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Nationwide Recyclmania event concludes Eight-week recycling event culminates, finishes strong with volunteer-powered Recyclympics Emily Devoe Staff Writer
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Jasmine Brown, senior in social work, prepares to toss a bag of recycled materials during the hammer throw event at the TRECS Intramural Fields as part of the Recyclympics on Friday.
UT completed its eighth and final week in the national recycling competition, RecycleMania, last week. RecycleMania is a competition that promotes recycling and waste reduction between college campuses all over the United States. More than 650 campuses participated in the eight-week challenge, with two preseason weeks. According to RecycleMania’s website, RecycleMania was created because colleges and universities are part of many cities that create a large amount of waste. The idea is that, by creating a fun and friendly competition between schools, students and faculty will become more aware of their waste and will recycle more. Expanding economic opportunities is part of the competition. All the cardboard that is recycled through UT becomes roofing material used by TAMKO, a Knoxville business. UT’s rival for RecycleMania was the University of Florida. In the final week, UT was beating Florida in recycled pounds per person. UT had recycled 7.89 pounds per person, while Florida had recycled 3.36 pounds per person. The final results will be published April 15. Schools are judged on the largest amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of trash per capita and the highest recycling rate. In 2010, UT recycled 63,060 pounds of recyclable materials.
Since April is designated as Earth month, Recyclympics were held at the intramural fields on Friday to begin the month and to end RecycleMania. Recyclympics is a series of recyclingthemed competitions. Ten competitions were available for participants, including phonebook shot put, cap in a haystack and mouseballs. The most popular race was the obstacle course, where each contestant went through the course, which consisted of hopping over recycled bins, sorting recycling bins and crawling through a large cardboard box as fast as possible. Another was the moon boot race, where contestants stepped into recycling bins and ran while holding onto the bins’ handles. Volunteers from different programs around campus all came to support Recyclympics. Some students attended Recyclympics for their classes. “Our teacher, Dr. (Rachel) Chen (associate professor in retail, hospitality and tourism management), really encourages us to volunteer,” Desirae Phillips, junior in hotel, restaurant and tourism, said. “She offered us extra credit.” Other students hoped to gain valuable experience from Recyclympics. “Recycling is what I want to do with my life,” Deirdre Matheson, senior in environmental science, said. Last year, UT spent more than $750,000 to throw away trash, and the recycling program on campus was able to recover more than $130,000 worth of materials. Visit environment.utk.edu for more information.
UT softball passes series test against Auburn Colin Skinner Assistant Sports Editor Entering the weekend on a four-game SEC winning streak, UT’s softball team looked to continue its success by sweeping another conference opponent. Last weekend, the No. 11 Lady Vols (29-6, 74 SEC) downed the South Carolina Gamecocks in Knoxville with three victories, two of which ended in walk-off home runs. This weekend would include another walk-off home run, a disappointing loss and a rout of No. 21 Auburn (29-7, 9-5 SEC). Friday On a cool, damp night at Lee Softball Stadium, the Lady Vols opened the weekend in dramatic fashion, fighting off and eventually defeating the pesky Auburn Tigers 2-1 in a defensive battle that totaled 10 innings. The 1,072 fans in attendance, as well as a live national audience via ESPNU, witnessed a spectacle in the bottom of the 10th inning, when UT senior center fielder Kelly Grieve blasted a walk-off home run. The solo shot was her fourth of the season and the Lady Vols’ third walk-off in four outings. “Tonight’s game was a classic pitcher’s duel between two really good pitchers and involving two really good teams,” Lady Vols co-head coach Ralph Weekly said. “A hard-fought game like this one tonight is what the Southeastern Conference is all about.” UT’s Ellen Renfroe dominated on the mound, pitching a complete game and allowing one earned run, while striking out 20 Tigers. The freshman Renfroe progressed to 16-2 on the year, continuing to prove herself as a major factor in the Lady Vols national ranking.
Angel Bunner pitched well for the Tigers but took the loss, completing nine innings and striking out nine Lady Vols. The stat of the night for the Tigers was 11 — the number of runners left stranded on base. Tennessee tallied seven hits, though none proved as instrumental to the win as Grieve’s blast in the 10th. Saturday The Lady Vols were greeted at Lee Softball Stadium Saturday by sunshine and wind. The strong gusts blowing towards right-center did not let up during the afternoon and altered every pop fly that hung in the air. The wind may have also altered the Lady Vols in some way, as they committed three errors, seemed to lack communication in the field and ultimately dropped the decision 9-1 in seven innings. Weekly described the game as “just a Tiger day” and said he was disappointed in the way the Lady Vols executed and made errors. Tennessee started Renfroe’s sister, Ivy Renfroe, on the mound. The sophomore pitched 5 2/3 innings and allowed five earned runs on seven hits. Junior Cat Hosfield came in on relief effort and allowed two earned runs off six hits. Auburn’s success in the first and sixth innings was key, as the Tigers scored three in each. The pressure put on the Lady Vols was too much for them to handle, as they never seemed to figure out Auburn pitcher Lauren Schmalz’s delivery style. Tennessee totaled just four hits on the day and didn’t score after the second inning. Sunday Under blue skies and another banner day at Lee Softball Stadium, the Lady Vols came out in full force, pounding the Tigers for seven runs in the sixth inning en route to an 8-0 win in a six-inning
mercy-rule decision. Co-head coach Ralph Weekly Tennessee’s Kat Dotson walked in to score the had nothing but praise for his squad after the game game-ending run and give the Lady Vols their sevin which his team cranked out five hits in the sixth enth SEC win. “This was a great team effort today against a and final inning. very solid opponent in the Auburn Tigers,” Weekly “This game was huge for us,” Weekly said. On the mound for the Lady Vols was Ellen said. “We were very aggressive at the plate and on Renfroe, who made her second start of the week- the base paths, and it paid off for us with an imporend, earning another win as well. Renfroe man- tant win.” The Lady Vols head down to Georgia to take on aged to hold her composure all game long, taking the Lady Bulldogs in Athens on April 6 for a doufull command on the mound. “You have to give Tennessee credit, they came bleheader, beginning at 4 p.m. out and played very well today,” Auburn head coach Tina Deese said. “ E l l e n (Renfroe) hit her spots and really kept us from putting anything together.” Tennessee held a 1-0 lead through six innings until junior Shelby Burchell crushed her 10th home run of the year, a three-run shot that put the Vols up four. The Lady Vols didn’t let up, either, Tara Sripuvoraskul • The Daily Beacon scoring four Lauren Gibson tags an Alabama player sliding into second base during more runs in the i n n i n g . a game on Tuesday, March 22. The Lady Vols finished this weekend with an 8-0 win against the Auburn Lady Tigers.
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Students walk by Hodges Library as part of the Stiletto Stampede on Thursday, March 31. The stampede, hosted by the Women’s Coordinating Council, served to help women reclaim their femininity in the workplace, showing what women have to offer and how they can do so in high heels.