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Candidates debate education, unemployment education credits there much cheaper than you can in our four-year institutions, and I think we need to look at getting the maximum value for our education dollars wherever we can.”

Haslam’s response pointed out two problems regarding funding for higher education and commended the schools for their preparation.

“The first problem, as a state, is that there is far too small of a percentage of our population that has a college degree,” Haslam said. “We are at about 21 percent of our adults over the age of 25; national average is about 29 (percent). The flip side of the problem is that we are having to reduce our budget, as stimulus money comes out of it, to the tune of about $290 million out of higher ed. It is not just UT that is having that. It is happening across the state.”

To decide who won the debate or who kept their composure and came across as a better candidate, the entire video is available at WBIR.com.

Chris Bratta Staff Writer

The Tennessee gubernatoriall candidates, Republican Bill Haslam and Democrat Mike McWherter, debated nearly 20 questions on issues such as education, taxes and unemployment at UT last Thursday.

The debate took place in the Alumni Memorial Building’s Cox Auditorium and was moderated by WBIR’s John Becker.

After the candidates’ opening statements, the questions alternated between WBIR’s Robin Wilhoit, News Talk 98.7’s Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon Hallerin Hilton Hill, the Knoxville News Sentinel’s Tom Mike McWherter, left, and Bill Haslam, right, address media Humphrey, UT’s Jodi Rightler, a graduate teaching assistant in journalism, and other various news stations across at the gubernatorial debate hosted by the Baker Center on Thursday, Oct. 7.

Tennessee.

Unlike Haslam’s opening statement, McWherter delivered Neither candidate was in favor of medicinal marijuaa personal shot toward his opposition. na, employing illegal immigrants, raising taxes or high “(Haslam) has frankly run millions of dollars of ads that unemployment rates. haven’t told us anything about the solutions,” McWherter said.

On the issue of education, a topic central to UT, the “He will not reveal his income taxes. He will not describe what candidates had differing opinions. e need to do a much better his investments are with Pilot. He really doesn’t want to talk Rightler asked the candidates how funding for highabout his European partners, and he sure wants you to forget er education fit into their respective budget priorities. job at utilizing our community colleges about the price gouging that went on during Hurricane Ike.” “I think we should go back to honoring the original With no retort by Haslam, the issues were presented to the commitments of the HOPE scholarship ... It’s like with and technology centers candidates. The majority of the issues at hand prompted a sim- any huge pool of money; the politicians have been biting ilar response from both debaters. away at that HOPE scholarship money, and I think we – Mike McWherter on higher education concerns in the state of Neither candidate would take a salary if elected to office, need to go back to the original purpose,” McWherter and neither would agree that politics or public service is for the said. “We need to do a much better job at utilizing our Tennessee rich. community colleges and technology centers. We can get

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Communities in both Tennessee and Kentucky experience a piece of the Volunteer spirit Chris Bratta Staff Writer While some were relaxing, enjoying the newfound cool weather, catching up on school work or going out with friends, other UT students dedicated their time and efforts to activities with Alternative Fall Break.

This service event is organized by the Team VOLS office and provides students with a chance to better themselves and different communities chosen every break.

The trips are planned by, but not limited to, undergraduate student leaders who coordinate the service projects.

Over this semester’s fall break, about 50 students ventured to the communities of Danville, Ky., and Nashville, in an effort to serve others in need.

Participating students were split into two groups. In Danville, students volunteered at the Humane Society, a local food pantry, the YMCA, a recycling center and the church that provided their lodgings; in Nashville, students volunteered at the Second Harvest Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity, Nashville CARES, Southeast Nashville Recovery and the Nashville Pencil Foundation.

The main focus of Alternative Fall Break is to provide a community service to others. As “Volunteers,” it is only appropriate that UT takes part in this service, organizers said.

Tyrone Beach, senior in journalism and electronic media, participated in Alternative Fall Break for the first time this past weekend and had been looking forward to it since his acceptance. He explains that he is “dedicated to helping others,” and sees this as a “great opportunity to change someone else's circumstances.”

Furthermore, Beach noted that he loved to see “the reaction of people’s faces when a random act of kindness has been done for them by someone they don’t know.”

Jordan Davis, junior in political science and psychology, says that her service proj-

ects included “chopping up kudzu with machetes and weed wackers, cleaning up a church, working with kids at an afterschool program, visiting the elderly in a nursing home and laying down a brick path.”

Davis also said that she “got to see a historic area of Winston-Salem and bonded (with other students) while on a haunted trail ride.”

Davis described the Alternative Fall Breaks as an experience that the majority of college students would thoroughly enjoy.

Alternative Fall Break also provided students with new opportunities to learn more about their peers and the things they enjoy, while simultaneously helping out various communities.

Marigrace Angelo, junior in art, participated in Alternative Spring Break, a similar event coordinated by the Team VOLS office.

“My Alternative Spring Break experience is still one of my favorite experiences as a student at UT,” Angelo said. “I was a freshman and didn’t really know anyone before the trip, but after spending a week with the team, I came out with many close friends. Alternative Spring Break was also when I realized that I wanted to incorporate service work in my future career.”

Angelo’s story is hardly unique.

Alternative Fall Break has the ability to bring people together according to participating students.

“I started out knowing hardly anyone, but returned with 25 friends,” Davis said.

“Some fun Alternative Fall Break traditions include the question ball, which forces team members to answer awkward questions, and the shirt of shame, which members have to wear until someone else does something embarrassing.”

Davis said, “It is a rewarding experience, and a truly unique service opportunity,” while Angelo said she wanted to “lead an Alternative Break trip in the future.”

Additionally, Beach, though planning on graduating this semester, said that was “not stopping me from applying for the Alternative Spring Break Trip.”

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Thousands visit stands set up along the 100 block of Gay Street as part of the Hola Festival on Saturday, Oct. 9. The festival was the culminating event of Hispanic Heritage Month and featured authentic foods, dancing and music from a variety of Hispanic cultures.

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Lynn Sacco, associate professor of history and chair of the Chancellor’s Commission on LGBT Issues, dances with students at the flash mob organized as part of Coming Out Day in the Humanities Amphitheatre on Monday, Oct. 11. Coming Out Day serves to increase awareness and prompt discussion about LGBT issues.

UT to host hearing screenings The UT Student Academy of Audiology will host the fourth annual Open House for Free Hearing Screenings Thursday. The screenings will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Gate 9 of Neyland Stadium.

The event is free and open to the public.

The group will take a brief history, screen the hearing of each participant and then discuss the results of the screening.

Everyone who attends the screening will receive a goody bag, and snacks will be provided.

Also, each person who gets his or her hearing screened will receive a raffle ticket with the chance to win one of more than 20 prizes. These include Ice Bears tickets and gift cards for Moe’s Southwest Grill, Bonefish Grill and Bliss.

Other donors for the screening include Krispy Kreme, Mellow Mushroom and Starbucks.

For more information about the open house, contact SAA President Alison Ward at award13@utk.edu.

UT wins Green Power Leadership Award UT is being honored for its sustainability efforts. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) gave UT the Green Power Leadership Award for the campus’s commitment to advancing renewable energy.

Founded in 1985, SACE is a regional organization focused on developing clean energy solutions throughout the Southeast.

The award was given at SACE’s second annual Summit for

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Campus Sustainability at Belmont University in Nashville The campus’s sustainability efforts are part of the comprehenFriday.

UT was selected because of its participation in TVA/KUB’s sive Make Orange Green program that promotes and coordiGreen Power Switch Program in which the Student nates environmental stewardship activities on campus. For more Environmental Initiatives fund purchases renewable energy for information, visit http://environment.utk.edu. the campus. UT is the largest purchaser of green power in the Chinese dancers to perform at UT Southeast and was the first in university in the state to fund the green power through a student-approved fee.

Traditional and modern Chinese dance performers, the NaiGordie Bennett, the campus’s sustainability manager, Ni Chen Dance Company, will perform for the public at 7:30 received the award for the campus at Friday’s event.

The Green Power Switch Program brings natural power gen- p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 19, at the Clarence Brown Theatre.

Nai-Ni Chen’s inventive choreography has propelled erated by the wind, the sun and the earth to consumers. An equivalent amount of the kilowatt-hours purchased through the her dance company to international prominence. The company’s program is generated from renewable sources. This eliminates performances blend significant influences from American modthe associated emissions and also helps preserve the natural ern dance and traditional Asian art into what The New York Times calls “endlessly proliferating forces of cosmic energy.” resources of the nonrenewable fuels.

Recently, the company received an appointment from the This is one of several recognitions UT has received for its green efforts. At the first annual Summit for Campus President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities and the Sustainability in 2009, the campus was awarded the Energy Department of State to represent the U.S. in a seven-city tour of Efficiency Leadership Award for its Switch Your Thinking cam- Mexico. In addition, the National Endowment for the Arts has granted Nai-Ni paign which encourages energy conservation.

Earlier this year, The Princeton Review listed UT in its See Beacon Bits on Page 3 “Guide to 286 Green Colleges,” citing the Student Environmental Initiatives fund and recognizing the campus’s 2007 sustainable building policy. Last summer, The Princeton Review gave UT a “green rating” of 85 in its 2010 edition of “The Best 371 Colleges.”

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ENTERTAINMENT oOoOO - “Hearts”

Maybe the world has moved on from “mystical” dance electronica. Regardless, this track’s take on that vein is quite a killer, as it manages to make a groove that feels about as fast as a 17th century sailboat sailing through a sea of molasses interesting. The pleasure builds as different synth sounds make their appearances before getting to the ghostly vocal, and about midway a funky guitar solo appears, which is always something to be excited about. Save this one for a chilly end-of-the-night drive through the city, that is, if you’re cool enough to pull it off.

Marc Ribot - “The Kid” This track is pulled from an album entitled “Silent Movies.” Keeping with the title, Ribot is making music for cinema, and the beautifully composed “The Kid” sounds like the soundtrack to the most delicately eloquent moment ever witnessed. Ribot’s genius with creative unpredictability is very present, as the track never takes a turn into grounds entirely expected. It can cater to those who like Jon Brion film scores, but there’s a definite difference in how “The Kid” manages to skip out on the cheesy moments, which would cause a majority of listeners to check out.

Roc Marciano - “Hide My Tears” Hip-hop purists, this one’s for you. In a world where people actually listen to Drake’s baby-faced, painfully slow delivered prose and try to rationalize Wayne wearing skinny jeans and playing a guitar, this comes as a breath of fresh air — or maybe a breath of fresh, old air? “Hide My Tears” is from a guy who has paid no attention to the progression (or some would say digression) of hip-hop and still thinks the way they did it back in ’94 is what’s hot. This track contains all-or-nothing, razor sharp cadences flowed over a ’70s soul-sampling beat, which, when delivered this way, makes it hard and true street swag.

-Ross Stansberry

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Chen more than 12 awards.

To date, the continued from Page 2 company has completed 20 national tours and seven tours abroad.

Tickets are $5 for UT students, $20 for UT faculty and staff and $25 for general admission.

Tickets to the event can be purchased online at http://knoxvilletickets.com/ or at any Tickets Unlimited outlet. They also can be purchased at the ticket office in UT’s Thompson-Boling Arena.

UT students, faculty and staff may purchase tickets at the Central Ticket Office in the University Center on campus.

Nai-Ni Chen is co-sponsored by UT’s Cultural Attractions Committee and the International House.

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Poet and author to host readings at UT, in Knoxville Poet, novelist and essayist Marge Piercy will read her poems and chat with the public next week in Knoxville.

Piercy will read from her work “The Art of Blessing the Day: Poems of Ritual and Remembrance,” at Temple Beth El of Knoxville, 3037 Kingston Pike, at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 17.

On Monday, Oct. 18, she will host an informal author chat from 3 to 4 p.m. at 1210-1211 McClung Tower on the UT campus and will present “Poetry of Jewish Identity, a reading” in the University Center auditorium at 7 p.m.

All events are free and open to the public.

Piercy was born in Detroit, was educated at the University of Michigan and is the recipient of four honorary doctorates. She has been a key player in many of the major progressive political battles of our time, including the Vietnam anti-war effort and the women’s movement, and more recently has been an active participant in the resistance to the war in Iraq.

A popular speaker on college campuses, she has been a featured writer on Bill Moyers’ PBS specials, Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” Terri Gross’ “Fresh Air,” the “Today”

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show, and many radio programs nationwide including “Air America” and “Oprah & Friends.”

Piercy is the author of 17 books of poetry, including “The Art of Blessing the Day: Poems with a Jewish Theme,” and 17 novels, including “He, She, It” and “Gone to Soldiers.” She has published stage plays, a book on the craft of poetry and a memoir, “Sleeping With Cats.”

Sponsors include the UT Creative Writing Program in association with the John C. Hodges Better English Fund, the Ready for the World international and intercultural initiative, the Fern and Manfred Steinfeld Program in Judaic Studies, Writers in the Library, the UT Commission for Women, the Sisterhood of Temple Beth El of Knoxville and Heska Amuna Synagogue.

UT Science Forum to focus on declining songbird populations David Buehler, professor of wildlife science in the Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, will speak at this week’s UT Science Forum lecture on two species of migrant songbirds with declining populations.

His talk “Tennessee’s Warblers, Jewels of the Forest -- Why They Are Vanishing” will begin at noon on Friday in Thompson-Boling Arena Dining Room C-D. The program is free and open to the public; attendees are welcome to bring their lunches or purchase lunch at the café at the Arena.

The cerulean warbler and the golden-winged warbler are two species that breed in North America during summers and winter in Central and South America.

He will discuss management strategies to stop the declines and to support these songbird populations.

The UT Science Forum is a weekly event where academic, medical and research professionals share their knowledge and unique insights in their fields. Different science topics will be discussed with a Q-and-A session at the end of each 40minute presentation.

The UT Science Forum is sponsored by the UT Office of Research.

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OPINIONS

StaffColumn Failure necessary to reach full potential Hillary McDaniels Design Editor As I count down the months until graduation, I’ve begun to stare into the mouth of one of life’s biggest monsters: fear, most recently the fear of failing. I’ve never felt the need to justify my choice to major in journalism, even when professors have told me I’ll never get a job. I simply have chosen to do something that I truly love. But as that May commencement ceremony inches closer, I’ve realized how terrified I’ve become of failing.

This fear causes us to second guess ourselves in aspects of life where we felt certain. A year ago, my fears drove me to change my major from journalism and electronic media to English education. I spent an entire semester taking English classes to catch up on my new requirements. I even interned at a local high school as a teacher. Instead of teaching English, the school asked me to teach journalism. It was after that experience that I realized how much my fear was holding me back.

I didn’t want to be an English teacher, nor did I want to be a journalism teacher, but it showed me that journalism was my clear passion. Needless to say, I quickly switched back to journalism after one semester.

I didn’t come out of that experience with a newfound sense of self or a deeper understanding as to why I let fear drive me. Instead, I began the steps to accepting failure as a possibility.

It’s easy to stand up and say, “Hello failure, you’ve met your match,” but the truth is I was still worried about how I would cope after college. As much as I wanted to be rid of my fear, I wasn’t; I was simply more aware of it.

I continued to let this loom over me like a rain cloud until, by chance, I was watching Oprah Winfrey’s “The Oprah Show.” Oprah’s special guest was British writer, J.K. Rowling.

As the best-selling author of the “Harry Potter” books, Rowling experienced the ins and outs of failure. In her 2008 commencement speech at Harvard, Rowling described failure as the “stripping away of the inessential.”

As your average college student from a modest background, I can truthfully say that I have not lived a life scarred by failure. Perhaps this is why I fear the idea so much. Soon, I will no longer be able to crawl into the security blanket created by my parents and escape from bad test grades or mean co-workers.

I have tried to mask my fear of failure by presenting it as a drive for success. This is not to say that I’ve never failed, but that I’ve finally begun to learn to accept my mishaps.

Once you open your eyes to acceptance, you will learn more from your blunders in life than you learned when you simply succeeded on your first attempt. Ultimately, we have to decide for ourselves what we believe our true failures are and begin to learn from them.

Although the “real world” is rushing towards all of us, forcing us to realize that we can’t live the college life forever, I believe that our failures and setbacks will prove to each of us that we have the ability to survive our greatest hardships.

Our lives and connections are constantly being tested, but until we have gone through these adversities, we never know the strength and loyalty contained within ourselves and our most loyal relationships. Though painfully realized through failure, this is a true gift, which shows our perseverance and knowledge.

I think it is important to realize one of Rowling’s biggest points: “It is impossible to live without failure at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all — in which case, you fail by default.”

So embrace your failures and take every opportunity to learn the most you can from them, because without failing we won’t learn the power to survive and succeed.

—Hillary McDaniels is a senior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at hmcdani2@utk.edu.

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Getting engaged not something to rush into C an’t FIght t h e Fe e l i n g by Kathryn Cunningham

Every girl dreams of the perfect proposal. The man of your dreams, down on one knee, professing his love, asking you to share a life together, all the while holding out that sparkling diamond ring. What a moment of passion. What a moment of promise. Just thinking about it makes me giddy with excitement, because yes, in some far off time I hope to married … It just might be a while until I get there, and I’m surprisingly okay with that.

For some of you, it’s within reach; for others, it may seem like it’s in another universe. Either way, engagements aren’t far from our minds. In fact, the reason I’ve chosen this topic is because one of my close friends just got engaged to the man of HER dreams last week, and because we all love to get all lovey-dovey and dive into the juicy details, here’s how it happened in the groomto-be’s words: (Side note: this story is super condensed — for the full story visit my blog — http://sweetteaandchampagne.tumblr.com.)

“I was just convinced she knew it was coming, and the idea that it wouldn’t be a surprise was horrifying to me. So, I began to try and set up an evening that would convince her it wasn’t actually happening … “(My plan) was to convince her that all of the planning and weird behavior was the result of me trying to give her a promise ring. To my own surprise she fell for (that) and happily wore the ring for a few minutes. I made her assure me over and over that she was not hoping I would pop the question that night, and I kept telling her that I didn’t mean to get her hopes up. When I finally became convinced that she was not expecting a proposal, I started the real proposal conversation, and ended with: “'Erin, this is something that I’ve wanted to do for so long ... Will you marry me?'

“And from there on, the rest is history I guess. The promise ring, which I picked up at Wal-Mart, was just to throw her for a loop. My only regret is that I didn’t make her wear it longer.”

And here’s what was going through the bride-tobe's mind:

“ … I went from thinking he was trying to find the words to break it off, to thinking I got a red, heart-shaped promise ring, to I'm ENGAGED. That was a crazy emotional roller coaster, but I wouldn’t change a thing.

“But I am finally getting to marry the best man I’ve ever met, the best friend I’ve ever had, in my LIFE. So cliché but so true. It’s actually happening, and that is the craziest feeling. I’M ENGAGED.” So now for Erin and Bo, the following months will be filled with wedding magazines, cake tastings, dress alterations, custom tailoring, monogrammed towel sets and venue visits. And I couldn’t be any more excited for them.

Because I’m a tad unskilled to give advice in this particular area, I’m not going to sit here and rattle off six ways to bring your man to his knee, because I honestly don’t even know where to begin. And for the record, I don’t really think there’s any kind of formula. You get engaged because you’ve made the decision to love each other until your last breath. If you get engaged for any other reason, you might need to step back and examine your life (and future) for few moments. Alright, that’s all for my mini-rant ...

This past week I was having dinner with another one of my close friends, Diana, in New York City, and we came upon the topic of engagements, so we began comparing and contrasting, well, men in particular: Southern vs. Northern, outlook on life, actions, etc. You get the picture. We finally came to the conclusion that (obviously) there’s a big difference.

Down south, getting engaged during or right after college is completely normal and, a lot of the time, desired. Up north, marriages and engagements aren’t much of a priority at such a young age. There’s much to be done before you put a ring on it, and I can honestly say after spending my summer in New York, I’ve adapted a similar mindset. I no longer think (Okay, fine, you caught me … a better word would be “stress.”) about when or where it will happen. You just can’t put a date on these kinds of things. So my bit of advice this week?

I want to highlight what Diana says from her interview with Southern Belle Simple; it’s too good not to quote.

“Love who you are and where you are in life, even when it hurts. Love well the people put in your life; they are there for a reason. Celebrate your culture (mine is Southern), but remember one day, you may fall in love with a Yankee, and that is okay too.”

—Kathryn Cunningham is a junior in psychology.

She can be reached at kcunnin4@utk.edu.

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A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a magazine I didn’t know existed. It was an English-language AsianAmerican culture and lifestyle magazine named Hyphen. And it was awesome.

It has clear artistic direction, funny articles and indepth stories on the Asian-American community, which I wouldn’t have known about otherwise, such as what it’s like being an Indian musician in America and how Asians are portrayed in film (their latest issue has a revealing first-person story about the life of Pat “Mr. Miyagi” Morita, as told by his daughter — I recommend it if you love the original “Karate Kid”).

I found it on my new favorite website, Issuu.com, a place that makes magazines from all over the world available in electronic form. You can flip the pages with your mouse and everything. It’s such a remarkable platform, some believe that once it’s profitable, forget the iPad. This will be the new way to consume magazines.

As I struggled to think of the best way to say this with tact, I’ve finally decided to just be blunt instead.

Unlike online magazines, most printed magazines suck and they deserve the slow deaths they’re currently dying. Some of them, in fact, need to die faster.

That’s harsh to say, since in this economy no one deserves to have the company they work for shut down.

But if it saves future generations from wasteful, irrelevant writing and shallow portrayals of what being an American is, then these publications going to the graveyard can be seen as a good thing.

It is fashion and culture magazines aimed at young women especially that should be the first to go. Growing up, I loved my fashion magazines, even though I’m not fashionable or rich. With this knowledge, I still can’t bear to part with half the teen magazines in my closet.

They’re useless, yet special to me.

Just like I’m sure there are some women on this campus who are very attached to their issues of Glamour and Lucky. Even if they know they’ll never have a shot at James Franco or Chris Pine, no matter how many most eligible bachelor profiles they read.

And, bless their hearts, they know they can’t afford that Gucci dress they’ve fallen madly in love with either.

Yet, they keep on reading when they spot them on the coffee table at a friend’s apartment. I’m guilty of it. When it’s just sitting there in front of you, you can’t resist. Chances are the editors have shortchanged you anyway and their 100 sex tips are really just two sentence blurbs crammed onto three pages, so at least it’s not like you’re investing a lot of time into reading it.

At the same time, that’s why they’re so pitiful compared to the pretty PDF creations I come across online. I used to think the old-school journalist’s hatred of the people on the Internet was unmerited. I see now that they hate these kids with the bright ideas and the big imaginations, because they’re jealous.

The next Anna Wintour is out there and she’s tired of the same old, same old, so she won’t sell her soul to work for them — and they hate that. She’s slumming as a waitress by day and hard at work in her studio apartment by night, putting together the next innovative women’s magazine.

This magazine won’t feature white models in blackface, ever. It’s a magazine that won’t label a $200 coin purse as “cheap.” It is a magazine that won’t photoshop its cover girl and perpetuate the myth that the only beauty standards worth attaining are thin and thinner.

That already sounds more interesting than anything I’ve seen on newsstands.

The Vanity Fairs and Marie Claires of the industry know they can’t hold a candle to digital publications like I Love Fake, V Magazine and Status. If I had a great idea for a magazine, I wouldn’t take it to print either.

So it can be watered down, tweaked until it’s unrecognizable and no longer my idea? So they can cheat me out of due credit? I may just be paranoid or arrogant, but I’d rather get an account on Issuu.

Then again, that’s assuming those in the world of glossy fashion and style magazines would show an interest in my baby. I can’t see myself appeasing a shrinking target audience of women who want to be told how to live, instead of being praised for the unique lives they already lead. If the big names didn’t care about appeasing them, either, they might not be in so much trouble today.

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

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

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Baird’s perfectionism helps both on, off field Senior goalkeeper enjoying final year at UT before focusing on career being involved in these organizations, Baird said she has very little free time.

Baird attended the Career Fair on campus last semester and managed to land a job with a focus on logistics less than three weeks later. She went many times before, but felt that this time was the first she was really able to get involved, and she truly enjoyed the process. “(The career fair is) kind of like if you view it the same way that you do practice,” Baird said. “We would never go play a game without practicing, so why would you go and try to do a job without practicing?”

Baird ended up with two on-campus interviews the next day. After one particularly good interview, Baird received a final interview two weeks later, and the fol-

Lauren Kittrell Staff Writer

Molly Baird

A senior at Tennessee and goalkeeper for the Lady Vols’ soccer team, Molly Baird has proven herself invaluable both on and off the field.

After four years at the university with a double major in finance and logistics, Baird is enjoying her final year and preparing to face the challenges of life after college. Baird’s drive to succeed and outgoing personality combine to assist her in achieving her goals.

“I’m a really detailed person,” Baird said. “I’m very much about how to make things more efficient all the time.”

Among her interests are snow skiing and golf, but needlepointing is also a topic of interest to her.

“I’m currently needlepointing a good-sized pillow for my big-girl apartment,” Baird said. “I’m pretty excited about that.”

When she isn’t busy with some of her hobbies, Baird is actively involved in and a member of Team United and the Student Athlete Advisory Committee at UT. Between her double majors, soccer responsibilities and

One of the reasons Baird said she decided to major and work in the logistics field is that she enjoys business and learning how the whole financial system works.

“I’m business minded,” Baird said. “That’s how I am.

I like math, and I like understanding how money works.”

In her senior year, Baird is enjoying the joys of a nine-hour schedule and the comfort of seniority in the soccer realm. She said she and her teammates genuinely like each other and enjoy each other’s company.

“Soccer is always fun,” Baird said. “We wouldn’t play it if it wasn’t fun. If you look at our record, we’ve definitely had some ups and downs this season, but the atmosphere of being on the team this year is awesome.”

While she said the team’s 6:30 a.m. practices are rather cold, Baird said the team spirit makes them more enjoyable.

“When you’re there and you’re with your teammates and you know they’re gonna work their hardest for you and you’re going to work your hardest for them, it makes things a lot better,” Baird said.

Sophomore midfielder Kylie Bono said Baird contributes to the team by her example and the way she is self-driven.

“I look at her, and I respect her, – Molly Baird on being a member of the Lady Vols’ soccer team and she’s a very good role model,” Bono said. “I can always count on her; she’s on top of everything.

She’s a great teammate.”

Bono felt that Baird’s perfectionism in daily life carries over to the field and helps to lowing Thursday she received a job offer.

“My parents are really excited, and I’m really excit- make her the teammate she is.

“Molly has an attitude where she doesn’t take anyed,” Baird said. “It’s taken a lot of stress off this semester and the summer, and I can really enjoy my nine thing less than perfect,” Bono said. “She’s very hard working and that does contribute on the field.” hours and my senior soccer season.”

“

When you’re there and you’re with

your teammates and you know they’re gonna work their hardest for you and you’re going to work your hardest for them, it makes things a lot better.

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Bono embracing diverse roles on pitch Matthew McMurray Staff Writer Meet Kylie Bono, a midfielder for the Lady Vols soccer team. Two weekends ago, she could be found flying around the soccer field, scoring goals more frequently than ever before.

Bono scored her first career goal with the Lady Vols in their game against UTC, and during this match she quickly followed her first goal with a second. Her streak continued against Arkansas, and Bono’s third goal helped give the Lady Vols a 2-1 victory against the Razorbacks.

Most recently, Bono scored the game-winning goal against Vanderbilt.

“Kylie Bono, four goals in five games with the type of schedule we have, (is) fantastic,” said head coach Angela Kelly. “She’s really come into her own. She’s more and more dynamic each and every training session, and I’m just really proud of the way she’s embraced her game.”

The game against Vanderbilt started slowly, and the teams appeared to be an equal match. The game looked to be headed into overtime, but in the 82nd minute, Emily Shore placed a corner kick right to Bono.

Bono seized the opportunity and headed in the game-winning goal for a 1-0 victory.

“It was a good experience,” Bono said. “I wouldn’t change anything. It would have been nice to score earlier in the game, but it was a perfect ball by Emily Shore, and it was an easy goal for me because all I had to do was

head it in.”

So how did Bono suddenly hit her stride?

This year the soccer team feels as though it plays exceptionally well together because of high team spirit and camaraderie.

“I think one of the things that has helped me is just feeding off of my teammates,” said Bono. “I want to be that impact on the field where people are feeding off of me. I would say that from my point of view, my goals show that my hard work has paid off.”

With a great stretch of games behind her, Bono plans to keep her level of play as high as she can.

Bono is known for having a great work ethic; her teammates noticed that she came on strong during practice last spring and she really focused •Kylie Bono on lifting weights.

“I just want to keep up my mentality, and knowing that I’m never gonna give less than my best,” said Bono. “I’m always going to be working hard, and I don’t expect anything less of myself.

Bono generally plays midfield but is also plays on the defensive line, giving aid in the back. Her diverse talents make her even more of a threat on the field.

“She’s played in the back some,” goalkeeper Molly Baird said. “I’m very comfortable with her being on my back line, and I don’t know what’s turned on with her, but it has Ian Harmon • The Daily Beacon been unbelievable to see. Kylie is someone Carly Sahagian, 35, spikes a ball between two Ole Miss defenders on Friday, Oct. 1. who will work hard for you. She will run and run for you, and then when she’s tired, she’ll Sahagian had five kills in the match, helping the Lady Vols to a 3-0 sweep against the Ole Miss squad. run some more.”

Without playoff, Boise State debate to continue Matt Dixon Sports Editor The biggest debate during the college football offseason wasn’t if Alabama would repeat as BCS National Champions or if Crimson Tide running back Mark Ingram would become just the second player to repeat as the Heisman Trophy winner.

It was the Boise State debate.

Blue field and all, the Broncos have become the most controversial topic in college football in years.

Now the discussion is whether the WAC superpower deserves a shot with the big boys for the crystal ball.

Since taking over as head coach in 2006, Chris Petersen has guided his teams to a record of 53-4,

including two undefeated seasons in 2006 and 2009.

Supporters of Boise will argue that the Broncos have faced teams from BCS conferences in the past and have come out victorious.

In 2006, Boise defeated a 10-4 Oregon State team and Big 12 Champion Oklahoma 43-42 in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl in one of the greatest games in college football history. In each of the past two seasons, the Broncos have defeated Oregon, most notably in last year’s season-opener, holding Chip Kelly’s high-powered spread offense to just eight points.

This year, the Broncos traveled to Washington D.C. to play Virginia Tech to open the season and scored in the final minutes to win.

In every game the Broncos have been given the chance to prove they are a legitimate national championship contender, they have won. Plain and simple.

Critics of Boise argue that each time the Broncos have played in one of these big games, they have

had plenty of time to rest and game plan, and that they wouldn’t hold up facing an SEC schedule.

While that argument will never have a definitive answer, the thought that Boise couldn’t compete in the SEC, at least this year, seems like a silly one.

Most can agree that this year’s Boise team is its most talented and best team. It returned 23 starters from last year’s team, which finished the year ranked No. 4 after defeating mid-major powerhouse TCU in the Fiesta Bowl 17-10.

While past Boise State teams might not have been a true title contender (Boise lost at Georgia 48-13 to open the 2005 season), its team this season could compete for an SEC and national title.

That doesn’t mean they would win the SEC or a BCS Championship; it just means they would compete.

With the struggles Florida and LSU have had on offense this year, would either of those be able to slow down the Broncos enough to win?

Is this Boise team a top-five team? Maybe, but they are a top-10 team that would go about 9-3 or

10-2 with Tennessee’s schedule.

Could they do better than that? Of course they could, but they could also do worse. No one knows, and all the “experts” have their own opinion. That’s what makes college football fun.

The only way to see how Boise would match-up with an SEC team is to see them play the SEC Champion in the national title game or in the Sugar Bowl.

And even then, for some, a Broncos’ win wouldn’t mean anything, only because Boise had a month to prepare and were able to rest their starters in the fourth quarter of blowout wins against WAC teams.

And some people, they must have forgotten that Butler, a mid-major school, came within a point of winning the NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship against Duke earlier this year.

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