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‘The Strip’ due for renovation Honors program Wesley Mills News Editor If the ongoing construction on campus wasn’t enough to get you to redirect your paths, the upcoming construction will.

On Tuesday, Knoxville city officials announced an updated timeline for the redesigning of Cumberland Avenue.

Construction will start along 17th Street and go to Volunteer Boulevard and is expected to begin late next fall, after the 2013 football season. The plan includes two lanes of traffic, along with grassy medians and left-turn lanes.

Knoxville City Council approved the original reconstruction contract with Vaughn and Melton Consulting Engineers, Inc. on Sept. 23, 2008 with a completion date of Dec. 31, 2011.

However, before they could proceed with the project, some additional coordination and studies were required to fulfill different aspects, thus delaying the start of the project.

On Tuesday, the Knoxville City Council met and approved the resolution to increase the contract price by $565,501 for a new contract of

$1,988,921 for completion of the Cumberland Avenue Streetscapes Improvement Project.

While not on campus, many students still frequent Cumberland Avenue on a weekly basis and some are worried that the construction will make traffic even more complicated than it is currently.

Sierra Peak, junior in psychology, said she visits the strip a few times a week and thinks the traffic is already bad enough.

“I think it will probably slow things down a bit,” Peak said. “Especially on the weekends since that is when most activity takes place and people traveling back home. It’s already congested enough and I think the construction will definitely make things worse.”

The city of Knoxville is trying to make life easier for commuters by installing a turn lane so traffic won’t be stalled due to turning cars.

Peak likes the idea and says the traffic flow would benefit greatly.

“I think that having one would be really beneficial so cars aren’t stuck waiting behind someone trying to turn holding up traffic,” she said.

Zachary Royster, sophomore in political science, said it is important to make traffic go smoothly at all times, but it will be especially challenging when they are doing construction during the football season.

The plan is to start after the 2013 season, but chances are good that this 24month process will go all the way through the 2014 season and 2015 seasons as well.

Royster said with as much construction happening on campus as there is right now, they will have succeeded if the traffic is kept at the status quo.

“I mean, it already takes people an hour or so to get out of the parking garage and onto the street if they don’t leave before the clock hits zero,” Royster said. “So I feel like as long as they don’t let the traffic get any worse than it already is, they will have done a good job.”

Some students haven’t had a big problem waiting to turn, however. More pertinent agenda items include making the road look more inviting.

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director leaves Blair Kuykendall Staff Writer UT faculty and staff bid farewell on Monday to longstanding advocate for honors enrichment, Steve Dandaneau. He celebrated his time at UT surrounded by friends and colleagues with an afternoon reception in the rotunda of the Baker Center.

As director of the Chancellor’s Honors Program, Dandaneau worked to enhance the education of UT’s most gifted students, and to make honors education more accessible across the university at large. He served as the founding director of the Haslam Scholars Program, an honors enrichment effort launched in 2008 through the generosity of the Haslam family.

Representatives from the administration, faculty, and student population gathered in the rotunda to show their appreciation for Dandaneau’s dedication to the growth of UT’s honors students. He worked to ensure that academic challenges were available to any students that sought them.

Dandaneau focused his closing remarks on the high-

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Board of Trustees approves new UT system budget Staff Reports The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees voted Thursday to approve a $1.9 billion system-wide budget that includes a pay increase for Knoxville campus faculty and staff and a boost in funds for student success and academic programs.

The board also voted to approve an 8 percent tuition increase for UT Knoxville students. Several student fees also were increased—all related to campus growth and expansion of student services.

Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek said recommending a tuition increase is a difficult, but necessary deliberation.

“We’re committed to provide our students with the best education possible,” Cheek said. “Investing in programs, facilities, faculty, and staff makes a difference in their overall experience and in the university.”

This year, $3.1 million will be used for academic reinvestment to add courses and laboratories, advisors, and support to improve services and help students address obstacles to graduation. About $1.8 million will be used for new need-based scholarships to help Tennessee students address financial obstacles to enrolling.

UT remains a good value, Cheek said, noting that it is near bottom in cost comparisons with its state public university peers. He said the university is operating more efficiently even though it lost $64 million in recurring state funds.

It also has made progress in its goals for becoming a Top 25 university.

UT faculty and staff will receive a 2.5 percent or $1,000, which ever is greater, pay increase on July 1, a portion of which is funded by the state. The Knoxville campus, UT system, Institute of Agriculture, and Institute for Public Service are funding 2.5 percent pools to reward high performers and address market salary issues.

Cheek said investing in the people who carryout the university’s mission is critical to its goals. Fundraising has brought significant private funds for new endowments to retain and recruit top faculty.

The budget for fiscal year 2012-13 also includes $94 million in state capital funds for renovation and expansion of Strong Hall to add needed classrooms and laboratories. The campus will contribute $18.75 million for the project, which will begin in summer 2013. The state also funded $11 million for capital maintenance to upgrade the electrical system and repair roofs. It has been four years since the state has dedicated capital funds for university projects due to unprecedented revenue shortfalls associated with the recession.

The campus received additional state funds based on performance measures that are now part of its state funding formula through the Tennessee Complete College Act of 2010. The campus excelled in graduation rates, research funding, and student retention.

ly-motivated group of students he mentored during his time at the university.

“I have been deeply honored to serve the University of Tennessee’s most high achieving students,” Dandaneau said. “Never have I encountered a more impressive group of young scholars.”

He expressed a desire to maintain a supportive role in the lives of his students.

“I look forward to staying in touch and to taking personal credit for all of their many future accomplishments,” Dandaneau said.

Margaret Ross, president of the Honors Council, expressed her appreciation for Dandaneau’s work in the program.

“He’s so supportive of students,” Ross said. “That's the thing that always stuck out to me: that he cared so much about us as students and that he would do anything to help us.”

Dandaneau took on a vital leadership role in the development of HSP, helping to create a unique curriculum of study and experience to enrich the lives of fifteen gifted students each year. The program graduated its first class earlier this year.

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LEAN begins this weekend Tennessee Manufacturing Extension Program. “It’s truly a win-win situation for all involved.”

The goal of Lean manufacturing, according to Slizewski, is to help companies eliminate waste and excess inventory.

“Toyota first developed the system after WWII and it was utilized especially in the post-war clean up of Japan,” he explained.

“It took America longer to catch on, but the methodology has since become a highly important business practice.”

The Lean Enterprise Program aims to teach students to systematically enter plants and be able to cut unnecessary expenditures.

sity there. We decided we needed to do something in context to the Lean Manufacturing ideology by offering a course or something of that nature. It This weekend will see the arrival of over turned into this four week long summer 90 international students to UT’s campus departmental program from there. Our in order to learn and practice the tenets of goal is to increase this to a major level.” lean manufacturing.

Ninety-one students from three contiThe students, who hail from emerging nents will stay on UT's campus for the global economic centers such as China, month of July. During this time, they will Brazil and Mexico, are to be hosted by the attend daily classes and be divided into 17 Lean Enterprise Summer Program. Under different teams, each with a Lean project this initiative, they will not only attend centered around a partnering company. daily seminars but will also get to see the Local business Monterey Mushrooms is real world implications of their lessons one such participating establishment. through work with partnering companies.

“Monterey Mushrooms began to Enrique Macias De Anda, graduate in embrace Lean industrial engineeralmost four years ing, is one of the ago as a means of originators and providing cusorganizers behind tomers quality this project. From a mushroom product fiscal perspective, at the least cost,” De Anda believes said Troy the benefits of Richardson, Lean Lean Enterprise coordinator of the are far reaching. company. “We will “Lean enterprise enable the students is the practice of a hands-on opportucreating more nity to put into pracvalue for contice the Lean matesumers while using rial they will be fewer resources learning about in and to transform the classroom.” themselves and Richardson furbecome more comther states that petitive,” De Anda obtaining a backsaid. ground in Lean According to De manufacturing will Anda, the competihelp these internation is definitely tional engineering out there. students through“Participating in out their future Lean provides teroccupations as a rific job exposure means of opening to these students,” their eyes and bethe said. “We are livtering their career ing in a globalized chances. world whether we • Photo courtesy of the University of Tennessee “By engineering like it or not, which means that we are A student discusses a presentation during the LEAN Summer Program in new or improving existing systems to not anymore com- this undated photo. reduce waste, they peting with our “By eliminating the excess and ridding have a much greater opportunity to sucneighbors for a job, we are competing with these plants of anything that doesn't direct- cessfully bring value to their future endeavthe entire world.”

The Lean Enterprise Program is a solu- ly translate to value for the consumer, the ors,” he said.

Sawhney has high hopes for the contintion that promises to not only give one-day cost of the product will be cut and the cycle uation of his vision and the positive impact business owners and plant operators a com- time made faster,” he added.

The program is largely the brainchild of it could have on the engineering departpetitive edge, it will also directly benefit Dr. Rupy Sawhney, department head of ment and UT at large. buyers.

“We have technical skills we're teaching “Lean will benefit companies, con- industrial and information engineering at that increase department visibility, which is sumers, students and the University,” said UT. “The idea spawned when I was in important and even required,” he said.

Jim Slizewski, regional manager of the Center for Industrial Services (CIS) Mexico,” Sawhney said. “That is where I “We're working to identify UT as a Lean met Enrique, who was working at a univer- manufacturing expert globally.”

Liv McConnell

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Artwork by Kelly Hider hangs in the UC concourse on June 28. Several UT alumni have their artwork hanging in the UC until Aug. 31.

1613 — The Globe Theater burns down The Globe Theater, where most of Shakespeare's plays debuted, burned down on this day in 1613.

The Globe was built by Shakespeare's acting company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, in 1599 from the timbers of London's very first permanent theater, Burbage's Theater, built in 1576. Before James Burbage built his theater, plays and dramatic performances were ad hoc affairs, performed on street corners and in the yards of inns. However, the Common Council of London, in 1574, started licensing theatrical pieces performed in inn yards within the city limits. To escape the restriction, actor James Burbage built his own theater on land he leased outside the city limits. When Burbage's lease ran out, the Lord Chamberlain's men moved the timbers to a new location and created the Globe. Like other theaters of its time, the Globe was a round wooden structure with a stage at one end, and covered balconies for the gentry.

1941 — Germans advance in USSR One week after launching a massive invasion of the USSR, German divisions make staggering advances on Leningrad, Moscow, and Kiev.

Despite his signing of the NaziSoviet Pact of 1939, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin knew that war with Nazi Germany — the USSR’s natural ideological enemy — was inevitable. In 1941, he received reports that German forces were massing along the USSR’s eastern border. He ordered a partial mobilization, unwisely believing that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler would never open another front until Britain was subdued. Stalin

was thus surprised by the invasion that came on June 22, 1941. On that day, 150 German divisions poured across the Soviet Union’s 1,800-mile-long eastern frontier in one of the largest and most powerful military operations in history.

Aided by its far superior air force, the Luftwaffe, the Germans raced across the USSR in three great army groups, inflicting terrible casualties on the Red Army and Soviet civilians. On June 29, the cities of Riga and Ventspils in Latvia fell, 200 Soviet aircraft were shot down, and the encirclement of three Russian armies was nearly complete at Minsk in Belarus. Assisted by their Romanian and Finnish allies, the Germans conquered vast territory in the opening months of the invasion, and by mid-October the great Russian cities of Leningrad and Moscow were under siege.

However, like Napoleon Bonaparte in 1812, Hitler failed to take into account the Russian people’s historic determination in resisting invaders. Although millions of Soviet soldiers and citizens perished in 1941, and to the rest of the world it seemed certain that the USSR would fall, the defiant Red Army and bitter Russian populace were steadily crushing Hitler's hopes for a quick victory. Stalin had far greater reserves of Red Army divisions than German intelligence had anticipated, and the Soviet government did not collapse from lack of popular support as expected. Confronted with the harsh reality of Nazi occupation, Soviets chose Stalin's regime as the lesser of two evils and willingly sacrificed themselves in what became known as the “Great Patriotic War.” The German offensive against Moscow stalled only 20 miles from the Kremlin, Leningrad’s spirit of resistance remained strong, and the Soviet armament industry — transported by train to the safety of the east — carried on, safe from the fighting. Finally, what the Russians call “General Winter” rallied again to their cause, crippling the Germans’ ability to maneuver and thinning the ranks of the divisions ordered to hold their positions until the next summer offensive. The winter of 1941 came early and was the worst in decades, and German troops without winter coats were decimated by the major Soviet counteroffensives that began in December.

In May 1942, the Germans, who had held their line at great cost, launched their summer offensive.

They captured the Caucasus and pushed to the city of Stalingrad, where one of the greatest battles of World War II began. In November 1942, a massive Soviet counteroffensive was launched out of the rubble of Stalingrad, and at the end of January 1943 German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrendered his encircled army. It was the turning point in the war, and the Soviets subsequently recaptured all the territory taken by the Germans in their 1942 offensive.

More than 18 million Soviet soldiers and civilians lost their lives in the Great Patriotic War. Germany lost more than three million men as a result of its disastrous invasion of the USSR. — This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

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CUMBERLAND continued from Page 1 In a press release earlier this week, it was stated that grassy medians would be put in place as well as a reconfiguration of electrical supply lines.

Knoxville Utilities Board talked with Knoxville officials and came to the conclusion that they could bury the electrical transmission line under Cumberland Avenue and eliminate some of the overhead power lines.

“I just feel like they could make it a little bit nicer-looking and more appealing for people to walk up and down the strip,” Royster said.

Jacob Haskew, recent graduate in journalism,

NEWS said the better Cumberland Avenue looks, the more people it will draw.

“I think this new look is good for it,” Haskew said. “I like it being more pedestrian-friendly. It’s going to be a bear for cars, but great for people walking. Making these two lanes would limit who needs to be there.”

Haskew said he’s heard of other schools doing similar things, and likes the direction of this reconfiguration.

“I mean, I think it’s good,” he said. “But bad at the same time because traffic will be a nightmare. But I think in the long run, it could improve the look of the strip tremendously, because you could have things like more trees and other more appealing things to look at besides wires hanging over your head.”

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DANDANEAU continued from Page 1 The director’s colleagues highlighted the contributions he made during his tenure with the university.

“Dr. Dandaneau has been an extremely committed director of the Chancellor’s Honors Program and has led the university community with his vision for growing honors education universitywide,” Rebekah Page, assistant director of the CHP, said.

Dandaneau will be moving to Manhattan, Kansas, to assume the position of Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies at Kansas State University.

“We all wish Dr. Dandaneau the best of luck in his new position at Kansas State,” Page said. “I have received a lot of emails from honors students in the past

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month expressing their sadness that Dr. D is leaving. He will be missed.”

Susan Martin, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, presented Dandaneau with a piece of Tennessee marble to commemorate his work at UT. After her presentation, Dandaneau addressed the crowd, conveying his gratitude for the opportunity to

work with the honors faculty and students.

Dandaneau repeatedly expressed his admiration for the unique group of honors students at UT, citing them as his motivating factor for taking a position at the university.

The reception ran over into the evening as well-wishers stayed to converse with the outgoing director.

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Editor’sNote Summer films, nothing more or less Lauren Kittrell Editor-in-Chief Summer movies are one of the highlights of my year.

I love sitting in the theater on a cold December day, watching the trailers for the action-packed movies I will attend the upcoming summer.

As spring arrives, the anticipation grows and spring break affords a little time to go see a pre-season action film (“The Hunger Games” was the perfect starter this year) to get me psyched for summer.

With appearances from Batman, Spiderman, Thor and Captain America, I can sit comfortably back in my chair, prop my feet up (provided no one has been rude enough to sit in the chair in front of me) and settle in for a movie that may be similar to last summer’s action film, but at least it's never disappointing.

There is something so captivating about a well-built man with the strength of forty men who struggles inwardly, but in the end, must die (or nearly die) to save the woman he loves.

One would think that the same characters in similar plotlines would get old over the years, but they don’t.

These plots give my tired, slightly over-used fall-tospring brain just what it needs to recoup: a chance to just relax and enjoy a $10 movie that won't let me down.

The movies function as a kind of adrenaline rush without that in-the-back-of-your-mind feeling that says, “This is stupid” and I always come away refreshed.

The most disappointing thing in the world to me (warning: possible exaggeration) is when my summer movie season is misused. While I am generally able to spot this dilemma early on in a preview, I still find the concept depressing. Whenever I get the idea that the film was created as a mere money-making endeavor, I find it revolting. I like movies that make me think the director actually enjoyed making it and had entertainment rather than dollar signs in mind while filming. Even more important to me is that the movie doesn't take advantage of something else for the sole purpose of making money. While these films are easily spotted early on in their trailer stage, I find that their existence can still dampen my day.

Take “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer.” There is

something so vulgar about using a former president to sell a movie. Even more vulgar is the idea that the film industry would use the name of one of the greatest presidents in history.

I’ve heard arguments for and against (there are two sides to any argument), but I have a personal vendetta against anyone who misuses a historical figure in such a way. Or anything of classical importance for that matter. “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” is something I refuse to touch. I don’t even enjoy walking by it in the bookstore. Jane Austen would roll over in her grave if she knew of the gross changes that have been made to her greatest work of art.

With this in mind, I refuse to condone films of this nature and will not be caught supporting them.

I admire originality, when fitted with a uniquely classical vibe , but zombies fail to catch my highly sophisticated interest.

Yes, I enjoy an occasional viewing of “The Walking Dead,” but the show doesn’t include a historical figure to confuse young viewers about history.

During the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s tragic disaster, a study was shown that many Americans thought the Titanic was merely a film and not a true story. Imagine what damage a movie like “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer” could accomplish.

In my cynical mind, I can see the next generation looking at me thirty years from now with confused faces, wondering if Abraham Lincoln really did exist and wasn’t just a figment of some director’s imagination.

Werewolves, vampires and zombies hold a strange interest for today’s youth. Probably not something to be concerned about, but I do hope the interest is combined with a healthy dose of classic literature.

Maybe “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” and “Abraham Lincoln: Zombie Slayer” is just a desperate attempt to weave classic novels and American history into the hearts of our youth. If that’s the reason for these travesties, I find our situation a bit dire.

In light of all this, I guess I'll have to go see “The Amazing Spider-Man” to relax and take my mind off things. I can hold my head up high knowing that I’ve invested in a film purely for entertainment and nothing more.

Here’s to summer actions movies. Intellectually stimulating and fun, all at the same time.

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

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Faith, science separate but equal C ommitee o f I n f ra ct i o n s by

Greg Bearringer A recent “Forbes” article caught my eye for a number of reasons. For one, it announced the return of the television show “Cosmos” on Fox, which struck me as really cool even if it probably can’t capture the awesomeness of Carl Sagan’s waxing poetic about the cosmos with graphics from 1980 swirling helplessly around him and also will end up looking a lot like two other shows — “The Universe” and “How the Universe Works” — both already on cable. It also struck me how big of an insufferable douche the following sentence makes McFarlane look: “‘The resistance to science is idiotic,’ says MacFarlane, sipping on a coffee that he declares way too fancy. ‘Those people shouldn't be allowed to have antibiotics. Give us back your TVs and the dentures.’” Of course, that was taken from a larger conversation about how the space program is in a bit of a rut in terms of interest and funding, and how creationism being taught in schools isn't good. I am going to avoid the urge to point out that our space program is currently stuck in its current position because the next great presumed step — going to Mars — currently looks like an untenable position politically because its cost would be a huge weight on a budget that can’t even support itself without massive debt. I am also going to resist asking why the creationism I was “taught” in school in Ohio (for the 18 seconds the state required it) is such a bad thing (my teacher introduced a group of theories about the origins of life, and then said “While a deity may have been the cause of life on earth, we cannot learn about it because it is not something that can be scientifically proven”).

Instead, I am going to question the ideological weight that the word “scientific” has acquired. If you will allow me to put on my humanities grad student hat, I would point out that the etymology of the word “science” traces to the Latin word “scio,” which means “to know”.

While I usually find etymology to be a worthless map to understanding the present word, in this case it makes

a point for me: science is naught more that a method of acquiring facts. In a strict sense, any religious person can be a scientist without really any greater intrapersonal conflict than a religious plumber has.

Now, you might be fighting the urge to say, “but doesn't science disprove religion?” First of all, that's always been something of a strange question to me, as if religion and science were locked in a rock paper scissors battle without scissors. Secondly, that question assumes that religion doubts the finality of scientific knowledge; it is science, or rather those who believe it to be an over empowering truth, that doubt the field of apologetics.

The problem is with the way people speak of the field of “science” with two important assumptions, both of which are wrong. The worst sense of this word is far too vague, assuming continuity between fields that are usually inaccurate. Secondly, and more relevant to my point, is this: when people make “science” into an entity on a level with “religion,” they make both fields worse for the wear; science is made to be something more that the efficient study of phenomena, and religion is held up to standards which by definition are not its concern. Science then becomes encumbered with a “responsibility” and is given the all the possible pitfalls of religion; religion is forced towards specificity when it claims only narrative, purpose, and heuristic. In other words, by comparing two separate fields concerned with two separate questions, they are competing in a game whose victory is declared by both sides before the fact. People “resist” science because they believe — which is a non-scientific act — that they must choose between science and their religion; it is unreasonable to imagine religious people making any other choice, just as it is unfair to expect an atheist to become religious merely because a majority of others believe it.

Please don’t mistake this article as a defense of creationism or an attack upon “science.” I don't think that science is any more or less beholden to values of “good” or “bad” than is religion; these are human judgments that apply to human actions. Religion is too often misused by humans for human reasoning; science comes closest to religion, in fact, in that humanity can use and misuse both for purposes which large portions of their practitioners would find abhorrent.

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

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Yesterday morning, I attempted to create a pseudo-Italian masterpiece I like to call a prosciutto grilled cheese sandwich.

I added my basil leaves neatly over a slice of bread. Then I laid three thin slices of provolone cheese over my herbs. Next I took eight slices of salty prosciutto and blanketed my cheese.

Perfect. No time for the red pepper flakes and coarse black pepper to season.

I heated the olive oil on medium heat then gently placed the buttered side of the sandwich on the pot.

Not five seconds after I put my meal on the heat, I left to check my email and argue about something irrelevant.

Then I smelled smoke. I rushed over to the pan, and of course, I had burned the sandwich.

It was terrible.

Not only did I burn one side to an unimaginable black crisp, my prosciutto was soggy, and my basil slipped from between the sandwich with every bite, completely overpowering every other ingredient I had so carefully thrown together.

The project wasn’t a complete failure, however.

I did manage to salvage a couple of good bites of melted provolone, and I mustered up enough confidence to retry the recipe again later in the evening.

As I lamented with my co-workers about my inability to create a decent meal, one of the interns smirked and stated that we were experiencing “the fall of domesticity as we know it.”

Now, I’m not a stark feminist, but I do attempt to remain vigilant when I feel certain stereotypes are being laid upon women or there’s inequality regarding our opportunities.

I tried not to take her comment personally — the statement was merely a meaningless addition to the conversation. Simply put, it was something to add before we were forced to scatter to our

separate ends of the newsroom.

I pondered her statement several times while sitting at my desk. After my arbitrary search on the Psychology Today website, I eventually discovered an article titled, “We Need A Slow Domesticity Movement” by Pamela Haag, PhD. Though a few months old, it stated that we were in need of a domesticity movement — a type of "slow movement" (as the article stated) to combat our inability to produce decent, hearty meals and dust the mantels efficiently.

The article, however, was not a cry for bringing a traditional view of gender roles back into the household. It instead suggested people, both men and women, bring back the leisurely pleasures of cooking, cleaning, and maintain a balanced home back to the top of our priority list.

As I continued to read through the article I felt a bit guilty. I tried to visualize my room as a place of mediation and warmth — it was impossible. I thought about the pile of clothes I had left scattered on my bed in my desperate attempt to find a decent outfit for work. I thought about the heap of makeup accessories on my dresser — untouched and still fresh out of the package.

How had I become so disconnected with my home? Between working eight hours a day, then sacrificing more of my time checking frivolous Twitter and Facebook messages, my life had become so consumed by constantly being in motion that I forgot to actually rest and compile my thoughts for a few minutes a day.

The author said this was possible through domestic activities, which seems monotonous, but allows the person to actually rest and reflect on the daily grind of work and the rat race of life.

I can’t promise that once I return home I will clean the kitchen or vacuum the living room. The opportunity to “zen out” house chores — the constant rhythmic motion of cleaning is calming; however, there are other methods of meditation to maintain a comfortable home. Spring cleaning may not appeal to me, but for those who are looking for an alternative to unleash their stress, this could be a good start.

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

Friday, June 29, 2012

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ARTS&CULTURE

Friday, June 29 What: Foxy Shazam Where: The Valarium When: 10 p.m.

Price: 94 cents at door, $3 surcharge for under 21s

Preston’s take: I honestly knew nothing about this band until I saw their poster, which had me intrigued by their awesome name and even more eye-catching collection of facial hair. They’re a solid rock-band, that prefers to be unlabeled as a genre, but they do proclaim to be the “Michael Jordan of Rock N’ Roll.” So that’s got to be worth a shot.

Saturday, June 30 What: White Gregg and Altered Statesmen and PG-13 Where: The Pilot Light When: 10 p.m.

Price: $5 Our take: White Gregg are a locally grown experimental rock group, the Statesmen hail from Nashville with a folksy inidie feel and PG13 are an L.A.-based pop group. Worth the going for the price.

• Photo courtesy of Foxy Shazam

EMPLOYMENT

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HOUSE FOR RENT

$12.00 per hour, residential window cleaning. Flexible schedule, great opportunity.

Call Steve (865)335-2955.

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

T/TH 8:30-5:00. General office duties, telephone, and making pick-ups and deliveries to Knoxville, Maryville, and Oak Ridge areas. $7.25/hr plus milage (currently $ .55.5/mile). Email risathompson@decosimo.com Fax:865-546-7580.

South Knoxville/ UT downtown area 2BR apts. $475.

Call about our special (865)573-1000.

CAMPUS 2 BLOCKS 2BR ($695- $895) and 3BR ($990) apt available beginning Summer or Fall. Restored hardwood floors. Historic Fort Sanders. No pets UTK-APTS.com 933-5204.

3BR, 2.5BA, W/D, very nice and close to campus. $350/mo. per person. Call 385-0512 or visit www.volhousing.com.

Dance studio seeking p/t office manager for late afternoon/ evening hours. Responsibilities include answering the phone, dealing with customer needs, clerical tasks, AR/ AP. Must have pleasant and friendly manner, be organized and self motivated. Must be proficient on the computer and have the ability to learn new software quickly. Send resume to info@artisticdanceunlimited.com Full Time Office Clerk/Runner: Downtown Knoxville law firm has opening for a F/T office clerk/runner. Duties include filing of legal documents with courts, deliveries to clients, handling mail, interoffice filing, general errands, etc. Some heavy lifting required. Reliable vehicle w/insurance required. Hours 8am to 5pm, M-F. Send resume to Administrator, PO Box 869.Knoxville, TN 37901 or email sbarrett@hdclaw.com Gynecology office seeks student for PT clerical work Preferred Biology, English Chemistry or Pre-med Major. Monday through Saturday. 8am - 12noon. Email to knoxville_gyn@yahoo.com .

PT kennel worker, grounds work and odd jobs. Early morning hours Fri-Tue flexible. Mainly cleaning and assisting kennel manager. Must be a dog lover, reliable and capable of hard work in all weather. 10-minute drive from UT. References required. Start immediately.

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.

We need coachable, pleasant, dependable people for repeat Shrine fundraiser.

Clean, safe and comfortable environment. $8 to $16/hr.

Flexible FT/PT hrs avail. No weekends. 865-246-1823.

UNFURN APTS

Kidtime After School Program seeking caring counselor $7.75/hr. AL Lotts Elementary School, Farragut Primary and Dogwood Elementary. M-F 12:00-6:00 PM. FT and PT available. Please call Olivia at (865)640-3108.

1 and 2BR Apts. UT area and West Knox area. Call for appointment (865)522-5815.

Part-time 25 plus hours a week. Lawn care experience a must. $9/hr. 216-5640.

This space could be yours. Call 974-4931

1BR apartments available beginning in summer. One block from campus. Call between 9 AM and 9 PM. (865)363-4726.

FOR RENT 1 BR CONDO Pool/Security/Elevator/ Pkg 3 min. walk to Law School. $520R, $300SD, No app. fee.

865 (4408-0006 , 250-8136).

12th Street in the Fort 2BR, 1BA apt in older house.

Great front porch. Central H/A, Hardwood floors, W/D, off street parking. No Pets. $870/mo. 615-300-7434 865-389-6732.

16th PLACE APARTMENTS 3 blocks from UT Law School (1543- 1539 Highland Ave.) 1BR and 2BR apts. only.

Brick exterior, carpet, laundry facility on first floor.

Guaranteed and secured parking. 24 hour maintenance. No dogs or cats. 32nd year in Fort Sanders. www.sixteenthplace.com. brit.howard@sixteenthplace. com. (865)522-5700.

1BR, LR, kitchen with stove and refrigerator, private parking and entrance. Utilities not included. 2011 Highland. Walking distance to campus. Very Clean,. Available now. $400/mo. Call 522-3325.

3 bedrooms AND 3 garage parking spaces! 2 baths, washer/dryer, free cable and wireless service. Lake Plaza, 1735 Lake Ave, behind McDonalds. No pets, no smoking. $1950/mo. bhmiller67@aol.com, 615-292-0354 AVAILABLE FOR FALL 3BR, 1BA apt. in older house in the Fort. Central H/A, off streeet parking.

No pets. Leave message $380/per person (615)300-7434.(865)3896732.

Hialeah Apartments $390 Student Special! 1BR apartment off Chapman Hwy. Convenient to Busline.

Quiet Community - Pool and Basketball.

Please call 865-573-5775.

HUNTINGTON PLACE UT students! Only 3 miles west of campus. Eff. to 3BR. Hardwood floors. Central H/A. Pets allowed.

(865)588-1087.

VICTORIAN HOUSE APTS Established 1980 3 blocks behind UT Law School. 1, 2 and 3BR apartments. VERY LARGE AND NEWLY RENOVATED TOP TO BOTTOM. Hardwood floors, high ceilings, porches, 3BR’s have W/D connections. 2 full baths, dishwashers. Guaranteed and secured parking. 24 hour maintenance. No dogs or cats. www.sixteenthplace.com. brit.howard@sixteenthplace. com. (865)522-5700.

WALK TO CAMPUS Great Specials! 1BR Apartments. Limited available. No security deposits. Prime Campus Housing (865)637-3444. primecampushousingtn.com.

HOUSE FOR RENT

Read the Beacon Classifieds!

CONDOS FOR LEASE ON UT CAMPUS 2 & 3BR units available for lease in popular complexes on UT Campus.

Most include internet, cable, W/D, water, sewer and parking. University Real Estate & Property Mgmt., LLC 865-673-6600 www.urehousing.com or rentals@urehousing.com

7 minutes UT. 2 doors from Cherokee Golf Course. H/W, charming, 3BR, 2BA, Large LR with bar, Large kitchen, W/D, all appliances , Call Jim at 363-1913.

Old North Knoxville. 3 miles to UT. 3BR, 1.5BA, newly remodeled. Refrig. range, D/W, W/D, $900/mo. No security deposit. No pets.

1121 Overton Place.

865-250-1397.

CONDOS FOR SALE Off Alcoa Hwy., 3036 Ginnbrooke Lane, 2BR, 2BA, vaulted ceiling in Great room, fireplace, Large kitchen all appliances. W/D, private patio, 2 car garage, $169.900. 865-256-7090.

Southeastern Glass Building The Best of Urban Living!

On-Site Parking and Storage 1BR lofts from $164,500 2BR lofts from $246,500 555 West Jackson (Downtown) Downtown Realty Inc. www.SEGKnox.com 865-588-5535

3BR, 3BA condo at Woodlands. UT shuttle, pools, fitness center. Buy for less than rent. 3950 Cherokee Woods Way #1422 $165,900.

(865)919-2456.

River Towne Condo. 3BR, 2BA. Cherry H/W floors throughout.

Overlooking pool, boat slip available.

Rick 805-9730

Walk to class. 2, 4 and 7BR, 2BA homes. Central H/A, all appliances furnished, including Washer Dryer, off street parking. Call (865)388-6144.

ROOMMATES Male roommate wanted.

2BR/ 2BA. No pets. No smoking. Preferably quiet.

Westcliff Condominiums Contact 865-207-42343 jwskipper22@gmail.com

CONDOS FOR SALE

Next to UT Medical Center.

Large condo with 3BR, 2.5BA, living room, dining room, 2 car garage. Community pool and guest house. Very safe and quiet (located on cul-de-sac). Guarded 24/7.

No smoking and no pet allowed. Available in June. $1250/mo. 865-387-4897.

Houses in the Fort available for Fall. 4, 5, and 7BR, includes appliances and internet. Call 521-7324.

This space could be yours. Call 974-4931

FSBO Student housing, Laurel Station. 3BR/2BA, designated parking spaces, stainless appliances, full size W/D, new flooring, security system, private balcony, cable/ internet included in low HOA fees. 404-824-2291

Queen pillow top mattress set $150. New in plastic. Can deliver. Must Sell. Call Steve 865-805-3058.

Lake Plaza, 1735 Lake Ave, 3bd, 2ba, 1 garage parking space (2 additional available), Excellent condition, owner occupied past 3 yrs, 6th floor. $294,000, agents welcome. bhmiller67@aol.com, 615-972-8703, 615-292-0354.

Circle Modern Dance offers $5 classes in Ballet, Modern technique, and Improvisation, Wednesdays and Sundays. 1st class FREE. www.circlemoderndance.com.

865-309-5309.

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THESPORTSPAGE

Friday, June 29, 2012

BCS history includes UT Matt Dixon Sports Editor The wait for a FBS college football playoff finally ended on Tuesday.

Since Rutgers beat Princeton 6-4 in the first American football game on Nov. 6, 1869, major college football didn’t have a playoff to decide who the best team was.

That all changes in 2014 after a committee of university presidents approved the BCS Commissioners’ plan for a four-year playoff.

No longer will a team -- given it’s ranked among in the top four by a selection committee -- have a gripe for being left out of playing for a national championship.

Since 1998, the year the BCS became the formula to decide which two teams played for the crystal ball, controversy rose more times than not over who the best two teams in the country were.

In ‘98, Tennessee was the clear-cut No. 1 team in the country after the regular season, but who was the second-best was up for debate. Upset losses

by UCLA and Kansas State on the final Saturday of the regular season put the BCS to the test in its first year. The Bruins, Wildcats, Ohio State and Florida State all had one loss. Even Tulane, who was undefeated, wanted to stake a claim.

The Seminoles probably weren’t the No. 2 team in the country at the end of the regular season because their starting quarterback -- future Heisman Trophy winner Chris Weinke -- was injured in midseason and missed the rest of the year.

Still, All American linebacker Al Wilson would’ve led the Volunteers to victory over any team on that Arizona night in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 4, 1999. Hopefully former Beacon sports editor

Colin Skinner, a noted Buckeyes fan, would agree Ohio State, most likely the second-best team in the country, couldn’t beat Tennessee.

The only other time UT has been in the running for the BCS National Championship was 2001.

Then, all the 11-1 Vols had to do was beat an 8-4 LSU in the SEC title game. Led by second-year coach Nick Saban and a tight ends coach named Derek Dooley, the Tigers upset Tennessee. That loss began the Vols’ downfall from national prominence, which they’re still trying to return to.

Tennessee could’ve impacted the BCS title game two other times. In 2004, the Vols played an undefeated Auburn team in the SEC Championship Game. A UT win would’ve allowed USC and Oklahoma to play for the national title with no controversy. Instead, Auburn won that game and the Sugar Bowl and remains the only undefeated team from a BCS conference to not play for the national championship.

In 2007, LSU’s 4th quarter rally against the Vols send the Tigers to the national title game. That LSU team remains the only two-loss team to ever play for, and win, the national championship.

With the SEC winning the last six BCS National Championships, a playoff increases the league’s chances of having two conference teams play for the title. Though, that happened last year when LSU played Alabama, in a rematch from the regular season. A game that send the rest of the country outside the south into a frenzy.

But the BCS has send fans, including the SEC, into a frenzy since 1998.

Luckily, that’s changing in 2014.

— Matt Dixon is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at mdixon3@utk.edu.

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Former Tennessee running back David Oku fights for extra yards against South Carolina on Oct. 31, 2009. Oku signed with Arkansas State and its firstyear coach Gus Malzhan on Wednesday. Oku played the 2009 and 2010 seasons with the Volunteers. He led UT in kickoff returns both years, setting the school record for return yards in 2009 with 863. In his Vols career, Oku had 65 carries for 283 yards and three touchdowns. He also caught nine passes for 92 yards. He left Tennessee in January of 2011. He was ranked as one of the top running backs in the country in the 2009 recruiting class.

BCS out, four-team playoff in The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Playoffs and tournaments long have determined champions of every college sport from baseball to bowling.

The exception was major college football.

That ended Tuesday. Come 2014, the BCS is dead.

A committee of university presidents approved a plan for a four-team playoff put forward by commissioners of the top football conferences.

For years, the decision-makers had balked at any type of playoff because they said it would diminish the importance of the regular season. If only two teams had a chance to win a championship in the post-

season, even one loss could be too many.

That made for some very high stakes regular-season games. As recently as 2008, Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive proposed the type of plan adopted Tuesday, and it was quickly shot down.

Four years later, minds changed. The 12 university presidents stood shoulder to shoulder on a stage at a news conference in a posh hotel in the nation’s capital and delivered the news.

“It’s a great day for college football,” BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock said. “As soon as the commissioners realized they could do this and protect the regular season, the light went on for everybody.”

The move completes a six-month process for the commissioners, who have been working on a new way to determine a

major college football champion after years of griping from fans. The latest configuration is certain to make even more money for the schools than the old system — and not satisfy everyone.

“There were differences of views,” said Virginia Tech President Charles Steger, who headed the BCS presidential oversight committee. “I think it would be a serious mistake to assume it was a rubber stamp.”

Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman was the most notable holdout. He had said he preferred the status quo or a tweak of the Bowl Championship Series. Perlman said the playoff still wouldn’t be his first choice, but he was not going to stand in the way of progress.

“This is the package that was put forth and we will strongly support it,” he said.