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Vol Walk helps students find opportunities Event assists students in finding out more info about various colleges, clubs at UT Deborah Ince Staff Writer On Wednesday, SGA Academic Affairs hosts the annual Vol Walk of Life from 11 a.m.3 p.m. in the UC Ballroom. “The Vol Walk of Life is an annual event where students have the opportunity to learn about and interact with different colleges, offices, departments and organizations on campus,” Taylor Odle, Academic Affairs Committee director, said. The walk informs students about academic resources that will help them succeed in the future and introduces them to many new and exciting educational and professional opportunities. Many different clubs, organizations and businesses will be in attendance and will provide information and guidance to all student participants. “The Vol Walk of Life is a great event for students to explore more opportunities during their tenure here at UTK,” SGA Student Services Director Drew Shapiro said, adding that the event is unique to UT. Modeled after the “Game of Life,” students fill out a game card as they visit the different tables set up by the colleges and organizations in attendance. Each table’s representatives will then provide students with information about their respective organization, college, club or business and how they can get involved. Guidance will also be offered to all those who have questions and inquiries about succeeding academically and professionally. Students can also register for prize drawings consisting of UT gears, meal plans and an assortment of other items as they walk around to different tables. The first 100 student participants will also receive a free UT T-shirt,

and food will be available for all attendees. This year, Lady Vols’ softball coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly will speak to students about the significance of education and succeeding in the academic and professional worlds. The Academic Affairs Committee of SGA works closely with the provost and the deans of each UT college to address academic concerns on the Knoxville campus. The committee prides itself on aiding students in their educational and career walks and conducts research directed toward improving academics and educational and professional outreach on campus. Academic Affairs uses the Vol Walk of Life to connect with students and encourage them to take active roles in their academic and professional careers. Well respected by UT administrators, the event has been very successful on campus for many years, as it encourages students to strive for success while providing a place for on-campus clubs and off-campus organizations to give students information about their group. All students are encouraged to attend the Vol Walk of Life, as it is a very educational and informative event that will help students continue their academic journeys further into their professional occupations, according to organizers. Students will also be exposed to many organizations with which they can become involved. “It is extremely important that students understand the importance of academic achievement and success,” Odle said. “However, it is equally important that they be made aware of the resources that the University of Tennessee can provide to them File Photo • The Daily Beacon in order to achieve their academic goals and to make their undergraduate career much easier. Students sign in and receive information for the Vol Walk of Life on Feb. 16, 2010. The Vol Walk of Life accomplishes both of SGA Academic Affairs will be hosting another Vol Walk of Life Nov. 9 from 11 a.m.3 p.m. in the UC Ballroom. these goals.”

company Sarkozy criticizes Israeli leader Homegrown sees increasing success The Associated Press PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has labored to improve French relations with Israel, said he “can’t stand” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called him a liar in a chat with President Barack Obama. The conversation between Sarkozy and Obama was overheard by reporters last week at the Group of 20 summit in southern France, via headsets that were to be used for simultaneous translation of an upcoming news conference. Obama, whose remarks were heard via a French translation, was not heard objecting to Sarkozy’s characterization of Netanyahu. Through the interpreter, Obama was heard asking Sarkozy to help persuade the Palestinians to stop their efforts to gain U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state. In Israel, the frank assessment elicited shock from some viewers — and chuckles and agreement from others. Several French-speaking journalists, including one from The Associated Press, overheard the comments but did not initially

report them because Sarkozy’s office had asked the journalists not to turn on the headsets until the press conference began, and the comments were deemed private under French media traditions. A French website that analyzes media coverage of current affairs, Arret sur images, reported the fragments Tuesday. Sarkozy’s office would not comment Tuesday on the remarks, or on France's relations with Israel. The White House and Netanyahu’s spokesman also said they had no comment. In the remarks Thursday in Cannes, Sarkozy said: “Netanyahu, I can’t stand him. He’s a liar.” According to the French interpreter, Obama responded, “You are sick of him, but I have to work with him every day.” The journalists heard only fragments of the leaders’ conversation. Since becoming president in 2007, Sarkozy has strengthened French ties with Israel while also seeking to use France’s traditional good relations with Arab allies to encourage peace talks. His latest comments reflect his increasing frustration with Netanyahu, and may complicate French efforts toward Mideast peace.

France’s government has not said so officially but appears to see Netanyahu as partially responsible for the deadlock in peace talks. France has repeatedly urged Netanyahu to stop building Jewish settlements in the West Bank and come to the negotiating table, to little avail. “I think all this must not make us lose sight of the basics — which is to say there’s not a minute to lose to continue to work on the Israeli-Palestinian issue,” French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero told reporters Tuesday. “In our relationship with Israel, as with our relationship with the Palestinians, what we want is to continue to work so that things move ahead — because they’re not moving ahead,” Valero said. Obama, meanwhile, is thought to be cool to Netanyahu. At meetings, their lack of personal chemistry is clear. Netanyahu has cultivated close ties to the Republican Party and is widely believed to consider Obama naive about the Middle East. After a meeting in the Oval Office five months ago, Netanyahu lectured the U.S. president on his view of Middle East realities even as cameras rolled, with Obama listening glumly by his side.

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As any true Volunteer would know, there is nothing that hits home more to UT like tradition. It is something that sticks with you from the moment you step on campus, and for Mason Jones, it is a way of life. Jones’ company, Volunteer Traditions, began in 2006 while Jones and his good friend Brock Dosson were in their second year of law school. Both happened to notice another student proudly displaying his South Carolina belt buckle. After making some snide remarks about how the student was not even from there and held no real ties to the state, Jones was struck with an idea. Why not make products for people who are proud of our state? Due to a lucky connection, their first product attempt was selling belts at tailgates. Unfortunately, when they finally arrived they were much too small to fit anyone. Several attempts later they found that customers wanted more variety, such as caps and ties. Both Jones and Dosson finished law school, but Dosson was offered a job, which left him with no spare time to devote to the endeavor. Jones, realizing his true passion was indeed his company, bought Dosson’s share, moved to Nashville and started working with the company full time. Since then sales have doubled in the last three years. Though based in Nashville, the company has reached out to many states throughout the South. Using the same traditional themes, Auburn, Taylor Gautier • The Daily Beacon Oxford, Fort Worth and more Sisters of Phi Mu participate in Lip-Sync with a song including samples of “Thriller” and “Heads Will Roll” on Oct. have all taken to the brand. 26. Phi Mu won Crowd Favorite at the event. The company’s current

marketing operations manager, Kimber Billard, who was originally from Texas, expressed her enthusasim about the growth. “It’s been exciting to step into a growing company and help it expand across the South,” Billard said. Politicians are great supporters of Volunteer Traditions. Bill Haslam has been spotted wearing their products on several occasions. Jones really enjoys working with the campus representatives and even entrepreneurial students due to their interests in entrepreneurial studies and other related subjects, such as manufacturing and online expenses. He feels that this connection is what keeps him aware of what students really want. He has even taken to hiring interns and will be looking for a new one for the upcoming Spring Semester in the next few weeks. Jones believes this would be an excellent opportunity for any aspiring entrepreneurs on campus. For more information about this position, interested students are asked to check the Volunteer Traditions Facebook page. The current UT intern, Jimmy Beard, was able to reflect fondly on his time with the company. “One of my favorite parts about working with Volunteer Traditions is seeing so many people across campus wearing the brand.” One thing is for sure, Volunteer Traditions has certainly come a long way, starting with an idea formed while joking around in class. If you ask Jones, his response is indicative of why the company was first founded. “I don’t think we are changing the world or anything,” Jones said. “But I hope we have at least made customers proud to be where they are from.”

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Loren Crews and Emily Lupoli, both seniors in nursing, apply face paint to children in the Boys and Girls Club when they were trick-or-treating around Frat Row on Oct. 26.

1938 — Nazis launch Kristallnacht On this day in 1938, in an event that would foreshadow the Holocaust, German Nazis launch a campaign of terror against Jewish people and their homes and businesses in Germany and Austria. The violence, which continued through November 10 and was later dubbed “Kristallnacht,” or “Night of Broken Glass,” after the countless smashed windows of Jewish-owned establishments, left approximately 100 Jews dead, 7,500 Jewish businesses damaged and hundreds of synagogues, homes, schools and graveyards vandalized. An estimated 30,000 Jewish men were arrested, many of whom were then sent to concentration camps for several months; they were released when they promised to leave Germany. Kristallnacht represented a dramatic escalation of the campaign started by Adolf Hitler in 1933 when he became chancellor to purge Germany of its Jewish population. The Nazis used the murder of a low-level German diplomat in Paris by a 17-year-old Polish Jew as an excuse to carry out the Kristallnacht attacks. On November 7, 1938, Ernst vom Rath was shot outside the German embassy by Herschel Grynszpan, who wanted revenge for his parents’ sudden deportation from Germany to Poland, along with tens of thousands of other Polish Jews. Following vom Rath’s death, Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels ordered German storm troopers to carry out violent riots disguised as “spontaneous demonstrations” against Jewish citizens. Local police and fire departments were told not to interfere. In the face of all the devastation, some Jews, including entire families, committed suicide. In the aftermath of Kristallnacht, the Nazis blamed the Jews and fined them 1 billion marks ($400 million in 1938 dollars) for vom

Rath's death. As repayment, the government seized Jewish property and kept insurance money owed to Jewish people. In its quest to create a master Aryan race, the Nazi government enacted further discriminatory policies that essentially excluded Jews from all aspects of public life. 1965 — The Great Northeast Blackout At dusk, the biggest power failure in U.S. history occurs as all of New York state, portions of seven neighboring states, and parts of eastern Canada are plunged into darkness. The Great Northeast Blackout began at the height of rush hour, delaying millions of commuters, trapping 800,000 people in New York’s subways, and stranding thousands more in office buildings, elevators, and trains. Ten thousand National Guardsmen and 5,000 off-duty policemen were called into service to prevent looting. The blackout was caused by the tripping of a 230-kilovolt transmission line near Ontario, Canada, at 5:16 p.m., which caused several other heavily loaded lines also to fail. This precipitated a surge of power that overwhelmed the transmission lines in western New York, causing a “cascading” tripping of additional lines, resulting in the eventual breakup of the entire Northeastern transmission network. All together, 30 million people in eight U.S. states and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec were affected by the blackout. During the night, power was gradually restored to the blacked-out areas, and by morning power had been restored throughout the Northeast. On August 14, 2003 another major blackout occurred which affected most of Eastern Canada as well as most of the Eastern United States. — This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

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US forces help fight violent group The Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — In Africa’s remotest jungle, where paved roads and telephones don’t exist, a U.S. aid group is raising radio towers to help fight killers from the Lord’s Resistance Army, a brutal militia that 100 U.S. special forces troops are now helping hunt. The Ugandan rebel group is blamed for tens of thousands of rapes, mutilations and killings over the last 26 years. The militia abducts children, forcing them to serve as soldiers or sex slaves, and even to kill their parents or each other to survive. Aid workers hope the initiative by Invisible Children will help villagers quickly raise the alarm when the militia attacks in remote corners of neighboring Congo, Central African Republic and South Sudan. A four-day LRA massacre that killed more than 300 people in December 2009 underscored exactly how isolated places like northern Congo can be. The majority of those killed were tied up, some bound to trees, before being hacked to death with machetes or having their skulls crushed with axes,

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human rights group said. The wider world didn’t learn about the atrocities until three months later. Now people can report the attacks by radio and they are then plotted on a sleek new website called the LRA Crisis Tracker. Anyone from U.S. military officials to aid workers can see where the LRA has concentrated its most recent attacks. “The goal of the site is to get timely information on LRA activities, including abductions and killings. It previously wasn’t possible,” Adam Finck, Invisible Children’s director of programs in Central Africa, said by phone Tuesday. The group launched the site in September along with Resolve, and already has mapped about 40 LRA incidents, mostly in northern Congo. Twenty-five communities now have radio towers and 12 more are scheduled to be put up by Invisible Children at a cost of about $18,000 each. iPhone and iPad users can download a Crisis Tracker app launched last week that shows the attack locations. President Barack Obama announced in October he is sending 100 U.S. troops to help advise in the fight against the LRA and its leader Joseph Kony, a vicious fugitive militant wanted by the International Criminal Court.

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Editor’s Note G-20 accomplishments ambiguous Blair Kuykendall Editor-in-chief Last week, the G-20 finished up an economic problem-solving session in Cannes, France. Mediterranean breezes fostered some delightful conversation, but not much else. Europe’s impending debt debacle topped the agenda. G-20 leaders politely refused to pad the zone’s bailout fund, leaving Europe largely to its own devices. The bloc’s leaders have consistently lacked tact in handling sovereign debt issues, to the chagrin of their citizens and world markets. Europe’s newest bailout plan, designed to neutralize a defunct Greece, failed to impress the G-20. Bloc leaders pushed a new Greek bailout, increased funding for the European Financial Stability Facility and support for European banks low on capital. International support was halfhearted, at best. Greece remains in utter disarray, though a temporary “national-unity” government was created on Sunday to oversee bailout measures. The coalition government supposedly favors the bailout, but no guarantees are solid in the political crossfire. The EU has presented a 130-billion euro plan to recharge the nation. Economic chaos and political turmoil do not make for good bedfellows. Greece needs a clear and concise plan to get its economy growing — fast. EU disorganization has made the situation dire, but according to the Economist, 70 percent of Greeks want to stay tied to the euro. Tax hikes and austerity measures are crippling development. Greece’s government must focus on structural reforms to get the economy moving in a more sound direction. Nations at the summit did agree to continue talks on Europe’s use of the International Monetary Fund, but leaders made no decision. Italy conceded to IMF oversight of its fiscal reform,

a victory considering its overwhelming national debt. Prosperous nations like Brazil, Germany, China and Canada pledged to promote demand in their respective nations and avoid restrictive policies. President Obama returned from the summit rather disheartened. European leaders were reluctant to offer solid information about their debt situation and remained vague on the details of a solution. The president was limited in his ability to steer the direction of the conference, considering the U.S. can contribute little money to Europe’s aid. The U.S. is in no position to be offering handouts, but if the EU derails, America’s situation will get worse. Currently, the total U.S. affiliate income from Europe is around $200 billion, almost half of the total income U.S. companies earn abroad. Any damage to that market will be felt by Americans. That statement should be tempered though. Global exports are not the driving force behind the majority of U.S. GDP, and markets like China and Brazil are growing rapidly to meet supply. The main concern is contagion. China is trembling, because its main export market lies in the EU. Any strong hits to China would be another blow to the U.S., proceeding to flow through the rest of the global economy. The worst impact of an EU crisis would be a credit freeze. On the positive note, banks are better capitalized than they were back in 2008, and most corporations have accumulated safety nets post-recession. A credit squeeze might not be as terrible this time around, but it certainly wouldn’t do anything to help the already strained economy. Ironically, the same corporate safety nets hedging the U.S. economy are our primary problem as well. Unsettled banks and businesses have piles of cash, hoping to weather a European storm. Unfortunately, the longer our financial institutions play it safe, the longer the U.S. economy stays sidelined. — Blair Kuykendall is a junior in the College Scholars Program. She can be reached at bkuykend@utk.edu.

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THE GREAT MASHUP • Liz Newnam

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Video game releases preoccupy fans Ac orns and Other Seeds by

Anna-Lise Burnette Most of you probably know that this Friday is Veteran’s Day, a national holiday in honor of American veterans that’s been observed for almost a century. Because almost everyone I know has had a family member or friend serve in the military, I expect that quite a few of you will at least spend a few moments in quiet remembrance (if not vocal recognition) of this day of observance. But I’m willing to bet that some of you are also excited about the “holiday” that Bethesda Softworks will be instituting with the release of “Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” on Nov. 11. Yes, I am looking at you, sir — looking sheepishly down toward the floor, away from this copy of the Daily Beacon you’re holding in your hand. Whether you’re partial to your PC or favorite gaming console, word on the street is that come Friday you’ll be holed up in your dorm room playing your pre-ordered copy of “Elder Scrolls V.” Because I have spent the last few months being bombarded by (sometimes thrice) daily reminders of “Skyrim”’s imminent release, I feel that the time has come for me to evaluate my own relationship with video games and the culture that surrounds them. Truth be told, my knowledge and experience is pretty limited; lack of money, time and hand-eye coordination do not a master gamer make. But recently I’ve realized that what I don’t lack is interest, for reasons that I think even the most anti-tech person can understand. To start with, video games are truly impressive undertakings. Not only does it take a team of people to create the story for a quality game, it takes a much larger team of designers to write the code and create the feel of entire virtual worlds. If you haven’t taken the time to delve into an RPG, it’s hard to relate the depth and breadth that some of today’s games deliver. The richness of setting and amount of detail is even more astonishing when you compare a game from 2011 to a game just a few years old (the popular adjective “janky” may come to mind). Add in music and sound effects teams and you begin

to see that video game production is just as involved as any Hollywood blockbuster (and even more so for the viewer/player). Video games are also outlets for some of the best of human creativity and philosophy. The crazily complex webs of dialogue, decision-making and character development seem to reflect real life more and more as game developers seek to create totally immersive gameplay. It would be impossible to outline an adequate example here, but suffice it to say that the decisions a player has to make are far from clear-cut; the ramifications of a particular choice may not become clear until hours have been spent pursuing one goal or another. Like the painfully confusing growing-up process most of us are still going through, the consequences of our actions (even in video games) will echo through the years. And that’s a point I find really interesting. While most of you probably don’t consider video games to be anything more than a pleasant diversion from the “real world,” these virtually inhabited games are proving themselves to be just as real and important as any other pastime. As my informant Gamer X recently told me, “It’s really easy to relate to the character (in a video game) because it’s basically you. … sometimes you forget that the person you’re playing as isn’t really you.” Some young people are now maturing, for better or worse, at the speed of their favorite characters — and so to ignore gaming’s relevancy is to deny the sway it has over large portions of our country’s future backbone. Wouldn’t you think, then, that video games would get a little more respect? Because they do and will continue to occupy such an important place in the hearts and minds of generations to come, it’s vital that we take a hard look at what messages those best-sellers will send. The overblown violence and glorification of wholesale destruction in certain games is too often what gets the attention of well-intentioned parents and scholars, but this is at the expense of any positive characterizations. I think we can all agree that no one should be living a virtual life in place of a real one, but that’s no justification for thinking we can sweep video games under the rug for being merely frivolous. Let’s hope, then, that future game developers will continue to pour their hearts into their products, making truly worthy works of art. — Anna-Lise Burnette is a senior in interdisciplinary studies. She can be reached at kburnet7@utk.edu.

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Last week, I started a series of articles on the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the historical evidence for it. In last week’s article I addressed the theory that says the apostles lied about it to have fame and fortune. As a recap, they were all (except John) killed in violent manners after they had been given chances to recant. People don’t willingly die in painful ways to preserve a lie. This week, I’m going to address the claim that Jesus’s body disappeared because the disciples stole it. This idea also plays into last week’s topic. If they had stolen the body, they would have been dying to preserve that lie. Some will say that stealing the body would be something better denied. That also is an illogical claim. The idea that the disciples stole the body was one of the first counter-claims given against the Resurrection. After Jesus was crucified, the Jewish leaders who had him killed went to Pilate (the Roman governor of Jerusalem) and asked him to put a guard on the tomb because they thought that the disciples might come and steal the body because Jesus had said he would rise. Jesus had predicted his death and resurrection many times throughout his life, and the Jewish leaders feared that the disciples would steal the body, tell everyone he had resurrected, and spread the gospel, which they thought was heresy. Pilate replied, “You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can.” (Matthew 27:65 ESV) No one could ever have made it secure enough to prevent Christ’s resurrection. Matthew 28 records the Resurrection: “And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightening and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women

(Mary Magdalene and the other Mary), “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen as he said.” The logistics of the theory that the disciples stole Jesus’s body are completely illogical. First, for the disciples to have stolen the body, they would have had to get past trained Roman guards, open the tomb sealed with a great, very heavy stone, and pull the body out without being seen or heard. The explanation offered is that the guards were sleeping. Roman guards sleeping on the job? That would never happen. Roman guards were held to the highest military standards of the day. Sleeping on the job wouldn’t simply get them fired, it would get them killed. So, if the guards weren’t sleeping, then they did see what happened, and, if they saw what happened, why did they say that the disciples stole the body? After Jesus was resurrected, the guards went into the city and told the chief Jewish priests (better them than the Roman leaders) what had happened. The priests were terrified so they started the theory that the disciples stole the body by paying the guards and saying, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.” (Matthew 28:13 ESV) By paying off the guard, the priests tied it all up nicely. The people would be told that Jesus didn’t rise and that those preaching His name were lying criminals. The guards made a “sufficient sum of money” (Matthew 28:12 ESV) and were promised to be kept out of trouble. That security, in and of itself, would have been motivation enough for Roman guards whose lives were already at stake. So, as an overview, Jesus foretold his death and resurrection. After he died, the Jewish leaders got afraid and did all they could to keep the disciples form stealing Jesus’s body. Jesus was resurrected, then the Jewish leaders paid the guards to keep it secret. — Chelsea Tolliver is an undecided junior. She can be reached at ctollive@utk.edu.

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New releases continue franchises Cain faces additional allegations Wiley Robinson Staff Writer

Chris Flowers Staff Writer With the year’s biggest release, “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,” now behind us, there is still a plethora of blockbusters to fill out the rest of the season. A sequel that sticks close to the series’ formula and a remake of a 10-year-old game are the two biggest releases of next week. This is no surprise in the holiday release season, and don’t expect anything else in the coming weeks, as every major release this season is a continuation of an established franchise. This coming Tuesday will see the release of “Assassin’s Creed: Revelations,” which will be the third game in the “Assassin’s Creed” series to star Ezio. The first two “Assassin’s Creed” games sold over 10 million copies, with last year’s “Brotherhood” seeing a slight decline with around eight million copies sold. Excluding “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” and “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim,” which debut this week, “Revelations” tops the pre-order chart with just over one million. “Assassin’s Creed” received somewhat mixed reviews upon release, as the game had a great sense of style and a unique story, but the gameplay quickly became extremely repetitive. “Assassin’s Creed II” featured a complete overhaul of the structure of its single-player campaign into a GTA-like open world with a much greater variety of missions. “Brotherhood” added some fun new elements into the singleplayer campaign, but its biggest addition was a unique competitive stealth multiplayer mode. It provided a breath of fresh air for the console online multiplayer scene, which is so dominated by first-person shooters. Clear major additions have been made to each past “Assassin’s Creed” game, but there’s not one that can be singled out in “Revelations.” New game modes will be added to the multiplayer and Ubisoft has been hyping the addition of a hookswing

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to the single-player, which will speed travel time across the city by 30 percent, but neither are major additions. The singleplayer campaign will take place in Constantinople, and Desmond will take control of both Ezio and Altair this goaround. One million pre-orders is nothing to sneeze at, but whether “Revelations” will see the success of past installments in such a blockbuster-packed release season with only minor changes to its formula remains to be seen. Tuesday will also see the release of 343 Studios’ remake of the first Halo, “Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition.” Though the only additions in the package are improved graphics, achievements, terminals and skulls, the rabid Halo fan base has already secured over half a million preorders. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Halo, 343 Studios used Halo’s original engine for gameplay but completely replaced the graphics engine to bring it closer to modern standards. For maximum nostalgia, the back button can be pressed at any time to swap between classic and modern graphics. The achievements, terminals and skulls help to encourage a thorough play-through of the campaign, but other than that it remains the same as it was in 2001. Disappointingly, however, the multiplayer from Halo will not be returning. The multiplayer of “Anniversary Edition” will be the “Halo Reach” multiplayer on classic Halo maps. 343’s Frank O’Connor explained in an interview with Gamespot: “The most significant change was the multiplayer component. We had to do this in a fairly compressed time schedule and we looked at the original Halo multiplayer engine; it wasn’t built to do anything except system link and making the engine work across Xbox LIVE, it would have been possible but it would have been a massive undertaking.” Though not being able to kill friends in four pistol shots from 10 football fields away will make many older fans sad, being able to revisit the classic campaign and the fact that this is the only box with “Halo” on the cover this season should lead to solid sales for the project.

ATLANTA — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain went on the offensive Tuesday against the only woman to publicly accuse him of inappropriate sexual behavior, the latest in a series of claims that have threatened his White House ambitions. He rejected the allegations and said he didn’t remember the woman. “Who is Sharon Bialek?” Cain’s advisers asked in a statement outlining the Chicago-area woman’s “long and troubled history, from the courts to personal finances.” Bialek on Monday accused Cain of behaving inappropriately when they were alone more than a decade ago. The statement included references to civil lawsuits in the Cook County Court system in Illinois allegedly relating to Bialek and cited news reports of her involvement in a paternity case and a bankruptcy filing. The statement, issues less than 24 hours after Bialek went public, presumably was an effort to make her appear less credible. “In stark contrast to Mr. Cain’s four decades spent climbing the corporate ladder rising to the level of CEO at multiple successful business enterprises, Ms. Bialek has taken a far different path,” the campaign said. Cain has vowed to “set the record straight” at a news conference Tuesday in Phoenix. “There is not an ounce of truth to all these allegations” and the graphic account from Bialek is “totally fabricated,” the Georgia businessman told late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. Before facing the media, Cain said in an interview Tuesday with ABC News and Yahoo! News that he did not remember Bialek by name. “I didn’t even recognize her,” he said. He said he would not pull out of the race over “baseless attacks.” “I reject all of those charges,” Cain said. “I have never acted inappropriately with anyone.” At least one of Cain’s rivals for the GOP nomination called on him to address the accusations. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney called the allegations “particularly disturbing” and said Cain must address them. Romney said he wouldn’t judge whether Bialek’s claims are true, nor would he say whether they disqualified Cain from the race. “These are serious allegations and they’re going to have to be addressed,” Romney told ABC News/Yahoo! in an interview Tuesday. Cain agreed with Romney. “He’s right,” Cain said in his interview with ABC News and Yahoo! News. “They are disturbing to me. They are serious and I have taken them seriously.” Bialek stood by her accusation when questioned Tuesday morning in the wake of Cain’s denial, saying in a nationally broadcast interview that she had “nothing to gain” by coming forward. She said “It’s not about me. I’m not running for president.”

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Bialek on Monday put a name and a face to what had, until then, been at least three anonymous sexual harassment allegations against Cain. Bialek’s accusations that Cain groped her in a car after she asked for his help finding a job spun his unorthodox campaign into uncertain new territory. An upstart in the presidential race, Cain shot to the top of public opinion polls and emerged, however temporarily, in surveys as the main conservative challenger to Mitt Romney. Tea party activists and conservatives unenthused with the former Massachusetts governor have flocked to Cain’s tell-it-like-it-is style and self-styled outsider image in recent weeks. There were, however, growing signs of unease in conservative circles as, one by one, a handful of women claimed Cain acted inappropriately toward them while head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. “He deserves a fair chance. But that doesn’t mean he gets a pass. These are not anonymous allegations anymore unfortunately,” said New Hampshire conservative activist Jennifer Horn, who had condemned media coverage of the allegations against Cain. “He does need to take another step and answer a few more questions.” “Oh,” exclaimed South Carolina GOP Chairman Chad Connelly when told details from Bialek’s news conference. He said character issues matter in a state where the last governor tearfully confessed an affair and the current governor faced unproven allegations from two men that she had affairs. “Our voters care about moral attitude,” Connelly said. “Character does matter.” Still, Cain backers remained solidly behind the former pizza company executive. They pointed to the presence of Gloria Allred — a high-profile attorney with Democratic ties — alongside Bialek at Monday’s news conference in New York as proof that the latest claim was a partisan smear. “The fact that she’s involved removes all credibility,” Georgia Christian Coalition president Jerry Luquire said. “If he says he didn’t do anything then I believe him.” Bialek said Tuesday she had no financial motivation to come forward, wasn’t offered a job and wasn’t being asked by Allred to pay a legal fee. “I’m just doing this because it’s the right thing to do,” she said in one interview. Bialek said she waited so long to come forward because “I was embarrassed ... and I just kind of wanted it to go away.” Asked about Cain's characterization of her charges as a “total fabrication,” Bialek stood her ground. “I wanted to give him a platform to come clean, to tell the truth,” she said. “I was trying to be nice about it and it just didn’t work.” Bialek is the fourth woman to say that Cain engaged in inappropriate behavior during his time at the helm of the restaurant group. At least two women who worked there at the time filed sexual harassment complaints.

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Lady Vols soccer makes first NCAA Tournament since 2008 Staff Reports The No. 23 Tennessee Lady Vol soccer team (15-6-0) has picked up the program’s ninth all-time selection among the NCAA Field of 64, according to Monday’s announcement of the national tournament bracket via NCAA.com, and will open its run by hosting 2010 College Cup participant Ohio State (10-8-2) at the Regal Soccer Stadium on Sat., Nov. 12, at 2 p.m. ET. Wisconsin Milwaukee will serve as the host for its match against Illinois State with that winner set to face the survivor of the Lady Vol-OSU contest in the second round on Nov. 18. In other action over UT’s eight-team section of the bracket, Radford (15-5-1) visits one of the national top seeds in Duke (17-3-1) while Kansas welcomes in Georgia (12-62). “It’s a privilege to be in the NCAA Field of 64,” Lady Vol Head Coach Angela Kelly said. “We’ve learned the hard way how grateful you need to be. I think our body of work this season has certainly prepared us for what we might face. It’s going to be a heck of a battle for whatever team in this country is the last one standing. That team is going to have had to play great soccer, stayed unified and healthy

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The Lady Vols soccer team prepares for its game against UCLA on Aug. 28. The Lady Vols made this year’s NCAA Tournament and will be hosting Ohio State on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. at Regal Soccer Stadium.

Pearl’s own radio show to debut The Associated Press NEW YORK — Former Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl will host a college basketball show on satellite radio service SiriusXM. Pearl was fired in March after six seasons in the wake of an NCAA investigation that culminated with a three-year show-cause penalty against the coach. The sanction makes it nearly impossible for another school to hire him during that time. Famous for painting his bare chest orange during a Tennessee women’s game, Pearl always figured he’d wind up in broadcasting someday. “I did always know that at some point this coaching was going to end,” he told The

Associated Press on Tuesday. “I just didn’t think it was going to take a break this quickly.” Pearl will make his debut Nov. 14 and will host a three-hour call-in show twice a week starting in January. He wanted to stay around basketball even if he doesn’t coach again, so Pearl and his agent let broadcasters know he was interested. “Of course I had some concern because of the way my tenure at Tennessee ended,” he said of whether anyone would hire him so soon. Pearl was cited for unethical conduct for lying to investigators in June 2010 about improperly hosting recruits at his home. If college basketball’s hot topic of the day is ever a team under NCAA investigation, Pearl says he will “absolutely” dive into the conversation.

and battled some wonderful opponents. We’re very excited to be a part of the NCAA Tournament and also excited to be playing at home on Saturday.” Ticket prices at Regal Stadium will be $7 for adults, $3 for both UT and Ohio State students (must show your valid student ID at the ticket office during normal business hours or on game day) and $1 for children ages five and under. Gates at the stadium will open one hour prior to kick-off or at 1 p.m. ET. The Tennessee ticket office is open Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. They can be reached by phone at 1-800-332-VOLS (8657) or you can now begin ordering tickets online 24 hours a day/seven days a week at UTTix.com. UT holds a 10-7-2 all-time record in eight previous appearances in the NCAA Tournament, having participated in the annual showcase event during each season over a stretch from 2001-2008. The Big Orange has also advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 on five separate occasions (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007) with the last appearance occurring back on Nov. 24, 2007, in Portland, Ore., against the home-standing Portland Pilots (L, 0-3). Tennessee’s last participation among the “Field of 64” came back on Nov. 14, 2008, when UT dropped a 2-0 decision in Chapel Hill, N.C., to Charlotte.