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Students offer opinions on new UT president But it was Noland’s experience in higher-education policy that garnered Dixon’s attention. Kyle Turner “He has served on the faculty of Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of Education, the News Editor nation's top graduate school in education according to U.S. News and World Report, The results from the latest meeting of the full Board of Trustees yielded a new pres- and served as chancellor of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission since 2006,” Dixon said. “Clearly, if we hope to see higher education in Tennessee conident for the University of Tennessee, Joe DiPietro. But the feelings attached to the close vote of 11-10 were not confined to the mem- tinue to grow we must make some serious changes — changes that only a qualified, external perspective can bring.” bers of the Board. While each student’s perspective varied similarly to the Board’s, all parties agreed Students across campus have begun to weigh in on the recent decision, showing an that progress for the university was the key component for any candidate. equally divided sentiment from those who followed the search. “I supported both of the two candidates that made it to the final round,” Tommy Carey Smith, senior in political science and a non-voting student trustee, intimateJervis, SGA president, said. “All five candily followed the search and was pleased with the outcome, dates were all extremely talented and overly having previously thrown her support to DiPietro. qualified, and each presented a different “I wanted to support a candidate that I felt would prostrength in the competition. I think that vide a strong, working dynamic amongst the UT leadereveryone is extremely saddened to see ship already in place,” Smith said. “Dr. DiPietro fits that Interim President Simek leave but excited to bill. I am extremely confident in his leadership and am see what the future holds for President excited for the UT system to benefit from it.” DiPietro.” The final vote was close and staunch public support Jervis was pleased with the outcome, notwas offered on behalf of both candidates from members ing DiPietro’s prior experience. of the Board and UT community alike. “I think that (DiPietro) will be a huge “The candidate that stood out the most to me was Dr. advocate not only for students but for the uniDiPietro, and I voiced my opinion when the time was versity as well,” Jervis said. “He has done appropriate,” Smith said. “Was it easy to do that in the tremendous work on the Agriculture Campus, face of remarkable people who happen to disagree with and I’m excited to see how he can take his you? No, it was not, but students deserved a voice at that experience and expertise and apply to the table. It was my obligation to speak up.” university system as a whole.” Brian Noland made it to the final round of the search The gravity of the selection could be seen but, according to some, was unfortunately passed over. through the actions and expressions of those “Noland is precisely what we need in Tennessee — an Matthew DeMaria and John Qiu• The Daily Beacon learning the result. At the time of the energetic leader with youthful vision and a mountain of experience in education policy,” Eric Dixon, sophomore Brian Noland, left, and Joe DiPietro, right, were the two finalists announcement, the viewers of the Board in philosophy, said. “Noland has dedicated his entire recommended by the Board of Trustees to fulfill the position of meeting erupted into cheers, a feeling echoed career to understanding what does and doesn’t work in president of the UT system, which DiPietro won last Friday morn- by many around campus. ing in a close election of 11-10. DiPietro is the former chancellor for “I think the most common feedback I have higher-education policy.” the UT Institute of Agriculture. received is just sheer excitement,” Smith The professional attributes of each candidate helped said. “From what I’ve gathered, students are some make up their decision for support. excited to move our university forward under Dr. DiPietro’s leadership.” “A solid fundraising track record was an extremely important distinguishing factor,” DiPietro is not expected to assume office until Jan. 1, 2011. Smith said.
Counterfeit tickets cause headaches UTPD encourages fans to take caution when purchasing tickets from scalpers Authorities have also experienced issues Robbie Hargett Staff Writer The UT Athletic Department and UTPD are stressing ticket-buying awareness and ticket security for all Tennessee football fans. UTPD Special Operations Lt. Emily Simerly said they deal with lost or stolen tickets far more often than counterfeit tickets.
with counterfeit tickets at other games. “In ’07 against Georgia, we had an incident where we found that several tickets were counterfeited, because they were part of the seats we gave Georgia in their allotment,” Arnone said. Simerly said the tickets have security features that are updated every year in attempts to prevent counterfeiting.
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Fans are encouraged to be on the lookout for counterfeit tickets at football games. If ticket holders reprint lost or stolen tickets, the originals may still show up later. When caution isn’t used, fans are at risk of paying money for tickets and still being able to attend. Joe Arnone, associate athletics director for ticket operations, said that for any given game, between 50 and 100 tickets on average will be reported lost or stolen. “For those instances, we reprint their tickets for them,” Arnone said. “For the bigger games, the original tickets show up at the stadium, so with the setup we have now, we’re dealing with two different parties after they’re in the stadium. Obviously, the other person purchased their tickets through an unauthorized source.” The problem is that it is usually very difficult to track down where these tickets are coming from. “Scalping is legal here, so people will buy tickets from scalpers, and the tickets turn out to be bad,” Simerly said. Arnone said that in his four years with UT, he has only seen two incidents of a person actually creating his or her own counterfeit tickets, rather than stealing real ones and trying to either enter the stadium with them or scalp them outside of the stadium. The game against the University of Florida in 2006 presented a major problem. “We probably had about 50 counterfeit season tickets where you could not tell the difference between the actual tickets and the counterfeit ones,” Arnone said. “All of those tickets that we confiscated had sections, rows and seats located in the student section.”
“They’ve made some watermark features on the football tickets that are harder to recreate, but the average person buying a ticket off the street may not be aware of the security features until they reach the gate and the usher realizes it’s not a legitimate ticket,” Simerly said. Arnone said the ticket department is currently working on implementing scanning systems similar to those used at Thompson-Boling Arena. “For the last three or four years, we’ve wanted to get access management up and running at Neyland Stadium, but we’re holding off until next year because of all of the construction going on,” he said. For students, counterfeit tickets are never an issue, because they can print their tickets online with their names and account numbers. The main point Arnone emphasized to fans buying tickets is to know from whom or where you are buying the tickets. “In ’07, when we were in the SEC championship game, one of the things that really tears me up inside was when we had a guy who was a big Tennessee fan and bought his tickets from a scalper — and who knows how much he payed for those two tickets to the SEC championship game — those tickets were reported stolen, and then he and his 8-year-old son were left holding the bag,” Arnone said. “You try to help people out, but there are situations where you really can’t do anything.”
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Chris Miller performs during the Student Composers of the University of Tennessee. The music was written and performed by current UT students.