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TVC provides news, entertainment to UT Blair Kuykendall Staff Writer With around 26,000 students, it is almost impossible to keep track of everything that’s going on from one moment to the next at UT. Fortunately The Volunteer Channel, channel 64 on a UT student’s television lineup, provides the student body with entertainment programming, news and information all geared directly to the needs of the UT student. Not only is TVC designed for UT students, but UT students operate this channel. TVC club
president Daren Stoltzfus, senior in journalism, believes that the channel plays a critical role for students on campus. “The channel provides access to student-created content and also functions as an outlet for students to get their views across,” Stoltzfus said. TVC serves UT by giving students the opportunity to work behind the scenes in the field of television production, taking learning outside the classroom. The station itself provides a variety of programming, with different shows appealing to every interest.
Sports Mecca is a weekly broadcast detailing highlights from both UT athletics as well as national sports, and Hot Topix features discussions on popular subjects on campus and around the world. Orange Juice gives all UT students their daily serving of current student activity, detailing activities with clubs as well as events on campus,. For the more serious-minded, TVC News keep students current on campus and international affairs. Other offerings include UT Cribs, a venue for students to show off their various residences, and Greek Corner, a weekly snap-
shot of fraternity and sorority philanthropy and other activities. “The Volunteer Channel is entertaining and informative,” said Josh Queener, TVC director. “Plus you can see what all your classmates are doing.” Affiliates of TVC see the first year TVC has been broadcasted in high definition. The channel is currently the only HD channel broadcasted out of East Tennessee. For members of the surrounding Knoxville community, TVC is available on digital channel 194. It reaches an audience of 250,000 and 700 students on campus.
This year is the 10th anniversary of the Volunteer Channel. Those involved with the station are looking forward to a future of continuing service to the student body and the Knoxville area, as well as to new advances in the future of the channel itself. Initiatives include a method for students to vote on programming they would like to see. Since a movie channel is currently unavailable to campus residents, the station hopes to feature some movie offerings in the near future. Movies would be targeted to the interests of the college audience.
Electric cars generate transportation options Emma Macmillan Staff Writer In keeping with energy efficiency consciousness, the state of Tennessee will take part in a Department of Energy project that introduces a new fleet of electrical cars. However, at this point the grant will not be providing UT with new, environmentally friendly vehicles. According to a press release from Gov. Phil Bredesen’s office, the first fleet of cars will be released in late 2010 and early 2011. Tennessee, along with Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington are receiving $99.8 million in energy department grant money. Gordie Bennett, UT sustainability manager, discusses UT’s inclusion in this multistate project. “To my knowledge, UT has not been awarded grant funding to purchase the Nissan leaf electric vehicles mentioned in the press release,” Bennett said. “The vast majority of the EVs in use on campus are made by General Electric Motorcars.” Global Electric Motorcars can travel at a top speed of 26 miles per hour and for approximately 50 miles on a full charge. Mike Moneymaker, director of UT Transportation Services, said that he is uncertain about the university’s involvement in the project. “There’s not a market price for the Nissan leaf yet. I know the Chevrolet Volt cost around $40,000. If the Nissan costs that much, we most likely will not be buying any,” Moneymaker said. Despite uncertainty about UT’s involvement with the energy department’s electrical car project, Bennett explained the benefits of the GEM cars currently used on campus and how they are reducing emissions. “Unlike vehicles with combustion engines, the university’s electric vehicles produce zero emissions at the tailpipe and have very little noise pollution,” Bennett said. “By replacing gas-powered vehicles with EVs, the university is helping to improve the local environment.” Both Bennett and Moneymaker agree that the GEM cars have been utilized very well so far. In addition to the GEM cars, Moneymaker said that almost all the vehicles that UT purchases have E85 capability, which significantly cuts down on petroleum use by burning 85-percent ethanol rather than burning gasoline. UT currently carries about 150 E85 vehicles in its fleet. As for energy efficiency on campus with the GEM and E85 cars, one student is pleased to see the university taking productive steps toward environmental awareness. “It’s assuring to know that Tennessee would even be one of the five states chosen to be a part of this project,” said Meaghan Sledge, senior in exercise science. “Everyone looks at California and thinks ‘environmentally conscious,’ but not so much Tennessee, so I think this project will allow other states in the South to model themselves after what we’re trying to do.” Tennessee will focus initial investments on Chattanooga, Knoxville and Nashville, said the press release from the governor’s office. Across the state, approximately 2,500 charging stations will be constructed to support the energy needs of 1,000 cars.
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The new Jumbotron is tested for the rapidly approaching football season, which starts next Saturday against Western Kentucky University.
Universities face spread of swine flu The Associated Press ATLANTA — Colleges across the country are seeing spikes in the number of students with suspected cases of swine flu as dorms fill up and classes begin for the fall semester. While the increases were expected and colleges say they were ready for the coughing, sneezing and feverish students before move-in day, health experts say hundreds more could get sick as the virus winds its way through college campuses. At Georgia Tech in Atlanta, classes are in full swing for the university’s 20,000 students and so is the highly contagious H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu. The university has had 150 suspected cases of the virus in the two weeks since students moved back to campus. Georgia Tech freshman Elise Woodall, 18, was met with a message scrawled on the bathroom mirror of her dorm when she moved in two weeks ago: “Wash your hands. Swine is not fine.” “Nobody wants to get sick because missing classes is a pain,” said Woodall, a biomedical engineering major from Marietta. At the University of Kansas, almost 200 students have reported having flu-like symptoms in the last week or so, spokesman Todd Cohen said. University of Tennessee administrators are estimating about 100 suspected swine flu cases on campus, spokesman Jay Mayfield said. The University of Alabama had more than 50 cases of flu reported on the first day of classes last week. At Texas Christian University, 10 students were diagnosed with swine flu on the first day of class Monday. “We’re finding out for the first time in a long time how quickly a contagious disease can move,” said Don Mills, vice chancellor for student affairs at Texas Christian. To get ready for the expected outbreak, colleges stocked up on hand-
sanitizing gel and Tamiflu — an anti-viral pill — while others have designated empty dorms where sick students can be isolated. Some campuses have developed “flu kits” with items like tissues, thermometers and box lunches for students in isolation. Students have been getting regular e-mails from administrators reminding them to wash their hands frequently, stay away from sick friends and isolate themselves if they develop flu-like symptoms. “We all knew this was going to happen,” said Liz Rachun, spokeswoman for the University of Georgia health clinic, which has seen nearly 50 suspected swine flu cases in the last two weeks. “We stocked up on masks, and we have doctors in place.” Health experts predicted swine flu cases would spike once the school year began and that colleges and elementary and secondary schools would see an increase in cases. Most campuses won’t know for certain how many confirmed swine flu cases they have this year because many states are no longer routinely running tests on every suspected case. Still, many administrators say they’re treating every case as if it’s swine flu to help stem the spread of the disease. Health officials say the concern is that swine flu is very contagious and spreads quickly once it is introduced to a population. That means hundreds more could get sick in the next few weeks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta recommends students with flu symptoms — fever, cough, sneezing, chills, aches, sometimes diarrhea or vomiting — stay home from class. “The mere fact you have lots of people in close proximity with each other results in the virus being transmitted from person to person,” said CDC spokesman Tom Skinner. “I don’t think we’re surprised by the fact influenza is returning to these campuses. What is concerning to us is people becoming complacent about this and not taking the steps we know can protect them.”
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• 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 shows the film “Star Trek” in the UC Auditorium.Entrance is $2 with a UT ID and $3 without. • 8 p.m.— “Fat Pig ‘Cow.Slob.Pig. Sheesh, I hope it’s twins...,’” an Undergraduate Lab Project production, will be performed in the Clarence Brown Lab Theatre.
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• 8 a.m. — Part of The Man Run for prostate cancer awareness, the 5K race starts at 8 a.m.The one-mile Fun Run/Walk begins at 8:30 a.m.To register, visit http://www.edgereg.com, event name The Man Run, or call 3058577.
• 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. — The Tellico Village Yacht Club will host David Northington, pianist, Miroslav Hristov, violinist, Andrew Skoog, tenor and other talented performers to raise money for the UT Student Scholarship Fund. A $60 donation is requested per person. • 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. — CPC Film Committee shows the film “Star Trek” in the UC Auditorium. Entrance is $2 with a UT ID and $3 without.
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In August 1996, after four years of separation, Charles, Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne and his wife, Princess Diana, formally divorce. On July 29, 1981, nearly one billion television viewers in 74 countries tuned in to witness the marriage of Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, to Lady Diana Spencer, a young English schoolteacher. Married in a grand ceremony at St. Paul’s Cathedral in the presence of 2,650 guests, the couple’s romance was, for the moment, the envy of the world. Their first child, Prince William, was born in 1982 and their second, Prince Harry, in 1984. Before long, however, the fairy tale couple grew apart, an experience that was particularly painful under the ubiquitous eyes of the world’s tabloid media. Diana and Charles announced a separation in 1992, though they continued to carry out their royal duties. Two months after Queen Elizabeth II urged the couple to divorce, the prince and princess reached a final agreement. In exchange for a generous settlement and the right to retain her apartments at Kensington Palace and her title of “Princess of Wales,” Diana agreed to relinquish the title of “Her Royal Highness” and any future claims to the British throne.
During the American Revolution, British forces under General William Howe defeat Patriot forces under General George Washington at the Battle of Brooklyn in New York. On August 22, Howe's large army landed on Long Island, hoping to capture New York City and gain control of the Hudson River, a victory that would divide the rebellious colonies in half. On August 27, the Red Coats marched against the Patriot position at Brooklyn Heights, overcoming the Americans at Gowanus Pass and then outflanking the entire Continental Army. Howe failed to follow the advice of his subordinates and storm the redoubts at Brooklyn Heights, and on August 29 General Washington ordered a brilliant retreat to Manhattan by boat, thus saving the Continental Army from capture. At the Battle of Brooklyn, the Americans suffered 1,000 casualties to the British loss of only 400 men. On September 15, the British captured New York City.
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Free breakfast and massages for bicycle commuters Make Orange Green, the UT Outdoor Program and Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization, announced that the first-ever UT Bike Day will take place on Sept. 2 from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Intended to raise awareness about the many benefits of bicycling, this event will feature activities including bike rides to local attractions, tricycle races and pedal-powered smoothies during lunchtime. The day will include free breakfast and massages on the Pedistrian Mall from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., and Bike Commuting 101, a 30minute presentation in University Center Room 227 starting at 12:15 p.m. Bike valet available for Boomsday celebration
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NATION&WORLD Germany gives Israeli PM death camp blueprints
Suicide bomber kills 19 security officers
BERLIN — Sketched on yellowing parchment, the 29 blueprints presented to Israel’s prime minister Thursday lay out the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in chilling detail, with gas chambers, crematoria, delousing facilities and watchtowers drawn to scale. “There are those who deny that the Holocaust happened,” Benjamin Netanyahu said as he accepted the documents as a gift to Israel’s Holocaust memorial, where they will go on display next year. “Let them come to Jerusalem and look at these plans, these plans for the factory of death.” Netanyahu lingered over the large sheets spread on a table. Stamped with the Nazi abbreviation for concentration camp “K.L. Auschwitz,” one of the largest featured multi-colored sketches, with barracks and even latrines drawn in detail. Other smaller sheets showed architectural designs of individual buildings, drawn from various angles.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber attacked the main border crossing for convoys ferrying supplies to U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least 19 security officers, officials said. The strike will raise fears the Pakistani Taliban is regrouping and making good on its word to carry out revenge attacks following the slaying of its leader, Baitullah Mehsud, in a CIA missile strike earlier this month. Also in the border region, two U.S. missiles hit a suspected militant compound, killing six people, the latest in a string of such attacks, intelligence officials said. Pakistan’s lawless border with Afghanistan is a main front in the battle against al-Qaida and the Taliban, who are destabilizing both countries. Under heavy U.S. pressure, the Pakistani military has launched ground offensives and air attacks on the insurgents in recent months, but much of the region remains under militant control.
Thief steals Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke’s identity WASHINGTON — An elaborate identity theft scheme has reached the highest levels of the U.S. financial system, striking the personal bank account of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his wife. According to a D.C. police report, Anna Bernanke’s purse was stolen last August from her chair at a Capitol Hill Starbucks. It contained her Social Security card, checkbook and IDs. From there, the Bernankes’ checking account was swept up into a larger scheme first reported by Newsweek magazine Tuesday. Court filings show defendant George L. Reid of Washington has confessed to depositing checks from the Bernankes’ account. In a statement, Bernanke says identity theft affects millions of people each year and that his family was one of 500 separate instances traced back to a single crime ring.
The Knoxville Regional Bicycle Program has organized free valet bike parking at Boomsday this year. It will work similar to a coat check. Bicyclists can show up, hand their bike to a staff person and then go and enjoy the event. The valet station will be located along Second Creek Greenway between World’s Fair Park and Neyland Drive. The service will be available from 1 p.m. the day of Boomsday until after the fireworks. For more information, contact Kelly Segars at kelley.segars@knoxtrans.org or call 215-3815.
Transgender Capitol Hill staffer one of many behind civil rights act Momentum is building for Congress to pass the first major civil rights act protecting gays and transsexuals, supporters say, and one of the stars in the debate is a barrier-breaking transgender staffer on Capitol Hill. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, would prohibit workplace discrimination — including decisions about hiring, firing and wages — based on sexual orientation or gender identity. It would exempt religious organizations, the military and businesses with less than 15 workers. The driving force behind the bill has been Rep. Barney Frank, DMass., the longest-serving of the three openly gay members of Congress. He expects hearings on the measure to be held this fall.
College of Nursing to receive iCare software A new educational software program called iCare is helping students in the UT College of Nursing become even more competitive job candidates in the nursing profession. Currently iCare is in its first version, and one can use it to document and record the nursing care of simulated adult patients. The refinement and testing of iCare is ongoing, and future versions will include other populations such as children, infants and patients with mental illness. With assistance from the UT Research Foundation, beta testing will occur with other universities across the U.S. Additionally, the iCare team is in the process of forming a company to bring iCare to the national market with the aid of the UT Center for Entrepreneurial Growth in partnership with Tech2020.
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GuestColumn Former columnist muses on Hitler, Nazis I’m back! Well for a week at least. Of course, some say I never truly left, and, indeed, stories of my haunting of UT’s campus are as rampant and lascivious as they are all completely, verifiably true. Indeed, in your dormant, idle moments, you just might hear my wavering voice, as if from beyond the grave, softly reminiscent of failed first dates or the comeback you only devised in the early hours of a sleepless night. Is it a supernatural event, an astral projection gone dangerously awry? Or could it be the rumblings of a collective campus subconscious, ill at ease and rife with psychological phenomena as likely to paralyze with trepidation as it is to evoke some long-forgotten trauma of semesters past? Maybe. Maybe. Or it could actually be the Real Deal-an, since I haven’t, like, actually left or anything. No, I decided to leave behind the vacant expressions and worldweary cynicism, the taciturn apathy of today’s contemporary college student and trade up. I’m teaching high school! Sunshine and unicorns all around, my friends. Every single gosh darn day. Nothing says, “I’m a happy and adjusted member of society, eager to be productive and forward-thinking,” like living with your parents but not being old enough to retain at least some dignity by drowning your sorrows in alcohol and Xbox Live. You know, like the Nazis used to do. “But Mr. Meggs!” you cry, having easily adjusted to my new state-enforced moniker with nary a twitch. “The Nazis didn’t have Xboxes!” Color me unconvinced. I have many a speciously dubbed YouTube meme that proves otherwise. Even if your wildly fallacious objection had the faintest hint of veracity, don’t you think that if Hitler could have had an Xbox, he would have? I do. And that’s as good as fact, as far as I’m concerned. That’s why I only play PC games: because I, in a bold and unprecedented stance that few would dare emulate in our politically correct, everybody-love-everybody culture, hate Nazis. I hate Nazis for sooooo many reasons. For instance: Remember when Hitler claimed that Poland had weapons of mass destruction and pre-emptively invaded them back in 1939? Probably not. But it happened, and it sucked. And then he listened to the phone conversations of people with funny names without, like, asking first or something. He was all up in the frehrs’ and the frous’ business, yo. It was not cool. Another example: Remember when Hitler implemented socialized medicine, and everybody could afford health care? Probably not. But it happened and was even worse. You couldn’t choose your own doctor; you couldn’t choose your own medicine. You couldn’t even choose your own state-mandated execution! And the lines. Oh, lord, the lines. If you think Canada is bad today, just imagine what the lines must have been like at Auschwitz. To see the doctor, I mean. The lines for the executions were actually quite brisk. That execution department really had its act together! Somebody should have promoted the guy in charge of that. You know, reward efficiency and hard work. But nooo, that would have been too much like the free market for these socialist jerkfaces. And, finally, they were responsible for the mass murder of millions of individuals merely because they were easily scapegoated minorities, victims of a genocide done not in the frenzy of battle by undulating barbarians but by a cold and calculating bureaucracy run by average, patriotic, “salt-of-the-earth” citizens resulting in a brutally destructive war and unfathomable horrors that left generations after it scarred and fundamentally cynical. But, man, those lines were wicked! We sure learned a lesson from that kerfuffle, amiright? Dylan Meggs UT alumnus and former The Daily Beacon columnist
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Free market promotes consumerism Wor d A N N A rc hy by
Anna Parker
At work I recently found myself embroiled in a heated debate concerning intellectual property rights. OK, the discussion did not start out that way. My oh-so-kindhearted co-workers started the conversation by discussing the latest online methods of stealing from record companies and artists (i.e. illegal downloading). I find myself in the minority of college students on this issue. I believe stealing the copyrighted efforts of someone’s artistic genius is wrong and undermines creative incentives. I love to hear my media major friends describe how their entire iPod was pirated and then proceed to explain that someday they hope to sell their films to major production companies. But Anna, one might argue, isn’t it true that record companies make the majority of money on album sales? No, that isn’t always true. But record companies do need to make money. In fact, they need to make a lot of money if you want them to keep taking chances on that little band that you “just discovered” (and will cease to listen to as soon as it makes it on the radio). Because every time record companies take a chance on a new artist they run the risk that not only will the artist not sell but that they will actually lose money. Creativity is just not a safe investment, and those capitalists who take a risk should be praised for their efforts to preserve a higher culture, not condemned. But my co-workers are more than accustomed to my arguments in defense of property laws and the free market, and one particularly bold individual was ready with a comeback. “Well, what do you think about textbook companies?” he said. “I mean, you really can’t argue that the insane costs of textbooks make any sense.” I know he thought he had me in a corner. For college students, textbooks companies are truly the evil empire. I mean, honestly, can one defend Hitler? Fortunately, those who advocate both the free market and individual choice over collective choice find the textbook issue particularly useful. Because the last thing that the textbook market resembles is the free market. In fact, it doesn’t look like any kind of normal consumer market whatsoever. Economist James Koch has called the textbook market a “broken market.”
Why broken? The people who are making the purchase (me and you) are not selecting the product, and likewise the people who are selecting the product (our loving faculty) are not making the purchase. Essentially there is an agent coming between the consumer and the product. Additionally, each product does not face competition from a multitude of other similar products and thus is not forced to drive down costs to attract the most consumers. As consumers, we cannot decide to pay for the Harvard edition of Shakespeare’s later plays at $50 instead of the Yale edition at $100. The next time you’re at Wal-Mart, take time to silently (or vocally, even) thank the free market for allowing you to buy that eight pack of Sam’s Club toilet paper for $2 instead of the eight pack of Angel Soft for $5. The store-brand toilet paper will practically disappear in your hand as soon as you use it, but you will have money for that beer later and the satisfaction of knowing that no one tells you what kind of toilet paper to buy, damn it! Of course, this problem isn’t limited to the textbook industry. In fact, it’s actually a primary problem of health insurance companies and the current administration’s answer to health care. When an agent comes between the consumer and the producers of the service or product (doctors and pharmaceuticals), prices do not come down because the producer faces no incentives to please consumers. Consumers do not get to make their own purchasing decisions, so they can make no demands. They are dependent on someone else’s decisions that may or may not be in their best interest. How many of you even know how much your last medication or doctor visit actually cost without your deductible? You probably did not consider going to a more competitively priced doctor or choosing a different medication because spending decisions had already been made for you by your insurance company. In this way, the public choice supported by Obama is not actually that radical. If enacted, it will serve as one more agent between the consumer and the producer. Pharmaceutical companies and doctors will be just as happy to pass on their high costs to a public option as they are to private insurance companies now. The difference is that a public option cannot afford these prices, resulting in health care rationing and ultimate unsustainability. The idea that this problem can be fixed by forcing insurance companies to compete is ludicrous. Individuals can demand lower prices by making the same decisions that create winners and losers in the toilet paper market at WalMart but only if they are making these decisions for themselves. — Anna Parker is a senior in English literature. She can be reached at aparke23@utk.edu.
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In battling writer’s block to arrive at a decent column, I had hoped for some hugely interesting news event to take place that I might write on before my deadline. Never would I have guessed and never would I have wanted this to be that event. At almost 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, my roommate knocked on my door to tell me the very upsetting news; that after his long battle with brain cancer, Sen. Edward Kennedy (DMass.) died. Upon hearing this, I almost began to cry, though I quickly realized that his struggle was over and that he was in a better place. The death of a famous individual has never affected me the way Kennedy’s death did, and it’s a safe bet that very few probably ever will. To say the very least, Ted Kennedy was an American hero. Generations from now he will be heralded as an icon, and one of American history’s greatest senators. He will and should be remembered in the ranks of historical men and women like Martin Luther King, Jr., Susan B. Anthony and George Washington. Despite being from one of the wealthiest and most well-connected families in the United States, despite being the closest thing to American royalty, Kennedy didn’t let that stop him from advocating for the middle and working classes. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but his immense patriotism allowed him to never forget those born with virtually nothing in this country he loved. Nearly every individual in this country, no matter his background, has Kennedy to thank for something. His astounding record of legislative accomplishments is a reward to all of us: man or woman, black or white, rich or poor. For 47
years, since 1962, even before my grandmother graduated from high school and before either of my parents were born, Kennedy had been ceaselessly fighting the good fight as a senator from Massachusetts. Nearly every major force of progress and bipartisanship has Kennedy’s fingerprints on it. On a more personal note, Kennedy was one of the first individuals to spark my own interest in politics. In the ninth grade, for a civics course, I had to do a report on a senator, and Kennedy was my choice. Later, after I found and nurtured that interest, in the heat of the 2008 democratic primaries, I was certain that I would vote for Hillary Clinton, and nobody could convince me to do otherwise. That is to say, nobody except Kennedy. Kennedy, with his strong liberal voice, proudly endorsed Barack Obama just before Super Tuesday. His strong faith in Obama and his convincing words inspired my own faith and trust in Obama, despite some early reservations that I had about his likelihood of winning. In that sense, I cast my very first vote for president because of Kennedy. More recently, over the summer, I flew to Boston, and, while in the airplane, I read a Newsweek article titled “We’re Almost There,” written by Kennedy about his long struggle for universal health care. Upon arrival in Boston, I had the privilege of touring the John Kennedy Presidential Library, where an entire section was devoted to Ted Kennedy and his unyielding support of change on this issue: Health care is a right that should be afforded all Americans; Kennedy has fought for this goal for 40 years. It is in that very spirit, and for all of Kennedy’s hard work, that we must accomplish this in our own generation, by this year’s end. After President John F. Kennedy’s death, Congress quickly rushed to pass many of the progressive reforms that his administration advocated. It is my hope that in the wake of Kennedy’s death we will do the same thing. — Sam Smith IV is a junior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at ssmit162@utk.edu.
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Caribbean night provides culture, food Ellen Larson Staff Writer Food, music, cultural presentations and discussions of Caribbean culture were the theme of the night on Wednesday, as the IHouse played host to the first Culture Night of the semester. “We usually get a pretty big turnout,” said Lee Rhea, assistant director of the I-House. “The Caribbean Students Association has been working hard all day — they cooked all of the food.” At the event, different Caribbean foods were set out on a buffet-style table: rice and beans, white rice, curry chicken, jerk chicken, onion medley, green fig pie, pumpkin soup, Jamaican Hawaiian juice and Jamaican ginger beer. Sungeun Bae, exchange student in business, said, “The Jamaican ginger beer is similar to Korean traditional tea, but it tastes different to me because I usually drink it hot.” Emily Jung, graduate
EMPLOYMENT G. Carlton Salon is looking for an energetic, people loving salon coordinator on Wednesdays and Fridays answering phones, booking and greeting clients, and other duties to help the smooth flow of the salon. Call Mary Alice at 865- 584-3432 or apply in person at 6718 Albunda Dr. Gynecology office seeks student for PT clerical work Monday through Saturday. Fax resume to (865)637-7195. Help needed for lawn mowing and other outdoor chores. Call for hours and pay. 637-3600. Holston Hills Family seeking part-time morning child care for a toddler. Pay negotiable. Must have work experience and character references. Call (865)806-6467. Household help, organization and cleaning. West Knoxville. 4 hours a week. Flexible hours. $10/hr. (865)691-2125. Liquor Store West Knoxville. Help needed $9/hr. 2-3 days weekly, UT games and holidays. Must be 21 years old. (865)691-2903. Make a difference this academic year as a Part-time UPWARD BOUND EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST Duties Include: Providing a wide range of services for high school students who will be the first in their families to attend college such as tutoring, ACT prep, career exploration, college admissions/ financial aid information; documenting/ record keeping; planning/ implementing program activiQualifications: ties. Bachelor’s Degree in Education or related field (Master’s preferred); experience in caseload management, working with disadvantaged youth, teaching/ counseling experience preferred. Hours- 10-30 hrs./wk.; Pay- $10-$13/hr. Apply to: Educational Specialist Position UT Pre-College Enrichment Programs 25 HPER Building, (865)974-4466.
student in chemistry, said, “The green fig pie is very nice. I have never eaten anything like it before.” Students of the Caribbean Students Association and Latin American Student Organization worked with the I-House in preparing all the food. “I made the green fig pie,” said Nikki Chery, graduate student in counseling psychology and member of CSA. “One is vegetarian, and the other is made with tuna. Normally, green fig pie is made with salted codfish, but I could not find anywhere in Knoxville that sells codfish. For other recipes, I had to call many different grocery stores in Knoxville to see if they have the right ingredients. For the green fig pie, known as banana pie in Jamaica, most grocery stores do not carry green bananas, so I had to arrange a time with a grocery store to pick up green bananas on my request.” After getting food, people sat down at the sur-
rounding tables. Caribbean music, such as the soca song “tick-tack,” played, while people ate and talked. Many people bobbed their heads to the music. “The music is very different, but I like it,” Jung said. After 30 minutes of eating and socializing, the presentation began. Richard Toomer, a native of Jamaica and head of the IHouse Culture Night, Global Hour and Great Decisions programs, led the presentation. The first part of the presentation introduced the I-House. “Our slogan is ‘your home away from home,’” Toomer said. “I hope everyone will catch onto it because UT needs to use the facilities. That is what the facilities are here for: you.” The second part of the presentation had information about the Caribbean region. There was a map on the screen of the Caribbean from Mexico to Jamaica to Ghana to Belize. See Culture on Page 6
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Students load up on free Caribbean food at the Caribbean Culture Night Wednesday evening at the International House.
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Vols welcome newcomers as preseason practice kicks off David Wells Staff Writer The Vols are getting back in rhythm for the 2009 basketball season. Head coach Bruce Pearl’s fifth team began its preseason conditioning Monday, preparing for a schedule that includes Southern California, Kansas and archrival Kentucky. Along with working out at a quick pace, assistant coach Jason Shay admitted training the new players for SEC-level play has been a challenge. “They can’t get by just because of their athleticism,” Shay said. “It’s just the physicality of the college game. You’re playing against guys now probably a few inches taller and a few pounds heavier than you.” Joining the team this year are freshmen Kenny Hall and Skylar McBee and junior transfer Melvin Goins. Only Hall and Goins come to Tennessee with full scholarships. McBee, who had scholarship offers from other Division I schools, comes to Tennessee as a walk-on. The newcomers add to a roster which includes returning seniors Tyler Smith, Wayne Chism and J.P. Prince. Smith admits McBee has already made an impression on the veterans. “(McBee) is a guy that’s been around Tennessee basketball for a long time,” Smith said. “He’s one of those guys that works real hard and plays defense.” McBee hails from Rultledge, Tenn., and finished his high school career with 2,362 points while shooting 39.4 percent behind the three-point arc. After
Culture continued from Page 5 Toomer described the relationship of each country in the Caribbean to each other: “Some are named ‘ABC islands’ and have very little government. Then there is also Cuba, which is known for communism. You have everyone in the world in the Caribbean — Spanish, French, Portugese, Dutch and even people from the Middle
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also playing quarterback in high school, McBee visited Marshall, Winthrop and Santa Clara before settling on basketball and choosing UT in the summer. “He grew up wanting to play for the Vols,” Shay said. “He had an opportunity to go to another campus on scholarship, but (he) wanted to challenge himself and see if he could play at the SEC level.” Hall comes to UT from Stone Mountain, Ga., as a four-star rated prospect by http://www.scout.com after averaging 21 points and 10 rebounds per game in high school. Hall gained experience before coming to UT by attending tryouts for the USA Basketball U18 team in the summer of 2008. Smith said, while he has welcomed all the freshmen, he has especially formed a close relationship with Hall. “I went to a LeBron camp with him two summers ago,” Smith said. “I was hoping he would come to our school. Kenny is going to be a great addition to us. He runs the field well. He’s got a nice mid-range jumper.” Goins began his collegiate career at Ball State before transferring to Mt. San Jancito in southern California. As a junior college player, Goins shot 40 percent from the floor, 32.7 percent behind the arc and 71.6 percent at the free-throw line. Shay said Goins’ build will be an asset on the perimeter. “He’s a great defender because of his body type,” Shay said. “He’s got really broad shoulders, and he’s got a firm upper body. East. There is a Caribbean motto which says you can find Caribbean people anywhere.” After the presentation, a discussion evolved between everyone in the room. It began as Toomer asked for questions, but everyone had something to add to the discussion. One person asked Toomer if he knew of any bars with Caribbean dancing in Knoxville and another person answered that question by saying that there was a good one in
Brown cleared for 2009 season Erin Exum Staff Writer After three long days of practice in a row, more injured players and discouraged coaches, the Vols finally got the news they were hoping for. The NCAA cleared freshman tailback Bryce Brown of his penalties and reversed the four-game suspension that was put into effect last week. “His penalties were waived,” Coach Lane Kiffin said. “He’ll miss no games. ... So I think that’s a heck of a deal by the NCAA to get it done right and get it done with a sense of urgency. We’re very grateful for that.” Kiffin received the news midway through practice from athletic director Mike Hamilton and announced the decision to the team. Cheers and applause immediately followed. Brown was rated the No. 1 tailback prospect in the country coming out of high school, according to http://www.rivals.com, and he has received first-team reps throughout fall camp. Brown drew the NCAA’s attention for trips he took to college campuses during his sophomore season at East High School in Kansas. The investigation, which began in February and ended last month, had nothing to do with UT’s recruitment of Nashville, the Caribbean Hut. “Next to every bar in Jamaica is a church, wherever you go,” said Kristina Chuck, graduate student from Jamaica. “There’s all sorts of spirits.” The conversation ended with the topic of Bob Marley and why he was not declared a national hero in Jamaica — it’s a decision designated to the prime minister. Finally Caribbean Culture Night ended with
Brown. Not only did Kiffin himself attend NCAA hearings about the case, but Brown also wrote a letter to the board discussing his trips and his current situation. “By no means was it something that Bryce was doing knowingly that would be wrong,” Kiffin said. “He was just part of the group and was actually younger than most of the other guys.” As for the rest of practice, workouts have taken a toll on the team’s bodies. Defensive tackle Wes
Brown went down in pain during one of Wednesday’s drills and watched the rest of the afternoon from the sidelines. Cornerback Brent Vinson did not practice due to an eye condition. Adding to the laundry list of injuries, senior center Josh McNeil underwent arthroscopic knee surgery Wednesday morning, and it was reported that he will be out three-to-four weeks in a best case scenario. Chris Walker and two short YouTube clips of Bob Marley. The videos showed him performing as well as speaking. “I’m neither black nor white,” Marley said. “I’m from God who made me.” Next Wednesday is Africa Cultural Expressions Night. It is free with snacks provided.
Marsalous Johnson also watched practice from the sidelines on Wednesday, but both are expected back by Monday at the latest. Senior Jonathon Crompton, who was named the Vols starter for the season opener, noted the long, intense practices were part of the game. “Having three long ones in a row is tough,” Crompton said. “It's part of the game. It's going to happen. If people go to the next level, it's going to happen. ... But we’re going to keep working our butts off.” After Kiffin’s announcement regarding Brown, practice resumed with vigor and enthusiasm as the offense dominated the next few drills. With practice cancelled Thursday and Sunday and the final scrimmage on Saturday, the Vols are reaching the home stretch of final workouts before their season opener against Western Kentucky next Saturday.
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Aug.28- Aug.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.