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Summitt diagnosed with early onset dementia ketball team. “Pat Summitt is not only my mom, but also an incredMatt Dixon ible role model and mentor for me,” Tyler said. “It seems Sports Editor like she teaches me something new every day, and she is currently giving me one of the best life lessons of all: to Tennessee released a video statement Tuesday afterhave the courage to be open, honest and face the truth. noon from women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt. “This will be a new chapter for my mom and I, and we It had little to do with basketwill continue to work as ball. a team like we always Summitt announced for the have done. We both first time publicly that she was appreciate the contindiagnosed with early onset ued support of the Lady dementia, Alzheimer’s type, in Vol family. Our faith is the summer after visiting the in the Lord and we Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. trust that God has a But she is not ready to give up plan for us. Looking coaching after 37 seasons with forward, nobody is as the Lady Vols. ready for the 2011-2012 “I plan to continue to be your basketball season to coach,” Summitt said to her start as much as the “Tennessee families” in the video Summitt family. God statement. “Obviously, I realize I Bless.” may have some limitations with Summitt ended her this condition since there will be statement expressing some good days and some bad her appreciation for the days. support she has “For that reason, I will be relyreceived. ing on my outstanding coaching “I love being your staff like never before. We have coach and the privilege always collaborated on every facet to go to work every day of Lady Vol basketball, and now with our outstanding you will see Holly Warlick, Dean Lady Vol basketball stuLockwood and Mickie DeMoss File Photo • The Daily Beacon dent-athletes. I apprecitaking on more responsibility as Pat Summit and Joan Cronan celebrate Summit’s 1000th win in Feb 2009. Summit recently announced that ate the complete suptheir duties will change signifishe is suffering from early onset dementia but plans to continue coaching. port of UT Chancellor cantly.” Dr. Jimmy Cheek and The 59-year-old Hall of Fame “Pat Summitt is our head coach and she will continue UT Athletics Director Joan Cronan to continue coaching coach has amassed an NCAA-record 1,071 career wins, eight national championships and 15 SEC titles. The to be,” Cronan said. “She is an icon not only for women’s at the University of Tennessee as long as the good Lord is court in Thompson-Boling Arena is also named in her basketball but for all of women’s athletics. For Pat to willing. “I’ve been honest and shared my health concerns with stand up and share her health news is just a continuing honor. you, and now we’ll move forward to the business at hand example of her courage. Life is an unknown and none of “It takes amazing courage for Pat to come forward and ... coaching a great group of Lady Vols. For the time us have a crystal ball. But I do have a record of knowing discuss her health with her players, our fans and the being, I hope you will respect my privacy regarding this what Pat Summitt stands for: excellence, strength, honentire country, but that’s who she is,” UTK Chancellor matter.” Jimmy Cheek said in a statement. “Pat Summitt stands esty and courage.” Summitt’s son, Tyler, is a walk-on on UT’s men’s basfor courage and integrity. We will stand behind her and support her in every way possible. We look forward to her continued leadership as the Lady Vols head coach and I know that even through this adversity she will be an inspiration to all of us.” Interim Athletic Director Joan Cronan echoed Cheek’s comments in her statement.
Students partner to help end hunger UT, UGA join Ugandan House of Hope in creating food source Lauren Kittrell Student Life Editor Students from UT had an opportunity to join in diminishing poverty in Uganda through Nourish International and the Ugandan House of Hope. With the assistance of the UTK chapter of Nourish International, four students from campus were able to invest seven weeks of time and energy towards their ambitious movement. Jennifer Smith, a double major in Russian and global studies and co-leader of the Knoxville chapter of Nourish International, said the primary goal of their work in Uganda was to create a sustainable food source and income for the school and orphanage of the Ugandan House of Hope. “We were able to work alongside the children and community members to start up a highly profitable vegetable garden,” Smith said. “Although they owned the land before we got there, they had no money to buy tools, clear the field of bushes or to purchase seedlings and fertilizer. They already had the plan in place. We were merely acting as a catalyst to get it done quickly and efficiently.” Thanks to support from both UT and the University of Georgia, the students were able to provide $15,000 to the Ugandan House of Hope. Through the students involved, spinach, cabbage, green peppers, eggplant, carrots, tomatoes and more were grown to provide a new source of nutrients for the children involved and a new source of income for the House of Hope. One of the students’ goals was to form a long-term relationship with the House of Hope and to stay informed regarding the progress of the project. Smith said she wanted to be sure that the work they invested would remain sustainable and that the children would continue living healthy and beneficial lives. “I have no doubt in my mind that the four of us that went on the project will remain in contact with people we met for years to come,” Smith said. “We became a family with the children and with the adults that run House of Hope.” Nourish International not only provided a means of service to the House of Hope, but it also created an opportunity for the students involved to experience another culture and to build relationships with one another. Mary Carnes, junior in global studies, said the most powerful aspect of her experience was the chance to be immersed in a culture so different from her own. “The trip was a perfect setting in which to learn about sustainable development,” Carnes said. “We were able to deal with the hands-on component through physical labor on the farm, while at the same time working alongside and getting to know the most loving and enthusiastic group of elementary age students. The relationships with those kids are certainly what I miss the most.” Nourish International is a student-led movement that seeks to create a better world step by step, just as these students have begun to do in Uganda. The group’s goal is to minimize world poverty, creating a community of social entrepreneurs. “Nourish International is a movement of college students that believe that our generation can change the world for better,” Smith said. “Although eradicating global poverty is an incredibly ambitious — some would say impossible — goal, that’s what we are attempting to do as a community.” The movement teaches students a way to do business and still give back to their community. Smith said she learned the basics of running a profitable business where Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon employees, customers, the environment and the world benefit as well. “Nourish is a fun way to learn about the world around you, while improving yourself On Tuesday, Caitlin Burke, senior in mathematics and UT Dance Society president, hangs up a flyer, for their upcoming BOSS Dance Company Auditions. On Sunday and the world at the same time,” Smith said. “While a part of Nourish, you are actively any UT student can audition on things from ballet to hip hop at 3p.m. in AMB 209. making a positive impact in the world.” For more information visit http://web.utk.edu/~dance