Issue 63, Volume 121
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Task force reviews Greek culture on campus David Cobb Assistant News Editor A September incident at the now vacant Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) fraternity house that left a student hospitalized and brought national media attention to the UT campus brought action from administrators. Pike was dismissed from campus. Additionally, Vice Chancellor for Student Life Timothy Rogers called for the formation of a task force to examine Greek life. A September press release stated that the purpose of the task force would be “to review Greek life on campus and to make recommendations for improving a personal sense of responsibility among members and enhancing the chapters’ contributions to campus life.” Two months later, as the primary campus controversy has shifted gears from alleged methods of alcohol consumption to the search for a new football coach, the Greek task force is still in full swing. Student Government Association vice president and Delta Tau Delta member Terry Nowell is among the five student representatives on the task force. He told The Daily Beacon that Chancellor Jimmy Cheek wants the findings of the committee as soon as possible, but also that he and his colleagues serving on the force have no intentions of rushing to conclusions. “We’re hoping to finalize some ideas by the end of the semester, and if not by then it’ll be early in next semester,” Nowell said. “We’ll
probably have a preliminary report around the end of this semester, if not the full report.” Although the recommendations of the task force will be disclosed to Rogers and Cheek within the coming weeks, Katie Arnold, the 2012 homecoming queen and president of Alpha Chi Omega, doesn’t think that the full effect of the force will be seen until a few years down the road. Arnold is the student representative on the Finances and Facility Operations sub-committee, which is one of five groups within the larger task force. Her sorority was the first to move into a house in the new Sorority Village. “I’m working with a bunch of fraternity alums and they really do listen to me ... a lot,” Arnold said. “There are actually a lot of issues that I didn’t realize. It’s more than just what we hear all the time with alcohol and stuff like that. So that’s an interesting thing. “They have a lot of questions for the students. They have a lot of interest in what we think will or won’t work because we’re students and we go to school with these people and we know what they’re going to adhere to and not.” The members of the task force could not discuss the specifics of the meetings. But Associate Dean of Students Jeff Cathey said that he thinks the discussions have gone well so far. “I think it’s a really good energy,” Cathey said. “It’s a really good group of people and a real good energy. People are committed to moving the Greek community in a positive
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Members of PIKE stand behind Alexander Broughton and attorney Daniel McGehee as they address the media after the PIKE scandal on Oct. 2. Since this incident, Chancellor Cheek has started a Greek task force. direction and trying to identify the best ways to do that.” Both Nowell and Arnold agreed that the input of the student representatives has been valued by the alumni, faculty and staff comprising the task force.
“The people that are part of this task force aren’t people that have time to waste and sit around and talk about this kind of stuff,” Arnold said. “The point of it is to get something done, and we will see changes from this task force for sure.”
UT research finds Old Health Center to become lab counter to nitrous oxide dangers Staff Reports
Many learn by doing. This is especially true for nursing students. UT is renovating an existing building to improve simulated instruction and research for the College of Nursing. The Health and Information Technology Simulation (HITS) Laboratory will be housed in the former Student Health Center at 1818 Andy Holt Way. A joint endeavor of the colleges of nursing and engineering, the HITS lab will feature simulated learning experiences and opportunities to explore research scenarios. The building will add more than 7,000 square feet to the nursing college’s current space and open the door to use more cutting-edge technology such as human simulation manikins.
Staff Reports The environment has a more formidable opponent than carbon dioxide. Another greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide, is 300 times more potent and also destroys the ozone layer each time it is released into the atmosphere through agricultural practices, sewage treatment and fossil fuel combustion. Luckily, nature has a larger army than previously thought combating this greenhouse gas — according to a study by Frank Loeffler, University of Tennessee, Knoxville–Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair for Microbiology, and his colleagues. The findings are published in the Nov. 12 edition of the “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.” Scientists have long known about naturally occurring microorganisms called denitrifiers, which fight nitrous oxide by transforming it into harmless nitrogen gas. Loeffler and his team have now discovered that this ability also exists in many other groups of microorganisms, all of which consume nitrous oxide and potentially mitigate emissions. The research team
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that functions as an intensive care unit, medical surgical room, and birthing room; faculty offices; storage space; and lockers. It will also contain a debriefing room with an observation and control laboratory where students and professors can observe how other students are handling simulated scenarios live. The experiences can be taped so that students can review how they responded to situations. Construction is slated to begin this fall and be completed in January. Student Health Services moved from its former Andy Holt Avenue building last December. The new Student Health Building, on the corner of Pat Head Summitt Street and Andy Holt Avenue, opened to students in January 2012. See NURSING LAB on Page 3
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screened available microbial genomes encoding the enzyme systems that catalyze the reduction of the nitrous oxide to harmless nitrogen gas. They discovered an unexpected broad distribution of this class of enzymes across different groups of microbes with the power to transform nitrous oxide to innocuous nitrogen gas. Within these groups, the enzymes were related yet evolutionarily distinct from those of the known denitrifiers. Microbes with this capability can be found in most, if not all, soils and sediments, indicating that a much larger microbial army contributes to nitrous oxide consumption.
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Members of Alpha Chi Omega perform during “Battle of the Bands” on Nov. 14. Alpha Chi won first place in the competition.
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“Gaining first-hand knowledge of the impact that health technology has on improving patient care, quality, and safety is critical for nursing students,” said Dean Victoria Niederhauser. “Research has shown that when students engage in simulated scenarios in a safe learning environment, they are better prepared to enter into the work force upon graduation.” The $1.5 million project involves renovating the three-story building; the HITS Lab will take two floors and one floor will house a rare plant herbarium for the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences. The second floor will include four patient exam rooms; a pediatric inpatient room; an operating room; a room
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The Pride of the Southland perform their last pre-game show of the season against Kentucky on Saturday.
Around Rocky Top 1095 — Pope Urban II orders first Crusade
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Smokey has fun with a younger fan during the Kennesaw State game.
On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!” Born Odo of Lagery in 1042, Urban was a protege of the great reformer Pope Gregory VII. Like Gregory, he made internal reform his main focus, railing against simony (the selling of church offices) and other clerical abuses prevalent during the Middle Ages. Urban showed himself to be an adept and powerful cleric, and when he was elected pope in 1088, he applied his statecraft to weakening support for his rivals, notably Clement III. By the end of the 11th century, the Holy Land — the area now commonly referred to as the Middle East — had become a point of conflict for European Christians. Since the 6th century, Christians frequently made pilgrimages to the birthplace of their religion, but when the Seljuk Turks took control of Jerusalem, Christians were barred from the Holy City. When the Turks then threatened to invade the Byzantine Empire and take Constantinople, Byzantine Emperor Alexius I made a special appeal to Urban for help. This was not the first appeal of its kind, but it came at an important time for Urban. Wanting to reinforce the power of the papacy, Urban seized the opportunity to unite Christian Europe under him as he fought to take back the Holy Land from the Turks. At the Council of Clermont, in France, at which several hundred clerics and noblemen gathered, Urban delivered a rousing speech summoning rich and poor alike to stop their in-fighting and embark on a righteous war to help their fellow Christians in the East and take back Jerusalem. Urban denigrated the Muslims, exaggerating stories of their anti-Christian acts, and promised absolution and remission of sins for all who died in the service of Christ. Urban’s war cry caught fire, mobilizing clerics to drum up support throughout Europe for the crusade against the
Muslims. All told, between 60,000 and 100,000 people responded to Urban’s call to march on Jerusalem. Not all who responded did so out of piety: European nobles were tempted by the prospect of increased land holdings and riches to be gained from the conquest. These nobles were responsible for the death of a great many innocents both on the way to and in the Holy Land, absorbing the riches and estates of those they conveniently deemed opponents to their cause. Adding to the death toll was the inexperience and lack of discipline of the Christian peasants against the trained, professional armies of the Muslims. As a result, the Christians were initially beaten back, and only through sheer force of numbers were they eventually able to triumph. Urban died in 1099, two weeks after the fall of Jerusalem but before news of the Christian victory made it back to Europe. His was the first of seven major military campaigns fought over the next two centuries known as the Crusades, the bloody repercussions of which are still felt today. Urban was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in 1881. 1942 — Jimi Hendrix born Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix is born in Seattle. Hendrix grew up playing guitar, imitating blues greats like Muddy Waters as well as early rockers. He joined the army in 1959 and became a paratrooper but was honorably discharged in 1961 after an injury that exempted him from duty in Vietnam. In the early 1960s, Hendrix worked as a pickup guitarist, backing musicians including Little Richard, B.B. King, Ike and Tina Turner, and Sam Cooke. In 1964, he moved to New York and played in coffeehouses, where bassist Bryan Chandler of the British group the Animals heard him. Chandler arranged to manage Hendrix and brought him to London in 1966, where they created the Jimi Hendrix Experience with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. The band's first single, “Hey Joe,” hit No. 6 on the British pop charts, and the band became an instant sensation. — This Day in History is courtesy of history.com.
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THE DAILY BEACON • 3 News Editor RJ Vogt
CAMPUS NEWS BACTERIA continued from Page 1 “Before we did this study, there was an inconsistency in nitrous oxide emission predictions based on the known processes contributing to nitrous oxide consumption, suggesting the existence of an unaccounted nitrous oxide sink,” said Loeffler. “The new findings potentially reconcile this discrepancy.” According to Loeffler, the discovery of this microbial diversity and its contributions to nitrous oxide consumption will allow the scientific community to advance its understanding of the ecological controls on global
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nitrous oxide emissions and to refine greenhouse gas cycle models. “This will allow us to better describe and predict the consequences of human activities on ozone layer destruction and global warming,” said Loeffler. “Our results imply that the analysis of the typical denitrifier populations provides an incomplete picture and is insufficient to account for or accurately predict the true nitrous oxide emissions.” Loeffler collaborated with researchers from the University of Illinois in UrbanaChampaign; the Georgia Institute of Technology; the US Department of Agriculture in Urbana, Ill.; the University of Puerto Rico; and the National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management in Pune, India.
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Smokey IX greets fans during the Vol Walk before the Florida game earlier this season. The Kentucky game was the last game for Smokey IX before retirement.
NURSING LAB continued from Page 1 The basement level will contain an apartment with a bedroom, living room and dining room for simulated learning and collaborative nursing and engineering research projects to tackle health care challenges. For example, HITS co-directors Tami Wyatt, associate professor of nursing, and Xueping Li, associate professor of engineering, plan to conduct a study using new smart-home technologies to assist
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Several members of Pacifico Dance Company perform at the Tennessee Theatre on Nov. 7.
with independent living for elderly people. These technologies will allow older adults to live safely in their own homes. The College of Nursing’s current building is also converting its learning laboratory into a simulated hospital ward so students can practice health assessments. Their original lab will double the capacity of beds and create a better learning environment for undergraduate and graduate nursing students. The learning lab work is slated to begin in December and to be competed in March 2013.
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Hard to avoid protesters, hand-outs Dear Editor, Protesting and scholastic/non-scholastic propaganda distribution have begun to be serious problems on campus. Students and outside organizations have begun to line the sides of Pedestrian Walkway, attempting to attract students to their cause. The everyday trip to class has now turned into dodging flyers and avoiding eye contact with colossal abortion posters. Protesters such as these are known to target college campuses, as 73 percent of students attend public colleges and universities. Unfortunately, the most popular spot for protesters and flyer distributors is Pedestrian Walkway, one of the most popular routes to class. This proves to be a major difficulty for most students, because the harassment can cause a student to be late for class. Typically these people have no consideration for your time, as they go out of their way to stop you even if you don’t seem interested in what they are advertising. Also, unavoidable looming antiabortion signs force students to see disturbing images that can have an immense effect on their day. Not only are these images horrifying, they are so prominent that it is impossible not to look at them. Is it really fair that a student be subjected to this just because of their chosen path to class? It is understandable that these people want to voice their beliefs and interests, but does it have to be on the way to class when students’ priorities should be focused on school? A friend of mine has decided to take other paths to class to avoid protesters and leaflet distributors. It is obvious that this has become a problem when students have to avoid parts of their own college campus in order to avoid this nuisance. Another major problem with propaganda distribution is the massive amount of resulting
waste. Most students promptly throw the flyer away after receiving it. Most people are uninterested in clubs that hand out flyers, and after being “encouraged” to accept one they are probably going to be even less likely to become involved in that organization. Not only is this a bad marketing strategy, these organizations are also contributing to polluting the planet. People are handed so many flyers a day that it’s impossible for them to really pay attention to any particular one. Almost everywhere you go on campus, flyers litter the ground. These organizations need to take a hint: flyers may reach a lot of people, but the messages they send are short-lived and forgotten the second that flyer hits the trashcan. These organizations should realize what the college student really wants: the freedom to walk to class without having someone’s opinion or the interests of a club forced upon them. UT should ban those organizations from passing out leaflets on campus, unless it is on a weekend or if it they are part of a UT event. This will eliminate the distraction that most students don’t need on the way to class. Clubs that break this rule should be banned from campus activities, while extreme protest groups should be escorted off campus. Some may claim this is a violation of their freedom of speech. However, if students consider this harassment, UT needs to put their students’ well-being as a priority. Maybe UT could create an event on the weekend where organizations could pass out flyers and tell students about their cause. And if organizations complain about how few students come to these events, they can be content with knowing that the lives of a few trees were spared. — Mary Latham is a freshman in marketing. She can be reached at mlatham4@utk.edu.
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Alternative perspective on Gaza Vie w s Vo l u n te e r e d by
Aaron McClellan After eight intense days of fighting in the latest Middle East conflict, news of a ceasefire came as a relief to everyone following the events. I knew, however, that much of what I had seen in the news reflected the point of view of Israel and the cultural West. As college students and Americans, it’s important to have a deeper understanding of our policies, our allies and how our collective actions impact the world. I decided to do some research and hopefully share some perspective not common to our usual media outlets. I personally feel that violence merely begets violence, and that there must be a deeper explanation and solution for the antagonism that has afflicted this region for so long. It is only through being open-minded and coming to an understanding of one another that conflict can truly be resolved, and this level of empathy must start at the personal level. While Israel is our political ally, having an understanding of the plight of the Palestinian people is pivotal to bridging the gap of peace that is so important to both sides. First, let’s consider what the Gaza Strip essentially is: a glorified refugee camp. Of the 1.7 million people living there, more than 1.2 million are considered refugees displaced from their former homes in what is now Israel. The area is considered one of the most densely populated regions in the world, stretching 25 miles long and four wide. There is no established state or central government, with social welfare programs and political operations now administered by Hamas. Israel bans nearly all Palestinians registered as Gaza residents from leaving the territory. Exports as well as incoming food and commerce supplies are highly restricted, hampering Gaza’s already
crippled economy. According to the Human Rights Watch, the Israeli military denies access to 35 percent of Gaza’s farmland by using live ammunition to either warn or kill Gaza farmers who come within a range of certain zones. Similar tactics are used for fishermen who pass beyond 6 nautical miles of the shore. There is a very clear underrepresentation of the Palestinian people in our media coverage. Just one day before the rocket strikes began, a 13-yearold Palestinian, Ahmed Abu Daqqa, was indiscriminately shot and killed by Israeli forces while playing soccer at his house. Unfortunately, acts of violence like this are not uncommon, even if they don’t reach American headlines. In the week preceding the ceasefire, an additional 163 Palestinians were killed, including 37 children, according to Gazan health officials. The death toll in Israel was five. Perhaps anti-American sentiment across the region doesn’t simply exist because “they hate us for our freedom,” as former president George W. Bush so deftly put it. Indeed, it might have to do with the $3 billion that the U.S. provides Israel yearly for its military expenditures alone. That’s $8.2 million every day. Whenever disputes arise between Israel and any military organization in the region, the most casualties always belong to the Palestinian civilians. If Israel truly wants peace, they need to end brutal military tactics and aggressive expansion of settlements. Since Israel has the luxury of an established government, they need to hold themselves to a higher level of responsibility and stop responding to threats with overwhelming force. Hopefully Hamas will in turn take advantage of the ceasefire and use it as an opportunity to maintain peace and governance over Gaza without acts of further retaliation against Israel. If violence begets violence, maybe it’s time for some indiscriminate acts of grace and compassion regardless of religion or race. — Aaron McClellan is a senior in civil engineering. He can be reached at amcclel8@utk.edu.
Attitudes toward poverty troubling (Un)C ommon S e n se by
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Shockingly, I have a procrastination problem; I’m an English major — it’s practically all I do. In my numerous hours lost to procrastination, I stumbled upon a rather interesting quote by Stephen Colbert. We know Colbert as the outrageous host of the satirical “The Colbert Report,” who takes conservative talking points to hilarious extremes. The quote that follows is an interesting departure from his stage persona. “If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don’t want to do it.” Now, as I am not a Christian, perhaps I am unqualified to discuss the finer points of the Bible and Jesus — but humor me; I was a nonpracticing Episcopalian for almost 10 years! Many Americans claim to vote on “biblical principles” in matters involving abortion, marriage rights and other social issues, but people are rarely encouraged to vote biblically on poverty and social welfare issues. We are told that the book of Leviticus prohibits sexual relations between men, yet we conveniently ignore the fact that Deuteronomy 15:7, another book concerned with the legal code of the Old Testament, commands that “If there is a poor man among you … you shall not harden your heart … but you shall freely open your hand to him.” The New Testament makes similar demands, both in Luke 3:11 to “Let the man with two tunics share with him who has none,” and Matthew 5:42 to “Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.”
Now perhaps you may counter that those demands are not practical for the modern era, or that one cannot take every word of the Bible literally, or that these quotes are taken out of context, but that is my entire point! One of the most maddening qualities of modern conservative political and religious thought is the willful cognitive dissonance and selective vision concerning Biblical commandments in a 21st century society. It is true that there are many Christian charities that do incredible work in combatting poverty, but too often these organizations are overshadowed by hypocritical demagogues. I’m talking about you, pastors of the Prosperity Gospel. We as a nation have a problem with understanding poverty at a basic level. True, there are some people who are poor because of their own laziness or ineptitude; some poverty is inevitable. However, many of those mired in poverty are there not because of their own inabilities, but because of numerous societal factors preventing upward social mobility. Nonetheless, a large portion of the population cannot separate the idea of the “47 percent moocher entitlement society” from the working, struggling poor. As stores opened on Thanksgiving this year, the divide between the classes became more apparent, as employees, many making minimum wage, were forced to cut Thanksgiving short or miss it entirely to satisfy the insatiable demand of the American consumer for crazy sales. If we as Americans truly do not care about the poor or do not want to use our own resources to assist others, we should at least have the decency to go ahead and admit our reluctance. If, however, we still want to be a “beacon shining on a hill,” a land where life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness still mean something to everyone and not just a privileged elite, we must address our attitude toward poverty, and how we can combat it. — Ron Walters is a senior in English literature, French, and global studies. He can be reached at rwalter5@utk.edu
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Tips to weigh less, eat less Camille Bailey Staff Writer With the holidays in full swing, students can look forward to spending time with family, sharing gifts, relaxing with friends, and of course, eating. From devouring juicy ham and mashed potatoes to eating one’s own weight in pie, one can anticipate a muffin top to peek through a holiday sweater. Morgan Cox, senior in psychology, said she does not count calories during winter break. “When I go home for Christmas, I just don’t even pay attention to what I eat. I ignore the fact that putting apple pie and cookies on the same dessert plate is unhealthy, and enjoy my vacation away from class and I guess my diet,� Cox said. Kelly Maddox, senior in public relations, said that while her mother’s cooking doesn’t cause much stress when it comes to the holiday pounds, it’s her grandmother’s cooking that causes stress at the scale. “When my mom cooks, I really don’t have that much weight-gaining to worry about. I
probably lose weight when she cooks. But when I go to grandma’s, it’s an entirely different story,â€? Maddox said. Many college students’ budgets make it hard to deny a table length of free food, especially when it consists of desserts. Rebekah Harper, nutritionist with Tennova Healthcare, suggested four major points of advice to consider during the holiday season to prevent an excessive amount of weight gain. Harper said students should aim for making low calorie meals to balance the heavy amount of carbohydrates and sweets they will devour during the holidays. She said students should also attempt to exercise while at home. While maintaining a healthy weight should be on students’ mind during the holidays, Harper said students should not become obsessive with the idea. “First, you should not be trying to lose weight during this time of the year. Instead, you want to focus on maintenance. It is not a good idea to deprive yourself during the holidays. So you want to make an effort to have smaller portions on your plate.â€? • Photo courtesy of David Leggett
Rolling Stones back for anniversary Legendary band returns to stage with familiar sound to celebrate 50th The Associated Press The verdict is in: The Rolling Stones are back. They may look old, but they still sound young. That was the consensus Monday as Britain’s rock critics responded to the Stones 50th anniversary bash Sunday night, the first of five shows to commemorate their half century of rhythm and blues-tinged rock. It was the band’s first London performance in five years, and their own advancing years had led some to be skeptical that they could still perform at the highest level. They were led by the seemingly ageless Mick Jagger, whose strutting style has not been dimmed, and backed by brilliant guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood and the energetic drumming of Charlie Watts, who is now past 70 but shows no sign of slowing down. There was a stunning guest appearance by former Stone Mick Taylor, who stole the show during a searing performance of “Midnight Rambler� and a brief visit from former bassist Bill Wyman. The Daily Mail’s Jan Moir said the Stones had somehow beaten the aging process: “You might imagine that they had been worn down by life, by wives, by arthritis, by scandals old and new, by drugs, but no — they seemed indestructible.� She said their swampy, gritty sound remains unique after half a century. Daily Telegraph reviewer Neil McCormick said the band exceeded all expectations. He described the weaving of the guitarists, mixed with Jagger’s blues harmonica, as a wonder. “When looking for the secret of the Stones, it is perhaps that they actually listen to each other while they play, and almost lose themselves in it, while their brilliant frontman
keeps it all together,� he wrote. Ebullient fans agreed with this assessment, as did the Guardian newspaper, which gave the performance four out of five stars. Jagger, in skin-tight black pants, a sparkly tie and a matching checked jacket and hat, took time out from singing to thank the crowd for its loyalty. “It’s amazing that we’re still doing this, and it’s amazing that you’re still buying our records and coming to our shows,� he said. “Thank you, thank you, thank you.� Lead guitarist Keith Richards, whose survival has surprised many who thought he would succumb to drugs and drink, was blunter: “We made it,� he said. “I’m happy to see you. I’m happy to see anybody.� But the band’s fiery music was no joke, fuelled by strong guest appearances by Taylor, and Mary J. Blige, who shook the house in a duet with Jagger on “Gimme Shelter,� and Jeff Beck. The 50th anniversary show, which will be followed by one more in London, then three in the greater New York area, lacked some of the band’s customary bravado — the “world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band� intro was shelved — and there were some rare nostalgic touches. The concert began with some early Stones’ numbers rarely heard in concert, including the band’s cover of the Lennon-McCartney rocker “I Wanna Be Your Man� and a cover of “It’s All Over Now,� written by Bobby Womack and Shirley Womack. They didn’t shy away from their darker numbers, including “Paint It Black� and “Sympathy for the Devil� — Jagger started that one wearing a slightly silly black, purplelined faux fur cape that conjured up his late
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
6 • THE DAILY BEACON
Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell
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lkittre1@utk.edu
Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu
Defense gives Vols 77-50 win over Oakland Lauren Kittrell Sports Editor With a demanding fan base at their backs, the Tennessee basketball team kept the crowd happy from the moment they hit the floor Monday night. The Vols held Oakland to a 15.6 shooting percentage in the first half (45.8 in the second) and only 50 points, winning the team’s second home game of the regular season, 7750. Their success was found in a defense that head coach Cuonzo Martin said had one of the better efforts he’d witnessed since his arrival at UT. “Good win for our guys, to hold a team like that, the way they score the ball, to 50 points,” Martin said. “I though our guys did a tremendous job having weaker prep time.” The Volunteers managed to get an early lead over the Oakland Grizzlies (2-5) thanks to the team’s upbeat style of defense that wasn’t letting anything past them leading. The win gave the team a 4-1 record to start the 2012-2013 season. With 42 team rebounds, led by senior forward Kenny Hall, the Vols trumped Oakland’s rebound total by a total of 13. Oakland head coach Greg Kampe said he wasn’t going to make excuses for his players. He thought the Vols just outplayed them. “They played their tails off. They played with great aggression, they defended the living crap out of us,” Kampe said. “They defended us. They wouldn’t let (Travis) Bader get a sniff.” Senior guard Skylar McBee, along with Josh Richardson and Jordan McRae, had to stay in front of Oakland’s stop scorer Travis Bader. The junior guard averages 17.2 points per game and scored 18 of the team’s 50 total points on Monday night. Martin said he thought the team did their job of staying on top of him.
“He’s one of the best shooters in the country. You can’t lead that guy because he makes shots and he makes them deep and he’s constantly moving,” Martin said. “He’s on the floor all the time and it’s just tough …We did our job and he had to make shots. On the offensive side, sophomore forward Jarnell Stokes charged around ThompsonBoling Arena like he owned the place. In his defense, no one seemed to mind. Ending the game with 19 total points, shooting 7 of 8 from the field, Stokes scored the team’s first two points, leading the team to their 54.2 shooting percentage for the night. But beating Stokes from the floor with 14 points in the first half and 31 minutes of playing time was Trae Golden. The junior guard went 9-13, scoring 18 total points. Head coach Cuonzo Martin said the duo’s performance was what he had been looking for offensively since the beginning of the season. “I thought Trae Golden did a good job accepting the challenge,” Martin said. “Great performance by Trae, I thought, from start to finish. He was ready to go and he really helped us out. I though Jarnell did a really good job of scoring the ball.” Returning from a weeklong trip at the “Puerto Rico Tipoff,” the team didn’t have much time to recover between games and travels. Martin said he didn’t think the team played well in Puerto Rico, but he was glad to see the team recover from the loss of starting forward Jeronne Maymon. “Our guys are five games into it and you take one game at a time and continue to get better,” Martin said. The Vols don’t get much downtime. The team has a 6:30 p.m. EST tipoff at Georgetown on Friday. “We’re ready to play anybody,” Martin said. “It doesn’t matter where we’re playing or who we’re playing, we’re a talented team.”
Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon
Jarnell Stokes hangs on the goal after finishing hard at the rim during the Oakland game on Nov. 26.
Future uncertain for Vol football Vols, Serrano score Lauren Kittrell Sports Editor The Tennessee football team met their first SEC win of the season on Saturday. Ironic, since the Volunteers were led for the first time by interim head coach and full-time offensive coordinator, Jim Chaney. The Vols had gone 0-7 in their conference under the leadership of former head coach Derek Dooley, losing to lowertier teams, Missouri and Vanderbilt, and frustrating their generally supportive fanbase. Now, the Vols’ disappointing season has
finally ended with no hope for a bowl game. Only one thing remains to be seen. Athletic Director Dave Hart has yet to announce the next head coach of the Orange and White. Students lie in wait, unsure of what clothing item to meme, while alumni and other fans ponder the probabilities and expenses of each name that pops up on the message boards. I, myself, have been scouring Twitter and talking to whatever inside sources I’ve been able to pick up over my three-and-ahalf years at the university. My brothers and friends email me with rumors and ideas, imagining that I have some kind of higher knowledge of or control over the situation. I obviously don’t. Personally, I think the world of UT football is on a precipice. In three years, the
Vols could have a winning program. In four years, the Vols’ football program could no longer exist. With finances where they are and ticket sales taking a dive, if Hart brings in another coach who doesn’t measure up to expectations, fans can expect another buyout Tennessee cannot afford, tanking the program even lower. But let’s not get discouraged. There’s still hope, we’re just in a waiting period. Hart may not know it, but he has UT’s football program, and therefore thousands of little hearts in the palm of his hand. A decision is forthcoming. Until then, check the Craigslist ads. You could be Tennessee’s next head coach. — Lauren Kittrell is a senior in Journalism and Electronic Media. She can be reached at lkittre1@utk.edu.
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top 10 baseball recruiting class Staff Reports
After securing one of the top recruiting classes in the country in his first season at Tennessee, head coach Dave Serrano and his coaching staff have put together another strong class this season as they announced on Monday that 10 student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to join the program for the 201314 academic year. In their first season at Rocky Top, Serrano, recruiting coordinator Bill Mosiello and associate head coach Greg Bergeron signed the 20th-best recruiting class in college baseball, as ranked by Baseball America. They are every bit as excited about this year’s crop. “Our entire coaching staff, led by recruiting coordinator Bill Mosiello, did a wonderful job of recognizing and finding players that fit our needs as we continue to develop this program,” Serrano said. “This class is filled with power bats, great athletes and some much-needed power arms. If we can get all of these guys on cam-
pus, those power arms will add nicely to the returners from this year’s squad and give us the makings of a good, deep and quality pitching staff.” Serrano continued, “The additional offensive firepower, speed and pure athleticism the rest of the players in this class provide will give us a very well-rounded team with great depth. We are extremely excited about this group of young men and feel that they will play a big role in helping us keep this program moving in a positive direction.” Serrano and his staff have made the state of Tennessee a priority in their recruiting efforts and that is obvious in this year’s class as seven of the 10 signees call the Volunteer State home. The Vols also pulled a pair of players out of Georgia and another from Serrano’s hometown in California. For more information about Tennessee baseball, follow @Vol_Baseball on Twitter or visit UTSports.com/baseball. You can also “like” the Vols on Facebook at www.facebook.com/volbaseball.