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Vols hold off resilient Gamecocks to snap skid Hopson’s 23 points lead Tennessee over reeling South Carolina in Pearl’s homecoming within arm’s reach for the duration of the second half. Bruce Ellington’s layup capped a 7-0 Editor-in-Chief run and pulled the Gamecocks within four at 39-35 with 17 minutes left to play, and a South Carolina was more than Tennessee’s Galloway jumper at 13:20 kept the deficit to opponent in Wednesday night’s SEC matchup four points at 44-40. at Thompson-Boling Arena.

Though South Carolina threatened, The Gamecocks were pests. A roster full of Tennessee refused to let the game slip through them. its fingers thanks largely to the second-half In a game in which Tennessee’s lead was play of Hopson and Tatum. Tatum never safe, the Vols fought off numernailed a 3-pointer before turning a ous Gamecock rallies to hold off steal into a fast-break dunk at the South Carolina 73-67 on Wednesday 9:36 mark of the second half, pushnight in Knoxville. ing UT’s lead to 56-46.

“It was good to be back at home,” “I think we were more aggressive UT coach Bruce Pearl said. “I felt like going at the rim and just trying to our home-court advantage and our go at their defense,” guard Melvin crowd helped us a little bit tonight.”

Goins said. “Attacking them where Scotty Hopson led Tennessee (16they’re weak at.”

10, 6-5 SEC) with 23 points, with Hopson brought the crowd to its Cameron Tatum adding 13 points. feet with a dunk with 3:50 remainMalik Cooke led South Carolina ing to give the Vols a 64-63 lead.

(13-11, 4-7) with 22 points.

“I think it elevates us,” Hopson UT dominated in the paint, said of his dunks. “It elevates the outscoring the Gamecocks 34-20 in guys on the team, and it elevates the the post. Brian Williams and Tobias crowd. When they’re into it, and Harris each flirted with double-douthey’re hype, we feed off their enerbles in the contest. Harris scored 10 gy.” points and grabbed 8 rebounds, For the second half, Tennessee while Williams added 10 points and 9 shot 52 percent from the field. Still, rebounds.

Pearl saw plenty of mistakes on “I thought we did a good job,” offense.

Pearl said. “We got the ball inside.

“Offense, the turnovers are just Thirty-four points in the paint sloppy play,” Pearl said. “I think it against a zone is good.” had a lot to do with the margin. You The first half of play was an exhiturn it over 16 times, you’re not bition in sloppy basketball. Hopson going to beat the best teams on the — who led the Vols in the first half schedule. with 12 points — knocked down a 3Wade Rackley • The Daily Beacon “I don’t think we over-passed it. pointer at the 14:23 mark to give the Scotty Hopson throws down against South Carolina on Wednesday, Feb. 16.

Hopson, who lead the team with I think we were sloppy when we Vols an early 9-4 lead. South Carolina passed it.”

23 points, helped end a three-game losing streak as the Vols went on to a 73-67 win over the Gamecocks. staged a run midway through the Tennessee welcomes Georgia to period to take the lead 15-14 on a Knoxville on Saturday for UT’s next conferRamon Galloway layup with just under eight South Carolina’s six while outrebounding the 18:20 swelled UT’s lead to 39-27.

“I thought Scotty did a great job of attack- ence matchup. Tipoff is 1 p.m. at ThompsonGamecocks 30 to 17 before intermission. UT minutes until halftime.

“They played a lot of zone,” Pearl said. “I tallied 16 turnovers on the night, while South ing the rim in that zone,” Pearl said. “He got Boling Arena. The game is this season’s OUTLIVE contest for cancer awareness. to the basket a number of times.” thought we left a lot of shots out there. I Carolina turned the ball over 11 times.

But a resilient South Carolina team stayed “I thought defensively, particularly in the

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thought we did a decent job of breaking pressure, yet 16 turnovers was too many.”

But the Vols’ defense played its part in limiting South Carolina’s early shots. For the first half, UT held the Gamecocks to 25-percent shooting (8-33) but only hit 39 percent of its own shots. Neither team hit a field goal in the final two minutes of the first half.

Tennessee committed eight turnovers to

first half, we made it difficult for South Carolina,” Pearl said. “We dominated the boards. They shot 25 percent. I thought our defense was terrific.”

The Vols adjusted the offense at halftime and jumped out of the gate in the second period. A Brian Williams dunk and free throw opened up the first two UT possessions of the second half. Another Hopson 3-pointer at

Drinking fountain to curb plastic waste EZH20 water-purifying station encourages conservation, green initiative Jamison Lanum Staff Writer

million barrels of oil to produce.

About three liters of water are typically required to produce and sell one liter of bottled drinking water. Bottle fillers like the EZH20 take water that is readily available and make it drinkable and convenient.

“We’ve helped with a lot of the green initiatives on campus,” Quiett said. “We’ve really tried to help the University of Tennessee save both water and money. The water bottle filler is along both of those lines.”

For more information on water bottle usage and recycling, visit http://storyofstuff.org.

Thirsty students and faculty members now have a new option to not only quench their thirst but reduce their carbon footprint and save money in the process.

A new water bottle filling station, the EZH20, was installed Monday by Facilities Services at the Student Aquatic Center.

The installation of the EZH20 provides students and faculty with a convenient way to fill their bottles and other containers with filtered water. This in an effort to reduce the purchasing of commercially bottled water.

“We had been looking into different water bottle refill options,” Wes Willoughby, construction coordinator for Facilities Services, said. “We were really looking for something that we could install easily and put it in a location where a high volume of people are. It has a lot of neat features. I think the students and staff will enjoy it.”

The EZH20, manufactured and donated by Elkay Manufacturing Co., uses a sensor to keep the operation hands-free.

This, along with the machine’s antimicrobial surfaces, helps keep the station sanitary. Students simply have to place their bottle under the spout, and it will begin to fill at a rate nearly three times as fast when compared to the typical water fountain.

“It’s quick, clean and green,” Yancey Quiett, a local representative for Elkay, said.

The station includes an external visual filter monitor which lets both its users and maintenance workers know when a new filter is needed. As the station is used, the EZH20’s Green Ticker counts George Richardson • The Daily Beacon and displays the amount of plastic water bottles that have been kept from produc- Josh Leonard, freshman in computer scition, never having to enter a landfill. ence, uses the new Brita water filling staThe billions of plastic bottles that do tion that was installed Monday in the enter landfills each year can take up to 1,000 years to fully degrade, according to Student Aquatic Center. The station fills a fact sheet prepared by The Story of Stuff water three times faster than a traditionProject. Landfill costs and cleanup of these al fountain and keeps a count of how Joy Hill • The Daily Beacon bottles total $70 million annually. The U.S. many plastic bottles have been saved Red Cross representatives hand out Starbursts on the Pedestrian Mall on Dec. 10. A alone consumes around 31.2 billion liters from production by the fountain’s use. of bottled water each year, which takes 17 mascot for the Red Cross also posed for pictures with students.

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James Huffman, freshman in geology, plays with a rabbit outside the Clarence Brown Theatre on Friday, Feb. 11.

1904: Madame Butterfly premieres On this day in 1904, Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly premieres at the La Scala theatre in Milan, Italy.

The young Puccini decided to dedicate his life to opera after seeing a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida in 1876. In his later life, he would write some of the best-loved operas of all time: La Boheme (1896), Tosca (1900), Madame Butterfly (1904) and Turandot (left unfinished when he died in 1906). Not one of these, however, was an immediate success when it opened. La Boheme, the now-classic story of a group of poor artists living in a Paris garret, earned mixed reviews, while Tosca was downright panned by critics.

While supervising a production of Tosca in London, Puccini saw the play Madame Butterfly, written by David Belasco and based on a story by John Luther Long. Taken with the strong female character at its center, he began working on an operatic version of the play, with an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica. Written over the course of two years — including an eight-month break when Puccini was badly injured in a car accident — the opera made its debut in Milan in February 1904.

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told the story of an American sailor, B.F. Pinkerton, who marries and abandons a young Japanese geisha, Cio-Cio-San, or Madame Butterfly. In addition to the rich, colorful orchestration and powerful arias that Puccini was known for, the opera reflected his common theme of living and dying for love. This theme often played out in the lives of his heroines — women like Cio-Cio-San, who live for the sake of their lovers and are eventually destroyed by the pain inflicted by that love. Perhaps because of the opera’s foreign setting or perhaps because it was too similar to Puccini’s earlier works, the audience at the premiere reacted badly to Madame Butterfly, hissing and yelling at the stage. Puccini withdrew it after one performance. He worked quickly to revise the work, splitting the 90-minute-long second act into two parts and changing other minor aspects. Four months later, the revamped Madame Butterfly went onstage at the Teatro Grande in Brescia. This time, the public greeted the opera with tumultuous applause and repeated encores, and Puccini was called before the curtain 10 times. Madame Butterfly went on to huge international success, moving to New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 1907.

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Crime Log Feb. 15 Around 10:45 a.m., a UTPD officer observed two suspicious males, both UT students, in a blue 2006 Dodge Magnum in the G12 parking garage. Upon further investigation, the officer arrested one of the suspects for simple possession of marijuana.

A UT student reported that some of her possessions were stolen from the women’s locker room in the basement of the UC some time between 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 14.

A student reported that her student ID was stolen from the laundry room in Morrill Hall some time between 5 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. on Feb. 6.

A student reported that her purse was stolen from Hodges Library around 3 p.m.

Feb. 16 At approximately 2:50 a.m., an officer stopped a black 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee at 22nd Street and Clinch Avenue for violating the implied consent law. Two students, one male and one female, occupied the vehicle. Upon further investigation, the male suspect was arrested for DUI first offense, underage consumption and violation of the implied consent law.

— Crime Log is compiled by Robbie Hargett

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Students win in national accounting case competition A team of four UT students won $5,000 for demonstrating excellence in sustainability accounting.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) awarded the students second place in a national case competition focused on enhancing environmental sustainability practices at a luxury hotel.

The winning team’s members were Camille Crumpton, junior in accounting and international business; Daniel Aycock, junior in accounting and international business; Johannah Reed, junior in environmental studies; and Richard Lusk, junior in logistics and international business. Three of the four students are in university honors programs.

While 64 student teams from around the country entered submissions, only 10 were chosen to participate in the competition.

The AICPA, in partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Development in Chapel Hill, N.C., opened the competition nationwide last September to students earning either associate degrees or bachelor’s degrees. Students applied their accounting and sustainability know-how to a real-world business challenge for the Umstead Hotel & Spa in Cary, N.C. Umstead is a AAA, five-diamond-rated property certified Green Plus by the Institute of Sustainable Development.

Teams developed ideas that would improve the environmental footprint of the hotel, be consistent with its brand and make financial sense.

Only three of the 10 competing teams had an interdisciplinary focus; two placed in the top three.

The Umstead plans to incorporate the results of the competition into its capital budgeting process.

AICPA Chairman Paul V. Stahlin offered his congratulations to all of the winners.

The AICPA is the world’s largest association representing the accounting profession, with nearly 370,000 members in 128 countries. For more information about the competition or to watch the video submissions, visit http://www.thiswaytocpa.com and click “accounting competition.”

RHTM department plans event to honor Regas as industry ‘legend’ Longtime restaurateur William (Bill) F. Regas will be hon-

NEWS ored as a “Legend of the Industry” on March 26 at the ninth annual Appalachian Spring gourmet dinner and auction being hosted by the Department of Retail, Hospitality and Tourism Management (RHTM) at the UT. Tickets are now available for the event which begins at 6 p.m. and will be held in the ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The evening will include a wine-and-beer reception, passed appetizers, a silent auction and a four-course banquet with wine pairings.

The deadline for donations to the silent auction is March 1, and the deadline to purchase tickets is March 12.

The “Legends of the Industry” event will be entirely studentled, with hospitality students managing the program and designing the menu with the help of several distinguished local chefs. Retail students will manage the silent auction, and money generated from the event is used for student scholarships, industry trips and internship support. In addition, some of the proceeds will be donated to Regas’ charity of choice — breast cancer awareness.

During his 65-year restaurant career, Regas has been a mentor, icon and friend to the food service industry and the Knoxville community. Regas Restaurant, which closed at the end of 2010, was the longest-running restaurant in Tennessee.

Bill Regas also has been instrumental in the early development of several other noted local restaurateurs, including Randy Burleson (Aubrey’s, Bistro by the Tracks, Sunspot), Mike Connors (Chop House, Connors), Rick Fredrico (P.F. Chang’s), Steve Puleo (Puleo’s Grille) and Grady Regas (Grady’s Goodtimes).

To purchase tickets, which range from $150 for a single ticket to $1,000 for a table of eight, contact Carol Costello at costello@utk.edu or 865-974-6241.

University researchers link algae to harmful estrogen-like compound in water UT researchers have found that blue-green algae may be responsible for producing an estrogen-like compound in the environment which could disrupt the normal activity of reproductive hormones and adversely affect fish, plants and human health. Previously, human activities were thought solely responsible for producing these impacts.

Theodore Henry, an adjunct professor for UT Center for Environmental Biotechnology and faculty at the University of Plymouth, and his colleagues looked into blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, and their effects on zebrafish. They discovered the algae may add a new harmful element into the way they understand and investigate alga blooms in aquatic systems.

Using funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB), the scientists uncovered how exposure to the bluegreen algae called Microcystis induced a response consistent with exposure to estrogen-like compounds in larval fish.

The research can be found in the article “Global Gene Expression Profiling in Larval Zebrafish Exposed to Microcystin-LR and Microcystis Reveals Endocrine Disrupting Effects of Cyanobacteria” in the American Chemical Society’s journal, Environmental Science & Technology.

Researchers compared groups of larval zebrafish exposed to Microcystis cells with those exposed to just the well-studied toxin they produce and found that only the fish in contact with

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Cameron Haefele, freshman in chemistry, and John Bellenfant, freshman in business pre-major, study in the Commons of Hodges Library on Friday, Feb. 11.

The Daily Beacon • 3 the blue-green algal cells tested positive for a well-studied estrogenic biomarker. This led them to conclude the algal blooms were producing a previously unrecognized substance which is an estrogen-like compound that acts as an endocrine disruptor.

Possible human health effects include skin rashes, fever and liver damage. Henry and colleagues note that harmful blooms of toxin-producing algae occur in waters throughout the world and are a growing health and environmental concern. As a result, the scientists are calling for a revision of environmental monitoring programs to watch for these new substances.

Henry worked with Steven Wilhelm, professor of microbiology at UT Knoxville; Emily Rogers, a graduate student at UT Knoxville’s Center for Environmental Biotechnology and of the Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries; Michael Twiner of the University of Michigan-Dearborn; Julia Gouffon of UT Knoxville’s Affymetrix Core Facility; Jackson McPherson of UT Knoxville’s Center for Environmental Biotechnology; Gary Sayler, distinguished professor of microbiology at UT Knoxville; and Gregory Boyer of State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

NOAA is a federal agency focused on the condition of the oceans and the atmosphere. NOAA’s mission is to understand and predict changes in the Earth’s environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and to conserve and manage coastal and marine resources.

Symposium to explore science, risk communication research “Science Communication and Information Research” is the theme of the College of Communication and Information’s 33rd annual Research Symposium on Feb. 25.

Bonnie Carroll, founder and president of Information International Associates (IIa), an Oak Ridge-based company that provides information management systems to governments and private industries in the U.S. and around the world, will deliver the keynote address. Carroll will speak on “Science, Government and Information: Finding and Communicating the Results of Research.”

The symposium will be held in the college auditorium (321 Communications), with the poster session located in the foyer outside the auditorium. All events during the symposium are free and open to the public.

The symposium begins at 8 a.m. with a continental breakfast in the foyer, followed by research paper presentations in the auditorium on the topic of “Science and Journalism.”

Another paper presentation session begins at 9:35 a.m. on the topic of “Communication in the Personal Life,” and the poster session begins at 10:35 a.m. in the foyer.

A special session on the research being conducted in the college’s new Risk, Health and Crisis Communication organized research unit follows at 11:30 a.m. Lunch begins at 12:30 p.m. in the Scripps Convergence Lab (402 Communications) and will feature the keynote address.

The afternoon paper session on the topic of “Innovative Technologies and Their Role in Communication and Information” begins at 2:10 p.m., and the closing comments and awards ceremony are set for 3:30 p.m. Awards will be given to the best paper by undergraduate students, the best paper by master’s students, the best collaborative paper by faculty and doctoral students, and the best poster.

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Smokers undeserving of senseless criticism Buckle your seat belts, ladies and gentlemen; I’m on the soap box and it’s ranting time.

How many times a day am I going to have to suffer the passive-aggressive complaints of pink-lunged individuals in regards to smokers? Predominately, it’s an over exaggerated audible sigh accompanied by an eye roll as they and their toxic-smelling cloud of Wal-Mart special “Lucky” perfume breeze past me. The scoff says enough; I know what this means every time: “You’re smoking. I don’t like it for (insert generic reason here).”

Why yes, I am trying to indulge a habit that has potential health risks. Yes, I’m taking part of this delicious cigarette in public. Yes, I know that pink-lungs like yourself generally find the aroma of smoke unpleasant. I’m also aware of current debates and ongoing research concerning the brief whiff of secondhand smoke you sneered at may or may not damage your health, as well. Furthermore, individuals like yourself have made it clear that the 1” x 3/8” bit of paper and fiberglass filter, which I discard on the ground, possibly harms the environment.

When it comes to smoking, the only thing I don’t have a clue about is why I (probably like every other smoker you wander within 5 feet of) have to tolerate judgmental, pretentious people like you scoffing, remarking about or to, and lecturing me. All I want to do is finish this tobacco stick and return to whatever I was doing before I had to interrupt my process and walk outside to smoke it.

Not to worry, the excitement is yet to come!

Not only do I have to casually disregard the scoffs, sighs, groans, muttering and eye-rolls of the lesser passiveaggressive pink-lungs, but also the occasional loud conversations between two of them combined.

For example: One morning I was enjoying a cigarette as I was walking to class. I was running a little late, keeping a quick pace and passed a very large woman and her moderate-sized female comrade. They must not be aware that some students do attend lectures at 8:00 a.m., as they were leisurely strolling along and taking up nearly the entire sidewalk. As I passed by, I heard the first scoff. “Okay,” I thought to myself, “Maybe that scoff was warranted, because one of them probably got a sizable amount of side-stream while I passed them.”

I kept walking, stubbing the butt in an ashtray (!) next to the door of my building. The two girls, who had quickened their pace to stay a few feet behind me, walked in, making sure to take the door farthest away from the one I entered. After about three steps into the building, I heard one of them inhale sharply and say, “GOSH! Why does it always smell like SMOKE in here?!”

The other replied, “I have no idea, but it’s GROSS.” This alone makes me want to light up a Camel in every classroom, restaurant and bathroom I enter, but I’m not finished yet.

Another example: I experienced a similar situation as I was leaving a class. Per usual, when leaving a large lecture class, a steady stream of people were exiting, as well. I stepped outside, moved out of the door’s swing radius, paused to light up a smoke, put my Zippo away, and I didn’t even get two steps and one puff into my betweenclass cigarette until I heard a female voice close behind me scoff and say, “Ugh, gross, look.” Another female voice chimed in, “Eww ...”

I rolled my eyes and ignored the comment; however, I noticed mid-eye-roll that a massive number of cigarette butts were lying around the stairwell — presumably, most of them washed down the stairs by rain. I started my way up the stairs with the girls still behind me. Then I heard first pink-lung speak again, exponentially louder this time, “I HATE people who SMOKE!” Spare me.

This type of deplorable complaining is much akin to a peacock’s tail fan — obvious and equally useless. I wanted to find out who she was and leave cigarette butts on the hood of her car spelling out, “We hate you too.”

Truly, I’m blowing off some steam instead of blowing away the next person that criticizes my smoking; however, as cynical as all of this has been, I’d just like to take my smoke breaks in peace. Please don’t harass me while I’m trying to relax.

Layla Money Junior in accounting lmoney@utk.edu SCRAMBLED EGGS • Alex Cline

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Iraq war fought largely over camels Immut abl y Right by

Treston Wheat Although America has entered a post-Bush era, it is important that we remember how the neoconservative, Zionist imperialists entrapped us into a foreign policy based on stealing resources. For those poor, naïve souls who believe America went into the Middle East to steal Iraq’s oil, you must know the truth.

There was a far more nefarious, nay insidious, reason that the U.S. illegally invaded and occupied Iraq. We were after their camels.

Now, the more astute reader will try to point to facts like Americans do not use camels. They would reason that we would never enter into an illicit war for supposedly worthless resources. But that is where the neoconservative, Zionist imperialists have fooled you.

Camels are one of the Middle East’s most vital resources. If we could only deprive the Arabs of their camel resources, then we could conquer the world. This is not mere conjecture; one must only look at Bush and Cheney to see how they have planned this all along.

First, concerning the Bush family, they moved to Texas, where George W. Bush grew up in desert-like conditions. But what was missing? What did his heart desire? You got it: camels. We know from his early childhood that he craved to ride them on the open sand, letting that West Texas air rush into his face. How would he ever achieve this? Well, as anonymous documents show, when he was a teenager he planned on running for president one day, with the stated aim of bringing all of the Middle East’s camels to America. Then he would have an everlasting supply of his favorite animal.

Some will say that this is not enough conclusive proof. As any good conspiracy theory needs, a quote by the person in question given completely out of context and without explanation will support my claim.

“Dubya” exclaimed only days after 9/11 happened, “When I take action, I’m not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt.”

Can you see it? He fully admitted that the entire military

buildup after “Arab” terrorists attacked us was to use military force to acquire camels. It is entirely suspicious that Arabs would attack America whilst Bush is yearning for camels!

Then there is the involvement of Darth Vader ... I mean Dick Cheney. Fun facts about Cheney: He was the youngest chief of staff in history, one of his daughters is a lesbian and he was the first cyborg elected vice president. The proof that Cheney was after camels, just like Bush, is in his work history. He was CEO of Halliburton from 1995 to 2000, and Halliburton has an office in the United Arab Emirates. The UAE is in the heartland of the Middle East and is full of camels.

Those brainwashed by Bush’s neoconservative, Zionist imperialism will try to argue, unsuccessfully, that this evidence cannot hold up, because Halliburton did not put an office in the UAE until 2007. However, from anonymous papers given to me by the Huffington Post, I have deduced that Cheney planned it all from the beginning. He used Halliburton’s office to channel the camels into America!

I write this to make the public aware of the real reason America went to Iraq and Afghanistan. If people are not made aware of these sinister deeds, then they may fall for it again. It was camels. Those brown, furry creatures on which kids gallop around at the zoo and terrorists ride to fight the crusading armies of America, Britain and Israel. Camels, not oil.

For those of you who think this is even a remote possibility, it is time to grow up. Put down the Ron Paul book, turn off Fahrenheit 9/11 and enter the real world.

We did not go to Iraq for the oil, 9/11 was not an inside job, Barack Obama is not an immigrant Muslim, we landed on the moon, Jesus did not marry Mary Magdalene, the Holocaust happened and Zionist Jews do not rule the world. There is little need to allow truthers or birthers a place at the table. If we are going to have serious political discussions, then people who claim outlandish and ridiculous conspiracy theories cannot be part of it. There are real problems in the world, and those people who rant and rave about useless, ill-conceived ideas do nothing but waste people’s time. Americans need to stop paying attention to those fringe groups who hijack our debates.

—Treston Wheat is a senior in political science and history. He can be reached at twheat@utk.edu.

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Well, what d’ya know … it’s tax season. W2s are rolling in, people are tossing envelopes labeled “IMPORTANT: TAX INFORMATION” into the corner (because after all, procrastination is an American pastime) and firms like H&R Block are putting on a full-court press of advertising to the anxious public.

It is that time of year when Americans from all walks of life and social stature collectively groan in frustration as they sit down to look over the seemingly endless stretch of paperwork that is required to fill out forms that can be far too complicated. Add to that the pressure for students to fill out FAFSAs and you’ve got a perfect storm for springtime apathy.

Meanwhile, in Washington, taxes are also the talk of the town, though lawmakers and the bureaucrats who cater to their every whim are not running around, worrying about the grind of sorting through documents and processing numbers … because, after all, that’s what shady accountants are for. Instead, the buzz in the capital is over the recently released $3.7 trillion budget proposal issued by the Obama administration to Congress and the general public.

The prospective budget, which Congress must comb through, vote on and approve, includes many provisions that the White House claims will work to gradually decrease the size of the federal deficit, which currently stands at more than $14 trillion and grows by the day. This, according to remarks President Obama gave on Monday, will be done through the elimination of some 200 federal programs, spending freezes and liquidation of governmentowned properties. He also promised that taxes for the average American family would not see an increase, though higher earners would get hit. Yet, in spite of all of these cost-cutting measures, there will be a shortfall of more than $1 trillion to add to the erupting debt totals, and entitlements (i.e. Social Security, Medicare, Welfare, veterans’ benefits) will largely go unchanged.

That last point is rather notable and somewhat alarming.

Several polls have been conducted over the last

few months by various news organizations, corporate entities, think tanks and academic agencies. These polls, though sometimes differing in language and levels of integrity and political impartiality, have more or less all been intended to gauge the sentiments of the American people with regards to taxes, entitlements and the budget crisis. Across the board, all of the results I uncovered had similar results.

Most respondents, regardless of political allegiance and ideology, were generally unwilling to see an increase in their own personal tax burden or a decrease in the level of entitlements they receive from the federal government. Assuming the attitude of, “I don’t care what the government does to pay for it as long as they don’t ask me to foot the bill or cut the money they give to me,” these citizens are characteristic of the problem politicians face when trying to enact policies that will effectively work to lower budget shortfalls and raise revenue. Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, old-age retirees and members of the working-age labor force all agreed that the problem needed to be fixed, just not at their expense.

Why are entitlements so sacrosanct? It is not because of the working-age population, but the retirees who currently and directly benefit from entitlements staying the way they are or rising. Granny may not be able to read the directions on the back of a soup can anymore, but because she votes with more consistency and regularity than younger citizens, she wields much more political power. Because of this, politicians generally are willing to tick off various groups, demographics and special interests, but they know to observe the cardinal rule of American politics: You never screw with the benefits of the old farts or they’ll send the AARP — one of the most powerful interest groups in Washington — after you.

Politicians at all levels of government in this country generally bat around the same phrase when asked what to do about soaring budget shortfalls and the growing national debt. “We’re going to have to sit down, have an honest conversation and make some tough choices,” they say. Generally, the voting public eats this crap up, as it is supposed to depict a sense of fiscal responsibility, but they immediately revert back to their, “not out of my wallet” ideology the minute it is time to have that conversation.

If we are ever going to actually tackle this problem as a nation, we have to actually be willing to make those tough choices, cut spending and, yes, raise taxes.

There simply is no other solution.

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

NEWS

Thursday, February 17, 2011

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Strife in Egypt leads to immigration Associated Press GENEVA— Nearly 100 Egyptians have arrived in Italy in two boats, international migration officials said Wednesday, as fears rose about a wave of people trying to reach Europe because of turmoil in the Arab world.

This week, a large boat carrying 66 migrants, including 10 possible minors, was intercepted in Sicily, close to Pozzallo, the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration said Wednesday. Another boat carrying 30 migrants, all but four of them under the age of 18, landed nearby in Ragusa, the group said.

More than 5,330 Tunisians have already arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa, off the coast of Africa.

Mass protests in Tunisia caused the coun-

try’s longtime dictator to flee in January, and Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak was forced out last week after weeks of demonstrations.

Migration officials say it’s too early to conclude there will be an exodus from Egypt. “(Still) any kind of change has always been the trigger for some kind of human movement and it seems to be a moment for people to seize the change around them,” IOM spokesperson Jemini Pandya said Wednesday.

Simply because people have overthrown a dictator does not mean they can suddenly find jobs or feed their families, Pandya said, noting that the collapse of the old regime can create greater opportunities for escape.

European governments are bracing for a large influx of migrants due to turmoil in the Middle East — putting the continent’s policies on immigration and the world’s fledgling antismuggling efforts to the test.

Berkeley denies freed detainees Associated Press

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BERKELEY, Calif.— The Berkeley city council, known for its forays into international affairs, has narrowly rejected a measure that would have welcomed freed Guantanamo Bay detainees to resettle in this California college town.

The resolution would have asked Congress to allow Guantanamo prisoners who have been cleared of wrongdoing to resettle in the U.S. — and invited “one or two” of them to live in Berkeley.

The measure lost in a 4-1 vote, with four abstentions, late Tuesday.

At least two other U.S. cities — Amherst and Leverett in Massachusetts — have approved similar resolutions aimed at clearing the way for Guantanamo detainees to come the U.S. after their release from the American detention facility in Cuba.

“These men have suffered immensely,” said Cynthia Papermaster, who heads Berkeley No More Guantanamos. “It’s the right thing for all U.S. citizens to say, ‘We’re sorry for what happened to you. If you want to come here, we have a place for you.’”

Papermaster, a Berkeley resident who asked the council’s Peace and Justice Commission to consider the measure, said former detainees would be sponsored by volunteers and nonprofit groups, and no city money would be used to support them.

City Manager Phil Kamlarz recommended that the council take no action, saying “federal law explicitly prohibits the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to the United States.”

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“I think it distracts the council from the local business that we actually have control over,” Wozniak said.

Danny Gonzales, of the group Move America Forward, told the council he opposed bringing Guantanamo detainees to Berkeley.

“Just because they haven’t been charged and convicted of a crime doesn’t mean they’re innocent,” he said. “It’s dangerous. Don’t bring them here.”

The resolution singled out two Guantanamo detainees who have been cleared of wrongdoing but don’t want to return to their home countries because they fear persecution — Ravil Mingazov, a Russian ballet dancer, and Djamel Ameziane, an Algerian chef.

Separately, the city council approved a resolution that calls for the “immediate end to the cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment” of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the Army private accused of leaking classified government documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.

The measure asked the U.S. government to improve the pretrial confinement conditions of Manning, who is being held in a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va. The Pentagon has denied mistreating Manning. A Marine Corps spokesman has said the military is keeping Manning safe, secure and ready for trial.

In December, the city council indefinitely postponed a vote to declare Manning a hero.

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SPORTS

Thursday, February 17, 2011

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Duo leads Vols golf to sixth place SEC, UT track finish fourth in Texas Staff Reports Jay Vandeventer and Danny Keddie posted top-10 finishes Tuesday and guided Tennessee to a sixth-place result at the Battle at the Beach in Newport Coast, Calif.

The Vols duo tied for 10th place at 3-over-par 213.

Vandeventer appeared headed for his third consecutive round of even-par 70 before carding a triple-bogey 7 on his final hole, the par-4 third.

It was the Bristol sophomore’s only triple of the tournament and cancelled earlier birdies at Nos. 4, 10 and 13.

Still, Vandeventer posted 73 for his best collegiate tournament finish and his second top-20 in the last three starts dating to the fall competitions. Vandeventer’s previous best was 14th back in September at the Windon Memorial in Chicago.

For Keddie, after combining for nine birdies the first two days, his lone red number on Tuesday came at his final hole, the par-4 fourth.

The freshman newcomer, who finished with 74, did cover the entire 54 holes without scoring worse than a bogey and begins his UT career on a brilliant note.

The Vols finished sixth at 27-over-par 1077

after posting a final-round of 364, or 14 over par. Teams counted five players in this tournament format instead of the usual four. Secondranked UCLA (1057) captured tournament honors for the second year in a row, followed by San Diego (1060), Augusta State (1065), Washington (1066) and Arizona State (1073).

All five squads ahead of the Vols entered the week ranked in the top 34 nationally by Golfstat. Tennessee was able to finish better than 10th-ranked San Diego State (1079) and 12th-ranked Arkansas (1087), the only other SEC member in the field.

Senior Robin Wingardh posted his best round of the tournament, a 2-under-par 68 that lifted UT’s captain 26 positions during the day to 28th place at 7-over 217. Wingardh carded six birdies, three on each side.

Garrick Porteous was next with a 71 to climb 13 positions into a tie for 17th place — best of the season — at 5-over-par 215. The junior fashioned a stretch of 11 consecutive pars and recorded back-to-back birdies at Nos. 17 and 18.

Darren Renwick closed Tennessee’s scoring with a 78, registering just one birdie to finish at 9-over 219 and tied for 35th place. Justin Walker shot his best round of the tournament, 79, to finish at 31-over 241.

The Vols return to action Feb. 27 at the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Grizzlies, Conley hold off 76ers Associated Press The Memphis Grizzlies aren’t ready to take a break right now.

The way they’re playing lately, it’s hard to blame them for wanting to keep things going when the NBA pauses the regular season for the AllStar break.

Mike Conley scored all 22 of his points in the second half, helping the Grizzlies hold off the Philadelphia

76ers for a 102-91 victory Tuesday night and their fourth straight win.

“Guys almost don’t want to go,” Conley said. “They want to stay in Memphis. The first thing Tony (Allen) said was: ‘When you having open gym?

Who’s coming in Saturday?

Who’s coming in Monday?’

Guys are really set on coming in and getting better.”

Memphis built an 18-point lead in the first half, and Conley took over after halftime by shooting 9 of 14 from the field, including 4 of 5 outside the arc.

Zach Randolph had 21 points and 10 rebounds for Memphis, along with a season-high seven assists.

The key to the game was in the first quarter. Memphis jumped out for a 26-10 lead when the period was over, the 10 points the lowest output in a quarter for the Sixers all season.

“I thought in the first quarter our defense was unbelievable,” Memphis coach Lionel Hollins said. “We came out with a lot of energy, a lot of focus and a lot of commitment to what we do.”

Staff Reports COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The University of Tennessee women’s and men’s track and field teams took part in the Texas A&M Challenge Saturday afternoon at Gilliam Indoor Track & Field Stadium, joining forces with two other SEC schools in a four-conference showdown.

The Big 12 Conference swept the men’s and women’s competitions with 329 and 297 points, respectively. The Pac-10 was second on the women’s side with 176, followed by the SEC (119) and Conference-USA (60). The Pac-10 also was second on the men’s side with 140 points, followed

by Conference-USA (107.50) and the SEC (81.50).

Competing for the Big 12 were host Texas A&M, Baylor and Nebraska. The SEC was represented by Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi State, leaving the league severely undermanned on the male side because UA did not bring its men’s team, and MSU does not have one indoors.

Scoring for the Pac-10 were Arizona, Arizona State and USC. Counting toward the Conference-USA point total were Houston, Rice and UTEP. For the Lady Vols, junior Chanelle Price posted a victory in the mile run and ran a solid 800m leg on UT’s distance medley relay to aid the SEC fight.

Price followed classmate Brittany Sheffey for all but the final 160 meters of the mile run, kicking past her teammate and holding on with a careerbest clocking of 4:44.44. Sheffey trailed her across the line in 4:46.01 for runner-up distinction and 18 points for the SEC. In the distance medley relay, Sheffey opened with a 3:30.89 1200m leg and Price added a 2:06.85 800m hitch as the Lady Vols finished second to Nebraska. Tennessee, with freshman Brittney Jackson handling the 400m leg and sophomore Ramzee Fondren running the 1200m anchor leg, finished in 11:42.45. Nebraska checked in first at 11:39.85.

Tennessee also helped the league in the 800 meters in a major way, accumulating 17 points via indoor personal records by a trio of newcomers.

Sophomore transfer Nijgia Snapp had the best effort, nailing a 2:07.16 PR to wind up second.

True freshmen Kianna Ruff and Brittney Jackson posted PRs of 2:08.02 and 2:09.97, respectively, to finish third and sixth.

“We had some nice PRs with Nijgia, Kianna and Brittney — 2:07, 2:08 and 2:09,” Clark said.

“Chanelle had a nice PR in the mile, and it was an outstanding run for her as well. We just have to continue with that type of development, and we’ll be fine.”

The Lady Vol 4x400m relay unit closed the meet with a three-second season best to nab fourth place. Junior Ellen Wortham, Snapp, sophomore Martinique Octave and Ruff navigated the distance in 3:36.83, which is also about three seconds ahead of UT’s best indoor time from 2010.

“We ended up with the 4x4 putting a decent mark on the board,” Clark said. “We are using some sprinters and half-milers there, and we’re coming up with a good combination. We’ll have to wait and see if that will get in (to the NCAA meet).

“Overall, we did some good things throughout the course of the meet that allowed us to keep preparing for the SEC Championships. It seems like we are coming around at the right time.”

Others chipping into the league’s scoring tally were Wortham in two individual events (4th, 400m, career-best 54.36 and 6th, long jump, 18-9 3/4), Kia Jackson in the 60m (5th, 7.52) and junior Laquoya Kelly in the weight throw (5th, 57-11 1/4).

On the men’s side, senior Joe Berry produced a runner-up result in the pole vault for the second straight week. The No. 4-ranked vaulter in the nation cleared 16-9 1/2 today to earn eight points for the SEC. Freshman Tyler Porter also got into the action, sailing over the bar at 16-1 3/4 to match his personal record and place fourth for five points.

The Vol distance medley relay unit carded the team’s second-best performance of the day. The quartet of redshirt freshmen Jordan Chaney and Dentarius Locke, true freshman Ford Bell and senior Chris Rapp moved the baton around the track in 10:11.83 to grab fourth place.

Also contributing to the men’s SEC point total were sophomore Chris Bodary in the 3000m (5th, career-best 8:14.85), senior Chris Rapp in the mile (6th, career-best 4:12.12), redshirt freshman Dentarius Locke in the 60m dash (6th, 6.76), sophomore Drew Thomas in the weight throw (7th, 519 1/4) and redshirt freshman Jordan Chaney in the 800m (8th, career-best 1:53.50).

“We had some PRs from several areas and some good positive movement from Jordan Chaney in the 800 and DMR,” Clark said. “Bodary looked good today and had a nice-sized PR in the 3K, and we’re going to need all of those PRs as we approach the conference meet. Both the men’s and women’s teams will have to be sharp and get more on their “A” game as we approach these final days of preparation for the SEC Championships.”

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Sophomore Ivy Renfroe pitches against ETSU on Feb. 15. The Lady Vols set a single-game scoring record with 18 runs in five innings, while Renfroe shut the Buccaneers out.

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THESPORTSPAGE

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Chaplin embracing UT, tennis from his style of play. He describes his game as “serve-and-volley,” a style that has him serve and run up and play the net, as opposed Preston Peeden to staying back at the baseline like most playStaff Writer ers.

“Not a lot of guys play that way,” Chaplin “Can you hear, can you hear that thunder?”

At first glance, this line from the 1981 Men said. “It makes it so that either I win the point at Work song “Land Down Under” and UT quickly or I lose it, so let’s hope for the latter.”

Away from tennis, Chaplin is a regular guy. men’s tennis player Jarryd Chaplin have little His favorite bands are Red Hot Chili Peppers, in common, outside of their place of origin.

The song itself is an ode to Australian Temper Trap and the Beautiful Girls. His national pride as it follows an Aussie’s expedi- most watched TV show is “How I Met Your Mother,” and his tion around the favorite movies are globe and his inter“any that have Will actions with Ferrell.” strangers interested A big inspiration for in his home counChaplin so far in his try. life has been his family.

On the other “Without them I hand, Chaplin is a wouldn’t be here,” he freshman from said. “They put in so Sydney, who is just much time and faith in now in the first me…I’m very grateful.” semester of his first Chaplin’s athletic season at UT. But pastimes do not just that comparison is include tennis, but only skin deep; a instead he lists runcloser relationship ning, swimming and rests in the song’s rugby as former sports chorus. he played. His favorite As the chorus rugby team from back asks, “Can you hear home is the Parramatta that thunder?” the Eels. His best experilistener is left with ence so far on campus no answer. But for Tara Sripunvoraskul •The Daily Beacon has been the Ole Misspeople around Chaplin, there are Freshman Jarryd Chaplin prepares to serve UT football game, a the Men’s Tennis Indoor win that he jokingly two simple ones. It during Championships on Jan. 15.

Chaplin, an credits to his presence. is either the thunAustralia native, graduated from high school a When he’s away der of his booming semester early in order to enroll in the spring. from tennis and voice, which he describes as allowing “people to hear him schoolwork, he says that he does not have before they see him,” or the thunder of his much time for anything besides eating. serve, which is the first thing his opponents However, one hobby that he finds time for every morning is singing in the shower. On notice.

Despite his prowess on the court, Chaplin’s his set list are journey to Knoxville began not with massive self-described international recognition, but with his coach “ p o p - g i r l songs,” such in Australia.

“My coach was good friends with Sam (UT as the works tennis head coach Sam Winterbotham),” of artists like Chaplin said. “And honestly, the program Ke$ha.

Though speaks for itself. At the time, they were ranked No. 2 (in the nation) and it was a great offer.” his time at To get to America in time for the spring UT has been season, Chaplin had to graduate high school a short so far, semester early. This was a feat he accom- J a r r y d plished in mid-December. Chaplin did not C h a p l i n ’ s have time to enjoy a restful holiday break due presence has felt. to the fact that he was supposed to be at UT a been And whenevweek before second semester classes began.

“I really wanted to get over here,” Chaplin er someone said. “It was good motivation. But it was a wonders at a quick turnaround for me. I would have liked to tennis match you have spent more time with my family, but so “Can hear that far everything is working out for the best.”

In only a short time with the team, Chaplin t h u n d e r ? ” has already made a large impact on its mem- chances are the bers, like senior and fellow Aussie John- that answer will Patrick Smith.

“He’s a great guy,” Smith said. “He’s really i n c l u d e charismatic. I’m sad he only got here during C h a p l i n ’ s my last semester. He’s also a real unique and name. independent person.”

An aspect of Chaplin’s uniqueness comes

Diver wins silvers despite illness Lauren Kittrell Staff Writer Junior diver Ryan Helms displayed his abilities to applause during the SEC Diving Championships held at Florida’s O’Connell Center Natatorium this past weekend.

After winning two silver medals for the 1meter and 3-meter dives, Helms said he was pleased with his performance but not completely satisfied. Diving coach Dave Parrington said Helms’ performance, as well as teammate Michael Wright’s, helped to start the SEC championships off right by taking hold of the competition and overpowering the field.

“Ryan dove well this evening, but just came up a little short in a very competitive contest,” Parrington said. “He missed one dive just a little bit, and I thought that put him in the hole. But he hung tough and was able to finish strong.”

Helms said that missing the gold by a few points was a difficult realization to swallow.

He said his performance was great and his training paid off, but he knows he could have done better and wants to work on this for his next meet.

“I really wish I could have done a little better,” Helms said. “On the 3-meter, I was only out of first place by eight points, and on 1meter, I missed first place by three and a half points or so. Both times I was just a little off.

It comes down to just a little better on one dive. I really wish I could have done better.

Every time that I don’t get first place, I’m always pleased with my performance, but I’m never satisfied.”

Taking school and other requirements into

account, Helms said preparation for the meet was incredibly difficult. He said the back-toback challenges and the mental strains are nearly impossible to replicate and that this is what really makes the meets strenuous.

“Competition is a whole lot different than practice,” Helms said. “It’s a lot more mentally straining than practice, and there’s no real way you can prepare for it. The meet really puts everyone to the test.”

Despite a sickness that put Helms on antibiotics and took him away from practice only two days before the SEC Diving Championship, Helms still felt that his performance on the 3-meter was not what it should have been. His reverse, three-and-ahalf somersault has been his nemesis for a while now, and his goal for the next meet is to have it under control.

“If I can just learn how to do that dive more consistently in meets and in practice, then I’m golden,” Helms said.

Instead of leaving Helms happily content in his success, the silver medals reminded him of what he is capable of and what he can accomplish through strenuous preparation.

Coming within a few points of winning the gold affected how Helms views his practices and his goals for the upcoming weeks.

“Coming home with two silver medals really (makes me) want to step it up in practice,” Helms said. “Any time that you don’t get first place, it makes you want to come home and get right back on training and start getting better right away. I’m looking forward to getting back into practice and working on some things. Like I said, I felt like my performance was great and I had a great time, but I’m looking forward to working on some little things that can be changed.”

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