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Presidential search narrows candidate pool Interview process brings forth applicants with varying credentials

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UT presidential candidates, from left to right, Jerry Askew, Joe DiPietro, Craig Fitzhugh, Robert McGrath, and Brian Nolan, participated in two days of open forums, starting Tuesday, Oct. 12, in which the candidates gave opening remarks to faculty and students and took questions from audience members.

Kyle Turner News Editor The last two days marked the beginning of the first round of interviews for the candidates vying for the position of UT system president.

The field had been narrowed down, and five candidates fielded a range of questions from the joint search and advisory committee tasked with finding the next system president.

Jim Murphy, chairman of the search committee, stated that the most important quality the new president must have is, undoubtedly, strong leadership skills.

Matthew Murray, UTK professor with the Center for Business and Economic Research and search committee member, echoed the sentiments of Murphy.

“In the candidates, we are looking for someone who exhibits the highest level of integrity, something I think is very important to all members of the search team,” Murray said.

Seventy-one applications were received and were then narrowed by the Search Advisory Council. The Council then voted on five of those applicants to be invited for formal interviews held at the Knoxville campus.

The five candidates chosen by the council are Jerry Askew, Joe DiPietro, Craig Fitzhugh, Robert McGrath and Brian Nolan.

Askew is a senior vice president for external relations at Mercy Health Partners in Knoxville, a former UTK administrator and an applicant in the previous search for the system president.

DiPietro serves as the chancellor of the UT Institute of Agriculture and has previously served as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida as well as administrative positions at the University of Illinois, Urbana.

Fitzhugh is the current CEO of the Bank of Ripley. Fitzhugh also is a current member of the State House of Representatives and is chair of the House Finance Ways and Means Committee.

McGrath is a consultant for Battelle Memorial Institute regarding partnerships with universities and served as a senior vice president for research at The Ohio State University.

Nolan holds the position of chancellor for the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and is a former associate executive director for the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

Whoever is chosen president by a vote from the full Board of Trustees on Oct. 22 will be tasked with leading the entire University of Tennessee system, composed of campuses in Knoxville, Chattanooga and Martin, as well as the Health Science Center in Memphis, the statewide Institutes of Agriculture and Public Service, and the Space Institute in Tullahoma.

Though lacking in physical diversity of race and gender, Murphy stated the five candidates come with a wide range backgrounds, composing an assortment of skills and experiences and is very optimistic that a new president can be chosen from the proposed candidates.

“We only need one,” Murray said, confident that the current options will yield a new system president.

Some following the search and selection have seen the number and diversity of applicants as a drawback, results of the current search system in place.

By state law, the search for the president is a completely open process to the public and can by result, hinder perspective applicants.

Those wishing to apply for the position can sometimes be hesitant — having their decision known to others while holding positions at other universities or organizations that could be in jeopardy.

According to Murray, the process thus far has seemed to be effective in finding replacements for the university president.

“The ability to see the candidates in a short amount of time (an initial two-day period of interviews) gives the committee a great ability to compare and contrast the candidates qualities and attributes,” Murray said.

Search committee members posed similar questions to all of the candidates.

Questions included ways to best take advantage of the trends of higher education donations from organizations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, measures that would be instituted to assure accountability in achieving educational and physical goals, views on the value of diversity, as well as the legacy intended to be left behind by the new university president.

Candidate McGrath was asked and addressed the issue of impending budgetary constraints that the university system will face in the coming years.

“Never waste a good crisis,” McGrath said. “This is a great time to review the process and move forward in the face of budgetary cuts.”

The position of president will deal with higher order issues but still is charged with being aware of a university's most important players: the students.

Tommy Jervis, SGA president, stated that the interviews have all gone extremely well and felt the candidates have met the expectations of most students he has talked to.

“Despite the large role of UT System President, it is still very important to myself and fellow students that the new president simply be personable, having a connection with University of Tennessee students from across the state,” Jervis said. “At the end of the day, without the students, the university wouldn’t have anything.”

Slovene diplomat delivers address Blair Kuykendall Copy Editor Ambassador Roman Kirn joined UT students and faculty on Tuesday to discuss Slovenia’s role in the European Union, specifically in the context of an increasingly global economy. This visit was timed in conjunction with his role in the inauguration of the Slovene Consulate in Tennessee.

The event was hosted cooperatively between the Baker Center’s Ambassadorial Lecture Series and the Geography Department. Professor Lydia Pulsipher of the Geography Department was recently appointed an Honorary Consul to the Republic of Slovenia and has been working to establish the consulate.

Kirn’s address highlighted the history of Slovenia, as well as the country’s strategies to become more prominent in global affairs.

The Baker Center was honored to host the ambassador.

“Our ambassadorial lecture series has thus far only included American ambassadors to elsewhere. This event is special, as it is our first time to host an ambassador from another nation,” Carl Pierce, director of the Baker Center, said.

Pierce gave Pulsifer the opportunity to introduce the honored guest and touch on the significance of his nation.

“Slovenia is one of those small places on Earth that has much more influence than you would expect, given its size,” Pulsifer said.

Pulsifer was excited to introduce Kirn, relaying several pieces of his impressive career.

“Ambassador Kirn has been an ambassador to a number of countries, and his experience is certainly broad,” she said.

The ambassador was enthusiastic about the Baker Center’s lecture series.

“There are many ambassadors serving in the U.S., and it is good for you to be exposed to news from different parts of the world,” Kirn said.

Kirn then focused his address upon his nation’s complex history.

“I want to speak with you about the history of Slovenia,” Kirn said. “Americans are very forward looking, while Europeans look back to

search our past and ourselves. In Slovenia, we don’t dwell in the past, but we don’t forget it either. We look back to develop solutions for the future.”

Cementing a historical foundation seems to be a main concern for Slovenia currently.

“We are dealing with a great number of countries in the European Union, and as a young state, we do face identity problems,” Kirn said.

“We focus on geography and history to give a sense of who we are.”

To frame the discussion around the resolve for establishment and recognition that defines his nation, Kirn began with a question.

“As a state the size of New Jersey, why is Slovenia even on the world map?” Kirn said.

He went on to recount some of the historical bases for Slovenia’s formation.

“In 1848, the Slovenian political elite designed a political idea of uniting Slovenes from different lands,” he said. “We were put on the map by our own effort. Of course, such things do not happen by will alone, but political circumstances must allow this change. The fall of the Berlin Wall was the window of opportunity for us.”

In the last 100 years, this area of Europe has been so turbulent that the region’s flag has changed six times.

Three different languages, three separate religions and many different cultures united to form the nation of Slovenia. Next year will be Slovenia’s 20th anniversary as a nation.

“You must have common interests to keep multinational states together,” Kirn said.

“Slovenia was too Western-oriented and anticommunist to stay united with Yugoslavia.

Unfortunately nationalism came to the surface, leading to the widespread violence in Yugoslavia.

We gained our independence in 1991, and international recognition in 1992.”

Kirn seemed anxious for Slovenia to attain a more prominent role in interactions with democratic Westernized nations. Slovenia is actively involved in promoting stronger ties between the nations of the European Union as well.

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A student talks on the phone in the UC Plaza under storm-filled skies on Monday, Oct. 4. Despite the brief cold stint and rainy weather, Knoxville should remain warm and dry through the weekend and into late next week.

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Crime Log Oct. 8 A student reported a theft in Hodges Library at approximately 4:30 p.m. The student reported that his French 123 textbook was stolen from the library’s audio room.

At approximately 3:12 p.m., two Florida residents were arrested on Volunteer Bolevard. One suspect, a 29-year-old white male with red hair and green eyes, was charged with public intoxication and simple possession of marijuana. The other suspect, a shaven 27-year-old white male with blue eyes, was charged with simple possession of marijuana and controlled substance possession.

Oct. 9

A Jacksboro, Tenn., resident visiting UT reported that her wallet was stolen from the ThompsonBoling Arena seating area around 8:30 p.m.

Around 8:09 p.m., an officer responded to a report of a disturbance on the ground floor of Thompson-Boling Arena. A 53-year-old homeless white male was arrested for criminal trespassing and public intoxication.

Oct. 10 Around 8:30 p.m., a North Carolina resident was arrested on 16th Street and Laurel Avenue for public intoxication.

—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.

DIPLOMAT continued from Page 1 “European processes of integration are slow, but we are gradually increasing the scope and number of our shared institutions,” Kirn said.

The Slovenian economy is strongly based on exports, and it is actively engaged in trade with the majority of Europe. With its drive for economic expansion, the nation is disturbed by a relatively small amount of trade with the U.S. Some links between the two countries, however, were made apparent in the recent recession.

“We were affected by the downturn as well. It was a real test for us, but it seems that we are now growing out of it,” Kirn said.

Slovenia has certainly prospered in many ways, as economic performance continues to improve. Recently the Global Peace Index ranked Slovenia the ninth most peaceful nation in the world, revealing a great deal about their national character.

The crowd was intrigued by the ambassador’s unique European perspective.

“I really enjoyed Ambassador Kirn’s lecture,” Mark Remec Pavlin, freshmen in mathematics, said. “It was a great opportunity for me, as my family is Slovene,” Prior to his role as the Slovenian ambassador to the U.S., Roman Kirn served as Slovenian ambassador to the United Nations in New York for four years. He has previously acted as vice president of the U.N. General Assembly as well. The ambassador is fluent in English, French, Czech and Serbo-Croatian.

The new consulate in Tennessee is the outworking of prospective economic interactions between the state and Slovenia. The consulate is anticipated to serve as a bridge between the two cultures, expanding regional relations with this small yet emerging nation.

“The goal of the consulate is to increase interaction with central Europe here in Tennessee,” Pulsifer said. “I am looking forward to a rise in the opportunities for student exchange between Slovenia and the University of Tennessee.”

The last Slovenian ambassador to speak at UT was Samuel Îbogar, who gave an address in 2007 regarding the recent admission of Slovenia to the European Union.

The decision to unite with several of its neighboring European countries significantly affected the future of Slovenia’s banking, education and health care systems.

Slovenia is situated between Italy, Croatia, Hungary and Austria. Though it has a population of approximately two million, Slovenia is the richest Slavic nation-state. The capital of Slovenia is Ljubljana

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Students from the College of Architecture and Design and the College of Engineering pack up late Wednesday night, Oct. 6, to travel to a town just southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The group will be working to construct a secondary school, as well as a paved road and bridge to connect the town to a large hospital.

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Noted surgeon recounts inspiring life story Elizabeth Ross Staff Writer

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Dr. Ben Carson, the first doctor to successfully separate Siamese twins joined at the head, speaks to a capacity crowd in the UC Auditorium on Monday, Oct. 11.

While Dr. Ben Carson filled the UC Auditorium Monday night with laughter, he also often left the room quiet from the impact of his statements.

“It is not my intention to offend anyone, and if anyone is offended, too bad,” Carson said, offering a sort of disclaimer to begin the event.

He spoke for more than an hour about his accomplishments in life and the next generation’s responsibility to preserve the status of the U.S. as the world’s greatest nation.

“Can we be the first pinnacle nation in the history of the world to avoid the same self-destruction as those that have preceded us?” he asked.

Carson told the audience that, at the age of 8, it was his heart’s desire to study medicine and become a missionary, but by 13, he had changed his mind and wanted to become a psychiatrist. He kept this dream until he started meeting psychiatrists and decided he did not want to continue into that field.

After graduating from Yale with a degree in psychology he noticed his excellent hand-eye coordination and realized he had the ability to think in three dimensions. This, along with his love to dissect things, drew him to neurosurgery.

He went on to become the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, as well as a professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

One of his most notable surgeries was the first separation of Siamese twins, who were conjoined at the back of the head.

“When you operate on kids, you can tell when they’re happy,” Carson said, explaining his passion for pediatrics. “I’m giving them 40 to 50 more years

of life. That’s why I chose pediatrics. I like to get a big return on my investments.”

Carson urged the audience to “Think Big,” an acronym he delivered to the audience.

He said T is for talent, and he urged the audience to take heed of their intellectual talents as well as other abilities; “H” is for honesty; “I” for insight, or rather learning from the mistakes of others; “N” is for being nice to people, and he encouraged the audience to take a pledge to be nice to others for the rest of the week. “K” is for knowledge, and he informed the audience that knowledge is what makes you valuable.

He continued, “B” is for books, because one can never read enough or know all there is to know without reading; “I” is for in-depth learning, opposed to superficial learning; and “G” is for God, because “people need to bring God back.”

Discussing his upbringing in poverty, Carson said that as a child it was unfortunate that his mother had to work many jobs to keep them out of the welfare system, but he’s come to think that it was not as bad in the long run. In fact, he said, it created a burning desire to do better and be better, which was one of his many inspirations in becoming the man he is today.

“It really doesn’t matter where you are, make the best of it,” he said.

Carson’s driving force is to educate the upcoming generation, and he continuously stressed the importance of education. He was also very passionate in his belief that the U.S. can continue to be the forefront nation of the world if it reevaluates and recaptures the sense of community that was the major factor in its creation.

“We need to make sure that we’re all in the same boat,” he said. “If one part sinks, the whole boat sinks. Even if you are in the penthouse suite, you’re going down too.”

Many students found inspiration in Carson’s lecture.

“I’m going to school to be a nurse, and he really inspired me,” Brittany Grimes, senior in psychology, said. “I like how he didn’t make it seem easy or sugar coat anything.”

He spoke directly to college students, insisting that students become extraordinarily serious by using recent Nobel Prize recipients as an example.

“Most of them (Nobel Prize winners) are in their 50s, 60s and 70s and up for awards for things they accomplished in their 20s and 30s,” he said.

Grimes agreed with Carson’s statement.

“It’s a lot of us now that are graduating and not doing anything with the degrees, but why get them if you’re not going to do anything with them?” she said.

Carson also provided another strategy for life. He related his approach before deciding if he will take part in an operation or not, calling it Best-Worst Analysis.

He said he asks himself four things: “What’s the best thing that’ll happen if I do this, what’s the worst

thing that’ll happen if I do this, what’s the best thing that’ll happen if I don’t do this and what’s the worst thing that’ll happen if I don’t do this?”

He said the point of these questions is simple.

“With the right mindset and right motivation, it’s easy to do the right thing,” he said.

Alongside his wife, Candy, Carson autographed books and took pictures with interested guests after the lecture.

Carson holds more than 50 honorary doctorate degrees. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the Horatio Alger Society of Distinguished Americans and many other prestigious organizations.

He sits on the board of directors of numerous organizations, including Kellogg Company, Costco Wholesale Corporation and the Academy of Achievement and is an Emeritus Fellow of the Yale Corporation, the governing body of Yale University.

He was appointed in 2004 by President George W. Bush to serve on the President’s Council on Bioethics. As a motivational speaker, he has addressed various audiences from school systems and civic groups to corporations and the President’s National Prayer Breakfast.

In 2001, CNN and Time Magazine named Carson as one of the nation’s 20 foremost physicians and scientists. That same year, he was selected by the Library of Congress as one of 89 Living Legends on the occasion of its 200th anniversary. He is also the recipient of the 2006 Spingarn Medal, which is the highest honor bestowed by the NAACP. In February 2008, Carson was presented with the Ford’s Theatre Lincoln Medal by President Bush at the White House.

In June 2008, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the president, which is the highest civilian honor in the land.

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LettersEditor to the

Education critique unfair to those behind desk I was disappointed to see Kyle Turner’s recent column lambasting that perennial boogeyman of education, the “bad teacher.” Mr. Turner’s column reads like most education reform columns and pundits: Get rid of the bad teachers, and our problems are largely solved. However, it’s also clear that, just like so many policymakers, Mr. Turner has spent very little, if any, time actually teaching in a classroom. He is unaware of the heavy toll it takes on each individual, the gross disparities in resources, the heavy role demographics can play in a school’s, a teacher’s, and a student’s success.

There are “bad teachers.” There are also “good teachers.” And there are plenty of other teachers who may not gel with you, the individual, but who many other students connect with in a variety of ways. A teacher, often depending upon where they work, has to be a parent, a social worker, a secretary, a security guard, a discussion facilitator, a test-prep guru, a therapist, a coach, a disciplinarian, and so much more. Mr. Turner’s unreferenced factoid that “little more than 50 percent of those employed at public schools actually teach” belies the fact that so many support individuals are required to run a school (and prevent teachers from rapid burnout, a plague in the profession), and demographics demand more in public that private schools often due to significant wealth disparities.

Teachers are easy to blame. They take the burden off of parents, off of students, off of politicians, off of our society, which values athletic achievement and monetary advancement over genuine pursuits of learning and truth. Are teachers part of the problem? Undoubtedly. But they are a piece in a colossal puzzle. A puzzle with no solution as easy as “fire the teachers.”

Complications aside, though, I’d encourage anyone to be wary of their rhetoric involving education unless they’ve actually been on the “other side of the desk.” Until you have, you honestly don’t fully know what being a teacher entails. Teaching high school was not something I was particularly good at, but I left with the utmost respect for those who continue to do so. I disagreed with many of their methods and attitudes, but despite this the majority seemed to be dedicated and genuinely concerned about their students. There are ways to improve. But solely focusing upon teachers is as myopic and close-minded as solely focusing upon any individual element of institutional reform: easy answers to an incredibly difficult question.

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Leigh Dickey

Columnist’s argument clashes with logic, religion Treston Wheat’s Oct. 6 column entitled “Search for truth yields few options” attempts to use logic in an effort to find truth but ends up making several logical fallacies in the process. We can begin with the straw man attack on Mill’s harm principle. I’m not sure why Mr. Wheat included the harm principle with “leftists” and “cultural relativists,” but I think calling John Stuart Mill and John Locke leftists or cultural relativists by today’s standards is a bit of a reach. Mr. Wheat seems to have a habit of labeling anything he doesn’t agree with “leftist.”

His attack on cultural relativism and his insistence that “either there is no truth or there is truth” is a false dilemma.

I also believe the author is using truth in a non-empirical form here, as most of what he is referring to are subjective “truths.” Most simple mathematical truths likely won’t get much argument from a relativist, whereas “moral truths” such as “marriage should only consist of one man and one woman” are debatable. How many wives did Abraham have again?

Mr. Wheat’s “good and evil” argument is a classic slippery-slope fallacy. If we don’t see the world in black and white/good and evil, the world will fall apart and anarchy will take over. There couldn’t be shades of gray? The serial killer he terms evil could have some faulty wiring in his head that is fixable. If so, wouldn’t we rather confront the problem from this angle so that we can learn from it, and thus possibly stop potential serial killers, or should we term it evil and chock up a win for absolute truth? There are plenty of ways to look at the world without having to term things good or evil.

The biggest issue with the article is his use of Daily Beacon space to proselytize his particular Christian faith.

Logic and religion seldom mix, and his attempted use of empirical justifications for his faith while dismissing all other faiths seems like a very ethnocentric thing to do. His assertion that Josephus and Tacitus attested to “Christ’s miraculous nature” is patently false. Both were born after Jesus died, so even if they did in their writings attest to this, which they didn’t, it would be third- or fourth-hand knowledge.

The article continually talks of logic, but uses an empty cave as an empirical justification for faith. Which is more logical: a man dying, coming back to life, and then spiriting away to heaven, or a man dying before some of his fanatical followers move his body? On the subject of historical fallacies, Mr. Wheat offers some Old Testament books as evidence, but there are plenty in the New Testament, as well. Why was Joseph in Bethlehem? Who was Joseph’s father? When did Jesus kick out the money changers? How did Judas die, etc.?

If Mr. Wheat finds some truth in his faith in Christianity, that is great. That doesn’t mean he should arrogantly discount the faith of two-thirds of the world. I strongly disagree that the Christian theocracy he seems to advocate is the answer to the ills of society. The Dark Ages were dark for a reason.

Jeff Perry Graduate Student in Political Science jperry26@utk.edu COFFEY & INK • Kelsey Roy

In April 1865, the day after General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, impromptu crowds swarmed throughout Washington D.C., and up to the White House in a jubilant scene much like what we are sure to see in two weeks, after UT beats Alabama.

The crowds, rejoicing and singing, repeatedly called for President Abraham Lincoln to appear. The president did so and briefly addressed the crowd. Before he retired, he inquired as to whether there was a band in the crowd.

Upon hearing there was, the president asked if it would favor him with a “particular tune,” which he had always found to be “one of the best tunes” he had ever heard — then the president, after four years of fierce civil war, requested that the band play “Dixie.”

I ought to warn you that this may be an apocryphal story. I recently heard it in a speech, and I don’t have a historical source for it (if you do, please let me know).

But I Googled the story and found it online, so that’s good enough, right?

I would like very much for the anecdote to be true, I think, because it’s almost unbelievable. After four years of some of the bloodiest fighting U.S. troops had ever seen, President Lincoln somehow not only resisted the temptation to disparage the defeated Confederacy but overcame whatever antagonism he may justifiably have felt for the South, using a seemingly minor event, like a song at a celebration, to encourage a reconciliatory spirit in the North.

Who does that? Were I him, not only would I need longer pants, but I would be perturbed, to put it lightly, with anything that reminded me remotely of the South.

Sweet tea and fried chicken would be a thing of the past.

I would buy my cotton from England and my whiskey too — no Jack Daniels or Jim Beam for me. But Lincoln asked to hear “Dixie.”

As silly as my jokes above were, you and I both know plenty of people (including myself) who would not have been able to ask to hear “Dixie” the day after the Civil War ended. To be able to make such a request, Lincoln had to value the interests of others (in this case, the

nation) over his own feelings. And what’s more, the president had a legitimate reason to resent the South.

Instead, as the story goes, he looked past the claims of his emotions and looked after the cares of others. Why? And how? From whence does such self-control come?

The coming-of-age novels you and I read in elementary and secondary school presented a fixed progression of the growing-up process. Protagonists encountered trials and tribulations, struggled slightly, but eventually, inevitably, made the hard choices and came out psychologically and morally mature in the end. If only life were so simple. Characters in books can look back and pinpoint where things changed for them, but our lives are infinitely more complex — fact is stranger than fiction and less predictable. In life we constantly face and respond, in one way or another, to various situations.

Who we are, you will not be surprised to hear, is formed by the responses we decide to make to these situations.

Shakespeare’s Cassius claims that “men at some time are masters of their fates.” We humans can, in large part, determine our paths. Do you agree? If it’s true, a heavy burden lies on our shoulders: We ourselves are responsible for our character or lack thereof. If we are masters of our fates, we have to decide what we would like our fates to be. Will we be children forever, our words and actions subjected always to our caprices and the fluctuations of our tempers? Or are we willing to do the hard work of growing up? Will we learn self control and die to ourselves, putting the interests of others above our own?

I find I’m too scared, or too weak, to do that. My default state is to seek my own good and comfort, and that is easier, and less costly, than the alternative. It’s much easier to stay silent when someone at a party makes a sexist/racist/homophobic joke; easier, and more fun, to blow off an obligation, whether it be work, a school assignment or some other commitment, because I’d rather hang with friends than fulfill it.

I own a collection of Flannery O’Connor short stories.

The title of the collection, and the first story, is “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.” I remind myself of this title in relation to dating to comfort myself, and because I think I’m oh so witty, but I worry that maybe the phrase is truer than I know. How many individuals do you know capable of reaching out to others, across their own pain, insecurity and personal prejudices? And why do we settle for less than this from “good” men and women?

And from ourselves?

—Leigh Dickey is a senior in global studies and Latin.

She can be reached at ldickey2@utk.edu.

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As always in my columns, there is something that I see or hear or think is interesting that is the start of a column idea. This week, I saw an argument between some random guy and his girlfriend while grocery shopping that made me realize the extent of the discrepancies between male and female communication.

Starting with the subject of women, I must say that personally, I am not a fan. In my experience, mainly from observance but also from all the shenanigans I’ve gotten myself into because of lapses of judgment or stupidity, most women play games. They say one thing, but they really mean something else. They don’t want anything for their birthdays, but what they really mean is, “I’m not going to tell you what I want, because if you loved me enough, you would know that I am really wanting the fourth season of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ on DVD and flowers.”

It’s like some odd test of your love and listening skills if you know what things she’s into, and an awkward test of your wallet when you’re wrong.

We, as a sex, can be catty, and we hate other women for the most random things without any reason, and it makes perfect sense in our heads.

We can forget the one time where we ignored what you were saying about your favorite football team and stand awkwardly in a store for your birthday trying to figure out which team jersey you would like, but God forbid if you forget to take out the trash ONE time — we will remember it forever and won’t let you forget either.

We like that you tell us when we look pretty without makeup and nice clothes, but for our own self image and our friends, we will go the extra mile, because let’s face it, we don’t really listen to men when it comes to the way we look unless you tell us that our butt looks big in those jeans, and then we will blow it out of proportion. The fact that we are creative and highly imaginative liars does not bode well for our sex, nor does the fact that we are a highly collective species, traveling in packs to the bathroom or on shopping trips to

the mall and need each others’ opinions on EVERYTHING from haircuts to majors.

But then, most men are no saints. Most men cannot cook a meal beyond Ramen and cereal or mac ‘n’ cheese. They refuse to hand over the remote during football and basketball season, supply women with short answers when all we really want is detailed explanations of their “feelings” and are too frustratingly simple minded for women, who are naturally complex and look for inner meanings in everything. Most of them are pretty uncouth and cannot keep their rooms clean if their lives depended on it.

I dated a guy who EXPECTED me to cook and leave food out for him, and do his laundry, all when we weren’t even living together and broke dates constantly in order to make out with 40-ounce bottles. Needless to say, I ended it soon, and I believe he ended up graduating after 12 years in school (FINALLY).

They’re not very good at saying the right things, especially when you ask them if they think your mom was wrong about something when you argued with her, and he says, “Yeah, I think your mom is totally psycho.” They’re exceptionally good at digging themselves into holes and not so great at digging themselves out. They’re also ninjas at avoiding chores with the greatest excuses ever but would rather do chores than schoolwork.

They would rather play video games with their friends than apply for jobs, pay their bills and be responsible. They’re incredibly difficult to live with, but we can’t live without them … sometimes.

If I didn’t love men, and didn’t hate women, I would be all for anti-sexuality. I would be selfsufficient, not have to worry about other people’s feelings, not have to make an effort to look nice, not have to think of romantic things to do for them and actually have money as an alternative to being broke all the time. I would not be so frustrated when they don’t call me when I want them to, and when they interrupt me when I’m doing something important like putting on makeup. I wouldn’t have to pay attention to anyone’s likes and dislikes and say the wrong thing about his father dating tramps or his mother’s political and religious views.

Communication is essential in all relationships and is highly individual, but without it, as Dane Cook would say, relationships can turn into relations***s.

—Yasha Sadagopan is a senior in economics. She can be reached at ysadagop@utk.edu.

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STUDENTLIFE Steve Metcalf has a diverse background in governmental affairs, covering all aspects of state and local government. He has been a town planner, a county manager, deputy secretary for two major state agencies, an assistant to the governor, and a state senator. In addition, in the private sector, Metcalf has had extensive experience in management and consulting to governmental agencies, including market research and polling for public agencies and private business.

Metcalf is currently president of The Policy Group, Inc. The firm provides governmental relations and business development consulting for firms doing business with state government, local governments, public schools, and public universities.

The title of the talk is “The Path to Professional Lobbyist: A Career Possibility for Political Science Students.”

UT professor to discuss cyberspace insecurity risks, precautions Stacy Prowell, UT associate professor and chief cybersecurity research scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will speak about computer network security on Oct. 19 at the Baker Center.

Prowell’s presentation, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium. It will be webcast live and archived for future viewing at http://tinyurl.com/2bvgv5y.

Prowell will focus on how and why computer networks are fundamentally insecure and how existing economic, political and social forces are likely to make things worse. He also will talk about changing strategies and motivations for exploitation, as well as what individuals can do to increase their own security.

Prowell works in ORNL’s Computational Sciences and Engineering Division and holds a joint appointment as associate professor in UT's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

For more than a decade, Prowell has worked on making software systems more reliable, safe and secure. He also has developed novel ways of specifying, analyzing and testing software applications and embedded devices. As an industry consultant, he has worked on projects ranging from tiny embedded devices to large distributed industrial control systems, from simple software applications to sophisticated medical imaging. More recently his work has focused on computationally intensive cybersecurity, combining formal analysis methods with highperformance computing.

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UT to host climate change series The ethics of climate change will be the theme of several events that kick off later this month. The events, which include two book discussion sessions and a public lecture by the author, are being sponsored by the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

To prepare for the events, the community is invited to read excerpts from “Climate Ethics: Essential Readings,” edited by Stephen M. Gardiner, Simon Caney, Dale Jamieson and Henry Shue and published in 2010 by Oxford University Press.

Four chapters from the book will be discussed on Oct. 26 and Nov. 2. Those sessions, which are free and open to the public, will be led by John Nolt, UT professor of philosophy, and Joanne Logan, environmental climatologist and UT professor of biosystems engineering and soil science.

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22 Actor Wheaton 23 McCarthy associate Roy 24 Fancy duds 25 Hat worn in “Casablanca” 26 Octet of black squares in the middle of this grid, typographically 30 Intrinsically

ANSWER TO

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47 Bearded beast 48 Hothouse plant 49 Word before and after “yes” 50 Bouquets 53 Stun, in a way 54 Higher pair of black squares in this grid, typographically 56 Skip 57 “Work ___” 60 Lower pair of black (Beyoncé song) squares in this grid, 58 Enthusiasm typographically 59 Rend 61 Greek god who PREVIOUS PUZZLE figures in an annual holiday 62 River to the North Sea Down 1 Brings together, as two parts of the body 2 “Shakespeare in Love” role 3 Arthur Sullivan opera 4 Calls for 5 Fundamentals 6 Modern locale of ancient Ur 7 Delegates

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Georgia vocalist engages Northern audience Will Abrams Staff Writer

• Photo courtesy Corey Smith

It’s been a long time since Corey Smith spent his days playing open-mic nights in a bar in Athens, Ga. The Georgia native first started sharing his music with the world around his college years, and some might say he’s never left those years behind.

Smith’s music, self-described as “progressive country,” has been a staple of the college music scene in the South for several years now, with no signs of being held up.

“I like to think that I’m not as traditional as a lot of country artists,” Smith said. “I hope that I’m expressing what it’s like to come from the rural South and, at the same time, challenging authority.”

When the young musician was first starting out, he limited songwriting to what he knew best. Namely, those things were college, alcohol and the state of Georgia.

With song titles like “Drinkin’ Again” and “F*** the Po-Po,” Smith was quick to find friends all over the Southeast. Lately, however, the songwriter felt the need to write music with a deeper meaning. “(With earlier songs), the meaning is right there on the surface,” Smith said. “It may take longer for people to appreciate (a deeper) style of writing, but I don’t regret it.”

Smith’s latest album, “Keeping Up with the Joneses,” features a lot of his new writing style and his fans seem to be enjoying it. The album debuted at No. 1 on iTunes’ singer/songwriter

chart in November 2009.

The musician’s popularity in the South is a given because of his birthplace, but recently he has been taking his music to places farther past the Mason-Dixon Line.

“In my first shows in those regions (New England and the Midwest), I’ve had 200 people come out in some cases,” Smith said. “It took a long time to get 200 people to come out in Athens or in Chattanooga.”

The artist is presently working on a new album, recorded in Athens at The Rialto Room.

Although much of the music has been recorded, it’s currently sitting in limbo until Smith decides what to do with the recordings.

“Right now, I’m not in a hurry to get anything out, because ‘Keeping Up with the Joneses’ hasn’t even been out a year,” Smith said. “I’m in the process still of wading through it all and figuring out how to put it together in a powerful way.”

As a father of two, the musician knows that one day his kids will find out how their father made his living. It’s safe to say that Smith is not looking forward to the conversation.

“I can hear my kids singing along with me sometimes, and it’s kind of weird,” Smith said.

“They’re going to learn what all of this stuff means some day, and I’m going to have to sit down with them.”

Although the artist may enjoy his success today, he believes it is important to never forget why he does what he does.

“My goal essentially has been to try and reach as many people as possible without sacrificing the integrity of my work,” Smith said.

Corey Smith will play at the Valarium on Oct. 14.

BEACON BITS continued from Page 5 On Oct. 26, the discussion will focus on chapters 11 and 15. Those chapters are “Subsistence Emissions and Luxury Emissions” by Henry Shue and “Adaptation, Mitigation and Justice” by Dale Jamieson. The discussion will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium at the Baker Center, 1640 Cumberland Ave. On Nov. 2, the discussion will focus on chapters 4 and 18. Those chapters are “Perfect Moral Storm,” by Stephen Gardiner and “It's Not My Fault,” by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong. The event will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium at the Baker Center.

Then, at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8, one of the book's authors, Stephen Gardiner, will give a public lecture on, “Climate Policy in a Perfect Moral Storm” in the Baker Center's Toyota Auditorium. The event also will be webcast live at http://tinyurl.com/27cwbt4.

Gardiner is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Program on Values in Society at the University of Washington, Seattle. He specializes in ethics, political philosophy and environmental ethics. He also has interests in ancient philosophy, bioethics and the philosophy of economics. He received a doctorate in philosophy from Cornell University in 1999. He also has a master's degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a bachelor's degree from Oxford University.

The Baker Center is a public policy institute integrating research, education, public programming and archives. It develops programs and promotes research to further the public’s knowledge of our system of governance and to highlight the critical importance of public service, a hallmark of Sen. Baker’s career.

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Carly Hill, senior in public relations, discusses the Cherokee Language with Daylan Lawrence, freshman in mechanical engineering, at the Native American Coffee House on Tuesday, Oct. 5. The Coffee House was hosted by the Native American Student Association in partnership with the I-House to honor Native American Heritage Month.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

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Rogers’ intelligence praised by teammates Lauren Kittrell Staff Writer A reliable and easy-going force for the Tennessee Vols, wide receiver Zach Rogers can be described as a hard worker and a trustworthy friend and teammate.

Though a new and younger player, Rogers continues to prove himself as an asset to the team and the university. After moving to Knoxville from Nashville his freshman year of college, Rogers has developed friendships among his teammates and has created a bond with them that has carried through game-time interactions to personal realms as well.

“Zach and I are actually in a class together,” junior quarterback Matt Simms said.

“We’re in business communications. He’s always helping me out in that class for sure.”

Simms said that though players are encouraged to avoid sitting with other teammates in class, he and Rogers have kind of broken the rules. He said they can’t seem to help sitting with one another, and they end up “busting each other’s chops” when they are together, including during class time.

But even with these fun and seemingly unproductive occasions, the finance major, Rogers, seems to be doing well in his studies.

“It’s going good,” Rogers said of his business communications class. “We’re doing pretty well in it. It’s a business writing class, so we’re staying on top of things and trying to come out with good grades.”

His ability in the classroom is no secret to his classmate and teammate Simms, as well.

“He’s an extremely intelligent person,” Simms said.

A sophomore at the university, Rogers has gotten a lot of playing time this season and has proved himself worthy while on the field. He is following in the footsteps of his older brother, former Vols wide receiver Austin Rogers.

“He’s a great guy, and he’s a young receiver,” Simms said referring to Zach Rogers.

“He’s got plenty of potential to be a good player here.”

After starting in the last 12 games that he’s been involved in, Rogers has caught three passes for a total of 19 yards and has also proven himself a valuable member on the special teams unit. His season-long reception of 11 yards came in his Vol debut against Western Kentucky last year.

Competitive at heart, Rogers is willing to put himself on the line for the team..

“I’m a competitor,” Rogers said. “I’m gonna come out there every time, and I think that’s shown even out here in practice.

I try to come in everyday and get better, and I try to carry that over to games.”

While football and his involvement in Fellowship of Christian Athletes takes up much of his time, Rogers enjoys fishing during his free time, and though he won’t reveal his fishing holes and is willing to fish anywhere, he likes to fish in remote and less frequented areas in search of larger fish. This is his way to relax and ease out of the pressures of everyday life.

“I’m a big fisherman,” Rogers said. “I just love going out there and just kinda getting away from everything and relax my mind and catch a couple fish while I’m at it. That’s what I enjoy.”

Though the overall team spirit and fan support is low as the Vols reach the halfway point of the season with a record of 2-4, Rogers feels that the team is doing better relationally than they were last year and feels that this is an improvement. He’s hopeful for the future.

“I think we have a lot better chemistry as a team,” Rogers said. “I love coming out with these guys everyday. Our receiver corps is a really tight, close-knit group, and that’s what we didn’t have since I’ve been here. We were close last year, but this year we took it to a different level so that’s what I’ve been enjoying.”

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Zach Rogers, 83, hauls in a catch despite a UAB safety’s attempt to break up the play on Saturday, Sept. 25. Rogers has shown potential in both the Vols’ receiving corps and special teams.

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Vols, Pearl talk upcoming season at media day Colin Skinner Assistant Sports Editor The Tennessee men’s basketball team held its media day yesterday in Thompson-Bowling Arena in preparation for the 2010-2011 season.

Players were dressed in full uniform and took questions from media at their respective stations near the bottom of the stands. Bruce Pearl kicked off the day by addressing the media with his opinions and ideas for his new basketball team and the season at hand.

“As you guys know, this is my favorite time of the year,” Pearl said. “I think we’ve had a good offseason from the standpoint of our training. It has been a group that, together, has worked harder than any group I’ve had, from top to bottom.”

Pearl touched on the leaders emerging from this new group, saying that point guard Melvin Goins is the apparent leader of this squad, which features 13 scholarship players, the deepest of any Pearl-led Tennessee squad.

Another player mentioned as a leader this season is his son, forward Steven Pearl, who Bruce Pearl jokingly added “has been in this program for 16 years.”

Guard Scotty Hopson was a player frequently mentioned in the coach’s press conference and in the Q-and-A session that followed.

Pearl said he hopes that Hopson will not only continue to score for the Vols, but use his talents in other areas.

“I think Scotty can make plays,” Pearl said.

“I think Scotty can score, and that’s something that’s indisputable. There are other areas in the game where I think he needs to place his

focus and be more dominant as a great rebounding guard and defensive guard.

“Can he make plays off the ball? Can he use his length to block shots and get more deflections and steals and stuff his stat sheet with more than just scores, and therefore make his teammates better?”

Outside of his players, Pearl touched on this season’s schedule and told the small crowd of media reporters and cameras that, regardless of the age or talent of his team, the scheduling mindset stays the same.

“The schedule is terrific once again,” he said. “You don’t have a crystal ball when you put the schedule together, but you can pretty much anticipate that many of our non-conference opponents are nationally, perennially competitive programs. This year, that is the case once again.”

One of the new faces that were constantly surrounded by reporters courtside was Tobias Harris, a 6’8”, 220-pound freshman out of Dix Hills, N.Y. The lanky freshman forward gives Vol fans much hope for an incoming freshman class, which Pearl commended all afternoon.

“I think I’m a mature player on the basketball court,” Harris said.

In the offseason, Harris worked on a strenuous workout plan and is currently working with UT basketball assistant strength and conditioning coach Troy Wills to get stronger for play against the bigger men of SEC basketball.

“It’s been good,” Harris said. “I’ve been in the weight room with Troy, not really gaining weight but adding muscle.”

Tennessee opens up practice this Friday and then kicks off its preseason Nov. 3 against George Richardson • The Daily Beacon\ Brevard in Knoxville at 7:30 p.m. The Vols will open the regular season against UT- Renaldo Woolridge shares a laugh with a reporter at the Vols’ media day on Wednesday, Oct. 13. Woolridge will be part of a veteran core to lead UT into this Chattanooga on Nov. 12 in Knoxville. season’s SEC schedule.

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John Fields speaks with a reporter at the Vols’ media day on Wednesday, Oct. 13.

Fields, a senior transfer from UNC Wilmington, hopes to bring depth to UT’s frontcourt.