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Website offers advice for first-time budgeters

Kristian Smith Student Life Editor College brings a lot of firsts: first time away from home, first roommate, first all-nighter, but the first that may be the hardest one to deal with is the first time managing money.

For Kelly Branham, undecided sophomore, managing money is a source of worry.

“My parents have always given me a set amount of money, and I if I spend more than that, I’m in trouble, but I have never had to really budget before,” she said. “I’m worried, because I know I will be responsible for car payments and phone payments soon, but I’m not sure how I’m going to pay for it all.”

Jo Bittof, a Knoxville native and founder of actfinancially.com, a money management website, said many college students have the same problem as Branham.

“I have been a banker for many years, and I have seen so many people get off on the wrong foot,” Bittof said. “It’s mainly because they didn’t know (about finance). Even college grads and well educat-

ed people aren’t always aware.”

Bittof said college students especially have a difficult time budgeting money. She said the transition from having parents make financial decisions to making those choices independently can cause problems.

“Many college students aren’t aware of where their money is going, and they rely on credit cards too much,” she said. “If you don’t know where your money ’s going, you cant make a budget.”

Bittof said financial problems in college can lead to unforeseen problems later in life.

“College students don’t realize how important their credit score is going to be,” she said. “ These days, employers check your credit and credit score, insurance companies check your credit. (College students) think, ‘I’ll worry about it when I get a job,’ but you could have already ruined your credit score and lost opportunities.”

While budgeting may seem difficult, Bittof has specific tips to stay on track.

“Sit down and list all your expenses by category (housing, food, transportation, supplies) and create subcategories,” she said. “For example, separate the food category into groceries, eating out, coffee out, etc. Also list periodic expenses that aren’t monthly, like clothing and medical expenses.”

Bittof said to then look at monthly income and periodic income and compare it to expenses. She said this budget should be the best- case scenario, but it may take a little tweaking to get it perfect.

The next step is to track what you actually spend and compare it to your budget.

Bittof said her website can do some of these things for you.

“ The website has guided steps to walk you through finances,” she said. “ There is a tracking area that functions like a checkbook. It locates income and expenses, and by categorizing that way, you have created a budget by category so you know what your goal for spending is while tracking your actual spending.”

Bittof said the site also has a coaching section with a blog and articles about topics including understanding credit score, getting out of credit card debt, and credit and debt management.

To prepare for life after graduation, Bittof said it is important to take budgeting steps now.

“Don’t max out students loans just because you can, because you have to pay them back,” she said. “ Take the minimum amount and work to fill in the gap. You don’t want to come out of college so deeply in debt you don’t know how to pay for it.”

Other budget tips include: Avoid having a car, rent or buy used textbooks, and avoid having a credit card.

Bittof said one of the most important things about budgeting is understanding self-monitoring and discipline.

“Mom and Dad aren’t there to do it for you,” she said. “Learn to assess everything as a want or a need; if it’s a want, do you know how to afford it?”

Branham thinks budgeting tips like this will help her in the future.

“When I can’t rely on my parents anymore, staying on a budget will help me stay on track,” she said.

For more information about budgeting, or to get a free membership with actfinanically.com, email info@actfinancially.com.

Neyland renovations nearly complete, offer new experiences Jason Hall Staff Writer Neyland Stadium has gone through many renovations over the past four years, but this season marks what people involved in the project refer to as “The Master Plan.”

The stadium, which has been home to the Tennessee Volunteers since 1921, has undergone many alterations inside and out. One of the newest major upgrades to Neyland is the addition of the Tennessee Terrace.

The Tennessee Terrace offers a new experience for UT fans, which include 1,800 outdoor seats with cup holders, expanded concession menus, new restrooms, flatscreen TVs and a panoramic view of the Tennessee Campus.

John Painter, associate director of media relations for UT football, characterized the terrace as a more affordable version of a skybox.

“We’ve come up with some plans to improve the stadium, like the club seats and the Tennessee Terrace,” Painter said. “It’s kind of in between a regular-season ticket and a club seat. With the Tennessee Terrace you sit outside, but the seats are a little bit better.

But you go into your own area where you can buy concessions, and the price is the same.”

The concession area has also improved with the new additions to Neyland.

Similar to newly constructed stadiums in professional sports, Neyland will now include a large food court, which includes seven different concession areas. The expanded concessions include a grill stand, wraps and salads, a combined Starbucks and ice cream stand, a Petro’s and hotdog stand, a buffet area with weekly specials and other concession stands and snack areas.

Another main focus of renovations was to improve the bathroom areas in the stadium. The renovations have improved water, electricity

and sewer issues.

Neyland has also gone through many changes to its exterior. The entrance across from Peyton Manning Pass, Gate 18, now has a new brick entrance. The stadium also includes hanging banners of past UT legends, such as Peyton Manning, Reggie White and General Neyland himself.

The changes have won the approval of first-year coach Derek Dooley.

“It’s absolutely stunning when you walk up,” Dooley said. “To see what has been done, it almost takes you back, and you feel like you’re in Rome, Italy, thousands of Ian Harmon • The Daily Beacon (Antenna Cond Regular 7 pt) years ago. It’s just a monumental structure and it really just The finished Neyland Stadum facade and a clear Stadium Drive were a welcome site to students on Monday, speaks for itself. I’ve got to Aug. 30. give Mike (Hamilton, UT athletic director) so much credit for the job he did. Not just for the vision of the change, but also for the money put into the renovations.”

Dooley spoke about the importance of saving tradithere is in climate modeling extreme events, as well as how to tions and fan support during Robbie Hargett quantify and communicate that uncertainty. his press conference following Staff Writer Karsten Steinhaeuser, another researcher, is a doctoral student Wednesday’s scrimmage. researching data mining and machine learning, with a focus on “I hope the fans appreciate Researchers from UT and ORNL are participating in a new it,” Dooley said. “I think it’s multi-institutional project dedicated to predicting climate change applications to climate change, climate extremes and impacts.

“My research on the use of complex networks to represent the going to do two things: Fans more accurately. will have a better gameday The project uses data mining, the process of discovering pat- climate system will be used for quantifying and reducing uncerexperience because of it, and terns in data, to “ ... discover hidden patterns among model-simu- tainty in model outputs, which in turn will guide impact assessalso it has to do with a sense lated variables that are relatively better predicted and establish ments due to changes in projected future climate,” Steinhaeuser of pride. So when they come their relations with those that are not, with the goal of improving said.

“The novelty of this project is that an attempt will be made to see it, they’ll feel a part of it.” predictions of the more crucial variables,” Auroop Ganguly, senior Though the total capacity staff member in ORNL’s Computational Sciences and Engineering bridge the gap between climate modeling and integrated assessments through the use of model-simulated and observed data,” has decreased, the stadium Division and adjunct professor at UT, said. still holds more fans than any While some climate variables, such as temperatures over atmos- Ganguly said. “While a few such methods have been developed, other stadium in the SEC and pheres and oceans, are relatively easy to predict with models, they have often been focused conceptual models with specific goals.” ranks third amongst all foot- more extreme variables, such as hurricanes, are not.

“Hopefully, the project will result in some valuable insights new ball stadiums (both NCAA “Turns out that some of the less well predicted model variables to the climate science community,” Kodra said. and NFL) in total capacity, may be more important for climate change impacts and policy,” David Erickson, a senior research staff member in the behind Michigan and Penn Ganguly said. “Climate change policies and decisions could Computational Earth Sciences Group in the Computer Science State’s. The new total capacity impact the nation’s and the world’s critical infrastructures and key and Mathematics Division at ORNL, said the project will also of Neyland Stadium is resources.”

Ganguly also noted that many climate models are able to reli- strengthen ties related to climate science between UT and ORNL. 102,459.

“The involvement and training of students and post-docs is a ably predict change from continental to global levels but become Construction will take a critical aspect of climate science going forward,” Erickson said. short break during the start of less accurate at local and regional levels.

The $10-million project has already been funded by the “Unfortunately, most decision makers need local to regional the 2010 season but will coninformation,” Ganguly said. “This project will attempt to craft a National Science Foundation. tinue for years to come.

“All the work is really ahead of us,” Ganguly said. “As we move Saturday marks the first systematic strategy to discover new and stakeholder-relevant forward, synergies will need to be developed with existing capachapter in the life of the newly knowledge from climate data.”

Thirteen researchers from seven institutions are involved with bilities and projects in related areas.” renovated stadium. The Vols Kodra believes that, regardless of the outcome, the project will host the UT-Martin Skyhawks the project. Evan Kodra, ORNL researcher with an expertise in be extremely important to the general public. geostatistics, climate and public health, said that the cross-discipliand will host games for the fol“A better understanding of what climate change means, or does lowing three weeks, including nary research makes this project challenging but also creates the not mean, for different parts of the world will continue to be potential for great rewards. games against Oregon and Kodra’s work focuses on evaluating how much uncertainty important and will probably become even more important in the SEC East rival Florida. future,” he said.

UT, ORNL collaborate to improve accuracy of climate change models

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Moeller presented the development of a unique electric propulsion thrust stand for highpower thrusters.

Akiki presented a semi-analytical formulation of the compressible flowfield in solid rocket motors.

Batterson focused on the core and sidewall boundary layers of both linear and nonlinear cyclonic flowfields in vortex-fired liquid rocket engines and the behavior of cyclonic motions in the presence of multiple flow reversals. Maicke's work encompassed high speed propulsion topics such as nozzle flow modeling, internal compressible flow and hypersonic flow analysis.

Hall Vols The second of two training sessions will be held today from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in UC room 217.

Hall Vols is an environmental program aimed at reducing energy consumption in residence halls.

The program promotes energy and water conservation, improved recycling and living habits that contribute to environmental sustainability.

Hall Vols is recruiting student participants for the 2010-11 school year and encourages all interested students to attend the training session.

Healthcare Reform Bill “What the Healthcare Reform Bill Means to You” will be the topic of dscussion for today’s event held at the Baker Center from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The event will consist of panelists that will answer questions and offer explanations about the nation’s newest health care bill passed in Congress.

The event will provide an overview of the bill, key provisions and an implementation timeline for the bill.

A portion of the event will address what the direct implications the legislation will have for those with employer-based coverage, Medicaid, Medicare and uninsured individuals, as well as the effects on small businesses.

The panelists for the event will be Carole Myers, assistant professor in the College of Nursing and Fellow for Health Policy at the Baker Center, and Beth Uselton, lead organizer for the Tennessee Health Care Campaign.

Collegiate Entrepreneurs The Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (C.E.O.) will have a general body meeting today from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Stokley Management Center, room 701.

All students interested in exploring or learning more about the opportunities provided from entrepreneurship are encouraged to attend.

Members of C.E.O. are poised to benefit from business experience, networking with entrepreneurs, faculty and other students, interacting with guest lecturers, attending workshops and exploring business start-up

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Rice presented the initial results of her research into the interaction between combustion chemical kinetics and acoustic fields, as it relates to liquid rocket combustion instability.

Thompson presented two papers detailing laser-materials interactions in two micro-laser ablation thruster configurations, along with predicted improvements in thruster performance over a conventional design.

The conference included the following professional societies: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineer and the American Society of Electrical Engineers.

ideas with other students and mentors involved.

Pizza and drinks will be supplied at the first meeting.

New Interior Design Chair UT has recently named J. David Matthews as the new chair of the interior design program.

Matthews is new to an administrative role but has previously had 16 years of experience teaching interior design.

Matthews will be a teaching professor for the program and joins UT with a solid record of educating.

Previously, Matthews taught at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro for five years as an assistant professor in the Department of Housing and Interior Design before moving to Ohio University, where he taught interior design for 11 years and served as director of academic technologies for two years concurrently.

Before entering academia, Matthews spent three years as a professional designer.

Matthews comes with prior experience of collaborations and hopes to expand the College of Architecture and Design’s initiatives into global study and interactions.

One his many professional accomplishments include his inclusion to the Ten Visions project exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago.

The Ten Visions project was a showcase of 10 internationally renowned architects and their ideas for the future of Chicago's architectural environment.

J. David Matthews received a master’s degree in architecture from Miami University in Ohio, a bachelor’s degree in interior design from Ohio University, and a bachelor of fine arts degree from Ohio University.

Space Institute sets record Students and faculty members at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) set a record for participation at a single international conference for the institute.

UTSI presented a total of 20 papers at the 46th Joint Propulsion Conference held in Nashville this summer.

Professor Joe Majdalani's group contributed 16 papers, assistant professor Trevor Moeller's group contributed three papers and

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Sophomore English major Erin Freeman, left, and sophomore child and family studies major Kara Weaver, right, enjoy reading by the Student Aquatic Center outdoor pool Monday, Aug. 23. The pool offers plenty of space to tan, multiple lanes to swim, and two 1-meter and two 3-meter springboards.

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‘Switch’ almost escapes genre clichés Mexican guitar duo mixes heavy Will Abrams

Staff Writer Over the past few years, Jennifer Aniston has been the “it” girl of Hollywood.

Whether gracing the cover of GQ or starring in the latest romantic comedy, she has been behind a major female-empowering movement in America.

Taking this into account, it is no surprise that Aniston stars in “The Switch,” a film about a woman who decides to get pregnant without a husband or romantic partner of any sort.

After finding a male donor (Patrick Wilson), Aniston throws a party to celebrate the “consummation.” Little does she know that her neurotic best friend (Jason Bateman) accidentally switches out the original sample for his own.

Before going into the film, it is important to know that Aniston is not the star of this film. Obviously, her character is wrapped up with the main storyline and the film’s marketing department made sure everyone from here to the South Pole knew that she was in the film. However, the story focuses more on Jason

Bateman’s character.

While a lot of people love Aniston, there is also a rather large group that dislikes seeing her on just about every channel you can flip to. This may stem from the fact that the actress plays her character from “Friends” in all of her films, but, hey, it works for George Clooney.

Since Aniston is playing the straighter role of the film, Bateman is allowed free reign to entertain the audience with his blunt opinions of the film’s events. His comedic style is one of the reasons why the film has any chance at all. Backing him up in the humor department is Jeff Goldblum, who plays one of Bateman’s co-workers.

Arguably the most important character in the film is Sebastian (Thomas Robinson), the eventual product of Aniston’s pregnancy. The film fast-forwards seven years after the initial “switch,” so the audience is given a chance to see what an Aniston-Bateman child looks like.

The best part about this character is that he has all of the same oddities that Bateman displays through

the first 20 minutes of the film. Seeing the two act together is at times as hilarious as it is heartwarming.

Being a romantic comedy, the film occasionally slips into the old clichés of the genre. The storyline, pregnancy aside, is nothing new.

Bateman is in love with his best friend and has to find a way to win her over, conquering the guy who is currently dating her and so on.

For those who find the premise of a single woman getting pregnant on her own as ill-advised (paging Bill O’Reilly), the film does actually question her plan. It isn’t as if the whole thing is 100-percent gung-ho for single motherhood. Bateman’s character actually questions her motives, as any good friend should, before she goes through with it.

Despite the unique pregnancy twist, the film is a fairly vanilla romantic comedy. The humor provided by Bateman, and his relationship with Robinson, is what really separates the film from excrement like “The Back-Up Plan.”

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metal roots with acoustic sound Brian Conlon Staff Writer A room full of SEC university students might seem like an unusual audience for world music duo Rodrigo y Gabriela, but its fun, engaging performances are surprisingly accessible.

The guitar duo hailing from Mexico City shocks a new perspective into world-music skeptics, but this isn’t surprising once one scans the group’s list of influences, which includes metal behemoths Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer.

Prior to forming Rodrigo y Gabriela, the pair played together in a metal band, and this part of their history pervades their music. Whether it is Gabriela Quintero’s deft percussion of knuckle and palm to guitar or Rodrigo Sanchez’s intricate arpeggios and palm muting, their metal beginnings never lie too deep beneath the surface.

Indeed, these undertones of a mainstream genre allow Rodrigo y Gabriela to transcend obscurity into the popular realm. This seems to be a growing trend with the Cultural Attractions Committee, a subcommittee of the Central Program Council. CAC co-sponsored the recent concert starring the fairly popular Hasidic Jewish rapper Matisyahu along with UT Hillel, the Jewish student association.

Despite previously inclement weather, the show had a large turnout as hundreds of fans enjoyed the reggae-influenced hip-hop. CAC’s attraction of Rodrigo y Gabriela sits in a similar light, as they are relatively well known and would not be out of place at a lineup provided by one of CAC’s sister committees, Campus Entertainment Board. However, because Rodrigo y Gabriela stems from a diverse cultural background, they fit well into CAC’s realm. Meredith Whitfield, chair of the CAC, described the marriage of popular music and cultural prowess heard in Rodrigo y Gabriela.

“We chose this group, not only because of their unique cultural background, but more because they’re so insanely famous in places other than the US,” Whitfield said. “It’s not uncommon for Rodrigo y Gabriela to sell out huge auditoriums, and they beat the Arctic Monkeys and Johnny Cash to the top of the Irish charts. Because the mission of CAC is to bring the best in cultural programming, we certainly want UT to know what all the fuss is about.”

Adrianna Boghozian, junior in mathematics, agrees with the advent of bringing bands to campus that relish culturally diverse music with the enticement and simple fun brought by popular music.

“Most pop music out today, like they play on the radio, is entertaining enough,” Boghazian said, “but it lacks substance and is often plain silly. I’m excited to see Rodrigo y Gabriela because they have the zeal of Top-40 artists along with a more creative and dynamic approach.”

Rodrigo y Gabriella will perform in the Cox Auditorium in Alumni Memorial Building at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 31. Costs are $5 for students, $20 for faculty and staff, and $25 for others.

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StaffColumn Schedule change about players, not fans

Kevin Huebschman

Chief Copy Editor I think it’s fair to say that most of us at or around UT are pretty proud of being Vols fans. We all wear orange on Saturdays; we associate ourselves with terms like Volunteer Nation, Big Orange Country and Rocky Top; and we’ll even sing along to Rocky Top as it’s played for the seventh, eighth, ninth time in a row.

But there’s a point where too much pride builds up and crosses the line to arrogance. We expect the best over and over again, and we’re happy with nothing less.

When that happens, pride becomes a tough thing to swallow. It fills our sports world with an orange-ish tint that’s hard to get past. And it’s that tint that drives many of us, as fans, to act irrationally to news we don’t want to hear.

True, sometimes that news — such as Lane Kiffin bolting to USC — is shocking enough that your football foundations can be shaken to the core, but oft times, it’s something that shouldn’t be a huge deal — such as UT dropping UNC from its 2011 and 2012 schedules — that’s treated like an earth-shattering event.

No shortage of columnists, bloggers and everyday fans rushed to jump onto the bash-Tennessee bandwagon in the days that followed Volquest’s announcement of the news to replace UNC with the Buffalo Bulls. Most of the bashing centered around the fact that this isn’t what an upper-level football program should do or that UT is ripping its fans off by bailing on UNC to play a “lesser” foe.

And these people are right. It’s not what an upperlevel program would do, nor is it something that kind of program’s fans should expect. But it is what UT did, and it shouldn’t surprise us.

It’s time to face something guys: Tennessee is no longer an upper-level football program. Since the Vols’ 2001 season — the last time UT seriously contended for a national title, something “upper-level” programs should do consistently — they’ve won 10 games three times and have finished 2-4 in bowl games, with no BCS showings.

More telling, though, is how Tennessee now fares in its own conference. The Vols have yet to beat Nick Saban or Urban Meyer under the coaches’ current teams, they’ve been to an SEC championship once since 2002 — a loss to LSU in 2007 — and haven’t finished with fewer than two SEC losses during that time span.

Actually, what UT Athletic Director Mike Hamilton did took moxie. He tried to do the reasonable thing first and simply move the series. UNC had none of that.

So instead of sticking to his pride, as so many UT fans are doing, and taking the emasculation the Tar

Heels were likely to carve out for us next year — keep in mind, this happened before the breadth of the UNC scandal had really come out — he did the smart thing and cancelled the series altogether.

Why is this smart? Because Hamilton, Dooley and likely everyone else in the football program understands that it’s complete suicide to run a gauntlet of BCS teams with a team that’s only a year removed from one of its worst offseasons in history.

In fact, Hamilton said it all: “Without the ability to move (the series) later in the decade, we felt like we needed to break that six-game stretch up and put a nonBCS team in there.”

No minced words, no trying to hide it: Hamilton wanted an easy win in the middle of that schedule. And why not? Because it wounds the fans’ pride? Because it makes us look like a weaker program?

How about, because it’s about the team, not us.

The media will always be looking for a story, so it’s understandable they — maybe we, since I guess I’m included in this group — would jump on it, but those who are strictly fans? Think about it from the players’ positions.

These are guys who have already accepted that they’re not going to get a place in the more glorious annals of UT tradition. They saw the train wreck Kiffin caused, yet they decided to stick it out anyway. Why punish them because they made a four-year sacrifice when giving up and switching to another school would’ve been less painful and probably more rewarding?

Give them a rest in between. Nothing can be gained by keeping the UNC series except pride. If, as some of these critics imply, UT, and specifically head coach Derek Dooley, should expect to be able to run the gauntlet next year, a UNC victory won’t matter. Who needs a nonconference victory when you can just win the SEC? What can be gained by dropping UNC, though?

Everything. Maybe a bowl game in Shreveport, La., isn’t glamorous; heck, the Independence Bowl probably shouldn’t even exist. But again, fans, look at it from the players’ perspectives.

You sit down in your Neyland Stadium seats or in front of your flat-screen TV every Saturday with the knowledge that at least one college team you cheer for will probably play postseason ball. And if not, well, you have next year and the year after that and so on.

These players don’t have that luxury. They have one team and four years, maybe five, to be one of a select few individuals to say that they got to play in a bowl game. And to deny them that ability, to force them to play a team that will be at least as physical as any they face all season, just so we fans can say that at least “our” team went head-to-head with the big boys is more than selfish.

It’s arrogant.

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

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Books degraded by ‘Chick lit’ label “T he F - Wo r d ” by

Melody Gordon Imagine you’ve just written a book. The protagonist is smart, funny and sympathetic. The story itself is an epic tale of family drama, career struggles and a moving search for what matters in the protagonist’s life.

It has everything you’d ever want in a great novel: brilliant quotes, smooth character development, beautiful imagery and a plot twist you never saw coming but isn’t so far-fetched that it ruins everything.

Now imagine your epic book that has the potential to become a worldwide best-seller and a modern day classic for all ages is slapped with a generic flowerprint cover and labeled “chick lit” just because the titular character is a girl.

The chick lit name has become the kiss of death for any new book featuring characters who grapple with friendship problems, an identity crisis or the dreaded romantic relationship. Why does such a label even matter so much?

Easy. It’s pre-packaging a book that could have been a cross-genre success and automatically cutting its potential audience from a million to maybe 100,000. And that’s if the book has good promotion behind it and isn’t being written by a first-time author.

This label has led to many anti-chick lit campaigns to try and get the sub-genre wiped from existence.

These campaigns, most of the time composed either by feminists or disgruntled female authors, despise the term chick lit. It instantly puts limits on how far the work can go and how much of a success it’s allowed to be with its readers. Even if it’s not your typical chick lit, the label places cookie-cutter expectations on the story and the characters.

Chick lit is a very narrow and formulaic category of books. It is usually a comedic first-person, slice-oflife story featuring a pretty and likeable young woman. She’s also flighty and unlucky in love or money or friendships (but mostly love). After a series of cute trial-and-error scenarios in which she tries to fix her problems according to other people’s advice, she finally listens to her heart. Or she listens to her

estranged dad. Or she reconciles with her hot boyfriend.

Then the solution to her conflict is resolved with a big kiss or a funny one-liner and our leading lady lives happily ever after. Unless you plan on writing a series, then you have to craft a cliffhanger or kill a character to drum up an interest in Part Two. Now,there have been some massively successful books that happily took on the girly book title in an effort to give it a good name. “The Devil Wears Prada” was converted into a multi-million-dollar silver screen success — just like “Bridget Jones’s Diary” and "Confessions of a Shopaholic." Other young adult chick lit novels have inspired clothing trends, television shows and graphic novels.

Not to mention, as much as you may want to ignore it, “Twilight” is the ultimate chick lit fantasy that has transcended its narrow scope and become a force of nature. I’ll refrain from discussing why the prosperity of “Twilight” is both a good thing and a bad thing.

Even with these positive examples of chick lit turning book pages into big money, society still doesn’t take them or their consumers seriously. The way they are presented to the public is insulting and can be embarrassing for a buyer.

What young woman, ready to shed her immature, high-school teen persona wants to be seen in public with a big, hot-pink book? What man in his right mind would go to a bookstore and purchase a novel with pink and orange vector art of a woman wearing a frilly dress on the front?

I dread to imagine how contemporary publishers would re-design the physical appearances of “To Kill A Mockingbird” or “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” Some reissues of “Pride and Prejudice” already have pink covers. The latest reincarnations of the Judy Blume books have the look du jour — pastelcolored fonts and ambiguously cropped photographs of what we all assume to be the heroine. There’s even a copy of Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” floating around with a pink bird on it. Ew. Getting rid of chick lit or at least trying to diminish its importance in the publishing world might be an impossible task, but props to all the people who aren’t giving up without a fight. It’s a difficult job, but someone has to do it.

—Melody Gordon is a senior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at mgordo10@utk.edu

Five ways to help long distance work “What can I do to keep that flame going while she is in Nashville and I am in Knoxville? Communication every day is a gimme, but is there anything else you suggest? I would really like to see this relationship work out.” by John, you are a sweetheart, and I really wish you Kathryn Cunningham the best with this relationship. After looking back over my past relationship, I’ve come up with some tips that I believe might help you out. They’re in no particular order, but all are equally important.

It is said that absence makes the heart grow fonder, 1. Plan ahead. Set a date for the next time the which is probably why couples spend much of their two of you will get to see each other. Go ahead and time apart, thinking about the other. My last article make travel arrangements. That way you both have dove right into summer flings, so I figured it’d only something to look forward to, and the distance be appropriate to write a follow-up. You had the doesn’t seem so great. summer romance. The DTR talk left both of you 2. Skype. It’s a beautiful thing. If you haven’t wanting something more serious … but here’s the heard of it, have you been living under a rock? It’s roadblock: you live nowhere near each other. Now the next best thing to getting facetime (insert how do you keep the flame burning?

Last week I touched on the topic of long-distance iPhone 4 commercial here), and much better than talking on the phone. You can even be extra cute and relationships, and if you remember correctly, I've have date nights with dinner over Skype. I’d be come to the conclusion that it truly depends on the thrilled about that. couple. I can't give a blanket statement or a magical 3. Say “good night.” Before you both go to bed equation of what exactly to do to ensure your at night, at the very least send a short text telling the relationship works out, but I can definitely give you other sweet dreams. It lets them know you’re the some tips. I've been there, done that and can assure last person on their mind before bed at night. you I'm highly educated on the subject.

4. Avoid the temptation to be controlling. It will First, let me share with you my story in a put an unwanted strain on your relationship and nutshell. I dated a boy my senior year in high school create sour feelings towards one another. This is and throughout my freshman year at UT. The where trust comes in. It is absolutely impossible to summer before our sophomore year, he began keep a tight rein on the other when there are miles, if tossing around the idea of attending another school, where he would be able to play college-level baseball. not states, between you two. Just don’t try it.

5. Finally, take advantage of the benefits a longHe ended up choosing a school that was just a hop, distance relationship offers. More time with your skip and a jump away, right? Wrong. friends and family, the excitement of seeing your August of 2009 began our long-distance “other half” again after a long absence and, most relationship. In the beginning, it wasn’t so bad, but importantly, maintaining your individuality — as time passed, little issues grew larger, and our something that can get lost in the shuffle when tempers shortened. We were both so concerned couples spend all of their free time together. about the other that we weren’t able to enjoy life in John, I hope you find these helpful, and I’d love to the heat of the moment. Long story short, red flags know how things turn out! I greatly appreciated flew up left and right. hearing from you. As for everyone else: Remember While this story has no fairytale ending, not every long-distance relationship will end up that way, to send me questions via e-mail. Don’t be scared.

Call me a hopeless romantic if you will, but I'm so please don't be disheartened. I still have faith in going to leave you with a quote by inspirational them, and judging from some of the emails I've author Hans Nouwens: received, it sounds like a fair number of others “In true love the smallest distance is too great, haven’t lost faith either. and the greatest distance can be bridged.”

Sifting through numerous responses (a slight exaggeration), I want to highlight my very first one — Kathryn Cunningham is a junior in psychology. from John, who had a summer relationship that he She can be reached at kcunnin4@utk.edu — and myself, for that matter — would like to see last.

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‘Last Exorcism’ disappoints as thriller ‘Takers’ marred by poor acting, script Chassidy Doane Staff Writer When it comes to “The Last Exorcism,” brace yourself for a whole lot of “What the hecks” and “Did that seriously just happen?’”

The film has a good premise but loses itself somewhere in a mixture of trying too hard and not trying enough. In short, it’s a disaster.

The film, directed by Daniel Stamm, opens up with Reverend Cotton Marcus, played by Patrick Fabian, a preacher who has grown up spreading the gospel in and around Baton Rouge, La. Marcus is an amazing speaker, and people love his ability to get the crowd excited and pumped up about Jesus. However, Marcus confides that his reasoning for making this “documentary” is to prove to people just how fake exorcisms are. He even says he stopped believing in God some time ago, but he still has to provide for his family, so he keeps on preaching and performing these exorcisms solely for the cash.

One day he checks his mail and sees that Louis Sweetzer, played by Louis Herthum, has written to him about a possession that is in a nearby town that needs his immediate attention. So, with cameras in tow, Marcus sets out to perform his last “exorcism” to prove how ridiculous they are. As they set out to film this documentary, they have no idea what they are getting into.

Marcus is immediately baffled when he gets to the Sweetzer farm, because he finds out that the possessed person is not Louis Sweetzer himself, but his 16-year-old daughter Nell,

played by Ashley Bell. He is taken aback because he doesn’t like to deal with exorcisms that involve children but continues anyway.

Marcus has an entire exorcism kit filled with crucifixes that blow out steam when a button is pushed, a recorder that has demon noises programmed into it and various other items to make a person feel as though the demon has been exorcised. Marcus convinces the family that the demon is gone, but when crazy things keep happening, including Nell cutting her brother with a knife, killing a kitten and drawing people’s deaths on paper, Marcus concludes that there is something going on that is out of his control.

When people see the preview for this movie, they think it’s going to be something that’s going to really scare them. It is scary at parts, especially if one believes in demons, but for the most part, this movie is more of a comedy.

There were definitely more people laughing in the theater than screaming or gasping. The film loses the audience halfway through, because it just starts getting ridiculous. People don’t know if Nell is actually possessed or crazy or why Marcus and his documentary crew decide to stay and help her instead of getting out of Dodge, which is what any rational person would do.

Don’t go see this movie; it’s a waste of time.

I haven’t seen a movie that perplexed me so much since Will Ferrell’s “Land of the Lost,” which made people think “What in the world is going on?” The same holds true with this film.

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Staff Writer Every once in a while, Hollywood releases a great film involving a multi-million dollar heist. “Ocean's 11” and “Dog Day Afternoon” are just two examples of successful films from this hit-or-miss genre.

Unfortunately for “Takers,” it’s a little more miss than hit.

The film, directed by John Luessenhop (in the director’s chair for his first major release), follows a group of thieves (Paul Walker, Idris Elba, T.I., Hayden Christensen, Michael Ealy and Chris Brown) as they piece together an armored car robbery that promises a big score.

Also in the mix are two detectives (Matt Dillon and Jay Hernandez), who are hot on the group’s trail.

Upon glancing over the cast list, one might be wondering why the film’s producers chose the actors they did. There are two actors notorious for their weak acting abilities and two musicians appearing in their first film (not to mention that both were in highly publicized criminal activities recently).

As far as the film’s acting

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However, even if a stellar cast had been hired, it would have been wasted on the series of one-liners trying to pass as a script. There is little to no character development and the plan for the big heist is roughly 97 percent ripped off from 2004’s “The Italian Job.” Apparently the crew ran out of funding for a handful of Volkswagens.

While the first half of the film is littered with clichés and dialogue that wouldn’t be acceptable for an episode of “Gossip Girl,” the film really turns a corner once the actual heist goes down.

Usually in these kinds of movies, the bad/good guys are home free once they make their escape from the scene of the crime. This is, in most cases, because of careless writing or the director passing over realism for a happy ending.

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the hardest part of their journey once the cash is in their hands. Not to spoil anything, but several characters don't make it out alive and the suspense that rises from this really improves the film.

Although Luessenhop isn’t the most capable director of all time, his methods don’t really hurt the film. The worst thing one could say about them is that they try a little too hard to be “cool” at times. America has seen enough slow-motionwalk-while-something-blowsup-behind-the-character shots in the last 30 years alone.

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KNS Open draws big names, Kirk victory Lauren Kittrell

Staff Writer The Nationwide Tour in Knoxville has officially come to a close after a breathtaking finish and simultaneous win for Knoxville-born professional, Chris Kirk.

After losing his overnight lead during the front nine, Kirk came back to win by finishing 5-under par for the day and 20-under for the week. Though facing heavy competition, Kirk managed to win for the second time this season, winning the Fort Smith Classic in June. This put Knoxville’s own 2008 KNS Open Champion Kirk at the top of the money list.

The tournament, the Knoxville News Sentinel Open, began this past Thursday at the Fox Den Country Club in Farragut. The KNS Open boasted one of the highest ticket revenues in tournament history and attendance was more than double any previous years’.

“There’s a buzz around here that you don’t see at hardly any Nationwide Tour events, and I’ve worked them all,” KNS Tournament Director Patrick Nichol said.

One of the things that has made this specific tournament such a major event has been the tournament players. John Daly, Kirk Triplett and local professional Scott Stallings were a few of the players that made this tournament so special.

Nichol said that one of the reasons more and more players are returning to the Nationwide Tour is that it’s one of the only ways to get their card to play in the PGA Tour. He said that guys will come in as kids, win their card and then return to their roots a few years later, bringing the popularity and the competition they’ve experienced with them.

The tour has become increasingly more competitive now that it carries a greater appeal for players like

Daly and Triplett, and Nichol believed the tournament would continue to see this pattern in the years to come.

“Everywhere you go people are talking about the News Sentinel Open, and that’s what star power is,” Nichol said.

For Stallings, it’s a chance to play in a tournament he’s heard about and dreamed about competing in for most of his life.

“To have the opportunity to come today and have people screaming your name is what it’s really all about,” Stallings said. “To have the opportunity to do it at home is exciting. It wasn’t nerves; it was surreal.”

Stallings and Daly tied for 42nd Sunday as they concluded their final round. Triplett fought hard for the win, but finished three back from Kirk and tied for third.

“This is only my third Nationwide event I’ve ever played in,” Triplett said. “But this one had great , and it’s been a very well run event. It’s nice to see the crowds.”

The 21st Nationwide Tour in Knoxville was met with success on every side, especially for Kirk, who not only received $90,000 for his win on Sunday, but also celebrated his first wedding anniversary. To add to his victory, Kirk donned the winner’s orange blazer, previously owned by UT basketball coach Bruce Pearl.

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