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Local firm donates grant to College of Law Nashville-area firm donates $100,000 to support diversity in student body Blair Kuykendall News Editor The UT College of Law has recently been endowed with $100,000 to support a diverse student body.

The law firm behind the Diversity Endowed Scholarship is Nashville’s Waller, Lansden Dortch & Davis. The firm hosted an inaugural luncheon on Thursday to introduce their benevolent funding. Various public officials, attorneys and leaders within the Nashville community were in attendance.

Doug Blaze, Dean of UT’s College of Law, accepted the award on behalf of the institution and its students.

“We have a strong relationship with the firm and the firm has a strong commitment to diversity, as does the law school and university,” Blaze said. “Partnering with us to help ensure that our students, and the legal profession, reflect the rich diversity of our state and nation reflects that strong commitment.”

The firm holds a prominent place in the Nashville community, with 54 of its partners currently recognized in The Best Lawyers in America rankings.

Fortunately for UT’s students, the law school has ties to Waller Lansden that run deep.

“We have a close relationship with the firm and work closely with them on professional development of our students — they hire several of our graduates every year,” Blaze said.

The law school has worked over time to develop this relationship, leading to the law firm’s contribution.

“This was an objective of the firm’s board, which has a very strong commitment to diversity,” Heather Bryan, assistant director of Development and Alumni Affairs for the law school, said.

UT alumni practicing with the firm have taken an active interest in furthering the diversity present in higher legal education.

“We are very grateful for the gift from Waller, Lansden Dortch & Davis,” Bryan said. “In these economic times, it is our goal as a development staff to continue to seek scholarship funding in order to keep the educational costs down for our

Luther King Jr. by financing the tuition of one law student recipient.

This student will be chosen based on his or her career goals, social or economic disadvantage, race, gender and unique life experiences. “(An ideal candidate) would be someone who reflects the legacy of Dr. King through their commitment to service and equality for all and who adds to the richness of our increasingly diverse student body through consideration of a wide variety of factors such as their unique personal history, experiences, ethnic and cultural background, career goals, social and economic circumstances, and age,” Blaze said.

Waller Lansden has worked to bolster the educational environment of UT law school in the past as well.

“A number of alumni members of the firm have been longtime financial contributors to the College of Law,” Blaze said.

The law school certainly benefits from their ongoing loyalty to the institution and its aims.

“The College of Law has a great group of supportive alums, and we are thankful for their time, talent and resources,” Bryan said.

In coming years, the firm plans to continue the tradition of the Martin Luther King Jr. banquet, presenting the scholarship to UT law students as part of the festivities. This year’s theme, “The Legacy, It’s Our Turn” was designed to spotlight the words and actions of King, specifically his emphasis on personal community service.

The most recent endowment is a direct consequence of the prestigious reputation the UT law program has built in the surrounding community.

Joy Hill • The Daily Beacon “The College of Law is very proud of its strong relationship The UT School of Law recently recieved $100,000 to with the practicing bar — including lawyers employed in govpromote diversity within the university’s student body. ernment service, at large, medium and small firms, in solo The funds are to be allocated for scholarship use. practice, and in business,” Blaze said. “We work hard to mainstudents. This gift caps a wonderful year of fundraising for the tain those relationships, and Waller Lansden is a great example of that. We value their support, their advice and their comCollege of Law.” John Tishler, chairman of Waller, Lansden, Dortch, & Davis, mitment to improving our profession and system of justice.”

Walter Lansden serves corporations in the U.S. and internais a graduate of UT’s law program. Tishler and his firm have tionally, dealing with areas of litigation and regulation complidedicated their donation to advancing the goals of Martin ance.

Student groups seek new members Moore said.

Students have likely observed UniTe in action all across UT’s campus, especially durEditor-in-Chief ing Tennessee football weekends.

“We sponsor T-shirts and tailgates during The UT Student Alumni Associates (SAA) is preparing to host its membership recruit- the fall for football games,” Moore said. “We also have ‘Vol Nights,’ where we have distinment for Spring 2011.

SAA, which works in conjunction with the guished alumni come back to the university UT National Alumni Association, is sponsor- and talk about their experiences while they ing a membership drive until Jan. 20, seeking were here.”

Those interested in joining SAA must all freshmen, sophomores and juniors interhave prior membership in UniTe to be conested in potential membership.

“Student Alumni Associates has been part sidered for application.

Charles said SAA is of campus for over 40 looking to add around 50 years,” said Lauren new members this Charles, vice president of semester yearning to membership for SAA. serve the university.

“We like to think we realOnce the organization ly are a Tennessee tradifields its applications, tion.”

SAA will invite potential SAA strives to bring members to a threeUT students into contact round interview process. with arguably the most “As soon as you turn important branch of the in an application, you university: its alumni. automatically get a first“We are dedicated to • Courtesy of Student Alumni Associates round interview with the enriching relationships executive board,” between students and the alumni of the University of Tennessee,” Charles said. “Our Charles said. “From there, we will have two motto is, ‘Student Serving Students ... Past, more rounds.”

This year, members of SAA are hoping for Present, Future.’ That is our goal.”

SAA President Matt Moore said campus a larger variety of applicants from all across events are often run largely by the organiza- campus.

“We’re looking for an increase in diversity tion, giving students the ability to meet and work with other students, alumni and mem- in our applications,” Charles said. “People with different majors, people from all walks bers of UT’s administration.

“We are the presidential hosts of of life on campus.

“Maybe they are from out of state? Maybe Tennessee,” Moore said. “Any time there’s an event with the chancellor or with (new UT they are a minority? Essentially, our goal is to system president) Dr. (Joe) DiPietro, we are touch all parts of campus, no matter what that may be.” called upon to sponsor those events.”

Any student interested in applying for In 2009, members of SAA created “UniTe,” a similar organization open to all UT stu- SAA can submit an application, which can be dents. While applicants to SAA must be found at the Tyson Alumni House or on the freshmen, sophomores or juniors and must be organization’s website, to the Tyson House approved for membership, all students are by Thursday, Jan. 20 at 5 p.m. Students wishing to be considered must have a minimum encouraged to join UniTe. Moore said because UniTe is open to all of 2.75 GPA, must be a freshman, sophomore or UT, the group is a perfect opportunity for junior and must be a member of UniTe. More information about SAA can be found Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon new students to be involved from the get-go. the organization’s website, The scarf-donned Torchbearer graces the front of Circle Park on Thursday. As the “Anybody can join UniTe, and it’s a way to at connect with alumni and to learn more about http://web.utk.edu/~saa/, or on the group’s snowy Knoxville weather began to finally melt, someone made sure the the traditions that Tennessee has to offer,” Facebook page.

Torchbearer was prepared for any remaining chills.

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Freshmen Heather Doyle and Alicia Johnson purchase their books at the UT Bookstore on Thursday. Students flooded the Bookstore throughout the week to seek out necessary texts for classes.

UT grad to represent Puerto Rico in 2011 Miss America Pageant Mariselle Morales, a 2008 graduate from UT, will be competing in the Miss America pageant as Miss Puerto Rico on Saturday.

Morales won the Miss America Puerto Rico pageant in July 2010.

Morales grew up in South Florida and loved to swim, so she began to follow UT’s women’s swim team. When she came to Knoxville to visit the university during her senior year of high school, she knew that UT was where

she wanted to go.

Morales got her bachelor’s degree in political science, and although she was not on the UT swimming team, she worked as a lifeguard at TRECS. She is now living in San Juan, Puerto Rico, working as a professional model, pursuing a record deal and devoting her time to representing the Miss America organization. She has plans to attend the Music Conservatory of Puerto Rico to earn a graduate degree.

As the only UT graduate in the 2011 Miss America lineup, she’s determined to show her support for the Vols.

Morales said that the show is asking contestants to bring T-shirts from their colleges and universities to wear for part of the show. She plans on bringing as many shirts as possible.

UT professor develops DinEX scale to measure restaurant appeal What is it that makes you want to return to a restaurant again and again?

The food? The service? Atmosphere? Sure.

But according to research spearheaded by John Antun, associate professor in the Department of Retail,

Hospitality and Tourism and director of the Culinary Institute at UT, and Robert E. Frash Jr., chair of the HRT department at the College of Charleston, there are two more factors that must be added to mix — the social experience and the availability of healthy menu options.

Antun and Frash Jr. collaborated with UT Assistant Professors Wanda Costen and Rodney Runyan to develop a 20-item scale called DinEX that can accurately predict whether diners will like a restaurant and return to it.

Their research is published in the current issue of the quarterly Journal of Foodservice Business Research.

Antun said DinEX can be used by restaurateurs to more accurately focus their marketing efforts, to build more fruitful relationships with their customers and to measure evolving dining trends in the marketplace and in their customers’ priorities. In addition, he said, DinEx will be a useful tool for real estate professionals seeking the efficacious placement of restaurant properties.

The authors said a tool like DinEX can be especially helpful to businesspeople when tough economic conditions have forced people to curtail dining out.

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Obama inspires Arizona mourners

Summitt honored with star on ‘Riverwalk of Fame’

President encourages patriotism during tragedy, highlights heroes

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UT Women’s Basketball Coach Pat Summitt was the first person honored with a star on the new ‘Riverwalk of Fame’ during a ceremony today on Volunteer Landing.

Mayor Bill Haslam made the announcement that Summitt would be honored after she won her 1,000th game as the Lady Volunteers coach last February.

The Riverwalk of Fame — which will stretch along Volunteer Landing — will honor people from Knoxville and the surrounding area who have made a great mark nationally or internationally and in doing so, brought honor to East Tennessee. The honorees can range from writers, musicians, actors, athletes and coaches to scientists, astronauts, statesmen and others of note.

It’s anticipated that there will be one ceremony annually at which up to three people would be inducted into the Riverwalk of Fame. Summitt, however, will be the only person honored during this initial ceremony.

Applications available for Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement UT’s 15th Annual Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement will be held March 30-31 at the UC Ballroom. The event highlights research and creative projects completed by UT students in collaboration with a faculty mentor.

Cash awards will be presented in each division. The standard award is $200 plus any division match or supplement. Top awardees could receive as much as $650.

Winners may submit their projects to Office of Research to be considered for the summer internships.

The Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement is sponsored by UT’s Office of Research; it is supported by the Office of the Chancellor.

Application forms are due on Feb. 11 and abstracts are due March 4. Further information is available at http://research.utk.edu/undergrad/.

UT, Ohio University collaborate on MLK printmaking project The printmaking programs from UT and Ohio University will meet in Knoxville for a three-day collaborative project this weekend. The project will include graduate students and faculty from both programs.

The participants will work in six collaborative teams with graphic media on a series of variable multi-authored prints to interpret the theme “We Have a Dream,” in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A reception and presentation of the results will be held from 5-7 p.m. Monday in room 103 of the Art + Architecture Building.

Graduate student participants include Sara Marie Miller, Jason Shoemaker, Emmy Lingscheit, Taryn Anne Williams, Leslie Grossman, Guen Montgomery, Greg Daiker, Clif Montgomery and Ashton Ludden. UT faculty participants include Koichi Yamamoto, Althea Murphy-Price, Beauvais Lyons and Jessie Vander Laan.

This project is funded through the UT Betsy Worden Printmaking Endowment and additional support through both universities.

Nutrition department seeks weight-loss volunteers If you are between the ages of 18 and 30, and 20 to 75 pounds over your ideal weight, you may be eligible to take part in a weight loss program taking place in the Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory. The Foundations for Health program is provided free of charge to participants. Volunteers will learn about nutrition, exercise and how to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Weight loss medication will not be used in this study.

For more information, or to see if you qualify for Foundations for Health, call the Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory at 865-974-0752.

held hands with Giffords’ husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, as the news brought soaring cheers.

Obama bluntly conceded that there was no way to Associated Press know what triggered the shooting rampage and cauPresident Obama exhorted Americans to refrain from tioned America to avoid dwelling on the role of incendipartisan bickering and urged the country to embrace the ary rhetoric that could sully the memory of the victims.

“If this tragedy prompts reflection and debate — as it idealistic vision of democracy held by 9-year-old should — let’s make sure it’s worthy of those we have Christina Taylor Green, the youngest Arizona shooting lost,” he said. “Let’s make sure it’s not on the usual plane victim and an aspiring politician who is set to be buried of politics and point-scoring and pettiness that drifts Thursday in the first of half-a-dozen funerals. away in the next news cycle.”

Speaking to an arena audience of about 14,000 and The president also lauded the actions of the men who even more in a nearby football stadium and at homes wrestled the gunman to the ground, the woman who across the country, Obama drew on themes of unity, grabbed the shooter’s ammunition, the doctors and nurspatriotism and heroism as he tried to help the nation es who treated the injured and the first responders. He make sense of a tragedy that singled out for praise a Giffords unfolded as citizens were intern and University of Arizona exercising their most basic of junior who tried to staunch the rights, meeting with their congresswoman’s bleeding. congresswoman.

The intern, 20-year-old political Christina and five others science student Daniel Hernandez, were killed and 13 injured was seated next to Obama during Saturday in a shooting ramthe service and appeared to tear up page as a crowd waited to after the crowd broke into deafenmeet Democratic Rep. ing applause at Obama's tribute.

Gabrielle Giffords, who was Hernandez spoke briefly before the shot in the head and left president and rejected the label of gravely wounded. Obama hero, saying those involved in pubrevealed during his speech lic service are true heroes. that she had opened her eyes Obama politely disagreed. for the first time shortly “Daniel, I’m sorry, you may after he visited her bedside. deny it, but we’ve decided you are Obama focused on memoa hero because you ran through the ries of the victims and the chaos to minister to your boss, and heroism of those who sprang tended to her wounds and helped to their aid after the gunfire. keep her alive,” the president said.

He steered clear of the polit– President Barack Obama The attack ended when ical tit-for-tat that has conon 9-year pld Christina Green, the bystanders tackled the suspect, sumed much of the dialogue youngest victim of the Jan. 8 Arizona Jared Lee Loughner, 22, who is in since the massacre while shooting custody and has been charged with acknowledging the “sharp murder and attempted murder. polarization” that has Those who attended Obama’s gripped the country.

He reminded the audience that the third-grader’s speech said they appreciated that he focused on the memneighbor had brought Christina, a Little League player ories of the fallen without adding to the political backand newly elected student council member, to meet and-forth that has marked the days since the tragedy.

Karla Schumann, 41, drove from Phoenix to attend Giffords because of her budding interest in democracy. and said she particularly was touched by Obama’s chal“She saw all this through the eyes of a child, lenge to Americans to live up to the Christina's innocent undimmed by the cynicism or vitriol that we adults all beliefs.

She left wearing a blue T-shirt emblazoned with too often just take for granted,” he said. “I want to live the words “Together We Thrive: Tucson & America,” up to her expectations. I want our democracy to be as which had been given to each attendee. good as Christina imagined it. I want America to be as “I think Obama was spot on. He really pumped the good as she imagined it.” patriotism but it wasn’t distasteful and I appreciate that The funeral for Christina, who was born on Sept. 11, immensely,” she said.

“He basically said he wants us to 2001, was set for 1 p.m. MST (3 p.m. EST). It was to be live up to the America she believed in. ... Sometimes we the first of several planned in the coming days for the vichave to be reminded of that.” tims, including a federal judge with nearly 40 years of High school basketball coach and graduate student service and a Giffords aide who was about to be married.

Briana Felix, 28, said her family was friends with John Obama’s comments brought the crowd to their feet Roll, the federal judge, and the mother of one of her team and his speech was frequently punctuated by rousing members was shot but survived. cheers and applause. One woman waved a sign that read “I was privileged to hear one of the best orators of our “We Will Heal!” while another hoisted a painting of the time and I think he struck a chord in the right spot, callpresident. ing on us to come to a common place and get over the In an electrifying moment, the president revealed that hate and the fear,” she said.

Giffords had opened her eyes. First lady Michelle Obama

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I want to live up to

her expectations. I want our democracy to be as good as

Christina imagined it. I want

America to be as good as she imagined it.

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The Hot Spot Resolutions should focus on lifestyle Brandi Panter Managing Editor The beginning of each year, for me at least, always spawns a few particular traditions. For example, at the beginning of every new year, I find myself apologizing for everything I did on the last night of the old year and spending the rest of the day sitting around drinking coffee and taking profuse amounts of medicine for headaches.

For most others, though, the beginning of each new year means making resolutions to do things better, to improve upon oneself in the hopes of making the year ahead somehow better and brighter than the one left behind.

For once in my life, dear readers, I, too, am making resolutions. As a health columnist, I feel it is only appropriate to collaborate with my readership in their endeavors for selfimprovement (even though, to be honest, I am much like Mary Poppins in the fact that I am practically perfect in every way).

To begin my resolution making process, I sat down and evaluated my life in its most present and current state and identified the things that most desperately needed to be changed.

1. I will stop drinking so much caffeine.

I realized, from week to week, as I research the importance of adequate sleep and how it can improve mind, body and soul, that I am 100 percent guilty of never sleeping enough at night. I usually crawl into bed at some ghastly hour, only to be awakened a few later by the screeching of my alarm clock or the sleeplaughing lying beside me. In response to the warfare waged on my biological clock, I naturally respond with excessive amounts of coffee, hot tea and my personal poison of choice, Diet Coke.

This year, that is going to change. I have resolved to stop relying on stimulants to keep me both awake and alert, as well as to make sure I am getting a full eight hours of sleep each night.

2. I will eat a better, more consistent diet.

Another fun fact about me, one that drives my best friend absolutely insane, is that I am notorious for not eating regular meals. I simply do not get hungry except around once or twice each day (first thing in the morning when I

wake up, especially after filling my gullet with black coffee, and around 7 p.m. each night).

This is irritating, in her opinion, because I don’t eat regularly enough to have a consistent metabolism, and surely my stress-induced lack of appetite is killing me slowly. She’s probably right. Even though I consider my morning scrambled eggs and black French roast to be enough until after I leave the Beacon each day, it will not benefit me in the long run.

As far as the actual food I am shoveling in my cake hole, though, that is a different matter.

I was a strict vegetarian for around six years, so I appreciate the virtues of my greens, whole grains and fresh fruit. I still cannot actually stomach red meat or pork, and I do not indulge in most fried foods as they make me quite ill.

I am learning, though, that lean meats, like grilled chicken, are quite good for my body, as they are not only low in calories and quite filling, but also help create stronger muscles (which I lack) and keep me more filled for longer periods of time.

3. I will not neglect seeing a doctor.

For those of you who know me outside of my written portfolio, you are well aware that I suffer from heart failure. Twice each year, and for the rest of my life, I have to sit underneath a machine that removes data from my pacemaker and transmits it to a computer while my cardiologist scans the information for trends related to my heart’s health and development.

This is an appointment that I absolutely cannot miss. I also make it a point to schedule yearly visits with my gynecologist, optometrist and dentist.

I don’t treat my daily health as seriously, though, and I should. I typically refuse to go to the doctor unless I am on my deathbed. This year, I am resolving to take the rest of my health as seriously. I will visit a general practitioner when I am genuinely sick, rather than ignoring it until I have to visit the hospital (again). Sore throats, painful headaches, stomach sickness and high fever should all be taken more seriously.

So, as I trudge forth into a new year of better health, I encourage you to come along with me with your respective resolutions. I plan on conducting all sorts of fun experiments and investigations that I am extremely excited about, and that I hope you enjoy reading as well.

Cheers!

— Brandi Panter is a junior in history and English literature. She can be reached at bpanter1@utk.edu.

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World view depends on perspective F r ac tur ed Co n sc i o u s n e s s by

Brittany Vasquez There are a lot of things I dislike in this world.

Just ask my friends, they can tell you. One of these many things is formal introductions. I thrive on awkward situations, but this is the one awkward situation I can never quite handle — especially when I have to be the person who is introducing one person to another. I always feel like a spare person in this situation, and that’s because I am a spare person. If people want to meet each other, they should take on the awkward situation, not me.

Here’s the thing though: that is what I am about to do. I am about to formally introduce my weekly column and myself in all of the awkwardness that is newspaper print and format. I am about to input my personality and ideas into people I may never meet. It is like we are “life partners,” because even though we may never know each other, we will share this column with each other weekly… and now this is becoming an awkward introduction.

First, the things you should know about me: I am now a columnist for the Beacon and will be published every Friday. On top of this most interesting fact, I enjoy playing soccer, people-watching, and playing Super Smash Bros. I currently am a volunteer at the Forensic Anthropology Center (aka the Body Farm).

I collect waving cats (aka maneki nekos). I own a sombrero, which is reminiscent of a culture I so wish to be a part of, yet I can only claim to being Colombian. I worship Rod Serling and Jon Stewart — not as a religion, but just as the most awesome human beings I could ever become. And lastly, I love seeing the pictures I immediately take on my digital camera; it is like having the ability to immediately reminisce about how great life was just a few seconds ago. It’s fantastic.

Secondly, the things you should know about this column: This will not be your typical political or opinionated column (or I rather hope that it will not

be). The list of adjectives one could use to describe this column include: bizarre, idiosyncratic, eccentric, far out, and thought-provoking. Drawing from my childhood love of the “Twilight Zone” and “Coast to Coast,” the column will be a way to bring the more occult occurrences of life to the forefront of your cerebellum (other things about you, though, will be discussed later).

Not only will this column focus on occurences, “Fractured Consciousness” will, in turn, delve into themes and thoughts that may force some brain activity, and may not cross one’s mind on a day to day basis. The column will hopefully serve the purpose to give you a random fact of the day, or provide you with the background to win an argument that no one may really care about. One more thing about me, I love to win arguments about strange or little known details that no one really cares about.

Third, the things you should know about you: You should always pick up a Friday Daily Beacon to read about all the eclectic oddities you could ever think of. From cryptozoology to self-perceptions, every week you can learn/enjoy things that are so off your radar, I am sure they never even crossed your mind as a possibility.

Also, you should also say hi to me if you ever see me. Free hugs are welcome, as well.

By reading the column, you can become the bane of your friends existence by bringing up what was written in the Daily Beacon that day and then mention a few random facts you learn, OR you could become the bane of some stranger’s existence by always winning a trivia night down on the Strip because of the random knowledge you will garner (by the way, I play trivia all the time, too). If you are one of those people who know about all of the things I write about, well congratulations, I would be more than happy to meet you, become best friends, give you a hug... and… beat you at some trivia.

A fractured consciousness can only be achieved when you experience the world in so many ways at once that it becomes jumbled. Then, you use your imagination to explore it. This column will be just that… exactly.

—Brittany Vasquez is a junior in anthropology.

She can be reached at bvasque1@utk.edu.

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It might be a bit of a downer, but as this semester opens I’d like to talk about death, because this holiday season I was around more sick and elderly people than I usually am. Consequently, I thought more about the fragility of life and my own pending demise (hopefully happening many decades from now), which prompted me to question why the time of my death is important at all. It’s inevitable.

Shouldn’t that be satisfactory?

Thinking about death as something that has to be stopped, or as a disease that will one day be cured is a denial of the order of the universe. There need be no consensus on the nature of the universe here — the order simply is that things (and people) are born or develop, they are, and then they die.

(And if there’s anything after that, we’ll just have to wait for it; as far as this life goes, no matter what, we perish.)

So when we look at modern pharmaceuticals as common tools, we see that they aren’t so much helping us gain well-being so much as they are masking or suppressing ill or inconvenient health.

This is unfortunate, because for thousands of years humans have been busily testing everything they can get their hands on, curiously determining what is healthy and what is not. (Admittedly, they didn’t live as long. Poisonous plants tend to do that to you.) But our health also has to do with other factors, like general ‘quality of life,’ and so it is unfair to say that every step forward we have made in the field of medicine is actually beneficial progress simply because humans are living longer lives.

That’s not to say that good hasn’t come out of the medical field. I’m not denying the immediacy of HAART therapy or the breakthrough discoveries of penicillin, effective treatments for cholera or measles. These, and so many others, have made great leaps in terms of human preservation, and the men and women who developed these treatments deserve praise for their work.

Because, at the heart of it, the drugs aren’t the problem. It is our attitude toward them that makes

pharmaceuticals deadly to our health and overall well-being.

Over the break, I saw a morning news broadcast that claimed that more than 25 percent of youth in this country are taking prescription medication on a regular basis. Not antibiotics for a case of bronchitis — treatments for depression, hyperactivity, obesity and even antipsychotics made the list of most prescribed drugs for those under the age of 18. It takes one look down the halls of an East Tennessee high school to see that these are not robust citizens we’re raising.

Expensive and addictive drugs are taking the place of good parenting, therapy and counseling, and healthy living.

It doesn’t get any better for adults in the U.S., either. Although medications that help treat problems like heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes claim to help millions of men and women, in many ways these drugs only serve to prolong unhealthy lives. Instead of prescribing exercise, balanced diets, meditative therapy and a dog or two, many doctors hand out slips of paper and polite requests to do a bit more walking. It’s all well and good if an obese man can pop a Lipitor a day, but if he washes it down with soda and frozen Salisbury steak, well …

But all this ranting goes to naught if Americans nod in agreement facing the television screen.

More and more our priorities are skewed away from the matters we need to address most, like finding the reason why some of the cheapest and most widely consumed foods are so nutritionally poor. Why, instead of encouraging workers to take 20-minute exercise breaks, do businesses allot fiveminute smoke breaks? Why are low-fat and artificially sweetened foods marketed in place of joyous moderation? Why can anti-depressant advertisements be seen running in morning-, noonand night-time slots? Why do other countries create video game systems aimed at getting the American populace moving? Why, in one of the most prosperous nations in the world, are we so unhappy?

Could it be because we know one day we’ll die?

— Anna-Lise Burnette is a junior in global and Asian studies. She can be reached at kburnet7@utk.edu.

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Zac Brown Band fame growing in unique ways Innovative ideas from Brown include starting own record label, improving concert quality we’d go and play these bars and there’d be maybe a hun- every fan can experience Rusty Hamlin’s Southern-flavored creations, a roster of radio hits from all points on dred people in there. They didn’t know who we were.”

The band was in a jovial mood after taking its first the dial — not just country frequencies — and a liveNASHVILLE — The five other guys in the Grammy- extended break since the 2008 release of their debut show experience more diverse than anything currently nominated Zac Brown Band have achieved a Zen-like state album, “The Foundation,” and many jokes were cracked. offered.

“We want people to go to other concerts and feel like of trust in their eponymous leader — but it’s taken some They had interviews and planning meetings all day and they got robbed,” Brown said. “That’s our goal.” dinner with 200 fans, and gathered friends to play four time.

It was a night few country music acts can top and The guy has some off-the-wall plans, after all. a symbolic moment for a band that was turned down “The first couple times that Zac had a couple of flat by the Nashville labels. All of them. crazy ideas,” fiddler Jimmy De Martini said, “we were So they took a very different route, eventually selllike, uh — ” ing “The Foundation” to Atlantic Records in New “It’ll never work!” drummer Chris Fryar shouted.

York. Unexpected enthusiastic support from country “But it worked out,” De Martini said. “So now radio helped connect them with fans and the rest has we’re like, ‘I bet that’s gonna work.’” been an uncommon success story, without compro“The crazier the idea, the more likely it is to be mise. highly successful with this group of guys,” Fryar said.

In 2010 alone, the band won the Grammy for best “It’s amazing.” new artist, opened stadium shows for Dave So far his surefire plan for world domination is Matthews, played the main stage at Bonnaroo and right on schedule. Over the last three years Brown has had a No. 1 album. They ended the year with four suggested the band: more Grammy nominations, including best country — Feed hundreds of fans club members at every album for “You Get What You Give.” It’s a category show from a large, custom-built tractor-trailer kitchen that sports the eclectic lineup of Dierks Bentley, on wheels.

Jamey Johnson, Lady Antebellum and Miranda — Build and staff seven separate businesses that Lambert, all acts who threw the bit headed in new handle everything from publishing film and music directions that helped remake the definition of counvideos to T-shirts — and why not throw in a machine try music for a new century. shop for a planned line of custom knives?

Lady A took it pop, Bentley headed for the hills — Start its own record label. with a rocking bluegrass sound, Lambert sparked — Retrofit a warehouse to hold it all. white hot. Zac and the boys went mellow, riding a Will Ward, a partner in the band’s management jam-band vibe that fits right in with their philosophy. company, ROAR, LLC, calls Brown “an incredible Some critics and fans, hooked on the more traditionvisionary.” al country sound of “Chicken Fried” and “Toes,” “He’s got this whole vision of greater things,” Ward objected, but no apologies are offered. said. “And some of the ideas he comes up with I’ve The six members of the band, which also includes found myself on occasion saying, ‘Wait a minute, I bassist John Driskell Hopkins and multi-instrumenshould’ve come up with that. That should’ve been our talists Clay Cook and Coy Bowles, bring diverse idea.’ Because he really gets it, and he understands. musical tastes, and bits of soul, R&B, hip hop and He really puts himself in the fans’ shoes and wants to rock make it into the songs on “You Get What You make the experience for them something above and Give.” beyond going to the concert.”

It was another one of Brown’s crazy idea that this The power of Brown’s gift was on full display at a • Photo courtesy of Zac Brown Band mishmash of sounds could work on a grand scale. late December show at the Bridgestone Arena. A sellTurns out the guy’s money. out crowd that overflowed into the obstructed view sec“I guess everybody is kind of all in on everybody else’s solid hours of music that included a surprise drop-in by tions sang along to every song.

“Even the songs that haven’t even been released on a Alan Jackson — bearing the gift of a white convertible crazy ideas,” Bowles said. “I think that that’s kind of the Cadillac. He sang “As She’s Walking Away” duet with magic of the whole band. It has to do with songwriting CD yet, so it’s pretty crazy,” Fryar said.

Brown, the first No. 1 hit from “You Get What You Give.” and arranging music and living together and all that stuff.

The experience remains a little dizzying.

“It’s a surreal thing to walk out on stage now,” Fryar Like the band’s first album, which spawned four No. 1s on Everybody’s kind of a lunatic on their own. So a lot of the ideas Zac comes up with, we’re like, ‘Yah, why not? What said. “What was it — two years, two and a half years ago? Billboard’s country chart, the album is a hit.

The ultimate idea is to have 10 food trucks on site so have we got to lose?’”

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Comedian finds humor in controversy Other appearances for the comic were in shows like “The Big Black Comedy Show” and “Celebrity Fit Club.”

Staff Writer On the latter program, May tackled his weight issues and lost an 78 pounds of fat, Ralphie May has been doing stand-up comedy for nearly 20 years, starting out at while gaining 32 pounds of muscle. However, the age of 13 before moving into the big the show also had some setbacks to May, as leagues at 17. His experience in the business he acquired a 7.5-inch hernia and tore multiis something to envy for aspiring comedians, ple tendons from working his body too hard.

Overall, though, his laughwhile his act is a noter and good attitude got holds barred routine him through the expericovering many conence, and he believed it was troversial topics. an amazing opportunity.

After watching Even though he has a The Tonight Show as large frame, May said he a 9-year-old, the tries to steer clear of comedian decided to weight jokes, because ttoo pursue a life of standmany comedians are up routines. already doing similar mate“I’ve been doing rial. Instead, May tries to this for a while, and come up with original jokes you have to have about everything else — some heart,” May and nothing is off topic or said about his long too controversial for him to George Richardson • The Daily Beacon comedy career. tackle.

Tobias Harris pulls up for a jumper against USC on December 21. Against Florida The comic has “I’ve talked about it all,” on Jan. 11, Harris tallied a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds. been on a number of May said. “I try to find the television shows, funny in almost every situaincluding Last Comic tion I can.”

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ESPN featuring Tennessee doubleheader mainstay in the NCAA Tournament.

The Vols advanced to the Elite Eight last season for the first time in school history.

Sports Editor The Vanderbilt game has special imporThe UT basketball programs will be part tance to Pearl, who dons an orange blazer of history on Saturday when ESPN's each time the Vols play either the College GameDay visits Thompson-Boling Commodores or the Wildcats of Kentucky.

Pearl wears the orange blazer as a tribArena.

It will mark the first time GameDay has ute to former Vols coach Ray Mears, who broadcast from a school hosting a double- made the jacket famous during his coaching tenure in “Big Orange Country” from header in basketball on the same day.

The Volunteers begin the day against 1963-77.

Pearl, however, won’t coach his team in Vanderbilt at noon ET and the Lady Vols will tip off against the Commodores at 8 the Vanderbilt game as part of an eightgame conference suspension handed down p.m. ET. “The opportunity to host GameDay and by SEC commissioner Mike Slive, relating share the national spotlight with Pat to an ongoing NCAA investigation.

Associate head coach Tony Jones will step Summitt and the in for Pearl during his Lady Vols is really absence and will coach going to draw the Vols against attention to a Vanderbilt. combined basketPearl and his proball program gram are under the gun that’s as good as any in for hosting a barbecue, the nation,” men's which constituted illecoach Bruce Pearl said. gal contact with “Our rivalry with recruits, at the head Vanderbilt often flies coach’s home, and later under the radar — in lying to NCAA investicomparison to gators regarding the Kentucky or Florida — incident. He has since and this will be an admitted to lying to the opportunity for ESPN – Pat Summitt on the ESPN NCAA and the school is to demonstrate the rich GameDay doubleheader with awaiting word on possitraditions of both Vanderbilt ble NCAA sanctions. schools here in While this GameDay Tennessee.” has added significance for the university by GameDay’s visit to Knoxville will be the show’s first of the 2010-2011 college bas- incorporating the women’s program into ketball season and is sure to have the the event, it will be the fourth time the Tennessee crowd fired up for the two men’s program has been a part of the show during its seven-year history, and the secgames.

“It will be an ‘All Vol’ day taking on SEC ond time from Thompson Boling-Arena.

GameDay was on hand last season to and cross-state rival Vanderbilt,” Summitt said. “This will be a treat for Tennessee witness the Vols’ 61-60 victory over the basketball fans and great exposure for both Florida Gators on Jan. 31 and its 73-62 loss on the road at Kentucky in Rupp Arena on the Lady Vols and the Vols.”

Summitt has arguably been the face of Feb. 13.

The show also traveled to Memphis in women’s basketball. The Lady Vols have won eight national championships under 2008 for the Feb. 23 showdown between the No. 1-ranked Tigers and No. 2-ranked her leadership.

She had amassed an NCAA-record 1,037 Vols. Tennessee defeated Memphis 66-62, wins entering this season, her 38th as Lady catapulting that team atop the national polls for the first time in program history.

Vols head coach.

GameDay airs Saturday at 10 a.m. and 7 The university even named the court inside Thompson-Boling Arena “The p.m. ET on ESPN and at 11 a.m. ET on Summitt” following a 2005 Lady Vols home ESPNU. Fans can learn more about College GameDay on the show's website at game in her honor.

Pearl has elevated the Tennessee men’s www.espn.com/gameday and on Twitter at program from near the bottom of the www.twitter.com/ESPN_CollHoops and Southeastern Conference to national Facebook at www.facebook.com/espncolprominence and one that has become a legehoops.

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It will be an

‘All Vol’ day taking on SEC and crossstate rival

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The ESPN College GameDay crew discusses the Tennessee-Florida matchup in Thompson-Boling Arena on January 31, 2009. This weekend, ESPN is hosting its first doubleheader on GameDay with the Vols and Lady Vols each hosting Vanderbilt on Saturday at 12 p.m. and 8 p.m., respectively.

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Vols searching for consistency Vanderbilt feeling heat of SEC Brett Parisi Staff Writer After starting 7-0, the now 10-6 (0-2 SEC) Tennessee men’s basketball team is not quite ready to the losses affect them.

“I don’t think we’re discouraged at all,” coach Bruce Pearl, who is going into Game 3 of his eight-game SEC suspension on Saturday, said.

“The morale is still up,” said senior center John Fields. “It’s still two games … but it’s an optimistic 0-2. I think we can pull through and get this win on Saturday and get back on track.”

Saturday brings Vanderbilt (12-3, 1-1 SEC), and it also brings ESPN’s College GameDay for their first stop of the season.

The Commodores are coming off a 73-66 win over No. 24 Georgia at Memorial Gym in Nashville, bouncing back from an SEC-opening loss to South Carolina.

Pearl’s Vols have struggled against teams that play physical basketball, taking advantage of the undersized but extremely physical Fields and center Brian Williams.

“Every team presents different challenges,” said Pearl. “Vanderbilt has a real strong post-up game, obviously you got to know where (sophomore guard John) Jenkins is at all times.”

Vanderbilt boasts one of the best young guards in the SEC in Tennessee-native Jenkins, who is averaging more than 18 points per game going into Saturday's contest. Combined with fellow guard Jeffery Taylor, and post man Festus Ezeli, he creates a challenge for the Vols.

“Taylor is one of the best athletes in the country,” Pearl said. “So guarding them, and keeping them out of the lane (is important).”

In the Vols’ two matchups against Vanderbilt last season, Pearl remembered more than just that the Big Orange had swept the series.

“Last year, they shot like twice as many free throws as us, in both games,” Pearl said. “(We can’t send) them to the foul line a gazillion, bajillion times. We can’t foul them as often, and we got to do a better job of getting fouled ourselves.”

Pearl addressed the lack of production from the bench by designating an entire day of “twos

on twos” practice on Wednesday. The Vols have suffered from a drop off when predominantly Gentry Smith bench players have been on the court, someStaff Writer thing that was less evident earlier in the season As ESPN’s College GameDay prepares to but played a major role in Tuesday night’s loss take its talents to Knoxville this Saturday, the against Florida.

Vanderbilt Commodores make the trek to The key for Tennessee Saturday will be the Thompson-Boling production of their Arena with hopes McDonald’s Allof capturing what American duo: has typically been junior guard a very difficult Scotty Hopson road victory in the and freshman forrecent past. ward Tobias With Bruce Harris.

Pearl out of the Harris has two picture because of double-doubles in the SEC mandated Tennessee’s last suspension, twotwo victories, time SEC Coach including a monof the Year Kevin ster night against Stallings looks to rival Memphis, push the Vols’ skid where he finished to three consecuwith 17 points and tive in-conference 13 rebounds. losses.

Although The competiHopson has fought tion within the the inconsistency SEC is brutal for bug all season, he both the coaches has improved his and the players. scoring in the last After Vanderbilt’s four games, scorvictory over the ing more than 20 streaking Georgia in two of the four Bulldogs on contests and at Wednesday night, least 15 points in Stallings attested all four.

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon to the inner-conThe Vols will Tony Jones, UT interim head coach, reacts to a ference struggles.

“I will say that look to take advan- call against Florida on Jan. 11. Jones is 0-2 in any time you lose tage of a fired-up place of the suspended Bruce Pearl but will in this league, it crowd, fueled by the appearance of look for his first victory as head coach against puts a little bit Vanderbilt on Saturday. more pressure on the ESPN show. the next game,” “It’s really excitStallings said. “Then you’ve got a trip over ing to be blessed with that opportunity to be on there (Knoxville), staring at you right in the College GameDay,” said Fields. “(During) my face, you feel even a little bit more stressed, years at the mid-majors, I would actually watch or at least I do. I was only worried about that, and I was like, ‘Dang, I wish they could be today, but what you have next, you always at my school.’

worry about, or at least I do.”

Stallings will need to rely on Tennessee native John Jenkins and Switzerland import Jeffery Taylor to work together if they want to move to 2-1 in SEC play. Jenkins, an up-andcoming sophomore guard from Hendersonville, must lean on Taylor’s athletic ability to push the ball in transition. Jenkins averages 18.4 points per game, but in Vandy’s three losses (West Virginia, Missouri and South Carolina) he has averaged 25.7 points.

He must spread the ball around, and looking Taylor’s way will yield solid dividends.

Taylor, another international recruit for Stallings, often resembles the Vandy great Shan Foster, the 2008 SEC Player of the Year.

Similar to Foster, his abilities to run the length of the floor, dunk, slash through defenses and shoot a reliable 3-pointer this season (.386 percent) will need to be on display in totality for Vanderbilt to win Saturday.

Although the Commodores will knowingly rely on Jenkins and Taylor to set the tone, they will also need another strong performance from budding center Festus Ezeli. His athleticism outmatches the Vols’ overall presence down low, but Ezeli will have to remain patient and determined, as he was against Georgia on Wednesday, totaling 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Ezeli knew his team came up short after an overtime loss to South Carolina last weekend and was quick to point out the newfound motivation.

“We’re hungry because we’re still mad about (South Carolina),” Ezeli said. “Still got a bad taste about that one.”

Vanderbilt’s perspective and hunger seems perfectly aligned, but Stallings will surely realize the sense of urgency the Vols have for a win, especially with a favorable homecourt matchup for UT. Although Vanderbilt knows what product they must put on the court, the Commodores come to Knoxville not knowing exactly what to expect from their opponent. As any UT fan knows, the Volunteers have redefined the word inconsistent this season, but support of the Rocky Top Rowdies and fan’s allegiance goes unmatched in rivalry games like this one.