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Scholars program awaits prospective students Prestigious Haslam Scholars program narrows future freshman prospects to final 30 Christopher Thomas Staff Writer

ty benefits.”

The initial deadline for all applicants was Nov. 1.

Interviews are conducted over winter break, with many students traveling long distances just for the preliminary

The Haslam Scholars Program, the university’s most competitive undergraduate honors program, has selected its finalists for next year’s freshman class. Each year, hundreds of freshmen apply for a preliminary interview, but only 30 make it to the final round.

The weekend of March 5 the 30 chosen students will make their way to campus for the last stage of interviews.

Jimmy Haslam will extend an invitation to 15 of these students to join the program. The offer will include funding for tuition, research and international travel.

The program began in 2007 when Jimmy and Dee Haslam wanted to support the university’s national reputation by providing opportunities for students of – Elizabeth Tiller, junior in international business and Spanish, exceptional academic merit. The program was on being selected for the Haslam Scholars Program designed to imitate other leading academic programs across the nation.

Elizabeth Tiller, junior in international business and Spanish, was one of the selected students in the founding class.

“I did not yet realize the fullness and extent of the interview.

“I made the trek up on a school holiday, engaging in an honor that it truly is to be selected,” Tiller said. “Today, I think that being selected is even more of a privilege. ... It hour- to an hour-and-a-half-long interview,” Tiller said. “It comes with it a host of financial, academic and communi- was one-on-one and was somewhat intimidating.”

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I did not yet realize the fullness and extent of the honor that it

truly is to be selected. Today, I think that

being selected is even more of a privilege ... It comes with it a host of financial, academic and community benefits.

Tiller was informed of her achievement at the end of her high-school career by Dr. Steven Dandaneau, the associate provost and director of the Chancellor’s Honors and Haslam Scholars Program.

“We look forward to welcoming our fourth group of finalists — and their families — to campus on March 5 and 6 for this year’s Haslam Scholars Program Interview Weekend,” Dandaneau said.

After the weekend, 15 students are selected and welcomed to the program by the Haslam family. The other 15 are recognized as alternates, who could be granted the honor if those invited do not opt in by the May 1 deadline.

Dandaneau said he felt that all the students he interviewed were excellent. Since the program’s beginning a total of 600 applicants students have applied, including 250 for next year.

“UT has a program comparable in purpose and ambition to other nationally leading scholars programs such as the Jefferson Scholars Program at the University of Virginia, the Morehead-Cain Scholars Program at UNC-Chapel Hill and the Presidential Scholars at Boston College,” Dandaneau said.

From the initial creation, the program has grown and now represents a pinnacle of academic achievement on campus and an association of leading intellectual undergraduate students.

Additional material on the program, including the program features, information on the Haslam family and a list of the current members can be found at honors.utk.edu.

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Race claims complicate school merger Associated Press MEMPHIS — A bold bid by the struggling, majority-black Memphis City Schools system to force a merger with the majority-white, successful suburban district has fanned relatively routine fears over funding and student performance into accusations of full-blown racism.

The fight over the fate of 150,000 public school students has stirred long-festering emotions in Memphis and surrounding Shelby County, creating a drama that has spread beyond school board meetings to union rallies, the state Legislature and federal court.

On March 8, Memphis voters will decide whether to approve disbanding the city schools system and turning education over to the county district, which is earning good grades on its own and doing everything it can to stave off consolidation.

Memphis resident and school cafeteria worker Mary Washington questioned why Memphis schools would even want to give over its students to a system that doesn’t want them.

“It’s just like you losing your freedom going into bondage,” Washington, who is black, said after an American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees meeting. “In the background, in the foreground, it is about race.”

David Pickler, the white Shelby County School Board chairman, bristles at such claims.

“To say that we don’t want someone because of the color of their skin to me is the most offensive thing someone can say to me,” Pickler said.

Regardless of the motives, it’s a pivotal time in the history of Memphis: Jobs, education quality and school closings hang in the balance.

There’s also a growing feeling among some parents and students that the children are being ignored as adults make power plays and political moves.

The Memphis City Schools board voted last December to surrender its charter and turn over control to Shelby County’s system, which includes public schools outside the city limits.

The spark for the schools consolidation fight began smoldering on Election Day last November, when Republicans took Joy Hill • The Daily Beacon control of the state Legislature and saw Billy Prosise, senior in music, performs his junior recital with the assistance of bass Republican Bill Haslam win the governor’s race. Shelby County’s Republican politiplayer Grant Parker, senior in music. The next School of Music event is Graham cians finally saw their chance to forever Waldrip’s double bass performance at 6:00 p.m. tonight in Performance Hall 32 in block a merger by securing special school AMB. district status.

The special status would draw a boundary around the Shelby County school district, protecting its autonomy and tax base — and, according to Jones, taking $100 million a year from the already underfunded Memphis schools system.

“We’re already a divided community in terms of racial polarization,” said Tom Word, who is white and a parent of three children in Memphis public schools. “That would further exacerbate that division.”

Memphis school board member Martavius Jones launched the charter surrender effort to get out in front of any effort by Shelby County to fence off its schools from the city.

Memphis schools began integrating in 1961 without the violence other Southern cities endured. White parents instead left the city for the suburbs or put their children in private schools, effectively re-segregating education into a mostly black city system and a largely white suburban system.

The 2010-2011 budget for Memphis City Schools is about $890 million to cover 103,000 students, 85 percent of whom are black. For the 47,000-student Shelby County system, which is 38 percent black, it’s more than $363 million.

Nicole Scott, 37, lives in the upscale suburb of Germantown and has three children in the Shelby County schools. Scott, who is white, says fears a merger will diminish quality in the public schools her children now attend and suggests the white flight that desegregation created will happen again.

“If the quality begins to decrease,” Scott said as she supervised a Girl Scout cookie sale at a shopping center, “we will consider other options” for places to live.

“The mere act of merging the two really provides no education value, but not merging the two ... that provides educational harm for our students,” Jones said.

The Memphis City Council accepted the charter surrender Feb. 10, dissolving the board.

State and federal governments quickly entered the fight. Within days, Republican lawmakers passed and the governor enacted a law that delays the merger for three years.

Pickler, who has asked a federal judge to invalidate the Memphis school board’s decision to disband, says it’s unfair that county voters will not be allowed to vote March 8. He says absorbing the Memphis system, which earned D’s and F’s from the state in important categories last year, would hurt academics in the county system, which received all A’s.

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Daniel Shifflett, senior in music, plays the stand-up bass during a performance by the UT Wind Ensemble, directed by Dr. Gary Sousa on Thursday, Feb. 10.

1945: U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak and most strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag. Marine photographer Louis Lowery was with them and recorded the event. American soldiers fighting for control of Suribachi’s slopes cheered the raising of the flag, and several hours later more Marines headed up to the crest with a larger flag. Joe Rosenthal, a photographer with the Associated Press, met them along the way and recorded the raising of the second flag along with a Marine still photographer and a motion-picture cameraman.

Rosenthal took three photographs atop Suribachi. The first, which showed five Marines and one Navy corpsman struggling to hoist the heavy flag pole, became the most reproduced photograph in history and won him a Pulitzer Prize. The accompanying motion-picture footage attests to the fact that the picture was not posed. Of the other two photos, the second was similar to the first but less affecting, and the third was a group picture of 18 soldiers smiling and waving for the camera. Many of these men, including three of the six soldiers

seen raising the flag in the famous Rosenthal photo, were killed before the conclusion of the Battle for Iwo Jima in late March.

In early 1945, U.S. military command sought to gain control of the island of Iwo Jima in advance of the projected aerial campaign against the Japanese home islands. Iwo Jima, a tiny volcanic island located in the Pacific about 700 miles southeast of Japan, was to be a base for fighter aircraft and an emergency-landing site for bombers. On Feb. 19, 1945, after three days of heavy naval and aerial bombardment, the first wave of U.S. Marines stormed onto Iwo Jima's inhospitable shores.

The Japanese garrison on the island numbered 22,000 heavily entrenched men. Their commander, General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, had been expecting an Allied invasion for months and used the time wisely to construct an intricate and deadly system of underground tunnels, fortifications, and artillery that withstood the initial Allied bombardment. By the evening of the first day, despite incessant mortar fire, 30,000 U.S. Marines commanded by General Holland Smith managed to establish a solid beachhead.

During the next few days, the Marines advanced inch by inch under heavy fire from Japanese artillery and suffered suicidal charges from the Japanese infantry. Many of the Japanese defenders were never seen and remained underground manning artillery until they were blown apart by a grenade or rocket, or incinerated by a flame thrower.

While Japanese kamikaze flyers slammed into the Allied naval fleet around Iwo Jima, the Marines on the island continued their bloody advance across the island, responding to Kuribayashi's lethal defenses with remarkable endurance. On Feb. 23, the crest of 550-foot Mount Suribachi was taken, and the next day the slopes of the extinct volcano were secured.

By March 3, U.S. forces controlled all three airfields on the island, and on March 26 the last Japanese defenders on Iwo Jima were wiped out. Only 200 of the original 22,000 Japanese defenders were captured alive. More than 6,000 Americans died taking Iwo Jima, and some 17,000 were wounded.

— This Day in History is courtesy of history.com

Crime Log Feb. 20 At approximately 4:04 a.m., a UTPD officer was dispatched to the CSX rail yard on Volunteer Boulevard in response to a report of an intoxicated person. After further investigation, the officer arrested a male UT student for public intoxication.

was dispatched to 17th Street and Cumberland Avenue in response to a report of an intoxicated female causing a disturbance. The officer later made contact with an individual matching the description of the suspect at 16th Street and Cumberland Avenue. The suspect, a 45-year-old Knoxville resident unaffiliated with UT, was arrested for public intoxication.

Feb. 22 At approximately 12:49 a.m., an officer

— Crime Log is compiled by Robbie Hargett

Compiled from a media log provided to the Daily Beacon by the Universty of Tennessee Police Department.

All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. People with names similar or identical to those listed may not be those identified in reports.

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Editor’s Note Fan’s actions ruin SEC sportsmanship Zac Ellis Editor-in-Chief For anyone who has ever been accused of being “too much of a fan,” this one’s for you.

Last Thursday, a 62-year-old man was arrested in connection with the poisoning of that iconic oak trees that have graced Toomer’s Corner on Auburn University’s campus for more than a century. The roots of the 130-year-old oaks were doused with herbicide before the culprit, Harvey Almorn Updyke Jr., phoned into a sports talk show hosted by UT grad Paul Finebaum and admitted that “Al from Dadeville” was responsible for the deed.

For those unaware of the tradition, Auburn fans routinely “roll” the trees at Toomer’s Corner as a celebration of each Tiger victory. Toilet paper draping from the limbs at Toomer’s Corner is as storied a tradition as any in SEC lore.

So what forced Updyke into such a murderous spree?

The crazed tree-killer is an Alabama fan, born and bred with the Crimson Tide.

It’s official: The rivalry between Auburn and Alabama has reached a new level. Not only do in-state rivals wish losses upon each other’s football squads, but destroying campus icons is now fair game in the battle of ‘Bama.

According to Clay Travis of Fanhouse.com, additional security was summoned to the statues outside Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, no doubt expecting retaliation from heated Tiger fans.

It goes without saying that this uncomfortable situation reaches far outside the realm of sanity. The oaks at Toomer’s Corner will die, as Auburn officials have determined the tebuthiuron administered by Updyke leave the trees no chance for survival. Auburn fans have little to do but sit and watch these storied icons disappear before their eyes.

SEC fans have long been the joke of the rest of the over-civilized college football nation, not for a lack of passion, but for a lack of intelligence. While SEC teams

have dominated the major college football landscape — winning five straight BCS national championships and counting — fans across the South have been branded with a particular brand of stereotype: the moronic redneck more apt to cheer on his or her favorite team than lose that ungodly farmer’s tan. Though the stereotype doesn’t reflect the entirety of the SEC fanbase, actions like Updyke’s do nothing but fuel the national opinion that the South’s glorious lack of sophistication is glaring.

But the true issue isn’t how SEC fans, or the South in general, are viewed by the national media; what needs to be questioned is the type of fanhood exhibited by Updyke in his sadistic scheme against Auburn. When is too much too much? Can fans really justify such absurd actions on the basis of an in-state rivalry? Should campus icons and venues be constantly in fear of vandalism, or worse?

Auburn fans have no choice but to watch their precious trees fall prey to the acts of a crazed fan — one who reportedly named his two children “Bear” and “Crimson” so as to not run the risk of having his Alabama fanhood challenged. Cheering on one’s favorite school each fall Saturday is one thing, but taking a stab at a rival’s prized tradition is entirely another. There is nothing anybody at Auburn can do to right Updyke’s wrong. The damage has already been done.

SEC football has been described, more accurately than not, as a religion in the South, where in-conference rivalries often transcend our capacity-filled stadiums.

Casual fans would be hard pressed to find an SEC football Saturday in which no conference matchup had any historical or traditional implication and no passion was exhibited wholeheartedly by each respective fanbase. But for a rivalry to “transcend” the football field, one need not commit personal attacks on schools and their storied traditions. Rivalries are the crown jewel of American sports, but Updyke’s actions soiled the very foundation of what makes sports an immeasurable aspect of American society: sportsmanship.

It’s the passion that makes SEC football what it is.

Let’s just try our best to keep it clean.

—Zac Ellis is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at rellis13@utk.edu. Follow him on Twitter @ZacEllis.

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Oblivious teachers cause undue time strains T he Pen is Mightier by

Sean Mahoney One of the most important lessons to be learned in order to be successful in college and later in life is time management. Professors and teachers remind students continuously to set aside the appropriate amount of time to finish assignments and prepare for class; and there is good reason. How a student chooses to spend his time balancing recreation, work and school can make or break a GPA. Failure to appropriately manage time can even result in failed classes, which could ultimately end in dismissal from college.

If this issue is so incredibly important and students are reminded on such a frequent basis, one might draw the conclusion that professors would serve as an appropriate example. In most cases, this assertion would be spot on, but once in a blue moon, a professor fails miserably to practice effective time management and the students often suffer for it.

For the most part, the professors and UT have been excellent in how they manage class time. Every day, those professors begin class when they are supposed to and dismiss their students when time expires. For said group, I extend my appreciation for their ability to follow directions. Every day, they exhibit a proper example of understanding the brief window of time in which to lecture. However, every now and then a professor chooses to disregard proper etiquette and play by his own rules.

For instance, in a particular class a few weeks ago, a professor had gone a couple of minutes over in his lecture and one of the students was about to leave.

Before he reached the door, the professor instructed him to return to his seat or be penalized. The rather bold student apologized and replied that he had to get to his next class across campus and walked out.

Then, the insulted professor polled the class for the student’s name, but found no success. Naturally, he was quite upset, but he found no sympathy from his

students.

The professor’s reaction to the student’s departure was unprofessional and a poor reflection of the faculty at the university. While the student’s departure may have been too bold, he did have a valid argument.

Why should he be late to another class because of that professor’s failure to complete his lecture during his time slot? The professor went on to defend himself by arguing that the 15-minute break between classes is more than enough time to get to the next class. (I would love to see him attempt the trek from HPER to Dougherty and see how long it takes.) His argument, however, ignores a key issue.

With university cuts and classes overcrowded, students not only have to beat the clock, but other students as well for actual seats. In some of my classes this semester, if I am not there at least five minutes before class, I am hard pressed to even find an open seat. So, when a professor chooses to go over because he fails to manage class time appropriately, it is understandable if a student has to leave.

Furthermore, that professor’s attitude reflected poor manners and an utter disrespect to the students and other faculty. Is his time any more valuable than the next professor’s? By reacting in such a way, he seemed to think so. Clearly, he failed to comprehend that every professor has to manage his or her time in the same way. Typically, every class is either 50 minutes or an hour and 15 minutes. Professors have that much time to cram in as much information as they see fit. After that, class is over and it is someone else’s turn to lecture. That’s it. There is no bonus time for professor’s who are self-centered enough to ignore the time.

Now it is one thing for a professor to accidently lecture a little too long or make a mistake with time.

It is another thing entirely when they do so and overreact when a student has to leave because he or she has a schedule to keep. So, for those professors specifically, buy a watch and adhere to those manners that your mothers taught you. It is a busy, fast-paced world we live in today. Either get in line and respect everyone’s time, or get out of the way.

—Sean Mahoney is a senior in history. He can be reached at smahone1@utk.edu.

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Have you ever been so completely confused about your life, you don’t really know what’s going on? Have you just wanted to give up during different points in your life and in your college career? Have you gone to class, and even though you might have done everything you’re supposed to, you aren’t really interested and aren’t focused at all on what you’re supposed to be concentrating? Do you just keep going because you don’t really know what else you could be doing with your life other than staying in school, and there are really no other options for you?

Congratulations, you’re experiencing burnout, along with your quarter-life crisis, and a slice of what my life is (something about 70 percent of college students the world over experience).

According to Wikipedia (I can sense the irritation of all college professors when I refer to something as being wiki-ed), “burnout” is the term for the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest. While it isn’t a recognized disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM IV, it is still a condition that affects a majority of college students and others who are at turning points in their lives for whatever reasons. It can be the result of a host of causes, from personal and familial issues to mental issues to just general disinterest in life and the day-to-day functions that have somehow become mechanical. Note that this is different from depression, which is more constant. While depression can be a component to being burnt out, it is not always the case.

Personally, I am completely wiped out and burnt out. I have spent five years at a school I knew in my heart I was not meant to go to, at a place that does not inspire me to do anything great with my life. The fact that only a few months ago, I was all set to apply to graduate school because I did not know what else I could do with my life speaks volumes for itself. Since then, I have really sat down to re-evaluate what is important in my life, and I can’t say that I have all

the answers, because my priorities are still not all in order, considering that I was one of those rare cases that happened to be burnt out when I entered UT. Let me explain that just because UT isn’t a good fit for me in general, that doesn’t make it a bad school. It’s just a bad match for someone like me.

Being burnt out goes against the grain for people like me, because I have spent almost my entire life being perfect, something that I knew in my heart was nigh impossible, but didn’t stop me from trying. I’ve put my needs, my health and my sanity on the backburner and attended to the lives and troubles of everyone else because I didn’t want to focus on myself.

I didn’t consider myself important enough to warrant my own attention but strong enough to deal with whatever I faced. While I can admit my own arrogance in the face of the uncertainty in my life, I realize fully that it doesn’t explain my abandonment of myself, the most important person in my life.

So take a lesson from my life and me. Do yourself a favor: If you’re going through what I’m going through right now, learn how to relax and take things slowly.

De-clutter your life, and make yourself open to new opportunities and experiences. Don’t let your fear and the past hold you back from what could be. Learn that you are only human, not invincible, and sometimes you need to let your hair down. Find something that you enjoy doing for its own intrinsic value — not for money, and not because you have to, but because you need to. Realize that there is no set deadline or time limit that you can give yourself from recovering.

Remember that no one is going to judge you adversely if you don’t accomplish all of the things you want to do with your life, but you have to take that first step. Understand that everything in life is fluid and ephemeral and the only constant is change. The only control you can have in your life is control over yourself.

Most importantly, remember Ralph Waldo Emerson’s famous words: “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” And maybe, through this transformation, through this imagined loss-of-self, you will find yourself and come out to live life in the way you want to: happier, more fulfilled and with more purpose.

—Yasha Sadagopan is a senior in economics. She can be reached at ysadagop@utk.edu.

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Neeson outshines cast in ‘Unknown’ holes within the structure.

The plot is unified and moves at a conStaff Writer stant pace, keeping the audience entertained and encompassed. Also, it keeps the Many people had passed “Unknown” off audience guessing constantly. It has no as “Taken 2” long before it ever hit the clue where the film is going or how the sitscreen. While Liam Neeson’s character uation will be resolved. The twist, though does bear many resemblances to his char- it doesn’t have the impact of a Scorsese acter in “Taken” (please lose the black twist, still throws the story in a tailspin leather jacket), “Unknown” delivers as a and draws the audience in. solid thriller on at least a couple of levels.

Liam Neeson comes through with a Martin Harris (Liam Neeson) arrives in solid performance that, in this reviewer’s Berlin to attend a scientific conference opinion, carries the film. Neeson, however, only to leave his briefcase at the airport. doesn’t get much help from his supporting On his way back to retrieve it, he is cast. involved in a car accident that nearly kills January Jones’ portrayal of the wife, Liz, him and, after being saved by the cab driv- is all over the place, and it didn’t come off er (Diane Kruger), wakes up from a coma as realistic or three dimensional. She’s just four days later to find that he doesn’t kind of there, and the audience has no clue remember who she is or much of the what drives accident. her.

Frank He L a n g e l l a ’s tracks down c h a r a c t e r, his wife who later (January becomes the Jones), but film’s main she doesn’t villain, is remember quite underwho he is, scored and and he has hardly makes b e e n an impact at “ re p l a c e d ” all. Kruger is by another not amazing man who or terrible claims to be but solid like M a r t i n Gina.

Harris.

Overall, • Photo courtesy of rottentomatoes.com N o w , the film Martin, conc o m e s fused, winds up on the streets of Berlin through in certain areas and falls away in seeking to find out who he is and what has others. It is a solid psychological/conspirahappened to him. cy thriller, but it’s nothing too exceptional.

He enlists the help of the cab driver, I will say that it is the best movie Gina, and an elderly ex-German secret released so far this year, but that is not saypolice officer named Jü rgen (Bruno Ganz) ing much, because most studios will not to help him figure out what is going on. put out any significant films during the What he finds out is that something much months of January and February. It’s one of deeper and more collusive is going on those movies that falls into the category of around him. “rentable.”

The film delivers on a couple of levels.

The story is very well realized and doesn’t leave many loose ends at all. It doesn’t try to go too far, but also doesn’t leave many

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Stephens’ legacy honored The university community has lost one of its most beloved faculty members.

Roger Stephens, professor and director of the School of Music, died Sunday evening after a several-year battle with cancer.

Stephens came to the university in 2001 and worked tirelessly to make a difference as director of the School of Music. During his tenure he engaged the faculty, staff and students in long-term planning, producing a strategic plan for the school’s continued growth and improvement. He worked to address faculty, staff and student concerns and to secure the resources, space and equipment to achieve excellence in the school’s programs. Collaborating with alumni and development staff, Stephens sought support for new space for the School of Music.

Staff and family note that his proudest moment as director of the School of Music was the groundbreaking ceremony for the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center held Nov. 9. The new, technologyenhanced building is now under construction on its former site. The facility will feature many of the director’s ideas in its design.

In December, the school’s faculty and staff extended their appreciation of Stephen’s leadership at a luncheon. They presented him with the text for an engraved plaque to be placed in the new Natalie L. Haslam Music Center in his honor, which will serve as a permanent

reminder of his place in the history of the School of Music and the university.

His colleagues talked of his hardfought fight, noting that he was working in his office just last week. He refused to allow his long struggle with the disease to undermine his commitment to his work and his artistic expression. He also used his vocal talent to entertain and uplift the spirits of both the medical staff and his fellow patients at the chemotherapy center where he received treatments.

He continued, as well, singing the national anthem at graduation, where his voice filled Thompson-Boling Arena.

Stephens’ family has scheduled a celebration of life on Thursday at Community Church at Tellico Village, I30 Chota Center, Loudon, Tennessee 37774. All are invited to attend; visitation will begin at 6 p.m. and continuing after the service, which will begin at 7 p.m.

Fun run to benefit UT Libraries on March 5 The 19th annual Love Your Libraries Fun Run benefiting the UT Libraries will take place Saturday, March 5, at Circle Park on campus.

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Registration is from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m.

March 5, and the 5K race and the onemile fun walk begin at 8 a.m.

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THESPORTSPAGE

Vols fall to Virginia in ITA Finals him the fourth Vol in history to reach the 100-win milestone in singles and doubles.

Despite the success on court 1, the Vols could not duplicate that on the other two courts, losing a pair of SEATTLE — Playing in their third national title match nail-biting tiebreakers. Sophomore Edward Jones and in a little more than a year on Monday, the Tennessee senior Matteo Fago had their 11-match winning streak Volunteers endured a disappointingly similar result. snapped 9-8 (4)

by Drew Courtney and Steven Rooda on They had to accept another second-place trophy. court 2.

After top-seeded Virginia captured a closely-contested In the deciding match, sophomore Rhyne Williams and doubles point via a pair of tiebreakers, Tennessee trudged freshman Jarryd Chaplin rallied late to tie the score but out to a slow start in singles and fell 4-0 in the finals of lost 9-8 (5) in a tiebreaker to Sanam Singh and Jarmere the ITA National Team Indoor Championships at the Jenkins on court 3. On Williams’ second serve, Jenkins Nordstrom Tennis Center. hit a return winner down the line to seal the point for the Monday’s story was a familiar one. The third-ranked Vols (9-1) lost last season’s National Indoors title match Cavaliers.

The Vols had not lost the doubles point in 22 matches. to Virginia 4-1 on the Cavaliers’ home courts, and a few “Virginia played great months later, Tennessee and won an unbelievably came up short again 4-2 close doubles point,” to Southern California Winterbotham said. “We in the NCAA had our chances to take Championships. the doubles point, but on The good news is another day, we'll be this: the Vols are just more aggressive in those one step away. situations.”

“Everyone feels The Vols fell behind awful to lose in a final,” quickly in singles, losing Tennessee coach Sam the first set on five of the Winterbotham said. six courts.

Fago lost 6-1, “No one feels great 6-1 to Jenkins on court 4, about that performance, and Shabaz gave Virginia but in the big picture, the 3-0 lead when he beat we’re putting ourselves Williams 6-2, 6-2. in position to win While Smith had his championships. Now chances to even up the it's just a case of makscore against seconding an adjustment as a ranked Domijan in the team and getting over second set, he could not that line.” get back into the match Doubles looked good on court 2. Domijan for the Vols at the start served for the team title when seniors Boris with a 6-2, 6-4 victory.

Conkic and JohnIt was the first time Patrick Smith delivered George Richardson • The Daily Beacon the Vols had been shut a strong 8-4 victory on Boris Conkic prepares to serve during the SEC Coaches out in a match since loscourt 1 against Michael Indoor Championship on Jan. 17. While the Vols failed to win Shabaz and Alex the finals of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships ing 4-0 to Virginia in the Domijan.

It was on Monday, losing to the University of Virginia, Conkic won semifinals of the 2009 Conkic's 100th career his 100th career doubles match and finished the tourna- National Indoors.

“Virginia just jumped doubles victory, making ment 2-0. on us in singles and we could not get back into it,” Winterbotham said. “We needed to split one of those sets to let our other three guys really sink their teeth into their matches. Virginia is a very good team, and we dug ourselves a hole too deep to get out of today.”

In singles, the team welcomed the return of Tennys Sandgren to the singles lineup. The sophomore from Gallatin had been unable to play nearly the entire tournament because of an illness. He was back on court 3 on Monday, losing the first set 6-4 to Singh but holding at 44 in the second when the match ended.

Conkic, who finished the tournament 2-0, was the only Vol to win his first set by breaking Courtney to take it 64 on court 5. Jones had lost his first set quickly to Justin Shane on court 6, but he had rallied in the second and was serving to force a third set at 5-3.

The Tennessee squad can now turn its attention to the outdoor tennis season, which could start as soon as Sunday, weather permitting at Barksdale Stadium. The Vols are hosting Wake Forest at 1 p.m.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Holloway reputation harmed by era

Staff Reports

Matt Dixon Sports Editor

The sports world witnessed one of the University of Tennessee’s often-forgotten stories Sunday night when ESPN aired The Color Orange: The Condredge Holloway Story.

Holloway, an AfricanAmerican from Huntsville, Ala., played football for the Volunteers from 1972-74, and became the first black quarterback to start in the SEC. During his three-year career as the Vols’ signalcaller, Holloway guided UT to a 25-9-2 record. He ranks 10th all-time in school history in total offense, having amassed 4,068 yards as both a passer and runner.

“The Artful Dodger,” as he was known throughout Big Orange Country, provided UT fans with many memorable plays and became an icon to a generation of Tennessee fans, much like Peyton Manning has become in recent years.

But unlike Manning, Holloway was a two-sport star at Tennessee. And that second sport, baseball, nearly kept Holloway from ever dawning the orange and white.

Holloway was the fourth overall selection in the 1971 MLB Draft by the Montreal Expos, but he turned down a literal briefcase full of money to come to Knoxville.

He didn’t disappoint on the diamond either. He led the SEC in batting average (.396) in 1975, en route to being named a first-team All-American.

After college, Holloway spent 12 seasons playing in the Canadian Football League, winning two Grey Cups, the Canadian Football League’s equivalent to the Super Bowl. He was inducted into the

CFL’s Hall of Fame in 1999.

Still, Holloway will always be remembered for what he did while wearing his tear-away, orange No. 7 jersey.

But is he remembered enough by today’s generation of Vols fans?

He’ll tell you he is, but in reality, he’s not and probably never will be.

Maybe that’s because today’s younger Vol fans never got the chance to see him lead the Vols’ to a 2821 victory against Penn State in the first-ever night game played in Neyland Stadium in 1972. Or in the 1974 Clemson game when he somehow connected with wide receiver Larry Seivers for touchdown as time expired and then scored a two-point conversion to win 29-28.

Arguably his most memorable moment came, not on a highlight reel play, but during a play he wasn’t on the field for.

In the 1974 seasonopener agaisnt UCLA, Holloway was injured in the first half and was taken to the hospital for X-rays.

During the third quarter, while the game was in progress, Holloway emerged from the locker room and jogged around the stadium to the Tennessee sidelines before promptly returning to the game.

It’s a shame Holloway played well before his time in an era that didn’t display his talents like it would now.

But hopefully in today’s era, Vol fans can begin to fully appreciate all Holloway did at Tennessee.

—Matt Dixon is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at mdixon3@utk.edu.