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New Quiz Bowl team finding success Kyle Turner Staff Writer
Trooper makes 2 DUI arrests in one traffic stop FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Alaska State Troopers needed just one traffic stop to make two arrests for drunken driving. Troopers said a highway patrol officer arrested a 42year-old man for drunken driving after stopping him for speeding on Sunday. A short time later, a 29-yearold man arrived to take custody of the car. The officer determined he had driven to the scene while drunk. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported that the second man also had an outstanding warrant for failure to report to jail from a prior DUI.
UT’s Quiz Bowl team is one of the smallest organizations on campus but is making huge waves in the intercollegiate competition level. At the most recent, National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) competition at UT, more than 12 teams competed from Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi. UT’s team, consisting of many first-time competitors, placed second in their division overall and first place in the undergraduate division. Quiz Bowl president Derrik Smith equates the impressive performance to the dedication and enthusiasm of all those involved. “What we accomplished would not have been possible without the number of hours put in by the team, and we earned a hard-fought second
place,” Smith, junior in physics, said. Smith said the strong performance of UT’s team also stood out because UT had a relative lack of practice time in comparison to other teams that competed. “Considering most of the teams listed have been together practicing and competing in Quiz Bowl s i n c e September, I would say that our team, having only formed in November, performed very well in comparison,” he said. The Quiz Bowl team itself consists of a diverse group from varying fields of studies. The members are involved in the Chancellor’s Honors Program and SGA Senate, as well as many other activities. When it comes to competing, Smith said that being a good student
is the most important and easiest way to be successful in the Quiz Bowl. Though the event does focus on high-achieving students, with UT’s Dennis Vann, junior in history, and Carey Cantrell, senior in biological studies, being recognized as top competitors at the recent NAQT Regional Competition, the event is meant to be an enjoyable outlet for students to compete. “Quiz Bowl is supposed to be a fun environment where people can learn random factoids and maybe win a tournament or two,” Smith said. “We just want our members to come to practice, answer when they know it, go to competitions and overall just to have fun with Quiz Bowl.” The team is currently looking to expand, hoping to give all interested students the chance to join the Quiz
Bowl team at UT. Members remark how the meetings are less of “practice” and more of just a time to hang out and have friendly competition, always learning something new. “I chose to compete for two reasons: getting to challenge others about random facts and learn new things in the process,” Vann said. “I genuinely have a good time and am definitely looking forward to competing again.” The Quiz Bowl team has an impressive record thus far and is looking to allow others to contribute to make the team stronger. “Our impressive performance in a field of not only upperclassmen but also graduate students shows me that this team has potential,” Smith said. All students are encouraged to come to either of the two interest meetings taking place Thursday and Friday in the UC room 227. Any questions can be sent to Quizbowl@utk.edu.
Thai protesters vow to spill own blood BANGKOK — Protest leaders vowed Monday to collect blood from tens of thousands of anti-government activists and splash it onto the Thai government headquarters in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections. As many as 100,000 “Red Shirt” protesters converged Sunday on Bangkok to demand that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva agree to dissolve parliament by midday Monday. Abhisit refused and blanketed the capital in security but said his government was open to listening to what else the protesters have to say. Frustrated, the protest leaders said they would collect “1 million cubic centimeters” of protesters’ blood, or about 264 gallons (1,000 liters), to spill at Government House in the Thai capital by Tuesday evening — a tactic slammed by the Red Cross as wasteful and potentially unhygienic. Sandbags delivered ahead of expected Fargo flood FARGO, N.D. — Police escorted convoys of flatbed trucks carrying piles of sandbags into neighborhoods along Fargo’s Red River on Monday as residents began preparing to keep the looming flood waters away from their homes. The cities of Fargo in eastern North Dakota and neighboring Moorhead, Minn., were in flood fighting mode after the National Weather Service bumped up its flood crest forecast because of warm weather and rain. The Red River is expected to crest on Saturday about 20 feet above the flood stage, meaning the rising waters flowing over the river’s banks could threaten nearby houses, roads and parks.
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Sammy Anderson of the UT Rugby Football Club breaks free from a defender in this past Saturday’s match against Ole Miss. The Vols defeated the Ole Miss squad 57-0. The team hosts it’s final home match March 20 versus Georgia.
State prepares for implementation of Next Generation 911 technology
Professor named CCI associate dean Staff Reports
The Associated Press The Tennessee Emergency Communications Board is aiming for the technology to make local emergency centers across the state ready for Next Generation 911 beginning in early 2011. To help make NG-911 a reality, the state communications board will spread $25 million across the state to fund technology upgrades at local E-911 centers. The board collects millions of dollars annually in 911 cell phone tariffs and redistributes those funds to local E-911 centers through grants and population formulas. “We need NG-911 to handle the emerging technologies like Internet phone service and the many capabilities of today’s cell phones,” Lynn Questell, executive director of the board, told The Knoxville News Sentinel. NG-911 involves developing a digital wireless emergency network that uses Internet protocol and is supported by fiber optics statewide. Not only does the technology provide quicker emergency responses, it also enables interactivity between emergency service providers and those needing the services. See 911 on Page 3
Catherine Luther has been named associate dean for academic programs for the UT College of Communication and Information. Luther, interim coordinator of the college’s interdisciplinary graduate programs and associate professor in the college’s School of Journalism and Electronic Media, had taken on additional interim administrative duties for the college since January of this year, when her predecessor, Sally McMillan, was named vice provost for academic affairs. The appointment became official on March 1. Michael Wirth, dean of the
college, said Luther was chosen through a unanimous decision by a committee appointed to fill this position. He said Luther has many merits that helped the committee choose. “(She is) strong academically; she has lots of professional experience, good communication skills and the support of the faculty,” Wirth said. In addition to teaching college-wide graduate courses, Luther will oversee recruiting efforts, the application process, undergraduate and graduate programs and curricula for the college. Wirth said he looks forward to Luther’s involvement with the college in this new position. “I expect she will bring a
new set of eyes, renewed energy and will help move the undergraduate and graduate programs forward to achieve excellence in all areas,” he said. Luther, a well-known scholar in the area of international communication, earned a doctorate at University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and joined UT as an assistant professor in 1998. She was promoted to associate professor in 2005 and was a Fulbright Scholar to Japan in 2007. In addition to her academic career, Luther has been a producer for ABC News’ Tokyo bureau and a reporter/producer for Japan America Television Inc., based in Los Angeles.