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Stalled economy shows signs of life Blair Kuykendall Copy Editor UT Center for Business and Economic Research, CBER, has just released an appraisal on the economic climate for the next few years.

The report is entitled “The Tennessee Business and Economic Outlook: Fall 2010.” Predicting slow economic growth for next few years, the report’s outlook cannot be construed as optimistic.

The prognosis indicates it may be 2014 before pre-recession levels of prosperity return.

Matthew Murray, professor of economics and associate director for CBER, authored the report. In evaluating the current economic climate, Murray was careful to rely only on verifiable evidence and concrete scientific research.

“I stay in touch with economic news and data releases on an ongoing basis to keep the economy well framed in my mind,” Murray said. “I also maintain a statistical model of the state economy that is used to produce the forecast itself.”

While the release of this particular economic appraisal was recent, CBER works with the government on a regular basis, offering guidance on the future of the state’s financial interworking.

“The CBER has maintained an econometric model of the state economy for decades,” Murray said. “We receive our funding from the state. The forecast helps state government plan and update its budget outlook for the state.”

The Tennessee economy has mirrored developments within the nation as a whole, except in the area of employment. Tennessee has witnessed a 5.6 percent decline in jobs, whereas the national average is only 4.3 percent. Causes of this phenomenon have been linked to the 14.2 percent cut in manufacturing within the state.

The state lost 155,800 in 2009. Some of the sectors that expe-

rienced the worst effects were mining, construction and natural resource production.

There are some encouraging signs in the economy, as the report predicts that all employment areas will see an increase in jobs next year. Unemployment rates will more than likely still soar, however, as previously discouraged workers begin to look for jobs again.

These “discouraged workers” tend to skew traditional reports on unemployment rates, because they are potentially productive members of society but have given up seeking work.

Overall, Murray offers a positive outlook on Tennessee’s future, especially given the gravity of the latest recession.

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budget cuts are definitely having deep impacts.

– Shelby Talbott, on UT’s economic outlook

“It may take the full five-year window to restore levels of economic activity to where they were before the recession started,” Murray said. “While the recession officially began in December 2007, many measures of economic activity showed signs of weakening as far back as 2005. Growth should slowly improve in the quarters ahead though the unemployment rate will remain high throughout the next five years.”

Though parts of the report prove at least favorable, the population will still face a sluggish economic revival in the immediate

future.

“The prolonged and weak nature of the economy means that state and local government budgets will remain tight for the foreseeable future,” Murray said. “This will require careful planning and, in all likelihood, further budget cuts, given the anti-tax sentiment.”

This dearth of tax revenue is crippling for UT, both on an institutional and individual level. The university has faced wide-ranging budget cuts to various colleges and programs, notably the College of Nursing.

“The growing amount of budget cuts are definitely having deep impacts,” Shelby Talbott, junior in the College of Business, said.

“Especially disappointing are the budget cuts to the nursing program, which is a field that is critically important to both the state and the nation right now.”

Students are feeling the economic crisis through tuition hikes as well, which can only be expected to endure through the remainder of the recession. However, some hope does appear to be on the horizon.

Sales across the state of Tennessee showed a marked increase in the second quarter of 2010, even after a 7-percent decline last year.

Though the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will expire next year, this report did not predict another recession as a result of stimulus-fund expiration.

Murray cautioned students that they will face a bleak job market upon graduation. Also, he lamented that budget cuts across the state had already impacted UT and will continue to in the foreseeable future.

However, students should be encouraged that increasing their economic viability during a downturn is a wise move. Developing specialized intellectual skills will increase their marketability in the future.

Chancellor promotes diversity Cheek calls for increased minority representation

Associated Press The chancellor at UT says there is slow progress diversifying the faculty, which is mostly made up of white men.

In 2005, about 15 percent of tenure-line faculty were nonwhite. That has risen to about 18 percent now. The percent of women faculty has risen from 29 percent to about 31 percent over the same period.

“When students come here to school, they want to see role models like them,” Chancellor Jimmy Cheek said. “So it’s our job to make sure our faculty are more reflective of the people of the state, and that might have more diversity than where they came from.”

Cheek told The Knoxville News Sentinel the issue is partly generational. The professors who have been in Knoxville the longest are mostly white men.

Cheek said he is working to make the university more diverse each year.

He said engineering is a bright spot: Of nine tenure-line faculty added this year, four are women and one is a black woman.

On Thursday, he met with a search consultant for the vice chancellor of research position, and the two talked about creating a diverse pool of candidates.

He also is asking department heads to increase diversity.

Diversity became an issue in the recent search for a system president when all finalists were white men.

Some faculty members complained and trustees received requests to suspend the search for a more inclusive pool to be recruited.

“It’s really more about representing the populations you want to attract,” said Faculty Senate President Joan Heminway, a member of the

Presidential Search Advisory Committee.

“We’re not denying the fact that the people whose names were presented to the board were highly qualified. We did get that quality; that’s not the issue. I’m complaining that we didn't get the quality with the diversity. And I think we should strive for more.”

Presidencies are becoming more difficult and consuming jobs with heftier responsibilities than in the past, said Claire Van Ummersen, a senior adviser at the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C., and a former university system president in New Hampshire.

A recent poll of women provosts by ACE showed that more than half did not want to move into the presidency, Van Ummersen said.

“There are so many reasons that may deter someone from moving into a presidency, and it’s not a question of ambition, because I think some women have an ambition to be president,” she said.

Van Ummersen said “women aren’t quite as mobile as men, and they’re still the major caregivers, and they’re now doing a large share of elder care and they may be placebound because of that. And some people just have a passion for teaching and research.”

Cheek said people on campus “need to see diversity all along the way.”

The chancellor’s 10-person cabinet, which includes two athletic directors and the provost, is comprised of five women and five men. There is no ethnic diversity, which Cheek said he wants in the future.

“If we say we believe in diversity...and the senior leadership of the university doesn’t have any diversity, then that’s a contradiction to what we believe,” Cheek said.

Joy Hill• The Daily Beacon

A Chick-fil-A Cow directs students towards the restaurant’s location in Rocky Top Café on Wednesday, Oct. 27.

Despite the species’ typical vegetarian propensities, this particular bovine prefers the offerings of Chick-Fil-A’s chicken-filled menu which is available to students 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday.

UT Gardens celebrates fall season Alyce Howel Staff Writer Those looking to experience more treats than tricks this Halloween season turned to the UT Gardens.

The UT Gardens, located on the west campus off Neyland Drive, hosted Trick or Trees on Saturday, Oct. 30 from noon to 4 p.m.

Emily Smith, education and special event coordinator, came up with the idea and wanted to expose the gardens to more families.

“It is a family event to celebrate the fall and to explore the grounds,” she said.

The event was geared toward families with children 12 years old and younger. The children were required to be accompanied by adults at all

times. Everyone was encouraged to wear their Halloween costumes in the spirit of the season.

The visitors took a leisurely stroll through the gardens and enjoyed the changing of the leaves and visiting each of the five activity stations.

In the Pumpkin Play station, visitors were educated about pumpkins, a Halloween staple.

In the Buggy Boo station, attendees learned about bees, butterflies and other bugs that can be found in a garden.

The Bootiful Creature station featured Ben the Balloon Man, who was there to create balloon creatures for his customers.

In the Creepy Crawlies station, visitors learned about spiders and other crawlers while at the event.

Visitors were able to learn all about trees and make souvenirs to take home at the Spooktacular Trees station.

Smith said this was a perfect way for families to have a good time outside, learning about the plants and insects that make up a garden.

This weekend was the first time the UT Gardens has hosted the Trick or Trees event, possibly signaling the start of a new tradition.

However, there were some concern expressed among students about the choice of venue.

“I don’t think it would be a great idea to have this event on a university campus, because it’s geared to younger kids, especially since it’s close to Halloween,” Jessica Barlow, a senior in English, said

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George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Grant Wood celebrates with teammates after putting down a try against Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., on Saturday, Oct. 30. Despite an initially slow start, the UT Men’s Rugby Club was able to come on strong in the second half, closing the game with a solid 50-20 victory over the Hokies

This Dayin History 1512: Sistine Chapel ceiling opens to public The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Italian artist Michelangelo’s finest works, is exhibited to the public for the first time.

Michelangelo Buonarroti, the greatest of the Italian Renaissance artists, was born in the small village of Caprese in 1475. The son of a government administrator, he grew up in Florence, a center of the early Renaissance movement and became an artist’s apprentice at age 13. Demonstrating obvious talent, he was taken under the wing of Lorenzo de’ Medici, the ruler of the Florentine republic and a great patron of the arts. After demonstrating his mastery of sculpture in such works as the Pieta (1498) and David (1504), he was called to Rome in 1508 to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel — the chief consecrated space in the Vatican.

Michelangelo’s epic ceiling frescoes, which took several years to complete, are among his most memorable works. Central in a complex system of decoration featuring numerous figures are nine panels devoted to biblical world history. The most

famous of these is The Creation of Adam, a painting in which the arms of God and Adam are stretching toward each other. In 1512, Michelangelo completed the work.

After 15 years as an architect in Florence, Michelangelo returned to Rome in 1534, where he would work and live for the rest of his life. That year saw his painting of the The Last Judgment on the wall above the altar in the Sistine Chapel for Pope Paul III. The massive painting depicts Christ’s damnation of sinners and blessing of the virtuous and is regarded as a masterpiece of early Mannerism.

Michelangelo worked until his death in 1564 at the age of 88. In addition to his major artistic works, he produced numerous other sculptures, frescoes, architectural designs and drawings, many of which are unfinished and some of which are lost.

In his lifetime, he was celebrated as Europe’s greatest living artist, and today he is held up as one of the greatest artists of all time, as exalted in the visual arts as William Shakespeare is in literature or Ludwig van Beethoven is in music.

—This Day in History is courtesy of History.com

Crime Log Oct. 26

Oct. 27

A UT faculty member reported that she was assaulted in the hallway on the first floor of the Humanities building around 11:05 a.m.

The victim described the suspect as a short, young female with dark brown, frizzy hair.

A UT faculty member reported that his cell phone was stolen from the Walters Life Sciences building sometime between 12:10 p.m. and 1:20 p.m. The alleged suspect is a male UT student.

A UT student reported that his bicycle was stolen from the bicycle rack outside Morrill Hall around 11:20 a.m.

A UT student reported that his bicycle was stolen from the bicycle rack at the Apartment Residence Hall sometime between 4 p.m. on Oct. 22 and 8 a.m. on Oct. 25.

A UT student reported the burglary of some items from his silver 2001 Ford F-150 while it was parked in the N8 parking lot on Caledonia Avenue from 6 p.m. on Oct. 21 to 2:50 p.m. on Oct. 26.

A UT student reported that his bicycle was stolen from the east bicycle rack near Reese Hall sometime between 6 p.m. on Oct. 22 and 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 25.

— Compiled by Robbie Hargett

Compiled from a media log provided to the Daily Beacon by the Universty of Tennessee Police Department.

All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. People with names similar or identical to those listed may not be those identified in reports.

Monday, November 1, 2010

NEWS

In vitro saves endangered frogs Associated Press There are 1,400 Mississippi gopher frog tadpoles swimming around at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb., who owe their very existence to experts in Memphis.

Techniques developed at the Memphis Zoo have resulted in successful in vitro fertilization of these endangered frogs, including the successful transport of frog sperm to Omaha to help them get it done.

“For the first time, amphibian sperm can be shipped between institutions for in vitro fertilization,” said Andy Kouba, director of research and conservation at the Memphis Zoo. “It’s a conservation milestone.”

Animals are regularly transported for breeding purposes, but it’s stressful for them and requires a month of quarantine, Kouba said.

Regardless, it wouldn’t have worked with these frogs.

U.S. zoos have had the Mississippi gopher frogs (also known as dusky gopher frogs) in captivity since 2001.

And although they’ve tried everything short of candlelight and Barry White, the frogs won’t mate.

“We tried all the traditional methods: hibernating, artificial rain. We would actually play the frog call,” said Jessi Krebs, curator of reptiles and amphibians at the Henry Doorly Zoo. “We just couldn’t get them to exhibit any interest in each other.”

After years of experimentation, Kouba and the Memphis team have devised a method to get the females to drop the eggs and the male to release sperm, allowing for fertilization in a petri dish.

“We’re able to use hormones to noninvasively collect the sperm,” said Jen Germano of the Memphis Zoo's conservation and research department.

She recently traveled to the Omaha zoo to teach the staff there the techniques, successfully producing the massive number of tadpoles.

Loss of habitat and disease have left amphibians endangered on every continent in the world except Antarctica (where there are none), Germano said.

Newfound techniques to breed in captivity are significant.

“The implications are broad,” said Steve Reichling, curator of reptiles, aquarium and small animals in Memphis. “There are hundreds of species worldwide that are technically endangered and this technique or tweaks of it can probably be applied to all manner of endangered frogs.”

At about a month old, the tadpoles in Omaha are doing well, Krebs said.

“The next challenge is how do you raise 1,400 tadpoles?” he said. “We’re using people on the animal keeper side and the reproductive side. We’ve got five people continually cleaning water, feeding animals, caring for them and it’s working out really well right now.”

They’re also lining up zoos to take the frogs when they’re older, Reichling said.

To date, there is no place to release the frogs into the wild and no reintroduction programs under way.

“We’re ready now,” Reichling said. “When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service taps on our door and says we need frogs for reintroduction, we can say when and how many.”

ty will discuss religious intolerance.

SGA will conclude the week with a program entitled “If You Really Knew Me,” at 6 p.m., based off the hit MTV show addressing stereotypes and misconceptions.

More information can be found online at sga.utk.edu, as well as on the “International Week” Facebook event.

Honors events committee Masquerade Ball tickets

UT to host flu clinic UT will offer flu shots to students, faculty and staff from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2 in the UC Ballroom. The flu clinic will be adjacent to the UC’s voting location.

Shots will cost $20 and all proceeds will go to the Knoxville News Sentinel Empty Stocking Fund, which provides food and toys to needy families during the winter holidays. Sponsors include the UT Student Health Service, the UT College of Nursing, the Knoxville News Sentinel Charities and Knoxville-area physician Dr. Charlie Barnett.

The flu shots will be available to all UT students, faculty, staff and immediate family members 4 years old and older. The cost is payable by cash, personal check or major credit card.

Individuals with a severe allergy to chicken eggs should not be vaccinated.

For more information about influenza-like illnesses, contact UT Student Health Service at 865-9743135 or visit http://studenthealth.utk.edu.

Financial transactions to be on hold All financial aid transactions will be suspended from Nov.1-8 because of system upgrades in the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarship and the Bursar’s Office.

No financial aid can be processed or disbursed during between Nov.1- 8. All online access will be disabled as well.

On Nov. 8 the Bursar’s Office will go live on the new Banner student system. In Banner, the student fee section is called Accounts Receivable or A/R. The Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships will remain open and students with questions regarding their financial aid status, may still contact or visit our office for assistance.

SGA to host International Week The Diversity Affairs Committee of the Student Government Association presents International Week Monday through Thursday.

The week will begin with an interactive program entitled “Breaking Barriers through Language” Monday at 6 p.m. This programs will simulate what it would be like to interact with someone who does not speak the same language.

On Tuesday at 6 p.m. SGA will showcase fashions from around the world in an International Fashion Show.

Wednesday will feature The Religious Intolerance Forum, at 5 p.m., in which students and facul-

Rebecca Vaughan• The Daily Beacon

Ellen Mullins, left, and Emily Steinbeck, right, prepare to receive a serve during the Louisville match on Wednesday, Oct. 27. The Lady Vols pieced together a balanced effort from all team members to break Louisville’s eight-match winning streak and to bring their own record up to 17-5.

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The Honors Events Committee will host their fourth annual Masquerade Ball on Saturday.

Pre-sale tickets are $5 per person and $8 per couple.

These tickets will be sold on Pedestrian Walkway Nov. 1-5 during class time. At the door, tickets are $10. This year, the money from the event goes to the Boys and Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley. The event is being held in Circle Park with heated tents and dance floors.

Free food and drinks will be available once inside.

Dress is formal to semi-formal and masks are encouraged. Masks will also be sold on Pedestrian ($1 each) along with the tickets.

UT Medical Center wins Prism award UT Medical Center’s Marketing and Public Relations departments earned four awards from the Tennessee Society for Healthcare Marketing and Public Relations (TSHMPR). Announced in October, the annual Prism awards recognize outstanding achievement in healthcare public relations and marketing throughout the state of Tennessee.

UT Medical Center won two Prism Awards, the top honor available, one for its comprehensive Social Media program and one for a feature story entitled Cancer Patient Fought to Save the Lives of Others, about the late Ken Wilson of Powell, a man who gave countless hours of his time educating the community about prostate cancer while battling a terminal case of the disease.

TSHMPR also recognized UT Medical Center with Citations for the OUTLIVE: Tennessee Fights to Beat Cancer program as well as for the Facebook page of Chemo Bear, the teddy bear mascot of the Cancer Institute at UT Medical Center.

The mission of the UT Medical Center is to serve through healing, education and discovery. UT Medical Center, a 581-bed, not-for-profit academic medical center, serves as a referral center for Eastern Tennessee, Southeast Kentucky and Western North Carolina. The medical center, the region’s only Level I Trauma Center, is one of the largest employers in Knoxville.

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Rising — Number of winnable football games As sports editor Matt Dixon alludes to in today’s sports column, Tennessee football is about where most people expected it to be eight games into the season. Speaking strictly from a record standpoint, each game has turned out how it was supposed to, based on preseason expectations.

But this last stretch of the schedule — historically the lighter end of UT’s usual SEC slate — features a list of games that, by all accounts, are winnable, especially when compared to the last four daunting contests that have UT on the business end of an 0-for-October record.

Memphis has experienced a rough year and should be poised for destruction at the hands of the Vols. Ole Miss stands as a bit of a question mark, but the Rebels are UT’s homecoming opponents, so hopefully the Vols will handle that contest. (Surely this won’t be another Wyoming, right? Right?)

Kentucky might be the toughest task, as the Wildcats have come on strong in numerous occasions this season. But 25 straight years of dominance don’t lie, so hopefully the Vols can survive the Big Blue.

And Vanderbilt ... Well, it’s Vanderbilt.

Six wins is the magic number for Derek Dooley’s Vols because bowl eligibility would be an ideal consolation prize for this rough season of Tennessee football.

Columns of The Daily Beacon are reflections of the individual columnist, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or its editorial staff.

Genius relative to author’s era in history

Rising — Fear in movie theaters showing ‘Paranormal Activity 2’ Leave it to Halloween to bring the fear of scary movies back into theaters across America.

“Paranormal Activity 2,” the latest installment chronicling a family experiencing signs of ghostly activity within its home, picked up where the first movie left off with exciting demon action. No film currently showing in theaters will have audiences shaking in their boots like PA2.

Certain timid Beacon staffers — specifically one unnamed editor-in-chief — experienced the film this past weekend, resulting in raised heart rates and restless nights to match. One Beacon staffer even reported a woman walking out of the theater, cursing the film in the middle of the showing as her giggling husband followed. Some people just don’t have what it takes.

But what can viewers take home from “Paranormal Activity 2?” Don’t make deals with demons — unless, of course, you prefer unusual activity that goes “bump!” in the night. Don’t understand what we mean? Just check out the movie and see for yourself.

Rising — Sanity and civility People of Rocky Top, breaking news: It is possible to come together in an organized, respectful manner with people who have beliefs that contradict your own!

On Saturday, comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hosted the “Rally to Restore Sanity/Keep Fear Alive,” with more than 215,000 people in attendance, which was devoted to the endless amusement that is parodying Glenn Beck’s raging lunacy, rivaling a crazy person standing on the street corner standing on a soapbox holding a megaphone, turned hit daily cable news program.

Beck, as you may recall, hosted his own rally in Washington, D.C., earlier this year (on the anniversary of MLK’s “I Have a Dream Speech” ... on the Lincoln Memorial ... such a classy guy), which had about 87,000 Tea Partiers in attendance.

So, for those of you non-math majors out there, that is more than 100,000 MORE PEOPLE who want to be sane and civil than those who want to be polarizing fear-mongers. That’s comforting.

To borrow from Beck’s ability to piece together pieces of information and draw a conclusion (Albeit, this one does not include the theory that Obama is a secret Muslim from Kenya.), there are at least twice as many people in America (and then some, because 87,000 times two does not make exactly 215,000-plus) who aren’t interested in the shouting, foaming-at-the-mouth, red-inthe-face insanity that is what the network cable news shows have devolved into. In a time where America has gone less from a melting pot and more into an elaborate (and delicious) fondue, people are tired of the screaming, shouting, polarizing hate that has come to so dominate everything around.

The Constitution (some of us are not Christine O’Donnel and have actually bothered to look the thing over), protects everyone’s freedom, so why has the interest suddenly become one of cruelty and hate?

We, at the Beacon, do not, in fact, share the same beliefs — we are not a giant, liberal-conspiring hate machine, believe it or not — but we still manage to make it through every day with out a Sharks vs. Jets-esque face-off of donkeys and elephants. Our beliefs are our own, but our goal is still universal: Tell the truth with integrity.

We would encourage you to do the same.

THE DAILY BACON • Blake Tredway

Not Notes on A r t a n d L i te ra t u re by

Amien Essif We are frequently told the story of the heroic renaissance of a “lost” novel, and it goes like this: The genius author works in the darkness of her room to create a modern masterpiece, which, by a mixture of bad luck and the suppressive forces of the publishing market, never achieves its proper place in the literary canon. Then one day, long after the death of the author, a niece or nephew submits the manuscript to publishers once more, and this time the situation is fertile: A classic is born, or I should say reborn.

What is implied in all of this is that somewhere out there, buried alive, is a population of geniuses and their works, waiting to be uncovered. But what is also implied is that eventually, genius must be uncovered.

It can’t remain dead permanently, because it is unique and so strong a force that all the political and social dirt in the world couldn’t conceal its gleam.

But this is certainly a myth meant to inspire high school students to become writers. It worked for me.

I decided when I was 16 that I would become a writer, and recognition and fame would naturally follow, even if posthumously. That’s why I kept a journal — to give a narrative to my genius in the event of my discovery.

I’m starting to get hints that I’m not a genius now, but so be it. Less pressure. It’s fun to fantasize about, anyway. But at the risk of taking away someone’s adolescent dream of becoming the next Herman Melville (”Moby Dick” was received as a failure, and America’s favorite author died poor and forgotten), I still want to challenge the myth that genius must necessarily be discovered.

Stanislaw Lem addresses this in his brilliant essay “Odysseus of Ithaca,” in which he argues that true geniuses can only be recognized by other geniuses, which gets them nowhere. They usually die quickly into history as any other lunatic with a day job.

It’s an interesting idea, but to me it simply points to the obvious: There is no such thing as a “Genius.”

History moves itself, and it often finds expression in

well-educated or motivated individuals with particularly open minds. So, in other words, geniuses, yes; “Geniuses,” with capitalized-noun status, no.

Which brings me back to the idea of “Literature” (another capitalized noun). If you conceive of a literary canon as a list of books that grows over time because every 10 years or so, another Melville writes another “Moby Dick,” you might as well forget it. People read fewer books than ever, and even if they did read as much, the fact remains that the list of “Literature” to pick from is the same size. New books are added, old ones are dropped.

For example, few English majors can get through college without reading Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” Why? Because the story and the identity of the author jibes with the dominant philosophy of academia nowadays. I’m not saying it’s an empty book, but I have certainly seen more genius in other books, books which no longer have a place in the modern canon because their authors were Nazi sympathizers. Likely, these authors will soon be permanently forgotten. I don’t lament the loss of genius, since new genius may very well resurface. But the point is, the reason we read the books we do is not because their authors had a rare quality of genius; it’s because they make sense to us in our historical time and place.

This theory has ramifications for general knowledge as well. The way I see it, humanity is circulating an amount of knowledge that would allow us to advance a century into the future — that is, if you conceive of history linearly. But we don’t make use of it. Think of the Iraq war. Anyone with a brain could see that Iraq posed no threat to the United States. There never were any weapons of mass destruction, and neither was there any evidence. But it took more than someone with a brain; it took someone with a brain and a conscience more powerful than their political motivation to really use the information given to them.

History, in the sense of human knowledge and achievement, doesn’t just jump ahead when a genius has a good idea. Ideas are quelled more than they are actualized, and very often achievement is dismantled to make room for a new political paradigm.

—Amien Essif is a senior in English. He can be reached at aessif@utk.edu.

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Up until the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Keep Fear Alive happened last Saturday afternoon, which drew a crowd of 215,000-plus to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., nobody was really sure if or how its execution would reflect what Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” had announced. The rally apparently wasn’t going to be political and definitely not some reactionary answer to Glenn Beck, so what was it?

The rally did what “The Daily Show” team has always done: use humor to reveal truths about politics and issues of the day. And it succeeded in being as humorous as it was instructive, as light-heartedly crazy and optimistic as it was genuinely concerned.

It’s a formula that has proven over and over the reality of the Shakespearean jester’s powers of truth through humor. Perhaps there’s a reason that the Rally to Restore Sanity had double the attendance of Beck’s recent gathering, because, unfortunately, polarizing pundits can’t actually be funny or meaningfully selfdeprecate for some reason.

Rather than describe the music and comedic events of the rally as evidence of its effectiveness and risk retelling what is already known or spoiling for those who missed it and wish to see the video, Stewart’s final 12-minute speech at the end of the rally did such an amazing job of summarizing the critical message behind the gathering that it alone is a fair representative of this event.

“I can’t control what people think this was,” Stewart said. “I can only tell you my intentions. This was not a rally to ridicule people of faith or people of activism or to look down our noses at the heartland or passionate argument or to suggest that times are not difficult and that we have nothing to fear. They are, and we do. But we live now in hard times, not end times. And we can have animus and not be enemies.”

Here Stewart identifies the critical difference between passionate energy and conflict energy: We can be animated and motivated by the values and ideals we identify with and still resist the temptation of giving into the primal hostility that can be sparked by the instinctual function of cognitive dissonance.

Higher-brain functions can and should prevail in our country’s fundamental discussion about itself.

“But unfortunately one of our main tools in delineating the two broke,” Stewart said. “The country’s 24-hour political pundit perpetual panic conflictinator did not cause our problems, but its existence makes solving them that much harder. The press can hold its magnifying glass up to our problems, bringing them into focus, illuminating issues heretofore unseen, or they can use that magnifying glass to light ants on fire … If we amplify everything, we hear nothing. The inability to distinguish terrorists from Muslims makes us less safe, not more. The press is our immune system. If we overreact to everything, we actually get sicker — and perhaps eczema.”

Even with the advent of the Internet and the information shift it has brought, the cable news media, or “perpetual panic conflictinator,” remains the most significant and influential place where our country has this fundamental discussion about itself; whatever it’s supposed to do, the news media has an unbelievable power and influence, which turns the pettiest of issues’ inherent importance into a selffulfilling prophecy.

The free press, indeed acting as our national immune system, can either use its infrastructure and power to objectively illuminate or destructively emphasize and spin things in a way that provokes the baseness in our natures, conflict for conflict’s sake, for ratings insurance. Being the organs in the guts of our nation, the press has a responsibility to spin and dramatize less and objectively report more.

“And yet, with that being said, I feel good — strangely, calmly good,” Stewart said. “Because the (polarizing) image of Americans that is reflected back to us by our political and media process is false ... We hear every damn day about how fragile our country is — on the brink of catastrophe — torn by polarizing hate and how it’s a shame that we can’t work together to get things done, but the truth is we do. We work together to get things done every damn day.”

While the speech ended up saying nothing about the personal responsibility of people’s complacency with conflict-based rhetoric and blamed all dysfunction and imbalance on news and pundits, this is a public cry for media objectivity that is as rare as it is critical for the longevity of our species. The full speech can and should be seen on YouTube — just search for “Jon Stewart’s speech.”

—Wiley Robinson is an undecided sophomore. He can be reached at rrobin23@utk.edu.

Monday, November 1, 2010

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ENTERTAINMENT

Anna Nicole Smith legal saga ends The panel deadlocked on a number of prescribing allegations against Eroshevich and Stern.

Defense attorneys portrayed the defendants as LOS ANGELES — A final chapter in Anna Nicole Smith’s made-for-tabloids life story has angels of mercy who were trying to help Smith ended with a jury absolving her doctor of prescrib- cope with her chronic pain, particularly after she ing excessive drugs and convicting a psychiatrist gave birth to her daughter by cesarean then quickand Smith’s lawyer-boyfriend of conspiring to fake ly lost her 20-year-old son, Daniel, to a drug overdose. names on prescriptions.

As he left the courthouse, Stern, 41, told The nine-week trial brought the aura of glamour surrounding the late Playboy model to the court- reporters: “Everything relating to the appropriateroom through photos and videos of the beautiful ness of the medication, I was acquitted of.”

His lawyer, Steve blond who starred in her Sadow, said Stern own reality TV show. never denied using In death, she still manhis name on aged to be the star of the Smith’s prescriphigh profile trial. tions but mainHoward K. Stern, who tained Stern didn’t was Smith’s manager, know it was illegal. lawyer and lover, was “The judge has acquitted Thursday of seven the power to senof the 11 charges originally tence Howard as a lodged against him. misdemeanor Superior Court Judge offender and not a Robert Perry had already felon,” Sadow said dismissed two charges Friday on CBS’s against Stern. The jury “The Early Show.” found him guilty of two con“We are hopeful spiracy counts and specified and expecting that they were for obtaining a the judge will be controlled substance by willing to do that fraud and giving a false under all these cirname for a prescription. cumstances and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, 42, that Howard will who prescribed an array of not go to jail for any sedatives and opiates to reason.”

Smith, was acquitted of preEroshevich, 63, scribing excessive drugs was Smith's neighand prescribing to an bor and friend addict. He hailed his acquitbefore treating her tal as a triumph for the medas a psychiatrist. ical field of pain manageProsecutors ment. claimed the friend“This is not just a victory ship was a violation for me, but for patients of professional everywhere who suffer •Photo courtesy Toby Forage ethics and called as chronic pain,” an emotional Kapoor said outside court. Anna Nicole Smith walks the red carpet at the a witness a pharThe 39-year-old Smith MTV Video Music Awards in 2005. Smith’s macist who testidied of an accidental drug psychiatrist and boyfriend were convicted for fied the amount of overdose in Florida in 2007, providing false names on drug perscriptions drugs Eroshevich for but the defendants were not for the since-deceased celebrity this past requested Smith at one point weekend. charged in her death. would have The six women and six men on the jury sat through weeks of testimony amounted to pharmaceutical suicide.

The pharmacist refused to fill the request, and and deliberated for 58 hours over 13 days. They left prosecutors showed Eroshevich used other pharquickly and eluded reporters seeking comment.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve macies to get most of the drugs, some under fictiCooley said in a written statement he was pleased tious names, and took them to Smith in the Bahamas. there were some guilty verdicts.

“I feel relieved,” Eroshevich said outside court.

The prosecutors contended the defendants were dazzled by Smith's glamor and filled her demands “I’m just happy it’s over.”

Stern and Eroshevich remained free pending the for prescription drugs to protect their insider status in her personal life and her celebrity world. next hearing. Both could face loss of their professional licenses to practice.

Jurors appeared to reject that argument.

Associated Press

Associated Press NASHVILLE— Randy Travis and his wife-manager Elizabeth Travis have divorced. Family spokeswoman Maureen O’Connor confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that the divorce was final.

No further details were given, but an earlier statement that the couple had “parted ways” said Elizabeth Travis would continue to be Travis’ personal manager. The statement said the couple would have no further comment and asked for “respect for their privacy during this time.”

Neither could be reached for comment.

A petition for dissolution of marriage was filed by Randy Travis in Albuquerque, N.M., on Thursday. They have a home in Santa Fe. The petition calls for an equal split of assets, but offers no clues about why the Travises split, other than saying a “state of incompatibility exists between the parties.”

The couple has had a 34-year business and personal relationship that began when a teenage Travis won a talent contest at the Charlotte, N.C., nightclub his future wife owned in the mid-1970s with her first husband. They married in 1991.

They moved to Nashville in the early 1980s.

Travis was turned down by most of the record labels in town because he was considered too country.

Under her guidance, he eventually landed a record deal and put out his first album, “Storms of Life,” in 1985. Soon the singer with the smooth baritone and straight-up style revolu•Randy Travis tionized the genre, spurring the so-called neotraditionalist movement that produced some of country’s biggest stars.

Travis went on to sell millions of albums and has won more than two dozen major awards, including seven Grammys. His latest came earlier this year when he won best country collaboration for “I Told You So,” a duet with Carrie Underwood.

•Photo courtesy Rascal Flatts

Rascal Flatts is being honored for its support of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital by having a new pediatric surgery center named for the band. The band contributed more than $3 million to the hospital.

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Monday, November 1, 2010

THESPORTSPAGE

Oregon on top, Auburn closes on No. 2 Young Vols predictable from start Associated Press Oregon tightened its grip on the top spot in The Associated Press poll Sunday, while No. 3 Auburn closed the gap on No. 2 Boise State.

In their third consecutive week as No. 1, the Ducks reached a new high for first-place votes (49) and points (1,487) from the media panel after a decisive 53-32 victory at Southern California on Saturday night.

Boise State received seven first-place votes and 1,403 points after four voters switched from the Broncos to the Ducks.

Auburn also lost a first-place vote to Oregon. The Tigers got two votes as No. 1 after beating Mississippi 51-31, but are now just seven points behind the Broncos. Boise State beat Louisiana Tech 49-20 on Tuesday.

No. 4 TCU also received two first-place votes. Idle Alabama moved up a spot to No. 5 and unbeaten Utah climbed to two places to sixth.

The Utes host the Horned Frogs in the first

game in Mountain West Conference history to match top-10 teams.

The rest of the top 10 is Wisconsin, Ohio State, Nebraska and Stanford.

Missouri and Michigan State both took big tumbles after losing for the first time this season. The Tigers dropped seven spots to No. 14 after losing 31-17 at Nebraska.

The Spartans dropped 11 places to 16th after losing 37-6 at Iowa. The Hawkeyes moved up three spots to No. 15.

The loss to Oregon dropped USC out of the rankings for the second time this season and Miami is also out again after being upset 24-19 at Virginia.

Moving back into the Top 25 were No. 23 North Carolina State and No. 25 Nevada.

Oklahoma is No. 11, followed by LSU and Arizona.

No. 18 South Carolina, Oklahoma State and Virginia Tech round out the first 20.

Joining N.C. State and Nevada in the final five were No. 21 Mississippi State, No. 22 Baylor and No. 24 Florida State.

Matt Dixon Sports Editor Many predicted Tennessee would be 2-6 heading into November.

Many of those same people thought the Vols would go winless in October.

Well, “the experts” were right.

This UT team has played, at least record-wise, about like many expected them to up to now.

The LSU game might be what winds up keeping the Vols at home during Christmas. Looking back, that was the game that first-year coach Derek Dooley needed to win.

Dooley needed a signature win on his resume almost as much as the Vols would need the extra two weeks of practice a bowl game would allow.

However, just as easily as UT could’ve won the LSU game, it just as easily could’ve lost to UAB at home.

A lot of those people that had the Vols in this situation back in the summer also believed the Vols could sweep through their last four games and earn a bowl bid. Now, that may seem like a little too much to ask of a team as inexperienced and injured as this one is.

Following Saturday’s loss at South Carolina, senior middle linebacker Nick Reveiz said fans always remember what teams do in November.

And he’s right; how this team plays over the final month of the season will go a long ways toward how it will be remembered.

If Dooley can rally his troops and sweep through a November schedule in which each of the four remaining games — at Memphis, vs. Ole Miss, at Vanderbilt and vs. Kentucky — are easier than any of the previous four games, it would give confidence to a fanbase that has been counting down the days until basketball season since the Florida game in September. More importantly, it would also be a big step toward rebuilding Tennessee into a championship contender.

Fans had seen glimpses of that future championship contender’s offense in the UT-Martin, Georgia and Alabama games, but in the second half of the South Carolina game, they saw it

become the current Tennessee offense.

It appears true freshman Tyler Bray has overtaken junior Matt Simms as the Vols’ signal caller.

Bray has always been the quarterback of the future for the Vols; he just needed some time to learn how to be an SEC quarterback. He still needs more time, but Dooley must have thought he gave the Vols the best chance to win against the Gamecocks.

However, if Bray does start this Saturday at Memphis and for the rest of the year, Vols fans should not forget what Simms did for this Tennessee team. His leadership and toughness is unquestioned. He took on a leadership role over the summer after enrolling in school in January.

He has made every effort to improve his play and the team’s chances of winning.

From his study habits to being in attendance at the newcomers’ practice sessions in August, Simms has been a solid option for the Vols this year. He isn’t the reason the Vols are 0-5 in SEC play for the first time since 1977.

Along with Bray’s increased playing time, wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers had his most productive day as a Vol, albeit mostly on the ground.

Rogers and Justin Hunter have the potential to form one of the best wide receiver duos in the SEC, and possibly the country, over the next few years. Give this offensive line more time to gel as a unit, and it should be among the SEC’s best units, as well.

On the other side of the ball, defensive end Jacques Smith appears to have Leonard Littletype pass rush ability off the edge.

There is hope for a bright future for Vols fans.

The problem is right now.

Many of these underclassmen would ideally spend their first year or two playing reserve roles on teams, but the situation Tennessee faced entering this year forced Dooley to play many underclassmen, whether they were ready for SEC football or not.

Eight games into the season, many of these underclassmen have their feet wet in college football, and this team should play its best football in November.

Fans are hoping UT does just that, because that’s what they will remember about this season.

—Matt Dixon is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at mdixon3@utk.edu.

Rough third quarter start dooms Vols the right sideline to give the Vols a first down.

After tacking on a 15-yard late-hit penalty by USC on Cunningham, Tennessee (2-6, 0-5 SEC) put up Bray hit Moore on the next play for yet another valiant effort against a 30-yard touchdown pass to cut the 20th-ranked South Carolina (6-2, 4George Richardson • The Daily Beacon deficit to 24-17.

2 SEC) Saturday in Williams-Brice The Vols appeared to gain even A young fan congratulates Oregon players after their 48-13 victory over the Vols at Stadium, but it just wasn’t enough. more momentum after stopping The Volunteers made too many Neyland Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 11. With their win over USC this past weekend, the Gamecocks on the ensuing mistakes, especially in critical situathe Ducks continue to fly high at the No. 1 spot of the AP Polls. drive, but cornerback Eric Gordon tions, and allowed Gamecock playmuffed the punt, giving Carolina makers to take away the game in the ball at the UT 17-yard line. the fourth quarter, 38-24.

The Vols defense held strong, In front of a crowd of 79,336, forcing the Gamecocks to attempt a Tennessee went toe to toe with the 41-yard field goal that was missed SEC Eastern division-leading on the next to last play of the third Gamecocks until USC quarterback quarter.

Stephen Garcia scored on a 1-yard Thanks in large touchdown run with part to a 62-yard 3:28 left in the game to catch-and-run by all but end the Vols’ Moore, the Vols tied upset bid. the game 24-24 when “There were a lot of Bray hit wide receiver good things in the game Gerald Jones in the today,” UT coach end zone with 13:17 Derek Dooley said. remaining.

“But when you spit the Two plays later, ball out four times, Garcia hit USC wide three of them in your receiver Alshon territory, one of them Jeffery on a curl route for a score, and then across the middle of you have the sacks that the field before Jeffery we have, and then you outran Tennessee’s give up three huge plays secondary 70 yards in the last two drives, for a touchdown. you aren’t going to win “The worst that the game, and that was should have come the difference in the from that play was a game.” first down for 12 It was a back-andyards, but that’s what forth game throughout great players do,” the first half. The Vols Dooley said of the led 3-0 after the first play, which put the quarter, and the game Gamecocks ahead for was tied at 10 at the good. “That’s what half. impact, game-changThe opening mining players do.” utes of the second half • Photo courtesy South Carolina Athletics The Vols held the put the Vols in comeSEC’s leading receivback mode once again.

Marcus Lattimore rushes in a game earlier er in check for all but UT quarterback Matt this season. The South Carolina back ran all that one play in the Simms was hit and fumover the Vols in Columbia, S.C., rushing for game. Jeffery finished bled the ball, allowing 184 yards with a touchdown to help lead with three catches for USC to recover on UT’s the Gamecocks to a 38-24 win.

87 yards and the go27-yard line. After a ahead score.

South Carolina touchAfter stopping the Vols on their Only Kelley Washington tacked down put the Gamecocks on top 17-10, true freshman Tyler Bray on more receiving yards in a game next drive, the Gamecocks turned replaced Simms under center and for Tennessee when he pulled in to their true freshman tailback Marcus Lattimore to finish the promptly threw an interception that 256 yards against LSU in 2001.

Except for a couple of wide game. USC went on an eight-play, was returned for a touchdown to receiver sweeps, UT’s running 92-yard scoring drive that saw put the Vols down 24-10.

“They came out at halftime, and game was held in check by the USC Lattimore rush for 64 of his 184 it is impossible to have a worse start defense. Tailbacks Tauren Poole yards on the day and set up Garcia’s in the third quarter,” Dooley said. and Rajion Neal combined for just quarterback keeper, which ensured 49 rushing yards on 21 carries. the Vols would remain winless in “It was ridiculous.”

Simms contributed two of the Wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers led conference play.

“They hand the ball off to 21, and team’s turnovers for the game. the team in rushing with 49 yards he looks like Secretariat running Despite having solid numbers pass- on five carries.

With USC up by two touch- through us,” Dooley said. ing — 10-of-13 for 153 yards and a The Vols must regroup from their touchdown — Simms was downs midway through the third benched in favor of Bray after his quarter, the Vols faced a fourth-and- fourth straight loss and prepare to 10 from their own 30-yard line. go on the road next week to take on second fumble of the day.

“There’s nothing much I can do Punter Chad Cunningham faked in-state rival Memphis in the about getting hit in the back and the the punt and ran for 25 yards down Liberty Bowl.

Matt Dixon

Sports Editor

guy stripping the ball from me,” Simms said. “That’s one of the better defensive lines in the conference. If you get hit a lot, sometimes the ball comes out. Other than that, I thought I played really well. I didn’t turn the ball over, besides those.”

Bray went on to play the rest of the way for Tennessee and finished 9-of-15 for 159 yards and two touchdowns along with the interception.

Even with the Vols playing two quarterbacks, wide receiver Denarius Moore experienced a career day. The senior hauled in six passes — three from each quarterback — for 228 yards and a touchdown.