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Bill passed to extend HOPE with hour cap New legislation to promote summer school, higher graduation rates, timelier graduations Robby O’Daniel News and Student Life Editor Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill into law Wednesday, making the HOPE Scholarship available for students during the summer, beginning Summer 2012, and placing a 120-hour cap on the scholarship’s use.

The HOPE changes will affect only students beginning at UT in Fall 2009 or later, and hours racked up using the scholarship before the bill’s signing on Wednesday will still count for those students toward their 120-hour cap.

Hours taken during Summer 2011 do not count toward the 120-hour count.

The bill had passed the state Senate by a vote of 27 to 1 and the state House by a vote of 96-0.

State Sen. Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville) said the bill fell in line with last year’s Complete College Tennessee Act, with its goal of ensuring students graduate and do so more quickly.

“We wanted to give students the flexibility to use their HOPE Scholarship any way they want throughout their college career, within the 120 hours it takes to complete a degree,” Tracy said. “This means students can use the HOPE Scholarship money for any semester offered at the university.”

There are exceptions in the bill for degrees that require more than 120 hours.

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) supported the bill.

THEC Associate Executive Director Will Burns said the 120-hour cap will help guide students toward a timely graduation.

“That will help focus students to completing their degree and getting out,” Burns said. “So the bill, in essence, dovetails with what was done last year in providing incentives to the colleges to educate the students quicker, and this just encourages students to do

the same thing.”

Students with double majors and triple majors, particularly current rising juniors, may be hit the hardest by the new provisions. In the middle of their college career,

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There are some real positives of it, in the sense

that it keeps students focused on

taking courses that are contributing toward their major.

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– Sally McMillan, UT Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, on making changes to the HOPE Scholarship

they are now under the 120-hour cap.

Burns said he understands where they are coming from but that the HOPE cannot provide for everything.

“Certainly that’s unfortunate because you do have students out there who are high achievers and certainly we don’t want to discourage that,” Burns said. “At the same time, the lottery scholarship was never designed to allow a student to pursue every academic pursuit that they have in their mind. Certainly we don’t want to discourage that, but at the same time, we can’t fund everything.”

Gina Stafford, UT assistant vice president and director of communications, said that about 2,200 UT students system-wide who received the HOPE Scholarship in Fall 2009 may have difficulty graduating with the 120hour cap.

“These estimates refer to a potential but not definite number of students,” Stafford said. “Every effort will be made to advise and assist students to facilitate graduation within the 120-hour cap.”

UT Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Sally McMillan thinks making the HOPE Scholarship available for the summer is a major positive change in the steps toward improving graduation rate.

“There’s good evidence that students who pick summer school are more likely to finish in four years,” McMillan said. “And it is clear that, when the HOPE Scholarship came in and students weren’t able to use it for the summer, we did see a big drop in summer school enrollment and an increase in the time it took students to finish their degrees.”

However, she is ambivalent on the 120-hour cap.

“There are some real positives of it, in the sense that it keeps students focused in taking courses that are contributing toward their major,” she said. “But it does limit students who are planning to take double majors and double minors. It also could potentially penalize students who don’t find their major their first year.”

Michigan professor named Arts dean Blair Kuykendall Editor-in-Chief Theresa M. Lee will become the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences on Jan. 1, 2012.

Lee is currently the chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan.

“Dr. Lee has excellent qualifications as a faculty member and as an administrator,” Provost Susan Martin said in a statement.

Lee currently manages a department of 70 faculty members and over 8,000 students. She serves as a professor of neuroscience and has worked in the same department since 1988.

“Dr. Lee is an outstanding researcher in the area of neuropsychology,” Martin said. “She leads a large, topranked department of psychology. She will bring to us a deep understanding of the needs of undergraduate students — psychology is our largest major — as well as the knowledge and experience of someone who has made significant advances in research and graduate education in her department. She will give us the perspective of a top-25 university.”

The College of Arts and Sciences at UT seats 9,000 students across 60 undergraduate and 50 graduate programs, making Lee’s experience with large-scale academic management critical to her success. The new dean will also oversee the administration of general education courses the college offers to all undergraduates.

Lee was selected after a thorough interview and selection process.

“The search for a dean involves a rigorous process of advertisement and recruitment,” Martin said. “A broadly based search committee screens applications and recommends candidates for on-campus interviews. The candidates meet with groups of faculty, students, staff and administrators. These individuals submit feedback about the candidate to the search committee. The committee then gives me its assessments of strengths and weaknesses of the candidates they wish to recommend.”

Interim dean Harry McSween is satisfied George Richardson • The Daily Beacon with the results of the extended selection Anthony Nokes, junior in aerospace engineering, enjoys a break from the day’s process.

“Dr. Lee is a great choice for the College activities in his hammock in the shadow of Ayres Hall on Wednesday, June 8.

of Arts and Sciences,” McSween said in a statement. “She is a very interesting person, who will bring a fresh perspective from her experience at the University of Michigan. I’m delighted that she will be our next dean.”

Lee has had a wide range of academic experiences, which will be useful in managing the college.

“She is part life scientist, part social scientist, with strong interests in the humanities and arts,” McSween said. “The college is very broad, and her interests and expertise encompass a large part of that. I also found her to be very engaging: She asks all the right questions, is very energetic and is excited about joining our university.”

At the beginning of next year, McSween will hand over his responsibilities to the new dean.

“When Dr. Lee assumes the position as dean in January, I will gladly return • Theresa M. Lee to my position as a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,” McSween said. “I am a co-investigator on several ongoing spacecraft missions, which I am anxious to get back to, and I miss seeing more of my students.”

Lee received her bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Indiana University.

For graduate study, Lee attended the University of Chicago and received her doctorate in bio-psychology.

She has worked on national committees for the Society of Neuroscience and the American Psychological Association and was also selected as a member on the board of the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology.

McSween will leave his interim position in capable hands, after a well orchestrated stint of leadership in a tough economic climate.

“This is a hard job,” McSween said. “It’s a huge college, and it seems like we in the dean’s office have to fight fires every day.

The associate deans and directors in the college are terrific, and I have really enjoyed the opportunity to work with our 21 wonderful department heads and with my bosses, the provost and the chancellor.

This has been a challenging year, planning for the impending budget cuts, but I think we and the heads have done a creditable job with minimal impact on our students.”

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Andrew Veeneman, junior in biosystems engineering, and Andreas Bastias, senior in economics, study Math 231 at Ray’s Place on Wednesday, June 8.

1856 - Mormon handcart pioneers depart for Salt Lake City In an extraordinary demonstration of resolve and fortitude, nearly 500 Mormons leave Iowa City and head west for Salt Lake City carrying all their goods and supplies in two-wheeled handcarts. Of all the thousands of pioneer journeys to the West in the 19th century, few were more arduous than those undertaken by the so-called Handcart Companies from 1856 to 1860.

The secular and religious leader of the Mormons, Brigham Young, had established Salt Lake City as the center of a new Utah sanctuary for the Latter-day Saints in 1847. In subsequent years, Young worked diligently to encourage and aid Mormons who made the difficult overland trek to the Great Salt Lake. In 1856, however, a series of poor harvests left the church with only a meager fund to help immigrants buy wagons and oxen. Young suggested a cheaper mode of travel: "Let them come on foot with handcarts or wheelbarrows; let them gird up their loins and walk through and nothing shall hinder or stay them."

Amazingly, many Mormons followed his advice. On this day in 1856, a band of 497 Mormons left Iowa City, Iowa, and began the more than 1,000-mile trek to Salt Lake City. They carried all their goods in about 100 two-wheeled handcarts, most of which were heaped with the maximum load of 400 to 500 pounds. Each family

usually had one cart, and the father and mother took turns pulling while any children old enough helped by pushing.

The handcart immigrants soon ran into serious problems. The Mormon craftsmen who had constructed the handcarts back in Iowa City had chosen to use wooden axles instead of iron in order to save time and money. Sand and dirt quickly wore down the wood, and water and heat made the axles splinter and crack. As the level terrain of the prairies gave way to the more rugged country of the Plains, the sheer physical challenge of hauling a 500-pound cart began to take its toll. One British immigrant who was a skilled carpenter wrote of having to make three coffins in as many days.

Some of the pilgrims gave up. Two girls in one handcart group left to marry a pair of miners they met along the way. The majority, however, struggled on and eventually reached the Salt Lake Valley.

Over the course of the next four years, some 3,000 Mormon converts made the overland journey by pushing and pulling heavyladen handcarts. Better planning and the use of iron axles made the subsequent immigrations slightly easier than the first, and some actually made the journey more quickly than if they had used oxdrawn wagons. Still, once the church finances had recovered, Young's followers returned to using conventional wagons. The handcart treks remained nothing less than heroic. One Mormon girl later estimated that she and her family had each taken over a million steps to reach their goal, pushing and pulling a creaking wooden handcart the entire way.

1891 - Cole Porter is born On this day in 1891, the great composer and lyricist Cole Porter—one of the most important American songwriters of the 20th century—is born in Peru, Indiana.

Cole Porter's legal birth certificate actually gives 1893 as the year of his birth rather than 1891, but that was a change engineered by his mother when she judged that 14-year-old Cole's budding musical talents would be even more impressive in a 12-year-old. Kate Porter and her domineering father, J.O. Cole, played a similarly active role in promoting Cole's success throughout his young life, even applying their considerable wealth and social standing to securing appearances as a soloist with the local student orchestras through the application of timely and generous financial contributions. Though his grandfather sent him off for an Ivy League education in the hopes that he would become an attorney, it was at Yale that Cole Porter first gained popularity as a writer of football fight songs and as a performer in the original lineup of the famous a cappella group the Whiffenpoofs. After an abortive attempt at law school at Harvard, Cole Porter committed himself to a career in music and left for New York in 1914.

—This Day in History courtesy of History.com

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Thirteen new sorority houses to be built Morgan Hill Sorority Village to provide members, chapters with spirit of community million mark once all construction has been completed.

The village will not only provide more space for sororiJamison Lanum ties but also more pride for its members, said Heather Staff Writer Zajac, recent UT graduate and alumna of Sigma Kappa.

“I think it’s a great idea to create unity among sororiFor the sororities at UT, the work currently under way ty members,” Zajac said. “The Panhellenic Building was on the 21-acre lot on the corner of Kingston Pike and great to build the foundations of this, since everyone was Neyland Drive is long overdue. in the same building. But after being on other SEC camLand set aside by the university in 2006 is nearly puses and seeing their sorority villages, there is a lot ready, soon allowing 13 of the 17 sororities at UT to start more pride construction on among the their houses in girls in each the Morgan Hill individual Sorority Village. s o ro r i t y, “It’s a great since they time for the have a place Greek communito go where ty at the they are all University of around each Te n n e s s e e , ” other, espeMollie Bailey, cially during donor relations recruitment.” and communicaWhile tions coordinaZajac was distor for the Office appointed to of Development, learn that her said.

“These pledge class girls will have a would not be meeting place to the first to get to know each live in the vilother, hold meetlage, she ings and really George Richardson • The Daily Beacon the just live togeth- Workers prepare for underground utility installations at the site of the future Sorority Village on Thursday, June 2. The land, which was knows p o s i t i v e er.” acquired by the university in 2006, will soon be ready for residential construction to begin for 13 of the 17 sororities in the Village. impact that it Bailey, an will have on alumna of Greek life and Kappa Kappa Gamma, knows this project couldn’t have the university as a whole. come at a better time, despite the transition from using a meeting space and offices within.

“The plan looks gorgeous, and I think it will help the Until now, sororities have relied on housing provided large multipurpose building for meeting space. campus greatly, especially when girls interested in joinby the university to keep their chapters living together “It’ll be different because they’re all in the Panhellenic ing a sorority are considering applying to UT,” she said. and the Panhellenic Building for holding meetings.

Building now, but we’ve just really outgrown the space,” “It would be nicer if it was closer on campus or to Frat Laurel Hall and Massey Hall have played hosts most Bailey said. “The chapter sizes have gotten larger, so Row, but I think overall it will really help the campus and recently. they needed to have these houses. They will provide the girls.”

The Morgan Hill Sorority Village will exceed the $45more space for each chapter and for the girls when they go through recruitment.”

The 13 houses that will be in the Morgan Hill Sorority Village are all funded through the individual chapters’ fundraising efforts. Sororities that were able to raise the money got a plot in the village. Houses will range from 9,000 to 17,000 square feet and will cost between $3 million and $5 million.

A central multipurpose building will also be built, partly funded by UT and Alpha Kappa Alpha, which will have its own designated

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Nathan Outlaw, junior in nuclear engineering, and Kristin Collins-Kindall, senior in animal science, study Chemistry120 at the new tables outside Ayres Hall Wednesday, June 8.

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Staff Column New festival tech a dubious advance Jake Lane Managing Editor It’s a sin, a travesty, an ironic folly of truly Greek proportions.

Of course I’m speaking of my inability to return to Bonnaroo this year. At this time last year I vowed to never return, partly out of personal beliefs which security and the Manchester PD thoroughly stomped into mud (along with a friend’s head), and partly out of a belief that the festival was past its prime.

Part of me still believes both of these observations to be true, but in studying logic I have come to realize one must often step outside of personal bias to discover the inherent value of an object, or in this case, a sweltering mudhole full of colorful characters on any number of illicit substances and a roster of top-notch acts from across the musical spectrum battling with the heat and Tennessee’s manic weather to put on occasionally transcendent performances (see: My Morning Jacket’s 2008 midnight to sunrise blowout, the Flaming Lips and Star Death and White Dwarves run through of “Dark Side of the Moon” last year).

Of course, there is another wonderful maxim which all college students and adults at some time encounter, that karmic tramp Murphy’s Law: anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. In this case, I was cleared for press access as with last year, but was unable to secure the scratch to fund the trip. Bummer time, right?

Naturally the first reaction was to beg, bargain and steal in any way possible to make the trip a go. Of course, that just stacks the odds against you even more.

So I instead chose the route of trying to change the name on the reservation, so that someone else could benefit from my misfortune. Again, no dice.

Thus I am left with this quandary: In the bowels of a radio station in Manchester, Tenn., a no doubt psychedelically adorned wristband is waiting with my name and ID coded into a microchip, so that no one else can use it, where it will gather dust in obscurity until inevitably trash day comes around. Or some sly profiteer manages to pawn it off on a latecomer. Either way, my pass to four days of musical revelry and backto-Earth meditation is out of reach, if not out of mind.

This all harks back to my gripe of yesteryear, the increasing security that Bonnaroo, and no doubt countless other festivals, have adopted as technology booms and the economy plummets. While the artists and their stoned-out fans can talk about the “community spirit” of such gatherings, it is always important to remember that these are events put on by people looking to make a profit, and have never been sold as anything other than such.

Since my first days of attending festivals in high school, I’ve heard every trick in the book to sneak in to Bonnaroo specifically, and concerts in general.

Whether it’s tunneling under the back fence or cutting a textile strip out of a bag at the Manchester Wal-Mart once you know the color of the wristband for that year, the end result is a cottage industry of gate-crashers who are able to get something for nothing. And more power to them, but one cannot simply expect a business not to retaliate.

This is where the beef comes in. I have a huge problem with the current need to be identified at any given time, a result of social media and the need to keep a label on every object in existence. There have been talks for decades about a national ID card or a subdermal chip which, when scanned, will identify the person in question. Big Brother-ish to say the least.

Then there are weapons with DNA and/or fingerprint locks allowing single-user access. Maybe you can see where this is going.

For an event built around the idea of gathering people for a four-day vacation with some of the world’s greatest acts, albeit for a profit, the idea of utilizing technology so fascist in nature is enough to give a person pause. I understand the desire to make sure people are not sliding in undetected, and thus making sure the money ends up in the hands of the organizers, acts, vendors, etc., but I believe this measure is a step too far.

Then again, I recently saw the cover of Rolling Stone with Lady Gaga, who looked like something from “Star Wars” or “Blade Runner.” Perhaps if music, and society as a whole, is moving into the future envisioned by generations past, the trade-off perhaps is unneeded gadgetry from the sci-fi days of yore. It’s something to chew over, which no doubt I will this weekend from the Coventry of my couch. To all those Manchester pilgrims I say Godspeed, and in the words of Alice Crowe, “don’t take drugs.”

—Jake Lane is a senior in creative writing. He can be reached at jlane23@utk.edu.

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‘Seek out delight of summer, or try’ Ac orns and Other Seeds by

Anna-Lise Burnette Nothing saps the energy from a young body quite like the rigor of dull schoolwork. Where once sat a vibrant and outgoing young man or woman there now slumps a shapeless mass of desperation, as instinctively skilled at using the QWERTY keyboard as at ruthlessly stuffing potato chips into a gaping mouth. Is that you out there? (Just a nod will suffice.)

The eternal promise of summer has faded as the years have passed; and since we’re being honest with one another, I’m none too pleased with it.

Even if you have managed to avoid taking classes over the summer term, you might be completing an internship, holding a job or just keeping busy.

But let me remind everyone: This may be your last chance to enjoy the season while still being wrapped in the cocoon of prolonged adolescence.

Because one day, you and I and just about everyone we know will join the work force, effectively giving up our ability to simply sleep in. The trade-off, unfortunately, is winter break, spring break and summer holiday for two measly weeks of catching up on housework and pretending that we enjoy going through airport security.

In light of all this, my suggestion is that we all take stock of our summer plans and try to schedule in things now that are worthwhile to our spirits (and not merely our pocketbooks or our resumes or our friends). This can mean just about anything, but I’ve provided a few suggestions anyway: Spend some time outside. Even if you’re landlocked or stuck in the middle of a grimy city, all it takes is some quick research to find the nearest patch of green.

Take up a relaxing new hobby. Yoga, meditation, watercolor painting, woodcarving and other calming activities that require concentration can

be a nice break from whatever it is you normally do over the summer.

Start a notebook. Some people prefer to journal in words, and others like to fill up pages with sketches — whatever your method, the consistent effort will cultivate a sense of fulfillment. And when you open it up again in a few years, you may even laugh a little.

I’m not suggesting that you spend too much time on unnecessary distractions, particularly if you already have a lot of responsibilities this summer.

These are all things that can be performed piecemeal and in relatively short sessions. My hope is that these small moments of enjoyment never become chores or empty rites; there’s not much to be said for tooth brushing other than the resulting clean teeth, but the positive feelings borne out of an activity done (chiefly) for pleasure are lasting.

If you’re still at a loss for what to do, try this: Think back to your years of school bus riding, cafeteria lunches, note passing and recess. As a child, what gave you immense satisfaction?

Spending time pleasantly by yourself or with others, reading, drawing, building forts and castles and throwing things … all those simple child-like activities that you were unwilling to be torn away from probably hold a special place in your heart.

But if you’re anything like a grown-up, most likely you’ve shoved those memories into a box, hoping (at best) that one day your kids will have fun like that, too.

It isn’t too late. Most college students have not yet fully crossed the threshold of adulthood, which means we still have the capacity to enjoy life and the excuse to act a little frivolous in public. Don’t waste away the next couple of months before school begins in earnest in the Fall; by then, a full course schedule severely limits the opportunities we have to be anything other than overwhelmed students.

Seek out the delight of summer. Or at the very least, try.

— Anna-Lise Burnette is a junior in global and Asian studies. She can be reached at kburnet7@utk.edu.

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In anthropology, it is commonly noted that the children of immigrants will know their mother and/or father’s native language. The second generation, however, will not know the native tongue; rather, he or she will push to integrate into the new society and adapt the new cultural customs of that society.

The third generation of an immigrant will re-develop a bond with the past, and attempt and strive to learn the language of his or her ancestors.

As some people may know, I am half-Colombian and half-American. I was raised by a father whose first language is Spanish and by a mother who knew little to no Spanish. Until the age of 15, I was never pushed to learn my father’s native tongue, and the only reason my ability to speak Spanish increased was because a fire developed within me to learn the language. At the point of this writing, I would not consider myself bilingual, but, perhaps, a functional Spanish speaker. My sister, on the other hand, speaks very little Spanish. In all likelihood, we will both tend towards the anthropologically prescribed linguistic timeline.

Two weeks ago in the New York Times, a questionand-answer session with Ellen Bialystok was published. Dr. Bialystok is a distinguished research professor of psychology at York University in Toronto and is known for her research in bilingualism. The question-and-answer session highlighted some of the more astonishing results of her research on bilingual individuals. These results included the forestalling of Alzheimer’s, a more comprehensive understanding of grammar and better multitasking skills.

While some people may not find these insights surprising or interesting, I was literally mind-blown by the findings. Multitasking was the least surprising, but the idea of a better understanding of grammar and delaying Alzheimer’s were fascinating.

Multitasking by an individual who is bilingual is easier due to the amount of sorting and quick decision making skills that are used when two languages are known. The ability to focus on two separate languages, quickly choose the language needed, and speak, occur within milliseconds in the brain. Like multitasking, the brain has to focus on other things

as it quickly deciphers what language is needed in particular situations.

Is this sentence grammatically correct: Apples grow on noses? What did you focus on first? The fact that the sentence makes absolutely no sense or the fact that the sentence is grammatically correct? When tests were conducted with bilingual and monolingual children, the monolingual children tended to focus on the meaning of sentences rather than the sentence structure. To bilingual children, the sentence was not a stumbling block.

The Alzheimer’s findings were also intriguing.

While bilingualism did not end or prevent Alzheimer’s, there was a connection between the delay of the illness and the ability to speak more than one language. In fact, once diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, bilinguals were able to function at a higher level than monolinguals and were able to cope with the disease for a longer period of time.

Coming back out of the world of research and into reality, what does this mean? Bilingualism is important on more than the base level. While many colleges and universities require students to take a foreign language, the reasoning is usually based on globalization and the shrinking of the world. While this is a valid reason, I don’t think it should be the only reason.

Language opens one up to a whole new world of opportunities. Understanding grammar at a new level, increasing the ability to multitask, and the parts of the brain that are stimulated through language can release new thought capabilities. Furthermore, it provides a human connection. The ability to meet new people and interact is exquisite. Language not only opens the door for new intellectual capabilities but it opens the door to increasing emotional capabilities with more people than those who speak your first language.

I learned a new language, not because I was forced by a university or a school, but because I had the desire to speak with my relatives and relate to my father. I volunteer with Hispanic students so I can practice Spanish and increase my vocabulary and grammar skills in my second language. It turns out there are so many other reasons why I should pursue full functioning bilingualism. Next time you are sitting in that horrible German, Spanish or French class thinking you are wasting your summer, take another second and think again. You may just be starting the arduous journey of learning a new language and increasing your brain’s capabilities.

— Brittany Vasquez is a senior in anthropology.

She can be reached at bvasque1@utk.edu.

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Philosophers explore “Green Lantern” ethics ‘Fascinating’ new pop philosophy book dissects comic from perspectives of Kant, Plato Robby O’Daniel News and Student Life Editor Just when fans think they are getting a little too “fanatical” about their favorite television show or comic book hero, something like the new book “Green Lantern and Philosophy” brings them back down to earth.

“Green Lantern and Philosophy,” released May 3 and just in time for the new movie’s June 17 release, proves to any fan of the comic book series that there are people out there thinking more critically about it.

From its title, do not assume this is a run-of-the-mill pop culture essay book, full of just random musings of fans. This book is packed with legitimate articles, authored by professors, Ph.D candidates and graduate students.

Each article has a sometimesextensive bibliography at the end, and nearly every article involves some long-winded philosophical definitions and breezy introductions to the thoughts of Immanuel Kant, Plato, Aristotle and the like.

In fact, where the book most suffers is when it delves too deeply in explanations of philosophy and too lightly on the philosophical analysis of Green Lantern. GL fans are going to buy the book to read interesting, scholarly takes on their favorite characters, not to learn about philosophical underpinnings.

Some knowledge is necessary, but the book has to keep it at the absolute basics. Some chapters attempt to go too far in philosophy education, trying to make more of 10 pages than is possible.

The book excels at analyzing wide varieties of takes on the Green Lantern character. Most, of course, center on Green Lantern Hal Jordan and the current series of comic books, but the book

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only ringslinger. Another analyzes Green Lantern John Stewart from the animated series, “Justice League.”

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looks at Jordan from the perspective of comics from his 1959 introduction all the way to today.

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universe and could come up with anything his mind could imagine.

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Another chapter, “I Despise Messiness: The Plato-Aristotle Debate in the Troubled Friendship of Green Lantern and Green Arrow,” actually compares Plato to Green Lantern and Aristotle to Green Arrow by looking at Plato’s advocacy of censorship and Aristotle’s upholding of the worth of art. The chapter analyzes the legendary 1970s run of “Green Lantern/Green Arrow” by Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams.

Other chapters look at the contradicting oaths that doctor/Green Lantern Soranik Natu has pledged herself to, as well as the question of how planets, insects and mathematical equations can serve as Green Lanterns.

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Hamilton resigns as men’s athletic director committee in Indianapolis this weekend with “a clean slate.”

“The last several years at UT have been marked by turmoil, fractures in the development of camps,” Hamilton said. “This is neither healthy nor productive for our university. During the last three months in particular, I, myself, have become a lightning rod for negative attention, and that’s a major distraction

include Neyland Stadium. Hamilton is also actively involved in numerous community service organizations.

“We’ve experienced great success under Mike Hamilton’s leadership,” Cheek said. “His contributions to our campus, facThe turnover continues in the University of Tennessee ulty, staff and students will live on forever. We’re greatly appreAthletic Department. ciative of what Mike Hamilton has done as our athletics direcTuesday morning Mike Hamilton announced his resignator.” tion, effective June 30, after eight Cheek addressed the years as the school’s men’s athletic school’s plan going forward in director. He has worked in UT’s hiring Hamilton’s successor.

Athletic Department for the past 19 “We’ll begin a national years. search for a new athletic direcIn front of a full-capacity crowd of tor immediately,” he said. “I family, friends, UT officials and expect to name an interim athmedia in Neyland Stadium’s Stokley letic director in the coming Family Media Center, Hamilton sat days.” to the left of UTK Chancellor Jimmy “We want somebody to Cheek at Tuesday’s press conference. come in and build on the “Through much prayer and counstrong foundation that already cil over the last several months, this exists, and we also need stabilihas led me to believe that my personty. ... We need to stabilize our al and professional life need to be leadership team and move more closely aligned and I need to aggressively forward in the close this chapter in my life and direction we want to go, which move ahead,” Hamilton said. means we’ll be a better place in Hamilton said he approached the future than where we are Cheek last week about the possibility today.” of resigning, and after multiple conHamilton offered his suggesversations between the two, came to tion for UT’s fan base.

Tuesday’s decision.

“We have a tremendous fan “I’ve never experienced more base and I’m asking you to rally challenge or frustration in my 26 all of your support behind years of professional life than during (football) coach (Derek) the last 18 months,” Hamilton said.

Dooley, (men’s basketball) “I accept the responsibility for some coach (Cuonzo) Martin, of the things that have led to some of (women’s basketball) coach these challenges.

(Pat) Summitt and all of the “Ultimately, I think today was George Richardson • The Daily Beacon other head coaches of their inevitable based on today’s operating Mike Hamilton speaks during a press conference after the announcement of his resignation on Tuesday, respective teams as we move environment in college athletics.”

The news comes four days before June 7. Hamilton, who has been Men’s Athletic Director for the past 19 years, approached Chancellor forward to a much better time Jimmy Cheek with his intent to resign last week during SEC meetings held in Destin, Fla. that is just on the horizon,” the school is scheduled to appear Hamilton said. “I’d also ask that before the NCAA Committee on for the many positive things that are going on in athletics and you give that same support to the new athletic director, to Dr. Infractions regarding possible violations in the school’s football on our campus.”

Cheek and (UT President) Dr. (Joe) DiPietro as they try to and men’s basketball programs under former coaches Lane Those positives include extensive fundraising efforts, which provide leadership in this effort.”

Kiffin and Bruce Pearl. Hamilton said he believes his resignahave helped allow the Athletic Department annually give $10 Hamilton will be paid $1,335,000 over the next 36 months tion this week allows both he and the school to go before the million back to the university and facility upgrades, which as part of his agreement with the university.

Matt Dixon

Sports Editor

UT names interim athletic director Staff Reports University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek announced today that director of women’s athletics Joan Cronan will serve as interim vice chancellor/director of athletics, which will be the senior administrator position for Tennessee Athletics, until a permanent vice chancellor/director of athletics is named.

Cronan will play a critical role in the continuing consolidation of the men’s and women’s athletic departments at UT. “Joan Cronan epitomizes the Volunteer spirit,” Cheek said. “She has been a vital part of Tennessee Athletics for thirty years and will provide proven leadership during our transitional period. I appreciate her willingness to assume this responsibility.”

Cronan has served UT for thirty years and has been in her current role of director of women’s athletics since the 1983-84 season. She also was the head women’s basketball coach from 1968 to 1970 before a ten-year stint at College of Charleston from 1973 to 1983, where her service included being director of women’s athletics, head women’s basketball coach, head women’s tennis coach, and head volleyball coach.

“I am humbled and honored by this opportunity, and I

greatly appreciate the chancellor’s faith in me,” said Cronan.

“This is an exciting time for Tennessee Athletics, as we have a great team of coaches, staff, and student-athletes. It has been a tremendous honor to serve this university for thirty years, and I am grateful for the chance to play an integral role in helping shape the bright future of Tennessee Athletics.”

An industry leader who has served a variety of organizations in addition to her responsibilities at UT, Cronan was the president of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics from 2008 to 2009. Additionally, she was president of the National Association of Collegiate Women Administrators of Athletics (NACWAA) from 2007 to 2008. She also has served on the NCAA and SEC Executive Committees as well as on the NCAA’s Management Council and Championship Cabinet.

The person who is named vice chancellor/director of athletics will serve as the senior administrator of the entire athletics department, with Cronan serving as the director of women’s athletics and a member of the chancellor’s cabinet until June 30, 2012, reporting to the chancellor.

From July 1, 2012, until June 30, 2014, she will assume the role of senior adviser to the vice chancellor and chancellor.

Five Vols, four signees selected in MLB Draft The final Vol to be drafted on day two was Norfork as the Washington Nationals took him in the 23rd round. Thurber A total of five current Tennessee players and four Volunteer was the lone UT player to go on third day of the draft as the signees heard their names called during the 2011 Major New York Mets scooped him up with their 39th selection.

A quartet of Vol signees also heard their names called on League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

With the selections of juniors Steven Gruver, Matt Ramsey Tuesday, beginning with Mookie Betts from Overton High School in Nashville, and Charley who was drafted in Thurber and senthe fifth round by the iors Matt Duffy Boston Red Sox. and Khayyan Four rounds later, Norfork, UT has Logan Moore, a now had 118 playcatcher from ers drafted a total Northeastern Junior of 130 times since College in Colorado, the free-agent was selected by the draft began in Philadelphia Phillies 1965. with the final pick of The Vols have the ninth round. had at least one Moore’s father, Brad, player selected in pitched in eight each of the last 28 games for the Phillies drafts, with 111 from 1988-90. selections during A 6-5 righthander that span for an and the Gatorade average of 3.96 Connecticut High per year. This School Baseball year marks the Player of the Year out seventh in the last of Southington High nine that UT has School, Sal Romano had at least four became the third UT players drafted.

Wade Rackley • The Daily Beacon Gruver was Khayyan Norfork slides into second base during a game against the signee to be drafted, the first University of New Orleans on Tuesday, March 8. The Vols saw five cur- going in the 23rd to the Tennessee player rent players, including Norfork, and four signees selected in the first three round Cincinnati Reds. to be drafted, days of the MLB Draft.

The fourth and going in the sevfinal signee to be enth round to the Minnesota Twins. Ramsey was then drafted for the second drafted on Tuesday was 6-4 lefthander Brandon Zajac out of time in his life as the Tampa Bay Rays made him their 19th Walker Valley High School in Cleveland, Tenn. He was picked round selection. Just 10 picks later, Duffy was picked up by the by the Pittsburgh Pirates with the first selection of the 28th round.

Houston Astros in the 20th round.

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