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Vol Walk of Life offers academic resources Program sponsored by SGA, Student Success Center caters to freshmen, upperclassmen Kyle Turner News Editor Today marks the second Vol Walk of Life event, sponsored by the SGA and Student Success Center. The Vol Walk of Life is being billed as an event for students to take an interactive journey through the necessary steps for a successful college career. “Academic Affairs is hosting the Vol Walk of Life to encourage students to use the numerous resources UT has to help with a student’s academic success,” Cynthia White, senior in marketing, said. “It encourages students to learn about ways to make them have a very successful time at Tennessee.” The event is equally applicable to both freshmen and upper classmen alike, event organizers said. “The Vol Walk of Life is like a revisit to orientation for freshman, because it emphasizes both the importance of academics and student involvement,” White said. “However, it also caters to upperclassmen because there are representatives from the graduate school and Career Services that can inform students of options after college.” The goal of the event is for students to leave with newly gained knowledge or perhaps a chance at various door prizes. “Students will learn about the academic resources available to them at UT,” Eric Dixon, sophomore in philosophy, said. They will have a
chance to learn about these programs and resources through an interactive experience based off the game of LIFE. They will spend about 15 minutes learning about campus
take advantage of free food, great door prizes, a Kaplan test prep course, a Gateway Netbook computer and signed UT memorabilia. Also, the first 100 participants get a free T-shirt.”
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Vol Walk for Life illustrates the necessary steps for students to take to complete a successful college career. The event is sponsored by SGA and Student Success Center. resources that can help them succeed. Additionally, students will have an opportunity to
“We would consider the Vol Walk of Life to be successful if students learn something that they
did not already know about what UT can do for them,” White said. “We are very excited for the second annual Vol Walk of Life and hope students enjoy it just as much as we enjoying putting it on.” The Academic Affairs Committee was most directly involved in shaping the Vol Walk of Life in an effort to hold true to their mission. “As the academic arm of SGA Student Services, it is the duty of the Academic Affairs Committee to help make academics at UT more approachable and less overwhelming,” Dixon said. “As a student at UT, your options should be clear and accessible, and the goal of this event is to bring academics to the students rather than having students have to tirelessly seek academic programs and resources out.” The Vol Walk of Life will be held today, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the UC Ballroom and should take about 15 minutes for each participant to complete. All students are highly encouraged to attend the event and leave with a better sense of preparation for college success. “Students should attend the Vol Walk of Life to explore the plethora of opportunities and resources regarding academics that are available at UT,” Dixon said. “There are so many departments, programs and options here at UT that it can often be overwhelming. The Vol Walk of Life brings together all of the academic options at UT into one place and gives students the chance to discover programs that they may not have even known existed.”
Humanitarian speaks on Rwanda important, and I left it and crawled in from the passenger seat.” Wilkens also prevented a massacre at an Carl Wilkens was invited to UT by orphanage by appealing to the prime minStudents Taking Action Now for Darfur, ister to move the children to Saint Michael STAND, to speak about his experiences Cathedral. During the move, the orphans were not during the Rwandan Genocide. In his speech’s background, Wilkens allowed to collect their belongings and showed pictures of some of his experi- Wilkens had to go back to the government ences and a short video of his campaign authorizers to gain a letter of permission to get the left-behind belongings. for understanding and peace. Wilkens said he drove up to the orphanWilkens and his family moved to Rwanda in 1990 to do humanitarian work age with his truck and the soldiers were with the organization, Adventist there looting the orphanage, but he presented the letter to Development and the leader, who comRelief Agency. manded some men to With the group, help him load the they built schools, orphans’ things. hospitals and It amazed him socialized with that the same men their neighbors. who threatened and Wilkens gave a killed the orphans background on were also the same the Rwandan conones who helped flict, speaking a load their belonglittle about how ings. This furthered the Rwandan peohis idea that to build ple are divided relationships, one into Hutu and needs service and Tutsi. stories. “Regardless of “The initial reathe discriminason for staying was tion, it wouldn’t the young lady and have escalate man in our house without the govthat were there, and ernment’s pushthe reason never ing,” Wilkens changed,” Wilkens said. said. “We see the Wilkens and needs of others as a his wife, Teresa, vaccine against fear, had a conversawhich is made up of tion about what life experience and they should do inspiration of othwhen they heard ers.” that the presiOne of Wilkens’ dent’s plane was • Photo courtesy of Eric Dixon inspirations came shot down and that an evacuation Carl Wilkens speaks on Nov. 15 about his from his neighbors. unarmed experiences during Rwandan Genocide. These order was given. women prevented a His stories showed the audience the “We were torn, in because we didn’t hardships he endured, which included his massacre home, want to leave the wife and children leaving the country Wilkens’ while he and his young lady and while he stayed behind. family slept, man in our house unaware of what was who could be in trouble, and at the time, we couldn’t image the concept of geno- going on. Erin Captain, junior in social work, cide,” Wilkens said. In the end, Wilkens stayed behind, found out about the event from a flyer while his wife and children evacuated the advisement. She said she enjoyed the presentation country. and had some previous experience with Wilkens continued to do humanitarian works. For example, he would deliver the Rwanda Genocide from a class she water and needed supplies to orphanages took at Pellissippi State. “Watching this presentation wants me and others in need through armed checkto check out UT’s STAND,” Captain said. points and hostile soldiers who would harass or kill the people who did not fit in “I believe that people do have to speak out.” or who were sympathetic to the Tutsi. Shannon Smith, a senior in psychology, Red Cross workers were considered sympathetic, and many were killed, which found out about this event from her political science teacher who offered extra credforced the Red Cross to leave. Wilkens was not excluded from this bru- it for attendance. She said she felt that the stories hit tal treatment. “I had crossed one of the checkpoints, home, and you can image your family and one of my water barrels had fallen out going through them. The stories also of my truck,” Wilkens said. “I thought I inspire a call for action. “They are human beings just like us, was far away from their snipers. I got out and started to put the barrel back in when and it makes the story more credible to see a shot went through the driver’s seat. the faces,” Smith said. “It puts more truth Suddenly that water barrel was not so in the story.”
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Tables and chairs for a reception fill the main entrance of the newly renovated Ayres Hall on Thursday, Nov. 11. Students got a first look at the iconic campus building’s new interior appointments, which has remained under construction since the end of the 2008 fall semester, this week.
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Natalie Haslam and Chancellor Jimmy Cheek chat at the groundbreaking for UT’s new music center on Wednesday, Nov. 10. The center will be named for Haslam, who, along with husband Jim Haslam, gave UT $32.5 million, $10 million of which is earmarked for the construction of the four-floor, 123,000-square-foot facility.
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The organization is aiming for 200 boxes and needs your help in reaching this goal! You can drop off a box at Room 415 in the Stokely Management Center. Or you can donate online by visiting https://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/Giving /EZGive-fullpage/.
her former boyfriend, also a UT student. A possible stabbing occurred at the Carousel bar on White Avenue at approximately 1:50 a.m. According to the report, two suspects were involved, one an unaffiliated male, and the other a female UT employee. The report also stated that a gold 1998 Cadillac DeVille was involved and an arrest occurred for public intoxication.
A student reported that his bicycle was stolen from the bicycle rack on the east side of the Apartment Residence Hall building sometime between 2 p.m. and 11 p.m. Nov. 14
UT approaching $1-million scholarship goal
Student organization to collect Christmas gifts for needy children
UT’s Society for Human Resource Management (UT-SHRM) student organization is collecting shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. Its deadline is approaching quickly. UT-SHRM is collecting filled shoe boxes through noon on Wednesday. Operation Christmas Child is a program where shoe boxes filled with small toys, school supplies, —Compiled by Robbie Hargett A student reported suspicious activity against candy and other supplies are delivered to over 130 Compiled from a media log provided to the Daily Beacon by the Universty of Tennessee Police Department. countries to children who otherwise would not have All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. People with names similar or Christmas gifts. A female UT student was arrested for DUI first offense at approximately 2:30 a.m. The suspect was driving her white 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse on 16th Street when she failed to stay in the correct lane and drove head-on toward a UTPD officer.
An unaffiliated male was arrested for public intoxication in the F1 parking lot at approximately 1 a.m. According to the report, a UTPD officer observed the suspect while he lay unconscious in his blue 2006 Honda Accord.
identical to those listed may not be those identified in reports.
Earlier this year, an anonymous donor issued a $1-million challenge to raise money to provide financial assistance to students enrolled in the teacher internship program at UT. With only a month left to go on the challenge, the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences now has raised $900,000 — bringing them within $100,000 of their goal. A longtime supporter of the college, the donor offered to give $1 million in memory of the late J. Clayton Arnold if the college succeeds in collecting at least $1 million in contributions from other supporters by the end of 2010. See BEACON BITS on Page 3
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Nashville hotspot Sweet CeCe’s Frozen Yogurt opens in Knoxville thanks to UT graduates BetsyGoldin Staff Writer
SarahMurphree Staff Writer Four UT graduates enjoyed going to Sweet CeCe’s while living in Nashville. Together, they decided to make the transition from loyal customers to franchisers. “The original Sweet CeCe’s was next to my office building,” owner Scott Coop said. “I was familiar with it as a customer and became a fan that way.” Coop said his partners felt the same. “My business partners also went to UT, and they are also big Sweet CeCe’s fans,” he said. “We all organically started out as customers and went from there.” Sweet CeCe’s Frozen Yogurt and Treats opened in Knoxville on Friday, Oct. 29. The grand opening hosted more than 500 people. The four UT graduates expect great things from the new franchise. They hope it becomes a part of the Knoxville community just as it did in Nashville. “It became a part of each community that it was in,” Coop said. Since Sweet CeCe’s was started by four UT alumni, it has an advantage when it comes to integrating itself into the Knoxville area. The owners of the Sweet CeCe’s franchise in Knoxville were all friends at UT. Dan Beasley and Daniel Heard graduated from Tennessee’s College of Law and are both practicing lawyers in Nashville. Scott Coop and Matthew Bills are both living in Knoxville. The wives of the alumni are also UT graduates. UT is something they all share with students and the city of Knoxville. “It really makes it enjoyable going to Sweet CeCe’s knowing it started in Nashville and came to Knoxville because of UT graduates,” Virginia
Schaedle, junior in management and Sweet CeCe’s customer, said between bites of her Original Tart yogurt. Sweet CeCe’s in Knoxville is the 12th franchise with other locations throughout Tennessee, Mississippi and Pennsylvania. Coop said they have plans to open another branch in Farragut.
mix in flavors.” Anyone with a sweet tooth has a healthier alternative at Sweet CeCe’s. The majority of the yogurt is fat and gluten free. Every flavor is either nonfat or low fat, and at any given time Sweet CeCe’s has a sugarfree and a sorbet flavor on the floor to cater to its customer’s needs.
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Sweet CeCe’s, a popular Nashville yogurt shop, opened in Western Plaza on Kingston Pike. The first Sweet CeCe’s opened in Nashville in 2009 and was founded by CeCe Moore. Moore’s inspiration to open up the store came when she was just a little girl. “My grandmother would make homemade cookies, candies and ice cream,” Moore said. “And we’d
BEACON BITS continued from Page 2 The money raised will provide stipends that make it easier for students to forego outside employment and focus totally on their teacher internships. Students say the internship program is important because it enables them to develop teaching and classroom management skills not possible within a shorter time frame. UT has the only teacher preparation program in the state requiring a full-year internship of its students. The J. Clayton Arnold Challenge is based upon the inspiration of a man whose desire was “investing in the human race.” Arnold, a rural mail carrier in Williamson County, began providing financial assistance to students studying to be teachers in 1965. While Arnold earned only $60 per month and never attended college, he was a smart man who made investments throughout his 95 years. These investments allowed him to give UT its first million-dollar gift. Arnold believed by investing in the preparation of teachers his gift could influence 25 million students. Even with his generous gift, Arnold was never content. Instead, he challenged UT alumni to help contribute to his efforts, which has resulted in large gains to the university’s annual giving program. In 2010, 28 teacher education interns received a J. Clayton Arnold Scholarship. UT’s Ready for the World Café offers Thanksgiving with modern twist The Ready for the World Café will celebrate a modern Southern Thanksgiving the week of Nov. 15-18. The menu includes braised short ribs, chicken soup with cornmeal sage dumplings, roasted parmesan asparagus, roasted acorn squash with wild rice stuffing, Caprese salad skewers with a balsamic vinegar reduction, Southern shrimp and grits with various toppings, carving station, assorted seasonal desserts and hot apple cider. The café is an international buffet operated by students in the advanced food production and service management class, Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism (HRT) 445. It is open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday in the Hermitage Room on the third floor of the UC. Diners pay $11 for the all-you-can-eat buffet or $9 for a plate of food to carry out. This semester, there are 18 students in the Hotel, Restaurant and
Customers can create their own desserts with homemade flavors and almost 50 toppings. “The great thing about Sweet CeCe’s is you control the flavors yourself,” Jacque Breuer, an employee at Sweet CeCe’s, said. “There are not a lot of ice cream shops where you can do it yourself.”
Tourism (HRT) 445 course. In small groups, they take turns planning the menus, marketing the café and working in the café. ARAMARK, UT’s provider of dining services, prepares the food. This week’s student managers are Alicia Davis and Stephanie Hunley. Davis, a senior in HRT from Knoxville, is interested in small businesses, restaurants and bakeries. Hunley, a senior in nutrition from Knoxville, is interested in promoting sustainability in restaurants. Women’s Coordinating Council to hold event The Women’s Coordinating Council presents “Two Can Play That Game,” a forum that will focus on the double standards in society our women and men face everyday. The forum will take place at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, in the UC Auditorium. Free and open to the public. All questions can be emailed to ejones31@utk.edu..
There are more than 72 flavors, and each week various flavors are rotated out. Customers can choose as little or as much as they would like and pay by the weight. “I love all the toppings and flavors,” Anna Hall, junior in communications, said. “It is such a fun atmosphere.” UT students are excited about the new addition to the city. “Being from Nashville, I have heard about how yummy Sweet CeCe’s is, but I had not had the chance to try it,” Katie Hunt, senior in Spanish, said. “Now that Sweet CeCe’s has moved to Knoxville, I have the opportunity to go out and see what all the buzz is about.” Coop is optimistic that Sweet CeCe’s has the edge needed to succeed. “We are confident Sweet CeCe’s has the best product, environment and staff,” he said. Sweet CeCe’s employees seem to agree with Coop. “I love working here,” Anna Patterson, sophomore in journalism and Sweet CeCe’s employee, said. “It’s awesome and better than all of the other yogurt places.” She also worked at the Sweet CeCe’s in Franklin, Tenn. Sloan Mitchell, senior in journalism, would have to agree. “I am obsessed with Sweet CeCe’s frozen yogurt,” he said. He might even like it as much as Coop. “I like frozen yogurt more than the average bear,” Coop said. Sweet CeCe’s has punch cards for every yogurt bought, and from 5 to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, Sweet CeCe’s has happy hour where all customers can get buy one, get one free. Sweet CeCe’s is located on Kingston Pike and can be followed on Facebook and Twitter for updates and promotions.
SGA to hold open forum Do you have questions about what your Student Government is doing for you and your campus? Join the SGA Campus Outreach Committee at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in the UC Shiloh Room as they present a unique opportunity for students, staff and faculty members to ask Executive Board Members questions to find out what actually is up with SGA.
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GuestColumn University offers chance to expand thinking The last 10 polarizing years have exhausted even a political junkie like me. And it often feels like there is little reason to imagine it will end anytime soon. As a history professor, I often hear students disagree by dishing labels rather than ideas: I’m conservative, you’re liberal; I’m Baptist, you’re Methodist; I’m southern, you’re northern. You have all heard and probably participated in some form of this. I have, even though afterward I feel that same sense of disgust and remorse that some of you best associate with a hungover vow to never drink again. On the other hand, I — an urban, northern, secular, feminist, lesbian who can’t wait for universal health care — have also participated in hours of deeply personal, moving and just plain interesting discussions with students. I sometimes sound euphoric as I tell my friends back home how much I’ve learned and the unexpected bonds of friendship and respect I have made at UT with evangelical and fundamentalist Christians, gun advocates who look at me like I have no brains and others who cringe every time I call an unborn baby a fetus. In other words, if I can find common ground here, so can you. It has not been easy. I have had to take some tough looks in the mirror before I could admit that some of my beliefs owed more to prejudice than reality. However, examining one’s assumptions against empirical data is exactly what I ask my students to do. I teach a course on the history of gender and sexuality, and we read books on topics like abortion, prostitution and homosexuality, which Americans in the past did not always find as vexing as they do today. When I first began teaching the course, some students objected to reading books about people whose behavior they did not condone. But in college we read about a lot of people whose behavior may seem puzzling or even repugnant. No one teaches about Nazi Germany, for instance, hoping that students will become Nazis. Trying to understand other people is not the same as condoning their words, actions or beliefs. So it is with real life. My former student Treston Wheat — whom many of you know from his column in the Daily Beacon — is a case in point. I first met Treston two years ago when he enrolled in my U.S. history survey. Just as the class got started, he published a letter in the Beacon that said some things I found untenable. So I went to class early, asked him to step outside, told him that I read and disagreed with his letter, but that I appreciated that he cared enough to write it. I invited him to come to my office so we could discuss it. He did, and we have been talking — civilly — ever since. It’s not a miracle that a friendship has blossomed. Treston and I can respect each other because we share a set of values bigger than the details we debate: We believe in the promise of America, we value human life, we value education as a path to achieving the American Dream (my dad was an immigrant, Treston’s a police officer), and we feel a responsibility to leave the world a better place than we found it. Our respect will endure whoever becomes president every four years, because it is based on our mutual recognition of each other's humanity. Treston is one of my favorite people at UTK (and I’m not the only “liberal” professor who feels this way), something I tell countless students who froth at the mouth in response to his columns. I often share their anger — but not their personal animosity. And though I encourage each of those students to talk with Treston themselves, I’m not sure that any have done so. That’s too bad, because spending time at a university is not just about reading about people different than yourself; it’s also an opportunity to interact with Real Live People different from yourself. Selfrighteousness is neither the goal of higher learning nor a luxury anyone at a taxpayer-funded university can presume. Whatever beliefs you arrived with, the privilege of being at UT gives you the opportunity to learn how to think critically. You should leave here with a rational, empirically sound basis for your views, having learned how to make an educated choice between competing ideas. If you can’t, that comes out to an awful lot of money on football tickets. — Lynn Sacco is an associate professor of history. She can be reached at lsacco@utk.edu. THE DAILY BACON • Blake Tredway
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UT creates unnecessary classroom issues Off the Deep End by
Derek Mullins Not too long ago, I postulated that some sort of degree in hypocrisy was necessary to be considered a candidate for a position in the administration of this university. Since that time, a similar realization, one that rears its ugly head every semester, has occurred. If you’re a student here, I ask that you think of all of the classrooms you’ve frequented, both in this semester and in semesters past. If you’re a faculty member, I ask that you do the same for the classrooms in which you’ve taught. How many times have you found your sociology class banished to the Buehler building, your English class relegated to a musty room in the Earth and Planetary Sciences building or your political science class confined to an undersized classroom next to the pigpens over on the agricultural campus? If none of these apply to you, how many times have you found your scheduling process impeded by the realization that it is next to impossible to get from one end of campus to the other in the 15 minutes between classes? Chances are, if you’ve been here long enough, the answer is with growing frequency. I don’t know what system is used to determine where classes are placed on campus or who it is that is in charge of overseeing the dispersal. A former sociology professor of mine once said it was a single lady who sits at a computer and simply looks at the class size before pairing that number with a classroom that supposedly is capable of housing that many students. Whether or not that is the case, I cannot be sure, but the fact of the matter is that it isn’t exactly rocket science. Something just isn’t adding up, so I suggest we send whatever individual or department is charged with this task back to kindergarten. Why kindergarten? Two reasons come to mind. First of all, they’ll learn how to count again. As funding for the university has gone down, class sizes have gone up. Higher-level classes in many disciplines that used to have caps of 35 students per class have seen those caps get bumped up to 45 or
50. While the individual(s) in question may not have any say in student-teacher ratios, they have direct control in where these classes take place. The truth is that you cannot cram 50 students in a room that was designed to house 35 and only has desks or seating for around that number. Every time we have full attendance in one of my classes that is held on the top floor of HSS, people end up sitting in the floor or standing off to the side. Since when was class capacity listed as “standing room only?” If it’s well known that certain classrooms in certain buildings cannot house higher capacities, adjust classroom assignments accordingly. Secondly, they’ll be reminded that square pegs don’t go in round holes. At UT, we have buildings for math, business, communications, education, architecture, various sciences, one for a slew of social sciences and others. One would imagine that classes in these disciplines would either be housed in or near their corresponding buildings. The problem, however, is the opposite is increasingly true. As I alluded to in my long-winded opening, someone is placing classes in buildings that have little or no correspondence with the subject matter that is usually taught in their confines. In several instances, I’ve known professors that have had to rush to get from the Hill or the Agricultural Campus back to HSS or vice-versa, often meaning that classes are cut short or start late. This can have a detrimental impact. Students, too, are affected by similar problems, often finding themselves tardy or having to miss out on classes they would otherwise take or attend, because there is no safe, logical way of getting from one end of campus to the other in time for class. These are logistical problem that must be addressed. If students are forced to be absent or tardy or completely forego signing up for a class because of time constraints, that’s a major issue. If classes are cut short because professors cannot get to their classrooms on time, you’ve got a problem. If there are not enough desks and seats in classrooms to house the number of students that have been assigned to those rooms, then you have even more trouble. Usually, cries to UT administrators like this are made in vain. Please, whoever you are, wherever you are, don’t let this one go unheard. —Derek Mullins is a senior in political science and history. He can be reached at dmullin5@utk.edu.
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This last election has seen a rather interesting polarization of American politics, something of which I have been guilty myself, such as when I wrote a column after the health care vote on how Democrats were trying to destroy America. Obviously that isn’t true, but the highly charged nature of the debate has changed the way we do politics. Now, instead of discussing ideas in the public sphere and measuring how worthy they are, we have college students hacking Sarah Palin’s e-mail or ridiculous rumors about Barack Obama being an immigrant Muslim. This might be odd for a conservative columnist to say, but I think it is time we actually have a discussion about the problems our country faces and possible solutions to them. I understand this is difficult, especially when dealing with emotional issues. I cannot tell you how much hate mail I get, death threats or disgusted stares when I wear conservative T-shirts. However, that is not real dialogue, and honestly, it does nothing to help the country. Would it not be better to sit down with those people with whom we disagree and see where there is common ground? This leads me to when I first met one of the most liberal people I have ever met. Lynn Sacco is a self-described radical, and when I first took her survey course, I thought she was a femi-nazi Bolshevik. I have never been one to shy away from debate, so I was relatively excited at the prospects. After I wrote a letter to the Daily Beacon when someone tried to erroneously argue about MLK’s legacy, she called me out of class and said that she thought my opinion was ridiculous, but that she appreciated I took the time to write to the newspaper. She then invited me to come to her office to talk further. So, I went. Ever since then we have talked politics constantly, seeing as it is our favorite topic. We do not agree on the issues. I am a Southern, gunloving, right-wing, fundamentalist Christian neoconservative, while she is a Yankee, peacenik, far-left and secular liberal. This is why our
relationship is unusual. Although we fundamentally disagree about public policy to our cores, we are able to sit down with a cup of coffee and converse about politics and the world. Sometimes it gets heated when we take issues personally or misinterpret the motives of the other, but we eventually calm down and resume the discussion. We can do that because we took the time to get to know one another. I have several friends who have refused to take her class because of her leftist reputation. But I always say that she is one of my favorite professors, and that they should take the course because it will open their eyes to a new way of thinking. This has an important and powerful message for the right and left in this country and in the government. Starting on Jan. 20, America will have a divided government. The Senate and presidency will be Democratic, and the House will be Republican. In the previous election cycle, the Republicans tried to stop, and successfully slowed down, legislation that was wrong for country. Yet, they should have done something different; the Democrats should have, as well. They should have talked throughout the entire process and learned to compromise. I am not saying bipartisan support, but that each side should have given to the other. In the instance of health care, the Republicans could have given the Democrats a public option, and the Democrats could have given the Republicans tort reform. Of course, neither side would be happy, but that is politics. The best policy solutions come when the two sides talk about the different problems and reach a compromise where neither side gets everything they want. This comes back to the example of me and Sacco. We know there are certain values we both hold dear, and we know the other loves this country very much. We both want what is best, even if we disagree about what to do. This does not mean that we should throw our hands up in the air and stop talking to each other. Instead, we come together to have a conversation and to understand each other. If two people as diametrically opposed as myself and Sacco can talk about politics and come to an (informal) agreement about the best approach to policy, it should be possible for our national leaders and pundits to do the same. —Treston Wheat is a senior in political science and history. He can be reached at twheat@utk.edu.
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Palin explores Alaska in new show Robby O’Daniel Recruitment Editor Watching Sarah Palin is like watching a car wreck. She’s the type of comedic character that sitcom writers just could not come up with. So when news hit that TLC was coming out with “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” a reality show to focus on Palin, her family and the state of Alaska, did it make this reviewer seek it out and watch it? “You betcha.” We all know why Palin lovers would watch this show, but why would Palin haters? Because it could provide the most laughs this side of a Tina Fey “Saturday Night Live” sketch. Unfortunately, the prevailing word to describe “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” after watching the premiere episode Sunday is not funny. It’s boring. The show is less an exploration of Palin and her family and more of Alaska (or as Palin calls it “the last frontier”). A few moments with Palin’s family are interesting, such as Palin preparing for an appearance with Bill O’Reilly by getting her personal studio ready. Palin also kept a boy away from going upstairs with her teenage daughter, Willow, which cannot help but evoke memories of Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston. One wonders if Palin was as strict with them, or if her dealing with Willow is a lesson learned from Bristol. But, no, the vast majority of the episode is essentially just like any other TLC or Discovery Channel or whatever network’s outdoors show. It’s essentially an hour-long commercial for the state of Alaska, with Palin serving as tour guide instead of an Australian who yells “Crikey!” a lot. And if the show is an accurate barometer of the Palins, all they do is see the outdoors. In the pilot alone, the Palins go out to fish near where wild bears are and later
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ENTERTAINMENT
Ford, McAdams shine in feel-good comedy ‘Glory’ Will Arnett, David Cross headline new sitcoms on FOX and IFC
‘Development’ stars return to TV Robby O’Daniel
Recruitment Editor “Arrested Development” fans perked up their ears this fall television season when hearing that two of the series alumni — and the two funniest on the show — would helm new TV series, Will Arnett in Fox’s “Running Wilde” and David Cross in IFC’s “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret.” If that was not enough to strike up a comparison between the two new shows, Arnett plays a recurring character in Cross’ “Todd Margaret,” and Cross plays a recurring character in Arnett’s “Running Wilde.” This situation is unfortunate because “Running Wilde” does not look favorable in the comparison. On the surface, “Running Wilde” sounds like it could be hilarious. Arnett stars as spoiled rich man Steven Wilde, who is forever living off his father’s money. The girl of his dreams, Emmy (Keri Russell), is a conservationist and, therefore, abhorred by his excess. But Emmy’s daughter Puddle — yes, Puddle — desperately wants to avoid the life in the wilderness that her mother has chosen. One thing leads to another, and Emmy and Puddle move into Steve’s house. So great, Arnett is playing a jerk again, right? Wrong. Instead of playing a pompous character like in “Arrested Development,” here, Arnett plays the brainless protagonist with a heart of gold. The same style of humor coming from a man who does not know any better, instead of a man who does know better but doesn’t care, just falls flat. In fact, no one on “Running Wilde” has
British comedies. The downfall of that is its first season is only six episodes. It concluded on Friday, and IFC is beginning a rerun of the season. Cross plays Margaret, a man who was just working a boring temp job until executive Brent Wilts (Arnett) hires him on a whim to head a company’s London division and sell a new energy drink called Thunder Muscle. Margaret moves to London and subsequently makes “increasingly poor decisions” as the title suggests. On “Todd Margaret,” people have edge. Most of the main characters are liars and out for themselves. Most importantly, while “Running Wilde” is just amusing at times, “Todd Margaret” has at least one absolutely hysterical moment per episode. And it usually builds throughout the episode into a satisfying crescendo at the end. The pilot episode’s finish is good enough to hook anyone. Somehow Cross can make even the most basic jokes — like an American not knowing • Photo courtesy of Fox who is on British currency — a laugh riot because Serafinowicz plays him as so out with his befuddled delivery. And unlike in “Running Wilde,” where of touch with reality. What results out of “Running Wilde” is Arnett is the main character ironically, a show that is relatively harmless but tops Arnett gets to really let loose in this one, out at being simply amusing. It’s so disap- more so than any other part he’s ever had. pointing, but it feels like “Arrested Here he’s a hotheaded idiot who curses out Development” creator Mitchell Hurwitz anyone who remotely bothers him. Who and company have struck out again on does not want to see Arnett play this charrecapturing the magic of “Arrested acter for the rest of eternity? Avid “Arrested Development” fans that Development.” It’s a pity that “Running Wilde” is the only have time to add one new show to one that’s on a major network in primetime their regular watching habits should defion Tuesdays, whereas the funnier show by nitely choose “Todd Margaret.” The pilot far, “Todd Margaret,” is buried on Friday episode is online for free, and even without nights on a network most people do not subscribing to IFC, a few of the show’s episodes are free through Comcast On get. “Todd Margaret” is one of those witty Demand as well. Give this show a try. any sort of edge whatsoever. Every character on the show can be said to genuinely care about everyone else. Therefore most of the characters do not stand out at all, and the secondary ones — like Steve’s employees at his house — are simply twodimensional wastes of time. To make up for this, the show goes to great lengths to establish the quirky factor. But most of the jokes about the environment and greed usually come off as preachy or forced. And hearing Puddle narrate the episodes with her childlike ignorance gets really annoying really fast. It only truly works with Steve’s brainless neighbor, Fa’ad (Peter Serafinowicz),
Will Abrams Staff Writer Want to work in television? Between high stress, low pay and long hours, “Morning Glory” shows that the job may not be as glamorous as one would think. After recently being fired by a morning show in New Jersey, Becky (Rachel McAdams) sends out her feelers to find whatever job is available in TV production. Luckily, there is an opening at “Daybreak,” the fictional competitor of morning shows similar to “The Today Show.” Working as an executive producer, Becky must find a way to bring the show out of fourth place and back into the spotlight. In a move of desperation, Becky hires legendary journalist Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford), the “third worst person in the world,” to co-anchor with the show’s seasoned Colleen Peck (Diane Keaton). With so many strong personalities in one studio, bickering and hilarity ensue. The film is the latest from Aline Brosh McKenna, the writer who brought “The Devil Wears Prada,” another film about the aspiring professional female, to theaters back in 2006. Trading in fashion for journalism, McKenna sets out again to prove a woman’s place in hightension society. Playing the film’s central character, McAdams has almost the full weight of the film on her shoulders. Usually the actress is part of a large ensemble (“The Family Stone”) or playing the less-interesting half of a romantic duo (“The Notebook”), but here it is solely her story being told. McKenna and director Roger Michell (“Notting Hill”) use McAdams almost as a real-life parallel for her character in the film as the talented and eager star/executive producer. While Becky has to referee between fighting anchors, McAdams has to find a way to hold her own in the company of two Oscar nominees and one winner. When the Golden Globe nominations are announced in December, McAdams will most likely find herself with a nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical for her portrayal as the quirky, ambitious
gal she plays here. Another nomination that wouldn’t be too surprising is a nod to Harrison Ford for his role as Pomeroy. Though his part is a little closer to “onenote” than voters would probably like, Ford hasn’t been quite this good on the silver screen in years. Sadly, Keaton is underused in the film as far as character development goes. Although she battles with McAdams and Ford throughout the film, her side of the story is never given a chance to be seen by the audience. One of the more interesting aspects of the plot is the debate between news and entertainment. The main source of conflict between the anchors and their producer is what stories should be covered in today’s journalism. Segments on juice cleansing, psychic animals and roller coasters are given higher priority over subjects like corruption and war. Americans have to wonder if television is dumbing down society or if it’s just changing tracks to fit whatever society has become today. Despite the film’s interesting angle on what it takes to put together a morning show, there are obviously some liberties taken to provide comedy/drama and enhance the quality of the film. After all, it isn’t being released as a documentary. An aspect of the film that feels really tacked on, however, is the romance between McAdams’ character and Adam Bennett (Patrick Wilson). The real story takes place on the set of the show, but the filmmakers presumably decided that there needed to be a romantic angle to make the film even more of a draw. While the film doesn’t go so far as to make professional females appear needy for a man to make their lives complete, the relationship just doesn’t help the narrative, and it doesn’t feel natural. What remains to be seen is whether or not Hollywood can make a film about a working female that doesn’t rely on comedy or cheap romance. “Morning Glory” is a feelgood film that is far from perfect but delivers laughs and quality acting.
SPORTS
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
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Vols, Commodores endure season of injuries Vols kicker Lincoln returns after serious quad injury while Vandy faces many more injuries Associated Press Tennessee kicker Daniel Lincoln is one of the lucky ones. The senior tore his quadriceps in his right, kicking leg, and doctors originally told him the earliest he could return might be in the season finale against Kentucky. With the clock on his college career running out, Lincoln worked hard enough that he will play in the Volunteers’ three final games and a bowl game if they can win out. “It’s definitely been a motivating factor to come back early,” Lincoln said. “Like ‘I’m going to come back earlier than that. I’m not going to miss this year, and being a part of something special, kind of turning the program around, there’s no way I was going to miss the rest of the year.’” Lincoln wound up missing five games this season before returning against Mississippi last week. He wound up kicking a 43-yard field goal against Ole Miss to tie his own school record with his eighth made field goal to start the season. But Lincoln returned. When Tennessee (4-6, 1-5 Southeastern
Conference) visits Vanderbilt (2-8, 1-6) on Saturday night, both teams can wonder what might have been this season if not for rosters decimated by injuries. The Vols have played 16 freshmen with Vanderbilt not far behind with 13 in moves promptly as much by injuries as talent. “It’s difficult,” Vanderbilt coach Robbie Caldwell said. “I always looked at it if someone gets injured, it’s an opportunity for someone else. As the old saying goes, one door closes another opens. You hope they’ll step up. Unfortunately, those stepping up are young as well. We’ll be ready. We’re going to get after it. We’ll find somebody.” Injuries hit Tennessee during August with defensive end Ben Martin, cornerback Naz Oliver and defensive tackle Marlon Walls all knocked out for the season. Center Cody Pope hasn’t played since the Vols lost to Florida on Sept. 18 due to a stinger. Right guard Zach Fulton hurt an ankle against Memphis on Nov. 6. Now Tennessee coach Derek Dooley and his staff are monitoring defensive back Erik Gordon (concussion), defensive back Janzen Jackson (ankle) and receiver Zack Rogers (concussion). Dooley said he expects Gordon and Rogers to be fine as
long as they continue progressing. Janzen practiced Monday and should play. “Zach Fulton should be back,” Dooley said. “I don’t know if he’s 100 percent. ... But he wasn’t ready to play on Saturday. Hopefully he will be this week.” That list almost looks puny considering Vanderbilt’s losses. Senior defensive tackle Adam Smotherman tore his ACL in the spring and worked hard just like Lincoln to return this season. He played in three games starting Oct. 16 at Georgia before hurting the same knee in practice before the Commodores played Florida on Nov. 6. He was desperately needed by a team that doesn’t have a senior leading in any statistical category. Vandy lost top rusher Warren Norman for the rest of the year when he dislocated his right wrist in a loss at Arkansas on Oct. 30, and second-best rusher Zac Stacy was knocked out in the Florida game, a head injury that won’t let that sophomore play again this year. Senior Kennard Reeves made his first start at Kentucky and ran for a career best 105 yards. Jordan Rodgers, the younger brother of NFL Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers, was a junior college transfer
expected to boost Vandy’s offense. But he never played, limited by a sore throwing shoulder finally repaired by surgery. “I’m anxious to see how that repair went,” Caldwell said. Defensive back Jamie Graham, a versatile player Vandy could flip to offense if needed, had season-ending knee surgery two weeks ago. Tight end Mason Johnston joined the injury list after hurting a knee in last week’s 38-20 loss at Kentucky. That doesn’t include all the nagging injuries. “From a mental toughness pushing through pain things of that sort, we’ve got a lot of guys playing hard,” Vanderbilt defensive tackle T.J. Greenstone said. “If this game was based solely on effort, I think we’d have a great record.” Now freshman James Kittredge has a high ankle sprain, further trimming Vandy’s options on the offensive line. At least Caldwell still can joke. He noted a comic that put a blocking dummy in at tackle for a line trying to make do. “I hope they don’t put me in there,” the former offensive line coach said. “That would be tough.”
Volleyball sweeps Hogs in final home game Staff Reports The UT volleyball team closed out the home portion of its 2010 schedule with an impressive sweep over Arkansas 25-17, 25-15, 25-15, on Sunday afternoon at Thompson-Boling Arena. The Lady Vols never trailed in the match and posted their best defensive performance of the season, holding the Razorbacks to a season-low .000 hitting percentage. “This was a great win for us, especially because it showed how we were able to overcome a disappointing loss on Friday,” UT head coach Rob Patrick said. “We came back on Saturday and had a really good practice, and I was really proud of how we were able to put that loss behind us and move forward to the next match. We played with a lot of effort today we had another great home crowd which helped lead us to a victory.” The match marked the final home appearance for three Lady Vol seniors: Emily Steinbeck, Leah Hinkey and Nikki Fowler. The trio, which was honored in a pre-match ceremony, led Tennessee to an impressive 25-4 record in Thompson-Boling Arena over the past two seasons, including a 12-2 mark this year. Overall, Sunday’s win improved UT’s record to 22-6 and 13-5 in Southeastern Conference play, while Arkansas falls to 13-15 and 7-10 in league action. “First of all, our three seniors are just fantastic people,” Patrick said. “They are great academically, make great decisions on and off the court and represent the University of Tennessee in a highclass manner. I can’t say enough about the sacrifices that Emily, Leah and Nikki have made for our volleyball program and I am extremely proud of how they have developed here at UT. We are honored and lucky to have them be a part of our program and I am very honored to have had the opportunity to coach each of them.” With a 1,186 Big Orange faithful on hand, the seventh-largest crowd in school history, Tennessee improved its total 2010 home attendance to a program record 13,761. The Lady Vols finished with an average of 983 fans per match, also a school record, and attracted 1,000 or more fans to Thompson-Boling Arena on six occasions. Fowler paced a potent offensive attack for the Orange and White on Sunday, smashing out a match-high 12 kills and hitting .318. The Dallas, Texas, native added seven digs and three blocks to the winning effort as well. Hinkey tallied five kills, a team-high four blocks and hit .364, while Steinbeck dished out 16 assists and finished with three digs. Sophomore Leslie Cikra finished second on the UT squad with eight putaways, sophomore Kelsey Robinson recorded six and sophomore DeeDee Harrison and junior Kayla Jeter rounded out the statsheet with five each. Jeter did so on just eight swings for a stunning .625 hitting percentage in addition to collecting a team-
high eight digs and a pair of blocks. As a team, Tennessee hit .287 and nearly doubled-up Arkansas in the kills category with 41 to just 22 for the Razorbacks. The Lady Vols also finished with more aces (4-2), digs (36-25) and assists (40-20), and held the league’s kills leader Jasmine Norton, who entered the contest with 423 putaways, to just four kills and a season-low -.185 attack average. Sunday’s match marked the 17th time this season and seventh time in the last eight matches that the Big Orange has had six players record at least four or more kills in the same contest. The sweep was also UT’s SEC-leading 16th of the 2010 campaign. Despite a little bit of a slow start offensively, Tennessee came to play defensively in the initial set, limiting Arkansas to just seven kills and a .000 attack average en route to a 25-17 triumph. Fowler, Jeter and Harrison paced the UT attack with a combined 10 kills, while Hinkey and Jeter both had a pair of blocks in the frame. The Lady Vols wasted little time grabbing the lead, jumping out to a quick 7-3 lead following an ace by freshman Kylann Scheidt. UT would extend its advantage to as many as five before a threepoint Razorback run cut it to two at the 10-8 mark. Jeter got the Big Orange back on track with a cross-court blast from the outside. Following an error by Norton and a solo block by Hinkey, the UT lead was back to five at 13-8. Arkansas was not done yet though, answering the Lady Vol spurt with three consecutive scores of its own to move back within two once again. That would be as close as it would get, however, as the Big Orange proceeded to claim seven of the next 10 scores, capped off by back-to-back slams by Harrison, to grab a commanding 20-14 advantage and force Razorback Head Coach Robert Pulliza to burn his final timeout of the set. The short break netted his squad a pair of points, but Tennessee responded two-fold with four straight, including kills by Robinson and Jeter, an ace by Robinson and a solo block by Jeter, to go up by eight at 24-16. UT would need just two more plays to close out the frame with Harrison doing the honors with a tip over the Arkansas middle blocker. The Big Orange was even more impressive defensively in the second stanza, forcing Arkansas into more attack errors than it had kills and a -.037 hitting percentage as it claimed a 2-0 lead with a 25-15 victory. The Lady Vol offense, meanwhile, posted a .280 attack average led by five kills on just seven swings by Fowler and three putaways by freshman Kelsey Robinson. Much like the first set, Tennessee came racing out of the gate, using a pair of 3-0 runs to take a 7-2 lead. Arkansas used a kill and consecutive blocks to move within
two, but a service error gave the ball back to the Orange and White. It would take full advantage of the miscue as well, scoring the next three points on back-to-back kills by Robinson and an attack error by UA’s Kelli Stipanovich to stake claim to an 11-5 advantage. UT would continue to pad its lead until it reached seven with the scoreboard reading 16-9 following a hammer by Jeter. The Razorbacks would make a late attempt to get back in the frame with a trio of scores, but Hinkey stopped the spurt with a blast down the right side of the court that kick-started a five-point tear. After Hinkey’s kill, Fowler took over, recording the next four Tennessee scores with a trio of putaways and teaming up with Harrison to block a Stipanovich swing. With the Lady Vols up 2112, they simply cruised to victory as Arkansas gave them the final four points they needed to finish off the frame with a pair of ballhandling errors and two attack errors. Following the 10-minute intermission, Tennessee posted its most impressive effort of the contest, hitting .393 (16-5-28) and holding the Razorbacks to .036 (8-7-28) while completing the sweep with another 25-15 triumph. Cikra was absolutely unstoppable, tallying six kills on seven errorless attacks for a stunning .857 hitting percentage in the set. Once again, the Big Orange grabbed a hold of the momentum early and never looked back as it led 20-8 before Arkansas was able to score consecutive points for the first time. The key stretch in the early goings was a five-point spree in the middle of what ended up being a 17-5 run. Following a Razorback timeout and a kill by Norton, Cikra single-handedly stopped UA in its tracks with consecutive bombs from the right side. Jeter and Harrison then sandwiched a pair of kills around a Norton putaway and Arkansas’ second timeout to put the Orange and White ahead 15-6. With UT leading 22-10 late in the set, the Razorbacks attempted a last-second comeback, scoring five times in a six-play stretch, but it was too little, too late as a kill by Harrison and a Norton attack error brought the match to a close. Tennessee will have a week off before returning to the court against Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss., at 1:30 p.m. CT on Sunday, Nov. 21. The Lady Vols will then close out their regular-season schedule with a 7 p.m. showdown against border-rival Kentucky on Wednesday, Nov. 24.
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THESPORTSPAGE
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Lady Vols trounce Lady Mocs in home opener UT hits school record 15 3-pointers against reigning Southern Conference champs Lauren Kittrell Staff Writer The Lady Vols put together a stellar performance Monday, trouncing the Chattanooga Lady Mocs 103-43. As the team came together to show its worth, the players proved the Lady Vols work unselfishly as a team and allow each player to have an opportunity to shine. Coach Pat Summitt felt that the team worked well together and allows freshmen and seniors alike to give their all for UT. “We were very unselfish, and we kept the ball moving,” Summit said. “It didn’t get stuck in many players hands, a couple, but for the most part they really shared it, and I think they have to feel good about themselves and how they played tonight.” The team made 15 3-pointers and played a phenomenal game defensively. Senior Angie Bjorklund felt that the team showed improvement from its last outing. “After the Louisville game, we watched a lot of film,” Bjorklund said. “I think the guards did a great job of moving without the ball more and playing more inside out. Instead of one-on-one, we were playing more as a team and also running and getting some transition points, so I thought we did a great job.” The Lady Vols owned the court throughout the entire night and junior center Kelley Cain made it possible for outside shooters to shine. Bjorklund said that having Cain was a huge plus for the team and really opened up their guards. “Having Kelley as a threat inside is huge for us,” Bjorklund said. “Not only is she going to score in there, but if they double- or triple-team her, it opens a lot of things for us for the 3-point shot.” As the entire team was able to spread playing time, each individual’s strength showed on the court, but the overriding theme was the players’ ability to work as a team. Bjorklund said that the team worked together as a weapon against
Chattanooga. “I think when you’re surrounded by so many great players, it really helps,” Bjorklund said. “If someone is having a tough game, someone else is going to step up, and especially our bench came in and did a great job with scoring. It was overall team effort.” Freshman Meighan Simmons proved to be an excellent addition to the team and continues to amaze coaches and teammates. Sophomore Taber Spani said that Simmons’ aggressive nature helped her compete on a Division-I level. “Meighan has a very aggressive mindset, and I think that plays to her advantage,” Spani said. “She’s shooting the ball very well. She’s really helped us offensively the first two games. She’s confident, and I think that really helps her game a lot.” Simmons scored 26 points against the Mocs and contributed five of the team’s school-record 15 3-pointers. Her performance as a freshman continues to surprise, and Summitt said she is very pleased that she chose Tennessee. “I didn’t know that she would have this kind of an impact,” Summit said. “I knew she was a great athlete, but I didn’t know about her skill set, but she is very skilled, and she’s very confident to be a freshman. You don’t see that very often.” The team isn’t stopping here. Even though this is only the beginning of the 2010 season, the Lady Vols are already looking forward to what they want to achieve, and a championship are definitely a factor. “I think we have great chemistry, and we’re all really close,” Spani said. “Hopefully we all have the same goal, and I think that we do. “We know that we want to get to Indianapolis and compete for a championship, and we realize that we’re going to need every single person to bring their game and their best to the table.”
John Qiu • The Daily Beacon
Meighan Simmons drives to the hoop against Carson-Newman on Nov. 2. Simmons scored 26 points against UTC on Nov. 15, including five 3-pointers, helping the Lady Vols to a school-record 15 3-pointers.
Grey Keith • The Daily Beacon
A student in the Pride of the Southland Marching Band plays during the halftime show of Homecoming on Saturday, Nov. 13. Alumni band members joined current students during the band’s halftime performance.