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TVC hosts SGA candidates for live debate Representatives from SPARK, Reach campaigns discuss topics of student concern Senate,” Sharp said. “We have got to work out the parking issues on campus first. We need a different parking appeals process. Students should be able to lobby for tickets to be removed.”

Hargett asked how, specifically, SGA would be able to relay parking information to students.

“There are rules for when you can and cannot park,” Sharp said. “People think they can park anywhere after 5 p.m., when in reality you can get ticketed. Signs could make this a lot clearer.”

The presidential candidates also fielded

with our representatives. SGA has the opportunity and responsibility to serve (the student body) in that way.”

Bell asked which of their interests motivated them to run for president. Vick said she believes her involvement on campus makes her a qualified candidate.

“I participate in Pan-Hellenic, Student Alumni Associates and different leadership roles on campus … so I have the opportunity to see what students would like to see changed on campus,” Vick said.

Rowland highlighted the capabilities of SGA to affect change.

well.

“We (the SPARK campaign) really care News Editor about the student body,” Vick said. “We’re having a great time, and we truly care about TVC broadcasted a debate on Monday the student population and what their needs evening between the members of the SPARK are on campus.” and Reach SGA campaign members.

Bell asked how the campaigns felt about Representatives from TNJN, The Daily SGA’s role in communication with the student Beacon and TVC posed questions to the canbody. didates to address student concerns before “We promote the use of Facebook and the upcoming elections.

Twitter and have already even gone beyond Presidential and vice-presidential candithat to create a Droid application to increase dates fielded questions about their respective the amount of communication with SGA,” policy initiatives and goals for SGA. Vick said.

Robbie Hargett, junior in English, repRowland encouraged students to be resented The Daily Beacon. He asked the proactive. vice-presidential candidates about allega“Students have to take initiative to find tions that SGA has been largely irrelevant out what SGA does,” Rowland said. “It’s on campus among the student body. fantastic, because if students take time to “There is definitely apathy (on campus) look online, they can easily find out what when it comes to SGA,” Max Gearin, SGA is doing.” sophomore business pre-major and Both Reach and SPARK are interested SPARK vice-presidential candidate, said. in increasing student safety on campus.

“Maybe some of the bills don’t affect “Currently there are around 150 blue everyone, but a lot of students are affected lights on campus, and expanding that sysin some way, and that adds up to a greater tem would make sure it covered the entire effect.” campus, giving students access,” Rowland Courtney Sharp, junior in Spanish and said.

Reach vice-presidential candidate, emphaVick wants to augment the scope of that sized her current efforts as SGA press secproject as well. retary to make SGA’s presence more visi“It is important to expand the system, ble on campus. especially going towards the Crowne “This past year, with my executive posiapartments,” Vick said. tion, I have encouraged representatives to Both presidential candidates went on to be out there letting people know what the highlight the importance of volunteering senate does,” Sharp said. in the UT community. They also respondKatie Clark, sophomore in journalism ed to statistics regarding low voter and electronic media, served as the TVC turnout for SGA elections. Estimates indirepresentative. She inquired as to how the cate that less than 30 percent of students campaigns would increase transparency participate. on campus.

“I have heard that figure before,” Vick “(With the new SGA website) making said. “Our motto has been to energize senate information available online, we SGA, so that students are so excited, they have tried to address transparency ... have to care about their SGA and see we reaching out to students and letting them are trying to make a difference for them.” know what stage of production bills are Rowland challenged students to care in,” Sharp said. more about the process.

Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon Gearin agreed that the current admin“It comes down to apathy,” Rowland istration has made strides in increasing Ross Rowland, junior in public relations, and Courtney Vick, junior in journalism and elec- said. “It’s across the board. Students are transparency. tronic media, answer questions on April 4 from a panel of UT student media about their not as excited as they used to be, and we “I think that going into (leadership posi- campgain and what they plan to change about UT. need to address that. New voting stations tions within) SGA, we need to build on in the UC this year will put voting in stuwhat the past administration has already questions from the media representatives.

“Since I applied and was accepted to dents’ hands.” done,” Gearin said.

Hargett inquired as to the extent of SGA’s Freshmen Council, I have not seen an organiThe campaigns wrapped up with challenges Timothy Bell, sophomore in journalism and pull in getting the Hope Scholarship expanded zation that can affect the campus in the same for the student body. electronic media, represented TNJN. He to the summer. way that SGA can,” Rowland said. “That has “Be an informed voter, look at both caminquired as to each campaign’s primary issues “SGA has a great deal of power,” Courtney been my motivation.” paigns, look at their policy and look at their of concern on campus.

Vick, junior in journalism and electronic Hargett addressed the incentive candidates bios,” Gearin said.

“We have to handle the extension of Hope media and SPARK presidential candidate, have in winning a title that can help build Students are encouraged to take an active Scholarships to summer classes first,” Gearin said. “We got to speak to a multitude of sen- their resume. role in the election process, as well. said. ators who cared what we had to say.”

“I’ve been asked that question a lot,” “Please be an informed voter and check out Sharp brought up other issues of concern “The state pays close attention to the needs Rowland said. “If I was only building my www.reachut.com,” Rowland said. “Come out on campus as well. of students,” Ross Rowland, junior in public resume, I would have stopped (working in and see us, we would love to meet you.”

“I agree with the (importance of the) Hope relations and Reach presidential candidate, SGA) years ago. I feel like it is my duty to step For more information on the SPARK camScholarship as well, but there’s not much we said. “The government affairs committee in and fulfill this role.” paign, visit www.sparkut.com. can do until that bill is debated in the state within SGA has a great opportunity to speak Vick was quick to rebuff this allegation as Poles open Tuesday at 6 a.m.

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Health fair to educate, offer free services Jamison Lanum Staff Writer In an effort to promote health and wellness to the university community, the College of Nursing, UT Student Health Services and the UT Medical Center have collaborated to put on HealthBeat 2011.

HealthBeat, a free health fair for students, faculty, staff and retirees, along with their families, will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wednesday in the UC Ballroom.

This fair is in conjunction with UT’s Wellness Week, which is currently under way.

“I think there’s health information that will be of interest to all,” Mary Sue Hodges, clinical instructor for the College of Nursing, said.

Attendees will be able to learn about a wide variety of health topics, like weight management, drug and alcohol abuse and genetic testing.

Participants will also have the opportunity to ask a doctor and pharmacist any questions they have.

The focus for this year’s fair is to educate and raise awareness for the university community.

“I hope HealthBeat attendees will learn about healthy lifestyle choices as well as participate in health screenings that detect problems at an early stage,” Polly McArthur, clinical assistant professor at the College of Nursing, said.

“The goal is to help people increase their understanding Katie Yantis (Antenna Cond Bold 7 pt.) • The Daily Beacon (Antenna Cond Regular 7 pt) of health information as well Wide receiver Justin Hunter barely hangs on to a ball during a practice drill on Saturday before the first scrim- as their ability to take appromage of the year. Hunter led the team with 44 receiving yards, including a 15-yard touchdown catch. priate action to improve their

health.”

McArthur’s students in Nursing 382, a community nursing course offered at the university, will be working the fair as part of their coursework.

New to this year’s HealthBeat is the Medic Blood Drive. Anyone who wants to donate blood will have the opportunity to do so, and free blood typing will be available. Many free screenings will be at the fair for issues like blood pressure, skin cancer and vision testing.

Other screenings will be available at a reduced price. Credit cards, checks and cash will be accepted.

One of the more popular booths, the computerized skin assessment, will be returning.

“There is always a line of ladies for that one,” Hodges said.

The computerized skin assessment takes a picture of a participant, then digitally manipulates the picture to demonstrate age and also to help reveal any development of precancerous problems that participants may currently have.

Many UT organizations will have representatives at the fair, including the African Student Association, which partnered with the UT Medical Center to have HIV/AIDS testing available at HealthBeat. UTPD will also return this year with its drunk-driving goggles.

“We really want people to come out and have fun and find out things they can do to keep themselves healthy,” Rosa Thomas, wellness coordinator for the Student Health Center, said.

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Joy Hill • The Daily Beacon

Students and faculty applaud during a meeting of the Progressive Student Alliance in the UC on Wednesday, March 30. The PSA meets every Wednesday in the UC at 7:30 p.m. For more information about the PSA, visit web.utk.edu/~psa/.

1614: Pocahontas marries John Rolfe Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Indian confederacy, marries English tobacco planter John Rolfe in Jamestown, Virginia. The marriage ensured peace between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan Indians for several years.

In May 1607, about 100 English colonists settled along the James River in Virginia to found Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America. The settlers fared badly because of famine, disease, and Indian attacks, but were aided by 27-year-old English adventurer John Smith, who directed survival efforts and mapped the area. While exploring the Chickahominy River in December 1607, Smith and two colonists were captured by Powhatan warriors. At the time, the Powhatan confederacy consisted of around 30 Tidewater-area tribes led by Chief Wahunsonacock, known as Chief Powhatan to the English. Smith’s companions were killed, but he was spared and released, (according to a 1624 account by Smith) because of the dramatic intercession of Pocahontas, Chief Powhatan’s 13-year-old daughter. Her real name was Matoaka, and Pocahontas was a pet name that has been

translated variously as “playful one” and “my favorite daughter.”

In 1608, Smith became president of the Jamestown colony, but the settlement continued to suffer. An accidental fire destroyed much of the town, and hunger, disease and Indian attacks continued. During this time, Pocahontas often came to Jamestown as an emissary of her father, sometimes bearing gifts of food to help the hard-pressed settlers. She befriended the settlers and became acquainted with English ways. In 1609, Smith was injured from a fire in his gunpowder bag and was forced to return to England.

After Smith’s departure, relations with the Powhatan deteriorated and many settlers died from famine and disease in the winter of 160910. Jamestown was about to be abandoned by its inhabitants when Baron De La Warr (also known as Delaware) arrived in June 1610 with new supplies and rebuilt the settlement — the Delaware River and the colony of Delaware were later named after him. John Rolfe also arrived in Jamestown in 1610 and two years later cultivated the first tobacco there, introducing a successful source of livelihood that would have far-reaching importance for Virginia.

Crime Log April 1 UT staff members reported that a theft had occurred in Room 269 of the Stokely Athletics Center some time between 6 p.m. on March 31 and 10:30 a.m. on April 1. The complainant stated that someone had apparently unlawfully gained access to the room and stolen several pieces of electronic equipment and accessories with a combined estimated value of $33,560. According to the report, a large, framed canvas portrait print valued at $300 was also taken.

At approximately 9:50 p.m., a UTPD officer observed a green 1995 Toyota Avalon exiting a construction site near the Johnson Animal Research Teaching Unit. The driver saw the officer’s vehicle, stopped and engaged in a consensual conversation with the officer. The subject’s driver’s license was then found to be suspended. The subject, an unaffiliated Knoxville resident, was charged with driving with a suspended license and was also issued a criminal trespass warning.

April 2 A staff member reported that a plasma television set had been stolen from the Stokely Athletic Center

around 2:25 a.m. The report stated that there were no signs of forced entry.

At approximately 1:01 a.m., an officer was dispatched to Reese Hall in reference to a possible vandalism that had taken place. Upon further investigation, the officer found that an incident of vandalism had not occurred. Instead, the officer arrested a male UT student for underage consumption.

A student reported that the passenger side mirror was knocked off his black 2003 Ford Explorer while it was parked in the N8 parking lot behind Reese Hall between 11:30 p.m. on April 1 and 11 a.m. on April 2.

A student reported that the driver’s side mirror was knocked off her vehicle while it was parked in the N8 parking lot between 5 p.m. on April 1 and 3:40 p.m. on April 2.

At approximately 8:27 p.m., an officer encountered an intoxicated homeless man near 12th Street and Forest Avenue. The subject was arrested for public intoxication.

— Crime Log is compiled by 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.

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NEWS and their locations, visit http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2011/04/01/well ness-week-2/.

Ready for the World Café celebrates healthy eating

Wellness Week continues at UT Looking to introduce healthy habits into your life but don’t know where to start?

Plenty of information and ideas will be available during Wellness Week, which started Monday.

Themed “Make Wellness Your Reality,” UT’s Wellness Week gives the campus community the opportunity to attend and participate in a variety of health- and wellness-centered sessions.

The week’s activities center around the HealthBeat health fair on Wednesday that features demonstrations, screenings and health information.

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

For the full list of Wellness Week activities Blagojevich prepares for retrial

Associated Press CHICAGO — Rod Blagojevich asked a judge Monday to order the government to hand over notes of any FBI interviews with President Barack Obama about the ousted Illinois governor’s corruption case, a request that comes less than three weeks before Blagojevich’s retrial is set to begin.

The request for the notes related to Obama, who has never been accused of any wrongdoing in the matter, came in a motion filed with the U.S. District Court in Chicago. Presiding Judge James Zagel rejected a similar request before Blagojevich’s first trial last year.

Blagojevich, 54, faces 20 charges, including allegations that sought to sell or trade an appointment to Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat for a top job or campaign cash. Jurors at his first trial deadlocked on all but one count, convicting him on a lone count of lying to the FBI. His retrial is scheduled to start on April 20.

In the motion, the defense says the notes could “go directly to the heart of testimony of several government witnesses,” particularly that of Chicago-based union leader and longtime Obama ally Tom Balanoff. He told jurors during the first trial that he talked to Obama about the Senate seat on the eve of the 2008 president election.

Balanoff testified last year that Obama told him he preferred that family friend Valerie Jarrett continue to work with him in the White House but that she wanted to be senator and had the qualifications.

“I thanked him and I said I was going to reach out to Gov. Blagojevich and speak on Valerie’s behalf,” Balanoff testified.

Defense attorneys claim Balanoff’s testimony about the call appeared to contradict some other accounts and that Obama interview notes could help clarify the issue.

A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago, Randall Samborn, declined to comment on the motion.

The defense motion contends that the notes “would almost certainly have been disclosed if the interviewee was anyone other than the president.”

Balanoff also testified that he was startled days later when, in discussing Jarrett’s interest in the seat with Blagojevich, the then-governor broached the possibility of becoming the secretary of health and human services in the Obama administration.

Under cross examination by defense attorney Sheldon Sorosky, Balanoff conceded Blagojevich never said explicitly he wanted to trade the appointment to the seat for a top job.

Zagel has repeatedly denied defense efforts that could put a spotlight on Obama.

In a sidebar during the cross examination of Balanoff, for example, Sorosky told the judge he wanted to ask Balanoff if the FBI focused its questions on Obama when agents interviewed Balanoff.

“I think we have a right to bring that out,” Sorosky told the judge.

“No, you don’t,” Zagel shot back.

The sidebar discussions between Zagel and attorneys were out of earshot of the jury, spectators and journalists in court, but official trial transcripts released later included them.

A report from Obama’s incoming White House staff several weeks after Blagojevich’s Dec. 9, 2008, arrest concluded that neither Obama nor any of his confidants ever did anything inappropriate regarding Blagojevich and the Senate seat.

The Ready for the World Café celebrates Wellness Week at UT with healthy fare from around the world.

The good-for-you menu includes allAmerican summer salad, Cuban pork, Asian grilled tilapia with a plum glaze, Moroccan carrot-and-chickpea tagine, Italian roasted asparagus with balsamic reduction, Israeli couscous pilaf and grilled Jamaican jerk chicken with mango chutney.

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.

This week’s café managers are Ashley Martin and Kori Higgins.

Martin, from Davidson, N.C., is a junior in HRT. She works as a guest service represen-

tative and weekend server at the Courtyard

by Marriott in Cedar Bluff. Upon graduation in May 2012, Martin hopes to continue her relationship with Marriott and seek employment in hotel and resort management.

Higgins, who was born in Knoxville but has lived most of her life in Oak Ridge, is a senior in nutrition with a minor in food service systems management. She is an avid cook and plans to become a registered dietitian.

She hopes to one day incorporate cooking into her dietitian practice.

Public policy expert to speak at Baker Center Marilyn Brown, a former UT professor of geography with a previous career at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), will be discussing improving energy efficiency in the industry sector.

The event is free and open to the public.

Brown, now a professor in the school of public policy at Georgia Tech University, will be speaking on “Lean Energy Approaches to Sustaining the U.S. Industrial Base” at 7 p.m. on Thursday in the Toyota Auditorium of the Baker Center.

Brown’s work also has helped in policy development. She’s given numerous highlevel briefings and testimonies before committees of the U.S. House of Representatives

The Daily Beacon • 3 and the U.S. Senate. Her research focuses on the design and impact of policies aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of sustainable energy technologies. She has led several energy technology and policy scenario studies and is a national leader in the analysis and interpretation of energy futures in the United States. She has authored more than 200 publications.

She serves on the editorial boards of several journals, and is a member of the National Academies’ Board of Energy and Environmental Systems and two National Academies’ committees (America’s Energy Future and America’s Climate Choices).

Brown co-founded and chaired the board of directors of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance for several years. She also served on the boards of directors of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and the Alliance to Save Energy, and was a member of the National Commission on Energy Policy for many years.

During Brown’s prior career at ORNL, she held various leadership positions managing annual research budgets of $50 million to 130 million, focused on energy efficiency, renewable energy, electric grid and energy engineering projects. While at ORNL, she also was an adjunct associate professor in the department of geography at UT.

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Stereotypes still linchpin of diversity issues

Ally Callahan Advertising Manager As an advertising major, I understand the role of stereotyping in our society even if I do not agree with it. The human brain develops schemas in order to better explain experiences. These schemas can become the rule of thumb in the minds of some people, and they begin to associate certain things when no real parallel exists, forming a stereotype. Not all stereotypes are intended to be negative, but either way, stereotypes inhibit those who embrace them from fully understanding a person beyond this pre-existing cognition.

This issue is fresh on my mind after reading the article “SGA: What’re they REACH-ing for” in last Friday’s issue of The Weekly Hangover. The article serves as a commentary of the three members of the REACH team running in this year’s SGA elections. Although I enjoy a good dose of tactless humor from time to time, I found this particular piece disgraceful. It is interesting that Weekly Hangover writers hide behind ridiculous pen names as they voice their various opinions, and this story is no exception, with The Angry Politico listed as the “reporter.” Politico not only critiques the physical appearances of these student candidates, but goes as far as making claims regarding race.

I will admit that I have opted out of SGA elections during my time here at UT and am ignorant to the policies each team represents, but these claims are inappropriate regardless of the team name or the policies. It frustrates me that this anonymous writer finds slandering the names of certain students comical. I am sure, or rather I hope, these comments were intended as meaningless jokes, but they did not read as such.

I do not know the members of the REACH team, so I do not know the reaction these statements

ignited on those mentioned, and perhaps they themselves found the content funny, but this story represents a much bigger issue at hand.

In today’s society, racial and gender equality is less of an issue than it was when our parents were growing up; however, it seems the negative associations are still apparent but have simply taken on the form of informal jokes. This poses a threat, as people start taking the subject lightly and ignoring the detrimental effects it has on those at the receiving end of these jokes. The extremity of these judgments can push some people into depression, self-loathing and even suicide.

Judgments based on the physical appearance of a person do not take into account character, which, despite how cliché it sounds, is what matters most. Since I began my collegiate career, professors and student organizations have preached their advocacy for diversity, but I feel the focus has centered on the color of a person’s skin and not his or her beliefs and values. It is almost like a mathematical equation exists educating people that black plus white plus brown equals diversity. Encouraging diversity based on integrating those of different skin colors only draws further attention to race and away from character.

Anyone who knows me also knows I am no saint when it comes to the issue of stereotyping.

I have referred to a redhead as a “ginger” and have laughed at a few racial jokes in the past, but I have come to realize the immaturity of this humor. It is not easy to ignore stereotypes when they exist so openly in the media, but I feel we could unite more as a society if they were abolished.

Recognition of the issue is the first step, but actively breaking it down and practicing what you preach is a continuous process. In the future, instead of pointing out the traits of an individual that actually fit the stereotype, look deeper into the person’s character to find those that go against your pre-existing connotations. Not only will you learn more about the other person, you will learn more about yourself.

— Ally Callahan is a senior in advertising. She can be reached at acallah2@utk.edu.

The Great Mash Up• Liz Newnam

Scrambled Eggs • Alex Cline

Columns of The Daily Beacon are reflections of the individual columnist, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or its editorial staff.

Too little focus placed on local class issues T he S o c i a l N etwo r k by

Elliott DeVore This weekend, I attended a theme party in one of the newly built cottage-style homes behind UT hospital. While driving there, eager to show off my costume, we took a wrong turn and stumbled upon a neighborhood in a low socio-economic area. A few years ago, I would not have thought about the proximity of this impoverished area being so close to “luxury” student housing.

Because of my recent work with a refugee family in Montgomery Village, though, I have realized the shocking economic disparity between two populations so close in proximity. As college students, it is easy to take for granted the level of economic privilege we enjoy. People are paying upwards of $600 per month for their portion of rent in these new houses, and literally a quartermile away, people are living in houses where their mortgage is less than that of one person’s rent or in government-subsidized housing. This past week on my way past the cottages to Montgomery Village, I saw a homeless person holding a sign that said, “Hungry.”

Having these experiences, do we as students ever think about economic privilege? Do we within the student population ever openly acknowledge or advocate for the issues of the economically disadvantaged? The irony is that the houses I saw in that area looked almost identical to those in Fort Sanders, but instead of new BMWs, Fords or Hondas parked outside, there were old pickup trucks and rusted sedans on cinder blocks. What are the qualifiers for being “poor”?

It seems that since we as students accept these living conditions as “part of the college experience,” we become blinded by the important role of our economic agency within those conditions. The quality of some housing in Fort Sanders, the

student slum of Knoxville, is an inescapable reality for many people outside the university — not a transitory party palace. I can guarantee most people would not want to live in similar conditions once they graduate.

It upsets me how easily and quickly some people dismiss or discredit others because of economic class, acknowledging it as a measure of intelligence or ability. Some do not see it as an issue of systemic oppression — it is not seen as a cycle, but rather a looming characteristic from which many assumptions are deduced. There are so many students who come from families who barely survive at the federal poverty level — I myself have been on food stamps and TennCare for a portion of my collegiate experience, yet many people would have never known, because it is not something that is easy to talk about.

Conversations surrounding economic class are uncomfortable and almost taboo. It humors me that we can discuss systemic issues of poverty in developing countries, and we can write papers on which foreign policy will alleviate the woes of citizens in other continents, yet when it comes to our own backyards, the conversations often fall silent. Dialogue acknowledging the struggles of the first-generation college student who is a product of welfare programs is hard to start, or maybe we just don’t want to start it.

As a gay man, I am quick to advocate and acknowledge the layers of oppression I experience.

My friends who are black women will be quick to advocate for the multiple layers of oppression they experience. Yet many, myself included, often forget the amount of privilege they have outside those oppressed identities because of education and economic class. Moving forward, economic class must be included in conversations of social justice and diversity among university populations nationwide to provide a multilayered perspective and understanding of privilege. We must learn to connect with the holistic human experience created by the multiple identities of each individual.

— Elliott DeVore is a senior in psychology. He can be reached at edevore@utk.edu.

Individuals should respect friends’ critiques For the Love by

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Constructive criticism should be regarded as an art and treated likewise. It is unfortunate that we’ve sugarcoated subjects to simply avoid hurt feelings. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a time and a place for everything (and the way you say something speaks far more volumes than what you actually say), but somewhere along the way we seem to have forgotten that the truth is essential.

I am not talking about answering “yes” when your friend asks if a blouse makes her look fat, because it did. That is not constructive criticism, although some like to write it off as so. I am not talking about telling your girlfriend to hit the gym, and I’m certainly not saying that we should walk around pointing out our pet peeves to our friends. We all have a friend who does those things, and we all secretly hate that “friend” in our heads.

Here’s what I’m proposing: that we be honest in the most sympathetic, yet constructive, of ways. I’m proposing that we stop lying to each other and we start taking the advice we repeatedly ask our friends for.

Someone once told me that only those who care about you will reprimand you. Only the people who love you will be honest with you.

Everyone else doesn’t care. What a compliment to be corrected then, right? Perhaps it’s the same dilemma with imitation (the biggest form of flattery). We’re so irritated when somebody “copies” us, but what an honor. Who are you that someone would want to imitate a quality you possess? Who are you that someone finds you uniquely interesting?

There is always going to be someone smarter, someone nicer, someone better looking, someone luckier, someone thinner, someone

better than you. What a big bite to swallow. But what if we took the advice of these people instead of envying them?

Everyone has a different trait in a group of a friends, no one is ever everything. There’s always the good-looking friend, the athletic friend, the sensitive friend, the smart friend … the list could extend infinitely. The problem is this: Everyone wants to walk away being everything without taking anything from anyone else. We want to be smart and funny and the good listener and the crazy one, and we don’t ever want to leave anything for anyone else to be.

The funny friend could give a whole lot of advice on how to not take life so seriously all the time, but we’re offended when they do.

“Hey, lighten up a bit” is usually followed by a snide remark. What if, instead of instinctively getting defensive, we took a step back and said, “You know what, you’re right. That wasn’t that big of a deal.” Consequently, this response would probably eliminate the fight that typically follows initiated by the offended party. Really though, what is there to be offended about?

So you’re a little uptight … we all have our quirks.

But remember when we said that how you say things speaks far louder than what you actually say? “Dude, you’re such an idiot, stop using those words wrong” probably won’t get you very far, and you’ll sound like an insensitive, egotistical jerk … give or take a few friends also.

Criticism is not an art. Constructive criticism certainly is. We surround ourselves with the people in our lives because we appreciate who they are. Each friend you have should have a quality or quirk that you admire. The whole purpose of interaction with others is to allow us to grow, to evolve and change into better versions of ourselves. For the love … correct those you love.

— Ashleigh Disler is a junior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at adisler@utk.edu.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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‘Sucker Punch’ saved by action sequences Will Abrams Arts and Entertainment Editor In a period of cinema filled to the brim with explosions and 3-D, it was only a matter of time before a film like “Sucker Punch” came along to test the waters.

The visual extravaganza, directed by Zack Snyder (“Watchmen”), follows the dramatic story of Baby Doll (Emily Browning) after her evil stepfather throws her into a mental institution.

The main problem with the film is that its plot is both mind-numbingly simple yet still difficult to follow.

As a way of coping with her new surroundings, Baby Doll creates an imaginary world.

In this subconscious place, she and her fellow inmates (Jena Malone, Abbie Cornish, Jamie Chung and Vanessa Hudgens) are now burlesque dancers at an establishment run by the ruthless Blue Jones (Oscar Isaac). The five girls eventually put together a plan to escape the club/asylum, but first, they must find the five items the Wise Man (Scott Glenn) has told them about.

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If that brief description isn’t confusing enough, a third reality also exists, which takes place during each step of the escapeplanning process. This world is the one often seen in the film’s trailer, where the girls are fighting dragons, samurai and Germans (yes, Germans).

Each episode in “Sucker Punch” is strung together with the duct tape of short, simple dialogue that ends before anything of real importance can be said. It is a film almost entirely devoted to the visual senses.

Snyder is one of the best directors working today when it comes to the visual aspect of filming. Every moment is made more interesting because of the unique shots he choreographs. The down side to this is that the film becomes more about the cool angles of a shot rather than the substance of that which they are focusing on.

The deepest part of the story is the background information revealed in the first few minutes of the film. Instead of putting in any kind of dialogue during these scenes, though, Snyder pumps out a killer music video. While it is all very cool, it doesn’t quite make for a

good film.

None of this is to say, however, that the film lacks any good qualities.

Malone as Rocket and Cornish as Sweet Pea both put together charming and distinguished performances.

Meanwhile, the film’s main character only has about 10 lines outside of narration.

While Glenn and Carla Gugino add a little spark to the young cast, Jon Hamm is severely underused and only appears in the film for a brief scene.

The most important question about “Sucker Punch” is whether or not the action scenes make up for a lackluster script. The answer: just barely.

Foes from medieval times and World War I meet up with the mechanical army of “I, Robot” for unique, refreshing fight scenes.

Each new enemy provides the women with different environments, fighting styles and ammunition to complete their task.

“Sucker Punch” is never a film to be taken

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too seriously, but any action, sci-fi or comic fan should give it at least one viewing to decide its worth. Snyder offers a visually striking trip down the rabbit hole, but a script with more holes than the bullet-riddled corpses left by Baby Doll and her cohorts leaves a slightly dissatisfying film.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Vols tennis splits weekend matches

Diamond Vols fall in series sweep to No. 4 Gators in Gainesville, Fla.

UT rebounds from early Mississippi State loss to hold off Ole Miss

“We just have to go out and do what we did today,” Raleigh said. “We felt like if we could keep it close in the middle innings, we would have a chance. I just didn’t see the big inning coming up on us today.”

Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan did not overlook that Saturday’s game could have gone either way, which may have cast a different light on Sunday’s matchup. He attributed much of the victory to junior pitcher Anthony DeSclafani.

“I thought Anthony was kind of the savior to this deal today,” O’Sullivan said. “He comes in with a 2-2 ballgame with two runners on and was outstanding.”

While this was a step in the wrong direction for the Vols, they were matched up against a nationally touted team. The inconference struggles and road match-ups were problems that irked Raleigh’s squad last year as well. He tried to keep an optimistic outlook after Sunday’s loss.

“Human tendency is to get frustrated,” Raleigh said. “We just have to fix some things.

Our bullpen needs work, and you can’t go 2-for-19 with runners on. We had multiple opportunities just to get a run in. Even if it wasn’t a hit, just to move runners, but we didn’t do that.”

The Vols will look to rebound against Presbyterian College on Tuesday, hoping to catch a little mid-season fire before they host the defending College World Series winners and currently fourth-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks this weekend in Knoxville.

Preston Peeden Staff Writer

Wade Ra ckley • The Daily Beacon

John-Patrick Smith waits at the net during a doubles match against Wake Forrest in Goodfriend Tennis Center on Sunday, Feb. 27. Smith defeated Mississippi’s Marcel Thiemann as the Volunteers rebounded from a Mississippi State loss on Friday to a 4-3 victory on Sunday, the first UT win in Oxford since 2001.

According to the rollercoaster database website, www.rcdb.com, four amusement parks in Mississippi have roller coasters, but over the weekend the Tennessee men’s tennis team added a fifth with its ride through Mississippi State and Ole Miss.

The men opened the weekend by traveling to Starkville, Miss., to take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

The Vols were heavily favored in this match-up but left defeated, starting the downward turn in their roller coaster tracks.

The match opened in fine fashion with a commanding win for the Vols in the first doubles pairing, but from that point, the team struggled to find any solid footing. In the end, the team was swept in every match but one, losing 61.

“We really all came out not ready to play,” senior JohnPatrick Smith said. “We had some bad energy and some bad focus, and it really showed.”

This lack of focus did not go unnoticed by coach Sam Winterbotham.

“You know teams get beat, and as coaches I realize that it comes with the territory of being a coach,” Winterbotham said. “But what I didn’t like was the tone of the defeat. It was a gut check.”

Following the loss, the Vols regrouped and traveled to Oxford to wrap up their tour of the Magnolia State. Instead of limping in and accepting defeat, the Vols came out strong and somewhat redeemed their weekend with a commanding victory over the Ole Miss Rebels.

The match, which was scheduled to be outdoors, was moved inside because gusts of wind topping out at 25 miles per hour. While the conditions outside were hostile to the

Vols, the team came out unaffected and achieved a hardfought victory.

The doubles opened up with two straight victories, highlighted by the pairing of Smith and Boris Conkic, who dominated their opponents 80.

“Our doubles were fantastic,” Winterbotham said. “The tone they set really stamped our authority on the match, and we never relinquished that.”

From the doubles on, it was obvious the Vols were on the upswing, as their momentum carried over into the singles.

Of the four singles matches that were completed, the Vols won three, with the fifth and sixth matches stopped halfway through because the outcome had already been decided. The first Vol to finish was sophomore Rhyne Williams, who won in straight sets. He was followed shortly by Tennys Sandgren and Smith.

“It was a great team effort today,” Smith said. “We were all focused and determined to go out and win.”

Smith’s match was a threeset victory. Many calls did not go his way, but he was able to persevere and close out 6-2, 75, 6-1. To Smith, though, what stood out today was not the calls of the refs, but rather the performance of Sandgren, who is currently riding a team-high and career-best 16-match winning streak.

“He’s been playing great,” Smith said. “He’s a rock for us at that No. 3 spot, and he’s been even better in doubles.

We just hope he keeps doing it.”

The Vols left Ole Miss not only with a commanding 4-3 victory, but also with a sense of resiliency and determination in the face of adversity.

And it is this aspect that might serve them better than a victory on Friday would have.

“We’re not going to have that attitude again,” Smith said. “We came closer as a team today. And I can assure you that’s not going to happen again.”

The Vols have two home matches coming up this week, the latter on April 10 against Florida on Senior Day.

Gentry Smith Staff Writer Prior to the first pitch of the season, coach Todd Raleigh’s Tennessee baseball team (19-9, 2-7) had its sights set on an improved conference record.

This weekend the Volunteers traveled to Gainesville, Fla., to take on the No. 3-ranked Florida Gators with hopes of improving their 2-4 SEC record.

The previously top-ranked Gators were too much to handle throughout the three-game series. After a disheartening 30 loss in a pitcher’s duel on Friday night, the Vols were unable to rebound in Saturday’s and Sunday’s tilts. The Gators shelled the Vols 11-2 on Saturday and 9-1 on Sunday.

In Friday’s opener, the Vols were victims of a complete game shutout by an efficient Hudson Randall, who needed only 74 pitches to notch the victory.

The second game of the series was a close ball game until the Gators unloaded for seven runs in the seventh inning, powered by a home run and a triple.

The Vols were in the game again for five innings on Sunday, but productive sixth and seventh innings by Florida and no run production for the Vols until the top of the ninth yielded a 0-3 Volunteer record during the series.

After Saturday’s loss, Raleigh spoke about the necessity of breaking through in certain innings.

Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon

Jon Reed pitches against a Morehead State batter on Sunday, March 6. The Vols return to Knoxville this week after a disappointing 0-3 record this weekend against Florida.