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Porn forum catches interest, sparks debate ‘Porn King’ to face off against ‘Porn Pastor,’ debate how pornography affects women Donesha Aldridge Staff Writer

A forum discussing the pros and cons of porn is expected to bring a heated debate to UT’s campus tonight.

The Issues Committee will host “The Great Porn Debate” featuring Ron Jeremy, the “Porn King ” and Craig Gross, the “Porn Pastor.” The two will face off, debating the topic of how porn affects women.

Jeremy is one of the most famous porn stars in the U.S. He is also known from the VH1 reality TV show “The Surreal Life.”

His opponent, Gross, is the founder of XXXchurch.com, a website he started to tell the truth about porn.

The porn industry is a multibillion dollar industry in the U.S. However, debates and forums about the controversial issue in a serious manner are rarely held.

Lynn Sacco, assistant professor of history, will moderate the debate. Sacco teaches a course every spring about the history of gender and sexuality. She said she hopes both speakers will be challenged.

Sacco said she hopes this forum will actually allow students to engage and give their opinions about the issue and that it will not serve as a chance for those who are not serious to mock the program and confess their love for porn.

“I see little social utility in gathering

Nathaniel Shelso, chair of the Issues Committee said this event will bring an interesting and informative issue to UT. Shelso said this program supports its mission.

“Students can expect some very interesting points to be brought up that will question their views on porn and how it affects our society,” he said. “It should also be entertaining and fun.”

Phillip Smith, assistant director for the office of student activites, said this is a great topic to discuss at a forum with –Nathaniel Shelso, chair of the Issues Committee students. “(It is a great topic because) it is an issue of interest, especially with college large groups of students into a forum ular on campuses, when there is obviousmales from the age of 18 to 24 years old, where some wish to boast about how use- ly no data whatsoever to demonstrate and the issues play into women’s rights ful porn is to them,” Sacco said. “I am that students who attend their forums and beliefs,” he said. “It was a great topic disturbed that these speakers are so pop- decide they will no longer use porn.” that both the Issues Committee and Women’s Coordinating Council thought should be discussed on UT’s campus.”

Shelso said the Issues Committee voted on the program last year through an instant run-off voting system that had about 100 different event choices.

Smith said everyone seemed adamant about hosting this event.

“The Issues Committee decided it was a needed topic that should be discussed on campus,” Smith said.

The debate will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the UC Auditorium.

For additional information about this program or other events the Issues Ron Jeremy, left, and Craig Gross, right, will face off tonight in a debate on the ethics Committee will host this year, visit its of pornography. The debate is co-sponsered by the Issues Committe and Women’s Coordinating Council. The debate will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the UC Auditorium and website at http://activities.utk.edu. will be moderated by Lynn Sacco, associate professor of history.

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TVC’s ‘Talent’ to showcase students Donesha Aldridge Staff Writer The Volunteer Channel is putting a spin on the reality show “America’s Got Talent” and transforming it into “UT’s Got Talent” with student stars.

The show is set to premiere on Oct. 12 on TVC. Live auditions for any student who wants to apply will be held Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. in Studio 40 in the Communications Building.

Annie Pace, senior in journalism and electronic media and president of TVC, will host the show. She has been part of TVC since her freshman year.

“I came to realize that the shows that get the best response are the shows that involve the students,” she said.

“This year I got the amazing opportunity to become president of TVC and decided it would be the perfect opportunity to try something huge and never before done. And what’s the best way to involve the entire campus than making our own version of ‘America’s Got Talent’?”

Pace said it will be exactly like “America’s Got Talent” with two exceptions. Those who move from the audition round to Round One will not be announced at the beginning of the episode. In addition, the finale will display the final three acts instead of the final two.

Only 10 groups will be allowed to compete after the audition round.

Voting will start online at student.utk.edu/talent after the first show airs on Oct. 12.

“The winners will be UT students, chosen by UT students and made possible by UT Students — true volunteer spirit,” Pace said.

The winners will receive prize

money and will be announced in the Smokey’s Howl competition during Homecoming Week. There will also be a professionally produced video of their talent created to air for the rest of the year on TVC. Alexa Van Tilburg, senior in journalism and electronic media, Louis Barnett, sophomore in arts and sciences, and Trey Pence be critiquing the acts as the show’s judges.

The show’s finale will air live on Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. in the UC Auditorium.

Students can come and watch the show live for $10. The final three groups will compete and the winner will be announced at the end of the show.

The crew is very excited about the upcoming show.

Margo Lipscomb, junior in journalism and electronic media and UT’s Got Talent team executive board member, said the crew is expecting big things, and she hopes the student population actively participates.

“We’re just trying to get word out about the show,” she said.

Lipscomb said tables will be set up on Pedestrian Mall the week before the show airs. She hopes students are receptive and excited about the show.

Pace said she wants the show to become a new UT tradition.

“What I hope comes from this show is first and foremost to create a way to capture memories of the students here on campus,” she said. “This is something we can all look back on later years in life and be proud we went to this school and had this experience.”

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UT issues tips to avoid ‘cyberstalking’ More than one-third of teens report being harassed via cell phones, e-mail, instant messaging, text messaging, chat rooms, blog postings or the Internet over the course of a recent school year.

Fifteen of every 100 cell phone users ages 12 to 17 have received nude or partially nude photos over their phones, according to a recent study from the Pew Research Center.

Professor David Dupper of the College of Social Work at UT, said these alarming statistics indicate “cyberbullying” and “cyberstalking” are on the rise. Yet, he said, people can lower their chances of falling victim to this digital-world crime by using common sense, being careful with technology and passwords, and promptly reporting suspicious activity.

This week, UT officials alerted the campus community after some students reported they had been the victims of a cyberstalker.

The National Center for the Victims of Crime defines cyberstalking as “threatening behavior or unwanted advances directed at another using the Internet and other forms of online and computer communications.”

Dupper, who’s currently working on a manuscript on this topic, spent nearly 15 years working as a social worker in middle and high schools in Florida before his work in higher education. He’s written two books, numerous book chapters and many papers on topics including school violence, bullying, school discipline and at-risk students.

Dupper provides this advice to help people sidestep problems when using Facebook, Skype and other forms of social media: Always be as polite online as you are in person. Don’t send messages when you're angry. Before clicking “send,” ask yourself how you would feel if you received the message. Don’t put anything online that you wouldn’t want others to see, even in e-mail. Never give out personal information online, whether in instant message profiles, chat rooms, blogs or personal websites. Never open e-mails from someone you don’t know or from someone you know who has been harassing you. If someone sends a mean or threatening message, don’t respond. Save it or print it out and show it to your parents, other authority figures or police. Never tell anyone, even friends, your password. Likewise, keep your cell phone keypad locked and your PIN or password secure so someone else can’t use your phone without your permission.

Don’t send texts or capture photos or video on your cell phone that you wouldn’t feel comfortable sharing with the world. All of the text, photos and videos you create with your phone are saved and available as digital evidence. They are stored on your provider’s server or website or on the flash memory or SIM card of your phone, even if you’ve deleted them.

Life of the Mind committee taking suggestions The Life of the Mind Committee invites faculty, staff, students and others to nominate a book as next year's reading selection for first-year students.

Life of the Mind is a common reading experience for all first-year students, which gives them their first taste of academic life at the UT. The book is to be used as a tool to challenge students’ thinking and engage them in discussion about important issues and their transition to college.

Each year, the Life of the Mind committee reviews dozens of books as potential selections for the program. If you know of a book that you think would be a good LOTM selection, let the committee know about it.

Life of the Mind books should include themes that expose students to the Ready for the World international and intercultural initiative, represent a transition or journey that can be related to the first-year experience at UT, target specific campus initiatives or current global events, are broad and cross-disciplinary in nature and can be built upon with programming throughout the fall semester, and challenge student thinking and encourage campus dialogue.

In addition, the Life of the Mind book should be written by an individual who is living and able to come to campus to meet with students.

To suggest a book, go to http://torch.utk.edu/lifeoftheSee Beacon Bits on Page 5 mind/suggestion.shtml.

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Bob Rider, dean of the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, address a crowd of students and faculty at the Grief Outreach Initiative workshop on Sept. 24. The workshop featured Ken Doka, a professor of gerontology, a noted expert on grief and loss felt by young children. The workshop allowed UT students and staff a chance to learn from Doka about how to help children deal with loss.

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Job fair connects students with employers Fair will enable students to engage for potential career, internship opportunities James Hauge Staff Writer The 2010 Fall Job Fair will hit campus today, providing students with the opportunity to network and find careers with possible employers.

The fair is the marquee event for Career Services and is the biggest, most widely attended job fair on campus.

The event is free for students and will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena.

This year, career services wants to encourage students to not get caught in the web of fear when finding a job in these hard economic times.

“About 12 percent more employers will be attending this year’s fair than last year’s event,” Russ Coughenour, career service director, said.

This year, 173 employers will come from a mix of government agencies, corporate entities, non-profit organizations and area businesses. This diversity helps ensure that all students from any major have multiple opportunities to network and connect with future employers.

“There is really two types of employers, and this is really for students to understand,” Coughenour said. “One type of employer is only interested in certain fields, and the other type of employer is really conducive to any student from any major.”

Many employers at the fair will mark themselves as accepting resumes from any major. This is done because most employers want to find intelligent and highly motivated students who are willing to dive into their businesses and see where it takes them.

“I find that, for students, these types of events are really beneficial to students, because they can meet someone face to face and not just be another resume on someone’s desk,”

Jeannine Berge, career services consultant, said.

With many employers calling for resumes via mail or the Internet, it is hard for many students with average grades to make a personal impression. But the environment of the job fair provides students with a platform to prove to employers that they are the intelligent, highly motivated student the employers are looking for this year.

“So many employers want online resume submissions to the point that this become a black hole for many students, but when you come to the job fair and impress people within the employer, they will remember you and take your resume very seriously,” Berge said.

Some of the employers attending this year’s event will include Alcoa Aluminum, Amazon.com, Belk, BMW, FBI and Oak Ridge National Lab among others.

Students should arrive early to the fair and be dressed professionally. They should also have at least 10 copies of their resume.

For a full list of employers, visit http://utkcsm.symplicity.com/events/.

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Students and employers crowd the floor of Thompson-Boling Arena during the Fall Job Fair in 2008. This year’s Fall Job Fair will be hosted on Tuesday, Sept. 28, in Thompson-Boling. Students can find more information, including a list of participating employers, at utk-csm.symplicity.com/events.

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StaffColumn Pros of social media may not outweigh cons

Kyle Turner News Editor In light of last week’s social media harassment, I started to think about the role that social networking sites play in our daily lives. Items created for enjoyment and convenience have seemed to turn on us, creating more problems than ever expected.

Let’s first go no farther than everyone’s ever-present friend, Facebook. You know as well as I do that at any given time, in any given class, there are students on Facebook checking up on who wrote on their wall, responding to random events and updating their status every couple of minutes ... You know who you are.

There is nothing wrong about being connected and indulging in your voyeuristic side every now and then, but the problem arises when you become dependent.

Just this past week, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology did what some see as the unthinkable and banned all social media for the week. The school insists it is not a punishment, but rather a method of experimenting, helping students and faculty to learn the extent of social media in their daily lives. You be the judge.

I personally see the merits of its approach, but you have to admit that there would be those who would spend an unbalanced amount of time finding alternate ways to access their accounts, defeating the purpose all together. Then again, those would be the students who would tell you they did not really have a dependency.

Admitting you have an addiction is the first step …

The experiment hoped to help students focus on how to maximize the pluses of social media while minimizing the minuses. Most people would agree there are far more pluses than minuses from social media but to what degree?

Just think: What if UT banned social media altogether? Students would be forced to do the unthinkable, such as tell someone happy birthday through a personalized card, phone call or, dare I say it, in person.

That is assuming you know the friend’s date of birth without the help of Facebook.

Some take the initiative and deactivate their social media accounts during times of exams or extended work. Though I laud their efforts, is that necessary? Really?

Maybe so, according to recent estimates of time spent on Facebook alone.

A Neilsen poll collected data from 2008 to 2009 about time spent on various social media sites, including Facebook, which raked in a whopping 13.9 billion minutes. I was disgusted to hear that number only when I thought about everything else Americans, including myself, could have been doing.

And those numbers are dated, so with the surge of your parents’ friends on Facebook, the numbers are unfortunately bound to be higher.

Just think of the good that could come from even a fraction of the time spent on Facebook. Papers would never be turned in late, charitable organizations would have a surplus of help and world peace would undoubtedly follow. I realize, however, that none of these things are a click away and as easy to access as social media.

Social media sites seem to have no end as long as the Internet is around. Soon enough, Facebook will be a thing of the past, and we will all graduate to something else. If you don’t believe me, look no farther than a little site called MySpace.

It would be remiss of me to not note that I use Facebook on a daily basis and plan on continuing that usage until I move on to the next big thing. I am not asking you to do something that I would not do, such as deactivating accounts or even staying off Facebook in class.

What I am asking, however, is that you take a minute to evaluate what you get out of the social media sites to which you belong. Ask yourself: Does Facebook bring me more joy than hassles? Am I getting everything accomplished before getting on the Internet? Can I actually abandon my accounts without anxiety?

Does social media serve as help more than a hindrance?

Hopefully, for the sake of remaining in college you answered “yes” to all of these. The most important thing about social media usage is just being honest with yourself and realizing, for better or worse, the role it plays in your life and modify as needed.

If you answered “no” to any of the above, don’t worry. All hope is not yet lost. There are numerous support groups on the Internet you can join in an attempt to connect with people who work, play and study in your area.

— Kyle Turner is a junior in political science. He can be reached at tturne13@utk.edu COFFEY & INK • Kelsey Roy

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Girls who seek ‘bad boys’ not worth chasing “C an’t Fight t h e Fe e l i n g ” by

Kathryn Cunningham I recently received an e-mail from a fellow student, which was intriguing, alarming and upsetting all at the same time.

“Why is it that girls like more of the ‘jerks’ rather than ‘nice guys?’” he asked. “What attracts girls to them?”

The first response that came to mind? Denial.

I wanted ever so much to ease his mind and respond by saying “Oh, what in the world are you talking about, you silly boy? Girls don’t want to date jerks!

They DO want the good guys — the reliable, loyal, cute, sweet ones.”

And as I typed that out, I couldn’t bring myself to hit send, because I knew it wasn’t completely true, and let’s be realistic: Girls do in fact love the excitement of a bad boy.

Unfortunately, the nice guys seem to finish last.

We’ve all heard this phrase before, and yet we act like it’s not true, because we’re all secretly hoping we hold ourselves to higher standards. Well, wake up, ladies and gentlemen, because this is an epidemic.

Ok, maybe I’m being a little bit dramatic, but it always seems like those cocky, self-absorbant “jerks” are the ones whose contact list is steadily on the rise, while the good guys once again find themselves dateless one Saturday night after the next. But maybe there’s more to it than we think …

“I wouldn’t say I’m attracted to guys that are super cocky, but rather those that are confident.

Although there is something about a guy with a bad side. It’s all about the edge. Someone that’s up to do something crazy.” — Margaret, junior “People in general are attracted to status, and being a bad boy means you are confident/high status enough to defy social expectations.” — Tyler, graduate “There’s just something about a guy who’s confident in himself and knows what he wants.” — Katy, junior Confidence is alluring, but if we dig a little deeper,

we come up with another important reason as to why girls may be drawn to this type. Some girls see guys with that certain streak as a challenge, but surely girls don’t keep going after the boys that would continually hurt them over and over because they enjoy it … right? At least I don’t think so.

Most girls want that bad boy, but there's a catch.

Every girl wants to be the one that makes that bad boy WANT to settle down. They may be secretly holding out for a reformation in his life. A girl isn’t going to date the jerk forever, and if so, that’s another whole issue that needs to be worked out.

Women are natural caretakers, and this seems to be one more category where we can’t help ourselves. Most girls would love to be considered the one who figured out their man’s troubles and changed him for the better. If the guy was flawless to begin with, where’s all the excitement anyway?

But I do have to say that seems a little unfair. While yes, excitement, mystique and charm are all qualities in a healthy, fun relationship, there are other ways to express those characteristics, and I know some guys (and girls) agree with me. “(The issue) does make me mad. Some guys don’t deserve the girls they have, because the guys don’t treat them the way they should be treated.

But a lot of times, many guys get completely ignored who deserve great girls. They’re the nice guys, but they aren't always the ‘exciting’ guys.”

— Robert, senior “It’s the girl’s fault if she decides to chase after something she’ll regret for the rest of her life. Jerks are jerks, and girls know. It’s when she meets a guy like me that everything changes.” — Alex, junior (Sounds to me like Alex is getting a little cocky here …)

Please don’t walk away from this article discouraged. There is good news. The girls that fall for the jerks over and over aren’t worth swooning over anyways, and the guys who act this way probably don’t have the ladies’ best interests at heart. A man should be able to find the balance of being a sweetheart, all the while carrying on a hint of confidence and mystery, and in the grand scheme of things, the true gentlemen will be the ones ending up with great women — women who are worth sharing a lifetime with.

—Kathryn Cunningham is a junior in psychology.

She can be reached at kcunnin4@utk.edu.

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The quickest way to get most people in today’s society riled up is to have a strong opinion about a woman’s choice. I am pro-choice.

And I’m not talking about politics. I’m talking about reality TV. Women-centric reality shows are all about a woman’s choice, and I love it.

Family shows like “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” and “The Real Housewives” have plots that focus on the strong opinions and personalities of the moms, friends and sisters. For most competition shows ranging from “America's Next Top Model” to “Cupcake Wars” — yes, there’s a real show about competing bakers named “Cupcake Wars — the contestants and the judges are mostly female and critique everything in sight. If they don’t like something, you know it. In the case of the judges, their choices can make the difference between a finalist going home empty-handed or taking thousands to the bank.

Even the demeaning dating shows like “The Bachelor” and “Flavor of Love” all come down to what crazy, funny, “OMG” thing the ladies have done this week and what decisions they make or don’t make, which can lead them to the grand finale. Those with exceptional personalities get their own spinoffs and continue to live comfortably as celebrities, where they eventually call the shots.

While I’m not a huge fan of reality shows, I often get sucked into a VH1 or Bravo marathon. Honestly, I think these shows were invented for people like me to tear them down. There are no educational reality programs. There’s no symbolism to explore. What other moral is there to learn from a show like “Teen Mom” except don’t have sex without contraception?

But there are a handful that are unintentionally positive and revolve around the idea that the woman gets what the woman wants. Really, they are hard to hate. I’ve tried.

“LA Ink” is one of them. “Project Runway” is another. The most prominent example of this covert feminist reality show mania I’ve been overanalyzing recently is on a network known for questionable programming about such subjects as sextuplets and

little people.

Described by one blogger as “dress porn,” TLC’s “Say Yes To The Dress” follows brides looking for the perfect gown and the unfortunate souls in the dress shop responsible for helping. I say unfortunate, because every episode features these poor helpers tending to a picky mother-in-law, a fiancé that won’t shut up and friends who wish it was their wedding and are living vicariously through the actual brideto-be.

It’s insulting to see these women’s opinions trampled upon by friends and family who think the bride is incapable of picking her own dress. It just reinforces a cultural belief that women need others to help make these oh-so-hard decisions for them.

Wedding shows especially paint most women as spoiled brats who demand that someone hold their hand through this process. For example, after seeing reincarnated demons get married on “Bridezilla” and the insanely frivolous “Platinum Weddings,” I looked for a reason to hate “Say Yes To The Dress.”

Even with all its flaws, there was one amazing quality that endured until the end: 90 percent of the brides get what they really, truly want. They get what they want because of the aforementioned unfortunate souls.

The dress consultants on that show are probably the biggest accidental feminists there are. They are champions of reason in a land chock-full of crazy.

After just two episodes I heard quotes ranging from “These people think they know the bride better than she knows herself” to “Honey, it is her day. Not yours.” They are allies every woman should have access to when shopping.

As a Southerner I appreciated the wedding dress version of Tim Gunn in the Atlanta series and how breaking tradition and offending sassy grandmas were frowned upon. They were funny moments that broke up the cheese and made me want to stick around for another episode ... or five.

Now, this doesn’t mean reality television overall is in the midst of a radical feminist takeover. It’s not.

“Say Yes To The Dress” is a rare exception in a subgenre where most prefer to see women behaving badly, spitting at each other, catfighting, etc. It’s just good to see a handful of women at the end of a 30-minute special with smiles on their faces. It didn’t make my IQ any higher, but it made me not hate reality TV quite as much.

—Melody Gordon is a senior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at mgordo10@utk.edu.

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mation about studying abroad, visit the Programs Abroad Office website, http://studyabroad.utk.edu/.

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UT to host study abroad fair

Southern Comfort Food at Ready for the World Cafe

The Study Abroad Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday in the UC ballroom. The fair will provide a one-stop shop for students to learn about the study abroad process, study abroad programs and financial aid options offered through UT and the Programs Abroad Office.

Fair-goers can talk with other UT students who have studied abroad, as well as international students currently studying at UT. UT faculty leading summer and miniterm programs abroad also will be on hand to talk about their programs.

The Programs Abroad Office offers study abroad programs in 54 countries.

Programs are available for the semester, the academic year and the summer. Miniterm options also are available. In addition, summer internship opportunities are offered in countries around the globe.

Representatives from UT advising centers will be at the fair to discuss how studying abroad fits into a four-year graduation plan.

The Ready for the World program will have a booth where students can learn about the university’s international and intercultural initiative, find ways to participate in Volunteers Rock the World and pick up some freebies.

The Programs Abroad Office will be closed the day of the fair. For more infor-

The charm of some Southern cities inspired the dishes that will be served at the Ready for the World Café the week of Sept. 27.

The menu includes Pleasant Grove poppy seed chicken, Savannah smothered pork chops, Bourbon Street shrimp jambalaya, Yazoo City mac ‘n’ cheese, Seabrook stewed tomatoes and okra, Chattanooga cheese grits and Dixieland delight dilled cucumber salad.

The café is an international buffet operated by students in the advanced food production and service management class, Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism (HRT) 445. It is open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday in the Hermitage Room on the third floor of the UC. Diners pay $11 for the all-you-can-eat buffet or $9 for a plate of food to carry out.

This semester, there are 18 students in the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism (HRT) 445 course. In small groups, they take turns planning the menus, marketing the café and working in the café.

ARAMARK, UT’s provider of dining services, prepares the food.

This week’s managers are Jessica La Veck, a junior in food science from Nashville who aspires to be a chef, and Megan Lockridge, a senior in HRT from Pulaski who is a 2010 graduate of the UT Culinary Institute.

Stone delivers on ‘Wall Street’ sequel Will Abrams Staff Writer Oliver Stone has been known for years as a director who creates films concerning important events in America’s history.

With films like “JFK,” “Wall Street,” and “World Trade Center” on his resume, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that his latest film, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” takes on the recent bank bailouts that helped to cripple the economy.

Jake Moore (Shia LaBeouf) works at a seemingly illustrious financial firm under his mentor Louis Zabel (Frank Langella). As has often been the case lately, the company tanks after a little influence from Zabel’s rival (Josh Brolin). After losing his mentor, Jake teams up with Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), who has been out of prison for a few years and whose daughter (Carey Mulligan) Jake is engaged to.

During Stone’s first trip to Wall Street, the director emphasized the dangers of such a volatile economic climate. Gekko and his counterparts were guilty of dozens of crimes dealing with insider trading, and a lot of them got away with it — obviously, Gekko wasn’t quite as lucky.

This time around, it seems that all of the loose-moral market play has caught up to the financial wizards. The only way for the big firms to survive is to receive bailouts and bury any

competition.

For whatever reason, Shia LaBeouf has been called on again to play the sidekick of a film icon.

Perhaps the 24-year-old actor sees some sort of Bat Signal that no one else can.

Unlike “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” LaBeouf’s scenes are not a series of facepalms for the audience. Oscars probably aren’t in the near future but his acting is a little better under Stone’s direction.

Speaking of Oscars, last year’s Best Actress nominee, Carey Mulligan, holds her own, despite the fact that her character is poorly written. Josh Brolin also does well with his part but it’s nowhere near as good as his work in past films like “Milk” and “No Country for Old Men.” The most exciting thing about the film is Michael Douglas’ reprised role of Gordon Gekko. Gekko was a staple character for financial affluence in the mid-to-late 1980s. He was a character consumed by always having more of everything and was most notable for his speech of how “greed is good.”

Douglas is the main reason the film works.

Not only does the audience get to see his character in play again, but some well-done character development actually exists. On a similar note, Frank Langella’s portrayal of Louis Zabel is almost flawless. The two actors really give the film a good polish.

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‘Girl’ sequel debuts to average reception Will Abrams Staff Writer Much to the chagrin of educators across America, reading is somewhat of a dying hobby these days. Luckily, most of the books that are worth reading are turned into films rather quickly.

Such is the case for “The Girl Who Played with Fire” by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson.

The book is the second installment of the “Millennium” trilogy, which was published after the writer’s death in 2004.

The film, which is also Swedish (English subtitles for American viewers), follows the characters Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) just like its hardback counterpart.

For those who haven’t read the books, Salander is a computer hacker with intermediate fighting skills and a photographic memory, while Blomkvist is an investigative journalist who works for a publication called “Millennium.”

In “The Girl Who Played with Fire,” Blomkvist, with the help of other journalists, comes across a sex-trafficking ring that abuses underage women in Sweden. Before the group can publish its findings, two of its researchers are murdered and, to make matters worse, Salander has been set up to be the culprit.

The rest of the film follows Blomkvist as he tries to clear Salander’s name, while Salander herself uncovers a shocking secret that leads to her past.

While watching the film, it is important to remember that it is not an island but part of a series. To understand a good bit of it, viewers will need to watch the trilogy’s first film, “The

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” This may seem like a bit of a deterrent for theater-goers but the original is quite good and worth watching for context.

The first film focuses more on its characters and builds them up really well, whereas this one delivers a bigger plot with more twists and turns. However, when making a plot revolving around mass conspiracy, it is easy for writers to get in over their heads and leave plot holes that an SUV could drive through.

One would think that filmmakers would want to expand on the characters who were built up in “Dragon Tattoo,” but most writing and character development is butchered in order to keep the viewer focused on the complex plot.

Much like the book series, the films go for a very noir-ish feel. The music is very low key, yet suspenseful, and the landscape always has an overcast texture. This feeling was better established in the first film but director Daniel Alfredson does alright working off his predecessor.

The Catch-22 of the film is that audiences need to watch the first film to fully enjoy it; however, after seeing it, the second film may be a bit of a letdown. Whatever magic was working for “Dragon Tattoo” just doesn't fully make it over to its sequel, leaving it an average thriller.

In a not-so-surprising move, Hollywood has gotten its hands on Larsson’s novels and is planning an American adaptation starring Daniel Craig (“Casino Royale”) and Rooney Mara (“The Social Network”), with David Fincher at the helm.

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Faculty members and guests interact at the NightinGala, hosted by the College of Nursing at The Foundry on Sept. 24.

The event helped raise awareness and money for the nursing program and featured many guest speakers, including Robin Wilhoit, anchor of WBIR’s Action 10 News, and Sam Venable, Knoxville News Sentinel columnist.

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

UT earns tie in Sunday soccer match Lady Vols split weekend matches Staff Reports

Seth Jensen

Staff Writer On a rainy and cool Sunday afternoon at Regal Soccer Stadium, UT (4-5-1, 1-0-1 SEC) and LSU (35-2, 0-1-1 SEC) battled hard over 90 minutes of regulation and 20 minutes of sudden-victory overtime but settled nothing as the match eventually ended, deadlocked in a 1-1 (2OT) tie.

LSU forced the extra sessions by tying the contest with just 2:58 remaining on the third goal of the season from midfielder Natalie Martineau. Tennessee had a huge “golden goal” scoring chance early in the second overtime on a header from the left side by junior forward Emily Dowd, but the ball was eventually saved out of the goal’s mouth by LSU defender Kellie Murphy and cleared.

The Big Orange out-shot the Tigers 22-17 overall and 8-6 in shots on frame. During the overtime periods UT managed a 10-2 shot differential, including a 7-0 total over the final 10 minutes of extra time.

Tennessee sophomore midfielder Amy Harrison granted the Lady Vols the lead at 18:59 by registering her second goal of the campaign. The Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, native’s score occurred off the second assist of 2010 from sophomore defender Ali Hall. Senior goalkeeper Molly Baird managed five saves during the contest while her counterpart for the Tigers, Megan Kinneman, was credited with six stops.

With the tie, UT moved its all-time home record to 100-33-6 and now stands 4-2-1 overall and 1-01 in league action at the Regal Soccer Stadium this season.

“This wasn’t the result we needed or expected to have today, but I did see growth from our team,” Lady Vol Head Coach Angela Kelly said. “When you are in the coaching profession and serving as a leader and mentor for 17-22 year-olds, it’s very pleasing to see growth. Our team was better able to implement our game plan as the intermissions progressed. I thought we were a little too anxious during the first half, took too much time on the ball and had some turnovers which sort of works into LSU’s style of play. As this team grows it will continue to develop the will to win, the killer instinct and composure needed week-in and week-out. The team that will eventually win the SEC this year likely won't go through its schedule unscathed. We have four total points in the league after the first weekend, no losses and are excited to be at home again next week against Vanderbilt and Kentucky.”

Matthew DeMaria The Daily Beacon

A header from Kylie Bono, 8, sails past the Arkansas goalie during the teams’ Friday, Sept. 24, match. The goal from Bono, which tied the game at 1, was followed up by a lastminute goal from Chelsea Hatcher.

The Lady Vols volleyball team hit the road this past weekend to face SEC foes Georgia and Auburn in Athens, Ga. and Auburn, Ala.

Senior Nikki Fowler led the Lady Vols with 20 kills in the match, and junior Kayla Jeter followed with 19 kills for her second consecutive match.

Auburn The Lady Vols achieved their first SEC road win of the season by defeating Auburn 3-1 on Sunday Georgia afternoon in Auburn, Ala. Georgia prevented a Tennessee comeback in the The lady Vols controlled the match by winning fifth set to win 3-2 in Athens on Friday. a four-set match by scores of 25-15, 21-25, 25-22, The Georgia Bulldogs (9-6, 1-3 Southeastern and 25-19.

Conference) jumped out of the gate early by win“I thought our passing was very good,” Patrick ning the first two sets 25-17 and 25-23 against the said. “Our two setters Emily Steinback and Kylann 20th-ranked Lady Vols Scheidt did a nice job of (10-3, 2-2). giving us a consistent and “We didn’t come out good offense throughout with a lot of energy at the the entire match.” beginning of the match,” Tennessee had four UT coach Rob Patrick players with nine kills and said. “Georgia was playposted a season-high .421 ing at a really high level, clip. Fowler led the Lady and we weren’t able to Vols with 18 kills on .389 match their energy and hitting. Jeter had 15 kills play, so they were able to with a .519 average. control the first two Sophomore DeeDee games.”

Harrison had 12 kills, The Lady Vols rallied while senior Leah Hinkley after the break, winning had nine kills. the third and fourth sets “Auburn always plays 25-19 and 27-25. really well at home,” Jeter “I was really proud of said. “One of our starters the team after the break,” went down, and we rallied Patrick said. “We conRebecca Vaughan • The Daily Beacon around that. We were able trolled the net over the Members of the Lady Vols volleyball to come together and push next two games to get team huddle together before the through the whole match.” back in the match.”

The Big Orange had Tennessee grabbed an start of a match against South four freshmen play in the early lead in the fifth Carolina on Friday, Sept. 17. match and coach Patrick frame, but Georgia scored five straight points to said the experience on the road was valuable for reclaim the lead and gain the momentum that car- the rest of the season. ried the Bulldogs to a 15-10 victory in the final “We have played a lot of really good teams on frame. the road,” Patrick said. “Our preseason really “We broke down on our side of the net,” Patrick helped us prepare for the SEC season. We now said. “We made a couple of unforced errors that left have a lot of freshmen that has seen the intensity of Georgia in the game, and they were able to pull it SEC volleyball. They won’t be surprised too much out.” when we go on the road again.”