attach ourselves to have an unparalleled influence in our lives. My apologies to Simon and Garfunkel, but I do not believe that anyone is an island.

What makes me qualified, you ask? Quite honestly, anyone who has had his or her heart broken or had to rationalize to others their dedication to Xbox could probably divulge the dynamics of any relationship. I am simply making the decision to try to open up the discussion of relationships and reveal why they are so fundamentally crucial to our human hearts. I do not pretend to be anyone’s love guru, especially since I do not believe love is the basis for 95 percent of relationships. Instead, relationships stem from an unadulterated part of all of us, our genetic disposition toward companionship; love is what comes after the introductions and awkward moments.

I think we all know very well that relationships aren’t all about love, although we might love what we are doing or who we are with. Why then would anyone assume that love will be the crux of this column about relationships? Glad we are on the same page. Relationships are about making ourselves vulnerable, finding a place where we can shed the façade and just be who we are. No wonder there can be agony sometimes. But this

same vulnerability that can shatter our hearts or confidence is where we find definition in our lives.

We all seek companionship from someone or something. Some of us get really attached to a heroine in a captivating book, others pour hours into a sport or hobby, and we all know those people who bounce from one boyfriend or girlfriend to another. All of these avenues bring us to the same destination of identifying and attaching to something outside of ourselves. If you want to find where someone’s heart lies, look to where he or she spends her time (and money).

Facebook, Twitter and the myriad of other social networking sites constructed solely to bring people together capitalize on this idea that, for whatever reason, people generally like being in some kind of relationship. Think about where you would be right now without the relationships to which you have dedicated yourself physically, mentally and emotionally. Imagine going into your phonebook and having zero contacts. That idea is just a little depressing. Remember when you first got on Facebook and were scrambling to find friends? Was this to reassure yourself that you are not alone? Why does the idea of a new friend request make so many of us feel better about ourselves? Is it pure narcissism, or something more? I say it’s something much more.

Am I going to focus on why your girlfriend is crazy? Or why that guy in Spanish won’t call you?

No. Because, honestly, that has been done already, and I am no parrot. (And because she most likely isn’t crazy, and he probably is not interested.)

This column will instead serve as an exploration into the mystery of relationships and a learning experience for both author and reader.

Over the course of these columns, I will discuss the relationships with which each of us is familiar, and I will hopefully derive some secret wisdom that has escaped those who have ventured here before me. Or not. I am not going to attempt to capture the genius of Carrie Bradshaw or mimic the how-to approach of Dr. Abby. I can promise, however, that every word I type will be genuine and unscripted. No pun intended.

—Robin Overby is a senior in journalism and electronic media and political science. She can be reached at roverby@utk.edu.

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Man wrongly imprisoned wants full award The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man who was wrongly imprisoned for 22 years says he is unhappy with an arrangement that gives him a monthly payment on an award he received as compensation from the state.

Clark Jerome McMillan will go before the Tennessee House of Representatives’ judiciary committee next month to ask it to turn over the remainder of his $832,950 award as a lump sum.

McMillan told The Commercial Appeal his money problems include $50,000 borrowed against the home he shares with his wife, Bettie McMillan. And there are her medical expenses.

She has diabetes but lost her health insurance when she lost her job, he said.

Both his car and his wife’s car have been repossessed, but he says he still owes money on them. And he also paid his mother’s expenses before and after her death.

“I’m not out here robbing and killing,” he said. “I’m not selling dope. Why do I have to jus-

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tify why I need my money?”

McMillan was released from prison in 2002 after DNA testing revealed he could not have been the man who had raped a Memphis teenager. The testing was not available when he was convicted in 1980 and sentenced to 119 years in prison for aggravated rape and robbery with a deadly weapon.

When McMillan received compensation in 2004, he was given $250,000 as a lump sum and the rest was put in an annuity from which he receives $3,400 a month, he said. The annuity is to be assigned to his designated heirs after his death. Former Secretary of State Riley Darnell said at the time the state Board of Claims decided on the arrangement out of fear that unscrupulous people would prey on McMillan.

McMillan says he never liked the arrangement but didn’t feel he had a choice.

“After 22 years, I wasn’t ready to deal with all this, and they were all rushing me,” he said.

“Now here I am begging and pleading for money that was awarded to me.”

a registered sex offender.

Wolff said too few exonerated prisoners have been compensated to establish a pattern for how they handle their money. But, she added, “The phenomenon of not dealing well with finances and wanting the freedom to make their own decisions is common.”

McMillan says he wants that freedom.

“I don’t trust my money in nobody’s hands but mine,” he said.

McMillan was disabled by a police bullet in 1978. He was not convicted in that case and called himself an innocent onlooker in a shootout.

Before he received his award in 2004, Shelby County District Attorney Bill Gibbons sent a letter to the Board of Claims informing it of several charges that had been pending against McMillan when he was convicted in 1980, including three charges of aggravated rape, five burglary charges and four charges of robbery with a deadly weapon.

The award amount was based on McMillan’s earning potential over the 22 years he was imprisoned. He had limited education and job skills, so researchers assumed he would have earned minimum wage. At 40 hours per week, his wages would have been $185,100. Added to that was a pain-and-suffering award based on a formula usually used in lawsuits — the lost wages multiplied by 3.5.

McMillan is one of 241 people who have been exonerated since 1992 with from the help the New York-based Innocence Project.

“About half of the people never see a penny for the time they lost,” Innocence Project spokesman Eric Ferrero said. “It’s a huge problem, and it’s a huge debt that society owes to these individuals.”

States have different compensation policies, Innocence Project social worker Karen Wolff said. New Hampshire caps awards at $20,000.

Tennessee has a $1 million cap. And Texas pays $80,000 for each year of wrongful incarceration plus $25,000 for each year spent on parole or as

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Third season of hit show provides new drama Robby O’Daniel Copy Chief There’s a few givens about “Mad Men” that new viewers who’ve checked out the first two episodes of

season three might find jarring, especially when viewing the series in the context of modern day social attitudes.

In the cutthroat world of early 1960s advertising,

whenever a superior walks into an office, he will be offered something to drink.

And everyone will light up a cigarette at the office so effortlessly, as if merely keeping their hands busy by puffing away.

But perhaps most importantly and most obviously, everyone is so guarded and so protective of their true motives and intentions that watching the show can be like deciphering a different language merely through observing physical behavior.

In short, this is what makes “Mad Men” not only believable but also captivating. At a time period when America was on the precipice of groundbreaking accomplishments, the most ambitious of the New York elite are striving for something more, and that

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does not always fit in perfectly with the American Dream.

For instance, the trailblazing Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) constantly faces the social stigmas of the time

against women in the workplace. In the second episode of season three, when a male acquaintance learns of Peggy’s job at an advertising agency on Madison Avenue, he imme-

diately assumes she is a secretary when she’s actually a copy writer. One would think the assertive Peggy might rebuff her male counterpart right then.

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Band displays variety on new EP Jennifer Roseberry Staff Writer Five years after Modest Mouse released their hit album, “Good News For People Who Love Bad News,” the band has released a more modest EP. Consisting of only eight songs, “No One’s First and You’re Next” is composed of unreleased tracks recorded for the band’s previous two albums.

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Some of the songs possess great potential. The EP ’s promising tracks reveal a completely different side of the band’s musical talents. They show that the typical “Modest Mouse sound” is not all the band is capable of.

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lins and banjos to keyboards and kalimbas to create a depth not seen often in their previous albums. The variety of sounds suits them well.

The album also shows that the band can be successful at something other than banging out staccato notes. The album’s best track, “Autumn Beds,” shows off a more mellow sound with hardly any hard-hitting notes. The only exception would be the bass drum hits, which beat with force on purpose to mimic a heart beat. The song has a very flowing style to it, and for once, Isaac Brock’s vocals aren’t terribly overwhelming.

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‘Inglorious’ proves gory and complex

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Nash Armstrong Managing Editor As generations pass, many people have been the keepers of time, writing the history that society reads and studies for years, centuries and millennia into the future.

Ancient Greece’s Herodotus is known as the father of history. Thomas Carlyle recorded the actions of the French during their revolution, as did many of the U.S. Founding Fathers during our own revolution.

Add one more name to the list of historians: Quentin Tarantino.

Tarantino’s version of World War II events, however, may be a bit skewed from what school children’s history books show.

In “Inglourious Basterds,” Tarantino, along with a star-studded cast, brings the last three years of Nazi Germany’s occupation of France to the screen in a way only this director could.

Tarantino’s version of history profiles the Inglourious Basterds, a group of JewishAmerican soldiers bent on the destruction of Hitler’s Third Reich. Led by Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), the Basterds move around France eliminating Nazi soldiers in various cruel ways.

The film also follows the story of Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent), a Jewish refugee who went into hiding after the “The Jew Hunter” Col. Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) executed her family. The two stories don’t meet until the end of the film.

The film also brings together a cast that viewers may not envision as working well together, including Diane Kruger as German actress Bridget von Hammersmark, Eli Roth as Sgt. Donny “The Bear Jew” Donowitz, and small roles from Mike Myers as General Ed Fenech and Samuel L. Jackson as the narrator.

While the film goes to great lengths and into much detail to establish how the two plot lines entangle one another, the explanation may lose viewers in the process. The only thing

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keeping movie-goers on the edge of their seats is the occassional violent act, exploited in the Tarantino-style of squirting, bloody blows and gruesome imagery.

The director of “Pulp Fiction” and “Kill Bill” keeps with his unique style by also incorporating unusual and sometimes obnoxious graphics, effects and music.

Despite how awkward many of these instances may appear, they tend to take away from the seriousness of the plot-line, giving the film a unique perspective on a sometimes alltoo-serious subject. Pitt also brings a great deal of comic relief with his over-the-top performance as a good ol’ boy from Maynardville, Tenn.

Though the portrayals of different international personalities may be awkward and frankly sometimes awful, and the back story may extend longer than viewers may like, Tarantino rewards those who stick through the absurdity with a climax that will leave viewers in awe and wondering whether Tarantino’s portrayal of World War II is better than the actual historical events.

Through a combination of factors, Tarantino reemerges in the Hollywood limelight after failed “Grindhouse Production” films with “Inglourious Basterds.” He gives viewers what many WWII fanatics have wished for from the film genre for years and even may have hoped was actual reality: an obsessively violent end to the leaders of the Third Reich, with the Jewish people finally getting their revenge.

Don’t be surprised if children bring their textbooks home with Pitt’s Aldo Raine smiling with his knife on the front pages of the chapter titled “The Second Great War.” This is the ending everybody wants, but one only Tarantino has the spirit, mind and talent to bring forth.

Sometimes reality can be better than fiction, but it’s not even close in this case.

Yet people aren’t that onesided. Peggy reveals more of the other side of herself -- the romantic side -- as she looks at herself in the mirror and imagines herself as a romantic ideal. In the comparison, it feels like she’s trying to reconcile the destinations of two distinct paths -- the career path and the personal path.

She sees how men treat the voluptuous head secretary, Joan, and she’s smart enough to realize it’s degrading harrassment. At the same time, as an ad writer, she knows that sex is power and everyone desires to be desired.

Peggy is a deliciously complex character, who is constantly at odds with herself and what she wants with her life, and it comes out in Elisabeth Moss’s subtle facial expressions. She’s conflicted so often that when Moss’s face lifts into a smile, it’s strange.

Oddly enough, rising executive Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser), who is so often used as a villainous foil to other characters, shares many of the same ideals as Peggy. He has career ambition while also identifying what kind of home life he wishes for himself. At the

same time, what makes Pete come off as such a villain that at least one viewer loves to hate is how fake he comes off on screen. He does not have to come into conflict with other characters to achieve this, though he and Jon Hamm’s Don Draper have butted heads on more than one occasion. Merely the way he plays the political game of the advertising world seems dishonest, even when he’s doing nothing overtly wrong.

In the season three premiere, Pete is told that he’s being made head of accounts.

He’s as slippery as a snake when he’s told this, trying to feign a friendly relationship with a superior he doesn’t even know and then concealing his true excitement for the new position until he’s behind closed doors.

Kartheiser has a way of talking that really hammers home the inauthenticity of his words, sounding like, appropriately, someone pitching a product on a commercial.

But no one conceals their true feelings more than closeted homosexual Salvatore Romano (Bryan Batt), who finally lets himself indulge in a night of anonymous love before a fire alarm ends it quickly in the season three premiere. Sal’s indiscretion and infidelity has been two

seasons in the making, and when the act isn’t consummated, yet he’s already went too far and shown his true emotions, the look on Sal’s face is heartbreaking.

All the characters of “Mad Men” seem trapped, suffocating under the social conventions of the era. Only the series’ main character, Don Draper, feels comfortable when under the microscope, but that’s because he wants to forget his past, not embrace or reconcile it. The more pieces of the puzzle the series gives us, the more it makes sense that Hamm feels a chill under his skin whenever his past is mentioned.

The season three premiere begins with Don’s origin story told through scenes that Don imagines early in the morning. He sees each scene through a different room or hallway, visually conjuring up all the dark avenues of Draper’s mind and past.

Draper has to deal with these memories while his pregnant wife Betty (January Jones) is in a “foul mood,” as she describes it, with her piercing eyes turning toward Draper every two seconds.

That, like many of the other new storylines of the third season of “Mad Men,” comes off like a ticking time bomb waiting to explode.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

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Ponyo impresses with good plot, great visuals Brooke Heriges Staff Writer In a world of Miley Cyruses, the Jonas Brothers and multiple “High School Musical” movies, is there anything that is both safe for children to enjoy and still palatable for older demographics?

There are few choices, that is for sure, but Hayao Miyazaki’s latest animated feature, “Ponyo,” certainly fits the bill. With his newest release, Miyazaki again proves how child-appropriate entertainment can simultaneously captivate older audiences.

“Ponyo” tells the story of a magical goldfish named Ponyo, voiced by Noah Cyrus, who meets a young boy named Sosuke, (Freddie Jonas), as they both learn lessons about fighting for loved ones. Meanwhile, Ponyo’s father, Fujimoto (Liam Neeson), is a misguided wizard who lives in the ocean and tries to protect it from the damage humans inflict upon it. Fujimoto attempts to guard Ponyo from the horrors of the humans, but in the end Sosuke’s love and loyalty to her prove

that not all humans are terrible.

The didactic nature of the story gears the movie toward a younger audience, but because the movie is so complex and wellmade, a person older than the age of 10 can likewise enjoy it.

First, the movie does not cut corners. As reluctant as someone may be to watch a movie where the younger characters are voiced by the siblings of two of the tween world’s most annoying acts, they were actually well-selected. They both do a good job of acting without being overly-dramatic and lend their characters a natural sense of youth and innocence merely by not being famous child actors (yet). No one will suffer such hesitance when considering the remaining cast members, as Cate Blanchett, Tina Fey and Matt Damon also lend their talents to the adult roles. All of the actors do an incredible job of making their animated characters seem as real as if they were actually corporeal.

Also, in the area of production, the art work on the screen is (as is true for all Miyazaki films) wonderful. In every one of

these films the colors are vibrant without falling into the trap that child entertainment often does, where all of the colors are so flashy one must consider the possibility of seizures. The imagination behind the work also continues to amaze, particularly when ancient water beasts of the dinosaur world are created with (frightening) size and clarity.

In the end, however, the story is often what

will seal the deal for an audience member.

Even though the “Ponyo” story is easily understandable for younger generations, it retains a complexity that can continue to be enjoyed by anyone. Love wins the day, but it also takes a lot of courage sometimes to support love. Humans have been destructive to the environment, but that is no reason to condemn them all as evil.

The characters are also well-developed. Not only is Sosuke’s love for Ponyo important, but also his love for his mother and his courage to find them and stand by them are highlighted throughout the film. Ponyo’s father is not really evil, as most opposing forces in children’s movies are, but only misguided. All of the characters are multi-dimensional like these two, and this heightens the interest of someone tired of so many one-note characters in children entertainment.

Whether it is for the allstar cast, the incredible art involved in the animation or the comprehensible-yet-complex storyline and characters, there is something for all ages in Miyazaki’s latest movie. So take the kids out to see something that not only will they enjoy now, but also later in life after they realize you can’t always have the best of both worlds.

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Modest Mouse continued from Page 6 The album’s best lyrics can be found in this track when Brock sings, “As sure as clocks are bleeding time, we’ll show up early just to wait in line,” and so on.

The softer side of his voice suits him well in this song.

He leaves his grunting and shouting behind, which is something he might want to consider doing more often.

However, Brock does not show much growth vocally or lyrically in many other tracks. “History Sticks to Your Feet” is probably the only song besides “Autumn Beds” in which Brock’s famous wail is slightly subdued.

If you’ve heard any other Modest Mouse album, then you will get no surprises from Brock on this EP. His vocals are still the same slightly strained voice with the same pessimism he always has.

There are even points on this EP where his lyrics and voice combine to make

him hard to understand.

For example, in “Perpetual Motion Machine” there is a line that is supposed to be, “With your tea to your lips,” but because of Brock’s strangely strained vocal style the line sounds a lot like, “With your teetee lips,” which is just confusing.

If it were possible to grade the album in two different categories, the musicality would get a much higher score than the vocals and lyrics. The two even each other out to give the album a mild result. A few of the previously praised tracks are worth downloading, but they may not be enough to make the EP worth buying.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

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SPORTS

Lady Vols picked third in SEC IAAF questions athlete’s gender The Associated Press South African runner Caster Semenya, who is undergoing gender testing after questions arose about her muscular build and deep voice, returns home Tuesday to celebrations after her 800-meter win at the world championships.

South Africans have rallied behind the 18-yearold, who is not accused of trying to cheat but of perhaps unknowingly having a medical condition that blurs her gender and gives her an unfair advantage over other female runners.

The governing African National Congress party, unions and other groups were urging their members to come to the airport Tuesday morning to greet Semenya at a rally.

“I’ll be there,” Semenya’s father, Jacob, told The Associated Press Monday. He said his daughter would then return to university in Pretoria.

Jacob Semenya said it was not clear when his daughter would visit the family’s village in northern South Africa. But Sammy Molofo, an ANC Youth League leader in the area where the runner grew up, said a weekend homecoming celebration was being planned there.

President Jacob Zuma was to meet Semenya and the two other South African medalists, men’s

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Kylie Marshall jump serves the ball in the game against Illinois last season.

Staff Reports For the third consecutive season, the University of Tennessee volleyball team has been picked to finish third in the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division, as determined by a vote of the league’s 11 head coaches, the conference office announced on Tuesday.

The Lady Vols finished behind Florida and Kentucky with a total of 25 points, including one first-place vote.

Following Florida (16 points), Kentucky (17) and Tennessee (25) in the East were South Carolina (36) and Georgia (46).

Louisiana State, meanwhile, was the unanimous selection to win the Western Division for the second straight year, with Ole Miss (24), Alabama (25), Auburn (41), Arkansas (44) and Mississippi State (51) rounding out the group.

The Gators received the majority of the

votes for SEC champion with seven, while Kentucky earned three and UT picked up a single nomination in the preseason survey.

Points were compiled on a 1-2-3-4-5-6 basis for the Western Division and 1-2-3-4-5 for the Eastern Division. Each coach was not allowed to vote for his or her own team, and each coach also voted for one team as an overall conference champion.

The Big Orange will open the 2009 season at home for just the second time in the past 11 years when it hosts the seventh annual Comcast Lady Vol Classic, Aug. 29-30.

UT will kick off the campaign with a noon showdown against 2008 Ohio Valley Conference Champion Tennessee Tech at Thompson-Boling Arena on Saturday, before squaring off against the winners of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, Western Kentucky, at 7 p.m. that same day. The final match of the tournament will pit the Lady Vols against Lipscomb at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.

800-meter champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi and men’s long jump runner-up Kgotso Mokoena, at the presidential guest house in Pretoria.

According to a statement from his office Monday, Zuma wants “to congratulate them on their sterling performance in Berlin.”

COSATU, the country’s main trade union federation, said Tuesday’s welcome would be for the whole team, but “especially Caster, who has been the victim of such a despicable campaign by international athletics officials to discredit her magnificent achievement by maliciously raising unfounded questions about her gender.”

Semenya’s family and friends say there is no doubt she is a woman. But it is not always easy to get a clear-cut answer from scientists on the question in some cases.

The IAAF, track and field’s governing body, will decide Semenya’s case according to whether her “conditions ... accord no advantage over other females” after consulting a gynecologist, an endocrinologist, a psychologist, an internal medicine specialist and a gender expert. Her genes and physiology as well as how she sees herself and how she is seen by her community could play a role in their determination.

South Africans have been outraged not just that questions have been raised, but that they have been made public.

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What’s HAPPENING IN SPORTS

August 28-29, 2009 Friday, Aug. 28 — Women’s Soccer vs. Arizona State Knoxville 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 29 — Women’s Volleyball vs.Tennessee Tech Knoxville 12 p.m.

Women’s Volleyball vs. Western Kentucky Knoxville 7 p.m.

“I t was an honor wearing that USA across my chest. ” – Blake Forsythe, UT catcher junior on competing for the USA National Team over the summer

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Diamond Vols enjoy summer Forsythe was chosen among collegiate players across the nation to join For many Tennessee the 2009 USA Baseball baseball players, the season National Team. Forsythe didn’t end with the disap- felt honored to join the pointment of failing to team and follow in the footqualify for the SEC tourna- steps of his brother, former ment. Nineteen Vols spent Arkansas third baseman, the summer playing in vari- Logan Forsythe.

“It was a dream come ous summer leagues across the country with the hopes true,” Forsythe said. “Ever of improving their skills for since my brother made the the 2010 season. Tennessee team a few years ago, it pitcher Bryan Morgado, was always my goal to get who turned down a third- there, and I got that opporround contract from the tunity. It was an honor Chicago White Sox, said it wearing that USA across my chest.” was a Pitcher learning S t e v e n experiGruver also ence. put up “It t was great good numwas a bers during great experimeeting players the sume n c e , ” mer league from all over the Morgado, eason. who played country and seeing sGruver was for the the different ways the first B o u r n e pitcher to to handle Braves, said. seal seven “It was great things. wins in a m e e t i n g s i n g l e players from season all over the for the country and – Bryan Morgado, Lacrosse seeing the speaking about playing Loggers, summer league baseball different and he ways they e a r n e d h a n d l e post-season things.” all-star Morgado honors. had an outstanding season As a result of their perwith the Braves, finishing regular-season play with a formances both last season 2-1 record and an ERA of and during the summer, 3.06. He helped lead the several of UT’s baseball Braves to a Cape Cod players had choices to Baseball League make about whether to stay Championship after throw- with UT or move on to proing 5.2 shutout innings fessional baseball.

Kentrail Davis, a suppleagainst the Orleans Firebirds in his playoff mental first-round draft pick, signed a seven figure appearance. “[Winning the champi- deal with the Milwaukee onship] was not only big Brewers, earning a reportfor us but big for the town ed $1.2 million bonus, thus his Tennessee of Bourne,” Morgado said. ending “It’s been around for 26 career. Jeff Lockwood, a years, and they’ve never senior first baseman and pitcher, elected to transfer won a championship.”

Catcher Blake Forsythe, to Carson Newman rather junior, spent his summer than sit the bench behind representing team USA. All-SEC first baseman

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Cody Hawn. One major unexpected loss for the Vols was junior-college recruit Chad Bell, a 14th round draft pick of the Texas Rangers. Coach Todd Raleigh was disappointed in the loss of Bell.

“Chad hurt us,” Raleigh said. “He was one of the top pitchers in the country.

You know we certainly didn’t anticipate losing him when he went in the 14th round early this summer.”

However, the loss of Bell was off-set by Morgado’s decision to return for his junior season.

Morgado said he had several reasons for coming back to the Vols: “Getting the opportunity to pitch in the SEC, my scholarship and getting the chance to start this year and prove that I am one of the top pitchers in the nation.”

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