Issue 33, Volume 121
Monday, October 8, 2012
‘Truth Live’ tour partners with Cobra Starship David Cobb Assistant News Editor Cobra Starship lit up the stage in ThompsonBoling Arena Saturday night in an effort to discourage UT students from lighting up. The band’s stop in Knoxville was its fourth visit to a college campus in four days on the inaugural “Truth Live” tour, a campaign devoted to raising awareness about “the truth” of what tobacco can do. Patricia McLaughlin is an Assistant Vice President for Legacy, the foundation which funds and directs Truth, an initiative born out of a 1990s lawsuit settlement with tobacco companies. “People who come to the concert are going to see tobacco-related facts,” McLaughlin said. “They’ll see the installations of artwork that illustrate tobacco, and (they) could potentially win a Tshirt. So we think it’s a really fun way to get our message out, not in a preachy way.” The message got out before the concert with an event in Presidential Courtyard featuring giveaways and activities. Russel Fliwinski is a tour rider with Truth. He was among those facilitating awareness of the concert and the meaning behind it through interaction with UT students. “Everybody had a lot of fun today,” Fliwinski said. “I’m sure there were a lot of people in the dorms who didn’t really come out today because they were partying last night or whatever, but everybody that was outside had a really good time. And everybody was really stoked that Cobra Starship was here for free. It was probably one of our better responses just because everybody was
like, ‘Free concert? That’s awesome.’” The decision to have Cobra Starship as the headline band on the first ever “Truth Live” tour stemmed from a relationship that Truth formed with the group through its role in previous “Vans Warped Tours.” “It’s really rad,” Fliwinski said. “They just got off a tour with Justin Bieber, I think, so it’s pretty big. A lot of people know who they are. It’s really awesome to get a band like Cobra Starship to support this, because a lot of bands have mixed feelings about tobacco and the message and stuff like that. But to have somebody come on board and be like, ‘Yeah that’s an awesome thing what you guys are doing and we’re all about it’ is really awesome.” Truth’s target age group is people between the ages of 12 and 24. McLaughlin said that the objective is to try and reach that demographic through things the generation already cares about. “What we try and do is never preachy,” McLaughlin said. “It’s never talking down to people, because they’re going to go do that then. We try and make it about connecting with people through what they’re already passionate about.” According to Legacy, about 1,100 young people every day become cigarette smokers. When deciding where to stop on the “Truth Live” tour, McLaughlin said a combination of things were looked at, including smoking rates, the diversity of students who could be impacted by the tour and logistical aspects. “This is something we’d like to do again,” Fliwinski said. “We’ve gotten a really positive response. This is definitely a tour that people have responded well to and (that) I can see us doing again in the future.”
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Freshman Ally Ward dances with members of the Truth campaign in Presidential Courtyard before the Cobra Starship concert on Saturday.
Vol Night Long provides non-alcoholic fun, dance David Cobb Assistant News Editor
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Meghan Mercer, graduate student in teacher education, recieved her shot from a nursing student during UT’s “Boo the Flu” event on Nov. 2, 2011.
Flu shots available at UT Justin Joo Staff Writer On Oct. 9, students, faculty and staff will be able to get a flu shot for $25 in the Student Health Center. The flu shot availability is part of an annual event held not only for flu shots to be given out to the UT community, but also to allow students enrolled in the College of Nursing to get clinical training. The College of Nursing supplies the staff for the flu shot event. Junior-level students will be working at the UT flu shot event and also at “Flu Shot Saturday,” which will take place at the end of October. Karen Lasater, clinical instructor in nursing, explained that working at UT’s flu distribution and “Flu Shot Saturday” are part of the Nursing 311 curriculum. She said that all of the nurses are well-trained and ready to give out vaccines. “They are fully prepared to do it,” said Lasater. “They’ve already given shots, so this is just one more way to give back to the community, as well as to reinforce the skills they’ve already learned.” Lasater also said that in addition to the more than the 100 nursing students helping at the UT flu shot event and “Flu Shot Saturday,” there will also be multiple clinical instructors available at both events. “The way the College of Nursing works … we have a 1 to 8 ratio when students are in the clinical setting,” Lasater explained. “So for every eight students that are at ‘Flu Shot Day,’ there will be one clinical instructor watching over them.” While the event is geared toward UT’s students, faculty and staff, Lasater said that no one will be turned away from receiving the flu shot.
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She did encourage those who are not a part of the UT community to attend the upcoming “Flu Shot Saturday.” “We wouldn’t turn anyone down, of course,” Lasater said. “But with ‘Flu Shot Saturday’ being at several different local high schools and elementary schools … we really want the general public to go to these locations because obviously crowding the campus area might be a little hectic if we had all of Knox County coming in.” Lasater also said that they would prefer not to give the flu shot to children because most children can obtain a flu shot through their elementary schools. In the past, flu shots were administered in the UC. This year, however, the shots will be given in the Student Health Center. Phyllis Ryan, medical administrative assistant at the Student Health Center, explained this year’s new location. “Because of the construction at the University Center,” Ryan said, “it would be better to do it at the Student Health Center.” All proceeds from the shots will go to the News Sentinel’s “Empty Stocking” fund. The charity provides food and toys to the disadvantaged in East Tennessee. This is the 100th anniversary of the charity. The shots will be given out from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will cost $25 with a UT ID. Cash, check and credit card are all accepted. Lasater encouraged everyone to get the flu shot, saying that it is one of the best methods to stop the spread of the flu. “We want everybody to get the flu shot,” Lasater said. “We really just want to help stop spreading the flu around and immunization is the best way to do that. “And wash your hands!” she added with a laugh.
That constant thump of bass wasn’t coming from the grand opening of Whiskey Dix. It wasn’t from Tin Roof or Rumorz either. It was coming from Circle Park. The Campus Entertainment Board hosted a “Rave DJ Duel” for the fall rendition of Vol Night Long from Friday night into Saturday morning. Chandler Lennon, senior in public relations and director for Vol Night Long, said that the event was partly inspired by student input. “At the end of every year, they survey the students,” Lennon said, “and the number one thing students say they want is programming free for them to do on campus that doesn’t involve substance, drinking, drugs and whatnot.” The substances of choice for the event were Papa John’s Pizza and Red Bull, a combination that made sense to attendee Shelby Smith, freshman in management. “College students are broke and they love free stuff,” Smith said. At 11p.m. a replenishment of the Red Bull supply was on its way as students trickled in and out of Circle Park. “It’s been really cool,” Lennon said. “At first we had to get through the whole awkwardness of starting the thing, because a lot of people were here, but they were just chilling outside because they didn’t want to be the first ones to go in. But once we finally got past that, it got going. A lot of
people come and a lot of people leave at the same time.” There were four disc jockies at the event, two of them playing hip hop and R&B music, while the other two spun electronic and dubstep tunes. “One of the concepts that I liked about doing this event is that I wanted to promote local talent, local UT talent,” Lennon said. “And they’re all UT students or have been. It promotes what we have here, instead of going out and bringing people in. We have talent on campus that needs the promotion. They were more than happy to play here.” “I think it’s a good idea for promoting sober parties and stuff like that,” Bryce Ault, undecided freshman, said. “I think they should do this more. The free pizza is awesome. They just need to promote it more.” Ault, along with fellow undecided freshman Rekesh Ali, heard about the event from a friend. “I was like, what, it’s in Circle Park, that’s crazy,” Ali said. “I like how it’s student-ran, and I don’t see any staff members around here.” Lennon said he wanted to provide something more applicable to the college demographic as opposed to a “carnival-type” event. “The point of this party is to move kind of into a rave, that’s more a college type of event that our age group, freshman and sophomores specifically, are interested in coming to,” Lennon said. “It’s to move away from that type of party that you’d see in high school, that’s high school sponsored, to a concert, party-type thing.”
Energy forum continues Anna Segovia Contributor The Baker Forum on Energy and the Environment continued with a lecture on how businesses can implement business strategies that can give back to the environment. Hosted in the Howard H. Baker Center, the Interdisciplinary Discussion Forums for Energy and the Environment featured Diane Mollenkopf and John Bell, associate professors of logistics, who presented solutions and strategies for business resource management. “We can no longer assume that natural resources are abundant,” Mollenkopf explained, addressing an issue she said will affect our economy in the coming decades. Despite the fact that natural resources
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are being polluted or diminished while the population grows, many businesses have not taken natural resource scarcity into account in their business or supply chain models. Mollenkopf and Bell, specialists in supply chain management and natural resource scarcity, respectively, have been sharing their knowledge and research on how creating closed-loop supply chains will allow more sustainable supply systems. These systems also give the businesses that employ them a competitive advantage. Closed-loop supply chains are systems where businesses get products they disseminate to consumers returned to them in order to reuse the scarce natural resources within them. Those resources can include rare earth metals (in batteries, computers and other electronics) and other recyclable materials.
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