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TeamVOLS awaiting spring service project Alternative Spring Break offers chance for productivity during school hiatus Jamison Lanum Staff Writer

While faculty and graduate assistants are available for help, the trips are primarily planned by the students.

“Each trip is led by a pair of students who are elected to that position, and for the most part it’s coordinated through them,” Harvill said.

Each group consists of one graduate assistant, one staff or

While most students are at the beach or relaxing at home during spring break, two groups of students from UT will be spending their time serving the communities of Chicago and Biloxi, Miss.

TeamVOLS, a part of the Office of Student Activities, has offered alternative break service opportunities to students since 1993. One of TeamVOLS’ primary goals is to connect students to their community through service.

“We want to provide weekly service opportunities for UT students that want to get engaged with their community at large,” Drew Harvill, graduate student in college student personnel, said.

The Alternative Fall and Spring breaks offered are extensions of that goal to students during a time when service isn’t high on the priority list.

“We usually go outside of Knoxville and do various service opportunities,” Harvill said.

– Courtney Vick, participant in Alternative Spring Break, “Anything from working in food kitchens to workon this year’s trip ing with Habitat (for Humanity) building homes.”

Each semester, two groups of 25 people, comprised of students and faculty, spend between three and seven faculty member, two student leaders and 21 student particidays working at various locations in their surrounding area.

“On our trip (to Biloxi), we’re doing some work at a food pants. To participate students must submit to an application bank,” Harvill said. “We’re doing a lot of restoration work process that involves an interview. Students are not told of their location until after they are chosen for the trip. More from either Katrina or the Gulf oil spill.”

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than 65 students applied this semester for the 42 slots that were available.

Students are responsible for raising the funds needed to cover their meals while UT foots the bill for their transportation. During the trip, each group cooks its own meals and stays the night at various non-profits, churches and service camps that offer them a free place to stay.

A typical day consists of working at one or two service sites and then reflecting on the hard day’s work during the evening.

“I am looking forward to forging bonds with the people I go with on the trip ... and doing something productive,” Courtney Vick, junior in journalism and electronic media, said. “People usually sit around during spring break, which is fine, but I wanted to do something that involved serving the public.”

Students will leave the Sunday morning of spring break and will return the following Saturday with what is expected to be a positive experience and some new friendships.

“Our assessment that we do is overwhelmingly positive,” Harvill said. “I’ve not run across anybody who hasn’t had a fabulous experience. Most of the time, out of the 21 participants, you might come across two, maybe three that know another student on the trip, but for the most part, these are isolated individuals who don’t know each other at all.

“By the end of the trip we’re all very familiar with each other and we’re all good friends.”

I am looking forward to forging bonds with the people I go with on the trip...and do

something productive. People usually just sit

around during spring break, which is fine, but I

wanted to do something that involved serving the public.

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Mardi Gras flourishes in New Orleans City continues to overcome travesties of Hurricane Katrina, BP oil spill year it falls during spring break.

“Since it seems that we’re going to have Associated Press the largest crowd that we’ve had in a few NEW ORLEANS — Revelers bared flesh years, I just hope the crowds are having a and threw beads on Bourbon Street until good time,” said Anthony “Tony” Barker, the sun rose on Mardi Gras to mark the king of Zulu.

People were having a good time. annual pre-Lenten celebration that takes on “No matter the weather, we’re going to so many shapes in New Orleans, from early morning parades to gay costume balls and have some fun,” said Henry Youngblood, a second-line dancing of Mardi Gras Indians. 78-year-old second-liner and retired praline The festivities began shortly after sun- salesman.

The city was in a triumphant mood. rise, as members of the traditionally “We’re back all the way, and we’ll continAfrican-American Krewe of Zulu boarded ue climbing,” floats at the said Herschel L o u i s i a n a Abbott Jr., the Superdome in king of Rex, the preparation for holder of the their annual keys to the city parade through d u r i n g the city.

Carnival.

Soon to follow The triumph would be the was not without parade of Rex, reason.

New King of Carnival.

Orleans — Entertainer Pete A m e r i c a ’s Fountain’s marchposter child of ing club hit the disaster — has Uptown streets come a long shorttly after 7 way since a.m. on its trek Hurricane through downKatrina.

Its town and into the beloved New French Quarter.

– Ali Miller, early childhood major at the Orleans Saints Gray skies University of Southeaster Louisiana, on won the Super her Mardi Gras experience hung over the city Bowl last year and there was a and it has largethreat of rain. But ly overcome the spirits, at least so disaster of the far, didn’t appear BP oil spill. dampened.

This year, the sheer timing of Mardi On Bourbon Street, the rain turned the Gras helped. It fell later than usual and garbage remaining from Monday night’s coincides with spring break for college sturevelry into mush. dents.

Students have been out in force — But that didn’t keep the tradition of cosgiving a bit more punch to this annual pretumes that lampoon current events from Lenten celebration. popping up.

Ali Miller, 23, an early childhood major Strolling down Bourbon with family members, Allen Logue, 58, was clad as a at the University of Southeastern Louisiana, was jubilant as she walked home one-man oil spill clean-up crew.

Logue, an oil field consultant from Mardi Gras morning after a long night of Barataria, La., who said he did work for BP drinking in the French Quarter and throwin Alaska, didn’t have to do much shopping ing beads from a balcony on Bourbon to build his costume. He already had a Street.

“There is nothing like New Orleans,” she hard-hat helmet and BP branded sweat said. “I would never ever want to grow up shirt.

“The only I had to shop for was the Jim anywhere but here! And Mardi Gras is the Beam and that was to ease the pain of the craziest time you could ever have in life — I don’t know what else to say.” oil spill,” Logue said.

Mardi Gras officially kicked off Monday As part of his costume, Logue carried evening when Rex was given the keys to the super-absorbent kitchen napkins to clean city by New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu up any kind of mess he might encounter, in a blowout on the riverfront that included though the most likely spill on Bourbon fireworks, music, a fly-over by Dolphin milStreet would be beer and not crude oil. itary helicopters and Rex’s pronouncement This year, Carnival has seemed bigger that “all commercial endeavors be suspendand more brash than in recent years since ed and that pleasure may rule day and Hurricane Katrina, perhaps because this night.”

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There is nothing like

New Orleans. I would never ever want to grow up

anywhere but here! And Mardi Gras is the craziest time you

could ever have in life— I don’t know what else to say.

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Asia Farmer, senior in journalism and electronic media, and Kristin Kindall, junior in animal science, dance around the Humanities Amphitheatre on Tuesday, March 8.

UN called to look into Libya unrest Associated Press BRUSSELS — The Libyan government wants the United Nations to investigate the violence during the country’s bloody uprising, a senior EU official said Tuesday.

The official, who returned from Tripoli late Monday, told reporters that top leaders at the Libyan foreign ministry offered a U.N. fact-finding mission free, unfettered travel throughout the North African nation with a security escort.

Many within the European Union, however, continued to blame Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi for violence against civilians. French foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said Gadhafi “keeps shooting his own people” and added that Paris is considering all options, including no-fly zones, to end the crisis there.

France and Britain have taken the lead in planning for a no-fly zone over Libya, but other EU members are more skeptical.

In London, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said that neither Gadhafi nor rebel forces appeared currently able to establish supremacy.

“At the moment ... it seems that either side lacks the immediate power to overthrow the other,” he said.

It was not immediately clear whether the Libyan government had sent the request for an international mission directly to the United

Nations.

The EU official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with standing rules, said the eight remaining ambassadors in Tripoli from EU nations have also called for an independent U.N. visit to verify allegations of human rights abuses.

But EU spokesman Michael Mann said the EU would not transmit political messages from the Gadhafi regime and downplayed the appeal by the ambassadors in Tripoli, saying that European Union policy was made in Brussels.

The position of the 27-nation bloc is that Gadhafi's regime must relinquish power “in an orderly fashion.” Mann said EU foreign ministers would consider further measures Thursday. EU leaders are meeting in a special summit on Libya on Friday.

Rebels are fighting to oust Gadhafi from power after more than 41 years and his bloody crackdown has left hundreds, and perhaps thousands, dead. Libya’s U.N. ambassador, who broke with the regime, has urged the U.N. Security Council to impose a no-fly zone to prevent Gadhafi’s forces from bombing civilians.

On Tuesday, Libyan attack planes launched at least five airstrikes near rebel positions in the oil port of Ras Lanouf.

The EU delegation that visited Tripoli held talks with Ahmed Jarrod, a director in the Libyan foreign ministry, and other Libyan officials.

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Sarah Stolzman, senior in interior design, examines several pieces of work by fellow interior design students in Ewing Gallery. On Thursday and Friday, the gallery will be accepting student work for the 64th Annual Student Art Competition.

1959: Barbie makes her debut On this day in 1959, the first Barbie doll goes on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City.

Eleven inches tall, with a waterfall of blond hair, Barbie was the first mass-produced toy doll in the United States with adult features. The woman behind Barbie was Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel, Inc. with her husband in 1945. After seeing her young daughter ignore her baby dolls to play make-believe with paper dolls of adult women, Handler realized there was an important niche in the market for a toy that allowed little girls to imagine the future.

Barbie’s appearance was modeled on a doll named Lilli, based on a German comic strip character. Originally marketed as a racy gag gift to adult men in tobacco shops, the Lilli doll later became extremely popular with children. Mattel bought the rights to Lilli and made its own version, which Handler named after her daughter, Barbara. With its sponsorship of the “Mickey Mouse Club” TV program in 1955, Mattel became the first toy company to broadcast commercials to children. They used this medium to promote their new toy,

and by 1961, the enormous consumer demand for the doll led Mattel to release a boyfriend for Barbie. Handler named him Ken, after her son. Barbie’s best friend, Midge, came out in 1963; her little sister, Skipper, debuted the following year.

Over the years, Barbie generated huge sales — and a lot of controversy. On the positive side, many women saw Barbie as providing an alternative to traditional 1950s gender roles.

She has had a series of different jobs, from airline stewardess, doctor, pilot and astronaut to Olympic athlete and even U.S. presidential candidate. Others thought Barbie’s never-ending supply of designer outfits, cars and “Dream Houses” encouraged kids to be materialistic. It was Barbie’s appearance that caused the most controversy, however. Her tiny waist and enormous breasts — it was estimated that if she were a real woman, her measurements would be 36-18-38 — led many to claim that Barbie provided little girls with an unrealistic and harmful example and fostered negative body image.

Despite the criticism, sales of Barbie-related merchandise continued to soar, topping $1 billion annually by 1993. Since 1959, more than 800 million dolls in the Barbie family have been sold around the world and Barbie is now a bona fide global icon.

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

Crime Log March 7 At approximately 12:19 a.m., a UTPD officer was dispatched to North Carrick Residence Hall in reference to an intoxicated subject in need of medical attention.

Rural/Metro Ambulance Service transported two female subjects, both UT students, to the UT Medical Center’s Emergency Room for treatment and evaluation. Furthermore, one of the female subjects was arrested for public intoxication, underage consumption

and possession of drug paraphernalia At approximately 7:39 p.m., an officer was dispatched to South Carrick in reference to three female subjects smoking an illegal substance. All three subjects were UT students. The report stated that at least one subject was arrested for simple possession of marijuana, though it was not specific.

— 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.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

International water expert to speak at UT about water resources Peter Gleick, an internationally recognized water expert and co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security, will discuss how water resources are connected to human health, energy and food production in the context of peak water.

Gleick will speak on “Peak Water Constraints and Soft Water Path Futures: Freshwater in the 21st Century” at 7 p.m. today in the Toyota Auditorium at UT’s Baker Center. The Baker Center is located at 1640 Cumberland Ave. The lecture is free and open to the public.

He also will discuss how increased awareness of peak water — the tipping point between enough and not enough good water to support human and animal life, agriculture and industry — drives us to policy decisions that lead to more sustainable practices. Part of the talk will include a discussion of the impact of climate change on water resources.

Gleick’s research and writing address the critical connections between water and human health, the hydrologic impacts of climate change, sustainable water use, privatization and globalization, and international conflicts over water resources.

In 2003, Gleick was named a MacArthur Fellow for his work. In 2001, he was dubbed a “visionary on the environment” by the British Broadcasting Corp. In 1999, Gleick was elected an academician of the International Water Academy in Oslo, Norway, and in 2006, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. A graduate of Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley, Gleick serves on the boards of numerous journals and organizations. He is the author of many scientific papers and seven books, including the twice-yearly water report, “The World's Water,” and the new “Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water.”

The event will also be webcast at http://tinyurl.com/69h96yg.

UT College of Law raises money for diversity scholarships The UT College of Law raised nearly $7,000 for the Julian Blackshear Jr. Scholarship Fund at the 11th annual Blackshear Gala on Saturday.

The scholarship, named for the college’s third African-American graduate, helps recruit and retain outstanding AfricanAmerican students.

Fred Humphries, vice president of U.S. government affairs for the Microsoft Corp. in Washington, D.C., provided the keynote address for the event.

The College of Law also honored its first African-American graduate, Roy B.J. Campbelle Jr., with a posthumous award for his exemplary service to equity and justice.

Campbelle’s daughter, Teree CampbelleMcCormick, accepted the award on behalf of his family. The award, which will be known as the Roy B.J. Campbelle Award, will be presented annually to an alumnus of the college who personifies the quest for equality and justice.

Campbelle entered the law program a year before the landmark decision in Brown v.

Board of Education and graduated in 1956.

This year, UT Knoxville is celebrating 50 years of African-American Achievement. Since no other law school existed in the state at the time, the UT Knoxville College of

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NEWS Law admitted students of color before the main campus because “separate but equal” could not be applied. Non-white students make up 26 percent of the College of Law’s most recent entering class.

Blackshear Gala sponsors included Merchant & Gould LLC; Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC; Bass, Berry & Sims PLC; Boston, Holt, Sockwell and Durham PLLC; the family of attorney R.B.J. Campbelle Jr.; Hodges, Doughty and Carson PLLC; Husch Blackwell LLP; Kramer Rayson LLP; Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop PC; Miller & Martin PLLC; John T. Milburn Rogers; and the UT College of Law Student Bar Association.

Ready for the World café menu has Italian influence Italian influences add some zest to the Ready for the World Café menu for the week.

The buffet will include pesto chicken Florentine; roasted asparagus salad with goat cheese and bread crumbs; cola chops; apple, pecan, cranberry and avocado spinach salad with balsamic dressing, and baked tilapia with tomato.

The café is an international buffet operated by students in the advanced food production and service management class, Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism (HRT) 445, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

The café is open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each Monday through Thursday in the Hermitage Room on the third floor of the University Center. The café will be closed Wednesday, March 9, for a private function.

Diners pay $11 for the all-you-can-eat buffet or $9 for a plate of food to carry out.

Aramark’s faculty/staff discount card can be used at the café.

Students in HRT 445 take turns planning the menus, marketing the café and working in the café. ARAMARK, UT’s provider of dining services, prepares the food.

This week’s café managers are Kristen Hallom and Stephen Taylor. Hallom, of Memphis, is a junior in HRT with a minor in business. She wants to be an event planner.

Taylor, of Portland, Tenn., is a senior in HRT. He has worked at Chick-fil-A, Olive Garden and Homewood Suites by Hilton.

UT Travel is going green UT has now begun accepting paperless travel claims. The plan is to move the travel claim process to a paperless basis by July 2011.

To encourage the transition, paperless travel claims are now being processed first.

Instead of submitting receipts and other supporting documents with travel claims, these will be scanned and attached to travel transactions in IRIS. This will result in faster reimbursements since documents will not be routed through campus mail and will not have to be matched with the electronic transaction by the person reviewing the travel. It will also save thousands of pieces of paper, since copies are no longer required to be stored in the department.

The paper original will be stored in the department for one year and the scanned version will be available for all authorized users in IRIS for at least six years. The steps for attaching these documents and additional training material are provided on the university’s travel website at http://treasurer.tennessee.edu/travel/.

Please contact Accounts Payable at 9743086 with any questions.

Pentagon chief reports war advances Associated Press The Taliban are reeling. U.S. and Afghan troops are clicking. The war is going really well. That’s what Pentagon chief Robert Gates heard in two days with troops and commanders. Much less clear: the hoped-for advances in the Afghan government’s ability to provide basic services and extend its authority beyond Kabul, just months before the American troop drawdown begins.

Gates visited some of the most hotly contested parts of the country, where the effects of President Barack Obama’s 30,000-troop surge have been most keenly felt, as the Obama administration considers where to begin withdrawing and thinning out U.S. forces. The defense secretary’s very presence in some far-flung combat bases was meant to show the progress the U.S.-led international military force claims.

“The closer you are to the fight, the better it looks,” he told reporters Tuesday at a U.S. combat outpost to the west of here, in Kandahar province.

The view from near the front lines may be improving nearly 10 years into the war, but it can’t obscure the central question of what comes next.

The search for effective Afghan governing — for someone to take over the territory the military has secured — will be a central issue as Congress scrutinizes Obama’s war strategy and his commitment to begin winding down U.S. combat involvement.

The top U.S. commander in Kabul, Army Gen. David Petraeus, is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill next week.

The second-ranking U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Army Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez, said in an interview with reporters Tuesday that one reason for optimism is that the Taliban’s former key strongholds of Helmand and Kandahar provinces are no longer fully in their control.

“That’s no longer their home field,” Rodriguez said. The key difference, he said, has been the impact of greatly increased numbers of U.S. and Afghan military forces operating in southern Afghanistan over the past year.

He said of the Taliban: “They don’t own that like they used to.”

True, but neither does the Kabul-based government of President Hamid Karzai, who has installed effective local governors in some places and corrupt warlords in others. The first handovers of security control to Afghanistan late this year are likely to be far from these Taliban homelands.

The Taliban, meanwhile, are presumed to be gearing up for a spring offensive, although U.S. officials say the Islamist movement that ruled Afghanistan until U.S. forces arrived in October 2001 will find the going much tougher than in past years.

“They are going to feel more emboldened to carry out their attacks to try and ... try to reassert their authority,” said Lt. Col. Jason Morris, commander of 3rd battalion, 5th Marine regiment, based at Combat Outpost Sabit Qadam, in Sangin district. “I would tell you they are going to have a real hard time doing that” because U.S. and Afghan forces “are going to meet them at every turn.”

At each Gates stop, optimism was in such full bloom — especially at outposts like this one in the Taliban’s southern heartland and to the east in Kandahar province -- that it was hard to detect a discouraging word.

Caution, maybe.

Discouragement, no.

Gates said on Monday he thinks the U.S. is “well positioned” to proceed with some troop withdrawals in July, as Obama promised when he angered many Democrats by deciding in December 2009 to escalate a war that was at best in a stalemate.

In Kandahar, Gates talked with village and tribal elders, a local police chief and a nervous-looking group of 10 fresh police recruits in neatly pressed beige uniforms. They are the vanguard of a new approach here and in more than two dozen other areas across the country to protecting communities by linking the police more closely to local authorities.

“This is encouraging on the ground,” Gates said, in part because local authorities are starting to get civilian help from provincial leaders. This is seen as a way to lessen the appeal of supporting — tacitly or otherwise — the Taliban.

“I do feel like the pieces are coming together,” Gates said.

But the crucial question — whether the highly touted progress of recent months will hold as the Taliban mount their expected attempted comeback — leaves Gates ready to inject a note of caution.

“The gains are fragile and reversible,” he said.

“The fight this spring and this summer is going to be very tough. We expect the Taliban to try to take back much of what they’ve lost, and that will really in many respects be the acid test of how effective the progress we have made is going to be.”

His visit to the Marine outpost in Helmand province was all the more emotional for the presence in Gates’ party of Lt. Gen. John Kelly, whose 29-year-old Marine son, Robert, was killed in Sangin last November. Kelly was traveling with Gates as his newly announced senior military assistant. His son’s unit, the 3rd battalion, 5th Marine regiment, has suffered more than two dozen combat fatalities since it arrived in Sangin last fall — the most for any U.S. battalion since the war began.

In a pep talk to the unit, Gates said he understood the sacrifices — and achievements.

“In the five months since you arrived here, you have killed, captured or driven away most of the Taliban that called this area home,” he said.

A close observer of the war, Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, wrote in an analysis released Tuesday that U.S. gains in southern Afghanistan might prove illusory in the longer run.

“The history of similar tactical victories in Vietnam, Iraq and earlier in Afghanistan have shown that such victories are meaningless without successful hold, build, and transition, and insurgents can reverse them when large U.S. and allied forces leave,” he wrote.

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Editor’sNote UT Faculty Senate makes smart,safe decision Zac Ellis Editor-in-Chief On Monday, the UT Faculty Senate voted to keep our campus safe. Sounds obvious enough, doesn’t it? But a few key lawmakers in Nashville might disagree with that statement.

A resolution proposed by Faculty Senate pastpresident Toby Boulet, associate professor of engineering, and member Carole Myers, assistant professor, expressed UT faculty support for the university’s current policy that prohibits guns on campus. This came as a reaction to two state House and Senate bills currently lying in wait which, if passed into law, would allow permit-carrying faculty and staff to possess guns on UT’s campus.

The UT Faculty Senate wasted little time in voting on Boulet and Myers’ resolution. The senate voted unanimously in support of the resolution, which will be used to convince legislators not to pass the proposed bills into law. The vote also represented the faculty’s stance against the proposed legislation, which, as of Monday, had yet to reach committee.

Current UT policy prohibits “the possession or carrying of any weapon on university property.”

Only law enforcement officials are permitted to carry firearms on campus.

The bills looking to change such a policy are sponsored by state Sen. Stacey Campfield (RKnoxville) in the Senate and Rep. Andy Holt (RDresden) in the House. The intention of the proposals, presumably, is to make campus safer from attacks similar to that at Virginia Tech in 2007 and at the University of Alabama at Huntsville in 2010.

Arm the faculty, the bills’ sponsors say, and wouldbe attackers would be thwarted in their tracks.

But a report provided by faculty at Monday’s UT Faculty Senate meeting appears to prove otherwise.

According to the information, a 2010 report by the U.S. Department of Education found that 93 percent of violence against students in the U.S. occurs off college campuses. In fact, the World Health Organization reported in 2009 that “jurisdictions with restrictive firearms legislation and lower

firearms ownership tend to have lower levels of gun violence.”

On the flip side, a specific 2005 study found that workplaces that allowed firearms were “five to seven times more likely to be the site of workplace homicide when compared to workplaces where guns were prohibited.” The faculty’s report claimed public support for legislation permitting firearms has been lacking, with 26 states plus Washington, D.C., banning concealed weapons on college and university property and only one state allowing guns on campus. Twenty-three states leave the issue up to specific college campuses.

The report also highlights one oft-overlooked danger of allowing firearms on campus. According to the report, overturning the current anti-gun campus policy would be labeled as a “violation of campus self-governance principles and academic freedom.” How can a professor comfortably and freely present controversial issues in a school of thought with a fear of punishment and danger constantly surrounding his or her classroom? This is the question the UT faculty would like legislators to answer before changing long-standing campus firearm policies. If educators must teach with a metaphorical gun to their heads, what exactly is being taught?

“The idea was that we thought safety was the underpinning of this whole resolution,” Myers said on Monday, “so we wanted to make another statement about it. It may not be an essential statement, but we were trying to reinforce a point about safety and the fact that this is a priority.”

The UT faculty has expressed its opinion: A gunfree campus is a safe campus. Leave the firearms to those who are trained in such actions, they say, because as the statistics reveal, permitting firearms on college campuses does not automatically lead to a safer lifestyle. UT, like any other college, is a place of learning, and if university officials and students are unable to interact freely in a safe environment, the comfort of college campuses will be no more in American society. If the statistics prove anything, more guns don’t always mean more safety. Is that what we want at Tennessee?

— 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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‘Thrifting’ provides cheap shopping options T he Pen is Mightier by

Sean Mahoney During our years of college, one of the most important lessons we students have to wrestle with is financial management. For many students, these years represent the first few steps of becoming financially independent and it is during this time that any way to save money can really help. Luckily, Knoxville possesses a rather interesting way for people to save on some expenses and have a good time doing it. The thrift stores scattered throughout the Knoxville area serve as an outlet for both entertainment and financial savings.

Of the nearly 30,000 students attending UT, many may be flat-out broke. With tuition, books, rent, etc., it can really be difficult to set aside enough money for wardrobe expenses. If you have a taste for name brands like Ralph Lauren or Nautica, it’s not uncommon to have to pay $40 to $50 for a shirt in a department store. Personally, I think the principle of paying so much for a quality shirt is ludicrous when I can find quality apparel at thrift stores.

There are literally dozens of places to visit in Knoxville where brand name clothing can be found for just a few dollars. KARM (Knox Area Rescue Missions), Goodwill and the Salvation Army each have a number of locations up and down Kingston Pike and Chapman Highway. Clinton Highway is also home to a number of stores I visit every now and then, as well. And on top of the savings, purchases at these stores go to a worthy cause, so the benefits are two-fold. But wait, it gets even better.

Perusing the various thrift shops (or “thriftin’`” as my friends and I call it) can be extremely entertaining. Don’t underestimate how fun it can be to see what you can dig up at some these treasure troves. Nearly every time I go, I find a Ralph Lauren or Nautica polo for less than $5. And while these finds are great, every now and then you can find a

real diamond in the rough.

It seems like every time I go thriftin’, I stumble across a real gem like a s’more maker for $2 or a Nerf rifle for even less. I actually have an orange sport coat like UT coach Bruce Pearl’s that set me back $3. My friend even found a Columbia ski jacket from about 15 years ago for less than $10. It is the most awesome combination of neon colors that serves as a reminder of how cool the ’90s were. But the crown goes to another buddy of mine who found an entire black suit that fit him for $10. For less than the price of a meal for two at McDonald’s, he got to look like a man whose apartment contains many leather-bound books and smells of rich mahogany.

However, there are certainly some things to keep in mind when visiting thrift stores across Knoxville.

First of all, you have to be patient. You may have to thumb through a lot of pairs of pants or shirts before you find the one you like. While there are nice clothes, there are also some that should have been thrown away.

Second, you can’t be too picky. If you go into a store with one particular item in mind, you probably won’t have any luck. You have to be a little open to new things or different colors. This is part of the fun anyway, because if you’re not spending more than a couple of bucks, what’s the harm? It may encourage you to branch out your wardrobe a little bit. Last, most of this article applies to the male population. Sorry girls, our sizes are pretty much universal. Unless you are looking for t-shirts, your trips aren’t likely to be as successful.

My friends and I have been thriftin’ for years now, and I can’t imagine how much money it has saved me. While the hours of entertainment alone would be worth it, the savings are certainly welcomed.

Almost every shirt I own is an expensive brand name that would have cost me 10 times what I paid for it if I had purchased it at a department store. So, if you are interested in saving some money on your wardrobe, venture out across Knox Vegas and enjoy the wonderful sport that is thriftin’. Your wallet will thank you.

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

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You know what I resent? Being told that everything about me is wrong because of my political ideology. I’ll be honest: I’m not a conservative type of girl. If you haven’t noticed through the sheer perusal of my columns, I’m not exactly an old-world, value-driven type of person, nor do I believe in maintaining the status quo. However, that does not automatically make me a liberal, either. I quite frankly don’t care about health care for everyone (I guess that makes me a total douche, but I don’t have health care either — so maybe that’s why I don’t care?) or living off of other people’s money, period. I can just predict the number of angry letters that are going to flood the Daily Beacon office, telling the editors what an idiot I am, and how ignorant I happen to be.

But I’m just not either kind of person.

Considering I grew up in a family that believes in pulling itself out of the mud by its bootstraps from a third-world country, explain to me how I can even marginally support the idea of food stamps, or Tennessee WIC vouchers (women and children assistance) and of government handouts. (Unless you are in dire straits and really do need it, then it makes sense. If you really need assistance, then there’s no reason that you should be trying to make it alone until you can support yourself.)

However, on the flip side, tell me how I can support a system that, to me, is outmoded and outdated (and typically ignorant) and does not support GLBTQ issues, which are very near and dear to my heart. Tell me how America, which was supposed to be a haven for those who did not have one from the beginning and that was supposed to be about understanding and acceptance for everyone regardless of race, gender, color or life circumstances and sexual orientation, still lumps with one group or another and still hates me, because I hold

opinions that another one hates.

And then maybe there are people who do not hold opinions on issues that are considered major — maybe I don’t care if someone is prochoice or pro-life — perhaps it’s not imperative for my friendship with them. Maybe I haven’t thought about or haven’t really considered both sides of the death penalty because it does not affect me or anyone I care about. Maybe it’s not that it’s not important; I just haven’t really considered it enough to make a decision on it, and if I did, it would probably be a poorly made one, considering I am one of those people who rarely remember all the facts of the case.

Also, why can’t I pick and choose parts of my political ideology? According to a random political quiz on the Internet, I am considered a libertarian. Sadly, I’m still really unsure as to what that means, other than I know most people consider it to be middle ground between both factions. All I know is that I resent being lumped between two sides and that I like to make my own decisions about what I believe in. Please don’t make it for me, or risk my wrath.

Please note that the examples I picked from both sides are the only ones I could think of at the time. Just because I don’t believe in them does not mean that they are any less significant.

It does not necessarily make me a bad person, but rather someone whose life experiences across four continents and with different hordes of people have carved her opinions into the person that she is.

Don’t assume that I am mentally handicapped because our opinions are different.

I would not make the same judgment of you, and I would at least attempt to make sense of the way you think, even if we are absolutely nothing alike. You may not like me, love me, and we may not be bosom buddies, but I think I at least deserve the respect I would try to extend to you. We may not live in an all-tolerant world, but do not assume that I won’t be listening to you if you try — whether you’re conservative, liberal, believe in organized religion or atheism … I’ll be listening, with a cup of coffee, a notebook and a pen and laptop opened to Wikipedia by my side.

— Yasha Sadagopan is a senior in economics.

She can be reached at ysadagop@utk.edu.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

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Candidates take first steps for 2012 election Associated Press Newt Gingrich is the Republican taking some of the most public first steps for a presidential bid, but he’s hardly the only one in motion. Far from the media spotlight, White House hopefuls are furiously hiring staff, testing messages for the powerful conservative base of the GOP and mapping out a rough political calendar, all part of a hard-charging effort that precedes the official kickoff.

Gingrich drew the national press to Atlanta last week for his announcement of a website to explore a bid, the most high-profile move so far.

Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour are quietly preparing for possible candidacies with visits to would-be donors, calls to potential supporters and interviews with future hires.

“Things have picked up dramatically in the last couple weeks,” said Matthew Strawn, the chairman of the Iowa Republican Party.

Putting together the early nuts-and-bolts of a campaign is a delicate balance between persuading staff and donors that the candidate is serious while telling the public that a bid is being weighed.

“I haven’t made a decision yet as to what we’re going to do,” Romney often demurs even as his advisers are reviewing resumes.

Campaigns are expensive and the sooner a candidate working with a small group of advisers formally declares, the faster the organization grows and the bills flood in. Being a formally declared candidate also brings an intense level of scrutiny and pressure.

“The day you announce and start a campaign, you create the demand for an infrastructure. Your clock starts, but your burn rate starts on your money immediately,” Mike Huckabee, a 2008 candidate and possible 2012 candidate, said in an interview.

“However many staffers, and however many trips you take, and the phone lines and the computer lines and the office equipment and everything it takes to gin up a campaign — I’m not speaking from the idealistic, I’m speaking of the harsh realities of what it costs.”

Intentions to run came early and often in the 2008 campaign, an open contest to replace two-term President George W. Bush.

Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona signaled his interest

within days of the November 2006 elections — and was almost out of money by the summer of 2007. On the Democratic side, the top-tier candidates — Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards — were going full speed by March 2007.

This election cycle, with Obama poised to seek re-election, potential candidates are holding off on the official announcement while doing the behind-the-scenes work.

A runner-up in 2008, Romney had a jump start on the other possible candidates. He brought in Matt Rhoades, his former communications chief, to run his political action committee and build a team that includes Republican National Committee veteran Rich Beeson as political director and Neil Newhouse as pollster.

Romney announced last week that Andrea Saul, a veteran of McCain’s presidential campaign and most recently a spokeswoman for Carly Fiorina’s failed Senate bid in California, will serve as a communications adviser. And former spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom will remain in the fold.

Pawlenty is preparing for an announcement tour in the next six weeks. Many of his advisers from his political action committee are expected to be part of his White House bid, including: Phil Musser, a former adviser to Romney and former head of the Republican Governors Association; former Bush campaign officials Terry Nelson and Sara Taylor; and Alex Conant, a former RNC press secretary.

Romney and Pawlenty both are expected to take their own official steps in early spring, likely after April 1.

Santorum has announced initial hires and has publicized who is supporting him in the first nominating states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. He lined up strategist Mike Biundo, tapped former Romney backer Clara Monier to coordinate New Hampshire and hired consultant and radio personality Seth Leibsohn to run his policy shop.

And this week, he will visit the three early nominating states with a packed schedule.

Jon Huntsman, Obama’s ambassador to China, has a shadow campaign in place courtesy of a very enthusiastic political operative. John Weaver, a veteran of McCain’s presidential campaigns, put together Horizon Political Action Committee as a campaignin-waiting for Huntsman.

The site asks: “What Happened? To America? To politics? To our politicians?” The letter H is the PAC’s logo and nowhere does it mention Huntsman. But it’s clearly about him and for him.

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The former Utah governor’s resignation from Beijing takes effect in April and he might launch a campaign from his new Washington-area home in May. If he does, Huntsman has veterans of presidential campaigns ready to help craft his message, including veteran Hollywood-based ad maker Fred Davis.

Barbour has his circle of advisers that he built quietly during his years running the Republican Governors Association. He will be in Iowa twice this month but is not committing to a White House run until the Mississippi legislature ends its session in early April. Advisers say it could be May before he decides. He has lined up pollster Ed Goeas, who worked four years ago for Rudy Giuliani’s bid, as well as Jim Dyke, a South Carolina operative who has worked on four presidential campaigns and served as the RNC’s top spokesman in 2004.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin recently added a chief of staff to her political committee but her advisers cautioned not to take that as a sign the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee would run for the White House in 2012.

Gingrich, who has made early visits to key nominating states, already has lined up a handful of aides to help him start and his decades in politics have earned him loyal advisers, including spokesman Rick Tyler, adviser Joe Gaylord and attorney Randy Evans. He’s also scouting for office space in Georgia, where his campaign will be based.

The level of activity — or lack of — also can indicate just how seriously potential candidates are considering running.

Consider Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. He says he hasn’t decided what to do, but also notes every time he talks about the speculation that he’s made absolutely no moves.

“Right now, I’ve left the option open. I always stress this: I’m not doing anything about it. All my attention is on the job I’ve got, which is plenty to keep me busy,” he said. Daniels is in the midst of a budget fight with state Democrats and facing the possible fallout from the indictment of the state’s Republican elections chief.

Huckabee sounds a lot like Daniels. He insists he may run even though his staff from his 2008 campaign have other jobs and there's no evidence that he's actively plotting a campaign. Rather, he’s focused on promoting his latest book on a nationwide tour — while stoking the presidential buzz.

“When 10 other people are already out there with a full-blown announcement, you call me and ask me if I’m too late. Right now, I’m not too late,” Huckabee said. “There’s no reason to for me to get in, in a hurry.”

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Depp leads ‘Rango’ to acclaim Sam Scott Staff Writer Director Gore Verbinski finally got a shot at making something that doesn’t involve pirates, the ocean or, for that matter, real people. With the film “Rango,” Verbinski tells the tale of the comical lizard who calls himself Rango, voiced by Johnny Depp.

The film begins with a lizard without a name who lives in a tank by himself. After an accident, the lizard becomes stranded in the desert and is directed by an armadillo to a town called Dirt that is drying up from lack of water. There, he meets Beans (Isla Fisher), a lizard who is trying to save her father’s ranch, which is part of the slowly dying town.

When asked what his name is, the lizard, deciding he can be anyone he wants to be, calls himself Rango. The mayor (Ned Beatty), an old turtle, makes Rango the sheriff after he unwittingly defeats the hawk that had been terrorizing the town. It becomes Rango’s job to save the town from not only the drought, but a conspiracy that lies beneath the surface of Dirt.

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“Rango” delivers on many levels, most notably on the humor. While some parts of the film are borderline adult humor, it still provides a good experience for kids, which gives it a broad audience that isn’t limited to just children. The film also gives many tips of the hat to the Western genre and its classic stereotypes. “The Spirit of the West” (Timothy Olyphant) wears a poncho, a baron hat, squints and talks with a raspy “man with no name”-like voice.

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Uncertainty surrounds British Crown Public opinion continues to fall on Prince Charles, rise on William Associated Press LONDON — Prince Charles could be forgiven for feeling a bit grumpy these days.

Close to many people’s retirement age, he’s still waiting for the position he was groomed for: King of England. And he’s preparing for the wedding that will make his eldest son Prince William and Kate Middleton the fresh new faces of a monarchy sorely in need of renewal.

That leaves Charles, who once cut a dashing figure himself, something of a forgotten man.

He is sandwiched between his mother Queen Elizabeth II, treasured for her steadfast dignity and devotion to duty since her coronation in 1953, and William, who carries a hint of the late Princess Diana’s glamour wherever he goes.

“He’s in a very tricky position,” said Joe Little, managing editor of Majesty magazine. “By next year his mother will have been on the throne for 60 years, she’s the only monarch many of us have ever known.

When she came in, she was very young with two small children and there was huge empathy for her, but Charles won’t get that when he comes to the throne.”

He said the failure of Charles’ marriage to Diana — and the role that his current wife, Camilla, played in that doomed union — has given the public too much information about the man who would be king.

“We’ve heard his private telephone conversations,” Little said, referring to embarrassing intimate calls that were intercepted and published, giving Britons a glimpse into Charles’ fantasies.

“The mystique is well and truly gone, so he will come to the throne with all that baggage. Charles has always been rather eclipsed, by Diana, and now by his older son, who is about to marry a beautiful bride. Charles just accepts that for the foreseeable future the spotlight will shine on William and Catherine, as we’re going to have to start calling Kate.”

Charles’ problems with Diana are ancient history, and Camilla’s tattered image as “the other woman” has to a substantial degree been repaired, but there has been lasting damage to the prince’s reputation. He looks and sounds tired, generating little excitement with his public appearances.

The 62-year-old prince even seemed a bit out of sorts when William and Middleton happily announced their engagement in November, commenting that it was about time since the young couple had “played house long enough.”

It is hard to remember the halcyon days when he was seen as a stylish young bachelor linked to some of the most beautiful women in Europe. He dated a series of young aristocratic women and fashion models before proposing to Diana Spencer — whose elder sister he had dated — in 1981.

The British press dubbed Charles “Action Man” because of his zest for challenging, even dangerous, sporting pursuits.

He was known for steeplechasing, polo, scuba diving, parachuting, piloting helicopters, skiing, sailing and wind-surfing back when that sport was new.

He was known as a skilled foxhunter and angler who fished for salmon each summer in frigid, fast-flowing rivers.

Now he is viewed by some people as slightly potty — a stooping man who talks to his plants and goes on about the virtues of organic food while relying on a retinue of loyal aides to handle life’s more tedious tasks, like putting toothpaste on his toothbrush.

This view, reflected in polls that consistently show most Britons would prefer that William become the next king, does not take into account the serious work Charles has undertaken, said Noel Cox, a law professor and royal scholar at Aberystwyth University in Wales.

He said the heir to the throne has no defined constitutional function but that Charles has used the position to champion organic farming, traditional architecture and environmental causes.

“The position of the heir to the throne is always difficult because you don’t have a role until your parent dies,” Cox said.

“From his earliest years, he recognized he had the choice of either being just a figurehead, with no particular function, or to carve out a niche and do something worthwhile, and I would say Charles has actually been quite successful in combining his personal interests and making it into a role.”

Cox said Charles, who has had a rocky relationship with the news media, may actually enjoy being out of the limelight while the media focus on William and his photogenic new wife.

Charles has been largely successful in persuading the British public to accept his marriage to Camilla, who in the aftermath of Diana’s 1997 car crash death was blamed by many for the royal breakup.

One of his tactics was to make it clear that Camilla would not take the title of “queen” even when he became king, a concession that mollified some of her critics who had wanted Diana to have that honor.

But Charles seemed to backtrack slightly in late November when he told an American television network that Camilla “could” become queen when he becomes king, a statement that made headlines throughout Britain.

The question of Camilla’s title really won’t be decided until events bring Charles to the throne.

Charles’ primary function on his son’s wedding day is to host a Buckingham Palace dinner and dance party for William and Middleton and many of the young couple’s closest friends.

He will be expected to provide the food and the wine and to make a heartfelt toast — and then make himself scarce so the kids can have a good time.

It’s a role thousands of parents play at their children’s wedding receptions each year, and one Charles may find himself playing for some time to come.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Grizzlies beat Thunder to stay in Western conference playoff hunt

Associated Press MEMPHIS — The Memphis Grizzlies are showing more maturity — and resilience — when they face an opponent’s fourth-quarter rally.

Mike Conley and Tony Allen each scored 20 points, and Marc Gasol added 18 as Memphis withstood a secondhalf push, defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 107101 on Monday night.

Despite the Thunder threatening Memphis’ lead in the fourth quarter, Oklahoma City was unable to get a key basket to overtake the Grizzlies, who won Sunday night in Dallas on Zach Randolph’s last-second shot. “(It took) effort, grinds, a collective effort from the whole team,” Allen said.

“Guys are focused and locked in. Getting back-to-back wins against these two top teams, pretty much shows that we are very ambitious.”

Randolph added 17 points for Memphis, including four free throws in the closing seconds, as the Grizzlies maintained their hold on the eighth playoff spot in the Western Conference.

The fourth-quarter resilience reflects a different team than previous years when the Grizzlies might have buckled under the pressure down the stretch. Some credit young players such as Conley, Gasol and Darrell Arthur with another year in the league.

Others point to the additions of veterans Jason Williams, Allen and the pick up of Shane Battier from Houston at the trade deadline.

“It’s definitely a much more mature team,” reserve guard O.J. Mayo said. “You add vets like (Williams, Allen and Battier), and they’ve pretty much been to the battlefield at high levels as far playoffs and finals.

“It brings a different mentality to our team; a much more focused locker room and a much more mature locker room.”

Russell Westbrook had 27 points and seven assists for Oklahoma City, which saw its three-game winning streak snapped. Kevin Durant finished with 23 points, while James Harden scored 16.

Oklahoma City was 6 of 12 from outside the arc after halftime, but never could overtake Memphis, which led by as many as 17 in the third quarter.

“We made some costly mistakes,” Durant said. “We always seemed to have it within two or three (points), and we couldn’t get over the hump.”

Both teams shot 52 percent in the game, but Memphis benefited from 12 Oklahoma City turnovers, including three in the fourth quarter, as the Thunder kept threatening Memphis’ lead. The closest the Thunder could get was 9392 on Westbrook’s three-point play with 4:18 left. Baskets by Randolph and then Sam Young created the buffer Memphis needed.

“We got down 17 because our defensive effort wasn’t where it needed to be,” Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. “We gave them too many easy layups and points around the paint. We got back into it because we made some shots, but we still weren’t playing the defense that it takes to win in this league.”

The game was close through much of the first half with six ties and eight lead changes.

The Thunder never led by more than two points, while Memphis got it to 10 with under a minute to play in the half on Mayo’s 3-pointer.

Mayo’s layup off the Thunder’s sixth turnover in the half gave Memphis a 58-46 lead entering the dressing room, the Grizzlies ending the half on a 15-5 rally.

Memphis continued to extend the lead through the first part of the third period, but Durant started heating up.

Two consecutive 3-pointers put a dent in Memphis’ lead.

Westbrook’s 3-pointer with the shot-clock running down, then a layup pulled the deficit to single-digits at 75-67. By the time the quarter ended, Durant had scored nine points in the period, Oklahoma City closed the quarter on a 16-6 run, and Memphis’ lead was cut to 79-73.

SPORTS

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Annual boxing fundraiser successful Gentry Smith Staff Writer Sixty-two individual boxers participated, 12 fraternities were represented, 11 weight classes yielded champions and three fraternities tied for the overall championship.

Needless to say, the composition of Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s boxing tournament offered plenty of storylines for those in attendance.

The rain on Saturday night was as relentless as the hopeful masses waited in line to get tickets for the last night of the continually growing philanthropy. Despite newly mandated fire codes, the involvement and spirit of years past was not hampered.

As Fiji, Pi Kappa Alpha and Sigma Alpha Epsilon celebrated a three-way tie for the overall championship on Saturday night, neither the weather nor a sell-out crowd deterred friends, family and fans from coming out to the ring.

Although the intensity of competition may supersede the importance of the philanthropy, SAE has produced a significant amount of philanthropic donations for the Golden Gloves Arena over the past 31 years. Public relations director Blake Cowan elaborated on the goals the chapter sets and the progress in recent years.

“We set some goals the 29th year, and we wanted to have complete revenue of over 100,000 (dollars), and we were able to meet that.” Cowan said. “We’ve been able to meet that the past two years, and we’ve increased revenue each year (after) that. Hopefully we'll reach that again this year.”

Although the final numbers have not been calculated for this year’s event, the coordination by SAE and the participation within the Greek community and others will likely generate similar results from the past few years.

For such revenue to be produced year in and year out, the micromanagement of the tournament must be run smoothly.

From table sales (tables surround the ring and are sold for a premium), ticket sales (three-day passes were available, as well as single-night tickets at the box office), merchandise, concessions, donations and other small entities produce the revenue. Michael Shoptaw, director of sponsorships and table sales, spoke to the necessity of such organization.

“This year I was in charge of table sales primarily,” Shoptaw said. “All of the directors have a primary job, and we all take on smaller roles such as conducting weigh-ins, planning the seating for the tournament and drafting the brackets.”

This year’s individual champions: Featherweight: Bener Oguz — Sigma Alpha Epsilon Lightweight: Ryan Lankford — Alpha Tau Omega Junior Welterweight: Chris Hoeflin — Sigma Alpha Epsilon Welterweight: Houston Carbaugh — Pi Kappa Phi Junior Middleweight: Buck Sheesley — Phi Sigma Kappa Middleweight: William Ball — Fiji Junior Light Heavyweight: Ben Maxwell — Pi Kappa Alpha Light Heavyweight: Brad Butkowski — Lambda Chi Alpha Cruiserweight: Danny Pritchett — Pi Kappa Alpha Heavyweight: Jonathan Lucas — Kappa Sigma Super Heavyweight: Tim Lee — Fiji

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Bruce Pearl reacts to a call against Kentucky on Sunday, March 6. The Vols lost to the Wildcats 64-58 but will have a chance to redeem themselves in the SEC Tournament in Atlanta this weekend. UT will open against Arkansas on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

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Despite season, Pearl ‘winner’ at UT Matt Dixon Sports Editor By now, every Tennessee fan is tired of hearing about Bruce Pearl lying to the NCAA. And I am too.

So this column will focus solely on the basketball team’s performance this year compared with Pearl’s first five seasons and will not take into account the NCAA’s investigation or anything related to it.

Putting all the off-the-court problems aside, this season has been by far the most disappointing in Pearl’s tenure at Tennessee.

The Volunteers have limped through their past 24 games with a record of 11-13, following a 7-0 start.

The win at Pittsburgh on Dec. 11 seems so long ago it could be mistaken as part of UT’s run to the Elite Eight last year.

Still, Pearl’s worst season on Rocky Top shouldn’t diminish his success over his first five years.

(Remember, this is strictly looking at on-court performance.)

“I'm just happy for the university, and I’m happy for just the level of excitement (surrounding the basketball program),” former Vol great Allan Houston said before Sunday’s game against Kentucky, when his No. 20 was retired. “I do think Coach Pearl had done an amazing job himself in creating some excitement.”

It could be argued the excitement Pearl created upon arriving in Knoxville has been the reason for the program’s rise to national prominence. Before Pearl arrived, UT was in the bottom half of the SEC, year in and year out. The Vols had missed the NCAA Tournament the previous four seasons before he left Wisconsin-Milwaukee for Tennessee.

It wasn’t the guaranteed 20-win seasons from Pearl-coached teams that sparked that enthusiasm

at first. It was his style of play.

The Vols pressed opponents 94 feet. They shot NBA-range threes with 30 seconds left on the shot clock. Pearl called it “Helter Skelter,” or controlled chaos.

Call it anything. Whatever it was, it won.

But this year — and to a lesser extent last season — Pearl got away from the style of play that brought him to Knoxville.

Coupled with mistakes in recruiting, the deepest, and arguably most talented, team Pearl has fielded in Knoxville has been his worst.

The Vols lost an unprecedented eight home games inside Thompson-Boling Arena this season.

By comparison, Pearl only lost eight homes games in his first five years at UT combined.

Yet, despite all the “bad” losses and .500 conference record, the Vols are in position to make the NCAA Tournament for a sixth-consecutive year for the first time in school history.

And that is what UT fans have in Pearl. A winner unlike any other coach the men’s basketball program has ever had. (Yes, Ray Mears was great, but Pearl has taken the program to another level.)

“For me, going to the (NCAA) tournament six years in a row would probably mean as much to me as our first Elite Eight appearance a year ago,” Pearl said. “That’s another thing I don’t know if everyone would have that same feeling, because getting to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, that’s a big deal advancing. But still, that’s winning three games. Going to the NCAA Tournament — if we can — six years in a row, to me, speaks about our program and the consistency.”

And when the NCAA Tournament begins next week, this Tennessee team — as crazy as it sounds — will be just three games away from going as far as any team in school history.

A crazy thought, but it’s been a crazy season already.

stood out to the players as a whole and to his coaches. His performance during the Indiana game was near perfect, but the team failed to keep his stanWith the help of standout senior Khayyan dards, and senior Matt Duffy said this was disapNorfork, the UT Diamond Vols has begun a spec- pointing.

“We definitely would have liked to have gone 3tacular 2011 season.

The second baseman has hit earned a hit in eight 0 this week,” Duffy said. “We probably should have, of the last nine games and has a team-best 10 stolen but we played down to their level. They’re a good bases this season. Norfork’s performance against team, but we’re better. They just lulled us to sleep.

Bradley on Friday caught the attention of coach It’s tough, but you just have to put it in the past and move on.”

Todd Raleigh.

Norfork’s presence during the Morehead State “To me, he was the difference in the game,” Raleigh said. “He gets the shirt, which goes to who- game on Sunday was less than perfect, especially ever has the best game. He set the tone, and he just after his phenomenal season so far, but Duffy’s battled. He created more fastballs for those guys. He advice was to learn from mistakes and move on. probably created that balk in the eighth inning to Duffy said the team as a whole will have to learn from the get us that extra adversity of run.” the game.

Norfork’s “It’s good stolen-base for our record has pitchers and helped the Vols our position reach 30 stolen players to bases in only get a taste nine games, of that,” more than any Duffy said. other SEC team.

“I think we Norfork holds can learn the league lead in from it.” stolen bases this Norfork’s season, with presence on more than four Tara Sripunvorksul• The Daily Beacon the team as SEC teams, a record that only Second basemen, Khayyan Norfork, attempts to tag a a senior and goes to show his Morehead State player on Sunday, March 6. On offense, as an over— Matt Dixon is a senior in journalism and elecstrength and Norfork has stolen 10 bases this season, more than any all athlete is apparent on tronic media. He can be reached at aggressiveness other teammate. and off the mdixon3@utk.edu. He can also be followed on for the Vols. f i e l d .

Twitter at @mattdixon3.

With the 2011 season in the forefront of Norfolk’s future, more stolen bases, RBIs and runs are to Raleigh said he’s impressed with the team’s percome. His performances over the weekend only formance so far and hopes to see the team and sealed his name as a key player for the Vols this sea- Norfolk continue to succeed through trial and error.

“I was just kind of evaluating our team a little son, and Raleigh said his help in the Bradley game bit,” Raleigh said. “We are doing some unbelievable was essential to the team.

SEC first team after posting the third-best scor“He just created a lot of havoc, and that’s just things so far this year. Stolen base-wise has been ing average in the entire conference (19.3 ppg). what you need in a leadoff guy,” Raleigh said. “He really good and we are not striking out much. We The Hopkinsville, Ky., native is a two-time SEC did a phenomenal job tonight. I thought he was the weren't scoring enough runs, so I tried to change up a couple different things in the middle of the lineup Player of the Week this season and scored 20 or difference.” to try and shuffle it up a little bit. It seemed to work The weekend may have upset Norfork’ s hitting more points in seven conference games. He streak, but his presence in the last nine games has tonight, as we scored some runs.” also led the Vols in minutes played during league games (31.1 mpg) and shot a team-best .409 from 3-point range in SEC play.

This most recent honor demonstrates a solid career progression for Hopson — who ranks 24th on Tennessee’s all-time scoring list with 1,274 career points — as he was an SEC AllFreshman Team selection in 2009, a member of the USA Basketball Men’s Select Team last summer and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NIT Season Tip-Off earlier this season.

UT hoops trio honored by SEC coaches Staff Reports The SEC announced its 2011 men’s basketball postseason awards Tuesday, and three Volunteers — senior Brian Williams, junior Scotty Hopson and freshman Tobias Harris — found themselves among those honored by the league's head coaches.

Williams, a senior center from the Bronx, N.Y., was voted SEC Sixth Man of the Year, becoming the first Vol to ever garner that award. Williams came off the bench for 13 of the 14 league games in which he appeared this season, and he averaged 7.9 points and 7.1 rebounds during SEC play. His .540 field-goal percentage in conference games ranked second in the league. A tremendous passer for a player at his position, Williams also boasted a 1.27 assist/turnover ratio in SEC play.

For the first time in his career, Hopson landed on the coaches’ eight-man All-

Norfork helping Vols ‘steal’ early wins Lauren Kittrell

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