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Center unites researchers, organizes efforts Blair Kuykendall Staff Writer UT introduced the launch of the new Center for the Study of Social Justice, which is aimed at evaluating the social issues plaguing the world today.

The College of Arts and Sciences will incorporate this new center, which will organize the intellectual efforts of UT’s social science researchers. With a forum to generate new ideas, the Center for the Study of Social Justice will make UT more competitive for various types of funding available in this field.

Stephanie Bohon, associate professor of sociology, and Scott Frey, head of the sociology department, will direct the new center together.

“The center was created to bring together faculty from different disciplines to seek science-based answers to a variety of research questions meant to inform policymakers about what is fair, just and

equitable for people,” Bohon said. “The center is also designed to promote more externally funded research in the social sciences, humanities and law.”

Since the problems relating to social justice are multifaceted, the new center will unite researchers from a multitude of different fields and organize their efforts.

Contributions will come from the fields of education, political science, law, philosophy, psychology, sociology, social work and many others.

“The creation of the center is an acknowledgment that interdisciplinary collaboration is integral to the social sciences, and that many if not most issues social scientists are concerned about play a role in all fields of study, such as sociology, political science, and economics,” Harry Dahms, associate professor in the sociology department, said. “While departments will continue to be important to the study of the different dimensions of social life, in the future we may see more

centers dedicated to enabling social scientists from different fields to work together towards a more in-depth and complex understanding of the nature of social order and social problems and the links between both.”

This new center will merge previously separated spheres of research on topics involving social justice, creating a level of cooperation previously unprecedented on the UT campus.

“About five years ago the sociology department was reorganized around the theme of social justice, which encompasses the department’s three primary specialties: criminology, political economy and environmental sociology,” Bohon said.

“Creating a center around this theme and involving faculty from across campus seemed like the logical next step.”

The center will study topics that pertain to the formation of public policy in areas such as immigration and health care.

It will generate valuable information for

the policymaking community and increase understanding about social justice issues among the university community.

“The center will benefit the UT community in many ways,” Bohon said. “First, it will make it easier for faculty to find collaborators from other departments to work on their projects. Second, it will generate revenue in the form of external grants. Third, the center offers lectures, colloquia and films that help students and faculty better understand issues of social justice.”

Students are encouraged to engage with the center by attending its sponsored film series and participating in its colloquia. Graduate students with published research regarding social justice are invited to petition for Center for the Study of Social Justice fellowships.

The Center for the Study of Social Justice entered into the UT community with a lecture by Jeremy Rifkin on Tuesday in the UC Ballroom.

FedEx, U.S. Postal Service find partnership profitable The Associated Press

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Dr. Gregory Button, assistant professor in anthropology, conducts a lecture on “Toxic Shelter: FEMA’s Use of Toxic Trailers in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina” at McClung Museum last Tuesday.

Property-owning couple near site of ash spill ‘living in hell’ The Associated Press KINGSTON, Tenn. — Ten months after millions of cubic yards of coal ash spilled from a Tennessee Valley Authority dam, Gary Topmiller and his wife, Pam, said they are trapped in their home across the Emory River from the site and “living in hell.”

A retired millwright, Topmiller said Tuesday they are battling health problems, and the TVA won’t fairly compensate them so they can move from their 3-year-old house on the river and rebuild.

Topmiller was among several people who spoke to reporters about their problems since Dec. 22, when a breach in an earthen dike at TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant sent 5.4 million cubic yards of ash into the Emory River and onto private property.

TVA spokeswoman Barbara Martocci said the utility “has continued to work with the community since the day of the ash spill” and that effort will continue.

A half dozen property owners with complaints that TVA has treated them or others unfairly spoke to the media under a canopy during a torrential rain outside the utility’s Kingston Outreach office after Martocci told them they could not speak to reporters inside, though there appeared to be an abundance of space.

“We’re not having a press conference in this building,” she said.

Martocci said the news conference would interfere with previously scheduled time for representatives of the TVA and other government agencies to meet with local residents harmed by the spill. She said the citizens’ news conference was scheduled after they “found out we were having this availability.”

Martocci said hundreds of damage claims have been filed and numerous lawsuits, and they are being dealt with individually.

“The claims process is still open,” she said.

TVA officials said they expect to get the ash out of the river by spring but the total cleanup, projected to cost $1 billion, is expected to take years.

Topmiller, 60, said his wife’s eyes have been swollen shut for months since the spill and they both “have been coughing and hacking.” He said visitors complain of headaches, and birds and small wild animals have been dying in his yard.

FedEx is predicting a little more holiday cheer this year.

The company, based in Memphis, Tenn., forecasts it will ship 13 million packages on Dec. 14, which it expects to be its busiest day this year.

That would be up more than 8 percent from the total of about 12 million packages shipped on its peak day last year. That was the busiest day ever for FedEx, due in part to a growing partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.

Last year’s volumes were also boosted because of rival DHL exiting the U.S. market.

It shipped about 11.5 million packages through its Ground and Express units on its busiest day in 2007.

FedEx Corp. ships about 7.5 million packages on an average day.

The delivery company bases its predictions on discussions with large customers and improving eco-

nomic data.

“Clearly (last year) we were in the midst of the worst recession since World War II,” Mike Glenn, executive vice president of market development, said in an interview. “But there are a number of factors that are encouraging as we head into this peak season.”

Glenn was referring to improving home sales, retail sales growth projections and news of economic growth in the third quarter after four quarters of declines.

Both FedEx and larger rival United Parcel Service Inc. hire thousands of workers to account for the increased holiday haul each year.

This year, FedEx’s Ground unit will add 14,000 additional part time and temporary workers during November and December.

At FedEx Express, part-time and fulltime employees work overtime as needed during the holiday season.

See FEDEX on Page 3

Lead vocalist turns childhood dream into burgeoning career

• Photo courtesy of Randy Rogers Band

Will Abrams Staff Writer One of the most important things about any culture is the music. In the great state of Texas, country music reigns supreme for many of its people.

Over the years, the state has been called home by many country acts from George Strait to the Dixie Chicks.

Today, the Lone Star State continues its production of great musicians through one of the up-and-

coming stars of country music, Randy Rogers Band.

First coming on the the scene in 2002 with the band’s debut studio album “Like It Used to Be,” Randy Rogers Band has been burning up country music charts and gaining popularity across the South ever since.

Like many musicians, Randy Rogers started out with a passion for music at an early age. “God gave me the gift,” Rogers said. “I was like 4 years old, and I was singing every song on the radio … and trying to

bang on the guitar.”

After years of being a recreational music lover, Rogers decided to try to find his own sound. “I kind of always knew I was going to be a songwriter,” Rogers said. “I just had to make a career out of it.”

In the beginning, Rogers was a regular at many openmic nights in Texas.

Eventually, he and his current bandmates came together to form Randy Rogers Band after participating in several other bands along the way.

“We were all in other bands and doing our own thing … and we just decided to go for it,” Rogers said.

Rogers is aware of the history of country music in his home state and feels ready to carry the genre forward while still remembering where it came from. “I kinda feel like I’m carrying the torch for country music, and I just want to be honest and real to the genre,” Rogers said.

Lately the band has

become more popular through appearances on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” among other televised performances.

“It gives you a boost in confidence to be on national TV doing something that you love, that you would do for free anyway,” Rogers said.

The band has also received several award nominations, including Top Vocal Group from the Academy of Country Music, to go on top of its recent publicity.

“Any time somebody considers you for a nomination or award, it’s very humbling,” Rogers said.

Last year, the band put out its self-titled fourth album, which has arguably received the largest amount of publicity and rave reviews the band has encountered thus far.

Playboy magazine even named it the best country album of the year.

See ROGERS on Page 3

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Nov. 11 - Nov. 14, 2009

Wednesday, Nov. 11 —

• 2:30 p.m. — The University Studies spirituality and health colloquy features a discussion of chapter six of National Public Radio religion correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty’s book “Fingerprints of God:The Search for the Science of Spirituality” in UC room 217.The discussion is free and open to the public.

• 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. — The International House hosts Latin American Culture Night, which will highlight Mexican culture and tradition, including food, fashion, music and dance.Tickets are $6 and will go on sale at 6 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 13 —

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

THIS DAY IN HISTORY • 1852 — On this day, the Saturday Evening Gazette publishes “The Rival Painters: A Story of Rome,” by Louisa May Alcott, who will later write the beloved children’s book “Little Women” (1868). Alcott, the second of four daughters, was born in Pennsylvania but spent most of her life in Concord, Mass. Her father, Bronson, was close friends with Transcendentalist thinkers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, whose progressive attitudes toward education and social issues left a strong mark on Louisa.

Her father started a school based on Transcendentalist teachings, but after six years it failed, and he was unable to support the family and, afterward, Louisa dedicated most of her life to supporting them. After the publication of her first story, she made a living off sentimental and melodramatic stories for more than two decades.

• 1918 — At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France. The First World War left nine million soldiers dead and 21 million wounded, with Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France and Great Britain each losing nearly a million or more lives. In addition, at least five million civilians died from disease, starvation or exposure.

— Courtesy of History.com

• 10 a.m. — Award-winning author Dorothy Allison talks about being a lesbian and feminist in the South in the Black Cultural Center.The event is titled “Out from Appalachia: Story Telling with Dorothy Allison.” Author of “Bastard Out of Carolina,” “Cavedweller” and “Trash,” Allison is noted as being “one of the finest writers of her generation.”The event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by UT’s Commission for LGBT People.

Saturday, Nov. 14 —

THE CRIME Friday, Nov. 6 • 11:56 a.m. — Officer spoke with a resident of 1836 Fraternity Row regarding a vandalism. The man showed the officer where someone had taken a rock and thrown it through the window of the fraternity house. The glass was broken out, and the metal molding of the frame was bent.

Repairs were estimated at $1,000.

Saturday, Nov. 7

•• 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. — Earth Fare in Bearden collects and disposes of unused and expired medications in a safe and environmentally friendly manner.

Residents are invited to bring unused prescription and over-thecounter medications to the store, located at 140 N. Forest Park Blvd. (just off Kingston Pike); by doing so, one can ensure his or her medicine will stay out of the water supply.

Additionally, participants can exchange mercury thermometers for digital ones.

• 1:31 a.m. — Officer responded to a disturbance and assault at Volunteer Hall. All subjects involved were questioned and an ambulance evaluated one person at the scene.

• 7:41 p.m. — Ushers at Neyland Stadium advised that a white man was causing a disturbance in Section Z-12 Row 34. On contact, the man started yelling that he was not doing anything wrong.

Several witnesses, however, corroborated the ushers’ earlier

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statements. The man was escorted to the Concourse level, where he refused to follow verbal orders and continued arguing with the officers. He had a strong odor about him, bloodshot eyes and was unsteady on his feet. He was arrested for disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

Sunday, Nov. 8 • 2:49 p.m. — Officer assisted KPD at Gus’s Good Time Deli regarding a fraudulent $100 bill.

The manager explained that the bill had been used to pay for a delivery at Clement Hall. The driver entered Clement Hall and contacted the customer by cell phone. He met with the man and a woman in the courtyard. The man paid with the phony bill, and the driver gave him change, not realizing the bill was fake until he reached his car. He contacted the customer again by phone, who said he’d be down with a legitimate bill, but no one ever came back out.

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Adam Schwartz leads his partner Madelyn Crawford in a tango at the Wesley Foundation Sunday evening. Ballroom Mania hosts dance lessons every Sunday at 2:30.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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Colbert given Knoxville parking Comic’s absence necessitates space raffle Harcourt Morgan, a former dean of the University of Tennessee College of Agriculture who once owned the property where the tower stands. Morgan later served as the university’s 13th president. The tower is across Kingston Pike from a planned sorority village, where archaeo-

The Associated Press

Microbiologist named UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Frank Loeffler, a leading expert in environmental microbiology and the use of bacteria to clean and protect environmental resources, has been named the sixth University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair.

Loeffler will serve in the departments of microbiology and civil and environmental engineering at UT Knoxville and in ORNL’s biological and environmental sciences directorate.

He currently is the Carlton Wilder associate professor of environmental engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he has served since 1999. Loeffler will serve as the Governor’s Chair for microbiology and civil and environmental engineering.

Funded by the state of Tennessee and ORNL, the program attracts top scientists to broaden and enhance the unique research partnership that exists between the state’s flagship university and the nation’s largest multi-program laboratory.

Honors Council to raise money with Masquerade Ball The Honors Council will host a Masquerade Ball to benefit Big Brothers and Big Sisters of East Tennessee on Saturday from 8 p.m. to midnight. It will have music, dancing and food.

Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the door. Tickets may be purchased through Honors Council events committee members or on the Pedestrian Mall this week. Dress for the event is semi-formal, and masquerade attire is encouraged.

A push to re-name one of Knoxville’s tallest buildings resulted in a parking spot for a television comedian and a $1,000 check for a local history buff.

The former Kingston Apartments building, a 21story structure just west of Alcoa Highway on Kingston Pike, is undergoing an extensive renovation and is slated for a fall 2010 opening as student apartments.

– James Banks, As part of the speaking about his prize money rehab, the building ’s owner launched a contest to see who could provide a new logical surveys recently name for the building, and uncovered evidence of canthe winner was announced non emplacements and on Monday. James Banks, a trenches dating to the Civil local financial adviser, War. Banks said he thought offered an appellation that provides a nod to history: the Morgan Hill name would be a good way to The Tower at Morgan Hill.

According to a pamphlet commemorate the discovdistributed on Monday, the ery and said he would like name is a reference to to pursue a master’s degree

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at the right time.

Alumni Association taking nominations for faculty award The UT Alumni Association funds four awards to recognize excellence among teachers. Students and faculty can nominate their favorite teacher for the 2010 Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award. These awards are part of the association’s continuing effort to encourage resourceful and creative instruction and recognize exceptional teaching, especially among undergraduate classes. The winners will be announced at the spring Chancellor’s Honors Banquet. To nominate a faculty member, visit http://alumni.utk.edu/programs/awards/teacher.shtml by Friday.

Science Forum to feature neurosurgeon The UT Science Forum will present Dr. James Killeffer, head of the UT Medical Center Neurosurgery Department, who will speak on “Minimally Invasive Back Surgery,” on Friday at noon in Thompson-Boling Arena dining rooms C-D. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, e-mail littmann@utk.edu or visit the Science Forum Web site at http://www.utk.edu/scienceforum.

in history someday. Asked about the prize money, Banks said he’ll probably use it for Christmas with his family. “(It) came right in time,” he added.

While the tower’s new name will honor an important figure in UT’s history, some students were hoping it would provide a shout-out to a more contemporary celebrity.

Chuck Morris, an executive with the Morris Creative Group, said at Monday’s news conference that some students created a Facebook petition to name the tower after Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.”

While that idea was nixed, Morris said a parking space will be reserved in case the comedian drops by. On days when Colbert is not using the space, it will be raffled for student use.

FEDEX continued from Page 1 UPS spokesman Norman Black said the company, based in Atlanta, expects to hire about 50,000 seasonal workers in the U.S. this year.

It hired 60,000 seasonal workers in 2007. It didn’t release statistics in 2008.

All FedEx’s shipment numbers include a partnership with the U.S. Postal Service, where FedEx picks up or accepts shipments and

delivers the packages to a post office for final delivery by a postal carrier.

Dec. 17 is the last day to guarantee delivery through FedEx Ground. Dec. 23 is the last day to ship via the company’s Express service.

Both FedEx and UPS generally release their holiday peak predictions in November. But neither company offered predictions last year, citing economic uncertainty.

UPS expects to release a prediction later this month.

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ROGERS continued from Page 1 “We just wanted to make a Randy Rogers record,” Rogers said.

Rogers insists on having the band included with its title because the members all work together to produce what comes out.

“We all go in …and bring something to the table,” Rogers said.

“Hopefully what happens is a direct representation of where this band is at.”

Piling on the honors even more, the band was called one of the “must-see tours of the summer” by Rolling Stone magazine. “(Our concerts) are light-hearted fun, lots of energy, and what you see is kinda what you get,” Rogers said. “When I wanna go see a show, I don’t want someone to preach to me about what is right or wrong; I just want to be entertained.”

Randy Rogers Band will play Friday night at the Cider House.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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Below the Chastity Belt Ranking places UT low in sexual health Listen up everyone, our good friends over at Trojan have sent the students of UT the fourth-annual Trojan Sexual Health Report Card, and things aren’t looking good. The report card is an annual ranking of sexual health resources at American Assistant Managing Editor colleges and universities and is based on the availability of resources that make having safe sex easier for students.

Compared to other SEC schools, UT is lagging behind. Tennessee is ranked at No. 100, with the University of South Carolina coming in first and the University of Georgia ranked in sixth place. The University of Florida falls behind at No. 24, and the University of Alabama comes in at No. 40.

Some students feel as though the sexual health of UT students does not need improvement.

“I think we definitely have a lot of resources for students,” Kelly Ferowich, junior in nutrition, said. “I feel like I hear about it more than I want to.”

However, others feel that our school is not doing enough to promote safe sex.

“I know that schools like JMU (James Madison University) have places on campus where condoms are distributed daily,” Natalie Jacobs, junior in psychology, said.

“We need to have more resources available for students because the reality is that most of them are sexually active,” Jacobs said.

This might be true, considering the fact that most students I attempted to interview about this subject said they didn’t know much about the resources available on campus or from our health center. So, although South Carolina’s football recruits may end up pumping gas one day, they’ll have the last laugh at the STD-laden UT students.

The criteria for the ranking includes: 1. Student opinion of health center 2. Hours of operation 3. Allowing drop-ins versus requiring appointments 4. Separate sexual awareness program 5. Contraceptives, free or at cost 6. Condoms, free or at cost 7. HIV testing (on/off campus, at cost) 8. STD testing (on/off campus, at cost) 9. Anonymous advice via e-mail / column 10. Lecture / outreach programs 11. Student peer groups 12. Sexual assault programs 13. Web site usability, functionality The criteria to receive a high score on the report card also includes how willing students would be to contact their health center with a sexual problem. An area that South Carolina particularly excelled in is sexual health and violence-prevention services that offer healthy relationship services, STI information, sexual-assault prevention and campus outreach.

Jacobs and Samantha Economos, junior in pre-nursing, both said they probably would not go to the health center for a sexual problem and don’t think any of their friends would either.

In order to help our campus become a more sexually responsible place, The Daily Beacon will now accept anonymous questions about sex and sexual health from our student body. So what are you waiting for? Go ahead, ask your deepest, darkest questions, and we at the Beacon will do our best to give you advice. Email us at ftheden@utk.edu.

Flora Theden

SUPER BROCCOLI • Sumter & Starnes

Regulations hinder stadium experience C ommon S e n se by

Kel Thompson

Lately my dormant passion for UT football has reawakened. For the first time since I arrived at our fair university, I actually feel excited about Saturday’s games and look forward to them during the week.

My hat goes off to the coaches and players who have worked hard to turn the team around (and Coach Kiffin, if you happen to see this, please call a fake punt at some point in the future: it’s the most exciting play in football).

But regardless of my enthusiasm for our team, I still find that there are many things for one to get upset about on gameday.

For starters, has anyone ever been in the unfortunate position of having to find a parking spot on Saturday? This past weekend, I ventured out to run some errands around noon. Before leaving, I noted a number of parking spaces still available on the street and figured that if worse came to worse, I could park somewhere in the Fort.

I got back roughly an hour later (six hours before kickoff) only to find that any available street parking had already been filled. I also found that every conceivable student or staff parking lot was either already full or being sold at $20 or $30 a pop — including the caged-in non-commuter lot at the intersection of Volunteer and Lake, which I have never seen with more than two cars in it.

I know that we are in a budget crisis and everything, but I think the sale of every single UT parking space is a bit overboard. It seems like the university forgets those who shell out their tuition (and possibly dorm, food and parking) fees. I know that finding parking spaces for all those who come to enjoy a game at Neyland is both a hard thing to do and an easy way to make money, but a student should not be forced to pay either a $25 parking fee or a $24 ticket because he or she couldn’t afford a parking pass or the lots were already full that day.

The students were here first; cater to them.

Similarly, there appears to be a double standard on

our campus regarding the use of alcohol. As we all know, UT is a dry campus. Many of us have been either punished or more generally inconvenienced due to this regulation. However, it seems that just about anyone can cart around some beer or liquor on gameday. There are kegs and cases of beer at countless tailgates around campus on Saturday, but for some reason, the dry-campus rule is disregarded.

On Saturday, visitors from all around are allowed the privilege of possessing and drinking alcohol openly on campus, but if you or I were to have a drink on the way to class or a party, we would be met with fines, possible arrest and/or punitive action by the university. It may be harder to tell a mass of fans whose average age is far greater than that of the students that they can’t drink here, but it’s the rules.

Either change the rule or enforce it in all situations; I’m tired of students being singled out.

Last on my agenda (but certainly not the sum of Saturday’s problems) is the lack of options for smokers inside the stadium. Having not gone to a UT game in a couple of years and having never attempted to smoke inside the stadium, I was shocked to discover from another fan online that one is not allowed to smoke during the game. There are no smoking sections within the stadium, so one must travel outside to enjoy a cigarette. However, no matter what your reason is, you are not allowed to get back inside a game after you leave.

As a proponent of civil/social rights, an occasional smoker and the son of a family that once depended on tobacco to make ends meet, this infuriates me. I fully understand that many people do not want to be around smoke, but to not allow smokers outside of the stadium is ridiculous and counterproductive. If you’ve been to a game lately, you may have noticed that many smokers choose to get their fix near the outer railings of the walkways. Although these people are breaking the rules, what other choice do they have? It may not eliminate smoking within the stadium completely, but allowing fans to return to the stadium after leaving (with a ticket stub and extra pat-down) would greatly reduce the inconvenience for both smokers and non-smokers. In the end, a Vol fan who smokes is still a Vol fan, and their enjoyment of the game should not be hampered when such a simple solution to this problem exists.

— Kel Thompson is a junior in creative writing. He can be reached at kthomp28@utk.edu.

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Anyone who has read my column has surely noticed the current feud (for lack of a better word) going on between me and the Pride of the Southland.

It all started on Oct. 7 when a column I wrote criticizing the directors of the band graced the fourth page of the Daily Beacon. That column has since become the most read column of the year (according to the view counter on the Beacon Web site).

Since then I’ve either become the voice of upset Pride alumni, the most hated guy in the Music Building or the lame columnist who thinks people care about the band (depending on who you are). To be honest, I did not expect that column to get that much attention. I’m ecstatic so many people care about the band (whether they think it sounds good or bad), because it shows football is not the only important tradition at UT. Marching excellence is too.

While this excites me, I cannot help but notice there are various untruths spread by both sides of the debate. Many of these are directed at me by Pride fans, and others are directed toward the Pride itself.

For example, last week, on Nov. 3, a letter to the editor informed me I was an alternate in the band for two years. (This was news to me.) Despite a correction which ran the next day, I am still getting emails claiming I was an alternate, and because of this, I have no right to comment on the band. (This shows the arrogance of some members, and how they believe to be superior to everyone else. This obviously doesn’t apply to all the members, but only those who have truly become “Pridewashed” and have no respect for their own members.) For the truth, read the correction.

Another of these untruths is that Ohio’s band was better than the Pride. I don’t know of any serious musician who would make that claim. While it is probably true Ohio put on a much more entertaining show (which I guess could be argued that the point of a marching band is to entertain the fans), you cannot compare the two bands. They are two completely different styles. Apples and oranges.

I do believe, however, the directors of the Pride should have had enough sense to realize Ohio was a show band and put on a more entertaining performance. Yet they didn’t.

Another thing I heard was that the alumni band this Saturday outnumbered the Pride. I tried to get precise numbers, but no one had them in time. A current member put the number of alumni at 150, while a member of the alumni band put the number closer to 250. I had to find out the correct number.

Lucky for me a video of the performance was on Facebook. After counting the members of both bands I came up with about 168 Pride members and 154 alumni. (This is only counting the horns. If I counted everyone, the alumni did outnumber the Pride because there were a lot of majorettes in the alumni band.)

This highlights how both sides of the debate are vastly exaggerated. The alumni did not outnumber the current members (at least where it matters most).

More importantly, however, this shows how the Pride’s number is not the 240 Sousa said in an Oct. 8 WBIR interview (unless there are about 80 alternates of course).

An alum I talked to after the game said many of his colleagues who wanted to participate in the mass band left because they were told they would be alternates. This appalled me. Saturday was supposed to be about them — the alumni — and the directors should have done everything in their power to make it so. Instead, the directors tell them they will have to sit on the sidelines? I would’ve left, too. That is ridiculous.

As was shown above, however, one must take these things with a grain of salt. It would be awesome to hear from someone officially associated with the band, through a letter to the editor or personal e-mail, and let the students know what happened from the band’s perspective.

This person also revealed that the directors told many alumni the real reason the band is shrinking: Mike Hamilton is forcing the band to downsize.

Of all the excuses we have been told about why number are dwindling, this one makes the most sense. The athletic department gives a lot of money to the band and thus has a lot of say in how big or small the band is. My question is, however, why weren’t we told this before? Is this another attempt to deflect blame onto someone else? Or is Hamilton the real bad guy here? Like before, if anyone knows whether or not this is true, please let me know.

I hope this has helped clear the air of some of the rumors and will allow others to be answered. If this debate is to move forward, we need to be honest with each other, and not resort to exaggerating the facts.

— Gabe Johnson in a senior in history and political science. He can be reached at gjohns13@utk.edu.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Ohio trooper of year charged with drunken driving LIMA, Ohio — A state trooper in northwest Ohio who was honored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving in 1997 for the number of drunken-driving arrests he made has been charged with drunken driving.

A patrol spokesman said Monday that Gerald Gibson had taken leave following his arrest last weekend.

Gibson was off duty Sunday when Waynesfield police say he drifted over the center lane and then refused to take a Breathalyzer test. Waynesfield is 12 miles northwest of Lima.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving honored Gibson in 1997 for making the most drunken-driving arrests by a Lima trooper. He was named trooper of the year in 2002 in Lima.

A message left with Gibson's attorney, William Kluge, was not immediately returned.

Police: 42-year-old man held NY principal hostage PINE PLAINS, N.Y. — A 42-year-old man accused of holding a New York middle school principal hostage at gunpoint has told a judge that he needs psychiatric care.

When told at his arraignment Tuesday that he's going to jail without bail on a kidnapping charge, Christopher Craft Sr. said he needs treatment for depression and shouldn't be locked up.

Craft was taken into custody after sneaking a disassembled shotgun into Stissing Mountain Middle School in Pine Plains just after classes began Tuesday and holding the principal for more than two hours. No shots were fired and no students were hurt.

Authorities still aren't saying why Craft went to the school 90 miles north of New York City.

Craft didn't enter a plea at his arraignment. A public defender will be assigned before his next court appearance Dec. 2.

Buzz Aldrin named honorary consul general to moon LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County has given moonwalker Buzz Aldrin a new title: Honorary consul general to the moon.

Forty years after Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first men to walk on the moon, county supervisors on Tuesday gave him the title while saluting the contribution of veterans to America's space program.

The 79-year-old Aldrin was an Air Force veteran before joining NASA. Aldrin thanked the supervisors and called on the federal government to lead an international effort to colonize

another planet, clean up space debris and pursue commercial opportunities in space.

NJ man sues FBI over his detention in Ethiopia TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey man detained for months in Ethiopia on allegations of supporting Islamic militants is suing the FBI agents involved in his interrogations.

Amir Mohamed Meshal, of Tinton Falls, claims his constitutional rights were violated by the U.S. government.

Meshal was held nearly four months in Ethiopia, where U.S. agents carried out interrogations in the hunt for alQaida in the Horn of Africa.

In his lawsuit, Meshal says he was questioned by FBI agents more than 30 times. He says they threatened to torture, death, and that he was never allowed to talk to an attorney or contact his family.

He returned to New Jersey in May 2007.

A message left for the State Department on Tuesday was not immediately returned.

Conn. gov. departure gives Dems hope to take seat HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut political observers say Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell's announcement that she won't seek re-election may give Democrats a chance to win back the seat.

The Democratic Governors Association says it's making Connecticut a top priority in the 2010 election. But Democrats also will be trying to keep Republicans from ousting embattled U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, a race that political analysts expect to draw national attention.

Quinnipiac (KWIHN'-uh-pee-ak) University political science professor Scott McLean says the party will be challenged to run strong races for both spots.

Rell announced Monday that she would be stepping down after finishing the last 14 months of her term.

Connecticut's last Democratic governor was William O'Neill, who left office in 1991.

Landslide triggered by rains kills 42 in India NEW DELHI — A landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains swept through a hilly region in southern India, killing at least 42 people, an official said Tuesday.

The landslide demolished nearly 300 tin-roofed mud huts Monday in the Ooty and Coonoor region of Tamil Nadu state, a state flood control official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters. The region is nearly 1,120 miles (1,800 kilometers) south of the capital, New Delhi.

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Rescuers found 14 bodies in the debris Monday and another 28 on Tuesday, the official said, adding that eight injured people were hospitalized.

The death toll was expected to rise further with the rescue operation continuing in the region, the official said.

Ooty is a popular tourist destination, but none of those killed or injured were foreigners, he said.

India's June-September monsoon season causes severe flooding and kills hundreds of people across the country.

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It is common for the southern parts of the country to receive heavy rains in November and December.

Officials deny nepotism claims about Sarkozy's son PARIS — French officials have denied reports suggesting that President Nicolas Sarkozy's office used its clout to try to help one of his sons win a grant for hip-hop music projects.

The allegations about Pierre Sarkozy — the president's oldest son, a rap producer — are the latest claims of nepotism to target the president's family, following a recent scandal involving middle son Jean. Both are in their 20s.

A technology and culture Web site, Electron Libre, ran an article claiming that Sarkozy's office put pressure on the SCPP, a society of music producers, after it turned down a grant request from Minds Corporation, a company Pierre Sarkozy is affiliated with.

Officials in Nicolas Sarkozy's office did not immediately return calls seeking comment Tuesday.

The SCPP said it received a call from a presidential aide, Eric Garandeau, who wanted to find out why the grant request was turned down. Marc Guez, the SCPP's director, stressed Monday that Garandeau did not put any pressure on the group to award a grant.

The SCPP did not change its decision after the call from Sarkozy's office.

Last month, a public outcry forced Jean Sarkozy, an undergraduate law student and local politician, to drop his bid to run the board of the organization overseeing France's most important business district. Instead he ran for a seat on the board and won. The president wrote on Facebook in late October that he was proud of his son for his "wise and courageous decision."

The spokesman for Sarkozy's UMP party, Frederic Lefebvre, said members of Sarkozy's family are being systematically targeted for "low blows."

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Swift caps off successful year with CMA nods The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kenny Chesney has made the very hard work of dominating country music look easy.

And Taylor Swift is paying close attention.

The 19-year-old sensation has the record sales.

She beat out every living artist — no matter the genre — this year with more than 3 million copies of her “Fearless” CD sold and counting (only Michael Jackson has sold more). The album remains

No. 3 after 51 weeks on the charts.

And she’s moving concert tickets as fast as they can print them.

That might be enough to sway the more than 5,000 members of the Country Music Association, who decide who gets the trophy for entertainer of the year, the CMA’s highest honor, at the CMA Awards on Wednesday night (the broadcast will air live on ABC).

She’s the youngest ever nominated for the award

and the first solo female act since Faith Hill in 2000, and she’s faced a lot of questions about whether either is a limiting factor.

“I think you have to do the work and put in the effort and do the touring that it takes to win entertainer of the year,” she said in an interview with The Associated Press.

“And I don’t really think it has anything to do with gender. I think if you want to compete with the boys, play on a level that they’re playing at.”

And the guys in this category are playing at the highest.

Using a combination of unparalleled album and ticket sales, Chesney has dominated the CMA Awards’ most prestigious category with three straight wins and four of the last five. A fifth win would move him past Garth Brooks for most in the 43 years of the awards.

This is the eighth straight year he’s sold more than a million concert tickets, and fans are drawn to his brand of Caribbean cool

like no other.

Brad Paisley leads all nominees with seven and is entering his second year as co-host with Carrie Underwood. His album “American Saturday Night” debuted at No. 2 on the album charts when it was released earlier this year, and he’s had 11 straight No. 1 singles on the country charts.

Keith Urban’s supercharged live show has made him one of country’s most bankable stars, and his album “Defying Gravity” hit No. 1 on the

Billboard 200. He’s the only artist to interrupt Chesney’s recent domination in the category, winning in 2005.

And then there’s George Strait, a two-time winner in the category and CMA’s career leader in nominations (79, with Alan Jackson) and wins (22) whose “Twang ” also debuted as the nation’s No. 1 album. Paisley said he’s put together the kind of career and rapport with his fans that’s really only possible in country music, and that “always” makes him a contender.

“Look at George Strait,” Paisley said. “It’s just unbelievable. He first won entertainer of the year 20 years ago in 1989.

Isn’t that crazy?”

But 2009 might be Swift’s year — and she could soon be in the company of icons like Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire, three of the six other female acts to win entertainer of the year.

But tell that to Swift, and she modestly dismisses the idea: “Don’t fill my head with that.”

“It’s so wonderful when people come up to me and say that I have a shot at winning. It actually is really, really a wonderful thing when people do that,” she said. “But my parents raised me to have the mindset that the world doesn’t owe me anything and you can’t feel entitled to winning, you can’t feel entitled to success.”

It’s statements like those that have won Swift fans within the industry as well — not to mention a few votes.

“I will say I did vote for her,” McEntire said. “The obvious is that she is a female, and I do tend to support my female friends and artists in the business, but also because I think she is the one who’s done the most this year — television, touring. She is an extraordinary person, and I think she highly deserves it.”

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Young leads Titans’ turnaround COLLEGE FOOTBALL Tennessee finishing strong Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin has preached to his players all season that it doesn’t matter how they start anything if they don’t finish strong. The coach was unhappy with the way the Volunteers gave up three late scores in a 56-28 win over Memphis on Saturday night.

They can redeem themselves by finishing their season strong.

Douglas takes honor Tennessee tackle Aaron Douglas is the SEC’s Offensive Lineman of the Week. The redshirt freshman from Maryville helped the Vols to a 56-28 win over Memphis by grading at 90 percent for his 60 plays and finishing with no penalties and no sacks allowed. Douglas added four knockdown blocks as the Vols compiled 566 yards of total offense, including 429 passing yards on 38 attempts.

Tennessee is 4-2 since Douglas moved into the starting lineup on Sept. 26. The converted tight end is the son of two former UT letterwinners: offensive tackle David Douglas and Lady Vols basketballer Karla Horton Douglas.

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Vols ready for opener Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl says his 10th-ranked Volunteers are ready to open their season Friday night against Austin Peay. Pearl says the Vols are improved from last season at every position.

He’s expecting to play a 10man rotation that will feature veterans like Tyler Smith and Wayne Chism and newcomers Melvin Goins, Kenny Hall and Skylar McBee. Pearl has stressed playing more in-state teams in his four seasons as Tennessee coach, but Friday will mark the first time one of his squads has faced Austin Peay. After hosting the Governors, Tennessee will face UNC-Asheville at home on Tuesday. Theyíll travel to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, late next week to compete in the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam tournament.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Summitt thinks lessons learned Pat Summitt thinks her six sophomore Tennessee Lady Volunteers learned an important lesson last season after being a part of the program’s worst finish. “I would say all

of our sophomores understand that they can’t just step out there, put on the big orange uniform and win.

That’s a good thing,” the coach said. Now the team must prove that lesson is enough to return No. 8 Tennessee to the NCAA championship path after making its first-ever first-round exit from the tournament in March.

TRACK & FIELD Tulane hires former Vol on Track and Field staff NEW ORLEANS — Tulane director of cross country and track and field Eric Peterson finalized his coaching staff on Wednesday, announcing 2008 Olympian and former University of Tennessee javelin great Leigh Smith as throws coach. Smith, who lettered at Tennessee from 2001-2004, was hired along with Hasani Roseby as sprint coach and Justin Johnson as multi/jumps coach. All three were standouts in collegiate track & field, as each earned top 10 status in the U.S. Track & Field rankings in their respective events during their careers and boasts experience at the USATF National Championship level.

Smith won the javelin event three times at the SEC outdoor championships while at Tennessee, and earned three All-America honors for the Volunteers. As a freshman in 2001, Smith helped Tennessee to the men’s national championship. As a senior in 2004, he shattered Tennessee school and the SEC Championship javelin records en route to his third individual SEC championship honor. He was also an SEC Academic Honor Roll member, as he earned a degree in wildlife biology with a minor in forestry.

CROSS COUNTRY Lady Vols tabbed 29th Boosted by its performance at the Southeastern Conference Championships over the weekend, the Lady Vol cross country team moved into the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Rankings this week, grabbing the No. 29 position. The Lady Vols, who have posted a 50-171 won-lost record and are coming off a runner-up finish at the SEC meet in Oxford, Miss., on Saturday, earned 27 points to move from the receiving votes category to a spot in the top 30. It is UT’s first appearance of the 2009 season in the national rank-

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VOLLEYBALL Fowler named Offensive Player of the Week For the second time this season and fifth time in her career, University of Tennessee junior outside hitter Nikki Fowler has been named the Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. In addition, she edged the UT tennis tandem of Caitlin Whoriskey and Natalie Pluskota in a tight vote to take home Lady Volunteer Athlete of the Week laurels for the third time this year. Fowler joins LSU’s Brittnee Cooper as the only other player in the SEC to win the league’s offensive player of the week honors twice during the 2009 campaign, having previously picked up the award on Sept. 28. Last season, Fowler led the conference by claiming the accolades on three different occasions.

NFL QB Edwards expects play clearance ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bills quarterback Trent Edwards expects to be cleared to play this weekend after missing nearly a month recovering from a concussion.

Edwards said he felt rested and refreshed after practicing Monday in Buffalo’s first workout since a four-day break because of the bye week. He added he’s “ready to go” but hasn’t been informed if he’ll start Sunday when Buffalo (35) plays at Tennessee (2-6).

ALSO McNair’s widow allowed to sell restaurant NASHVILLE — A Nashville judge has authorized the widow of retired NFL player Steve McNair to sell the restaurant he opened shortly before his death.

Probate Court Judge Randy Kennedy this week cleared the sale of Gridiron9 by Mechelle McNair, administrator of the ex-player’s estate. According to court records, a potential buyer has come forward. The judge denied an appeal by one of Steve McNair’s business partners. The quarterback who spent most of his career with the Tennessee Titans was shot to death July 4 by a young woman who then killed herself. Earlier, a Nashville condominium complex dropped its claim against the estate. McNair was a co-signer on the lease of a condo for his cousin.

The Associated Press Vince Young has yet to turn the ball over, Chris Johnson keeps running past defenders and Tennessee now has two straight wins.

Is this the start of a new streak for a team that started 10-0 last season and 0-6 this season?

The Titans sure hope so.

A team that went into its bye outscored 12726 in three straight games now has flipped that with a 64-40 edge, including a 34-27 win at San Francisco on Sunday. The schedule gets easier, too, with Buffalo (3-5) visiting Sunday and five of the final eight at home.

“Guys feel rejuvenated, guys are happy about what we’ve done over the last two weeks,” veteran center Kevin Mawae said Monday. “Things kind of snowballed on us the first six weeks of the season, but we overcame that. We’re starting to overcome the penalties and starting to overcome the things that don’t go our way.”

Coach Jeff Fisher said balls are going their way after going against them early. Before the bye, the Titans had only 11 sacks and just four interceptions on defense. Now they have eight sacks and five interceptions in the two wins. A different player came up with each of four turnovers in San Francisco, and Cortland Finnegan had their first interception return for a touchdown.

“We’re making these happen,” Fisher said. “They didn’t happen before. Those balls hit the ground, and now we’re catching them. We just have to continue.

“The team’s healed up; we’re healthy. It’s good to get the DBs back,” Fischer said.

“We’re running the football, and we’re protecting it. When you can do that, you can win games.”

That’s the formula Tennessee used in reeling off 10 straight wins last season.

The difference now is that Young is starting instead of Kerry Collins. The 2006 Offensive Rookie of the Year has shown patience and trust in his teammates in these two starts, and he is completing 64.3 percent of his passes. He showed he knows when to run

by running for his first touchdown since Nov. 19, 2007, on Sunday.

Young called two straight wins big.

“The way we started, it was bad. How we’re coming together as a team and coaching staff and everybody’s starting to believe and get the momentum,” he said.

Running the ball has been a plus in these wins. Johnson ran 24 times against Jacksonville and 25 more against the 49ers, and he became the first running back to top 100 yards against San Francisco this season with 135. Johnson has rushed for 363 yards in these wins.

“We felt like we needed our run game; we need to beat them with the speed,” Fisher said of the 49ers. “We did, and nobody has done that this year.”

But the biggest key has been on defense.

Finnegan missed the final three losses before the bye with an injured right hamstring. The secondary also went a month without key defensive back Vincent Fuller because of a broken arm, and starting cornerback Nick Harper broke his right forearm Oct. 11.

The Titans signed veteran Rod Hood on Oct. 15, and he has started for Harper in these wins. Hood picked off a pass for the Titans’ first turnover against Jacksonville, then he did it again in San Francisco, grabbing a ball tipped to him by safety Michael Griffin.

“You can’t do everything, draw it all up perfectly and guess right all the time as coaches.

Sometimes they just have to make plays,” Fisher said of the players. “That’s what’s been happening the last couple of weeks.”

A little bit of luck doesn’t hurt either. Jacob Ford’s helmet hit the ball as he sacked Alex Smith, and Keith Bulluck recovered what officials ruled an incomplete pass. Fisher challenged the call — and won for the first time in four challenges this season.

Receiver Nate Washington said they aren’t giving up on this season, not with eight games left.

“We are going to continue to keep plucking away and see how it pans out for us,” he said.

THESPORTSPAGE

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Swim teams triumph in weekend meet

SPORTS CALENDAR

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What’s HAPPENING IN SPORTS

Nov.13 - Nov.14,2009

Friday, Nov. 13 — Women’s Volleyball Auburn Auburn, Ala. 5 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Austin Peay Knoxville 9 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 14 — Saturday, Nov. 14 — Men’s Cross Country

NCAA South Regional 10K Tuscaloosa, Ala. 11 a.m..

Women’s Cross Country NCAA South Regional 6K Tuscaloosa, Ala. 12 p.m.

Daily Quote Anthony Cheatham • The Daily Beacon

Freshman, Kelsey Floyd, competes in the 200m fly event during the meet against South Carolina Friday. Floyd won two events to lead the Vols to a 179-121 victory.

Matt Dixon Staff Writer The Tennessee men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams were both victorious at home this weekend against South Carolina for the squads’ first home victories of the season.

Men’s head coach John Trembley was pleased with his team’s effort in protecting their home turf, 184-115, against the Gamecocks.

“We had a great meet today,” he said. “We have a lot of guys who are hitting their groove and really starting to swim well.”

Ryan Helms won the onemeter springboard event with a score of 388.50. It was a career-best and pool record for the Moultrie, Ga., native who has already been named

the SEC Diver of the Week three times on the season.

“The highlight of our day was Helms’ performance on the one-meter,” diving coach Dave Parrington said. “This is the best one-meter list he has done this year, and I couldn’t be happier for him.”

Helms also stayed undefeated on the season in the three-meter dive with a score of 388.88.

Two Vol relays tied for first place in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:31.72. A team of Chris Winchell, Brad Craig, Michael DeRocco and Herbie Behm hit the wall in stride with the relay of Ricky Henahan, Mattias Kahlin, Giles Smith and Paschall Davis.

Ryan Harrison winning the 200 freestyle and Ricky Henahan taking the 100 backstroke for the fourth time on

the season. Craig won the 100 and 200 breaststrokes with times of 56.07 and 2:01.17, respectfully.

DeRocco won the 50 freestyle while Ed Walsh earned his first victory as a Volunteer in the 100 freestyle (45.92).

Smith also won his first collegiate event with a victory in the 100 butterfly (49.25).

The team of Henahan, Walsh, Craig and Davis won the 200 free relay (1:24.22).

Sophomore Anders Storvik competed in the 100 backstroke with a cast on his arm but still managed a fourth-place finish.

On the ladies’ side, Lady Vol head coach Matt Kredich’s squad took down the Gamecocks 179-121.

“Kelsey (Floyd), Morgan Farrell, Aleksa Akerfelds and Breanna Folk all stepped up and were all really focused

today,” Kredich said. “We changed it up and had different people swim different events. The team’s focus was better than last week, and that was our main goal.”

Floyd led the Lady Vols with two victories in the 200 freestyle (2:01.32) and the 200 backstroke (1:59.25).

Farrell won her first event at Tennessee in the 100 backstroke (56.50). Akerfelds, a distance specialist, touched first in two individual events, the 400 individual medley (4:23.28) and the 1000 freestyle (10:02.03), while Folk won the 100 breaststroke (1:03.56).

Michele King took the 50 freestyle (23.04) after teaming with Jenny Connolly, Farrell, and Atlantis Wilkins to win the 200 medley (1:44.34). Tori Richmond earned a first-place finish in

Iverson’s practicing days may end The Associated Press Memphis owner Michael Heisley says he is not sure of what Allen Iverson’s future plans are, though he hopes Iverson returns to the Grizzlies soon.

Heisley granted the 10time all-star permission Saturday for an indefinite leave to deal with a personal matter. The Commercial Appeal newspaper reported Monday that Iverson is contemplating retirement.

“I’m not in Allen’s head.

I don’t know what he’s thinking,” Heisley told The

Associated Press on Monday.

“I know he went back to take care of a personal problem. Whether he does something else, I don’t know. I’m hoping he comes back. I think he could still play for us, somebody else, what have you. In my opinion, there’s two, three years of outstanding play that could come out of Allen Iverson.”

Leon Rose, Iverson’s agent, did not immediately return a message left at his office Monday.

However, Heisley said the 34-year-old Iverson is struggling playing at what

the guard feels is less than his previous best.

Iverson, who signed a one-year, incentive-laden deal in September, missed the preseason with a partially torn left hamstring. He made his Grizzlies’ debut on the road a week ago in California, playing in three games at Sacramento, Golden State and in Los Angeles with the Lakers.

Iverson averaged 22.3 minutes coming off the bench, and he hit 57.3 percent of his shots. He averaged 12.3 points per game for the Grizzlies (1-6).

Heisley said he spent two

days in California talking with Iverson and hopes his biggest star can get his personal life in order. He would love to see Iverson playing for the first time in Memphis on Tuesday night when the Grizzlies host Portland, but Heisley said he did not put any timetable on his return.

the 200 breaststoke (2:19.35).

Gabrielle Trudeau placed second in the one-meter dive with a score of 269.48 while Jodie McGroarty placed third in the three-meter but earned a NCAA Zone qualifying score of 289.50.

“When she’s playing that way, you can’t stop it.”

— Lady Vol guard Angie Bjorklund on center Kelley Cain, who tallied 20 points, 20 rebounds and seven blocks in Monday night’s win over Delta State