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Girls on the Run gives students chance to volunteer, Students warned of danger involving indecent images, extortion impact next generation Lindsay added that this is especially true for those stuJamie Greig

Lawyer speaks on Internet etiquette

dents who live on campus.

“The burden of proof for criminal cases is usually around A nationally recognized student and academic rights 75 percent,” Lindsay said. “But, for on-campus disciplinary attorney told students last Thursday to be as vigilant hearings the standard of proof is around 51 percent.”

Lindsay explained that if you are seen online even holdonline as they are offline. ing an alcoholic product on campus property, or breaking In a talk organized by the Issues Committee, lawyer C.L. any other rule, then you will be found guilty.

Lindsay spoke to a group of more than 30 students in the Lindsay told students about the case of Cameron Walker, Cox auditorium. former president of Fisher College SGA of Boston, Mass., “Would you put 50 pictures of yourself smoking weed up on campus property, or steal a DVD from Best Buy?” expelled from the university for being a part of a Facebook group that targeted a police officer.

Lindsay said. “No, well don’t do it online either.”

The group attempted to have a campus officer fired by Lindsay spoke at length about the need for students to provoking him using methods of assault. Walker was tarbe aware that the same laws and social standards that apply geted as he was in an elevated position at the university, outside of the web also apply on the Internet. even though he had not even posted on the group.

Lindsay is the executive director and founder of the Lindsay also added that beyond the boundaries of the Coalition for Student and Academic Rights (CO-STAR). university, 75 percent of recruiters admit to actively checkHis organization helps students across America with legal ing, and making judgments problems and is, to his based on, individual social netknowledge, the only free legal work pages. advice available to the college “Would you walk into a job community. application and tell them that “We get about 10,000 your primary interest is boorequests a month and are able bies?”

Lindsay said. “If not, to touch about five percent of then don’t put that kind of them,” Lindsay said. thing on your profile, either.”

Lindsay’s talk was accomLindsay also warned stupanied by a slideshow featurdents to always have their ing his own action figures security settings set to maxidepicting his various areas of mum and check them every discussion. time there is an update.

One area of concern for “Right now there are students, Lindsay said, is the approximately 15,000 sexual distribution of indecent predators online in America images. actively looking for their next Lindsay warned students target,” Lindsay said. that over the age of 18 there He told students not to are no laws to prevent the make themselves a target by distribution of indecent putting up provocative images, images. adding that profile photos “Once an image is in the • Photo courtesy of Melissa Winchell/uwosh.edu should be kept as neutral as public domain it is virtually impossible to stop these C.L. Lindsay speaks to students at the University of possible so as not to attract images being spread,” Wisconsin, Oshkosh on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. the wrong kind of attention.

Lindsay spoke with students at UT about keeping “Watch out for pictures of Lindsay said. their privacy safe online and how to act online to where you live, know that Lindsay also warned keep within the bounds of the law. smart phones GPS tag images against the online issue of and never post physical “sextortion.” addresses online,” Lindsay said.

He cited the case of 17-year-old Trevor Shea, of Finally Lindsay showed a gallery of convicted online sex Mechanicsville, Md., who obtained indecent screen shots offenders, asking students to remember their faces every of girls in Indiana.

Shea then located the girls through Facebook and threat- time they decide to post something online.

“Also, don’t be afraid to get help if you think you are in ened to send the images to their entire friend list if they trouble,” he said. did not send him more images. After blackmailing several “He spoke about a lot of things that college students girls, Shea was eventually caught and is currently serving a really need to know,” Maggie Hannah, senior in political 2- to 3-year jail sentence. science and Issues Committee member, said. “It was On the issue of social media, Lindsay warned students informative and entertaining.” to be especially vigilant about their privacy.

Kara Gallagher, senior in political science and Issues “Have no expectations of privacy,” he said. “The fourth amendment’s reasonable expectation of privacy is based on Committee member, explained that after Lindsay’s talk she an actual belief that the things are private, but this belief was going home to update her Facebook security settings.

“The stories he mentioned about sexual predators online must be reasonable according to the law.” really touched home,” Gallagher said.

Staff Writer

Deborah Ince Staff Writer UT students are involved in dozens of volunteer opportunities that help to spread encouragement and positivity throughout the community. This fall, a number of UT female students have begun to dedicate their time to coaching 8- to 11-yearold girls in Girls on the Run — a non-profit organization that, through self-esteem and character-building workouts, aims to instill healthy lifestyle choices within young girls and to empower them to pursue their dreams.

The program addresses issues such as bullying and negative self-esteem to deter girls from making negative, at-risk decisions in the future.

Girls on the Run is a 10-week program, during which time the girls meet twice a week with volunteer coaches and are trained to compete in an end-ofseason 5K run. Multiple sites across the United States sponsor the program, and in Anderson, Knox, Loudon and Sevier counties alone, there are currently 22 established Girls on the Run sites.

Elizabeth Wallace, sophomore in nursing, is a volunteer Girls on the Run coach at Cecil Webb Recreation Center.

“I found out about Girls on the Run through my sorority, Chi Omega,” Wallace said. “I decided to volunteer because I wanted to be a mentor and a friend to these girls and teach them how a healthy lifestyle can help make a happy and fulfilling life. I really enjoy seeing the girls’ faces light up every day when we (the two coaches) arrive ... (and) when they realize that they can actually run/walk much more than they ever expected to do.”

Cecil Webb looks after 80-90 kids each day with two staff members on hand. It is a free childcare service that is extremely beneficial for both the kids at the center and their parents — many of whom work long hours during the week.

Center leader Kent Johnson said Cecil Webb greatly appreciates the Girls on the Run program.

“Here at the center we help to prepare kids for the future.

We try to cultivate a sense of family and positive achievement,” Johnson said. “The Girls on the Run program is incredible. The more positive female role models, the better the chance for positivity. It gives them something to aspire to be.”

This year, Dogwood Elementary School student Kayla Harris is participating in the Girls on the Run program for the second year.

“When I did it, it was fun, and all the girls were nice to me,” Harris said. “It’s for girls who bully people. They can start Girls on the Run and it tells them how to not bully people.”

“I really appreciate the volunteers of UT students,” Johnson said, and he encouraged all UT students and organizations to come out and volunteer. “This is where you make a difference.

You want to see a change? You have to be the change you want to see in the world. I like to call it the ‘Positive Ripple Effect.’

Every positive action you do to improve the world around you continues to ripple out past what you can see.”

Both Cecil Webb and Girls on the Run aim to instill a sense of accomplishment within young kids and to show them that they truly can be successful in anything they set out to achieve.

“There are three things we try to get through to kids,” Johnson said. “One: Do everything the right way every time.

Two: Put great effort into everything you do. And three: Be better tomorrow than you were today. Have you ever heard of anyone doing those three things and not succeeding? If you do those three things, you’re not going to fail; you’re going to be all right.”

Girls on the Run will be completing their 5K run on Nov. 20 at Tyson Park at 3 p.m. On Oct. 9, the organization is also holding a fundraiser at Fleming’s Steakhouse-Turkey Creek.

Tickets are $100, with all proceeds going to the Girls on the Run scholarship program.

Tourist plane crashes in Nepal The Associated Press KATMANDU, Nepal — A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest crashed while attempting to land in Nepal on Sunday, killing all 19 people on board, including 13 foreigners, officials said.

Ten Indians, two Americans and one Japanese were among the victims, Tourism Secretary Ganeshraj Joshi said.

The turboprop plane belonging to Buddha Air was also carrying three Nepalese passengers and three crew members when it crashed in Bisankunarayan village, just a few miles (kilometers) south of the capital, Katmandu.

A witness, Haribol Poudel, told Avenues Television that the plane hit the roof of a house in the village and broke into several pieces. No casualties were reported on the ground.

Poudel said it was foggy and visibility was very low in the mountainous area.

Rewant Kuwar, an official at Katmandu’s international airport rescue office, said 18 bodies were pulled out of the plane’s wreckage, and another victim died after being rushed to a hospital.

The two Americans were identified as Andrew Wade and Natalie Neilan, while the Japanese citizen was Toshinori

Uejima. Their hometowns and other details were not immediately known.

The Beechcraft 1900D plane — manufactured by Raytheon Aircraft, now known as Hawker Beechcraft — had taken the passengers to view Mount Everest and other peaks on a one-hour “mountain flight” and was returning to Katmandu.

The government ordered an investigation into the crash.

The weather on Sunday morning was foggy and the visibility was poor around Katmandu, according to meteorologist Rajendra Shrestha.

The surrounding mountains were enveloped in fog and it was raining at the time of the crash.

The bodies were flown by army helicopter to Katmandu airport and transported to the Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital for postmortems.

Relatives of the Nepalese victims waited outside the hospital to claim the bodies, but were told by police that they would only be able to do so on Monday. Most Nepalese believe that people have to be cremated within a day of their deaths.

Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon Officials from the Indian and Kevin McClenathan, sophomore in architecture, looks at a painting in the Ewing Gallery’s installation of U.S. embassies visited the hos- “Immersed in Color: E-Cyclorama” featuring paintings by Sanford Wurmfeld. The gallery will be on exhibit pital but did not speak to through Thursday, Oct. 27. media.

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Matthew Roelofs, undecided freshman, Anthony DeMaio, junior in philosophy and English, and Casey Goo, junior in special education, study next to the Pedestrian Mall on Monday, Aug. 29.

1820 — The famous frontiersman Daniel Boone dies in Missouri On this day in 1820 the great pioneering frontiersman Daniel Boone dies quietly in his sleep at his son’s home near present-day Defiance, Missouri.

The indefatigable voyager was 86.

Boone was born in 1734 to Quaker parents living in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Following a squabble with the Pennsylvania Quakers, Boone’s family decided to head south and west for less crowded regions, and they eventually settled in the Yadkin Valley of North Carolina. There the young Daniel Boone began his life-long love for wilderness, spending long days exploring the still relatively unspoiled forests and mountains of the region.

An indifferent student who never learned to write more than a crude sentence or two, Boone’s passion was for the outdoors, and he quickly became a superb marksman, hunter and woodsman.

Never satisfied to stay put for very long, Boone soon began making ever longer and more ambitious journeys into the relatively unexplored lands to the west. In May of 1769, Boone and five companions crossed over the Cumberland Gap and explored along the south fork of the Kentucky River.

Impressed by the fertility and relative emptiness of the land — although the native inhabitants hardly considered it to be empty — Boone returned in 1773 with his family, hoping to establish a permanent settlement. An Indian attack prevented that

first attempt from succeeding, but Boone returned two years later to open the route that became known as Boone’s Trace (or the Wilderness Road) between the Cumberland Gap and a new settlement along the Kentucky River called Fortress Boonesboro. After years of struggles against both Native Americans and British soldiers, Boonesboro eventually became one of the most important gateways for the early American settlement of the Trans-Appalachian West.

Made a legend in his own time by John Filson’s “Boone Autobiography” and Lord Byron’s depiction of him as the quintessential frontiersman in the book Don Juan, Boone became a symbol of the western pioneering spirit for many Americans.

Ironically, though, Boone’s fame and his success in opening the Trans-Appalachian West to large-scale settlement later came to haunt him. Having lost his Kentucky land holdings by failing to properly register them, Boone moved even further west in 1799, trying to escape the civilized regions he had been so instrumental in creating. Finally settling in Missouri — though he never stopped dreaming of continuing westward — he lived out the rest of his life doing what he loved best: hunting and trapping in a fertile wild land still largely untouched by the Anglo pioneers who had followed the path he blazed to the West.

— This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

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Haslam joins in education reform The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam on Friday joined President Barack Obama for a White House announcement that states will be given more freedom to opt out of key parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law.

Haslam in his introduction of the Democratic president said the most informed education decisions are made at the state and local levels and that Tennessee has made significant strides toward improving standards.

“As a Republican governor, I may not always agree with this administration on policy issues or the proper role of the federal government,” Haslam said. “But I do believe that when there are things we can work on together, we should.”

The changes to the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law will allow states to apply for waivers to the requirement that all children must show they are proficient in reading and math by 2014. The Obama administration will grant those requests if states meet certain conditions, such as imposing standards to prepare students for college and careers and setting evaluation standards for teachers and principals.

“We’re going to let states, schools and teachers come up with innovative ways to give our children

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the need to compete for the jobs of the future,” Obama said. “Because what works in Rhode Island may not be the same thing that works in Tennessee.”

Haslam said he agreed with that approach.

“I look forward to the federal government narrowing its role in education and allowing Tennessee the flexibility to abide by its own rigorous standards,” Haslam said.

Tennessee was a $500 million winner in the first round of the Obama administration’s Race to the Top grant competition last year after enacting a new law requiring data to comprise half of each teacher’s evaluation, easing restrictions on charter schools and establishing a statewide school district specifically for failing schools.

Those changes were agreed to by the state’s main teachers’ unions, in stark contrast to a subsequent round of changes this year on tenure rules and collective bargaining rights that proved far more divisive.

Tennessee formally requested a waiver on the No Child Left Behind law in July. Haslam told reporters later on that he hopes his invitation to Washington bodes well for that request.

Haslam said he also recognizes that there might have been other reasons he was invited to play such a prominent role in the Obama event.

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Guest Column Dismantling American Ego: Part Two A wealthy nation of 65 million people, France was defining Western culture long before the United States was even a colony of the British Empire. As the only European power the U.S. has never been to war with, you would think we would value the opinion of the French Republic. Or what about Germany, for that matter? What about all the Nordic nations with safe societies and growing economies? And does a nation need to be wealthy and educated by Western standards to develop a valuable opinion?

I don’t need to create a hypothetical world community, however, to imagine how opinions might have been shared or advice might have been given and taken in our vulnerable days. On the eve of the Iraq War, the United States went against the opinion of the United Nations, which had obliged our government in looking for weapons of mass destruction, but, having found none, advised us against invading Iraq. So when the periodicals ask this week, again and again, “How could we have known?” the answer is already there.

Most peaceful nations, excepting our small coalition, thought America was either persuaded by fear or politically motivated, an accusation which I believe can be attributed to the American people and the government, respectively.

In short, any Frenchman would think it absurd that the United States felt alone after 9/11 because, that morning, the American experience became a world affair. French were talking to other French about it.

French were talking to Germans, Germans to Italians, Italians to Albanians, and so on. So did someone leave us out of the loop?

No. Even I as a 14-year-old could see that the Bush administration’s reasons to invade Iraq were less than shaky; they were ludicrous. The only thing that wasn’t obvious is that we would get ourselves into a war we couldn’t get out of, but it seems that a little knowledge of the history of Iraq is all one would have needed to see that.

America has everything it needs to reduce its mistakes and cooperate with the world for the good of the world: an enormous amount of natural resources, outstanding universities, a generally wealthy population and a music culture that unites the world. Blame it on our isolated geography, our history as a colony made independent, our lack of experience with limited resources; but whatever it is that is making us feel separate from the rest of the world is certainly psychological and not reality.

So what is my American identity like 10 years after the crisis now that I am a temporary ex-patriot writing home to my fellow Americans from France? Not an easy question to answer, but in fact the French force

me to answer it all the time. “Est-ce qu’il te manque, ton pays?” which means, literally translated, “Is it lacking to you, your country?” And my answer has always been the same: “No, not really. Just my family and my friends.

And I miss Tennessee in the fall, and the Appalachian Mountains. And of course the music, too — blues, bluegrass, folk, jazz — the best in the world. And I really miss the feeling of America, the Wild West, the open spaces, the cheap coffee and donuts, New York City, Woody Guthrie, dirty sunsets, road trips, my school newspaper, the neighborhood swimming pool, my old elementary school...”

But if I get too carried away, I start to worry. It’s dangerous, after all. Because after all of that, I won’t say I miss America because I don’t want to get involved in the ego dilemma. I don’t want to get myself entangled in the “with us or against us” bipolarism, the manic depressive egoism, Americans thinking their country is the worst country in the world or the best country in the world, or worse, the only country. I refuse to be trapped because I know better. The United States of American is just another country — unique, yes, superpowerful, sure — but nothing absolute. We’re still young, still in transition. This could be the beginning of the end or just the end of the beginning. Europeans look on with curiousity sometimes, or sometimes they just go about their business. Germany has got to shake off its Nazi identity by being uber-open-minded. France has got to focus on its immigration debates. And I don’t know much about the East, but I bet China isn’t feeling very small after all.

So on this Sept. 11, I feel more than ever a part of what happened 10 years ago. A victim, a traumatized child, a Woody Guthrie wondering what will become of my land and your land. But I can tell that it’s still not safe to take back my identity as an “American.” My heart goes out to the land, the people, the music, the legends and everything else that made me who I am, everything that gives me an edge when I find myself at a soirée and I tell people where I’m from and they say “Oh, Tennessee! Putain! That’s cool!” and after a few minutes of admiration everything goes back to normal.

But what I refuse to commemorate is the American ego, not because I’m an enemy but because I have an ego as well and I’m starting to figure out how they work, how dangerous and unhealthy they can be if they aren’t put into perspective by the process of coming out of oneself and looking around to see one is not alone at all.

— Amien Essif is a senior in english. He can be reached at aessif@utk.edu.

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Religion strongly influences voters Off the Deep End by

Derek Mullins It was not all that long ago that I can remember overhearing a conversation between a couple of ardent Christians about their doubts over whether or not President Obama was capable of meeting their standards as to how spiritual an American president should be. Now, most would probably either say that they can relate to this question or outright condemn it as a potential basis for discrimination. After all, at the very core of the matter, they are talking about withholding their support from a leader solely based on his private religious views. As much as I would like to say that I don’t take the faith of a candidate into consideration when evaluating their fit for political office, I do. There is, however, a bit of a twist to my discriminations as opposed to most, but we’ll get to that in a bit.

Now, withholding support from a candidate and/or voting or campaigning against a candidate based on their religion is nothing new. After all, the Constitution of the United States was ratified in 1788, but it was not until 1960 that a Catholic was able to ascend to the presidency when John F. Kennedy won his bid for the White House against Richard Nixon. Along the same lines, it was not until Joe Biden was sworn into office in the aftermath of the 2008 presidential election that the nation had its first Catholic vice-president.

Candidates across the country usually have to attend some religious gathering and commit a display of spiritual devotion in order to gain traction with certain portions of the electorate. Whether it is over concerns over a candidate’s morality, dedication or personal philosophy, there is just something about seeing a politician pray that seems to sit well with voters.

As I stated, I too take a politician’s religion into account when deciding whether or not I deem them worthy of receiving my vote. The aforementioned difference?

If they are too devout, I won’t vote for them.

Now, before you true believers start gnashing your teeth and writing me nasty e-mails, just hear me out …

Despite all claims to the contrary and the efforts of

Supreme Court Justices like Antonin Scalia, there is a certain principle drawn from the Bill of Rights that Americans hold sacred. (See what I did there?) It’s called the separation of church and state. Sure, the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause may not preclude fundamentalists from serving in office, but the founders envisioned a secular state. Such a vision necessitates the need for leaders who are able to separate their personal beliefs (or lack thereof) and the decisions they have to make about their constituents.

Some of this nation’s most revered presidents — Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, to name a couple — were secular. As time goes on, however, we seem to be moving away from their legacies towards more evangelical leaders like George W. Bush, who even went so far as to establish an official office for “faithbased initiatives.” I don’t know about you, but that sounds like the actions of a man who isn’t able to differentiate what is best for his spiritual well-being with his governing style.

That office, by the way, still exists today as the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships under the Obama regime. Apparently the president still fancies himself to be a community organizer at heart.

The precedent of opposing fundamentalist politicians is not at all new in the Western world. In Turkey, for instance, many have a desire for a non-secular rule, and there have been attempts to put more fundamentalist Muslim regimes into power. Thankfully for the prosperity and stability of their democracy, however, the Turkish military long opposed such factions, and they have repeatedly deposed sitting executives who they believe to be threats to their republic before moving to get more secular politicians placed into power. Think of it as the actions and will of a sort of pro-secularism Cincinnatus.

Look, I know that it is wrong to judge someone for any reason, especially for their religion, but there is no avoiding the fact that there is an essential need for levelheaded minds to preside over governmental duties in order for a separation of church and state to exist and flourish. Discrimination isn’t a pretty thing, but sometimes it is simply unavoidable.

If the Republicans manage to get Rick Perry, Mitt Romney or any of their other loons into the White House, we might just have to place a call to Istanbul.

— Derek Mullins is a senior in political science. He can be reached at dmullin5@utk.edu.

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On Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was officially repealed. Homosexuals in the military can now express their sexuality without being discharged. “Pro-family” groups and the Religious Right have been crawling out of the woodwork to express how the military will collapse and God will smite us for condoning homosexuals.

Apparently they believe that soldiers will now be more concerned about whether the cute new recruit is into them or not, rather than paying attention to the war going on around them. The repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell will have little-tono negative effect on the military. Homosexuals have been serving in the military as long as the Navy has been full of seamen, and neither will end.

The military is not going to stop killing people just because some soldiers like other soldiers of the same sex.

I want to congratulate the “pro-family” groups for their clever perversion of the phrase. “Profamily” has become synonymous with “probigotry” in that the only family values they support are those that promote same-race heterosexual marriages. Instead of actually caring about providing a stable home for children to be brought up in, they force feed their zealotry and condemnation of others. Being “pro-family” now means that you despise those of other races, religions, sexuality, etc. rather than actually wanting children to be raised healthily.

“The Daily Show” did a PSA for John McCain, who fought and stalled as best he could against the repeal, called “It Gets Worse.” In it, the Daily Show correspondents explain how history will view him.

Homosexuals are going to eventually be given equal rights. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is just the beginning of it. When documentaries are made about the gay rights movement, John McCain and these “profamily” groups will be the bad guys. The ones who made the statements that make you, the viewer, cringe in disgust. In documentaries about the Civil Rights movement and desegregation, they frequently show clips of men like George Wallace, who in his inaugural speech vowed “segregation

now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” as he stood in the entrance of an all-white school, blocking two black students from entering and enrolling.

The fear of homosexuality is astonishing to me, as it should be to almost everyone. There is nothing unnatural about homosexuality and it is not a disease of any sort. Homosexuals are not rabid, lust-driven animals hunting for heterosexuals to turn gay. I literally cannot comprehend the sheer ignorance that these “pro-family” groups try to portray as truths. I have almost never been the subject of this kind of bigotry. The closest comparison I can think of is being ostracized by my peers for my atheism, but that is hardly comparable to the sheer unbalanced hatred that homosexuals have to deal with. I, like many others, want to do what I can to help those who are berated by these ingrates and I plan to add as much support into the cause as I possibly can.

This ignorant fear of those who are different needs to stop. Xenophobia is the source of many of America’s problems: racism, homophobia and the multitude of religions (or lack thereof) that ignorant Americans fear. As an egalitarian, this blatant disregard for the humanity of others is appalling. The fact that some people deem some groups to be lower than them simply because the group falls under a specific category is one of the most rage-inducing crocks of nonsense in existence.

There is no valid reason why one group is superior to another simply because they have a different skin tone or belief.

Everybody is different; as the old cliché goes: “You are a unique snowflake, there is no one else like you.” Instead of fearing this difference between our peers, we should embrace it. Creativity and expression is often silenced out of fear of rejection.

Questions remain unasked and answers undiscovered. By stifling the differences in all of us, you are stifling the proliferation of culture and expression. This stifling of differences creates a fear of being different, of being unique, and instills a sense of self-loathing for those who are different.

Homosexuals get sent to “straight camps” by their ignorant families where they are mentally and physically abused. Stop the hatred, the violence, the ignorance and embrace our individuality.

Individuality is what created America and what drives us forward. Ignorance is not bliss, individuality is.

— Aaron Moyer is a junior in philosophy. He can be reached at amoyer3@utk.edu.

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Dental Armageddon: Part Five Orchestra plays Armstrong tribute Olivia Cooper Staff Writer Spencer Truth D.D.S. was currently operating out of his home in the suburbs.

He had no wife or kids to tell him not to, and his parents lived on the other side of the country. He had been through with school for three years and had inherited a small fortune upon completing his education.

Harriet looked around Spencer’s office and realized it was his dining room. He had bought instruments and chairs to mask the fact that it was his own home.

“Like it?” Spencer asked, as he showed off his tools. They looked newer than Harriet’s. “This is all of my inheritance, plus the supplies I have in the den — all sanitary, all in proper order.”

“Spencer,” Harriet interrupted. “Why are you doing this?”

“If inspections were still around, I believe that I would pass it with flying colors as well,” he continued. “No customers have complained yet either.”

“How many people do you have in a day?” she asked.

“Oh, I work 12-hour days now,” he said with pride, pretending to dust off his shoulders. “Just however many I can fit into that, I guess — have to sleep at some point.”

“Why are you taking all of my patients?” she asked, sharply.

Spencer took a seat and motioned for Harriet to do the same. She didn’t sit down.

“I’m not taking them,” he protested.

“They came to me. I’m offering free everything, while you think that second moon isn’t going to collide with us soon. What is the prediction now, Saturday?”

Harriet took an examining mirror, rolled up her sleeve and rubbed her forearm.

“Spencer, I’m sorry for how it ended with us, but you have to understand why,” Harriet said, poking and prodding her arm with the mirror. She winced at a spot just below her elbow. “Right there is a tumor growing on this bone, my forearm.

Doctors don’t know if it is malignant or benign, and I don’t want to find out. I do want my old patients back and to resume my life the way it was until it ends, down

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“I’m looking forward to putting it all together,” Gordon said. “I think it will be Each spring, the UT Cultural Attractions interesting to be a part of the orchestra as well Committee takes a retreat to decide upon the as a leader.”

Gordon is excited for another reason, too cultural programming that will be available to UT students and faculty during the following — he gets to perform in honor of one of his heroes and musical inspirations: Louis year.

While the committee takes many factors Armstrong. “(Armstrong’s) music was the first jazz into account, most important to the decision recording I ever had,” Gordon said. “I was 12 is diversity. They want the people at UT and years old and couldn’t even define jazz yet, in the Knoxville community to be exposed to just that it was uplifting and I wanted to play new ideas, new cultures and new people.

“I think the community benefits by attend- it.”

For him, this is a ing our performancchance to pay tribute es,” committee chairto one of his greatest person Meredith heroes.

Whitfield said. “We “Armstrong was especially want our and is phenomenal,” students to broaden Gordon said. “Both their horizons culturas a musician and a ally.” person, he meant so With this idea in much to so many mind, the committee people.” selected “Hello, Pops!

Although it’s a A Tribute to Louis tribute concert, both Armstrong featuring Gordon and the KJO Wycliffe Gordon and hope to put a unique the Knoxville Jazz spin on Armstrong’s Orchestra” to be style. shown on Sept. 27 at “Because of the the Bijou Theatre.

KJO influence and Due to overwhelming Gordon’s talent, I response, the show is think it will serve as now sold out. a tribute while still “I feel like the past being a more origifew years we have nal adaptation than focused on bluegrass most people have music, so we switched seen before,” to jazz because it has• Photo courtesy of jazzstar.co.uk Whitfield said. n’t been done in a The UT Cultural while,” Whitfield said. Louis Armstrong plays his trumpet during “The response has a perfomance late in his career. A t t r a c t i o n s been outstanding, it’s Armstrong is set to be featured in “Hello, Committee hopes to going to be a great Pops! A Tribute to Louis Armstrong fea- attract a variety of turing Wycliffe Gordon and the Knoxville UT students and turnout.”

Jazz Orchestra,” which will be shown a staff through their The show features the Bijou Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 27. cultural series that Wycliffe Gordon, a continues this year.

Georgia native and world-renowned jazz musician and composer Through the coming months, they will be switching their focus to include modern dance — Olivia Cooper is a senior in creative who specializes in trombone. He has pertroupes and ballets. The Les Ballet writing. She can be reached at formed with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Lionel Hampton, two legends who have made Trockadero will be coming to the Clarence ocooper@utk.edu. large contributions to jazz music. The Brown Theatre on Jan. 26, followed by To read parts 1-4, visit http://utdailybea- Knoxville Jazz Orchestra (KJO) contacted Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet performing him after he performed at an international Moulin Rouge on March 29. Both of these are con.com/staff/profiles/olivia-cooper/ trombone festival in Nashville. Gordon is just $5 for students with a student ID.

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to every last detail.”

“People wouldn’t—,” Spencer started.

“Just turn down a few,” Harriet pleaded. “Send them to me. Tell them I charge but do great work. Tell them to just act like we charge. I’ll tell Mrs. Marshall to pretend we bill them. Tell them I need this. Tell them that every day that goes by without one person in my office is another day that this little mass in my arm grows bigger or the meteor gets closer. Tell them I can’t keep that in mind anymore. Tell them, Spencer.”

Spencer rifled through his desk and retrieved something clutched inside his fist. He laid it on the spot Harriet showed him and flattened his hand on top. It was cold on her skin.

“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more,” he said. “Neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” He paused and looked at her, lifting his hand to reveal the imprint of the crucifix on Harriet’s skin. He put the cross away, smiling at her.

Harriet’s looks volleyed between him and her arm. “What am I now, healed?” she asked. He smiled and crossed his arms across his chest.

“You will be soon,” he said. “I wanted to give you some comfort. It helps me.”

“That there won’t be any pain because we’re dead? Spencer. I just want a few patients to keep my mind off of this meteor thing. I don’t want somebody pressing religious knickknacks into my arm.”

“Harriet, I can’t face Judgment Day knowing I have turned anyone away or not helped others in their time of need. As a God-fearing man, I just can’t.”

“Do you even feel remorse for leaving us during all this?”

“I didn’t know about your arm. I felt that I had a calling.”

Harriet rolled her sleeve back down and took up her purse. She turned to leave. “It’s just teeth, Spencer. You’re not saving lives here.”

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Millionaire convicted of murder The Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — A millionaire developer who lived in the same central Florida neighborhood as Tiger Woods and other celebrities was convicted Saturday of murdering his wife in their mansion.

The six jurors deliberated more than 12 hours over two days before finding Bob Ward guilty of second-degree murder. The two-week trial took place in the same courthouse where the Casey Anthony case was tried this summer.

Ward was stoic as the verdict was read. Before the verdict, he hugged his two college-aged daughters as the women wept.

He faces up to life in prison when he’s sentenced in November.

Ward was accused of shooting of his wife, Diane, in September 2009.The slaying happened days before she was to give a deposition in a lawsuit alleging that he blew millions of dollars on big houses and expensive cars while his business failed. Defense attorneys said that Ward’s wife was suicidal, and that he was trying to stop her from killing herself. Ward never took the stand in

his defense.

Defense attorney Kirk Kirkconnell said he plans to appeal the verdict and request a new trial.

Kirkconnell said jurors may have been more likely to convict Ward as the result of Casey Anthony’s trial. The Florida mother was acquitted this summer of killing her 2-year-old daughter in a verdict that surprised followers of the case.

“What happened to Casey Anthony certainly makes it more difficult for any defendant, probably anywhere in the state of Florida, to get a fair trial,” Kirkconnell said. “I think there is a widely held belief, or prejudice, based on the Casey Anthony case because people may have felt that that verdict was not the proper verdict.”

During closing arguments Thursday, prosecutor Robin Wilkinson used Ward’s own words against him by playing a 911 recording in which he told a dispatcher five times, “I just shot my wife.”

After Saturday's verdict, Wilkinson said she felt sorry for the Wards’ two daughters, who had lost a mother and were now losing a father to prison. But she said justice had been served.

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Joe Brink runs past a defender on the way to scoring a try during a match against Kentucky during the SEC 7’s Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 24. The UT Men’s Rugby club brought home the championship for the second year in a row, securing an invitation to the 2011 Collegiate Rugby 7’s Championship in Miami in December.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Texas A&M set to join SEC The Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —Texas A&M is set to join the Southeastern Conference, the league said Sunday, apparently signaling that legal hurdles have been cleared for the Aggies to leave the Big 12.

The SEC announced Sunday that the move will be effective next July, and said Texas A&M will participate in all sports during the 2012-13 academic year. That gives the SEC 13 members and its first addition since South Carolina and Arkansas in 1992.

The Aggies’ defection from the Big 12 had been held up by the possibility of legal action from Baylor and other members, who would not waive their rights to sue the school and the SEC. The statement released by the SEC did not mention that situation, and spokesman Charles Bloom did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

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“We are excited to begin competition in the nation’s premier athletic conference,” Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin said in the statement.

It’s unclear if the SEC will add a 14th member for next season or go with unbalanced divisions. Other rumored possibilities have included the Big 12’s Missouri and West Virginia of the Big East.

Texas A&M initiated the courtship in July, unhappy with rival Texas’ Longhorn Network and setting off a tumultuous period for the Big 12.

The Aggies, who play Arkansas Saturday in Arlington, give the SEC entry into major TV markets such as Houston and Dallas.

“Texas A&M is a nationally prominent institution on and off the field and a great fit for the SEC tradition of excellence—athletically, academically and culturally,” Commissioner Mike Slive said in the statement.

Four Big 12 teams—Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State—had explored moving to the Pac-12, which decided not to expand this year.

Oklahoma President David Boren said the nine remaining schools besides Texas A&M agreed last week to give a six-year grant of their first- and second-tier television rights to the Big 12 for the next six years. That means all revenue from the top television games—shown currently on networks owned by ABC/ESPN and Fox—would continue to go to the Big 12 even if a school bolts to another league.

That deal, however, had not been finalized.

The Big 12 also ousted Commissioner Dan Beebe last week after five years and replaced him with former Big Eight Commissioner Chuck Neinas on an interim basis.

A&M’s official departure from the Big 12 was considered the next step needed to determine where this round of conference realignment is headed.

Once that is done, the SEC can decide on a 14th member, if it wants one and the Big 12 can replace the Aggies.

Titans top Broncos, 17-14 The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans won the game. How long they’ll lose receiver Kenny Britt remains to be seen, though it didn’t look good as he limped to the sideline.

Matt Hasselbeck threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Daniel Graham with 4:24 left, and the Titans rallied for a 17-14 victory over the Denver Broncos on Sunday.

The Titans (2-1) lost Britt, the AFC’s leading receiver, when his right knee buckled underneath him in the second quarter, and he was carted to the locker room. Hasselbeck found other players to throw to, including Graham, whose first catch of the season came against his former team.

Hasselbeck passed for 311 yards and two touchdowns to lead Tennessee to its second straight win.

The Titans intercepted Kyle Orton twice, sacked him once and also stopped Willis McGahee on fourth-and-goal at the 1 early in the fourth quarter.

Denver (1-2) drove to the Titans 38 before Will Witherspoon sacked Orton, and two plays later, Jason Jones batted Orton’s pass into the air.

Witherspoon picked it off with 1:39 left to seal the victory.

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Lady Vols upset No. 6 Florida, 4-2 The Florida Gators did not want to give up just yet, though. A minute and a half into the second half, they were Will Stokes given a golden opportunity as they were awarded a penalty Staff Writer kick. The junior midfielder/forward Erika Tymrak put one by UT goalie Julie Eckel to make the score 3-1.

The No. 11-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols started the weekThe Lady Vols played a very reserved game in the second end off suffering a tough 2-1 overtime loss in half, the complete opposite their first SEC game against the South of how they played, and Carolina Gamecocks. They then went on to dominated, in the first face their toughest opponent so far this seahalf. The Gators capitalson in the Florida Gators, ranked No. 6 ized on two defensive misnationally. cues to put themselves The Lady Vols recorded four goals against only one goal back with 26 Florida for the first time in program history minutes remaining in the in a 4-2 victory. This also extended their fivegame. game unbeaten streak against Florida in Despite all of the Knoxville, as the Gators have failed to come Gators’ efforts, the sterling to Rocky Top and win since 1999. performance from Owens “We obviously had to change our tactics continued as she completto suit Florida,” coach Angela Kelly said, ed her hat trick on a break“but we did push on being very active on away goal with five minoffense and staying strong in the back. We utes remaining. Brown treat every team somewhat equally and we recorded her second assist don’t like to pay attention to rankings. Every of the game on that goal, game is as important as the last and even and put the Gators away though Florida is a tough opponent, we must for good. treat them the same.”

“I knew once I got the The Lady Vols decided to set the tempo ball that we were only up in the game against Florida, as senior for3-2 and Florida was closward Emily Dowd assisted the junior Alexis ing in,” Owens said. “So I Owens as she squeaked one by in the fifth had to give us one more to Marigrace Angelo • The Daily Beacon minute from the right wing past UF freshbe confident that we would Alexis Owens drives past a defender during finish off the game. I never man goalkeeper Taylor Burke.

After some very strong defense and a a match against Coastal Carolina on Friday, thought coming in that I relentless and non-stop high pressure Sept. 16. Owens helped lead the Lady Vols, would get three goals, offense, the Lady Vols took control as Dowd with a hat trick, to a 4-2 upset of No. 6- especially against Florida, finished off a three-on-two breakaway, assist- ranked Florida. and record a game-winning ed by sophomore forward Caroline Brown in goal. However, I couldn’t the 33rd minute of the game. The Lady Vols were on a mis- have done it without my team and Caroline Brown sending sion to deliver a message to the rest of the nation that they me some great passes.” are for real, as they went up on the Gators 2-0.

The Lady Vols survived what some would call a scare to Nine minutes before halftime, the Lady Vols put away their complete the upset over the Florida Gators. They now move third goal as Owens recorded her second of the game, unas- to a 8-2 overall record, and 1-1 in SEC play. For their next sisted, making the game a 3-0 contest. game, the Lady Vols will travel to LSU, Friday at 7 p.m.

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