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Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Issue 70

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Trustees to vote on agriculture chancellor Rob Davis Staff Writer

Man pleads guilty in attack on Milwaukee mayor MILWAUKEE — A 21year-old man has pleaded guilty to beating Milwaukee's mayor during an argument at the Wisconsin State Fair. Anthony Peters pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree reckless injury, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. In a deal with prosecutors, he also pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and bail-jumping. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss three related charges and recommend a nine-year prison sentence. Defense attorney Anthony Cotton says his client was guilty and wanted to admit it. Authorities say Peters was arguing with his daughter's grandmother last August when Mayor Tom Barrett heard cries for help and intervened. A criminal complaint says Barrett punched Peters before Peters hit the mayor with a metal object.

As the UT College of Agriculture prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary, the Board of Trustees will vote on a proposal to name Joseph DiPietro Chancellor of the College of Agriculture. The proposal is the work of UT Interim President Jan Simek. “With the title of chancellor, Dr. Joseph DiPietro, as chief academic officer for the agriculture campus, would be given latitude and authority needed in the tenure and promotion process,” Lorna Norwood, director of marketing and communications for the UT Agriculture Institute, said. UT Chancellor Jimmy Cheek manages the faculty and staff for the entire university. With this change, DiPietro will be responsible for overseeing faculty and staff members for the Institute of Agriculture in much the same man-

ner. The Institute of Agriculture consists of the College of Veterinary Medicine, the College of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, UT Extension and the UT Agricultural Experiment Station. “The Institute of Agriculture would continue its joint relationship with UT-Knoxville in their shared responsibilities for the UTIA (University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture) Colleges of Agricultural and Natural Resources and the College of Veterinary Medicine,” Norwood said. DiPietro, like the chancellors at UT-Chattanooga, UT-Martin and other campuses within the UT System, will report directly to the UT president. “Dr. DiPietro supports this change and believes it is a good decision for the Institute of Agriculture,” Norwood said.

DiPietro currently serves as the vice president of the Institute of Agriculture, which operates differently than other academic colleges that make up UT-Knoxville. “What makes the College of Agriculture unique is that it has its own administration staff,” Mary Albrecht, assistant dean for academic programs, said. “The college is still part of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, but it is administrated separately.” There is some history of the Institute of Agriculture being separated from the main campus. The main hall for the institute, Morgan Hall, was built at the same time as Ayers Hall and was also designed by the same architect. In the late 1990s, a bridge was built to connect the two areas of campus. Before this, the Institute of Agriculture was accessible almost solely by car or bus systems. Even with the change, the

College of Agriculture would operate as part of UT-Knoxville and would not become a separate entity. With the change, however, comes more control over the quality of faculty members hired within the college. Researchers for the College of Agriculture gather information about livestock and crops in all of Tennessee’s counties. This data gives Tennessee residents cohesive information about state agriculture since the state is so geographically diverse. In addition to gathering agricultural research for the state of Tennessee, the college provides students with a chance to study in different counties with research and education centers in several different locations. Although this proposal has already been made to the Board of Trustees, it will not be voted on until the board meets again in June.

Differential tuition to impact students in three UT colleges

Soldier arrested in assault on Ohio homeless man CINCINNATI — A soldier and another man have been arrested in the beating of a homeless man, and two other soldiers are suspects, police said Tuesday. Military police in Fort Knox, Ky., turned over 24year-old Riley Feller to the Hardin County, Ky., sheriff's office Tuesday. Feller was being held on a fugitive charge at the county jail. He will be arraigned Wednesday, pending extradition to Ohio. Cincinnati police say Feller, 24-year-old Michael Hesson of Cincinnati and two soldiers based at Fort Bragg, N.C., badly beat 52-year-old John Johnson on April 10 at a homeless encampment under a bridge. Police are getting arrest warrants for the two Fort Bragg soldiers, whose names weren't immediately released, said Detective Kristen Shircliff. Sachs CEO defends actions, investors got risk they sought WASHINGTON — The CEO of Goldman Sachs is testily defending his company's ethics and business practices during the nation's financial crisis, saying that customers buying securities from the investment house came looking for risk and that's what they got. Lloyd Blankfein told a Senate investigatory panel that clients wanted a security that would give them exposure to the housing market. He said that "unfortunately, the housing market went south very quickly ... so people lost money in it." Blankfein was the final witness in a daylong hearing on Goldman Sachs' behavior leading up to a government civil fraud charge earlier this month. — The Associated Press

Kyle Turner Staff Writer

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Students make their way up the hill to classes Monday, which marks the beginning of the countdown to the final day of classes on Friday, April 30.

Law team wins national contest Staff Reports A team from the UT College of Law has won the Giles Sutherland Rich moot court national championship in Washington, D.C. Composed of third level law student Josh Lee and second level law student Stephen Adams, the team won by a split decision over American University. The team won the Houston Regional to advance to the national finals, where the winners and runners-up from each of the four regions competed. In the national competition, Lee and Stephens defeated a team from Akron University, which had placed second in the Midwestern Regional, in the quarterfinal round and then a strong team from the University of California-Davis, first in the West, in the semifinal round. In the final round, the team had a unique opportunity to argue its case before Judges Alan D. Lourie, Alvin A. Schall and Timothy B. Dyk of the Federal Circuit.

Judge Lourie asked Lee if a case he had cited was still good law in light of a later Supreme Court decision and noted that he was particularly interested in the answer because he had written the opinion Lee had cited. “Please join me in congratulating national champions Josh and Stephen for bringing the championship to the University of Tennessee College of Law,” Gary Pulsinelli, team cocoach and professor in the college, said. “And thank you to all those who helped out by judging practice rounds, and also to my co-coach, Ken Hoffmeister.” In its 37th year, the Giles Sutherland Rich moot court competition is hosted by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and looks at problems in intellectual property law. The competition is named for a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit who was the most distinguished jurist in the field of patent law in the world.

Freshmen entering UT in the fall who major in nursing, business administration or engineering will face an unprecedented tuition hike specific to their colleges. Of the three colleges affected, junior and senior nursing students, undergraduate business students and all engineering students can expect an increase in tuition. The plan for differential tuition, approved by the Board of Trustees this February, will go into effect for the fall semester of 2010. Differential tuition is a percredit-hour charge and is expected to be a different rate for each college. Plans for differential tuition entail future increases at the same percentage rate as university tuition increases. Chancellor Jimmy Cheek credits the supply of jobs for graduating students in nursing, business administration and engineering as a reason for the increase in student demand. To meet student needs for these three colleges, extra funds are required to employ more faculty and purchase new technology, and the tuition increase is expected to help meet this demand. “Consequently, student demand for these areas of study is outpacing our ability to accommodate students,” Cheek said in a UT press release. “Without differential tuition, we will have to limit enrollment in these areas.” The new plan has not gone without strong research and input from faculty and students in the three colleges, Cheek said.

“UT-Knoxville students realize they are getting a topnotch education at an affordable price,” Cheek said in the release. “Students tell us they want to maintain and grow the caliber of their education because they know a UTKnoxville degree is a tremendous asset to their future.” All undergraduate students in the College of Business Administration will pay an extra $50 per credit hour, resulting in an additional $3,100 from sophomore, junior and senior years combined. “The number of undergrads majoring in business at UT has increased from about 2,500 five years ago to about 5,200 today,” Jan Williams, dean of the College of Business Administration, said. “The faculty size has declined from 120 to 114 during that same time period. Our budget was reduced in 2008 to 2009, as were the budgets of other UT colleges. Today, about 25 percent of the undergrads at UT major in business, and we have about 10 percent of the faculty.” Williams said the tuition increase was one of two options. “We essentially have two alternatives,” Williams said. “(We can) increase the amount students pay to major in business or reduce our size to about two-thirds the current size and then put in a mechanism to continue to reduce our student numbers as the faculty continues to decline in size.” Students echoed the same sentiments after taking part in forums offered about differential tuition. See TUITION on Page 3


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