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Issue 54, Volume 122

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

SGA candidates debate policies, relevancy Blair Kuykendall Editor-in-Chief Tension was palpable during last night’s SGA debate as the candidates offered final remarks ahead of today’s poll opening at 6 a.m.

Representatives from Amplify, Baker-Atchley and Engage wrestled with questions provided by campus media and the student body. SGA election commissioner Will Logan moderated the debate centered on SGA’s reputation.

“One thing that has come up over and over again during this debate is the relevance of SGA, the transparency within SGA,” Jake Baker, presidential candidate of Baker-Atchley, said.

“I want to thank TVC for hosting this event because this is the first step of — I hope — many more steps that’s making SGA relevant on our campus.

That’s why I’m so happy to be part of the Baker-Atchley campaign …

We want SGA to be relevant to every single student.”

Christian Powers, the presidential candidate of Engage, followed that statement by stressing his party’s diverse composition.

“If you are looking for a campaign that I think truly represents students on campus, there is no better one than Engage … We were never groomed for this position…We looked for all facets of campus and grad diversity, that was the number one thing. Because if we are not truly representing the students … we aren’t

doing our job right.”

Examining the administrations relationship with SGA, Lindsay Lee, Amplify’s presidential hopeful, called for students to be treated like adults.

“Amplify is really, really different because we were really built from the bottom up,” Lee said. “... We started off with a really big group of students who were talking about ideas, and things we wanted to see happen on campus and then we decided maybe an SGA campaign is the best way to spread our ideas … We are a movement about creating a better SGA that truly respects students, respects us as the young adults we are and gives us autonomy over our experience. We are being treated regularly like children at UT right now, and that shouldn’t be the case.”

Logan asked the vice presidential candidates to touch on their most valued policies, and Laura Burgin of Engage stressed her “passion project,” Smokey’s Closet.

“57 percent of students on UT’s campus are here on need-based scholarships,” Burgin said. “Smokey’s Closet ... would be a literal clothes closet on campus where students can come and have business professional clothes in case they have a financial need or an emergency ... The most exciting part is that this is happening right now ... we’re very excited to say it will be here next fall.”

Paige Atchley, of Baker-Atchley, called for the establishment of a minute clinic to make better use of student health fees.

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SGA candidates answer questions during the debate in the Toyota Auditorium on April 2.

“Ideally we want UT to use some of your student health money to pay an additional nurse practitioner to take care of that,” Atchley said.

Cole Liles, of Amplify, highlighted the importance of connecting with fellow students.

“The most important thing I want

to do is establish office hours with our senators, and that’s not flashy, I get that ... It’s a simple change and it’s going to make sure our senators know who they are representing,” Liles said.

The student services director candidates also spoke briefly in the

CCI puts together ‘Social Media Week’ David Cobb Assistant News Editor Social media is no longer just social.

Utilization of services like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are integral parts of the marketing strategies that businesses employ in an age where avenues for advertisement have expanded beyond the realms of roadside billboards and 20th century style media outlets.

Things are no different for UT, which employs an army

of Twitter accounts to represent its many departments and programs.

To highlight the evolution from social to scholastic, the College of Communication and Information is in the midst of hosting its second annual “Social Media Week.”

“It’s necessary because there’s just no going back,” Dr. Elizabeth Hendrickson, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media who helped organize the event, said. “It’s impossible to predict what

the next phase of anything with technology will be. It’s still being conceived basically. But what we can do at this point is give the tools we have.”

Hendrickson and Dr. Courtney Childers, an assistant professor in the School of Advertising and Public Relations and the primary organizer of “Social Media Week,” are relying on a few “tools” to share their expertise this week: reputable UT alumni.

Advertising and Public

Relations alumni Adam Brown and Ed Patterson donated substantially in order to jump-start the event.

Brown and Patterson aren’t on the docket to speak this year, but Childers said their contributions allowed “Social Media Week” to invite experts on the topic, including UT alum Kevin Kirksey, the senior director of North American brand communications and digital for Nike.

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Lady Vols fall in Elite Eight Staff Reports The Lady Vols nearly rallied from a 20-point deficit in the second half, but came up short as their season came to an end on Tuesday night in a 86-78 loss to Louisville in the Elite Eight at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. The fifth-seeded Cardinals (28-8) advance to the Final Four, where they will play California on Sunday night at 6:30 p.m., in New Orleans.

No. 2 seed Tennessee finished with a 27-8 record in Holly Warlick’s first season at the helm of the program.

The Lady Vols were led by the senior duo of Taber Spani (20 points) and Kamiko Williams (12 points) for the third game in a row in the postseason. The pair, who played their final game in Orange & White combined for 32 points with all of Spani’s points coming in the second half. Meighan Simmons scored all of her 12 points in the second half during UT’s rally.

Bashaara Graves and Isabelle Harrison each added 11 points.

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Toyota Auditorium, addressing a crowd comprised mostly of campaign members and campus media.

The debate was planned to stream live, but technical difficulties precluded its airing.

Voting runs today and tomorrow until 5 p.m.

Panel to focus on issues in education Samantha Smoak Staff Writer This afternoon, the Howard H. Baker Center for Public Policy will be hosting a panel to discuss kindergarten though graduate school (K-16) education, featuring business and community leaders as well as philanthropists and entrepreneurs.

The lecture, entitled “The K-16 Paradigm: The Ball’s in Our Court,” will follow Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s lecture at 2:30 p.m. today in the Baker Center’s Toyota Auditorium. Bob Rider, dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences, will moderate the panel.

“We want to find as many different ways to get (people) educated in Tennessee,” Bob Kronick, a professor in educational psychology and counseling, said. “That’s where the university comes in … universities need to be anchors. That means they’re an institution that isn’t going anywhere, and they need to be solving social problems. …”

Nissa Dahlin-Brown, the associate director of the Baker Center, emphasized that students should be concerned about the state of education in Tennessee and the U.S. because it impacts

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everyone.

“Education is … the base of everything,” DahlinBrown said. “If we can get kids to stay in school, get them to do better … get everybody to understand the importance of education.

We’ll be a lot better society.”

Katie Cahill, a junior in English literature, agreed with Dahlin-Brown.

“I think we as students should care about education policy because we should care about what’s going on in the world around us,” Cahill said. “Education is such an important issue. It’s a key factor in our socialization process, so it affects how we think, how we behave and what we value as a society.”

Cahill, also an alum of Collierville High School, located near Memphis, said that an excellent high school experience sparked her interest in education policy.

“I enjoyed an amazing high school experience with incredible teachers, great opportunities and a good learning environment,” she said. “As I hear more and more about bad schools, I’m becoming more concerned and opinionated about education policy.”

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Administration errs in defunding ‘Sex Week’ The upcoming “Sex Week” is a carefully-planned, broad-based program of public health education on human sexuality. It was organized by students to meet the needs of students.

As a parent and an educator I am enthusiastic about this effort as an important part of the education of UT students, and when I was approached by the organizers I pledged my personal support and put a statement on the “Sex Week” website. Convinced of the value of the program, faculty and administrators from various programs on campus committed financial support to “Sex Week.” But due to external pressure, Chancellor Jimmy Cheek has decided that “state funds,” committed by faculty and administrators to what they judged to be a first-rate educational effort, cannot be spent in that way.

I am deeply distressed by the chancellor’s decision for several reasons. First, there was a betrayal of trust. The organizers had been clear about the nature of the activities planned for “Sex Week” and money that had been promised in good faith was withdrawn at the last minute after contracts with external speakers had been written and other expenses incurred exposing the university to the possibility of lawsuits.

But more important is the danger of allowing legislators and others outside the university to interfere with educational programs.

What is next? Will the biologists be forced to cancel an invitation to a “Darwin Day” speaker because some members of the legislature do not believe in evolution? Will the political scientists be forced to raise private funds to support the visit of a socialist? Will every course syllabus be scrutinized by the

legislature to eliminate all challenging ideas?

One of the core values of the university is the principle of academic freedom. Faculty and students must be free to explore controversial and unpopular ideas in the classroom and in their scholarship.

Curricular and programming decisions should be in the hands of the faculty, not the governor, the legislature or even the Board of Trustees. But I also believe that with academic freedom comes responsibility. Despite the statements of irresponsible journalists and narrow-minded legislators, the organizers of “Sex Week” and those who pledged their financial support acted responsibly to plan an educational program to meet the needs of all students. Just look at the schedule, which includes such topics as “The Birds, the Bees and the Bible,” a panel on “Religion and Sexuality” and “Concepts of Virginity.”

Certainly, some of the scheduled events are a bit edgy, but the overall program is well balanced.

There have been other times in history when politics has been allowed to trump academic freedom. One of the worst was the so-called McCarthy era during the Cold War when faculty were fired because of suspected communist views. Every time this has occurred, the intellectual life of the university has been damaged and students have been the ultimate losers. UT has high aspirations to become a “Top 25” institution. This will never happen if the principle of academic freedom is compromised.

— Jeffrey Kovac is professor of chemistry and director of College Scholars. He can be reached at jkovac@utk.edu.

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Jeffrey Kluger, senior editor of Time magazine, speaks to students about his experience with science journalism in the McClung Auditorium on April 2.

Time editor speaks on science writing R.J. Vogt News Editor In 1954, the color TV had not yet been invented and the iPhone did not yet exist in the mind of man.

Jeffrey Kluger, a senior editor of Time magazine, spoke Tuesday evening on the changes he has seen and covered in the 58 years since “back then” in 1954, detailing a lifetime of science experience that provided the platform of 2013’s installment of the Alfred and Julia Hill Lecture series on science, society and the mass media.

Speaking on the role of science as humanity’s civilizer, Kluger addressed an attentive audience of students, faculty and community members in the McClung Museum Auditorium. He focused on the duty of educated science journalism to expose and uncover truths about the human experience.

Towards the end of his lecture, Kluger imagined the things aliens might think if they were to discover Voyager I and II. He suggested that the sentient beings might listen to the records aboard the crafts and understand the world humanity has built.

“This is who we are,” he said. “This is where we live …

This is what we sing. There’s a deep thrill in being able to

convey that message.”

He would know; since joining Time in 1996, Kluger has conveyed messages in more than 40 cover stories. He has written six science-intensive books, including “Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13,” a text that translated into the 1995 film, “Apollo 13.” Kluger also has two young adult novels to his name.

As part of his visit, the accomplished editor offered a master class Tuesday afternoon on the art of science writing. He argued that, unlike other fields, science legitimately needs people who can explain it to the masses. The key, he said, was making the complex just easy enough that everyone can get it and just hard enough that everyone feels proud of themselves for doing so.

After Kluger finished, the master class peppered him with questions on the logistics of international reporting, the future of online journalism and the place of sensationalism in hard science writing.

Rachael MacLean, freshman double majoring in English and history, attended the master class and said she especially enjoyed his advice on creating intrigue in science journalism.

“You don’t bog people down too much with the facts, but you still do honest reporting, interesting reporting,” she

said, summing up his lesson.

During the class, Kluger’s proficiency with language amazed MacLean, who said she particularly admired his eloquent metaphors. After reading a few chapters of his 2011 book, “The Sibling Effect: What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us,” MacLean said his eloquence as a speaker translates well to the page.

“It was a lot like how he spoke, really witty,” MacLean said. “It had a good deal of humor in it even though it was really factual, in-depth reporting.”

The Hill Lecture Series was founded in 1989 by Tom Hill and Mary Frances Hill Holton in honor and memory of their parents. Tom Hill, the former publisher of The Oak Ridger, was in attendance Tuesday night for the 21st installment of a lecture series he dreamed up with his sister.

“Unfortunately my sister passed away several years ago, and she was firmly in favor of doing what we did,“ Hill said, adding that the program would not be possible without Mark Littmann, the current Hill Chair of Excellence in Science Writing.

“He’s not only doing a great job with that chair. He’s the one that finds the speaker and works out the details of getting him here ... He’s remarkable.”

“We now have this fund established that we can pull from, and be able to bring in wonderful social media experts and professionals from across the United States to come in and really try to make UT the place for social media education one week out of the year,” Childers said.

The event’s first two sessions occurred Tuesday, but Kirksey, who graduated in 1998, will be on hand Thursday at 9:40 a.m. in the CCI Auditorium to pres-

EDUCATION continued from Page 1 Dahlin-Brown also emphasized the importance of education.

“We have to have an educated work force in order for the quality of life in Tennessee to be one that we

ent “Storytelling and Social Media: Part I.” In between graduation and his post at Nike, Kirksey worked for ESPN’s marketing team responsible for the popular “This is SportsCenter” commercial series.

“Also, Kevin is the nicest guy you’ll ever meet, he’s very personable and really likes to talk with students and get to know students, and help them in any way,” Childers said. “He’s definitely the type that’s going to interact with the students as much as possible. So we’re lucky from that perspective to have him joining us as well.”

“Social Media Week” is

practicing what it preaches and more information about it can be found on Twitter @UTSMW, on Facebook at Facebook.com/UTSMW, on Instagram @ut_socialmediaweek, and on Vine @utsmw.

A full schedule, including today’s events, is available online at cci.utk.edu/socialmedia-week.

“It’s a core of media at this point,” Hendrickson said of social media. “No matter if it’s journalism or advertising and public relations. …

The more that we can hear from professionals and add to the mix within this sector of industry, the more prepared everyone can be.”

want,” she said. “You’ve got to go to something after high school, (because) you can’t do a lot on a high school education.”

The panel will feature Randy Boyd, CEO of PetSafe and the governor’s adviser on higher education; Jennifer Evans from the Chamber of Commerce; Anthony Hancock, a teacher a Bearden

Middle School; Richard Rhoda, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission; Bob Rider, dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences; and Pam Trainer from the Knox County School Board.

The event is free and open to the campus and Knoxville communities.

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Anita Blaktnik from UT Student Health answers a question during the ‘Reproductive Health as a Human Right’ event in the UC Shiloh Room on March 20.

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Editor’s Note SGA irrelevant without student support

Blair Kuykendall Editor-in-Chief As predictable as the April showers, SGA campaign season has rolled around again.

Cue the inevitable complaints about their relevancy.

Monday’s Beacon featured a letter from an SGA senator, angered by the recent dismissal of a bill that would essentially require senators to hold office hours with their constituencies. Moves like this contribute to the lack of trust between SGA and the student body. Senators should be required to formally connect with UT students, instead of simply attending bi-weekly senate meetings.

That is not to say, however, that the relationship between SGA and the student body has devolved as of late. Quite the contrary.

Members of this year’s SGA responded constructively to student concerns about tuition and the dissemination of information on campus. These representatives delivered a locked tuition rate and an improved website, all to their credit. Communication between representatives and UT students, though, can still be improved.

For instance, the office hours idea seems like a great way to open the door for communication. Polls on the SGA website would also be a practical way to easily involve students in decision-making.

SGA does occasionally hold open forums for students to voice their concerns, but participation is usually low outside of the members themselves. That brings me to my next point: the student body has itself to thank for the relevancy of SGA. In recent decades, the majority of students on campus have opted not to vote in the elec-

tion of their representatives. Worse, some probably don’t even know the election is taking place. This kind of disengagement is precisely the reason past SGAs have been rendered largely ineffective.

The disconnect between SGA and the student body is a two-way street. Students will support an SGA that creates change, and officers desperately need the support of the student body to encourage administrators to make change. It’s a Catch-22 for everyone involved.

What can be done?

The new SGA representatives, whomever they turn out to be, will be ineffective without student support. Administrators simply don’t have incentive to listen to senators elected by around 10 percent of UT’s student body. Obviously they say they listen to the student government, but if most of 26,000 students don’t care, the administration just doesn’t have to. If the end-game is a relevant SGA, the student body has to make the first move.

Students must take a leap of faith. Get out there and vote for someone. It doesn’t matter who. If the student body actually lends its support, SGA senators will come to the bargaining table in the fall with an actual chance at success. A strong, student-backed SGA is good for everyone.

If UT students take this risk though, SGA has got to step up. Responsibility comes with public trust. SGA officers who receive student support will need to actually deliver change, or the support will be worthless.

April’s election will be a storm in the proverbial tea cup, unless the student body gets involved. If everyone steps up, next year’s SGA officers would be beholden to their peers, instead of the administrators who are gracious enough to listen to them.

— Blair Kuykendall is a senior in College Scholars and economics. She can be reached at bkuykend@utk.edu.

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Smartphone stunts problem-solving skills The Maple Kind by

Hunter Tipton I know this is something people say all the time to the point where it is cliché and ineffective, but technological advancements in modern society are mind-blowing. As I was trying to come up with a good column idea, I was texting my girlfriend on my brand new HTC Windows Phone 8x when it hit me, immediately. How crazy is that?

I’d never owned a smartphone before, but the abilities it grants seem to be limitless. If I wanted, I could text someone while listening to music and using it as a GPS to find my way to a restaurant that I just looked up on the Internet. In the olden days, to do all that would have required me to send a letter/call someone while loading up a CD or cassette into my player while pouring over my atlas for the location of the restaurant that I found while looking through my newspaper. And that was only 15ish years ago, in our lifetimes.

And yet, the power to access the Internet from anywhere in the palms of our hands while simultaneously being constantly connected to other people seems to be totally taken for granted.

Before I got this phone, people used to tell me that they had “no idea how I survived,” as if they associated the lack of a smartphone to being stranded on some deserted island with Internet as their only sustenance.

I even fall into this trap. I was without a phone for two weeks a few years ago and I thought the world was ending as I knew it. Have you ever tried to set

up a study group via email? There’s a lot more guesswork and “gee, I hope he looks at his email soon” than you might guess. And that’s even with the ability to email. I can’t imagine how far ahead our parents and grandparents had to plan in situations such as these, which is probably the principal shortcoming of such amenities.

People our age seem to lack the ability to really plan ahead. If this leads to a larger issue, we also often seem to be unable to put forth any real problem solving skills to fix the situation. Let’s use my previous example of setting up a study group. If we lived in 1975, what would you do, short of texting or emailing, if someone didn’t show up to your study group and it was vitally important that they be there? Call their home phone and pray that they hadn’t left?

Walk around campus and find them? I really have no idea. Yet somehow people dealt with these issues for many years before phones and the Internet came along and the world never exploded due to the consequences. Because of this, I think it’s safe to say that the issues were resolved in other ways.

Technology has clearly helped expand the world and has made the day-to-day living of the human race vastly more convenient. However, in many other ways it has limited us. So, the next time you drop your phone in the toilet, your GPS dies, your air conditioner conks out, or you lose your WiFi signal, remember that your ancestors found a way to deal with these circumstances on a daily basis. Until then, these things are awesome. I’m not sure how I survived without one.

— Hunter Tipton is a senior in microbiology. He can be reached at jtipto10@ utk.edu.

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Someone once said, “I don’t know why life always separates the closest hearts by putting miles between them.” That same person told me that time is fickle.

The person who said that was referring to finally finding the right girl, but at exactly the wrong time.

Now, I could subscribe to that theory, but I prefer to believe that deep down inside I am a romantic. I believe that there are only a few people in this world that are your perfect partner or “soul mate.” In that vein, I think that you can make anything work between you. Some might say that this thought is naive.

They might also say that the thought is endearing or maybe even terrifying.

Never mind that. I believe that if you care enough about a person and he (or she) feels the same, you can make it work between you, as long as you are both committed to the relationship; it’s as simple as that. I have said before in my column, “Nothing should come easy if it’s worth having.” I stand by this statement. Anything that has meant everything to me in my life has come to me with hard work, and in the end it was so worth having.

Yes, I do believe in serendipity. I’m convinced that, whether you believe in a higher power, serendipity or even just fate, there is something that puts you

and possibly your soul mate in the same place at the same time. It is up to you to recognize that though. Even if time and space separate you, possibly for months or years, one day you will find your way back to each other.

Naive? Maybe, but leave me alone in my naive place. I prefer to believe that romance and the right relationship can stand the test of time and space. I refuse to believe that I can’t make something work if I have the right person in my life. We all know that life throws us some curve balls, whether we strike out or learn how to hit them out of the park.

It is clear to me that fate, a higher power or serendipity can be misunderstood as something trying to teach us this cruel lesson, by taking someone or something we love away, just to be mean. No, my perception is that the person we care about the most is often taken away only to realize their own dreams and to grow.

Then they become a better person for themselves and you. In turn, when you find each other again, your relationship will survive anything. It’s only a matter of being at the right place and time. Yes, I am shameless ... I believe in romance, serendipity and real relationships. Perhaps I sound naive at times, but I’d rather be a romantic optimist than a pessimist. Maybe we’d be a little better off if we all believed in a little serendipity.

— Samantha Warchol is a sophomore in psychology. She can be reached at swarchol@utk.edu.

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New Lil Wayne album proves disappointing Troy Provost-Heron Staff Writer In September 2010, Lil Wayne released the album “I Am Not A Human Being.�

The self-proclaimed “Greatest Rapper Alive� seemed to be on his way back to the summit of the rap game. His career had been tainted after the release of his debut rock album, “Rebirth.�

Unfortunately for Wayne, his sequel album, “I Am Not A Human Being II,� seems to have sent the rapper’s reputation back to the bottom and possibly even lower than it ever was before.

The album is consistent throughout, but it isn’t the type of consistency that somebody would enjoy listening to for an hour. With the exception of the song “My Homies Still,� which is carried by the musical talent of Big Sean and not Lil Wayne, the album lacks bright spots.

Fans will quickly realize that bad songs come at a premium, and there are few songs that deserve a re-listen.

Some of the worst songs on the album are “Back To You� and “Romance,� which are poor attempts at poppy love songs. Even potential radio hits on the album leave the listener waiting for something more. In the song “Love Me,� a listener can get really excited to hear a fantastic hook from Wayne’s fellow Young Money counterpart, Drake.

Much is left to be desired, however, as the Toronto rap-

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Often when a rapper fails to deliver in his own verses, a listener can at least seek refuge in the verses of the featured artists on the songs, but “I Am Not A Human Being II� seems to be bad enough to drain the talent from other successful rappers. Featured artists like 2 Chainz, on the songs “Days And Days� and “Rich As F***,� and Juicy J, on “Trippy,� are brought down to, at the very best, Wayne’s level.

When it appears the album can’t get any worse, Wayne reverts back to his rock ‘n’ roll experimentation from “Rebirth� with the tracks “Hello� and “Hot Revolver.�

These songs can barely be classified within the rap or rock genres, or even music for that matter. They sound confusing and complicated with screaming and rambling over drums and guitars in the background. “I Am Not A Human Being II� is a tough listen, and at some points it becomes somewhat unbearable to get through.

Lil Wayne once was among the greatest rappers alive. The success and praise that the “Tha Carter� series received is proof to that, but Lil Wayne has been on a rapid decline for quite some time now. After this effort it may be time for the “Greatest Rapper Alive� to pass that title on to someone more deserving.

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Arts & Culture Editor Victoria Wright

ARTS & CULTURE

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Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Melodi Erdogan

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Around Rocky Top

• Photo courtesy of rottentomatoes.com

‘The Host,’ written by Stephanie Meyer and now adapted for film, features an unseen enemy threatening humankind within a love story.

Movie fans anticipate ‘The Host’ Lacy Hayes Staff Writer Stephanie Meyers, the author of the “Twilight Saga,” has done it again. Another one of her books, “The Host,” has been created into a film.

Similar to the “Twilight” franchise, the main character is female. However, in “The Host,” Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan) is resisting change, whereas Bella from “Twilight” was willing to die for it. Indeed, Melanie is confronted with her worst nightmare, but her will to live is strong.

A new life-form has come to Earth, a type of parasitic, perfectionist beings who use human bodies as catalysts of change. They believe they are doing what is best for humankind as well as for the planet.

Perfection is the goal, but annihilation is the result. Now an institution of these beings track down the remaining humans in hopes of destroying the defectiveness they perceived when they first arrived.

The idea of perfection leads to a sterile atmosphere. Those in the institution wear all-white outfits and use sport cars and planes made of titanium, a

look similar to that of a doctor and his tools.

Usually, after a body is taken over, the only thing remaining of the person’s prior life are the memories, but it was different with Melanie. When this new soul was injected into her body, she was still present in the mind and thus still possessed some control of her body.

Initially this soul, which comes to be known as Wanderer, or Wanda, does her job and uses Melanie’s memories to lead the seekers of the institution to the remaining rebels, but that changes as Melanie begins. Melanie leads her to the others, who are understandably untrusting, but they do not extract the life as is the usual protocol because she is a familiar face.

Some of the humans are still skeptical of Wanderer until she makes the risky move of returning to the institution to retrieve lifesaving medicine.

Ultimately, the group bonds with Wanderer and they do not wish to part. She was quite fond of the humans, which is why she was horrified when she realized they were killing her kind. After returning from her journey,

she showed the doctor there was a way to save the humans as well as her kind. The aliens must be coaxed out, not forcibly removed.

In addition, the characters realized that cohabitation is possible. Earth does not have to be a battlefield between the aliens and the humans. There is ultimately no achievable perfection, and an attempt at such will always leave something to be pursued.

The man cast as the human’s doctor bears an uncanny resemblance to the president. I’m not sure if that was an intentional move to convey a subliminal message that he could be doing us more good if he had better insight from the other half.

He was doing what was best for the humans, but not the implanted souls until Wanda informed him on how to do it properly.

Ronan was an excellent choice to play Melanie because she’s good at playing the girl-gone-rogue, as seen in “Hanna.” Yet she still has the captivating combination of an innocent look with a powerful mind, as seen in her performance in “The Lovely Bones.”

This movie delivers strong messages of acceptance and the beauty of differences. It’s a good portrayal of some important life lessons delivered via a science fiction film. Check it out, book enthusiasts especially, as it is always interesting to see the changes made from print to film. Regardless of any alterations, the film is guaranteed to hold the viewer’s interest from beginning to end.

Whitney Carter • The Daily Beacon

Gideon Klein, a junior in music, performs a piece from the ‘Solo Cello Suites’ by J.S. Bach during a cello recital in the AMB performance hall on March 20.

‘Buckwild’ star found dead The Associated Press Shain Gandee lived for the outdoors, often going on muddy, off-road thrill rides in the hills near his West Virginia home. A recent late-night escapade ended in tragedy for the MTV reality show cast member and two others.

The popular “Buckwild” cast member was found dead Monday inside a sport utility vehicle belonging to his family that was found partially submerged in a deep mud pit about a mile from his home near Sissonville, authorities said. Also inside were the bodies of his uncle and another man.

Kanawha County Sheriff’s Cpl. B.D. Humphreys said the red-and-white 1984 Ford Bronco’s muffler was below the surface and that mud covered the passenger side. No foul play is suspected.

Authorities said the cause of the deaths was still under investigation and they refused to speculate on what happened. If the muffler was submerged and the engine kept running, it’s possible the cabin of the vehicle could have filled with fatal carbon monoxide from the exhaust.

Shain, nicknamed “Gandee Candy” by fans, was a breakout star of the show that fol-

lowed the antics of a group of young friends enjoying their wild country lifestyle. It was filmed last year, mostly around Sissonville and Charleston.

Many of its rowdy exploits were his idea. In one episode, he turned a dump truck into a swimming pool.

Gandee was a true outdoorsman, shedding modern conveniences such as cell phones and computers for his proud redneck ways. He loved to hunt, ride all-terrain vehicles and go “mudding,” or off-road driving. He went mudding in the show’s first episode and ruined his pickup truck’s motor.

“Shain always rides with these kids in four-wheelers and trucks,” said a neighbor, Swanna Frampton, who had known him since he was a small child. “They were just out riding and having a good time.”

Frampton said the 21-yearold Gandee “loved to live and have fun. He was a great person. He did what (the show) wanted him to do, but he wasn’t like that. He was a real person. If you needed help, if (you) needed something, he would come help you no matter what.”

Humphreys said Gandee, his 48-year-old uncle, David

Gandee, and 27-year-old Donald Robert Myers were last seen around 3 a.m.

Sunday at a bar and they told people they were going driving off-road.

State police were getting ready to send out an aviation unit to search for the men when authorities received a call Monday morning.

Humphreys said the SUV was found by one of Shain Gandee’s friends next to a trail used by four-wheel drive vehicles, about 15 miles outside of Charleston.

The terrain in the Thaxton Hollow area was “very muddy, very rough,” Humphreys said, and responders had to use all-terrain vehicles to get to the site.

Humphreys did not provide details on the condition of the bodies.

Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper said the news was devastating for the small community near Charleston.

“It’s a very sad day for the Sissonville area and for these families,” he said. “This is a small community, and most of us know directly members of these families. We’re keeping them in our hearts and prayers.”

MTV issued a statement saying it was shocked and saddened to learn of its star’s death.

“We are waiting for more information but at this time, our main concern is for the Gandee family and their friends,” the statement said.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with them. Shain had a magnetic personality, with a passion for life that touched everyone he met and we will miss him dearly.”

Shooting for the second season of “Buckwild” had begun, but MTV spokesman Jake Urbanski said Monday afternoon it has been suspended.

MTV said the half-hour series in the old “Jersey Shore” time slot was pulling in an average of 3 million viewers per episode since its premiere and was the No. 1 original cable series on Thursday nights among 12- to 34-year-olds.

Shain Gandee is the third “Buckwild” cast member to make headlines.

Last week, 24-year-old Salwa Amin was sent back to jail for violating the terms of her bond following a February arrest. She was charged with two counts of drug possession with intent to deliver and initially jailed on $200,000 bond.

That was later reduced to $100,000, but Amin remained behind bars without bond on Monday.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell

SPORTS Football returns to field following break Thomas Duggins Staff Writer As if adjusting to a new coaching staff and learning a new playbook in 15 practices this spring is not enough of a challenge for the Tennessee Volunteers, they took the field on Tuesday for the first time in 10 days following Spring Break.

Despite the long break, the Vols feel that the long layoff was not a detriment to their path to success.

“We really wanted to see how our players would respond (to having Spring Break during spring practice),” head coach Butch Jones said. “I thought we had a focused group of young men yesterday in our meetings. Today, I liked our mental focus, I liked our mental effort. It’s like building a building, you build it brick by brick and what we’re building right now is this football program. We still have a long way to go, but I also saw some individuals who really went on spring break and came back and they were in great shape.”

The players echoed Jones’ sentiments that the break was not going to inhibit the team from achieving their goals this spring.

“I felt we were refreshed, we had it up tempo,” sophomore Brian Randolph said.

“There was some things we were unsure about, like some of our checks, but once we started getting back into it we pretty much caught on quick.”

Junior linebacker A.J. Johnson felt that the team

came back from Spring Break ready to get back into the swing of practice.

“We all came back ready to practice,” Johnson said, “We picked up pretty good (from where they left off before practice), we had a great practice today. I know coach was proud of our practice and our effort. It says a lot about our team this year, I say we came back pretty hard and I think that was a big step for us as a team.”

Although the coaching staff was happy with the effort given following the break, there is still a long way to go for the Vols to reach the level of play that the coaching staff wants out of the team. And Jones wants to see more improvement in a receiving core that has the task of replacing the three most productive receivers from the 2012 roster — Cordarrelle Patterson, Justin Hunter and Zach Rogers.

“Our receiving core has to step up,” Jones said. “We’re not anywhere where we need to be and we need some individuals there. And I think our overall physicality as a football team has to improve greatly. And that’s going to be the emphasis each and every day. We’re going to get even more focused cause obviously playing in this football conference we have to be a much more physical football team than what we showed today. The thing that I like about our players is they’re eager, they’re willing, but we still have a long way to go.”

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Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu

Fulmer signs on with ETSU Beacon Staff Reports Legendary former UT football coach Phillip Fulmer announced Tuesday that he had signed on to become a consultant for East Tennessee State University’s Interim Athletic Director Richard Sander in the hopes of guiding the development of the school’s resurrected football program.

Fulmer’s official title will be special assistant to the athletic director for football as he attempts to ease the rebirth of ETSU’s program, which after an 80-year history was disbanded in 2003.

ETSU announced plans to

bring back the Buccaneers after a 22-5 vote by the Student Government Association on Jan. 29, with the decision reportedly costing each student a $125 fee increase per semester. The plan was approved by the Tennessee Board of Regents on March 29.

Fulmer, a Winchester, Tenn. native and offensive guard for the Vols from 1968-71, was at the head of the Orange and White from 1992-2008, guiding the program to a 155-52 record with two SEC titles in 1997 and 1998 and one national championship in 1998. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.

Parker Eidson • The Daily Beacon

Phillip Fulmer will begin working with ETSU’s fledgling football program that may start playing as soon as 2015.

Lady Vols storm past Tigers Thomas Duggins Staff Writer For three innings the Tennessee State Tigers (1122, 2-6 OVC) hung with the Lady Vols (31-6, 6-3 SEC) in an unseasonably cold Tuesday night game at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium.

They managed to score a run in the top half of the fourth inning to reduce the Lady Vols’ lead to 4-1. In the bottom of the fourth though, the Lady Vols showcased why they are ranked as the No. 6 softball team in the nation.

The Lady Vols’ offense exploded in the bottom of the fourth inning for 15 runs to seize control of the game en route to an easy 19-1 dispatch of the Tigers.

“I love to win, but I hate it

when games get out of hand like that,” Tennessee co-head coach Ralph Weekly said.

“We just hit the ball well tonight. I’ll tell you this, that was the biggest inning we’ve had since I’ve been here.”

Tennessee’s offense was carried by the bats of juniors Melissa Davin and Madison Shipman. Shipman was 3-4 with six RBIs. All of her RBIs came in the Lady Vols’ 15-run fourth inning when she hit two 3-run home runs.

“That’s a first for me (hitting two 3-run home runs),” Shipman said. “To put up that many runs in one inning is pretty incredible.”

Before Shipman hit her second home run of the inning, she had pulled a line drive down the left field line that was called foul although

it appeared fair.

“Things like that happen and I kind of just try to flush it and focus on the next pitch,” Shipman said. “I’m glad he called that one foul.”

Davin was the other major contributor for the Lady Vols as she went 3-4 with 5 RBIs, including two 2-run home runs in the third and fourth innings. She also had an RBI single in the second inning.

“I’m just going up there waiting for the pitchers to make a mistake, I’m just going up there clear-minded and ready to attack,” Davin said. “It feels awesome. It means you’re seeing the ball big.”

There was a little drama in the game when the Tigers loaded the bases in the top of the fourth inning after nar-

rowing the Lady Vols’ lead to 4-1, but junior Ellen Renfroe stepped into the pressure packed situation to record a save when she stranded the Tigers’ tying runners on base.

Despite the Lady Vols’ midweek opponents not being as heralded as their SEC opponents, Weekly still sees these games as a challenge for his team.

“The midweek games are a challenge because we go outside the SEC. I worry every time I play one, because they’re coming in here and really wanting to beat us and my big job is to make sure our kids are up to play,” Weekly said.

The Lady Vols next travel to Georgia for a weekend series with their SEC rival.

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Over 100 years ago, UT joined with two other universities to recognize academic excellence in all departments and all colleges. Since then, hundreds of chapters across the country have joined us to celebrate the achievement of junior, senior, and graduate students. Phi Kappa Phi also recognizes an outstanding sophomore from each college during the spring semester. These initiates have accepted membership into Phi Kappa Phi as of March 26, 2013.

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell

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LADY VOLS

Diamond Vols fight for mid week win, fall 7-5

continued from Page 1 The Lady Vols nearly rallied from a 20-point deficit in the second half, but came up short as their season came to an end on Tuesday night in a 86-78 loss to Louisville in the Elite Eight at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

The fifth-seeded Cardinals (288) advance to the Final Four, where they will play California on Sunday night at 6:30 p.m., in New Orleans.

No. 2 seed Tennessee finished with a 27-8 record in Holly Warlick’s first season at the helm of the program.

The Lady Vols were led by the senior duo of Taber Spani (20 points) and Kamiko Williams (12 points) for the third game in a row in the postseason. The pair, who played their final game in Orange & White combined for 32 points with all of Spani’s points coming in the second half. Meighan Simmons scored all of her 12 points in the second half during UT’s rally. Bashaara Graves and Isabelle Harrison each added 11 points.

Louisville was led by Shoni Schimmel, who scored 24 points. Sister Jude Schimmel scored 15 to give pair 39 points.

Bria Smith (13), Monique Reid (12) and Sara Hammond (11) also scored in double-figures for the Cardinals.

The Cardinals’ 86 points were the most since beating Tennessee State, 88-25 on Dec. 31, 2012.

Down by as many as 20 points early in the second half, Tennessee cut the deficit to three points with 4:28 left in regulation, but the Lady Vols were unable to finish what would have been their largest comeback since 2009.

A short jumper by Harrison and free throw by Graves brought the Lady Vols to within 11 at 57-46 with 12 minutes left in the second half.

A pair of free throws by Graves with 9:04 brought UT within nine points at 62-53. It was the first time, the Lady Vols

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Junior guard Meighan Simmons shoots over a Creighton defender during the second round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament in Thompson-Boling Arena on March 25. were within single-digits since 7:52 was left in the first half.

Meighan Simmons’ first field goal -- after seven misses -- came on a 3-pointer with 8:28 left in regulation to cut it 64-56. Taber Spani’s jumper brought UT within six. 64-58. Spani’s free throws inched the Lady Vols to within five points at 66-61 with six minutes left.

Williams’ jumper with 4:28 on the clock, made the game a one possession game (68-65) for the first time less than five minutes into the game (8-5).

That was as close as the Lady Vols would get after a furious comeback in the second half.

The Schimmel sisters scored nine straight points for the Cardinals as Jude nailed a 3-pointer with 2:06 left followed by a layup from Shoni to regain a commanding eight-point lead with 1:46 left in the game at 79-71. An Antonia Slaughter layup regained the double-figure lead at 81-71 with 1:09 left. That proved to be the final blow for

the Lady Vols and ended their season.

Shoni Schimmel knocked down a 3-pointer to put Louisville ahead by 20 at 49-29, just 90 seconds into the second half. Taber Spani answered with her first points of the half on a 3-pointer of her own seconds later.

Louisville led 41-26 at halftime thanks to 17 total points from the Schimmel sisters as Shoni led all players with 10.

Tennessee’s top three scorers (Simmons, Graves and Spani) combined for just three points -- all from Graves -- in the first 20 minutes. The Cardinals outrebounded the Lady Vols, 24-14 in the first half, including 10 offensive boards.

The Cardinals used a pair of 6-0 runs early on to take a 14-5, less than six minutes into the game as Shoni Schimmel knocked down a 3-pointer.

Louisville increased its lead to double-figures on a 3-pointer by Shoni midway though the half at 21-11.

An 8-0 run by the Cardinals on four consecutive layups pushed the Louisville lead to 17 at 31-14.

Williams’ bucket with 2:21 left in the half, cut the deficit to 11, but the lead returned to 15 at the half as Reid put home a layup.

Tennessee had rallied to win from double-digit deficits three times this season vs. MTSU (down by 12), at Auburn (Down by 12) and at Arkansas (down by 11). The Lady Vols rallied from 14-point deficit to win in the Sweet 16 last season vs. Kansas.

It would have been the largest comeback since Tennessee rallied from a 23-point deficit to win at Rutgers, 55-51 on Jan. 3, 2009. The Lady Vols trailed UT trailed Rutgers by 23 with 3:09 left in the first half and 33-13 at the half before coming back for the four-point win.

A mid-week win over the Longwood Lancers didn’t seem like much of a challenge for the Tennessee Volunteers.

They never thought their weekend three-game shutout from Vanderbilt would pale in comparison to Tuesday night’s game.

Even at times with bases loaded and two-outs on the board, the Diamond Vols weren’t able to muster their previous twoout magic at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

The team struggled through all nine innings, failing to put more than five runs on the board and losing an early 2-1 lead in the second, never to be seen again. Head coach Dave Serrano said the game was a result of his team not making plays.

“Give Longwood credit,” he said. “They put some good swings on balls. It’s not the best team that wins, it’s the team that plays the best and they played better than we did. We didn’t deserve that win.”

While the Vols managed some good hits throughout each inning, the team left 16 players on base, unable to bring more than a few home and ending the night with a 7-5 loss to the Lancers. Serrano said it takes a lot of things to lead to a loss

like that.

“We’re not making plays that we have to make to be a successful team and that’s what’s killing us,” Serrano said, shaking his head. “We left a lot of guys on base today. There’s no way to look around that.”

He said he was tired of making excuses for the team.

“I’m over saying inexperience is costing us because we’ve had enough experience,” Serrano said. “We’ve gone through some tough times and we aren’t learning enough through our tough times to come out and feel good about victories at the end.”

Junior Taylor Smart was one of the few Vols who seemed to come into the game with his eye on the prize. The infielder had four at-bats, producing several steals and three base hits and scoring two runs. He said it’s hard on him and on the team to be left on base at the end of an inning.

“I did what I could at the plate and barreled some balls up and unfortunately it didn’t happen with us scoring the runs,” he said.

Throughout the game, the Vols had opportunity after opportunity to come out with the win, even down to the bottom of the ninth. But with both sophomore Will Maddox and freshman Jeff Moberg on base, junior Scott Price grounded out to second base and the game was over.

“I’m believing that we’re going to win every single inning, every pitch and every game,” Smart said. “... I had all the confidence in Scott Price to come through at the end there whether he’d hit a single to keep everything going or whether he’d come up big and hit a home run and win the game or tie the game or whatever it may be, I had belief in him because he’s a great hitter, it just didn’t turn out our way.”

Serrano said he felt the game was lost on the defensive end.

“I’m a firm believer that it all starts with defense,” he said.

“Everything starts, momentum of the team, everything starts with defense. That’s how you win games. We’ve been hurting ourselves. We have no one to blame but ourselves in not taking care of the baseball and not making enough plays.”

Smart said it was a tough game and tough loss for the team as they head into a weekend series against South Carolina.

“You have to flush this loss here and come back ready to go in to practice and we’re going to try to win every pitch in practice, and I know I’m going to do everything I can to become a better baseball player,” Smart said.

The Vols’ first game against the South Carolina Gamecocks is set for Friday at 6 p.m.

• Photo By Wade Rackley/Tennessee Athletics

Freshman pitcher Trevor Bettencourt winds up in a game against the Longwood Lancers at Lindsey Nelson Stadium on April 2.