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HERstory month offers plethora of events Donesha Aldridge Staff Writer

Student visa fraud ring found at Fla. school MIAMI — A Florida language school helped illegally obtain student visas for foreign nationals who never went to class, violating laws enacted after the Sept.

11 terrorist attacks exposed weaknesses in the program, authorities said Thursday.

Eighty-one student visa holders purportedly studying at the Florida Language Institute have been arrested. None was on any federal watch list or linked to terrorism, U.S. authorities said, though investigators were checking their backgrounds.

The school’s owner, Lydia Menocal, 58, and employee Ofelia Macia, 75, allegedly made $2.4 million over the past three years from foreign nationals applying for U.S. student visas. It was not clear how much they charged each student for the paperwork, authorities said.

Menocal and Macia were charged with conspiring to commit an offense against the U.S., and Menocal faces other charges including falsifying immigration documents, according to a grand jury indictment.

Police probe handling of suspect in girl’s killing STOCKTON, Calif.

— Police in California have launched an internal inquiry into a detective’s handling of the investigation into the killing of an 8-year-old Tracy girl whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase.

In court papers filed last month, the attorney for defendant Melissa Huckaby cited a prosecutor’s memo confirming the probe into whether her rights were violated.

At issue are Huckaby’s comments to Detective Nate Cogburn on April 10 — comments used to obtain search warrant affidavits. Details weren’t disclosed in defense attorney Sam Behar’s filing.

If Huckaby’s rights are found to have been violated, Behar could ask to toss out key evidence against her.

Police declined comment, citing a judge’s gag order.

— The Associated Press

The Women’s Coordinating Council has planned several events for the month of March to celebrate National Women’s History Month.

“Women’s HERstory Month represents the appreciation and empowerment of women,” Jocelyn Blake, junior in journalism and electronic media and WCC member, said.

The theme for the month is “Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History.”

Blake said that, to her, spelling history “HERstory” shows that this month praises female accomplishments.

“We are making our own story instead of ‘his’ story,” Blake said.

Blake is one of the main event planners for the Equal Pay Week.

She wants students to support the “Stiletto Stampede” on March 15, which represents women in power.

The stilettos signify something that men do not have, Blake said.

The Stampede march will start at the UC at 12:05 p.m. and will end on the Pedestrian Mall at 12:30 p.m.

“Whether you have stilettos or flats, or if you are a boy or girl, everyone should come out to support,” Blake said. “It’s very important for students to get involved.”

Ebony Jones, junior in advertising and WCC chairperson, said this month will focus on issues directed toward women.

This week primarily focused on visual arts. WCC placed pictures in the UC representing the past.

Jones said there were flyers and posters of past events that WCC has done, along with pictures representative of the fight for women’s rights.

Professional women will give advice on finding jobs and building careers during “Green Eggs and Ham: Breadwinning Ladies,” a forum and brunch, on March 17 in the Women’s Center.

The Equal Pay Day Bake Sale will be sponsored by WCC, Kappa Alpha Psi, Gamma Sigma Sigma, Diva Opals and the Progressive Student Alliance from noon to 2 p.m. on March 18. Sale locations include Presidential Courtyard, the UC, the Pedestrian Mall and Hodges Library.

Jones said the bake sale is

meant to distinguish the discrepancy in salaries earned by men and women.

“For every dollar a man makes, a woman makes 77 cents,” Blake said. “At the bake sale, men will pay $1, and women will pay 75 cents.”

Booths will be stationed at different locations around campus, and all proceeds collected from the bake sale will be sent to help those impacted by the earthquake last month in Haiti.

WCC and the Film Committee will show the movie “Precious” in the UC at 7 p.m. on March 22.

The group Guerilla Girls, on tour from New York, will present “Feminist Funny” on March 23 in the UC Auditorium. Jones said this is a feminist production that shows famous visual works and street productions.

Blake said she hopes students learn from the full month of activities.

“I want students to gain a sense of appreciation for women and for them to use the Women’s Center that is available for everyone,” Blake said. “We can eliminate stereotypes and bring light to them

by joining together.”

Alicia Jones, sophomore in nursing and WCC member, said she wants students to be informed about women’s issues.

“We (women) are sometimes not represented in a good way,” Alicia Jones said. “We want to show everyone that we work hard, and we want to recognize women for doing daily tasks that get overlooked.”

Throughout the month, WCC will collect jeans to send to Florence Crittenton Agency, an agency that helps young women in Knoxville who become pregnant or are abused.

The last event will be the Spoken Word Program “WCC: Def Po’ UTree” on March 31 in Hollingsworth Auditorium on the Agricultural Campus.

“The purpose for HERstory month is not to discriminate against men but to inform others about issues that have existed in the past that may still be dominant in the present,” Alicia Jones said.

“We want students to come together to understand women issues are critical, and we want our voices to be heard.”

Lady Vol forward thriving as post threat under Summitt’s direction Lauren Kittrell Staff Writer After moving to Knoxville in 2002 at the age of 12, Glory Johnson quickly became a Lady Vol fan. Now a sophomore at the University of Tennessee, Johnson has become a staple of Pat Summitt’s post game.

Since arriving on Rocky Top, Johnson said she’s worked on a few specific things with Summitt’s help.

“My last few games have been kind of rough,” Johnson said.

“I’ve been trying to put it all out there, but sometimes I go too fast and let the defense decide how I play. So I’ve kind of been trying to slow down just a little bit and have a lot more composure. It might look like I have a little less energy, but I’m just trying to slow myself down.”

Summitt thought progress was needed at the end of the team’s previous win against Ole Miss. “(I’m) a little disappointed in how we started,” she said. “We played a little better in the second half, but there’s no excuse for not being ready to play.”

While playing for a coach whose career includes 36 years as a head coach, 1,031 wins and eight national championships, Johnson admitted that disappointing Summitt even when the team wins is just as bad as a loss.

“But at the same time, you

always have something to work on no matter what,” Johnson said. “She’s always going to have something to say. I take it as it is.

I have a lot to work on as a player. I’m sure she knows what she’s talking about because she’s watching me on the court. She sees stuff that I don’t see while I’m playing.”

As the team prepares for its first-round SEC Tournament game on Friday in Duluth, Ga., Summitt realizes the importance of the team’s focus.

“This season is not over, and we have to strive for perfection,” Summit said.

Johnson, who has scored in double digits 16 times and recorded five double-doubles, has been a key player in the Lady Vols’ post game. After averaging 10.2 points per game during the regular season, Johnson said the team is already thinking about the tournament ahead and is looking forward to what’s in store for them as a whole.

“I’m looking for our team to be successful and play to the best of our ability,” Johnson said. “We know how we can compete against these teams, and we know how we should and what the results should be.

We have to play up to our abilities.

“We just have to focus and concentrate on one game at a time, one practice at a time, and I think we’ll be good.”

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Glory Johnson sets up for a free throw in a game earlier this season. As a key player in pat Summitt’s post game, Johnson is preparing to lead the Lady Vols into the SEC women’s tournament on Friday.

SGA parties prepare for campaign season Rob Davis Staff Writer As the current SGA representatives wrap up their terms in office, the Fuse and Transform parties are preparing for campaign week. Ten days of campaigning start March 15 and continue through the elections, which begin on March 24.

While Fuse and

Transform prepare to start their campaigns, the previously elected party prepares to exit office.

“We had a very long policy list, most of which we accomplished,” SGA President Laura Nishida said. “I will go ahead and say that there are some things that we can’t mark as items we achieved

because they are a work in progress. Many of the academic-related issues will take a year or so to be enacted, but we have dedicated our time to improve advising, registration, et cetera. These will not occur until next year, but it is something we voiced our opinion (about) and stood firmly behind to make happen.”

Among these achievements are supplying professional advisers for the College of Arts and Science, setting up a GPS system for the T-Link and passing legislation for campus cafeterias to stay open until 8:30 p.m.

“We are currently doing a lot of work toward the preparation of campaign week,”

Ashley Brooks, campaign manager of the Transform campaign and junior in public relations, said. “We will be making campaign stops all around campus the week of the campaign. In addition, we will be hosting a Zero Decibel party and renting out RT’s on the Strip for Wednesday and Thursday nights.”

The two events that

are the highlights of the campaign will be the Zero Decibel party, which will feature a DJ who can only be listened to using wireless headphones, a basketball tournament, free food and Coke Zero, and the parties at RT’s.

The candidates will be available to talk at the party as well.

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• 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. — This week’s UT Science Forum features Paul Branca of UT Medical Center speaking on “New Technologies to Help People with Lung Disease” in dining rooms C-D of the ThompsonBoling Arena.The forum is free and open to the public.

• 3:35 p.m. until 4:35 p.m. — Xiaoming Wang of Florida State University speaks on “Approximating long time statistical properties of large chaotic systems” in room 102 of the Haslam Business Building.This mathematics colloquium is free and open to the public.

Monday, Mar. 8 — • Spring Break begins. No classes will take place, but most offices remain open.

CORRECTION In Thursday’s issue of The Daily Beacon, a page 1 article on the SGA Senate’s debate concerning a resolution that opposes permitted weapons on campus stated that “Ceallach Scott said being allowed to have a gun safely contained within her car on campus is seen as a ‘personal insult.’” The statement should have read that Scott said not being allowed to have a gun was a “personal insult.”

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The UT Symphonic Band held a concert in the Alumni Memorial Building Tuesday. It was free to the public and lasted 8-10 PM.

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Friday, Feb. 26 • 12:02 a.m. — An officer was dispatched to North Carrick Hall in reference to a vandalism. An assistant hall director reported that on Feb. 24, someone defaced posters in the lobby. On a picture of a black man, a racial epithet was written, and on the forehead of a black woman someone drew a cross. There were no suspects at the time. The epithet was marked out.

• 1:44 a.m. — A complaint came from Reese Hall regarding a disturbance. An officer met with a resident of the dormitory, who reported an unknown male woke him up by beating on his door and screaming. On further inspection, the officer discovered the assailant also urinated on the door.

The unknown man was identified as a white male, wearing khaki pants and a green shirt. While speaking with the complainant, the officer heard loud noises and yelling coming from a nearby stairwell. There he made contact with a student form North Carrick Hall, who was later identified as the cause of the earlier disturbance. The officer escorted the man to the third floor and questioned him regarding his actions. The man denied causing a disturbance and urinating on the door but admitted to drinking. After several witnesses identified him as the culprit, the man was arrested for public intoxication and underage drinking.

• 3:35 p.m. — Officer reported to a theft in Clement Hall. The complainant explained that she loaned a camera to an acquaintance and that he would not return it. She said he gave her the camera as a gift about a month prior, and he later borrowed it. She gave the officer the man’s contact information. When the officer consulted the man, he explained that he and the complainant had a relationship previously, but he did not give her the camera as a gift, but rather let her borrow it. When she returned it to him, she accidentally left her memory card in it. He reportedly misplaced the card, and the woman wanted the camera as compensation.

The man stated he would buy her a new memory card.

• 10:23 p.m. — A victim of a vehicular burglary made contact with an officer near Hodges Library on Melrose Avenue. He reported that at 5 p.m. he parked his 1998 Toyota 4Runner on Melrose Avenue across from Hess Hall. When he returned at 10 p.m., several items were missing. Included were two prescription pill bottles, one containing 160 pills of 30 mg Oxycontin, a second containing 75 pills of 15 mg Oxycontin, and two written prescripitions for Xanax and Flexeril. The items were hidden in a hollow passenger air bag cavity. The victim reported his former roommate was a likely culprit and had access to a key that was left in his apartment.

• 1969 — The Dade County Sheriff’s Office issues an arrest warrant for Doors’ lead singer Jim Morrison. He is charged with a single felony count and three misdemeanors for his stage antics at a Miami concert a few days earlier. When Morrison first got word of the charges for lewd and lascivious behavior, indecent exposure, profanity and drunkenness, he thought it was a practical joke. But he soon learned that Miami authorities were entirely serious. In fact, they later added an additional charge, simulated oral copulation on guitarist Robbie Krieger during the concert. The trial did not begin until September 1970, when the prosecution trotted out witnesses who claimed to be shocked at the scene they had witnessed at the Doors concert. However, virtually every witness was somehow connected to the police or the district attorney’s office. There was some question as to whether the popular singer had ever actually exposed himself on stage. But there was little doubt that he was so drunk that he had been able to do little more than mumble during the show. Morrison turned down a plea bargain arrangement where the band would play a free concert in Miami.

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New form of dance reaches Knoxville Anthony Elias Staff Writer The snow and gloom may not provide any positive indicators that Spring Break is here, but that’s where evoZouk steps in.

The relatively new dance class will host the Mirage, Knoxville’s first all-zouk party, at the Absolute Ballroom on Kingston Pike on Saturday at 8 p.m.

The event gives UT students — as well as any other curious visitors — an opportunity to take part in discovering the passionate connection that zouk builds between dance partners.

For two hours, visitors will be treated to a beginning workshop, led by instructors and UT students Ian Orr and Kendra Haynes, to help them become familiar with the basic steps of zouk.

Special guest instructors Adrian Atoro and Auntie Ox of Washington, D.C., will lead the second class on Zouk Energy immediately after to help focus on the more difficult areas of the dance and to train students to get more in tune.

From then on, attendees will get the chance to take the floor and dance or just meet new people and have a good time.

All night passes for the event are $20, but UT students who show their IDs can pay $17 for admission.

EvoZouk’s main mission is to try to fulfill two primary objectives with their students in order to truly capture the atmosphere that Brazilian zouk creates.

The first objective is to “evolve zouk” by combining both the styles and philosophies of zouk itself with different sources of dancing from outside of zouk, such as salsa and hip-hop. The second objective is to help the individual evolve and grow through the physical and mental connection of body, mind and music.

“Zouk is an easy dance to fall in love with,” Haynes said. What Haynes enjoys about the dance is that it “makes people (build) more connection” with their partners.

Like its rhythm of soothing yet spontaneously loose upper body flips and spins, the Brazilian dance has made a flowing yet unprecedented impact on the southeast corner of the U.S. since the zouk instructors introduced it at Modern Latin Dance Weekend back in November 2009.

Modern Latin Dance Weekend was the first dance festival in the United States to feature the new dance style and special guest appearances by world-class instructors Willem Engel and Kim Rottier.

“I think zouk is serving its purpose,” Orr said.

“It’s really started to take off. We’re starting to get more recognized.”

Orr has played a central role in the expansion of zouk in the southeast, traveling to different parts of the country and studying films from such instructors as Engel, Rottier and Luciana Guinle for the last five months.

Since then, Knoxville has become one of the most common zouk communities in the United States, with solid bases of students growing in Murfreesboro, Asheville and Washington D.C.

Atoro, one of the guest instructors from Washington, D.C., said the impact hasn’t been as large as one might think or hope but that he “thinks there is a great potential. I’m seeing it begin to flower in D.C., and it’s evidently making itself manifest in Tennessee.”

Atoro has studied zouk for over three years now after an “accidental” encounter, caused the dance to “possess” him.

Saturday’s special guest hasn’t been the only one impacted by a chance encounter with the Brazilian dance style.

Leigh Redmond was caught off guard by the elements that zouk provided when she first came across the dance, but after attending several of Orr’s and Hayne’s hourly classes at the Flynn Dance Center, the UT student said she “loved it.”

“Anybody like me may be shy (at first), but once you go, you’re hooked,” Redmond said. The Oak Ridge, Tenn., native said zouk is completely different from the other dance styles she’s encountered but that the “attraction isn’t how it looks (but rather) how it feels.”

Redmond isn’t the only student who’s developed a strong impression from the zouk workshops.

Marcos de Lucca, another student who has taken part in several workshops led by Orr and Haynes, is familiar with zouk lambada from growing up in Brazil and studying the dance.

De Lucca said he is “impressed” with the strong interest people have taken in Knoxville’s newest dance genre and that zouk “has everything to do with our dance style.”

Bijou participates in First Friday festivities Drew Lambert Staff Writer The Bijou Theatre is hosting a reception for a two-month artwork exhibit by East Tennessee artist Betty Bullen, debuting as part of this month’s First Friday event.

The reception begins Friday at 5 p.m. in the upstairs gallery of the U.S. Cellular Stage at the Bijou Theatre.

Bullen is an artist with an eye for capturing natural beauty in sun-kissed landscapes and realistic still life. Fields of sunflowers and crashing waves on a beach come to life within her soft, florid brushstrokes and warm colors.

“Betty Bullen is a very well-known local artist, and her paintings are stunning,” said Mike Combs, the gallery coordinator on the Bijou Theatre board and a former UT professor of music.

The reception is part of the downtown First Friday event, in which local photographers, sculptors and painters display their work at a variety of locations. Until the recent update to the second floor of the 101-year-old theater, First Friday art events had little to do with the Bijou.

“It’s kind of a big step forward for the theater,” Combs said. “The theater has not been known for a long time for anything in terms of visual art.”

This year, the theater hosted a Martin Luther King art exhibit celebrating Black History Month in February as well as a display of Knox County students’ art. However this exhibit marks the first time the theater has displayed the artistic works of a single professional artist. Combs said the theater board is searching for more artists, including members of Knoxville’s Hispanic popu-

lation and students, to add to the exhibition schedule for upcoming months.

“We’re looking at, particularly, ethnic artists,” he said. “We’re looking at student art. It’s a special place for artists.

It’s a special place for community and East Tennessee artists to really show their stuff, where they might not be shown at other places.”

Updates to the second floor of the theater, including a fresh paint job and the addition of brand new light fixtures, put any featured artists in the spotlight of the venue’s most visible areas.

“There is a flow of traffic,” Combs said. “Whether they are there or not to see the art, they will actually be exposed to the art. So the artist will really like that.”

Combs believes the Bullen exhibit will also benefit from a boost in attendees brought on by the upcoming sec-

ond annual Big Ears listening festival.

Renowned jazz and rock composer Terry Riley as well as The Clogs featuring Sufjan Stevens are among the artists playing at the Bijou as part of the festival.

The exhibit reception is free and open to the public, taking place until 7 p.m. with light refreshments offered for all attendees. Tours of the theater will also be available for those who would like to learn more about the historic venue.

“It’s simply an opportunity for people to see the art,” Combs said. “But the folks who aren’t familiar with the theater have also the opportunity to walk around the theater.”

Bullen’s works remain on display through the months of March and April for both concertgoers and visitors alike to enjoy when the theater is open for performances.

SAMPLE SLUG continued from Page X In addition, Fuse campaign members are working hard to perfect their schedule for the upcoming campaign week.

“We have been taking all the speaking opportunities we have been able to do,” Tommy Jervis, president of the Fuse campaign and junior in finance, said. “We have been trying to talk to different sororities, fraternities and all the organizations around campus that we can.

Outreach is very important to start making a name for ourselves.”

Jervis said Fuse held weekly meetings to get everything together and believes the preparation will help them during the upcoming campaign.

Fuse will hold cookouts all over campus, including the agriculture campus, two times a day throughout the kickoff week. Another event sponsored by Fuse will take place in the Black Cultural Center on March 15. This event is designed for students to meet the candidates as well as enjoy free food and a T-shirt giveaway.

“We’re very eager to get started,” Jervis said.

“We’ve worked very hard the last two months, and we hope everything goes smoothly.”

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Assassinating suspects undermines justice, morality In light of the publication of a secret Israeli assassination in Dubai, Treston Wheat committed his Feb. 25 waste of ink to glorifying assassination, which he deems necessary to the fight against terrorism. Even if this were true, assassinations are illegal under domestic and international law, so he condones lawbreaking. While ignoring all moral and legal questions, Wheat boldly assumes that assassination can stop terrorism. It cannot, and one could argue that the assassination of suspected terrorists increases the strength and legitimacy of the terrorists’ cause, while undermining our claim on liberty and justice.

As a Jew and a staunch advocate of freedom, due process and the rule of law, I am often disappointed by the Israeli government’s tactics and policies. I am equally disappointed by self-proclaimed followers of Christ like Wheat, who defend government policies that are immoral, expedient, unnecessary and antagonistic to everything Jesus taught. The philosophical innovation of Judaism was the recognition of human freedom; to this, Christianity added the common brotherhood of all men. These Western religious tenets, freedom and brotherhood, have been abandoned by the current Israeli coalition and its supporters. Do I support Israel? Yes, but only an Israel that recognizes all its inhabitants as free and equal under the law, and one need not look far into Israel’s laws to discover that it does not. I hold every other nation to the same standard.

The United States itself participates in secret assassinations more often than we know. The targets of these assassinations are suspects. They are innocent until proven guilty. They are the accused, and in a free and just society, the accused have rights. Our CIA is not all bad, but it is often involved in a lot of mischief offensive to our idea of justice. Recently, ABC News released agency recordings of a small plane being shot down over Peru, with the aid of our CIA. The plane was suspected of smuggling drugs, but was actually carrying an American missionary family, all of whom were killed by the machine gun fire of Peruvian fighter jets.

These deaths are a consequence of the notion that it is okay to murder suspects without the benefit of a trial, or even evidence presented against them. Even if the plane had been carrying drugs and smugglers, since when is capital punishment, executed in secrecy without trial, the proper punishment for this crime? Or any other crime, for that matter? This practice destroys 800 years of our legal traditions dating back to the Magna Carta. Now we are told by the CIA that it considers itself obliged to assassinate American citizens, on secret evidence, in order to protect us from threats. The power given to the U.S. president by our passive acceptance of this practice is definitively totalitarian. It is a real threat to essential human liberties.

Terrorism works, and the more brutal the physical force opposing it, the more quickly it strengthens and spreads. The true “War on Terror” is a battle of ideas and politics, because terrorists are inspired by ideas and political grievances. I prefer destroying the dark tree of terrorism at its root — not picking off one prickly leaf at a time, as several grow back in its place. To do this, we must ask ourselves what the root cause of terrorism is and address that cause. If we have not properly answered that question, and the answer to it is well-publicized by its perpetrators, we cannot begin to address the terrorist threat.

Wheat’s disapproval of the recent Mossad assassination stems from its sloppiness, not its intent. The trouble with the Israeli government’s policy of murdering suspected criminals, Wheat has so amorally asserted, is that the crime was eventually caught on film. The real trouble is that assassination is murder with impunity. It is always unjust. If a person is evil enough to “deserve” assassination, certainly that person is evil enough to stand trial for his crimes.

Alex Winston Senior in political science

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Spring Breakers gear up for Nitro Party I thou ght y ou h a d c la s s ! by

Gabe Johnson

Spring Break is upon us. For most of us this means that as soon as we get out of our last class we are going to our favorite liquor store, drug dealer and street corner to engage in America’s favorite national pastimes: drinking copious amounts of alcohol, taking so many drugs you are virtually in a coma for a whole week and having enough sex with prostitutes to completely end Knoxville’s unemployment problem. On the other hand, this could just be me.

For others, Spring Break means it is time to go to the beach, and it does not matter which one. Florida, Hilton Head and the Gulf Coast are common destinations. Let’s be honest though, the beach sucks. The ocean will be too cold to get in, the tourist traps (aka seafood restaurants) are too expensive to enjoy and the beach will be saturated with fat, creepy old men looking to pick up young college girls. Anyone who actually goes to the beach on Spring Break is unoriginal, boring and dumb.

For those with more money (and a basic ability to plan ahead) a cruise might be the perfect substitute for the beach. You spend a week on a huge ship in the Caribbean, get all your food free and get to wear a Speedo without anyone judging you. It sounds so perfect. That is, until you learn the cost of such an excursion: around $639 million. Also, even though you will be in international waters, you still cannot purchase alcohol (aka fun) unless you are 21.

You would be better off killing yourself.

More “outdoorsy” people often pick a slightly cheaper, but significantly less fun destination: the mountains. This could mean hiking, camping or (if you are outdoorsy and rich) skiing. You should avoid these people at all costs, unless of course you want to spend your welldeserved break completely miserable.

So this begs the question: What are the cool

and exciting kids doing for Spring Break?

Well obviously the best Spring Break begins in Knoxville, Tenn. I really cannot stress enough how important it is not to leave the city too early. For example, if you leave today or even tomorrow you will find yourself stranded on I-75 for hours trying desperately to reach Chattanooga. Furthermore, you cannot leave on Sunday: That’s the Sabbath, and doing this will make God frown. Also, Monday is out of the question because the Dell guy will be coming by to fix your computer. The best day to leave is Tuesday. Not only will you be the only one on the road, but you will also be able to come to the awesome Nitro Party being thrown Monday night. (E-mail me for more information, but only if you like to have fun and are good at “Halo” or “Jeopardy.” Also, there will be spaghetti!)

Now we have established you will leave Knoxville Tuesday, but where will you go? The cool kids will head south to Chattanooga, but the coolest, most elite will head for Soddy-Daisy.

What an awesome town. One can eat at the Sandwich Shoppe, go to watch your little brother play soccer or sit in your room and play X-Box. Could it get any better than this? Yes, it can.

The best part about Soddy-Daisy is Mother will be there, and she is awesome. She loves tall people and can speak “the language of the dead.”

Just ask Jason Mcgill about Mother. She allowed him to have all the chicken he wanted while her child sat starving because he is too “fat.”

Mother is full of contradictions and irony as well. She is your biggest fan and harshest critic.

She is encouraging, while at the same time makes cruel jokes at your expense. She is perhaps always the smallest person in the room, but when you meet her you will finally understand fear. Also, she strangely knows more about the people you graduated from high school with than you do.

Spending time with Mother is the perfect way to spend Spring Break. Besides, if you are lucky, she might send groceries or money with you back to Knoxville! You’ve got to love Mother.

— Gabe Johnson in a senior in political science and history. He can be reached at gjohns13@utk.edu.

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A German family is seeking asylum in Morristown, Tenn. The Romeikes, of course, are not fleeing war or despotism. Rather, they made the trek because they didn’t like what their kids were learning in public schools.

And Germany prohibits homeschooling.

The family was recruited by a Virginiabased organization called the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA). While I believe homeschooling persecution is a ridiculous reason for the United States to grant asylum to someone, I’m more interested in why these people insist so heavily on not sending their children to school.

I’ll admit I have no first-hand account of homeschooling because I wasn’t homeschooled. But the whole idea of it just presents a lot of concerns for me.

The Romeikes complained about bullying.

They also claimed German textbooks were inappropriate and that children at the schools exercised “profanity and disrespect.” I understand that parents want to keep their children as innocent as possible for as long as possible, but guess what? Bullies, disrespect and profanity happen in the real world.

Eventually, these kids will have to be released into the real world. And isn’t it much better to expose them to these kinds of unpleasant things while they’re still young and in a controlled environment?

We can also look at the reverse side of this.

Schools expose children to other children.

These other children may have come from different backgrounds. They have different ethnicities, different ideas and different ways of doing things. By keeping children in a bubble, parents could do more harm than good. In this way, homeschooling could lead to narrow-mindedness and hinder the development of tolerance.

Socializing with other kids is going to foster social skills, and I think we can all agree

that these skills will be absolutely essential for the future. But going to school is about more than just being social. It also introduces children to a wide variety of subjects, each taught by professional teachers who specialize in these subjects. Likewise, they went to school and learned to be a teacher. They learned the best methods for teaching and how to deal with individual children’s abilities to learn.

Let’s take, for example, my family. My father is an engineer. He’s very good at math.

If he had to teach me math throughout my childhood, I’m sure he would do a fine job.

But would he be able to teach me about literature — American, British, ancient Greek? Would he be able to teach me about the different sciences, such as biology, chemistry and physics? No offense to Dad, but I think it’s probably better to leave these subjects to the people who actually studied them in college. Because no one is an expert in everything.

I understand some public school systems aren’t that great. Sometimes, they don’t allow for individualized learning. And many don’t have a very good teacher-to-student ratio. If this is a problem, I suggest private schooling.

As a product of private schooling (kindergarten all the way through high school graduation), I know its benefits. I am eternally grateful to my parents for sending me to private schools because I had wonderful, qualified teachers, and I was able to test out of pretty much all of my general education courses here at UT. I know private schooling can be expensive.

But then again, so is homeschooling. After all, one parent is going to have to sacrifice an income in order to stay home every day and teach. Also, many private schools offer needbased scholarships to lower income families.

I’m not saying homeschooling should be outlawed as it is in Germany. If parents want to do it, it’s their own decision. But I, for one, don’t think it’s a great idea. Because when these products of homeschooling grow up and enter the big, mean outside world, Mom and Dad can’t just pull them out of it.

— Amber Harding is a junior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at ahardin8@utk.edu.

Friday, March 5, 2010

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Skylar’s the limit for UT walk-on Erin Exum Staff Writer Tennessee basketball player Skylar McBee often arrives to the Vols’ basketball practice first and leaves last. He does not stop running until after the whistle blows and goes to the gym for extra practice whenever time allows.

McBee said he works harder than everyone in the present so that he can lead the Vols in the future.

“Just from where I come from, the things I’ve had to do, I have to work harder than everybody else in order to be able to play because a lot of the guys here are more talented,” McBee said. “It gives me a right to speak, maybe not this year because I’m a freshman and I’ve not been through it, but I think after this year, they’ll have a level of respect for me. I’ll have a voice and could maybe be a leader and get our team on the track to win.”

– Skyler McBee McBee said his work speaking about playing ethic comes from growing as a walk-on this season up on his family’s 500-acre dairy farm in Rutledge, Tenn., where he milks cows regularly, and though he said he prefers the simple life, McBee has enjoyed spending time in the “big city” of Knoxville this year.

“Best thing about Knoxville is that everybody is so convenient,” he said. “Things you need are right down the road.

Where I live, we have one stop light, and everything is so far away. But at home, everything moves slower; it’s kind of relaxing.”

Teammates joke about McBee’s extremely thick Southern accent, coming from such a small town in East Tennessee.

“You can’t understand what he’s saying half the time,” Steven

Pearl said. “We’ll be playing, and he’ll be trying to call out matchups, and you’ll have no idea what he’s saying because he’s speaking Tennessean. I love it.”

But do not let McBee’s country roots fool you. His athleticism on the court has impressed everyone this year. The freshman walk-on is now averaging over 14 minutes a game for Tennessee. His buzzer-beating, three-point shot against Kansas was paramount in the Vols’ victory over the Jayhawks. McBee admits that after making big plays early in the season, he feels the burden of meeting people’s expectations.

“It’s so much easier when you come in and no one thinks you can do it and you have that ‘I’ll show you’ mentality,” McBee said. “And I think it’s a little bit harder to keep it going when people believe that you can do it now. Once you’ve proven yourself, people expect it every time.”

McBee’s hard work has not gone unnoticed. UT coach Bruce Pearl said the team often relies on McBee to keep up the team’s energy on the court.

“He’s such a clutch defender,” Pearl said. “He works his butt off and has a lot of energy out there, and it’s very contagious. And his hard work just rubs off on the rest of the guys.”

After spending nearly a year with the Vols’ coaching staff and learning everything he can from his new teammates, McBee said he has gained the confidence he needs to continue UT’s winning ways.

“I think the biggest thing I’ve learned this year is having confidence in your work ethic and in your game,” McBee said.

“When we step out on the floor, we want to feel like we deserve to win because we work harder than everybody else and we put the time in and do whatever we have to do to win.”

“It’s so much easier when you

come in and no one thinks you can do it and you have that ‘I’ll show you’ mentality.”

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Mar. 5 - Mar. 6, 2010

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Friday, Mar. 5 — Women’s Basketball SEC Tournament Duluth, Ga. 12 p.m.

Men’s Tennis Auburn Auburn, Ala. 3 p.m.

Women’s Tennis Auburn Knoxville 4 p.m.

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Daily Quote

“This is the first game of the season that I don’t think we played well.”

— UT baseball coach Todd Raleigh after his Vols fell to Eastern Kentucky 8-7 on Wednesday

Freshman outfielder Chris Fritts bunts the ball against Xavier on Tennessee’s opening weekend. Fritts ad the Diamond Vols dropped an 8-7 decision to Easter Kentucky on Wednesday afternoon.

Jason Hall Staff Writer The Tennessee baseball team faced the Eastern Kentucky Colonels on Wednesday afternoon at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, losing 8-7 despite a three-run rally in the bottom of the 10th inning.

UT has now lost three of the last four games. Errors and missed opportunities played a major role in the Volunteer loss, UT head coach Todd Raleigh said.

“This is the first game of the season that I don’t think we played well,” Raleigh said.

“We made a season high in errors. We left 13 guys on and hit in seven. In a one-run game, those things come back to get you.”

Another main factor in the Vols’ loss was the lack of intensity from their offense, he said.

“I think our intensity wasn’t where it needs to be,” Raleigh said. “I know, offensively, it’s not clicking. I know we had some hits today, but it’s not enough. We’re a better team than that. We need some guys, especially in the middle of the order, to start doing something for us to be successful.

That’s what middle-of-the-order guys do.”

The heart of the UT lineup struggled on Wednesday, as the 3-5 spots accounted for one hit, one run and one RBI amongst veterans Cody Hawn, Blake Forsythe and Matt Duffy. Still, senior Matt Hamaker had the best game of his career as a Volunteer.

Hamaker had his first multi-home run game while hitting a two-run home run in the sixth inning, as well as a solo shot in the 10th, which began the Vols rally that fell one run short.

“It felt good, but it didn’t mean as much because we lost the game,” Hamaker said of his two home runs. “We need to bounce back tomorrow, have a good practice and come out this weekend with some fire.”

The game was an opportunity for Hamaker to showcase his abilities and compete for more playing time.

“I haven’t been playing much,” Hamaker said. “I just wanted to go out and prove that I can do it.”

Raleigh saw the strides and improvement Hamaker has made.

“Matt wants to play,” Raleigh said. “He said that in the preseason. He’s hungry and wants to show what he can do, and he went out today and did it. He did a great job. He was focused and hungry to play.”

The Volunteers take the field this weekend in their first series at home in two weeks. UT will host both Kennesaw State and Binghamton in a three-team tournament at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Vols host Binghamton at 5 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, UT plays a doubleheader facing Kennesaw State at 1 p.m. and Binghamton at 5 p.m. The series concludes on Sunday at 4 p.m. when the Vols take on Kennesaw State.

Over the course of its three-day tournament at the John Hayt Invitational, the Tennessee men’s golf team showed a lot of resiliency, moving up five spots on the final day to take fifth place overall.

Helping lead the way on the final day was David Holmes, who shot a two-under-par 70 at the Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Holmes, the senior captain, said he was satisfied with his performance.

“It gives me a lot of confidence going into the tournament in Las Vegas (Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship) next week,” Holmes said. “That’s the second tournament in a row I’ve had a really good last round. So I just have to figure out my game plan, a way to play a little better in the first two rounds.”

The Vols also got key contributions from sophomore Darren Renwick, who picked up his fourth top-20 finish of the season while coming in 15th. Just as impressive was junior Robin Wingardh, who tied for 21st with his low round of an even-par 72 coming in the second day of competition.

Renwick, a 2009 Freshman All-SEC selection who’s a product from overseas in Worthing, England, said his goal for the season is to improve for nationals.

“I had a really good fall,” Renwick said. “This season, I’m trying to build my form and keep playing well for regionals and nationals at the end of the season.”

During their final round charge that put them behind Alabama, Duke, LSU and event host North Florida for fifth place, the team had some critical errors that prevented a better finish. Wingardh kept up with Holmes in the final round until he quadruple-bogeyed the par-4 second, the same hole he double-bogeyed the day before. Despite his performance, Renwick, who was even par for the day through 11 holes, finished off his day with bogeys on four of the last seven holes.

On the bright side, the team got quality play from junior Cameron Lawrence, who, along with three birdies on the day, capitalized on the par-5 11th hole where he recorded an eagle, his second of the tournament.

Renwick’s countryman, sophomore Garrick Porteous, also made the most of his opportunities at the 11th, playing that hole at 4-under-par for the tournament and contributing to UT’s scoring in all three rounds. The duo’s outburst was almost washed away when thunderstroms threatened to cancel the tournament’s final rounds. Head coach Jim Kelson said the team was lucky to complete the final round ahead of the storms, and he was pleased with their effort.

“It didn’t appear like we were going to play the last day because of thunderstorms,” Kelson said. “But fortunately for us, the thunderstorms passed, and we were able to play, and we played a good solid round the last day and moved up considerably on a very difficult, challenging course.”