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Law students look to augment graduate affairs Graduate Student Senate candidates to improve communication, tackle Top 25 challenge Blair Kuykendall News Editor UT’s Graduate Student Senate election campaign kicks off today. Todd Skelton and Will Gibbons, both first-year students in the College of Law, are running for the positions of president and vice president, respectively, of GSS. The Student Government Association holds its elections for GSS in the spring of each year, in step with the undergraduate campaigns set to launch this week.

“Although GSS elections are not as elaborate as they are for undergrads, Will and I want to improve communication and awareness of graduate-student issues,” Skelton said in a released statement.

Gibbons said he is also interested in promoting GSS’s role within UT’s graduatestudent population.

“Awareness of the organization is important to us, so we are reaching out to graduate programs across campus,” Gibbons said.

Generally, candidates run independently, but Skelton and Gibbons have thrown their names in the hat together. Their campaign’s goals are in line with UT’s Top 25 initiative.

“The Top 25 objectives are a major focus for us,” Skelton said.

The two are interested, however, in dealing with how those initiatives will impact graduate students specificialy.

“Several important issues … play a vital role in UT’s Top 25 Initiative,” Gibbons said. “Additionally, I think it is important that GSS communicate its mission to graduate students and increase awareness of the organization.”

“There are no other GSS parties or indeWith those objectives in mind, their campaign has focused on some concrete pendent candidates on the ballot,” Skelton said. “However, election rules allow for goals for graduate students.

“The number of graduate assistant, write-in votes, and other candidates may research and teaching positions needs to be come forward that way. We are still reachhigher,” Skelton said. “The stipend for ing out to students across campus and want those positions is also important. to make GSS more visible.”

The team plans to make improvements Improving the competitiveness of those stipends will help UT attract and retain top graduate students. The challenge is accomplishing this in a fiscally responsible manner.”

Another important ambition of theirs is to make UT more accommodating of specific graduate-student goals.

“Research is of interest, and we want to leverage partnerships to benefit students and encourage interdisciplinary study,” Skelton said. “I am also concerned with student-life issues, including making our campus more welcoming, and graduate student insurance.

We want to make sure that UT is an environment where students want to live and learn, and we – First-year law student Will Gibbons must ensure that the right support on running for vice president of GSS systems are in place.”

Both Skelton and Gibbons are focused on enhancing the ability of GSS to to the senate, using their different strengths to better represent students. better serve graduate students.

“Will and I are excited about the oppor“(We) want to improve the support systems in place for graduate students,” tunity to represent the graduate-student body,” Skelton said. ”My experience at UT Gibbons said.

The two senator hopefuls have created a combined with Will’s new perspective will Facebook page, called “Skelton-Gibbons for help us create solutions for student and uniGraduate Student Senate,” articulating versity issues. GSS is really an advisory their “five-point policy plan: academics, body, and we are committed to advocating communication, diversity, fiscal responsi- for students.”

Gibbons, while a newcomer to UT, is bility, and student life.” excited about this leadership opportunity.

Currently the team is unopposed.

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“I am relatively new to the UT community, but I have always sought to make a positive impact on the places in which I have been,” Gibbons said. “I can bring a fresh perspective to GSS as its vice president.”

The candidates take proposed tuition increases seriously and plan to voice student opinion.

“Solid student leadership is important in pursuing UT’s Top 25 mission and making the university even better during this challenging economic climate,” Skelton said. “We are aware of proposed tuition and fee increases and want to ensure that student concerns are heard.”

Gibbons graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in public policy studies. Skelton is a UT graduate in the College Scholars Program, with a concentration in business law and corporate governance. He also was named a Torchbearer.

“Both Todd and I feel we are good at bringing different types of people together and formulating strong, reasonable solutions to problems,” Gibbons said. “We both are prepared to advocate at the university and state level the goals of graduate students.”

Scheduled voting days are next week on Tuesday, April 5 and Wednesday, April 6.

Vote online at http://votesga.utk.edu/.

I am relatively new to the UT

community, but I have always sought to make a positive impact on the places in which I have been. I can

bring a fresh perspective to (Graduate Student Senate) as its vice president.

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Ohio bill to restrict employee rights Associated Press

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David Nguyen, senior in computer engineering, hits a freeze while breakdancing during the Asian American Awareness Night on Friday, March 25. The event, which served to display the talents and traditions of the Asian community on campus, featured breakdancing, skits and traditional Asian performances.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — State lawmakers in Ohio made changes Tuesday to a collective bargaining bill that would deal a blow to public worker unions.

The legislation now would prevent nonunion employees affected by contracts from paying fees to union organizations and would ban automatic deductions from employee paychecks that would go the unions’ political arm.

A House committee adopted more than a dozen changes to the bill before it briefly recessed. The panel planned to return Tuesday afternoon for a likely vote on the measure.

Similar limits to collective bargaining have cropped up in statehouses across the country, most notably in Wisconsin, where the governor earlier this month signed a measure into law eliminating most of state workers’ collective bargaining rights.

The Ohio measure would restrict the bargaining rights of roughly 350,000 teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public employees. They could negotiate wages and certain work conditions but not health care, sick time or pension benefits. The measure would also do away with automatic pay raises and base future wage increases on merit.

The bill narrowly passed the Senate and is now before a House committee. If the House passes the altered legislation, it would go back to the Senate. The governor supports the legislation.

Several hundred protesters listened to the committee’s amendments over the loudspeakers positioned around the Statehouse, before they headed outside to chants of “Kill the bill!”

Other changes the committee made include removing jail time as a possible penalty for public workers who unlawfully participate in strikes and making clear that public safety workers could negotiate over equipment.

So far, Democrats have offered no amendments. Instead, they delivered boxes containing more than 65,000 opponent signatures

to the committee’s chairman.

“These people have expressed their concern and their frustration with what the bill is going to do to their future,” said state Rep. Kenny Yuko, a Democrat from Richmond Heights.

A full House vote could come Wednesday.

The Senate passed the bill earlier this month on a 17-16 vote and would have to agree to the House changes before sending it to Gov. John Kasich. The spokesman for the new Republican governor has said Kasich was pleased with the version passed by the Senate but also was comfortable with the House changes.

Republicans hold a 9-6 majority on the House labor committee and a 59-40 edge in the House.

All GOP members on the House panel voted in favor of the changes, while Democrats voted against them.

State Rep. Dennis Murray, a Democrat from Sandusky, told the committee he didn’t know enough about the amendments to cast a vote because his party was just seeing them for the first time.

“This is a 435-page bill,” Murray said. “I don’t know how one can intelligently form an opinion.”

Lawmakers also revised the bill to include more details on who defines merit. For instance, merit pay for teachers would be based on a combination of guidelines set up by school districts and the State of Department of Education.

Jennifer Blair, 33, a music teacher from Westerville, said she is protesting a bill she believes will “destroy public education as we know it.”

“It’s setting out to take away services our children have, take away services our teachers have, supplies in our classroom, teachers’ rights, class size, safety issues in the classroom for our special needs teachers,” she said.

“And it focuses on performancebased pay. As a music teacher, I can’t be judged that way. I don’t give a test to my students. I have no way to be based on performance-based pay in my classroom.”

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Julian Liggins, sophomore in global studies and Japanese, and Alyssa Schroder, sophomore in philosophy, help spread mulch in a garden just outside of the UT Student Health Center on Friday, March 25. Professor Michael McKinney’s sustainability class has students volunteer in jobs that help maintain the environment in and around campus.

1981:President Reagan shot On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by a deranged drifter named John Hinckley Jr. The president had just finished addressing a labor meeting at the Washington Hilton Hotel and was walking with his entourage to his limousine when Hinckley, standing among a group of reporters, fired six shots at the president, hitting Reagan and three of his attendants. White House Press Secretary James Brady was shot in the head and critically wounded, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy was shot in the side, and District of Columbia policeman Thomas Delahanty was shot in the neck. After firing the shots, Hinckley was overpowered and pinned against a wall, and President Reagan, apparently unaware that he’d been shot, was shoved into his limousine by a Secret Service agent and rushed to the hospital.

The president was shot in the left lung, and the .22 caliber bullet just missed his heart. In an impressive feat for a 70-year-old man with a collapsed lung, he walked into George Washington University Hospital under his own power. As he was treated and prepared for surgery, he was in good spirits and quipped to his wife, Nancy, “‘Honey, I forgot to duck,’” and to his surgeons, “Please tell me you’re Republicans.” Reagan’s surgery lasted two hours, and he was listed in stable and good condition afterward.

The next day, the president resumed some of his executive duties and signed a piece of legislation from his hospital bed. On April 11, he returned to the White House.

Reagan’s popularity soared after the assassination attempt, and at the end of April he was given a hero’s welcome by

Congress. In August, this same Congress passed his controversial economic program, with several Democrats breaking ranks to back Reagan’s plan. By this time, Reagan claimed to be fully recovered from the assassination attempt. In private, however, he would continue to feel the effects of the nearly fatal gunshot wound for years.

Of the victims of the assassination attempt, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and D.C. policeman Thomas Delahanty eventually recovered. James Brady, who nearly died after being shot in the eye, suffered permanent brain damage. He later became an advocate of gun control, and in 1993 Congress passed the “Brady Bill,” which established a five-day waiting period and background checks for prospective gun buyers. President Bill Clinton signed the bill into law.

After being arrested on March 30, 1981, 25-year-old John Hinckley was booked on federal charges of attempting to assassinate the president. He had previously been arrested in Tennessee on weapons charges. In June 1982, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. In the trial, Hinckley’s defense attorneys argued that their client was ill with narcissistic personality disorder, citing medical evidence, and had a pathological obsession with the 1976 film Taxi Driver, in which the main character attempts to assassinate a fictional senator. His lawyers claimed that Hinckley saw the movie more than a dozen times, was obsessed with the lead actress, Jodie Foster, and had attempted to reenact the events of the film in his own life. Thus the movie, not Hinckley, they argued, was the actual planning force behind the events that occurred on March 30, 1981.

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

Crime Log March 28 A UT student reported that someone had stolen the front tire of his black and white, 21-speed Mongoose mountain bike while it was parked near the front of Morrill Hall between 2:30 a.m. on March 25 and 9:20 a.m. on March 28.

A UT staff member reported that a student had checked out a computer from the second floor reception desk in Hodges Library around 6:25 a.m. on Jan. 29 and had never returned it.

A student reported that two pairs of his jeans had been stolen from a dryer in the laundry room of Hess Hall some time between 7:42 p.m. and 8:22 p.m.

—Crime Log is courtesy of 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 30, 2011

NEWS gift card for the night of the event.

In honor of “The Final Shoot Out,” Buffalo Wild Wings will give the first 50 customers to post on the BWW Presents: Wild Hoops and Wing Nights Facebook page an assortment of prizes.

Food and drink specials will be served all night.

For more information, please contact Taylor Griffin at tgriffi5@utk.edu or visit the PRSSA Facebook page by searching BWW Presents: Wild Hoops and Wing Nights.

Ready for the World Café tours Italy, visits Greece

d New Norris House wins architecture award The prize-winning New Norris House, a sustainable home and landscape designed by an interdisciplinary team at UT has garnered another national award.

The student-led project has won a 2011 NCARB Prize Program for Creative Integration of Practice and Education in the Academy. NCARB (the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards) is the main architectural licensing body in the United States.

The New Norris House was chosen from among 45 other projects in what the NCARB jury called one of the most impressive and largest groups of submissions in recent years.

The New Norris House is a 21st century take on the original homes built in the community of Norris, Tenn., as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Norris Dam Project in 1933. The town was designed as a model community and was revolutionary for its time. The original Norris House was a series of innovative, affordable homes designed to address new technologies, materials and construction methods.

The New Norris House was designed in similar spirit as an affordable, efficient and sustainable structure that incorporates new technologies and meets today's needs. The model home and landscape, now under construction on Oak Road in Norris, is expected to open to visitors this summer for demonstration of its sustainable technologies. Teams from the UT College of Architecture and Design currently are working on completion of the siding and interiors, as well as sustainable water and landscape elements.

To watch a video about the New Norris House, visit http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2011/03/29/new-norris-housencarb/. For more information on the New Norris House project and to follow its progress, visit http://www.thenewnorrishouse.com/blog.htm.

UT’s PRSSA chapter to host fundraising event “The Final Shoot Out,” the last event in a series of “Wild Hoops and Wing Nights” sponsored by Buffalo Wild Wings and the University of Tennessee’ Public Relations Student Society of America, starts at 8 p.m. on Monday, April 4, and features the college basketball tournament championship game.

Attendees will have the chance to participate in games and competitions to win prizes that include coolers, t-shirts, koozies, basketball hoops and $50 Buffalo Wild Wings gift cards.

Games occurring during this event include a half-time hoop shoot, Twitter trivia, and a raffle for autographed prizes such as signed media guides and gift cards.

Students can stop by the Buffalo Wild Wings booth on the Pedestrian Walkway on Friday to enter for a chance to win a $50

Four parts Italian, two parts Greek and a dash of Americana: That’s the recipe for “delicious” at the Ready for the World Café at UT for the week of March 28-31.

The menu includes tomato and feta salad, chicken marsala (wine and mushroom sauce), Italian fish fillets, meat lasagna, moussaka (Greek meat and eggplant casserole), parmesan broccoli bake and Dutch potatoes (whipped potatoes with carrots and chives).

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 UT. 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 UC. 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.

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Students exercise mind in Science Olympiad Thirty-six middle and high school teams from across the state will compete in the Tennessee Science Olympiad State Tournament hosted by UT on Saturday.

Competitions will be held from 7:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in Nielson Physics, Buehler Hall, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hesler Biology, HPER Courts A and D, Estabrook, Walters Life Sciences and the UC. The awards ceremony begins at 4:30 p.m. in the Cox Auditorium in AMB. There are multiple events in earth science, biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, computers and technology. Teams will compete in a variety of events, with challenges such as constructing a vehicle that uses electrical energy as its sole means of propulsion, identifying the perpetrators of a crime, modeling proteins, and designing a robot that will attempt to move an opponent’s robot from the ring. Bearden Middle School, Oak Ridge High School and Farragut High School are among the local participants.

The 2011 state tournament is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences with support from the UT/ORNL Science Alliance, the College of Engineering and the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences.

First place winners at the middle and high school levels will earn trophies, medals and financial support to compete in the 27th annual Science Olympiad National Tournament May 18 -21 at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

For more information, including a detailed schedule and list of participating schools, please visit http://tnscioly.utk.edu/state/. An information desk also will be available inside the University Center's Brown Lounge.

UT trying to increase summer school enrollment UT announces second Knoxville economics forum It may only be March, but UT is looking ahead to summer and an expanded summer school program.

Since 2006, UT summer school enrollment has been fairly steady at about 5,700 undergraduates. The goal is to increase this number by 20 percent this summer.

Two groups of students are being targeted: incoming, firstyear students who want a “jump start” on their studies and upperclassmen who need critical courses to stay on track toward graduation.

Expanding the summer school program is important because incoming freshmen often need summer courses to prepare for the rigors of college life, and upperclassmen can use the summer to complete lower-level courses necessary to stay on track to graduate on time.

Summer school recruitment efforts are now in high gear.

Faculty members are asked to talk to their students and encourage those who need the credits to graduate on time to sign up.

Because financial concerns have been a hindrance for some students considering summer school, UT is offering scholarships equivalent to 15 percent of the tuition for in-state and out-of-state students who take 100- or 200-level courses. In addition, students currently receiving the Pledge, Promise, or Achieve the Dream scholarships will receive an additional 10 percent scholarship — for a total of 25 percent of the cost of tuition — also for lower-division courses.

Registration for UT’s continuing students runs through June 1. The deadline for incoming freshmen to confirm summer school attendance is May 15. For more information, visit http://www.utk.edu/summer/incoming/register/.

The Great Recession may be gone, but it is not forgotten.

Economists say it will take years for the U.S. and Tennessee economies to recover. In the meantime, policymakers have begun to identify causes of the crisis and lessons for the future.

A local organization dedicated to an ongoing public discussion of such business and economic issues as they relate to East Tennessee is holding its second meeting. The Knoxville Economics Forum, organized by the Department of Economics at UT, will meet Friday April 8, at Club LeConte in downtown Knoxville. Breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m., and the program will begin at 8 a.m. The cost is $20, payable on the day of the event.

Dennis Lockhart, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, will be the forum’s guest speaker. Lockhart has occupied this post since 2007. He has held various positions in the banking and financial industries — both domestic and international — and also has served on the faculty of Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities.

The Knoxville Economics Forum is a local, nonprofit organization founded in 2010. Its mission is to foster open and honest discussion of the most important economic issues in East Tennessee by inviting leaders in business, politics and economics to share their views. The forum held its first meeting in October 2010, welcoming Kelly King, chairman and CEO of Winston-Salem, based BB&T, to the podium. For more information and to register for April’s event, please visit http://www.knoxvilleeconomicsforum.org.

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Editor’s Note Last 4 years memorable for wrong reasons

Zac Ellis Editor-in-Chief Boy, what a ride.

The last four years of Tennessee athletics have been four years for the history books.

Think about the success. Think about the failures. But most importantly, think about the radical change that the Tennessee brand has gone through.

Nearly four years ago, when freshmen like myself were stepping onto the UT campus for the first time, Phillip Fulmer still reigned over Tennessee football, about to push his squad into the SEC title game.

Bruce Pearl was arguably at the peak of his Tennessee career, preparing to lead his Vols to the No. 1 ranking for the first time ever.

The Lady Vols were only one season away from a staggering first-round exit to cap off one of Pat Summitt’s worst seasons on Rocky Top. Now? The change is apparent.

Looking back, differences between now and then would not be so evident if not for the small, four-year window in which they occurred.

In 2007, Pearl had taken Vol fans by storm. That infectious personality coupled with the on-court success helped propel UT to the top of the college basketball rankings for the first time in the program’s history. Most Tennessee fans can remember where they were when No. 2 Tennessee squeaked past John Calipari’s ill-mannered and topranked Memphis Tigers in February 2008.

Fulmer’s football Vols reached an unexpected berth in the SEC title game, losing a heartbreaker to LSU before disposing of Wisconsin in the Outback Bowl.

The Lady Vols, led by versatile phenom Candace Parker, brought home Summitt’s eighth national title by defeating Rutgers in April 2008.

But the next fall, many aspects of Tennessee athletics began to unravel.

Midway through what would be a disappointing 5-7 season, men’s athletics director Mike Hamilton announced that Fulmer would not return as UT football coach. Fulmer’s 17-year tenure, which included the 1998 national championship, was over.

In December 2008, Hamilton brought in the brash, young Lane Kiffin to take over the UT program. Kiffin was a voice and an attitude many Vol fans couldn’t grasp, but his potential sparked interest in a hopeful fanbase.

The Lady Vols suffered through a 22-11 season

to earn a No. 5 seed in that year’s NCAA Tournament. Usually a dominating force come March, Tennessee fell to 12-seeded Ball State for the program’s first-ever first-round loss. It was the worst season at Tennessee under Summitt’s watch.

Pearl’s Vols lost a first-round matchup with Oklahoma State, only one season after reaching its first No. 1 ranking. But the tell-all moment of 2008 would be a certain September cookout hosted at Pearl’s house, a cookout that would come back to bite the Tennessee coach.

In 2009, legal troubles rocked Tennessee athletics. A handful of Kiffin recruits robbed a car of UT fans at a Pilot on the Strip, while a select few from Pearl’s roster celebrated a New Year’s victory over Memphis by speeding along Alcoa Highway with firearms and drugs in their car. UT football players would later become entangled in a web of trouble at Bar Knoxville (may it rest in peace) in the summer of 2010.

Not long after the Alcoa traffic-stop incident, which resulted in suspensions of four key players, Pearl’s watered-down basketball squad pulled off arguably the largest upset ever at Tennessee by upending No. 1-ranked Kansas. UT’s squad that day was comprised of six scholarship players and three walk-ons.

Only days later, Kiffin bolted for the West Coast by accepting the head coaching position at Southern California. Amid angry rallies and a burning mattress, Kiffin’s farewell press conference was a night few media members, including myself, will ever forget. Still shell-shocked, Hamilton quickly hired Derek Dooley later that week to be the anti-Kiffin.

In 2010, Pearl and Kiffin’s NCAA transgressions came to light. Though Kiffin was no more, evidence continued to build against Pearl until Chancellor Jimmy Cheek, Hamilton and the UT administration opted to fire Pearl last week. On Sunday night, Tennessee named Cuonzo Martin as the school’s new basketball coach. Though the jury is still out, Martin appears to fit the Dooley mold of leaders woven with moral fiber.

So there you have it. A four-year period that will be remembered as earth shattering as it was short.

A handful of players in trouble with the law, two legendary coaches shown the door, three new head coaches, several tournament runs, one No. 1 ranking, one national championship and a partridge in a pear tree.

There may never be a similar stretch in Tennessee history. For those who have been here for all the madness, take heart: You’ll have plenty of stories to tell for years to come.

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

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South’s resistance in Great War merits study T he Pen is Mightier by

Sean Mahoney This week marks the anniversary of the first American casualties in World War I, and in the midst of this current, controversial “occupation” of Iraq, in which we have the distinct freedom to express our disdain for the current predicament, it seems appropriate to look back at one of the history’s most famous wars in order to appreciate such freedoms and also examine just who fights our wars. During the war, there was significant resistance throughout the South, which may seem strange to many. After all, this is the Volunteer State. Most of the region is known for its strong military support. So why would there be any opposition among Southerners concerning World War I? First, some background is needed. Simply, World War I was fought between the Entente Powers and the Central Powers. The Entente included Russia, France, Britain, Italy, Japan and the U.S. The Central Powers were Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. The war began in 1914, but the U.S. was not involved until 1917. When the U.S. entered the war, President Woodrow Wilson had to create a large force, and his strategy for raising such an army made many Southerners angry.

During the first few months of World War I, the nation relied on strictly volunteers but would eventually turn to a draft, or conscription, to create a standing army. Throughout much of the South, there was a significant negative reaction. Large numbers of poor, white Southerners did not support the draft, because they felt that they were unfairly targeted. Of the total number of men drafted, an overwhelming majority were white Southerners from poor, rural backgrounds.

Claims were made that the war only benefited the elites, and when the rich waged war, the poor had to die. These claims were not unwarranted.

The selection committee for conscription sought primarily white men with low economic status. In fact, if their income was less than the $30 per month a soldier earned, they were obligated to join the service.

This allowed wealthier white farmers to be exempt from the draft if they were deemed valuable enough or hard to replace. Wealthy industrialists that possessed large amounts of black workers could even move to have them exempt from the draft to protect their business. It is evident that social status determined whether or not you fought in the war or stayed home.

An American citizen today may ask why the Southerners did not act to improve their situation.

Unfortunately, any who chose to express opposition against conscription was immediately investigated or arrested. Wilson greatly feared any form of opposition, because it might undermine the war effort. Out of the paranoia, government agencies were formed to keep a watchful eye over the rural South. Agencies like the Bureau of Investigation and the Military Intelligence Division were used to spy on rural Southerners and investigate any form of opposition. None were allowed to speak freely against the war. Soon, policies like the Espionage Act, the Trading With the Enemy Act and the Sedition Act would allow the government to restrict the rights of citizens in order to maintain a high morale for the war effort.

Eventually Southerners would seek various manners in which to oppose their government. Some would intelligently choose to seek political change. They would write letters and support candidates running for office who shared their views. Unfortunately, this would prove fruitless. Others chose to avoid conscription altogether and sought refuge in the mountains. They were labeled “slackers” by the government and hunted down. While this strategy worked for many Southerners, many were confronted, which sometimes resulted in violence and casualties.

When the war ended for Americans in 1919, “slackers” and war mobilizers returned to their old ways of life and ceased the debate over conscription.

The argument over who should fight in war ended temporarily. However, the Southern resistance during World War I should serve as a reminder to future generations of the importance of individual rights and the careful speculation over who should fight when war is declared. If Congress declares war, should economic status or social class have any influence over who fights and who does not? Should the government be allowed to revoke the rights of the citizens in order to maintain a high morale for a war effort?

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

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“Family life is full of major and minor crises — the ups and downs of health, success and failure in career, marriage and divorce — and all kinds of characters. It is tied to places and events and histories. With all of these felt details, life etches itself into memory and personality. It’s difficult to imagine anything more nourishing to the soul.” — Thomas Moore.

This quote has, for a long time, been downloaded into my memory bank, as I sometimes feel that it describes my life completely, with regards to my family. Being a natural introvert and a loner type, I have never felt like I fit in my tribe of misfits, considering that I’m pretty sure that the rest of the members are all clinically insane and are asking to be certified. For example, my mother wants to petition our subdivision for a permit to have a cow in the backyard so she can have organic milk and cheese.

Apparently, my mother is a hipster and I had no earthly idea. My father’s idea of a good time is ghetto-rigging a small TV in between the driver and passenger side seats of our minivan with a bungee cord, which he says is as good as a DVD player, because he flat-out refused to buy a minivan with televisions installed in the back of the seats.

While I can appreciate his ingenuity, I am pretty sure I have never felt so brown in my life as when my father announced it with a glowing face. It was like he discovered that Windex does indeed cure everything, short of world hunger and cancer. Then we come to my sister, who, being the baby of the family, feels completely entitled to almost everything — the extrovert in the household who happens to be the bane of my existence and the antithesis of everything I believe in (say, the Justin Bieber to my Rush?).

I’m not necessarily trying to whine about my family as much as paint a picture of how ridiculous families can be. Mine, to me, is nigh

unbearable, when all I want is peace and quiet — they’ve been known to drag in friends that they like and who I loathe wholeheartedly.

There are days and weeks that I really consider having them deported, and while it may seem harsh, it’s totally justified.

However, I know people who are about 28 years old and pay all their bills, yet their parents still pick their dates and set their curfews.

Mercifully, while we don’t get to pick our family members, we do get to pick our friends as compensation. Thank God for that — otherwise, I would be driven slowly onto the other side of sanity by my parents’ incessant need for me to grocery shop or wash their cars, both of which I can’t really abide. That and washing dishes. I really hate dishes.

What I guess I am trying to say is that as I age, I have begun to appreciate my family more and more, as maddening as the sum of their individual irritating qualities might be. For one thing, there are not very many people who would put up with having a daughter so sarcastic that random objects around the house catch on fire.

Not very many people would keep their kid in the house if they found their debit card on the dresser by a line of powdered sugar (no, really, it was powdered sugar, I swear. I was 17 and had a warped sense of humor.) and not throw a fit.

Not many parents would support their kid’s decision to go through school for an extra year in order to avoid the real world or laud their resolution to quit a much-hated, minimum-wage job that carries them through school for the sake of happiness. I know for a fact that I would not give my kid as many chances as I’ve gotten and let them do their own thing without cramping their style or trying to embarrass them on purpose.

At the age of 12, I was not fond of my parents. At 13, I was bored by them. At 14, they just did not “get” me. At 15, they did not really understand my needs. At 16, I needed to get away, and at 17, I was glad I was leaving.

However, at 22, I’m glad they are mine and not anyone else’s family. After all, no one would fill my shoes that easily — or I, theirs — when it comes to our families.

— Yasha Sadagopan is a senior in economics.

She can be reached at ysadagop@utk.edu.

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Gadhafi forces continue to thwart rebels Associated Press RAS LANOUF, Libya — Libyan government tanks and rockets pounded rebel forces into a panicked full retreat Tuesday after an hourslong, back-and-forth battle that highlighted the superior might of Moammar Gadhafi’s forces, even hobbled by international airstrikes.

No such strikes were launched during the fighting in Bin Jawwad, where rebels attempting to march on Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte ended up turning around and fleeing east under overcast skies.

World leaders in London, meanwhile, debated how far they should go to force an end to Gadhafi’s 41-year autocratic rule. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the world must speak with a single voice to ensure that the North African country “belongs not to a dictator, but to its people.”

The two sides traded salvos over the hamlet of Bin Jawwad, now pockmarked with shrapnel and small arms fire.

Rockets and artillery shells crashed thunderously as plumes of smoke erupted in the town. The steady drum of heavy machine gun fire and the pop of small arms could be heard

orders to the military.

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said several nations planned to put forward a deal that would propose a cease-fire, exile for Gadhafi and a framework for talks between Libya’s tribal leaders and opposition figures on the country’s future.

In signs of emerging ties between the opposition and the international community, Clinton met with Libyan opposition envoy Mahmoud Jibril in London, and a senior Obama administration official said the U.S. would soon send an envoy to Libya to meet with rebel leaders.

In an open letter to the international community, meanwhile, Gadhafi called for a halt to the “monstrous assault” on Libya and maintained that that the rebels were supported by the al-Qaida terrorist network.

“What is happening now is providing a cover for al-Qaida through airstrikes and missiles to enable al-Qaida to control North Africa and turn it into a new Afghanistan,” he said, accusing the international community of carrying out genocide against the Libyans.

Gadhafi forces continued to besiege Misrata and Libya’s third-largest city. Residents reported shelling by government tanks of residential areas, with three people killed.

above the din as people less than a mile (a kilometer) outside the village scaled mounds of dirt to watch the fighting.

Even in Ras Lanouf, roughly 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Bin Jawwad, there appeared to be shelling — there were thuds in the distance and black smoke rising from buildings. Some rebels pushed farther east.

“If they keep shelling like this, we’ll need airstrikes,” Bujildein said. It makes it easier to go to Sirte. If there’s air cover, we’ll be in Sirte tomorrow evening.”

Rebel forces had been on the brink of defeat by government forces before a U.N.-mandated no-fly zone and campaign of strikes by the U.S. and its allies helped them regain lost territory. It is unclear, however, if international support exists to deepen the air campaign and attack Gadhafi’s heavy weaponry enough to help the rebels make further advances. Some countries, including Russia, contend the airstrikes already have gone beyond the U.N. mandate of protecting civilians from attacks by Gadhafi.

France, which has been at the forefront of the international campaign, struck a more forceful tone.

“We, the French and English, we consider that we must obtain more” than the end of shooting at civilians, Defense Minister Gerard Longuet said on France-Inter radio. He also said Libyan politicians could be targeted since they gave

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Family, obstacles inspire Ga. country artist Associated Press NASHVILLE — Josh Kelley is out with his first country album — 10 years after he set out to make one.

The singer-songwriter says “Georgia Clay,” released last week, was worth the wait because what happened after Nashville first turned him down for a record deal prepared him to make the best record of his career.

Kelley, 31, is now married to actress Katherine Heigl, and they’ve started a family. Both themes play heavily throughout the album.

“It’s about me getting married to Katie. It’s about us moving three times. It’s about us adopting a little baby girl from South Korea who is now 2-years old,” he said in a recent interview. “We got her when she was 9 months old and how that completely changed both of our lives.”

Kelley wrote or co-wrote all 11 tracks. Songs like “Baby Blue Eyes,” “Don’t You Go,” “Two Cups of Coffee” and “Learning You” reflect his love for Heigl.

The couple married in Park City, Utah, on Dec. 23, 2007 and adopted Nancy Leigh, or Naleigh as they call her, in the fall of 2009. Kelley wrote the song “Naleigh Moon” about the moment where she accepted him as her dad.

“It was very touching and immediately turns you into a much more selfless person,” he said. “To be an entertainer, you have to be pretty self-absorbed, to do it successfully. It just comes with the territory. It’s what happens. I just remember when she came, I quit obsessing about everywhere I thought I should be. I just sort of let life happen, and once I let life happen, things started falling in place.”

Kelley’s younger brother Charles of Grammy-winning country group Lady Antebellum has seen him evolve as an artist through the years.

“His songwriting, it’s a lot more honest, and I think he’s a lot less selfish as a human being. I think we all are when we get married,” said Charles in a phone interview.

“It kind of calms you down, makes you kind of realize what’s important in life. I think a lot of those songs

reflect that.”

The Augusta, Ga., native attempted to get a country record deal when he was a college student at the University of Mississippi, but when the Nashville labels passed him up, he signed with Hollywood Records and moved to Los Angeles.

“I was trying to be country from the very beginning, but everybody knows you’ve got to pay the bills,” he said.

“So I let those bluegrass songs become pop songs for as long as they could.”

He’s now thankful for those unanswered prayers.

Kelley went on to have two top 10 hits on Billboard’s adult top 40 chart — 2003’s “Amazing ” and 2005’s “Only You.” He met Heigl on the set of his music video for “Only You” when she was cast as his love interest.

Kelley parted ways with Hollywood Records in 2005 and bought a house in Nashville. He set up a home studio and started his own label, DNK Records. That inspired Charles to move to Nashville with hometown friend Dave Haywood, where they soon met Hillary Scott and formed Lady Antebellum. The group benefited greatly from Kelley’s busy touring schedule and visits to see Heigl in Los Angeles.

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develop our sound on our own,” said Charles.

Kelley released four albums independently to moderate success. The experience of running a label made him a more helpful artist for the label he’s on now, MCA Nashville.

“When you run your own label, you’re your own manager, you’re the treasurer, the CEO, you’re the vice president. I don’t know. I wore many, many different hats,” he said. “I’m having the best time of my life only wearing one hat.”

From watching his brother’s career unfold, Charles Kelley said he had a very realistic view of how hard it is to make it in the music business.

“He’s had to hustle kind of his whole career, and I think it shows how resilient he is as an artist,” said Charles. “He never gave up, and there were definitely times that I think I probably would’ve thrown in the towel and called it quits. Josh just isn’t that kind of guy.

He stuck with it.”

The song “Gone Like That” gave Kelley his country music break and led to him signing with MCA in 2009.

He wrote and recorded it, intending to pitch it to another artist, but his publisher told him no one else would do it justice. That set the ball rolling for “Georgia Clay.”

He is now fully prepared to start from square one as a country artist. Kelley has been touring with Miranda Lambert and will be opening selected shows on the North American leg of Taylor Swift’s Speak Now World Tour this summer.

“There was no ego involved in this at all. ... I love it.

I love the road. I like showing people what I’m made of,” he said. “There’s a hunger for me to be playing in front of bigger crowds and to have bigger success.”

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Davin uses rare opportunity to shine in high-pressure situations this weekend after Chelsea O’Connor hit an eighthWith her team down and inning, walk-off homer on struggling for air, freshman Friday night.”

Junior third baseman pinch hitter Melissa Davin stepped up to the plate, Jessica Spigner said Davin is focused and ready to suc- not only a gifted player on the team, but she also brings ceed.

Davin did not disappoint an element of fun when the isn’t competing. and rose to the occasion with team confidence in herself and her Spigner said Davin is always teammates to pull through a a supportive teammate, and difficult game and defeat she is looking forward to South Carolina 5-4. Davin, Davin getting more playing whose RBI single with two time for the Lady Vols.

“She’s a very hard worker, outs in the seventh inning tied the game at 4-4 and and she’s always asking queshelped cement the Lady Vols’ tions, and she really wants to comeback bid, lists that get better,” Spigner said. moment as one of her “She wants to learn the best favorite in softball and said that she can. She doesn’t really get to play a lot, she is looking and so she’s always forward to more cheering in the ga m e - w i n n i n g dugout and just moments. really looking for“It’s pretty ward to her time hard when you to shine.” don’t get much After Davin’s opportunities successful perbecause our formance at the team is packed plate, Spigner said with talent,” she was glad that Davin said. “So Davin had had the to be able to Melissa Davin opportunity to come off the help out her team bench and have my one opportunity and in a tight spot. Spigner said come out big with it is pretty that based on her own experiences, she understood what big.”

Her performance not only that moment was like for helped her teammates that Davin and she hopes to night, but continues to encourage Davin as she folencourage them and their lows in Spigner’s footsteps.

“She was put in that game coach that the future of Lady Vol softball is bright. Co- and came through big for us,” head coach Ralph Weekly Spigner said. “She’s been said the team’s performance waiting for that, and I’m so and Davin’s clutch hit was an glad that she came through important moment for the for us.”

Davin’s goal now is to conteam.

“This was a great team tinue to be there for her team effort all the way,” Weekly in the future. Davin said she said. “The lead-off double by wants to be ready at all times Jessica Spigner to begin the so when it’s her turn to play seventh was extremely cru- she can do her job and concial to our comeback. Melissa tribute to the team.

“I’m sure there is (presDavin was called on to pinch hit with two outs and came sure), but I really don’t feel through with a huge, clutch like it,” Davin said. “I just go hit. It was great to see two of up with confidence and do our freshmen come through the best that I can do.”

Lauren Kittrell

Staff Writer

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Smokey dances with a fan during a pep rally before the start of the Lady Vols’ Sweet 16 matchup against Ohio Sate in the Dayton Region on Saturday, March 26.

Expectations skew perception of success Matt Dixon Sports Editor It’s funny what expectations do for sports.

Just look at Tennessee men’s and women’s basketball for instance.

Top-seeded Lady Vols fell victim to Notre Dame 73-59 Monday night in the Elite Eight, marking the third consecutive year Pat Summitt’s squad has failed to reach the Final Four.

A win over the Irish would’ve likely set up a Tennessee-Connecticut national semifinal matchup Sunday night, a game fans have wanted to see for four years.

The men’s program has never reached the Final Four, but came one point — and two seconds — away two years ago. Michigan State’s 7069 win over UT ended the most successful season in the program’s history.

That team — led by seniors Wayne Chism, J.P. Prince and Bobby Maze — will go down as the Vols team that broke through the Sweet 16 barrier and reached uncharted heights.

Each of those teams ended its season in identical fashions, losing in the Elite Eight.

Yet, one is remembered as the most successful in school history, while the other’s season is considered a bit of a disappointment.

Why is that?

Because the Lady Vols are expected to get to Final Fours and win national championships. After all, eight women’s national championship banners hang in the Thompson-Boling Arena rafters.

The men’s team?

A successful campaign likely meant just making the NCAA Tournament. Although in recent years, making the Big Dance became the norm and fans began wanting — or at least hoping — for more.

Another example is the football program.

Just a decade ago, in 2001, the Vols were smelling roses, orange roses.

No, really.

A week after defeating Florida in Gainesville to claim the SEC East crown, UT was in the driver’s seat to play in the national championship game against Miami, and someone sold orange roses at the SEC fanfare before the game.

The only problem was the Vols still had to win the SEC title. They were heavy favorites in the SEC Championship Game against LSU. Only problem was, LSU’s back-up quarterback and running back staged a second-half comeback and upset the Vols.

That season angers Vol fans even to this day.

Yet last season, UT finished 6-7 in Derek Dooley’s first year as coach.

And some fans considered it a good year.

What a difference 10 years makes.

Ten years and three head coaches later, a sub-.500 record is a step in the right direction, while a 10-2 team is considered a failure.

What changed? The expectations. Crazy how that works.

Looking ahead to this upcoming football season, a 6-7 record shouldn’t -— and probably won’t — result in a “good” season.

Instead, with talented playmakers returning — including a sophomore quarterback from California, much like in 2001 — and more depth on both sides of the ball, Dooley has raised the expectations of what he wants the team to be.

And fans should too.

—Matt Dixon is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at mdixon3@utk.edu or followed on Twitter @MattDixon3.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

UT track finishes weekend with multiple wins Staff Reports Tennessee won three events and carved out runner-up finishes in six others Saturday to close out its stay at the University of Central Florida Invitational at the UCF Track & Field Complex in Orlando.

After redshirting indoors this season and outdoors in 2010, Lady Vol Annie Alexander made a triumphant return to competition, sweeping victories in the women’s discus throw and shot put. The junior opened the day with a toss of 180 feet, eight inches to seize the discus crown and came back later in the afternoon to win the shot with a blast of 54-7 1/4. She has tallied 15 career wins in the discus and six outdoor titles in the shot during her college career.

“It’s good to have Annie back from her redshirt year and start the season out with a couple of wins,” UT Director of Track & Field J.J. Clark said. “She had a solid day in the discus and is getting her rhythm back in the shot. John Frazier (throws coach) will continue working with her and have her ready to go come SEC and NCAA time.”

Junior Ellen Wortham cruised to Tennessee’s third victory of the day, winning the 400-meter hurdles. The 2010 SEC runner-up and USA Championships eighth-place finisher in the event, Wortham opened her 2011 campaign with a time of 58.32 to cross the line first.

She also played a role in a runner-up effort for UT’s 4x400m relay, aiding the unit to a 3:40.66 readout while handling the third leg.

Joining her were freshman Kianna Ruff, who also delivered a runner-up showing in the 800m at 2:09.75, junior Ashley Harris and Martinique Octave. Wortham also added a PR effort of 14.07 in the 100m hurdles and had a PR in the long jump at 19-4 on Friday night.

“Ellen continues to develop and get better and better from meet to meet,” Clark said. “It was a good weekend for her with a couple of PRs, a win in the 400m hurdles and a good effort on the relay. She just gets it done, and we look forward to seeing what she can do as the season goes on.”

The Vols produced four second-place performances, including individual results in the men’s 400 and 1500 meters and relay tallies in the men's 4x100m and 4x400m events.

They also had a third-place finish in the 400 and a fourth-place outcome in the 1500m.

In the men’s 400, junior Deaundra Dailey delivered the fastest time by a collegian in that race, punching out a career-best 47.74 mark that was second only to the 47.42 readout of Reggie Witherspoon of adidas/Wexp.

Classmate Varick Tucker was third, crossing the line in 47.92 for the Big Orange.

Redshirt freshman Jordan Chaney led a

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Members of the Lady Vols track and field team round a corner at Tom Black Track during practice on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010.

The Lady Vols finished the weekend’s NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in seventh place.

UT parade of four personal-record marks in the 1500, grabbing second in 3:54.67.

Freshman Jake Rainey was fourth in 3:57.70, followed by junior Steve Fassino in sixth at 4:01.23 and freshman Ford Bell in ninth at 4:05.34.

The Vol baton corps carded the other silver finishes. First, it was the 4x100m combination of redshirt freshmen Reggie Juin and Dentarius Locke, true freshman Jarael Nelvis and senior Nathan Grace taking second in 40.32 and notching the fastest readout by a college quartet. The 4x400m unit also posted the top time by a collegiate quartet, with Dailey, Grace, junior Joe Franklin and Tucker checking in second in 3:11.49.

“It’s nice to see Deaundra, Jordan and the other guys run PRs in the outdoor opener,” Clark said. “As a coach, you hope they can do that, but it doesn’t always happen. I like what Jordan did toward the end of the indoor season, and he continues to come along really well for our team.”

Elsewhere, junior Minor Bowens was fourth in the men’s discus at 148-5, sophomore Matt Bergquist ran a fifth-place time of 56.27 in the men’s 400m hurdles in his return home, junior Terry Benson checked in fifth with a career-best 14.31 in the men's 100m hurdles, Eric Ryan made his Vol debut in fifth in the 800m at 1:55.87, and the Lady Vol 4x100m relay tandem also took fifth, running 46.11. Carrying the stick for UT were Harris, sophomore Kia Jackson, Octave and junior Brittany Jones.

“It was a good meet for us on both sides,” Clark said. “We definitely have room for improvement, but we’re off to a good start even though we really haven’t unleashed our full roster on both sides.”

Costello runs to school record in 10,000 meters Late Friday night at the Stanford Invitational, Liz Costello snapped a 26-yearold school record in the women’s 10,000

meters to set the tone for Tennessee in the premiere distance meet of the outdoor season. And she did it in her very first race at that distance.

Costello’s 33:25.66 effort was good for seventh place in the fast section and snapped Alison Quelch’s UT mark of 34:08.0, which had stood since 1985. Brittany Sheffey added a personal best and 10th-place effort of 16:14.89 in the fast section of the 5,000m at the Cardinal’s Cobb Track and Angell Field.

“Liz absolutely crushed the school 10K record that had stood since 1985,” UT Director of Track & Field J.J. Clark said.

“That’s really a great feat, because we have had some great athletes come through here.

Patty Wiegand, Sharon Dickie, on down the line. Now Liz Costello’s name is attached to that record.

“Brittany had a nice PR in the 5K, too, as she continues to develop. She consistently has demonstrated her versatility up and down the ladder from 800 to 5K.” The Vols had three men in action at Stanford, and all three were running in the second-fastest sections. Senior Peter Sigilai had the best finish, placing fifth in the men's 1500m in 3:51.16. In the men’s 10,000m, senior Michael Spooner was 12th in 29:45.61, while sophomore Chris Bodary registered a 49-second personal best to place 22nd in 30:00.33.

“Chris ran a good PR and is showing some progress,” Clark said. “We know Peter is a 3:43 guy in the 1500m, and he’ll do well as the season goes on. Overall, it was a productive meet for everyone who made the trip.”

Spigner keeping focus on future Lauren Kittrell Staff Writer Junior third baseman Jessica Spigner is a passionate leader for the Lady Vols and loves the relationships that are built as she gives her all time after time for her team.

Over her collegiate career and three years at UT, Spigner has fallen in love with the campus, the softball program and her teammates and that this experience has been an excellent decision for her. Spigner said the decision to come to UT wasn’t a difficult one.

“I had so much fun, and I really got to know myself better, and I looked at (UT’s) academic program, and they had what I wanted to study, and the softball program was great, so I was just really excited about the whole package, and it ended up being a good decision,” she said.

Spigner lives in a healthy reality and is ready to make some life decisions regarding her future. Spigner is not relying on a future in sports but is looking forward to graduation and seeing where life takes her as she majors in child and family studies and hopes to work as a therapist one day for adolescent children.

“I really want to get a career and start a life for m y s e l f , ” Spigner said.

“Softball’s been a big part of my life, but it doesn’t define who I am.

“I love the sport and I would love to play more, but if I don’t, it’s all right because I’m going to start a life for myself.”

Although

her plans for the future are not definite, Spigner’s present relationships and collegiate decisions have left her enjoying the camaraderie found as a Lady Vol and the possibilities of the future. Spigner cherishes the friendships she has made over the years and hopes to be a leader and mentor to her younger friends and teammates as the season progresses.

“My favorite aspect is being so closely knit with my teammates and having so much chemistry,” she said. “A lot of schools don’t have that, and we just all really get along.

We’re a family, and we’re going to be together for so long.

When you don’t have your parents here, you have to have someone Jessica Spigner else to stick by you and comfort you, and that’s what our team is, and that’s been a real plus.”

Freshman third baseman and teammate Melissa Davin said Spigner’s contribution to the team has helped significantly, especially when she comes through with clutch hits.

Davin said that Spigner’s status as a junior has positioned her as a leader to the team whenever they need someone to step up.

“She’s an all around good player and she’s really helped our team out offensively,” Davin said.

Spigner’s goals as a Lady Vol are to continue to be a leader for the younger girls and the team and to enjoy family, friendships and the little things in life. Spigner said her family and friends greatly influenced her and stuck by her through good and bad times, and this is something she wants to do for her teammates.

“I really want to be looked to as a leader by the younger girls,” Spigner said. “I want to be someone they can trust and someone they can look up to and depend on, and I’m trying to do that. If I’m not that person to people that’s OK. I just want to be the best person I can be and help people have a good experience here.”