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Lecture examines Darwin’s mindset Nathan Berger Staff Writer

Kent State creates walking tour of 1970 shootings KENT, Ohio — Kent State University has created a walking tour to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Ohio National Guard shootings that killed four students and injured nine others.

The tour offers narration of seven relevant sites on the campus where Guard members opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War on May 4, 1970.

The tour features placards with photos, maps and written descriptions. It includes narration by civil rights leader Julian Bond.

Sharpton vows to protest Arizona immigration bill NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton says he’s ready to travel to Arizona and march in the streets to protest the state’s new immigration law.

Sharpton joined Lillian Rodriguez Lopez from the Hispanic Federation in New York City on Sunday to speak out against the law. They say activists are prepared to commit civil disobedience to fight it.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the bill Friday. It requires police to question people about their immigration status — including asking for identification — if they suspect someone is in the country illegally.

The law will take effect in late July or early August.

President Barack Obama has called the new law “misguided” and has instructed the Justice Department to examine it to see if it’s legal.

Daniel Simberloff, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, first discovered David Quammen’s work in his dentist’s office 30 years ago.

“I was sitting, waiting to be drilled, and next to me there were three possible things to read,” Simberloff said. “One was the obligatory pictorial children’s Bible stories, another was something about orthodontia, and the third was something I hadn’t seen before, a magazine called Outside.”

Quammen is an award-winning naturalist and science writer who has been published in magazines such as Outside, National Geographic, and Rolling Stone, and is the author of the bestseller “The Reluctant Mr. Darwin.”

Last week he visited UT to give a presentation on Charles Darwin and “The Origin of Species.”

In Simberloff ’s introduction, he described the Quammen article he read in his dentist’s office as several cuts above the average essay and able to explain its scientific points clearly without any graphs or equations.

“Mostly what I’m going to talk about tonight is evolution, evolution and its history as an idea,” Quammen said.

Quammen traced this history with a parallel to Darwin’s life, both personal and professional.

Quammen explained how Darwin’s traits of caution and honesty affected the development of the theory of evolution.

When he was only 29 years old, the concept of evolution came to Darwin. But it would be

“Why are there flightless species of beetles?” and “Why do men have nipples?”

– Questions Charles Darwin asked during his research on the origin of species another 21 years before Darwin would publish his work in “The Origin of Species.”

“The answer to why he did this, I think, is (Darwin’s) quiet, fierce, personal honesty,” Quammen said. “He was deeply devoted to science, to rationality, to candor.”

Quammen next told of Darwin’s method of recording his findings, a collection of small notebooks, in which Darwin would record short-

hand of his readings, interviews, and questions such as, “Why are there flightless species of beetles?” and “Why do men have nipples?”

Questions like these brought Darwin to the conclusion that man is no different from the other species, that evolution (or transmutation as Darwin first called it) affects humans in the same way as other life.

“And from that terrible thought, that terrible insight, that terrible moment of blazing conviction and heresy, Darwin would never retreat,” Quammen said.

Darwin’s wife, Emma, was an important part of Darwin’s work. A very pious woman, Emma was a source of Darwin’s caution in developing and publishing his theory. Darwin proposed to her after writing down the pros and cons of marriage in one of his notebooks.

“You can see what a hot-blooded romantic he was,” Quammen said. “Darwin died of heart disease in 1882. Just before he died, he said: I am not the least afraid to die.”

Quammen said there were two reasons for Darwin to say this on his deathbed.

“First, because he recognized that he was notoriously an unbeliever, and people would want to know if Charles Darwin would be afraid to die. The second reason: he said it because it was true.”

Conn. cops: Woman tries to use 911 as taxi service NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police in one Connecticut city have a warning for nightclub patrons: Don’t call 911 for a ride home.

New Haven police say that’s what 28-year-old Quandria Bailey did, calling the emergency line six times to request a ride from a nightclub back to her Meriden home.

Bailey was charged with six counts of misuse of the 911 system early Sunday. She was released on a $1,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court May 5.

16-year-old California teen gives up solo voyage MARINA DEL REY, Calif.

— A 16-year-old Southern California girl hoping to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone has ended her quest and will head to South Africa for boat repairs.

Abby Sunderland wrote on her blog Saturday that it would be “foolish and irresponsible” to keep going after losing use of her boat’s main autopilot. She expects to land in Cape Town in about two weeks.

— The Associated Press

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The Tennessee track and field squads wrapped up the 116th annual Penn Relays this weekend. UT saw high finishes by many athletes, including a first-place victory by Matt Maloney in the javelin throw final.

Event to focus on job hunting Kyle Turner Staff Writer To kick off Kappa Week, the men of Kappa Alpha Psi will host a variety of events intended to better prepare students for the future.

One such event is the Kappa Konnection where all men on campus are invited to take part in a workshop aimed on entering the workforce.

The workshop will focus on preparing the best resume, dressing for success and a mock interview.

“Academics, social skills, proper clothes and marketing yourself are all extremely important and key to finding a job,” Tyrone Beach, junior

in journalism and electronic media, said. “The workshop is focusing on the total package for success.”

Beach said dressing appropriately for an interview is extremely important when seeking employment. The workshop will focus on proper attire.

“A lot of individuals make small mistakes when dressing for an interview such as wearing earrings,” he said. “We are doing this for successfully getting a job and simply telling the men things that you would want someone to tell you.”

For the dress-for-success portion, men will be taught how to tie a necktie and a bowtie, one of the first steps

in creating a professional wardrobe.

After mastering looking the part, the men will focus on bringing out the best qualities on paper and in an interview.

All participating men are asked to bring a prepared resume, so constructive dialogue can ensue about the dos and don’ts to resume building.

“We are asking the men to bring in a resume, so we can talk to them about what employers are looking for, what to highlight, and really just the best ways to market yourself,” Stephen Smith, junior in arts and sciences undecided, said.

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Survivors tell tales of tragedy, hope after tornado devastates Mississippi The Associated Press YAZOO CITY, Miss. — One prayed to God under a communion table as his church was blown to pieces around him.

Another was on the phone with a meteorologist when the tornado threw him against a cinderblock wall that held just long enough to save his life. A coroner nearly became a victim himself when the twister flipped his truck four times; later he went out in his hospital gown to help identify bodies.

At least 10 people were killed when the tornado ripped through the rural Mississippi countryside, but the stories told by survivors on Sunday show how much

higher the toll could have been.

Dale Thrasher, 60, had been alone in Hillcrest Baptist Church when the tornado hit Saturday, ripping away wood and metal until all that was left was rubble, Thrasher and the table he had climbed under as he prayed for protection.

“The whole building caved in,” he said. “But me and that table were still there.”

Sunday was sunny and breezy as Thrasher and other members of the Yazoo City church dug through the debris and pulled out a few chairs and other items. One found a hymnal opened to the song, “Till the Storm Passes By.” See TORNADO on Page 3

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• 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. — Jason Headrick, Ph.D. candidate in the department of small animal clinical sciences, speaks on “Biomechanics of the Canine Pelvic Limb: Description of Movement in Three Dimensions” in the Sequoyah Room in the Veterinary Medicine Building. This Comparative and Experimental Medicine Seminar is free and open to the public.

• 3:30 p.m. — Farooq Azam of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, speaks on “Mircobial structuring of the ocean carbon cycle: a microscale and mechanistic view” in room 32 of the Alumni Memorial Building.

This Microbiology Seminar is free and open to the public.

• 6:30 p.m. — Chandra Taylor Smith, vice president for research and director of the Pell Institute, speaks on “Equality of Educational Opportunity” in the Baker Center Toyota Auditorium.

Smith’s talk is the Educational Advancement Program Annual Climate Lecture and is free and open to the public.

• 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. — The Creative Writing Program announces John C. Hodges Graduate Writing Prizes in fiction and poetry in the Hodges Library Auditorium. The winners will read from their award-winning works.

At the reading, the third issue of “Grist: The Journal for Writers” will also be unveiled.

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Former Tennessee running back Montario Hardesty was selected 59th overall in the 2010 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns. Hardesty is the highest-selected UT running back since Travis Henry in 2001.

THE CRIME Sunday, April 18 • 1:49 a.m. — Officer responded to a disturbance in the Apartment Residence Hall. The complainant said she was having problems with her roommate, with whom she had been friends but recently ended their friendship. In the last week the roommate borrowed the complainant’s iPod several times without asking permission, and since told the complainant that she lost the iPod. They exchanged heated words and shoved each other. The officer spoke with the roommate, who became upset, cursing and knocking things around in the room. She reiterated that she did not know where the iPod was. The complainant said she would like to press charges against her roommate.

• 11:27 p.m. — Officer took report of a theft in Massey Hall. The victim said several items were stolen from her room,

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likely in the previous week, including a pink Dell laptop, an eight-gigabyte iPod Touch and a Simple Tech external hard drive. The victim said she took her spring break from April 10 to April 18, returning on the latter date to find her property missing. She reported locking the door before leaving but found it held partially open by an engaged dead bolt on her return.

Monday, April 19 • 5:39 p.m. — A complainant reported a string of harassing phone calls from her estranged husband. The couple filed for divorce in February, but the husband refuses to sign the papers. In the interim, he made a number of calls to his wife stating he would be waiting at her car when she left work, but he has never appeared. The woman said she simply wants him to leave her alone.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY • 1986 — The world’s worst nuclear accident to date occurs at the Chernobyl nuclear plant near Kiev in Ukraine. The full toll from this disaster is still being tallied, but experts believe that thousands of people died and as many as 70,000 suffered severe poisoning. In addition, a large area of land may not be livable for as much as 150 years. The 18-mile radius around Chernobyl was home to almost 150,000 people who had to be permanently relocated. The Soviet Union built the Chernobyl plant, which had four 1,000-megawatt reactors, in the town of Pripyat. At the time of the explosion, it was one of the largest and oldest nuclear power plants in the world. The explosion and subsequent meltdown of one reactor was a catastrophic event that directly affected hundreds of thousands of people. Still, the Soviet government kept its own people and the rest of the world in the dark about the accident until days later.

— Courtesy of History.com

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Business college’s presentation series to begin The College of Business Administration’s National Defense Business Institute is beginning a series of presentations designed to build defense leaders. This week’s topic is “Aerospace and Defense Workforce in a Declining Economy” with speaker Michael Balzano, president of Balzano Associates. The lecture is Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Stokely Management Center, G4. There is no cost, but attendants may bring a lunch.

Over the last 30 years, because of his experience in dealing with industrial base issues, Balzano has advised six U.S. presidents, cabinet and agency heads and members of Congress.

To RSVP, e-mail Raquel Hughes at rhughes@utk.edu or call 974-1623.

Former Yemen ambassador to speak at Baker Center Barbara K. Bodine, a retired U.S. ambassador to Yemen — the reputed land of the Queen of Sheba, home of the three wisemen and burial spot of Cain and Abel — will discuss the future possibilities of the United States’ relationship with Yemen on April 28.

Free and open to the public, the event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium at the Baker Center. Her appearance is sponsored by the Baker Center and the Center for International Education through its Great Decisions Program.

Funded by the Ready for the World Initiative, Great Decisions has brought a series of speakers from around the country to UT this semester to address our nation’s most pressing foreign policy issues.

Bodine will talk about whether Yemen is the next front in the war on terror or an opportunity to commit the resources, people and will to help Yemen change course.

Bodine is a lecturer and diplomat-in-residence at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where she teaches courses on the Iraq war, U.S. diplomacy in the Persian Gulf region and Yemen. She also serves as the director of the scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative, an intern and fellowship program for students pursuing careers in federal service.

In the U.S. Foreign Service, Bodine spent more than 30 years focusing on the Arabian Peninsula and greater Persian Gulf issues. From 1997 to 2001, Bodine served as an ambassador to Yemen, and in spring 2003, she was the senior State Department official and the first coalition coordinator for reconstruction in Baghdad and the central governorates.

Since leaving her governmental career, Bodine has been a senior fellow at the Kennedy School of Government and the Robert Wilhelm Fellow at MIT. Bodine is a regular commenter for PBS NewsHour, CNN, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, among other media.

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Resumes can, many times, be a difficult area to master, content depending on different professions, but each will be looked at, and the session will focus on highlighting the most important parts of a resume.

Participants will also have the chance to participate in mock interviews with organizers as well as their peers.

“A lot goes into getting a job, but one of the most important aspects is, many times, the interview,” Smith said. “By having peer interviews, the guys can share tips and learn from those who are on their level.”

Nikita Johnson, junior in arts and sciences undecided, explained that with an ever-increasing competitive job market, it is more important than ever to be prepared.

“The general thought behind the program was to help build young men into what they need for today’s corporate America by introducing them to older males who they can look up to and learn from,” Johnson said.

Recently awarded the Chancellor’s citation for Extraordinary Contribution to Camps Life, Kappa Alpha Psi is making an effort to reach all students on campus.

Later in the week, a women’s appreciation dinner will take place to honor women that have gone above and beyond for the students of UT. All of the events planned for Kappa Week are aimed at reaching out to the campus as a whole and strengthening fellowship among students.

Kappa Konnection professional workshop will take place on Monday at 7 p.m. in the Haslam Business Building room 301.

Hundreds of homes also were damaged in the storm, which carved a path of devastation from the Louisiana line to eastcentral Mississippi, and at least three dozen people were hurt.

Rescuers spread out Sunday to find anyone who might be trapped, while survivors returned to demolished homes to salvage what they could and bulldoze the rubble.

“This tornado was enormous,” said Gov. Haley Barbour, who grew up in Yazoo County, a county of about 28,000 people known for blues, catfish and cotton. The twister wreaked “utter obliteration” among the picturesque hills rising from the flat Mississippi Delta, the governor said.

Tornadoes also were reported in Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama. The storm system tracked northeastward, downing trees in northwest Georgia early Sunday before moving offshore.

Mississippi’s Choctaw County suffered the most confirmed deaths: five, including a baby and two other children.

On Sunday the air there was

filled with the buzz of chain saws, the rumbling of tractors and the scent of splintered pine trees.

Utility workers in cherrypickers hovered over police officers directing traffic on a twolane highway busy with relief workers and volunteers arriving to help.

All that remained of Sullivan’s Crossroads Grocery was a pile of cinderblocks and some jars of pickled eggs and pigs’ feet. But owner Ron Sullivan, his wife and four other people rode out the storm there and suffered only some cuts and bruises.

Sullivan had been on the phone, describing the weather conditions to a meteorologist, when the line went dead and the twister hit, tearing the wooden roof off the store and hurling Sullivan into a cinderblock wall.

“I was levitated and flew 15 feet over there to the back wall,” he said. “The only reason I wasn’t killed was the wall was still there. After I hit it, it collapsed.”

A steel fuel storage tank, about 10 feet long, was uprooted by the twister and rolled into the store, coming to rest against a freezer. Hiding on the other side of the freezer was Sullivan’s wife.

Across the street, the home of the parents of Houston Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt was reduced to rubble by the tornado. Oswalt himself was driving a bucket loader Sunday, trying to knock down a damaged tree on the property.

His father, Billy, had been out hunting when the storm hit, and his mother, Jean, hunkered down in a back room of the house with the family’s dog.

“She got our little dog and covered up and she’s OK,” Billy Oswalt said.

The tornado went on to cut about a 10-mile path through Choctaw County, hacking off the tops of pine trees about eight feet above the ground before slamming into three mobile homes.

Gov. Barbour estimated at least 100 houses in Yazoo County alone had severe damage but said his estimate could rise later.

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn said Sunday that at least three dozen people were hurt and nearly 200 homes damaged in Attala, Holmes, Monroe and Warren Counties. Officials were still working to assess the total damage in Choctaw and Yazoo counties.

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Derogatory statements about diversity upsetting, baffling It is unfortunate that, in this day and age, we still witness diversity issues. Individuals tend to turn the other cheek whenever these issues arise, but it still is a constant problem even on our diverse campus. At the University of Tennessee, we pride ourselves for accepting people of different races, backgrounds, genders, sexual orientation, religion and anything else which falls under the category of diversity. I sometimes feel that individuals on our campus have forgotten this and continue to openly express their discomfort with the subject of diversity, and it reflects poorly on our university as a whole. Any kind of derogatory statement is just distasteful and not only poorly represents the student population at UT, but it also affect other things such as retention rates for the future. Just remember what your preschool teacher once told you: If you cannot say anything nice, do not say it at all. It is quite upsetting having to remind college students of such a simple concept such as this.

Sam Thiesen Sophomore in political science

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This letter is written in response to Waqas Ahmad’s April 15 letter to the editor. I am curious: What first-hand knowledge does Ahmad have about the incident that was the subject of Dunham’s letter? Is he an Iraqi? Has he done anything to defend the Iraqi civilians being attacked by terrorists or despot rulers? Does he think American soldiers would intentionally kill civilians?

Most, if not all, of the American soldiers would rather be anywhere else in the world than Iraq, and they most definitely have nightmares about civilians that have been killed by their actions. by Apparently Ahmad shares their sentiments as to where they would or would not like to be since Anna Parker he is in America and not Iraq. It is easy to criticize from afar when you are ignorant of the facts.

The soldiers that have been maimed and killed by “innocent civilians” are many. Ahmad needs to visit the hospitals that are trying to put the mutilated soldiers back together after they have been blown to pieces by civilian-built IEDs, civilian snipers, civilian homicide bombers, etc. and take I want to use the last op-ed of my undergraduate career to thank The Daily those with views similar to his with him. He should also visit some of the cemeteries where brave Beacon for the opportunities it creates for soldiers that died helping civilians around the world have been buried. His opinion of America’s students. I don’t think many people at the finest citizens might change if he made these visits and became aware of their sacrifices.

University of Tennessee understand that the kind of newspaper we have is something of a Respectfully, rarity among schools in the United States.

Jack Connard Every school morning we take for granted that USAF veteran The Daily Beacon is available in most buildings on campus and even many offcampus locations.

We browse through it while we are eating I was astounded and disappointed in the decision to run the article on the female orgasm on the breakfast or before a class starts. We do the front page of The Daily Beacon on April 14. As I travel across the state, I come in contact with many crossword puzzle when we should be taking youth and adults who have varying impressions of the University of Tennessee. Many are related to class notes. You find out about a campus athletics, tuition, changes in leadership, etc. I also have the opportunity to host guests to the campus protest that happened the night before. You for assistance in their profession as well as families who accompany their young people considering read an op-ed that you hate. Wow, you think, I the university as a choice to further their education. can’t believe they actually accept people into Having two daughters and a spouse who attended and graduated from UT, I have experienced how the university like this, much less let them the university hosts visits to the campus, trying to make a good impression on prospective students. I write for a student publication. Two days later would say the article on orgasm would have offended most of the clientele I work with across the in a letter to the editor, you find out someone state. I can imagine the parents of a prospective student thinking if this is what the university thinks else shares this opinion. Most of my friends is important enough for front-page coverage, then I am sending my son or daughter to a place where who go to universities other than UT, the priorities are much different than this. Coverage in The Daily Beacon is one thing, but front-page however, do not have a newspaper like The coverage on this subject is, in my opinion, an indication of very poor judgment on the part of the editorial Daily Beacon. The newspapers at their schools might come out once a month. Few people staff. read them. My younger sister, who goes to a private college, recently admitted that she was Emmit L. Rawls unsure as to whether or not her school even Professor of agricultural economics had a newspaper.

“Yes,” her boyfriend assured her, “we have a school paper — I think I’ve read it at least once.”

One of the best experiences I have had while in college is writing my weekly op-ed DOONESBURY • Garry Trudeau for The Daily Beacon. I remember knowing about three weeks into freshman year that I definitely wanted to write op-eds. People like Michael Lumley, Amien Essif, Dylan Meggs and Tim Weatherall were already writing for the paper at the time, and while I was

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impressed with their work, I was definitely like, “Hey, I can do this.” When the spring came, I turned in my writing samples, and I think I probably called Jane Pope at least three times to make sure The Daily Beacon had received my application.

The next fall I would write an op-ed that received, well, mixed reviews to put it lightly.

The op-ed would inspire two forums on campus that would, for the most part, only serve to malign the column and me. The number of letters that I received in support of the column, however, would confirm my belief that this was a topic that desperately needed to be brought to light, even if we all had different opinions concerning its resolution.

The Daily Beacon served as a place for the debate to continue, as letters to the editor from all viewpoints on this issue were published for weeks to come. While I stand by the op-ed today, I did, for the first time, realize that there could be repercussions for political incorrectness. The Daily Beacon, however, did publish the column, and the publication continues to give a voice to students representing all viewpoints. Every week Amien Essif, Sam Smith, Treston Wheat and I write op-eds that attest to The Daily Beacon’s commitment to remain editorially independent. The publication truly serves this university as the student body’s public forum.

If you have been reading The Daily Beacon and feel that you too have something to contribute, I would encourage you to get involved with the publication as soon as possible. With my first year of law school only months away, I can’t help but think of moving into Strong Hall only three years ago. You can’t even live in Strong Hall anymore! My undergraduate years have gone by so fast. I love the fact that in 40 years I can look back at my op-eds and know exactly who I was, what I was thinking when I was only 19. I suppose my only real fear is that I’ll look back at all of the op-eds about big government, taxes and welfare ... and think, Oh god, those were the good days. Thanks, Daily Beacon.

— Anna Parker is senior in English literature. She can be reached at aparke23@utk.edu.

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In the 25 columns I’ve written preceding this one, it’s no secret that I’ve often been critical of leaders of the Republican Party for, among other things, being petty, lying for political gain and fanning the flames of anger, hatred and fear. Just when I thought that things perhaps couldn’t get worse, last week Arizona’s Republicans proved me wrong.

The first step was when the Arizona House of Representatives decided to create a bill which would force presidential candidates to show their birth certificates before appearing on the state’s ballot. It’s quite obvious why this is of significant importance.

After all, I’m sure the No. 1 issue on the minds of Arizonans is not jobs, taxes, health care, the environment or anything of the like but, instead, birth certificates.

Somehow that just doesn’t add up, does it?

No, instead, this was clearly a dig at President Obama from a group of people who still haven’t moved on from November 2008. It’s kind of ballsy considering Arizona was the home state of two Republican presidential nominees (Barry Goldwater in 1964 and John McCain in 2008) who actually weren’t born on American soil. I guess the only thing I can do now is thank God for perhaps the lone sane Republican in the room, Secretary of State Ken Bennet who realizes that this bill is unconstitutional, as states aren’t permitted to set criteria for federal elections.

The facts notwithstanding, they passed this anyway, and now we await action in the Senate. Funny enough, State Rep. Cecil Ash, who voted for the bill, told Anderson Cooper, “I believe that Obama was born in the United States, but this is a divisive issue.” Really?

Divisive? For whom? I would be surprised if

there existed anyone with more than five teeth in his mouth who believes that Obama wasn’t born in America. But Arizona didn’t just stop here.

Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law a bill that would essentially make it a crime to “look illegal.” First let’s get one thing straight, Brewer is a loser, and if that’s not clear from her press conference after signing that bill, then I don’t know what is. Perhaps she decided to play it safe for her first election as governor and make a name for herself since she represents everything that Republicans don’t like: She is a tax increaser, she is an unknown who was appointed to her current position, and for 27 years, she’s been in public service (remember, Republican primary voters might say she’s never held a “real job”). It’s not unlike her to pull these little political stunts like rescinding domestic partnerships granted to state employees, ending the children’s state health insurance program and attempting to sue the federal government over health-care reform even though the Arizona attorney general said flat-out, “No.” According to the bill, police are now required by law to stop people who they “suspect for any reason might be an illegal immigrant.” Maybe the police in Arizona know something that I don’t, but I’m not exactly sure what an “illegal immigrant” looks like. I suspect that when this political mess hits the fan, the “illegal look” is code for Latino, because Lord knows there are no Hispanics in Arizona who are legal citizens.

Why Brewer signed this bill is unclear, but what is certain is that it plays into a resurgence of the “Know Nothing” antiimmigrant prejudices from the mid-19th century and that it will open the floodgates to racial and ethnic profiling, blatant violations of civil liberties and cases of cops overstepping their boundaries. It’s un-American and, quite frankly, shameful and insulting.

— Sam Smith is a junior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at ssmit162@utk.edu.

Monday, April 26, 2010

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Suspicion of polygamy stokes veil debate The Associated Press PARIS — She was fined for driving a car with a veil covering all but her eyes. Now her husband is suspected of polygamy.

The situation appears to be a boon to President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is trying to rush through controversial legislation forbidding burqa-style Islamic veils that cover the face on the grounds they don’t respect French values or women’s dignity. But it has stoked debate and might backfire on legal grounds.

Many Muslims fear a law banning face-covering veils because they say targeting the tiny minority of women who cover their faces stigmatizes France’s entire Muslim community — at an estimated 5 million people, the largest in western Europe.

The revelation last week that a police officer cited a 31-year-old woman in Nantes for driving with apparel that hinders vision provided a taste of what is in store for France if a measure banning face-covering veils is passed, as expected.

The government said after Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting that Sarkozy wants a law banning such veils even in the streets, despite the conclusions of a report by France’s Council of State saying such a law might not pass constitutional muster — in France or in the European Union. The bill will be introduced in May, government spokesman Luc Chatel said.

Some lawmakers in Sarkozy’s party want it fast-tracked to pass by the end of July.

Belgium also plans a full ban on Islamic garments that cover the face and was expected

to be the first EU country to institute one, until the collapse last week of the Belgian government. That legislation is on hold, and France could become the first EU country with such a law.

The veiled woman, who has not been identified by name, decided to contest her euro22 ($29) fine after being cited in early April for wearing a “niqab” that covers all but the eyes — thrusting the case into the national spotlight.

The affair took a twist Friday when Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux asked for an investigation of the woman’s husband based on suspicions he is married to at least 3 other women — and allegedly profiting from state subsidies for single women provided to each of the wives.

If true, Hortefeux wants the French citizenship of the husband, born in Algeria, revoked.

The probe will determine whether the man was married to four women in French civil ceremonies, which would be highly unlikely. Were he married in religious ceremonies by imams in Algeria or in France, these unions would not count as marriages under French law, said Rabah Hached, a Paris lawyer who specializes in immigration issues.

In that case, each of the officially unmarried women could potentially receive state aid for her children.

“It’s not forbidden to have a mistress,” Hached said by telephone. While stressing he does not know details of the case, Hached said that “I strongly suspect this gentleman we’re talking about is within his rights.”

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The state prosecutor in Nantes, Xavier Ronsin, said on France-Info radio that the investigation “into complex family or financial situations must not be (carried out) too rapidly.”

The husband, whose robed image has been flashed around France by TV, has only identified himself by his initials: LH. Neighbors confirm he is Lies Hebbadj, head of a recently opened halal butcher shop. He has not yet addressed questions about his situation.

Still, the timing could not have been better for Sarkozy who has striven to revive what he says is a loss of basic French values and who portrays himself as a friend of victims — in this case women he claims are forced by husbands to cover their faces.

Sarkozy is sinking in polls and his conservative party was trounced in March regional elections. Some Socialist rivals suggested the arrest of the woman with a suspect husband was a setup.

“The government takes the French for idiots and our Muslim compatriots for scapegoats,” Socialist lawmaker Jean-Marie Le Guen said Sunday on the itele TV news channel.

The leading Socialist lawmaker, Jean-Marc Ayrault, who represents the Nantes region, denounced “manipulation.” The man’s situation “has been known for several months, even several years, by state services, justice and social services,” he said on France-Info radio.

France’s Muslim leaders have consistently said the veil debate is stigmatizing Muslims, like a debate on national identity that largely

was viewed as anti-Muslim, anti-immigration forum. This weekend, Muslim officials in Nantes said in a statement they were “indignant at the Islamization” of the Muslim woman’s traffic citation.

The question of banning face-covering veils was first broached last June when Sarkozy told parliament that such garments are “not welcome” in France, a message he repeated last month.

The issue blossomed into a major debate, recalling the enmity dividing politicians and citizens before France outlawed Muslim headscarves and other “ostentatious” religious symbols from classrooms in 2004.

The Interior Ministry estimates no more than 1,900 Muslim women wear attire that hides the face. But a parliamentary inquiry launched a six-month inquiry and concluded, like the Council of State, a ban is needed to ensure respect for French values but should not concern street dress.

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Immigration Minister Eric Besson, in an interview in Sunday’s Le Parisien newspaper, agreed there was a limited but present risk factor.

He added, however, that he did not foresee “an instant demand for the person to remove her scarf.”

“But there could be fines. That would make people reflect.”

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Afghan schoolgirls fall ill; poison feared The Associated Press KABUL — Dozens of Afghan schoolgirls have fallen ill in recent days after reporting a strange odor in their classrooms in northern Afghanistan, prompting an investigation into whether they were targeted by militants who oppose education for girls or victims of mass hysteria.

Either way, the reports from three schools within 2 miles (3 kilometers) of one another in Kunduz province have raised alarm in a city threatened by the Taliban and their militant allies.

The latest cases occurred Sunday, when 13 girls became sick, Kunduz provincial spokesman Mahbobullah Sayedi said. Another 47 complained of dizziness and nausea the day before, and 23 fell ill last Wednesday.

All complained of a strange smell in class before they fell ill.

“I came out from the main hall, and I saw lots of other girls scattered everywhere,” Anesa, a 9-year-old who was hospitalized briefly Sunday, told The Associated Press. “Then suddenly, I felt that I was losing my balance and falling.”

None of the illnesses was serious and the girls were only hospitalized for a short time. The Health Ministry said blood samples were inconclusive and were being sent to Kabul for further testing to determine the cause of the illnesses.

“This is a matter of concern not only for us but for the families,” Sayedi said, blaming the sicknesses on “enemies” who oppose education for girls.

In the capital of Kabul, President Hamid Karzai’s spokesman, Waheed Omar, said any attempt to keep girls out of school is a “terrorist act.”

Kunduz had been relatively quiet

until a few years ago when Taliban activity began to increase, threatening NATO supply routes south from Central Asia. Late Saturday, NATO and Afghan troops killed one militant and detained several others in Kunduz province.

Girls were not allowed to attend school when the Taliban controlled most of Afghanistan. The group was ousted from power in the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. The Taliban and other conservative extremist groups have been known to target schoolgirls.

In one of the most chilling attacks, men on motorbikes sprayed acid from squirt guns and water bottles onto 15 schoolgirls and teachers in 2008 as they walked to a girls school in Kandahar, the southern city that is the spiritual birthplace of the militant movement.

Previous cases of sudden illness in schools have left families too frightened to send their daughters to school.

Last year, dozens of girls were hospitalized in Kapisa province, just northeast of Kabul, after many collapsed with headaches and nausea following reports of a strange odor in their schoolyard.

The Taliban was blamed, but research into similar mass sickenings elsewhere has suggested that some might be the result of group hysteria.

Elsewhere in Afghanistan on Sunday, hundreds of people blocked a main road in Logar province, west of Kabul, and burned several trucks to protest what they said were civilian deaths in NATO operations. They gathered hours after NATO said coalition troops killed several insurgents and captured a Taliban sub-commander.

“The man they killed was a schoolteacher and a mullah,” said businessman Jan Mohammed. “They killed him inside his house and because of that the people came and burned my gas station, my car and my house.”

He complained that if NATO thought

the mullah was with the Taliban, “they should have arrested him at his school not gone to his house at midnight.”

“The people are very angry. They are saying these people killed are innocent civilians,” provincial spokesman Din Mohammad Darwesh said.

Civilian deaths caused by U.S. and other international forces are highly sensitive in Afghanistan. Public outrage over such deaths prompted the top commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, last year to tighten the rules on the use of airstrikes and other weaponry if civilians are at risk.

Last week, hundreds of residents in Logar protested another NATO operation, saying they were not convinced the victims were actually Taliban fighters. Logar is a strategic province because it controls southern land routes into Kabul, allowing weapons, explosives and fighters to move into the capital.

Also Sunday, NATO said a helicopter belonging to a civilian contractor made an emergency landing in Farah due to mechanical problems. There were no reports of injuries, NATO said. The Taliban claimed they shot down the helicopter.

In southeastern Afghanistan, a suicide bomber attacked private security guards while they were at a bazaar, killing four Afghans and wounding 12, the government said.

Two of the dead and five of the wounded worked for the U.S. Protection and Investigations security firm, an Interior Ministry statement said. The other victims were civilians.

The Houston-based company could not immediately be reached for comment.

The suicide attacker, who was on foot, targeted the guards at a bazaar in Sahjoy district of Zabul province, the ministry said.

Monday, April 26, 2010

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ENTERTAINMENT

Concert provides entertaining mix Zac Ellis Assistant Sports Editor At the ripe age of 42, country singer Tim McGraw is hardly a new name on the country music scene.

But McGraw’s “Southern Voice Tour,” the newest in McGraw’s line of crosscountry concert series, rolled into Knoxville’s Thompson-Boling Arena on Friday night with the attitude and energy of nothing less than an established honkytonk veteran.

McGraw’s most recent tour, which shares the name of the Louisiana native’s 10th studio album, pitted the country icon with newcomers Lady Antebellum, whose youthful on-stage charisma comfortably contrasted with McGraw’s rough-aroundthe-edges tunes, some more than a decade old.

Still, the pairing of McGraw and Antebellum resulted in an entertaining show for the thousands of country fans in attendance.

Antebellum’s duo of lead singers Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott lit up the stage early with its first-ever single, “Love

Don’t Live Here,” a song that hit No. 3 in 2008’s Hot Country Songs chart. Fan favorites such as “I Run to You” and “Lookin’ for a Good Time” preceded the group’s most recent singles, “Need You Now” and “American Honey,” as the duo’s on-stage chemistry genuinely illustrated the basis of each song.

McGraw picked up where Lady Antebellum left off, entering the stage with his 2002 No. 1 hit, “Real Good Man.” With a career dating back to 1993’s selftitled album, “Tim McGraw,” McGraw manages to combine his early hits with his most recent tracks for a show filled with two decades worth of music.

McGraw fans would notice the singer’s early hits “Something Like That,” “Just to See You Smile” and “I Like It, I Love It” intertwined with the today’s “Let It Go” and the song that influenced the name of McGraw’s, “Southern Voice.” McGraw even threw in his own rendition of Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer,” a surprise hit off the 2002 album “Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors.”

Though McGraw’s music undoubtedly developed side by side with the last two

decades of country music, a sound that arguably traded twang for pop in many respects, songs like “Back When” show how the singer maintains the true country feel of when he entered the scene.

Despite the plethora of hits, McGraw appeared to lose the crowd on a handful of occasions with a few less-than-popular tunes. Only die-hard McGraw fans may recognize songs like “Sing Me Home” and “Everybody Hates Me.” McGraw even brought out The Warren Brothers, McGraw’s songwriting partners and a cellar-dwelling country duo, for an acoustic set that ultimately lulled the audience to sleep.

Still, McGraw’s “Southern Voice” tour featured much of what McGraw fans expect from a staple of country music: genuine southern storytelling through the eyes of someone who has been there and done that. The team of McGraw and Antebellum illustrated a perfect youngand-old show that easily translated to the mixture of age groups within the audience, and the two acts exemplified how all it takes for an entertaining show is a true “Southern Voice.”

‘Dr. Death’ center of HBO biography film The Associated Press DETROIT — Jack Kevorkian says assisted suicide has been “discussed to death.”

The assisted suicide advocate known as “Dr. Death” said Thursday the HBO biographical movie “You Don’t Know Jack” is unlikely to inspire much action, but he’s delighted and honored by the “superbly done” film about his crusade.

“It may stimulate a little more discussion — maybe even a little more probing discussion,” Kevorkian told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “But it won’t stimulate anybody to act, I’m sure.”

The 82-year-old from Michigan has claimed he attended more than 130 deaths before being convicted of second-degree murder in 1999. He said only the threat of returning to prison

keeps him from assisting in any more suicides.

Kevorkian, who was released from prison nearly three years ago and spends much of his time writing books, said he continues to provide “moral courage” to the cause. Still, he’s not interested in merely rekindling the debate he helped spur 20 years ago.

He started making headlines on June 4, 1990, when the body of a woman with Alzheimer’s disease was found in his van at an Oakland County park. Janet Adkins, 54, of Portland, Ore., received a lethal dose of drugs by pressing a button on a machine developed by Kevorkian.

“You’ll hear people say, ‘Well, it’s in the news again, it’s time for discussing this further.’ No it isn’t. It’s been discussed to death,” he said.

“There’s nothing new to say about it. It’s a legitimate eth-

ical medical practice as it was in ancient Rome and Greece.”

Kevorkian attended a reception and screening of “You Don’t Know Jack” Thursday evening at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

The Detroit Free Press reported that the audience of about 500 gave Kevorkian a standing ovation.

The film debuts Saturday night on HBO and features Al Pacino as Kevorkian.

Kevorkian walked the red carpet last week with Pacino at the New York premiere of the film and had high praise for the actor — “down-toearth” — and his perform-

ance — “superb.”

Kevorkian’s friend and attorney Mayer Morganroth said the pair hit it off, speaking for hours at dinner afterward. More than once, Morganroth said, Pacino told Kevorkian that it was an honor to play him.

“It’s a high honor for me,” Kevorkian said. “You feel an immediate surge of gratitude and pride.”

When asked how his own epitaph should read, Kevorkian said it should reflect what he believes to be his “real virtue.”

“I am quite honest. I have trouble lying. I don’t like people who lie,” he said.

Kevorkian, who said he finds the greatest dishonesty in politics, actually ran for Congress in 2008 as an independent in the suburban Detroit congressional district won by Democrat Gary Peters. He promoted the Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which protects rights not explicitly

specified elsewhere in the Constitution such as dying through assisted suicide.

The amendment became the topic for a book he wrote while in prison, “Amendment IX: Our Cornucopia of Rights.”

“All law can do is stop you from exercising your rights,” he said.

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DeRocco, Wright voted captains of swim team Staff Reports The Tennessee swimming and diving team isn’t wasting any time preparing for next season. The team recently elected its team captains to lead them into 2011 — seniors Michael DeRocco and Michael Wright.

“Both of these guys are natural leaders,” head coach John Trembley said. “The guys are excited, and I can say that the coaches are excited as well. We have to have leadership from the captains, from the coaches and from every single guy on our team — they all have to be leaders.”

DeRocco came to Tennessee as the swimmer who broke John Trembley’s 35-year-old New York State High School 50 freestyle record. The Niskayuna, N.Y., native will be one of the Vols key returners next season; DeRocco boasts three All-

America certificates and six honorable mention All-Americas in his three years on The Hill. After his freshman campaign, DeRocco made the SEC All-Freshman Team for his performance in the 50 freestyle. DeRocco swam to seven wins during the 2009-10 season.

“We need to pick it up to succeed next year,” DeRocco said.

“Next year is now. We have to start preparing now and not wait. Next season starts now.

“I want to create the best environment for the team that I can. I want to help each guy in any way I can and make it the best year for them.”

After an outstanding redshirt year, which saw him claim a historic USA Diving one-meter diving national championship, the team selected Wright as captain. The Forest Park, Ill., native came to Tennessee after a successful junior college career at Indian River Community College. As a two-time

National Junior College Athletic Association champion and record holder, Wright didn’t surprise anyone in Knoxville when he became the first African-American to ever win a USA Diving national title.

“We’ll have a strong team next season,” Wright said. “We have a lot of experienced guys coming back next season, and we have a lot of guys with big potential.

“We are thinking big. We want to take it to the next level in dual-meets, at the SECs and taking guys to the NCAAs.” Trembley’s Vols head into the 2010-11 season returning nine student-athletes who have achieved All-America or honorable mention All-America status and 12 with NCAA championship experience.

“This team is poised to learn from some of the mistakes we’ve made and come back next year rejuvenated,” Trembley said. “They will come back ready to get the job done.”

Brown, Holmes selected to Community Service Team Staff Reports Tennessee golfers Ginny Brown and David Holmes are among two dozen studentathletes named Thursday to the 2010 Men’s and Women’s Golf Community Service Team.

Brown was chosen for the second consecutive season.

In addition to numerous volunteer activities, both Brown and Holmes participated in the SEC’s “Together We Can” food drive, collecting cans and money for the Second Harvest Food Bank.

They are regulars in local golf clinics and helped collect Christmas gifts for lower income kids as part of “Teams for Toys.”

Brown participated in “Cuts for the Cure,” raising money for Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Awareness.

She volunteered with the Pen Pal Program, authoring letters to a classroom of lowerincome elementary students to encourage writing while becoming a role model.

Brown also helped prepare meals for the homeless, collected donations for Haiti

earthquake relief for the American Red Cross and helped build homes for Habitat for Humanity.

A senior from Austin, Texas, Brown is fourth on the Big Orange with a 76.67 stroke average and has three top-25 finishes this season.

She helped lead Tennessee to back-to-back tournament victories in October, as the Lady Vols captured the MercedesBenz Women’s Classic and the Alamo Invitational.

At the Mercedes-Benz, she set career records for score (1-under 215) and place (third). A year ago, Brown had the best finish of any SEC competitor at the NCAA Championships, taking 16th.

Holmes volunteered with The Love Kitchen, helping to feed the homeless and needy.

He also participated in the Bethany Children’s Services Golf Tournament, raising funds for a local children’s home.

The senior captain from Knoxville is second on the team with a 72.90 stroke average and owns UT’s low round of the season, a 65 at February’s Battle at the Beach

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UT’s David Holmes was named to the 2010 Men’s and Women’s Golf Community Service Team on Thursday. Holmes joins Lady Vol golfer, Ginny Brown among UT student-athletes honored for exceptional community service. in California. His best finish was sixth as he helped the Vols win the season-opening Carpet Capital Collegiate for the first time in school history.

Both the men’s and women’s golf teams are awaiting word on NCAA regional competition.

The women’s regionals are May 6-8 at three locations, and UT needs a top-eight finish to earn a bid to the NCAA finals for the sixth time in seven years. This year’s NCAA Women’s Championships take place May 18-21 in Wilmington, N.C.

The men’s regionals are set for May 20-22, and Tennessee needs to finish in the top five at one of the six locales to reach what would be a special tournament experience for the Vols. This year’s NCAA Men’s Championships take place June 2-5 at The Honors Course in Ooltewah.

The Southeastern Conference sponsors community service teams in all 20 sports. The community service team looks to highlight studnet-athletes from the SEC who give back to their local areas in superior service efforts.

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Six former Vols selected in 2010 NFL Draft

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Tennessee saw six former players taken during this weekend’s 2010 NFL Draft. UT’s Eric Berry, taken by Kansas City fifth overall, was the highest UT draft pick since Jamal Lewis (No. 5) in 2000.

Staff Reports The Tennessee football team had three former players selected Saturday in the late rounds of the NFL Draft. Guard Jacques McClendon, tackle Chris Scott and quarterback Jonathan Crompton heard their names called on day three after safety Eric Berry, defensive tackle Dan Williams and running back Montario Hardesty were selected in the first two rounds on Thursday and Friday.

The first Vol off the board on Saturday was McClendon, who was selected 129th overall in the fourth round by the Indianapolis Colts. McClendon will be asked to bolster a Colts’ offensive line that protects all-everything quarterback and former UT star Peyton Manning.

The Pittsburgh Steelers grabbed another UT offensive lineman, Scott, in the fifth round at 151st overall. Scott is expected to move inside and play guard for the Steelers, joining anoth-

er former UT lineman in Ramon Foster, who signed with the Steelers as a free agent after completing his eligibility at Tennessee in 2008.

Crompton certainly deserved a happy ending to his tumultuous collegiate career, and he got exactly that when he was selected by the San Diego Chargers with the 168th overall pick in the fifth round. Crompton joins signal-callers Philip Rivers and Billy Volek on the Chargers roster heading into summer workouts and training camp.

Notes on the Vols in the 2010 NFL Draft • Tennessee’s two first-round selections (Eric Berry and Dan Williams) give UT seven first-round picks in the last five drafts.

That mark is tied atop the Southeastern Conference along with Florida and LSU. • Tennessee had a total of six players selected, which is the

most in one draft since 2007 (also six).

• UT’s six selections ranks third in the SEC behind Florida (9) and Alabama (7).

• The 2010 draft is the 25th time in the 75-year history of the event that Tennessee has had at least six players selected.

• Eric Berry (fifth overall) is the highest UT draft pick since Jamal Lewis in 2000. Lewis was also selected fifth overall.

• Dan Williams is the 13th Tennessee defensive lineman selected in the NFL Draft since 2000.

• Montario Hardesty (59th overall) is the highest-selected UT running back since Travis Henry was selected 58th overall in the 2001 draft.

• Jonathan Crompton is the third UT quarterback selected since Peyton Manning was taken first overall in 1998 (Erik Ainge in 2007 and Tee Martin in 2000).

• Tennessee has not had multiple offensive linemen selected in one draft since 2002 (Fred Weary and Reggie Coleman).

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Lady Vol hat trick highlights Penn Relays UT’s Phoebe Wright secures win for second sweep of relays in two seasons

April 27 - May 1, 2010

Terrence Boone Staff Writer

Tuesday, April 27 — Baseball Belmont Knoxville 6 p.m.

Friday, April 30 — Baseball Kentucky Knoxville 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 1 — Women’s Rowing Princeton Princeton, N.J. 9 a.m.

Baseball Kentucky Knoxville 4 p.m.

Softball Alabama DH-1 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 4 p.m.

Softball Alabama DH-2 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 7:30 p.m.

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“Both of these guys are natural leaders. ...

We have to have leadership from captains, from the coaches and from every single guy on our team — they all have to be leaders.”

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– UT head swimming coach John Trembley on his squad’s captains for next year, rising seniors Michael DeRocco and Michael Wright

The UT Lady Vol track and field team captured three relay victories at the 116th Pen Relays in Philadelphia over the weekend. The trio of victories was UT’s second consecutive hat trick of relays at the event in two years.

On a day that saw 54,310 fans pack the house at University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field, the Tennessee men’s and women’s track and field teams put on quite a display on the oval.

The Lady Vols secured relay wins in the distance medley relay, 4x800m relay and 4x1500m relay. The final relay win may have been the hardest to come by, as senior Phoebe Wright held off LSU’s LaTavia Thomas down the final straight away to assure the win.

UT Director of Track and Field J.J. Clark noted Wright’s resilience in helping the team win races.

“Phoebe has been involved in every major relay win the past three years,” Clark said. “She is obviously very tough and a great competitor, and she finds a way to get it done week in and week out.”

On the way to their second consecutive relay sweep, in winning all three relays in back-to-back years, the Lady Vols entered the 4x1500m relay race with hometown Villanova and got everything it could handle from the Wildcats. The Big Orange unit consisted of Wright, senior Jackie Areson, and sophomores Chanelle Price and Brittany Sheffey. With Areson putting UT ahead and Sheffey maintaining the lead, it was up to Wright to hold on for the win.

Price had a lot of confidence that Wright would come through when the race was on the line.

“Every time she (Wright) gets the stick to anchor, you’re very confident that she’s going to win,” Price said. “She has so much heart. When I saw her get a little bit into the lead, something inside me said, ‘We’ve got this.’”

Evander Wells led the way for the men. In his last Penn Relay meet competing for the Vols, the senior Wells finished third in the 100-meter dash championship race with a time of 10.40 seconds. He also helped key the 4x200m relay team to a sixth-place finish in the Championship of America finals with the help of fellow seniors John Hewitt and Kyle Stevenson and sophomore Deaundra Dailey.

Clark was very pleased at the effort displayed by the men.

“Overall we accomplished a lot this weekend, and I believe we had a good productive day,” Clark said. “Evander tying a season best, running into a headwind is pretty exciting, and the 4x2 getting in a good run for sixth. Competition is very, very steep, and we don’t run this event much, so it’s good to get an opportunity to put a good 200 group out on the track.”

In the other Championship of America race, the 4x800m relay team of junior Peter Sigilai, sophomores Emerson Peacock and Joe Franklin and freshman Terrance Livingston nailed down fifth place despite a stacked field with teams such as Oregon, Penn State and event winner Virginia.

Hewitt represented the orange and white very well, as he managed a fifth-place finish in the 400 meter in a time of 51.90 seconds. Sophomore Desmond Brown also finished fifth in the long jump, posting a season-best jump of 24-5 3/4.

Pole vaulters Brad Holtz and Robert Rasnick attained seventh and ninth place finishes respectively after both cleared the bar at 16-6 3/4.