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Issue 18, Volume 122

Monday, February 4, 2013

‘Networking’ event prepares students

Kappa Alpha helps children with muscular dystrophy Emilee Lamb Contributor

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Students will be able to attend an event sponsored by the UT Knoxville Career Services Office, the UT Alumni Association and the UT Athletics Department for preparing for job interviews this Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

Jessica Vinge Staff Writer Students often graduate college without the essential skills needed in order to lock in a job. Career Services has teamed up with the UT Alumni Association and the UT Athletic Department for the inaugural “Networking at Neyland” event.

Kayla Thompson, a Career Services peer career advisor, came up with the idea for the event with the goal of helping

and preparing students for the competition of their future job hunt and teaching them skills that will set them apart from other applicants. “‘Networking at Neyland’ is an interactive opportunity for UT students to learn the art of networking,” Thompson said.

“Students from all majors will participate in a mixer where they can practice with as well as gain superior advice from prominent UT alumni and local employers. We designed this event in an effort to edu-

cate students on the importance of presenting the total package.”

Thompson explained that college students typically possess the textbook requirements such as a good GPA and campus involvement, but they often lack the social and presentation skills like presenting a good first impression or a firm handshake that would set them apart from other applicants.

This is an exclusive event open to juniors and seniors of

all majors who are preparing to enter the work force. The students will get the opportunity to receive advice from professionals in various fields, learn how to make a good first impression, practice professional communication skills and gain valuable networking experience.

Lyndsey Phillips, a senior in political science, is hoping to receive helpful advice for her future job hunt.

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UT students aid 4-H speech contest Samantha Smoak Copy Editor They would have rather been sleeping in, but nine members of UT’s collegiate 4-H club braved the cold Saturday morning to help facilitate a 4-H public speaking contest for over 40 high school students in East Tennessee.

Public speaking is a major component for the Tennessee 4-H youth development program. The statewide office

is housed in Morgan Hall at UT. The contest was to determine which high school students would represent East Tennessee at the state competition in Nashville in March.

Morgan Beaty, senior in food science and technology, wished for participants to become more confident in their public speaking skills.

“Hopefully the competitors will learn some basic public speaking skills that will help them in the future,” said Beaty,

who also serves as collegiate 4-H president. “The contest consists of a seven minute prepared speech and a two minute extemporaneous speech.”

Beaty hoped that the skills learned during the process of preparing for the contest will help them later in life.

“The competitors are learning how to both speak in front of large groups of people and small groups of people, and how to think on (their) feet,” she said. “These are skills that

will help them in the future as they prepare for college then … for a career.”

James Swart, sophomore in biosystems engineering, agreed with Beaty.

“The competitors will learn important life skills such as communication and organization, which will help them later in life when applying to college or applying for a job,” Swart said.

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Proving there is much more to Greek life than parties, UT’s Pi chapter of the Kappa Alpha fraternity raised more than $7,000 in donations to the Muscular Dystrophy Association this past December.

This philanthropic feat comes five years after the fraternity was reestablished at UT. In 2002, KA national pulled the chapter’s charter after allegations of hiring strippers, organizing cock fights and recruiting homeless men to box. A new chapter of KA was chartered in the spring of 2008.

Since KA has rejoined campus, the fraternity has won the 2010 George C. Marshall Award — presented to the top KA chapter in the nation — and moved into a new fraternity house behind Reese Hall.

While most students studied for last semester’s midterms, the KA brothers held its annual letter writing campaign, “KA’s for a Cure,” in November. Each brother mailed at least 20 letters to friends, family, churches and businesses. As evidenced by the response of donors, the letters outlined a powerful cause.

Muscular dystrophy is a degenerative, incurable disease that affects children — almost exclusively males — from birth. Most children lose the ability to walk between the ages of 7 and 13. The Muscular Dystrophy Association, a non-profit health agency, funds medical research around the world in search of a cure for the disease. After seeing the impact

of muscular dystrophy firsthand, the brothers of KA decided to back the mission of MDA. “After having a mother and her young daughter who had muscular dystrophy meet with the chapter, the brothers were extremely motivated to undertake MDA’s letter writing campaign,” said Grant Williamson, KA’s Philanthropy Chair for 2012.

Brent Carr, the MDA fundraising coordinator for east Tennessee, had nothing but good things to say about the brotherhood’s contributions to his organization.

“College is such a busy time and I find it really amazing that this group of guys can focus on giving back, setting a goal and getting it done,” Carr said. “In fact, the original goal was $5,000 and they blew that out of the water. It sets a great example of what the Greek system is capable of.”

The proceeds of “KA’s for a Cure” will be used to give children with muscular dystrophy the opportunity to attend a summer camp created by MDA. The camp targets children living in eastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia.

The donation will also help provide vital care to families dealing with the disease through an MDA clinic at the UT Medical Center.

In addition to its work with the Muscular Dystrophy Association, KA also has active service relationships with many Knoxville area organizations, including Salvation Army, Second Harvest Food Bank, Bearden United Methodist Church and the Bleak House.

Teach for America hosts discussion on education Manuela Haddad Staff Writer When it comes to education, Tennessee has room for improvement. The Volunteer State is ranked 49th in the country for producing college and career ready students. Teach for America and UT Career Services hosted a discussion to address this issue last Thursday in the University Center’s Hermitage Room.

The event started with a presentation on the issues facing education in Tennessee. Today, only 31 percent of adults in the state hold an associate’s degree or higher.

In 2011, only 66 of 1000 seniors at Nashville’s five highest-poverty high schools earned an ACT score that indicated they were ready to enter college or a start a career. In Memphis, only four percent of students graduate high school ready for college, and only 26 percent of Memphis metropolitan area residents have earned a bachelor’s degree.

Kyle Ali, the Tennessee recruitment manager for Teach for America, presented the stark statistics to the discussion group.

“You’re looking at one of the

worst districts in the second-toworst state in the country,” he said. Nashville and Memphis are the two biggest urban areas in the state that are falling behind in education, but Knoxville has its problems as well. In 2010, the average ACT score at Farragut High School in West Knox was 24; only a few miles away at AustinEast High School, that average was 16-18.

Since most of Tennessee is rural, it’s important to note that the problems don’t Report Card, Tennessee’s rural students are ranked far below the national average in every measured category, and growth in student enrollment in rural areas is greater in Tennessee than in any other state.

Shawna Hembree, a UT Career Services employee who oversaw the discussion, said that she doesn’t think there’s one clear answer to the state’s education problems.

“I think it’s systemic. I think it’s education, and I don’t think there’s one answer,” she said. “I think sessions such as this bring awareness.”

Ali’s presentation focused on the region closest to the students as

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the arena for improvement.

“Change must come from inside the classroom,” he said. “One of the biggest challenges we would face is leadership inside the classroom. I’m not sure this is a money problem.”

Ali noted that education is an issue that all students should address, regardless of whether or not they’re interested in Teach for America.

“Having discussions like this on campus‚ that doesn’t require you to be a senior; that doesn’t require you to apply to Teach for America,” he said.

After the presentation, attendees participated in small group discussions, voicing their thoughts on what some of the bigger issues with education are and how they might be combated, and the event was finished off with some info on Teach for America.

“Teach for America is an alternative certification program, so you don’t need to have a background in education. We look for top leaders, people who excel academically,” he said. “We manage to get people into the classroom who might have never otherwise considered it.”

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Performer and artistic director of Step Afrika!, Jakari Sherman, shows members of the crowd how to step on Wednesday.

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A member of the Kappa Chi chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity performs before Step Afrika! on Wednesday evening, Jan. 30. The Kappa Chi chapter won the 13th Annual Southeastern Stomp Fest last semester.

THIS DAY IN 1974 — Patty Hearst kidnapped On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, the 19-year-old daughter of newspaper publisher Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped from her apartment in Berkeley, California, by two black men and a white woman, all three of whom are armed. Her fiance, Stephen Weed, was beaten and tied up along with a neighbor who tried to help. Witnesses reported seeing a struggling Hearst being carried away blindfolded, and she was put in the trunk of a car.

Neighbors who came out into the street were forced to take cover after the kidnappers fired their guns to cover their escape.

HISTORY

Three days later, the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a small U.S. leftist group, announced in a letter to a Berkeley radio station that it was holding Hearst as a “prisoner of war.” Four days later, the SLA demanded that the Hearst family give $70 in foodstuffs to every needy person from Santa Rosa to Los Angeles. This done, said the SLA, negotiation would begin for the return of Patricia Hearst. Randolph Hearst hesitantly gave away some $2 million worth of food. The SLA then called this inadequate and asked for $6 million more. The Hearst Corporation said it would donate the additional sum if the girl was

released unharmed.

In April, however, the situation changed dramatically when a surveillance camera took a photo of Hearst participating in an armed robbery of a San Francisco bank, and she was also spotted during a robbery of a Los Angeles store. She later declared, in a tape sent to the authorities, that she had joined the SLA of her own free will.

On May 17, Los Angeles police raided the SLA’s secret headquarters, killing six of the group’s nine known members.

Among the dead was the SLA’s leader, Donald DeFreeze, an African American ex-convict who called himself General Field Marshal Cinque. Patty Hearst and two other SLA members wanted for the April bank robbery were not on the premises.

Finally, on September 18, 1975, after crisscrossing the country with her captors — or conspirators — for more than a year, Hearst, or “Tania” as she called herself, was captured in a San Francisco apartment and arrested for armed robbery.

Despite her claim that she had been brainwashed by the SLA, she was convicted on March 20, 1976, and sentenced to seven years in prison. She served 21 months before her sentence was commuted by President Carter. After leaving prison, she returned to a more routine existence and later married her bodyguard. She was pardoned

by President Clinton in January 2001.

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

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CAMPUS NEWS NETWORK continued from Page 1 “I’m hoping to meet some new people and get some great advice on networking in the real world,” Phillips said. “I’m about to enter into a job hunt in about a year and I’d like to get as much insight into what it takes as I can before I begin.”

Hallie King, a senior in communication studies, is excited to receive some final guidance in helping her secure a job after graduating in May. “It is a great networking opportunity to network and

UT STUDENTS continued from Page 1 Swart, the social coordinator for the club, also said the collegiate volunteers learned the value in giving back and volunteering.

“The collegiate volunteers will learn the importance of giving back,” he said. “I consider this to be one of the best skills that I learned from 4-H.” All nine of the collegiate volunteers were involved in 4-H when they were in high school.

“Working with younger 4-H’ers is a great way for all of us to give back to the organiza-

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receive advice from professionals in my field,” King said.

“This event should give me more contacts to refer back to and also more advice to further my education in the field which should help me receive a job in the end.”

Thompson hopes to give students an idea of what being a great candidate for a job requires.

“With this event, students should leave with a greater perspective on what makes a great job candidate, not just one that looks great on paper,” Thompson said.

This business casual mixer begins at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

Spots are still available for any interested junior or senior to sign up on Hire-A-Vol. The event is free to attend and heavy hors d’ouevres will be served.

If you cannot attend this event, Career Services also helps students of all majors and years with various things that prepare students for their future career such as reviewing resumes, career counseling and helping find the proper resources to ease the job hunt.

They also hold multiple job and internship fairs throughout the semester for any student on campus to attend.

tion that we all loved so much in high school,” Beaty said.

The collegiate members also networked with 4-H personnel and volunteers that will be a resource after graduation.

“They (the collegiate members) will be working with county, regional, and state 4-H staff,” Beaty said. “These people will be good resources for us later if we (make) a good impression (with) them, especially for those of us who are considering making 4-H into a career.”

Taylre Beaty, a senior at Maryville high school and winner of the 12th grade division, stated that 4-H’s public speaking contests helped her

discover a passion for public speaking.

“It helped me to face my fear of stage freight,” she said.

“Now being up in front of people is my forte.”

Beaty, who plans to attend UT in the fall and major in child and family studies and agricultural economics, added that 4-H and the public speaking contest has helped prepare her for life.

“It’s prepared me for the real work,” she said, “because it’s taught me to have a growing knowledge of citizenship, leadership and many other life skills that can be used in all aspects of life — communication being a huge one.”

Multicultural comedy show entertains students Anthony Elias Staff Writer From start to finish, “The Most Races Show” was a marathon of laughter Friday night.

Twenty-year comedian Juan Villareal took the audience in the UC auditorium on a dash through the first days of the movie “Exorcist” — then to his duel with the bank teller about his $12 deposit — leading to trying to pull a fast one and scare his kids with an exorcist only for them to Google it.

Aside from the laughs, Villareal did have motivating advice for his young guests.

“Enjoy life,” the Houston native said. “Be happy. Life’s too short.”

Following Villareal, the back stretch of Friday night’s act was between Native American comedians James Junes and Ernie Tsosie, giving the audience little time between laughs.

The tag-team comedians told UT students about their 10-year ride as a duo.

“I actually feel bad,” Tsosie said. “It’s kind of weird having an anniversary with another man. We can remember ours to the day.”

“We remember what size engine goes on our trucks,” Junes said. “How many pieces our tools have, how much horsepower our chainsaw holds. And we talk to our tools. Ladies, we’re going to let you in on a little secret: we talk better to our tools than we do to you.”

Junes let students in on another secret about the Navajo “sacred ground.”

“Modern-day ‘sacred ground’ is at Walmart,” the Navajo comedian said. “All of the relatives that you thought had passed away are all at Walmart. You’re pushing your cart and all of a sudden you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, are you here? I thought you died two years ago.’”

Tsosie’s pit-stop in the “modern-day sacred ground” then took a different turn.

“One time I lost my wife in there for two weeks,” the 17-year performer said. “They had to put her on layaway; can you believe that? It took me another two weeks to raise the money to get her out.”

Humor aside, the three comics wouldn’t have made it to Knoxville — a first-time trip for Junes and Tsosie — had it not been without a $10,000 all-in effort by the

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Native American Student Association, Latin American Student Organization and the Asian American Association, with added sponsorship from the Black Culture Programming Committee, Cultural Attractions Committee and Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity.

It was a networking effort that Diversity & Multicultural Education Associate Director Shawnboda Mead said made everyone a winner on Friday night.

“The idea was to have a multicultural comedy night,” Meade said. “Where every-

body can come and have a good time, and so the three groups have done a good job of reaching out and trying to incorporate different programs, different fraternities, and so we have a really good group of students all working together.”

Like Villareal, the comics let guests in on another secret close to the finish: that they “always gotta have a smile on your face, and laughter in your heart.”

“No matter what you’re going through,” Junes said, “you always got to get up, dust yourself off and try it again.

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Seniors of the Beta Lambda chapter of Delta Zeta are recognized during the sorority’s Regions Day on Saturday, Feb. 2.

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UT makes energy changes, could do more In regards to the article on UT’s Steam Plant on January 30th: I applaud Chancellor Cheek and the administration for proposing updates to the Steam Plant on campus. For those of you that don’t know, UT must comply with new EPA regulations limiting emissions of mercury and other pollutants by 2016. Chancellor Cheek and the administration had three options to comply with the new regulations.

First, UT could have installed scrubbers and pollution controls, which would have allowed them to continue to burn coal. This would have been the most expensive option and kept emission levels where they currently stand.

Second is the current plan, which is to convert the Steam Plant from coal to natural gas. This project will cost $25 million dollars and, while reducing the current mercury and other greenhouse gas emissions, will still continue to release emissions. Additionally, this conversion will create technology and fuel source lock-in, leaving the university susceptible to fluctuating natural gas prices. By choosing this option, UT will be forced to use the system for years or risk throwing millions of dollars down the drain.

Third, UT had and still has the option to do something big with truly clean, renewable energy.

As I mentioned in the original article, Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana installed a geothermal system to handle their heating and cooling needs. The system at Ball State will cut their emissions in half and save the university around $2 million dollars a year.

The geothermal system has sparked interest from other schools including Stanford, Ohio State and the University of Kentucky.

Again, I praise the administration for putting a focus on making our campus more sustainable, but someone please explain to me how switching from one fossil fuel to another helps UT achieve its stated goal of being carbon neutral by 2061? Let’s be serious here.

How can this administration expect big ideas from its students when they don’t put forward any big ideas themselves?

Lets move away from coal and natural gas that destroy our mountains and poison our water. It’s time for UT to be a true leader in sustainability.

I implore Chancellor Cheek and the administration to review their decision on switching to natural gas. Choose the option that’s best for UT, its students and the environment.

Choose geothermal.

– Nick Alderson is a senior in sustainability and environmental studies. He may be reached at nalders@utk.edu.

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Stop ‘big orange screw’ yourself Go and Go by

Julia Ross UT has a big problem. Believe it or not, it is neither the snow/ice/rain nor the syllabus adjustments all MWF professors have had to make recently. No, this problem is not the common inconveniences of campus life. If a fire drill happens at an inconvenient time, we assume that the university planned it that way to get a laugh at us. When an advisor is unhelpful, we assume that she or he wants all of us to fail out. When Chancellor Cheek announced that we are going to improve our rankings and hired a marketing firm to advertise it to the public, we assumed that he wanted to waste money and make a mockery of the university.

Then, we took these assumptions to Twitter accounts like @UTKProblems and whined about the #bigorangescrew.

Our creative peers hung a cynical banner to ask “where are the big ideas?” in ugly handwriting. Though harmless and often clever, these reactions are nonetheless counterproductive and immature. Rather than continuing in our lazy ways, why don’t we put in a little effort in the name of progress? I agree that as a student body, we must hold our university accountable for all of its decisions, big and small. However, we must hold ourselves accountable for our behavior as well. If a student isn’t willing to put forth time and effort to improve her or his university, then she or he has no right to attend there.

For the next few weeks, this column will focus on simple and productive solutions to problems that students often respond to with online complaints. The first issue on the list: bad advisors.

I have little doubt that complaints about the quality of advising services here are rooted in real experiences. Some of the fault for a bad advising appointments lies with the student.

Only freshman should make the mistake of scheduling an advising appointment too late.

Everyone else should know that you ought

to schedule an advising appointment during the first week of the semester. You don’t have to meet the first week of the semester, but schedule it then so that you aren’t in a difficult position when it comes time to register for classes later. Everyone should also know that they ought to have an agenda in mind for the appointment before they go. It is very difficult to get what you need from a discussion if you go into it without any expectations. Make a list of your academic priorities, procedural questions and issues you need help addressing. Run a DARS report on yourself and read through the advising manual before you go.

Any advisor, no matter how talented, will struggle to help you if you don’t know what you need.

However, you will occasionally do everything you should to prepare and still have a confusing, demoralizing and useless advising session. That is when it is on you to talk to your friends or to email your department head to get a recommendation for a new advisor.

Read the bio of her or him available online through UT, and make an appointment immediately. Repeat this process until you find someone helpful. Once you have an advisor with whom you feel comfortable, you should visit her or him more than once a semester to develop a relationship that both allows access to a helpful network at the university now and the promise of a positive recommendation letter later.

Students also complain that advising services are unnecessary because if you prepare for one correctly you hardly need one at all.

In this case, a mentor is needed more than an advisor. A mentor should help you to direct not only your course of study, but also your research and extracurricular activities so that you will be competitive in whatever field you wish to enter after graduation.

In short, the role of the advisor is not to tighten the “big orange screw” but to help you manipulate it to build your future. If you haven’t found someone like this, stop hashtagging and start emailing.

— Julia Ross is a sophomore in microbiology and political science. She may be reached at jross26@utk.edu.

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The internet is a funny thing; it’s a place to find facts and it’s also a place to find information that may seem to be very close to fact.

The difference between the two can be blurry, but a simple Google search can easily lead you to the real answers.

The number of outlandish rumors I have seen going around on Facebook and Twitter has dramatically increased since the Newtown shootings. Reposts are made of pictures that are clearly photoshopped to a trained eye and covered with enough jargon and propaganda to make anyone believe anything. The ability to persuade people in terms of politics has become shamefully easy. Rarely do people seem to think that they should check into the source of the news instead of just running with whatever appears on their Facebook feed. I have some shocking news for some of you: not everything that is posted on the internet is fact. Not all of it is true or honest, or even halfway true.

In order to become a responsible, active member of society, educate yourself. Don’t fear gaining additional knowledge. For example, one of the most absurd repostings I’ve seen recently is the video claiming that the Newtown shootings were fake. There is a handy website to keep in mind for times like this: snopes.com, which is well known for debunking rumors on both sides of our political spectrum, on many different topics, and with many different methods of research to prove their findings. A quick check of this website will gauge how true or false any

rumors that have reached the social realm.

If you check out that video’s information on snopes.com, you can see various places that the “information” from the video was compiled, reworded, and completely skewed.

The beauty of our society is how interconnected we can be, but can also be our biggest cripple. Eventually, it is hard to take individuals seriously who continue to believe propaganda without any backing. To have a valid argument, you have to have a valid source. At any point in time, anyone can just put together a YouTube video. At any point, anyone can edit a Wikipedia page. Anyone can make up anything. It says something so much higher of a person who can find and back up their opinions and messages. Validate yourself.

Create your own opinion, because otherwise you could end up embarrassing yourself.

As college students and faculty, we are increasingly under the scrutiny of the public. Future employers have ample access to more information than we want to imagine.

Managing a level of integrity and being knowledgeable about current events not only helps us to become better citizens, but it also helps us to be better people because we are more aware of what is going on around us.

So next time when your mouse is hovering over that tempting share button on the “article” a friend posted, do your research first.

Do everything you can to validate your source and don’t tarnish your image just because you thought you had the newest, best information on a hot subject. You might think it is awesome, life-changing, and will totally stick it to your friends who will disagree, but really you are just making the rest of us question much of what you have to say.

— Kayla Graham is a senior in English literature. She can be reached at kgraham7@ utk.edu.

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‘Red’ hits home with audience Anthony Sherriff Contributor The Tony award winning production “Red� premiered at the Ula Love Doughty Carousel Theatre on Friday, and it certainly made a mark. “Red,� written by John Logan, the author of other plays such as “Never the Sinner,� “Hauptmann� and screenwriter for such popular films as “Hugo�, “Rango� and “Gladiator,� has once again brought something brilliant to the table.

The part of Mark Rothko was played

by Michael Elich. Elich has spent 19 seasons with the Shakespeare Festival and multiple other works of much prominence and definitely brought his knowledge and acting base with him to this very sensitive part. The part of Ken,

Rothko’s assistant, is played by Matt Leisy, an upcoming and very promising actor who has spent time in independent film readings and an assortment of plays around the country, and visually shows his eagerness for the part.

In “Red,� Logan has put the focus on Rothko, a figure head in abstract expressionism, as well as his young and eager apprentice, Ken. The play follows Rothko as he attempts to paint his most important works to date for the Four Seasons restaurant, with the help from his assistant Ken, who is slowly pointing out that his art could be “expiring.�

The main thing to look for when watching this play is the importance of the display of emotion, because a play of this depth, without being able to pull

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heartstrings or cause deep thought is pointless and a waste of time for the audience and anybody else who ever even thought to spend time near it.

The work itself is extraordinarily well written, hence the multiple awards, and was brought to life by the phenomenal performances of the actors. Elich’s portrayal of Rothko was superb and he properly exuded the eccentricity and pompousness required to create a believable reflection of the painter. He also brought the character out through his urgency in action both vocal, physical, and a general presence on the stage.

Elich’s performance was something to be rivaled. Leisy also did a profound job.

Eric Sorrels Contributor Fans of theater found their way to the Clarence Brown Lab Theatre Friday to show their support for All Campus Theatre’s production of “The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds,� written by Paul Zindel.

All Campus Theatre, UT’s undergraduate theater club, produces four shows per year.

Each show is directed, performed, designed and crewed entirely by students. “Gamma Rays� finishes out the 20122013 season for ACT. “My junior year of high school I was in a thing called Forensics, which is competitive performance,� Director Brock Ward, a sophomore in the college scholars program studying theatre as therapy, said. “We would see one-act plays, and one of the ones we saw was ‘Gamma Rays,’ and it stuck out in my memory because I remember that it was truthful and that it was something we could relate to.�

Ward also recently directed a stage reading of a play he wrote last summer called “Homebound: A Play For Nobody.� He has proposed it to ACT as a play to direct in the 2013-2014 season. “Gamma Rays� follows the story of a dysfunctional family of three. Jessica Karsten, a freshman in public relations, plays the mother, Beatrice — a divorced, cynical woman who transfers the pain of her misfortunate life onto her two daughters, Ruth and Matilda.

Older sister Ruth, played by journalism and electronic media major Sophia Shefner, struggles with balancing her home life, school and a psychiatric condition that causes her to have hallucinations and convulsions. She tends to accuse her younger sister of being “the crazy one.�

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Matilda (Tillie) seeks to overcome the abuse and neglect her mother and sister throw her way. She channels the negative energy in her home into her science project that explores the play’s title. “For my character Tillie, I think she really values human life and sees that no matter all the horrible things in the world, you can still find your strength, and you can still overcome no matter what your situation is,� Malorie Cunningham, a junior studying journalism and electronic media, said.

Because of the close-quarters nature of the Lab Theatre, audience members were given a personal and first-hand look at friction within the Hunsdorfer family. “I loved Tillie’s monologues, just how passionate she was,�

Molly Kessler, senior in French, said. “(’Gamma Rays’) is such a small cast, it’s very intimate. You really get to know the characters. You learn a lot about them.�

There was also a fourth actor on the stage: a bunny named Maverick who played Tillie’s pet rabbit, Peter. “I know Maverick,� Kressler said. “I’ve met him before, and I think he did a stellar job.� “Gamma Rays� left its audience with a hint of hope for Tillie, despite the emotional mistreatment she suffers at home. “I think that’s the biggest message of ‘Gamma Rays,’�

Cunningham said. “No matter where you are in life, you always have a little bit of strength inside yourself. Don’t care what anyone else thinks.

Do what you love, and pull that strength out of you.�

The show opened on Thursday, Jan. 31, and ran through Sunday.

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Monday, February 4, 2013 Arts & Culture Editor Victoria Wright

ARTS & CULTURE

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Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Melodi Erdogan

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‘30 Rock’ bids fans farewell after 7 seasons Spencer Hall Staff Writer It’s the end of an era. One of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning television comedies of all time showed its last episode and went away into the pantheon of television alongside countless other comedy classics. Liz Lemon, Jack Donaghy and the loveable cast and crew at “TGS” have said their final goodbyes as the hour-long series finale of NBC’s “30 Rock” Thursday night after seven seasons as one of television’s smartest comedies.

As the final season of “30 Rock” grew closer to its end, it gave fans the opportunity to reminisce about what made the show so special. Whether it be Lemon’s struggle to have a career and a family, Tracy and Jenna’s rivalry, Jack’s rise to the top of Kabletown, or even Kenneth Parcell’s innocence and naiveté in the egotistical world of network TV, “30 Rock” will leave loyal fans with memories of characters they have grown to love over time.

Although the show never garnered a massive audience, “30 Rock” helped make NBC’s Thursday night comedy block the go-to place for some television’s best and smartest comedies. Not only has the show challenged the basic structure of situational comedy with its use of the single camera technique and fast-paced inside jokes, but it also laid the groundwork for future network comedies. Shows such as “Community” and “Parks and Recreation” have followed “30 Rock’s” idea that TV shouldn’t have to dumb itself down in order to get easy laughs and high ratings.

As the character Liz Lemon,

Tina Fey helped prove that the closed-minded concept that “women aren’t as funny as men” is, as Jack Donaghey would say, hogcock. As the writer, producer, star and creator of “30 Rock,” she paved the way for other female-driven shows such as “New Girl,” “Parks and Recreation,” “The Mindy Project” and “Girls.”

Just as Mary Tyler Moore and Lucille Ball did with their groundbreaking TV classics, Fey has proven that it doesn’t matter what your gender is, funny is funny.

The impact that the show achieved has made its finale one of the most highly anticipated television episodes since the series finale of “Friends,” with fans and critics wondering how a show of this magnitude could end.

The final season of “30 Rock” answered all questions the series might have left unanswered. Liz Lemon finally found a husband and started a family, Kenneth’s love for all things television helped him become the new president of NBC, and Jack finally became CEO of Kabletown. Each episode of the season led to the cancellation of Liz’s sketch comedy show, “TGS,” which sets up the final episode.

During the series’ last episode, “30 Rock” stayed true to its fans. Liz attempts to put on one final episode of “TGS,” and although there were a few bumps along the way, the show ends with touching moments that resonated with its loyal audience. Much like the finale to “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” the series finale ends letting fans know that, although both the show and the fictional show within have ended, they will move on and cherish the memories made. In

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an article written by The AV Club, they make a statement saying, “The idea that a sitcom ending is less about a final point to the story and more about leaving the characters in a place where the audience knows they’ll be okay, even if this particular chapter of their lives is over,” and that is what the show has done. “30 Rock” will be missed, but just like the characters on the show, this chapter in television is over.

So let’s snack on some Cheesy Blaster, put some Werewolf Bar Mitzvah on the radio and high-five a million angels as we think about the lasting memories “30 Rock” has left us with.

Lemon out.

RED continued from Page 5 He radiated a true love for the character he was playing, and in doing so created a very pure rendition of what Logan probably had in mind when he wrote Ken’s character. He captured the naivety and eagerness required for the part and then went above and beyond by pulling emotion that the audience could feel wafting over the audience. It was stellar performance, to say the least.

However none of this

would be possible without the work of the director and his crew. “Red” was directed

by John Sipes, who has had experience directing the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and many other works. With his knowledge of drama he gave the script life, allowing the play to work to the extent it was suppose to, and with his staging unsaid actions often meant more to the audience than did the spoken words.

The only issue was that throughout the play there were moments of nervous or unsure laughter. People

would suddenly laugh and then cut themselves short, either realizing that they were the only ones laughing or understanding that the line was not suppose to be intended as humorous. This happened once in almost every scene, but it took nothing away from the meaning of the play and was little to no distraction.

Despite this uncertainty among the audience, the Clarence Brown Theatre has once again brought a phenomenal theatre experience to the UT student body and the patrons that attend.

Monday, February 4, 2013

THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell

SPORTS

lkittre1@utk.edu

Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu

Manning, Witten score NFL honors to my team — but to be a good husband, father, son, grandson, teammate — to be the kind A pair of Tennessee stars cap- of man that is as respected as tured major NFL Honors on Walter Payton was. Like othSaturday night at the league’s ers before me, I have a great annual event. Peyton Manning opportunity as an NFL player was named the NFL Comeback to make a difference in the lives Player of the Year and Jason of others.”

Witten was honored as the NFL Jarrett and Brittney Payton, Man of the Year. the children of NFL great Walter Manning also finished second Payton’s, will honor Witten at in the NFL voting for MVP. It the Mercedes-Benz Superdome is the seventh time he finished on Sunday before kickoff of in the top two in the voting for Super Bowl XLVII. MVP as he won the award in Witten joins an esteemed list 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2009.

He also finished second in 1999 and 2005 in addition to this season.

A year ago, Peyton Manning didn’t know if he would ever play again. Now he’s the 2012 Associated Press NFL Comeback Player of the Year.

The Denver Broncos quarterback won the award Saturday night at “NFL Honors,” edging Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. Manning sat out the entire 2011 season with neck problems that took four different surgeries to correct and led to the end of his 14-season run with the Indianapolis Colts.

He signed with the Broncos in March and put together one of the best statistical seasons of his NFL career.

Manning had a league-best 68.6 percent completion percentage with 37 touchdown passes, 11 interceptions and a 105.8 passer rating. He led the Broncos to a 13-3 record and the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs.

Manning’s win counts as something of an upset ... at least if you’re Peterson. The Vikings star said he believed he had the Comeback Player award “in the bag.” That didn’t turn out to be the case, but Manning certainly is deserving of this honor.

“I used to always say this was an award I never wanted to have, because it meant having a significant injury and missing some time,” Manning said after winning the award.

“I will say for any young player out there, if they do get injured I wish they would be as fortunate as I was to receive the kind of help and support from all kind of people from all different places. Denver, Duke University, coaches, trainers, doctors who have supported me. Family members. I’m very grateful to be back playing this game.

“You just go out there and play, you don’t think about the individual awards,” he continued. “You accept them on behalf of your teammates.

And so the comeback player of the year, I’d like to thank the entire Broncos organization -the coaches, the players, the support people for helping me get out there and getting back on the field and having a positive return to football.”

Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten was named 2012 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year at “NFL Honors” on Saturday night in recognition of his off-the-field community service and playing excellence.

The eight-time Pro Bowler is active in several non-profit organizations, and serves as the Dallas Cowboys’ spokesman for “NFL Play 60” — a program which encourages children to be active for 60 minutes a day in order to reverse childhood obesity.

Witten also has his own charitable endeavor in the SCORE Foundation, which has helped fun several building projects in Texas and his native Tennessee.

Witten has also dedicated himself to stopping domestic violence. Witten’s JWSF SCORE keepers program utilizes male mentors working with children living in battered women’s shelters to demonstrate positive male behavior.

“I am extremely flattered to be chosen the 2012 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year from such an esteemed group of nominees,” Witten said in a statement. “I work hard every day not only to be a success on the football field and a credit

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of winners of the annual award, including 17 Pro Football Hall of Famers.

“I am extremely flattered to be chosen the 2012 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year from such an esteemed group of nominees,” Witten said in a statement after winning the award. “I work hard every day not only to be a success on the football field and a credit to my team — but to be a good husband, father, son, grandson, teammate — to be the kind of man that is as respected as

Walter Payton was. Like others before me, I have a great opportunity as an NFL player to make a difference in the lives of others. It is honestly humbling to be recognized in such a manner for simply doing what I feel is right and human. I am fortunate to have a great support system in my family, the Dallas Cowboys and the NFL which allows me to make an impact in the comParker Edison • The Daily Beacon munities and with people who Peyton Manning during the dedication to Payton love our game.”

Manning Pass on Oct. 19.

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Monday, February 4, 2013 Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell

SPORTS

lkittre1@utk.edu

Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu

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Anna DeMonte swims in the 200 IM, which she won with career-best times as a Lady Vol. The men’s and The Lady Vols celebrate after a win against Vanderbilt women’s swim team beat previously undefeated Georgia’s No. 2 women’s and No. 12 men’s teams last weekend. on Wednesday, Jan. 30.

Women’s tennis falls SEC mediocrity showing through on road to Notre Dame Staff Reports The UT women’s tennis team finished out their four match road swing with a close 4-3 loss to Notre Dame Sunday morning at the Eck Tennis Pavilion.

Jesse Grace and Mimi Fotopoulos, playing together for the second time this season for the Lady Vols (0-4), fell 8-0 at No. 3 doubles while No. 12 Brynn Boren and Kata Szekely earned a 8-2 win over Jennifer Kellner and Chrissie McGaffigan to even things up at one all.

A battle at No. 2 doubles resulted in a 8-6 Notre Dame (4-1) victory and gave the Fighting Irish the 1-0 advantage entering singles play.

Henderson was the first Lady Vol to finish singles play falling 6-4, 6-1 to McGaffigan in the No.

4 spot as Notre Dame extended its lead to 2-0.

Tennessee evened things up at 2-all as No. 23 Boren and No. 25 Szekely downed their Fighting Irish opponents by 6-3, 6-2 scores.

Williams dropped a tough three-set decision battling back from a 6-2 first set loss to win the second set 6-4, but dropped the decider 7-5 as Notre Dame regained its lead. A three-set loss at No. 6 singles from Tiffany Tavares (7-5, 4-6, 4-6) handed the Fighting Irish the winning point.

The match wrapped up with a 6-2, 7-6 (4) win for Fotopoulos at No. 5 singles.

The Lady Vols will have the upcoming weekend off and will return to action in Knoxville on Feb. 15 against Indiana for the first dual meet of 2013 at home.

Austin Bornheim Assistant Sports Editor After this weekend’s slate of SEC match-ups, preseason picks assumptions are starting to be proven true.

Florida is leaps and bounds better than everyone.

Kentucky is young, but it appears that they will be a team that will finish with a middle seed going into the NCAA Tournament with a chance to make some noise.

And Ole Miss has surprised a lot of people with their excellent record, but against

the best in conference they haven’t gotten it done.

Then there is everyone else.

Teams that are struggling to score, break 60 points and are unable to win anywhere other than their home court.

The SEC is all about who can steal a road win this season, but no one seems to be able to do it. Minus the No. 4 Gators, who are 10-0 at home and 6-2 on the road — the best mark in the conference — SEC teams are a combined 118-37 (76 percent) on their home floor and 26-60 (30 percent) away from their friendly confines. Including two teams — Missouri and Tennessee — who are winless on the road this season. Four other SEC teams — Auburn, Arkansas, Mississippi State and South Carolina — only have one road victory.

That is amazing to me.

Most figured this would be

a down season for the conference, but there was optimism with the addition of Missouri and the Volunteers’ surge into second place by season’s end in 2011-12.

Besides the Gators, only three teams have a road record above .500. Kentucky is 5-4, Ole Miss is 5-2 and Texas A&M is just 3-2 — how they have gotten away with playing just five road games up this point I have no idea, and they’ll only have 11 all year.

Yes, numbers at this point might be a little skewed because these teams are in conference play and there has to be a winner and a loser, but the fact that 10-4 have sub .500 records away from home just proves to me how bad the conference is this year.

Knoxville News Sentinel columnist Mike Strange wrote a piece this weekend about the SEC’s lack of scoring abil-

ity — four of the six SEC midweek games failed to see a team reach 60 points — and maybe that plays into a team’s inability to win on the road, but nothing appears to work.

Teams are just different on the road.

Is it the hostile environment? Lack of experience?

Mental toughness?

I don’t know what the answer is. It’s going to be different for every team, but the simple fact is that the SEC has shown its true colors for the year.

A conference, outside of the top two and maybe three, of mediocre teams who don’t have what it takes to get the job done where it really matters: on the road.

— Austin Bornheim is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at abornhei@utk. edu.

Lady Vols drop first conference game, 80-63, to Mizzou Staff Reports

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Joanna Henderson returns a shot backhanded against Ohio State during the Fall Tennessee Invitational on Oct. 28, 2012.

Kamiko Williams had a big first half and five Lady Vols scored in double figures, but No. 9/10 Tennessee could not overcome Missouri’s sharp shooting in a 80-63 loss to the Tigers on Sunday at Mizzou Arena.

Tennessee (17-5, 8-1 SEC) suffered its first conference loss of the season and committed 18 turnovers. Missouri (15-8, 4-5 SEC) used a secondhalf surge to cap a strong day of shooting and earn its first-ever win against the Lady Vols.

The Tigers shot 52.7 percent (29-of-55) from the field, 45.8 percent (11-of-24) from 3-point range and 84.6 percent (11-of-13) from the line while dishing out 23 assists to UT’s six. The Lady Vols shot 41.8 percent (23-of-55) and struggled from long distance (5-of-14) and at the charity stripe (12-of-20).

Missouri’s Morgan Eye led all players with 26 points, including a 6-of-12 effort from beyond the arc. Brianna Kulas added had 20 points, five boards, five assists and three steals in an impressive allaround effort. Liz Smith found points inside for the Tigers and finished with 10 points.

Williams led UT in scoring 14 first-half points on 7-of-9 shooting before an injury sidelined her in the second half.

She also amassed six rebounds, two assists, three steals and one block. Taber Spani had 12 points and four rebounds and Meighan Simmons finished with 13 points. Bashaara Graves and Ariel Massengale had 11 points and 10 points, respectively.

Kulas’ layup with 6:11 remaining opened a 10-1 Tigers run capped off by two free throws by Lianna Doty with just over four minutes left. Missouri’s lead grew to 70-54, its largest of the game until the closing seconds. A two-point jumper by Simmons would bring Tennessee to within nine points at 76-63 with 2:33 remaining, but the Lady Vols would come no closer.

Missouri’s attack was efficient and effective as the Tigers used a 10-minute, 21-10 run to climb out to a 58-47 advantage with 9:34 remaining. Eye hit three treys and scored 11 points over that stretch.

Williams came down awkwardly on her right leg at the 17:00 mark of the second half following a layup by Smith.

She was helped off the court by the UT athletic training staff and did not return.

Both teams came out of the break with the same tenacity that made for a back-and-forth first half. A 3-pointer by MU’s Kyley Simmons 15 seconds into the second period knotted the game at 37-37.

Tennessee had a 37-34 lead at halftime after a tightly-con-

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Kamiko Williams spots up for a quick jumper against Miss. St. on Thursday, Jan. 31. tested first period that featured eight lead changes. Williams was dominant on both ends of the floor in the first half, shooting 7-of-9 for 14 points with two assists, six boards and three steals. Eye led the Tigers with 11 points, including nine from long distance.

The Lady Vols held the lead for the final five minutes of the first half. But for every bucket down the stretch, the Tigers had an answer to stay within five points. In the final five minutes before the break, Williams made two jumpers and had an assist on another to keep UT (15-of-32 in the first half) ahead of a strong-shooting Mizzou squad (14-of-28).

Both teams began dialing it up from long distance at the 8:22 mark. Eye, Mizzou’s top 3-point shooter, caught fire and scored all eight points of an 8-2 Tigers run, including two shots from beyond the arc to push MU ahead, 24-21.

Spani, one of UT’s best sharpshooters, answered with a pair of 3-pointers on UT’s next two possessions to give the Lady Vols a 27-24 lead with 5:37 left in the half.

During a 1:40 stretch midway through the first half, Williams and Smith began trading baskets in a onepoint game. Each scored four points with Smith nailing a turnaround jumper at 9:49 to give the Tigers a 16-15 edge.

After a timeout, Williams hit a pull-up jumper from the freethrow line in transition to push Tennessee ahead, 17-16.

Down 6-4 three minutes into the game, Missouri seized early momentum with an 8-2 run sparked by a Liene Priede’s 3-pointer at 16:53.

Simmons helped Tennessee settled down and climb back with a 3-pointer at the 12:27 mark to draw the Lady Vols to within 12-11. Simmons hit two free throws after a technical foul was called on Mizzou coach Robin Pingeton, giving UT a 13-12 lead.

The Lady Vols will next travel to Baton Rouge, La., to play LSU on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 9 p.m. Tennessee returns to Thompson-Boling Arena on Sunday, Feb. 10, to host Ole Miss at 2 p.m. and begin a three-game homestand.