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Hardship to persist despite recession’s end Robbie Hargett Staff Writer According to a report issued by UT’s Center for Business and Economic Research, the nation is out of the recession but not the woods.

The report, “The Tennessee Business and Economic Outlook: Fall 2009,” was financed in part by the state Department of Finance and Administration, the state Department of Economic and Community Development, the state Department of Revenue, the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and the Appalachian Regional Commission.

“The national economy is now out of the recession, but this means the economy has found a trough from the beginning of the recession in December 2007,” Matt Murray, associate director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and author of the report, said.

The report examines Tennessee’s econ-

omy as well, and the state looks worse than the nation as a whole.

“Growth is not likely to be very vibrant in the quarters ahead, and the labor market will be slow to recover,” Murray said.

“So unemployment rates will remain very high into 2011.”

Because the impacts of “The Great Recession” are so extensive, many are affected within the state and across the country.

“Young people will find jobs harder to find,” Murray said. “Homeowners have lost some of the value of their home.

Anyone with stocks is worse off today than last year. Unemployment rates are up for all groups of society, especially those with little formal education.”

Overspending on housing by consumers and the collapse of financial markets has caused the short-term downturn in growth. The report states that a turnaround is expected in the third quarter “as monetary policy, a second fiscal stimulus

package and improved housing market conditions lift the economy from the bottom.”

However, according to the report, “… there are concerns that the economy’s rebound will be delayed until the end of the year or early 2010.”

“Ultimately we will need stronger consumer spending to maintain growth,” Murray said.

There are concerns that the consumer will not be able to pick up the slack in the economy when fiscal stimulus winds down in two years.

“Some economists are calling this the ‘new normal,’ which means we really don’t know what the world will look like in another two years,” Murray said.

The state and country’s long-term economic situation is even harder to predict.

It is significantly impacted by short-term growth, as well as investments in human capital, such as education; machinery, equipment and software; and population

growth.

The report addresses the advantage education gives.

“Education is especially important to economic well-being,” the report reads.

“Tennessee counties with well-educated adult populations enjoy lower rates of unemployment, higher rates of job creation and higher levels of per capita income than their more poorly educated counterparts.”

The report emphasizes the fact that each recession of the 20th and 21st centuries has been unique. Each has arisen and been resolved through particular sets of circumstances and actions: “As we move forward, attempting to resolve the current credit crisis and accompanying recession, unique tools will once again be required to engineer an economic turnaround,” the report reads.

To view the entire report, visit the Center for Business and Economic Research, http://cber.utk.edu/tefslist.htm.

THE CROSS Ellen Larson Staff Writer

time period.”

The discovery indicates a highly engaged faculty at UT, who actively participate in the advancement of their field. This engagement is clearly highly advantageous to UT students.

Notably, Professor YounKyung Kim, who specializes in ethnic marketing and tourism, ranked eighth nationally for producing research. Professor Ann Fairhurst was ranked as well, garnering the 17th position.

Kim has authored “Experiential Retailing: Concepts and Strategies That Sell” and is also a recognized name in the study of experiential retail.

Fairhurst has also authored a work exposing new factors in the process of internationalization for retailers.

While many UT students look forward to Fall Break as a time for themselves, a group of Volunteers spent the break serving other communities.

The Cross, a Greek life Christian ministry, that has service trips every fall and spring break, and TeamVOLS Alternative Fall Break traveled outside Tennessee to help others this year.

"The Cross takes two mission trips each year, one on Fall Break and one on Spring Break," Ann Wallace, women’s coordinator for The Cross, said.

Wallace said, over the past three years, The Cross has gone to Pineville, Ky., during Fall Break, and there have been seven trips to the Mississippi and Louisiana coast rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

The Cross volunteers to perform light-construction duties on these service trips. Wallace said projects vary from building porches, handicapped ramps and minor, exterior home repairs.

Occasionally, there are more challenging tasks for volunteers.

Wallace described a project building a ramp, which required an over 100-foot ramp to be built on a slope to secure the foundations, but the problem was there was little lateral space.

"This enabled an elderly woman in her 80s and her daughter, in her 50s, to be able to be wheeled out of the house to their doctor appointments without having to be carried out by the emergency medical technicians, which had to be done prior to us building this colossal ramp.”

Wallace said this ramp was built over the last Fall Break trip, when The Cross took 85 UT students and volunteer construction crew chiefs to Pineville.

Another UT organization, TeamVOLS, is making five service trips this year: three during the fall and two during the spring.

"Typically, people who come on the trips are those that want to do something meaningful over a school break," Beth Garner, senior in logistics who went with TeamVOLS on an alternative break trip, said.

Garner said TeamVOLS worked with Safe Place, a YMCA program for children with problems at home; Active Day, a day facility for adults with mental and physical disabilities; Dare to Care, a food bank where they moved over 15,000 pounds of food; and Catholic Charities of Louisville to provide coats and compile Christmas wish lists for refugee families.

Emily Berry, junior in lower division, said The Cross worked with Lagniappe Presbyterian Church to help victims of Hurricane Katrina during the past several Spring Break trips to Bay St. Louis, Miss.

Berry recounted her service trip with The Cross.

"From my experience with the trips, and as many other people who have gone on them can witness, the people who we help touch our lives as much, if not more, than we touch theirs."

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Debi Campbell and Amanda Wall purchase pottery for Christmas gifts at the Pots and Prints Holiday Sale Thursday at the Art and Architecture building. Proceeds from this sale go towards the UT Potters Club, print club and scholarships.

UT retail studies make top ranks Blair Kuykendall Staff Writer New findings indicate UT faculty in retail studies rank among the world’s highest in research productivity.

A study conducted by assistant professor Rodney Runyan and doctoral candidate Jonghan Hyun in the Department of Retail, Hospitality and Tourism Management demonstrated that the retail faculty produce a quantity of research in the top five nationally and top 20 internationally.

Only seven other U.S. universities rank on the international level.

“The study may motivate more talented students to include UT in their set of considerations,” Hyun said.

“It goes without saying that this will lead the program to have an even more supe-

rior pool of grad students.”

The work exposes outsiders to the UT retail department.

“Our faculty tend to do research in three areas: consumer behavior, including e-commerce/m-commerce, small retailer entrepreneurship (and) international retailing,” Runyan said.

Consequently, Runyan and Hyun decided to evaluate the volume of research UT retail faculty were generating. Their study of the faculty’s production involved analysis of four

prominent retail journals.

They specifically examined the editions created over the last 15 years.

“Jonghan Hyun and I reviewed over 1,800 articles from the past 15 years, which appeared in the top four journals for retailing research,” Runyan said.

“We recorded the authors of each article, including the university at which they worked. From these data, we were able to analyze the top authors and universities in terms of scholarly articles published over that

CAMPUS CALENDAR

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Head football coach Lane Kiffin boosts his “street cred” while supervising his Vols during practice on a sunny Wednesday afternoon.

AROUND CAMPUS

Nov. 6 - Nov. 9, 2009 Friday, Nov. 6 —

• 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. — This week’s science forum features Shawn R. Campagna, assistant professor of chemistry, speaking on “Look Who’s Talking: Social Engagement in Microbial World” in the Thompson-Boling Arena dining rooms C-D.

• 3:35 p.m. until 4:35 p.m. — Dietmar Bisch, professor from Vanderbilt University, speaks on “Subfactors, bimodules and planarity” during the mathematics colloquium in Haslam Business Building room 102.The event is free and open to the public.

• 5 p.m. — Alternative spring break applications due. Applications are available online at http://teamvols.utk.edu. After submitting an application, students are required to stop by the TeamVOLS office to sign up for an interview time.

• 6:30 p.m. — His Holiness Sri Viswayogi Viswamjee Maharaj, a spiritual humanist striving for universal integration and peace, speaks on “Vision 2020: Peace and Unity, a New Word Reality” at 7 p.m. in the Baker Center’s Toyota Auditorium. A reception begins at 6:30 p.m., before the lecture.The lecture is cosponsored by the Center for International Education and Ready for the World and is free and open

Monday, Nov. 9 — • 7:30 p.m. — The CPC Cultural Attractions Committee hosts the Idan Raichel Project, which performs a blend of African, Latin American, Caribbean, Ethiopian and Middle Eastern sound fused with Hebrew texts, in the Alumni Memorial Building’s Cox Auditorium.Tickets are $5 for UT students, $20 for UT faculty and $25 for the community.are required to stop by the TeamVOLS office to sign up for an interview time

THE CRIME Sunday, Nov. 1 • A UT community service officer reported that a car door had been left open on the top floor of Garage 7, and he required an officer’s assistance. Upon arrival, the officer noticed a blue Mercedes with the front passenger door slightly ajar. On further investigation, he noticed a strong odor of marijuana, with visible residue on the seat and floorboard. At this time, he sent in the plate number and contacted the car’s owner, who showed up a few minutes later.

He said no one had broken into the car and that he’d left the door open earlier after returning home from Oak Ridge. He consented to a search of the vehicle and informed the officer that there was a bag a marijuana on the floor of the car. The officer received and confiscated the bag and

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issued the owner a misdemeanor citation for simple possession of marijuana.

Monday, Nov. 2 • 11:34 a.m. — Officer reported to Garage 12 on report of a vandalism. There he made contact with the owner of the vehicle, who said she had parked in the garage at 1 a.m. on Halloween. When she returned at 11:34 a.m. on Nov. 2, she noticed the car had been keyed.

The scratches ran down the length of the passenger side. She estimated the repairs would cost about $3,000.

• 3:16 p.m. — Officer reported to Hodges Library Starbucks on a report of a disturbance. On arrival he spoke with the manager, who explained that a man had interrupted an interview

and made threatening comments.

She said the man barged into the office while she was speaking with an applicant, apparently to discuss an incident that had occurred at Starbucks on Oct. 27.

He reportedly said “They need to give me respect. People who don’t give respect end up stabbed; people who don’t give respect end up shot.” The officer made contact with the man, who said those were not his words. He said his actual statement had been “People in the Fort are getting shot and stabbed, and they’re calling the police on me.” The man left the area after speaking with the officer.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY • 1789 — On this day, Pope Pius VI appoints John Carroll bishop of Baltimore, making him the first Catholic bishop in the United States.

Carroll was born in Upper Marlboro, Md., in 1735. His mother came from a wealthy family and had been educated in France. At age 13, Carroll sailed for France in order to complete his own education at St. Omer’s College in French Flanders. At age 18, he joined the Society of Jesus, and after a further 14 years of study in Liege, he received ordination as a priest at age 34. Pope Clement XIV’s decision in 1773 to dissolve the Jesuit order, however, ended Carroll’s European career.

• 1917 — Led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin, leftist revolutionaries launch a nearly bloodless coup d’État against Russia’s ineffectual Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks and their allies occupied government buildings and other strategic locations in the Russian capital of Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) and within two days had formed a new government with Lenin as its head. Bolshevik Russia, later renamed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was the world’s first Marxist state.

— Courtesy of History.com

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Journal to showcase research Blair Kuykendall Staff Writer

College of Nursing dean to retire Joan Creasia, dean of the College of Nursing will retire at the end of the academic year. Creasia began serving as the college’s third dean on Oct . 1, 1995. Of all current deans on campus, she is the longest-serving.

Creasia has led the college’s effort to address the high demand of the nursing program by bringing the RNBSN degree and some doctoral courses online. Throughout her tenure, the college’s partnerships with area health care organizations have increased, and community and global outreach efforts have strengthened.

Recruitment of a new dean is planned to coincide with Creasia’s retirement . Jim Thompson, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, will chair the search.

Ready for the World Cafe serves fruit flavors The Ready for the World Cafe menus will feature fruit flavors the week of Nov. 9.

The menu will include chicken a l’orange; sauteed tilapia with mushroom sauce and fried spinach; pork tenderloin with cranberry dressing; portabello mushroom Parmesan; loaded-potato soup; braised fall vegetables with red wine sauce; and green-and-yellow bean salad with tomato dressing and feta cheese.

The cafe is open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday in the Hermitage Room on the third f loor of the UC. Diners pay $11 for the buffet and $9 for a carry- out plate.

CEO of Bandit Lites Inc. to chair College Fund Michael Strickland, founder and CEO of Bandit Lites Inc., the secondlargest event lighting company in the world, has agreed to chair the annual giving campaign for the College of Business Administration. Strickland is a 1977 graduate of the college.

As part of his new role, he will educate fellow alumni and friends of the college on the importance of annual giving and the college’s newly created Dean’s Circle giving society, which recognizes donors who gift $1,000 or more to the College Fund for Business Administration. The College Fund is an unrestricted fund that provides the college with the f lexibility to meet the current needs of the college that endowment earnings do not provide for. The college’s annual giving program is part of the Campaign for Tennessee, the university ’s $1 billion fundraising effort.

The Campaign for Tennessee — the most ambitious effort in the university ’s 214-year history — places UT among the ranks of the nation’s largest public and private institutions that have sought this level of private support .

The campaign, which launched its silent phase in 2005, secures private gifts that, in turn, will contribute substantially to the distinct, but linked, campuses in the UT system. Funds raised through the campaign will directly support the objectives of UT ’s strategic plan. Among those objectives are improved student access and success, research and economic development , outreach and globalization.

A new research journal, PURSUIT, will display the research work of UT undergraduate students.

Serving as a link to undergraduate research activity, the publication is formatted as a peerreviewed journal that will encourage professional growth across a variety of different research fields. It is also designed to promote different opportunities for careers in the field of science.

“The purpose is to showcase and promote undergraduate research and creative achievements, establish a well-coordinated and peer-reviewed journal and highlight multidisciplinary research efforts across campus,” Payal Sharma, PURSUIT founder, said.

Assistant director of Chancellor’s Honors Program Rebekah Page will serve as a faculty adviser on the project.

“This new journal provides UT undergraduates the opportunity to showcase their research efforts,” Page said. “So many undergraduates at UT are involved with research, and we really want to highlight that. This journal will give many students their first opportunity to be published in a peer-reviewed journal, which is an important milestone

for any researcher.”

The journal will feature content exclusively created by undergraduate students, in the form of assessment-based academic commentary and investigative scientific studies. Students can make submissions through Monday to pursuit@utk.edu.

“The journal is seeking articles that present analysis-based reports of scientific projects, critical scholarship or critiques of creative works,” Sharma said.

Facets of the journal will appear in the form of polls, interviews, book reviews, multidisciplinary research efforts and letters to the editor.

Advertisements and announcements will also be considered for inclusion from various sponsors and organizations on campus.

PURSUIT is a relatively new development.

“I proposed the creation of a multidisciplinary undergraduate research journal to Bradley Fenwick, vice chancellor for research, in March 2009,” Sharma said.

The research journal quickly gained widespread support.

“My proposal was presented at the board meeting, and the journal was approved for launch,” Sharma said. “It gained the support of other key college administrators. The Office of Research is providing funding and other

THE CROSS continued from Page 1 Garner, who went on a TeamVOLS trip, spoke about her experience as well.

"It is one of the best kept secrets on campus,” Garner said. “It's something unique where you can help others and grow as an individual."

Berry said people can go on a service trip or attend The Cross even if they are not in a Greek organization.

Trent Willingham, the trip coordinator for The Cross, spoke about the last fall break trip to Pineville.

technical assistance for its inception, and the Chancellor’s Honors Programs is co-sponsoring it.”

Faculty at UT will play a key role in steering the journal as the initiative begins to take shape.

“The faculty advisers include Gregory Reed, associate vice chancellor for research; Steven Dandaneau, associate provost and director of Chancellor’s Honors Program; and Rebekah Page, assistant director of Chancellor’s Honors Program,” Sharma said.

The journal’s advisory body will consist of both undergraduate and graduate students as well.

Students wishing to make submissions to PURSUIT must adhere to some general guidelines. Their work would ideally feature a cover letter summarizing the student’s intent and credibility of their work and would largely represent the composition of a scientific paper where applicable, Sharma said.

Submissions will be peer reviewed before they are published.

The content of PURSUIT is geared to include submissions from a variety of colleges and departments, compiling research from students who are in different fields and participate in different campus programs. It will also highlight multidisciplinary studies.

"Roughly 85 percent of the students who went on the trip are in a Greek organization, but you do not have to be involved in Greek life to go on the trip."

Non-Greek service opportunities are also offered through TeamVOLS. The TeamVOLS application is available online at its Web site. Interested students must schedule an interview by visiting the TeamVOLS office.

Interviews will take place Nov. 9 through Nov. 13.

Students interested in going on a service trip with The Cross do not have to go through an application process. Berry said they just have to sign up.

"We want everyone who has an interest in going to be able to go," she said.

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Law school necessitates career commitment Editor’s Note: Michael Lumley is a former Daily Beacon columnist and an alumnus of the University of Tennessee. He is currently a 1L at Harvard Law School and over the next three weeks, he will present his observations on law school and providing advice for the law school application process.

People ask the wrong questions about the law school application process. It’s not really a surprise, I guess, given the way the game is played, but “getting in” seems to monopolize people’s attention; rarely do they ask what they’re “getting in” to. You shouldn’t make the same mistake. There’s plenty of time to worry later about admissions; spend some quality time on the front end making sure you really want to be admitted in the first place. In this first column, I’m going to attempt to persuade you not to go to law school — or at the very least to wait a few years — not because going to law school is a bad idea for everyone, but because without the proper self reflection, it might be a bad idea for you.

Law school is a place to study the practice of law. That’s it. If you want to practice law and you’re sure about it, law school is the place to start. Law school is a bad place to hide from the economy, and it’s an even worse place to hide from a lack of personal direction. Many people come to law school thinking that it’s the ultimate finishing degree — that a JD will prepare them for any job they might want. That’s partially true. A few lawyers make it in business. Some others find success as consultants. But the vast majority practice law, and if you do eventually decide on law school, that’s exactly what you should expect to do too — whether you like it or not.

Even if you’re interested in legal practice, however, a JD will not guarantee you a job. Even in a good economy, many more people will graduate from law school than the legal market can handle, but the recession seems to have been particularly brutal for the legal profession. Although the laying off of experienced attorneys seems to have slowed, most firms, if they make any offers to students at all, are making deferral offers — that is, offers which will only start six months to a year after graduation. Many of my 2 and 3L classmates are having trouble finding jobs, and (without sounding like too much of an elitist jackass, I hope) if there’s a problem here at Harvard, it’s going to be just as bad or worse at any other law school in the country.

To make matters even harder, law school is expensive. Not only will you pay through the nose for tuition, books, fees, food and housing, you’ll give up three years of potential earnings and work experience. In most cases, you’ll pay for all these expenses with borrowing and student loans, which means an interest expense, on top of everything else. It’s one thing to borrow heavily to finance an education when you feel reasonably certain of steady (and lucrative) post-graduation employment, but quite another to fork over anywhere between $50,000 and $150,000 to find yourself unemployed at the end of three years.

But you don’t have to go to law school right now. More than half of my classmates spent at least one year working in between undergrad and law school, and I wish I had too. They’ve done everything from Teach for America, to working for the Federal Reserve, to spending time as a member of the White House Press Corps. Taking a year or two to work in either the private or public sector will not only make you a more competitive applicant, but it will give you the opportunity to save up some money before you leave. It can also be a great chance to experience a field you might find interesting, even if you don’t think you’d want to devote your career to it.

Spending an extra year in undergrad, however, is a poor substitute for actual work experience. Not only will you still be paying tuition to the big orange screw, you’ll also have admissions committees questioning what you really gained from another year of undergrad and how serious you were about your studies while you were there.

In the end, your decision should be one you’ve made after reflection and introspection. There are definite advantages to going to law school, but many often downplay the drawbacks. If, in a week, I haven’t managed to deter you from applying, I’ll be back to cover the topic everyone is really interested in — getting yourself accepted. Until then … how ‘bout them Vols?

SUPER BROCCOLI • Sumter & Starnes

Education system requires overhaul R ed, White & B o ld by

Sam Smith IV

This week I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the renowned children’s television show “Sesame Street” would celebrate its 40th birthday. Just as my parents did, and I suspect my children will, I grew up enjoying “Sesame Street,” and before starting kindergarten, it taught me important lessons about shapes, phonetics and rudimentary math skills. After all of this time, with its same basic format, “Sesame Street” is still going strong. For this I am glad. Why change a good thing?

But what about when cornerstone institutions of our education system aren’t working? What, then, should we do with them? While at work on Monday, a co-worker showed me an essay that he had to write for a class. He had to take an anti-Obama position and wrote critically on the failures of No Child Left Behind.

I was a bit shocked in the beginning. I remember for years Democrats lamenting the bureaucratic farce that became No Child Left Behind and the serious strains that it put on states, teachers, children and their families. Then he reminded me, and I did my own research. Despite some basic pledges like increasing our amount of teachers and expanding access to higher education, Obama never specifically outlined a plan to fundamentally change the way we do business from kindergarten to 12th grade. What Obama has done is to point to his commitment to funding the crucial cuts made by the Bush administration as the key to fixing the problem. He is wrong.

In fact, as Vice President Joe Biden said in a debate when running for president two years ago, the entire system needs to be scrapped, and we need to start from the beginning. The first issue is the vast inequality that we end up with as a result of each state having its own educational standards. Our children should be learning the same skills, at the same time, and neither region, race, class, sex or anything else should have any impact on their education. This goal will only be met when we have one basic national

curriculum, with national standards. Obviously one size never fits all, and states and teachers should be able to curtail lesson plans to better serve their classes, but this should never be used as an excuse to dumb down the material being taught for the sake of passing a student to the next grade.

This system only hurts the student, particularly in mathematics where knowledge of early concepts build upon each other. We must have a system that pays particular attention to our girls and their performance in math and science. By relegating these subjects as being simply for boys, we aren’t tapping into the Godgiven potential that our young women have. In the ever-developing areas of science and technology, we start off with a tremendous disadvantage if half of our population isn’t considered “worthy” or equally as talented as the other half. And on this subject, while we all hear about the importance of math and science education regularly, there is one more practical key area where our students are simply not offered the best available, and that is foreign language.

Two years of Spanish in high school simply won’t cut it, particularly in a world where strict boundaries with respect to business and immigration are a thing of the past. We should begin much earlier, in middle school, with a minimum of three but ideally five years spent learning a second language. And we shouldn’t be stuck with the traditional options of Spanish and French but also allow equal access for our kids to learn German, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Bengali.

Despite the many pressing issues in our education system, we should all be glad that the United States has the best colleges and universities in the world. But all too often access to these institutions are simply out of reach for many (we can save this for another column). This is why it is so important for us to focus on primary education. For those who cannot access college, their minds should be no less strong or ready for the future than those who pursue further education. A girl in Massachusetts should have the same opportunity to succeed as her counterpart in Mississippi. Seldom do Democrats and Republicans agree on issues. With education there are also tremendous disagreements, but voices from the far left as well as the far right are calling this debate what it is: the civil rights issue of our time.

— Sam Smith IV is a junior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at ssmit162@utk.edu.

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A Nov. 2 Wall Street Journal article reported that among private colleges in America, 23 of the presidents of these institutions made salaries over $1 million in 2007-2008. Because these institutions qualify for tax-exemption as nonprofits, the news that executives may be receiving what some would cite as excessive pay quickly garnered fierce criticism.

Politicians like Sen. Charles Grassley, senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, was among those who charged against these types of salaries at tax-exempt institutions.

“The executive suite shouldn’t be insulated from belt-tightening,” Sen. Grassley said in response to the fact that many private colleges charge students more than $50,000 a year. “The pressure on students gets greater all the time.”

Although I cannot put words into Grassley’s mouth, I’m pretty sure that he is concerned that nonprofits are receiving tax-exempt status when they are behaving counter to their denomination. One could argue that these institutions are receiving tax exemption based on their perceived merit rather than a balance sheet which wholly defeats the purpose of nonprofit status and leaves the government only choosing economic winners and losers (not to imply that it doesn’t already do that).

Grassley could have just explained his probable motivation. But Grassley instead chooses political expediency. He chooses to pretend as though the executive salary at private schools really has any impact whatsoever on tuition costs because that is what Americans wants to hear right now. They want politicians to tell them that all of their problems stem from the fact that someone at the top is making too much money. It doesn’t take much of a thought exercise to understand that even cutting these salaries by 75 percent is not going to significantly lower tuition costs if the saved expenditure is even reallocated as such.

The key word in Grassley’s quote is “pressure.” It’s

a word that goes unexplained. Grassley doesn’t tell us what that pressure is or how it came about. Of course we can safely assume that he is talking about the gigantic cost of higher education.

No one even questions anymore why we are all sitting around in classrooms for four, usually more, years taking enormous loans to get jobs that will have nothing to do with our degree and will require only a few weeks of on-the-job training to perform. Don’t believe me? Go to a job fair. Don’t just go to one during this recession. Go to a college job fair in an ideal year, and you will find that most of the jobs will only require training provided by the firm.

Just like Grassley’s popular but erroneous sentiment, for some reason we have bought into the idea that college degrees create jobs for individuals.

College degrees have actually done just the opposite: They have created barriers to jobs.

Instead of middle-class jobs being available to everyone who can complete on-the-job training, we have created a new class that will never be able to attain a degree and thus will never have the opportunity to pursue these types of careers.

One of the positive consequences of a downturn in the economy is that efficiency arises.

Unfortunately, one of the major recipients of the state bailout money throughout most of the U.S. was public higher education. In a time when we could streamline universities to provide education to those who need it to actually work in their chosen field, such as engineers, medical professionals, etc., we are continuing to fund an inefficient system that creates barriers to the job market.

I am so confused every time I see progressive groups like the Progressive Student Alliance protesting the budget cuts. I have no idea why anyone who represents working and low-income interests would ever support a system that excludes people who will never be able to complete higher education for whatever reason. I thought everyone deserved the opportunity to be able to pursue a wellpaying job, oh social justice crusaders.

So why are we so “pressured”? Who in their right mind would create a system that requires individuals to take out thousands of dollars worth of debt and give up four or more years of their life to work in sales? It beats the hell out of me.

— Anna Parker is a senior in English literature.

She can be reached at aparke23@utk.edu.

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Friday, Nov. 6— Foghorn Duo @ The Square Room 12 p.m.

Lord T and Eloise @ The Valarium 9 p.m. $10 Karl Blau with Lake @ The Pilot Light 10 p.m. $5

Saturday, Nov. 7— Bob Goodson and The Blues Machine @ Manhattan’s 9:30 p.m. $5 Pearl and the Beard @ The Pilot Light 10 p.m. $5.

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Wednesday night in the International House was different than usual. Instead of the traditional Culture Night, the I-House decided to focus on one country in particular, Turkey, in a Cultural Expressions night. The different format made it possible to look at the specific history and religions that made Turkish culture what it is today.

Instead of the typical full-scale meal that many have come to associate with and indeed the reason for which to attend the culture nights, the I-House started things off with a short film, depicting different religions and their profound impacts on the country that would be Turkey. Though primarily Islamic today, Turkey was at one time the site of many important stories from the Christian Bible as well. All the different religions and ways of thought also influenced the arts of Turkey and more specifically the architecture. This way of looking at the country, not through its political wars or powerful leaders, but through theology and art was quite interesting for those present.

“It is nice to see a country that isn’t centered around government but its culture and its dancing and art,” Amanda Reuter, junior in Spanish and international business, said.

After the film, younger children demonstrated Turkish folk dancing.

Many cultures have traditional dance, and so do the Turks, but something was lost in the performance as none of the moves or the music was explained before or afterward. Regardless, the kids dancing and the food — some Turkish cuisine was served directly after the dance — will be what sticks with some people.

“The little kids were really cute,” said Ashley Reuter, freshman in business. “And the food was really good.”

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“I love all kinds of music and I think it’s all kinds of fun when you take a slightly different element and you bring it to you and incorporate that into your music,” she says.

There are high expectations for “Play On.” Underwood, whose debut CD “Some Hearts” sold about six million copies and whose second album sold nearly three million, is expected to debut at the top with this record.

But not everyone was happy about her choice of collaborators on “Play On.” “I think everybody kind of freaked out at first. And it was something that we did take into consideration, that people would be like, ‘What’s going on here?’” she recalls.

“Everybody kind of flipped out over Mike Elizondo, who I really like,” she says of the producer and songwriter, who co-wrote the CD’s first single, “Cowboy Casanova,” a country and pop hit. “They’re like, ‘He’s a rap producer.’

And it’s like, well, yes, he has done that, but he’s also worked with Nelly Furtado and Pink and Fiona Apple. I’m just another name he’s adding to his resume of all different kinds of music.”

“Play On” is still very much country — there’s banjo, pedal steel and mandolin — but Underwood has added different musical textures, which points to her maturation as an artist.

“I’m not trying to move anywhere away from country music,” she declares while sitting in a production studio, dressed comfortably in jeans, a T-shirt and sandals. “I love what I do. And let’s say ‘Cowboy Casanova’ crosses over, it’s going to cross over as it is — fiddles, steel and all. Growing up I never liked it when people would have a country song and then change it for a different format.”

And while Underwood had great pop success, she’s still firmly a country queen. She nabbed the Academy of Country Music’s entertainer of the year this spring and has four nominations for Nov. 11’s Country Music Association awards, for which she will also serve as host for the second-straight year.

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er who talked about Sufism in Turkey.

Sufism is a mystical branch of Islam, of which the famous Whirling Dervishes are a part. The presenter’s story was revealing as far as the tenants of Sufism go. He emphasized that Sufism means to seek God through personal experience, and then he went on to tell the stories of how Sufism came to be. He made one clear point in his presentation that is particularly apt for American students who don’t already know — he informed the audience that a jihad, a word heard very often these days with a strongly negative connotation, actually refers to a personal fight between the soul and the ego of a person. He did not spend long on this topic, just a brief pause in one of his stories, but the implications of the importance of culture nights (or country nights) were there. Some members of the audience agreed.

“These events are useful to compare cultures and see the differences between them,” Amanda said. “How they all interact and what one culture or country perceives of others.”

To close out the night, a video was shown highlighting one artform in Turkey, called Ebru, which is essentially marbleized and dyed water. The video was mesmerizing as what appeared to be random dots floating in water slowly came together to make an entire picture. However, because the attendance was low, and many people had left after the food was eaten, few people got to experience the second half of the evening.

“These events are better than reading about culture out of textbook because its visual,” Ashley said. “All types of people are here who are actually part of the culture.”

Amanda continued, “It’s one thing to read about it, or watch something on the Discovery Channel. But it’s different because (these events) are more interactive, and you get to see how people communicate.”

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Pop-country has made superstars out of acts like Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift and more, but the term is not particularly endearing in Nashville, even to the artists who have come to define it.

“I hate saying pop-country — I hate using that,” Carrie Underwood says during a recent interview while talking about some of her favorite artists.

Underwood, who has sold more than 10 million albums since her 2005 debut with hits that have appealed to both the MTV and CMT set, prefers to describe such music as “contemporary.” But she acknowledges the sonic shift between some of her childhood idols and today’s country stars.

“I loved Alan Jackson and Brooks & Dunn, those were the people that really first made me love country music. Then there were people like Bryan White who were like coming on the scene,” the 26year-old Oklahoma native explains. “And he was like one of the people that was like ‘OK, they don’t have to all sound like this.’ People can sound all kind of ways.

And he was young and hot.”

“I’ve had people tell me, ‘I never listened to country music until I saw you on “American Idol,” and now I’ve been to a Rascal Flatts concerts, and I went and saw so and so,’” she adds. “And it’s wonderful that we all kind of have our place in country music and we all pull listeners in for different reasons, and because of that we can hear everything.”

Her third album, “Play On,” out this week, stretches her country boundaries even further. Not only did she re-team with “American Idol” judge and pop hitmaker Kara DioGuardi, who worked with her on her multiplatinum sophomore album, “Carnival Ride,” she also worked with producers known for producing smashes for the likes of Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson and Katy Perry (Max Martin), and Eminem (Mike Elizondo).

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Army: 12 dead, 31 hurt in attacks at Fort Hood FORT HOOD, Texas — A soldier opened fire at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, unleashing a stream of gunfire that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman, and apprehended two other soldiers suspected in the attack.

The shooting began around 1:30 p.m., Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said at a news conference. He said all the casualties took place at the base’s Soldier Readiness Center, where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening.

“It’s a terrible tragedy. It’s stunning,” Cone said.

Little was known about the three soldiers suspected of taking part in the attack. The soldier used two handguns, Cone said. It was not clear if the gunman had stopped to reload.

A graduation ceremony for soldiers who finished college courses while deployed was going on in an auditorium at the Readiness Center at the time of the shooting, said Sgt. Rebekah Lampam, a Fort Hood spokeswoman.

Greg Schanepp, U.S. Rep. John Carter’s regional director in Texas, was representing Carter at the graduation, said John Stone, a spokesman for Carter, whose district includes the Army post.

Schanepp was at the ceremony when a soldier who had been shot in the back came running toward him and alerted him of the shooting, Stone said. The soldier told Schanepp not to go in the direction of the shooter, he said. Stone said he believes Schanepp was in the theater.

The base was locked down after the shootings. The wounded were dispersed among hospitals in central Texas, Cone said.

Ohio woman got away from serial killing suspect CLEVELAND — A Cleveland woman said Thursday that she was choked and threatened this year by the man now charged with murder after the remains of several people were found on his property — and that she is racked with guilt for not speaking up earlier.

Tanja Doss told The Associated Press that if she had quickly gone to authorities, her best friend, Nancy Cobbs, might not be missing.

She believes Cobbs might be among the 11 victims whose remains were found at Sowell’s home.

Police have recovered 10 bodies and a skull from the home and yard of 50-year-old Anthony Sowell, a registered sex offender who moved back to his family’s house in 2005 after serving 15 years in prison for attempted rape. He is being held without bond on five counts of aggravated murder.

Of the bodies found at Sowell’s home, only two victims have been identified so far — 52-year-old Tonia Carmichael of Warrensville Heights and 31-year-old Telacia Fortson of Cleveland.

Dog saves family from fire LIBERTY, Ind.— An eastern Indiana woman says her family’s dog deserves a special treat after his barking saved her family from an early morning house fire. Laura Sizemore said Dash, a 2-year-old border collie-Australian shepherd mix, began growling and barking about 3 a.m. Wednesday, awakening her and her husband, Stacy.

The couple, who found the house filled with smoke, quickly woke up their 11-yearold and 15-year-old sons and fled their house in Liberty about 65 miles east of Indianapolis.

Laura Sizemore said Dash is a very good dog and he’s going to get a reward for alerting the family after the home’s two smoke detectors apparently failed to work.

Officials said the fire started in a detached garage and spread to the back of the

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‘Mister Rogers Neighborhood’ set rebuilt as tribute PITTSBURGH — For just this weekend, a neighborhood in this city that has lain dormant in boxes and under plastic coverings for nearly a decade, is coming back to life.

Everyone important will be there in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood of MakeBelieve: Daniel Striped Tiger, X the Owl, Henrietta Pussycat and even Mr. McFeely in the flesh.

The set is being rebuilt and opened to the public Saturday and Sunday, giving generations of Americans who grew up with Fred Rogers and his mother’s hand-knit cardigans — as well as their children who watch his reruns — a real-life look at one of TV’s most famous neighborhoods.

“It’s really an iconic part of Pittsburgh,” says David Newell, aka Mr. McFeely.

The weekend marks the renaming of the WQED studio, where the show was taped, after Fred Rogers. The show, now in its 41st year, is the longest-running show on public television, according to Maria Pisano, WQED’s marketing associate.

Rail worker killed in Philly during strike PHILADELPHIA — A packed commuter train struck and killed a rail worker during the morning rush Thursday, disrupting service for three hours and stranding hundreds of riders on a system already crippled by a transit strike.

The train was inbound from the city’s northern suburbs when it hit the worker around 8:35 a.m., Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority spokesman Richard Maloney said. More than 625 people on the train were stranded at the Melrose Park station as three of 13 regional lines had to be shut down.

A 34-year-old rail inspector and a flagman were walking the northbound tracks when the inspector was hit from behind by a southbound train, Maloney said. The train was running on different tracks than normal because of equipment problems with another train.

Normally, when regional rail lines are shut down due to an accident, SEPTA buses arrive to take passengers to their destinations, officials said. But that wasn’t possible because the more than 5,000 bus, subway and trolley drivers are in the third day of a strike.

Michigan twin sisters accused of tax-return scam DETROIT — Federal authorities said twin sisters from the Detroit area sold their children’s Social Security numbers to people who claimed the kids as dependents on their tax returns.

Karhonda and Kashaunda Prophet were charged Thursday with assisting the preparation of false returns over a two-year period.

A criminal complaint in federal court said Karhonda Prophet received at least $200 and Kashaunda Prophet got at least $400. Sometimes the alleged scam didn’t work because the Internal Revenue Service became suspicious and denied tax refunds.

There are no phone numbers listed for the sisters.

Lawyers have not been appointed.

Man says image of Jesus appears on truck window JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Jim Stevens said he’s not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image resembling Jesus Christ keeps appearing on his pickup.

Stevens, of Jonesborough, said nearly every morning, an image that looks to him like the face of Jesus Christ has appeared in the condensation on the driver’s side window of his Isuzu truck. A Johnson City Press photo of the truck showed a facial image.

Stevens said when he first saw the image, he figured it

would evaporate and not return. But it kept reappearing for two weeks now.

Stevens said folks at the grocery store he goes to were amazed to see the image.

He said he isn’t going to wash the truck for a while.

Medical marijuana shops abound in California SEBASTOPOL, Calif. — The medical marijuana dispensary in this California wine country town is in a former auto dealership, and has more registered patients than the town has residents. Los Angeles has more pot shops than Starbucks or schools.

The surge in medical marijuana in California has left many communities scrambling to regulate the free-for-

all, while others are trying to ban the drug altogether. The issue took on greater urgency after the Obama administration announced looser federal marijuana guidelines last month.

Some local governments are looking to take an approach similar to Sebastopol, where officials welcome the business as a strong source of tax revenue during the recession.

The Peace in Medicine marijuana dispensary is a clean, modern operation and could easily be mistaken for a doctor’s office, if not for the three security guards and overwhelming skunky smell of pot.

“I guess I had my prejudices that it was going to have bars on the windows and be some-

thing very obvious and unappealing to the public,” longtime city councilman Larry Robinson said.

Now the dispensary is about to open a second location, next to a Starbucks.

“I’m the luckiest guy in the world to be leading this thing,” said Peace in Medicine’s operator, Robert Jacob.

In Los Angeles — the marijuana dispensary capital of the country — about 800 dispensaries are estimated to have opened despite a 2007 order halting new pot operations.

The explosion is blamed on a loophole in the City Council’s moratorium. Final regulations are still not in place.

Coupled with his new findings on the productivity of UT retail faculty, Runyan pioneered a scale that allows the user to quantify one kind of small business management orientation.

“For the university, the study provides concrete data which shows that UT is one of the top 10 institutions in terms of retailing journal output,” Hyun said.

The results indicate that UT is emerging as a highly competitive player in the field of retail research, a role that will prove beneficial to the student population.

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Vols improve in second exhibition Matt Dixon Staff Writer The Tennessee men’s basketball team won its second and final preseason game of the season Wednesday night with at 97-58 victory over Lincoln Memorial University.

Head coach Bruce Pearl was pleased with his team’s effort.

“There were areas I wanted to improve on tonight, and I thought we did,” he said. “I thought our defense was better. We would have liked to have shot the ball better. I knew we would struggle because they are a better defensive team.

This was a little bit better test for us tonight.”

Sophomore Scotty Hopson led the scoring for the Vols with 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the field. “(Hopson) is very, very comfortable offensively,” Pearl said. “(He’s) got to continue to stay strong with the ball … and be mindScott Martineau • The Daily Beacon ful of not turning the ball over.”

Freshman guard, Skylar McBee drives down the Seniors Tyler Smith and Wayne court during the 97-58 win over Lincoln Chism each scored 11 points while Memorial Wednesday. McBee played for 19 min- Chism grabbed a team-high eight utes and scored 9 points for the Vols. rebounds. Smith didn’t play in the

second half after the Vols led 53-31 at the break.

Chism likes the way the team played defensively with Pearl implementing his trademark fullcourt press defense more this year.

“We got off to a great start,” Chism said. “It was a good game in the first half, but we stepped our defense up and made a couple of big turnovers in the second half and did some good things at the end.”

Junior college transfer Melvin Goins got the start over Bobby Maze at point guard and contributed two points to go along with five assists and two steals in only 12 minutes of action. Maze was 4-of-9 from the field for eight points and added four assists and seven rebounds.

Freshmen Skylar McBee and Kenny Hall each contributed nine points.

Junior Cameron Tatum got the start over senior J.P. Prince at wing and scored six points on 3- of-8 shooting from the field and added six rebounds.

“I thought Cameron, through practice, had deserved the start,” Pearl said. “I wanted to start

Cameron, and J.P. came to me before the game and said, ‘Coach, I know you want to start Cameron, and it’s either going to be me or Scotty to be replaced, so start him in my place.’”

Off the bench, Prince scored eight points, including hitting 6-of8 from the free-throw line while also snagging four steals.

Junior Brian Williams played only in the second half but scored three points and grabbed seven rebounds. S ophomore Renaldo Woolridge added four points.

D’Mario Curry led the way for the Railsplitters, scoring 24 points to go along with eight rebounds and two steals.

The Vols will tip off the regular season on Nov. 13 at home against the Austin Peay Governors.

Pearl noted that the Vols will go with a 10-man rotation for the season. Pearl said he will no longer experiment with different lineups.

“What’s next is two hard days (of practice),” Pearl said. “We’re going to focus on some advanced scouting these next two days and take a look at Asheville and East Carolina and then spend all next week on Austin Peay.”

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Kicker Daniel Lincoln, who has been out with a quad injury since the Alabama game, practiced Wednesday and said he would play Saturday, and both Marlon Walls and Chris Walker practiced on the defensive side.

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One aspect of the game that Kiffin and the Vols seem to feel more confident about as of late is fourth-down conversions. UT has completed its last seven attempts.

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Hardesty approaches milestone Kiffin also commented on the strength, aggression and determination of senior running back Montario Hardesty, who is approaching the 1,000 yards rushing mark for the season.

“It’s easy to play like he plays in the first quarter of a game when you’re not banged up,” Kiffin said. “It’s not easy to play like he plays every quarter of every game when he is so banged up. He is so banged up, but he goes out there and plays aggressive football every time and it’s real motivation and it’s real inspiration to the rest of the guys on the team.”

Hardesty claimed that hard work and the offensive line have helped him achieve success this season.

“I just try to get better each day,” Hardesty said. “I got to go out and take advantage of whatever the other team gives me. Practice has become really important for me and the team.”

Hardesty said that a game during the first of October was vital for the Vols’ running game and how they prepare for teams.

“Second half of the Auburn game, everything just clicked for us,” Hardesty said. “The light switch went off for a lot of the guys, and since then we’ve had better practices and better preparations which have helped me and the team get better.”

He said he understands that, without the offensive line, the success he has enjoyed so far may not have been possible.

“It would be a big accomplishment, but I would really have to thank the o-line,” he said. “It would definitely be a big accomplishment for all of us though.”

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TENNESSEE David Wells How

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After UT defeated South Carolina in front of a Neyland Stadium crowd of 96,263 and a national audience on ESPN, left guard Cory Sullins walked into an exhilarated locker room.

While the players were excited about beating a ranked oppoThe Vols get a nent in their custom-made black jerseys, Sullins knew head bit of a breather coach Lane Kiffin saw the Vols not playing their best. this week with “It was an excited locker room. But (Kiffin) did come Memphis coming to in and tell us there were some things we needed to clean town and the worst up,” Sullins said. “He let us know that we didn’t execute of their brutal SEC as well as we should’ve.” schedule behind them.

However, regardless of With in-state rival Memphis coming to town on records or ability, Saturday, Kiffin knows the Tigers will be ready to take Memphis always seems advantage of UT’s mistakes. to play UT close. Maybe “I would imagine this is the biggest game of the it’s the fact that everyone season for them,” Kiffin said. “We don’t have to look on the Tigers’ roster any further than the last time they came in here and would have leapt at the almost beat Tennessee.” opportunity to play for Sullins and the Vols will play their 2009 Tennessee. Nonetheless, Homecoming game this weekend against the Vols are a 25.5-point Memphis, an opponent that is winless against the favorite entering the conVols since 1996. The Tigers have never won in test and should wind handiKnoxville. ly. Look for the Vols to give UT’s 1996 loss to the Tigers, a 21-17 upset 13 Scott Martineau • The Daily Beacon their young players plenty years ago in Memphis, was fresh on the minds of of work, in particular Linebackers Savion Frazier and Lamarcus Thompson tackle South Carolina the reporters attending Tennessee’s media day on Nu’Keese Richardson, who quarterback Stephen Garcia in last Saturday’s game.

The Vols must replace Tuesday. has been upset with his For Sullins, that is ancient history.

Frazier who was lost for the season with a torn ACL. role in the offense.

“It’s not too fresh on my mind,” he said. “It’s just Saturday’s game will be a an important game, and we’re not going to overlook great opportunity to “We all say it on the sidelines — we’d block for that guy every day,” Sullins said. “We’d go to war with tweak the offense and it.” have it running in top Memphis is UT’s first unranked opponent since its Oct. 10 him every day. He’s just been a lot of fun to block for.”

The Vols’ passing game has shown improved accuracy as of late, as quarterback Jonathan Crompton form before they matchup with Georgia and the only non-conference team left on its has thrown two picks in the last four games compared to eight in his first four. attempt to finish off schedule.

Crompton is second in the SEC with 16 touchdowns and is completing 57 percent of his passes. the month of Tennessee has played two No. 1-ranked teams (Florida and As some players are experiencing success down the stretch of the season, Kiffin noted the Vols still November without Alabama), a No. 21 team (South Carolina) and an unranked team that a loss and thus go entered the polls the following week (Auburn at No. 17). The Vols have challenges to face in their final four contests, starting with finding a replacement for linebacker bowling someSavion Frazier who suffered a season-ending ACL tear against South Carolina. outscored those opponents by a combined 76-74. where warm “Losing Savion Frazier, we have now lost our second starting middle linebacker at a position that was By contrast, Memphis has only played one ranked opponent, then-No. 8 and sunny already not very deep,” Kiffin said. “Our guys are going to have to do a good job.”

Ole Miss in week one. The Tigers fell to the Rebels 45-14. come While Frazier was expected to make a return later this season after initial examinations, Kiffin The Vols can credit much of their offensive production to senior running back January.

Montario Hardesty, who has carried the ball for 841 yards and has led the Vols in announced Sunday Frazier will join Nick Reveiz, who tore his ACL against Ohio, on the sidelines.

With two freshmen now in line to take Frazier’s place, Kiffin knows the urgency of performing well. rushing in every game.

“In the transition to Savion Frazier we played about six quarters of our worst defense,” Kiffin said.

Last week the tailback put up 121 yards and two touchdowns against South Carolina.

“We are going to need guys to step up around them and play better too if we are going to keep up this

Tennessee Will Win

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How Memphis Will Win

The last time the Memphis Tigers ventured to Neyland Stadium was in 2006 when Tennessee dominated the visiting Tigers 41-7. Memphis has only beatMemphis has strugen the Vols once, when it shocked UT for the Vols’ only gled this season on the non-conference loss in 1996, but the Tigers travel to defensive side of the ball.

Neyland on Saturday hoping to snag the program’s The Tigers have allowed 416.5 first-ever win in Knoxville. yards per game through eight The Tigers are currently 2-6 and must finish out the games while also allowing 30.1 season undefeated to become eligible for a bowl bid. points per game. Memphis appears Injuries have been a major issue this season for to be hitting the Vols at the wrong Memphis, who is missing four starters from its secondtime, as the UT offense has substanary, along with quarterback Tyler Bass, who was tially improved throughout its last knocked out for the season in only his second game as three games. UT quarterback Jonathan a starter.

Crompton has performed well since the “I don’t like to make excuses with injuries,” Vols’ Oct. 10 victory over Georgia, but Memphis coach Tommy West said. “But defensively we in last week’s win over South Carolina, have a lot of people out. I was looking at it earlier today, Crompton managed the game more than and we have six or seven guys that are out on our he dominated it, throwing two touchdefense.” downs and no interceptions. As a team, Although Memphis’ offense suffered several injuries, the Vols recorded zero turnovers against the Tigers have withstood issues on the defensive side the Gamecocks while forcing four from of the ball throughout the season. Memphis will look to their opponent. Memphis will have to Chris Evans • The Daily Beacon find rhythm on offense to carry the team. play through key injuries on its defense West acknowledged that many of the SEC’s best Memphis wide receiver Carlos Singleton rushes past an opponent in a game and force some Volunteer turnovers to offenses have sputtered against the Vols’ defense, but against East Carolina. Singleton has caught 29 passes, gained 396 yards stand a chance against an improved he thinks the Tigers’ spread-style offense may be an and scored three touchdowns so far this season.

Crompton and a tough running attack advantage. from the Vols’ Montario Hardesty. The “It will be interesting to see because a lot of those Tigers lean more towards the passing take a two-touchdown issue the offense will face is finishing out drives. teams (from the SEC) are built more for power,” West said. “We game but will have difficulty finding “We’ve just got to finish in the red zone,” Steele said. “Instead lead against South spread you out and flip you around, so we’ll see.” offensive rhythm against a Carolina six minutes into of getting field goals, maybe get (to) score some touchdowns.”

The Tigers have one of the top playmakers in the country in Tennessee defense that has West added that turnovers will be critical in deciding the out- the game. senior Duke Calhoun. Calhoun ranks 16th in the nation in receiv- come of Saturday’s game. allowed only eight touchdowns Memphis’ defense will ing yards despite playing with three different quarterbacks this on the season. If Memphis can “Our guys have got to learn not to make mistakes,” West said. look to keep Tennessee out win the turnover battle while year.

“We took one team up there, and they made mistakes, and the of the end zone as much as also limiting the Vols’ “I think Duke is playing faster than he’s played since he’s been game got out of hand early.” possible, but with defensive improved offense, the here,” West said. “He’s playing really well right now.”

Steele agreed the team needed to focus on the “little things” lineman Jada Brown and defenTigers can escape with Calhoun said he is looking forward to the competition going into the game. sive back D.A. Griffin reserved to the edge in this inTennessee’s defense, led by All-American safety Eric Berry, will “Our main point is going to be focusing this week and on the the sideline because of injuries, West state rivalry. provide. acknowledged it will be difficult to slow little things that we have to do,” Steele said.

“I can’t wait to meet him (Berry), and I hope it’s going to be a Turnovers prevented Memphis from keeping pace with East the Vols down. great game,” Calhoun said.

Kickoff between the Vols and Tigers is at 7 Carolina in its last game, where the Tigers ultimately lost to ECU Senior running back Curtis Steele said he thinks the biggest 38-19. In that same week, Tennessee used two early turnovers to p.m. Saturday on ESPNU.

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THESPORTSPAGE

Pick ‘Em Week 10 Brad Merritt Sports Editor last week: 9-2 overall: 72-27

Lynette Williams Ad Rep last week: 8-3 overall: 65-34

1) Arkansas 2) Alabama (21-17) 3) Penn State 4) Tennessee (45-3) 5) Florida 6) Oklahoma 7) California 8) Oregon 9) Georgia Tech 10) Clemson pillow fight: MTSU 1) Arkansas 2) LSU (14-10) 3) Penn State 4) Tennessee (42-13) 5) Florida 6) Oklahoma 7) California 8) Oregon 9) Georgia Tech 10) Clemson pillow fight: MTSU

1) Arkansas 2) Alabama (17-10) 3) Penn State 4) Tennessee (31-7) 5) Florida 6) Oklahoma 7) Oregon State 8) Oregon 9) Georgia Tech Assistant Sports Editor 10) Florida State

Zac Ellis last week: 8-3 overall: 67-32

pillow fight: MSTU

Managing Editor

1) South Carolina 2) Alabama (17-7) 3) Penn State 4) Tennessee (35-7) 5) Florida 6) Nebraska 7) Oregon State 8) Oregon 9) Georgia Tech 10) Clemson

last week: 6-5 overall: 65-34

pillow fight: MTSU

Nash Armstrong

1) South Carolina @ Arkansas 2) #9 LSU @ #3 Alabama* 3) #16 Ohio State @ #11 Penn State 4) Memphis @ Tennessee 5) Vandy @ #1 Florida 6) #24 Oklahoma @ Nebraska 7) Oregon State @ #20 California 8) #8 Oregon @ Stanford 9) Wake Forest @ #10 Georgia Tech 10) Florida State @ Clemson pillow fight: Florida International @ MTSU *game of the week

Brooks Clark Journalism Lecturer last week: 7-4 overall: 71-28

1) South Carolina 2) Alabama (24-14) 3) Penn State 4) Tennessee (24-14) 5) Florida 6) Oklahoma 7) California 8) Oregon 9) Georgia Tech 10) Clemson pillow fight: MTSU

Staff Writer

1) Arkansas 2) Alabama (13-7) 3) Ohio State 4) Tennessee (48-6) 5) Florida 6) Oklahoma 7) California 8) Oregon 9) Wake Forest 10) Florida State

last week: 7-4 overall: 54-45

pillow fight: MTSU

Erin Exum

Editor-in-Chief

1) South Carolina 2) Alabama (17-10) 3) Ohio State 4) Tennessee (51-9) 5) Florida 6) Oklahoma 7) Oregon State 8) Oregon 9) Georgia Tech 10) Clemson

last week: 8-3 overall: 71-28

pillow fight: FL Int.

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Design Editor

1) South Carolina 2) Alabama (31-17) 3) Penn State 4) Tennessee (38-10) 5) Florida 6) Nebraska 7) California 8) Oregon 9) Georgia Tech 10) Clemson

last week: 9-2 overall: 72-27

pillow fight: MTSU

Patrick Relford

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