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UT to digitize newspapers from state’s past Jordan Lawson Staff Writer UT Libraries will digitize Tennessee newspapers thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

UT has received $325,165 to work with the Tennessee State Library and Archives for the digitization of 100,000 pages of Tennessee’s newspapers. The newspapers are currently on microfilm and date from 1836 to 1922. This is part of the NEH’s National Digital Newspaper Program.

JoAnne Deeken, head of UT Libraries’ Technical Service and Digital Access, said she was very excited about the NEH award and the opportunity to be involved with it.

“It is important to digitize and make Tennessee newspapers available because newspapers are a way that we can communicate with the past,” she said. “We see the past as the people living through it experienced it. It makes the past come alive.”

Barbara Dewey, UT dean of libraries, said she was thrilled that the library received the grant.

“This grant will enable … access to an important part of

Tennessee history as it happened,” she said. “The NEH grant is another indication of UT’s place as a highly ranked 21st-century research library.”

Deeken said Tennessee newspapers published between 1836 and 1922 are extremely important, especially because of the role the state played in the Civil War. Only Virginia hosted more Civil War battles than Tennessee, and newspapers covered the conflicts and issues associated with them. The newspapers reflect how publications changed as areas moved between Union and Confederate control, Deeken said.

The newspapers also delve into life during this time, even containing ads for runaway slaves next to runaway horse ads.

“On occasion, the reward for return of the horse is greater than for the slave,” Deeken said. “Slavery was as common and everyday as going to church on a Sunday.”

Despite Tennessee’s standing in the Confederacy, strong Union sentiments existed in eastern Tennessee, a fact many people do not realize. The Emancipator, one of the first newspapers calling for the emancipation of slaves, was published in Tennessee.

The newspapers allow readers to get a feel for the political and social landscape in the past, such as how the public perceived a president generally well-respected today.

“If you read articles about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, you realize that he was not always considered a great president,” Deeken said.

These newspapers also show simple parts of life during the time, like the cost of a pair of shoes or the travel time between Knoxville and Nashville without highways.

Deeken said making these newspapers available for easy access to see the past is significant to our society.

“We can learn from the past and see how we are shaped by it,” she said. “We can look back and find the continuity of our state and yet see the changes we have experienced.”

A group of state educators, genealogists, researchers and citizens will select the newspapers for this project, and they will be digitized over the next two years. The papers will appear at the Chronicling America website and later through the UT Libraries’ website. Deeken said they will apply for more grants to complete digitization of all state newspapers.

International science conference holds annual meeting in Knoxville Chris Shamblin Staff Writer

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Gov. Phil Bredesen and Jim Fyke announced that the Ijams Nature Park would be one of 29 parks in Tennessee to receive a grant to help fix and create more trails. They plan to create six miles of more trails.

Migration spurs revival of e-mail scam Robby O’Daniel Editor-in-Chief Apparently hackers are taking advantage of students migrating to Volmail by reviving an old e-mail scam.

Over the weekend, e-mails, titled “UPGRADE YOUR WEBMAIL ACCOUNT,” were sent to students. The email says that http://webmail.utk.edu will be updating their site in a couple of days and asks for the student’s user name, password, alternate e-mail, telephone number and age.

The e-mail says that failure to do this will make your email account inactive.

Chief Information Officer Scott Studham called the scam nothing new, saying it’s existed for a couple of years.

A copy of the e-mail is listed on the Office of Information Technology website under recent scams.

Many tell-tale signs exist that indicate the e-mail is a scam, including the fact that the e-mail has multiple

spelling errors.

“A lot of phishing comes from offshore, and spelling can be a challenge for them,” Studham said.

Also the e-mail uses the archaic “Webmail” as the term for UT e-mail, even though Tmail has been ubiquitous for some time and students are migrating to Volmail now.

“We do not use the term ‘Webmail’ here very much,” Studham said.

Finally the mere fact that the e-mail asks for a student’s password, among other personal information items, is a dead giveaway, Studham said.

“We would never ask for your password,” he said. “We already know your password.

So the university would never ask for someone to send us your password.”

A.J. Wright, chief technical officer and chief information security officer, said OIT received 72 reports on Monday regarding information about phishing and viruses.

“Most of the attacks were in the old we’d-like-yourWebmail-information style, and we’re seeing more people recognizing these things as what they are,” Wright said.

“As always, OIT is working to improve the filters to proactively stop these where we can and stop them as soon as we discover them otherwise.”

Regarding scams, Studham emphasized that OIT is available.

“They can always contact us,” he said. “If they think that something is a suspect, send it to abuse@utk.edu or call us at our helpline, and we’re there 24 hours a day.”

Last week, OIT sent an email to students, announcing Volmail was available for student migration. Students can sign up for migration via the OIT website.

According to the e-mail, Volmail offers a 10-gigabyte mailbox, up from Tmail’s 102.4 megabytes for undergrads and 256 megabytes for graduate students, faculty and staff. Volmail also has 25 gigabytes of online storage,

instant messaging capabilities, an improved Web client, ability to synchronize e-mail with mobile devices or desktop clients and access via http://www.outlook.com.

Studham said the Volmail migration is going well so far, estimating about 1,200 students signed up on the first day.

Students, mostly from the Student Government Association, have beta-tested Volmail for the past couple of months, with mostly positive feedback, Studham said.

He said the most frequent positive feedback he’s heard has been on the increased storage, the speed and the support for Macs that Volmail provides.

In addition, Volmail has a friendly user interface, complete with the ability to nest conversations and delete multiple e-mails at the same time, directly from the inbox.

On the difference between Tmail and Volmail, Studham said, “It’s one of those things you just have to see to believe. It’s just huge.”

Scientists from all corners of the world gathered in Knoxville for the 20th annual Goldschmidt Conference this past week at the Knoxville Convention Center.

The Goldschmidt Conference, which was sponsored jointly this year by UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is an annual event that showcases new scientific discoveries regarding Earth, energy and the environment.

The scientific field that these topics fall under is known as geochemistry, which is the study of the earth using chemistry.

For the past two decades, the conference has been a respected event within the scientific community and is the world’s largest geochemistry conference.

The event is held alternately in cities all over North America and Europe. In 2009, the conference was hosted in Davos, Switzerland, and in 2011 it will be held in Prague, Czech Republic.

This year, Knoxville had the honor of seeing the event’s highest attendance figures yet in North America, with 2,200 delegates in attendance from 48 different countries.

The conference, which ran from June 13 to June 18, featured around 1,000 different seminar-like discussions, with 15 sessions taking place at a time. Companies and book publishers set up exhibits at the event, selling the latest scientific equipment and publications to the delegates.

The conference also featured three sessions of scientific “posters,” which served to showcase the latest research, studies and discoveries within the geochemistry field.

Harry McSween, distinguished professor in earth and planetary sciences, said geochemistry is a very important field of study.

“Geochemistry impacts us in many ways, from CO2 levels in the atmosphere to volcanic eruptions to the oil spill in the Gulf (of Mexico),” McSween said. “All of it is related to geochemistry, and all of it is being discussed here at the conference this year.”

The massive event, which takes three years to organize, was put on by McSween and another professor from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Theodore Labotka.

David Cole, a geochemist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, also helped organize and run the event.

McSween said the conference is unique in that it not only provides scientists with an opportunity to learn from one another, but it also provides them with an idea of what to do with that knowledge.

“It’s one thing to try to educate the public about science but another thing to try and teach scientists how to understand things in the political arena,” McSween said. “In today’s world, everything is based in politics, and as scientists we have to learn how to operate within the realm of politics in hopes to change the world.”

McSween also said the conference serves as an encouragement for scientists to educate the masses.

“The meeting is about science, but we hope it will push scientists to share what they do in the public arena,” he said.

In addition to new scientific knowledge and research, Labotka explained that the conference also brought a considerable amount of economic benefits to Knoxville and the surrounding areas.

“Bringing in the 2,200 delegates provides about $2 million to Knoxville’s economy,” Labotka said. “Around $1 million is spent on the hotels, buses and convention center. That leaves the other million to benefit restaurants and local businesses.

People have also gone hiking in the Smokies and to nearby towns while they’re here.”

McSween also pointed out that the conference is “a nice way to showcase UT and the Oak Ridge National Lab to the world.”

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Jason Thurston is often recognized as the owner of Campfire Grill. He serves Hebrew National hot dogs with a wide assortment of toppings. Prices start at $2 for a hot dog and a $1 for chips and drink. He is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the week.

The Associated Press Times Square car bomb suspect pleads guilty in NYC NEW YORK — Calling himself a "Muslim soldier," a defiant Pakistan-born U.S. citizen pleaded guilty Monday to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing, saying his attack was the answer to "the U.S. terrorizing ... Muslim people."

Wearing a white skull cap, Faisal Shahzad entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Manhattan just days after a federal grand jury indicted him on 10 terrorism and weapons counts, some of which carried mandatory life prison sentences. He pleaded guilty to them all.

"One has to understand where I'm coming from," Shahzad calmly told U.S. District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum, who challenged him repeatedly with questions such as

whether he worried about killing children in Times Square. "I consider myself ... a Muslim soldier."

The 30-year-old described his effort to set off a bomb in an SUV he parked in Times Square on May 1, saying he chose the warm Saturday night because it would be crowded with people who he could injure or kill.

He revealed that he actually packed his vehicle with three separate bombs, hoping to set off a fertilizer-fueled bomb packed in a gun cabinet, a set of propane tanks and gas canisters rigged with fireworks to explode into a fireball.

Shahzad said he expected the bombs to begin going off after he lighted a fuse and waited between 2 1/2 minutes and five minutes for them to erupt.

"I was waiting to hear a sound, but I didn't hear a sound.

So I walked to Grand Central and went home," he said.

Shahzad dismissed the judge's question about the children by saying the U.S. didn't care when children were killed in Muslim countries.

Twin of late Polish president in runoff vote WARSAW, Poland — Poland holds a presidential runoff July 4 — and a moderate, pro-European leader who has been acting president since a plane crash killed the incumbent is seen as the likely winner.

But the late leader's euroskeptic twin posted a surprisingly strong second-place finish in voting Sunday that has given him momentum.

Although Poland's president carries out primarily symbolic duties, he can veto laws and has influence on foreign military missions, and the runoff vote is expected to have a significant effect on the country's course.

Interim President Bronislaw Komorowski says he backs Poland adopting the euro in about five years and supports the government's attempts to trim the welfare state. Challenger Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the dead president's twin brother, would put the brakes on privatization and try to keep a larger role for the state in the economy.

The two face off July 4 after neither was able to muster the 50 percent needed for outright victory Sunday in a field of 10 candidates. Komorowski won 41.5 percent of the vote and Kaczynski 36.5 percent.

It was a remarkable showing for Kaczynski, given that just three months ago he was one of the country's least popular politicians. But he has ridden a wave of sympathy after losing his twin brother Lech and sister-in-law Maria in the April 10 plane crash in western Russia that also killed 94 others, including key members of Poland's government and military.

Perhaps more critically, he has also traded in his once-divisive combativeness for a moderate tone. "(He) changed his public image and turned from a falcon into a dove," said Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski, a prominent political analyst and the dean of Collegium Civitas, a Warsaw university.

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Dead Weather highlights Bonnaroo day three Jake Lane

Entertainment Editor Alas and a lack (of sleep).

Though I abstained from further musical madness Friday night, the rolling hills of the Bonnaroo farm brought the music to my tent flap all through the night. Despite my best efforts, I got zero REM and spent much of Saturday attempting to find some place to recharge.

Following the established routine of the weekend, we met up at my car and left for Centeroo and the air-conditioned Cinema Tent. Unfortunately the lines had already formed for Conan O’Brien’s second performance in the comedy tent, so we had to run for the next best, the sporadically placed and densely populated rooted trees situated in sight line of the Which Stage, the festival’s second-largest platform but usually the home of the best entertainment.

When no spots could be found, we adjourned to the Lunar Stage’s two isolated trees and were able to find a suitable plot to snooze in. Hundreds of futbol fans braved the sun and heat, shouting more at two teams on a screen than perhaps any audience of the weekend. The majority of the early afternoon was spent in this manner before returning to the Which Stage.

A novel idea for beating the heat involved climbing under the VIP bleachers, sacrificing a good view for comfort. Barring rain, this would have been genius and likewise heavily exploited, but the smattering of rain from Thursday, in addition to a large concessions tent with heavy water run-off nearby, made the bowels of the bleachers more akin to a swamp.

Norah Jones and her band gave a chilled-out set with vaguely reggae twinges given to earlier jazz-themed material. Added to the list of covers that seemed ubiquitous at this year’s festival were takes on the Kinks’ “Strangers” and various country songs. Since Jones reinvented herself a few years back, she has become much more compelling in performance, and her transition in genre has been graceful.

After Norah Jones came the Avett Brothers and a healthy dose of clouds and showers to cool down the grateful, sunburned audience. The only drag of their show was being too far away to get rowdy with their more upbeat material, but nonetheless the Avetts soared.

Then came The Dead Weather, which could be passed off as another Jack White vanity vehicle by some, but thanks to Alison Mosshart’s tougher-than-nails hellcat strolling and moaning, Little Jack Lawrence’s thundering groove, Dean

Hyped-up new AMC show boring Robby O’Daniel Editor-in-Chief Fans of the hit AMC shows “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” have become aware that a third show is joining the elite ranks. This is all thanks to AMC’s annoying, seemingly endless advertisement of the new show, with the ads boasting that the show is criticallyacclaimed already and people should see it.

It’s a shame that after all that buildup, “Rubicon” is so dull.

Perhaps AMC has gotten a bit cocky. Those first two shows are amazing, with excellent writing, performances and, in the case of “Mad Men,” costuming and set design.

The main problem with “Rubicon” is it never attempts to define its terms. In fact, it seems to go to great pains to keep the audience bizarrely out of the loop. Throughout the pilot, we are given allusions to all this stuff that has happened before the pilot, with little to no detail. That’s not to say that detail is needed

— especially in the pilot of a full, episodic television show — but a working knowledge in order to, you know, understand what is going on is nice.

It also does not help that the show’s character is what some might call pretentious and others might call obnoxious. About 10 minutes into the show’s pilot, this reviewer said to the TV, “This reminds me of ‘House,’ and I do not like that.”

What that means is the main protagonist of “Rubicon,” Will Travers (James Badge Dale), is as annoyingly intelligent and perfect as Dr. Gregory House.

Will is not as cocksure and sarcastic as Dr. House is on his worst days, but the foggy, aimless performance that Dale gives the character is, to put it mildly, boring. Granted, “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” are slower paced than other television shows, but I’ve never seen a person take longer walking down a hallway — all while trying to look somehow introspective and reverent — than Will did in this pilot. (Plus, not to sound heartless, but just saying “9/11” to explain

away the deaths of Will’s family is sorely lacking in the story department. Please explain who these people were, at least in the future episodes.)

While “Rubicon” does not have the repetitive, episodic nature of “House,” this is replaced by a cluster of a whodunit that, again, is never adequately explained. Two people die in the pilot. One of them dies in the first five minutes, without any explanation. It’s impossible for viewers to care about this death because viewers do not know who this person is.

Roughly halfway through the pilot, yet another person dies. “Rubicon” flails at giving this man personality by placing him close to Will and giving him a scatterbrained character trait (extreme superstitiousness). This proves to be extremely convenient to the plot by providing plenty of clues. (He would never park in space No. 13!!!)

Speaking of convenient to the plot, the entire story of the pilot — and the beginning of the apparently season-long mystery — is preceded by someone asking Will one spe-

cific clue in a crossword. What are the odds? Out of this one specific clue in this crossword that someone just so happens to ask Will about comes this entire unraveling that sets the major plot points in motion.

As Will asks more and more questions about a potential conspiracy, he starts to look and sound more and more like Jim Carrey from “The Number 23,” which is about the absolute worst comparison “Rubicon” could hope to draw.

And at the end of the day, while “Rubicon” is not as incomprehensible and unintentionally hilarious as “The Number 23” is, “Rubicon” is just flat-out dull. At least “The Number 23” is morbidly enjoyable.

As much as “Rubicon” might have disappointed, AMC’s new show for the fall, “The Walking Dead,” based on the Image comic series of the same name, should absolutely live up to the hype if the adaptation is done well. And there’s always a new season of “Mad Men” to tide us over until then.

Fertita’s screeching guitar and organ and White’s propulsive timekeeping, The Dead Weather is easily the most fully realized band under the White umbrella. Though it may lack the compelling drama of the White Stripes and pop appeal of The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather takes the best of both bands and makes for a fairly unique sound.

After returning to camp for dinner, I met up with some more friends from Knoxville and made it back to Centeroo, where wristband checks became more severe than any past experience. Two of my friends, whose original intent involved sneaking into the festival, hitched a coincidental wild ride with Damian Marley’s drummer and were comped tickets. One of them, however, had not gotten around to validating his ticket, although it was on his person. When asked by security why and how he had no wristband, he told them the story, but an argument ensued. This ended with my friend slammed to the ground and then against a metal barrier and questioned. After the situation was resolved, we caught the end of Stevie Wonder and staked out a seat for Jay-Z. Sleep, however, got the best of me. I walked back to camp and listened to Hova from afar, with Stevie Wonder on keys no less. Thus ended day three on a high note.

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Rising — Awesomeness of “Super Mario Bros.”

The original “Super Mario Bros” for the Nintendo Entertainment System changed the face of the video game world, bringing it out of a deep recession partly caused by the utter failure of the “E.T.” video game for the Atari 2600. It created a video game icon, spanning dozens of video games up until this day.

And thanks to the good people at Exploding Rabbit, the original NES game has new life.

Available to play at http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/534416, “Super Mario Bros.

Crossover” allows players to stream the original game but with a twist. It’s a hack of the original game, complete with other classic NES characters playable as the protagonist instead of Mario.

In “Super Mario Bros. Crossover,” one can play as Samus from “Metroid,” Mega Man from that series, Link from “The Legend of Zelda,” Bill Rizer from “Contra,” Simon Belmont from “Castlevania” and soon Ryu Hayabusa from “Ninja Gaiden.”

Each new player brings over their abilities from those other classic games, most notably Ryu’s abilities to toss throwing stars through blocks and slash through turtles with his sword.

It’s amazing how this relatively simple hack — adding characters to a game that is probably about 500 kilobytes in size or one-tenth of the average MP3 file — can make a 25-year old game seem new again.

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Ben Whiteside Rising — Popularity of 2D sidescrollers At last week’s E3 event, it was clear that the NES-style 2D sidescrollers were back with a vengeance. With the recent success of “New Super Mario Bros.” on the Wii (already in the top 10 in all-time Wii game sales despite only being out for roughly six months), Nintendo at least is ready to try its hand at more of the simple, yet amazingly fun sidescrollers.

For this college generation, “Donkey Kong Country” for the Super Nintendo was one of those games we grew up with. And “Donkey Kong Country Returns” is now due out for the Wii in the second half of this year. And the trailer for that game just looks mindblowing. Perhaps the best aspect of the game is that it will include “Mine Cart Madness” and “Mine Cart Mayhem”-style levels, ala the first game.

And there’s so much similar to the first game, such as the music, the look and a return to Donkey and Diddy as the protagonists (no Dixie and Kiddy here!).

But perhaps the best thing about the upcoming game is what is not similar to the first game — multiplayer. Imagine playing two-player as Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, taking on King K. Rool and his monopoly on the coveted banana hoard. Multiplayer is what makes “New Super Mario Bros” so much more fun than recent incarnations (and especially the dull 3D Mario games), and it should do the same for “Donkey Kong Country Returns.”

But it’s not just DK that is getting a 2D reboot. “Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1,” which will be out for all consoles, evokes a feeling of nostalgia for the old “Sonic” games. In fact, the game looks just like an old Sega Genesis “Sonic” game, just with updated graphics. The hedgehog looked so goofy with the same style of running gameplay in 3D. It’s good to see him back in 2D. In addition, we have “Castlevania,” “Kirby,” “Batman: The Brave and the Bold” and “Contra” 2D sidescrollers on the docket. It’s time to return to classic gameplay and have video games be fun again!

Falling — Competition at the box office I remember, back in April, looking on IMDB at what summer movies were coming up on which weeks. When I came to June 18, there was “Toy Story 3,” the Pixar follow-up to arguably the studio’s two best movies, up against the latest DC Comics-inspired film, “Jonah Hex.” Not seeing the trailer for either movie, it was easy to see that “Toy Story 3” was going to stomp “Jonah Hex.” But even I did not think it would be quite as much as it ended up being.

Last weekend, “Toy Story 3” opened at No. 1 at the box office with an estimated take of $109 million. “Jonah Hex,” meanwhile, did not open at No. 2. It did not even open at No. 3 or No. 4. It opened all the way down at No. 8, grossing merely a little over $5 million. More people went to see the month-old “Shrek Forever After” last weekend than “Jonah Hex”!

Looking at reviews, it’s no surprise. The AV Club simply gave “Toy Story 3” an A and “Jonah Hex” an F. As of press time, Rotten Tomatoes, the review aggregate site, has “Toy Story 3” at 98percent fresh reviews and “Jonah Hex” at 14 percent.

Despite a cast that looked good — with Josh Brolin, John Malkovich and Will Arnett — it seems that perhaps Megan Fox and the corny take on the western motif might have done “Jonah Hex” in.

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In his autobiography, Bob Dylan writes about this woman he once knew who, after being caught mid-burglary, pleaded not guilty in court on account that what she was doing wasn’t theft but was instead performance art.

She walked.

I have an idea: If your spouse ever walks in on you cheating on them, just say, “It’s not how it looks. Sure, like a good Picasso, it might seem weird on the surface, but dig a little deeper. There’s some very rich subtext about class struggle and the enigma of love on display here.” If that doesn’t work then he or she is just a Philistine anyways.

Really though, the judge that let that “artist” off must have been quite cultured in the realm of the avant-garde because the meaning of this woman’s pseudo-criminal performance piece is completely lost on me. I kind of doubt she planned on getting caught, but then who would’ve been her audience?

Maybe the trial itself was in fact another part of her piece; in that case, I’ve got to say that it was the most scathing critique of our court system since “12 Angry Men.” I’d love for someone to convince me that I’m wrong, but I would say that she was merely exploiting the artistically adventurous climate of 1960s Manhattan in the name of selfdefense. In other words, her “piece” was not

only incomprehensible but also highly suspect.

Leo Tolstoy said it best: “To say that a work of art is good but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can’t eat it.”

Many critics make the mistake of using personal attacks to rationalize why someone might not like a piece that they thought was good. Hey people, your job is to convince others, not to alienate them. I’m of the strict opinion that any bit of art can be understood by anybody if explained correctly — even if the explanation is as simple as “embrace the mystery.” I’ve heard many people say that they don’t “get” modern art, but I really doubt Jackson Pollock intended for anybody to think too much about his work.

And so what if he did? With the rise of modernism in art developed a modernism in analyzing art. New Criticism basically said, “Go to the text” — in other words, disregard the artist’s other works or intentions or extramarital affairs or VMA outbursts and then maybe you will be able to see the piece for what it really is. If a Pollock piece makes you think, feel, conform, rebel or anything else, then it is having an effect on you. This is the crudest way to sum up the goal of all art. If it teaches you a tangible lesson about life, then that is a bonus.

Remember, though, that some lessons are learned but not noticed, and these can sometimes be the most valuable.

— Ben Whiteside is a senior in creative writing. He can be reached at bwhitesi@utk.edu.

Haynesworth’s critics need reality check Bec aus e I Sa i d S o by

Amber Harding

If you’ve read my past columns, you know I don’t hesitate to call out certain athletes for being irresponsible, selfish or just plain crybabies.

In fact, you might argue that Washington Redskins defensive tackle (and former Volunteer) Albert Haynesworth is being all three of those things. And I’d probably agree with you. I feel, however, that the general public is only looking at one side of this story.

Everyone is quick to jump all over Haynesworth for his blatant self-interest, but we’re all ignoring the stupidity of the Redskins that started this whole mess in the first place.

OK, let’s pretend you have several job offers. One in particular, however, offers you an enormous salary and a massive amount of freedom. So you choose that one. After your hiring, then, your boss changes your job description to something you never agreed to do and don’t want to do. You’d probably whine about it and look for another job, huh? In that case, you and Haynesworth are kindred spirits.

When Haynesworth came to the Redskins last year, former General Manager Vinny Cerrato said, “He wanted to show everybody it’s not about the money.”

So let me get this straight. Cerrato and Redskins’ owner Dan Snyder awarded Haynesworth the richest defensive contract in NFL history and gave him the impression that he could dictate the defense because “it’s not about the money”?

Sure, Haynesworth was looking out for himself. But I dare you to tell me the front office wasn’t. The Redskins surely didn’t sign him because they were worried he’d stomp their faces if they didn’t. They were busy playing real-life fantasy football and dreaming of jersey sales.

Obviously, there has been a personnel

change within the Washington organization since this ordeal. But that doesn’t mean the team can just expect Haynesworth to forget about what he was promised last year.

Let’s look at a slightly different situation. If an athlete signs a lengthy contract and doesn’t play well, that team can tear up the contract and cut him. But if a player signs a contract for a certain position and the team eliminates that position, everyone is suddenly up in arms and angry with the player? This doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.

Did you know that when John Elway was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in 1983, he refused to play for them because he thought they wouldn’t use him right? He even threatened to sit out and play baseball instead.

Finally, his temper tantrums forced a trade to the Broncos. But I don’t see anyone attacking Elway for being a self-centered jerk.

Do I feel sorry for Haynesworth? Not even a little bit. I’m not trying to victimize him. I’m simply stating that this situation isn’t as onesided as it is being presented by the media.

Who would have ever thought professional sports would be all about money? Oh wait, that’s how they’ve always been. Haynesworth is being greedy, and so are the Redskins. And they’re both doing what they feel they need to do to get their money.

I don’t know why Haynesworth is so adamantly against the 3-4 defense. It might be because he fears injury. Maybe he thinks it will shorten his career. Maybe it’s because in a 3-4, few defensive linemen are contributors in a statistical sense, which would therefore decrease his bargaining leverage. Regardless of the reason, however, the Redskins brought this upon themselves when they threw caution to the wind.

If anything, maybe this will teach other teams not to sign a big-name free agent and expect him to be a puppet, especially if this free agent is not exactly known for selfless and humble behavior.

— Amber Harding is a senior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at ahardin8@utk.edu.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

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Fritts recognized as SEC All-Freshman Chris Shamblin Staff Writer For UT freshman outfielder Chris Fritts, the 2010 season was filled with many noteworthy accomplishments. On May 25, Fritts was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.

In doing so, Fritts continued UT’s six-season streak of having at least one player named to the SEC AllFreshman team. However, Fritts’s impressive season began long before that.

On Feb. 28, Fritts was featured on the top 10 plays of the day on ESPN’s “Sportscenter” for a seventhinning catch during UT’s game against Oregon State in Corvallis, Ore. The play was chosen as the No. 9 play of the day because of Fritt’s diving catch and somersault recovery, a much-needed play as UT was behind 1-0 at the time.

While Fritts was “very excited” about his “Sportscenter” top play, it is not the only personal achievement that he is proud of this season. The Vols played Ole Miss during the first week of

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April, pitting Fritts against SEC Pitcher of the Year Drew Pomeranz.

“I got a home run off of Drew Pomeranz this season,” Fritts said. “I’m very proud of that, since he has a 95-mph pitch.

“That and when I made a diving catch and got on ESPN were the coolest moments for me and are the achievements I am the most proud of.”

Fritts proved himself a very valuable player for the Vols during the last 15 games of the season with a .400 batting average, scoring 9 runs and going 12-for-30, a substantial improvement from his performance earlier in the year.

During the back half of the season, Fritts managed to raise his overall batting average to .270, a 56-point increase from the first half of the season.

Fritts chalks his dramatic improvement up to growing more comfortable on the field in the face of pressure and challenges.

“The second half of the season was like a comfort thing.

Playing ball on such a big stage was like ‘wow,’” Fritts

said. “I had thousands of people watching. My family was there. I was up against guys with 95-mph pitches. … It made me go back to what I know, what got me there in the first place. I had to be calm and confident, and understanding that confidence is the key.”

While Fritts would like to continue with a career in baseball after college if he is able to, he admitted that he doesn’t know what the future holds for him.

“I could be injured today, and then that’s it for baseball,” he said. “So you have to be a little bit happy-go-lucky, but being a Tennessee Volunteer athlete is all about success.

We learn to be confident and succeed in everything we do.

It’s very black and white.”

As for his personal hopes for the 2011 season, Fritts said he shares the same goals as the rest of his team.

“When we get back together, our mindsets are going to Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon be on getting to regionals, then to super-regionals, and Chris Fritts bunts the incoming ball in a game earlier this season. He was recently working from there all the way named to the SEC All-Freshman Team. He finished the season strong with a batto (the College World Series ting average of .400 in the last 15 games. in) Omaha, (Neb.),” he said.

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6 • The Daily Beacon

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

THESPORTSPAGE

Friends, colleagues reflect on passing of Haywood Harris Matt Dixon

Poole frontrunner in green backfield Matt Dixon

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UT lost a true legend on June 2.

Haywood Harris, a fixture in the UT Athletics Department for nearly 50 years, died at the age of 80 in his home from health problems stemming from a stroke he suffered last November.

“I have lost an incredible friend,” longtime co-worker Gus Manning said. “Together we were involved in radio, TV and public speaking. We also co-authored two books on behalf of the UT Athletics Department.”

A 1951 graduate of UT, Harris’ job titles throughout the years included sports information director, assistant athletics director, and associate director of media relations.

Harris was the last hire made by former coach and then athletic director Gen. Robert Neyland in 1961 when he replaced Manning as the university’s SID. He retired in 2000 but remained on staff part-time as executive assistant to the athletics director and served as the department’s historian until his stroke in 2009.

Harris is a member of four halls of fame: the College Sports Information Directors of America Hall of Fame, the Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame, the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame and the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame.

In 1991, he received the Arch Ward Award, the highest honor given by the College Sports Information Directors of America, and was twice the president of the SEC’s publicity directors association. He also was given a Chancellor’s Citation for Extraordinary Service to UT in 1992.

Harris never brought attention upon himself. Instead, he kept the best interest of his alma mater and the job of sports reporters first.

“His whole idea was to promote UT and make anyone he had a conversation with feel better after talking with them,” longtime friend, former SID assistant and current Knoxville News Sentinel “Vol Historian” Tom Mattingly said. “(Haywood) led the way, publicity-wise, to make things possible at UT in the 1960s and 1970s (such as the expansion of Neyland Stadium and the rise of the football program under head coach Doug Dickey).”

He treated all members of the media the same way: with compassion and class.

Whether it was a well-known national writer in Knoxville trying to cover a key football game or a student writer looking to interview a player or coach following a practice, Harris did his best to accommodate each request, usually going above and beyond what was asked of him.

Rarely, if ever, was a negative word said about Harris, Mattingly said. His insight and knowledge of Tennessee athletics and his ability as a writer to give insight to readers are nearly irreplaceable.

He will be noticeably absent on football Saturdays in the fall. Harris and Manning co-hosted “The Locker Room,” a pregame radio show, which presented information on the day’s gridiron matchup, for 49 seasons. He will be especially missed in the press box of Neyland Stadium, where he provided a playby-play of the game over the box’s public address system.

Mattingly said Harris was one-of-a-kind, an unsung hero in Tennessee athletics, “one of the good guys” and “nothing short of a leader.”

“Whenever Haywood wrote or spoke, everyone would read or (listen),” he said.

Entering the 2009 season, the Tennessee football team had a senior captain and the nation’s No. 1 running back recruit in its backfield.

A year later, 1,300-yard rusher Montario Hardesty is in the NFL, and Bryce Brown missed spring practice and has yet to rejoin the team for summer workouts, leaving his status for the upcoming season a question mark.

The Volunteers are left with running backs who combined for just 179 rushing yards and two touchdowns and caught three passes for 22 yards last season.

Tauren Poole stood out the most during spring practice.

The junior got somewhat lost in the running back rotation last year but displayed a knack for finding running room in the spring.

“Tauren made big plays (in) every scrimmage and (in) the (Orange and White) game,” head coach Derek Dooley said. “I’m really pleased with how he’s

running the ball.”

“He’s got great character and he’s a hard worker,” Dooley said. “He’s a hard runner. He can go out and do some things in the passing game (as a receiver) and can break a lot of tackles. He’s going to be a real key for us.”

Though the Vols still have to go through fall camp before kicking off the season against UT-Martin on Sept. 4., Poole appears to be the frontrunner to start the season, and he is aware of the opportunity in front of him.

“It feels good to have (the coaches’) trust and to get more chances (to display my abilities),” Poole said. “I always tell myself I don’t want to be tackled by the first (defender), and I have always prided myself in yards after contact.”

Regardless of Poole’s success, though, the running back carries will be split among multiple backs.

David Oku is most likely next to get touches after Poole.

Oku is a smaller, all-purpose back that can help the Vols in the return game as

well. During the offseason and in the spring, the sophomore gained about 10 pounds of muscle and appeared to do so without losing any agility or acceleration. He hopes to begin the season around 200 pounds, a plus given the rigors of an SEC schedule.

“We still need David Oku to keep coming on, and I think he will,” Dooley said.

Toney Williams was a bright spot for the Vols during the spring last season but suffered a torn ACL in summer workouts and was forced to redshirt the season. Williams was a full participant during the spring but is still working to get his knee back into the shape it was when he arrived on campus as an early enrollee in January

2009.

Rajion Neal enrolled at UT for summer school and will go through summer workouts and participate in fall camp. Neal was a highly talented recruit from Tyrone, Ga. A one-time Mississippi State commit, Neal switched his commitment to the Vols following the hiring of Dooley in January.

The Vols have talent, albeit inexperience, in their backfield.

Dooley’s offensive philosophy is built around having a solid running game, and regardless of whether Brown returns to the team, this year’s Tennessee team will be no different. The offense will rely on the legs in its backfield to carry the Vols this fall.