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Event planned to increase diversity awareness Dance demonstration, other activities come to campus to teach about world cultures Deborah Ince Staff Writer This past Sunday, SGA Diversity Affairs finalized its plans for this year’s International Week to be held on UT’s campus. The focus of the week’s events — which will run from Monday, Nov. 14 to Thursday Nov. 17 — is “Internationally Helping to Obtain Progression,” or “IHOP.” During this year’s International Week, SGA hopes to better educate students on different cultures around the world — particularly the many that are already represented on campus.

“We’re making extra initiatives to expand the horizon of diversity here at UT,” said Paige Kee, senior in psychology, who is also in charge of public relations for Diversity Affairs.

Each day of the four-day International Week has a different theme based upon the information SGA committees would like to share with other UT students. As a whole, the week’s main focus is to better educate students on international issues and different cultural identities so that appreciation for overall diversity can progressively improve. With a better understanding of those around us, Diversity Affairs believes communication will thus be able to improve between different cultures and ethnicities.

Monday, Nov. 14 is titled “Dance to Diversity” and will consist of several brief performances of dances from around the world. Following the performances, there will be an interactive “how-to” session for each cultural dance. Food and drink will also be offered to all those in attendance.

Though the final location of the event is still pending, “Dance to Diversity” will be held from 7-8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 15 will be “Sports International.” SGA committee members will discuss different international sports and their impacts on national culture and

global diversity. Currently a FIFA tournament is also scheduled for the event, with the winner receiving a prize from Diversity Affairs. The location for “Sports International” is still pending, but will either be held in the BCC or in the UC Down Under between 5:30-7 p.m.

“I’m very excited for our day, ‘Sports International’,” said Kerry Green, sophomore in global studies and Spanish. “I think it will have a good turnout and bring more knowledge to our fellow students.”

Wednesday, Nov. 16 is titled “Who Knew” and focuses on providing students with a stronger outlook on international issues that today’s media may ignore or overlook. “Who Knew” will be held from 79 p.m. in the UC Hermitage Room.

Diversity Affairs feels that this day is especially important to expanding students’ knowledge of the world around them. In an ever-globalizing society, Diversity Affairs feels that students should understand many of the issues that are affecting many of the social, political, economic and cultural actions occurring today.

The last day of the week is an educational forum on foreign policies titled “Education Connection ‘0.’” Diversity Affairs committee members will be discussing current foreign policies and how they affect the world’s overall communication and unification.

“Education Connection ‘0’” will be held from 6-7 p.m. on Nov. 17 in the UC Hermitage Room.

Final decisions on the times and locations of Monday and Tuesday’s will be announced in the next week, and flyers will be handed out and posted around campus closer to the week’s commencement.

SGA Diversity Affairs is really looking forward to this year’s International Week, saying that it is very unique from previous years in the events being presented.

“Come support SGA Diversity Affairs International Week,” Marcus Jones, assistant director of Diversity Affairs, said.

“Our committee has worked really hard to share this with everyone.”

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Shaolin Monks perform on the UC Plaza during the International Festival on Friday, April 15. Monday, Nov. 14 to Thursday, Nov. 17, the SGA Diversity Affairs office will be hosting International Week, which will serve to promote diversity awareness on campus.

Class offers unique perspective on Islamic traditions, beliefs Wade Scoefield Staff Writer This spring, a new anthropology class will tackle how women fare in Islamic society.

Krista Billingsley, a Ph.D. student in cultural anthropology, will teach the class on Wednesdays from 5:45-8:45 p.m. for the upcoming spring semester.

Billingsley bills the class as “women in Islamic society from an anthropological perspective.”

The topics will include Muslim politics, the history of Islam, the history of women in Islam, veiling, marriage, human rights and women’s role in the economy, among others.

In addition, the class will feature a speaker series.

“I hope to host speakers who are either faculty who have had some specialization in Islam, or Knoxville community members who are willing to come and speak to the class,” Billingsley said.

“With a once-a-week class, it should give the students some variety during the three-hour period.”

Some of Billingsley’s current students have already demonstrated an interest in the class.

Emily Hill, freshman in biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology, said she is interested in taking the class to see how other women in the world live and how they deal with their own issues.

“I feel like a majority of the Joy Hill • The Daily Beacon United States is very ignorant Kelsey Robinson prepares to return a ball during a match against Auburn on Sunday, Sept. 18. The about Islam, including myself, and Lady Vols just ended a four-match road trip with wins over Mississippi State, Auburn and Georgia, I would like to be more educated improving to 11-1 in SEC play.

about it than just learning about it through the media or television,” Hill said. “For instance, I know the women veil themselves, but I don’t know the in-depth reasons or the history behind veiling, and that will be one of the topics in the class. Islamic culture is so different from all the cultures I have ever experienced or learned about. I’m just interested in how things work in political systems based in Islam.”

“I hope to give the students a broader perspective of women in Islam, because it’s not a lumped category,” Billingsley said. “The class will cover an extensively diverse group with different politics and history. I hope that at the end of the day, people will see Muslim women as a diverse group and the reasons why.”

Leslie Davenport, freshman in nutrition, said she is excited to take the class because of Billingsley’s ability as an instructor.

“I’m certain her course will be exciting, informative and accurate,” Davenport said. “Being on UT’s campus, I frequently see Islamic female students and I hope Ms. Billingsley’s course will teach me more than I currently know about these women.”

Billingsley said one of her goals for the class is to “eliminate Islamaphobia and to help my students understand more about the religious and political structures of Islam.”

“The more you understand a culture, the more tolerance and acceptance you learn to have.”

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12:52 p.m. — A male victim reported that his hang tag had been stolen from his vehicle between 8:30 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. of that day. The victim stated that the driver’s window had been forced down in order for the thief to gain entry.

Tuesday, Oct. 25 Sunday, Oct. 23 4:43 p.m. — Officer responded to a call concerning a woman at Hodges Library who was asking people to buy drugs for her.

The woman was spotted by the loading dock and, upon further investigation, was arrested for criminal trespassing.

8:29 p.m. — Man attending the circus at Thompson-Boling Arena arrested for public intoxication.

Monday, Oct. 24

10:44 a.m. — Vandalism of a vehicle reported in G-7 parking garage. The victim claimed that the soft cover of his truck bed had been cut. No items had been stolen.

11:11 a.m. — Officer sent to G-15 parking garage after a reported vehicle burglary. The victim stated that items had been stolen from his locked vehicle over the weekend.

11:21 a.m. — Victim reported that her purse had been stolen from a Jessie Harris classroom between 10:15 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 21.

12:34 p.m. — Officer dispatched to Laurel Apartments in response to a cell phone theft.

Compiled from a media log provided to the Daily Beacon by the University 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.

1864— Yankees are turned back at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run On this day in 1864, at the First Battle of Hatcher’s Run (also known as the Battle of Boydton Plank Road) in Virginia, Union troops are turned back when they try to cut the last railroad supplying the Confederate force stationed in Petersburg, Virginia.

Since June of that year, Union General Ulysses S. Grant had laid siege to Petersburg, just 25 miles south of the Confederate capital at Richmond.

Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s dwindling forces were stretched thin along miles of trenches, but the fortifications magnified the actual strength of his troops.

Hatcher’s Run was one of several attempts made by Grant in the summer and fall of 1864 to pry the Rebels from their positions.

With winter approaching, Grant decided to make one last attempt to capture the Southside Railroad that supplied Petersburg from the west. He instructed the Army of the Potomac’s commander, General George Meade, to direct the operation. Parts of three army corps, commanded by generals Winfield Hancock, Gouverneur K. Warren, and John Parke, were ordered to advance in the early morning rain of Oct. 27.

—This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

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Protest growing in Knoxville Staff Reports On Oct. 29, 2011, hundreds of East Tennesseans supporting the world-wide movement, Occupy Wall Street, will head to downtown Knoxville to gather in Market Square, taking on government corruption and corporate manipulation of United States politicians and public policy.

The organizers of the local Occupying Knoxville movement are excited about the large number of people who have shown support for the upcoming protest. People from every walk of life are pledging to march through downtown Knoxville this upcoming weekend. Event organizer, Adam Curl, has opened the event to all people of all ages, religions, ethnicities, political leanings and the like.

He said, “I am just happy to provide an opportunity for people to come together and voice their concerns about the direction our country is taking.”

The Occupy Wall Street movement has gained a lot of steam worldwide with various forms of protest taking place in many cities and towns across the world. Occupy Wall

Street protestors say they are tired of the lies, manipulation and corruption exhibited in the corporate world.

“I firmly believe that it is the American people’s responsibility to hold our government officials and politicians responsible for their actions. Protesting is one very effective way to do that,” stated Curl.

When asked why they are protesting Wall Street and not the government, Curl said, “That is a common misconception many people have about the movement. We are using Wall Street as the symbol of everything wrong in this country because Wall Street is symbolic of the interconnectedness between government, corporations, the Federal Reserve, Interest Groups, lobbyist and big banks.

Government is part of the problem. We need to look at the big picture to find a solution, and that’s what we are doing.”

The protest is being held on Oct. 29 from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. at Market Square in downtown Knoxville.

“We are very excited. This protest is not the end of the Occupying Knoxville movement. We ask that everyone hangs around afterwards as we plan the future of our organization,” said Curl.

Missouri college halts drug screens The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — A Missouri college’s comprehensive drug-testing plan for students will stay on hold after a federal judge extended a temporary restraining order.

Linn State Technical College's program calls for screening all first-year students and some returning students for cocaine, methamphetamines, oxycodone and eight other drugs. The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit last month challenging the constitutionality of the drug testing.

U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey in Jefferson City granted a temporary restraining order in September, and issued a ruling Tuesday that extends the restraining order through Nov. 8.

Kent Brown, an attorney for Linn Tech, did not return messages seeking comment.

Laughrey did not issue a written ruling but while speaking in court expressed doubt that the drug policy would pass constitutional muster, said Jason Williamson, an attorney for the ACLU. He said the extension was aimed at allowing Linn State time to decide how to move forward with legal proceedings.

“She had some pretty clear things to say

about the problems with Linn State’s proposed program,” Williamson said. “I think they’d have to put on some extraordinary additional evidence to change her mind.”

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of six students at Linn Tech, a two-year college with campuses in the mid-Missouri towns of Jefferson City, Linn and Mexico. The suit claims the program violates students’ Fourth Amendment rights against unlawful searches and seizures.

The college sought to begin the drug testing this fall, saying it was necessary to ensure student safety at a school where the coursework includes programs like aircraft maintenance, heavy engine repair, nuclear technology and other dangerous tasks.

Brown has said the college sought a “responsible drug screening program that would protect both students and their rights.”

In addition to the injunction, the ACLU suit asks the college to return $50 to the accounts of students, money the school charges for the testing program.

The ACLU has said it was unaware of any college or university in the U.S. with a similar drug testing program. Brown earlier acknowledged that the scope and breadth of the program is unique, but “there aren’t many colleges as unique as ours.”

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Somewhere... Hopefully Minimalism hard in complex world Preston Peeden Managing Editor “There are two types of people in the world…”

For many, this phrase conjures up the idea of a cliché division of the world into two categories of people, usually following the path of “those that ‘A,’ and those that don’t ‘A.’” While this reduction of the world can lead many to roll their eyes, for me I can’t help but smile at this set-up.

To be completely honest, I have to admit that I am a closet minimalist.

This doesn’t mean that in the dark confines of my apartment I keep the works of such artists like Donald Judd or Agnes Martin, or the films of Robert Bresson, but rather I enjoy the idea of minimalism.

I like to strip things, peoples and ideas down to their bare fundamentals. It just makes everything so much simpler.

So in the fall season of today, with Halloween just around the corner, I feel my hidden minimalistic perception of the world catching back up with me.

For me, there are two types of people in the world: those who like candy corn and those who don’t.

At first, this would seem to be an odd division.

Candy corn is simply candy. How can it possibly suffice to divide everyone?

I must admit that in the candy corn issue, I fall on the “don’t like” side of the spectrum. The fact that it’s called candy is an insult to all good candies, such as Snickers bars or Reese’s cups. Not only do these little orange, white and yellow triangles have a bland taste, but they also are unsanitary. First of all, they are one of the few candies that come without a wrapper. Whenever a would-be trick-or-treater is given a handful of candy corn, they are essentially getting food covered in whatever the giver has touched that day (which judging by some of the houses that I used to trick-or-treat in, could be any number of contagions). And secondly, there is no way to date a candy corn. Like a Tootsie Roll, the design of a candy corn kernel has not changed since its inception. According to statistics released by the National Confectioner’s Association, it is estimated

that 20 million of these candies are sold annually.

With so many candy corns flooding the confection market, any one of these so-called “corns” that are given out on Oct. 31 could be from a previous year’s batch. There is no way to tell. For all I know, the candy corn I begrudgingly ate as a child could have been from a Halloween that my parents partook in.

For some, candy corn represents the staple image of childhood. Due to it being synonymous with the holiday it is most often consumed with, candy corn (along with Jack-o-lanterns) is now one of the first things adults reminisce about when looking back on their younger years. For others, though, (a group I can only hope is a minority), candy corn is just generally a tasty treat.

While this division of the world may lack the star power of other dual approaches, such as good and evil, free and imprisoned, or Elvis and Beatles, it does represent a clear break for all those involved, one in which even those that are indifferent fall on a side.

Minimalist thoughts like these are both useful and dangerous. If implemented incorrectly, these ideas can lead not only to logical fallacies, but also discrimination, misunderstanding and even violence.

But the use of these thoughts cannot be understated.

We live in a complex world. There are so many gray areas, and so many different answers, views and options that it becomes nearly impossible to find a simple answer. The world’s intricacies make it so hard to find truths and distinctions that even the most intelligent people can end up bogged down in its formalities. With these reductions, we can avoid the sometimes all-consuming burden of excessive options that the world offers.

While ultimately I am not a fan of minimalizing everything into a dualistic approach (especially when it comes to anything more serious than Halloween treats), I do feel that life sometimes needs simplification. There are only so many complex issues that one person can handle without cracking.

As for candy corn, there are only two options, and in my opinion only one correct answer. So for all those planning on hosting trick-or-treaters, before relying on the standard Halloween snack of candy corn, it may be in your best interest to go with a less divisive treat. Almond Joy seems to be a jovial choice.

— Preston Peeden is a junior in history. He can be reached at ppeeden@utk.edu.

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Gregory Bearringer President Obama has a real opportunity — and I hope he goes farther than the proposal he is currently working on.

His plan to help students pay off debt at a reasonable pace is the first step towards real education reform. The current plan would allow for a revised income-based repayment plan, from 15 percent of their yearly income with total forgiveness after 15 years to a new plan that would take 10 percent of income with total forgiveness after 20 years. This is the first step toward making college a realistic choice as well as allowing the comically high debt many students come out with (as a graduate student, I see your ridiculous total and raise you) seem, well, less like an ever-present weight around our necks in the Olympic swimming pool of life.

This should only be the first step.

There are very few really non-partisan ideas that can have widespread approval to the point that all but a few hard-liners on the left or right can agree with — and controlling not only the resultant debt but also the initial cost would be near the top of the list. Of course, in full disclosure I am typing this on a computer that the university paid for (I really do need it for my job) and I currently have a graduate assistant position that pays for a lot of my schooling. But the nature of grad school being both intense and competitive, it is hard to have the same system without some expectation of funding or realistic payment options.

According to an article titled “Surging college costs price out middle class” from CNN Money, the cost of college “(has) surged almost 130 percent over the last 20 years.” According to the same article, the median income is actually $400 dollars less than it was in 1988 when adjusted for inflation.

That does not compute.

As a column I previously wrote mentions, the rising cost of athletic departments is a piece of the pie. The other reason is that in order to hire the best professors, it costs a large amount of money. If a school decides

to raise its standing in the academic community, it has to pay for it — just as UT has decided to do recently.

While the main competition for many fields is other colleges, for some private sector jobs that can offer positions not funded by tuition dollars but by pharmaceutical companies, engineering in multiple fields, architectural firms, and the like. And, not to mention a really big name might be courted by the Ivy Leagues, by the big name public institutions like Berkeley and Michigan, and even by elite private schools like Duke. And all the workers, down to the most anonymous administrative or sanitary worker, carry a larger price tag because of factors outside of the control of schools, like insurance. Of course, deciding to do this has its benefits — being considered an elite school comes with the added benefit of extra funding from donors and funding institutions.

Of course, President Obama has little control over many of the cost-cutting actions schools need to make — administrative budgets, for one thing, have ballooned far above the rate of other costs. At the same time, the smaller class sizes that were for so long a selling point for many schools might have to become a thing of the past. And some cost-cutting universities are already cutting out some of the bloat from schedules and offering degrees in three years — and sometimes even less.

As an aspiring academic, I wonder if there is not a new method of collegiate education on the horizon — already the impact of technology and changing student needs have changed the manner with which I see the coming period of higher education. I think there might be a real drive towards dividing those who will operate in the field and those who are just looking for functional thinking and operative skills.

I think, though, that real change is needed in the basic life map which popular culture has defined for us.

Eventually — and we are at the breaking point — thinking of college as a period of self discovery might have to be altered.

Whatever your political affiliation is, a reasonable and well-enforced plan to reform higher education might be one of the few things that would gain some semblance of bipartisan support — and simultaneously give people a little more confidence in their future and in the government.

— Gregory Bearringer is a graduate in medieval studies. He can be reached gbearrin@utk.edu.

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As a fan of books, I am constantly searching for something new and exciting to read. Obviously, I love Harry Potter, and reread it every summer, but I have to find new books so another copy of Harry Potter does not fall apart.

While I appreciate the fantastic, intellectual books that my professors assign for me to read, I prefer reading something a bit more ... escapist. Over the summer, I began reading a blog that recommended young adult books from the perspective of someone who is “A little less Y and a bit more A.” Their number-one recommendation was “The Hunger Games.”

After being intrigued by the review, I chose to buy the first book because the library had a reserve list 60 people long, and I was already feeling impatient. I read it in one night. I went back to the bookstore the next day and bought “Catching Fire,” and on my way to the cash register, I decided to go ahead and finish the trilogy, so I turned around to pick up “Mockingjay.” I finished them both by the end of the weekend.

“The Hunger Games” is set in a dystopian future and features an annual event in which children from each District, which are like states, are selected and forced to fight each other to the death. For anyone who likes manga and Japanese films, it is similar to the novel-turned-manga-turned-film, “Battle Royale.”

Suzanne Collins’ trilogy has caught on and is gaining an almost Harry Potter-like status among fans of Young Adult fiction. Devoted fans attended midnight book release parties for “Mockingjay.” It is being made into a series of four movies, the first of which is premiering in March. These books are hugely successful among a wide and varied audience.

Many college students believe that they need to grow up beyond children’s and young adult fiction.

While there is always a need to keep growing and reading books for older age groups, one should never feel shame in enjoying excellent books for the

younger age group. I do not think I will ever be too old to appreciate books like Harry Potter and “The Hunger Games.”

Young adult fiction can easily provide a reader with the same ideas as a book for adults. Sometimes a well-written, thoughtful young adult novel can provide even more intellectual stimuli than an adult book. Sometimes a book about a teenager, targeted at teenagers, can teach a reader more than a book meant for grown ups.

This is not to say that all young adult novels are good books. For example, many try to compare “Twilight” to Harry Potter or “The Hunger Games.”

While it has experienced equal success, it cannot compare to either of the other two series. Having read “Twilight,” and not hating without knowledge, I feel that I can safely say that “Twilight” did nothing for my development as a person. While there is a bad guy, there is no real loss or any emotion to make the happy ending better. I quickly forgot what I read and was unaffected by the story. I felt no connection to the characters of “Twilight,” whereas I feel as though Harry, Katniss and Peeta are all good friends of mine that I like to periodically check up on.

“The Hunger Games” and Harry Potter did the exact opposite for me of what “Twilight” did. I can frequently reread both series, and every time I read them, I discover something different and am affected in a new way. As a kid, Harry Potter was something that inspired me. It provides me with something to discover every summer when I reread it. “The Hunger Games” provides me with a new perspective on life and leadership, and it has provided my roommate with a new reason to love the color orange.

However, I can find one down side to both Harry Potter and “The Hunger Games:” both had terrible and mostly unnecessary epilogues that left you dissatisfied, as if the author was writing a fan-fiction follow-up chapter. However, I think I can get beyond this and continue to love both series.

Harry Potter is and always will be my favorite book series in the whole world. It is one of the two defining elements of my childhood. Nothing can rival its place in my heart, but there is always room for a new series and new literary loves. “The Hunger Games” has secured its place as a solid second. And there is still room for a number three.

— Brittany Vasquez is a senior in anthropology.

He can be reached at bvasque1@utk.edu.

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Our Take: Verdi classic about a Parisian courtesan, this is the second most performed opera following Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” Come to the Tennessee to find out why.

What: Moogfest When: first show begins at 5:15 p.m.

Where: Various venues, Asheville, N.C. Price: $184.50 weekend pass, $75 day pass Our take: Second annual electronic festival in honor of synthesizer revolutionary Bob Moog begins today. Moby headlines Friday..”

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What: Clarence Brown Theatre presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” Preview When: 7:30 p.m.

Where: Clarence Brown Theatre Price: students free, public and staff $12-$20 Our take: Tony award winner; a crowd pleaser, the play deals with adolescents at a rural spelling bee.

What: Moogfest When: first show begins at 4:15 p.m.

Where: Various venues, Asheville, N.C. Price: $184.50 weekend pass, $75 day pass Our take: Second annual electronic festival in honor of synthesizer revolutionary Bob Moog concludes. Passion Pit headlines Sunday.

What: The Features When: 8 p.m.

Where: The Valarium Price: $8 advance / $10 door Our take: Long-running Tennesseans tour behind their third LP, “Wilderness.”

Friday, October 28 What: Knoxville Opera presents “La Traviata” When: 8 p.m.

Where: Tennessee Theatre Price: $18-$92

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Thursday, October27, 2011

Athletics increase graduation rates Staff Reports

Rogers adopts leadership role receiver and has been a dual threat for the Vols, rushing for 55 yards and tallying 53 receiving yards.

Staff Writer “Zach has been a big part of studying with me Not everyone has to be that explosive playmak- in the film room and going over the route concepts er to make a difference on a football team, even in and practice scripts,” Neal said. “He has been a a big Division-I conference such as the SEC. That great help, because he knows every wide receiver is the case for Tennessee Vols junior wide receiver position and he can be placed at any role at any time. He is not a big talker but he speaks when Zach Rogers.

The Nashville, Tenn., native has, through the needed and speaks at the right time, definitely when stuff is going wrong Vols’ first seven he is there to help us.” games, caught But just like any other eight passes for 116 player, Zach had a role yards and one model of his own growing touchdown, which up and has learned a lot resulted in a 45-23 from his big brother Austin victory over the Rogers, who had a very Cincinnati impressive four-year career Bearcats. It was the at UT from 2005-08, haulsecond touchdown ing in 76 receptions for 891 of his career. yards and four touchdowns.

However, so far “He taught me a lot in a season in about the game, and he still which many unexplays a big role in my propected injuries and gression,” Rogers said. “We even a dismissal still talk every day on the from the program phone and he always has have plagued the advice to give me.”

Vols, who are 3-4 His older brother is not overall and 0-4 in the only one who has conference play, played a major role in his Rogers has had to Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon life; his family as a whole step up and assume a leadership role Zach Rogers celebrates with Justin has as well.

“Family plays a huge role quickly. He had Hunter after Rogers’ touchdown catch in my life,” he said. “I talk to nearly no choice, as the team on the during a game against Cincinnati on them every day and they offensive side of the Saturday, Sept. 10. Rogers has taken the keep my mind focused and I ball is one of the initiative to become a key leader for the have got someone to count youngest in all the Vols off the field by giving advice to on.”

As for off the field, NCAA, with all but teammates about on-the-field play.

Rogers is majoring in logisfour current starters being sophomores or freshmen. Despite tics and hopes to one day go into a trucking comthe lack of experience, Rogers and his teammates pany or a train company back home.

“By the time remain hopeful and emphasize that the season has I’m done with not been lost. college “We are trying to win out and go to a great bowl my career, I want game,” Rogers said. “We just have to come together as a unit and keep the team together. It could to be rememeasily fall apart and finger-pointing could be an bered as a hard and issue when teams are not doing well, but that is not worker at all what is going on. We are still sticking togeth- someone who loved his team er and moving forward.”

One player in particular that has benefited from and loved the Rogers’ leadership is sophomore Rajion Neal, who u n i v e rs i t y, ” has been converted this season from tailback to Rogers said.

Patrick MacCoon

The University of Tennessee athletics department announced Wednesday a graduation success rate (GSR) of 76 percent for student-athletes who entered the university from 2001-02 through 2004-05, an increase of two percent over last year’s rate that included numbers from 2000-01 through 2003-04.

Four Tennessee teams reported a GSR of 100 — women’s basketball, women’s cross country/track and field, women's tennis and volleyball. Five additional teams reported a GSR improvement from the previous year’s mark, including football (from 53 to 61 percent), men's golf (from 57 to 67 percent), men’s swimming and diving (from 68 to 73 percent), women’s swimming and diving (from 85 to 90 percent), and softball (from 85 to 88 percent).

“Our priority on the graduation of our studentathletes is an obligation we all share within the Department of Athletics at the University of Tennessee,” said Dave Hart, Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics. “We will continue to strive to be student-athlete centered as a department with academic success as a constant focus.”

The GSR allows institutions to add scholarship transfer students that fit into their respective freshmen cohorts and remove those students that choose to leave and are academically eligible according to NCAA Progress toward Degree Requirements.

UT also announced the student-athlete federal graduation rate for the 2004-05 freshman class was 62 percent, the highest since the inception of the rate’s measurement. The 62 percent rate was also an increase of two percent over the 2003-04 freshman class rate of 60 percent. The student-athlete federal graduation rate for the four-year average was 62 percent, compared to a general student body graduation rate of 60 percent for the same time periods.

During the 2010-11 school year, 87 former student-athletes graduated from the University of Tennessee, continuing Tennessee Athletics’ commitment to excellence in the classroom. A total of 10 of those who have already received an undergraduate degree are competing for Tennessee dur-

ing the 2011-12 school year.

A total of 240 student-athletes achieved a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the spring of 2011, accounting for 52.9 percent of all UT student-athletes.

Additionally, 18 student-athletes earned a 4.0 GPA during the spring semester. The average GPA for student-athletes during the Spring 2011 semester was 2.93.

Two student-athletes won NCAA PostGraduate Scholarships: John-Patrick Smith (Tennis) and Nikki Fowler (Volleyball). Also, four student-athletes received CoSIDA Academic AllAmerican honors: Angie Bjorklund (Basketball), Raven Chavanne (Softball), Nikki Fowler (Volleyball), and Chanelle Price (Track and Field).

A total of 184 UT student-athletes were named to the 2010-11 SEC Honor Roll.

A key focus of the University of Tennessee athletic programs is to graduate student-athletes and prepare them for real-world experiences. In 2001, the University of Tennessee opened the Thornton Athletics Student Life Center to provide studentathletes with superior academic support programs, as well as personal and career development assistance.

“It is exciting to recognize success in the classroom,” said Donna Thomas, Director of the Thornton Center. “Data for the entire seven-year history of the graduation success rate shows women’s basketball and tennis have a perfect score of 100, and volleyball has done the same for the last five years. One of the goals of the Thornton Center staff is to build champions in the classroom, and I commend our student-athletes and staff for continuing to move in that direction.”

The university encourages former student-athletes who left in good standing to return to the university to achieve their degree. The Renewing Academic Commitment (RAC) Program works with former student-athletes by giving advice on remaining degree requirements, course scheduling, tutoring, employment and internship opportunities offered through the CHAMPS/Life Skills Office, and use of the Thornton Center for their academic and career needs.

There are currently seven former student-athletes completing degree requirements through the RAC program, a program that has assisted 53 former student-athletes with completion of degrees in the past six years.