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band has UT to raise tuition in the fall Midwestern diverse roots, sound Knoxville campus will see eight percent rise for in-state undergrads Lauren Kittrell

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A six to eight percent tuition raise was approved for all University of Tennessee campuses at the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday.

Gov. Bill Haslam, chair of the board, said that while over a 30 year period the contributions from the state to the University have diminished, putting more pressure on students and parents, he is concerned that the University and state not add to the burden.

“I hope you find this to be an exciting and challenging time,” Haslam said.

“This is a critical time around higher education. The status quo will not hold. … It won’t look the same 10 years from now. I personally think if you’re somebody who really believes in improvement and the kind of growth that forced change can cause this as a great time to be a part of higher ed.”

Haslam addressed the board, saying that the decision is part of an effort to increase graduation rates in the state.

“Academically, it’s shown that the longer you're in school the less chance you have of graduating,” Haslam said. “If we can keep people on that four-year schedule to get out, I think our graduation rates will go up, which is one of our big challenges at Tennessee.”

Haslam added that the four-year schedule for students is part of a plan to decrease the unemployment rate in Tennessee. He is concerned by the low percentage of Tennesseans with a college degree and hopes to see improvement in this area.

“We can’t have the cost of higher ed

Not many bands can say they have played in a brothel. Fewer still can say they have played in a brothelturned-rock venue.

Daniel Ellsworth and The Great Lakes find themselves in that few.

Lead guitar player Timon Lance says The Subterranean in Chicago had to be one of the cooler places he and the band have played at.

But it’s not the only peculiar place they’ve performed in. From Los Angeles to San Francisco to Seattle, the band has made its way across the map the past few months.

In Seattle, the band played a private show in the Amazon.com studios; and in Tucson, Ariz., they played outdoors with the southwestern cacti surrounding them.

“They were unlikely shows but unforgettable,” Lance said.

On Saturday, June 23, Daniel Ellsworth and The Great Lakes will play at Barley’s, another new venue.

The band, comprised of faces and names from all

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Gov. Bill Haslam speaks in front of the Board of Trustees on June 21. The board passed an 8 percent tuition increase as well as an increase in tuition for students entering in the fall of 2013. keep going up,” Haslam said. “Right now 21 percent of Tennesseans have a degree.

That’s way too low. We have to make it so it’s more accessible for more people.”

While other changes will affect only incoming and transfer students in the fall of 2013, the tuition increase will be effective for all students starting in fall 2012.

Haslam told the Daily Beacon that there will be a tuition rise for current students, but that the ultimate goal is to end tuition increases in the future.

“It will mean ultimately tuition for (current students) and their family increasing,” Haslam said. “Our main

focus is two things. One: to stop the tuition increases on a going-forward basis. Second: We always have to look at what the net tuition charged after all the scholarships are given. Fortunately that net number hasn’t gone up that much.”

Alex Edwards, fifth-year senior in animal science, said the tuition increase is overwhelming, but he understands that the University has clear reasons for this decision. Unfortunately, Edwards’ student loans make each tuition increase a greater challenge.

See TUITION on Page 3

over the country, was just formed a little over two years ago, and released their first album, “Civilized Man,” last May. As many artists do, Ellsworth started off solo.

He would go from place to place and play, and at times he would pick up players, but never found real consistency “I was trying to transition out of going solo into a band,” Ellsworth said. “I would have different guys play with me, but started calling the band, whenever I had a band play with me, ‘The Great Lakes’ with the idea that I was going try and find some permanent members that want to do this as a band.”

Ellsworth said “The Great Lakes” just comes from growing up in Minnesota and paying homage to his roots.

When the band started to create the album, they went in with a year’s worth of songs and material they had been working on.

“I don’t know if there’s an overall theme to the album, but it’s certainly diverse musically,” Ellsworth said.

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Sustainable home designed by UT students and faculty receives award Staff Reports The New Norris House, a sustainable home designed by students and faculty of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Architecture and Design, garnered high honors this spring at the American Institute of Architects National Convention.

It received the Residential Architect Award of Merit in the single-family housing category and was one of only thirtysix projects chosen out of nearly 800 entries.

Faculty and alumni of the College of Architecture and Design also were feted at the convention, one of the largest global gatherings of architects and designers held annually.

The New Norris House also received an Award of Merit from the Gulf States Region of the AIA, which includes Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

The regional jury commended the home, saying, “The architect has incorporated many sustainable building elements with great economy and skill.

This is a modern, sustainable design for contemporary living and thoroughly admirable for its efficiency and delight.”

Projects designed by firms in Tennessee received ten of the twenty awards given by the Gulf States at the convention. Each of those firms is led by alumni or faculty of the college.

Brandon Pace and John Sanders, UT instructors

and founders of the firm Sanders-Pace Architecture, won an AIA Gulf States Honors Citation for design of Shelton Group, an office space for a progressive marketing agency. They also won an Award of Merit for Barrier Island House, a state-of-the-art home in Vero Beach, Florida.

In addition, SandersPace received an AIA National Small Projects Award for the firm’s design of Cape Russell Retreat, a lakeside pavilion in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee.

UT professors Tricia Stuth and Ted Shelton received a Small Projects Award for their restoration and creation of three North Knoxville homes known as the Ghost Houses.

Pace, Sanders, Stuth, and Shelton’s winning projects were exhibited at the convention.

Other AIA accolades include four Gulf States Awards given to Archimania, a Memphisbased firm led by 1978 alumnus Barry Yoakum; a Residential Architect Award of Merit to 1995 alumnus Josh Shelton for his firm’s Echo Ridge Duplexes located in Topeka, Kansas; the naming of Keith Boswell, a 1980 alumnus and UT Architecture and Design board of advisor, as fellow of the AIA; presentations by 1977 alumnus Kem Hinton and 2008 alumnus Joseph Cole at the convention; and the induction of Brent Castro, a 2012 graduate, as a board member of the American Institute of Architecture Students.

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Students from Alpha Delta Pi examine the ongoing construction of their house in the Sorority Villiage on Monday, April 30. Crews will work over the summer to get a number of houses prepared for their grand openings in the fall, while other houses will stay under construction into 2013.

Dog video haunts legislator The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A state lawmaker hit back Tuesday at critics of a YouTube video she posted of her dog Pepper being held outside a moving car for what she called an “air swim.”

Freshman Rep. Julia Hurley said in an interview in her legislative office that her Chinese crested named Pepper enjoys being held out into the wind.

The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that Hurley’s short video titled “Pepper Air Swims” was pulled two days after being posted on YouTube. Hurley, a Republican, said she removed the video because she “didn’t want to deal with” criticism she calls politically moti-

vated.

“I think it’s a liberal ploy to take the attention off the bills and the legislation I’ve passed and the positive things I’ve done, to make me look like a bad person,” the Lenoir City Republican said.

Hurley said people who complained about the video should explain why they don’t have a similar reaction about other unrestrained dogs in the beds of pickup trucks or leaning out windows.

“My dog obviously enjoys it,” Hurley said. “She’s very happy.”

The newspaper was contacted by the Rev. Peggy Blanchard, who criticized the video in an email.

“I find Ms. Hurley’s behavior to be extremely unkind and irresponsible,”

said Blanchard, who is an Episcopal priest. “While Ms. Hurley and her friend are laughing and having fun, the dog is clearly terrified.”

“This sort of behavior exhibited by a person who has a position of leadership sets a very poor example of behavior for both adults and children,” Blanchard wrote.

Hurley said the backlash could lead her to stop posting social media updates.

“People say they want a legislator they can relate to, they want an opendoor policy and know everything that’s going on,” she said. “But you try to give them that, and they use it against you to try to make you look like a bad person.”

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Several people watch from across the street of Panallenic for the bear that was lodged in a tree on June 9. The bear was relocated later in the evening.

1876 — General Santa Anna dies in Mexico City Embittered and impoverished, the once mighty Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna dies in Mexico City.

Born in 1792 at Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico, Santa Anna was the son of middleclass parents. As a teen, he won a commission in the Spanish army and might have been expected to live out an unspectacular career as a middle-level army officer.

However, the young Santa Anna quickly distinguished himself as a capable fighter and leader, and after 1821, he gained national prominence in the successful Mexican war for independence from Spain. In 1833, he won election to the presidency of the independent republic of Mexico by an overwhelming popular majority. His dedication to the ideal of a democratic role proved weak, though, and he proclaimed himself dictator in 1835.

Some viewed Santa Anna’s overthrow of the Mexican Republic as an opportunity to break away and form an independent Republic of Texas that might one day become an American state.

Determined to crush the Texas rebels,

Santa Anna took command of the Mexican army that invaded Texas in 1836. His forces successfully defeated the Texas rebels at the Alamo, and he personally ordered the execution of 400 Texan prisoners after the Battle of Goliad. Lulled into overconfidence by his initial easy victories, Santa Anna was taken by surprise at San Jacinto, and his army was annihilated on April 21, 1836. The captured Santa Anna, fearing execution, willingly signed an order calling for all Mexican troops to withdraw.

Deposed during his captivity with the Texan rebels, Santa Anna returned to Mexico a powerless man. During the next two decades, however, the highly unstable political situation in Mexico provided him with several opportunities to regain — and again lose — his dictatorial power. All told, he became the head of the Mexican government 11 times. Overthrown for the last time in 1855, he spent the remaining two decades of his life scheming with elements in Mexico, the United States, and France to stage a comeback.

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

Friday, June 22, 2012

TUITION continued from Page 1 “I would say the tuition has probably increased every year I’ve been here,” Edwards said. “I think its excessive, but I know it does require a lot of money to provide students with all of the opportunities UT does. It takes a lot of money to run a University. I’ve had to take out between 20,000 and 30,000 in student loans. That’s going to take several years of working hard to pay off. A decent amount of those loans I’ve had to take out because tuition and other expenditures have gotten more and more expensive each year I’ve been here. I wouldn’t be in so much debt if everything cost the same as it did when I was a freshman.”

Ammar Fakhar, an incoming freshman planning to study chemical engineering, said he was unaware of the upcoming increase, but that having the Hope Scholarship made a tuition increase more bearable for him. While ignorance is bliss for some, Fakhar said he would like to know the reasons behind the increase.

“I’m sure they must have their reasons for doing it,” Fakhar said. “They should have informed us and let us know what those reasons are, but you just have to trust them. I do feel a little irritated, but it is your education, so I feel it’s worth it in the end.”

Along with the tuition increase, incoming freshmen and transfer students will be charged 15 hours for each semester as a full time student, regardless of whether they enroll in all 15 hours of class time. This is part of a five-year program the University hopes will produce a more qualified and diverse group of graduates as part of their top-25 initiative.

The plan is called “Defining the Future,” and focuses on helping the UT System Administration achieve its goals. The Complete College Tennessee Act, which hopes to (among other objectives) increase enrollment and graduation rates, is a chief part of the administration's plan.

NEWS “This is a moment of great opportunity. Our challenges are identified. The roles, responsibilities and accountability are agreed upon,” UT President Joe DiPietro told the board. “We have a strategic plan to guide the way, a commitment to lead the process and expectations for success.”

DiPietro discussed the proposed plan by stating that it was not just another document.

“It’s a plan for the future of the University of Tennessee,” DiPietro said. “It will help our units move in the right direction to achieve their goals and advance their reputations.”

The tuition increase for UT campuses are as follows: UT Chattanooga - 6 percent increase or $324 a year more for in-state undergraduates ($5,722 a year total) and $388 a year more for in-state graduate students ($6,860 a year total) UT Knoxville - 8 percent increase or $578 a year more for in-state undergraduates ($7,802 a year total) and $668 a year more for in-state graduate students ($9,000 a year total) UT Martin - 6 percent increase or $338 a year more for in-state undergraduates ($5,978 a year total) and $405 a year more for in-state graduate students ($7,130 a year total) UT Health Science Center - 4 percent for instate and out-of-state tuition for all colleges UT Veterinary Medicine - 10 percent increase or $1,941 a year more for in-state students and $4,326 a year more for out-of-state students.

While the tuition increase continues to be overwhelming for current and incoming students, DiPietro said a broad view of the matter helped make the decision more understandable.

“We understand the reality of increasingly limited state resources, and the result has been that universities have experienced a dramatic decline in public funding in the last 10 years,” DiPietro said. “Even as the amount of tuition has increased in that time, the cost per student remains stable, and tuition at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and at UT Martin and UT Chattanooga compared to peer institutions remains a value.”

ELLSWORTH continued from Page 1 Ellsworth said that the band is not a copycat of anyone, but their first album is a convergence of diversities compiled into one place.

The album, which was #18 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Chart in February, consists of 12 songs, including “Shoe Fits” which made it on Amazon’s Best Songs of 2011 list.

“We made it with the intention of these are songs that you are meant to listen to from start to finish,” Ellsworth said. “Not that you can’t enjoy the songs out of context, but we are definitely made it to be listened to as an album.”

Lance joined the band last September, but had heard of “Civilized Man” before he was ever asked to play in the band.

“I was not a part of the making of the ‘Civilized Man’ album,” Lance said. “That

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being said, I was a fan of ‘Civilized Man’ before I was offered the job to play guitar in the band. It's one of those few albums where I remember the first time I listened to it — that first spin and how it made me feel.”

Out of all the music that Lance has listened to, this album has made one of the biggest impacts on his life.

“I've listened to a ridiculous amount of music in my life, and I only have about a dozen of these ‘first listen’ moments — ones that were so powerful that my brain was stamped with particular images and sensations of the moment,” Lance said.

As the band comes to Barley’s this Saturday, Lance encourages fans to really engage with the whole album.

“Civilized Man is a smart, brilliantly composed album that deserves a listeners start-tofinish, beginning-to-end, attention,” he said.

“As a fan, that’s the only way that I used to listen to it.”

Abuse victim beats priest The Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Evidence will show the man on trial in the beating of an aging Jesuit priest was abused by the priest, but that still did not give him the right to take the law into in his own hands, prosecutors in Northern California said Wednesday in their opening statement in the trial of William Lynch.

Lynch, 44, is accused of beating the Rev. Jerold Lindner in 2010 in front of startled witnesses at a retirement home for priests.

Lynch has said Lindner abused him and his brother during a camping trip in Northern

California.

Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Vicki Gemetti began her 20-minute opening displaying a blown-up photograph of a bruised and bloodied Lindner slumped in a chair. She implored jurors to focus solely on the assault, which she said Lynch “undeniably” committed.

“The defendant beat this man up because he was angry and he wanted revenge,” she said.

“The defendant planned and executed a violent attack against the man who molested him 30 years ago.”

But Gemetti said the molestation was not a defense to the charges.

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Construction continues on Pedestrian Walkway on June 7. Currently the construction is causing one-lane traffic along Volunteer Blvd. in front of Hodges library.

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Friday, June 22, 2012

OPINIONS

Editor’sNote Summer blues gone with the wind Lauren Kittrell Editor-in-Chief Something about summer break makes me feel like I should be doing something awesome.

I shouldn’t be taking classes, working or planning for the upcoming fall.

It’s called ‘summer break’ for a reason, right?

Summer in my mind means hiking, running, flagfootball, soccer, traveling, picnics, watermelon, wild blackberries, large beetles, good books and family vacation (Anna Maria Island, FL, please).

All of that manages to sneak its way into my summer every year, and yet I always feel cheated. Whenever someone asks me what I’ve been up to, all that makes its way from my brain into words is, “working.”

Yesterday, I had to run errands, clean my room, make my bed, go to work and (more importantly) miss the glorious hours of 10-2 p.m. for some much needed pool time.

Woe is me.

Yes, this appears to be my take on summer.

But the truth is, in the last week I was able to celebrate Father’s Day, watch the U.S. Open (props to Webb Simpson), go to Asheville, tour Biltmore Estates (the winery was delightful), watch “The Fugitive,” sleep in, go to Max Patch, NC, hang out with friends, sleep outside and read a good book.

Yes, I worked in between, did some laundry, went to a meeting and cleaned a little bit, but I really had a great week.

All I feel right now, though, is tired. I’m wondering if I will really make it through summer and be refreshed enough to take on another year of school.

The realization that school is less than three months away is beginning to sink in, and we only just celebrated the first day of summer.

Panic strikes and I feel the need to pack my weeks full of summer-time activities. I haven’t made it to a Smokies game yet and I need to go to the bluffs at least four more times. Thankfully, I’m participating in

a dragon-boat race on Saturday, or I’d feel super behind in summer fun.

I don’t know where this urge to participate in summer-time activities comes from, but I think it resonates deep in all of our hearts. I’m content during the school year to live a life of work, school and other duties, but when summer time reveals itself, I become a kind of monster who craves nothing but happiness.

Even more frightening is the knowledge that, as a rising senior, my summer fun is limited to this summer only. From here on out, I’m expected to hold down (at the very least) a full time job. As I continue to age, my duties will become more and more demanding and the very life will be sucked out of me one year at a time (literally). The thought is enough to make me want to throw every duty out the window and do fun things only until the start of the fall semester.

And yet, if I’m honest, I enjoy work. I thrive when my room is clean, my work is done and my life is in order. I wouldn’t enjoy laying poolside if I knew my room was a disaster and my work was incomplete.

Something about having a responsibility (however small) and a goal keeps me sane. Having no responsibilities turns me into a toddler who complains when there is literally nothing to complain about.

Life may get more difficult, busier with more responsibilities, but that doesn’t mean life will be less joy-filled. It will just make family vacation that much sweeter and a summer weekend that much more summery. Maybe the watermelon will even taste better, knowing that I’ve actually accomplished something in a day.

Instead of holding onto something that is slipping away, I’m excited to loosen my grip and swing ahead to the next beginning. I’m looking forward to seeing what’s next. Rather than feeling like there’s never enough to cram into a summer, I hope to cherish every moment and make memories, regardless of the activity.

I want to enjoy my responsibilities just as I enjoy the free time. I don’t think one can be appreciated without the other.

Here’s to letting go of the perfect summer plans and enjoying the summer that we actually have.

— Lauren Kittrell is a senior journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at lkittre1@utk.edu.

SCRAMBLED EGGS • Alex Cline

RHYMES WITH ORANGE • Hilary Price

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Worthless knowledge grown popular C ommitee o f I n f ra ct i o n s by

Greg Bearringer You may or may not have run into this problem before, but I promise that sooner or later you will.

Sometimes — even with the pressure of a deadline and an assumed collection of stimuli, even with an open afternoon and an eager mind, and even with a load of caffeine in your system — you just don't have anything interesting to say. It happens. Now, having been in this position regularly in my life (high school plus college), usually I would be satisfied with submitting something subpar and settle for a “B.” Heck, even while writing for the Beacon I have sent in columns that were essentially nebulous thoughts around a subject that I thought was interesting, but that I didn't really have much to add or a particularly effective way of letting you know why it was interesting. I am pretty sure most well read people could write one good column; it is a skill (apparently foreign to myself) to do so on cue every few days.

My week was in fact incredibly boring. I spent most of it sick from attending The Shins concert in Louisville. You might think that this would provide the opportunity to write about The Shins, or about the nature of live shows and how they can change how you listen to certain songs, or (as I have subtly hinted at above… you’re welcome) make quirky comments like “How come no one ever includes the article in the name of a band unless it’s the subject of the sentence? I feel as though I should have heard ‘I am attending an A Perfect Circle show’ in 2005 but I was robbed.” However, I just couldn’t imagine anyone being interested in reading “I saw a good concert, man that James Mercer can sing, why didn’t he just name his new band ‘the James Mercer Band’ which is a sweet name instead of holding on to the name The Shins because they sound way different, anyway I went and had a blast WOOO.” (I do think that you will be interested to hear about their opening act, Deep Sea Diver, lead by brand new The Shins guitarist Jessica Dobson)

Of course, I could have picked at a few of the things that have been stuck in my mind.

Like how every newspaper writer today separates their sentences into separate paragraphs.

I happen to find it annoying; because it artificially creates the sense that every sentence is making a final, weighty point.

Good writers know that sometimes, you should probably have some, like, “information” before your point so that it doesn’t sound like artificial intelligence.

I would like to say how much beer snobs annoy me. Why can’t we admit that there is a strict hierarchy of beer: Really good to good depending upon preference (20 per cent) acceptable (60 per cent) and stuff you don’t drink once you are of legal age, plus that weird $2.50 per six pack beer they sell at Walgreen’s, plus the many, many overrated local breweries (20 per cent). Please stop pretending beer tasting is an art. You might as well become a whiteout nerd or an expert on the color and composition of road surface markings.

Let me put it in these terms, which I am going to call Bearringer’s Law of Beer Tasting: unless you make your living by brewing or serving beer, or if you are a certified beer judge, you do not have a sophisticated opinion of beer. Its corollary is this: if you think otherwise, you’re just stupid.

People in the age of the information superhighway don't just want to have a hobby or fetish (coffee, fabric blends, volleyball shoes, homeopathic gerbil medicine… anything) that they like; they want to know what THE BEST is and own it (or at least have a cost effective approximation of it), talk about it, and be an authority on it. The problem is this: how many people are in a position to judge what THE BEST actually means? Relative to the earth’s population, not very many. Interest, ability, the impressionable nature of our psyche, and basic opportunity serve to limit the number of people who have valid, unique opinions of a given subject, much in the same way these limits the number of people who are good at any particular task. Why can’t we just admit that? Take writing. If you want to know good writers, don’t ask me; its pretty clear I have no idea what the heck I am doing.

— Greg Bearringer is a graduate student in Medieval Studies. He can be reached at gbearrin@utk.edu.

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I want to use this column to continue the discussion from my last column, which examined if music was indeed a colorized sphere.

I had the opportunity to attend The Weekend concert in Memphis last Thursday. For those who don’t know about the artist, Abel Tesfaye has been relatively anonymous until recently when popular emo-rapper Drake featured him on several songs of his Take Care album. Tesfaye has a mellow, and often dark, tone to his music, but people love it.

As the show opened, a spectrum of green, red, and blue lights bounced off the crowd, and each individuals’ declarations of love to The Weekend was drowned in high-pitched screams.

The sight was beautiful. I couldn’t differentiate the person standing next to me from the other. It was simply a group of people enjoying a mellow artist with a good show.

Today, music might be heading towards a realistic identity as a unifying medium between all people thanks to shift in priorities in society.

Historically, music was known to be a divider — a certain way to give minorities an identity and a way for them to express their woes about the troubles of society.

Hip-hop appeared in the 1970s among blacks and Latinos in New York, and has evolved into an entire culture beyond the music. Often, artists in this genre share stories of drug dealing and strife living in the inner city as an outlet from the hardships in society. Vh1 featured a documentary about the 1992 LA Riots and how hip-hop was influenced by the racial tensions between the Los Angeles Police Department and inner city blacks.

Until recently, most people have identified music with one race of people, particularly because that genre of music originated within that group, and therefore became an understood characteristic or stereotype. Music in the early 2000s was highly saturated with racially focused ideas of what music looked like. When rapper Eminem emerged to the

mainstream public, it was not his music that people first identified with, but his color.

Now in 2012, color lines seem to be blurred in a midst of poppy, club music and more focus on building a celebrity instead of a decent song. Most albums are only attempting to serve the masses, while culture and true music can still be indentified in the underground mix tapes.

Recently, actress Gwyneth Paltrow and friend of the Carters tweeted “Ni**a” in paris for real” during a performance of Jay-Z and Kanye West’s song appropriately titled “Ni**as in Paris”. Though the incident sparked much outcry in the twittersphere, it’s a clear example of how culture in music is transforming and color lines are becoming less clear. Everyone in the crowd, despite their race, can dance and learn the lyrics to a song that uses a sensitive word multiple times. There’s no telling that such a controversial word will be completely acceptable to be used by non-blacks, but as the color lines become transparent, so do our attitudes.

I saw this again on a more local level when I attended trivia night at a restaurant with some of my co-workers. I suggested that it extremely important to participate in karaoke before the end of our internship. Everyone agreed. One of the interns was particularly eager as she wanted to debut her new ability to “dougie.”

She informed us that she taught herself from YouTube.

There were no scrunched faces and no probing questions. It was simply a young group of people sharing their interest in a genre of music that, not too long ago, would be almost taboo to discuss among everyone. It’s comforting, yet it makes me wonder: where is music heading now culturally?

What issues will we tackle through lyrics if racial issues no longer seem to dominate the pop culture sphere?

For now, drinking and drug references seem to be the cultural crutch on most mainstream music, so it’s a strong possibility that this will become the great unifier in music. It may not be the most thought-provoking subject, but it has allowed people to join together, if only for short time, to enjoy the moment and forget their differences.

— Victoria Wright is a junior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at vwright6@utk.edu.

Friday, June 22, 2012

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ARTS&CULTURE

What: Brad Blackwell Where: Bijou Theatre When: 8 p.m.

Price: $20 ($15 for students) Preston’s take: A native of Kingsport, Tennessee, Blackwell is one of the most talented singer-songwriters to come out of East Tennessee in a while. Blackwell is actually a current UT senior, and he has recently released his sophomore album. This up-and-coming talenthas an evergrowing buzz surrounding him, and this might be a good show to go to just for the chance to say “I saw him before he was big” a couple years down the road.

Saurday, June 23

Friday, June 22

What: Robert Earl Keen Where: Bijou Theatre When: 8 p.m.

Price: $28 Preston’s take: Keen is a staple in the singer-songwriter circuit, who has recorded with big-name artists such as George Strait, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash. Price is a little high, but he’s worth it.

What: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Where: Tennessee Theatre When: 8 p.m.

Price: $27—$37 Preston’s take: Grace Potter live sounds like a new-age Tina Turner mixed in with an essence of Janis Joplin and a twist of Koko Taylor, and with the Nocturnals behind her, the show is sure to be a good time.

If you like multi-instrumental ensembles and a beautiful voice, then Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is the only show you need to see on Friday. The price is steep, but the venue and the talent make up for it.

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What: Oversat with Sounds of Sirens and Exalted Ruler 1998 Where: Pilot Light When: 10 p.m.

Price: $5 (18+) Preston’s take: Oversat is an indie surfwave band that are veterans of touring Knoxville. It’s a good price with a good band in a nice spot.

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3BR 2BA townhouse in Fort Sanders. Central H/A, W/D, DW and parking. For more info contact fortsandersrentals@gmail.com

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P/T FRONT DESK/COURIER POSITION W/ CPA FIRM. Must be dependable and have your own vehicle.

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865-705-8146, ace@mbkennel.com THE TOMATO HEAD KNOXVILLE Now hiring dish and food running positions. Full and part-time available, no experience necessary. Apply in person at 12 Market Square or apply online at thetomatohead.com.

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THESPORTSPAGE

Friday, June 22, 2012

South tops North in Southern League All-Star Game Matthew Keylon Staff Writer The South ended an eight-game losing streak against the North Tuesday night at Smokies Park in the Southern League All-Star Game. The North started out strong as Danny Hultzen threw a shutout inning and Denny Almonte hit a home run in the bottom of the first inning.

“When Almonte hit that leadoff homer, I thought we were going to score a lot of runs,” said Buddy Bailey, North manager and skipper of the host Tennessee Smokies.

However, Mobile BayBears right fielder Alfredo Marte had two hits, an RBI and scored another to help the South overcome the deficit on the way to a 6-2 victory. Marte was rewarded with Most Valuable Player honors for his efforts.

South manager Turner Ward of the BayBears applauded Marte’s production on the field.

“He has carried us at some points. He’s had a lot of big hits and played outstanding

defense. He was definitely worthy of winning the MVP.” In addition to Marte doing well offensively, Hultzen stood out on the mound. In fact, he did so well that he was promoted to Triple-A the following day. The Mariners prospect has a 27 2/3 scoreless innings streak. Bailey took notice of the standout’s results.

“When you see a guy dominating at this level and it is his first year, you've got something special,” Bailey said.

Hultzen started out with a strikeout of Ryan LaMarre of the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.

Then, he walked Mobile’s David Nick.

However, he rebounded nicely to get Matt Davidson of the BayBears to hit into a double play.

“I’m always happy to throw as few pitches as possible if I get outs,” said Hultzen.

South starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs of Mobile didn’t start out as well as Hultzen as he gave up the home run to Almonte.

Fortunately for the South, it scored three runs in the second to take the lead for good. Marte started off with a double off of Chattanooga’s Matt Magill. After Montgomery’s Kyeong

Rebecca Vaughan • The Daily Beacon

Jarnell Stokes reaches for the rim against Savannah State on March 13. Stokes helped the USA Men’s U18 National Team defeat host Brazil 81-56 on Wednesday to claim the gold medal at the 2012 FIBA Americas Championship. The rising sophomore is the second Vol to help the USA team win gold; Allan Houston was on the team in 1990.

Jackson Generals outfielder Joe Dunigan Kang walked, Mississippi’s Todd Cunningham got a single to drive in Marte. Steve Ames bounced back from a disappointing showing took the mound to try to in 2009 to come back and stop the bleeding, but he win the Home Run Derby. gave up a single to He barely beat out Smokie Justin Bour in an extra Jacksonville’s Kyle round. Both got five home Skipworth loaded the bases. runs in the first round, but The South went up two Bour only managed one in runs when Generals shortthe extra round.

“Joe is obviously one of stop Nick Franklin comthe strongest guys and best mitted a throwing error.

The South got up by four home run hitters in the runs when Nick got a league,” said Bour, who triple, then Generals won last year’s Home Run catcher Jesus Sucre made Derby. “I gave him a run for his money, but I should an error on a pickoff have hit a couple more in attempt. Cunningham’s error helped Jim Adduci of Austin Bornheim • The Daily Beacon that last round. Still, it was the Smokies get an RBI in The teams warm up before fun.” the fifth. The South the Southern League All-Star Dunigan is third in the league with 12 home runs, bounced back with a run of game on Tuesday, June 19. while Bour leads the their own by Mobile’s Marc Krauss after he got a double then league in RBIs with 52. reached home on two wild pitches. Skaggs The Smokies have a five-game series in took the win as Magill took the loss.

Jacksonville with the Suns this weekend.