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Students plan for end of semester the semester, and finishing well with the same level of work I hold myself to during News Editor the semester requires a lot of coffee and a ‘just get it done’ mentality.”

The last day of classes is around the Unfortunately for some, even a “get it corner, but until then, students done” mentality won’t always are scurrying around campus end with the desired effect. For trying to accomplish the others, this week is all that gets impossible. between them and graduation.

After three months of proJenny Yuhasz, a senior in crastination, the workload has hotel, restaurant and tourism finally landed with less than 48 management, said she isn’t too hours to spare. The urgency to concerned about the upcoming complete everything does not days and weeks. With very litseem to reveal itself until too tle required to complete her late. degree, Yuhasz is confident as As the syllabi begin to the week pans out. resurface and students review “I should probably be stressassignments and grading sysing out about getting all my tems, the upcoming doom is work done before graduation,” unavoidable. The weight of Yuhasz said. “But with only every missed class and every one serious class, I can count late assignment hovers over all the things I have to do with students’ shoulders like a dark one hand.” cloud.

While Yuhasz is coasting her Brett Lewis, junior in mateTara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon way out of college, others are rial science, said no amount of Students study outside Starbucks in Hodges Library in Aug. 2010. The library will be busier as it gets trying stay motivated as they regret can make up for the gap- closer to finals week. plan their upcoming year. With ing hole of procrastination. this in mind, Yuhasz encour“At the end of the year I always feel students try to determine the value of as the temperature rises and the week ages students to plan ahead. like, ‘Man, I am so irresponsible, why did“Plan your courses wisely so senior their time as compared to the benefit of progresses. n’t I work enough earlier?’” Lewis said. “I “Personally, it’s hard to stay motivat- year can be fun and not stressful,” Yuhasz good grades. am now realizing that I just have a lot of Marissa Landis, a junior in the College ed,” Landis said. “I’m tired at the end of said.

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work to do. Sometimes you are just busy and can’t do anything about it.”

While summer is the promised prize, the path there is far from pain-free. A cost/benefit analysis comes into play as

Scholar’s Program, said that while there does seem to be a lot of work during this season, staying focused is more of an issue than the lack of time. The motivation to keep chugging along begins to fail

TN Amazon customers might owe taxes Company unveils plan The Associated Press CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Online retailer Amazon.com has begun emailing Tennessee customers, telling them they might owe taxes on their purchases.

The Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/I681dj ) reported the notification follows the signing of a law about a month ago by Gov. Bill Haslam. The law requires Amazon to begin collecting sales tax on items sold to Tennessee residents, beginning in 2014.

In the interim, Tennessee consumers are liable for a “consumer use” tax that applies to goods purchased online from a company that doesn’t collect the sales tax.

The notice from the company informs customers they

might owe the tax and details the various divisions of Amazon.com from which goods were purchased. It also provides a link to the Tennessee Department of Revenue’s consumer use tax return website, which explains the consumer use tax, who should file and how.

State revenue officials hope the notification might bring in funds under a tax that is often overlooked. It's estimated the tax could generate $22.8 million for the state and $9.6 million for local governments “It would be extra money for the state,” said Billy Trout, a spokesman for the Tennessee Department of Revenue.

The online retailing giant opened distribution centers in Hamilton and Bradley counties in 2011. It plans to build two other centers.

Rebecca Vaughan • The Daily Beacon

Members of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia perform their Brotherhood Recital on Monday. Phi Mu Alpha is a music fraternity, but any male with a passion for music is able to join.

to mine asteroids The Associated Press SEATTLE — Space-faring robots could be extracting gold and platinum from asteroids within 10 years if a new venture backed by two Silicon Valley titans and filmmaker James Cameron goes as planned.

Outside experts are skeptical about the project, announced Tuesday at a news conference in Seattle, because it would likely require untold millions or perhaps billions of dollars and huge advances in technology. But the same entrepreneurs pioneered the selling of space rides to tourists — a notion that seemed fanciful not long ago, too.

“Since my early teenage years, I’ve wanted to be an asteroid miner. I always viewed it as a glamorous vision of where we could go,” Peter Diamandis, one of the founders of Planetary Resources, told reporters at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. The company’s vision “is to make the resources of space available to humanity.”

The inaugural step, to be achieved in the next 18 to 24 months, would be launching the first in a series of private telescopes that would search for the right type of asteroids.

The plan is to use commercially built robotic ships to squeeze rocket fuel and valuable minerals out of the rocks that routinely whiz by Earth. Company leaders predict they could have their version of a space-based gas station up and running by 2020.

Several scientists not involved in the project said they were simultaneously thrilled and wary, calling the plan daring, difficult — and very pricey. They don’t see how it could be cost-effective, even with platinum and gold worth nearly $1,600 an ounce. An upcoming NASA mission to return just 2 ounces (60 grams) of an asteroid to Earth will cost about $1 billion.

But the entrepreneurs behind Planetary Resources Inc. have a track record of profiting off space ventures.

Diamandis and co-founder Eric Anderson pioneered the idea of selling rides into space to tourists, and Diamandis’ company offers “weightless” airplane flights.

Investors and advisers to the new company include Google CEO Larry Page and Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Cameron, the man behind the blockbusters “Titanic” and “Avatar.”

Anderson says the group will prove naysayers wrong.

“Before we started launching people into space as private citizens, people thought that was a pie-in-the-sky idea,” Anderson said. “We’re in this for decades. But it’s not a charity. And we’ll make money from the beginning.”

The mining, fuel processing and later refueling would all be done without humans, Anderson said.

“It is the stuff of science fiction, but like in so many other areas of science fiction, it's possible to begin the process of making them reality,” said former astronaut Thomas Jones, an adviser to the company.

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Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon

Members of Kappa Delta hand out balloons on the Pedestrian Mall on April 12. Kappa Delta was working on a “You Make Me Smile” campaign and had encouraging phrases on each balloon.

1915 — Allies begin invasion of Gallipoli On April 25, 1915, a week after Anglo-French naval attacks on the Dardanelles end in dismal failure, the Allies launch a large-scale land invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula, the Turkish-controlled land mass bordering the northern side of the Dardanelles.

In January 1915, two months after Turkey entered World War I on the side of the Central Powers, Russia appealed to Britain

to defend it against attacks by the Ottoman army in the Caucasus. Lord Kitchener, Britain’s secretary of state for war, told Churchill, first lord of the Admiralty, that no troops were available to help the Russians and that the only place where they could demonstrate their support was at the Dardanelles, to prevent Ottoman troops from moving east to the Caucasus.

First Sea Lord John Fisher advocated a joint army-navy attack.

The naval attack of March 18, 1915, was a disaster, as undetected Turkish mines sank half of the joint Anglo-French fleet sent against the Dardanelles.

After this failure, the Allied command switched its focus to a landing of army troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula, with the objective of securing the Dardanelles so that the Allied fleet could pass safely through and reconnoiter with the Russians in the Black Sea. On April 25, British, French, Australian and New Zealander troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The Turkish forces were well prepared to meet them, however, as they had long been aware of the likelihood of just such an invasion.

The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) was devastated by some of the best-trained Turkish defenders, led by Mustafa Kemal, the future President Ataturk of Turkey.

Meanwhile, the British and French also met fierce resistance at their landing sites and suffered twothirds casualties at some locations. During the next three months, the Allies made only slight gains off their landing sites and sustained terrible casualties.

To break the stalemate, a new British landing at Suvla Bay occurred on August 6, but the British failed to capitalize on the largely unopposed landing and waited too long to move against the heights. Ottoman reinforcements arrived and quickly halted their progress.

Trenches were dug, and the British were able to advance only a few miles.

In September, Sir Ian Hamilton, the British commander, was replaced by Sir Charles Monro, who in December recommended an evacuation from Gallipoli.

On January 8, 1916, Allied forces staged a full retreat from the shores of the peninsula, ending a disastrous campaign that resulted in 250,000 Allied casualties and a greatly discredited Allied military command, including Churchill, who resigned as first lord of the Admiralty and accepted a commission to command an infantry battalion in France.

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

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Summitt’s legacy inspires happiness Preston Peeden Managing Editor

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proven time and again to be larger than life, and there in her kitchen, she proved to the 17-year-old version of me that she commanded respect. Even without meaning to.

Over the past three years, I have gone to the Summitt home, eaten dinner at her table, slept in one of the guest beds and walked her dogs, and at every moment, she has been one of the kindest people I have ever met. Her on-court stare is legendary, but her off-the-court demeanor is disarming. In person, she is almost the opposite of the visage her scowl can create. She’s warm, kind, a doting mother, a funny storyteller and an incredible cook. But at every meeting I have ever had with her, I’ve felt that exact same awe that overtook me four years earlier.

Pat Summitt gave 38 years to this university and its women’s basketball program. She came here as a graduate student from TennesseeMartin, and after years of service she is stepping down as not only the all-time winningest coach in NCAA history, but also as a figure who will forever be revered at this school, this region and in the lives of every person she touched.

Her final season was conducted the same as the previous 37. She scowled, she glared, she yelled and the end result was mostly the same — she won a lot of games. Though her final game will go down as a loss to Baylor, but that does nothing to change the 1,305-game legacy that predated it.

She is the greatest coach this program has ever had, and she is the greatest coach this school has ever had (sorry to all Gen. Neyland lovers). But she is also more than that; she is a symbol for what is right in college basketball. Every player who completed her eligibility under Summitt graduated. Her players and her demeanor backed up the dying idea of a true student-athlete, and for that I will always remember, respect and root for Pat Summitt.

With her stepping down due to health reasons, I am conflicted on what emotions to feel. At first I am sad, as I am sure everyone else is; her illness is a tragedy. It’s one of those things that was an unexplainable turn in the road. But honestly, all I feel right now is happiness. I want to celebrate what she is and what she has done, and I think we all should take a minute to bask in the awe that is Pat Summitt.

In the coming years, thousands of words will be crafted to try to describe who she is and what she has meant to this community and this school.

In that future, however, I hope I can be better prepared than I was at that first meeting, and maybe, if I am lucky, get a coherent word or two out.

The first time I met Pat Summitt face-to-face, I nearly peed myself.

It was the summer before my senior year of high school, and I had just finished my first day of work as a counselor at the Pat Head Summitt Basketball Camps. To be honest, I’m not a good basketball player and I doubt I was a qualified choice as a counselor at the camp. Luckily for myself and those in attendance, the only physical activities my job consisted of were opening the gyms, sweeping the floors, filling the water buckets and keeping track of the clock.

After working nine hours at Pratt Pavillion, Tyler Summitt, myself and another friend of ours jumped into his car to drive back to his home.

Once we got there and saw our other friends going towards the kitchen, we ran in to grab some food. After spreading out an assortment of snacks and effectively dirtying up what was once a spotless counter, Coach Summitt walked into the room.

None of us knew she was home, and in our hunger-induced daze we didn’t notice her car parked outside.

Tyler jumped up immediately and gave his mother a hug, and our other friends waved genially and greeted her with, “Hey Coach, how are you today?” She responded with the same type of enthusiasm, and then it was my time to speak.

The second she had entered the room, my mind began racing around for what I should do and say.

And with her attention turned completely on me, I froze. First I mumbled something incoherent; and then from sheer fright I grabbed a dish from the sink, started scrubbing it and then with my voice’s strength dropping with every word to the point that the last one was nothing more than a mere whisper, I said, “Hey Mrs. Summitt, nice to meet you.” She probably didn’t hear what I said completely, I doubt anyone could have. But she looked at me, smiled, said hello and then walked outside to see her two golden retrievers.

Without even saying a word, Pat Summitt had reduced me to a scared, speechless child, something that anyone who knows me would find hard to believe.

None of this is meant as an insult to coach Summitt, but rather from the very beginning it impressed upon me the awe that she can inspire in Preston Peedon is a junior in history. He can be everyone. Pat, at every stage of her career, has reached at ppeeden@utk.edu.

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State should not rule out income tax To the Editor: With graduation approaching, many UT students are looking for jobs in Knoxville and other parts of Tennessee. Tennessee is a great place to live because of its beautiful scenery, warm climate, and friendly culture. However, some aspects of our state make it a less-than-ideal place to live and raise a family.

Tennessee has the fourth highest crime rate in the country, ranks 43rd on per-pupil education, and 47th in average ACT scores. Tennessee also rates poorly on other quality-of-life indicators such as poverty (ninth highest), infant mortality (seventh highest), and obesity (second highest).

These problems are partly due to how the state government raises and spends money. Tennessee ranks 49th in revenue raised each year per capita. The Tennessee tax system has consistently failed to raise enough money to fund government programs, resulting each year in budget cuts. We need to restructure our tax system, not only to avoid continuing revenue shortfalls, but to avoid raising the state sales tax, which is the highest in the country. Unfortunately the state legislature is working to prevent Tennessee from diversifying its tax system. Legislators want to put an income-tax ban into the state constitution. If the bill passes a statewide referendum, the government will continue to raise sales and property taxes because an income tax will be illegal.

Regardless of your stand on tax policy, it is important not to limit the options for funding Tennessee’s future. If you plan to live in Tennessee after graduation, please oppose the income tax ban.

Rose Williams Graduate Student Social Work rwilli78@utk.edu

Taylor Gautier • The Daily Beacon

Alpha Gamma Rho performs during its Carnicus skit “The Hangover: Knoxville Nights” on April 14.

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Editor’s Note Fall 2012: We are ready, are you?

Blair Kuykendall Editor-in-Chief To our seniors, I would first like to extend congratulations. I hope you achieve what you set out to accomplish. Never let your ambition err on the side of caution.

As for the rest of us, the close of summer will bring another year at UT. Not to get too far ahead of ourselves, but the staff members of The Daily Beacon are already laying out our plans for next year’s coverage.

For my final note of the year, I hope you will permit me the tying of hands. The Daily Beacon is committing itself to a singular purpose next year: representing you.

Your voice and opinions matter. Public perception makes it necessary that this university appear responsive to its student population, and that works in your favor. It is much easier for the administration to ignore your views when they have to look hard to find them. I’m going to make them unavoidable.

This paper will continue next year in an unwavering commitment to serve as a forum for student opinion. Any relevant student commentary will be slated top priority in our pages. With that in mind, I hope any of you who have an informed opinion on any campus issue will chime in.

Next year, you can expect an even broader range of coverage than we delivered this year.

We have received several e-mails from students forming new organizations on campus, and that increase in student engagement must be reflected on our end. All of the major events on campus will of course be detailed, but instead of focusing on a few

high profile groups, we intend to strive for breadth. There are too many interesting and important events going on at UT every day to have a narrow set of headliners.

All 26,000 of you are involved in interesting pursuits. Please tell us about them! Feature stories focusing on student engagement and accomplishment are widely appreciated.

More than a brand, a slogan, or any ranking, you represent this university. In my opinion, your talents and achievements make this university meaningful. Luckily, I have a staff that agrees. Next year you can rest assured that at least one organization will be entirely devoted to representing your interests.

Beyond reporting about you, though, we are resigned to report for you. I have a team in place for next year solely devoted to chasing down the information you care about.

You will know exactly what the governing and administrative bodies of this university are up to. You will know where and when to show up for entertainment, events, lectures and service opportunities. You will know exactly which bar has the best weekend prices.

Please lean on us, because we are leaning on you. You make this newspaper relevant.

Every day, we will be working to make The Daily Beacon informative, entertaining and representative. I hope you will take a little time to pick up the paper next fall.

We’ve made some strides this year, but more change is coming. The Daily Beacon will not allow constructive opinion to be marginalized on this campus. When it comes to defending student interest, I don’t err on the side of caution.

— Blair Kuykendall is a junior in the College Scholars Program. She can be reached at bkuykend@utk.edu.

SCRAMBLED EGGS • Alex Cline

THE Great Mash Up• Liz Newnam

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TN 101 falls short of expectations Ac orns and Other Seeds by

Anna-Lise Burnnette

It seems fitting that now, at the end of my tenure as a columnist for The Daily Beacon, I have finally decided to air just a few of my grievances in the form of an instructive story: During the past month or so I had heard a lot about the seemingly elusive TN101 site, a place where students could (supposedly) go to find information about their course instructors. It was after filling out my final 2012 course evaluation that I decided to join the hunt. I had heard through a friend of a friend that a link to the site could be found on our new MyUTK homepages, but there I only found a parking citation notice. So it goes. I next tried looking on Banner with no better luck. Online@UT didn’t have anything helpful to offer me either. I began to wonder if TN101 was like Donald Kaufman, a figment of the imagination.

Finally, in an act of inspired desperation, I returned to the SAIS page. Via the link that everyone has received in multiple e-mails, I was at last able to find an innocuous looking hyperlink nestled among a cozy paragraph of lies. Lies? Well, to the average student like myself who takes the word of university publications at face value, yes. Apparently, “all” of our SAIS responses (both “structured and open-ended”) are subject to the Tennessee Open Records Law and are, according to the brief introductory paragraph, published in TN101.

But for anyone who cares to do a little digging, you’ll find that the information available to students is actually quite limited. TN101 does not provide students the opportunity to look at written comments about courses or instructors, as the open-ended responses are generally only forwarded to the instructor of a course.

Additionally, the 33 items on the actual SAIS forms are reduced to a mere third when viewed via TN101. As citizens of the state, we actually do have a right to view these evaluation materials; it is frustrating that TN101 has been championed for its new level of transparency and accessibility when it is in fact hard to find and incomplete.

Now I do realize that converting all those back-filed evaluations from 2000 forward into a digital format must have taken someone a lot of time and effort. I also realize that sometimes the “comments” section of a course evaluation gets (perhaps unjustly) transformed into a fully-inked and malicious diatribe against a professor. But do either of those facts excuse the makers of TN101 from providing us with as complete a picture of our university’s courses and course instructors as they can?

I think not. Although TN101 has been offered as a service to the students (thanks in large part to the efforts of SGA advocates), it is a service that does not follow through with its claims. As “a comprehensive guide to the quality of course offerings at The University of Tennessee,” the database falls short. While students might not necessarily need to know how many nonmajors were enrolled in a past course or how the clarity of the instructor’s voice is ranked, it would be helpful for them to know how many hours on average students spent doing homework, whether or not students were given the opportunity to express themselves, how well the course was organized, etc. If it was important enough to include on the official SAIS form, then it follows that it ought to be important enough to include in the TN101 database. It’s an insult to students when we decide to create a hierarchy of easily accessible information, one that firmly places some items in a “need-to-know” category, at the expense of limiting students’ understanding.

And so, after looking through the consistently poor reviews that a former teacher of mine received, I closed out my browser windows in disgust. The biggest problem that students face is this: They don’t know what’s going on. According to the mission of the newly adopted Top 25 initiative, here at the university “we value transparent and data-informed decision making.”

But when students are left out of the loop we have no right to claim transparency. The divide between students and administrators will only widen in the coming years if UT doesn’t make an effort to make information of all kinds accessible to the student body.

Now excuse me while I go do something other than submit an official request for copies of my professors’ evaluations.

— Anna-Lise Burnette is a senior in interdisciplinary studies. She can be reached at kburnet7@utk.edu.

Write purposefully; never imitate S mel l This by

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Something smells like sunscreen.

I’m in the library, on the second floor near the Mary E. Greer Room. It’s 4 in the morning and something smells like sunscreen.

When you’re not even a third of the way through what amounts to about 20 pages of writing assignments (all due much sooner than you care to let your readers know because it would expose you as the procrastinating, scatter-brained wreck you really are), the smell of sunscreen can be a funny inhibitor. For me, unsurprisingly, the scent triggers memories of bodies of water — pools, lakes, etc., and tonight is no exception. So while my body is idly cooped up in Hodges, my heavily SPF’d mind is lounging peacefully on some Tahitian beach. Lucky dog.

In case it’s not already obvious, I don’t really have anything to write this week. After two hours of looking for a suitable topic about which I might actually have something meaningful to say, I decided to just give up and confess: I’m empty. And since I hate the idea of forcing myself to care about something I wouldn’t otherwise care about on paper, I’m taking “Smell This” another direction this week.

I desperately want to write for a living. It’s fulfilling, it’s therapeutic, it’s fun. And it’s a great tool for exploring truth. Granted, I’m not even close to being a writer in the professional sense right now, but by God, I will be if it’s the last thing I do. And though I’m early in my journey and honestly don’t even know what kind of writing would suit me best, I know as long as I have a laptop and some measure of creative license, I’ll be happy.

Whatever my ultimate specialty, I’m just thankful to have determined early on what I want to do for a living. And since this is my last Beacon column, I figured it the perfect opportunity to offer my counsel to anyone considering a similar path. Again, I’m no expert, but I know the impact a more advanced writer’s advice can have, so for anyone just starting

out, here’s two cents from a fellow amateur who’s just been writing a little longer: 1. Don’t let anyone tell you there’s no merit to writing professionally. Nearly every vocational niche nowadays requires the services of people who can convey an idea, and in a world less and less appreciative of the arts, those kinds of workers are growing ever fewer. Also, if money’s your thing, there’s plenty of that to be made, and not just in book deals and screenplays. A lot depends on the firm in question and current market of course, but I personally know advertisers, journalists and even technical writers who earn six-figure salaries or more.

2. Pay attention to convention. Don’t substitute vocabulary for substance. Words like “prevaricate” can be great filler sometimes and may even temporarily secure a reader’s attention, but at the end of the day/article, everyone knows you could have conveyed your idea just as well (if not better) with “lie.” Don’t be a slave to grammar either. If a sentence-ending preposition sounds fine, keep it.

The goal is to convey an idea, not suck up to Harbrace, so don’t sweat technicalities. Oh and by the way, you can absolutely start a sentence with “and” or “because.”

3. Read. I don’t abide by this commandment nearly as religiously as I should, but if I did, my column’s readership would double, I guarantee it. So read.

And when you’re not reading, write. Even if you haven’t the slightest idea where you’re going, simply putting something on paper is tremendous progress toward developing an idea. After that, it only takes a few dozen edits before you have something publishable. LOL. 4. Last, if you ever find yourself writing purposelessly, take a shower or something. Think things over because you may as well be jogging in some giant, cartoon-y hamster wheel. The number of writers who write purely for the sake of writing would shock most people, and unknowingly falling into that category can happen before you know it.

One more thing: Don’t contain yourself to these guidelines. Good writing is both difficult, and unique to the scribing hand, so do what works for you.

Influence is fine, but the day you start trying to emulate another writer is the day you should reconsider that CPA. Be a little freer than that.

— Sam Ellis is a senior in English and political science. He can be reached at sellis11@utk.edu.

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Smokies offer many escapes Emily DeLanzo Design Editor Knoxville is nestled in the rolling hills of Tennessee and the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Just on the outskirts of Knox County, the Smokies rise above providing a great escape for adventures.

Picturesque waterfalls, great wildlife viewing and breathtaking views within this national park capture the hearts of over nine million visitors annually.

Considering the close proximity to the Gatlinburg and Townsend entrances of the park, students need to embrace the outdoors. Other accessible areas include the Ijams Nature Center, Big South Fork National Recreation Area and Obed National Scenic River.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park provides an outdoor playground with amenities like frontcountry camping, backcountry camping, day hiking and picnicking.

David Crisler, junior in English, loves to take advantage of the Smokies on the weekends.

“I love to escape from Knoxville and get out and do something,” Crisler said. “I don’t have as much time as I would like, but I do take advantage of my open moments.”

Courtney Grantham, senior in wildlife and fishery studies, finds herself going home to the mountains frequently.

“I am originally from that area, and I’m glad that I get to go hide out in the mountains from time to time,” said Grantham. “The Smokies are one of the reasons I decided to go into wildlife and fisheries studies.”

There are many opportunities of escape for students.

Day Hiking Over 900 miles of trails grace the mountain tops and valleys of the Smokies. Trails range in difficulty from easy to difficult, fitting

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Summer hours required. Call 637-3600.

Camp Counselors, male/ female, needed for great overnight camps in the mountains of PA. Have fun while working with children outdoors. Teach/ assist with A/C, Aquatics, Media, Music, Outdoor Rec, Tennis, & more. Office, Nanny & Kitchen positions available.

Apply online at www.pineforestcamp.com.

Do you need extra cash?

Want to have fun at work? Need to work flexible hours?

Culinary Front Desk Housekeepers – PT/FT Banquet Servers Cocktail Servers Food & Beverage Intern Hospitality Intern Concierge/ Greeter Housekeeping Intern Please apply in person between 9:00am-4:00pm Tuesday-Friday at: Knoxville Marriott 500 Hill Avenue S.E. Knoxville, TN 37915 Expert help needed setting up website. $20/hr. Call Prof. Wirtz, 865-208-9439.

Jimmy John’s now hiring in-store help for all shifts.

Call (865)637-1414.

ulations in terms of food storage.

At the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, all backcountry camping requires a permit. Backcountry permits are free and available at all visitor centers and any campgrounds.

Some backcountry sites and all Appalachian Trail shelters require reservations. These reservations can be made by calling the Backcountry Reservation Office at 865-436-1231 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

Please call and confirm that campsites are open. Depending on bear activity, some campsites may close throughout the summer.

Always store food correctly on bear-proof storage cables at each campsite, and always use a fire ring.

Camping in a non-park regulated area off of a trail is illegal and ticketing is enforced. The maximum stay at a campsite is three consecutive nights. Visitors cannot stay at a shelter longer than one night.

Backcountry camping is a great way to truly escape the hubbub of Knoxville. No cell phone service. No Internet. Lots of time to truly enjoy yourself.

Wildlife Viewing Visitors flock annually to see wildlife within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Keep in mind the rules and regulations.

These rules are put in place not only for your safety but also for the animals.

The closest visitors can legally be to any sort of megafauna wildlife (elk, deer, black bear) is 150 feet.

Research to know what to do when you see a black bear. The National Park Service wants you to enjoy your visit while still protecting the wild animals that call this area home.

Great areas to go wildlife viewing are Cades Cove and any of the 900 miles of trails. Cades Cove is an open area that used to be an old community. Not only is it historically rich, but black bears are constantly seen frolicking in the fields.

all visitors.

Favorite student trails include Chimney Tops and Laurel Falls, both of which are heavily traveled by people. Always exercise caution and be prepared for the worst. Day hiking is extremely rewarding and worthwhile for the people who devote an entire day to adventure.

Pack a lunch, wear layers and always have a backup plan if a road is closed. Factor in chances. The weather in the Smokies is extremely unpredictable, but that’s definitely part of the adventure.

Frontcountry Camping The National Park maintains 10 frontcountry campgrounds in the Great Smoky Mountains National park. Abrams Creek, Balsam Mountain, Big Creek, Cades Cove, Cataloochee, Cosby, Deep Creek, Elkmont, Look Rock and Smokemont offer primitive camping available to all. Each campground has restrooms with cold running water and flush toilets.

Every campsite comes complete with a fire ring and a picnic table. Reservations for Cades Cove, Cataloochee, Cosby, Elkmont and Smokemont may be reserved online at www.recreation.gov or by calling 877-444-6777.

Frontcountry camping is a great option for people who want a fun experience but would prefer the comfort of knowing a ranger is always near.

Students can gather in groups and head to the mountains for a positive weekend with a few tents and other assorted supplies. The maximum number of group for a standard frontcountry site is six people. Group campsites are available at some of the campgrounds.

Food storage is extremely important when camping in the frontcountry. To avoid ticketing, do not leave any food unattended in your campsite.

Backpacking Backpacking is one of the best ways to truly immerse yourself in nature. Backpackers are subject to all backcountry rules and reg-

EMPLOYMENT

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Going home to Chattanooga this summer? PT employment: Mathnasium of Chattanooga, the math learning center, is seeking instructors for elementary through high school level math. If you enjoy working with kids and understand the math we’ll teach you the rest! Ability to tutor calculus and/ or physics not required, but a plus. E-mail Mike O’Hern at

Seeking 15-20 energetic, highly motivated, customer driven team members for Knoxville’s first Barberitos Southwestern Grille and Cantina! The Grand Opening date is scheduled for May 14th. Email application request to knoxbarbapplication@hotmail.com for PDF application or stop by 215 Brookview Centre Way Suite 101, Knoxville, TN 37919, daily until 4p.m. We are located by the Five Guys and Bistro by the Tracks in Bearden.

Wholesale bakery seeks delivery drivers willing to work all shifts. Some college education desired. Must have flexible schedule, reliable transportation and clean driving record. Must be conscious of food safety concerns, capable of strenuous physical labor and possess basic math skills. Drivers will also assist in bakery clean-up after deliveries.

Drivers begin as part-time, with full-time and health plan becoming an option with advancement. Send cover letter and résumé to verdadybelleza@gmail.com.

2BR 1BR apt. 1412 Highland Ave. 1100 sq.ft. Free parking, lots of closets. No pets. $800/mo. 2 people. Atchley Properties (865)806-6578.

Immediate occupancy. 2BR condo townhouse. Beautifully remodeled. 5 mile UT, 1 mile West Town Mall, 1 block Kingston Pike busline.

Private patio, water, W/D furnished. $895/mo.

(865)643-2442.

WALK TO CAMPUS Great Specials! 1,2,&3BR Apartments. Available. No security deposits. Prime Campus Housing (865)637-3444. primecampushousingtn.com.

mike.ohern@mathnasium.com.

Handy person to do light construction and yard work.

10 to 16 hrs/wk. Flexible schedule. 5 miles from UT. 573-1507 or 389-4717.

Make over $2600 a month with FasTrac Training. Find out why students who intern with us get great job offers after graduation.

Call (615)403-7445.

Mellow Mushrooms on Cumberland Ave is now taking applications for all positions. Daytime availability a must. Fill out application at www.mellowmushroom.com or at our Cumberland Ave. location.

N. Knoxville Health and Fitness Center seeking WSI certified swim lesson instructor to teach children and adult swim lessons. Associated Therapeutics, Inc. 2704 Mineral. Springs Rd., Knoxville, TN 37917. Ph: 865-687-4537; Fax: 865-687-5367; e-mail: mthompson@associatedtherapeutics.com.

Need one energetic and athletic person to work in awesome after school childcare and summer program in West Knoxville. 15 minutes from campus. Call Robert 454-1091.

PT maintenance /grounds keeper for North Knoxville apartment complex 10 - 20 hours per week flexible schedule. Starting $9.00 hour. Call (865)688-5547 for information. Interviews by appointment only.

THE TOMATO HEAD KNOXVILLE Now hiring dish and food running positions. Full and part-time available, no experience necessary. Apply in person at 12 Market Square or apply online at thetomatohead.com.

Something out of the ordinary. PT employment avail. w/ local market research company. Must enjoy interacting with the public, projects change constantly so no boredom. Get hands on experience with fortune 500 companies. All expenses paid travel assignments are avail. But not manadatory.

Call (865)392-5047 to schedule an interview.

Starting Points Childcare is hiring two afternoon preschool teachers. Hours are Mon-Fri 2:30-6pm. Experience with young children in a group setting req. Please call 966-2613 for more info.

THE TOMATO HEAD MARYVILLE Hiring all positions Full and part-time. No experience necessary. Apply in person.

211 W. Broadway, Maryville, TN (865)981-1080 or online www.thetomatohead.com.

Want to get paid to play?

Looking for PT job with a flexible schedule? Try Sitters on Demand. Start immediately. Experience with children required. Contact Kendyll at (423)650-9056 or sittersondemand@gmail.com.

Wholesale bakery seeks bakers willing to work all shifts.

Experience desired, but willing to train. Some college education or culinary skills training also desired. Must have flexible schedule, reliable transportation and clean driving record. Must be conscious of food safety concerns, capable of strenuous physical labor and possess basic math skills. Bakers will begin as part-time, with full-time and health plan becoming an option with advancement. Please send cover letter and résumé verdadybelleza@gmail.com

UNFURN APTS 1 and 2BR Apts. UT area and West Knox area. Call for appointment (865)522-5815.

1BR apartments available beginning in summer. One block from campus. Call between 9 AM and 9 PM. (865)363-4726.

South Knoxville/ UT downtown area 2BR apts. $475.

Call about our special (865)573-1000.

FOR RENT 1 BR CONDOS Security/Elevator/Pool/Pkg 3 min. walk to Law School. $520R, $300SD, No app. fee.

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16th PLACE APARTMENTS 3 blocks from UT Law School (1543- 1539 Highland Ave.) 1BR and 2BR apts. only.

Brick exterior, carpet, laundry facility on first floor.

Guaranteed and secured parking. 24 hour maintenance. No dogs or cats. 32nd year in Fort Sanders. www.sixteenthplace.com. brit.howard@sixteenthplace. com. (865)522-5700.

1BR apartment. 1412 Highland Ave. Extra Large.

Free parking. No pets. $485/mo. Summer lease for one year lease available. Atchley Properties (865)806-6578.

Read the Beacon Classifieds!

2BR/ 1BA apt. for rent. 10 min. walk to UT campus.

Open floor plan.. Available September 1. $650/mo. plus utilities. Call (865)776-4281.

CONDOS FOR RENT CONDOS FOR LEASE ON UT CAMPUS 2 & 3BR units available for lease in popular complexes on UT Campus.

Most include internet, cable, W/D, water, sewer and parking. University Real Estate & Property Mgmt., LLC 865-673-6600 www.urehousing.com or rentals@urehousing.com

HOUSE FOR RENT

A 2 or 3BR apt for rent in Old North Knoxville. $885/mo includes utilities.

Laundry available. Completely renovated apt in quiet historic neighborhood.

Available August 3. Call (865)776-4281.

2 or 3 BR, 1BA Historic house located in old Mechanicsville neighborhood. Available August 3. 10 minute walk to campus. $1050/mo.

Lots of Charm!

865-776-4281.

Student Housing in The Fort. 3, 4 and 5BR units still available for Fall semester. Prices starting at $475. Call 521-7324.

Ut area. Studio apartment.2 blocks from campus. Water, Internet included. Pool, laundry. 1700 Clinch Ave. Avail August. $525/mo. www.absolutecom.com/405.

423-956-5551.

CAMPUS 2 BLOCKS 2BR ($695- $895) and 3BR ($990) apt available beginning Summer or Fall. Restored hardwood floors. Historic Fort Sanders. No pets UTK-APTS.com 933-5204.

VICTORIAN HOUSE APTS Established 1980 3 blocks behind UT Law School. 1, 2 and 3BR apartments. VERY LARGE AND NEWLY RENOVATED TOP TO BOTTOM. Hardwood floors, high ceilings, porches, 3BR’s have W/D connections. 2 full baths, dishwashers. Guaranteed and secured parking. 24 hour maintenance. No dogs or cats. www.sixteenthplace.com. brit.howard@sixteenthplace. com. (865)522-5700.

Hialeah Apartments $390 Student Special! 1BR apt. off Chapman Hwy. Convenient to Busline. Quiet Community - Pool and Basketball.

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(865)588-1087.

Studio condo near campus.

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Available now. Secure building, with pool and laundry.

(510)686-3390.

Walk to class! 2BR and a 4BR and a 7BR available August 2012. Call for more information (865)388-6144.

CONDOS FOR SALE FSBO Student housing, Laurel Station. 3BR/2BA, designated parking spaces, stainless appliances, full size W/D, new flooring, security system, private balcony, cable/ internet included in low HOA fees. 404-824-2291

4BR 2BA Large parking area, wrap-around deck. 3 miles from campus. $1,000/mo.

Call Rick 865-806-9491,

TOWNHOUSE, 2BR/ 1.5BA, brick, West Hills, perfect location - 1 block to Kingston Pike bus line to UT and between West Town and soon to be Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s. GREAT opportunity to upgrade to one’s own specification at a low price. $74,000. Call Sandy Robinson, Alfred Robinson Co. 865-414-9698.

Houses in the Fort available for Fall. 4, 5, and 7BR, includes appliances and Internet. All have a front yard and parking. Call 521-7324.

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BEACON FLASHBACKS

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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Coralie Roland • The Daily Beacon

UT Police confiscated and destroyed alcoholic beverages at several parties that ran late one night in April 1991.

The University of Tennessee Dance Company performs its spring recital at Clarence Brown Theatre on March 2, 2002.

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Members of Lambda Chi Alpha and Alpha Omicron Pi put on their Carnicus faces during their presentation back on April 13, 1991.

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The UT Water Polo team competes against Miami Red Hawks in spring 2002.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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SPORTS

Preds front office meshing The Associated Press NASHVILLE – Predators coach Barry Trotz never wants to leave. Neither does general manager David Poile, who says he has a “comfortable” working relationship with his coach.

Their relationship certainly is productive.

The only men to hold these jobs with Nashville have survived the growing pains of building a franchise and have put the Predators in their strongest position yet to chase down their first Stanley Cup. The Predators are one of only five teams in the postseason seven of the last eight seasons, and just Nashville, Detroit and San Jose have won at least 40 games in seven straight seasons.

“The message is the same,” Trotz said.

“The message for us has always been about being a good team, having a good work ethic and good sort of character-based team, and that message hasn’t changed. And the message has grown from ... trying to be competitive to being competitive to pure winning.

That’s just the process that we’ve gone through.”

Poile was announced Tuesday as a finalist for the NHL’s general manager of the year for a third straight season, and Trotz is a twotime finalist for the Jack Adams award. Both men helped the Predators become the fastest expansion team since 1990 to win 500 games when they beat Detroit on March 30, reaching that mark in 1,062 games.

The Predators are in the second round for a second straight year after ousting Detroit in five games as the first team to advance this postseason. They will play Phoenix in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs.

Poile is the only general manager with at

Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon

Piles of paint create a unique texture on a piece by Ben Seamon in his MFA thesis show “Decoder” in the Ewing Gallery on April 12. Each MFA student puts on a thesis show every year.

least 1,000 games with two different teams.

He won 594 games with Washington before taking on the task of building an expansion franchise from the ground up, and one of his first moves was hiring Trotz. He also has built this franchise through the draft, and 16 players in this playoff run came through the draft with finds such as goalie Pekka Rinne in the eighth round in 2004 and rookie Gabriel Bourque, who had four points against Detroit, a fifth-rounder.

Washington coach Dale Hunter played with the Capitals when Poile was general manager there.

“As far as David Poile, he’s a character guy and he’s one of these guys that knows hockey, loves hockey and is committed to it,” Hunter said. “I think both of them are committed to hockey, so that makes a good partnership.”

Trotz first was noticed by Washington executive Jack Button when Trotz failed to impress at a Capitals’ camp and went to work with Washington’s top developmental team in the American Hockey League. In 1994-95, he won the Calder Cup with Portland. Poile hired Trotz as Nashville’s head coach in August 1997 and he has been in town ever since.

Center Mike Fisher came to Nashville in a trade from Ottawa in February 2011 and knew Trotz a little from when the coach was an assistant with Canada in the 2009 World Championships.

“In Ottawa, I played for, I don’t know, five or six coaches in 10 years, and he’s been here ... still going and doing a great job,” Fisher said. “You don’t see that at all really.”

Defenseman Kevin Klein calls Trotz a player's coach who keeps it light but gets attention when he gets mad because the coach gets upset so rarely.

“He’s got a great balance of keeping it light and being the authority out there,” Klein said.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

ARTS&CULTURE

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Summitt to release memoir in spring 2013 Staff Reports New York — Pat Summitt, the legendary basketball coach who has led the University of Tennessee’s Lady Volunteers to an unprecedented 1,098 victories and a record-setting eight NCAA Division-I National Championships, will share the lessons she has learned during her extraordinary life on and off the court in a memoir. As yet untitled, Coach Summitt’s book will be issued simultaneously in print and digital formats by Crown Archetype, an imprint of Random House, Inc.’s Crown Publishing Group.

Renowned for her fierce competitiveness, steely-eyed resolve, and tireless devotion to her players, Coach Summitt will chronicle in her book her full life journey, including her working childhood on a farm in Henrietta, Tennessee; her career as coach of a team that has won more games than any other, men’s or women’s, in history; her life as a devoted mother; and her determination to take on her toughest opponent yet — Alzheimer’s disease. Having just completed her thirtyeighth season as head coach, Coach Summitt, 59, was diagnosed with early-onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type, in May 2011.

Coach Summitt will write the book with Sally Jenkins, a

Washington Post columnist, a four-time winner of the Associated Press Sports Columnist of the Year Award, a member of the National Sports Writers and Sportscasters Hall of Fame, and the author of ten books. Ms. Summitt and Ms. Jenkins have collaborated previously on two national bestselling books: Reach for the Summit (1998), in which Ms. Summitt shared her motivational advice for succeeding in sports, business, and life; and Raise the Roof (1998), an account of the Tennessee Lady Vols’ 1997-98 undefeated championship season.

“Basketball has always been far more than a game to me: it’s a way of being, an ethic, and a value, and so my intention is that this will be more than a sports book,” says Summitt.

“Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer’s disease. I look forward to sharing with readers the experiences that shaped me as a mother and a teacher and a leader, and how I’ve tried to shape the young women who wear the Tennessee Orange. This book provides me with yet another opportunity to do what I love to do most, which is to get up and go to work on an exciting challenge every day.”

Under Coach Summitt’s leadership, the Tennessee Lady Vols achieved an unrivaled record of athletic success including 32

Southeastern Conference regular season and tournament championships, an unprecedented 31 consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament, and 13 Final Fours. Coach Summitt has developed 12 Olympians named to 17 teams, 21 WBCA All-Americans named to 35 teams, and 77 All-SEC performers, and has a 100 percent graduation rate for all Lady Vols who have completed their eligibility at the University of Tennessee. In April 2009, she was named the Naismith Basketball Coach of the Century. Most recently, she was recognized

by Sports Illustrated magazine as its 2011 Sportswoman of the Year.

The deal was announced today by Tina Constable, Senior Vice President, Publisher, Crown Archetype. Mauro DiPreta, Vice President, Editor-in-Chief, Crown Archetype, acquired world, electronic, audio, and first serial rights from Ms. Summitt's longtime representative Robert B. Barnett of Williams & Connolly LLP, and will edit the book.

Said Ms. Constable, “Pat Summitt’s accomplishments as a coach, educator, and mother are awe-inspiring, as is her unique ability to transform adversity into success. We are very proud to partner with her in publishing a book that will be an important part of her extraordinary legacy and an enduring source of inspiration for so many.”

The parent company of Random House, Inc. is Bertelsmann AG.

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Pat Summitt and Holly Warlick hug during the press conference for Summitt on Thursday.

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THESPORTSPAGE

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Vols fall to Mississippi State in SEC quarters and a half now,” Reese said. “You just never know what can happen. I never try to not give myself a chance to win. I Despite outstanding play from fresh- always try to keep fighting.”

Much of Reese’s will to play under men Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese, the Tennessee men’s tennis team was pressure comes from his coach, who was unable to defeat No. 9 Mississippi State seen instilling a much needed spark into his freshman standout that got him back in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals.

“We have improved so much as a on the winning track.

“Sam always has team,” said UT a way of making me coach Sam mad and getting me Wi n t e r b o t h a m fired up,” said said. “It’s clear Reese, who is lookfor anybody to ing at this loss to see.”

MSU as a learning Some of that experience. “We’re improvement just focusing on givcame at the ing the same effort hands of Libietis we’ve been giving and Reese, who in practice.” both beat ranked Following the opponents — early departure in Libietis over No. the quarterfinals, 10 Artem Reese and his felIllyushin 7-6, 6low teammates 2, making it his were given a sign of first career vice n c o u r a g ement tory against a from their leader. top 10 player, “In everybody’s and Reese over minds, apart from No. 77 Malte the coaching staff, Stropp 0-6, 7-5, this team is over6-2. a c h i e v i n g , ” They were Winterbotham said. the only UT “I believe this team players who is capable of winproved victorining this tournaous against tourment. I’m proud of nament host what we’re doing MSU. Tara Sripunvoraskul• The Daily Beacon but we’ve got to get “I think Hunter Reese prepares to serve against better.” everybody did a Vanderbilt on March 30.

The next opporvery good job at tunity for the Vols will come next month not getting caught up in the moment,” Reese said. “I think we all did a good job in the NCAA Championship, possibly at buckling down and playing our match- encountering MSU again somewhere down the road. es.”

“Every guy was committed and came Reese once again battled back from being down one set, having lost 0-6 in the out firing,” Reese said. “When it gets to the tournament, hopefully we’ll host, and first against Stropp.

“I’ve been in college tennis for a year win.”

Dan Hiergesell

Staff Writer

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Zach Osborne throws the ball to first base against Alabama on March 30.