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Second-half rally fuels Lady Vols to victory ble-figures for the Lady Vols with said. “She stepped up a lot 10 points, and Simmons added today.”

Matt Dixon 12.

Johnson’s double-double Sports Editor The Lady Bulldogs rallied was her sixth on the year and from an 8-0 hole to start the 16th in her career.

The fifth-ranked Tennessee women’s basketball team game to take a 37-35 lead into “I don’t see why she can’t trailed at halftime for only the third time all season, but intermission. Mississippi State opened the second half on an 18-0 run in route to an 81-55 do that every game,” Summitt shot 46.9 percent from the field victory over Mississippi State Thursday night in said. “She’s getting the shots in the first half, and were on fire she wants, not just the shots Thompson-Boling Arena. from beyond the arc, hitting The Lady Vols (20-2, 8-0 SEC) were down by as much that the other team wants her seven 3-pointers. as eight points in the first half, but came out after an to have.”

Summitt puts the blame on the Guard Taber Spani celebratintense locker room talk to outscore the Lady Bulldogs (8team’s lack of focus for allowing ed her 20th birthday with one 11, 0-7 SEC) 46-18 over the final 20 minutes, the fewest Mississippi State’s first half of the best performances of second-half points given up by the Lady Vols this year. offensive outburst.

“Was not at all impressed in the first half,” UT coach her Tennessee career, and did “That was the worst half of so in front of her parents who Pat Summitt said. “Thought we had looked at the fact that basketball that I’ve seen this seathey did not have a conference win, and we didn’t come made the trip from Lee’s son,” Summitt said. “That was a ready — very, very disappointed in that. But hopefully Summitt, Mo. very immature team in the first The sophomore finished (it’s) a teaching moment, an opportunity for them to half. They knew that Mississippi with 18 points on 7-of-12 understand that this is State hadn’t won a game in conshooting after not the way you ference this season and though scoring 11 in the do it, not if you that this would be a cakewalk.” first half. are pursuing a The communication on the Like Johnson, championship.”

Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon defensive end of the court was Spani also had to Glory Johnson step up, trying to Tennessee forward Alyssia Brewer drives past also absent early on. played as if she “Talking is a little thing that replace the pro- a Mississippi State defender in Wednesday was looking to cut duction of senior night’s SEC matchup. Brewer chipped in two makes a huge difference,” Spani down nets in said. “I know that all of us want guard Angie points and four rebounds as UT won 81-55.

April. to do that. If one person isn’t Bjorklund.

“I don’t know talking, it makes a big difference, and when we had no one “It was significant,” Summitt said of Spani what else I can playing a bigger role with Bjorklund out. in the first half talking, obviously, you saw what happened. do,” said Summitt “They’re two of the best shooters on the team. That’s unacceptable.” of Johnson. “I The win gives the Lady Vols their 35th consecutive 20We’re used to having a punch from both of can’t buy her dinthem. I was pleased with the way she respond- win season and improves their home-winning streak to 30 ner. If I could, I games, the fourth-longest streak in program history. ed. would. She was – Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt Tennessee also kept its undefeated record against “Taber has a good skill set. She’s not as athterrific.” on UT’s first-half start Mississippi State. The Lady Bulldogs are 0-32 all-time letic (as Bjorklund), but she works on her The junior from against the Lady Vols, being the only SEC school to have game. She gets in the gym and makes shots.”

Knoxville scored Junior Shekinna Stricklen notched her sev- never beaten Tennessee.

22 points, grabbed The Lady Vols return to action Sunday when they trav18 rebounds, and dished out seven assists, all while filling enth double-double of the season with a 10-point, 10els to Fayetteville, Ark. for a 2 p.m. matchup with the rebound effort. in for center Kelley Cain, who was out with an illness.

Sophomore guard Kamiko Williams also scored in dou- Arkansas Razorbacks.

“Glory’s a beast,” freshman guard Meighan Simmons

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Teach for America receives grant Associated Press ATLANTA — Teach For America, the education organization that places recent college graduates in low-income public schools, is getting $100 million to launch its first-ever endowment in hopes of making the grass-roots organization a permanent fixture in education.

The program — which is now in communities from Atlanta to rural New Mexico to Los Angeles — announced Thursday that four philanthropists are joining to create a stable, longterm source of money. It's welcome news for an organization that had more than 46,000 applications for just 4,400 teaching slots this academic year.

"A few years ago we embraced the priority of making Teach For America an enduring American institution that can thrive as long as the problem we're working to address persists," said founder Wendy Kopp, who dreamed up Teach For America for her undergraduate thesis and launched it in 1990. "I think it's only appropriate in our country — which aspires to be a place of equal opportunity — that we have an institution which is about our future leaders making good on that promise."

It's also likely to be unwelcome news for teachers' unions and other opponents, who say Teach For America puts inexperienced 20somethings with just five weeks of training in classrooms and most of don't stay after their two years of service. Some have criticized it as an organization that lets top graduates experiment in public education for a couple of years before moving on to something else.

"I don't want anyone to practice or test out whether teaching is their profession on children," said Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, a teachers' union with 3 million members. "We need to find out if teaching is your profession before you get in the classroom."

Teach for America says one-third of its Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon alumni keep teaching after two years, and two On Jan. 21, Mark Hosford, the visiting lecturer, pulls a free screenprint for Laurie out of three remain in the field, some as pubLitkowski, a junior in printmaking. He is a UT grad and currently is a professor at lic-policy analysts or school administrators. It Vanderbilt. His work can be seen at www.sugarboypress.com

points to studies that show its teachers are at least as effective as those who enter the teaching profession in more traditional ways.

The idea of an endowment started with philanthropist Eli Broad, who pledged $25 million from his Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and encouraged others to commit to the project.

Three more groups stepped up with matching funds: the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, the Robertson Foundation and philanthropists Steve and Sue Mandel.

The endowment will only produce about 2 percent of Teach For America's $200 million budget at first, but Kopp said that will grow over time. The organization gets its budget from nonprofits, corporations and federal grants, but those aren't always dependable.

Kopp said she hopes that steady stream of revenue means the organization can double the number of active corps members serving two-year terms to 15,000 and increase the communities they reach from 39 to 60.

Broad, whose foundation gives out the nation's top prize in public education each year, has donated $41 million total to Teach For America since its inception. He said he wanted to form an endowment to ensure the program persists.

"Instead of it being viewed as a movement, we have to make it look like an institution," Broad said in an interview. "One of the ways you do that is an endowment like a college or university has."

Not only is Teach for America celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, but Kopp's second book, "A Chance to Make History," debuted this week. The book outlines the lessons Kopp has learned as she's watched her organization's teachers try to change educational outcomes for the nation's poorest children.

"When I started on this endeavor 20 years ago, truly the prevailing notion at the time was that kids' socio-economic circumstances would determine their educational outcome," Kopp said. "Today we're surrounded by hundreds of examples of whole classrooms and schools that are taking kids from rural and urban areas and putting them on a different trajectory."

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InSHORT

Jan. 26

Crime Log

At approximately 2:21 p.m., an officer received a call that an individual was possibly stealing materials at the dumpster near the rear dock area of the Dougherty Engineering Building.

The suspect was a 45-year-old male Knoxville resident, unaffiliated with UT. He was arrested for driving on a suspended license and failure to provide proof of insurance. The report did not state whether the suspect had been stealing.

A male UT student reported a theft that occurred in the gym of the TRECS around 9:15 p.m.

— Crime Log is compiled by Robbie Hargett Compiled from a media log provided to the Daily Beacon by the Universty of Tennessee Police Department.

All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. People with names similar or identical to those listed may not be those identified in reports.

1986: Challenger explodes

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Bridget Gray visited UT on Jan. 26. She is a slam poetress and has been in television and music videos. She is also the only woman to win the Hollywood Grand Slam title two years back-to-back.

In the aftermath of the explosion, President Ronald Reagan appointed a special commission to determine what went wrong with Challenger and to develop future corrective measures. The presidential commission was headed by former secretary of state William Rogers, and included former astronaut Neil Armstrong and former test pilot Chuck Yeager. The investigation determined that the explosion was caused by the failure of an “O-ring” seal in one of the two solid-fuel rockets. The elastic O-ring did not respond as expected because of the cold temperature at launch time, which began a chain of events that resulted in the massive explosion. As a result of the explosion, NASA did not send astronauts into space for more than two years as it redesigned a number of features of the space shuttle.

In Sept. 1988, space shuttle flights resumed with the successful launching of the Discovery. Since then, the space shuttle has carried out numerous important missions, such as the repair and maintenance of the Hubble Space Telescope and the construction of the International Space Station.

On Feb. 1, 2003, a second space-shuttle disaster rocked the United States when Columbia disintegrated upon reentry of the Earth’s atmosphere. All aboard were killed.

Despite fears that the problems that downed Columbia had not been satisfactorily addressed, space-shuttle flights resumed on July 26, 2005, when Discovery was again put into orbit.

At 11:38 a.m. EST, on Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Christa McAuliffe is on her way to becoming the first ordinary U.S. civilian to travel into space. McAuliffe, a 37-year-old high school social studies teacher from New Hampshire, won a competition that earned her a place among the seven-member crew of the Challenger. She underwent months of shuttle training but then, beginning Jan. 23, was forced to wait six long days as the Challenger’s launch countdown was repeatedly delayed because of weather and technical problems. Finally, on Jan. 28, the shuttle lifted off.

Seventy-three seconds later, hundreds on the ground, including Christa’s family, stared in disbelief as the shuttle exploded in a forking plume of smoke and fire. Millions more watched the wrenching tragedy unfold on live television. There were no survivors.

In 1976, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) unveiled the world’s first reusable manned spacecraft, the Enterprise. Five years later, space flights of the shuttle began when Columbia traveled into space on a 54-hour mission. Launched by two solid-rocket boosters and an external tank, only the aircraft-like shuttle entered into orbit around Earth. When the mission was completed, the shuttle fired engines to reduce speed and, after descending through the atmosphere, landed like a glider. Early shuttles took satellite equipment into space and carried out various scientific experiments. — This Day in History is courtesy of histoThe Challenger disaster was the first major ry.com shuttle accident.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Ambassador Graham to speak at UT Former Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr., a world-renowned authority on nuclear nonproliferation, will discuss the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in the larger context of the strategic arms control during a luncheon lecture on Feb. 8.

Sponsored by Baker Center at UT, the event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium at the Baker Center.

The New START treaty emerged from a 2009 summit between President Barack Obama and Russian Federation President Dmitry Medvedev and was negotiated to replace the START I treaty which was nearing expiration. Taking nearly a year to complete, it was signed by Obama and Medvedev in April 2010 and passed after much debate by the U.S. Senate on Dec. 22.

Graham’s ambassadorial post was as Special Representative of the President for Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament, 1994-1997.

Graham is internationally known as a leading authority on international arms control and agreements designed to limit and combat the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. He was involved in the negotiation of every major international arms control and nonproliferation agreement involving the US. between 1970 and 1997.

Graham is now the executive chairman of the Board of Lightbridge Corp., a McLean, Va.-based company which holds patents on a new type of nuclear power fuel based on thorium.

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NEWS TEAM UT will work directly with the North Texas-Host Super Bowl XLV Committee on operations and facility event management. The group will help manage events hosted by NFL commissioners, team general managers and team owners and work at essential game-day activities throughout the stadium, such as the corporate hospitality program.

This will be the fifth trip of its kind. TEAM UT has been a part of Super Bowls XLI (Miami), XLII (Arizona), XLIII (Tampa) and XLIV (Miami). The program is the brainchild of Fritz G. Polite, clinical professor of sport management and founding director of the Institute for Leadership, Ethics and Diversity (I-LEAD). He has more than 30 years of experience in sports, management, coaching, teaching and business.

Bob Rider, dean of the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, said the TEAM UT experience has been good for the students — Dance Marathon to host 5k and the university.

The students were selected through a rigorous On Saturday, Dance Marathon will host a 5k to raise money for the East Tennessee Children’s interview and application process. Each student submitted an essay describing their five-, 10-, and Hospital.

The 5k will start at 3 p.m. and will begin in 15-year goals, and how being a part of TEAM UT would assist him or her in accomplishing them.

Circle Park. It will take place around campus.

All those who participate get a long sleeve t- Students also submitted a professional portfolio including business cards and resumes. shirt and free food.

If you want to register you can go to the Dance Marathon website under UT ROTC cadets to help recognize HonorAir founder http://activities.utk.edu/.

The cost is $20 to participate.

UT Air Force ROTC cadets will help the East Tennessee Military Affairs Council (ETMAC) Team UT heads to Super Bowl honor Eddie Mannis, founder and chairman of TEAM UT, a group of eight graduate and HonorAir Knoxville, for his service to World War undergraduate students from UT, heads to II veterans.

The ceremony will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday to work behind the scenes at Super Bowl XLV, one of the largest one- Thursday, Feb. 3, in the UC ballroom.

HonorAir Knoxville, which started in 2007, day mega-sporting events in the world.

This year’s game, on Feb. 6, will feature NFC has flown more than 850 World War II veterans Champion Green Bay Packers and AFC to Washington, D.C., free of charge, to visit the World War II Memorial and other memorials.

Champion Pittsburgh Steelers.

Lightbridge has conducted its research and development work at the Kurchatov Institute in Moscow.

Graham has written articles for scholarly journals and major newspapers, and he has authored five books. Graham received a bachelor’s degree in 1955 from Princeton University and a law degree in 1961 from Harvard Law School. He is a member of the Kentucky, District of Columbia and the New York bar associations and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

His numerous awards include the Meritorious Honor Award from the U.S. Department of State.

The cost of the lunch event is $15 and is payable by cash or check on the day of the event.

To reserve a spot, go to http://tinyurl.com/4u4jq2r, and for more information, call 974-0931.

UT ROTC cadets will join World War II veterans in presenting Mannis, the founder, president and CEO of Prestige Cleaners, with a series of eight books, one for each of the HonorAir flights.

Each page of the books -- which were put together by ETMAC member and UT research specialist James Dee -- has the name of a flight participant and a brief description of the veteran’s World War II service. These books will be available for visitors to see following the ceremony.

Reservations are required and can be made by calling Patrice Collins at the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, 865-246-2646.

UT researchers say economy continues to rebound at slow rate It will take years for the U.S. and Tennessee economies to recover, and they may never look quite the same as they did before the recession.

Still, they are recovering.

This is the forecast in the 2011 Economic Report to the Governor, an annual report prepared by the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at UT. The state’s economic performance will generally mirror the national economy in the quarters ahead with the economic outlook for 2011 looking the brightest since 2006. Unemployment numbers will dip, private sector jobs will grow and sales revenue will rise. Economic growth will be even stronger in 2012.

The report notes that the Great Recession has created long-term consequences for national and state economic performance. Some measures of economic activity like the unemployment rate will take years to recover, while others like housing starts may not fully rebound even by the end of the decade. While the long-range economic outlook to 2020 is largely positive, the national and state economies will undergo a slow and long period of adjustment and transformation in the years ahead.

Climate concerns headline UN meeting National leaders call on American businesses to embrace green energy growth Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland — Businesses, especially U.S. ones, must get more involved in the global effort to slow climate change and help pressure politicians to enact policies that promote green growth, international leaders said Thursday.

“They are part of the problem and they must be part of the solution,” South African President Jacob Zuma said at the World Economic Forum.

In a panel discussion at Davos, where some 2,500 business leaders and politicians are gathered, he vowed to press for a greater corporate role in the U.N. climate talks that his country will host in the coastal city of Durban later this year.

“I think that’s one of the areas we are going to work very hard leading to Durban to convince business to be party so that it's not just governments alone,” Zuma said, sharing the stage with Mexico President Felipe Calderon, European Union Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard and U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres.

There is serious concern about how to keep the global economy moving forward while, at the same time, ensuring that people in the developing world are not denied a chance to better their lives without contributing to factors that have caused global warming.

Hedegaard said that governments can provide the right conditions for green growth, but “the solutions have to come from business.”

“That is why setting the political targets are so crucial because then we can set a price on carbon,” she said. “If it costs

a lot to pollute a lot, then business has an incentive to pollute less.”

She noted that President Barack Obama didn’t mention climate change or global warming in his State of the Union address “because of the political situation.” But she implored U.S. businesses to be bolder in embracing more energy-efficient economies.

“It’s bad business to not be among the front-runners,” she said. “I hope that even more American business people would understand that they need to put the pressure on their politicians.”

Calderon said very little can be achieved without U.S. involvement, and he called for a change in American public opinion on global warming.

“My perception is most of the people in the United States are afraid about the economic situation,” he said. “They perceive this issue of climate change like an obstacle for their own progress. And we need to change that perception.”

China, which has overtaken the U.S. as the biggest greenhouse gas emitter, has now realized it makes economic sense for it to become more energy efficient, Figueres said.

“China is committed to winning the green race,” she said.

“And honestly they are not doing it just because they want to save the planet. They are doing it because it’s good for the economy.”

The discussion comes after global talks on a new climate pact escaped failure last month in the Mexican resort town of Cancun, where

nations agreed on a modest set of decisions that put climate change negotiations back on track after the bitterly divisive summit in 2009 in Copenhagen.

The Copenhagen talks exposed the rift between rich and poor nations on the fundamental question of how to share the responsibility of tackling climate change — chiefly curbing the emissions of heat-trapping gases from the burning of fossil fuels.

Copenhagen produced only a nonbinding accord with voluntary climate targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions that wasn't even formally adopted by the conference.

At Cancun, nations brought those voluntary pledges into the U.N. negotiating process and established a green fund to manage the $100 billion a year by 2020 that developed countries have pledged to help poor nations cope with global warming.

But the ultimate goal of crafting a new global climate pact was put off till the next climate conference in Durban or beyond. The main issue that remains to be resolved is the legal status of such a treaty: Should the commitments inscribed in it be compulsory?

China and India oppose legally binding emissions targets, saying that would hobble the economic growth they need to lift millions of citizens out of poverty. For its part, the U.S. says it would only consider binding commitments if China and India do the same.

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The Hot Spot Winter may lead to seasonal depression

Brandi Panter Managing Editor “The winter must be cold for those with no warm memories.”

For those of our dear readership who are not as familiar with classic cinema as others, the quote above comes from “An Affair to Remember,” one of my most favorite films of all time. The movie itself has absolutely nothing to do with this week’s subject, Seasonal Affective Disorder, aside from the quote, but anything that involves Cary Grant is still a suitable way to orchestrate an introduction.

Seasonal Affective Disorder is a type of depression that occurs during the winter months of the year, when long, dark days, cold weather and excessive amount of time cooped up indoors with gratuitous amounts of artificial light and no fresh air lead to depression (there are also symptoms for summer seasonal depression, which are obviously being excluded today).

So, how do you know if you have Seasonal Affective Disorder? Some of the symptoms include loss of energy, anxiety, hopelessness, depression, social withdrawal, weight gain, appetite changes and lack of concentration. In severe cases, Seasonal Affective Disorder requires the need of psychotherapy. In other cases, Seasonal Affective Disorder can lead to the point of needing to seek the aid of a doctor to be treated medically. One popular, nonmedical remedy for Seasonal Affective Disorder is the use of Light Boxes, which are exactly like what they sound: specialized boxes with bulbs that mimic the outdoors in their brightness. It isn’t clear exactly how the boxes work in respect to why they make people feel happier, but those who use them have reported feeling better after sitting in the boxes.

The question is, though, what can you do to beat the winter blues if you don’t think you need a doctor's help or you can’t quite figure out how to fit an enormous box full of light bulbs into your dorm?

For starters, make sure you are eating plenty of what my mother so aptly refers to as the

“pretty greens.” Your meals should, on average, look like a pie chart (NOT a pie): one fourth should be lean meat, one fourth should be a grain (brown rice is my personal grain of choice), and the other half should be vegetable.

Vegetables are full of natural vitamins and minerals that are not only good for you, keep off the winter weight and are delicious, but they also improve your energy, which will keep you from lying around moping.

Drinking plenty of water is also this time of year, even though it is cold and water isn’t nearly as delicious to drink whenever hot chocolate or cappuccinos (in my specific case) are options. Unfortunately, our bodies still need plenty of water this time of year.

Dehydration, and some of its milder symptoms, including chapped lips and dry skin, aren’t very attractive. On the bright side, water is free at restaurants, so you can also save money by being healthy.

One of the best ways of beating depression this time of year is to, oddly enough, simply brave the elements and spend time with people. Yes, walking in the snow and cold wind is gross and unfortunate. Yes, laying in the sunshine beside a nice ocean would be a lot more enjoyable (especially if a frosty… um… water! is in hand).

However, just because it is cold and you have a lot of good French movies you’d like to watch on Netflix doesn’t mean you should blow off spending time with other people. Your best friend and significant other still need to see you, whether or not they see you in a big winter coat and five layers of clothes.

Obviously you shouldn’t risk your health or anything silly to hang out with those you love (for example, walking on solid ice with your best friend just to go retrieve soup is illadvised, even if it was healthy vegetable soup!) but if safety isn’t a concern, you still need to feel that connection, and they do as well.

In the spirit of good health, monitor yourself each and every day. You know better than anyone else if something is wrong, and you know when you need to get help. Sometimes it is more than just the weather, and admitting that is okay.

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

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Current issues still resonate in old series F r ac tur ed Co n c i o u s n e s s by

Brittany Vasquez I absolutely adore “The Twilight Zone.” I look forward to every New Year’s, but not because of a new beginning and resolutions; I look forward to New Year’s because of “The Twilight Zone” marathon that the Sci-Fi network runs for 48 hours.

If I had the ability to travel back in time, it would only be to fulfill my lifelong dream of marrying Rod Serling. Serling was the master of science fiction in the 1950s and ’60s, but what can now be said about “The Twilight Zone” is that many of its themes still resonate with society, and credit for this goes to its writer.

One of the most famous episodes (and one of my personal favorites) is, “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.” The episode focuses on a neighborhood which is supposed to resemble Anytown, USA. At the beginning of the episode, the street is overcome with a sudden power failure.

The rest of the episode focuses on the neighbors’ responses to this sudden power failure and their speculation as to why the power has failed, which is suggested to be an alien spaceship landing.

As the episode progresses, the people of Maple Street accuse each other of being the supposed alien that has been sent at an earlier point in time.

Hysteria ensues. The climax occurs when one of the citizens is shot while walking back from an expedition because the neighbors can only see a shadowy figure, which they assume is an alien.

As the group turns on the shooter, the camera pans back to show aliens on a close hill manipulating the electricity. The two aliens then remark, “They pick the most dangerous enemy they can find. And it’s themselves. All we need do is sit back and watch... The world is full of Maple Streets. And we’ll go from one to the other and let them destroy themselves”.

As I sit here, watching the episode for at least the 15th time in my life, the sheer simplicity of the show is striking. The paranoia is not written off at the end as simply a product of the humans’ mind

like most scapegoat dramas; no, the humans are right, there are aliens present who are pushing the situation and showing how humans react when one normality fluctuates or changes.

Herein lies the most important part of the episode. In politics, religion, and almost every facet of daily life, someone is performing the part of the alien, and people respond by pointing fingers at each other with blind accusation and no research.

Although, in reality, there are no completely “outside” figures, there are those who influence the population. From the media to those closest to our hearts, prejudices and thoughts creep into our personal dogmas without any real basis for being there.

From terrorism to xenophobia to universal health care, stigmatic phrases and terms are used without real knowledge of their meaning, only their current connotation. As the U.S. and the world face many sizeable problems, it is thoughts like these, not the lack of intellectual capabilities, that run rampant through our cultures and hinder us as a human race. By using fear and terror as tactics to push agendas, someone is playing the role of the aliens.

We, as a solidified group, need to realize this and push past it, for the sake of the future and to help in finding solutions to not only major problems, but problems that face us on a day-to-day basis.

I know that to fully elaborate and dissect the episode, it would take more than one column, but I feel the necessity to add Serling’s final remarks on his most famous episode. “The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout,” he said. “There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men.

For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own — for the children, and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.”

That is what I am asking you to do today. Just simply realize all the weapons that can come from the human mind, and to not use those for harm but for the good of mankind and help keep them confined to “The Twilight Zone.”

—Brittany Vasquez is a junior in anthropology.

She can be reached at bvasque1@utk.edu.

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It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Value, too, is subjective and assigned by both producer and consumer in an uneven battle of money and wits. Both beauty and value, once assigned, are not fixed for a lifetime but are subject to the whims of time, fashion, politics and folly.

It is in this vein that I’d like to address a peculiar phenomenon. Recently there’s been a movement in middle and upper-class America to take used and unwanted things and rework them into new and diverse products, often for sale at much higher cost than it would take buyers to make on their own. The beauty of “upcycling,” as the practice is called, is its utter simplicity.

The marketing ploy is this: 1. Pick a concept that’s been around for ages.

2. Create a new name for the concept that is more semantically fashionable.

3. Rake in the profits.

(This isn’t a new trick, but it seems to be getting a lot of action these days. When the U.S. Corn Refiner’s Association complained that high fructose corn syrup was developing a bad reputation in the food industry, they asked the USDA to change the name to “corn sugar” so as not to frighten wary consumers away from sugar-spiked products.)

The comparison being made, recycling isn’t a bad thing (too much sugar, however, no matter what name it goes by, is). In fact, more and more people are realizing just how painless it can be to separate trash into a few different bins. It takes very little effort to keep paper goods away from plastic and aluminum cans out of the cardboard container.

After it’s been separated, the trash goes to various facilities that use the metal, paper and glass to make new products. Upcycling works the same way, only on a much smaller scale. Men and women the country over take bits of trash they or others have collected and make them into something that “has more value,” as one sustainability website puts it.

True, there’s usually minimal processing (as

compared to large-scale recycling), but the idea is still the same.

And though undoubtedly some of the upcycled products you can buy locally or online are useful, practical, or even beautiful, it is the “value” bit that rubs me raw. I wholeheartedly support handmade and homemade goods sellers (and I will gladly endorse etsy.com and their many sellers, while I'm at it), but when I see Capri Sun pouch purses online for $20 or more, plus shipping, it makes me cringe.

Upcycled furniture and other home items can be neat to look at, but they’re hardly worth the thousands of dollars some designers charge to the eco-chic. Even international sellers have noticed that environmentally conscious Americans will pay large sums to make sure their products are living their way through second (or third) reincarnations.

Instead of paying others to process the materials for them, I wish more people would take the time to create recycled goods for themselves. They don’t have to be fancy or even terribly creative, they just have to use up something you were planning on throwing away. I’m not condoning hoarding by any means, but if you can think of ways to hang onto your wasted goods and not consign them to a landfill then all the better.

Still, it is cheering to see that people are starting to recognize the value of what we’ve already got.

In a culture that’s so consumed with having the biggest, the shiniest and the newest, it is refreshing to see that many Americans are taking a second look at the stacks of magazines, piles of bottle caps and the truckloads of discarded home wares that literally litter the landscape.

Because what really matters is that we, as a country and a nation, take to heart the lessons of environmental stewardship and sustainable living.

The U.S. accounts for approximately a quarter of the world’s energy consumption, much of it going toward the production of new consumer goods. If would-be buyers are willing to take the initiative and produce (or re-produce, as it were) on their own, then why not encourage them to do so? And if they can manage to make a buck or two off of it, well, that’s the American dream right there.

—Anna-Lise Burnette is a junior in global and Asian studies. She can be reached at kburnet7@utk.edu.

ENTERTAINMENT

Friday, January 28, 2011

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Local pop-punk band experiments with sound band members say that they’re writing deeper material for their upcoming EP and transforming their sound to excite fans.

Growing up, the members of On My Honor listened to a lot of different music and Staff Writer drew inspiration from bands like Blink 182, New Found Glory, The Starting Line and On My Honor, an aspiring band formed in Knoxville, is makJimmy Eat World. These acts helped the band ing its way to the Valarium tonight. decide exactly what it wanted its sound to be The band is comprised of five members including Drew say it’s pop-punk, but that and what it takes to make it there.

Justice (vocals), Lucas Sams (guitar), David Fear (bass), Jordan “Everyone has improved a lot musically,” Garner (guitar), and Trey MeHaffey (drums). means so many different things to Justice said. “Lyrically and thematically, I’ve The band played its first show back in 2007. Since then, it hasbeen thinking a lot about ideas of influence, n’t been an easy road, but On My Honor is determined to get its so many people balance and impact.” name out and show people what it’s all about. The band has While the group is molding their music played full tours across the nation in New York, Virginia, New into something more foundational, one must – Drew Justice On My Honor, vocalist Mexico, and even made an appearance on the Warped Tour. keep in mind how young On My Honor really In recent years, On My Honor has rearranged its members, is and how much they have grown in their resulting in a solid band that the members think will make their first few years. music even better.

As for the future, the group’s agenda isn’t getting any shorter. They can be seen “I say it’s pop-punk, but that means so many different things to so many people,” vocalist Drew Justice said. “Some call it power-pop too, but we’ve never really gotten touring throughout the region for the remainder of the winter and spring as well as continuing to work on new material. up-in-arms over a genre.”

“We’re really excited about the new music we’re getting together, so writing, recording, and getting the EP out is sort of on the front burner for now,” Justice said.

The people of Knoxville can catch On My Honor tonight at the Valarium. The concert, sponsored by 90.3 The Rock, will also feature local bands The Hits, A Hero Remains, and Your Favorite Hero.

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When it comes to songwriting, the band chooses a more subtle route with their lyrics. Combining this with music that isn’t too difficult for their audience to follow, the group ensures that everyone can take something away from a song.

“We don’t really write anything too abstract,” he said. “I’ve tried to keep the lyrics as relatable as possible, while still being honest.”

Their “pop-punk” music mixed with catchy lyrics about relationships and how life on the road takes its toll on them showcases the band’s simplistic style. However, the

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Theatre students Joseph Rebrovick, junior, and Meg Deshaies, senior, have their books signed by Noam Chomsky on Jan. 15. Chomsky has written over 150 books and could be considered the “most cited living author.”

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THESPORTSPAGE

Friday, January 28, 2011

Fisher out as Titans head coach Associated Press NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Titans have parted ways with Jeff Fisher, who just completed his 16th full season as the NFL's longest-tenured coach.

The team said in a release Thursday night that “Fisher will no longer be the head coach of the team.” The Titans announced the move within an hour of a report by SI.com that they were negotiating Fisher's departure.

The move comes only three weeks after owner Bud Adams announced Fisher would stay on for the final year of his current contract, a move that would have left Fisher coaching for his future.

The team also said a news conference will be held either later Thursday night or Friday to discuss the Titans' first coaching change since the franchise relocated to Tennessee from Houston in 1997.

A team spokesman did not immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press. Fisher did not answer a message left on his cell, and his agent also did not respond to messages from the AP. The move caught most of the NFL by surprise.

Though Fisher had been derided locally as "Coach .500" or "Coacho Ocho," he seemingly had just survived a battle with quarterback Vince Young. Adams decided to either release Young or trade him on Jan. 5. The owner announced two days later that he would be

keeping Fisher, leaving the coach to head into the 2011 season needing a playoff berth.

But Fisher didn't help himself when he fired his defensive coordinator Chuck Cecil a week ago after giving him a contract for the 2011 season.

Fisher has coached more NFL games for one franchise than all but six Hall of Famers: George Halas, Tom Landry, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Curly Lambeau and Bud Grant. He ranks third among active coaches in career wins with a record of 147-126, behind only Bill Belichick (176) and Mike Shanahan (160), and he is 20th all-time in coaching victories.

Adams promoted Fisher from defensive coordinator to interim coach with six games left in the 1994 season after firing Jack Pardee.

Adams removed the interim tag after that season and has stayed with Fisher longer than any other coach with the franchise the billionaire founded.

Fisher oversaw the team's relocation from Houston in which the Oilers played in four different stadiums between 1996 and 1999 before moving into their current home.

Since 1999, Tennessee ranks seventh in the NFL in winning percentage with a 110-82 record. The Titans also are tied for fourth with six playoff seasons since 1999, though a second straight miss this past season will drop the team down that list.

But the Titans haven't won a playoff game since beating Baltimore in a 2004 wild-card matchup. Tennessee lost a wild-card game in San Diego in 2007 and wasted the AFC's top seed in 2008.

Six former Vols in NFL Pro Bowl Staff Reports Former Tennessee footballers have a big role in the NFL spotlight for the upcoming Super Bowl and Pro Bowl showcases over the next two weekends.

Six former Vols were selected for this Sunday’s Pro Bowl (Fox, 7 p.m. Eastern time) in Honolulu and five are playing.

The six players participating with UT ties — Kansas City rookie Eric Berry, Houston's Arian Foster, Indianapolis’ Peyton Manning, New England’s Jerod Mayo and Dallas’ Jason Witten -— are second only to the nine former Miami Hurricanes in this year’s all-star classic.

Foster led the NFL in rushing this season with 1,616 yards, becoming the first former Vol to claim the rushing title since Jamal Lewis carried for 2,066 yards in 2003. Mayo was the tackle leader with a career-best 175, and

Manning was second in passing yards with 4,700 (Philip Rivers 4,710).

Witten topped the 1,000-yard receiving mark for the third time in the last four years and had a career-high nine touchdowns. And Berry's debut season in Kansas City saw him compile 92 tackles for the AFC West champions along with four interceptions, one of which he returned 54 yards for a touchdown against the Tennessee Titans.

Another former UT star, Green Bay’s Chad Clifton, would have been in Hawaii for the Pro Bowl but instead joins his teammates at Super Bowl XLV in Arlington, Texas. Clifton and fellow UT alum Scott Wells are two of the Packers' starting five offensive linemen and played key roles in Green Bay’s 21-14 win at Chicago for the NFC Championship. Defensive tackle Justin Harrell is an injured reserve member of the team as well.

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Tennessee guard Josh Bone (above) shoots a jumper against LSU on Wednesday, while Lady Vol Glory Johnson (below) throws up a circus shot against Mississippi State on Thursday night. The Vols routed LSU 75-53, while the Lady Vols knocked off the Lady Bulldogs 81-55.