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SEC CHAMPS! School soccer player killed at Mass. birthday bash SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A high school soccer player has been stabbed to death outside a Massachusetts restaurant where more than 250 teenagers had gathered for a birthday party.

Police say 17-year-old Conor Reynolds died after being stabbed in the neck late Saturday. Reynolds was a senior at Cathedral High School in Springfield, one of the state’s biggest cities.

A friend was stabbed in an arm.

Sgt. John Delaney says more than 250 people had gathered for the party at the Blue Fusion Bar and Grill. He says no security was on hand, and many teens were drinking before entering the club, which has no liquor license or listed telephone number.

Police Commissioner William Fitchet says the attacker stabbed the unarmed teenagers “with little or no provocation.”

Police are seeking a suspect. They say they hadn’t made any arrests as of Sunday afternoon.

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At least two snowmobilers dead in Canadian avalanche REVELSTOKE, British Columbia — An avalanche that killed at least two people at an informal snowmobile rally in Canada’s Rocky Mountains may have been triggered by three daredevil sledders who apparently unleashed a deadly wall of snow on up to 200 people below, witnesses said Sunday.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said an even worse tragedy may have been averted because many of the snowmobilers had come equipped with avalanche recovery equipment and dug people out even before rescuers arrived at the scene.

RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk told a news conference Sunday that two men are confirmed dead, not three as reported earlier in the chaotic hours after the slide. He said it remains unknown how many others are still unaccounted for after the slide struck around 3:30 p.m. Saturday on Boulder Mountain.

Five hurt in SoCal apartment complex shooting POMONA, Calif. — Authorities say five people were wounded in a shooting at an apartment complex in Southern California.

Pomona police Sgt. Christian Hsu says a gunman approached a crowd of people at a party in a courtyard late Saturday and opened fire. Five people were hospitalized, two in serious condition.

Hsu says the suspect, described as a man in his early 20s, ran away and was being sought by police.

A motive for the shooting was not immediately known.

Pat Summitt and the Lady Vols claimed their thirteenth SEC tournament championship defeating the Kentucky Lady Wildcats 70-62 March 7 in Duluth, Ga. Tennessee also won the regular season SEC title, making it the first time in ten years UT completed such a feat. While many experts agree Tennessee will garner one of the four No. 1 seeds in this year’s women’s NCAA Tournament, the Lady Vols await tonight’s official seeding announcement at 7 p.m. on ESPN. For more on the ladies’ SEC tournament run, see PAGE 8.

UT No. 6 seed after SEC loss Zac Ellis

Some coal ash to remain in river after spill cleanup ends

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Editor’s Note — NCAA officials announced the 2010 NCAA men’s tournament seeding late Sunday night. UT will be a part of the Midwest region as a No. 6 seed and will take on the No. 11 seed San Diego State Aztecs, who were the Mountain West Conference champions.

Overall No. 1 seed Kansas, Ohio State and Georgetown will be among those joining the Vols in the Midwest region.

Tennessee will start its tournament journey Thursday in Providence, R.I.

KINGSTON, Tenn. — Federal regulators say some of the coal ash that spilled into the Emory River in a 2008 accident will remain there after the ongoing cleanup is finished.

The regulators say it is technologically impossible to remove all the coal ash from the river.

The Knoxville NewsSentinel reported Sunday that Leo Francendese, who oversees the emergency cleanup operation for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said in a memo that the removal of ash from the Emory River has moved to a final stage: dredging along the riverbed.

Francendese wrote that the goal is to remove as much ash as possible while disturbing sediments as little as possible.

His memo says that dredging stirs up the sediments and ash, meaning some of the material — between 5 and 20 percent — will remain suspended in the water and then settle back on the riverbed after the dredges move on.

“It is worth noting, that 100 percent removal is never achieved due to the resuspension and resettlement effect,” Francendese wrote.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee men’s basketball team traveled to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena last Thursday for the 2010 SEC Men’s Tournament. After surviving its first two matchups against LSU and Ole Miss, UT (25-8, 11-5 SEC) fell to the East’s top seed, Kentucky (31-2, 14-2), in Saturday’s tournament semifinals.

‘Survive and advance’ Tennessee’s first round SEC Tournament game against LSU may not have been the prettiest outing for either team.

But as UT coach Bruce Pearl later stressed, the Vols only needed to make it past the Tigers.

“It wasn’t a thing of beauty,” Pearl said. “But it is called survive and advance.”

Hayley DeBusk • The Daily Beacon

UT head coach Bruce Pearl and seniors Bobby Maze (left) and Wayne Chism (right) watch as officials announced their 2010 NCAA Tournament seeding. The Vols garnered the No. 6 seed in the Midwest region, and will face the No. 11 seed San Diego State.

No. 3-seeded Tennessee survived the West’s No. 6 seed LSU 59-49 on Thursday despite poor offensive outings from both squads.

Wayne Chism led the Vols with 17 points and 11

rebounds. Bobby Maze added 14 with J. P. Prince chipping in 11. Brian Williams recorded seven points and snagged 14 rebounds.

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Francendese’s memo, combined with another memo from Steve Scott of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, raises the possibility that officials also might not remove ash that has traveled from the Emory to the Clinch River and Tennessee River portions of Watts Bar Lake.

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s cleanup project manager, Steve McCracken, told the newspaper that Francendese’s memo doesn’t run counter to TVA’s stated goal of leaving the area better than it was before the Dec. 22, 2008, spill.

“When we’re done, the water quality, the habitat and the recreational use will be better than it was before,” McCracken said.

The spill dumped 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash sludge from the TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant into the Emory River and surrounding area.

Randy Ellis, who lives near the spill site and serves on the Long Term Recovery Committee, said that given the size of the spill — the largest of its type in American history — it’s reasonable to conclude that some ash would be left behind. Still, he said, officials shouldn’t use that as an excuse to end the work too soon.

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• 6:30 p.m. untill 8:30 p.m.. — To kick off Middle Eastern week, the International House presents a Middle Eastern belly dance demonstration and lesson in the IHouse Great Room.Two expert oriental belly dancers lead the session, which is free and open to all UT students.

• 7 p.m. — John Marks, president and founder of Search for Common Ground in Washington, D.C., speaks on “Peace Building and Conflict Resolution” in the I-House Great Room as part of the Great Decisions Program, coordinated by the Center for International Education and funded by the Ready for the World Initiative.The lecture is free and open to the public.

Tuesday, March 16 — • 12 p.m. until 2 p.m. — As part of WUOT’s 60th anniversary celebrations, legendary NPR newscaster and “Wait, Wait ...

Don’t Tell Me!” star Carl Kasell shares his experiences in public broadcasting and answers questions at a brown bag lunch seminar in the UC Shiloh Room.

WUOT will provide soft drinks, though attendees should bring their own lunches and $5 for admission.

Seats can be reserved by calling (865) 974-6167..

Wednesday, March 17 — • 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. — The International House presents Egyptian Culture Night in the IHouse Great Room as part of their Middle Eastern week. Features of the event include a lesson about Egyptian history, an Egyptian-style hand drumming performance and Egyptian music and food.Tickets are $6 and go on sale at 6 p.m.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY • 45 B.C. — Julius Caesar, the “dictator for life” of the Roman Empire, is murdered by his own senators at a meeting in a hall next to Pompey’s Theatre. The conspiracy against Caesar encompassed as many as 60 noblemen, including Caesar’s own protege, Marcus Brutus. Caesar was scheduled to leave Rome to fight in a war on March 18 and had appointed loyal members of his army to rule the empire in his absence. The Republican senators, already chafing at having to abide by Caesar’s decrees, were particularly angry about the prospect of taking orders from Caesar’s underlings. Cassius Longinus started the plot against the dictator, quickly getting his brother-in-law Marcus Brutus to join. Caesar should have been well aware that many of the senators hated him, but he dismissed his security force not long before his assassination. Reportedly, Caesar was handed a warning note as he entered the senate meeting that day but did not read it. After he entered the hall, Caesar was surrounded by senators holding daggers. Servilius Casca struck the first blow, hitting Caesar in the neck and drawing blood.

The other senators all joined in, stabbing him repeatedly about the head.

• 1917 — During the February Revolution, Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia since 1894, is forced to abdicate the throne by the Petrograd insurgents, and a provincial government is installed in his place. Crowned on May 26, 1894, Nicholas was neither trained nor inclined to rule, which did not help the autocracy he sought to preserve in an era desperate for change. The disastrous outcome of the Russo-Japanese War led to the Russian Revolution of 1905, which the czar diffused only after signing a manifesto promising representative government and basic civil liberties in Russia. However, Nicholas soon retracted most of these concessions, and the Bolsheviks and other revolutionary groups won wide support. In 1914, Nicholas led his country into another costly war, and discontent in Russia grew as food became scarce, soldiers became warweary and devastating defeats on the eastern front demonstrated the czar’s ineffectual leadership.

• 1965 — President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress to urge the passage of legislation guaranteeing voting rights for all. Using the phrase “we shall overcome,” borrowed from African-American leaders struggling for equal rights, Johnson declared that “every American citizen must have an equal right to vote.”

Johnson reminded the nation that the 15th Amendment, which was passed after the Civil War, gave all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color. But states had defied the Constitution and erected barriers.

Discrimination had taken the form of literacy, knowledge or character tests administered solely to AfricanAmericans to keep them from registering to vote.

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Seniors Ian Orr and Kendra Haynes demonstrate Zouk Dancing.

— Courtesy of History.com They met Tuesday at T-Recs to show people their routine.

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Media businessman gets alumni award Staff Reports Alan N. Greenberg, former publisher of Esquire magazine and creator of many successful online and traditional media and interactive business services, was honored with the College of Communication and Information’s 2010 Donald G. Hileman Distinguished Alumni Award last weekend at an alumni reception in Atlanta.

“Alan Greenberg has had a remarkable career as a media business person and entrepreneur,” CCI Dean Mike Wirth said. “He has set an outstanding example for our students about

what’s possible as they graduate and become working professionals. Mr. Greenberg ’s latest innovative venture, focused on private K-12 education, is indicative of his innovative ability to take a concept from the idea stage and make it a reality.”

Greenberg graduated from UT in 1972 from the College of Communications with a degree in advertising.

He began his distinguished career by working in sales management at Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson. From his role as publisher for the nationally recognized Esquire magazine to his vice chairman-

ship at Whittle Communications, where he launched a dozen publishing and broadcast ventures, Greenberg has been involved in launching numerous new media businesses and organizing strategic mergers, acquisitions and private equity funding.

Greenberg also has launched and expanded media businesses in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. Greenberg served as CEO at Travel Holdings until 2008, when he decided to team up with his former business partner Chris Whittle and Benno Schmidt, the former president of Yale

UT to host peace-building talk Staff Reports John Marks, president and founder of Search for Common Ground in Washington, D.C., will speak about “Peace Building and Conflict Resolution” at UT on March 16.

Marks’ talk, which begins at 7 p.m. in the International House Great Room, is part of the Great Decisions Program, coordinated by the Center for International Education and funded by the Ready for the World Initiative, which brings speakers from around the country to UT this semester to address our nation’s most pressing foreign policy issues.

Marks will make a multimedia presentation on how non-governmental entities play a substantial role in peace building and will show a series of short video clips and music videos to illustrate his points.

In a letter on the Search for Common Ground’s Web site, Marks describes the

organization, which is now active in 20 countries: “We began in 1982 at the height of the Cold War, and we focused on building bridges between East and West. Back then, we had two employees, a handful of supporters and a minuscule budget. We currently work in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Indonesia and the United States, and we have a staff of almost 400.

In addition, thousands of people directly participate in our programs, and we reach millions more through media projects,” he wrote.

Many of Search for Common Ground’s programs involve the media, education and the arts and culture. Some specific examples include the soap opera for social change in 15 countries; youth community and mediation centers in Morocco; building bridges between the Muslim world and the West; and the use of sports to find common ground.

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University, to establish Avenues, a global education company.

Greenberg serves as president of Avenues, which will build the first worldwide system of high quality, private K-12 schools.

The first of these schools will be built in New York City.

The Donald G. Hileman Award is awarded to college alumni who have made notable contributions to the field of communication and information.

Past recipients include two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and noted science writer for the New York Times, John Noble Wilford, and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning.

Juried multimedia exhibit to focus on poverty, health care Staff Reports UT students and staff are invited to submit their paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, films/videos, mixed media and installations for a juried exhibit to be held in conjunction with the “Poverty and Health Care” mini-summit to take place on March 31 at UT. The theme of this exhibit, which the Baker Center will host from March 31 to April 2, will be health care and poverty, and it is meant to provide a visual representation of these issues through art and creative dialogues.

To enter, participants may submit any number of works to Baker Center

room 208 no later than 5 p.m. on March 26. All work must be framed or otherwise ready for display.

Artists will be notified of acceptance on the evening of March 29, and those artists must be available to set up their display at the Baker Center at 2 p.m. on March 30.

Ten $100 awards will be given to the most outstanding works, as determined by the faculty jurors.

Ready for the World, UT’s international and intercultural initiatives, has devoted this academic year to “Our World in Need” with a particular emphasis on the issue of poverty.

Ready for the World sponsors the “Poverty and Health Care” mini-summit.

ASH continued from Page 1 “They need to get every inch of ash out of there they can,” Ellis said.

The initial cleanup phase includes dredging 3 million cubic yards of ash from the Emory River and shipping it to an Alabama landfill. That should be complete this spring.

Officials are mulling their options for Phase II, which involves the cleanup of Swan Pond Creek and adjacent land. Phase III would address downstream ash.

TVA estimates the cleanup cost could reach $1.2 billion.

An estimated 165,000 cubic yards of ash migrated from the spill site during heavy storms in May, December and January, Scott wrote, with the vast majority being released in May before dredging the Emory’s river channel had an effect.

Scott asserted that the resulting mix would reduce arsenic concentrations over time.

“Therefore after approximately 5 years, the fly ash residuals that transport below the site will potentially be diluted to background levels due to mixing and burial with inflowing native sediments,” Scott wrote.

Ellis is worried that leaving the ash in the reservoir for an additional five years beyond the end of the second phase of the cleanup could pose dangers to the environment and human health.

“I’m obviously concerned,” Ellis said. “They’re using us as guinea pigs.”

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Columnist reflects extremist Christian viewpoints In his March 4 column, Treston Wheat’s claims that the “United States is not a Christian nation” are disingenuous, designed only to deflect criticism of his militant Christian arguments against those he believes are “going to hell.” He makes his argument on the basis that Christians wouldn’t have reacted to 9/11 the way the Bush administration did. Christians would have “turned the other cheek,” while Wheat’s ideal leader would have nuked a city in retaliation. What Wheat is trying to do here is to hide the fact that although America’s actions do not reflect Christianity completely, they are the doing of Christian extremists like him (who call themselves religious, yet call for the dropping of a nuclear bomb on civilian populations).

Wheat’s argument is interesting in that he frequently accuses Islam of espousing violence — due to the actions of some Muslims — yet he ignores the fact that the right-wing conservative Christian movement has led America down a path of war, confrontation and hatred. I guess he missed the news flash when George Bush, a “devout” Christian, was reported to have said that “God” told him to go to war with Iraq. He must have been asleep when Ann Coulter, a personal hero of Wheat’s and a very outspoken conservative Christian, stated, “We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity” — referring to Muslims. The list goes on and on.

Even America’s foreign policy is influenced by extremist Christian ideology — especially when it comes to Israel. The U.S. claims to have a “special” relationship with the country, despite its history of war and oppression, precisely due to the fact that influential evangelical groups have been preaching that the second coming of Christ will not occur until the Jews are established in the holy land. Thereafter, according to evangelical Christians who embrace Zionism, Jesus will come and either kill the Jews or convert them to Christianity. (Coulter believes that all Jews should convert to Christianity, as Christians are “perfected Jews.” She said this on national television.)

Zionist Israelis use this to their advantage to spread their argument via evangelical mouthpieces.

So before absorbing what Wheat has to say, I urge the UT community to check the facts and use common sense. Whether the U.S. is Roman Catholic, Protestant, Baptist, Episcopalian or “born again,” it is a majority Christian nation, with a Christian tradition and a Christian worldview.

Claiming that American heads of state are somehow detached from the religion, however ideal it may sound, is unrealistic and naïve.

Waqas Ahmad Senior in psychology

Academic breaks should bring lax parking enforcement On Wednesday, I recieved a parking ticket for parking in Staff Lot 23. I figured I might be risking a ticket as I was one of the only cars there. My thinking was that, since it was Spring Break and the university was largely deserted, that parking enforcement might have relaxed somewhat. It hadn’t.

That’s fair enough; I’ll pay the ticket within 14 days. I’m not going to waste text writing about common sense and bureaucracy.

However, I would like to know why parking is rigorously enforced during periods of downtime when many students and professors are gone. If by some miracle there is someone with ultimate responsibility for those decisions, I would appreciate an answer. I would also like to put forward the idea that maybe, just maybe, parking enforcement should be relaxed during academic breaks. It’s just an idea. If the SGA is finished debating gun control on campus and whether or not it’s OK to have single occupancy restrooms become unisex, maybe they would be interested in debating this issue.

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Nation needs action on health-care issue R ed, White & B o ld by

Sam Smith IV As I look at Washington, I understand the frustration many have been feeling as of late. In 2006 and 2008, I and millions of others, with the highest of expectations, took to the ballot boxes to say “no” to what we saw as the dangerous pathway on which our country was quickly descending. While things have been taking quite a bit of time, it is obvious that some bits of change are being ushered in. But in one area, we’ve seen big challenges, and I think that now it’s time for us patriots disappointed by the speed at which we’ve seen change to accept the notion that good and imperfect is better than bad.

While I would never advocate surrender with our current health care debate, the time has come where we must accept some progress to none at all. Let’s not get confused — do I think that the Democrats started this debate right from the start? No. President Barack Obama did as well as he could to advocate for the public option, but as I’ve once heard the comparison made, he’s like Michael Jordan playing for a bad team.

Ineffectual Democrats in the Senate either cowered at the thought of a Republican filibuster or, like Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) and even some Democrats from here in Tennessee, felt that rewarding the insurance companies that fill their campaign coffers was more important than reforming the system that is screwing the American people.

But this and the statistics that prove that our country has the most abysmal health care system in the Western world are all arguments of the past. And we live in the here and now. Here, and now, we have a choice. We can gripe about differences of the past and what we’ve lost and complain that the public option is no longer an option, or we can move forward.

We can move forward with the most important ideas: coverage, cost control and ending the immoral, and quite frankly evil, practices of the greedy insurance companies. The Senate bill does just that.

Obama’s proposed legislation does just that.

Very rarely in our history have we gotten what we wanted by marching in lines with signs screaming, “What do we want?” “Change.” “When do we want it?”

“Now.” This is not to denigrate the work of those who take their arguments to the streets, but at the end of the day, it seems that America is far too behind the curve on this for us to wake up tomorrow with a system that actually works as it does in France or Italy. Democracy, civil rights and our traditions of basic respect for all of human beings — these weren’t fights that were won overnight, but with the persistence, blood, sweat and tears of patriots who saw that better days were ahead and fought for those days, even though they knew it would be a long and uphill battle.

Health care reform has been a hardfought battle, since the day Teddy Roosevelt first proposed it in 1912. I know it’s easy to sulk in anger, but let’s not shoot ourselves in the foot on this one. Our medical bills could be far too expensive for that.

— Sam Smith IV is a junior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at ssmit162@utk.edu.

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I want to open this column by first talking about why it’s extremely important when making an argument to support one’s argument with good evidence and reasoning. Just because you believe the argument you are making is selfevident or that you are just simply right doesn’t make your argument valid or effective in persuading. For example, if you are arguing that Sarah Palin is a moron, then you need tell us why she is a moron not just that you do not like her and think she should drop dead and everyone who supports her should do the same. Similarly, if you believe that capitalism has caused significant problems for Americans and socialism would serve as a better system, you need to tell us why and how capitalism has failed and how socialism could remedy whatever failings you believe are in capitalism — not just argue that your point of view is not only apparent but correct.

In my experience at UT, many students readily adopt ideologies that they have no idea how to support in an actual argument. So, in this column, I want to do something nontraditional and instead of trying to persuade you how to think, I want to leave students who read this column with two current events and corresponding questions to toss around on their own.

1. Many college students argue socialist policies would benefit the U.S., even if it lowered the average income of Americans because people would have greater access to necessities such as health care, food and education. These students point to European Union membership countries as ideals for a new American society. Greece, however, a country heavily socialized (even ranking second lowest in the EU on the Index of Economic Freedom) has recently experienced an economic crisis due primarily to the runaway government spending that socialist policies requires. Greece’s government is dramatically cutting spending on many social programs and public employment, and unemployment in the private sector remains high. Needless to say,

despite the government’s socialist intentions, many Greeks will now be living with few resources.

Was Greece’s commitment to economic redistribution admirable despite the dire economic circumstances that were produced because of it? Is it OK for governments to spend deeply into debt without concern for the consequences if the aim is to help people?

2. Students in the University of California system recently held radical protests to demonstrate against tuition hikes. While tuition hikes were inevitable given California’s own recent spending sprees and a downturn in the economy, public employees were not susceptible to the same sort of streamlining that was thrust upon students. Public-safety and industrial unions actually received increases in their pensions this year, and students are picking up the tab via higher tuition. Government worker pensions in California increased by 2,000 percent from 2000 to 2010, totaling $3 billion. Additionally private sector workers (who have certainly not experienced the same type of income boon) will be punished for these increases through higher taxes.

Union workers, however, are not just favored at the state level. When some politicians suggested implementing so-called Cadillac tax plans to pay for health care for all Americans, unions immediately opposed the tax because the health care plans of many members would fall under the tax. Although politicians suggested that the tax would potentially benefit all Americans by creating better access to health care, unions refused to share their resources or “spread the wealth” as they often demand of the government and corporations. Unions were subsequently exempted from the proposed tax by politicians.

Should a just government favor one group of citizens based on profession and group membership over other groups in society? Does spreading wealth inevitably mean that government rewards some groups while punishing others, or is this necessary, as many union members claim? Do the unions have a right to remain untaxed and unburdened by other members of society even as they demand government intervention on their behalf? If so, does everyone have this right?

— Anna Parker is a senior in English literature. She can be reached at aparke23@utk.edu.

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Sushi restaurant charged over whale meat The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat.

Typhoon Restaurant Inc., which owns The Hump restaurant, and sushi chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45, were charged with illegally selling an endangered species product, a misdemeanor.

According to a search warrant, marine mammal activists were served whale during three separate visits to the restaurant. Federal labs confirmed the meat came from a Sei whale, an endangered species protected by international treaties, documents said.

Agents also seized some suspected whale meat during a search of the restaurant Friday but are awaiting test results to confirm it was Sei whale, U.S. attorney spokesman Thom Mrozak said.

In October, two activists posing as customers went to The Hump and ordered “omakase,” which means they let the chef choose the choicest fresh fish. They also requested whale and pocketed a sample.

The young women worked with Louie Psihoyos, director

Stars head up Brooks & Dunn concert special NASHVILLE — Brooks & Dunn have landed a star-studded lineup for their “Last Rodeo” concert special to be filmed following the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas.

The duo has landed Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, George Strait, Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum for “ACM Presents: Brooks & Dunn — The Last Rodeo.”

The special will be filmed April 19 in Las Vegas — the day after the ACM awards — and aired May 23 on CBS. Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn announced last year they were breaking up after one of country music’s best-selling runs.

Their last performance together will come Aug. 10 in

of the Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove,” to record the meal with a hidden camera and microphone.

“These are endangered animals being cut up for dinner,” Psihoyos said. “It’s an abuse of science.”

Psihoyos took their findings to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which started an investigation.

Activists claim the whale meat came from Japan’s scientific whaling program and was illegally exported, but the U.S. attorney’s office is still investigating the source of the meat.

Japan kills hundreds of whales in Antarctic waters each year under its research whaling program, which has triggered violent protests by conservationists and caused strong objections by diplomats in recent years.

An attorney for Typhoon, Gary Lincenberg, said the restaurant accepts responsibility for serving whale and will agree to pay a fine. If convicted, the company could be fined up to $200,000.

Court records say agents interviewed Yamamoto, a Culver City resident and a chef at The Hump for the past seven years, and he admitted serving whale to two young women.

Yamamoto’s attorney, Mark Byrne, declined to comment on the charges, saying he hadn’t had time to review them. If convicted, Yamamoto could face a year in prison and a fine

of up to $100,000.

During the October restaurant visit, animal rights activist Crystal Galbraith, 27, and a friend who spoke fluent Japanese racked up a bill of $600, feasting on increasingly exotic dishes to gain the confidence of the waiters and chef.

“It was heartbreaking to eat an endangered animal, but I knew that I was doing it to save” the whales, said Galbraith, a vegan. “We were there eating for four hours. I felt so full and sick.”

The waitress brought out a dish of whale sushi, identifying the whale in English and Japanese, court documents said. The dish was listed as whale on the check and cost $85.

The team sent samples to Scott Baker, a professor and cetacean specialist at Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute, for genetic testing. The results showed the meat was from a Sei whale, court records said.

The Sei whale is a baleen whale found throughout the world’s oceans and known for its graceful and quick swimming and its long, low vocalizations, Baker said. Fully grown, the mammal is longer than a bus.

Eating Sei whale meat is common in Japan, Korea and Norway and among native peoples in Alaska and Canada, but it is illegal to export the meat because of the Sei whale’s endangered status.

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plains in the video about John’s comments in a magazine interview last month that Jesus Christ was gay.

Horsley was being held Thursday in the Fulton County jail on $40,000 bond.

John’s publicist, Fran Curtis, had no comment.

Man arrested for making threats ATLANTA — A Georgia man who posted a video on YouTube of himself calling for Elton John’s death has been arrested for making terroristic threats.

Atlanta Police Sgt. Curtis Davenport says Neal Horsley was arrested for making terroristic threats early Wednesday in Carrollton, about 50 miles west of Atlanta. Davenport would not say who Horsley is accused of threatening.

Horsley’s son, Nathan Horsley, says he believes the arrest is connected to the video about the musician. Neal Horsley com-

Former ‘Tonight Show’ host embarks on theater tour NEW YORK — Without a TV show to do every night, Conan O’Brien is taking his act on the road.

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Safety first: Hawn perseveres, comes home Robby O’Daniel Chief Copy Editor Many UT baseball fans might have held their breath when star first baseman Cody Hawn got injured in the team’s 2010 season opener against Xavier, perhaps thinking about the team’s prospects if Hawn missed a large part of the season.

But Hawn was thinking back to senior year of high school.

In the seconds after Hawn suffered what an MRI would later reveal as a dislocated shoulder and bone bruise that only made the slugger miss a weekend of action, Hawn thought of a gym class injury that made him miss his entire senior year of high school baseball.

“We were playing speedball — it’s kind of a mix between soccer and basketball,” Hawn recalled. “We were out playing, and some guy threw a pass, and one of the players on my team, he intercepted it.”

That player then threw a lob pass over Hawn’s shoulder.

Hawn caught it and began to plant his right foot on the hardwood floor.

“When I took the step, there was a couple of pops, and there was immense pain right after it,” he said. “And I fell on the gym floor.”

Many players from Hawn’s South Doyle High School baseball team were in the class, and the team’s pitching coach taught it.

The ensuing 15 seconds after the injury went in slow motion, Hawn said, and the pain was excruciating.

“It was a very weird minute,” Hawn said. “It was almost surreal.”

Then the pain went away, and Hawn attempted — but failed — to walk. He was carried out of the room and didn’t finish school that day.

Hawn said the team was gearing up for a run at the state championship that year.

He called the whole ordeal “devastating” but now says it was one of the best things that’s ever happened to him.

“It showed me that there was a lot more to life than

baseball, and I grew as a person from the experience,” he said.

As a result of his missing his senior year, he was drafted in the 23rd round to the Milwaukee Brewers. If Hawn had played his senior year of high school baseball and was drafted higher, he said he might have completely skipped college.

“If I wouldn’t have had that injury, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to wear orange and white,” he said. “... I’m very thankful for how it ended up now.”

Injury deja vu It’s not just the notion of an early injury that prompted the comparison between Hawn’s Opening Day college injury and his injury a month before his senior season in high school. The very logistics of the injuries also jogged his memory.

“It was kind of a flashback for sure because my injuries are similar because neither one involved contact,” he said.

On Feb. 19, the Xavier Musketeers had runners on first and third. Fielding first base, Hawn was holding the runner on to prevent him from stealing.

UT starter Bryan Morgado tossed to Hawn to attempt to pick off the runner. But as the play unfolded, Hawn knew something was wrong. He thought the worst.

“I heard a pop, and when I made the tag on the guy, I felt a numb feeling, a tingling sensation in my elbow,” he said.

The team trainer then popped Hawn’s non-throwing shoulder back in place, but he had to leave the game and ultimately the three-game series.

But Hawn bounced back once again, returning the following weekend against Oregon State and going 4-for-9 with three walks and a double.

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Preseason All-American Cody Hawn injures himself attempting to tag out a Xavier runner. Even without the star first baseman, the Vols defeated Xavier 16-6. erally been a lifelong passion that he’s been surrounded by forever.

“Before I could even walk, (my family) used to prop me up in the corner, and they used to toss wiffle ball at me when I was little,” he said.

Hawn’s parents both had a background in sports. His father played baseball at Walters State Community College and Austin Peay State University, while his mother played softball throughout high school, receiving college offers as a pitcher.

His familial ties to baseball do not end there. Hawn began playing tee ball at the age of five and ended up on the same high school baseball team as his cousin, Zack Ross.

The Knoxville-bred Hawn is right at home playing for UT, but his childhood was full of travel. He played for multiple travel teams like the Knoxville Stars.

UT catcher Blake Forsythe remembers back then was when he first heard of his teammate. Forsythe was on the other side of the field as a member of the Memphis Travelers.

“They ended up beating us,” Forsythe said. “... He hit a home run in that game. And that was the first time I got to

see him play. And ever since then, I’ve known him as a pretty daggone good hitter.”

Forsythe calls him “a big teddy bear.”

“He’s a happy-going person,” Forsythe said. “He’s always got a smile on his face. ... If I could ever get him out to come hang out with us, which is not very often, he’s just a fun person to be around, and he’ll talk your ear off.”

Culture shock But Hawn was far removed from his traveling days when he hopped on a plane to play for the Hyannis (Mass.) Mets in the prestigious Cape Cod League during summer 2009.

The difference in climate between the Southeast and the North was startling at first.

“I remember heading up there, the day I left Knoxville, it was like 93 degrees, and we landed in Logan Airport up in Boston, and it was like 50 something,” Hawn said.

But more so, Hawn was in awe of playing in a summer league with such a highly touted reputation. And getting off his flight, he did not have time to take the experience in.

He was rushed to a game and got to the stadium during the seventh inning. He was

asked to pinchhit immediately, only receiving time to run back to the locker room, change into a uniform and get in a few practice swings. He stepped up to the plate the very next inning.

“First pitch I saw, I lined out to right field,” he said.

Hawn took in the sights while he was in Hyannis, seeing the Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame, as well as where the Kennedy family attended church, but the highlight for him was playing against college baseball’s best.

“You get to hear about all these guys, but you never get to play against them,” Hawn said.

Playing in the Cape Cod League helped Hawn in preparation for this season.

“I was getting to go out, and I got to hit with a wood bat the whole time through,” Hawn said. “And I was seeing great pitcher after great pitcher, day in and day out.”

Despite the difficulty, he ranked among Cape Cod leaders, batting .375 with four home runs and 14 RBIs. His success against the high level of competition helped his confidence, and it carried over to this season, he said.

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HAWN continued from Page 6 From one first baseman to another For Hawn, it’s hard to compare himself to former UT first baseman and longtime Colorado Rockies star Todd Helton, no matter what the university record books imply. Hawn reveres Helton too much to do that.

“He’s probably my favorite baseball player,” Hawn said. “Just growing up, watching him play, he probably played a big role in why I’m here today.

Because I always wanted to be him.”

Hawn won the team triple crown in 2009 by leading the Vols in batting average (.364), home runs (22) and RBIs (81). He also led the team in hits, doubles and slugging percentage. Plus his 22 homers sits him at second on Tennessee’s single-season home run list.

Hawn’s respect for baseball greats and the history of the game also parallels to his movie tastes. His two favorite movies are historically based — “Tombstone” and “Troy.”

And his hometown informs his music choices.

The band Shinedown blares over the loudspeakers at Lindsey Nelson Stadium when Hawn goes to bat, and Hawn said the band’s lead singer went to his high school, South Doyle High School.

Hawn is a junior in communication studies, and he says his studies help him read other people’s body language out on the diamond.

“You can tell with a teammate if they’re uncomfortable with a situation, or if they’re up and down,” he said. “... Being in the

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

UT infielder Cody Hawn waits for the pitch while batting earlier this season in a winning game against Xavier. The junior injured his shoulder later in the game, forcing him to miss the rest of the three-game series. comm studies major has helped me communicate better with my teammates.

I feel like I can pass along information a lot better than I could before.”

As for his future studies, Hawn was noncommittal as to what he would do at the end of the year — whether to go in the MLB First-Year Player Draft or return for his senior season.

“I won’t care about it until the season ends,” he said. “I really enjoy being here and getting to play at Tennessee, and I’m just taking it one game at a

time.”

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‘Bash

In a Feb. 19 article of The Daily Beacon, the two UT middle-of-the-order sluggers Hawn and Forsythe were compared to the “Bash Brothers,” of the late ‘80s Oakland Athletics, Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco.

Forsythe said the two were trying to come up with a handshake or signature like McGwire and Canseco’s trademark arm bash.

Hawn said he and Forsythe found the comparison amusing.

“I definitely would be

the McGwire of the group because, at that time, Canseco couldn’t even fit into his jersey,” Hawn said,

laughing. “... Plus I wouldn’t wear the crazy mullet. I think Blake probably would.”

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Monday, March 15, 2010

UT downs UK for thirteenth SEC tourney title The Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. — Pat Summitt encouraged her team to reach for a No. 1 NCAA seed during the SEC tournament championship game.

Then the Tennessee coach reached for the high notes in a surprise postgame song.

Shekinna Stricklen scored 20 points and No. 4 Tennessee beat Kentucky (No. 18 ESPN/USA Today, No. 19 AP) 70-62 on Sunday night to win the Southeastern Conference tournament and possibly wrap up that No. 1 seed.

Summitt was so pleased she brought down the house by grabbing the microphone and singing “Rocky Top” in front of the scorer’s table to the Tennessee fans who dominated the Gwinnett Arena crowd, while her players cut down the nets.

“I thought she was just going to say, ‘Thank you fans, for coming out,’” said guard Angie

Bjorklund. “When she started singing, I just looked at our team, and I started laughing. We all started laughing. It was great.”

Most players left the net-cutting ceremony to stand in front of Summitt. After the short song, she said “You are the best fans!

We love you!”

Said Summitt after leaving the court: “I did that for the fans. I know I don’t have a great voice, but our fans love ‘Rocky Top.’” Tennessee (30-2) completed its first sweep of the SEC’s regular-season and tournament championships in 10 years. In each case, the decisive win came against Kentucky, which improved from a .500 finish a year ago to play in its first tournament final in 28 years.

Tennessee’s 14th straight victory gave Summitt her 19th 30win season.

The Lady Vols were focused on more than the conference title. Summitt said she talked to her players during the game

about needing to win to claim a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

“I told them we needed this tonight to make sure we get a No. 1 seed,” Summitt said. “We talked about that even during the game. I said, ‘We’re not losing a No. 1 seed. If we do, that’s not going to be good for us.’”

Kentucky (25-7) played tough in its first championship game appearance since winning its only title in 1982. The Wildcats, led by Victoria Dunlap’s 21 points, played even with the Lady Vols until midway through the second half.

“We came here to win and came up a little short,” said Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell, a former graduate assistant for Summitt at Tennessee.

“But I thought our players battled against a really fine basketball team today, and I thought we found out a lot about our team.”

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Sophomore forward Alyssia Brewer opens the bank against Ole Miss in the Lady Vols opening game of the SEC tournament. The Sapulpa, Okla. native went on to win the SEC tournament’s most valuable player award, averaging 14.6 points and 5.6 boards during the three-game span.

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WOMENS continued from Page 8 Tennessee set a school record with 15 blocks when it clinched the SEC regular-season title with its 81-65 win over Kentucky on Feb. 25.

The Wildcats showed no sign of intimidation in the rematch, even after Tennessee took an early 19-9 lead.

Kentucky answered to take its first lead with 5 minutes remaining in the half.

A layup by A’dia Mathies cut the Tennessee lead to 2322. Amber Smith then stole the ball, drove toward the basket and made a behind-theback pass to Dunlap, who was fouled as she scored. Dunlap’s free throw gave Kentucky a 25-23 lead.

Freshman Kamiko Williams, who didn’t score in Tennessee’s first two tournament games, answered Dunlap’s three-point play by scoring Tennessee’s next four baskets, helping the Lady Vols lead 35-29 at halftime.

Tennessee center Kelley Cain picked up two quick fouls and played only three minutes in the first half. The Lady Vols’ depth showed as they held a 31-14 advantage in rebounds even playing most of the half without the 6-foot6 Cain. They finished with a 51-32 advantage.

Cain had 11 points, all in the second half.

Kentucky opened the second half with an 13-3 run for a 42-38 lead. Stricklen’s threepoint play and 3-point shot helped Tennessee pull even at 46-46.

Following the last tie at 50all, Tennessee took the lead for good with an 11-3 run, Hayley DeBusk • The Daily Beacon which included another 3Before their first tournament match-up against the Ole Miss Lady Rebels on March 5, the Lady Vols accepted their regular-seapointer from Stricklen.

Tennessee’s Alyssia son SEC championship trophy. The SEC hardware is the ladies’ fourteenth outright season title and fifteenth overall. The last Brewer, who had eight points, time Tennessee won the regular-season crown, UT went on to win the 2007 National Championship en route to a 34-3 record. was the tournament MVP.

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MENS continued from Page 1 The Vols shot 37 percent from the field and 17 percent (4-of23) on 3-pointers while also turning the ball over 17 times.

Despite their offensive woes, including 7-of-27 from the field, Tennessee held a 21-21 tie at halftime.

Though LSU shot only 36 percent in the first half without a 3-pointer, Pearl was quick to credit the Tigers’ zone defense for slowing down the Vols on the other end.

“They zoned us the whole game,” Pearl said. “It really slowed the game down. There’s a reason we’re last in the league in three-point percentage.”

Tennessee turned up the tempo in the second half. The Vols jumped ahead 38-30 on a Melvin Goins jumper with 11:13 remaining in the game, and the Tigers never threatened for the remainder of the contest.

“I can’t fault our effort. I can’t fault our execution,” LSU coach Trent Johnson said. “What (UT) did was a very good job at attacking when they needed to.”

Though the win meant a Friday matchup with Ole Miss, Pearl was not excited about his team’s effort.

“If we play like that (against Ole Miss), we’ll get beat,” he said.

Seniors’ day

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UT guard Melvin Goins flies through the lane against Kentucky’s John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins Saturday during the SEC men’s tournament. Despite defeating the LSU Tigers and the Ole Miss Rebels in the first two rounds, Tennessee could not make it past eventual tournament champion Wildcats, losing 74-45.

Friday’s matchup with the Ole Miss Rebels gave Tennessee another chance to find its energy in the second round of the SEC Tournament.

But against the Rebels, UT’s veterans proved energy was not an issue down the stretch.

Seniors Wayne Chism, Bobby Maze and J.P. Prince combined for 46 points to help Tennessee advance past Ole Miss 76-65 on Friday afternoon.

“Our guys don’t want this to end,” Pearl said, “so they’re playing hard so that can continue. Nobody wants that more than the seniors.”

Early in the contest, Ole Miss, the West’s No. 2 seed, showed some hot hands from the perimeter. The Rebels knocked down two early 3pointers to jump out to an 8-3 lead.

UT crept back into the game as sophomore guard Cameron Tatum connected on four 3pointers in the first half to keep the Vols within striking distance. Tennessee closed the gap, trailing Ole Miss 35-34 at halftime.

Pearl’s squad took control of the game after the break. A Renaldo Woolridge trey gave the Vols a 49-44 advantage at 11:42, and UT’s defense kept the Rebels at bay, forcing 14 turnovers.

“We won the first half, and we needed to come out and win the second half by at least one point,” Ole Miss’ Zach Graham said. “And we didn’t do that.”

In a win-or-go-home situation, UT’s seniors did not forget the importance of high energy.

“Down the stretch in these games, you’ve got to have energy,” Chism said. “I did good things down the stretch.”

Kentucky’s victory over Alabama put the Wildcats next on the Vols’ agenda. Pearl acknowledged the importance of the matchup to the tournament’s outcome.

“If you want to be a champion, you’ve got to beat the best,” Pearl said. “And Kentucky is the best.”

End of the line After Tennessee and Kentucky split their SEC season series 1-1, a matchup in

Saturday’s semifinals was a chance for both teams to make a statement on a neutral court.

Thanks to the help of thousands of Big Blue faithful, the Wildcats did just that.

Top-seeded Kentucky held UT scoreless for the final six minutes of the first half and never looked back, overwhelming the Vols 74-45 on Saturday in front of a Wildcat-dominated crowd, ending the Vols’ tournament run.

“Defense and rebounding win championships,” said Pearl, whose Vols lost the battle of the boards 44-29, “and they are the best defensive rebounding team in the league. Like a great team, they put us away and made shots.”

Scotty Hopson led the Vols with 11 points, with no other UT players hitting double figures. DeMarcus Cousins paced Kentucky with 19 points and 15 rebounds, while fellow freshmen Eric Bledsoe and John Wall notched 17 and 14 respectively.

Tennessee kept the game close early after a Hopson 3pointer cut Kentucky’s lead to 10-8 at the 11:56 mark. A Chism layup with 6:12 remaining in the first half kept Kentucky from making an uncontested run, but the Vols failed to score again before halftime, heading into the break trailing 32-19 while shooting 29 percent from the field.

“We just couldn’t get stuff to fall,” Prince said. “They made big shots when they had to.”

The Vols weren’t able to make a run in the second period. Kentucky’s Darnell Dodson nailed two 3-pointers and a dunk to boost the Wildcat lead to 58-41 with 6:14 left.

Tennessee had no answers for Kentucky in the waning moments of the game, as the Wildcats finished the contest on a 29-6 run to lead by as many as 29.

“I think we got dominated at every position,” Pearl said. “We just did not have the energy.”

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