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Supreme Court Justice Thomas to visit UT across campus really pulled together to ensure this visit will go smoothly,” Tanya Brown, director of communications at the College of Law, said. “Security is, of course, Renowned Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will our biggest concern. We’ve done everything we can to comply with the federal standards outlined by join UT faculty and staff for a lecture and the U.S. Marshals office.” discussion Friday.

The university has gone to great lengths Doug Blaze, dean of UT’s College of Law, planning Thomas’ time on campus. While said the justice’s visit has been structured academic reasons are certainly a factor in to be of tremendous benefit to both UT law the justice’s visit, there may be other influenschool students and the general university tial factors as well. population.

“Justice Thomas’ interest in visiting “His visit provides a wonderful opportureflects a nice convergence of his interest nity for our faculty, students and alumni to and support for legal education and his love interact with a member of our highest court of college football,” Blaze said. “He has visit— what a tremendous opportunity,” Blaze ed several other law schools, including sevsaid.

Clarence Thomas eral SEC schools, so Tennessee seems like a Blaze and his colleagues are thrilled with natural.”

Thomas’s presence on campus, both in its Serving as the highlight of his visit, the justice will be advantages for students and the law school’s reputation.

“His visit also helps underscore our law school’s strong addressing UT law students in the Cox Auditorium at connection to the bench and practicing bar, a connection 12:45 p.m.

A limited number of tickets were also available to stuthat makes us better by fully preparing our graduates to enter the profession,” Blaze said. “And in this particular dents not enrolled in the law program.

The justice will participate in other activities on caminstance, Justice Thomas’s visit has helped attract several other nationally prominent judges to preside over our pus, encouraging direct interaction with students as well.

“In addition (to the lecture), the moot court competiAdvocate’s Prize appellate moot court competition. As a result, our best and brightest students will have a chance tion and the Q&A session of his talk, many of our students to argue in front of some of our country’s very best judges.” will be present at the alumni reception on Friday,” Blaze UT faculty members have readily discovered, however, said. “Several students are also assisting in showing Justice Thomas our law school and campus.” that hosting a Supreme Court justice is no easy task.

Thomas studied at the College of the Holy Cross, then “Logistically, people from facilities at law, athletics and

Yale Law School, before practicing in both the public and private sectors. He was appointed as chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by former President Ronald Reagan, and subsequently served on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia under the request of former President George H. W. Bush.

Bush later nominated him for the Supreme Court, and he was ultimately confirmed after a series of controversial and grueling hearings before the Senate.

With a biography that befits a member of the Supreme Court, Thomas presents a background worthy to replace Thurgood Marshall, the former Supreme Court justice he succeeded in 1991.

In the vein of judicial philosophy, Thomas has been perceived as one of the most conservative members of the court. He takes a textualist stance on the Constitution, which means that he relies on the actual language of the document itself rather than the founders’ intent.

Thomas will be the first Supreme Court justice to call on the UT law school since Antonin Scalia’s visit in 1990.

“We regularly invite different members of the Court to visit,” Blaze said. “We just were very fortunate that Justice Thomas’s schedule made this visit possible.”

This visit is the result of substantial hard work from the law school staff.

“Most of the coordination work for the Justice’s visit was handled by Mary Ann James in the dean’s office,” Brown said. “Her hard work is a large part of why our students will benefit from his expertise as a judge of our Advocates’ Prize moot court competition.”

Hispanic Heritage Month begins

New York City seeks tough smoking ban

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Student groups celebrate diversity with various cultural events Donesha Aldridge Staff Writer

Several organizations around UT’s campus and the

that. You should never turn your back on your heritage. It can tell you a lot about who you are, how you got there, and being Latino is something very different on UT’s campus.”

Fu mentioned that the HoLA Festival happens every year

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The I-House hosts Global Hour with a Mexican focus Wednesday night. Thursday was Mexico’s official day of indendence and in honor, the I-House had food and music for students to enjoy.

Knoxville community have kicked off celebrations for this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month.

The heritage month started Wednesday and will end on Oct. 15.

The I-House hosted Mexican week with different events every day for students.

Qi Fu, graduate assistant for the I-House, said the reason for choosing a Mexican theme was to honor Mexico’s Independence Day, Sept.16.

“We are having activities this week to recognize their culture,” she said.

Fu said students loved the movie “ESL — English as a Second Language” on Monday.

“It was very funny, and everyone enjoyed it,” she said.

Tuesday night the I-House held dance lessons. A professional came to the I-House and taught students salsa.

Culture night, one of the I-House’s signature programs, featured a band playing cultural music with food and other activities.

Fu said students were scheduled to speak about their own cultures in Mexico and, for those that had studied or lived in other countries, their experiences abroad.

The event for Thursday night was Global Hour but with an emphasis on Mexico.

Fu said other organizations like Lambda Theta Alpha and the Latin American Student Organization would also be planning events to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

Diane Nash, the president of the Latin American Student Organization, said it would host a latino-style tailgate before the Alabama football game on Oct. 23.

LASO will also host Salsa Al Aire Libre on Oct. 1.

Nash said it’s important to recognize the Hispanic culture to make sure it never gets lost.

“There are not many hispanics on UT’s campus,” Nash said. “It is important for those who are Latino to embrace

in Knoxville and the I-House would be a part of it.

“We are going to help them publicize the event,” she said. “It’s like a huge culture night that we would have here at the I-House but in the daytime.”

HoLA Hora Latina will host several events for the Knoxville Community. Outside of the festival on Oct. 9 on Gay Street,art exhibits, cooking contests and a flamenco and dinner night will be featured during the month.

The Cultural Attractions Committee, one of the Central Programming Committee’s subgroups, will host Ballet Hispanico on Sept. 29 at the Clarence Brown Theatre.

The group was founded by Tina Ramirez, a famous Venezuelan-American choreographer in the ’70s.

Alexandria Parris, member of CAC and junior in psychology and English, said CAC is excited about hosting the event.

“We decided to go with Ballet Hispanico because it goes with our mission statement of introducing campus to cultures they might not be aware of,” she said.

Parris thinks the program will not only reach out to UT students, but to the Knoxville community as well.

“We want to cater to everyone, and we thought it was a good idea to branch out,” she said.

Parris hopes students less informed about the Hispanic culture learn something through the ballet; however, she wants those with a Hispanic background to know that they are not forgotten.

“This event will be a good chance for them to connect with their roots, especially if they fill misplaced on campus or in Knoxville by being a minority,” Parris said.

Tickets for Ballet Hispanico are $5 for students and $15 for faculty members. Tickets for the general public are $25.

Everyone can purchase tickets from the UT Ticket Office.

For additional information about the HoLA Festival, visit the website at http://www.holafestival.org.

Associated Press New York City is pursuing a tough new policy that would shoo smokers out of public parks, beaches and even the heart of Times Square — one of the most ambitious outdoor anti-tobacco efforts in the nation.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration and city lawmakers announced Wednesday that they will pursue a broad extension of the city’s smoking ban to 1,700 parks and 14 miles of public beaches, plus boardwalks, marinas and pedestrian plazas.

That would mean no smoking in Central Park, no lighting up on the Coney Island boardwalk and putting the cigarettes away if you’re lounging on the traffic-free pedestrian plazas in Times Square and Herald Square.

“When New Yorkers and visitors to our city go to the parks and beaches for fresh air, there will actually be fresh air for them to breathe,” Bloomberg said at a City Hall news conference.

States and cities from Maine to California have banned smoking in public parks and beaches, but New York is pursuing an especially wide-reaching urban ban. While hundreds of municipalities have outdoor no-smoking laws, the largest city in the nation is seeking to force thousands of acres of parkland as well as some busy city blocks to go smoke-free.

By including pedestrian plazas, the Bloomberg administration is venturing into territory most anti-tobacco bans leave alone: smoking on the street.

The boundaries of the plazas, in most cases, are sidewalks, bike lanes and street corners. If the law passes, it would be easy for a smoker to drift from the sidewalk, where smoking is still allowed, into a plaza, where it is not, without realizing.

Lawmakers said the goal is to keep people from smoking inside the plazas, not to trick smokers into getting ticketed.

“The point of this bill isn’t ‘Gotcha,’” said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. “Our goal is not to get a gentleman or a lady who’s walking across the street.”

The city banned smoking in bars and restaurants in 2003.

Smokers, long accustomed to being told they are not welcome, shrugged off the news of a possible outdoor ban Wednesday.

Gene Buelow, who stopped for a smoke in a Times Square pedestrian plaza, said it “wouldn’t bother me a bit.”

“I don’t even like smoking around people who don’t smoke,” he said. “And the people who gave it up don’t want smokers around them.”

“It’s a good idea,” said Jason Perez, a restaurant worker smoking at an outdoor table in the plaza. “I’m trying to quit myself.”

A smokers’ rights group, NYC Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment, recently posted a video on its website protesting the idea. The group’s founder, Audrey Silk, argues that smoke dissipates quickly outdoors, where “there’s room for everybody and nobody will be affected.”

Officials said they are basing the proposed law on claims that even brief exposure to secondhand smoke can pose health risks.

They cited a May 2007 Stanford University study that found a person sitting within three feet of a smoker outdoors can be exposed to levels of secondhand smoke similar to indoor levels.

The proposed law, which must go through the City Council, would give the parks department the power to slap violators with quality-of-life summonses, which are tickets for minor offenses like panhandling or public urination. Fines can go as high as $250; the city said smoking summonses likely would be around $50.

Council members plan to introduce the anti-smoking bill Thursday. It has to go through committee hearings before the full 51-member council can vote.

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UT’s Chancellor’s Associates welcomes new members Twenty new members have joined UT’s Chancellor’s Associates.

The group, composed of business, professional and community leaders from the Knoxville area, helps build public understanding of and support for the university. They serve three-year terms and meet monthly to learn about and interact with the university.

The 2010-11 chair of the group is Rhonda Rice, executive vice president of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce. The chair-elect is Arnold Cohen, an attorney with Dunn, MacDonald and Reynolds, PC. Additional members of the 2010 class include: Katherine Banner, curriculum principal, Austin East Magnet High School; Rosanne Barker, sleep medicine physician, Barker Sleep Medicine Professionals LLC; Tasha Blakney, attorney, Eldridge & Blakney, PC; Bruce Bosse, president, Merit Construction Inc. and immediate past Chancellor’s Associates chair; Mike Cohen, executive vice president, Ackermann Public Relations; Gloria Deathridge, realtor, Realty Executives Associates; Jeff Gubitz, executive director, Knoxville Jewish Alliance; Richard Harb, regional practice administrator, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital; Nancy Johnson, vice president, B&W Technical Services; Mary Lou Kanipe, retired educator with Knox County School System; Carolyn Lawrence, vice president of corporate services and director of nutrition services, Summit View Health Services, LLC; J. Ford Little, attorney, Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, PLLC; Sam McKenzie, Spallation Neutron Source site operations manager, ESH & Radiological, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Johnny Moore, assistant manager for science, U.S. Department of Energy; Julie Morris, director of marketing and community relations, WBIR-TV; Joe Petre, senior vice president, Sperry Van Ness/R.M. Moore, LLC; Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon J. Daniel Pressley, vice president, Lattimore, Students wait near the UC for the T: Late Nite to pick them up. The Late Nite starts Black, Morgan & Cain, PC; Pace Robinson, chief executive officer, Modern Supply Co.; running at 6 p.m. and runs both North-South and East-West.

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Friday, September 17, 2010

PC; Chris Soro, chief executive officer, C2RL Inc. Engineers; Rick Tinker, president, Skier’s Choice Inc. Former U.S. senator to speak Friday Former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham will speak Friday evening at a public event at UT. Graham’s talk, part of the Baker Center’s Global Security Distinguished Lecture Series, begins at 7 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy.

Graham will talk about national security issues and his 2004 book, “Intelligence Matters.” A book signing will follow.

Earlier on Friday, Graham will speak to higher education leaders from around the state at a Tennessee Campus Compact conference at the Baker Center. That event will focus on service learning.

Graham was governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987, the state’s 38th, and served in the U.S. Senate from 1987 to 2005. He made a bid for the Democratic Party nomination in the 2004 presidential race but dropped out in October 2003. A month later he announced he would be retiring from the Senate.

Today, Graham remains active in public service. He is involved with the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at his undergraduate alma mater, the University of Florida. Housed in the university’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the center provides students with opportunities to train for future leadership positions.

Graham served on the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism and on the Financial Crisis Inquiry commission. He was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as co-chair of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Commission.

In 2009, Graham published “America, The Owner’s Manual: Making Government Work for You,” a book which aims to inspire and teach citizens how to participate in their democracy in effective ways.

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News in Brief Associated Press Meyer, Gators wary of first road trip at Tennessee GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tenth-ranked Florida is doing everything it can to prepare for its first road trip of the season.

The Gators are blarring “Rocky Top” through oversized speakers in practice and pumping in deafening crowd noise.

Quarterback John Brantley is working on hand signals to and from the sideline. Center Mike Pouncey is focusing on silent cadence.

Still, coach Urban Meyer is concerned. He has a quarterback making his first road start, several others who have never played in front of 100,000-plus fans and four new assistants who aren’t sure what to expect in the Southeastern Conference.

Throw in the fact that eight of Meyer’s 10 losses at Florida have come away from The Swamp, and the coach might have reason to worry.

2000 divorce case claims House candidate violent JASPER— Allegations first aired in a bitter divorce case that claimed a candidate for Congress intimidated his wife with a gun have resurfaced in Tennessee's 4th District campaign.

Dr. Scott DesJarlais (day-jahr-LAY’) of Jasper said in a statement Thursday that his opponent, Democratic incumbent Lincoln Davis, has dredged up distortions to distract attention from his record.

The accusation against DesJarlais was made in November 2000 by his then-wife, Susan Elizabeth DesJarlais. She claimed that his behavior was violent and threatening toward her and he once held a gun to his mouth for three hours.

The judge who granted the divorce in 2001 criticized the conduct of both the husband and wife.

Davis’ campaign didn’t immediately reply to a telephone message seeking comment.

Gay couple say they got threats before house fire VONORE— A lesbian couple in East Tennessee say they received threats just before a fire destroyed their home this month and a derogatory word was found spray-painted on the side of their garage.

Authorities say the case, which was reported by The Knoxville News Sentinel, is being investigated as a possible arson and hate crime.

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Messages left for Monroe County Sheriff Bill Bivens were not returned.

Carol and Laura Stutte, of Vonore, said they filed a police report about a month ago when a neighbor told them she was going to set fire to their home. Then on Sept. 4, while the two were out of town, they got a call that their home was on fire.

The couple who have been together for more than 16 years moved to their rural home in Monroe County about five years ago.

Carol Stutte said she thought most people in the community didn’t know that they were gay, but a certain neighbor had made repeated threats over the years. She said they tried to solve the problem by talking with the neighbor’s family and installing a gate and fence.

“We kept ignoring it and going about our business,” Stutte said.

But the most serious threat came in August when they decided they needed to file a report with the Monroe County Sheriff's Department.

“She said she was going to kill us and burn our house down and kept laughing about it,” Stutte said.

Then during a trip to Nashville, Carol Stutte got a call from a neighbor saying their home was on fire. She drove back from Nashville that night to check on her three dogs.

“My house was still on fire and there was no one around,” Stutte said. “I just sat there in a daze and watched the rest of my house burning.”

Someone had spraypainted the word “Queers” on the side of a detached garage that was not burned, she said.

The State Fire Marshal's Office's Bomb & Arson Division is assisting in the investigation, but the agency defers to local jurisdictions in characterizing investigations, identifying victims or declaring causes. Stutte said her insurance company also sent out a team of investigators to determine the cause of the fire.

The couple and Carol Stutte’s adult daughter who also lived in the home are now living outside of the county and don’t expect to rebuild.

“We will never feel safe to move back on the land again,” she said.

Meanwhile the Maryville chapter of Parents Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays is collecting donations of clothes, furniture, gift cards and other household items for the couple.

“We really appreciate feeling like we are not alone anymore,” she said.

Craigslist killer commits suicide Associated Press Prosecutors formally dropped murder charges Thursday against a man who committed suicide in his jail cell while awaiting trial in the slaying of a masseuse he met through Craigslist.

Philip Markoff, 24, a former Boston University medical student, was charged in the 2009 killing of Julissa Brisman, 25, of New York City. Brisman was beaten with a gun and shot three times at a Boston hotel.

Suffolk District Attorney Dan Conley, whose office filed the document saying the prosecution had been terminated because of Markoff’s death, said Brisman’s family is frustrated they won’t be able to face the accused.

“They were robbed of the opportunity to have him held accountable in a court of law,” Conley said. “In some respects, these trials — when they do occur — are cathartic for people.”

Conley said he plans to publicly release evidence against Markoff within a few weeks, which he hopes will bring some satisfaction to the family and show the public the “compelling, very, very strong case” prosecutors had. The evidence will include surveillance video showing Markoff in the lobby of the Boston hotel where Brisman was killed and a hollowed-out copy of the medical textbook “Gray’s Anatomy,” where authorities said Markoff stashed the gun he used to kill Brisman.

Brisman, along with 34 other homicide victims, will be honored later Thursday at an annual ceremony at Boston’s “Garden of

Peace,” a memorial for nearly 700 homicide victims. Brisman and the other victims will be memorialized with engraved stones in the garden near the Massachusetts Statehouse.

Just before the ceremony, Brisman’s family will deliver a victim-impact statement written

by Brisman’s mother, Carmen Guzman, about how the slaying has affected her and her family.

Brisman was killed on April 14, 2009, a few days before her 26th birthday. She had met Markoff at a Boston hotel when he responded to an ad she had placed in the “erotic services” section of Craigslist.

The classified ad website recently took down the section, which law enforcement officials said was a conduit for prostitution and other illegal activity. On Wednesday, a company official told federal lawmakers that Craigslist had no plans to reopen the section, but said people seeking to advertise sexual services would simply migrate to other Internet sites.

Markoff was also charged with robbing another women he met four days earlier in another Boston hotel and the attempted robbery of a woman at a Rhode Island hotel.

Prosecutors said he also met those two women through Craigslist.

Markoff, a second-year medical student at Boston University at the time of his arrest, was found dead last month in his cell at Boston’s Nashua Street Jail. Authorities said he made a scalpel from a pen and a piece of metal, inflicted wounds in his neck, arms, wrists and ankles, cut his carotid artery and covered his head with a plastic bag.

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The Hot Spot Contraceptives important for all Brandi Panter Managing Editor Part Two of Two This week continues my unintentional two-part expose on contraception. Contraception, by its definition, is the intentional prevention of conception or pregnancy. Last week, I discussed barrier methods, or methods in which there is a physical separation between the penis and the vagina that prevents conception. This week, I am tackling non-barrier methods, and no, just to answer this question out of the gate, your boyfriend’s Xbox account does not count as non-barrier.

Obviously, contraception is kind of a sticky issue.

There are quite a few religious denominations that have doctrine specifically discussing the subject of contraception (I personally was raised in a very Catholic family, so I’ve been hearing the long and short on birth control since I was old enough to know how babies were made.) At one time in the U.S., it was actually a federal offense to distribute literature about contraception through the mail. There are still mass-staged protests outside of Planned Parenthoods across the country (Planned Parenthood was founded by Margaret Sanger, the daughter of a mother who birthed 11 surviving children. Sanger’s mission in life was to insure no woman would ever have to carry a pregnancy to term against her will.)

Without further delay: Non-Barrier Methods Oral Birth Control Birth control pills are an orally consumed pill taken to prevent pregnancy. The pill consists of two primary hormones: estrogen and progestin. Some pills contain either one or the other, but most pills contain both hormones. The hormones manipulate a woman’s ovulation cycle; essentially, a pregnancy cannot happen if there isn’t an egg to meet sperm.

The pill also thickens cervical mucus (yeah, that sounds nasty, I know) which makes conceiving more difficult, as well as thinning the lining of the uterus, which also makes zygote implantation on the uterine wall more difficult.

It is important to remember that to take birth control pills daily. The pills only release 24 hours worth of hormones into the blood stream; if you don’t take your pill at the same time every day the effectiveness is decreased. If you miss a pill, take two the next day and use a second form of contraception for three weeks as well.

Patches, Implants, ICUs, Injectable Contraceptives Contraceptive patches are applied to the skin, rings are inserted into the vagina, shots are injected into the muscle, ICUs are positioned in the uterus and implants are inserted into the arm.

These forms of contraception are all linked by their common denominator that you don’t have to apply consistent daily routine to their usage (the shots typically work up to three months, the rings are left in for three weeks out of the month, the patches are simply worn on the skin and the implants can last for a number of years; talk to your doctor about this, though, as there are differences between each individual brand).

For the college set, these forms of contraception are often attractive due to their lack of daily-required maintenance. However, it is important to exercise responsibility and self-control at all times, no matter how effective the method may seem.

Each of these methods has a slew of side effects that can cause complications in women, especially those over the age of 35 or those who smoke on a regular basis (one of the main side effects of birth control under these circumstances are blood clots).

Emergency Contraception The emergency contraception is a form of contraception that can be consumed 24-72 hours after sexual intercourse as a method of preventing pregnancy.

The pill has a much higher success rate if consumed within 48 hours of the encounter.

The pill delays the release of the egg from the ovaries, working to prevent the sperm and egg from joining and implanting on the uterine wall; it also thins the uterine lining as a method of attempting to prevent pregnancy.

If you are over the age of 17, the pills can be obtained without a prescription from drugstores and health centers; minors, however, must go a health center or to a private health care facilitator for a prescription.

No matter what type of contraception you select (or don’t select if you are into that sort of thing; statistics show a lot of the campus is celibate), it is important to remember that you should be comfortable with your preferred method. Talk to your health care provider about what type of contraception right for you, your lifestyle, beliefs, etc. The Student Health Center offers great resources, including a wonderful team of medical professionals who help me write this column each week, who are willing to meet with you. It is also vital to stress that abstinence is the only 100 percent effective way to prevent pregnancy. Also, keep the four Cs in mind: comfort, clarity, communication and consent.

Have a safe and responsible weekend, and go Vols!

— Brandi Panter is a junior in history and philosophy.

She can be reached at bpanter1@utk.edu

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Fine dining influenced most by Bourdain On the R o ad . . . A n d t h e Ta b l e by

Jonathon Grayson Two years ago, I sat in the Tennessee Theatre wideeyed and mesmerized. I was not watching a play, a concert or a movie. Instead, I was listening to a 6-foot4 former cocaine and heroin addict tell stories of a life hard-lived.

To the average person he would have been unrecognizable — a gawky, gray-haired New Jersey native — but to me he was unmistakable. He was Anthony Bourdain.

He told stories of eating wild boar in sub-Saharan Africa, of dining on seal in Northern Quebec and of his brush with death in New Zealand, when his ATV nearly ran him over while he shooting his Travel Channel show “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.”

Anyone who follows food and travel closely knows who Bourdain is.

For the past 10 years, he has been making television and writing books that celebrate the joys of eating and exploring the world of food.

“Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations” started in 2005.

Since then, Bourdain has filmed on six continents with nearly every famous chef in the world. Eric Ripert, Joel Robuchon, Ferran Adria and Fergus Henderson are just a few of the culinary gods who have appeared on his show.

This past week, Bourdain celebrated his 100th episode of “No Reservations” in Paris (the same location of the very first episode). Joined by his best friend and fellow chef Eric Ripert, Bourdain revisited the dining scene of the country he fell in love with as a child.

So often on his show and in his books, Bourdain unselfishly credits chefs like Ripert and Robuchon as being the reason people eat the way they do. He constantly reiterates that fine dining would never have become what it is today had these guys not pushed the limits of what is possible in the kitchen.

I agree with Bourdain in saying that over the past 20 years, a select few chefs have completely changed the face of fine dining.

But I, like most people, don’t eat all of my meals at two- and three-star restaurants. Though Michelin-starred

chefs — like Ripert and Robuchon — have changed the face of fine dining, no one has more greatly impacted the popularization of culinary culture over the past decade than Anthony Bourdain.

He is now 54 years old, a heavy drinker and a former three-pack-a-day smoker. He hasn’t worked in a kitchen in nearly a decade and eats and travels for a living.

He would be the first to admit that he could never hang in the kitchen with Michelin-quality chefs like his best friend, Ripert. And he sure can’t cook at the same level he did 20 years ago.

However, what makes Anthony Bourdain so special is not his skill in the kitchen, but his ability to spark excitement and passion about food in the hearts of people who otherwise wouldn't care.

I will be the first to admit that I am a victim of Anthony Bourdain’s infectious passion for all things food.

Like everyone in this world, I have always enjoyed eating great food. But it wasn’t until I read Bourdain's bestseller, “Kitchen Confidential,” and saw my first episode of “No Reservations” that I became infatuated with the coolness of food.

Starting in high school, my Monday nights were reserved for one thing … “No Reservations.” Over the years, I have watched his show transform into a vital entity of the foodie culture.

Bourdain’s books — “Kitchen Confidential” and “Medium Raw” being two of his most popular — have sparked a new wave of young culinary writers.

I would be lying if I didn’t admit that Anthony Bourdain has been a major influence on my writing and — more importantly — my eating.

But with Anthony Bourdain, it goes much deeper than just writing or eating. He is not afraid to be passionate about the things he loves. He will be the first to tell you that he has the best job in the world.

At the start of each episode of “No Reservations,” he introduces himself with the phrase, “I’m Anthony Bourdain. I write. I travel. I eat. And I’m hungry for more.” What comes through more clearly than all else is his love of life.

As someone who has experienced how grim life can be — as a former cocaine and heroin junkie — Bourdain is now quick to point out the joys in life.

In his books and television shows, Bourdain’s overarching theme has become a simple one: See the world, because life is short. Eat the food, because life is good.

—Jonathan Grayson is a senior in advertising. He can be reached at jgrayso3@utk.edu.

Harder to define ‘patriot’ now than in past nothing more than an elaborate global coup to keep capitalism afloat, as if it needed help these days! This is of course a vast oversimplification, but it’s hard to ignore the real-life, material ramifications of U.S. policy, both at home and abroad.

This is an issue I have struggled with personally. by How can you justify a sense of nationalism when the Anna-Lise Burnette country we live in and support has had such a devastating impact on other countries the world over?

Perhaps Americans are, on the whole, a little too pugnacious without enough action. Maybe we are a There is a tension between the feelings of gratitude and little too comfortable with ourselves. In a way, even any pride I may have, which makes me simultaneously though we’ve been told otherwise, we still feel like we’re smile and cringe inside when I see small children “No. 1.” And for a country with so many glaring carrying American flags. As educated Americans, is it problems of its own, that seems like a shocking claim more hypocritical to take pride in our country or not?

I think that these emotions that we inevitably feel to make. should be channeled not into nationalism, but patriotism.

I’m not saying I’m not grateful for the opportunities This patriotism in turn would lead to a growth of afforded me in this time and place; on the contrary, I am very aware of my unique status in the here and now. genuine charity and civic action through our need to And so I wonder: What about myself is the most do something with our emotions. Once we’ve quintessentially American? And how about yourself? established a solid base (much more solid than the loose Boiling it down to mere existence is kind of a cop-out, network we have now) we can work on the damage and a tactic I disagree with, because it ignores very real we’ve played a part in abroad. It may sound counterintuitive, putting everyone else selfishly on subtleties.

The layers upon layers that construct ourselves are standby, but until we’ve made our own country better, not always our choices, but what we make of them how can we adequately help others?

Is this too patriotic for some of you? Or does this certainly is.

For those of you who were born and/or raised in rile you up and make you want to force the national this country, how do you choose to identify yourself? I anthem down my throat? I feel as if these thoughts lie am interested in what it means to be an American (a somewhere in the fertile, middle ground but could be North American, a States-ian) today. There are many mistaken by extremists as either too little or too much. ways of looking at every identifier, and each person may I’m no pundit, but I know a touchy topic when I see give different answers. What a man or woman would one.

There’s a lot of good here in this country, and there’s have said 40 or 50 years ago is entirely different from what someone would say today. For instance, a great a lot of hope to be found in pockets of goodwill. Perhaps point of pride decades ago may have been that the our children and grandchildren won’t see it to fruition, U.S. was the first country to put a human on the moon. but one would hope that over time the world would heal itself with our help. But without the support of thinkers But does that point still resonate today?

What I hear many people today cite as great about and believers, matters will only continue to disintegrate, our country are the same recycled phrases from years in every sense of the word. I’m not a conspiracy theorist past: our strong democracy, our vibrant economy, our who thinks the Man is out to get everyone, but I do powerful military and our tangible global influence. But, believe that he exists. Just what exactly the Man believes more and more, you learn of the downsides to these about himself is another issue altogether. fine aspects. The upstanding armed forces are now part —Anna-Lise Burnette is a junior in global and Asian of the military-industrial complex, the evil war machine studies.

She can be reached at kburnet7@utk.edu. that feeds the U.S.’s economy. Our democratization is

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Natti Love Joys to play Longbranch Saloon Chris Bratta Staff Writer The Natti Love Joys, currently based in Turtletown, Tenn., will take the stage at the Longbranch Saloon on the Strip this Saturday. The group is fronted by husband-andwife team, Jah T and Marla Allen. Jah T is from Kingston, Jamaica, and provides vocals and bass. Allen originates from Bixton, England, and captures the audience with her vocals and keyboard abilities.

The Natti Love Joys have shared the stage with Jimmy Buffet, The B-52s, Three Dog Night, The Clash, Arrested Development, Burning Spear, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and Jimmy Cliff.

“There is a wide range of people in our audience,” Allen said. “We have young and old. Our fans range from ages 3 to 70, and we have a good college-aged crowd, too.”

Allen said that the Natti Love Joys “always feel at home in Knoxville.”

“It is one big family, and we look forward to seeing everyone out at the show,” she said.

The Natti Love Joys place a strong emphasis on uplifting its audience through music.

“One of the purposes of our music is to help mind — to help out from within,” Allen said. “We want people to feel a sense of calm, health, purpose, positivity — that is what we want to get to the people.”

The group carries its attitude but its also provides a live show, along to its pet project, Camp which will probably be unlike any Reggae. other performance on the Strip this “We came up with idea for it weekend. about 11 years ago,” Allen said.

“We play roots reggae, but it is “We hold the festival in the jazzy and bluesy,” Allen said. mountains, because it is so heal“And funky,” Jah T said. Allen ing to be in the mountains, added that the music was “funky regcamping out, reggae, soccer gae indeed!” games, dharma reading, philoso“We approach our music on many phy — uplifting mind, heart, levels,” she said. “We approach it on soul and body. We want people truth, rights, spirituality, but all with to get a joyous feeling, a sense of fun and joy in the heart.” accomplishment and strength in The Longbranch Saloon has been a themselves.” source of original music on the Strip The Natti Love Joys will also for many years now. Jordan Sangid, host the Octoberfest Halloween general manager and alumnus of UT, Jam Down Party at Camp is anxious to host the Natti Love Joys.

Reggae from Oct. 30- 31. The “I am really looking forward to it,” event will consist of the Natti Sangid said. “It has been about three Love Joys, I.R.E., The Gene years or so since the Natti Love Joys Ellison Jazz Trio and Fat have been here, and we have been realPenguin. ly waiting for them. It’s going to be • TPhoto courtesy of Natti Love Joys “It is going to be a one night heavy. It’s going to be sweaty.” camp out with a lot of fun, a lot of The show will kick off at 8 p.m on music and a good message for the people,” Allen said.

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Friday, September 17, 2010

Fox displays ‘UnNatural’ photography in UC

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Leslie and Karen Principe, both seniors, look over the Diane Fox photographs in the UC’s Concourse Gallery. Fox’s images focus on the thought of what is real in a history museum by photographing the stuffed animals within scenes.

David Barnett Staff Writer Diane Fox, a senior lecturer and professor of photography in the UT College of Architecture and Design, has a truly stunning photography exhibit in the UC’s Concourse Gallery. Her photographs show stuffed animals displayed in natural history museums around the world.

Her photos are visually striking and conceptually interesting. They ask, “What is real? How is the living, natural world objectified? Why is it objectified? How are those objects seen?”

Fox has been photographing dioramas in natural history museums across the globe since 1998.

Fox accidentally stumbled upon the idea while visiting the Exhibit Museum of Natural History in Ann Arbor, Mich. She was photographing the many “natural” scenes and dioramas, which she thought to be poorly constructed, rather unnatural and kitschy.

She imagined that her photographs would portray those same inorganic, awkward qualities. But the black and white, 35 mm film produced an image, a pond, with a strange depth of field and striking contrasts. It made the

unnatural and the fake seem real.

Describing the actual diorama in Michigan, she explained that the frogs, fish and lilies were quite obviously plastic. The fish, located to the left of the tree trunk, is held in place by a twirling piece of green plastic that is supposed to be a lily stem.

In black and white, the objects no longer seem plastic.

The depth of field is flattened. The contrasts are heightened. On first glance, the photograph of the diorama could pass for a snapshot of a real, underwater scene.

The surprising results in Michigan inspired Fox to shoot more dioramas around the world.

“UnNatural History” has been an ongoing project for many years. Since 1998, Fox has collected nearly 80 photographs. She no longer shoots with 35 mm film, choosing instead to use a digital camera, which allows her the opportunity to print in color, as well as black and white.

It is interesting to look at her color photos alongside her black and whites, which can be viewed at http://www.dianefoxphotography.com. They share the same morbidity and dark humor. But the animals in the color photos are clearly stuffed.

They do not confuse the viewer’s sense of reality. The

viewer does not first see the animal in question as a living, breathing thing. He or she always see the animal as dead and stuffed.

Many of the photos in the Concourse Gallery feature animals stuffed by the famous taxidermist, Carl Akeley, whose most notable work is displayed in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

“Chimpanzees” (2000) is one of the more interesting photos in the gallery. Two chimps are seated behind glass, which reflects two skeletons hanging in a nearby display.

The two chimps have natural composures and facial expressions. One, with his hand to his chin, looks pensive.

But there is didactic writing on the wall behind the chimps. While the chimps look “natural” and alive, the viewer is well aware that they are stuffed and placed in a glass display case.

“Zebra” (2001), from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, is among the best photos in the series. The playful zebras are beautifully poised. Their ears are erect and their noses are touching. But the scene proves disquieting with the flattened, painted background and the reflective glass to the right of the zebra.

“UnNatural History” is a cohesive and beautiful series.

John Qiu • The Daily Beacon

Kyra Rogers, senior in journalism and electronic media, uses one of the many video stations in The Studio. The Studio, located on the second floor of John C. Hodges Library, has several Macs for video and photo editing, as well as many items available for checkout to students.

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SPORTS

Cross-country teams ready for meet Heisman will not go to Titans’ Young

Vols, Lady Vols to compete in Commodore Classic in Nashville

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The men’s and women’s cross-country teams will attend their second meet of the season this weekend in Nashville. The Vols currently stand fourth in the USTFCCCA South Region Rankings, while the Lady Vols sit at sixth.

Staff Reports The second meet of the 2010 season will be on tap for the Tennessee men's and women’s cross-country teams on Saturday, as the Big Orange harriers make their way back to Nashville for the Commodore Classic at Percy Warner Park. The Vols will take part in an 8,000-meter race at 9 a.m. (10 a.m. ET), while the Lady Vols run the 5,000-meter trail at 10 a.m.

In addition to UT, schools expected to be on hand include Belmont, Bethel, Blue Mountain, Chattanooga, Freed-Hardeman, Lipscomb, Middle Tennessee, Murray State, Rhodes, Southeast Missouri, Tennessee State (women only), Trevecca Nazarene, University of the South, Union and Vanderbilt.

The Lady Vols will add junior Elizabeth Altizer and newcomers Erica Moore, Kianna Ruff and Nijgia Snapp to a squad that placed seventh two weekends ago at the Belmont-VU Opener and stands at No. 6 in the South Region this week. Top returnees Brittany Sheffey and Chanelle Price, though, will not run and are slated to open their campaigns at the Brooks Paul Short Run. Tennessee’s top female returnee in week one is slated to compete. Rookie Amber Zimmerman enters her second college meet after pacing the Big Orange in her initial race with a 35th-place finish out of 120 runners. The product of Knoxville's Webb School covered the 4K course in 15:25.47.

“We’re just looking forward to running a little stronger and a little better than last week,” said coach J.J. Clark. “We’re going to insert a couple more student-athletes, including Elizabeth Altizer, into the lineup and see if we can run a stronger team race than we did two weekends ago. We want to continually get better as time goes on.

“It’s still very, very early for us, and we’re still going to train (and not compete) Brittany Sheffey and Chanelle Price. We’re looking for a better performance and a solid effort from the team.”

The Vols, who stand fourth in the USTFCCCA South Region Rankings this week, are coming off a runner-up performance in week one at the Belmont-VU Opener on Sept. 3. They were led at that meet by freshman Jake Rainey, who fashioned a sixth-place finish out of 89 runners in 15 minutes, 46.48 seconds and helped a freshman-dominated Tennessee lineup to a second-place result in the team standings at the same venue the Big Orange will tackle on Saturday.

Rainey and friends will be bolstered this week by having veterans such as three-time SEC honoree Michael Spooner, Chris Bodary, Steve Fassino and Chris Rapp competing alongside them. In all, 12 Vols are slated to make the trip.

“Although normally we would be racing on our home course this weekend (there is no Tennessee Invitational this season), we look forward to this Saturday’s race at the Commodore Classic, which is run on the same site as our first meet,” UT Men's Cross Country Coach George Watts said. “We will have six guys racing in their initial competition of the season. I expect solid performances from each of them.

“The young guys will benefit from having raced on the course two weeks ago, and it will be exciting to see how much they have improved in a short period of time. We will continue to hold out Peter Sigilai and Joe Franklin, and they should be ready to go by our next meet.”

Associated Press NASHVILLE Vince Young says he didn’t want the Heisman Trophy anyway.

The Heisman Trust decided Wednesday to vacate the 2005 award after Reggie Bush gave it up Tuesday. The news came shortly after Young talked to reporters, trying to dodge questions about the Heisman because he’s busy preparing for his first career start against Pittsburgh.

The man who finished a distant second to Bush in the Heisman voting has been deluged with questions over the past week.

Did Young want the Heisman? Would Young accept?

Young said in a couple of tweets Tuesday night that he considers Bush the 2005 Heisman winner. He repeated that Wednesday and begged reporters to quit asking about the Heisman.

“Why would I want it?” he asked.

Young got his say on the field in the BCS national championship about a month after Bush accepted that Heisman in New York, leading Texas to the title by running for 200 yards and throwing for 267 yards. He scored two touchdowns in the final 4:03 and was named the MVP. Young even struck the Heisman pose cradling the crystal football given to the Longhorns as BCS champions.

Titans tight end Bo Scaife, who played with Young at Texas, said they all know the quarterback was disappointed he didn’t win the Heisman in 2005.

“He took that out in the national championship,” Scaife said.

Young said Monday on ESPN’s SportsCenter that he wanted the Heisman.

Asked about that comment Wednesday, Young said that was a joke taken the wrong way.

“I’m worried about the Pittsburgh Steelers right now. I really don’t even want to answer no questions about no Heisman Trophy if y’all can please help me out with it,” Young said.

Teammate Chris Johnson understands Young not wanting the Heisman.

“At the end of the day, everybody’s still going to know that he won the Heisman that year even though he doesn’t have it in his possession, he’s still the Heisman winner for that year,” Johnson said.

Young has plenty to console himself as he looks back.

Besides that national title, Young was the first quarterback drafted — at No. 3 overall — in April 2006. He won the NFL Offensive

Rookie of the Year award and made the first of two Pro Bowl appearances. Only the late Steve McNair, George Blanda and Warren Moon have gone to more for this franchise.

Sure, Bush now has a Super Bowl ring with the Saints, and that’s something Young wants for himself and his teammates in Tennessee (1-0).

It's why he’s focused on Pittsburgh.

Young watched from the sideline the past two seasons as the Titans beat the Steelers in December 2008 during their 13-3 season, after losing his starting job to Kerry Collins, and was the backup in the 13-10 overtime loss in Pittsburgh to open last season.

“He’s not worried about the Heisman,” Scaife said. “He’s worried about beating Pittsburgh. This is his first time playing Pittsburgh so he’s a little more excited than usual. He definitely wants to be 2-0 at the end of this week along with everyone else in this locker room.”

Young is playing pretty well these days, too.

He is 9-2 since getting his starting job back last season and is the NFL’s top-rated passer after the opening week with a 142.8 rating. He was 13 of 17 for 154 yards and two touchdowns, and he also ran seven times for 30 yards more.

The 38-13 win over Oakland improved Young to 27-13 as a starter in his career, the seventh-best winning percentage among all active quarterbacks.

Titans coach Jeff Fisher said any first start against the Steelers’ defense is challenging for any quarterback.

“He’s got a big week ahead of him and he’s off to a good start today. This is a team that literally controls the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, and then confuses the most experienced of quarterbacks,” Fisher said.

Young said his confidence is high, but he wants to see how he matches up against Pittsburgh’s defense.

“It’s never the same when you’re out there when bullets are flying around and things like that,” Young said.

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Friday, September 17, 2010

SPORTS

Vols looking for statement win

How UT Will Win Tennessee will have to play for 60 minutes Saturday if the team wants to upset Florida, something it didn’t do last week against Oregon.

The Vols’ offense starts with its running game, and it will need a big game on the ground, especially from running back Tauren Poole.

Poole needs to not only have a few big plays, but he needs to consistently get four and five yards on first and second downs to avoid obvious passing situations.

Florida has a more talented and faster defense than Oregon, and the return of strong safety Will Hill only helps boost the Gators secondary.

The Gators have thrived on creating turnovers in their first two games and will look to do the same against UT. Vols quarterback Matt Simms has only thrown one interception on the year but has been very conservative with the ball. On Saturday, he will need to stretch the field more to keep the Gators from putting eight or even nine defenders in the box to stop the Vol running game.

The Gators offense has struggled a bit through its first two games, but running back Jeff Demps has been a playmaker. The Vols will need to keep the speedster from breaking off long runs and force quarterback John Brantley to beat them through the air. Demps could also be a factor in the return game, something Vols fans know too much about (Brandon James).

Brantley will be making his first road start in Neyland Stadium and the more pressure the Vols defense puts on Brantley, the better the chances are he makes mistakes.

Like last week, the Vols will need fans to be loud and create an intimidating environment.

Tennessee will need to avoid giving up big plays, and when it gets in the red zone, it will need to score touchdowns instead of settling for field goals, if it wants to begin its SEC schedule 1-0.

“We’re going to see why they’re creating those interceptions and what can we do to try not to put us in Staff Writer that position,” Dooley said. “It’s not going to affect us to where we’re scared to do anything. It’s really more The Tennessee Volunteers (1-1) look to defend about just being sound in what you’re doing and not Neyland Stadium against the 10th-ranked Florida going out there reckless and making dumb mistakes.”

Gators (2-0) on Saturday afternoon.

Tennessee may be young, but the players are getTennessee ting the experihopes to bounce ence needed to back with a win play well in the over Florida SEC, particuafter suffering a larly on the 48-13 loss to offensive line, Oregon. Florida which starts will be facing its two freshman first challenge and has shown on the road this improvement. season, but the “I tell you, Gators have five (right tackle) straight wins J a ' Wu a n a g a i n s t (James) really Tennessee.

Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon p l a y e d , ” “We know Dallas Thomas raises his hands to the crowds as he runs Dooley said. who they are, through “the T.” “That was realwe know how ly pleasing to we played against them in the past, and really my see him play better against a good football team (in biggest focus is on how we compete,” UT coach Derek Oregon). You’re starting to see his progress. You’re Dooley said. “I have a lot of respect for the team we’re starting to see (left guard JerQuari) Schofield, who's a playing. They’ve sort of set the standard, if you will, in freshman, play better. (Left tackle) Dallas Thomas, the last five or 10 years in the league.” who’s a sophomore, those three guys really are sticking The Vols jumped out of the gates to a 13-3 lead in out.” the second quarter last week against the Ducks, but The Volunteers will be relying on the offensive line they faltered in the second half. Still, junior quarter- to help junior running back Tauren Poole, the leading back Matt Simms felt the Vols could take positives rusher in the SEC with 272 yards, break through the away from the game.

Gators defense. “(In the first half) we were doing a really good job “He’s a special guy,” Dooley said. “When I say speof controlling the tempo of the game and controlling cial, I don’t mean that God has blessed him with all the time of possession in our favor,” Simms said. “We this ability. He is, to me, exactly what every competireally could have won that game in all honesty. It was tor should strive for, and that’s to play to your capacidefinitely tough on us late in the game, because we ty as a player. And Tauren’s playing to his capacity.” were hurting ourselves with penalties and not playing Senior middle linebacker Nick Reveiz feels the team smart football.” is prepared for Saturday’s game with Florida.

As Tennessee prepares for Florida, Dooley is aware “We’re looking to make a statement on Saturday,” that Florida leads the nation in interceptions.

Reveiz said.

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Gators hoping to extend win streak and the effects of it showed last week, where the defense intercepted four of USF quarterback B.J. Daniels’ passes.

Staff Writer As for Demps, Tennessee head coach Derek The Florida Gators travel to Knoxville on Dooley is well aware of the effect that a running Saturday to face the Tennessee Volunteers in back of Demps’ talent can have on a game, havwhat is the SEC conference opener for both ing seen Oregon’s LaMichael James put forth a similar performance in last week’s loss to the teams.

This matchup of SEC East foes has tradition- Ducks.

“He’s fast and ally been one he’s a playmaker, of the more and if he has heated and space, he’s going contested to hurt you,” rivalries in Dooley said of recent memoDemps. “If you ry. But lately, don’t (tackle the Gators well), he's going have taken an to (beat you).” edge in winThe Vols enter ning the four this game reeling of the last five • Photo courtesy of Harrison Diamond / The Independent Florida Alligator from a disapin Knoxville pointing effort in and the last a 48-13 loss to Oregon last week. Despite this, five games overall.

This Saturday, Florida will be going for a Florida head coach Urban Meyer is taking no chances. school-record sixth straight over Tennessee.

“They’re dealing with some of the same Florida comes into this game with a perfect record of 2-0 and will look to continue their issues we have as far as lack of experience,” ongoing streak of 22 consecutive regular-season Meyer said of the Vols. “But make no mistake victories. Last week, the Gators downed South about it — they’re every bit as talented as most Florida by a convincing margin of 38-14. In last teams in the SEC.” Meyer especially made note of Vols running week’s victory, two areas of the Gators' attack stood out: Jeff Demps’ big-play potential and back Tauren Poole and what he plans on doing to stop the Tennessee running game. the defense’s ability to create turnovers.

“We’re looking at some big personnel,” Going into the third week of college football, Demps leads the country’s running backs with Meyer said. “They want to give the ball to that 12.5 yards per carry, and the Florida defense’s great back and pound it.”

But what will probably stand the greatest eight interceptions stand as tops in the country.

Going into Saturday's game, these two challenge to the Gators is the home field advantage that Neyland Stadium offers. aspects will be focal points for the Gators.

“We’re going to have a bunch of new players Sophomore cornerback Jeremy Brown said the secondary has an aggressive mentality while get on that plane and head to Knoxville,” Meyer said. “So much of what we do around in coverage.

“When the ball is in the air, no matter what here is routine and that is a major concern.

Kick-off starts at 3:30 p.m., and the game side of the field it's on, it’s our ball,” Brown said.

This idea of “our ball” is something that the will air nationally on CBS. Gators have preached as a mantra all spring,

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How Florida Will Win The Florida offense looks much different this year, with John Brantley commanding the offense, from years past with Tim Tebow running the show.

Urban Meyer received some stunning news this week when slot receiver Chris Rainey was arrested for sending a death threat text message to his girlfriend. This setback will not hurt the Gators too much, who possess plenty of playmakers on offense, but will help the Vols that much more in containing the passing game of Brantley.

In order for Florida to be successful on Saturday in Neyland, it first needs to cut out the mistakes that have left its offensive production sputtering at times this season.

Brantley must continue to mature behind center and progress in reading defenses and checking off receivers. He showed good signs of this during last weekend’s South Florida game, but he needs to focus on the center-to-quarterback exchange and, first and foremost, keeping the ball off the turf.

All successful drives end in six points, and every successful drive for Florida will start with establishing the running game against the Vols. Tennessee gave up 245 yards on the ground last weekend against Oregon rushers. Coach Derek Dooley assured the media this week at his weekly press conference that Florida is just as fast.

Florida must get the ball in the hands of quickster Jeff Demps in order to make things happen. The undersized back is electrifying when given space to work with and will take it to the house if Tennessee shows up with sloppy tackling again.

Florida must put pressure on Matt Simms early if it wants to manhandle the Vols’ offense, similar to what Oregon did during the second half last week.

The Gators must contain tailback Tauren Poole, who had a standout performance last week.

Urban Meyer has never lost to a Tennessee football team and has defeated the Vols by double digits the last three years. If the Gators can win in the trenches against the young Volunteer offensive line, look for this streak to continue.

SPORTS CALENDAR

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What’s HAPPENING IN SPORTS

Sept. 17- Sept. 18

Friday, Sept. 17 — Women’s soccer Wisconsin Knoxville 7 p.m.

SPORTS

Pick ‘Em

Friday, September 17, 2010

1. Tennessee vs. #10 Florida 2. #1 Alabama at Duke 3. #6 Texas at Texas Tech 4. #7 Oklahoma vs. Air Force 5. #8 Nebraska at Washington 6. #9 Iowa at #24 Arizona 7. #15 LSU vs. Mississippi State 8. #16 Auburn vs. Clemson 9. Vanderbilt at Ole Miss Game of the week: #12 Arkansas at Georgia

Women’s Volleyball South Carolina Knoxville 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 18 — Football Florida Knoxville 3:30 p.m.

Men’s and women’s cross-country Commodore Classic Nashville 9 and 10 a.m.

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“Our goal is two out of

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1. Florida (24-10) 2. Alabama 3. Texas 4. Oklahoma 5. Nebraska 6. Arizona 7. LSU 8. Auburn 9. Ole Miss 10. Georgia (28-24)

1. Tennessee (25-21) 2. Alabama 3. Texas 4. Oklahoma 5. Nebraska 6. Iowa 7. LSU 8. Auburn 9. Ole Miss 10. Arkansas (38-17)

1. Florida (21-17) 2. Alabama 3. Texas 4. Oklahoma 5. Nebraska 6. Arizona 7. LSU 8. Auburn 9. Ole Miss 10. Arkansas (35-10)

Last week: 9-1 (.900) Overall: 19-1 (.950)

Last week: 9-1 (.900) Overall: 19-1 (.950)

Last week: 9-1 (.900) Overall: 18-2 (.900)

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Chef Copy Editor 1. Florida (23-18) 2. Alabama 3. Texas 4. Oklahoma 5. Nebraska 6. Iowa 7. LSU 8. Auburn 9. Ole Miss 10. Arkansas (21-10)

Advertising Manager 1. Tennessee (27-24) 2. Alabama 3. Texas Tech 4. Oklahoma 5. Nebraska 6. Iowa 7. LSU 8. Auburn 9. Ole Miss 10. Arkansas (27-14)

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Last week: 8-2 (.800) Overall: 17-3 (.850)

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Last week: 8-2 (.800) Overall: 18-2 (.900)

three times down there, we want touchdowns.

It's the difference between 17 points or nine or six.”

– UT head coach Derek Dooley on scoring opportunities in the red zone