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Event promotes bone marrow donations Student-run organization offers opportunities for students ‘to save someone’s life’ Victoria Wright Staff Writer With registration for classes keeping students on their toes and causing slight breakdowns, giving five minutes to spit on a cotton swab offers a greater reward than having the perfect spring schedule. The “Give A Spit About Cancer” event was held in the Panhellenic Building lobby Monday evening. University of Tennessee Dance Marathon, a studentrun philanthropy organization, hosted the event to recruit possible donors for Be the Match, an organization that matches donors to people awaiting bone marrow transplants. The registration process to be a donor was simple. Students filled out applications, then swabbed the inside of their mouth against their cheek with a cotton swab. The swab was then placed inside an envelope and sent off to a donor database for possible matches. Taylor Gautier, Dance Marathon vice president and senior in psychology, said registry drives such as this are perfect for the fast-paced college student. “I just know how lazy college students are,” Gautier said. “This is the easiest way to help people. All they’re doing is spitting on something and waiting to see if they can be used.”

On average, about 1 in 540 people find a match for bone marrow transplant, yet only about 2 percent of Americans are on the bone marrow registry, according to an article in USA Today. Gautier said that if matches aren’t found, patients who suffer from bone cancer are not able to make new bone marrow, and in worst-case scenar-

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Protests continue across nation The Associated Press LONDON — Some of the latest developments in the Occupy protests: NEW YORK Flanked by police scooters, about two dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters started a two-week walk from New York to Washington on Wednesday. The activists left Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, marched past the World Trade Center site and boarded a ferry to New Jersey. They plan to walk through Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland and arrive in Washington by Nov. 23 — the deadline for a congressional committee to decide whether to keep President Barack Obama’s extension of Bush-era tax cuts. Protesters say the cuts benefit only rich Americans. Michael Glazer, 26, an actor from Chicago, smiled as he boarded the ferry across the Hudson River, cheered by supporters shouting, “Thank you!” Walking in well-worn boots, he said: “I’ve had these for years and years, and they’ve served me well for many miles of marches.” They hope to pick up other participants along their 240-mile march and have likened the effort to long-distance walks during the civil rights era. They say they’ll overnight by camping or at volunteered accommodations. Among those seeing off the Occupy marchers was Rabbi Chaim Gruber, 42, the self-appointed “resident rabbi” of the New York protest. “Anyone need a sleeping bag?” he asked the group, handing over two — along with a bag containing shampoo and extra socks. BRITAIN Police cleared away more than 20 tents set up in Trafalgar Square as thousands of students marched through central London to protest cuts to public spending and a big increase in university tuition fees. The march was not directly linked to the Occupy movement, but participants had planned to link up with a protest camp outside St. Paul’s Cathedral. They were stopped by lines of police in riot gear. Police said more than

2,000 people took part in the march, which set off from the University of London at midday with chants of “No ifs, no buts, no education cuts.” Organizers estimated the crowd at 10,000. About 4,000 police officers were deployed along the route. CALIFORNIA An Oakland man says a police officer shot him with a rubber bullet or beanbag while he was videotaping last week’s standoff between law enforcement and a small group that took over a building and lit fires after a day of peaceful anti-Wall Street protests. Experts in police use of force who reviewed the footage Scott Campbell captured say it appears the volley was unprovoked and inappropriate, the Oakland Tribune reported Tuesday. In the video posted on YouTube, Campbell, 30, is heard calling, “Is this OK?” to a line of riot gear-clad officers. He told the newspaper that he was asking if his distance from them was adequate because an officer had asked him to step back. A firearm held by an officer then is seen going off, followed by Campbell’s yelps of pain. The Oakland Police Department also has been criticized for wounding an Iraq War veteran during an Oct. 25 skirmish. City spokeswoman Karen Boyd said Tuesday that anyone who thinks they witnessed improper police conduct is encouraged to make a report with the police department’s Internal Affairs division or Oakland’s Civilian Police Review Board. Officer Johanna Watson, a department spokeswoman, said Campbell’s allegations already are being looked into. TEXAS Eight protesters at a downtown Houston park were detained Tuesday evening after an altercation with police. Police spokesman Victor Senties said six people refused to remove a tent that violated a city ordinance and were advised by their lawyer to comply with the police request but said they wanted to be arrested. Two more protesters confronted officers, ignored orders to step back and were charged with failure to comply with a lawful order.

It may hurt for a while, you

may be sore for a week, but you

know you’re doing something that’s going to save someone’s life.

– Katie Christian, sophomore in communication studies, on “Give a Spit About Cancer”

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ios, die. Recently, a daughter of a UT athletic department employee received a bone marrow transplant through the registry in September. “It’s a pretty small chance that you do get matched, but it’s a pretty big deal if you do,” Gautier said. Ethnicity plays a huge role in matching patients,

Gautier said. Matches must be an exact make-up for donations, such as 30 percent Italian and 70 percent black. Currently, donors with mixed ethnicities and minorities are most needed. Sophomore in communication studies Katie Christian registered at the event, despite having little knowledge of the donation process. “I looked into it because a lady that I baby-sat for had cancer and needed a bone marrow transplant,” Christian said. Donors are often concerned about the pain of giving bone marrow, though Gautier said the process is nothing to be anxious over. Donors can either give through a blood transfusion or undergo out-patient surgery using general or regional anesthesia. Bone marrow is then taken from the back of the pelvic bone. Donors may feel soreness for a few days in the procedure area, but nothing too daunting. “It may hurt for a while, you may be sore for a week,” Christian said. “But you know you’re doing something that’s going to save someone’s life.” Traveling expenses for the donation process are paid if a match is found. Individuals are not forced to donate if they are matched, but Gautier said the reward of saving someone’s life is worth it. “They’re not obligated, but when you get a call asking to save someone’s life, it’s going to be hard to say no,” Gautier said.

Concert proceeds to build school chances for students to see an artist of Graham Colton’s caliber in Knoxville and certainly not for only $7.” Thursday night the Give Haiti Give Haiti Hope has hosted severHope club is hosting a benefit conal events over the past year to raise cert for the Haiti Outreach program. money and awareness for the Haitian Titled “Breaking Ground at village of Boucan-Carré, including a Southbound,” the event will raise fashion show hosted in February. The money to help a priconcert on mary school in Thursday will be a Boucan-Carré, first for the club. Haiti. “The entire “Because it’s the club has been foundation that chilworking hard for dren need for educathe past couple of tion where their months to plan knowledge begins,” the concert,” Diamond Rayborn, Sharbel said. “It freshman in agriculhas been a collecture and club memtive process to ber, said. make this event a A volunteer nonsuccessful and fun profit organization, one.” the Haiti Outreach The February Program has estabfashion show and lished a hospital, a the upcoming conclinic and several cert will finalize schools within Haiti the club’s annual over the past 12 spring and fall years. Based in semester events, Knoxville, the Haiti and the club Outreach Program encourages stuwas officially estabdents to attend lished in 1999 at both events. Sacred Heart “As a service Cathedral and has club, we want extended to include everyone to feel many different included and feel schools, businesses like they are a speand churches around cial part of the the area. great work we are “A unique aspect doing in associaabout the Haiti tion with the Outreach Program is Haiti Outreach that since its incepProgram,” Sharbel tion, it has always said. been a 100-percent Students can volunteer organizalearn more about tion,” Margaret the student-led Sharbel, advertising Give Haiti Hope chair and events club and about the coordinator for Give Haiti Outreach Haiti Hope, said. Program by visit• Photo courtesy of Graham Colton “We as Give Haiti ing the club’s webHope club feel com- Graham Colton will be just one of many artists featured at “Breaking site and Facebook Ground at Southbound,” a fundraising concert put on by the Give Haiti fortable donating page. Meetings for Hope club, benefiting a primary school in Boucan-Carré, Haiti. our funds to Haiti the UT chapter of Outreach Program because we know that every penny Sweetest Sleep by Jared Henderson the club are held every Tuesday at will be spent for Haiti, not paying and The Mountain Kings. Student 6:45 p.m. in HSS Room 566. “Of course we also think people overhead or salaries for people in tickets are $7 and general admission tickets are $10 and can be purchased should come (to the concert) because Knoxville.” The Give Haiti Hope club contin- online at the event’s Eventbrite page, it is an amazing cause, and their ually works closely with the organiza- on the Pedestrian Mall or at the small contribution will make an incredible impact,” Riley said. tion, raising money and awareness event. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. “First of all, the simple entertain- “Coming to this concert is allowing about the country and the needs of its people. It says that the money raised ment value of the event will be huge!” you to take part in giving a young stufrom the benefit concert will have a Riley said. “There aren’t many dent in Haiti a chance to succeed.”

Deborah Ince

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large impact on Haitian students. “For only $100, the Haiti Outreach Program can support tuition, school supplies and uniforms for a primary student for one school year,” club president Katie Riley said. Hosted at Southbound in the Old City, the benefit concert will feature artists such as Graham Colton, The

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A member of the UT Colorguard beams with happiness during pre-game ceremonies before the football game against MTSU on Saturday, Nov. 5. The Colorguard marches with the Pride of the Southland Marching Band during football season and during the MTSU game marched alongside alumni of the historic program. Monday, Nov. 7 1:41 p.m. — Victim met with officer in the UTPD lobby concerning the theft of her Vol card and driver’s license. 5:40 p.m. — Burglary of a vehicle reported in the G-10 parking garage off of Philip Fulmer Way. 8:12 p.m. — Officer met with victim who claimed their laptop had been stolen around 5:30 p.m. from the first floor of Hodges Library. The victim had left their laptop unattended for around 10 minutes.

1969 — Sesame Street Debuts On this day in 1969, “Sesame Street,” a pioneering TV show that would teach generations of young children the alphabet and how to count, makes its broadcast debut. “Sesame Street,” with Sunday, Nov. 6 its memorable theme song (”Can you tell me how to get/How to get to Sesame Street”), went on to 2:09 a.m. — Officer dispatched to Fraternity Park become the most widely viewed children’s proDrive after a fire alarm had been set off. Upon Tuesday, Nov. 8 gram in the world. It has aired in more than 120 arrival, the officer found no damage to the propercountries. ty or to people nearby. A resident of the fraternity 7:58 a.m. — Possible vandalism reported at the The show was the brainchild of Joan Ganz house stated that an unknown female had flipped Cooney, a former documentary producer for pubthe switch without provocation. KPD arrived and Black Cultural Center on Melrose Avenue. 11:35 a.m. — Report of a burglarized vehicle in the lic television. Cooney's goal was to create proreset the fire panel. 10:09 p.m. — Vehicle reported missing from Staff N-3 parking lot off of Andy Holt Avenue. The vic- gramming for preschoolers that was both entertim stated the burglary occurred between the hours taining and educational. She also wanted to use 23 parking lot on Francis Avenue. of 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6. TV as a way to help underprivileged 3- to 5- yearCompiled from a media log provided to the Daily Beacon by the University of Tennessee Police Department. olds prepare for kindergarten. “Sesame Street” All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. People with names similar or was set in a fictional New York neighborhood and included ethnically diverse characters and posiidentical to those listed may not be those identified in reports.

tive social messages. Taking a cue from “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In,” a popular 1960s variety show, “Sesame Street” was built around short, often funny segments featuring puppets, animation and live actors. This format was hugely successful, although over the years some critics have blamed the show and its use of brief segments for shrinking children's attention spans. From the show’s inception, one of its bestloved aspects has been a family of puppets known as the Muppets. Joan Ganz Cooney hired puppeteer Jim Henson (1936-1990) to create a cast of characters that became Sesame Street institutions, including Bert and Ernie, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Grover and Big Bird. — This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

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What: The UT Opera presents “The Medium” and “Suor Angelica” When: 8 p.m. Where: Bijou Theatre How much: $5-$15 Our take: With a double bill of Menotti and Puccini, this weekend run inaugurates James Marvel as the new director of the UT Opera Theatre. With $15 for the best seats in the house, this is a steal of a deal.

Saturday, November 12 Thursday, November 10 What: Clarence Brown Theatre presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Clarence Brown Theatre How much: $5-$25 Our take: Tony award winner; a crowd pleaser, this play deals with adolescents at a rural spelling bee. What: The Pixies with Surfer Blood When: 8 p.m. Where: Tennessee Theatre How much: $51.50 - $67.50 Our take: Legendary indie rockers play their classic album “Doolittle” and related B-sides live as part of an ongoing tour celebrating the album’s 20th anniversary (which was in 2009). While some variation, say “Come on, Pilgrim” and “Surfer Rosa” one night and “Bossanova” another, might be nice, just to see them reunited is enough.

Friday, November 11 What: Clarence Brown Theatre presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Clarence Brown Theatre How much: $5-$25 Our take: Tony award winner; a crowd pleaser, this play deals with adolescents at a rural spelling bee.

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What: David Sedaris When: 8 p.m. Where: Tennessee Theatre How much: $47-$64.50 Our take: Best-selling humorist Sedaris is equally famous for giving live readings of his collections and stand-up comedy as he is as an author. He is on tour promoting his recent collection of fables: “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary.”.

What: Clarence Brown Theatre presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Clarence Brown Theatre How much: $5-$25 Our take: Tony award winner; a crowd pleaser, this play deals with adolescents at a rural spelling bee. What: The UT Opera presents “The Medium” and “Suor Angelica” When: 8 p.m. Where: Bijou Theatre How much: $5-$15 Our take: With a double bill of Menotti and Puccini, this weekend run inaugurates James Marvel as the new director of the UT Opera Theatre. With $15 for the best seats in the house, this is a steal of a deal. What: UT Film Committee presents “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” When: 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. Where: UC Auditorium How much: $1 with UT ID, $2 without Our take: The final-final chapter of J.K. Rowling’s young wizard saga to screen for all five of you who didn’t queue for the midnight screenings this summer.

Sunday, November 13 What: Clarence Brown Theatre presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Clarence Brown Theatre How much: $5-$25 Our take: Tony award winner; a crowd pleaser, this play deals with adolescents at a rural spelling bee.

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Somewhere... Hopefully Meaning unique to individuals Preston Peeden Managing Editor The majority of my time in these weekly installments is spent usually following a similar formula. I present a problem through an anecdote or a current event, then stumble through explaining my own views on it in a roundabout and occasionally confusing manner. For the most part, I have covered many simple questions that bother most of us. But there has always been one question that I have feared to ask myself for an answer. Simply put, “What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? And what constitutes and justifies our existence?” I have searched for these answers in almost every place imaginable. Be it religion, literature, friendship, jobs, etc. If you can possibly think of any explanation for meaning, then odds are good that I have tried to traverse my way through it. Religion has always seemed too exclusive of an answer for me, literature was too boring, friendships were too fragile and jobs were too meaningless. Ultimately, I have spent much of my adult life (classifying adult from ages 16 and up, which is due mostly to a weird existentialist phase I had in high school) searching for an answer in all the wrong places. For every answer I thought could suffice, its ultimate value was never enough to cover the question of why? I thought other people might have the answer. I asked, I looked and I searched, all to no avail. And when I found someone who said they might have what I was looking for, I was always disappointed. It is usually those who espouse having the answers who end up having none. It wasn’t until recently that I realized the flaw in my plan. I was searching for an answer to encompass everyone. I wanted the meaning of life for not only every life that did exist, but also every life that had ever existed. But ultimately, our lives are too short to be able to even try to find such an answer, even if it did exist or not. And that’s when I realized that the answer to the meaning of life isn’t a universal one; it’s purely individualistic. One can only find meaning for one’s own life. So here’s my attempt, and I will try and avoid all

references to “Monty Python and the Meaning of Life.” For me, life is all about your place. By this I don’t mean a physical space, or even an emotional state of mind. But rather, what I am talking about is your locus, your identity. Your place is in your thoughts, your beliefs, your passions, your fears, your hopes and your opinions. Your identity is made of everything that makes a person who they are. Essayist Richard R. Grant once said, “The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.” In Grant’s view, by discovering and understanding our own identities, then we can find purpose. It is in these words that I find reassurance for my idea. By knowing and understanding who and what you are (your place and identity), you can find purpose. And in the search for and the fulfillment of our purposes, we find meaning. This individualistic approach to the world’s search for meaning might seem to be a cop-out to some. In a way, I have abandoned my original purpose in the hopes of finding a more simplified and streamlined answer. While I can’t deny this charge, I do feel that the change was made out of necessity as opposed to laziness. Every person in the world is their own unique being, how they feel and act are completely different from how another person might. By having these differences, it becomes apparent that no singular meaning can suffice for a collection of people with different values and opinions. Also, our lives are so short and ethereal, that the process of spending the entirety of one’s time searching for the answers to another person’s question would be a waste of the life we have been given. So to me, the answer to the question is simple. It’s your own identity. There is no universal meaning to life; but rather, the meaning of life can only be found through yourself. Through finding your own place in the world (and all that comes with it), you can find your own meaning. And essentially that is all that matters. What you want, what you believe and what you strive for are all that really matter. Or I could be completely wrong and Monty Python had it right all along with their idea of meaning when they said, “Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.” But even that perception varies with the individual. — Preston Peeden is a junior in history. He can be reached at ppeeden@utk.edu.

SCRAMBLED EGGS • Alex Cline

THE GREAT MASH-UP • Liz Newnam

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Perspectives on Penn State scandal C ommit tee o f I n f ra ct i o n s by

Gregory Bearringer For those who don’t know, let me sum up what is known about the molestation scandal at Penn State. Perhaps since 1998, Jerry Sandusky, the now former defensive coordinator famous for defeating one of the most hated Miami teams in the 1986 Fiesta Bowl with a particularly rough plan, has molested at least eight young boys, some of them in the Penn State facilities, and with knowledge of at least some sexual misconduct by their athletic department, including the venerated Joe Paterno. Of course, this tragedy is made all the worse because the knowledge of these heinous acts was not reported to the police, but simply up the organizational ladder where the athletic director, Paterno and a graduate assistant sat on the information. The fact that Sandusky ran football camps for disadvantaged young boys has made this the perfect maelstrom of the despicable. What happened at Penn State over what appears to be the last 14 years at least is nearly as bizarre as it is tragic. It is a sad tale of what can only be called depravity located in what is the ultimate simulacrum; child molestation, of course, does not by its own nature fit into life. It is always outside of it, always a hushed happening that is too often ignored. Reporter Buster Olney said it best on Twitter: If someone hit a kid on a sidewalk, there would be immediate awareness of the incident by the proper authorities. There is something about child molestation that seems, however, to engender a cover up. Recent accusations of sexually inappropriate behavior by Herman Cain — some of which appear to have been settled corporately by the National Restaurant Association — in addition to the actions at Penn State should make people question just what should be reported up the organizational ladder and when “to hell with the ladder, this should go to the police” applies. I am not going to insult you with any idea that this case could ever be good — there is no amount of “awareness” that could compensate for the crime. The

effects are many, and range from the serious to the most minor of considerations, which are profound in how they touch people’s daily routines. It forces people who simply like watching Penn State play sports to associate that part of their life with something terrible, causes people who just like to quibble with coaches’ decisions on Saturday to comment on a situation that literally no one is qualified to talk about. It causes people to look at society or sexual misconduct or even the idea of “right” vs. “illegal” in abstract ways that allow them to be processed easily. And it is hard to blame writers for doing this, as child molestation uniquely exists on the fringes of even the worse crimes. The emotional issues that these children — certainly, some now young men — have to deal with are above and beyond any of the other considerations. As the former victim of molestation myself, I have to admit that these stories are more easily ignored than read, especially since many of the accounts are graphic. But as someone trying to understand just how and why people have trouble processing this, I think it is largely because of how our relationships in society tend to treat children: No matter how corny, children are what need to be protected first, and that had become ingrained in our definitions of motherhood, of manliness and even of our concept of the past; we largely plot our adolescent years as moment of innocence lost. Child molestation affects people who encounter it indirectly because people have trouble grasping for analogues; when innocence is lost by individual choice it can be exhilarating, and there tends to be a cultural language available to talk about it, such as “the first time” or even “the first kiss.” Having it stolen from you violently is the very definition of “not right,” and there is no discourse to follow that allows the actor — or in this case, the victim — to process it. So in the coming weeks and months, as society receives a more complete picture (which is sure to include, sadly, a more complete list of victims) and we all hear it and process it, and regurgitate the recurrent, if appropriate, condemnation of the action, remember that within this ghastly repetition there is a stark message which is defined by its absence and that illustrates perhaps more fully just how vacant it makes the victim feel. — Gregory Bearringer is a graduate student in medieval studies. He can be reached at gbearrin@utk.edu.

Racial diversity beyond black, white F r ac tur ed Co n sc i o u s n e s s by

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Recently, many major newspapers and blogs have begun to tackle the changing stereotypes in regards to race and ethnicity. About two weeks ago, The Guardian in London published a piece examining the way in which a set of twins has coped with their apparent differences. The article, titled “Black and White Twins”, delved into the two boys’ relationship with a society around them that denotes one as being of African heritage and the other of Anglo-Saxon heritage. Bringing in commentary from both the mother and the boys, the article does a fantastic job of highlighting the issues that can arise in a mixed child’s lifetime. The New York Times has also begun to focus on the idea of mixed race heritage with a new series titled “Race Remixed.” Susan Saulny spent four months working with and talking to various student organizations who promote multicultural student life on the University of Maryland campus. Through a series of articles and videos, she interviews many students from different racial backgrounds. Saturating the series with statistics, Saulny continually points to a changing racial demographic in the United States, where one out of every 19 children born are racially mixed. It’s a demographic that has seen a shift in the way 20-somethings identify who they are in regards to societal race and ethnicity standards. The interesting tie between the two major reports is the need to delve into the “mixed child” syndrome. Today, many people find themselves torn between two different societal and arbitrary racial distinctions. While not always feeling under pressure to “choose” a particular side to associate with, mixed children still have experiences where the sting of prejudice can tear down their entire childhood. For the twins, the designation of one being white and the other being black by their friends forced them to confront racism at an early age when their peers would bully one of the boys, but not the other. For the college students, many of the interviewees discussed the ways in which the question of “what are you?” is carefully approached and thoughtfully answered.

Being mixed is a hard issue to balance. Each of the stories highlights this main feature of what happens when society has deemed a particular area black and white (no pun intended) rather than leaving room for gray area. I can name individuals who have suffered at the hands of racial prejudice, even though half of their family has been in America since the early 1700s. I can name individuals who have been forced to favor a particular side of their family tree because it is what has been deemed to define them as a person. A multicultural student population is imperative on college campuses to help deal with such a popular, trending issue. As the United States population continues to diversify, many more children will be born to parents of very different racial and ethnic backgrounds. While the “mixed child” syndrome could eventually be handled through the sheer number of individuals who will identify with the cause, the issues and problems caused by racism and prejudice will need to be addressed throughout the child’s entire lifetime. It is in a movement such as this that so many Americans can unite. I firmly believe that we are a country filled with “halfsies.” It is what has made us the nation that we are today, and it is only through the exploration and fulfillment of such diversity that we each contribute to broaden our own horizons. The belief that America is a melting pot is embodied in these children, but I do not think that Alexis de Tocqeville was particularly correct in his assessment of the true American. Rather, I like to think that Jimmy Carter hit the nail on the head when he said, “America is not a melting pot, but a mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.” Race and ethnicity will always be sticky issues in a Western cultural context. It is through such specific distinctions that many of our parents, grandparents and even great grandparents functioned in society and developed their own personal beliefs. A mixed-race child challenges many ideals that have been focused on for centuries. It is in this new trend of not only breaking down racial barriers through interracial coupling and marriage but also through the movement of the multicultural child that we as a society will move from wanting race to exist in only a two-part spectrum to one filled with a celebrated diversity. — Brittany Vasquez is a senior in anthropology. She can be reached at bvasque1@utk.edu.

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Dow falls due to Eurozone worries The Associated Press NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average dropped more than 400 points Wednesday after Italy’s borrowing costs soared and talks collapsed in Greece on forming a new government. The yield on the benchmark Italian government bond spiked above 7 percent, evidence that investors are losing faith in the country’s ability to repay its debt. Greece, Portugal and Ireland required bailouts when their bond yields rose above the same mark. Unlike those countries, Italy’s $2.6 trillion in debt is too large for other European countries to rescue. In Greece, power-sharing talks fell apart between the country’s two main political parties, raising doubt about whether the country will be able to receive the next installment of emergency loans it needs to avoid default. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi promised late Tuesday to step aside after a new budget is passed, but there are concerns that the transition to a new government will be difficult. Markets see Berlusconi as an impediment to the kind of far-reaching economic reforms Italy needs to remain solvent. “The market loves a quick solution and we’re obviously not getting one,” said Mark Lehmann, director of equities of

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JMP Securities. “We’ve had a strong rally off the bottom and any piece of bad news is going to be responded to negatively.” The Dow sank 420 points, or 3.5 percent, to 11,743 as of 2:26 p.m. Eastern. If that holds, it would be the largest one-day drop for the Dow since August 4. The Dow fell 276 on Monday of last week and then 297 points the following day after the Greek prime minister said he would put an unpopular package of austerity cuts to a public vote. That raised the prospect that the measures would fail and Greece would default. The referendum was later scrapped. The S&P 500 lost 45 points, or 3.6 percent, to 1,230. The S&P is now negative for the year again. The index has alternated between small gains and losses for 2011 since Oct. 26. The Nasdaq composite slid 103, or 3.7 percent, to 2,624. The slide was broad. Only two stocks in the S&P 500 index rose. Materials and financial companies fell the most. Morgan Stanley fell 8 percent and coal producer Alpha Natural Resources fell 8 percent. Markets fear that a chaotic default by either Greece or Italy would lead to huge losses for European banks. That, in turn, could cause a global lending freeze that might escalate into another credit crisis similar to the one in 2008 after Lehman Brothers fell.

BP no longer responsible for Gulf oil The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — A government plan that ends most of BP’s responsibility for cleaning up oil washing onto the Gulf Coast marks a shift toward restoration efforts by the company, but many in the region are worried about who will handle the monitoring of long-term effects from the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Under the agreement approved last week by the U.S. Coast Guard, BP PLC won’t be required to clean up oil unless officials can prove it came from the blown-out well that caused the 2010 catastrophe — a link that the company concedes will be harder to establish as time passes and the oil degrades. Still, a top company official said in an interview that BP is ready to respond to any oil that’s deemed its responsibility. “We are finally at a stage where scientific data and assessment has defined the endpoint for the shoreline cleanup,” said Mike Utsler, head of BP’s Gulf Coast Restoration Organization. “That endpoint can be reopened.” BP will shift its focus to restoring areas damaged by the spill

“If we have learned anything from Valdez and Ixtoc, there needs to be an awareness for long-term monitoring,” Portier said. He was referring to the Exxon-Valdez tanker spill in 1989 in Alaska and the 1979 Ixtoc oil rig spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He said the Coast Guard should have a plan to respond to problems that may arise. On Florida’s Panhandle, some people reacted with skepticism. Kenneth Collins, who rents fishing poles to tourists and spends his days with local fishermen at the Pensacola Beach pier, said he doesn’t think the effects of the spill are over. “It’s not ok at all. We aren’t scientists or anything but we are out there all the time and we can tell things aren’t right,” Collins said. Red fish, cobia, grouper and other species caught off the beach pier have oily deposits in their intestines when they are carved up for cleaning, he said. “Everything is just not how it

that began on April 20, 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, killing 11 workers. About $1 billion has been set aside for projects that could include planting new vegetation and adding new sand to beaches, an official says. About 90 percent of the Gulf coast has been deemed clean, according to officials. The plan obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press spells out protocol for when an area still needs to be cleaned and when BP’s responsibility for that ends. Louisiana officials wouldn’t give their approval because they were concerned about what they perceived as a lack of long-term monitoring in the document. They also complained that the Coast Guard gave them only five days to review the plan, according to a letter sent to the agency by Garret Graves, a top aide to Gov. Bobby Jindal for coastal affairs. Despite the concerns, the Coast Guard said its finalized plan would apply to Louisiana and all the Gulf states. Ralph Portier, an oil spill cleanup expert with Louisiana State University, said he shared the concerns of Louisiana officials.

used to be. When you pull a fish up, it doesn’t look like it is supposed to look, like they did before,” said fisherman Ryan Johnson. Johnson said many fish now have an unnatural brownish color. New oil that shows up on clean shores would be treated “as any kind of oil response,” said Coast Guard spokeswoman Lt. Suzanne Kerver. Officials would try to determine where it came from. If a link to BP’s nowplugged Macondo well was found, then the Coast Guard would ask the oil giant to clean it up. BP can now start work on restoring areas damaged by the spill. Restoration plans could entail plantings, placing new sand on beaches and establishing new marsh. “This is an important milestone in the recovery process for the Gulf Coast,” said BP’s Utsler. The company is responsible for trying to fix the plant and wildlife ecosystems that were disrupted by the spill.

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Lady Vols dominate preseason; beat Union half of play, including 7-of-15 from behind the arc and 12-of-16 from the free throw line. The start of the second half of play was On Tuesday night inside a packed no different from the first; UT claimed a Thompson-Boling Arena, the Lady Vols 61-18 lead after Spani was assisted by Ariel wrapped up their preseason play in impresMassengale for her seventh and final 3sive fashion by defeating the Union Lady pointer of the game with 16:09 Bulldogs 93-45. With left to play. the win, the Lady Vols The Lady Vols soon kicked finished preseason play into cruise control in front of at 2-0, after defeating their home crowd and Carson-Newman in their outscored the Lady Bulldogs first preseason scrim42-29 the rest of the way to mage 105-40. take the victory by the final “I thought it was score of 93-45. much better than how All-American senior we played last week, guard/forward Shekinna thought we were much Stricklen finished second in more focused,” scoring, behind Spani, with 17 Tennessee coach Pat points on 7-of-11. She also was Summitt said. “We obviUT’s second-leading reboundously played everyone, er behind senior Glory and our bench came in Johnson’s 11, and responded well.” with six of her Junior guard Taber own. Spani led the way for Spani not UT, scoring 22 of her only led the game-high 25 points in team with 25 the first half. She was a points but also presence from behind played lights the arc early and often out on the throughout the game, defensive end draining 7-of-10 3-point with four shots. steals, four The blowout win was rebounds and even more impressive one block. considering the Lady Freshman cenVols were without of ter Isabelle one of their five seniors, Harrison had a 6-foot-4 forward Vicki big night on Baugh. She did not play Francis Glynn • The Daily Beacon defense as well, due to missing the exhibition contest to attend Taber Spani drives up court during a game against Union College on recording four Tuesday, Nov. 8. Spani led the Lady Vols with 25 points, 22 of which steals and a class. “I was extremely came in the first half, helping to achieve a 93-45 win over the five- team-high four blocks. Senior pleased with our defense time NAIA champions. forward Alicia tonight,” associate head Manning also recorded four coach Holly Warlick said. “Scoring 37 good to see her shoot the ball like that.” The Lady Vols continued to cruise into of the team’s 16 steals on points off turnovers is exciting for us. the half, as their hot shooting and full- the night. We’ve worked very hard on our defense. I “I think (developing court trap defense were too much for the thought the play of Taber Spani was outdefense) is our focus and Lady Bulldogs to handle. UT closed out the standing as well.” the coaches’,” Spani said. first half on a 26-8 run and had the game all Spani quickly found her form as she hit “That’s what this program but over, leading 51-16. two 3-pointers in a row to start the game, The Lady Vols shot 16-of-30 in the first is built on. That’s what we

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and her fourth of the first half, assisted by freshman forward Cierra Burdick, put the Lady Vols up 25-10 with 10:16 left to go until the break. “Taber was in a ‘zone’ in the first half and forced them to pull a little bit out of their zone defense,” Summitt said. “It was

take pride in, and that’s what we’re going to have to do to get where we want to go.” Harrison and sophomore point guard Meighan Simmons finished behind Spani and Stricklen in scoring on the night, with 11 and 10, respectively. All in all, Summit’s squad was hitting on all cylinders throughout the night. The Lady Vols finished the game shooting 32of-58 (55 percent) from the floor, went 8of-20 from 3-point range, forced 31 turnovers and out-rebounded their opponent 39-23. Summitt acknowledged the 11,000 fans who showed up to the two exhibition games. “Hats off to the Lady Vol fans,” she said. “Our crowds have been great in the first two exhibitions, and our players really feed off their enthusiasm.” The Lady Vols will tip off this Sunday against Pepperdine at 4 p.m., and the game will be aired on Sports South.