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in HOPE among those WCC takes stand on women’s issues Cuts considered for new budget plan

pendence comes a lot of bad things that can happen to you. You could be more easily taken advantage of.”

The statistics support Hunt’s rationale. According to a 2007 Women’s Week recently wrapped up on UT’s campus, and as study taken by the National Center for Victims of Crime, an estisuch, students united against women’s issues like domestic vio- mated one out of four college women is either raped or attemptlence, rape and sexual abuse in an unusual way — through the ed to be raped every year. The study reveals that in 85 percent of these assaults, the women knew their attacker, and that a mere decorating of T-shirts.

The Clothesline Project, which is hosted annually by UTK’s 16 percent of rape victims report the crime to the police.

It was these appalling numbers that were addressed and Women’s Coordinating Council (WCC), allows women to connect and share their personal experiences with these awful issues protested during Friday’s march, which concluded with a candlelit vigil, a “speak out” and speech by keynote speaker Angela in a creative, therapeutic way.

“It’s basically a way for women to express themselves and Rose.

“The silent march is an opportunity to honor victims and surwhatever has been on their heart,” Christina Hunt, a sophomore vivors of sexual assault and domestic violence,” Schlactus said. in finance and press secretary for the WCC, said.

Each shirt color represented a different issue pertaining to “When I march every year, it never fails to amaze me the spirit of women, whether it be incest, rape, abuse or discrimination community you feel when walking together. This is our chance to show we’re not afraid to take a stand.” grounded in gender or sexuality.

Panter praised the Leigh Schlactus, senevent for its inspirational ior in English and chair qualities. of the WCC, described “The march is so the project as “a chance important because it’s a for anyone, whether a very uplifting and survivor, a friend or relaempowering thing to see tive of a survivor, or so many people coming someone who wants to together and uniting for speak out against a cause that is 100 perassault and domestic cent good, and that is the violence, to express right to be safe and have their feelings.” governance over your The finished shirts own body,” Panter said. were hung from clothes Take Back the Night is lines in the UC ballroom one of several events that on Friday during the the WCC organizes Take Back the Night throughout the year. march, Women’s Week’s Their Women’s Center, culminating event. which is located on the Schlactus hoped that the third floor of the UC, also shirts were able to send serves as a readily availan empowering mesable resource to women sage. on campus.

“The idea is not to Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon “Our mission is to judge anyone’s expresTia Street, freshman in pre-professional interest, decorates a shirt empower women on sion but to recognize as part of the Clothesline Project on the Pedestrian Mall on campus and promote their chance to be Monday, Oct. 24. All the shirts decorated during the project, which awareness of issues that heard,” Schlactus said.

This chance to be lasted all week, were displayed as part of Take Back the Night on women face daily,” Hunt said. “The Women’s heard is one that unfor- Thursday, Oct. 27.

Center is an outlet so tunately is not always that women feel they have a safe environment they can come to.” met in society.

Panter added that the Center has “information on things like “A lot of times these issues aren’t really spoken of,” Hunt said. sexual assault and STDs” and that they supply “condoms, femi“It’s kind of swept under the rug.”

Brandi Panter, a senior in history and the executive press sec- nine products and occasionally peppermints” to students.

“It’s a warm and welcoming environment, and with a 51-perretary of the Central Programing Council, agreed.

“The Clothesline Project and Women’s Week are very impor- cent majority of female students on campus, it’s nice to see that tant because I think there is a large cultural taboo when it comes we have a group who addresses their needs,” Panter said. “It’s a to speaking out about rape aggression,” Panter said. “No woman beautiful thing.”

Through all the efforts that the WCC is taking, Schlactus should be ashamed or apologize for what happened to them hopes to see women’s empowerment continue to progress on unibecause it isn’t their fault.”

While this message is universal to all women, Hunt said, it is versity campuses.

“People need to understand that violence against women hapespecially pertinent to those in college.

“The reason why this message is so important to the college pens all too often and that victims need our support and encourcampus is that a lot of the time, women are especially vulnerable agement, not our judgment,” Schlactus. “College-aged women to these issues at this time in their lives,” Hunt said. “College is are the next generation of wives and mothers; social change is an environment where you are exposed to a lot of new things. always slow, whatever the issue may be. If we aren’t striving to You’re not with your parents anymore, and with all of that inde- change the attitudes of our generation, that change will take even longer to be realized.”

Morgan Liv McConnell Staff Writer

Jamie Greig Staff Writer The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee system was told that a tight fiscal year ahead must not prevent the university from progressing towards its goals and may include changes to tuition, at the Friday, Oct. 28 meeting.

UT President Joe DiPietro and Gov. Bill Haslem, who addressed the media after the meeting, explained that a tight year ahead for both state and university will involve tough decisions about budget matters.

“We’re very serious about looking at capital for higher ed. I mean, it’s a piece of what we’re trying to do,” Haslam said. “And again, interest rates are low, construction rates are better than typical because of the slow economy.

My responsibility, and the legislature’s as well, is to say, as we take on that indebtedness, what’s the right amount?”

However, DiPietro said that any changes to tuition would involve discussion with parents as well as attempts to draw out a long-term fixed plan.

DiPietro, when addressing the fall meeting of the board, gave a description of what progress has been made since his hiring exactly one year and six days prior.

He explained how he has been engaging with staff, students and faculty members at campuses across the state.

“I’ve been really focused on efforts to take care of the campuses and institutes,” he said.

“We are expanding teamwork, cooperation and engagement among all the components of the System.”

However, DiPietro did admit that the road towards completion of these goals would not be easy, particularly as the year ahead is predicted to be tight fiscally.

He explained that despite progress, the university is still behind on staff compensation as well as classroom facility

and building plans.

A compensation advisory board was established to look into the issue that UT currently sits at 87 percent of the market median as far as staff and faculty compensation.

An engagement survey will be sent out over the next month to faculty and staff members to try to gauge feedback on the issue.

He also explained the work of the lottery task force, established to work out how to reduce the $20-24 million lottery scholarship overspend.

This may involve changes to the HOPE scholarship SAT and GPA qualification rules.

However, DiPietro was keen to state that this must not affect the best and brightest students coming to UT and in particular those from lowincome families.

DiPietro explained that a budget meeting with Gov. Haslem on Nov. 15 will allow the university to decide more accurately how it will implement progress in the coming year.

The board was also addressed by trustee Charles Anderson, who described a visit to Clemson University as part of a review into the top 25 status goal.

Clemson has risen from 39th in U.S. News and World Report rankings in 2001 to 25th in the most recent ranking, while UT has dropped from 44th to 45th.

In order to establish what Clemson’s secret formula for success was, Anderson visited in July.

Anderson explained that Clemson has had consistent leadership over 10 years, selfassessment, a clear message that has been adopted across the campus and state as well as getting out to peer universities and spreading the message.

He also acknowledged this will not be a short-term 2-to-3year target but instead a much longer term ambition.

See BOARD OF TRUSTEES on Page 3

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Pat Summitt addresses questions from reporters during media day in Thompson-Boling Arena on Monday, Oct. 31. Summitt and the entire Lady Vols basketball team have high hopes going into this season, ranked No. 3 in the country in the pre-season Associated Press poll.

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Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon

Jesse Hewitt, Rochelle Lo and Robert Huber, all seniors in architecture, take a break between classes on Halloween, Oct. 31. While most students went about the day as if it were any other, a few especially festive individuals dressed in costume for classes.

1765 — Parliament enacts the Stamp Act In the face of widespread opposition in the American colonies, Parliament enacts the Stamp Act, a taxation measure designed to raise revenue for British military operations in America.

Defense of the American colonies in the French and Indian War (1754-63) and Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763-64) were costly affairs for Great Britain, and Prime Minister George Grenville hoped to recover some of these costs by taxing the colonists. In 1764, the Sugar Act was enacted, placing a high duty on refined sugar. Although resented, the Sugar Act tax was hidden in the cost of import duties, and most colonists accepted it.

The Stamp Act, however, was a direct tax on the colonists and led to an uproar in America over an issue that was to be a major cause of the Revolution: taxation without representation.

Passed without debate by Parliament in March 1765, the Stamp Act was designed to force colonists to use special stamped paper in the printing of newspapers, pamphlets, almanacs, and playing cards, and to have a stamp embossed on all commercial and legal papers. The stamp itself displayed an image of a Tudor rose framed by the word “America” and the French phrase Honni soit qui mal y pense — “Shame to him who thinks evil of it.”

Outrage was immediate.

Massachusetts politician Samuel Adams organized the secret Sons of Liberty organization to plan protests against the

measure, and the Virginia legislature and other colonial assemblies passed resolutions opposing the act. In October, nine colonies sent representatives to New York to attend a Stamp Act Congress, where resolutions of “rights and grievances” were framed and sent to Parliament and King George III. Despite this opposition, the Stamp Act was enacted on November 1, 1765.

The colonists greeted the arrival of the stamps with violence and economic retaliation. A general boycott of British goods began, and the Sons of Liberty staged attacks on the customhouses and homes of tax collectors in Boston. After months of protest and economic turmoil, and an appeal by Benjamin Franklin before the British House of Commons, Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act in March 1766. However, the same day, Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts, asserting that the British government had free and total legislative power over the colonies.

Parliament would again attempt to force unpopular taxation measures on the American colonies in the late 1760s, leading to a steady deterioration in British-American relations that culminated in the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775.

1964 — Military and political situation in South Vietnam deteriorates One year after the overthrow and assassination of President Ngo Dinh Diem, the situation in South Vietnam is deteriorating in both the military and

political spheres.

Following two months of extreme political turmoil, the High National Council confirmed the appointment of Tran Van Huong as South Vietnam’s premier. Though he promised to wage total war against the communists while separating religion and politics, he proved to be only the latest in a line of ineffectual leaders that attempted to fill the void left

by Diem’s death.

The military situation was no better.

On this date, Viet Cong raiders infiltrated the U.S. air base at Bien Hoa, 12 miles north of Saigon, and launched a heavy mortar attack that caught the U.S. and South Vietnamese off guard. Before the Viet Cong withdrew, they killed five U.S. servicemen and two South Vietnamese soldiers, wounded 76, destroyed two B57 bombers, and damaged another 20 U.S. and South Vietnamese aircraft. A lengthy search of the area around Bien Hoa failed to locate any of the Viet Cong.

Word of the attack reached Washington early in the morning, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff called for “a prompt and strong response” against North Vietnam.

Ambassador Maxwell Taylor called for a more limited response, but also advocated bombing in retaliation. President Lyndon Johnson, concerned with the presidential election that was only 48 hours away, decided to do nothing except order the immediate replacement of destroyed and damaged planes.

— This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

Friday, Oct. 28 6:29 a.m. — A vending machine in Hoskins Library appeared to be forced open. No items or money seemed to have been stolen.

11:52 a.m. — Theft reported in Clement Hall.

Student claimed that his backpack was stolen while visiting a friend.

4:15 p.m. — Report of a stolen bicycle. Victim met with officer in UTPD lobby and stated that someone had stolen her bicycle from its locked location next to Morrill Hall.

Saturday, Oct. 29 1:00 a.m. — Intoxicated male subject found passed out on Clinch Avenue.

3:00 a.m. — Report of an intoxicated male in Clement Hall courtyard led to the arrest of the combative subject.

5:34 a.m. — Male subject found wandering different levels of White Avenue Parking Garage. After making contact, the officer determined that the individual was intoxicated. The subject claimed to be looking for his car. The male was arrested for public intoxication and underage consumption.

8:20 p.m. — Officer responded to a disturbance in Neyland Stadium involving two people. Upon arrival, both subjects were arrested for public intoxication.

Compiled from a media log provided to the Daily Beacon by the University 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.

NEWS

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

BOARD OF TRUSTEES continued from Page 1 The board also approved the following proposals: — DiPietro’s recommendation for election and compensation of Johnnie Ray as the vice president for development and alumni affairs.

Ray comes to UT from Arizona State, where he was president and chief executive officer of the university’s foundation since 2007.

— Naming the Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education. Former Gov. Bredesen helped grow the partnership between UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and was a champion of higher education during his eight years in office.

— Naming of the UTC Library Annex (auditorium) the Dr. Lawrence G. Derthick Sr. Hall. Derthick was U.S. Commissioner of Education from 1956 to 1961.

— FY 2012-2013 operating budget appropriations request for non-formula units, capital outlay and capital maintenance projects and revenue/institutionally funded projects.

— An amendment to UT’s affiliation agreement with Methodist Healthcare Memphis Hospitals and a new affiliation agreement with the West Clinic to integrate cancer services.

— An affiliation and services agreement with the UC Foundation, Inc. at the University of

Tennessee at Chattanooga. The purpose of the agreement is to leverage the foundation in order to maximize private giving to UTC, sharpen the focus of UTC’s fundraising efforts, enhance the outreach and services available to University of Chattanooga and UTC alumni, and provide the means to increase the development and alumni operation (staffing, activities and other initiatives) located at UTC. — An endorsement on the UT Foundation policy on affiliated foundations. The policy establishes the model for any future UTFI affiliated foundation and paves the way for the creation of the UTHSC foundation.

— Statement of commitment to graduate medical education as required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

— Establishment of the University Honors College at UTC, which is an expansion of the existing University Honors Program. A part of UTC’s goal to become a top-5 public master’s university in the South, the University Honors College will emphasize individual development in leadership, personal and professional ethics, and creativity for approximately 10 percent of UTC’s undergraduates.

Financial support will come primarily from private sources. In addition to the existing $6.5 million Brock Scholars endowment, another $7 million of a $15 million development goal has been raised to create the college.

— 2011 Annual Report to the General Assembly, which includes financial and enrollment data.

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Letters spur on Wall Street protesters The Associated Press NEW YORK — Supporters from around the country and abroad are sending as many as 100 letters a day — sometimes with money, weather gear or packages of cookies — to the Occupy Wall Street protesters, reaching them through a UPS branch near their Zuccotti Park encampment.

“Please accept these humble donations,” wrote one sender who did not disclose a name. “I am poor and am fighting foreclosure, but if you are willing to occupy and keep this message alive, I will support you.”

With some of the letters are parcels of ponchos, gloves or camping gear for demonstrators. A good number of the senders apologize for being unable to send more donations because of their own financial problems.

Since the protests began on Sept. 17, volunteers at Zuccotti Park say they’ve received about 2,000 letters

Critical drug bill lags in Congress The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages, action he says will help stop a “slow-rolling problem” that puts patients at risk and raises the potential for price gouging.

Obama signed an executive order in the Oval Office on Monday instructing the FDA to take action in three areas: broadening its reporting of potential drug shortages; accelerating reviews of applications to change production of drugs facing potential shortages; and giving the Justice Department more information about possible instances of collusion or price gouging.

Patient deaths have been blamed on the shortages, which tend to affect cancer drugs, anesthetics, drugs used in emergency medicine, and electrolytes needed for intravenous feeding. Hospitals have been forced to buy from secondary suppliers at huge markups. Surgeries and cancer treatments have been delayed.

“Even though the FDA has successfully prevented an actual crisis, this is one of those slow-rolling problems that could end up resulting in disaster for patients and health care facilities all over the country,” Obama said.

The president ordered the new steps without congressional approval, saying his administration refused to wait for lawmakers to act on similar legislation pending on Capitol Hill. The measure is part of a White House effort to use executive action to get around congressional Republicans.

Obama said the White House would continue to push lawmakers to pass bipartisan legislation to prevent drug shortages, but said “we can’t wait for action on the Hill, we’ve got to go ahead and move forward.”

The president was joined in the Oval Office by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, pharmacy manager Bonnie

Frawley, and Jay Cuetara, a 49-year-old San Francisco cancer patient who told an FDA workshop last month how he grappled with a shortage in his chemotherapy drug.

The FDA reported 178 drug shortages last year, and the agency says it continues to see an increase in shortages this year. Major causes of drug shortages are said to be quality or manufacturing problems, or delays in receiving components from suppliers. Drug makers also discontinue certain drugs in favor of newer medications that are more profitable. The FDA does not have authority to force drug makers to continue production of a drug.

In the worst known case linked to the shortages, Alabama’s public health department this spring reported nine deaths and 10 patients harmed due to bacterial contamination of a handmixed batch of liquid nutrition given via feeding tubes because the sterile pre-mixed liquid wasn’t available.

The administration acknowledged the steps Obama approved won’t solve a growing problem. Shortages have tripled in recent years and show no signs of slowing.

But Hamburg said, “We can make a very real and meaningful difference by expanding our network of early warnings.”

Indeed, officials said the FDA has managed to prevent 137 drug shortages over the past 21 months when companies told regulators they were having trouble. Options include getting other manufacturers to ramp up their own production, helping to find alternative suppliers of key ingredients, even sometimes allowing temporary importation of competitors usually only sold abroad.

The executive action is part of a larger push by the White House to portray Obama, who is facing re-election, as an effective counterpoint to congressional Republicans blocking his jobs legislation. Last week, he issued an executive order to help homeowners refinance at lower mortgage rates and to allow college graduates to simplify and lower their student loan payments. On Friday he directed government agencies to shorten the time it takes for federal research to turn into commercial products in the marketplace.

from the unemployed, college students in debt and grandmothers worried about the financial struggles of younger generations. The letters have arrived from all over the United States and from abroad, addressed from South Korea, Australia, Scotland and Germany. They bear messages of hope, advice on tactics and criticism. Some have now been posted online.

The parcels and letters are taken over to a storage depot in an office building where the donations are sorted.

There are shelves of canned food, bags of dry pasta, piles of hand warmers and halfopened boxes waiting to be sorted. On a recent weekday, there were well over 100 letters waiting to be processed in a mail bin. Some were handwritten, others typed on a computer.

“I can honestly say for the first time in my cynical, contrarian years that I am damn proud to be an American!” said one writer, using pink ink, who described herself as a college student.

“Dear 99ers!” began a handwritten letter sent by someone identifying himself as Henry King, from Glasgow, U.K., who writes of parallels between the Wall Street protests and recent demonstrations in Europe.

“It is gratifying to watch you channel your righteous anger into organized and active resistance.”

More critical was a letter from someone who signed his name as Al Ross, a senior living in Florida. “The movement is growing, but if leadership doesn't emerge soon, then it will turn into an unruly mob scene. At all costs, this has to be prevented,” he wrote on yellow pad paper in pen, referring to the leaderless, consensus approach of the Occupy Wall Street protest.

One of the few outright negative letters came from China. “P.S., occupying Wall Street is not right,” wrote a person identified as Yi Hu at the School of Economics at Peking University, after an extended discussion of economic theory. “Financial system which is essential part of our economy system is engine of our economy.”

The letters are sorted by volunteers like Steve

Iskovitz, 51, of Pittsburgh, an unemployed mental health worker who was laid off in 2009 when his company lost funding. He said he was encouraged by the letters.

“I feel inspired in a way that I haven’t been in years,” he said.

But while they are inspiring, some of the letters are painful testimonies of their authors’ economic difficulties.

A 50-year-old “selfemployed handyman” wrote in a two-page letter that he, “like so many others, watched the American dream turn into an unattainable fantasy.” After writing about thousands of dollars owed for medical bills, struggling to find full-time work and being “tossed out and treated like an obsolete piece of furniture after 17 years of loyalty” by a “large firm that transported automobiles,” he said that “the future has been absolutely devoid of any significance.”

“Then I heard about OWS,” he wrote of the Occupy Wall Street movement. “It offers something that has been in very short supply these days — hope.

Hope that maybe we can make a difference.”

Bette Snyder, 69, a retired journalist who writes cookbooks with her daughter, sends sustenance from her kitchen in Upper Sandusky in northwestern Ohio. For the past three weeks, she’s sent tins of home-baked cookies — oatmeal raisin, gingersnaps and peanut chocolate — and messages of support.

“Here are some cookies for the demonstrators,” she wrote in one note. “I will keep sending them as long as you keep protesting.”

“I’m like a rebel at heart,” she said in a phone interview.

“If I was in New York, I would be down there.”

She said she shares the demonstrators’ concerns about economic inequities.

“I think the income disparity has really troubled me for about the past decade. And it just seems to get worse,” she said. “I just think that young people are having a hard time. They are doing the right things by getting an education, and borrowing a lot of money to do it, but jobs aren’t there... The wealth is too heavily concentrated on the top.”

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OPINIONS

Letter Editor to the

Abortion sometimes necessary The Oct. 26 issue of the Beacon contained an opinion piece by Chelsea Tolliver titled “Cost of abortion boundless.” While I agree that abortion is not the best option, I do not think it is right to try to guilt young women out there into making the wrong decision for themselves.

While the earth groans under the population of 7 billion people using (or should I say abusing) its limited resources, I do not believe that “denying the world a child” is such a travesty. People are not as special as they seem to think. Am I denying the world a child when I use birth control? Am I denying the world a child when I don’t have sex with my husband on the day I ovulate? Is it the role of women to produce babies at every opportunity because one of them might be Steve Jobs? What about all the possible Casey Anthonys and Jared Lee Loughners that could result, or worse, all the average babies that will just grow up and take up space?

That being said, a woman who gets an abortion — yes a woman, whether it is right or wrong, in this country the man has no say — is not necessarily acting out of pure selfishness. Accepting the fact that you do not have what it takes to raise a child is the most mature decision you can make. Young single mothers often believe that the father will be around to help them, and their hormones make them want the baby. There are plenty of mothers out there who have kept their babies and when the babies stop being cute, immobile infants, they get left in the dust with relatives or put into foster care too late to be adopted damage free. Even when the father is responsible and stays around to help, the baby disproportionately affects the mother’s life in comparison to the father’s. Many young mothers find it difficult to finish school, begin a professional career and juggle the responsibilities of motherhood.

So, yes, the mother can give the child up for adoption. The problem is, if she has the baby

with that intention, suddenly the man does have legal rights, and what if he does not want to put the baby up for adoption? It takes a strong-willed and level-headed young woman to give up her baby and the emotional trauma is such that there are many support groups for women who have done it. Further, pregnancy is a health risk — a larger health risk than abortion. It causes vomiting, weight gain, high blood pressure, arch dropping, hemorrhoids and ultimately labor, which even in this day and age can kill you. If abortion is ever made illegal in this country again, then I would hope that unless some medical miracle occurs that causes men to become pregnant as statistically often as women, that the father of the unwanted child gets arrested and water boarded at Guantanamo for nine months.

As I say, I don’t think that abortion is a good option, but sometimes it is a necessary option.

Not everyone can take nine months off to have a child out of selflessness. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 42 percent of women who get abortions are living on incomes below the federal poverty level and nearly 70 percent live on less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level — that’s less than $22,000 a year.

Chances are they are not salaried workers but working for an hourly wage and cannot take time off for doctors visits and sick time. So simply birthing the child is a burden, even if they were going to give it up for adoption where most of their doctors’ bills would be paid. On the other hand, as people get married at a later age — which is actually a good thing because relationships that begin later in life have been shown to be more lasting — it is less likely that they refrain from premarital sexual relationships. Birth control and sexual education need to be more prominent so that abortion truly is a last resort.

— Jamie Lawton is a staff member in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. She can be reached at jlawton1@utk.edu.

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Higher taxes can boost equality C ampbel l’s Co r n e r by

Seth Campbell The current political climate is not exactly the friendliest of environments. We can all see where the partisan politics have driven a deep separation between the Democrats and Republicans. I’m all for finding common ground, and in the case of wealth disparity, I don’t understand why we can’t all just agree.

Whenever I highlight the large disparity of wealth in this country, someone always claims I am anticapitalistic and un-American. This cannot be further from the truth. I fully believe in capitalism, but this unbridled version of capitalism is serving as nothing more than a wet blanket on our current economy.

One of the most serious issues we face as a country is that wealth is pent-up in current-day America. The wealthiest of Americans own the vast majority of assets, stocks and money in our economy. When I speak of the wealthiest Americans, I am not referring to local business owners or job creators in local communities. The mega-rich are the Warren Buffetts and Bill Gates of the country.

The numbers don’t lie. The richest 1 percent own more than 50 percent of all the assets in this country.

Moreover, they own 70 percent of all financial assets.

For decades, the top 1 percent has only increased its total net worth, thus causing much less wealth for everyone else. In 1992, the top-earning Americans paid 29.2 percent on their taxable income. By 2008, these ultra-rich folk were only paying 21.5 percent on their taxable income, yet they were earning over 10 times the amount they were in 1992. With facts like this, it’s completely understandable that our economy continues to linger in the gutter. Simply put, the rich are getting richer while contributing less.

When Republicans run to the aid of these rich elites citing their ability to create jobs, one can only

shake one’s head. It is well-documented that this top 1 percent is much more prone to outsource jobs in order to make more money. After all, why would they give back to this country when they have the ability to increase profits?

No one is asking for the top 1 percent to be robbed of its wealth and have it redistributed Robin Hoodstyle. Rather, finding workable solutions to reinvigorate our economy and recreate a robust middle class is what our country needs. We cannot continue to forge along with the vast majority of our country’s wealth concentrated in such few hands.

Reviewing the numbers sheds a light on the situation that should frighten many. Matter of fact, this much wealth hasn’t been in such few hands since 1928 — which happens to be directly before the Great Depression.

If all the ultra-rich can do is sit on their money while the country’s economy is struggling, then this money should be taxed more. Recent polls clearly show that Americans are ready for millionaires to pay a higher tax rate. So why do Republicans in Congress continue to protect the rich? The answer to this question evades not only me, but also most Americans.

A prime example is the oil business. Exxon’s and Shell’s quarterly profits continue to soar into the $10 billion range, while their respective gas station attendants barely manage to earn a livable wage. I’m all for these companies making a profit, but their profits are sky-high and they continue to pay their employees an embarrassing amount. This is a microcosm of the issue the United States currently faces. We have the ultra-rich containing their economic dominance while everyone else continues to dwindle financially .

Warren Buffett has proposed the idea of “shared sacrifice.” If the mega-rich Buffett can support the idea of a more fair tax structure for all Americans, any Republican should be able to get behind the idea.

It’s about time to fix the wealth divide in the United States, give the middle-class a fighting chance and revitalize the American Dream.

— Seth Campbell is a senior in history. He can be reached at scampb42@utk.edu.

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Declaring a college major is a stressful decision that each student must choose on their own. By choosing a major, students are taking the first step into traveling toward their future path in life. It also defines who they are and how they want others to perceive them. Many students are hesitant to declare a major quickly due to the fear that they might not enjoy the job as time progresses. Sometimes the decision to major in a specific field can be a painful lesson if a student takes several courses and discovers that this curriculum may not be the perfect fit after all. That is why students should give themselves the latitude and opportunity to explore several fields before committing to a specific major.

Students should think carefully about whether to invest their time and energy toward the popular majors that might earn a large sum of money, but may not make the earner happy with their lifestyle. Yet, students should also choose a major that is useful and not considered to be outdated. Since our economy is rapidly changing into a globally competitive market, students must be adaptive to these new jobs and expectations. The stress that students may feel could be extremely overwhelming, and that is why there are counselors and advisers to help each individual find the right track for them.

Students will eventually find their niche; some might find their dreams faster, and others may need more time to discover the direction they want to go. With careful consideration, a student can choose a major that includes passion and interest, and be optimistic to find a career that will have meaning and sufficient compensation.

Many students become stressed over what major to declare since there is an abundance of colleges and subjects they can master. While

some pursue a field that may not result in a job right out of college, others are barely passing their classes in order to achieve a job that will pay well. How does a student choose between money and interest? For our generation, it seems less probable to achieve the best of both worlds.

There is a trend for students to veer toward a major that will eventually pay well. Although some students might enjoy and find passion in their chosen major, it appears that many are not involved in their field for the right reasons.

Also, many students who choose majors that require difficult classes such as sciences and mathematics struggle to excel as much as their classmates. Since the pressure to earn a highwage job is an endeavor that society rewards, it is difficult to let go of our dreams and face reality. Also, just because someone is being well paid does not mean that they are happy with their lifestyle. Sometimes people who choose high-income jobs have to make sacrifices to other areas of their life, such as family, relationships and leisure time.

Just because students choose majors they love does not mean they will ultimately be happy with the field later in life either. In fact, many college graduates suffer from depression due to the lack of jobs available and low-income pay that many of these professions offer.

The changing world market has demanded a new outlook on the way we view our future professions. With the age of technology and information at its peak, careers of the future are setting new expectations on the skills that our generation will need to be better equipped than our predecessors. Through the right resources, guidance and research, the decision of which field to major in will be the one that leads to a fulfilling and rewarding life. The University of Tennessee has trained professionals on campus to help students decide which path is best suited for them. The counselors will assess these factors and work to help steer students toward the appropriate classes, which will lead them on the journey to a gratifying career.

— Samantha Trueheart is a sophomore in communications. She can be reached at struehea@utk.edu.

Tuesday, Novemeber 1, 2011

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Classic TV program hits Pakistan

Dance series adds much to new game

The American version of Sesame Street first aired in 1969, and the U.S. government has worked with the company since then to produce shows in about 20 foreign countries, including Muslim nations like Bangladesh and Indonesia.

Perhaps nowhere else are the stakes as high as in Pakistan. The U.S. is worried that growing radicalization could one day destabilize the nuclear-armed country.

Washington has committed to spend $7.5 billion in civilian aid in Pakistan over five years, despite accusations that the country is aiding insurgents in neighboring Afghanistan.

Rani, the new program’s star, sports pigtails and a blue and white school uniform.

Her innate curiosity is exemplified by the magnifying glass she often carries and her endless stream of questions.

She is captain of the school cricket team and plays the harmonium, an instrument used to perform Qawwali music.

The creators chose Rani as the lead character to emphasize the importance of sending girls to school, something that doesn’t often happen in Pakistan's conservative, maledominated society, said Faizaan Peerzada, the chief operating officer of Rafi Peer and one of several family members who run the organization.

“It makes the girl stand equally with the boy, which is very clear,” said Peerzada.

Rani and Munna are joined

by Baily the donkey, Haseen O Jameel the crocodile, and Baaji, a spirited woman who serves as a mother figure for the others.

The Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan — Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch are nowhere in sight. But there’s Elmo. And new creatures too, like Baily, a kindly donkey who loves to sing, and Haseen O Jameel, a vain crocodile who lives at the bottom of a well.

Sesame Street is coming to Pakistan but not as generations of Americans know it.

The TV show has a new cast of local characters led by a vivacious 6-year-old girl named Rani who loves cricket and traditional Pakistani music. Her sidekick, Munna, is a 5-year-old boy obsessed with numbers and banging away on Pakistani bongo drums, or tabla.

The U.S. is bankrolling the initiative with $20 million, hoping it will improve education in a country where onethird of primary school-age children are not in class.

Washington also hopes the program will increase tolerance at a time when the influence of radical views is growing.

“One of the key goals of the show in Pakistan is to increase tolerance toward groups like women and ethnic minorities,” said Larry Dolan, who was the head education officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Pakistan until very recently.

The show, which started filming last week and will air at the end of November, was jointly developed by Sesame Workshop, the creator of the American series, and Rafi Peer Theater Workshop, a group in the Pakistani city of Lahore that has been staging puppet shows for more than three decades.

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Claire Dodson Staff Writer With the Oct. 14 release of the third game in the “Just Dance” series for Xbox 360 and Wii, Ubisoft is effectively creating an active social gaming empire sure to leave people sweating as they dance to “Party Rock Anthem.”

After much hype and excitement (“Just Dance 2” has sold over 10 million copies), “Just Dance 3” certainly delivers. The game, while adding tons of new songs, also comes revamped with diverse and interesting features that set it apart from the other games in the series.

The most anticipated part of “Just Dance 3” is, of course, the song selection. Once again, Ubisoft does a good job of bringing together many different genres while simultaneously choosing songs that are awesome to dance to. The songs range from ’80s hits to Daft Punk to more mainstream selections like Cee Lo Green’s “Forget You” and Katy Perry’s “California Gurls.” This musical diversity will help the game appeal to a wide variety of audiences.

Also added to the latest edition are several new features. Some songs have a four-person mode where each person has a different dance; this provides more options and makes the dance seem more cohesive, like a music video. It also makes for a very crowded dance floor (especially when some people are less than talented at dancing).

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Another element of the reward system is that a player can now unlock dance mash-ups. These mashups are songs from the game that have dance moves from a variety of songs spanning the entire “Just Dance” franchise — all the best moves in one place.

And while the game has plenty of songs to keep players busy for hours, “Just Dance 3” has also added a Just Create mode. In this mode, players can choose a song and create their own choreography, and if that player chooses, he or she can even share it online.

This adds an element of newness to the game. New dances will always be available because players can create infinite combinations of moves.

The graphics and game sensitivity of the “Just Dance” series are also getting better with each new installment. Now that there is more picture clarity and better background effects to transport the dancer into a different environment, this should make for a more thrilling game experience.

The only thing some players might not like wholeheartedly is the difficulty level. There is a noticeable difference between this game and the first and second games in terms of skill. The dances are more skill-oriented now, and some moves are very hard to learn. On the other hand, this level of difficulty adds extra challenge as well as hilarity when friends cannot do the move correctly.

On the whole, “Just Dance 3” is an excellent addition to the series. Its new features make for more goal-based gameplay and a social, active game experience that is fun to play, even if one is not a good dancer at all.

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Lady Vols ‘measure up’ with Florida sweep David Cobb Staff Writer The last time Tennessee volleyball defeated Florida twice in the regular season was 1988. The team’s current UT players, none of whom were alive then, changed that on Friday.

Playing in front a crowd of 2,012 at home, the second largest in school history, the No. 20 Lady Vols secured a season sweep against the No. 13 Gators on Friday with an emotionally charged 25-15, 17-25, 2523, 25-21 victory.

“Everybody always has measuring sticks,” UT coach Rob Patrick said. “And you always want to measure yourself against the top teams to see where you stand … So when you play Florida, you’re playing one of the top teams in the country. And you want to see how you measure up to them. And we measured up to them very well.”

Trailing 20-22 with the match tied at one game apiece, UT held strong, winning five of six points to take the third set and gain a 2-1 advantage.

“Florida came back and was ahead (by two),” Patrick said. “And we won by making plays. It wasn’t that we got lucky. We made plays. And to be in that situation, with the match (tied) at one all, Florida comes back and goes ahead late in the game, and to be able to finish that off, that’s an unbelievable amount of confidence that you gain from that.”

Patrick believes that the ability to overcome adversity is a defining characteristic for his team. The UT coach cited several challenges that his team has fought through this season, including injuries, formation changes and youth.

“We’ve gone through a lot of adversity this year,” Patrick said. “Adversity (is having) as young of a team as we do. We have five freshmen on the team …

When you have that many new kids in college, the first time they’ve ever lived away from home, playing at this level, that’s adversity.”

As opponents have zeroed in on UT sophomore outside hitter Kelsey Robinson, the SEC leader in kills, freshman outside hitter Tiffany Baker has emerged to compliment Robinson as an offensive threat. Baker led the team with 13 kills on Friday to go with 11 digs.

“I came here to (beat Florida),” Baker said. “So it’s expected. I visited Florida and I chose to come here because I got a better vibe from the girls.”

“I knew I had to play well this game because they were going to key in on Kelsey (Robinson),” Baker said. “That’s what every team does. She gets a lot of kills for us. I knew that I didn’t have to do it all. But I just had to step up and play a good game.”

Robinson recorded 10 kills, while junior front-line players DeeDee Harrison and Leslie Cikra contributed nine and six kills, respectively.

For Cikra, one of the teams few veterans, the victory was especially sweet.

“It’s unreal,” Cikra said. “You can’t explain wins like that. I don’t even know what to say. It’s just amazing. We’ve worked so hard for this. I’ve been here for three years and every year we try to beat Florida.

And we swept them this year. It’s unbelievable because we know we can beat anybody now.”

On Sunday, the Lady Vols dismissed any talk of an emotional letdown from the Florida match by thrashing South Carolina in three sets (25-13, 25-20, 25-14).

With the weekend victories, the Lady Vols remain in control of their own destiny as they strive to achieve their goal of winning the SEC. In addition, only six teams in the country have suffered fewer losses than the Lady Vols.

“I just think if we keep playing the way we play, focus every game and run our offense, there is no ceiling for us,” Robinson said.

After a Wednesday trip to face non-conference opponent Louisville, UT returns to ThompsonBoling Arena to face Mississippi State on Sunday.

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Tiffany Baker blocks a shot from a South Carolina player during a game on Sunday, Oct. 30. Baker and teammate Mary Pollmiller were honored as SEC Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week, respectively, for their efforts against Florida and South Carolina.

Brewer’s season ends with torn ACL Vols 5th, Lady Vols 7th in SEC meet Clay Seal Assistant Sports Editor The injuries are piling up as quickly as losses for Tennessee.

Coach Derek Dooley announced Monday that sophomore strong safety Brent Brewer is out for the season after tearing his ACL in Saturday’s 14-3 loss to South Carolina.

Brewer finished with 23 tackles in eight starts, including five against the Gamecocks.

“Unfortunate, but we have to put the next guy in and go play,” Dooley said.

Prentiss Waggner, who was just moved to cornerback, his primary position, will move back to safety and start alongside freshman Brian Randolph, who will make his first start at strong safety after starting at free safety for four games.

Dooley doesn’t know how Randolph will do in the new role.

“I don’t know, he hasn’t done it. We are going to have to try and make it simple for him.”

The Vols have already lost wide receiver Justin Hunter for the season, and quarterback Tyler Bray is still out recovering from a broken thumb.

Dooley said the target for Bray’s return is still the Vanderbilt game Nov. 19.

Worley still starting Freshman Justin Worley is still listed as the starter when the Vols host Middle Tennessee Saturday at 7 p.m.

Worley made his first start against South Carolina, passing 10-of-26 for 105 yards and two interceptions before being replaced by senior Matt Simms late in the game.

“Justin obviously didn’t play great,” Dooley said. “He made some good throws, he did some things that we felt

good about, and then he made some really bad decisions and some throws that he could have thrown better. So hopefully we will see a little improvement in his play. I think we will. I think there was a lot of nerves out there that affected him especially early on.”

Worley’s longest pass was a 26yarder to fellow freshman DeAnthony Arnett, whom he connected with twice.

Hope in November One of the rougher Octobers in UT history is over. Tennessee has the second-toughest schedule in the nation (only behind Auburn), complete with six teams currently ranked in the AP Top 25. Left in November are MTSU, No. 8 Arkansas, Vanderbilt and Kentucky. Tennessee’s past opponents have combined for a 43-14 record, but those four remaining squads are 16-15.

“What most of you see in those teams, that’s what they are,” Dooley said of UT’s October schedule. “They are all capable of beating anybody in the country, and you need to play very well against them. You’ve got to find a way to run the ball and score points against them. When you don’t — just looking at when those teams play each other.”

The Vols have won six consecutive November matchups dating back to Nov. 21, 2009. The Vols only need three more wins to become bowl eligible.

“If we don’t play like we’re capable of playing, it will be the same result as South Carolina and all the other games,” tailback Tauren Poole said of MTSU. “We have to come out and have the intensity, the enthusiasm and productivity to come out and just produce as an offense. If we don’t, it will be embarrassing for this senior class and for this entire team.”

Staff Reports MARYVILLE, Tenn. — As they have done in every cross country meet this season, Chris Bodary and Brittany Sheffey led the charge for Tennessee.

Their efforts enabled the Big Orange men to place fifth and the women seventh Monday morning at the SEC Cross Country Championships at Lambert Acres Golf Club.

The Vols, picked to finish fifth in the preseason coaches poll, matched that prediction by tallying 169 points to tie with Alabama. Arkansas, led by individual champion Eric Fernandez (24:10.60), took the men’s crown with 33 points, followed by Florida (66), Georgia (68) and Kentucky (126).

The Lady Vols, meanwhile, came in expected to place ninth by the coaches. Bouncing back from last year’s disappointing 12th-place outcome, UT man-

aged a seventh-place effort with 184 points. Vanderbilt captured the women’s trophy with 30, followed by Arkansas (61) and Florida (62) in the top three.

Kristen Gillespie of Arkansas was the individual winner in a course-record 20:19.84.

The Tennessee men, who lost three of their top six finishers from the 2010 SEC meet and underwent a coaching change in the offseason, managed to avoid a dropoff despite counting the scores of two freshmen and a sophomore at this meet after losing Michael Spooner (11th), Chris Rapp (26th) and Steve Fassino (44th) from a year ago.

“We weren’t scheduled (predicted) to win, but I think we came in here and ran solid,” UT Director of Track & Field/Cross Country J.J. Clark said. “I like to win, but we’re not there yet.

“For the younger guys, it was a difficult situation, coming in

not knowing how to respond athletically and what to do. If I could be coaching them right now, (at this point last year) I could probably do some better things with the young gentlemen. They came in, they handled the transition with new coaching, and we came in here and we ran respectable. We like to win. That’s my goal, to win, and I believe we’ll get to that point.”

Instead of playing it safe, Bodary went for a big finish in his final SEC meet by running with the leaders and hoping to hold on at the end on his home course. Over the latter stages of the race, however, he was simply unable to keep up that pace and reported in with a 28thplace finish. The senior navigated the 8000-meter men’s layout in 25:07.40 against a field of 96 runners, setting the tone for his teammates for the fifth time this season.