Issue 4, Volume 122
Monday, January 14, 2012
UT grading scale negatively affects Hope scholarship eligibility David Cobb Assistant News Editor In-state students at UT are probably familiar with the Tennessee Lottery Scholarship program – many depend on it to stay enrolled. But are the standardized GPA requirements for keeping the award among the over 100,000 college students within the state of Tennessee that receive it as familiar? Student Government Association president Adam Roddy hopes to research the effect that UT’s utilization of the plus/minus grading system has on the rate at which UT students retain the Hope Scholarship. “Where the problem comes in is that an 81 on our campus is a B-minus and an 81 on UTC’s campus or someone else’s campus is a B,” Roddy said. “So our B-minus detracts from our GPA much more than
their B, although it’s essentially the exact same grade.” UT’s sister schools, U T- M a r t i n and UT-Chattanooga, do not employ a plus/minus grading system. The only other public fouryear institutions that do operate with a plus/minus system in Tennessee are the University of Memphis and East Tennessee State University. Students at UT who earn a B-plus in a three-hour course receive 3.3 points factored into their GPA instead of the standard 3.0 for receiving a B. However, Roddy, who joked that he’s been “minused to death,” suspects that the system hurts the cumulative GPA of UT students more than it helps, resulting in a lower retention rate of the Hope Scholarship for students who may be receiving the same numerical grades as those at other schools. “I spoke with the provost
recently, and the chancellor, about looking at this and trying to see if we can come up with some data regarding anything related to this so we can look at it more objectively and hopefully have some more evidence behind it,” Roddy said. “But I believe it is hurting us.” As opposed to eradicating the plus/minus system at UT, one alternative could be found in Nashville when UT representatives visit the Tennessee General Assembly. “At the very least, when we lobby Nashville and the state legislature this semester, go there and inform them of this and try to get them to make the Hope look at our GPAs differently,” Roddy said. “Or at least look at all state GPAs in a (similar) manner that doesn’t take into consideration the plus or minus thing, that looks at it all on a numbers basis.” See PLUS/MINUS on Page 3
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Expo features local businesses, healthy alternatives R.J. Vogt News Editor When Chase Parker walked into the Healthy Living Expo on Saturday afternoon, one thing stood out to him. “There seemed to be a lot of unhealthy people at this thing,” Parker, a sophomore in biochemistry and molecular biology, said. “I expected there would be a lot of people in their fitness gear and looking for new ways to improve … but most people there, they looked like they hadn’t really started it.” As The Daily Beacon reported last week, it seems New Year’s resolutions have many people searching for more fitness opportunities. The Healthy Living Expo provided such an opportunity, with more than fifty vendors
packed into the Knoxville Convention Center from Friday morning to Saturday afternoon. A wide variety of booths offered plenty of diversity for the fitness newbie. From workout gyms blasting music and featuring Zumba dancers, to healthy barbeque sauce alternatives with plenty of samples, the expo enticed Parker, who plans on boxing in the SAE Boxing Tournament in six weeks. He, like many in attendance, has a fitness-centered New Year’s resolution. “The New Year’s resolutions had me inclined to get healthier. And maybe look good for spring break as well,” he laughed. Mattie Turner, a vendor for Wonder Wrap mineral body
wraps, thought her range of products was perfect for college students like Parker. “We do mineral body wraps, ucts in our shop. One that we especially love is the B-Skinny Coffee, it’s fat-burning thermogenic coffee,” she said. The coffee is infrared roasted to preserve green coffee bean extracts, and it is engineered to keep insulin levels low. For college students, the coffee might be the secret to evading the ‘freshman 15.’” A few booths down from Turner and her body wraps, Roger Lenhardt distributed a taste of Elderberry Life. The Midwestern farmer took over his family’s animal feed farm six years ago. “We were growing soy beans, wheat and corn … but I told dad, I said, ‘Well
I’ll do this, but I really don’t wanna grow animal feed. If I’m gonna do it we are gonna grow people food, and we’re gonna grow plant spirit medicine,” he said. He settled on elderberries, a berry native to North America that has more antioxidants than any other fruit and five times the vitamin C of oranges. “It’s a company dedicated to spreading the great news about elderberries and all of its wonderful virtues,” Lenhardt said. “It’s antioxidant dense, nutrient dense, and everything in elderberries is water soluble.” As his product began to fly off the shelves of a grocery store chain, Lenhardt realized he may have a hit. See FITNESS EXPO on Page 3
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Professor to speak on local archaeology A UT research associate will Claire Dodson explore the from Copytransition Editor hunter-gathering to agriculture over the course of 5,000 years and the implications of this change based on findings from local archaeological sites. Dr. Kandace Hollenbach of UT’s Archaeological Research Lab will discuss this topic in her talk “Foragers and Farmers in East Tennessee: What Archaeological Plant Remains Can Tell Us About Prehistoric Lifeways” at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the McClung Museum Auditorium. The plant remains that were analyzed in this discussion were recovered from the Townsend Archaeological Project in Blount County. “We tend to think of archaeology as occurring in Egypt, Peru, Belize, Pompeii, but to know the breadth of the lifeways in East Tennessee and the depth in our own backyard broadens our world in time rather than space,” Hollenbach said. “The locality of this project makes it more relatable and personal.” The East Tennessee Society of the Archaeological Institute of America is sponsoring the discussion and others throughout the year to generate interest in archaeology and stimulate research in the field. Dr. Aleydis Van de Moortel, an associate professor in the Department of Classics and Secretary-Treasurer of the ETS, hopes people will become aware of the importance of this subject. “Really, it made civilization possible,” Van de Moortel said. “Hunter-gatherers were already manipulating plants, enabling them to begin the gradual process of settling down, leading us to where we are today.” The fact that this can be discovered through plant remains testifies to the significance
of these findings. They give insight into how people organized into social groups and the mobility and size of these units. “We analyze plant remains in order to say something about the kinds of food, activities and time schedules of these people,” Hollenbach said. “‘You are what you eat’ really applies here and helps us get a picture of their lives.” Analysis of these plants also helps archaeologists gain better understanding of social groups that are less documented by history. “Plant remains are windows into the everyday activities performed by women, children and the elderly who were the main ones processing these types of food,” Hollenbach said. “It allows us to see a sphere of influence, the nittygritty of daily life that we don’t normally reflect on when we analyze more male-oriented hunting tools.” Van de Moortel also finds the multidisciplinary aspects of this subject and the field of archaeology as a whole to be fascinating. “Archaeological projects now involve people of different fields – botanists, zoo archaeologists, geologists and those involved in classics and anthropology,” Van de Moortel said. “Because it bridges natural sciences and humanities, everyone is able to find their own niche.” Hollenbach stressed the relevance of this project to present day culture and lifestyles. “Food is crucial in that it helps us connect with different societies through time,” Hollenbach said. “Ethnic foods, foods from different parts of the world, are so popular now, and they help define the social structure and everyday activities of our own time.”
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This Day in History
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A cake is displayed during a presentation in this photo from 1962. Majors like child and family studies and nutrition was under the College of Home Economics at the time.
1741 — Benedict Arnold, American traitor, born Benedict Arnold, the American general during the Revolutionary War who betrayed his country and became synonymous with the word “traitor,” was born on this day in 1741. Arnold, who was raised in a respected family in Norwich, Connecticut, apprenticed with an apothecary and was a member of the militia during the French and Indian War (1754-1763). He later became a successful trader and joined the Continental Army when the Revolutionary War broke out between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies in 1775. During the war, Arnold proved himself to be a brave, skilled leader, helping Ethan Allen’s troops capture Fort Ticonderoga in 1775 and then taking part in the unsuccessful attack on British Quebec later that year, which earned him a promotion to brigadier general. Arnold distinguished himself in campaigns at Lake Champlain, Ridgefield and Saratoga, and gained the support of George Washington. However, Arnold had enemies within the military and in 1777, a group of lowerranking men were promoted ahead of him. Over the next several years, Arnold married a second time and he and his wife led a lavish lifestyle in Philadelphia, racking up substantial debt. Money problems and the resentment Arnold felt over not being promoted faster were factors in his decision to become a
turncoat. In 1780, Arnold was given command of West Point, the American fort on the Hudson River in New York (and future home of the United States Military Academy, established in 1802). Arnold contacted Sir Henry Clinton, head of the British forces, and proposed handing over West Point and its men. On September 21 of that year, Arnold met with British Major John Andre and made his traitorous pact, in which the American was to receive a large sum of money and a high position in the British army. However, the conspiracy was uncovered and Andre was captured and killed. Arnold fled to the enemy side and went on to lead British troops in Virginia and Connecticut. He later moved to England, though he never received all of what he’d been promised by the British. The former American hero and patriot died in London, in relative obscurity, on June 14, 1801. 1784 — Continental Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris On this day in 1784, the Continental Congress ratified the Second Treaty of Paris, ending the War for Independence. In the document, which was known as the Second Treaty of Paris because the Treaty of Paris was also the name of the agreement that had ended the Seven Years’ War in 1763, Britain officially agreed to recognize the independence of its 13 former
colonies as the new United States of America. In addition, the treaty settled the boundaries between the United States and what remained of British North America. U.S. fishermen won the right to fish in the Grand Banks, off the Newfoundland coast, and in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Both sides agreed to ensure payment to creditors in the other nation of debts incurred during the war and to release all prisoners of war. The United States promised to return land confiscated during the war to its British owners, to stop any further confiscation of British property and to honor the property left by the British army on U.S. shores, including Negroes or slaves. Both countries assumed perpetual rights to access the Mississippi River. Despite the agreement, many of these issues remained points of contention between the two nations in the post-war years. The British did not abandon their western forts as promised and attempts by British merchants to collect outstanding debts from Americans were unsuccessful as American merchants were unable to collect from their customers, many of whom were struggling farmers. In Massachusetts, where by 1786 the courts were clogged with foreclosure proceedings, farmers rose in a violent protest known as Shay’s Rebellion, which tested the ability of the new United States to maintain law and order within its borders and instigated serious reconsideration of the Articles of Confederation. 1943 — FDR becomes first president to travel by airplane on A.S. official business On this day in 1943, Franklin Roosevelt becomes the first president to travel on official business by airplane. Crossing the Atlantic by air, Roosevelt flew in a Boeing 314 Flying Boat dubbed the Dixie Clipper to a World War II strategy meeting with Winston Churchill at Casablanca in North Africa. With German U-boats taking a heavy toll on American marine traffic in the Atlantic, Roosevelt’s advisors reluctantly agreed to send him via airplane. Roosevelt, at a frail 60 years old, gamely made the arduous 17,000-mile round trip.
— This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.
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THE DAILY BEACON • 3 News Editor RJ Vogt
CAMPUS NEWS PLUS/MINUS continued from Page 1 That solution would likely be met with greater approval within the UT faculty than would a complete overhaul in the grading system. Dr. Deb Scaperoth, lecturer in the English Department, is retiring this year after teaching for 30 years, including 19 years at UT. She was teaching when the plus/minus system was instituted at UT and cited that it
was difficult for her and other professors to adapt to the new grading system. Since then she has become accustomed to awarding students with a B-plus or A-minus. “In the thirty or so years I’ve been teaching,” Scaperoth said, “students’ expectations that they will make an A, sometimes regardless of skill or mastery, have become epidemic, and grade inflation tends to devalue an A in general, so that’s why institutions like UT pressure professors to
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use them sparingly. We teachers, well, some of us, tend to be sympathetic readers and graders, and it’s a good reminder that the A needs to be reserved for the exceptional members of the class.” She added, “But I sympathize with students’ frustrations.” Austin Peay State University and Tennessee Tech University round out the list, along with UTM and UTC, of public fouryear institutions in Tennessee that do not currently operate under the plus/minus system.
Body found by students in Min Kao
ber of the UT facility services staff on Friday evening around UTPD has confirmed to The 7:40 p.m. in the Min Kao Daily Beacon that students dis- building. The cause of death is covered a deceased male mem- believed to be a heart attack
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but has not yet been confirmed. The police department could not yet confirm how much time had elapsed before the body was found.
State looks for new lethal injection drugs The Associated Press It’s been three years since Tennessee put an inmate to death, and problems with obtaining lethal injection drugs make it unlikely executions will resume anytime soon. The state’s supply of sodium thiopental, one of three drugs used in lethal injections, was turned over to the federal government in 2011 over questions about how it was imported. The short supply of sodium thiopental in the U.S. has led many states with the death penalty to seek out other drugs. Arizona, Idaho and Ohio already have carried out executions using a single drug, pentobarbital. However, Tennessee officials are staying tight-lipped about their search for alternative drugs. The Department of Correction spokeswoman said last week that no decision has been made on revisions to Tennessee’s current three-drug method. “The Department of Correction has been monitoring the steps being taken by other states concerning implementation of lethal injection,” department spokeswoman Dorinda Carter said in
FITNESS EXPO continued from Page 1 Lenhardt offered his elderberry jam for five dollars at the expo, a two dollar discount. He hopes that expos like this weekend’s can continue to help smaller companies get out into the mainstream. “We try to bring wealth to the farmer and health to the community,” he said. “And so, if we can get some schools in the Knoxville area to carry my product,
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Min H. Kao Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building.
a response to questions from The Associated Press regarding the search for new drugs. The department declined a request from the Associated Press to interview Correction Commissioner Derrick Schofield. He told The Tennessean this month that the state’s lethal injection protocol is a top priority and that he is pursuing alternative drugs. But he wouldn’t say which drugs are being considered or when a decision may be reached. In addition to the shortage of sodium thiopental, records obtained by The Associated Press through an open records request indicate that Tennessee has also been unable to get pancuronium bromide, a strong muscle relaxant given to the inmate before the final injection of potassium chloride, which stops the heart. A memo dated February 2012 stated that the pharmaceutical distributor Morris & Dickson informed the state that pancuronium bromide was recalled in May 2010 and will not be reissued. Carter confirmed last week the state has no supplies of either sodium thiopental or pancuronium bromide. The FDA drug shortage list
indicates that Hospira, which makes pancuronium bromide, says the drug would be available in the first quarter of 2013. This has essentially stalled any executions in Tennessee. The last inmate executed by lethal injection in the state was Cecil Johnson, on Dec. 2, 2009, and the Tennessee Attorney General’s office has not asked the state Supreme Court to set an execution date since 2010. Tennessee has 83 inmates on death row. The attorney general won’t pursue execution dates until officials are ready to proceed with executions, said office spokeswoman Leigh Ann Apple Jones. Death penalty experts say that whenever the state makes its decision, legal challenges to the revised protocol are likely to occur. The last major revision to the state’s execution protocols came in 2007, when thenGov. Phil Bredesen issued an executive order to review the policies and procedures and ordered a moratorium on executions. A committee was formed, a public hearing was held and a detailed report was published on updates made to the execution manuals.
that’s how we would be helping the community.” “Once we were in 25 of their locations we could tell we couldn’t grow enough elderberries. We only have 37 acres planted at elderberry, so we began teaching other farmers on the process to grow elderberries commercially using our system. So we now have 30 farmers, in 13 different states, with over 200 total acres,” he said. Parker enjoyed the community focus of the expo.
“There was one company that made their own candles and hand soap out of soy and hemp oils … they had a bunch of interesting scents and it was cool that it was a Knoxvillebased company,” he said, adding that the presence of large national brands seemed out of place. “There were a couple of companies in there that I didn’t really see having a point in better fitness,” Parker said. “Why would Verizon Wireless be at a fitness expo?”
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Some ‘ready for world’ without second language
David Cobb Assistant Sports Editor Did you know we’re supposed to graduate from UT “ready for the world?” And I don’t just mean the proverbial “real world” that awaits us in the form of full-time employment and marriage when we graduate – that’s a given. There is an initiative here at UT called “Ready for the World,” and its goal is to “help students gain the international and intercultural knowledge they need to succeed in today’s world.” That’s a fine idea, and not one that I’m here to bash. Discussing it simply provides me with a great lead into bashing the foreign language requirement that is embedded in so many academic programs at this university. I guess I understand the supposed logic behind requiring students to complete intermediate level foreign language classes. It’s supposed to culture us, empower us to communicate in a foreign land, and well, make us “ready for the world.” But I would argue that it does exactly the opposite. Anyone who has ever taken Spanish 123 and is not intent on utilizing a foreign language in their career knows exactly what I’m talking about. There are some students who are especially passionate about a specific language, who plan to utilize their expertise in a great way some day. All the power to them. If that’s a tool they want to utilize and sharpen, they should certainly be able to do that. But then there are people like me. In Spanish 123, they tried to teach me things about Spanish that I don’t even know in English. Am I going to be any more competitive in the job market because I learned the pronoun antecedent for Spanish adjectives in the past tense? I consider myself an above average orator and I have absolutely no idea what that means in English. If you’re going to teach me anything in
Spanish, teach me words and help me gain a vocabulary. The only reason I passed Spanish 123 is because of the two trips I had taken to Honduras in high school. If it weren’t for that total of 20 days that I spent in Central America utilizing and practicing my Spanish, I never would have passed the class at UT. And that’s a shame, because I was actually better at speaking the darn language than 90 percent of my class. But when your grade in the class is based on your sentence structuring abilities, conjugation expertise, and your understanding of what time Colombians eat lunch, you don’t get to showcase that. So what then am I advocating for? Students should not be required to take a foreign language. Instead, if UT truly cares about making students “Ready for the World,” it should take the money it could save on foreign language professors and channel it toward making studying abroad more affordable. You’re going to become “Ready for the World” in the world – not in a classroom learning how to structure sentences in a language that you’ve never been a part of. Students like myself, who have a firm grasp on their professional ambitions, would be better served by taking courses relevant to their goals. Like I said, foreign language as a whole is not irrelevant. It’s a phenomenal tool for some people, but it shouldn’t be mandated for everybody. In two years, what is going to have me more prepared for the job market, which is the world I intend on being ready for? Will it be the fact that I devoted an entire semester, the following summer, and much of my Hope scholarship to “learning” a language that I’ve already forgotten? Or will it be that I took matters into my own hands and got experience while the rest of my classmates sat around idly, gleaming over their A’s in Spanish, trusting a system that prepares them for an imaginary world? You decide. — David Cobb is sophomore in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at dcobb3@utk.edu.
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TED talks inspire hope in Yemen Go and Go by
Julia Ross January is like spring in the middle of winter. We have proclaimed it a month of renewal and new beginnings. Most of us welcome the fresh start offered by new, empty grade books, and are relieved that with the end of exams groans of “I’m so burnt out” have finally stopped echoing through the library. Structurally, this is all well and good. We are young people, and variety in both our coursework and general environment serves to keep us lively and engaged. Our next opportunity for such a break is approximately 67 days away on March 22. Personally, I would prefer a system that allows refreshing changes more regularly than that. I don’t necessarily mean more regular vacations, though that would be nice. Rather, as students, I think that we need to find more opportunities throughout the semester to let our minds relax and to change our focus from getting things done to finding better ways to live. Many of you have likely heard of TED Talks. TED, which originally was an acronym for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, is a nonprofit group devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading.” The organization brings together individuals who are doing research and driving initiatives that are game changing, not only for their fields, but for the life on this planet. These talks are meant to shake up their listeners, surprising them with a new definition of what is “possible” and calling on them to think bigger to help others live better. These talks, ranging from just a few minutes to about a half hour in length, are also available online for free. Generally, there are two TED conferences each year — one in the USA and the other in
Edinburgh, Scotland. Though the talks are ground breaking, these locations are pretty standard. Beyond the two annual conferences, TED sponsors independently organized events that take place around the world, operating under different themes year round. To ring in the New Year, the theme was “Inspiring Hope.” The location was Yemen. “Hope” isn’t usually associated with Yemen. Phrases like “failed state,” “shrinking economy,” “exploding population” and “drone missions” are more commonly associated with the Middle Eastern nation, situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. When I read that a TED conference was hosted in its capital, Sana’a, I was surprised. Critics complained that the talks were difficult for the average Yemeni to access and that the presentations were too short to offer real analysis of any solution to Yemen’s many problems. Regardless, the fact that these presentations were organized in Sana’a, by Yemeni people, to address Yemeni problems is an inspiring step toward empowerment and progress that the world hasn’t seen for other nations in Yemen’s position. The conference was an opportunity to present a positive face of modern Yemen to western audiences and Yemeni expatriates alike. It asserted that the enormous problems with infrastructure, water availability, and healthcare could be solved by Yemeni brainpower. I hope that this story of determination, independence and optimism broadcasted from Sana’a at the start of this New Year will likewise inspire the beginning of your spring semester. With the ample material and human resources of UT at our disposal, it is practically our duty to take a second look at our surroundings to see how our own creativity and brainpower can improve the world. — Julia Ross is a senior in biological sciences. She may be reached at jross26@ utk.edu.
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Today officially begins the second week of the new year. How many of you have already slacked off and lost track of a resolution you set for this year? I’m not going to doubt that the number is higher than just a few. If you are one of these slackers, I’m also going to guess that you either feel guilty about it or you gave up caring on the 2nd. It’s not too late, though, to set up challenges for yourself for this year. If you haven’t done so yet or if you are someone who has already lost track of your resolutions, take the time now to create a list of everything you hope to accomplish this semester or even the first half of this year. This list should encompass as many aspects of your life as possible. It can be as materialistic, random, obscure, or specific as you want. It also doesn’t need to have any of these qualities, either. My own list is scattered all over my life. Most of my goals have to do with things I want to do, achieve, or see before I graduate this May. For example, I want to attend as many home basketball games as I can, and I also hope to befriend a professor, furthering my own network. For many years, this is the technique I have used to create so-called New Year’s resolutions. What I realized a few years ago, however, is that you do not have to create these resolutions once a year or even on New Year’s Day. In fact, I have been most successful at accomplishing my goals when I
spend time really planning out and thinking about what I hope for the next 6 months or so. Breaking down the year into smaller portions makes you think more realistically. No, you probably are not going to drop a hundred pounds in 5 months. Yes, it can happen, but it isn’t highly likely. Maybe you aren’t someone who sees the purpose in setting goals. I can only ask one question: why not? Drawing out a path for yourself may not always lead you to that original goal, but it will take you from the point that you are at right now. There is no harm in finding ways to better yourself and your life, as long as that “better” is just that: something that brings you more happiness, more success, and more opportunities. Whatever your own definition of success might be, there are always goals that you can continue to create in order to prevent yourself from becoming lethargic. Make this year everything you want it to be. Every day gives you another opportunity to do something you didn’t do the day before. Pick up a new hobby. Go see something cool. Travel to some cities you could see yourself living in after college. Start a savings account for a sweet new car. Make time to see your family and friends more. Follow your favorite team more intensely. Change your lifestyle into something more healthy and productive. Get a new job. Make better grades. Volunteer more. It doesn’t really matter what you do, as long as it helps you move in a more positive direction. Do yourself a favor and don’t forget to dream realistically, though. Make 2013 the best year of your life because you can. — Kayla is a senior in English. She can be reached at kgraham7@utk.edu.
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‘Gangster Squad’ pleases audiences Rebecca Butcher Staff Writer Director Ruben Fleischer resurrects the “City of Angels� circa the 1950s in the new film “Gangster Squad,� starring actors Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin and Emma Stone. The film takes place in a time when the fight for a city is crucial to its continuance. Attendee Joey Young, 19, didn’t originally come to see this film in theaters but said some of the “icky� parts didn’t bother her too much when asked about the violence and recommends the acting. “The casting was done well and thought out,� she said. As notorious gangster Mickey Cohen (Penn) continues to rule the city, a band of cop vigilantes are chosen to not only bring down the criminal, but shatter his empire, discouraging others like him in the future. The group consists of Sergeant John O’Mara (Brolin), who represents the ultimate crusader as the squad’s leader, and sergeant Jerry Wooters (Gosling), a laid-back contrast to O’Mara’s intense character. Wooters is just as driven to come down on the thug business, and may even have more of a reason to, but he is not blindsided by his cause. Other players on the team are an older sharpshooting lawman Max Kennard (Robert Patrick), smart technologist Conway Keeler (Giovanni Ribisi), eager Latino officer Navidad Ramirez (Michael Pena), and stylish black cop Coleman Harris (Anthony Mackie). Each one brings his own game and expertise to the chase and demise of Cohen. Don’t write this movie off as just another action thriller, even though it certainly proves as such. The emotional parts are intense and leave one a bit breathless since they don’t last long. The ethical purpose of the group is brought up by the weakest link, Keller. He is the most uncomfortable in harming the bad guys, while the others simply shrug it off. At one point he asks O’Mara what the difference between them
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and Mickey is. Moviegoers less educated in real mobster crime might not realize that the idealized time and largerthan-life characters in the film are based on real events, as portrayed in journalist Paul Lieberman’s novel, “Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles.� The no-bull persona offered by Penn is not a far cry from the actual man who spent his last days in the infamous penitentiary of Alcatraz. Cohen was known for his lavish lifestyle, expensive suits and barrage of female beauties. His most notable trait, however, is his propensity for callous violence. A few scenes couldn’t help but leave viewers slack-jawed and wondering about the film’s validity. Anne Ramsey, a freshman in nursing, enjoyed the “happy ending,� which won’t be spoiled here, and enjoyed the dark humor in places. “I would say (the film) reminded me of ‘The Godfather’ with all the gangsters,� Ramsey said. The reminiscent film mimics the epic shootings of the movie “Sin City� in some ways, and at times the cartoonish nature trips audiences up. But they are nevertheless recovered by the sheer pace of the story. From the start, the vigilantes are lined up as perfectly as chess pieces and moved with exact precision. By the finish every role has served its purpose. After the great battle for Los Angeles is complete, they even go on to their individual happy endings. Grace Faraday (Stone) acts as the young love of not only villain Cohen, but also Jerry Wooters. It may be her tomato red hair or quiet cynicism that attracts the vastly different men, but no matter the cause, she is clearly the queen chess piece. This follows as she can easily maneuver sides, white and black, until checkmating her former king in the end. Viewers should watch the film at a local Regal Cinemas theater for a look back to the past. The term battle: LA has never been so true.
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WUTK reveals top albums for 2012 Montana Coward Contributor
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From Frank Ocean to Dirty Projectors, 2012 welcomed a number of new artists to the music scene. After compiling lists of top albums in 2012 from multiple WUTK disc jockeys, one final list was created to rank the best albums of last year. James Burke, WUTK music department assistant, said music popularity changes tend to sway each year. “I think the independent scene kind of goes in cycles,” Burke said. “Maybe last year and the year before, there was a lot of influence of ‘80s stuff, and now we might be seeing some influence of another decade.” DJ Graham “Dr. John Zazu” Smith, assistant general music director and senior in communication studies, said that indie rock and electronic music were the most popular genres of 2012 at WUTK and were reflected in the top albums of the year according to UTK student listeners. And now without further ado, the 2012 top ten albums of the year: 10. Grizzly Bear – “Shields” 9. Kendrick Lamar – “good kid, m.A.A.d. city” 8. Death Grips – “No Love Deep Web” 7. Alt-J – “An Awesome Wave” 6. Yellow Ostrich – “Strange Land”
5. Black Moth Super Rainbow – “Cobra Juicy” 4. The xx – “Coexist” 3. Dirty Projectors – “Swing Lo Magellan” 2. Metz – “Metz” 1. Frank Ocean – “Channel Orange” Both Smith and Burke agree that these artists had the most plays on the station and the most positive listener feedback in 2012. From number 10 to one, the albums encompass every emotion from passion to perseverance. Each album brings something different to the table in terms of genre and mood. Frank Ocean, whose album “Channel Orange” topped out this list at No. 1, is a blend of sensual hits about estranged lovers and spoiled rich kids, whereas Metz’s self titled album is more upbeat indie with lots of energy. The Dirty Projectors came in at number three because of the versatility they produced in “Swing Lo Magellan.” With its jazz feel, the album is similar to a time charter to the ‘60s and ‘70s. The xx’s “Coexist” has a laid back mood that sets it apart from the others on the list. “Cobra Juicy,” on the other hand, is an album complete with catchy electronic jams. Black Moth Super Rainbow, who is known for their psychedelic music, becomes more lyrically inclined in this particular album, putting them at number five on the list. Yellow Ostrich and Alt-J land at six and seven, respectively, with a similar feel in their albums.
Alt-J’s “An Awesome Wave” is a folk indie album, but parallels with Yellow Ostrich’s alternative album, “Strange Land,” in that both albums tell a story in each of their songs. Death Grips make the ranking for their new age hip hop. Their album, “No Love Deep Web,” incorporates dub step-like beats and a distinguishable voice that has been well received by WUTK listeners, said Smith and Burke. Kendrick Lamar blew up the scene in late summer of 2012 with “Swimming Pools” off of his album “good kid, m.A.A.d. city,” where he raps about drinks, struggles and perseverance. Last but not least, Grizzly Bear’s “Shields” rounds out the list with an easy going alternative feel with folk elements. “(This list would appeal) mostly to (the) college age group who are looking for new music — mainly eighteen to thirty,” said Smith. As for music fans not familiar with the indie scene, these albums, as well as the artists, are anticipated to grow in popularity nationwide just as they have on UT’s campus. “Putting those albums at the top have proven to be most popular with a lot of people,” Burke said. What can listeners expect in the coming months? Smith said the electronic side of indie has “died down quite a bit” and that listeners can expect a more acoustic, easygoing element to reappear in 2013.
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Sports at a Glance
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Students display copies of The Daily Beacon during the Memphis game on Jan. 4.
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Yemi Makanjuola makes a move towards the basket against Ole Miss on Jan. 9.
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Jarnell Stokes goes up for the ball against a Memphis defender on Jan. 4.
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Meighan Simmons begins a layup against Mizzou on Taber Spani drives to the hoop against Rutgers on Dec. Jan. 10. 30.
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THE DAILY BEACON • 9 Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell
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Lady Vols stay perfect in SEC with OT win Staff Reports
Tennessee scored the final five points in overtime to capture a 78-75 win at the O’Connell Center at Florida on Sunday afternoon. Meighan Simmons (27 points) tied the game at 75 points on a jumper with 1:12 left. Then Kamiko Williams and Bashaara Graves combined for three free throws in the final 24.3 seconds to secure the win. Graves sent the game to overtime with a free throw with 12.6 seconds left in regulation. Kayla Lewis’ 3-point attempt at the buzzer rimmed off for the Gators, who fell to 13-5 overall, 2-2 in the SEC. The Lady Vols (13-3 overall) have now won six games in a row and remain perfect in the SEC at 4-0. The win by three points was Tennessee’s first by fewer than five points since a 61-58 win at Ole Miss on Feb. 11, 2010. Simmons led all scorers with 27, 17 of which came in the first half. Graves notched her seventh double-double of the season with 17 points and 12 rebounds. After sitting much of the first half with foul trouble and not scoring, Isabelle Harrison netted 10 points -- all in the second half and overtime. She also added nine rebounds. Ariel Massengale chipped in 12 and handed out four assists. The Gators were led by Jaterra Bonds, who had 18. January Miller and Carlie Needles each added 11. Florida was without their top player, Jennifer George, for most of the afternoon after she suffered an injury late in the first half. Harrison’s layup 11 seconds into overtime was the only basket of the extra session for the first 2:30. Christin Mercer made Florida’s first shot -after missing the first four attempts -- on a jumper to give the Gators a 73-72 lead. Williams tallied her first point of the game on a free throw with 1:36 left, deadlocking the game at 73. Bonds quickly answered to regain a lead for the Gators at 75-73 with 1:29 left. Tennessee would score the next five points while keeping Florida off the board. Simmons tied the game at 75 all on a jumper with 1:12 left in OT. Williams made the first of two free throws with 24.3 left for a 76-75 lead. With a chance to tie the game or give Florida the lead, Mercer missed two free throws with 8.9 left. Florida
fouled on the rebound sending Graves back to the foul line where she made both foul shots for a 78-75 lead with 8.4 left. Lewis’ 3-point attempt from the left wing bounced off and the Lady Vols kept their win streak going. Tennessee is 45-3 all-time against Florida. After trailing much of the afternoon, Florida regained the lead with four minutes left in the second half, but the Lady Vols responded in the final three minutes. Simmons regained the lead for Tennessee on a driving layup with 2:30 left in regulation, making it 67-66. Harrison made a pair of free throws with 2:12 left, pushing the lead to three, 69-66. Sydney Moss cut the Florida deficit to one on a layup with 1:03 left in the game, making it 69-68. Miller’s free-throw line jumper with 28.8 left gave the Gators a 70-69 lead. Graves tied the game at 70 with 12.6 left in regulation and sent the game to overtime. Florida used a 7-0 run late in the second half to rally from a 64-59 deficit to take a 66-64 lead into the final three minutes. Florida tied the game at 64 on a jumper by McIntyre with just over five minutes remaining. Bonds gave the Gators their first lead since early in the first half on a floater with 4:27 left in the second half for a 66-64 UF lead. Tennessee took a nine-point Bashaara Graves releases a layup against Mizzou on Jan. 10. lead, the largest of the game at 51-42, on a fastbreak jumper by Massengale with 16:26 left in the second half. That came on the heels of a clutch 3-pointer by Taber Spani. Simmons had 17 of her points in the first half as Tennessee took a 37-34 lead at intermission. The junior guard had 17 of UT’s first 33 points. The Lady Vols broke a 28 all tie on a 3-pointer by Simmons with 5:11 left in the first half. Florida held an early 16-12 lead, but the Lady Vols outscored the Gators, 25-18 to end the half. Florida has lost eight consecutive games in the series dating to their last win over the Lady Vols -- in Gainesville, on Feb. 8, 2009. The Lady Vols finish a short two-game road swing at Auburn on Thursday night at 9 p.m. The game will air on CSS and can be heard on the Lady Vol Network.
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Isabelle Harrison dribbles past a defender in the lane against Davidson on Dec. 28.
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Fans fail to support program during hard times Lauren Kittrell Sports Editor It’s safe to say that Tennessee football has been in a slump as of late. There’s been a few exciting players like Eric Berry and, more recently, Cordarrelle Patterson, but as a whole, the program has fallen from the glory days. Part of that fall has become a kind of tradition of its own and one of my favorite patterns to witness.
Imagine it’s June. Summertime is officially underway and everyone is enjoying longer days, barbecues and watermelon. Some poor soul will inevitably say something about Tennessee football and the reaction will be a mixture of skepticism and excitement. The comment sparks a discussion. By the end of July, there’s no discussion. Vol fans are excited, impatiently awaiting the upcoming football season. This is the year. Tennessee is gonna go 9-3, no doubt about it. Winning the first game or two doesn’t help. Every Vol fan sees the silver lining, the turning point for the team. The first loss doesn’t have too great of an affect on their
spirits. It’s disappointing, but they had accounted for a few losses. Halfway through the season, the tune has changed and Neyland Stadium isn’t hitting full capacity. This is when tailgating becomes a time to get hyped, not over football, but over the upcoming basketball season. By November, fans have moved on completely. In fact, they knew the program was tanking and they never thought the new coach would amount to anything. Who said UT would go 9-3? Keep dreaming, football’s the new has-been and basketball season is where it’s at. Men’s basketball head coach Cuonzo Martin recruited some great players and this is the year to make it to, at least, the
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Elite Eight. Skylar McBee is gonna light up the court and Jarnell Stokes is the next Lebron James. Everyone is confident in Martin, he played in the NBA, of course he can coach. Losing a game in pre-season play is generally a major disappointment, but if it’s an away game in one of those far-off places like Puerto Rico, who cares? It was a fluke. Close games scare fans a little bit, but as long as the Vols come out on top, no one worries. They like to wait until the team loses to an SEC team or out-of-conference rival before they call for heads. Martin’s job will be called for. His recruiting ability will be called into question. You’ll
Isabelle Harrison jockeys for position in the paint against Mizzou on Jan. 10.
to Ole Miss, Memphis and Alabama, and no one has anything positive to say. Tennessee basketball isn’t what it used to be, many say it isn’t where it should be, but fans, and students especially, are a part of that. I said this about football and I’ll repeat it for basketball, maybe if fans were more supportive of the programs they love, in bad times as well as good, the bad times wouldn’t be so bad. A mass exit from ThompsonBoling Arena with six minutes left in a close game will never help a team or a program.
— Lauren Kittrell is a senior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at lkittre1@utk.edu.
Tennessee falls to Alabama, 68-65 Staff Report
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even hear fans reminiscing on the days of Buzz Peterson and Bruce Pearl. “I don’t understand why they don’t hire Pearl back. He still lives here right? He was just so good at getting players motivated and building a program.” My favorite part of all this is that it will all repeat. Give it three months. The Orange and White game works as an appetizer. By June, the grills will be out, watermelon cut, and UT football will be on the mind. Let’s see how football head coach Butch Jones does. Fast forward six months and football is dead and gone and basketball is back on the radar. It’s a never ending cycle. Right now, we’re in the angry stage. The Vols recently lost
Lacey’s jumper with 1:29 left moved the margin back to two possessions at 64-60 before his fastbreak layup made it 66-60. McRae came back with a 3-point play with 1:01 left, making it 66-63. Freshman Armani Moore made his biggest impact this season with a career-high tying seven points in a career-high 21 points. Moore knocked down his first college 3-pointer to give the Vols a 46-45 lead with 10:44 left in the game. Skylar McBee canned another 3-ball for a 49-47 Vols lead. Releford, who was 0-for-3 from the floor in the first half, scored eight of the Tide’s first 10 points of the second half to put Alabama ahead 34-32 four minutes into the period. The Vols led 28-24 at halftime behind 10 points from McRae, who finished the half
with two free throws in the final seconds. Tennessee scored the final six points of the half. Tennessee used a 7-0 run to extend a 13-12 lead to 20-12 keyed by a 3-pointer from Derek Reese with 8:55 left in the first half. Alabama answered with its own run of 10-0 to take a 22-20 lead on an Andrew Steele jumper with 2:39 left in the first half. That bucket brought a drought of three minutes for Alabama after Rodney Cooper tied the game at 20. The Vols had a scoreless spell of more than six minutes before Josh Richardson re-tied the game at 22 with 2:06 left in the first half. The Vols continue a twogame road swing at Kentucky on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. That game will air on ESPN and can he heard on the Vol Network.
Trae Golden’s 3-point attempt at the buzzer bounced off the back of the rim as Alabama held off the Vols 68-65 at Coleman Coliseum on Saturday afternoon. A 10-0 Crimson Tide run late in the second half proved to be the difference as Alabama (9-6, 1-1) picked up its first SEC win of 2013. The Vols dropped their third game in a row, falling to 8-6 and 0-2 in the league. Junior Jordan McRae led the Vols in scoring for the third game in a row, tallying 21. He was the Vols’ only double-figure scorer. Trevor Releford scored all 15 of his points in the second half, including two free throws that sealed the game with 7.5 seconds left. Trevor Lacey also had 15 for the Crimson Tide. Levi Randolph (12) and Andrew Steele (11) also scored in doublefigures. No team led by more than eight points for the entire game. McRae’s layup with 7.7 left brought the Vols within one at 66-65. Releford made two free throws with 7.5 left to gave the Tide a 68-65 lead. But Golden’s 3-point attempt didn’t drop and the Vols fell in Tuscaloosa for the second year in a row. The Vols had a 55-52 lead on a fastbreak layup by Golden with 4:53 left in regulation, but Alabama answered with a 10-0 run as the Crimson Tide’s defense pressured the Vols into three consecutive turnovers which they converted into points. Releford finished off the third straight UT miscue with a fastbreak hoop with 2:55 left to give the Tide a 62-55 lead -- their largest lead of the game. Golden finally broke the Bama spurt with a runner in the lane with 2:34 left, cutting the deficit to five, 62-57. Golden, who didn’t start for the first time all season, converted a 3-point play with Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon 1:52 left to bring UT within two at Jordan McRae evades defenders in the half-court offense versus 62-60. Memphis on Jan. 4.