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Haslam Scholars, RHM sponsor 5K Blair Kuykendall Editor-in-Chief Let’s face it: The Fort’s got a reputation. One ministry is trying to change that. Redeeming Hope Ministries (RHM) has teamed up with UT ’s Haslam S cholars to host a 5K run, “Running With Hope,” benefiting the “ holistic transformation” of the Fort Sanders area. Proceeds will be dedicated to the ministry ’s efforts in advancing nutrition, physical wellness and educational advancement in the neighborhood. RHM reaches beyond conventional aid methods to develop sustainable improvements in the lives of Knoxville citizens. “Helping Redeeming Hope is great because they ’re more than a quick fix,” Charles Edwards, senior in business, said. “They are committed to getting people off the streets and into stable jobs and permanent residences.” Running to benefit RHM, students will be able to see impacts in their own community. While there are many opportunities to volunteer on campus, participation in the 5K will directly aid Knoxville’s homeless. This event is only one of many activities RHM sponsors to engage the surrounding community. “RHM is an organization that I have been involved with since its founding,” Elizabeth Tiller, senior in public administration and Spanish, said. “I think this 5K is a great way to create student awareness of RHM and of homelessness issues. I hope to see hundreds of people there.” The Haslam Scholars have decided to champion RHM’s cause, partnering with the ministry to bring

grassroots reform to Fort Sanders. An executive tic about both the race and the cause behind it. board of scholars is coordinating efforts between the Several members of the group will be running in the two organizations. Dr. Steve Dandaneau and Dr. 5K, and multiple other scholars have been serving in David Golden of the Chancellor’s Honors Program are supportive roles. They are all united to bolster RHM’s ability to serve Knoxville’s homeless populathe scholtion. ars’ com“I am very excited about the 5K because I mittee think it is a great way to get word out on camadvisers. pus about the work that Redeeming Hope is Taking doing to improve the lives of our nearby homean active less,” Julia Ross, an undecided freshman, said. role in “As the winter months approach, it is increasadvancingly important to support ministries that serve ing the the homeless, and I am delighted that as a camo rga n i z a pus UT is able to have an active role in this init i o n ’s tiative.” aims, the The race is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 12, scholars and will begin and end in Circle Park. Advance have been registration is $20, and only $15 for students. encourPrices increase $5 for on-site registration. All aged to participants will receive a T-shirt and post-race particisnacks. The course has been certified by the pate in Road Running Technical Council and USATF. some of Representatives will be stationed on the R H M ’s • Photo courtesy of Redeeming Hope Ministries Pedestrian Mall from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday o t h e r endeavors as well. Food in the Fort, the RHM attack to assistant students, faculty and staff who would like on hunger, practices “seed to table values,” bringing to register for the event. Participants are also welboth nutritious food and wellness education to Fort come to register on-site if that is more convenient. “The Running With Hope 5k presents an amazing residents. RHM also works with the Amplifier, a street newspaper with content submitted by opportunity for the Haslam Scholars to team up with Knoxville’s homeless and transient community. The the Knoxville community as a whole in order to bring paper is purchased and resold by homeless vendors about change for the homeless of the area,” Kenna Rewcastle, freshman in chemistry, said. “It’s thrilling who keep the proceeds from its sale. As a group, the scholars themselves are enthusias- to be behind such a life-giving effort.”

Council raises sexual assault awareness Ali Griffin Staff Writer

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Baldwin Lee, a photography professor, washes a large print he exposed in the darkroom by rolling a tube with the image inside of it and running water through the tube. Later he printed the negative using a printer to compare darkroom printing and digital printing.

Ambassadors discuss nuclear arms Andrew Lindemann Staff Writer Tuesday, United States Ambassadors Bonnie Jenkins and Thomas Graham, Jr., said that the United States faces stiff challenges regarding future nuclear non-proliferation. Jenkins and Graham, speaking in a panel discussion held by the Global Security Program of the Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, said that progress on the implementation of threat reduction programs and arms control agreements has been slowed by national and global issues that have risen within the past decade. Both said that this progress could be measured by the amount of work done on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) that has been in the works since spring 2010. Graham, who serves on the general council for United States arms control, said that nuclear non-proliferation efforts became strong during the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union. He said that the discovery of nuclear arms programs in countries other than the United States and Soviet Union prompted the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which slowed down the production of arms. “In March of 1963, former President John F. Kennedy, in response to a reporter’s comment, said that he was haunted by the feeling that by 1970 there may be 10 nuclear powers instead of just four,” Graham said. “He thought this would be the greatest possible hazard ever, and it led to the drawing of the Nuclear

Non-Proliferation Treaty. This treaty essentially ended proliferation between the major nuclear powers for the time being.” Graham said the first Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was implemented in response to the arms race between the Americans and the Soviets. He said that the treaty is said to have reduced nuclear weapons by more than 50 percent, and that it essentially ended all arms races. However, he said, the treaty’s expiration in 2009 and the lack of progress on the New START opened the door for new nuclear arms programs in countries such as Pakistan and North Korea. Graham then said that the clashing of President Obama’s non-proliferation goals with the Republican Congress has largely stymied progress on the new treaty. “It is very much in doubt that after the (2012) presidential election the United States can proceed ahead to lower the levels of strategic nuclear weapons and take necessary steps to pass the (New START) treaty,” Graham said. “A lot of it depends on the outcome of the election.” Jenkins, the lead of the state’s department of nuclear non-proliferation, said that global non-proliferation efforts were going well until the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. She points to the event as causing a critical change in the thought processes of negotiations. “When 9/11 happened, concerns about the Internet and new technologies rose,” Jenkins said. “Everything shifted to a global focus, with not one region having monopoly threats. Ever since then, the U.S. has been developing ways to address this new threat. We can’t do things that we did in the past — we must adapt to new

challenges.” In regards to President Obama’s goal to end nuclear proliferation, Jenkins said progress has been made, but the biggest challenge is keeping up the current level of progress. “I wish I had my papers to list all of the things that have been accomplished,” Jenkins said. “There has been much success in terms of the securing of facilities, nuclear forensics and commitments to fund more money to the Security fund. The biggest obstacle we face is maintaining momentum — we must make sure countries maintain their obligations.” Both Jenkins and Graham said that progress would be made with time as long as there is a high level of cooperation between countries. Graham, however, warned that some countries aren’t necessarily always willing to cooperate, which leads to the implementation of nuclear test verification systems. “The building of trust is very important in most countries, but for some it isn’t important — some won’t fully observe what is taking place,” Graham said. “This is why we have elaborate intelligence reconnaissance systems. Essentially what one tries to do is to be sure that the verification systems are as sound as they can be, that they can effectively deter countries that won’t follow obligations. Cooperation with countries that are like-minded is very important, but also we need to be prepared to deal with countries that aren’t like-minded.” “There’s a factor of trust — if I’m giving up a weapon, am I sure that you will do the same?” Jenkins said. “This is why negotiations are so long.”

The University of Tennessee’s Women’s Coordinating Council hosted its annual Take Back the Night event, which raises awareness about sexual assault. “It’s not just about the females; it’s for both male and females,” Leigh Schlactus, senior in English, said. “It’s about everyone coming out for our program and supporting the issues. A lot of the issues that affect women also affect men.” Supporters of the event started the evening by participating in a silent walk around UT’s campus. Different sororities including UT’s service sorority, Gamma Sigma Sigma, showed their support at the event. “We participate in Take Back the Night every year,” Lori Lynn Chapman, sophomore in advertising, said. “I went for the first time last year and I was really touched by the issue.” After the silent walk, participants visited different support and safety organizations’ booths in the UC Ballroom. The Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee hosted a booth at the annual event. Kelly Peters, the advocacy coordinator, said they were there to give information about the Sexual Assault Center. “We are a staple in the community every year at Take Back the Night,” Peters said. “We are here to let college students know that there are places out there for them to get help if they need it.” The assault center has a forensic nursing unit, which can do a physical exam up to 72 hours after the assault. They also offer therapy to victims and their family members. After participants visited with the Sexual Assault Center and other organizations including Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment (PAVE), they were invited to attend a keynote speech by Angela Rose, a survivor of sexual assault and founder of PAVE. When Rose was 17, she was kidnapped by a stranger. He kidnapped her in her work parking lot after stalking her for almost a week. Her kid-

napper was on parole for the murder and rape of a 15-yearold girl. Members of the Women’s Coordinating Council introduced Rose by having different members walk to the front of the room in colors that represent forms of sexual violence. Rose began her speech by telling her story and by giving a brief introduction to different forms of sexual violence. She then continued speaking about the purpose of her being at the event. “I want this to be solutionfocused. Just because we’re talking about these sad issues doesn’t mean we have to be sad tonight,” Rose said. Rose also talked about many of the projects PAVE is currently doing in order to raise awareness about sexual violence. Their current program, “Arts for Awareness,” is making an art project with zip tie wristbands. Rose selected zip ties because her attacker bound her hands with them. “Zip ties used to be my trigger,” Rose said. “I can remember being in a store and seeing them and just freezing up. Now when I look at them I feel empowered and so I’m demonstrating my getting over what happened to me and turning it into something positive.” Participants were then invited to write a word that empowers them on a zip tie. They would then wear one and make another one for a large scale piece of art. After Rose’s speech, the audience was invited to ask her questions, which ranged from how long it took her to get over the assault to how it affected her friends. Take Back the Night concluded with a speak out, which allowed audience members to share their experiences with assault. Two microphones were available. One was labeled “media,” allowing audience members and media to quote speakers. The other microphone, labeled “confidential,” prevented anyone from repeating what was said at the event. Take Back the Night is one of the Women’s Coordinating Council’s biggest annual events. They hold a rush every fall for potential members in addition to other events throughout the year.

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Tom Bogart, President of Maryville College, talks with Laura Poplawski, undecided freshman, during a book signing after his lecture “The Cost of Green Energy” on Nov. 1.

1801 — Patriot, politician and physician William Shippen dies Patriot William Shippen, of the powerful Shippen family of Philadelphia dies at the age of 89 at his home in Germantown, Pennsylvania, on this day in 1801. He was a descendant of the well-known Edward Shippen, colonial Philadelphia’s mayor and Pennsylvania’s chief justice. William Shippen pursued a medical education instead of following in the footsteps of his father, a successful merchant. He established a large practice in Philadelphia and spent the 1740s immersed in civic projects including the establishment of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia and Benjamin Franklin’s Public Academy. The Academy evolved into the College of Philadelphia, now the University of Pennsylvania, of which Shippen served as a trustee from 1755 to 1779. William’s brother, Edward, was instrumental in the founding of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, of which William also served as a trustee.

Shippen went on to serve as a Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress from 1779 to 1780, before returning to his medical practice. His son, William Shippen Jr., graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1754, received a medical degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1761 and, with his father’s support, became an early faculty member at the first medical school in what would later become the United States at the College of Philadelphia in 1765. William Jr. then put his medical expertise to a patriotic purpose, serving the Continental Army as the director of hospitals from 1777 to 1781. He married Patriot Thomas Lee of Virginia’s daughter, Alice. Their daughter, Nancy, further tightened the bonds between the leading families of the new United States by marrying Robert Beekman Livingston of New York. By contrast, William Sr.’s niece — Edward’s daughter, Margaret (Peggy) Shippen — married Benedict Arnold in 1779, when she was 18 and the then Patriot war hero was 37. Arnold’s attempt to keep his young bride in the affluent lifestyle to which she was accustomed is generally understood to be one cause of his decision to accept a bribe from the British. Peggy had courted British Major John Andre before meeting Arnold and likely introduced her old beau to her husband; Arnold later conspired with Andre, agreeing to hand over West Point to the British for 20,000 pounds sterling. For her part, Peggy is thought to have passed information to the British before her marriage to Arnold, although she convinced George Washington of her innocence after Andre’s capture and her husband’s flight. She remained a devoted wife to Arnold despite their financial and personal hardships when they fled to England, where she remained after his death in June 1801. 1922 — Entrance to King Tut's tomb discovered British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discover a step leading to the tomb of King Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. When Carter first arrived in Egypt in 1891, most of the ancient Egyptian tombs had been discovered, though the little-known King Tutankhamen, who had died when he was 18, was still unaccounted for. After World War I, Carter began an intensive search for “King Tut's Tomb,” finally finding steps to the burial room hidden in the debris near the entrance of the nearby tomb of King Ramses VI in the Valley of the Kings. On November 26, 1922, Carter and fellow archaeologist Lord Carnarvon entered the interior chambers of the tomb, finding them miraculously intact. Thus began a monumental excavation process in which Carter carefully explored the fourroom tomb over several years, uncovering an incredible collection of several thousand objects. The most splendid architectural find was a stone sarcophagus containing three coffins nested within each other. Inside the final coffin, which was made out of solid gold, was the mummy of the boy-king Tutankhamen, preserved for more than 3,000 years. Most of these treasures are now housed in the Cairo Museum. — This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

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South’s changes tracked in films tage of their beauty because her lover will most definitely leave her. Women of that day, though depicted by sinful characters in the above movies, were expected to be devoted wives and dedicated mothers, never daring to cause such a scene. The movies of that time, as Delfino explains it, “refrain from discussing women of lascivious nature and action.” Delfino said that this idea continued until the 1950s and ’60s, when cinema tried to present different faces of Southern history, when historians started to study black history, slaves and women. This new cinema destroyed the romanticizing depiction of the old South and showed how unhappy and mistreated slaves actually were. With a new cinema came a new audience. Suddenly blacks were at the center stage, as they tried to balance both interpretations of the old South. Both white and black women came forward as victims, as a master would fall in love with his slave, leaving his wife to feel betrayed, thus pitting white and black women against each other. Plantation and slavery seemed to be the only real themes. With the loss of its romanticized charms it did not appeal to audiences, leaving the subject abandoned by the mid-’60s. “Looking at the history and this reference is so fascinating to see the subtle but significant changes throughout history,” graduate student Kyle Stevens said. This subject will be explained in greater detail in Delfino’s next lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 8. For more information, contact professor Flavia Brizio-Skov.

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Abuse video’s release sparks reactions

Jeremy Christoffersen, junior in linguistics, and Jessica Salomon, senior in French, paint the windows of Kappa Sigma in preparation of homecoming. Many contests happen throughout the week that groups across campus compete for.

Taylor McElroy Staff Writer From Oct. 30 to Nov. 12, guest speaker Dr. Susanna Delfino of the University of Genoa in Italy will be lecturing to UT as part of the university’s Ready for the World program. Her lectures, delivered to undergraduate students, depict how women of the old South were represented in historical literature and American movies. During her lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 2, Delfino held a captive audience, as she began by describing the superiority of the old South compared to the new, maintaining that “the old South was a metaphor of a society’s ability to resurrect from the ashes of war.” “It’s very interesting to be taught about the South from an Italian woman” Kelley Ellis, senior in psychology, said. “It’s such a different perception.” Due to movies such as 1939’s “Gone with the Wind,” the “mistresses of the plantation” are often perceived as capricious or eccentric, while the slaves’ parts infer loyalty to their owners. The owners seem to treat their slaves well and with respect, and in return they receive workers who were glad to be working in those conditions, so unlike those of the rival North’s factory workers. In the 1938 movie “Jezebel,” Bette Davis plays Julie Marsden, a typical New Orleans Southern belle who creates scandal by wearing a red dress instead of the white worn by unmarried women. Her played-up sex appeal costs her the man she loves, sending the message that women should not take too much advan-

The Associated Press PORTLAND, Texas — Hillary Adams says that until last week, only a couple of close friends knew about the savage beating she received seven years ago from her father, a Texas judge who handles child abuse cases. Now the beating is on display to the world on YouTube thanks to a secret video she made, and her father, Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams, is the subject of a police investigation. Hillary Adams, 23, says the outpouring of support and encouragement she’s received since posting the 2004 video online last week is tempered by the sadness that it’s her father lashing her 17 times with a belt and threatening to beat her “into submission.” The 8-minute video had been watched nearly 2 million times by Thursday morning. “I’m experiencing some regret because I just pulled the covers off my own father’s misbehavior after so many people thought he was such a good person. ... But so many people are also telling me I did the right thing,” she told The Associated Press outside her mother’s home in the Gulf Coast town of Portland, near Corpus Christi. And she said the videoed attack was not a one-off. “It did happen regularly for a period of time,” she told NBC’s “Today” show on Thursday. In the same interview, Hallie Adams

blamed her ex-husband's bouts of violence on his “addiction,” calling it a “family secret.” She did not elaborate. Their 22year marriage ended in 2007. The judge did not return an AP reporter’s call seeking comment early Thursday. Police in Rockport, where the 51-yearold judge lives, opened an investigation Wednesday after receiving calls from several concerned citizens, Police Chief Tim Jayroe said. William Adams has been receiving threatening phone calls and faxes at the courthouse since the video went online, Aransas County Sheriff Bill Mills said. No one answered the door Wednesday at the judge’s home, repeated calls to his office rang unanswered and his attorney, William Dudley, did not respond to phone messages seeking comment. A neighbor said she saw Adams and his girlfriend packing luggage, a briefcase and rifles into their truck. Corpus Christi television station KZTV caught up with the judge while he was getting into his vehicle Wednesday, and he confirmed it was him in the video. But he said it “looks worse than it is” and that he doesn’t expect to be disciplined. Adams, Aransas County's top judge, was elected in 2001 and has dealt with at least 349 family law cases in the past year alone, nearly 50 of which involved state caseworkers seeking to determine whether parents were fit to raise their children.

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‘Dexter’ declines in sixth season Robby O’Daniel Recruitment Editor There was a time when “Dexter” was the best show on television. The show’s first four seasons were excellent, and its fourth season saw the peak of the show’s creative possibilities. John Lithgow won a Golden Globe and an Emmy for his guest star turn as serial killing family man Arthur Mitchell. Lithgow as Mitchell really challenged Dexter and shook the core of the show. It truly felt like anything could happen in each episode, and obviously in the season four finale, something very big did happen. Then publicity materials for “Dexter” season five raised expectations to exponential levels. Fans thought they were getting a redux of the Dexter-Doakes battle from season two, except this time with Dexter (Michael C. Hall) and Quinn (Desmond Harrington). The two had developed an adversarial relationship over the course of season four, as Dexter became more and more unraveled by the process of catching Arthur and killing him. The season five trailer showed Quinn primed to really go after Dexter, whom he suspected was a truly shady character beneath the façade. Yet in season five, Quinn was presented with enough evidence from an informant to indict Dexter, but Quinn killed the trail cold. This all made no sense and just diffused the drama. Moreover, while the creators of the show hyped season five as not really having a central villain, only leading to more speculation that Quinn would essentially serve that role, season five ended up having a central villain in the form of the cartoonish maniacal inspirational speaker Jordan Chase. The plot just came off as preachy. As great as Julia Stiles is, her character of Lumen was unbelievable. So she begins serial killing as revenge, falls in love with a serial killer and then abruptly walks away from both in order to continue a normal life? Those are pretty big character leaps to make, all in 12 episodes. The season five finale just screamed that “Dexter” was jogging back to the status quo in time for the season six premiere, such an insufferable approach to storytelling. All the while, “Breaking Bad” assumed the mantle

of best show on television, continually shaking up the show’s status quo to cause viewers to think that literally anything could happen each episode, an effect that “Dexter” was so good at back in season four. And now “Dexter” is five episodes into its current sixth season, and nothing has changed. In fact, in some ways, things have gotten worse. Sure, the Jordan Chase plot was goofy, but the religious theme of season six is groan-worthy at times. This season, Dexter meets ex-convict Brother Sam (Mos Def), who runs an auto-body shop aimed at giving other ex-convicts a second chance as employees. His conversations on religion soften the forensic scientist and hardcore atheist Dexter. This is truly a feat considering religion is so deeply and annoyingly ingrained in Dexter’s mind this season. Dexter and Brother Sam’s conversations on religion amount to the conversations between middle schoolers discovering the topic for the first time. Even worse is when another character like Dexter’s sister Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) weighs in with her asinine opinion that Dexter’s son should go to a Catholic school because otherwise, he would have no morals. The detective work has only gotten easier in season six. The police are investigating serial killings full of references to the end times. And then a suspect pops up in the form of ex-religious studies professor James Gellar (Edward James Olmos), who was fired from his job because he was accused of stealing the ancient sword of John the Revelator? He also has a website about the end times and a cult following? Oh, wow, are you sure this guy did it? A few plot lines in season six are interesting. Colin Hanks guest starring as Travis Marshall, an ex-student of Gellar’s following in his serial killing footsteps explores the relationship between cult leader and avid follower. Just how far will Travis go? In addition, perhaps the one thing that “Dexter” has advanced in the plot — outside of a few meaningless, random relationship breakups — is Deb’s promotion to the rank of lieutenant and how she handles this. Even still, her cursing on live television turning into a commendation from police brass is another unbelievable turn in a series full of them lately. — Robby O’Daniel is a graduate student in communications. He can be reached at rodaniel@utk.edu.

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Condoleezza Rice’s views warped T he Bur den o f I n fa l i a b i l i t y by

Wiley Robinson Last Tuesday on “The Daily Show,” when Jon Stewart asked former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice if she approved of the general military precedent set by the Bush administration, she casually claimed, “I don’t actually believe in the word ‘precedent’ in international politics.” You heard it straight from a political scientist who helped lead the executive branch: Every global political situation is just so unique, so please don’t bother trying to do things like find patterns or study political science. When I’m all totally bummed out about American foreign policy, sometimes I look to history for perspective. A pattern, maybe? Mostly I remember how easy it is to forget things. But now, Condoleezza has taken away everything from me. From us all, really. I’ll take one last look at some jumbled version of history before I just stop caring, at her behest. Let’s see, I was born on the butt-end of the Cold War, with its big mortality-reminding bombs and dumb proxy wars and nations working out the political kinks of their respective industrial revolutions. But I think I remember the lesson the world was supposed to have gleaned from those cruel decades of uncertainty. How the United States — not licked (as in Tom Sawyer punching people) the Soviets — but influenced the world in a way that caused the Soviet Union to peacefully lose the political and financial will to continue on: This is something to not be cynical about. It is an incredible victory. The United States pioneered the idea of international governments working together and helping each other not specifically based on the form a country’s government took (besides communism). We organized NATO, the UN, globally recognized bi-, multiand uni-lateral relationships of all kinds, as well as nationbuilding through positive economic influence that paved the way for global trade — all arranged under the cheery threat of nuclear armageddon. It cannot be said enough that America single-handedly fostered stability amidst the ridiculousness that was WWII and Cold War earth. We came out the other end having written the book on global diplomacy for a new era.

Ah, the patriotism I want so desperately to feel. Enter NATO, which only acted as a deterrent during the Cold War. Bosnian War, ethnic cleansing, took them a few years but they got around to constructively bombing things. Darn, they totally missed out on the Second Congo War where 5.4 million people died and more were perpetually displaced. Why yes, that does make that war the biggest loss of life since WWII, must have missed it. Don’t worry, the UN was there treating the situation sort of like small claims court. Bad Uganda! Give the DRC its 10 billion in resources back. No? Whatever. One Muammar Gaddafi was the only African leader who had it together enough to mediate ceasefire between the warring factions. Back in the interview, Condoleezza (prompted by Jon) tells a story about how Gaddafi had a “thing” for her. At some meeting where he had willingly had his WMDs dismantled in Oak Ridge, Tenn., he gave her a video playing a song he’d written for her, and she was making fun of it. There was just something sick about it. Something keenly dehumanizing. Oversimplification seems to be the typical reaction to unnecessary death, and the information age didn’t happen so that we wouldn’t ask questions about things. Gaddafi, the leader of Africa’s most prosperous nation, was not perfect; but he achieved the highest standard of living in Libya. The life expectancy from birth in Libya under Gaddafi was 74.5 years, when it is still sadly 48.4 in Nigeria. Libya is 53rd in the world on the human development index, and Nigeria is 142nd. Maternal mortality is 39.6/100,000 births, and Nigeria’s is 608 out of the same number. Again I cite the UN Human Rights Council’s January report positively beaming about Libya’s overall situation as a mandate for investigation. If NATO and the United States cared so much about human life, they would not bomb at all, based on the clear precedent set by the inevitable collateral damage of this technology in other operations. The fact remains that most of Africa and the Middle East is the only place left on Earth were human life can be so hypocritically valued and then destroyed for the most arbitrary reasons. Condoleezza can cling to the insane moral limbo of relativity and discredit the entire academic world and everything America has diplomatically achieved in the process; I’d rather cling to the past than embrace that precedent. — Wiley Robinson is a junior in ecology and evolutionary biology. He can be reached at rrobin23@utk.edu.

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It was not until recently that I really started following the news, and I will be the first to admit that I am still not the most informed citizen in the world. I am, however, much more aware of current events than I was in high school, having discovered in college a variety of excellent resources for staying up to date with the news. Regardless of your political leanings, there is much to be gained by reading newspapers, either in print or online; reading magazines like Time or The New Yorker; and listening to radio networks like National Public Radio, or NPR. Even getting your news from Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert, or websites like The Onion, has a significant amount of value — parodying current events is sometimes more effective in addressing the real issues at hand than attempting to present them in a bipartisan manner, as many TV networks and newspapers do. Nonetheless, sorting through the biases of various news media is a crucial skill to develop in order to have a full understanding of current events. Knowing where the source came from, who wrote it and what angle it is taking on the issue are all factors in analyzing news sources. It is also important to pay attention to whether the item is an opinion piece, a debate, a parody or a report of the issue, because the manner in which the issue is presented will greatly affect the message of the piece. Many of these skills in analyzing media simply come with practice, and this kind of practice requires perusing a wide variety of sources about the same or similar issues. Sometimes the only way to determine bias is to look at one issue from multiple viewpoints and pay attention to the way in which the issue is presented in each. For instance, you can easily detect a liberal media network if it uses more positive phrasing to describe issues of gay rights or abortion, even if the news story is supposed to be presented in an unbiased manner. But simply being able to detect bias is not

enough to develop a complete understanding of any issue, be it political, social or even trivial. Many of us are guilty of relying on the same handful of sources to get our information about current events, and often these sources will all have the same political and social leanings. However, it is critical that we expand our knowledge of these issues by seeking out sources that present the issues from different perspectives, because no issue is one-sided. Even if reading the other sources does not change your mind on your viewpoints, you will at least have the background knowledge to make your argument intelligent, informed and effective. It was not until college that I fully understood the need to develop informed opinions on issues, and even now I continue to change and adapt my understanding of issues as I learn more about them. This kind of analysis has been valuable not only to my knowledge as an informed citizen, but also to my study of history. Biased news media is by no means a new phenomenon; people have been presenting issues in decidedly prejudiced ways since the human race learned to communicate. Historians counter evidence of this in almost every document they read: A newspaper article from the North during the Civil War will discuss slavery in a very different way than a newspaper from the South. If historians wrote about the Civil War only based on the perspectives of the white slaveholders, or even of the black slaves, the presentation of the war would not be complete or even accurate. Regardless of which side was right or wrong, both the South and the North had reasons for becoming involved in the war, and it is essential that an analysis of the war consider all the perspectives of the different kinds of people involved. Fortunately, it is much easier for us to access a variety of sources about current issues than it is for historians to find different accounts of past events. You can access news feeds by simply logging into your e-mail. Almost every newspaper and magazine is available online, and even the most basic of television packages have channels with news programs. Given the remarkable availability of these resources, we have no excuse to remain ignorant about current events. We can be the informed citizens who make a real difference in our world today. — Sarah Russell is a junior in history. She can be reached at srusse22@utk.edu.

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Gaming heats up with new releases Wiley Robinson Staff Writer

Chris Flowers Staff Writer This holiday season, if only based on sales projections and size of commercial campaigns, is gearing up to be one of the biggest in the short history of games. The amount of anticipation for the biggest number of titles is also unprecedented considering constantly growing game sales, due in no small part to a number of big sequels in the franchises responsible for hooking the current generation. Over the next few weeks we’ll be previewing the games most likely to demand gamers’ attention before Christmas break. Though the holiday floodgates have already opened with heavyweights such as “Uncharted 3” and “Battlefield 3” in late October, the torrent doesn’t let up until the technicality of Christmas itself. We’ll start off with “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” and “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.” The “Modern Warfare” series gets a lot of criticism from the game community because of its commitment to incrementally refining pre-existing mechanics mixed with frequent sequel release, but one wouldn’t be able to tell that by the numbers. Most industry analysts predict an overall 2-to-1 sales difference between “MW3” and “Battlefield 3,” respectively, and logically expect revenue to increase past the sales records the last two “CoD” games set for the industry by rolling in over $30,000,000 for the first week. With the full integration of the “CoD Elite” membership-based service, proprietary DLC is expected to be a more integral and frequent part of the experience then ever before. Paying a $50 annual membership in Elite provides the content immediately and for free as well as the ability to enter competitive tournaments for prizes. But at around $15 for a pack of multiplayer maps, an unprecedented flow of proprietary content would be necessary to validate the cost, posing a potential problem for more casual players unwilling to commit hundreds to an auxiliary service. “MW3” appears to be holding on to its philosophy of gracefully polishing what’s already there. Circumstances make this concept perfect for the series’ graphical quality; since the early 2000s “CoD” has known that the money lies in a commitment to consoles, and it’s tailored its engines to be easily

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upgradeable and optimized to console hardware specifications. The unnaturally long life of this console generation logically leads to “MW3” looking good enough next to “MW2” to more than satisfy exactly what is expected; texture pixelation especially has been improved upon. Aesthetic “changes” even include reintroducing things like font color, and gunfire tenor more like the first “Modern Warfare,” but this can only appeal to anyone who put time into the first game. Gameplay-wise, game-altering subtleties like changes in the mechanical specifics regarding what gamers rabidly await — online human competition — are typically not revealed or even discussed by developers before or after a release. For example, how much easier or harder is it kill people in the Core vs. Hardcore mode? What we do know is that instead of a static kill streak reward list, the players can choose between three different class-esque “Strike Packages” that determine the pace and nature of their kill streaks. For good performance, there’s a Support option that offers more team-based advantages such as calling in armored vests teammates can pick up, the Specialist that focuses on individual ability boosting and the Assault that we can only assume lets you call in the dreaded chopper. There is also an interesting mode called Kill Confirmed that requires players to claim dog-tags dropped by a killed enemy in order for the kill to count towards your score — balance issues notwithstanding, the added layer of awareness and planning could prove to be very rewarding. Now on to “Skyrim.” According to vgchartz.com, “Skyrim” has secured almost one million pre-orders on the Xbox 360, 350,000 on the PS3, and 200,000 on the PC. The relatively low number of preorders for the PC version is somewhat misleading as vgchartz only reports on retail sales and pre-orders, so pre-purchases through online distributors like Steam are not accounted for. “Oblivion” enjoyed excellent reviews and high sales on the Xbox 360 upon release (it wasn’t released on the PS3 for another year), somewhat unusual for a PC-focused western RPG. “Oblivion” sold 3.4 million copies on the Xbox 360, but it came out during a time in the Xbox 360’s life when the major releases were few and far between. The console’s launch titles had come five months previous, and the new major title, “Gears of War,” didn’t come for another eight months. Now Bethesda will be positioning its game among a holiday lineup filled to

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the brim with popular, established franchises. But with over 1.5 million pre-orders lined up, a total second only to “Modern Warfare 3,” the game should provide Bethesda with its biggest hit yet. Bethesda has a rocky history with downloadable content. “Oblivion” was released before game developers had figured out what they could get away with post-release content, and its first piece of DLC has come to symbolize the nickel-and-diming of gamers for the Internet masses. Bethesda asked $2.50 for horse armor which did not even provide defense for your horse; it was purely cosmetic. “Fallout 3” saw its ending completely reworked several months after release in a DLC, making changes to pacify an outcry from the fan base who took issue with how the finale was handled. “Skyrim’s” director, Todd Howard, revealed in an interview that the team intends on releasing fewer but larger pieces of DLC than they have in the past. They have also penned a timed exclusive deal with Microsoft so that the first two pieces of DLC will come to the 360 no fewer than 30 days before the other platforms. “Skyrim” will uphold the “Elder Scrolls” tradition of opening up with the player in prison awaiting execution then being tasked with saving the world and helped to escape. The threat this time is Alduin, the dragon god of destruction, and as the last of the Dragonborn you are Skyrim’s only hope. The combat system has always been the main source of criticism for the “Elder Scroll” series and a few changes have been made to make it more engaging. Duel wielding has been added for both weapons and spells, and a new type of spell known as a dragon shout has been added. The dragon shouts will use no mana but will have long cooldowns before they can be reused. “Skyrim” will be Bethesda’s first game on its new Creation Engine. Complaints about the bugginess of the previous engine increased with each new release built on it; a new engine for “Skyrim” was an absolute necessity. The areas of change to “Skyrim” were the areas that needed change, and even if not all of them pan out, “Skyrim” will still offer the kind of wide open RPG that only Bethesda can provide and should easily be worth the admission price for fans. “Modern Warfare 3” and “Skyrim” will hit store shelves Nov. 8 and Nov. 11, respectively. Look for more holiday game previews and reviews throughout this month.

Quirks make ‘Spelling Bee’ top notch Brittney Dougherty Staff Writer This past weekend, the Clarence Brown Theatre premiered “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” a relatively new musical that won two Tony Awards in its opening year in 2005. The show had humble beginnings. It started as a regular play done by an improvisational group called “The Farm.” Eventually, the play caught the attention of an experienced playwright, William Finn, who worked with the creator, Rebecca Feldman, to create the successful musical that the CBT is performing today. It may be obvious that the entire production does in fact center on a spelling bee. Six middle school students come together to compete in a county spelling bee. It is a nerdy comedy in which the youngsters make some hard decisions about their family and friendships. The concept may seem simple or uninteresting, but the way CBT presented it and the skill with which the actors portrayed their characters gave the show depth. Successful musicals are known to be over the top, and this one is no exception. The costumes, the expressions on everyone’s faces and the dancing are all very exaggerated. A good play should also make the audience feel involved or present in the action. This show takes even that a step further and involves the audience. From the very beginning, the actors address audience members. Katy Wolfe Zahn’s character, Rona Lisa Perretti, walks around the aisles asking people if they’re ready for the bee and expressing her excitement about the day.

She starts it off and the rest of the characters follow suit, often making witty comments about one of their rivals to the audience. It does not stop there. Four viewers are actually chosen towards the beginning of the play to compete in the bee and join in on various musical numbers. Watching the bewildered faces of those from the crowd when they get a difficult word to spell is highly entertaining in itself. The audience involvement would not be so successful without the help of the talented actors. It is easy to tell they know their parts and their characters in and out. Alex Temple Ward does a fantastic job portraying the space-case Leaf Coneybear, who makes his own clothes and slips into a strange trance while spelling words. Mark Gregory Rudy makes a convincing geeky William Barfée with a magic foot. Every one of them played their characters well, and they seemed like they could almost be real, which is worrying because they’re all a little on the crazy side. The acting as well as the dancing and singing was spot on. There was hardly a moment when there was not some music playing, so credit must be given to the endurance and playing of the musicians. “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” will be at the Clarence Brown Theatre’s Carousel Theatre every Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. until Nov. 13. Ticket prices vary by day and are based on age. Visit clarencebrowntheatre.com to see prices and to purchase tickets, or call (865) 9745161. Discounted tickets for students are available at the CBT box office with a fulltime student ID.

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Vols give Martin win in UT coaching debut Anthony Elias Staff Writer The Cuonzo Martin era is officially underway. The first-year Tennessee coach and the Vols were off to a slow start in the first half, but pulled away with a 73-52 victory against the CarsonNewman Eagles Thursday night at ThompsonBoling Arena. “First of all, I’d like to thank the fans for coming out and supporting us the way they did,” Martin said. “I know it wasn’t pretty early, but I thought the guys managed to get it done and did a good job doing that.” Martin received a standing ovation during pregame introductions, but Jordan McRae’s 17 points, three blocks, and two steals sent the Knoxville crowd home happy as the Vols got the crowd going once it shook off its early first half shooting woes. The leading scorer for Tennessee agreed that he enjoyed the role of being one of the top options to go to, but that it comes with higher expectations. “That comes with a lot of responsibility,” McRae said. Despite McRae’s numbers, UT had to shake off opening night jitters; the Vols 0-for-5 field goal and 0-for-4 free throw shooting allowed Carson-Newman’s Antoine Davis to give the Eagles the lead with two early threes, 6-0. Cameron Tatum ended the drought with 16:44 remaining with a three of his own, cutting the six-point lead in half. The Eagles kept the pressure on, extending the lead to 8-3 off a Collin Crane layup, but UT’s Skylar McBee’s shot from beyond the arc cut the Eagles lead to two. The Rutledge, Tenn., native finished with six points on 2-of-9 shooting. Crane, however, added a three-pointer of his own giving the Eagles an 11-6 lead. The CarsonNewman forward had five to start the first half. Sanders added on, intercepting a pass with 12:42 left in the half and laying it in for a 13-7 lead. McBee would not allow the Eagles to get far as the guard responded with another threepointer, cutting the lead to 13-10. Coming out of the timeout, the Eagles hit a three-pointer, pushing the lead to 16-12. C-N’s Corbin Jackson was not far behind, hitting a short jumper and the Eagles were out to its largest lead, 18-12. McRae stepped up for the Vols, hitting a three from the side of the arc, bringing UT to within three at 18-15. He added two more free throws bringing the Vols to within a point. McRae had 12 points in the opening half, including a threepointer to tie the game at 20. McRae’s night on the scoreboard had just begun. The Tennessee sophomore’s vicious dunk brought the home crowd to life and gave the Vols

its first lead of the game, 22-20. Trae Golden added a dunk of his own to extend the Vols lead to 24-20 before C-N coach Chuck Benson called a timeout, trying to end he Vols’ 12-2 run. Sanders came out of the timeout hitting from behind the arc, pulling the Eagles to within a point. Renaldo Woolridge came right back with a easy toss-in to tie the game at 26, but Sanders hit a jump shot giving the Eagles back the lead 2826. With a tie game, and 3:58 left, the Eagles took the lead, 30-28. It would be the final lead of the ball game for the Eagles as UT’s Josh Richardson hit the goahead three-pointer, giving the Vols a 31-30 lead with 3:14 left in the half. Golden, one of three Vols in double-digit scoring, closed the first half for UT, hitting a 3-pointer to give UT a 34-30 lead. The Vols sophomore point guard added an assist when the he fired a pass to teammate Jeronne Maymon, who laid the ball in the net, giving Tennessee a 38-30 lead; the Vols led at halftime, 39-30 and Golden had eight points going into the locker room while ending the night with 14 points. Davis brought the Eagles into the second half with a three-pointer, but Tatum responded hitting one of his own from behind the three-point line to extend the Vols’ lead to 42-33. Davis, the C-N forward, wasn’t finished as the Eagles sophomore knocked down yet another three, cutting the UT lead to 42-36 and giving him 13 points. He added three rebounds and one assist. Davis’ five turnovers, however, added to the Eagles total of 21 on the night. A Tatum lay in gave the Vols’ an 11-point lead. Despite the double-digit lead the Vols were unable to pull ahead thanks to Jared Johnson’s three-pointer. However, McRae was too much for the Eagles, blocking an Eagles’ shot from the top of the arc, then receiving the bounce pass down the court just in town to bank the shot in, giving UT a 62-47 lead. Golden added on to the onslaught with another key three-pointer and the Big Orange were ahead, 67-47 with 5:57 remaining. While Martin was pleased with the Vols, overall, for picking up the victory, the first-year coach said from a defensive standpoint the team had an average performance. “Overall, I would give them a C-plus on the defensive side of the ball,” Martin said. “We did not jump to the ball as well as we’d like. We didn’t have five guys boxing out, but I thought overMatthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon all the guys did well for their first game.” The Vols wrap up exhibition play against Junior guard Jordan McRae shoots a free throw against Carson-Newman on Nov. Lincoln Memorial Monday night at Thompson- 2. McRae scored 17 points out of the team’s 73 points. The Vols beat CarsonNewman in the exhibition game 73-52. Boling Arena.

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Volunteers hope to leave October behind Clay Seal Assistant Sports Editor It’s November, and that means better days are ahead for the Volunteers, starting with Middle Tennessee State. The Vols hope to leave behind their October 1-4 record when they host the Blue Raiders Saturday at 7 p.m. on FSN. Losing its last four games by a combined 10928, Tennessee (3-5, 0-5 SEC) has work to do on offense if it hopes to turn things around against MTSU (2-5, 1-3 Sun Belt). “Middle Tennessee has a real good staff,” UT coach Derek Dooley said. “I know some coaches over there that have been around a long time. They have had some bad breaks and probably could have won three more, but they certainly are more than capable of beating our tails, especially if we don’t figure out a way to score some points.” Freshman Justin Worley is starting his second game at quarterback. Worley went 10-for-26 with 105 yards and two interceptions against South Carolina last week. Matt Simms replaced him in the fourth quarter. Both of Worley’s interceptions were in South Carolina territory, including one on the 2-yard line. “Certainly (he will be calmer). I feel that way about every freshman that goes out there,” offensive coordinator Jim Chaney said. “The second game he’s calmer, the third game he’s more calm and you continue all that. You call that experience. You can’t manufacture it, you have to go out and play.” Dooley agreed. “The only way to really learn is through a lot of reps and a lot game reps,” Dooley said. “Then, you find that place where you understand who he is. We’re still in the learning stages. The challenge is that you want to do enough to where you have a lot of good game plan material to give your players a chance to win, but you can’t do too

much to where the quarterback is not thinking fast, reacting and performing the way he’s capable of. That’s a constant battle we struggle with as coaches. It just takes time working with the quarterbacks, evaluating them and each week trying to do a little better job with that.” Wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers admitted he needed to play better to help Worley along. Rogers dropped what would have likely been a touchdown against South Carolina, but he said the Vols just have to move on. “When you play in the SEC, October is going to be rough and that’s at every school,” Rogers said. “You know that coming in, and you see it on the schedule way back in January. Really, you just have to keep your focus one game at a time, and that’s what we are doing right now.” Strong safety Brent Brewer is out for the season after tearing his ACL against the Gamecocks. Freshman Brian Randolph will start in his place, while Prentiss Waggner will be pulled from cornerback to play free safety. With Waggner at his natural cornerback position for the first time this season, he got his first interception of the season and nearly returned it for a touchdown. He had a UT-record three picksixes last year. Tennessee’s defense forced three turnovers against South Carolina, but only has nine total this season. “We have to do a great job of tackling,” defensive backs coach Terry Joseph said. “We have to do a great job of figuring out their formations and they motion a lot. They want to try to get you confused by their formations and motions so we have to do a great job of having discipline and getting guys on the ground when they do complete the ball.” The Sun Belt vs. SEC matchup will be UT’s homecoming, and if history repeats itself, the Vols will be pleased with the outcome. They are 67-17-3 all-time in homecoming games. Not to mention, the Vols are 6-1 all-time against Sun Michael Rivera • The Daily Beacon Belt teams and won their last matchup with Western Kentucky in the 2009 season opener, Freshman quarterback Justin Worley drops back the pass against South Carolina 69-3. on Oct. 29. Worley went 10-for-26 for 105 yards with two interceptions.

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‘Plenty to worry about’ with Blue Raiders Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer On Saturday, Tennessee welcomes the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders into Neyland Stadium. It will be only the second matchup between the two in-state schools in the programs’ histories, with the Vols winning the first game 26-3 in the 2002 season. However, the Vols cannot overlook the Blue Raiders, who have played close with their competition this season. Three of the team’s five losses have come within three points, including a heartbreaking, lastminute 27-24 season-opening loss at Purdue. One of the keys to the game for sixth-year coach Rick Stockstill and his Blue Raiders on Saturday will be whether or not they can get their high-tempo offense going against a young but talented Vols defense. Up to this point in the season they have averaged an impressive 462.5 yards per game (289.6 passing/172.9 rushing) and scored nearly 30 points per game. “They’ve moved the ball on everybody and scored on everybody,” said UT defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox. “They get about 90 plays a game; they run a play about every 16 seconds. They don’t wait for anybody. They went down in their first game of the year against Purdue and moved the ball up and down the field. They move the ball on everybody. They have good speed outside, they can beat you deep and their quarterback is a playmaker. There is plenty to worry about.” Leading the Blue Raiders’ offensive attack will be redshirt sophomore quarterback Logan Kilgore, who has thrown for over 200 yards in all but one game and has set career highs in passing yardage (1,869) and touchdowns (16). “The caliber of opponent and the envi-

ronment we’ll play in heightens the game a little bit, but I think it’s just another game,” said Kilgore, a 6-foot-3, Rocklin, Ca., native. “We felt the same thing when we went to Memphis last year. I think the environment will be live but we’ll be ready to go.” Sophomore running back William Pratcher will receive the majority of the carries in the backfield this week for the Blue Raiders. Pratcher leads the team in rushing categories with 83 carries for 445 yards and two touchdowns. While their offense has been a bright spot so far this season, MTSU’s defense has been somewhat of a letdown, as they rank 106th in the nation giving up 34.3 points per game. Unfortunately for the Blue Raiders, they will visit Knoxville with an even more banged up squad it seems than their opponent, with their injury tally rising to nine for Saturday including three offensive linemen, three wide receivers, two running backs and a linebacker. The most notable out of all the injuries seems to be to the team’s leading wide receiver, Malcolm Beyah, whose MRI on his injured knee this week came back in as negative and is listed as questionable for the game. Through the team’s first seven games, Beyah has hauled in 39 receptions for 446 yards and six touchdowns. Despite an injury-depleted team, the Blue Raiders feel as if they are ready for their matchup with their in-state competition. “It is important for our confidence to start well, to get off on a positive note,” Stockstill said. “We’ve got to be able to move the ball, make some things happen and get it in the end zone early. We are excited about playing Tennessee this weekend. It will be a great opportunity, as well as a great challenge for us.” Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. EST, and the game will be broadcast on FSN.

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Johnson excels despite adversity Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer

Austin Johnson would be the first to admit this season Preston Peeden Managing Ed has not gone the way anyone wanted or planned so far, as Tennessee 28 - MTSU 14 Oklahoma State - Kansas State the Volunteers’ overall record of 3-5 and 0-5 in SEC Arkansas- South Carolina play has been a major result Vanderbilt - Florida of several injuries to key LSU 23 - Alabama 27 players. However, Johnson has SECOND PLACE: 33-12 dealt with the adversity well and has excelled on the Will Abrams Copy Editor gridiron and been a team leader that many look up Tennessee 31 - MTSU 10 Oklahoma State - Kansas State too. “We have been through a Arkansas- South Carolina lot this year, but I feel that Vanderbilt - Florida we have all really come LSU 24 - Alabama 28 together as a family and as a one,” Johnson said. “We are FOURTH PLACE: 33-12 really close here and we had cookouts back in the summer and we got real close, Brent Harkins Ad Sales Tennessee 34 - MTSU 10 so when we go through Oklahoma State - Kansas State adversity like we have this year we tend to lean on each Arkansas- South Carolina other for support.” Vanderbilt - Florida Week in and week out, LSU 23 - Alabama 24 the 6-foot-2, 240-pound middle linebacker has made his FOURTH PLACE: 33-12 presence known in practices and on Saturdays through hard work, which has resultClay Seal Asst. Sports Editor ed in success. Through the Tennessee 21 - MTSU 7 team’s first eight games, Oklahoma State - Kansas State Johnson ranks second on Arkansas- South Carolina the team with 55 tackles, Vanderbilt - Florida and posted a career-high 11 LSU 23 - Alabama 27 tackles against Georgia on Oct. 8. Not to mention he’s a converted fullback who’s DEAD STINKIN’ LAST: 30-15 in his second year of playing Robbie Hargett Chief Copy Editor linebacker for the Vols. He compiled his 100th career tackle in a losing effort Tennessee 24 - MTSU 10 Oklahoma State - Kansas State against South Carolina last week. Arkansas- South Carolina One moment this season Vanderbilt - Florida the Hickory, N.C., native will LSU 23 - Alabama 17 remember came when he

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intercepted Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron and returned it for 19 yards in the game’s opening drive on Oct. 22. It was the second interception of his career. “It’s definitely a memory I will have forever and hopefully I can get some more interceptions before the year’s over,” Johnson said. “It was a great feeling and it

two other starting linebackers beside him, A.J. Johnson and Curt Maggitt, are freshmen. “Austin has provided tremendous leadership and he has probably invested as much as any player on our football team since we lost the last game last year in working to be able to play the best he can play,” UT

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Austin Johnson, senior linebacker, tackles Georgia’s Aaron Murray (11) on Oct. 8. Johnson had a career-high 11 tackles against Georgia to add to his total of 55 tackles this season. was something we needed. It’s really important to cause turnovers that can help out our offense in games.” While Johnson’s play has been noteworthy to say the least, so has his senior leadership, especially when taking into account that the

coach Derek Dooley said. “He is a confident guy so he has good command to make the calls and he has helped Curt and A.J. a bunch this year. He is our most productive player right now.” Not only has Johnson excelled on the gridiron this

year, but he has also excelled off the field, which has been a reoccurring pattern. Since walking on campus his freshman year he has been named to the All-SEC Academic Team, and the recently graduated communications major is on pace to continue that tradition this season as well. “I’m not sure exactly what I want to do in the future as far as jobs go, but I might get into the car business or somewhere in the line of selling products,” Johnson said. When Johnson is not on the gridiron or in the classroom, he enjoys playing other sports such as golf and cricket, hanging out with friends and breaking it down on the dance floor. Religion and family also play a big role in his life. “I consider myself laid back and quiet at times, but I also like to cut up at times and be the funny guy,” he said. “One thing people might find surprising about me is I am a big fan of romantic comedies.” Despite his soft side, Johnson looks to continue his strong demeanor on the football field the rest of the season and continue to be a leader to those around him in his final football season as a Volunteer. “My goals for the rest of the season are to keep working and get these last couple wins as a team and continue to be the type of leader I should be,” Johnson said. “When I leave here I want to be remembered as someone who gave 100 percent effort and was someone you could look up too.”