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Issue 61, Volume 121

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

UT loses blood competition, donors win Justin Joo Staff Writer Although UT ultimately lost the “Battle of Orange and Blue” blood drive against the University of Kentucky, the school still greatly contributed to a good cause.

The final score was UT having made a total of 3,107 donations to UK’s 3,159. The competition occurred through last week and was organized by the Medic Regional Blood Center.

Felicia Rhodes, a donor resource coordinator and paramedic at the blood drive, had noted on Thursday that the Vols were behind the Wildcats in terms of donation numbers, but had hoped for a final push to win, a push that never came.

At the time, she suspected part of the lack of enthusiasm might have been because of the lackluster football season.

“A lot of the students are down right now because of the things that have been going on with the football team and the coach, the losing aspect,” Rhodes explained.

Nervousness can also be an obstacle for those donating for the first time, be it from a fear of needles or just facing the unknown procedure that’s about to take place.

Rhodes said that there were many first time donors coming to the “Battle of the Orange and Blue.” She said that many of them were definitely a little nervous about donating for the first time.

“Their anxiety is up a little bit,” Rhodes laughed. “It shows in their blood pressure whenever we check it over there.”

But Rhodes said that once a new donor gets an idea of what is about to happen, they tend to calm down.

“Our phlebotomists are really good

at talking to them and letting them know what’s going to happen. They’re very, very good at explaining it, especially if they have questions.”

Sarah Doktyzc, an undecided freshman, was once one of those nervous first time donors.

In high school, Doktyzc missed the chance to donate for the first time because of a tennis match. So when the first university blood drive competition against Florida started earlier this year, she jumped on the occasion.

During that first time, she wasn’t nervous so much about the needle, but rather about not knowing how the blood donation process would occur.

“It’s not like I love needles, but I don’t have a phobia of them,” she joked. “I’m kind of neutral on needles.”

Returning to donate for last week’s competition with the University of Kentucky, Doktyzc no longer had the concern she did a few months ago.

“I’m not nervous anymore,” she said.

“I think I was just nervous because I had never done it before. I didn’t know what it was going to be like, but now I do.”

Rhodes said that she had seen many returning students like Doktyzc coming to both the Florida and Kentucky competitions.

“I’m seeing a lot of people from the last competition that we had against Florida,” said Rhodes.

And not just for the incentives to donate either. Medic offered a variety of “gifts” to donors, including items from Papa John’s Pizza, Rita’s Italian Ice and Texas Roadhouse. Rhodes said that most return donors were coming back because of what those blood donations are needed for.

“Some students that have previously donated, they understand where some of these blood products are going to,” said Rhodes. “If they could just see some of the kids at Children’s Hospital,

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A donor gives blood in the UC. The Volunteers lost the annual challange against the Wildcats during the “Battle of the Orange and Blue.” a lot of people would turn their heads and try to donate more.”

One of those return donors was Madilynn McCollum, a junior in chemistry. She is one of those students that Rhodes was talking about: a student not enticed by incentives but rather by the need for blood donations.

“I was looking on the website,” McCollum said, “and it said (Medic) needed 300 donors a day. And I said, ‘Well, I’ll be one of them.’”

She added with a chuckle, “I was just sitting in class, and I was like, ‘Well what am I going to do today? I guess I’ll donate blood.’ I’ll do my duty as a citizen.”

McCollum had previously donated in high school three years ago and decided that it was time to do it again.

She recalled, like many others, that she

was nervous about going through with it, primarily because of the needle and the horror stories that her friends were telling her.

“It’s kind of a big old needle going into your arm,” she said. “My friends had donated blood, too, and they were like, ‘Oh my God, this girl passed out!’

And then I’m like, ‘I hope I don’t pass out.’”

But for Margaret Grigsby, a journalism grad student, those horror stories hit a little closer to home.

During her undergraduate years, Grigsby had been a fairly frequent blood donor and even joined a registry to be a potential bone marrow donor. It had been a year and a half since Grigsby donated blood, but she was inspired to go again by one of her public speaking student’s speech on blood

Concern for native fish species begins to grow

donations.

Having never been afraid or squeamish about donating blood before, Grigsby was quite surprised when she started to feel “pass out dizzy” and then vomited near the end of the procedure.

“I was in there, and it was almost over, but then I’m feeling dizzy and then. … ” Grigsby said, followed by vomiting sound effect. “That was awful … and really great and terrible and embarrassing.”

Grigsby said during the donation she hadn’t been nervous or afraid. She doesn’t know if the experience will affect her donating blood again in the future.

But there is a bright side for Grigsby.

In her own words, “At least I completed it!”

GSS works on new leave policy Justin Joo Staff Writer

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Jackson Sibley Contributor The Little River in Blount County boasts perhaps the best recreation of any waterway in East Tennessee. On any given summer weekend, its banks and currents are littered with hikers, swimmers, fly fishermen, tubers and photographers.

These outdoors enthusiasts come for a taste of the wild, but few are aware of the rare treasure that swims around their feet. This river is the home of the marbled darter (Etheostoma marmorpinnum), an animal found nowhere else in the world.

The marbled darter is a fish closely related to perch and walleye. It is small, seldom breaking three inches in length, and its coloration closely matches that of the creek bed, so it is easy to understand why it may get overlooked.

Today, this little fish is in trouble. Agricultural practices and other human activities over the last hundred years have altered the dynamics of the river. Silt, mud and deep pools have replaced gravel, slab rock and riffles — things that the marbled darter requires to spawn. Toxins from road runoff and dams supplement these issues. Left to its own means, this rare fish would likely diminish into extinction.

Enter Pat Rakes and J.R. Shute, graduates of UT and true fish fanatics. They founded the Knoxville-based Conservation Fisheries, Inc. (CFI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of aquatic biodiversity.

Within the walls of their modest cinderblock building is a sizeable fish hatchery operation focused on the propagation and reintroduction of rare fishes, including the marbled darter.

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The Graduate Student Senate has begun drafting a policy that could potentially allow graduate students to take a medical leave of absence.

The proposed Graduate Student Leave Policy would give full-time graduate students a chance to “maintain their full-time, registered status, as well as to facilitate their return to full participation in their coursework, teaching, and research in a seamless manner.”

In addition, the policy would establish that the leave of absence would not affect graduate students’ annual evaluation of assistantship status or the completion of their graduate degree.

Graduate students that receive stipend-support would be able to continue to receive funding.

Martin Walker, the anthropology representative of GSS, is the main writer of the policy’s draft. Walker said that the reason for trying to design a leave of absence policy is because without one, graduate students have no solid plan of action when a major medical issue arises.

“As of right now,” Walker explained, “if you are a graduate student with an assistantship (and) you need time off, you’ll have to leave your assistantship, in theory, unless your department’s really lax about it.”

With a solid policy in place, Walker and GSS are hoping that there will be either an across-the-board plan for the grad program or at least a template for each individual department to create their own leave policy.

Walker stressed that GSS has only written the first draft of the leave of absence policy and revisions are expected. He hopes that a final draft will be complete sometime mid-December and be presented to GSS during the January meeting.

“We’re going to change some of the wording around.

Parts of it are very specific and parts of it are very general,” Walker said.

As it is now, the proposed leave policy would allow six weeks of leave for the graduate student for the purpose of childbirth or adoption. If both parents are full-time graduate students at UT, only one parent would be able to take the leave of absence.

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The Daily Beacon Correction On Thursday, Nov. 15, The Daily Beacon published an article entitled “Leadership event held at UC.” In the article, Dr. Diana Moyer was referred to as a Coordinator for the Center of the Study of Social Justice, who has taught several courses on education, gender issues and cultural issues. Dr. Moyer is the Coordinator of the Study of Social Justice, but she has not taught.

Possible coaching candidates program relevant, and he’s done well. Imagine what he could do at a program that doesn’t have as much heat on it as the one in South Beach.

Around Rocky Top

Austin Bornheim Assistant Sports Editor The guy everyone wants Jon Gruden (Current job - Analysist for Monday Night Football): He’s the sexy name getting thrown around in coaching candidate talks and he does sound good. He’s a face all high school football players will know from seeing him every Monday night and his Jon Gruden Quarterback Camp. What high school quarterback wouldn’t want to play for him? He’s won a Super Bowl — albeit with a team that had been to the playoffs the previous three seasons and, just two years removed from the NFC Championship game, appears to have the ability to evaluate young talent and is a coach the entire fan base could get behind 100 percent. It still seems like a long shot that this will happen, but this is the guy that Big Orange Nation wants prowling the sidelines.

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Miranda Huston, grad student in nutrition, shows the Stop Smoking kit that was handed out to students during the “Great American Smokeout.” The event was held to encourage smokers to stop smoking, even for one day, to take one step toward a healthier lifestyle.

GSS SENATE continued from Page 1 The “Leave for Family or Dependent Care” portion of the policy would also allow for six weeks of funded leave from the grad program in the event of serious health concerns for a spouse, child, parent or other dependent of the grad student.

If the leave requires more than six weeks, then the grad student would no longer be able to receive financial support from UT. The university would only allow for a total of six months of leave; beyond that, the grad student would need to consult their academic advisor.

There would also be a “Personal Health Leave of Absence” section. Like the dependent care policy, full-time, stipend-supported grad students

could receive up to six months of university approved leave, however, only during the first six weeks would the grad student still receive his or her stipend.

Full-time grad students that are not stipend-supported could still request a leave of absence for all of the above reasons through the same process, but without the stipend-benefits.

During Thursday’s meeting, GSS also tabled discussion on developing an equal insurance benefits policy for both heterosexual and homosexual domestic partners.

The idea to develop the benefits policy was spawned after the Faculty Senate sent a proposal to Chancellors Jimmy Cheek and Larry Arrington to discuss possible options of getting benefits for the domestic partners of faculty.

While discussion about GSS making their own policy has

been tabled, that does not mean that efforts to make a policy have come to an end. Amanda Sanford, GSS president, said that GSS is just taking its time to make sure that the process is done correctly.

“The reason that we decided not to do it this time is that we could form a committee and figure out what we could do to approach (an equal benefits policy) and do it right, essentially,” Sanford explained. “To have the background research, to have an actual policy crafted that is potentially palatable to the administration and not just discussion among GSS.” Sanford said that research will be done over winter break and will be brought forward during the January GSS meeting. A full schedule for the spring semester’s GSS meetings is to be announced in the near future.

Top-tier candidates Gary Patterson (current job - Head coach at TCU): Patterson’s name was tossed around three years ago following the departure of Lane Kiffin, and once again the TCU coach will be a name Tennessee looks at. Now that the Horned Frogs are in a BCS Conference he could very well be content with where he is.

Why leave a school that can go to the National Championship and not have to make it through the SEC schedule? Sounds like a sweet deal.

Regardless, he is a proven winner and is someone who could do well on Rocky Top if he wants the SEC challenge.

Charlie Strong (Current job - Head coach at Louisville): There is a very good case that Strong is going to be moving up the coaching ladder very soon, if not this off-season. After a fifth place finish his first year and a bowl win, Strong and the Cardinals won the Big East in 2011 and are currently 9-1 this season. He’s coached multiple positions on the defensive side of the ball and been in the SEC for the majority of his coaching career too.

Al Golden (Current job - Head coach at Miami): Golden has done a tremendous job in a tough situation at Miami — a program that has been under NCAA investigation since he arrived on campus. The Hurricanes have self-imposed a bowl ban for this season, possibly costing the Canes a shot at a BCS Bowl game. Miami has fallen off the map as the national power it once was, but Golden has done as much as he can to keep the

FISHING continued from Page 1 The process of rearing marbled darters is difficult.

“They’re low fecundity, meaning they produce very little eggs at a time,” Shute said. “Because of that it’s very difficult to get large numbers of them for reintroduction.”

To combat these difficulties, CFI developed two methods of propagating marbled darters. The first consists of traveling to the Little River to collect adults for

Second-tier candidates Kirby Smart (Current job - Defensive coordinator at Alabama): Smart doesn’t match Dave Hart’s criteria of needing to be a head coach to be considered for the Tennessee job, but Smart is a tempting enough candidate to let the qualification slide. The Vols have had a bad experience with the two former Nick Saban protégées — Derek Dooley and Sal Sunseri — but Smart has been the mastermind behind the best defense in the country for the since 2007. Will Hart make an exception?

Maybe not, but he has to consider, doesn’t he?

David Cutcliffe (Current job - Head coach at Duke): Cutcliffe has already said that he will be returning to Duke next year, but since when do we believe a coach when he says that?

Once the season is over Cutcliffe will likely reconsider returning to Knoxville if the payday is large enough. He might not want to return to a school from his past, but there is no reason for Tennessee not to ask. He’s elevated a Duke program that was once the doormat of the ACC to the middle of the pack. Sure feels like ’98.

Bo Pelini (Current job - Head coach at Nebraska): Pelini might not be on the radar for some people, but I feel there is a better chance of prying Pelini away from his current program than some of the other head coaches on this list. He’s 48-18 in his career as a head coach, never had worse than a 9-4 record during his tenure at Nebraska and is 3-2 in his bowl games. He’s also used to coaching a team in a large conference and playing with the pressures of being ranked and high expectations.

Wild Card Candidate Dave Doeren (Current job - Head coach at Northern Illinois): The Charlie Kelly of this gang is Doeren, and before you get up in arms, hear me out.

First, he’s the wild card for a reason.

It’s probably not going to happen.

Second, in his two years at NIU, Doeren is 214, won the MAC Championship in his first year and his team is the front runner to win the conference this season. Then, in his four losses the only one that has been by more than seven points was a blowout, 49-7, loss to No. 8 Wisconsin on the road.

He might not be hired at Tennessee, but don’t be surprised to see Doeren on the move in the near future.

— Austin Bornheim is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at abornhei@utk.edu.

captive breeding. The adults are gingerly transported to CFI’s hatchery facility via tough plastic bags placed inside coolers. Upon arrival, they are acclimated into a vast network of carefully maintained aquaria. With luck, and if the scientists and technicians at CFI are able to accurately mimic the conditions of their home waters, the marbled darters will spawn.

The second way they propagate marbled darters is through collection of the fish’s nests. This begins with the CFI team donning wetsuits, masks and snorkels before

lifting flat rocks situated atop cavities — the preferred nesting habitat for marbled darters. If nests are found, the eggs will be taken to CFI where they will hatch and grow until they reach their juvenile stage. Shute noted that because of difficulties in captive breeding from a genetic standpoint and because they’re available, it’s better to collect nests from the wild.

During spawning season at the hatchery, eggs are collected several times a week by hatchery technicians. The eggs are then moved to special trays where they hatch and absorb their yolk sac within their first week of life. For the next few months, the young marbled darters are fed twice daily and given ample space — encouragement to grow rapidly just as they would in the wild.

When the fish reach their juvenile stage, they are tagged with a substance that resembles a tattoo. This allows the CFI team to return to the river in the future and see if their fish are surviving and reproducing.

Over the last two years, CFI has successfully reintroduced upwards of 600 individuals back into the Little River. Had they not been given this boost towards adulthood, most of the fish would likely have died and never had the opportunity to reproduce. Development and agricultural pressures on the Little River do not seem to be letting up, however, meaning the work of CFI must go on.

The way Rakes sees it, any endangered species is an integral part of the ecology, and without them our ecosystems could crash.

“We like to get on a plane in order to get somewhere quickly,” Rakes said. “If one or two bolts fall out it we may not notice … it may not mean anything. But at some point, a critical one will fall out and the result will be a plane crash.”

He added, “They are our canaries in the coal mine; they are our canaries in the stream.”

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Downsides to campus construction Campus construction is a huge nuisance for college students. How many times have you been used to taking a certain way to class that was very convenient, then wake up one morning and all of a sudden, without warning, your route is blocked off with construction workers hard at work? Also, when walking to class, how many cars do you notice with tickets lying on their windshields? It’s situations like these and sudden spikes in tuition to fund campus projects that negatively affect students’ outlook on colleges.

While doing research I found that the UC parking garage, a parking garage that was close to the buildings that many students have to go to in order to attend their classes on “The Hill,” was knocked down in order to construct a new Student Union, which is to be completed by 2016. The demolition of this parking garage caused many students to have to figure out other convenient parking spaces to be able to go to their classes.

People may say that students can just park further away and walk the longer distance. Many other students do it every day, right? This is true, but on days with cold winter weather, heavy rain, intense heat or other harsh weather conditions most of those students even try to take the buses that provide transportation around the school. Being able to drive in your own non-crowded car should be a choice that students are able to make and easily do without any obstacles.

Along with the parking issue are the sudden rises in tuition due to campus project funding. Many students agree that the university is taking on too many construction jobs at once which collectively cost a lot of money, causing sudden spikes in tuition prices. When discussing the issue, students, including myself, feel as though the university should take on one project at a time to reduce costs from student funding at certain points in time. We as a student body feel as though the construction is often needed, but not necessarily at that time.

Taking the projects one at a time will allow for projects to be completely focused on and done to their full ability before moving on to the next project.

It could be argued that since all of these projects are taking place at once, they will be done in roughly the same amount of time, causing for a beautiful and renewed university sooner rather than later; but I feel as though there will always need to be improvements, and doing all of this construction at once will not change that.

Confusion for students in regard to the timing of these construction projects should be a concern.

I have spoken with many students who say that they have woken up to new construction blocking their usual route to class on multiple occasions. As a college freshman, this has only happened to me about two times, but in my eyes, I felt that it was two times too many. I feel as though I was not properly informed that I would need to change my path due to the projects. I think that there should be more notice for students when certain areas will be shut down so that we can properly adjust what needs to be adjusted such as timing to walk the shorter or longer distances due to the construction sites.

Students have told me that there are, in fact, warnings of when and where construction will be completed on campus, but I feel like they should give out warnings that no one can argue were not seen or effective. They could put up signs specifying the dates in which the area will not be accessible or even send emails in which they state the area and dates of inaccessibility. This would help students feel as though they had been properly warned that they must make changes and take the necessary actions to be able to get to their classes on time.

I am not saying that construction is bad on campus, but moderation is definitely necessary, in my eyes, to avoid situations such as these.

— Darby Dickerson is a freshman in biology. She can be reached at ddicker6@utk.edu.

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Privacy, security hard to answer Lo s t in Communication by

Jan Urbano In today’s world, we utilize a wide variety of tools to interact with others and share information.

From the commonplace texting to the use of Google, we have gained many new mediums through which we can find and transmit data with others in the world today.

Just as we have gained these new methods of giving and receiving information, though, we have also learned of the potentially dangerous ways in which this information can be wrongly obtained and used. The governments of many nations, including our own, have realized what a treasure chest these new mediums can be. In an effort to protect their own assets and citizens, they have tapped these gold mines in order to find and neutralize potential or current threats to their country. Some of these methods of eavesdropping and hiding the gathered information have been scrutinized, with many arguing about the unethical and immoral nature of how the information was obtained and kept secret from the public. By acquiring this data secretly, one could say that a citizen’s right to privacy would be violated. Some would say that it is justified in order to protect our country. However, where does one draw the line between the right to privacy and national security? Furthermore, why should we have privacy, much less a right to it?

We can define privacy as the ability of a person to differentiate and pick what information to share or withhold about him- or herself. This allows a person to isolate him- or herself from others. As we communicate and interact with others, we selectively pick what types of information to reveal to others. This independent ability to deny or entrust others with what we know is a major part of creating relationships with others.

In a sense, we require privacy in order to judge

and prioritize relationships with others. Being privy to information that others don’t know makes us feel more valued, and we increase communication with those that make us feel that we are worth something to them. This, in turn, leads to the right to privacy — it allows us to distinguish the people who care more about ourselves from those who may not.

When other people eavesdrop in these conversations without our consent, though, this presents a problem.

In the issue of privacy versus national security, the problem lies with the unauthorized listening.

In doing so, the third party obtains information that the first party did not intend for him or her to receive. This interferes with the first party’s ability to selectively deliver information to others. Taking some arguments from Kantianism, an action would be unethical if it would prevent a person from being autonomous, or making independent, unforced decisions. By covertly attaining this information, you have already robbed the person of some of his or her free will. We also have the ability to judge on a case-by-case basis, but there are hiccups in the system, too.

For example, if a person whose Internet traffic showed that he did heavy research in the creation of illegal drugs, there might be some suspicion about what he will do. However, what if it was an author who was reading into drugs in order to create a realistic novel? The man would be wrongly flagged as a danger, and he might run into trouble when he tries to find companies to publish his book.

There is only so much detail I can go into about this issue in a column. However, the main point is that the methods the U.S. government uses to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens can result in some assumptions, which can cause large consequences on those unluckily enough to be flagged as potential dangers. For those who are Muslim or have MiddleEastern ethnicity, some people might go over the top and automatically assume them to be terrorists without sufficient proof, which is absolutely contradictory to the purpose of defending U.S. citizens and assets.

— Jan Urbano is a junior in biochemistry and molecular biology. He can be reached at jurbano@utk.edu.

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As the weather takes a turn toward freezing temperatures, professors collaborate to assign every major project at the end of the semester and fall break is but a distant memory, Thanksgiving approaches. Between the drunken shenanigans of Halloween and the whirlwind of family and friends of Christmas and New Year’s Eve lies Thanksgiving, a vastly underappreciated holiday that unjustly has to fight off Christmas commercials from the moment Halloween ends. Pretty soon we will start seeing Christmas ads in early October, because it is never too early to start thinking that little Jimmy must have a new toy, and I’m pretty sure you cannot buy the giant bows from the Lexus commercials from Walgreens without at least two months’ notice.

Even Black Friday seems intent on stealing Thanksgiving’s thunder, with many stores now advertising door-buster sales on Thanksgiving morning. (Seriously K-Mart, stop — no one goes to your stores anymore except for the occasional hipster ironically buying a Jaclyn Smith pantsuit for his mother). I went Black Friday door-buster shopping last year and I’m pretty sure a preteen girl almost shanked me for having the audacity to tell her not to cut in line.

Thanksgiving is perhaps the most American holiday we celebrate, even more so than the Fourth of July. What? Blasphemy! I know, but hold on. True, the Fourth of July does celebrate our independence, and we all light fireworks, grill obscene amounts of food and drink lots of beer while pretending to like country music.

However, Thanksgiving celebrations bring together many elements quintessentially American. Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrating, in part at least, the first Thanksgiving shared between the Pilgrims and

local Native American tribes. It is true that the early interactions between local Native American populations has largely been overlooked, I think because of some awful things that transpired (I could be wrong though, I don’t remember reading about it in school), but at least it is a cozy sentiment nonetheless.

However, the truly American quality of Thanksgiving lies in our modern celebration of the holiday. Families stuff themselves to the point of sickness with turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce (how cranberry sauce companies make a profit for the other eleven months of the year is beyond me), then barely reach the couch before the tryptophan coma arrives. Then the family gathers around the T.V. to watch 300pound men throw a ball and beat the ever-loving crap out of each other — great television.

In all seriousness though, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it reminds us all of our blessings and good fortune, without the added burden of feigning excitement that Aunt Sally bought you wool socks for Christmas for the fourth year in a row. It reminds us to be thankful for the family we still have (even if they live on the other side of Atlanta and will probably ask you why you are not engaged yet like everyone else). It reminds us to be thankful to live in a society so wealthy that it is not only socially acceptable, but socially expected that we eat a criminally insane amount of food.

Thanksgiving reminds us to be thankful that there is mercifully only one game left in the football season, and we will be spared the sight of watching Tennessee’s defense be shredded by every team we play.

Perhaps most importantly, however, Thanksgiving reminds us that the semester is almost over, and the only things that separates us from the sweet freedom of winter break are final papers, exams, and a few sleepless, steamy date nights with John C. Hodges.

Happy Thanksgiving, UT! — Ron Walters is a senior in English literature, French, and global studies. He can be reached at rwalter5@utk.edu.

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Students help celebrate Diwali Melodi Erdogan Staff Writer The Manthan - Indian Students’ Association and the Indian American Association groups hosted their biggest event of the year, the “Diwali Celebration.�

The event, put on every year to reflect on and share Indian culture at UT, consisted of skits, dances and authentic Indian cuisine.

It took place in the UC Auditorium on Sunday.

Diwali is an Indian celebration which commemorates the winter harvest and falls on the day of a new moon. Marking the win of good over evil, the day of Diwali is devoted to worshiping Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth who will bring money to any household which has small lights lit for her.

Alia Ally, junior in logistics, is a member of the Indian American Association group on campus. “We just do a lot of philanthropy events and volunteer work and we just really want to bring people together from the same cultural backgrounds,� Ally said. “We also have other people who attend mainly just to promote awareness about our culture.�

The event welcomed people who share the Indian culture and people who don’t, and the main theme of the night was accepting and acknowledging different cultures.

The event, which lasted around three hours, consisted of comedic skits about Indian/American pop culture and authentic Diya and Bollywood dances.

Nidha Shah, freshman in biochemistry and molecular biology, is a member of the Indian American Association as well. Shah got the

chance to perform in the Bollywood dance performance. “We’ve worked really hard on the dance and we’ve practiced a lot, too, so we’re excited to perform it,� Nidha Shah said.

Sky Shah, sophomore in kinesiology, also performed in the Bollywood dance performance. “We hope to spread the word of Diwali to the audience and we hope they learn something from this event because it’s really informative as well,� Sky Shah said.

The intermission, which lasted an hour, was devoted to the lunch and authentic Indian cuisine provided by members of Manthan. The cuisine, which consisted of chicken curry, alu gobi, chole and gulab jamoon, consisted of dishes commonly served during large festivities in India.

Ally said she appreciates the holiday even though she does not celebrate it. “I actually never celebrated Diwali before, usually holidays are similar, but with Diwali there is more emphasis on the actual holiday than giving presents and stuff like that,� Ally said. “In India it’s more of a community celebration, it’s not so much as show, and it’s more of a holiday when people come together as a community.�

The Indian American Association is currently planning an event similar to the “Diwali Celebrationâ€? called the “Holy Showâ€? on Mar. 8, without the help of the Manthen organization. Ally said she hopes that this event will encourage more people to come to the one during the spring semester. • Photo courtesy of Naveen Vallabhaneni “If students just pair up with different organizations and get involved with sororities and fraternities and bring them to our Membes of the Manthan - Indian Students’ events, there might be a bigger crowd and more people who are Association perform a Bollywood routine during Diwali acknowledging different cultures,â€? Ally said. on Sunday.

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The Associated Press Animal wranglers involved in the making of “The Hobbit� movie trilogy say the production company is responsible for the deaths of up to 27 animals, largely because they were kept at a farm filled with bluffs, sinkholes and other “death traps.�

The American Humane Association, which is overseeing animal welfare on the films, says no animals were harmed during the actual filming. But it also says the wranglers’ complaints highlight shortcomings in its oversight system, which monitors film sets but not the facilities where the animals are housed and trained.

A spokesman for trilogy director Peter Jackson on Monday acknowledged that horses, goats, chickens and one sheep died at the farm near Wellington where about 150 animals were housed for the movies, but he said some of the deaths were from natural causes.

The spokesman, Matt Dravitzki, agreed that the deaths of two horses were avoidable, and said the production company moved quickly to improve conditions after they died. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,� the first movie in the planned $500 million trilogy, is scheduled to launch with a red-carpet premiere Nov. 28 in Wellington and will open at theaters in the U.S. and around the world in December. The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it's planning protests at the premieres in New Zealand, the U.S. and the U.K. The Associated Press spoke to four wranglers who said the farm near Wellington was unsuitable for horses because it was peppered with bluffs, sinkholes and broken-down fencing. They said they repeatedly raised concerns about the farm with their superiors and the production company, owned by Warner Bros., but it continued to be used. They say they want their story aired publicly now to prevent similar deaths in the future.

One wrangler said that over time he buried three horses, as well as about six goats, six

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sheep and a dozen chickens. The wranglers say two more horses suffered severe injuries but survived.

Wrangler Chris Langridge said he was hired as a horse trainer in November 2010, overseeing 50 or so horses, but immediately became concerned that the farm was full of “death traps.� He said he tried to fill in some of the sinkholes, made by underground streams, and even brought in his own fences to keep the horses away from the most dangerous areas.

Ultimately, he said, it was an impossible task.

He said horses run at speeds of up to 30 mph and need to be housed on flat land: “It’s just a no-brainer.�

The first horse to die, he said, was a miniature named Rainbow. “When I arrived at work in the morning, the pony was still alive but his back was broken.

He’d come off a bank at speed and crash-landed,� Langridge said. “He was in a bad state.�

Rainbow, who had been slated for use as a hobbit horse, was euthanized. A week later, a horse named Doofus got caught in some fencing and sliced open its leg. That horse survived, but Langridge said he’d had enough.

He and his wife, Lynn, who was also working as a wrangler, said they quit in February 2011. The following month, they wrote an email to Brigitte Yorke, the “Hobbit� trilogy’s unit production manager, outlining their concerns.

Chris Langridge said he responded to Yorke’s request for more information but never received a reply after that.

Wrangler Johnny Smythe said that soon after Langridge left, a horse named Claire was found dead, its head submerged in a stream after it fell over a bluff. After that, he said, the horses were put in stables, where a third horse died.

Smythe said no autopsy was performed on the horse, which was named Zeppelin.

Veterinary records say the horse died of natural causes, from a burst blood vessel, but Smythe said the horse was bloated and its intestines were full of a yellow liquid; he believes it died of digestive problems caused

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Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell

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Volunteers, seniors go for season-ending win Matthew Keylon

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Senior wide receiver Zach Rogers goes up for a grab over safety Bacarri Rambo in the Georgia game on Sept. 29.

Staff Writer The Tennessee Volunteers (47, 0-7 SEC) will be host to the Kentucky Wildcats (2-9, 0-7 SEC) in the last game the seniors will be running through the “T.” “Every year you have a group of seniors that you look up to and watched over you, and you just want to play for them and send them out with a good win,” sophomore linebacker A.J. Johnson said.

“I think if you talk about the 13 kids, they have seen a lot in their years here,” interim head coach Jim Chaney said. “They have worked hard this year. We didn’t get the results that we would have liked as far as wins and losses. But they went out and played hard. Our kids would really appreciate any support the fans would give them. I think their pledge to the fans would be that they are going to try their butts off to beat Kentucky.”

Chaney finds himself in a unique situation this Saturday.

After head coach Derek Dooley was terminated on Sunday, UT Athletic Director Dave Hart asked Chaney to be the interim head coach.

“Quite honestly I have been asked and I am humbled by the fact that Dave (Hart) thought I would be a good candidate to do this,” Chaney said. “I am excited about the opportunity. As far as auditioning or something like that, I haven’t thought about that. I am trying to help some kids heal from some wounds and

put a team on the field with the right attitude to go win a game. As far as me personally, that is my only goal. I have no objectives, nothing here. I am going to do as good as I can to go represent the university, the community and this program the best I possibly can.”

The Volunteers are coming off of a tough loss to Vanderbilt, 41-18. At one point, junior quarterback Tyler Bray was benched. The decision to bench Bray was Dooley’s decision, but Chaney recommended it.

“I thought we needed a change and to let Tyler sit down, calm down, watch the game a little bit and basically get his hiney in his pants a little bit,” Chaney said. “I thought it helped a little bit, but at the end of the day it wasn’t all about the quarterback play. I don’t believe that any area of our offense produced the way they have customarily been doing it all season and it harmed us.”

The loss to the Commodores kept the Vols from going to a bowl game for a second straight year.

However, the players want to send the seniors out on a high note.

“I felt like it was letting these seniors down because they’ve been through a lot, been through three or four coaching staffs,” sophomore offensive lineman Antonio “Tiny” Richardson said. “I just have so much respect for them to go through all the adversity they’ve (been) through these past few years, and just to keep smiles on their face and keep going.”

Kickoff is at 12:21 p.m. The game will be televised on the SEC Network.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

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‘Cats shoot for two-straight wins over Vols Troy Provost-Herron Staff Writer

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Sophomore receiver Demarco Robinson runs for more yards after a catch in last year’s game against Tennessee on Nov. 26, 2011.

The path that the Kentucky and Tennessee football programs have taken this year are eerily similar.

This season they are both 0-7 in the SEC and both programs have let go of their coaches, following a blowout loss to Vanderbilt in consecutive weeks. First, Joker Phillips, and now Derek Dooley.

Neither team will be competing in a bowl game this season, but head coach Joker Phillips (who will remain at his position until season’s end) says that this is still an important game for him and his players.

“It would mean a lot just to finish out for these seniors,” Phillips said. “There’s a lot of history that we are trying to change and this would be one of those things that would be a plus, one of the things that this class has changed if we can get it done. There was some history with never beating (Steve) Spurrier and this class right here got an opportunity to do that.

There was some history with 20something years of not beating Tennessee, this class got a chance to do it, so this would be another thing that they’ve done that nobody here has done before.”

The Wildcats are coming off a 34-3 victory against Samford that ended their eight-game losing streak. Junior running back Raymond Sanders III had a standout performance in the game, posting 123 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries (8.2 yards per carry).

Sanders is a player that can cause problems for a Volunteer defense which is allowing 190.8 rushing yards per game.

“This week we’re just gonna try and go to work,” Sanders said. “We had a pretty good game rushing last week, Jalen (Whitlow) did a great job of moving the offense and hitting open the guys so we want to expand on that, and hopefully we just go out there and play hard for these seniors and continue to improve and get a good outing against these guys.”

The Kentucky defense is anchored by junior linebacker Avery Williamson, who after two years of being a backup has become one of the biggest surprises in the nation as he leads the SEC in tackles, but Phillips is not surprised at the way he has played this season.

“I thought he’d have a good season,” said Phillips. “Avery was ready, he’s another guy that’s selfmade. He’s worked hard in the weight room, he’s obviously a really good student and he became a student of the game this year.”

In addition, Williamson knows that other than playing for a victory, he and his teammates also have play well to show the new coach next year that they deserve to be on this team.

“It’s going to be like a try-out,” said Williamson. “Everybody is gonna have to be re-evaluated, positions are probably going to get changed around, and this is the time like our coaches said to raise our stock up for the new coach.”

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FIRST PLACE Austin Bornheim Asst. Sports Ed. Tennessee 38 - Kentucky 20 Florida - Florida State South Carolina - Clemson Oregon - Oregon State Notre Dame 27 - USC 24

Overall: 40-20

SECOND PLACE Emily DeLanzo Managing Editor Tennessee 42 - Kentucky 31 Florida - Florida State South Carolina - Clemson Oregon - Oregon State Notre Dame 28 - USC 20

Overall: 39-21

SECOND PLACE Preston Peeden Associate Ed. Tennessee 24 - Kentucky 10 Florida - Florida State South Carolina - Clemson Oregon - Oregon State Notre Dame - USC

On Sunday afternoon, UT Athletic Director Dave Hart announced that former head coach Derek Dooley would not be returning for the 2013-2014 season.

Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney was promoted to interim head coach for the remainder of the Volunteers’ season. After the team’s 41-18 loss to Vanderbilt, the Vols lost any opportunity at a bowl game and have only one more game left in the regular season.

The Vols will be playing Kentucky in their last game of the season. Chaney will be in a position that he has never been in during his time in college football.

“I have no idea what a head coach does, I have never done it before,” Chaney said. “I am excited and I hope I don’t mess it up too

bad. I hope I represent Coach Dooley very well on Saturday, I really do.”

More importantly, Chaney is focusing on damage control. He only has a few days to rally the team and get them prepared for what could be their first and only conference win.

“I am trying to help some kids heal from some wounds and put a team on the field with the right attitude to go win a game,” Chaney said. “As far as me personally, that is my only goal. I have no objectives, nothing here. I am going to do as good as I can to go represent the university, the community and this program the best I possibly can.”

Chaney said he felt the players handled the coaching situation well. For him, practice was a success.

“They went out and ran around, we used the same format we have been doing so they weren’t lost,” Chaney said. “They knew

Basketball tested early during Puerto Rico tournament

Overall: 39-21

THIRD PLACE Lauren Kittrell Sports Editor Tennessee 38 - Kentucky 17 Florida - Florida State South Carolina - Clemson Oregon - Oregon State Notre Dame - USC

Overall: 38-22

THIRD PLACE David Cobb Asst. News Editor Tennessee 28 - Kentucky 27 Florida - Florida State South Carolina - Clemson Oregon - Oregon State Notre Dame 42 - USC 35

Overall: 38-22

DEAD STINKIN’ LAST Casey Lawrence Ad Sales Tennessee 49 - Kentucky 28 Florida - Florida State South Carolina - Clemson Oregon - Oregon State Notre Dame 37 - USC 27

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what they were doing. I think early on in the meetings it was quiet, it was sober in the meetings but we talked a lot to the team today, hopefully get them going as the week progresses. I thought from the beginning of time from the start of meetings to the conclusion of practice they were coming around.”

But Chaney is just the interim coach.

Hart is still searching for Dooley’s successor.

Sophomore Antonio “Tiny” Richardson said he wants to make sure he steps up as a leader on the team, but he trusts the administration with the rest.

“Whoever it is, I know that they will bring in somebody good,” Richardson said.

“I’m not worried about it, I know the administration will do a good job of bringing somebody in.”

Rob Davis Assistant Arts and Culture Editor This past week the Tennessee men’s basketball team competed and finished third overall in the Puerto Rico Tip-off Tournament after beating UMass on Sunday, Nov. 18.

The Volunteers opened up the tournament by beating the UNC Asheville Bulldogs 75-68, but then lost in the second round to Oklahoma State 62-45.

Although the team finished 2-1 in the tournament, there are two important takeaways from this weekend.

First, the Volunteers can still win even when they commit turnovers.

In the opening game against UNC Asheville, Tennessee win the turnover battle 14-11, and in their final game against UMass, the Vols accumulated 16 turnovers versus the Minutemen’s 13. Surprisingly, Tennessee had two fewer turnovers than Oklahoma State in their loss. Even though this may sound counter-intuitive, it’s important that a team can overcome its mistakes. This shows that they don’t dwell on the mistakes and get back to playing defense. This speaks greatly to the defensive mindset that head coach Cuonzo Martin has instilled into his players in just over a year.

Second, when Jarnell Stokes is shut down, Tennessee will lose.

In Tennessee’s victories, Stokes averaged 19 points and 10.5 rebounds (24 and 12 versus UMass and 14 and 9 against UNC Asheville). In their only loss, Stokes only had seven points and four rebounds. Currently, Tennessee only has experience at the forward position in Kenny Hall and Stokes. While Hall did contribute, he wasn’t as dominating as Stokes. The Vols are shallow at forward with Dwight Miller and Jeronne Maymon missing time. While these two are out, Stokes is going to have to contribute significantly, as he did in the UMass game.

Although Tennessee did pull out the win against UNC Asheville, they showed flaws in the offense of the Volunteers.

While Tennessee struggled in the Bulldogs’ 2-3 zone, but they seemed to struggle even more with their man-to-man defense.

Although the Bulldogs were not the biggest and most physical team, they played a close and tight man defense for which Tennessee seemed to have no answer. In fact, the Vols were outscored 40-37 in the second half, in part because of the switch from zone to man. As the season goes forward, this should be a point to emphasize in practice. When the Volunteers play bigger, faster and stronger teams, they will struggle greatly against a man defense.

Oklahoma State isn’t as bad as everyone suggested. Even though they were projected to finish eight in the Big 12, they beat an N.C. State team that everyone projected to finish first in the ACC. Not only did they beat them, they beat them by 20. It is still very early in the season and N.C. State will surely gel and become the team everyone thinks they will be.

However, the Cowboys may also be better than everyone thought.

The trip to Puerto Rico should be a good learning experience for the Volunteers and also a great way to begin the season. The SEC is tough this year and Tennessee also plays a tough non-conference schedule, so this early season test should give them insight into preparing for the rest of their games.

— Rob Davis is a senior in journalism and electronic media.

She can be reached at rdavis60@utk.edu.

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Sophomore forward Jarnell Stokes finishes hard at the rim with a dunk against Victory on Nov. 5.