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VolFest gives students opportunity to connect URHC celebrates new school year, helps ease college transition for freshmen Jamie Greig Staff Writer This week, the United Residence Halls Council (URHC) took over Presidential Courtyard to show the class of 2015 how fun life on campus can really be by introducing them to VolFest.

URHC brought with them an inflatable basketball setup, a tanning salon, live music from 104.5 WKHT and even whitewater rafting.

“The event went down really well,” Michael Henry, senior in music and URHC president said. “We’re very excited for the upcoming year. We have lots of events planned already, so hopefully we can bring lots of fun to the residents of UT.” URHC is the second largest student organization, composed of all students living on campus. URHC’s purpose is to make campus living easier through programming, service, community and leadership.

The group runs events, helps residents with issues and makes campus living a more enjoyable experience.

As Hannah Seivers, freshman in animal science, stood in line eagerly awaiting her first static whitewater rafting experience, she had only good things to say about her campus living experience of so far.

Seivers described how helpful everyone in URHC has been in getting freshmen settled in. She said leaving home for the first time can be a daunting experience, so to get that little bit of extra help whenever she needs is great. The events they have been putting on have been so much fun as well, she said.

Not content with merely providing

entertainment, URHC also had stalls providing useful information and services, such as the UT Police Department’s Operation Identification sign up table.

The Operation Identification Program is part of UTPD’s Community Relations Unit (CRU).

“UT faculty, staff and students can have their valuables engraved,” Special Operations Lt. Emily Simerly said.

“Typically we will engrave iPods and computers, as well as bicycles.”

She recommends that people have their driver’s license numbers engraved onto their valuables, although any information, such as names and code words specific to a person, can be engraved.

Just recently, first-year doctoral student Avik Mukherjee lost his iPod. The 30GB iPod was turned in to UTPD’s lost and found, where officers noticed it was engraved and registered with the Operation Identification Program and subsequently returned it to him.

UTPD officers also had good things to say about the URHC on-campus events.

“These guys have been doing this event for the past four years and it just gets better and better each year,” Sgt. Donnie Ross said. “It’s a pleasure to work with these guys and also to be able to provide a helpful service to campus residents.”

All in all, the event was a great success, and URHC is geared up for an exciting year ahead.

For those interested in helping out, there is a general meeting on Monday, Aug. 29 at 8:30 p.m. in the Shiloh Room in the UC. For more information, contact URHC via their Facebook page, URHC Rocks!, or by e-mail at urhc1@utk.edu.

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Students make their way up the Hill’s stairs to classes on Wednesday, Aug. 17. The United Residence Hall Council recently hosted VolFest, which introduced new students at UT to the options for recreation, in Presidential Courtyard.

Joe’s offers fresh alternative Emily DeVoe Staff Writer Trader Joe’s, an affordable and healthy grocery store choice, is coming to downtown Knoxville.

While Knoxville has multiple organic and specialty grocery stores in Knoxville, Trader Joe’s may be a breath of fresh air. Trader Joe’s is known for its affordable prices and will be an asset for students on and off campus.

“I am really excited about Trader Joe’s coming to Knoxville because it offers a lot of great organic foods at an affordable price,” Julia Carr, an undecided sophomore, said.

Trader Joe’s uses the word “value” to describe its commitment to serving the best food selection to their customers. According to its website, Trader Joe’s buys directly from suppliers when possible and bargains for great prices. Buying volume and contracting early are also key components to its efficient buying techniques.

Those bargains are then passed on to the shoppers.

If an item on the shelf is not being sold on a regular basis, the item is replaced with new items. This keeps the shelves always new and organized.

“Trader Joe’s is great because of the organized store,” Paige Woodward, sophomore in journalism and electronic media, said. “I can always walk into the store and know exactly where everything is. I also love all the recipes on the back of products and their website.”

Cathy Strini, junior in Journalism and electronic media, also commented on the convenient recipes.

“The recipes are great and provide quick, easy meals in a short time period,” Strini said.

Along with the organic food, there are a lot of products made in the store for sale. For example, the pizza dough has a five-minute rollout time. Sprinkling the dough with toppings and placing the pizza in the oven for a short time provides a quick, easy and tastier meal than take out.

One of Trader Joe’s main focuses is giving back to the community. Fighting hunger is a major problem in the U.S., and providing food for people in need is one of Trader Joe’s most important priorities.

In 2010, Trader Joe’s donated more than 20 million meals. Its policy is to donate products that cannot be sold but are perfectly safe for consumption.

Each store has a donation coordinator who works with local food banks, food pantries and soup kitchens to help with donations seven days a week.

According to the website, Trader Joe’s was started in the 1950s as a small chain of convenience stores called Pronto Markets. In 1967, the name was changed to Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon Trader Joe’s. At the time of the name change, Trader Joe’s Members of the Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship group play ultimate frisbee in the Amphitheatre on Saturday, had a makeover. The walls became wood-planked and the workers wore Hawaiian shirts. The shirts continue to be Aug. 20. a trademark of the store today.

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Hannah Margaret Allen, Gamma Chi group leader, talks with members of her group Gianna Cassara, Jenna Chambers, Michele Chapman, Neely Celsor and Shannon Carr on Bid Day outside the Panhellenic Building on Sunday, Aug. 21. greatly impacted by 9/11. If you are willing to share your story, please e-mail ablakely@utk.edu or call 865-974-5034.

Head of new census data center to visit campus The head of the Atlanta Census Research Data Center will visit the UT Knoxville campus next month for a brown-bag luncheon to discuss research opportunities at the new center.

Julie Hotchkiss, executive director of the center, will make a presentation at noon on Sept. 12 in the University Center Crest Room.

Share Your 9/11 Story Census data is nonpublic information made available for restricted-use statistical research. To access the data, Next month will mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, researchers must have approval from the Census Bureau and 2001, terrorist attacks. The UT Media Relations office is look- must be conducting research that benefits Census Bureau proing for UT faculty, staff, students and alumni who were in New grams. The nation’s 13 research data centers are secure reposiYork or Washington, D.C., and witnessed the attacks or who tories, and researchers must travel to a center to use the data. played a role in the rescue or cleanup operations. They’re also The National Science Foundation offers funding support for looking for people who have seen their work, research or lives scholars seeking to exploit data from the Census Data Centers.

Monday, August 22, 2011

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Foreign students reject conditions Stage collapse victims file lawsuits The Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. — Companies involved in employing foreign students who walked off their jobs in protest at a facility that serves the Hershey chocolate manufacturer on Friday developed a plan to send the students on a trip to see some of the United States’ cultural and historical landmarks, but leaders of the protesting students rejected the idea flatly.

Rick Anaya, chief executive of the Council for Educational Travel USA, the San Clemente, Calif.-based nonprofit company that helped bring the students to the U.S., said the plan emerged after a two-hour conference call with representatives of the other three companies involved in their employment at a chocolate distribution center just outside Hershey.

“We’re actually doing this on our dime,” including paid time off for the student-workers, he said. “We’re paying for this trip. We’re just fleshing out the details.”

Students walked off the job at an Exel Inc.-run facility on Wednesday, saying the work was so strenuous and low-paying that they were unable to see very much of the country they came to visit and that they were angry at having spent thousands of dollars to participate in the program.

The students hold J-1 visas, which supply resorts and other businesses with cheap seasonal labor as part of a program aimed at fostering cultural understanding.

Exel said Thursday it doesn’t intend to continue to employ J-1 visa holders after the current group’s tenure ends in mid-September.

Godwin Efobi, a 26-year-old medical student from Ukraine who’s originally from Nigeria, said the initial reaction by student leaders to reports of the proposal was to reject it in the strongest terms.

“They’re not interested,” Efobi said late Friday. “If we say yes to this, it means that we were just making noise just so we could get a holiday. Yes, we want that, but there are bigger issues than just a holiday.”

Anaya said the plan was developed during a call with representatives of Westerville, Ohiobased Exel; The Hershey Co., the nation’s second-largest candy maker; and SHS Staffing Solutions, a Lemoyne-based temp agency that employs the roughly 400 J-1 visa holders who work at the Exel facility.

Anaya said the trip was not designed to buy off the students but rather to directly address one of their main concerns. He said their other issues would remain on the table and his organization was committed to dealing with them.

Exel spokeswoman Lynn Anderson described the cultural trip as part of an effort to address the workers’ complaints.

“We’re certainly supportive of it,” Anderson said. “I think they will play that back to the students who have expressed concerns.”

A spokesman for Hershey, whose sweet treats include Almond Joy, Kit Kat, Milk Duds and Reese’s peanut butter cups, said it was working with the other companies on the issue but offered no details about the cultural trip. A spokesman for SHS Staffing did not immediately return a phone message.

It’s unclear how many of the 400 students have participated in the job action. An organizer has said about 200 continue to support it, but Anderson said a majority of students have showed up for every shift since it began. She said the protest has affected the facility but production has largely continued as expected.

More than 100 students demonstrated in downtown Hershey on Thursday, chanting and holding signs that described themselves as slaves and captive workers and targeted The Hershey Co. in particular. Exel is a Hershey vendor, and SHS supplies workers to Exel.

One protester, Yana Brenzey, a 19-year-old journalism student from Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, said she said she had no idea that she would be lifting 40-pound boxes or netting only about $200 a week when she began working in early May at the warehouse run by Exel.

Other students who took part in this week’s protest are from China, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Romania and Turkey. The students say they want their jobs converted into family-sustaining work for the local community and want the companies involved in hiring them to negotiate over returning some of their costs to participate in what was billed as a cultural exchange program.

Anaya said he hoped the trip would help get the students away from what he described as a negative atmosphere around the Hershey plant.

“I want the kids to have a good impression of what America is like before they go home,” he said. “We don’t want these kids to leave with a bad taste in their mouth.”

Also Friday, some of the student-workers participated in demonstrations in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to bring attention to their complaints, while others began meeting with a team of labor law experts from colleges and universities who were probing the dispute.

The U.S. Department of State said Friday its investigators would be arriving in Hershey on Monday.

More than 100,000 college students come to the U.S. annually on J-1 visas for a mixture of work and exposure to the country's culture, but an investigation by The Associated Press last year described how some ended up stuck in extremely low-paying jobs and living in crowded, unsanitary conditions.

thies to her family.”

The others killed were Haskell’s best friend, 23INDIANAPOLIS — A 22-year-old college stu- year-old Alina Bigjohny of Fort Wayne, who was dent injured when a stage collapsed at the Indiana recently hired to teach seventh-grade English in State Fair died Friday, the same day lawsuits were Muncie; stagehand Nathan Byrd, 51, of Indianapolis, who was atop the rigging when it fell filed on behalf of two other victims.

Jennifer Haskell, a Ball State University senior, and later died from his injuries; Glenn Goodrich, became the sixth person to die from injuries suf- 49, of Indianapolis, who worked for an underwafered in the collapse that happened while fans ter camera and lighting equipment company; and Christina Santiago, 29, of were waiting for the counChicago, a gay activist and try act Sugarland to perprogram manager for a form. Four died immediateChicago nonprofit. ly, including Haskell’s best The Valparaiso law firm friend and Tammy of Kenneth J. Allen & Vandam, a 42-year-old Associates filed lawsuits Wanatah homemaker and on behalf of Vandam’s surformer disc jockey. One of vivors and 49-year-old the lawsuits filed Friday Beth Urschel, who was was on behalf of Vandam’s injured in the collapse. estate and her 17-year-old Vandam and Urschel were daughter. life partners, and attorney A fifth person died hours Kenneth Allen said he after the collapse from his planned to use the lawsuits injuries. to challenge Indiana state Haskell’s uncle, Mike law regarding the rights of Whited, announced her same-sex partners. death in a statement Friday More lawsuits are after it was first reported expected. Indiana law caps

by The Star Press of the state’s responsibility at Muncie. $5 million per accident, Haskell was entering her but with so many victims, senior year at Ball State • Photo courtesy of Durin several lawyers have said University in Muncie, where she was studying Attractions cover the grounds of the they expect a wide range of sports medicine. Her uncle Indiana State Fair in August 2006. A entities to be sued to said she had planned on stage collapse at this year’s fair before greater a bigger pool of becoming an athletic train- a concert resulted in the deaths of 6 money. Vandam’s lawsuit er after playing softball and people and left over 40 injured,leading names the fair, the state basketball at Monroe to multiple lawsuits that have poten- and companies that put on Central High School in tial for far-reaching law changes the show. Urschel’s names the companies.

Parker City, about 70 miles affecting future disasters.

Allen said there was a northeast of Indianapolis.

“After a long courageous battle, Jenny Haskell “strategy” behind leaving the state out of Urschel’s died at 8:15 this morning from her injuries sus- suit and the list of defendants would likely tained from the tragedy at the State Fair,” her fam- expand.

Spokesman Bryan Corbin said the Indiana ily’s statement said. “Jenny’s family would like to thank everyone for their support and prayers dur- attorney general’s office would review the suit and ing this difficult time. Continued support and file a response. He also said the state had not prayers from the remaining victims would be received any tort claims related to the accident. greatly appreciated.”

Haskell died at an Indianapolis hospital. It was not clear Friday how many of the roughly four dozen injured in the stage collapse remained hospitalized. State police stopped providing updates on the injured earlier this week. Condition reports have not been available from hospitals.

State Fair spokesman Andy Klotz told WTHR-TV the fair expresses “its deepest sympa-

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Monday, August 22, 2011

OPINIONS

Top Five Movies

Summer blockbusters suffice for now Will Abrams Copy Editor Summer is a great time for everyone to let loose a little. While this mainly applies to those who are still enrolled in formal education, Hollywood gets into the festive spirit as well by releasing enjoyable films that have, throughout the years, come to be called “summer blockbusters.”

Of course, with a significant portion of the population having a lot of free time on their hands during this season, most films are broken down to the simplest of plots, themes and characters to ensure that a film is the most bankable it can be. Action, romantic subplot, likable protagonist, explosions and “cool” factor are all important marks on the checklist.

The downfall of having such a checklist is that it leads to soulless filmmaking. The studio is no longer interested in a quality product so much as dressing its film up to look like a quality product.

Before continuing down a road that would eventually lead to a sarcastic tirade of fire and brimstone against the current Hollywood film model, it’s important to remember where blockbusters really got to be a popular area of filmmaking.

Decades ago, films like “Jaws” and “Star Wars” set a high bar for action/adventure films. They were put together by creators who had a high respect for film and storytelling. Not only were they great films, but they also had the ability to entertain the masses at a fairly intellectual level.

Fast forward to this past summer and one has to ask, “What happened to the creativity?” It isn’t just that blockbusters are becoming formulaic. Even films that fit their genre molds a little too well can be pleasant, maybe even great. Looking at the biggest films of this summer, “Bridesmaids” and “Super 8” stick out as probably the most original in concept and delivery.

That’s not to say that they were all that original, either.

Almost every popular film that has been released since the beginning of May to the date of this publication has been a remake, reboot, prequel, sequel or based on a comic book or cartoon.

Why come up with characters or storylines when we can just play with a superhero Mad Lib? Let’s see, (superhero) is struggling with responsibilities, leading a double life and finding time for (love interest).

Meanwhile, (villain) is plotting to build (deadly weapon)

that threatens to destroy (hometown/planet) and will inevitably kidnap/maim/kill (love interest).

It may not have been the most creative summer of all time, but there were still a few films here and there that managed to be worthwhile. For the purposes of this column, a top 5 may be the simplest of approaches.

5. “Bridesmaids” One might find it odd that this film sits at fifth on the list, given that it was just called one of “the most original in concept and delivery.” While it was a hilarious film by TV director Paul Feig and writer/actress Kristen Wiig, putting a romantic comedy, even a good one, much higher on a summer blockbuster list wouldn’t feel right.

4. “Captain America” Given the high-volume of B-grade comic books getting the film treatment recently, it would be easy to lump the latest Marvel film in with other bad graphic novel/comic films like “Priest 3D” or “Green Lantern.” The character of Steve Rogers/Captain America is quite unique to the usual superhero persona, and it’s a refreshing, albeit brief, character study written into a decent comic book movie.

3. “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” When this project was first announced awhile back, there were probably more than a couple fans of the original rolling their eyes. Fortunately the crew members behind this prequel actually used their thinking caps and put out a movie that is entertaining for both older fans and a new generation.

2. “X-Men: First Class” If ever there was a comic franchise worthy of a reboot, “X-Men” might be the one, after two great entries in the early 2000s, a botched third film and the horrendous Wolverine “Origins” killed a franchise that has dozens of interesting characters to offer. Above all else, Michael Fassbender’s portrayal of Lehnsherr/Magneto makes this film one of the best of the summer.

1. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” Did anyone really have a chance at beating Harry Potter this summer? Not only is “Deathly Hallows: Part Two” the final chapter of a series that defined many people’s childhoods, but it also came after arguably the best film of the series to date. Great characters, an epic finale and a sense of destiny made this film the summer’s best — and most profitable — offering.

That about does it for the summer of 2011. There were some other great films during the summer months, but Woody Allen doesn’t really come to mind when writing a column on summer blockbusters. Here’s to hoping for a better and more diverse sample of films in 2012.

— Will Abrams is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at wabrams1@utk.edu.

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THE GREAT MASH-UP • Liz Newnam

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US government must prioritize Off T he Deep End by

Derek Mullins Have you ever seen the film, “Wag the Dog?” Chances are, if you’re not intrigued by politically charged cinema, you’ve probably skipped this humorous, yet sometimes disturbing movie.

The basic premise of the film is that the fictitious president gets caught up in a sex scandal mere days before a presidential election where he will be seeking a second term. In order to divert attention away from the potential backlash over the president’s escapades and hopefully secure his re-election in the process, a Washington spin doctor, a big-shot Hollywood producer and several other strategists and celebrities whom they enlist to assist them concoct a phony war against Albania. Though hostilities never really break out between the two sides, Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman — who play the spin doctor and producer, respectively — are able to drum up enough public interest in the fake Albanian conflict to make the public and the media totally forget about the president’s misdeeds.

The fitting caption that appears at the beginning of the film succeeds in both summarizing the plot and making one contemplate the nature of politics in an age of mass media consumption: “Why does the dog wag its tail? Because the dog is smarter than the tail. If the tail were smarter, it would wag the dog.”

Though the film — based on the book “American Hero” by Larry Beinhart — is supposed to lampoon President George H. W. Bush’s attempts to distract the American people from increasing domestic trouble and save his chances of retaining his position of power in the next election with Desert Storm, the fact of the matter is that you could make the argument that such things have happened for decades or even for centuries in both American and international history. As I read a recent report, the plot of the dark comedy leapt into my head again.

Last Thursday, stories broke about President Obama condemning Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his regime, calling for his resignation and for a new day in Syrian politics in light of the litany of reports of

torture, murder, oppression and intimidation by the regime all in the name of maintaining their hold on the country.

It’s no secret that the Middle East is a hotbed of political instability and civil unrest nowadays.

Populations of various nations are tiring of living under the boots of tyrannical regimes that are, by western standards, authoritarian and/or overly fanatical in their implementation of religious doctrine. This year has already seen uprisings and outright revolts against these leaders, the most notable example of which is still ongoing in Libya.

In Syria, things are seemingly ready to boil over. Much like in Libya, protests have cropped up several times this year where demonstrators have called for more civil rights and less oppressive behavior from its government.

They are sick of living under the omnipresent watch of Bashar al-Assad’s cronies, and they are apparently quite eager for a more Western style of governance and a reformed system of laws and rights.

Now, I will not dispute the validity of the Syrian people’s cause. In all actuality, I fully and avidly support their efforts to attain more civil rights and liberties than they currently enjoy under Syrian law and gain access to a more democratic and prosperous future. I also cannot say that I fault President Obama’s denouncing of Bashar al-Assad or the new array of sanctions the United States is going to utilize to try to put pressure on his regime. What I question is the timing.

Don’t get me wrong, the strife currently taking place between these tyrannical regimes and their discontented peoples is big news, but it sometimes seems as though the White House is trying to divert attention away from our domestic troubles with its attempts to make these foreign affairs a top priority or the headline of numerous news conferences. While I certainly don’t expect the United States government, a key player on the international stage, to be silent, I would rather these things take at least a temporary backseat to the more pertinent issue at hand: economic woes in the United States.

If the Obama administration is trying to utilize a kind of “wag the dog” tactic with all the attention and time they give to foreign matters in the media, they are making a perilous mistake. The nation’s attention and focus is squarely on the faltering economy. This is certainly an instance where we must get our house in order before trying to comment on someone else’s.

— Derek Mullins is a senior in political science. He can be reached at dmullin5@utk.edu.

Abuses traced back to hypocrisy Dang er ous H y p o c r i sy by

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The feminist and essayist Joyce Arthur wrote a brilliant paper titled “The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion.” This is not going to be a column condemning pro-lifers for being two-faced on the issues; rather I wish to address this serious problem that is assaulting the world at large and is destroying the trust we have in each other as human beings. Trust is a valuable asset to society, and without it we will fall, my dear readers.

Without trust, motivational speakers would be out of a job and everybody would live their lives in fear.

Hypocrisy is one of the most angering acts that one can do. Take the recent bill in New York to aid 9/11 first responders with health issues that going into the rubble of the World Trade Centers without proper protection caused. Why weren’t they wearing proper protection? First, they didn’t have the proper amount available, and second, they were told by their superiors that it was safe to go without it. Now they are paying the price for their heroism, and when they ask for assistance, they are denied because it is deemed too expensive and illegals might be able to get help as well. This is from the same party who has used the imagery of 9/11 to push its agenda, promote patriotism, deify America and demonize foreigners. A bill was passed in Georgia that deported illegal immigrants in the state due in part to the belief that they contributed nothing to the economy. The legislation worked exactly like it was supposed to, and as a result the farming industry in Georgia started to collapse.

Hypocrisy not only shows that you are entirely unsure in your beliefs, but it also betrays the trust of those around you. The “fair-weather Christians,” as I heard someone call them, invade college campuses preaching about how everyone is doomed to hell for various vague reasons.

Instead of promoting the love and fairness that Jesus was all about, they provide an easy straw man for angry atheists, Muslims and people of any belief. Their hypocritical views do little to

actually advance the idea of Christianity and only end up producing noise pollution on the Pedestrian Mall. I know that several of you, my dear readers, will be outraged by this blanket statement towards Christians and Christianity in general, and you very well should be. These are the people who get on the news, who people remember and who create the image of Christianity. This small minority is ruining the good will and reputation towards those who deserve it. My dear religious readers, you need to change this. Become as loud or louder than this insane minority and show what actual Christians do. I know Christianity is not a religion dedicated to condemning those who are different, just as I know Islam is not a religion dedicated to martyrdom.

We are a nation that likes to pretend we are a Christian nation and then start wars over dubious means. We claim to have the best healthcare in the world, when in reality we’re ranked 34 and dropping fast. We believe we are the best country on earth, yet we have been shown time and time again to be one of the most corrupt. Blind patriotism is destroying the very foundations of freedom in our country. It is preventing the necessary changes that will make our society stronger. Americans as a whole are becoming placated by the media while our country is collapsing due to governmental incompetence and greed. We cannot tax the rich because they will flee the country and destroy our jobs and other insane thoughts. Instead of condemning these potential ex-patriots we idolize them despite the fact that they are holding the country hostage.

In order to alleviate the inevitable sadness and rage put forth by these realizations, I try to remember this one policy that has been put forth

by New York Times columnist Tim Kreider.

“Assume that stupidity and viciousness will inevitably prevail, that reason and decency will always be shouted down and stamped out. ...

This way, no news item, no matter how ghastly or depressing, will ever come as a disappointment; it will only be further confirmation of what you already know: The United States is an empire in decline, the Chinese are fascists, etc. Nietzsche said that the cruelest evil to fly out of Pandora’s box was Hope.”

— Aaron Moyer is a sophomore in philosophy.

He can be reached at amoyer3@utk.edu.

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Monday, August 22, 2011

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Dental Armageddon: Part One Olivia Cooper Staff Writer The dental offices of Harriet Quincey, D.D.S., were clean, bright and empty.

It had been empty for the past two weeks. Day in and day out, Harriet would sit in her office, study old teeth, amend old notes and wait for old patients to come back. However, in a city with a population of 100 people, including herself and Spencer Truth, D.D.S., it was hard to keep business.

Every morning, Harriet would come in and turn on all the lights. By the time she fired up her computer, the secretary, Mrs. Marshall, would arrive and wave as she walked past the office window.

The two hygienists, of which there used to be five, would come in and go straight to the break room and begin their game. They had fallen into the habit of bringing board games, and today was Wednesday, “Scrabble” day. Later in the day, Billy Wordsman would be due for a check-up, but they all knew it would be a no-show, as the Wordsmans moved when everyone else did a month ago. The only stragglers were those who actually wanted to stay and maintain their normal lives.

The waiting area was full of toys and novelty teeth for children to practice on and ease their anxiety about the highpowered instruments in the back that could be heard from the front door. Squeaking across patients’ mouths in a spray of fluoride flecks and saliva, the rubber brush would captivate the ears of nervous youngsters and send them into a panicked state.

“It’s O.K., sweetie. They’re just cleaning their teeth,” their mothers would coo as they sat in her lap.

The fear grew in them until they reached the children’s room, which had a small chair and bright wallpaper. The room also had Natalie, who wore the day’s most popular cartoon character scrubs. Upon seeing familiar media faces all around them, the child would relax, and the session would begin.

The children’s hygienist is now the office champion of “Battleship,” which earned her the nickname “Nautical Natalie,” but she was now struggling to find a word in the tiles before her.

“You see the news today, Nat?” her opponent, Stacy, casually said. “Said the temperature would fall below freezing

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Hiring Nursery Workers.

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First Baptist Concord/ West Lake FT/PT positions avail.

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Now hiring for after school childcare center in West Knoxville. A super fun job!

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A stunt pilot was killed in fiery crash during a Kansas City air show on Saturday after his plane appeared unable to get out of a downward spiral and plummeted nose-first into the ground, witnesses and authorities said.

Missouri Department of Aviation spokesman Joe McBride said the pilot couldn't pull out of a maneuver and the biplane crashed at a downtown airfield. No spectators were injured, and McBride said it was the first fatal crash at the annual Kansas City Aviation Expo Air Show.

Event officials identified the pilot as Bryan Jensen. A website promoting a pilot by the same name who was scheduled to perform at the show said he had been flying aerobatics for 15 years, worked for a major airline and had more than 23,000 hours of flight time.

Witnesses told the Kansas City Star that the red biplane was performing loops, then couldn’t pull up from a downward spiral. They said the crowd fell silent when the plane hit the ground and burst into flames.

“It was right in front of the crowd,” said Kansas City Council member Jan Marcason, who was watching the aerial acrobatics when the plane crashed around 1:45 p.m.

Others said it appeared that the pilot was going to gain control of the plane and that the maneuver initially looked scripted.

“It was looking cool at first, like he knew what he was doing,” Jason Cook, of Blue Springs, told the newspaper.

Spectators were asked to leave Wheeler Downtown Airport after the crash, though the show was expected to resume Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.

In a news conference hours after the fatal accident, air show director Ed Noyallis released the pilot’s name but no other information about him.

“Our hearts go out to Bryan's family and loved ones,” he said.

The website promoting a Bryan Jensen and his red biplane said he grew up on a farm in rural Iowa, took his first flying lesson at age 13 and graduated from the University of North Dakota’s aviation college. The site said he had worked for several commuter and major airlines.

Noyallis said aerobic flying can be extremely dangerous, but said the public was never in danger Saturday.

Air show officials said they consulted with other pilots and agreed the show would continue Sunday.

— Olivia Cooper is a senior in creative writing. She can be reached at ocooper@utk.edu.

Please apply in person between 9:00am-4:00pm Tuesday-Friday at: Knoxville Marriott 500 Hill Avenue S.E. Knoxville, TN 37915

G. Carlton Salon is looking for two part-time, energetic, people-loving salon coordinators to answer phones, book appointments, and help with other duties to keep the salon running smoothly. Call Mary Alice at 865-584-3432 or apply in person at 6718 Albunda Dr.

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again.” Stacy was the only man that had worked in Harriet’s office. He was the one all the older women asked for. His face looked exactly like a soap opera star’s, and having him clean their teeth was the women’s dream.

“No need for the news,” Natalie replied. “I felt the freeze inside with all my heaters on full blast.”

Stacy played “qualm,” smiled and said, “Well the news did say that this phase wouldn’t last too long, anyway. Projected path and all.”

Harriet had looked over every last file in her office and now stared at the street through her window. Cars were rare now, but she would count the ones that passed dutifully.

When the news first spread that a meteor was on collision course with Earth, everyone evacuated the town. However, they evacuated to sunny beaches and amusement parks. The parks advertised free admission “until the end of time” and news crews had relocated to all sorts of exotic places and would broadcast the swarmed beaches during usual news times. Throughout the day, reruns of old sitcoms would play on the basic channels.

People began to put all of their possessions outside wherever they could find space with signs that said, “Find some use for these.” Walks out at night would overhear couples arguing, declaring love for others. The Bridge Club left a sign outside the Community Center that read: “Gone to Vegas!”

Families separated. Some began to build bomb shelters in hopes that the meteor wouldn’t penetrate the Earth’s core as scientists predicted.

Harriet was one of those who chose to not change their daily routines and kept her business going. Some people were nice enough to call and cancel their dental appointments, and a few sent gift baskets, thanking the staff for their work.

Three men proclaimed their love for Natalie after bringing their kids in, and 10 women and two men wanted to run away with Stacy.

“Those who want to stay on, can stay on,” Harriet told her staff on a Friday. “Otherwise, I understand if you want to leave.”

By Monday, all she had were Mrs. Marshall, Stacy, Natalie and her partner, Spencer Truth, D.D.S.

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Hours Tues and Thur 12-6.

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PT positions for North Knoxville apartment complex. Ground/ maintenance .

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Monday, August 22, 2011

ARTS&CULTURE

Military band finds success with Adele cover The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Video of a military band’s acoustic cover of Adele’s hit song “Rolling in the Deep” has made the group a viral hit with more than 1 million views online in less than a month.

The band Sidewinder, all members of the 571st Air Force Band, Air National Guard Band of the Central States based in St. Louis, belted out the soulful tune for a group of airmen while traveling in the Middle East performing for troops.

Staff Sgt. Angie Johnson, who lives in Nashville when

she’s not performing, said by e-mail that the group members were traveling to another country and had packed up all their electronic gear. But they left out their acoustic equipment so they could perform for the airmen working a late-night shift when the video was taken.

“We are constantly traveling and hauling gear from here to there,” Johnson said. “We can do up to four shows a day.

We’ll play anywhere they’ll have us, even if it’s in the dining facility. We are very versatile in regards to being a portable unit.”

She said it was the first time the band had played “Rolling in the Deep” during an acoustic set. The video – Captain John R. Arata shows the group in tan Member of 571st Air Force Band T-shirts and camouflage pants in a pallet yard while strumming guitars, playing a fiddle and banging out the rhythm on a drum. Even without a microphone, Johnson’s powerful voice is a pretty close impression of the British singer Adele.

Johnson said she loves to perform all types of music, including classical, show tunes, pop, blues and rock.

“But my dad raised me on country music and it has a very special place in my heart,” she said.

After the video was posted online earlier this month, the band was swamped with requests to perform the song again. Johnson even got an invitation to audition for “The Voice” by host Carson Daly via Twitter.

“We could have never imagined getting the stateside exposure that we have received,” band commander and conductor Capt. John R. Arata, who also plays the piano and the fiddle, wrote in an e-mail.

It is high praise for a hard-working Air National Guard band tasked with building up morale for troops overseas.

The band is currently performing as the Air Forces Central Command band and has been playing shows at bases in Afghanistan and around southeast Asia.

“Since we’ve been here, we have done numerous performances ranging from large concerts to smaller appearances in the places where troops work,” Arata said. “We go to forward locations where breaks from the fight are few

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and far between. It’s not unusual for troops to tell us, ‘Tonight was the most fun I’ve had on this deployment,’ or ‘Thank you; I really needed that.’”

Johnson also points out that being National Guard troops, the band members come from a variety of backgrounds. Their bass player, Tech. Sgt. John Cavanaugh, is a full-time university campus police officer, but others, like Arata, are music teachers, she said.

The daughter of a retired chief master sergeant, Johnson joined the Air Force as an intelligence analyst but was drawn into performing national anthems at various military ceremonies. She performed during a yearlong tour as a part of Tops in Blue, the Air Force's premier expeditionary entertainment troupe, and has traveled to just about every Air Force base in the world.

When she decided to leave the active duty force and move to Nashville, she still wanted to be involved in the military, so she joined the Air National Guard band that is part of the 131st Bomb Wing, Missouri National Guard.

Johnson’s husband, Bobby Johnson, said he started getting phone calls and messages from friends and family who said they’d seen the video online or heard about it in news stories.

“I was definitely surprised at how quickly the video has grown, but I always knew she was extremely talented,” Johnson said.

But band members say while they appreciate the attention, the real talent is all the deployed men and women.

“We hope that everyone who sees the video will realize that the Air Force and the National Guard have ‘rock stars’ in every career field: pilots, medics, mechanics, etc.,” Arata said. “We also hope our music has renewed a sense of patriotism and support for the men and women who serve in harm’s way.”

Johnson said she is proud of her band’s mission and the mission of the troops they are supporting.

“Them being here, fighting for our right to play music is the only reason we are allowed to do what we do,” Johnson said. “And the fact that music is such a universal language allows us to strengthen partnerships with our host nations.”

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Monday, August 22, 2011

SPORTS

The Daily Beacon • 7

Titans drop close preseason game to Rams the Titans called timeout just before the snap.

St. Louis opened with three tight ends and Jackson the The Associated Press lone back on a play that easily topped the Rams’ longest play last season, a 49-yard reception by Jackson, the lone ST. LOUIS (AP) — Josh Brown’s winning last-second suspense coming when Gibson stumbled at the 35. The field goal couldn’t erase the bad taste from the St. Louis rest of the half, St. Louis totaled just 70 yards on 27 plays.

Rams’ poor first half.

Rookie Jamie Harper, third on the Tennessee depth Coach Steve Spagnuolo didn’t mince words after the chart behind Johnson and Javon Ringer (hamstring) had starters got dominated on both sides of the ball, needing 83 yards on 11 carries in the half. The highlight was a 46the backups to rally for a hollow 17-16 victory over the yarder on a cutback run, and he scored for the second Tennessee Titans on Saturday night. straight week.

“I do think we’ve got a long way to go based on that The Titans totaled 198 yards rushing with a 5.7-yard first half,” Spagnuolo said. “I’m not real happy with how average. we ran the ball, I’m not real happy with how we stopped “Regardless if it’s Chris back there or Javon Ringer or the run.”

Jamie Harper, whoever’s back there, we’re going to block Players weren’t happy, either. our tails off and “Did we come away with a win? establish the runYes, we did,” center Jason Brown ning game,” center said. “But did we move the ball like Eugene Amano said. we wanted to? No, we did not.

“That’s our identiThere’s going to be a lot of teaching ty.” points and a lot of criticism and conTennessee starter structive things we can learn from Matt Hasselbeck this game.” was sharp, going 7 After getting burned for an 83-yard for 9 for 74 yards. touchdown pass on the first play, the Hasselbeck was Titans’ defense stood fast. The shaken up on his offense thrived without holdout Chris final play when Johnson while taking a 16-7 halftime Brady Poppinga lead. rolled into his legs “We settled down, adjusted, and after a pass, but pretty much shut them down the rest after walking off of the half,” coach Mike Munchak didn’t need treatsaid. “Pretty much the rest of the ment on the sidegame really, until the end there.” line.

“I thought the first group did a “A guy hit me on great job.” top of my head and I Steven Jackson was limited to 10 bit my tongue really yards on six carries in his preseason good,” Hasselbeck debut and Sam Bradford had no other • Photo courtesy of Jamie L. Mill said. “I got the wind big plays in the first half, plus got Players from the Tennessee Titans take the field knocked out of me. I banged around a bit after tackle before a game against the Houston Texans on had a lot of blood in Rodger Saffold tweaked his back in Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003. The Titans look to develop a my mouth. I could the second quarter. better flow with their team in the remaining presea- have gone back in, “Nothing we saw was anything son games. but I had hit my new,” Bradford said. “We had seen all allotted plays.” those blitzes in practice, we could have picked those up.

Jackson missed most of two practices with hip soreness We know what we need to work on.” this week, but said it was just a precaution. He had trouThe Rams (2-0) scored 33 points in the preseason openble finding holes behind a line that had seldom-used Hank er against the Colts but, after getting Tennessee (1-1) to Fraley at guard in place of guard Jacob Bell. Donnie Jones bite on play action on Bradford’s 83-yarder to a wide-open punted eight times, four in each half.

Brandon Gibson for a quick 7-0 lead, new offensive coordi“I’m not looking for yardage in the preseason. What I’m nator Josh McDaniels had no follow-up with the firstlooking for is run reads and how my chemistry is with the stringers. offensive line. One hundred yards or 1 yard, it’s irregardBrown’s 42-yard field goal capped a closing 12-play 67less. The job of the preseason is to get back into the flow yard drive behind third string quarterback Thaddeus of the game.”

Lewis. Brown was successful twice, first connecting after

The Rams’ Donnie Avery (knee) played for the first time since last preseason and caught a 19-yard touchdown pass from A.J. Feeley in the third quarter that cut the gap to 16-14.

Jake Locker threw a 29-yard completion to Jared Cook to the 5 on his first snap to set up Rob Bironas’ third field goal of the half. Two of them were chip shots after the Titans stalled at the 7 and 5.

“Field goals will kill you, and we kicked a lot of field goals,” Munchak said.

Alterraun Verner’s interception on Bradford’s throw in traffic intended for Mike Sims-Walker set up Harper’s touchdown run that put the Titans up 10-7 in the first quarter. Bradford was hit hard on consecutive plays in the second quarter, getting blind-sided by blitzing cornerback Cortland Finnegan and then going down after William Hayes grabbed him by the ankles.

Titans defensive end Jason Jones was carted off the field at the start of the second quarter with a sprained left knee sustained on the 83-yard touchdown. Jones was back on the sideline in the second half wearing a brace and is expected back in time for the opener Sept. 11 at Jacksonville.

Rams middle linebacker James Laurinaitis made his preseason debut and tackled Harper for a 1-yard gain on the Titans’ first play. Laurinaitis, who missed the opener with a pectoral injury, also had a sack.

NOTES: The Titans held out WR Kenny Britt (sore right hamstring) ... Rookie DT Karl Klug, a fifth-round pick, made his second start for Tennessee. Sen’Derrick Marks returned to practice this week from shoulder surgery in March and isn’t expected to play until the fourth preseason game. ... The Rams had seven penalties for 64 yards, a step back from the preseason opener when they were whistled only twice for 14 yards. ... Tennessee hasn’t won on the road in the preseason since Aug. 28, 2008 at Green Bay.

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8 • The Daily Beacon

Monday, August 22, 2011

Vols basketball announces tough season slate Staff Reports The Tennessee men’s basketball program announced its 2011-12 schedule Thursday. In head coach Cuonzo Martin’s first season on Rocky Top, the Volunteers are set to play at least six games against in-state opponents, 14 games against programs who appeared in the 2011 NCAA Tournament and 10 contests against teams who posted a 2011 year-end RPI of 50 or better.

Tennessee’s schedule also features at least 11 games against teams listed in ESPN college basketball expert Dick Vitale’s preseason top 12.

And those opponent numbers could be bolstered based on how things play out at the 2011 EA SPORTS Maui Invitational, which includes the Vols, Chaminade, Duke, Georgetown, Kansas, Memphis, Michigan and UCLA. “This is the type of schedule that players want to play,” Martin said. “Tennessee has historically put together a great schedule every year. But when you look at the field in Maui, the games against Pitt, Memphis and UConn, and then add the SEC — which is going to have numerous preseason top20 teams and some future NBA guys — this schedule might be the toughest one yet.

“But it’s great for our fans and our players, so we’re excited about it.”

The Vols are slated to play 17 regular-season home games, with eight coming during SEC play. Western Division opponents making appearances in Knoxville this season are Auburn, Arkansas and Ole Miss.

Annual home-and-home matchups with Eastern Division foes Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina and Vanderbilt also line the way. Tennessee’s 65 regular-season SEC wins dating to the 2005-06 season are the most in the league during that span. Last year, the Vols were one of five SEC programs to make the NCAA Tournament.

Tennessee’s 10 non-conference home games include contests against Austin Peay, Chattanooga, The Citadel, UConn, ETSU, Louisiana-Monroe, Memphis, UNC Asheville, UNC

Greensboro (EA SPORTS Maui Invitational Opening Game) and Pittsburgh.

The Pittsburgh game Dec. 3 in Thompson-Boling Arena is part of the revamped Big East/SEC Challenge, which now is contested at campus sites instead of neutral venues. The Vols shocked third-ranked Pitt 83-76 at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa., last season. The Panthers recovered

Vols 48-25 in Durham on Feb. 20, 1911).

Tennessee’s non-conference road schedule also includes trips to play at College of Charleston, Memphis and Oakland (Mich.). The Big Orange lead the all-time series with Memphis 14-8, dating to 1969, and the Vols have won four of their last five meetings with the Tigers. The Oakland game, meanwhile, marks UT’s first hardwood appearance in the state of Michigan in 18 years (79-68 loss at Michigan State on Dec. 20, 1994).

With CBS’ national college basketball programming lineup yet to be announced, the Vols have at least 11 regular-season games set for telecast nationally on the ESPN family of networks (ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU).

The majority of intra-conference games not televised nationally will be available as a part of ESPN Full Court, the pay subscription college basketball out-of-market service, and on ESPN3.com.

The regional television designations for the majority of Tennessee’s non-conference schedule have yet to be announced.

The SEC Tournament takes place at New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, La., March 8-12, and the NCAA Tournament gets underway March 13-14 with firstJoy Hill • The Daily Beacon round games in Dayton, Ohio. Second- and Cuonzo Martin speaks with media during a press conference on third-round NCAA games will take place in Monday, March 28. Thursday, Tennessee released its 2011-2012 men’s eight cities March 15-18, and regional play basketball schedule, which will be Martin’s first at the helm of the team. is set for Mach 22-25 in Boston, Mass., Phoenix, Ariz., Atlanta, Ga., and St. Louis, to post a 28-6 overall record and advanced to the third round Mo. of the NCAA Tournament last spring.

The Final Four takes place March 31 and April 2 at the In Maui during Thanksgiving week, UT is set to face Duke Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, La. before playing either Memphis or Michigan. Tennessee’s third Exhibition play opens Nov. 3, when the Vols host Division opponent will be determined by how the event’s first two days II Carson-Newman at Thompson-Boling Arena. Tennessee unfold. The clash against Duke serves as a tiebreaker of sorts also welcomes Division II Lincoln Memorial University for its for both programs, as the all-time series is deadlocked at 7-7, final exhibition contest Nov. 7. Both exhibition games are set dating to the first meeting 100 years ago (Duke defeated the to tipoff at 7:30 p.m.

UT hoops players help local fundraiser Staff Reports Members of the Vols basketball team, along with the women’s program, took to the court at Farragut High School Saturday morning as they participated in the Fourth-Annual Hoops for Hope basketball tournament for individuals with Down Syndrome. Proceeds from the event go to fund scholarships for the Down Syndrome Awareness Group of Eastern Tennessee.

The event features full-court basketball games, shooting contests and photo and autograph sessions with Tennessee players and coaches. Participants were able to spend the morning on the court with their favorite UT players, being coached and encouraged by members of the Big Orange

squads.

The Vols and Lady Vols have been a part of the event since its inception in 2008.

“We have done Hoops for Hope since my freshman year,” said Lady Vol senior Briana Bass. “It has been four years now and it has been a great experience every time. Just being able to come here and work with the kids, being able to run up and down the court with them and cheer for them and be enthusiastic. It is really great and it builds your character and also helps them with their communication skills.”

Although the UT student-athletes are teaching Hoops for Hope participants on the court, they are learning from the participants as well.

“They are teaching me to work with patience,” Bass said.

“We are just encouraging them to run up and down the court.

Just giving back — little things like that will go a long way.”

Kardashian marries NBA player The Associated Press SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Kris Humphries has officially caught up with Kim Kardashian. The basketball pro and the reality star are husband and wife.

Publicist Jill Fritzo tells People magazine and E! that the 30year-old Kardashian and the 26-year-old Humphries tied the knot Saturday night in the exclusive Montecito area near Santa Barbara, Calif.

The ceremony will be televised as a two-part special on E! in October.

It is the first marriage for Humphries and the second for Kardashian, who was married to music producer Damon Thomas from 2000 to 2004.

People and E! report that Kardashian wore an ivory gown designed by Vera Wang as stepfather Bruce Jenner walked her down the aisle in front of 440 guests, including Demi Lovato, Mario Lopez and Lindsay Lohan.