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Class enables freshmen to engage in pranks Robby O’Daniel

Editor-in-Chief If students saw any questionable event fliers or new clubs last year, perhaps the joke’s on them.

Professor Beauvais Lyons’ freshman seminar 129 course, entering its third semester, stages several organized pranks across campus over the course of a semester.

“It’s hard to know what the feedback is, but it sounds like setting off a harmless think bomb because you leave it up and you go, and it’s interesting whether people think it’s real,” Lyons said.

The class analyzes the prank, and Lyons said it plays into the college experience.

“Part of the college experience is exposing yourself to other ways of thinking and knowing about the world, so maybe the prank is rupturing what we think is normal or status quo,” he said.

But it’s not all just gags. The class also looks into the ethics of the prank, and what is harmless fun and what is not.

“18- or 19-year-old students may have one set of sensibilities that may be different from me in my early 50s, but it is interesting to play with what we consider to be normative activities,” he said.

One part of the class is meeting with a police officer to discuss pranks.

“The UT police has been dealing with pranks for decades, right?” Lyons said. “So what may their perspective of prankings be? Their primary concern is a safe campus.”

One rule for the prank class was not having any hoaxes involving firearms, broken glass or other violent material.

“You can’t be a total anarchist,” he said.

Lyons’ view of what is an ethical prank fits exactly with the UT Police Department’s view of pranks.

UTPD Capt. Jeff Severs said pranks were fine as long as they’re safe and don’t jeopardize anybody’s safety.

“Anything that would be considered a threat or impact the university’s daily operations would be dealt with appropriately,” Severs said.

But the pranks in Lyons’ class are a far cry from such dark humor.

The class is broken up into five assignments.

The first assignment is writing a prank letter to a company, corporation or government agency, Lyons said.

One student last year wrote a letter to Hallmark cards saying she was a devoted Hallmark card customer, but what she really needed was a card to help her break up with her boyfriend.

“Someone else wrote a letter to the Iron Maiden fan club, claiming to be a devoted Iron Maiden fan, but what they were really looking for was the ideal Iron Maiden iron maiden — yes, the medieval torture device,” Lyons said. “Not that they would use it as a torture device, but they wanted it with an Iron Maiden logo.”

The second assignment involved group improv. Last year the class went to an intramural softball game and cheered for what looked like the eventual losing team.

A third project involved annotated bibliographies from the Journal of Irreproducible Results — a 50-year-old journal full of fake academic papers.

But the campus community at large has the greatest chance of witnessing the fourth and last assignment of the semester.

Assignment No. 4 involves students putting up 20 copies of a fake flier for a new club or event.

Past examples include promoting a found left shoe, announcing a party taking place at a fictitious fraternity and advertising a $10 sale for a History of Rock textbook that either does not exist or is not for sale.

One flier advertised trying to get together the largest group of people eating Cheetos.

But coming up with the ideas for fliers is just the beginning.

See PRANKS on Page 2

Photo courtesy of Beauvais Lyons

Profesor Beauvais Lyon’s freshman seminar 129 course investigates the nature of pranks and engages in them as well. Here, the class represents the fictitious "Urine Drinking Club," offering students "urine," which, in actuality, was sweet tea or apple juice.

Incoming freshman wins doubles title OIT transitions to Knoxville campus Jordan Lawson Staff Writer Coming in as a freshman this year, Lady Vol tennis player Brynn Boren already has tennis success — winning her first professional title July 24.

Boren won the doubles title at the 2010 Women's Hospital Classic in Evansville, Ind. She played with fellow Californian Sabrina Santamaria in the tournament, where they didn’t drop a set.

In the first round, they routed Tania Alaby and Nicole Robinson 6-0, 6-1. Borne and Santamaria then defeated the No. 2-seeded team of Ana Bezjak and Neda Kozic 6-1, 6-1 in the quarterfinals.

Their semifinals opponents were an accomplished college doubles pairing from LSU. Megan Falcon, a three-time first team All-SEC pick, and Whitney Wolf, who had 23 doubles wins last season, were taken out by Boren and Santamaria 6-2, 6-4.

The finals were the hardest match, but the duo clinched the title, overcoming Anastasia Kharchenko and Gabriela Paz 6-3, 6-4.

Boren’s experience, especially since she took a year off to play in just tournaments, is a unique quality that co-head coach Sonia Hahn-Patrick said will definitely make her an asset to the team.

“She’s played a lot of great competition, and that’s really elevated her game,” HahnParick said. “She’s played, she’s traveled and she has got a world ranking. She has a lot of experience behind her.”

Hahn-Patrick said Boren has traveled on her own to tournaments and that independence will make the transition to the college level easier.

“When you travel like she has, you learn to manage your time, be independent and responsible,” Hahn-Patrick said. “I think she’ll settle in quickly.”

Not only is Boren bringing experience to the Lady Vols, she is also bringing her big game, athleticism and team spirit, HahnPatrick said.

“She has a big game (and) she ha-s a huge forehand — probably her biggest weapon.”

Co-head coach Mike Patrick also said that Boren’s forehand is her best shot.

“She looks to hit her forehand a lot and moves around to hit a lot of different angles,” Patrick said. “She has the ability to put pressure on her opponent with her big forehand.”

Patrick said Boren has a bit more experience and has played on a full-time basis since graduating from high school, but he is looking forward to all the freshmen recruits joining the team this season.

“I think all three of the freshmen will come represent the school in a good way, and they are all going to grow,” he said.

Millie Nichols, from Austin, Texas, and Whitney Wofford, from Lubbock, Texas, are the other two new Lady Vols joining the squad.

Even as a freshman, Boren will definitely be in contention for one of the higher spots on the team.

“As a freshman, she’s going to come in and compete for one of the top spots,” Patrick said. “She’ll push some of the older players.”

Even with all the experience Boren has on the court, Patrick said there are still things she has to develop more in her game.

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Staff Reports The UT Office of Information Technology is moving more of its people and resources from UT system administration to the Knoxville campus administration.

The switch is expected to be completed by August 2010 and should result in more-efficient service and significant cost savings to the Knoxville campus.

Scott Studham, OIT chief information officer, said the move is about giving more control to academic and administrative units in Knoxville.

“In the past, OIT’s philosophy was a top-down organizational service approach,” Studham said. “Now our efforts are much more customer-driven, with input from campus groups and departments on their information technology needs, which determines our services.”

Many Knoxville campus units still use their limited departmental budgets to pay for outside IT support, Studham said, so this move will help them save money by using OIT instead. Having OIT technicians on campus also means that service calls can happen more quickly, he said, and is a vital part of the university’s efforts to find and encourage efficiencies at all campuses.

A months-long study of OIT staff effort indicated that the majority of OIT employees were occupied with Knoxville campus projects, rather than UT system projects, which was another reason for the switch, Studham said.

As part of the move from the UT system to the UT-Knoxville campus, 138 employees will be reclassified as Knoxville campus employees, and IT service centers will fall under campus control, along with more than $5 million in budgeted funds.

A smaller number of OIT employees and services will remain at the system level, to help coordinate statewide services among the university’s campuses and units.

Various Knoxville campus units have already given input to this change, Studham said, and will continue to do so.

“We’ve gotten feedback from the Faculty Senate, the provost’s office, the Student Government Association and other groups, which we welcome,” Studham said, and OIT will continue to actively seek their opinions and ideas on how to improve information technology services in the future.

“Reliable information technology is very important to the university community,” Studham said. “It’s a responsibility we take very seriously, and we’re committed to providing the highest level of service.”

For more information on OIT programs and services, call 974-9900 or visit the OIT website at http://oit.utk.edu.

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InSHORT

Photo Courtsey of Beauvais Lyons

The fictitious Urine Drinking Club was the final assignment in Professor Beauvais Lyons' freshman seminar 129 course on pranks. Other assignments included writing fake letters to companies and advertising fake clubs or events with fliers.

PRANKS continued from Page 1 “It’s one thing to make the fliers,” Lyons said.

“It’s as much or more work to put them up.”

Students would gather the fliers, collate them and then two or three students would attack putting fliers up at the Hill, others would do certain dorms and still others would do the Humanities building and surrounding area.

Then there’s the fifth assignment, which was for the class to create a fictitious university organization.

Last year, the pranks class chose a Urine Drinking Club.

The club had two separate days — one at Presidential Courtyard and one at the Pedestrian Mall — where the “Urine Drinking Club” offered samples of urine to try.

Urine drinking actually has a real background, at least according to Wikipedia. Called uraphagia, there’s a movement that says it has medicinal value, as well as a place in history.

With the Wikipedia page as its main source of research, the Urine Drinking Club set up an information table touching such topics as urine drinking and The Bible and the idea that Mahatma Gandhi was a urine drinker.

“People were walking by, and we’d say, ‘Would you like a refreshing glass of urine?’”

Lyons said.

Believe it or not, some passersby answered that question with a “yes.”

“People would come up and say, ‘Wow, this tastes a lot like apple juice,’” Lyons said.

Apple juice and iced tea were the two varieties of “urine” that the club had out for students to try.

Some freshmen had a hard time keeping a straight face during the pitch for urine drinking.

He said that, as a freshman class, some students had to be reined in creatively, but others needed a bit of a push to participate.

“In interesting ways, freshmen are kind of risk-adverse, in terms of creative risks, because they don’t want to be judged or criticized,” Lyons said. “... So on a certain level, I’m encouraging them to take creative risks, yet sometimes they might have ideas that just might not be appropriate.”

Lyons said pranks can encourage creativity while also being life-affirming rather than denigrating.

TENNIS continued from Page 1 “She’s still got a lot to improve in her game, (but) she’s going to come in and compete right away and still need to improve,” Patrick said.

Improving Boren’s backhand and having her come forward to the net more are two aspects of her game that coaches will work on when she arrives at UT. Boren not only competed in the doubles tournament in Evansville but also in the singles. She defeated Madeleine Kobel in the first round 6-3, 6-4 but then fell to Paz 7-6 (1), 6-3.

Patrick said that, even though she won in the doubles and lost in the singles of the tournament, he is confident in her abilities in singles play as well.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

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DC Comics offers plethora of intriguing titles Robby O’Daniel Editor-in-Chief Many people still identify comic books as mostly a children’s medium, and I’ve always thought that strange, especially when many of the same people go to see movies like “Iron Man 2” and “The Dark Knight” during the summer blockbuster season.

I’ve thought comics’ head-scratching evolution is equally as strange. Much like professional wrestling did in the late ‘90s, comic books has grown up with its audience, it seems. Material is much darker. Curse words and sexual scenarios are more plentiful. Even highbrow concepts like superhero deconstruction and existentialism are explored.

I’m not saying that the iconic morality play of good guys-versus-bad guys is not childish. It obviously is. But it’s not like comic books are the “Arthur” of literature either.

To further prove the point, here’s some quick, mini-reviews of some of DC Comics’ recent offerings in the past month.

“Brightest Day” DC Comics’ big event right now is “Brightest Day,” which is a spinoff series from the Green Lantern comics event, “Blackest Night.”

But “Brightest Day” does not focus on Green Lantern.

“Brightest Day” instead focuses on the handful of heroes and villains who were resurrected at the end of “Blackest Night.”

As a result, “Brightest Day” has been rather dull. Its principal problem is that it jumps around from plotline to plotline, and none of them particularly strike one as very interesting.

Plus, “Brightest Day” essentially translates to a comic book for the hasbeens of the DC Universe, those like Martian Manhunter, Aquaman and Firestorm who cannot sustain sales to have their own comic series.

Plus “Brightest Day” comes out at an annoying frequency — twice a month — and is a maxi-series that will continue for awhile. Avoid.

“Green Lantern,” “Green Lantern Corps” For my money, the “Green Lantern” books are the most interesting things in comics right now. The fallout of “Blackest Night” has been arguably more interesting than “Blackest Night” itself because the comic series has provided as many mysteries and questions as a television show like “Lost,” while also not being a glorified huge battle sequence like “Blackest Night” was.

Beware, though: A new series, “Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors” is debuting, with another Lantern, Guy Gardner in the lead role. It’s questionable as to whether or not this new series is warranted, since Green Lantern already has two books and — to my knowledge — has never in its history sustained more than two monthly series at a time. Plus Gardner is an interesting character but not really a captivating lead. Only time will tell on whether or not “Emerald Warriors” is worth the money, but the other two series definitely are.

“Superman” No. 701 In recent months, “Superman” has had a rather bland-looking “War of the Supermen” storyline running, kicked off by Free Comic Book Day’s “War of the Supermen” No. 0 offering.

In short, Superman has been off in outer space, neglecting Earth and focusing on saving New Krypton.

It’s an interesting new direction to take Superman. Krypton died, and Clark adopted Earth as his new home. But then New Krypton was created, and Superman had to prioritize. He seemingly had chose caring for New Krypton over caring for Earth.

This all leads to “Grounded,” a storyline that kicked off in a small story from “Superman” No. 700. “War of the Supermen,” is over, and new writer J. Michael Straczynski has Superman coming back down to earth and speaking with the common man. He’s endeavored to talk to people about their mundane problems, which might not sound mundane to us (suicide, heart issues) but could sound boring to a man who has been involved in as many crises as anyone else in the fictional DC Comics universe.

But “Superman” No. 701 is the type of book that makes you want to start buying “Superman” regularly. This is a different Clark that talks about Henry David Thoreau, and the dialogue is as entertaining as a well-done, one-act play. It’s the type of comic book you might end up reading in English class.

The new look of Wonder Woman It made plenty of press in national publications and was even mentioned in our very own Rocky Tops and Bottoms recently.

Wonder Woman has new digs, her back story is changed seemingly and the book itself is much more gritty than usual.

But really, do not waste your time on “Wonder Woman.” The storytelling is muddled in non sequiturs. Most of issue No. 701 was Diana talking to some mysterious soothsayer. What’s even more confusing is that apparently Wonder Woman’s canonical past, with her old suit and old memories, apparently somehow fits into her new universe. How? Read on to find out but not me because it’s too boring.

It’s hard to imagine how Straczynski turned in such an interesting “Superman” No. 701 but failed so utterly here. Don’t believe the hype. “Wonder Woman” is still boring.

The muddled mystery of “Action Comics” Speaking of confusing, just check out the other Superman title, “Action Comics.” It touts itself as another title spinning off from the events of “Blackest Night.”

During “Blackest Night,” Lex Luthor briefly was transformed into an Orange Lantern, meaning that he became greedy and wanted all the rings. (It’s a long story.) Essentially, even after “Blackest Night,” Luthor still finds himself craving more rings and is on the hunt to find them.

But “Action Comics” is a story that is strangely taking place in the confines of Luthor’s psyche, where Luthor is often portrayed as a hero and a robot Lois Lane is his wife. It’s never completely explained what is attacking him, why or what is completing going on.

What sounds like a good concept on paper — a Superman book starring Lex Luthor trying to hunt down rings — is completely dead on arrival with the nonsensical storytelling of “Action Comics.”

Mediocre noir in “Green Arrow” “Green Arrow” is an alright title but not really worth your money. It’s yet another title that is enjoying a reboot. The current main storyline of Arrow is just that the hero has resigned himself to a forest that sprouted up overnight in the aftermath of “Blackest Night.”

With the new book, it seems that many of the old supporting characters have been stripped away, and the new ones in their place are mostly two-dimensional authority figures.

“Green Arrow” amounts to the comic book world’s procedural crime drama.

The beautiful art of “The Flash” “Green Lantern” scribe Geoff Johns also writes the new “Flash” series, which has a rather interesting storyline in which Central City’s future is reversed, with the Rogues as the heroes policing the city and the Reverse Flash among its villains. The future Rogues are trying to arrest current-day Flash for a future crime they say he will commit.

But what really takes the cake — and ensures that “The Flash” is worth your money — is Francis Manapul’s beautiful art. The entire comic, from a glance, just looks like a gigantic yellow-and-red blur of wondrous color. Manapul’s art is superior to perhaps anyone pencilling the major comics today. His art is worth going out of your way to see.

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Rising — Camera angles to choose from when watching concerts And no, I do not mean simply moving around a lot at a concert.

Now I adore the idea of being able to actually watch concerts online. Through sites like http://www.archive.org and YouTube, there’s already plenty of access to audio of millions of concerts from thousands of bands. It’s really easy to find a “live” version of just about any song from any band you fancy on YouTube.

But then — What really is a live version of a song, and do you want to listen to it?

Usually live versions suck, unless they are produced well on an official live album from the band. If it’s just someone’s recording, it’s usually terrible, just sounding like a really badly made version of that song you loved when you heard it in the studio. (The only exception to this rule is Flight of the Conchords, which is a band that has live versions that are much better than the studio versions that came later.)

There’s also the appeal of hearing bands cover songs at concerts that you could not normally hear, but even then, the poor quality of the audio usually suffocates the excitement of hearing, say, Death Cab for Cutie cover “Free Falling.”

But now seeing concerts online is starting to become popular, and that is awesome.

With Bonnaroo, YouTube had select online videos (not enough of them but still) where you could see a performance of a song. It was a cool concept, even if the load time was slow.

YouTube has also done a few special concert broadcasts, and every time that kind of announcement shows up at the top of YouTube’s front page, it’s slightly peaked my interest. (It usually goes away since past concerts have had the likes of U2 but still.)

And now Pitchfork debuted its new POV concert series recently with an episode featuring Broken Social Scene doing some songs.

What a great concept. No longer are watchers held captive to the whims of the cameraman, who usually just moves around aimlessly when shooting concerts, with no sense of direction or timing.

With Pitchfork’s POV, you can choose your point of view (hence the name), deciding if you want to zone in on the instruments, look at a full band shot, zoom in on just one person or one side of the stage or what have you.

It’s a really good concept, and it will be even more interesting when a band that can hold your attention longer than Broken Social Scene is given the Pitchfork POV treatment.

Falling (to his death) — James Franco on “General Hospital” Franco is a pretty cool cat. He’s definitely not your average actor.

In 2008, he completed his undergraduate degree in English at UCLA. He then went to Columbia University’s MFA program and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts to study filmmaking. And he’s been accepted at Yale University’s Ph.D program in English. That’s a pretty impressive academic background for an already successful actor.

He has a short story collection coming out, and he’s also dabbling in painting. And while he’s doing all this stuff, he’s still finding time for roles in films like “Milk,” “Pineapple Express” and the upcoming “Howl.”

Oh yeah, and you know what is the coolest part about Franco lately? He joined the cast of “General Hospital” and subsequently fell to his death after a few episodes.

What is really bizarre is how stereotypically soap-opera bad “General Hospital” is.

One might think — well, Franco is coming, so maybe the soap will have some uncharacteristic rise in quality for a few episodes.

No, Franco seems to have had a lot more fun in actually downgrading his acting in order to create hysterically bad television. And the result is unintentionally worthy of many giggles. (Or maybe Franco intended it but no one else.)

His death involves him running up a flight of stairs, waving a gun and laughing.

Someone is chasing him to the top. On the top, he backs away, saying, “Don’t kill me! I know where the baby is!” He then falls over the balcony to his death.

Did I mention that “Mad World” is playing somberly throughout all this, while everyone else in the “General Hospital” cast overacts to their collective heart’s content?

Franco deserves an honorary Oscar simply for most bizarre instance of acting. Bravo, Franco, for doing something that other actors might think would tarnish their reputation.

Here’s to hoping he shows up on “All My Children” someday. Or maybe he should enroll as a contestant on an MTV reality show. I’m not talking about a celebrity version of “Real World.” Just him as the only celebrity and a bunch of random, no-name strangers. That would be hilarious.

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State should prioritize education, health Br andi’ s B la b b e r i n ’ by

Brandi Panter

As someone who has lived in Tennessee all 20 years of her booze-saturated existence, I have endured my fair share of jokes about my dumb hillbilly upbringing, etc.

When my high school played teams from bigger cities, choruses of “Uncle Dad” were usually shouted in our direction. My hometown has a reputation for meth labs, dumb gaffes involving news reports on WSMV out of Nashville, Mary Winkler, Pamela Rogers, a Westboro Baptist Church protest and a county fair in which the police department devotes a significant amount of time to catching people who skipped out on bail. Classy, right?

In the past week, though, the Volunteer State has earned some pretty awesome buzz, in the form of one of the guys who is going to lose to Bill Haslam, so-we-don’t-even-know-why-he-isrunning category: Basil Marceaux.

Like a totally awesome bottle rocket shot onto the set of “The Colbert Report,” Marceaux and his politics of ending slavery at stop lights and making sure you have all of your teeth lit up the state with a brand new spotlight on dumb Southern stereotypes that hopefully aren’t true.

BasilMarceaux.com, as he is more commonly known, temporarily reignited my grouchiness for people who don’t understand the importance of putting sugar in their iced tea. How dare they make fun of a guy who obviously isn’t going to win? Heck, no one in Tennessee even knew he was on the ballot before Colbert made fun of it!

But then again, there is truth in the humor…

We, as far as states go, tend to underprioritize education dramatically. We have made slashes left and right to K-12 budgets, with poor standardized test scores and low collegiate enrollment rates as a result.

Looking at higher education fares no better: You don’t have to be majoring in something absurd to look around your classroom and notice things are not changing for the better.

Engineering, nursing and business students might have noticed their VolXpress statements came with huge fees tacked on, but everyone is hurting.

Take my department, for example: the history department is wonderfully rich with talented, passionate professors, but due to budget cuts and lack of resources available, a lot of these

professors move on to better-paying and more prestigious gigs at other schools. My classes are often packed, with at least five people waving around pink slips on the first day just fighting to get a seat.

It shouldn’t be like this. There shouldn’t be desperation for students to fulfill credits and make it out of college in four years. As someone who wants to teach for the rest of her natural existence, the conditions of education in Tennessee make me somewhat apprehensive about returning here after I finish my dissertation.

It will be a long time from now, of course, but with the way things are heading, I don’t think that the future looks too terribly awesome.

Another point that comes up on Basil’s psychotic website that does unfortunately need to be addressed is the lack of attention to health care in the state. Tennessee currently ranks as the second most obese state in the union, with extremely high figures of diabetes and hypertension reported. We’ve made so many slashes to TennCare that it is essentially defunct now, and many Tennesseeans are left uninsured in a poor economy and up against some steep prices from doctors and hospitals.

Whoever our next governor is (because I’m legally not allowed to use my fortune-telling ESP skills and just say who it is going to be), should really consider working on allocating funding for preventive health care and education to help steer the state in a much less costly and dangerous direction.

In New York City, for example, it became mandatory for restaurants to provide a calorie count on every menu item. While it makes me throw up in my mouth a little to compare somewhere as cool as Nashville to somewhere as nasty as New York, the idea isn’t a bad one.

Maybe Tennesseeans would think twice about those deep-fried Oreos and gallons of sweet tea if they knew exactly what they were shoveling down their gullet holes.

Mostly it all boils down to this: Tennessee, the state known for awesome stuff like Bonnaroo, Elvis, making Lane Kiffin’s life a living hell and supplying a good percentage of the guests on the “Jerry Springer Show” is in a world of hurt. It’s going to take a lot to get us out of the mess we are in; let’s just all hope and pray that it isn’t Basil Marceaux getting us out of it. And with that, I bid you a vaguely hung over auf weidersehen and hope you have a delightful rest of your day. But before I go, visit http://www.basilmarceaux.com.

Seriously. It’s the only way I’m getting through the rest of this day, aside from whiskey.

— Brandi Panter is a junior in history and philosophy. She can be reached at bpanter1@utk.edu.

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Amber Harding We’ve been reading a lot of headlines about the woes of NFL players lately. But even with the contract disputes and failed conditioning tests, I don’t feel a bit sorry for these guys. Therefore, I have compiled a list of the three main reasons I would be great in the NFL: 1. I can live on a modest salary. The kind of money these guys are making is disgusting. No offense to our beloved Eric Berry, but no one needs $60 million — especially someone who has never played a down of professional football in his life. And that goes for Sam Bradford and all other rookies out there too.

But it’s not just rookies at fault. Now that Bradford has $78 million, superstars like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are going to start demanding more money. Because they need it so badly. These guys have enough money to live extravagantly for the rest of their lives, and they think they need more?

Meanwhile, people are starving and without homes.

It’s all gotten way out of hand. These “guaranteed money” contracts were drawn up to protect NFL players in case they suffer an injury. But what about a contract that protects the team? These franchises are throwing millions upon millions of dollars at players who haven’t even proven themselves yet.

Besides, even if Eric Berry did suffer a careerending injury, he’ll be just fine with much less than his guaranteed $34 million.

Me? I’d be OK with enough to live comfortably. I’d pay off student loans, maybe buy a house after graduation, maybe take a vacation every once in a while — you know, crazy stuff like that. But I certainly don’t need $78 million for these things. I’d be elated for just a miniscule fraction of what these guys are making.

2. I won’t be an attendance problem. Too many NFL players have better things to do than attend optional conditioning in the offseason. Then they wonder why they struggle to pass the conditioning test when training camp rolls around.

Here in the real world, no one pays me to stay in shape. Quite the opposite actually. I have to try to find time to workout when I’m not working or in school. If someone were to tell me, “You don’t have to wait tables or go to class. All you have to do is workout once a day,” I’d be the first one in line.

If you’re making tens (or even hundreds) of millions of dollars to play football, I’d say that’s enough motivation to get off your butt and workout in the offseason. It’s part of your job. I find it completely unacceptable to show up out of shape for the season.

3. I can run 300 yards. I’m not dwelling on this too much because this particular topic has been beaten into the ground. But we all have heard about Albert Haynesworth and Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Terrence Cody failing their conditioning tests.

They could not complete the shuttle run.

First of all, if you’re an NFL player, you know a conditioning test is going to happen. You know what’s expected of you, you have time to prepare and there’s no excuse not to pass. And frankly, I don’t know how you can call yourself an athlete if you can’t run 150 to 300 yards — especially with two 70second breaks in the process.

To sum this up, I think most of you would agree with me on two things: One, we could live just fine on one-fifteenth of Manning’s salary. Two, working out wouldn’t be so bad if it were our only responsibility. But I guess we’re just average Joes with too much common sense. Somehow, on their transition to diva-hood, many of these guys forget how to be grateful for what they have.

But alas, I will probably never get my shot at the NFL. If only I were about a foot taller and 100 pounds heavier.

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

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

The Daily Beacon • 5

ENTERTAINMENT

‘Fallout’ sequel packs social considerations Jake Lane Entertainment Editor In the year 2077, relations between America and the People’s Republic of China have reached such crucial malfunction that, in a matter of two hours, the majority of the inhabitable Earth is reduced to irradiated cinders and the population of humanity, at least in the U.S., consists of a few people strong enough to withstand the nuclear winter and those with the resources to inhabit underground bunkers called Vaults.

This is the premise of the first entry of the “Fallout” series, released some 13 years ago by Interplay for the Windows 95 operating system, by now a meager fossil of technological evolution linking the Dark Ages to 7 and Snow Leopard. At that time, the projection of a world in a split-future paradigm that supported ‘50s conformity and jingoism that imploded seemed revolutionary, a statement on the dangers of nuclear build-up and defense/offense implementation.

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Babysitter/ nanny with housekeeping duties. Volleyball coaching for 12 year-old would be a plus. 5 minutes from campus. Can work some now, main position starts week of August 17th.

Call 524-4000.

Gynecology office seeks student for PT clerical work Preferred Biology, English Chemistry or Premed Major.

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Highly energetic motivated person to help with marketing. 4-5 hrs/week. Evenings (will fit your scheudle.) Position averages 15-20/hr.

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Infant caregiver needed in West Knoxville. MWF 11-6, TR 1-6. Loving, dedicated person needed. Exp. with infants required. Starting Points Child Care, 966-2613.

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Now hiring PT counter help.

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Toddler teacher needed in West Knoxville. 2:30-6:00 M-F. Needs to be energetic and love children. Experience with young children required. Starting Points Child Care. 966-2613.

Two part-time receptionists/ clerical positions with downtown law firm. Near bus stop, flexible hours, $8+/hr. Good people skills, good attitude, and be able to maintain confidentiality.

Send resume and days/hrs. of availability to P.O. Box 1624, Knoxville, TN 37901 or email 1624@bellsouth.net.

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But let’s step back for a second. Since before the Bomb was even fully realized, we have dreamt of both the supreme successes and desolate, dystopian ramifications of abusing the split atom. In place of an angry god who might smite the Earth for intangible sin, the atomic bomb represented a man-made equalizer that could do only that which theologians say supreme beings and scientists claim a meteor would be capable of; to quote Robert Oppenheimer at the Trinity Test and the Bhagavad Gita, “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”

The lasting impact of nuclear paranoia and idealism has informed art and the world the last 70 years in ways almost devoid of description. From Cold War spy thrillers to postapocalyptic video games, our imaginations are fixated on what we will do with both the greatest and most fearsome of all human creations.

I invoked “Fallout” for the simple reason that Interplay and now Bethesda Softworks have created perhaps the most fully realized post-nuclear world, in terms of what society might resemble once life began to flourish once more, and whether or not humanity and its technological terrors would remain the dominant species, or if the monsters caused by massive radiation would level the playing field thanks to a million year jump start.

Fifties culture is inescapable where “Fallout” is involved, from gigantic fire ants (“Them!”) to oh-so-clever advertisements featuring the franchise icon Pip-Boy, an animated and always jolly blonde in a jump suit with a penchant for destruction and mischief. But though the timeline of the series jettisons all that occurred in our reality after 1950, the characters still bear the traces of social evolution, if only brought on by requisite survivalism thanks to the greatest catastrophe in human history.

As the “Fallout” universe, it has stretched on 200 years past the initial nuclear event and followed the factions who populate the future world. Gamers have traipsed across the Californian sprawl and the D.C. Capital Wasteland but, in October, will have the opportunity to venture into a slightly familiar but wholly re-imagined playpen of vice and madness: Las Vegas.

“Fallout: New Vegas” represents the second time that “Fallout” explored the Nevada desert climes, with New Reno in “Fallout 2” playing host to many crucial plot events. Developed by veterans of the original games now under Obsidian, “New Vegas” represents a return to form in some key aspects of gameplay, notably the sense of campy humor in face of horror that made the original titles an offbeat hit.

See FALLOUT on Page 6

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1BR house South Knox Countryside. Quiet, private, nice view. Your dog and cat welcomed. 1 year lease. $350/mo. $300 deposit.

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FOR RENT 1 and 2BR, 1BA duplex apartment. 1mi. from campus. $500 & $650/mo. water included.

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3BR 2BA Laurel Villas, across from The Hill. W/D, 2 gated parking spots, ground floor. $1425/mo. Andy 851-4261.

3BR, 3BA, Double car garage.

Minutes from campus. 1 yr. lease. Security deposit, No pets, no smoking. $1,150/mo Call (865)603-0379.

4th AND GILL Houses and apartments now available. Please call Tim at (865)599-2235.

5506 Holeston Drive 2BR, screen porch, full basement, water/ sewage, fully furnished. 525-2947 Artsy, Victorian apts. and houses. 1, 2, or 3BR. Some fenced yards. $395 - $1,200.

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Attention all College Students. Prelease NOW for Fall! All Size Apartments Available. Call 525-3369.

CAMBRIDGE ARMS Just 4 miles west of campus.

Small pets allowed. Pool and laundry rooms. 2BR at great price! Call (865)588-1087.

CAMPUS 2 BLOCKS! Apts. now leasing for fall.

2BR $695 -$795/mo. Some with W/D, dishwasher and microwave. (865)933-5204 or utk-apts.com.

Victorian house divided into apartments located on Forest Ave. Eff. apartment $375/mo. 1BR apartment $475/mo. 2BR $750/mo.

1BR house. W/D included. $575/mo. Private parking, water included. Deposit and references required. Armstrong Properties 525-6914.

Condo, 1BR 1.5Ba, directly across from World’s Fair Park. Fully furnished including linens, W/D, parking on site. Water, sewer, cable TV, security, elevator. $600/mo.

No pets. Call 865-919-0736.

CONDOS FOR RENT Condos within walking distance of UT campus.

Franklin Station, River Towne, Renaissance II, and 1201 Highland Ave. Units starting at $400/BR. Units include cable/ internet, water/ sewage, parking, and W/D. University Real Estate. (865) 673-6600. urehousing.com.

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Individual leases in 4BR house. Share beautiful 2 story house. $360 rent plus $90 utilities. (HD TV, wireless internet and W/D). 5 min. drive to campus. Available August 1. (865)771-1874.

Large renovated house on Highland. Hardwood floors, new kitchen, large front porch, private bath, W/D provided. Only 1 room remaining! $440/mo.

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LIVE IN A BIT OF HISTORY. Quiet historic building minutes from UT. Ideal for graduate students. 1BR apts. H/W floors. W/D, dishwasher, LR, small dining room. $500 - $525. Year lease.

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Special 1 month FREE. Convenient to downtown, UT area. 2BR apartments available now. $475/mo (865)573-1000.

St. Christopher’s Square 3BR 2BA condo. Balcony, newly remodeled, W/D, SS appliances, granite, tile, hardwood, reserved parking. Cable, internet and water provided. $1500/mo. 691-7581.

SULLINS RIDGE #309 For rent $949 or for sale $104K .

2BR, 2BA, overlooks pool.

Walk to UT. (423)646-9133.

The Woodlands. 3BR, 3BA townhouse. Ideal for 3 students. $525/mo. each. Near campus behind UT Hospital.

All amenities included. Howard Grower Realty Executive Associates. 588-3232 or 705-0969.

Two miles to UT Medical Center. Renter for private furnished studio apartment in house with 2 other females. Quiet residential neighborhood. Utilities and cable included. $590/month.

(615)504-2383 Very Nice 1BR condo. Pool, elevator, security. 2 Blocks to Law Bldg. $510.00/mo. $400/SD, (423)968-2981/ 366-0385.

Walk to campus. $450/mo.

Renaissance II, 16th & Highland. Furnished, DW, W/D, balcony, cable. Nice! Call Lee 901-237-9548.

West 3BR, 1.5BA. Central H/A, full basement with small rec. room. Range, refrigerator, dishwasher.

Lease. $775/mo. 938-1922.

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6 • The Daily Beacon

THESPORTSPAGE

Vols, Grizzlies to kick off 2011 football season Staff Reports Tennessee and Montana announced July 26 on a one-game deal to open the 2011 football season in Knoxville.

The contest is scheduled for Sept. 3 at Neyland Stadium and marks the first gridiron matchup between the two schools.

Montana of the Big Sky Conference won the then-Division I-AA crown in 1995 and again in 2001, the latter title coming in Chattanooga. The Grizzlies also are a five-time runner-up in what is now known as the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), including each of the last two seasons.

The Vols previously were scheduled to play North Texas in Knoxville to begin the 2011 slate, but North Texas is opening a new football stadium and wanted to begin the season at home in its Denton, Texas, facility.

"In recent weeks, North Texas has asked us to work with them to assist in their efforts to open the 2011 season with a home game in their new stadium," said UT athletics director Mike Hamilton. "At the same time, they were willing to assist us with an opening we had on our schedule in a future year that we have had trouble filling.

"Our home opener will now be played against the University of Montana -- a team that competes annually for the national championship in FCS and has a history of traveling to the Volunteer State."

Montana athletics director Jim O'Day welcomed the chance to have his team participate in this intersectional matchup.

"This will be one of the biggest games we've played in our history, not to mention that we will be playing in front of the biggest crowd ever to watch a Grizzly football team play," O'Day said. "Our student-athletes really enjoyed the opportunity to play Oregon (2005) and Iowa (2006) the past few years, and this is another chance to get them in front of a big crowd and give them a taste of big-time football.

"Plus, we have connections down there with our many FCS championship trips to Chattanooga, and our relationship with (head coach) Jeff Fisher and the Tennessee Titans. As most Griz fans know, Jeff's son, Brandon, was an outstanding linebacker for us, plus (former UM All-America) Tim Hauck is on the Titans' coaching staff, and Marc Mariani is currently on their roster."

The date for the rescheduled game against North Texas has not be finalized, nor has the remainder of Tennessee's 2011 schedule.

The Vols open their 2010 season against UT Martin on Sept. 4 at Neyland Stadium. To order season tickets or individual game tickets, visit UTTix.com.

FALLOUT continued from Page 5 Critics of Bethesda’s newest installment said the desolate wastes of Washington D.C. and the lack of comedic deliverance betrayed the series’s spirit, but newcomers and oldsters alike praised the game for its more realistic view of how humans and the host of other sentient beings would feel in a world made into hell.

But this franchise represents but one vision of worlds to come. While humans have imagined the atom’s power, we have also fantasized an end of the world at the hands of zombies or a cultural dissolution when oil supply is exhausted or any number of other events that spell doom for life as we know it. Why do we dream of the end of the world? Perhaps when humanity is driven to doubt the beliefs that foster civilization, in terms of faith and tradition, they also accept responsibility for making the world keep turning or, in a bleaker view, grinding to a jagged halt in the wake of fire and then nothing.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Women’s swimming announces 2011 schedule Staff Reports The Tennessee women's swimming and diving team won't have to travel very far during the 2010-11 season as seven of its 14 meets will be held at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center.

Led by head coach Matt Kredich, who is entering his sixth season at the helm, along with assistant Jen Arndt Woodruff and diving coach Dave Parrington, the team will face stiff competition throughout the season.

"We love swimming at home, and it turns out this year we're at home a lot," Kredich said. "Our team loves to compete at the highest level, and it's great for us that we don't need to travel very far to get that kind of competition. " Last season, the Lady Vols finished 13th at the 2010 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships thanks to strong senior leadership. Kredich expects this season to be no different.

"Last year's seniors set a very powerful example by coming together at the beginning of the season and agreeing that they would always present a united front to the team and work out their differences behind the scenes," Kredich said.

"That unified leadership was incredibly strong, and I would love to have our seniors do the same this year.

The season kicks off with two home meets as SEC foe Arkansas comes to town on Oct. 16 and BIG EAST member Louisville invades Rocky Top on Oct. 21.

The Lady Vols will then travel to

Kentucky to face their next two opponents in the University of the Cumberlands on Oct. 29 and the Wildcats of UK the following day on Oct. 30.

Tennessee's next four meets will be back in Knoxville, starting with the Tennessee Invitational, which will include Kentucky, Alabama and Virginia Tech on Nov. 18-20.

The new year will start off with the Tennessee Diving Invitational on Jan. 3-5. The next two home dual meets will be against Virginia on Jan. 8 and last season's SEC champion, Georgia, on Jan. 22.

A week later the teams will journey to Gainesville, Fla., on Jan. 29 to face off against the Florida Gators, the defending national champions.

"This is the most competitive conference in the country from top to bottom," Kredich said.

"We've regularly had seven of our nine teams in the Top 25, and we've won more NCAA titles than any other conference in the past 15 years."

The UT diving team will be back in Gainesville on Feb. 11-13 to compete in the SEC Diving Championships. Three days later, the SEC Swimming Championships will take place in Gainesville and run through Feb. 19.

The Last Chance meet will be held in Knoxville on Feb. 25-26, followed by the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships on March 10-12.

The University of Texas will serve as the host site for the NCAA Championships on March 1012.