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UT chosen as host for intramural conference Kyle Turner News Editor

The conference is divided between an exclusively stu- from over the course of two days, the conference will also dent portion held today and a general portion for both stu- be a great way for student leaders to take the next step in dents and professionals alike, with a registered atten- their personal development, including a full day devoted dance of more than 250 for the remainder of the confer- to students on Thursday, an employer meet-and-greet, mock interviews and team-builder facilitation training,” ence.

“Our theme for this year is ‘Get Fired Up!,’ which Stubbs said.

Region II is the largest region for the describes NIRSA conferences held throughout the the pascountry and is seen as a great opportunision that ty for UT to be the host. campus “We’re very excited to show off recreation Knoxville and the University of professionTennessee,” Stubbs said. “Pre-conference als bring workshops, socials, and demos will give to their attendees the chance to visit a number of work, as campus locations and facilities, some of well as our the more adventurous visitors will tour hopes for the Norris Dam Watershed by bike and the conferkayak, and students attending Thursday’s e n c e , ” Student Lead-On are pumped up about B r i a n painting The Rock. East Tennessee and Stubbs, Downtown Knoxville are beautiful this assistant – Brian Stubbs, assistant director of time of year, and we think that the 250 director of RecSports, on the theme for the NIRSA visitors from dozens of institutions are RecSports, conference being hosted at UT. going to want to return to Rocky Top in s a i d . the future.”

“Attendees A highlight of the event is the student will see old friends, meet new colleagues, share ideas and above all, focused programs featured. The programs are set to take something back to their campuses. Specifically, pro- include mock interviews, and team builder facilitation viding examples of innovative programming, best prac- training and opportunities for interested students to learn tices, and collaboration were priorities in the develop- more about their area of study.

“Students will have a great chance to learn more about ment of the program.”

More than 25 universities are going to be represented the association and careers in campus recreation, improve at the conference with schools from Mississippi to their skills in leadership, communication and a number of other areas, and get to know other students from throughFlorida.

“The conference this year truly is a great way for those out the region,” Stubbs said. More than 100 students will in recreational sports to learn from each other and be in attendance.

The conference schedule leaves little time unused, improve their departments as a whole,” Mark Lopez, starting the day with a work-out session and ending the intramural graduate assistant in RecSports, said.

The conference is not just aimed at current profession- night with events hosted in the UC Down Under.

Local sponsors have helped make the conference a sucals but also students aspiring to work in campus recrecess, including ARAMARK, Power Systems, Legend ation.

“In addition to the 27 education sessions to choose Fitness, and Mellow Mushroom, according to organizers.

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Our theme for this year is

‘Get Fired Up!,’ which describes the passion that campus recreation

professionals bring to their work, as

well as our hopes for the conference

George Richardson• The Daily Beacon

The RecSports Department will be hosting the annual NIRSA Region II Conference Oct. 28-30. The conference will center around educational sessions, workshops and team-building exercises for campus recreation workers from all over the Southeast.

UT has been chosen as the host for this year's National Intramural Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) Region II conference.

Those attending the NIRSA conference, held Oct. 2830, are poised to get “fired up,” event organizers said.

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Students aim to expand scope of education in Barefoot Benefit race Alyce Howell Staff Writer Six UT students are taking their learning outside of the classroom to create a charitable race to benefit the Knoxville community.

The Barefoot Benefit, a charitable race started by six students from UT’s business school as part of a service learning project, was held Oct. 24 at the Lambert Acres Golf Club.

Andy Wyatt, a senior in logistics, and Ryan Peck, manager of athletic marketing, were challenged by Ernest Cadotte, professor of marketing and logistics, to hold a race.

The race was a class project in service learning with the students taking on the responsibility of managing it. Their work was evaluated to see what the students can improve on, what information about marketing or logistics were lacking and ideas that would increase the team effort.

Wyatt and Peck wanted a race that would stand out from others. Using a study on the benefits of running barefoot, they decided to try the concept out and raise money for the elderly.

Along with Wyatt and Peck, working for the event was Ashley Needham, senior in journalism and electronic media, who handled the social media and public relations. Adam Ackerman, senior in marketing, was responsible for the videography. Taylor Smith, senior in logistics, handled the schematics, communication and volunteer coordination. Andy Pigg, sophomore in interdisciplinary pro, was responsible for the event’s sponsorship.

“The goal of Barefoot Benefit was to create a community event that inspired people to for-go shoes and focus solely on giving back those in need,” Needham said.

The event was free to all, but participants in the 3.1- or onemile race had to pay a fee of $25 to $35. Participants were also awarded with prizes.

“All the proceeds earned from the actual race and sponsorship will go towards the Samaritian Place of Knoxville,” Needham said. “This money will help continue their efforts in giving refuge and support to the homeless elderly of the Knoxville area.”

The event included free food, music and prizes.

The food was provided by Cadotte, Starbucks and Kroger.

The music was provided by a local singer, Eric Johnson, who sang a wide variety of songs. He was accompanied by the harmonica, bongos and acoustic guitar.

Needham said the race was a success.

“We raised around $3800 for Samaritan Place and had almost 150 participants in the race,” she said.

Needham said this project has been an enlightening experience. She said it has had its hardships, but the knowledge that they were contributing to the community was worth it.

“We all have worked so diligently, using all of our strengths to put this event together, and we could not be happier about the outcome,” she said. “It was a great success, and we have high hopes for its continuation.”

UT students seemed receptive to the idea of the race. Kendra Mabe, a sophomore in accounting, said she thought the Barefoot Benefit sounded fun and it was something she would get involved in because it sounded unique.

“I think that when people organize outdoor events with the idea of raising money to benefit the community is more appealing to college students than just donating money,” she said.

Hillary McDaniels • The Daily Beacon

A sign hangs on a door indicating a power outage in the UT Student Services Building on Wednesday, Oct. 27.

UT Facilities Services cut out the building’s power for several hours on Wednesday to repair electrical equipment in Student Services.

InSHORT

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Ashley Bowen • The Daily Beacon

Performers from “Sex Signals” embrace on stage and asked audience members to hold up stop signs when things got a little too racey on Monday, Oct. 25. The program explores the awkwardness of dating and the warning signs and ways to avoid sexual assault and date rape.

THE

CRIME LOG

Oct. 23 A UT student reported a theft that occurred on the front bench near the Melrose side fire lane at Hess Hall, sometime between 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 8 and 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 13.

between 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 22 and 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 23.

Oct. 24

A UT student reported that someone vandalized her green 2004 Saturn Ion while it was Around 10 p.m., a 73-year-old Alabama resi- parked in the back corner of the fifth level of the dent reported that his wallet had been pick-pock- G15 parking garage between 1:40 a.m. on Oct. 23 eted earlier that evening at the football game. The and 9:24 a.m. on Oct. 24. victim stated that the theft occurred near the conA UT student reported that someone broke the cession stand between sections Z11 and Z12 at Neyland Stadium. According to the report, the front left window of her silver 1999 Toyota victim stated that the suspect must have been a 4Runner and stole several items from the vehicle. large male in order to move the victim out of the According to the report, the vehicle was parked in the back corner of the fifth level of the G15 parkway. ing garage from 1:30 a.m. to 9:35 a.m.

A UT student reported that his bicycle was stolen from the Morrill Hall courtyard sometime — The Crime Log is compiled by Robbie Hargett.

Werlin will read selections from her books at 7 p.m. Friday, at the East Tennessee History Center.

UT's Center for Children's and Young Adult Werlin also will award a signed copy of her newest Literature and the Knox County Public Library are book to the best costumed teen (ages 11-17) in the beginning Halloween weekend with a presentation audience.

by National Book Award Finalist and Edgar AwardSee BEACON BITSon Page 3 winning author Nancy Werlin.

Award-winning author Nancy Werlin to speak

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BEACON BITS continued from Page 2 Werlin is the acclaimed author of young adult thrillers including "The Killer's Cousin," "Locked Inside," "Black Mirror," "Double Helix," "The Rules of Survival," the New York Times best-seller "Impossible," and her newest work, "Extraordinary." She was a National Book Award Finalist and Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist for "The Rules of Survival," and won an Edgar Award for "The Killer's Cousin." A graduate of Yale College, Nancy lives with her husband in Melrose, Mass.

"Extraordinary" is a story of friendship and loyalties, where family history determines the fate of many and a generationsold pact requires a sacrifice of the greatest proportion. When Phoebe meets Mallory Tolliver, she is irresistibly drawn to her, despite Mallory's odd ways.

The two form a sister-like bond until Mallory's handsome brother, Ryland, appears during their junior year, and Phoebe finds herself intensely attracted to him. A dangerous romance begins, but Phoebe soon discovers that Mallory and Ryland are not who they seem.

The mission of UT's Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature is to celebrate and promote literature and to encourage reading through outreach to children and their parents, to current and future teachers and librarians, to members of the community, and to scholars and thinkers across disciplines. The center is housed in the School of Information Sciences in the College of Communication and Information.

Transfer student organization to hold meeting For those who transfered to UT from another school and still have questions about the university or the Knoxville area as a transfer student are encourage to attend an upcoming interest meeting.

The Transfer Student Organization interest meeting will be on tonight at 7 p.m. in Room 202 of the UC. Anyone with questions is encouraged to contact mwarre21@utk.edu or csolano@utk.edu.

Political debate held tomorrow Tonight at 7p.m. the College Republicans will be facing off against the College Democrats in a debate.

The debate will take place in the UC Shilo Room and all students are encouraged to come out and support either side represented.

Also, tomorrow at 12:15 p.m.

in front of the UC, Mike McWherter will be having a rally for the last day of early voting.

TDOT presents Henley Street Bridge Closure information to campus Those worried about how the Henley Street Bridge project and impending January closure will affect routes to campus should attend the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s two presentations on the project and its logistics this week: 3:30 p.m. today, and 10:30 a.m. Friday, in the UC Auditorium.

The presentations will include details about the detour and what motorists can expect regarding modification to the detour route. All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend.

The information that will be presented in this program should be helpful to students, faculty and staff who live off campus to the south via routes and neighborhoods and apartment complexes that connect to Henley Street - Chapman Highway corridor.

College of Engineering to host high schoolers Today, the College of Engineering at UT will host Engineers Day. Each October, undergraduate engineering classes are dismissed for one day to allow university students and faculty to spend time interacting with hundreds of potential engineering students from high schools across the region.

Engineers Day has been a UT College of Engineering tradition for nearly 100 years.

Last year, nearly 900 students from more than 40 high schools traveled to UT Knoxville to learn about a career field that is not only high-paying but in high demand.

Engineering is behind almost every facet of daily life, from developing the clothes we wear to the cars we drive.

Engineers Day features three high-energy and visually stimulating competitions for visiting students: Balsa Wood Bridge Competition at 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Science and Engineering Research Facility (SERF), in which teams will construct bridges and test them for structural efficiency, Egg Drop Competition at 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the SERF Lobby, in which students will design a device to protect a large gradeA egg from breaking when dropped, and the Quiz Bowl at 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. to 2 p.m. in 307 SERF, in which teams will complete in a 30-minute written examination with the high scorers advancing to a semifinal round and then a final round, where the two top teams will go head-to-head in the Quiz Bowl

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Championship.

The keynote speaker is the Tennessee Department of Transportation's Kristin Qualls, director of the state's most expensive state road project, SmartFIX40. Qualls, who is a graduate of the UT College of Engineering, is working on the State Route 66 in Sevier County and also will be directing the upcoming Henley Bridge Rehabilitation.

Speaking at 10 a.m. in the Cox Auditorium in the Alumni Memorial Building, Qualls will offer a unique perspective about the strides women are making in the field of engineering.

USDA supports organic agriculture research and extension at UT The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced $50,000 in funding for UT to assess production methods for processing of safe and high quality organic fruit juices.

The grant is awarded to UT. This award is a planning grant to assist in the development of high quality future proposals.

The researchers will assess the critical needs and potential impact of a systems-based comprehensive proposal on the application of non-thermal technologies for the processing of safe and high quality organic fruit juices. This planning proposal intends to test a pilot experiment and to engage processors and growers in a steering committee to uncover specific needs, outcomes, and success criteria to be addressed in a subsequent three year comprehensive proposal on the use non-thermal technologies in juice processing.

NIFA awarded this grant through the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative, which enhances the ability of producers and processors who already have adopted organic standards to grow and market high-quality organic agricultural products. Research at USDA increasingly focuses on the science that supports development of sustainable practices in agriculture and forestry, including organic farming, to both reduce negative impacts on the environment and keep U.S. farmers competitive. For more OREI information, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/fo/organicagricultureresearchandextensioninitiative.cfm.

U.S. producers are turning to certified organic farming systems as a potential way to lower input costs, decrease reliance on nonrenewable resources, capture high-value markets and boost farm income. Since the late 1990s, U.S. organic production has seen heavy growth.

Now, more than two-thirds of U.S. consumers buy organic products at least occasionally, and 28 percent buy organic products weekly.

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OPINIONS

LettersEditor to the

Sex debate fails as both ‘neutral’ and ‘intellectual’ In response to Zachary Crane's October 21 letter to the editor, I find it interesting that Mr. Crane finds fault with Dr. Lynn Sacco's moderation of the debate between Ron Jeremy and Craig Gross because of, as he put it, her conduct "not befitting a neutral party." One must, in cases such as this, evaluate the situation as a whole, as Mr. Jeremy and Mr. Gross have been touring the “porn debate” around college campuses since 2006, espousing the same rhetoric in a highly rehearsed show that, as so many other forms of entertainment in the U.S. do, takes itself way too seriously.

Mr. Crane bills the porn debate as an “intellectual proceeding.” I find it laughable at best that what amounts to a carnival sideshow of pseudo-intellectual grandstanding repeated time and again at campuses across the U.S. could make its way in anyone's mind as “intellectual.” Take a look at the videos of this debate all around the Internet — there seems obviously to be a prepared arsenal of questions at which Mr. Jeremy and Mr. Gross can throw their dramatized opinions.

While Dr. Sacco certainly did not present herself as a neutral party, the fact remains that the “debate” itself certainly is no “neutral,” “intellectual” proceeding. Rather, as Samuel Taylor Coleridge put it, the audience is asked to suspend its disbelief that Mr. Jeremy and Mr. Gross aren't profit-mongering showboaters and entertain the possibility that a moderator with substantive opinions and extemporaneous humor might have been the only genuine discourse arising from the entire event.

Meredith Whitfield junior in history meredithw20@gmail.com

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Option to face fears too often ignored An A l ternate Ro u te

Columnist uses incorrect assertions for GOP change

by Again, Mr. Treston Wheat amazes me with his unique and quite bizarre political and theological assertions (in this case, political). Mr. Wheat attempts to articulate a new political platform for the GOP. For those who did not read the Oct. 27 column, he harkens back to Teddy Roosevelt and attempts to create a platform more similar to “social democracy” with strong Christian leanings.

His frustration with the GOP is evident in the article, with numerous negative references to the party, but I feel his analysis of both contemporary and historical events is erroneous. First, he mentions the change that occurred in the GOP during the 1960s, but either does not fully explain the circumstances or willfully ignores them.

The change occurred because Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had endorsed John F. Kennedy for president.

Kennedy was a Democrat, which had been the party of the South for decades. This both alienated white Southerns who opposed King's vision, as well as Republicans, who traditionally relied on the black vote.

In response to this, Nixon, through a man named Kevin Phillips, created what is known today as the Southern Strategy (Kevin Phillips has written a book on it called “Theocracy” which expresses clear remorse for his actions and disdain for Southerns in general). The Republicans decided that they would absorb the Southern constituency and lose the black vote. This is when so-called “social conservativism” (or more accurately, Southern bigotry) became a player in GOP politics. The white Southerns had lost their struggle against civil rights and began to focus their energy on other issues: gay rights and abortion.

The reason that the GOP does not ever follow through on its promises to the so-called “social conservatives” is simply because none of the old GOP vanguard has any real respect for them. They perceive white Southerns the same way almost everyone in the country who is not a white Southern perceives them. I will leave that to the reader's imagination what stereotype that is. His blaming of “libertarianism” for the moral evil within the GOP is absurd. It was white Southerns — so-called “social conservatives” — who corrupted the GOP and turned it into a pious moral fraud. This sleight of hand is not appreciated.

Lastly, Wheat's statement that the “Tea Party” is a libertarian movement is woefully ignorant. Has Mr. Wheat ever been to one of these rallies, or at least watched videos of them? Am I to believe that people like Sarah Palin are “libertarians?” If these people, these teabaggers, were so concerned about fiscal policy, why were they so quiet during the Bush years? Why was it only when a black Democrat becomes president that they began to protest? If the spirit is so “libertarian,” then why are characters like David Duke addressing the general movement?

Nick Zamudio undeclared sophomore nzamudio@utk.edu

COFFEE & INK • Kelsey Roy

Leigh Dickey Halloween is upon us, and of this I have had firsthand experience. Earlier this evening, I strolled innocently into my bedroom to put away my Puffs tissues. I crossed the threshold and saw, squatting in the middle of my floor, the biggest spider I have ever seen in real life, outside of exhibits at the zoo. In fact, this spider probably escaped from a zoo somewhere.

It was, I swear on my brother's life, as big as my fist.

Because at 22, I am a confident, poised woman, I immediately let loose a blood-curdling scream and jumped about 10 feet into the air and 3 feet backwards, tissues and cold medicine flying everywhere.

Two of my roommates, H and J, were in the other room. They asked bemusedly what had happened and then doubted my (admittedly hysterical) claim that the biggest spider in the world was in my room. The two of them came down the hall and, of course, instantly replicated my reaction: high-pitched screaming, jumping in the air, eyes as big as saucers.

At least this is what I assume their response was, because by this point I had put as much distance as possible between the thing and me and was several rooms away.

All three of us were too scared to try to step on it with our shoes, so for some reason I attempted to trap it under a cup. Why, I'm not sure, because there was no way any of us were going to try to take the thing outside. I think my reasoning was that if I trapped the spider, and knew where it was, I could then safely approach and just cede my bedroom to it as a peace offering, while I lived somewhere else for the rest of the term.

Needless to say, I aimed for the spider but missed (I think the normal-sized plastic cup was too small to trap it), and the thing scurried under my dresser.

In my poor aim, I managed to take off one of its legs.

This, as it turned out, was a bad thing, because it emphasized the size of the creature — the leg was the length of one of my fingers. It wasn't long legged like daddy long-legs, either, which are cute and harmless and always remind me of elderly people for some

reason. This spider was big and moved kind of like a crab but also hopped slightly like a grasshopper, which is a creepy combination of attributes.

We were at a loss. I wasn't about to go looking under the dresser for the thing while it was thirsting for vengeance for its amputated leg. My roommates were even more chicken than I was — J had tears in her eyes at the thought of facing the creature herself — so we did the only logical thing we could. Because we are three independent women, fully capable of taking care of ourselves, we called our guy friend R who had left the house about five minutes earlier, so that HE could come kill it.

A few minutes later R walked into my room, shoe in hand, ready to kill the spider. In our defense, after he saw the size of the amputated leg, he said, “Ummm, okay, maybe I should put my shoe back on and get something bigger to hit it with …” Surprisingly enough, he didn't feel the need to shriek like we had.

When R first moved the dresser to locate the spider, the thing limped back under the dresser to hide. R had to spend a good five minutes moving my dresser back and forth to find it, because the spider was not just big; it was intelligent, too. Rather than staying on the floor, scuttling around underneath the furniture like a normal spider, it suspended itself from the bottom of the dresser so R couldn't see it.

This was cunning, but R soon realized the spider's scheme. I am happy to say that it is now dead as a door nail and my room is once again my own, though I haven't spent more than 10 minutes there since, and this was four or five hours ago ...

H, J and I could have faced our fears and killed the spider-creature if we really had to, I suppose.

Luckily for us, though, we didn't have to. I have a lot of fears like that — I could deal with them if I had to, but if I can avoid that, it's okay. There are other fears I have, though, too: I'm afraid of making myself vulnerable in relationships and of attempting things academically and vocationally at which my success is not guaranteed. These sorts of things I will never be forced to face unless I decide to, so the question is, how do I decide to face my fears when I can so easily run away/cede my bedroom? I'm not sure.

On a less troubling note, Happy Halloween!

Hopefully yours is less frightening than mine has been and filled with candy.

—Leigh Dickey is a senior in global studies and Latin. She can be reached at ldickey2@utk.edu.

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A lot of people write or read relationship columns in this country, probably more so than any other one, because, let's face it, as a society, where our use of technology gets higher every day, our level of communication gets abysmally low, and everyone could use that little extra push in their relationship, however flawed the advice is. So here's a different spin on a relationship column, and why you should be devoutly thankful that you're not dating someone like me.

1.

I dated someone who figured out he was gay and decided to follow his desires out of our relationship. Last I heard, he got married, and he and his partner are expecting a lovely baby girl by way of surrogacy. Apparently I make men realize they're gay.

2.

Dating an alcoholic seemed like a good idea at the time. And by “at the time,” I mean with stars in my eyes and as usual, no money in my pocket. I think he married recently and is very happy with his bride. Le sigh … Everyone I date and break up with finds the love of their life and gets married. And I … am here with no savings, professionally studying and NO RESPONSIBILITIES. I kind of think I got the better end of the deal.

3.

Pretty sure I hit the jackpot of all jerks.

Guys, you should be proud you're nothing like this guy, and girls, just be glad you're not me. Of all the puffed-up, self-important idiots I've met, he took the cake. Cheating on girls is not unheard of, but the notches on his bed were by the hundreds, and when I was working a few weeks ago, I met his brother who heard that I knew him and PRAYED for me. That's pretty bad … but hopefully after graduation, he's gone to infest some remote ThirdWorld country and out of Tennessee.

4.

This one was in graphic design, and was the hipster of all hipsters. He wore the typical glasses, searched for the most obscure music, thriftstore shopped to find vintage clothing and literally cried and threw a book at my head when I mentioned the word “Arial.” All in all, I apparently

make graphic design majors rue the day they met me. So I hope you're reading this and oh yeah, I LOVE ARIAL ARIAL ARIAL. Take that, Helvetica.

5.

I don't know why I meet these guys all the time, but the relationship before college, I dated someone who smoked pot, which, of course, I didn't know about, because apparently I lived in a cave.

He was smart enough to go Ivy League but ended up not getting into UT. I believe he ended up at a community college supporting his seven baby mamas. Clearly, I am not good for men to date, because I drive them into smoking weed and having to pay child support for a lot of women with kids.

If that isn't Schadenfreude, I don't know what is.

6. I went on a few pity dates in my life. Not going to lie, I would feel bad, but the food was delicious, and the men were disposable. Er, I mean, interesting. I got to try different food and learn about religion, lighting design and polka dancing.

(Yes, I dated a polka dancer, so what? If you had seen him, you would have too.)

Relationships are so unique individually according to the people in them that it is difficult to give advice and quantify the people in them in just an article — not that I don't think it could work, but there is a certain difficulty.

So clearly, I am a mantrap — but I'm a mantrap in a relationship. And surely to God, if I can be in a relationship and not screw it up terribly, there is hope for all you relationship virgins. If I can find someone who doesn't think I'm psycho when I read “Silence of the Lambs” and “Red Dragon” in the middle of the night and shriek that Hannibal Lecter is outside the room and he's going to eat my entrails, there is hope for that WoW nerd living in his mother's basement.

If I can find someone who thinks it's hilarious that I order the seafood platter at Red Lobster and get all the seafood taken out, just to have the fettuccini left over, there is hope for all the quirky and insane singles out there. If I can find someone who loves it when I pretend to be a “puppysaurus rex” and wrestle invisible dinosaurs, then I think it's possible to find someone who can overlook your past foibles and mistakes.

So here's to us, the screw-ups who realize that love is an imperfect and yet a perfect emotion, and still end up with someone incredibly attractive at the end of the day. Happy nine months, Chase. I love you.

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

Thursday, October 28, 2010

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NEWS

Korea notes activity at Religious worries underscore election South North Korean nuclear sites Associated Press

MANAMA, Bahrain — Far from noisy political rallies, the real essence of Saturday’s elections in Bahrain for many lies inside a modest law office where bookcases are stuffed with files of suspected Shiite dissidents who have been detained by the country’s Western-backed rulers.

Each case — says attorney Mohamed al-Tajer — symbolizes the tensions and suspicions flowing through the tiny Gulf kingdom between Shiite activists seeking a greater political voice and Sunni authorities saying they are safeguarding the nation, which includes the home port of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet.

“I’m very worried for the future of this country,” alTajer said Thursday in an interview. “This is not a healthy environment at all.”

Al-Tajer — a journalistturned-lawyer — is leading the defense team for 23 Shiites accused of plotting to overthrow Bahrain’s Sunni dynasty. The trial is scheduled to begin five days after Saturday's election to pick a new 40-member parliament — and serves as a backdrop for nearly every political message in recent weeks.

In many ways, the balloting has become a referendum on a two-month crackdown against alleged dissent that has left more than 250 people jailed, muzzled bloggers and liberal media outlets and brought denunciations from international rights groups.

A large number of Shiites see the government’s blows as affirmation they will never climb out of a perceived second-class status despite being the majority. The Sunni rulers, meanwhile,

claim they are holding the line against threats that could tip the island kingdom into chaos and open the door for Shiite power Iran to exert influence in one of America’s critical Gulf allies.

It has pushed U.S. diplomats into rapid-reaction mode.

High-level meetings with Bahrain’s leaders have occurred almost daily since the arrests began in August.

The contacts have intensified in recent weeks, including a visit by U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Janet A. Sanderson who showed Washington’s careful line on Bahrain with restrained comments on the crackdown.

American officials are pressing Bahrain’s Sunni authorities — but not too forcefully — to be mindful of world opinion and try to cool down the tensions.

The U.S. big picture in Bahrain has some important elements. The Americans don’t want to upset one of the few Gulf states to give voters a taste of democracy.

Washington also has a deep interest to stay in synch with Gulf Sunni leaders, who are united in worry about Iran’s growing clout and are showing it by buying American arms.

On Wednesday, Congress received notice of plans to sell up to $60 billion in warplanes and other advanced weaponry to Saudi Arabia in one of the largest-ever single U.S. arms sales.

Some Shiite leaders in Bahrain also have called for a boycott of the election in protest of the harsh government tactics, which some activists claim includes torture and forced confessions.

But large political rallies suggest a bid by Shiites to boost their 17 seats and try to claim control of the parlia-

ment — which has some lawmaking powers but is still answerable to the Sunni rulers led by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

More than 30,000 people gathered until early Thursday to support the largest Shiite group in Bahrain, Al Wefaq, which has led accusations of corruption and power abuse against the Sunni leadership.

“The government needs to change its behavior,” the bloc’s leader, Sheik Ali Salman, told the crowd.

“Leaving things unresolved will not serve stability in our society.”

Shortly after the crackdowns began in August — with the arrest of prominent Shiite activists — Salman said it “destroyed 10 years of progress” in Sunni-Shiite relations in Bahrain after the last sectarian unrest in the 1990s.

Shiite youths responded with street riots, including setting up barricades of burning tires. Authorities then stepped up the backlash by sweeping away the leadership of a respected human rights society and closing down some bloggers and other media outlets.

“What we are seeing in Bahrain these days is a return to full-blown authoritarianism,” Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement Wednesday.

“The government has taken over associations and shut down media it doesn't like to silence the loudest critics and intimidate the rest, and Washington says nothing publicly.”

But for many Bahrainis, the upcoming trial of the 23 Shiite activists could be a defining moment in relations between Shiites and Sunnis in a nation of about 530,000

citizens no bigger in area then New York City.

Authorities have aggressively pushed their claims that the men are linked to a “terror network” aiming to bring down the ruling system. Details, however, have not been made public — including whether Bahrain’s leaders will try to implicate Iran.

The group includes prominent rights activist AbdulJalil al-Singace, who was taken into custody Aug. 13 as he returned from London with his family. The other alleged coup plotters range from professors, taxi drivers and a dentist — all facing possible life sentences if convicted.

In his office — above a restaurant on a side street in Bahrain's capital, Manama — al-Tajer has stacks of files on al-Singace and 14 other suspects he will directly defend. He’s also helping in the overall defense strategy, which will include trying to challenge the constitutionality of Bahrain's anti-terrorism laws.

Al-Tajer, a Shiite, also alleges some clients have been subject to abuse behind bars, including being bound and hanged by their legs.

He has taken on about 300 cases of people detained by Bahraini officials in recent years. But he says the pressure from authorities is extreme with the upcoming trial.

“Of course I’m worried about being arrested or something happening to me.

That’s natural under the current tensions,” he said.

“When I decided to study law, I never thought of being a lawyer for the opposition.

But I was motivated by what I have seen. This country has little justice now. It needs to see that.”

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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean officials said Thursday that there have been continual movements of personnel and vehicles at North Korea’s main nuclear test site but ruled out the possibility that the country is preparing its third atomic bomb test anytime soon.

The assessment came shortly after the mass-circulation Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported Thursday that Pyongyang may be preparing another nuclear test, citing “brisk” activities at its atomic test site in the northeastern county of Kilju.

The paper, citing an unidentified South Korean government source, said a U.S. spy satellite detected such activities and that North Korea could detonate a nuclear device in three months.

The North may have intentionally let those activities be detected by the United States and South Korean authorities to force them to soften hardline policies and to wrest concessions and aid, the paper said.

The communist country may also be preparing a bomb test to bolster its military capability amid moves to transfer power from leader Kim Jong Il to his third and youngest son, Kim Jong Un, it said.

South Korean officials, however, denied that the North was preparing a nuclear test soon, saying personnel and vehicle movements have been continuously detected for more than a year at the site, where the North conducted two bomb tests in recent years.

“No concrete evidence that North Korea is preparing a third nuclear test has been found,” presidential spokeswoman Kim Hee-jung told reporters, according to her office.

Another government official said the movements at the site could be seen as maintenance, while the third official, from the Defense Ministry, noted that South Korean and U.S. authorities have been keeping a close watch on North Korean nuclear

facilities. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the issue.

The U.S. military command in Seoul said Thursday that it could not comment on the Chosun Ilbo report.

North Korea carried out its first-ever nuclear test in 2006 and the second, more powerful test blast last year, inviting widespread international sanctions.

U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters Thursday that he was aware of reports about a possible new nuclear test but couldn’t comment because they “touch on intelligence matters.”

“But it really hasn’t changed our position vis-a-vis North Korea. We’ve said that all along that they need to adhere to their commitments, and they also need to refrain from provocative actions. And another nuclear test would certainly fall under the rubric of provocative actions,” Toner said in Washington.

North Korea walked out of six-nation disarmament talks on its nuclear program last year to protest international condemnation of a prohibited long-range rocket launch. The country has recently expressed its willingness to rejoin the talks — involving the two Koreas, the United States, China, Russia and Japan.

“Chances for North Korea doing a third nuclear test aren’t high,” said Kim Yong-hyun, a North Korea expert at Seoul's Dongguk University.

Such a provocation “would be too much of a burden” for the impoverished country, which urgently needs outside aid to help provide a livelihood for its people as it tries to maintain stability while it undergoes its succession process, Kim said.

Tension on the peninsula spiked following March’s deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang.

North Korea flatly denies attacking the vessel and killing 46 sailors and has warned that any punishment would trigger war.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Country duo releases fourth album "It's what defines you at that age, the movies you see and the music you were listening to as you really started to choose things NASHVILLE — Living on the edge is right where you'll find for yourself," said Bush. "So it has an indelible mark on you as a musician. That's when we were also learning to be musicians." country duo Sugarland.

The duo relied on those influences, using Blondie-esque synThey are continuing to stretch genre boundaries on their fourth album, "The Incredible Machine," and consider it a “thank thesizer sounds on songs like "All We Are" and "Find the Beat Again and writing "Tonight" with "Say you note” to fans for allowing them to grow Anything's" stereo serenade scene in mind. as artists over the years.

Byron Gallimore, the producer who has "I don't think we're at the fringe of counworked with Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and try music, I think we are the fringe," said Phil Vassar among others, has produced lead singer Jennifer Nettles, 36, in a recent Sugarland's last three studio albums and interview. "I think we are the fringe on the their Christmas release. He said of the duo: country western jacket, and what that "It really doesn't get any better than what means is like, it may be a little unconventhey're doing. They're right at the top." tional, but it is something you remember. I Gallimore called Bush "a phenomenal guithink that's what we do. We shake it up a tar player" and praised Nettles for being little bit." "one of the fastest vocalists" he has ever Sugarland's other half, guitarist Kristian worked with.

Bush, 40, said fans not only have encour"She's totally capable of singing any song aged the duo but rewarded them for taking one time and that being the record. I've seen risks, like with their 2008 hit, "Stay." The her do it. She'll do about three vocal takes, nearly five-minute acoustic song went to and we'll pick one," he said. "(Bush's) No. 2 on the country charts and won them acoustic tracks are the same way. We'll play a Grammy. them through one time and that's it."

They're doing it again with "The That talent shines through anytime they Incredible Machine's" leadoff single, perform live, and their audience continues "Stuck Like Glue." It's a top five hit on to broaden. They just wrapped the first leg Billboard's country music chart, despite • Photo courtesy Dana Tynan of their 55-city "Incredible Machine" tour getting initial push back from some country and performed a special "Unstaged from radio programmers who took issue with the American Express" live-stream concert in New York directed by song's reggae-infused section.

"Art in general is provocative," said Nettles, brushing off any "This Is It" filmmaker Kenny Ortega. They will also take part in criticism. "It is meant to provoke. If it provokes conversation, if this year's "VH1 Divas" show honoring the military.

Nettles said they are excited to show people "that country it provokes complete and total outrage or if it provokes euphoria, whatever that may be, and I think we've gotten a little provoca- music is hip and young and fun and accessible," adding, "It's not necessarily about lifestyle, it's about having fun and being tive on this record."

"Can you imagine that? We just do some beat-boxing, and we human."

When asked what makes them work as a duo, both say it get in trouble," added Bush with a chuckle.

The two of them drew inspiration from their teenage years in comes down to one thing.

"Our friendship and our creative relationship (are) based off the 1980s for the album, released last week. Nettles said that of respect without a doubt," said Nettles. "We each bring differbrought an element of sheer joy to the creative process.

Artists like Blondie, Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds and movies ent strengths to the table."

Bush agreed: "Any relationship that you have with anyone, it such as "Say Anything," ''The Breakfast Club" and "Pretty in has to be based on respect first. From there, everything else kind Pink" all played a role in shaping the young lives of Nettles and of blossoms."

Bush.

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

National ska and reggae tour brings flair, jams in tour stop Chris Bratta Staff Writer A national ska and reggae tour appeared just a few hours south of Knoxville on Sunday. The headlining groups consisted of the Toasters, the Pietasters, Royal City Riot and Hub City Stompers. The event, known as Three Floors of Ska, collected a vast and various crowd to listen to old and new tunes from the aforementioned groups, as well as a longer list of local ska and reggae performers.

The final group to appear on stage was the Toasters, which has been providing groundbreaking ska and reggae since 1981.

Its music can be heard in many movies, television shows and its records can be purchased all over the world. The group’s guitarist and vocalist, Robert “Bucket” Hingley, is a recognizable face, voice and person inside and outside of the small ska and reggae community. His performance on Sunday mirrored his hard work and dedication toward bringing the message behind ska and reggae to farther destinations around the globe.

The Toasters carried with it a younger, but worthy, line-up of musicians. Particularly, the band’s trombone player, Logan LaBarbera, caught the crowd’s auditory and visual responses.

His live performance displayed his passion for the music.

LaBarbera’s tones were top notch and well placed as a backing band member and soloist.

The new band on the scene, Royal City Riot, tore through the audience with extreme vigor. Busting out of Long Island, N.Y., it offered rhythm and melody unlike any other group of the night. Although this particular show was in Atlanta, these young and upcoming musicians play Knoxville fairly often.

Royal City Riot describes itself as a mixture of ska, reggae and soul. Its mixture of instrumentation allows such a combination to be made, but this band does more then just combine the various styles; it reinvents them in its own way.

The group’s rhythm section is held down by drummer, Anthony Vito, and bassist, Matt Spitz. The connection between these two was unmatched by any other drummer-bassist combination of the night. Providing further texture to the mix was guitarist and vocalist Jesse Litwa and, on the organ, Jared Kaplan. The harmonies provided by Litwa and Kaplan on their given instruments coincided with their unmistakable vocal stylings. And if this didn’t entice the crowd enough, Jon Degen and Ata Secilmis provided added flavor on the saxophone and trombone, respectively. Degen’s sax solos were complimentary to Secilmis’ trombone solos, and within the various songs’ arrangements, this relationship did not falter. In addition to Royal City Riot’s arrangement, Degen and Scecilmis provided backing horns on the Toaster’s final song.

Royal City Riot plans to come to Knoxville in the summer of 2011, where they can be viewed by UT’s population. In the meantime, music from its newest CD on Megalith Records, “Coast To Coast,” can be heard at www.myspace.com/royalcityriot. Its song, “I Need Your Touch,” even references Knoxville.

Its music is proving to be the next generation of ska, reggae and soul, and being founded in New York leaves only a few opportunities to see the band. Supporting groups like Royal City Riot at worldwide events, such as Three Floors of Ska, brings it back and further progresses the music scene.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

SPORTS

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Couch Seagrave added to women’s track staff Staff Reports

Sharon Couch Seagrave

University of Tennessee Director of Track & Field JJ Clark announced Wednesday that he has named two-time U.S. Olympian Sharon Couch Seagrave as assistant track and field coach for women’s sprints and hurdles.

Couch Seagrave, who will begin her duties on Monday, will fill the void left by Heather Van Norman, who resigned on Sept. 16 after one year at the helm of that event area.

“I’ve known Sharon for a very long time, and she just has great knowledge of the sport and the ability to communicate that knowledge well,” Clark said. “Those are just a couple of the traits that I look for when it comes to picking a coach. She’s very good at expressing herself and captivating the imaginations of studentathletes.

“She knows all of the sprint events well. She’s personally run the hurdles, the 100, the 200 and 4x100, so her knowledge of those events is very good. She also has the personality and ability to go out and sell Tennessee and help us build a more consistent program in the sprints area. That’s why we hired her.”

A 1991 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in speech communications, Couch Seagrave was an All-America performer who went on to represent the United States at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, making the finals in the long jump, and at the 2000 Sydney Olympiad, advancing to the semifinals in the 100-meter hurdles.

From 1991 to 2001, the native of tiny Rice, Va., represented adidas while competing professionally around the globe. She was a member of five U.S. World Championship Teams as a long jumper. Couch Seagrave also attained world rankings of seventh (2000) and ninth (1999) in the 100-meter hurdles. It was during that time that she became keenly aware of the school and people with which she would one day become associated.

“Growing up in the South and running track, but not really knowing a lot about track since we didn’t have the media saturation we have now, my first interactions with great women in the sport came from the University of Tennessee,” Couch Seagrave said. “Dorothy Doolittle (UT head coach from 1989-97) coached me at the 1992 Olympics, and I PRed there because of her genius and technical ability to bring out the best in athletes.

“During that same Olympics, I had the opportunity to learn from and be mentored by LaVonna Martin Floreal. I’m also from the same area of Virginia as Benita Fitzgerald-Mosley, and from Sharrieffa Barksdale to Joetta Clark, who is one of my mentors, I

have been impacted in my life by great women from the University of Tennessee. They have set the gold standard for what women’s athletics, specifically track & field, should be. When you think of Lady Vol track & field, you think of championships, success and of solid people, not just on the track but in the world.

“Being able to join the ranks of those women and be a part of that tradition really is overwhelming. I feel like two things in my life have been defining moments. The first was when I decided to pursue my Olympic dreams, and now the second is accepting the opportunity to represent this program and build champions at UT.” Since 2000, the new Lady Vol aide has directed Sharon Seagrave Training in Woodstock, Ga., utilizing 10-plus years of training and performance expertise to educate coaches, athletes and trainers across the country. She created and delivered skillspecific track & field clinics for state coaches associations in Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Couch Seagrave, who recently has been devoting time as assistant track & field coach for The Atlanta International School, has spent a great deal of her post-competitive years employed in various corporate pursuits that utilized her high-energy personality and competitive spirit. Among her most recent positions, she was with Masai U.S. Corporation, a physiology footwear company, serving as national director of training/retail account trainer for the Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT) brand from 2007 to 2009. And, in order to join the staff at UT, she departed a sales representative position with Cintas Corporation.

Focusing first on her competitive career and later on raising children, Couch Seagrave always felt called to enter the coaching ranks someday. The timing finally was right.

“This was a strategic choice for me,” Couch Seagrave said.

“I retired from my professional career as a track & field athlete 10 years ago, really wanted a family, set out to do that and attained that. I wanted my children to get to a point where they were in school and a little more independent before I pursued a coaching position. I didn’t want to pursue just any position; I wanted one that would match my skills, abilities and experience and would maximize those for the kids I coach.

“Once I decided I was ready to give all of my attention, experience and focus to a group of young women, Tennessee was just the perfect place to do it. The transition is easy, because it is the right program, at the right time, with the right resources for me to maximize what I understand about the technicality of what it takes to be a track coach, to the relationshipbuilding, to the business aspect, to the selling of Tennessee. I think that will be

one of my strongest points, because of my personal experiences with Tennessee and of course with what we see is obvious about how great the university is.”

Looking back to her college days as a Tar Heel, Couch Seagrave was a four-year team captain and three-time Atlantic Coast Conference Most Valuable Performer while leading UNC to seven straight league titles. Among the events she competed in while there included the long and triple jumps, the 100m hurdles, the 100 and 200 meters and the 4x100m relay. She amassed allleague kudos on seven occasions and claimed seven ACC titles individually, including 55m hurdles crowns indoors in 1988, 1990 and 1991, and outdoor 100m hurdles victories in 1990 and 1991.

She also won the long jump indoors in 1988 and outdoors in 1989.

A five-time All-American, she qualified for all eight NCAA Championship meets (indoors/outdoors) during her collegiate career. She was named UNC’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was the recipient of the Patterson Gold Medal in 1991, the first African American woman and only fourth female ever to claim those honors in school history at the time. Additionally, she was president of The Monogram Club and sat on the UNC Athletic Council, representing the school’s 800 student-athletes.

Prior to earning a scholarship to North Carolina, Couch Seagrave attended Amelia County High School. As a senior, she won five events and finished second in a sixth at the state championship meet, breaking four Virginia prep records. She also won the long jump and 100m hurdles at the USATF Junior Olympics and made the U.S. World Junior Team in the long jump as well.

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THESPORTSPAGE

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Teague adjusting to newfound role on team Lauren Kittrell Staff Writer

Marsalis Teague

Though the Vols are struggling this year in the football department, the assistance of versatile players like sophomore jack-of-all-trades, Marsalis Teague, brings hope to the Vols for the future.

Even though Teague played quarterback in high school, he started his freshman year with the Vols as a wide receiver and in his sophomore season is now being utilized on the defensive side of the ball as a cornerback.

The transfer from one coach to another and from one position to another was difficult for him, but the experience has been good for him as a player.

Senior middle linebacker Nick Reveiz said that Teague has proven himself capable of anything that is asked of him.

“He’d been practicing all spring and all summer as a receiver, and he was a successful receiver, and he gets moved over the day before, so that just tells you he goes out and works hard, and that helps him play well in the games,” Reveiz said. “He’s a good player. I feel like he’s made big time strides.”

Teague holds a presence on the field that works well with the team. His determination, athletic ability and

work ethic bring a lot to the table.

“Marsalis is a young guy, but I think (he brings) maturity to the team,” Reveiz said. “He’s a mature guy for being 19 or 20 years old. I feel like he brings a way to work too.”

One of the things that his teammates respect most about him is the way he was willing to switch positions and put in the effort and work that the switch would require. Junior quarterback Matt Simms felt that this showed a lot about Teague as a person and how he feels about the Vols.

“Marsalis is extremely athletic, and he’s very versatile,” Simms said. “Just this spring he was playing receiver for us, and now he’s playing defensive back for us, and that just shows you how much he loves being here and being a Vol and involved with the team. He doesn’t let coaching changes like that affect his ability to get on the field and play for us.”

Teague’s freshman year was a challenge for him because of these changes, but he said it was a good experience for him, and he learned a lot through it. With a little help and some hard work, the change proved to be a good thing, and Teague had an opportunity to prove his versatility to the team.

“I had a lot of help from the older guys along the way, and it turned out to be alright,” Teague said.

After playing quarterback in high school, Teague said that adjusting to playing wide receiver at the collegiate level was kind of tough. Now, as a cornerback, Teague is facing a much greater change in terms of where the ball is.

“I think I like it a little bit more,” Teague said of playing cornerback. “I can go out there, and I can kind of react and just play ball. I’ve always kind of thought of myself as a defensive-line and tackle guy, but at the same

time, I love to have the ball in my hands so much I didn’t want to turn down playing receiver. It’s all the same though; the football is just on the other side of the line now.”

The switch in coaches from his freshman to sophomore year affected Teague, but he felt that the energy of both coaches made the transition easier. Though it took both him and his teammates a little time to get used to the shift, he said Dooley inspired confidence during their first team meeting.

“He told us (on) day one that he’s all Vols and all that stuff,” Teague said. “So it was kind of a pleasant surprise for us, and he turned out to be a pretty good coach for us.”

When he is not playing football, Teague can be found either hanging out with his teammates or working on his degree in sports management. Although he is unsure what he wants to do with that at this point, he knows that it will have something to do with his major.

“I’m kind of leaning toward sport management right now, but I’m still kind of sprinkling the idea,” Teague said. “I know I want to do something in that field, but I haven’t narrowed down the choices of what I want to do in that field yet.”

With that as a back-up plan, Teague’s main goal is to eventually play in the NFL. He is aware that this is something that many players aspire to, and he is ready for the possibility of that not taking place, but he is still hopeful.

“Any college player can tell you that they want to make it to the NFL to play and have this glorious career and all that stuff,” Teague said. “You really just try to enjoy life and just keep playing ball as long as I can, and I hope that I do make it to the NFL. That would be a blessing above all.”