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‘Falling Man’ to commemorate 9/11 tragedy Documentary highlights life of man in famous photograph, other lives lost at Twin Towers Jamie Cunningham Staff Writer The 10th anniversary of 9/11 is this Sunday, and the UT College of Communication and Information (CCI) is helping commemorate the day that killed almost 3,000 people with a special screening of the documentary film “The Falling Man.” Margaret Morrison, interim director of the College of Communication and Information’s School of Advertising and Public Relations, believed it was important to commemorate the event on UT’s campus because most students were coming of age when 9/11 happened.

“When 9/11 occurred, today’s students at UT were typically between the ages of 8-12,” Morrison said. “They remember this date, and I always thought it was a defining moment in their lives. I think it’s important that we don’t forget what happened that day and there are many perspectives that define what it means.”

The film, which tells the story of the famous “The Falling Man” photograph by The Associated Press photographer Richard Drew, focuses on the story of the man in the photograph who jumped from the burning North Tower of the World Trade Center on that fateful day in New York City.

There were many haunting images captured on Sept. 11, and many of the photographs taken created visceral and profound reactions in a stunned nation and world.

However, one photograph, “The Falling Man,” stood out in America’s minds as a controversial image that some found distasteful and intrusive.

While the photograph stirs powerful emotions in viewers, Morrison insists it is an important part of the 9/11 story.

“Initial news accounts heralded those who responded to the disaster and ultimately died when the towers collapsed (i.e., firefighters, policemen, emergency workers),” Morrison

said. “The news accounts also highlighted the folks who were in the Towers and died either when they were trying to evacuate or when the Towers collapsed. ‘The Falling Man’ offers a different perspective of events that occurred but aren’t necessarily discussed: the 200 people who jumped from the Twin Towers that day.”

The image depicts the fate of men and women who, realizing the peril of the situation, decided to take their life in their own hands in a way that they could control. “The Falling Man” delves deep into the tragic story that a grieving country shied away from.

Karl Hughes, a senior in mechanical engineering and founder of Volblogs.com, thinks that documentaries about 9/11 are important because the event impacted so many lives.

“We should remember the event and those who died that day but also learn from the way we chose to handle it … (September 11) was one of the most pivotal moments in our nation’s history,” Hughes said. “We’ve been at war for almost 10 years in large part to that day.”

Geneva Hill, a graduate student studying architecture, is glad UT is using the day to not only remember 9/11, but to educate about the day as well.

“It is especially important for our educational institutions to continue to educate about the event and the impact it has had on our current world,” Hill said.

The documentary might not be in the list of traditional commemoration events such as parades and monuments. However, Morrison is confident that educating people plays a vital role in paying tribute to the victims of 9/11.

“As Americans, I think it’s imperative that we remember the role that media serve in this country,” Morrison said. “They are very important but sometimes the images delivered through them tell only part of a story.

‘The Falling Man’ delivers another perspective, but there are millions of others from that day. That’s why it’s important.”

• Photo courtesy of Richard Drew/AP

A man falls from the top floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center during the 9/11 attacks. The documentary, “The Falling Man,” which follows the search for information behind the photo of the same name, will be shown .

Candidate shares dream for Knoxville “They benefit because this is what affects their lives, and, by voting, they participate in the political process,” Owen said. “Without voting Bill Owen, city council at large seat B candi- and not participating it undermines the political date and former multi-term state senator, spoke process. It doesn’t give them a voice. By having with UT College Democrats on Tuesday about a voice in what goes on in the city means that his intentions for the city and his wishes for stu- the city is more responsive to that voice. It’s the old saying ‘the squeaky wheel gets the grease.’ dent involvement.

Owen stresses his desire for Knoxville to And when students have an issue that they are become a Wi-Fi city that allows citizens to “get interested in, regardless of what it is, that they come to city council. City council will listen to outside and get online.”

“There are over 100 cities in the country that them if they are voting (and) if they have a history of voting. If they don’t have a history of votare Wi-Fi cities,” Owen ing, it’s much easier for said. “Chattanooga has the city council, or for just announced it’s any city official, to going to become a Wiignore them.”

Fi city. Knoxville should Goldston believes explore the possibility that student voting is of being a Wi-Fi city.” important to the univerDemocratic students sity. support his plans to “Local politicians can boost the reputation of definitely help push our the city as a great eduuniversity’s agenda in cation center. Harold the state delegation,” Goldston, senior in Goldston said. “No matpolitical science and ter if the student’s from College Democrats Nashville, from Campaign Liaison, Memphis, from believes this is an Knoxville, it just matters important issue. they can help push our “Bill touched on the agenda.” fact that it’s important – Jennifer Baldwin, junior in Baldwin supports this for us to sell Knoxville political science and economics as well. as a city that’s forward and College Democrats Vice President, “I think it would thinking about educaon encouraging students to get involved greatly benefit students, tion,” Goldston said. especially because a lot “We educate the most college-level students here (than) the entire of issues that they’re campaigning on will affect state of Tennessee. We’re better than Nashville, us in the future, especially with sustainable livand more (students) than Memphis, so educa- ing (and) jobs,” Baldwin said. “If we plan to stay tion’s very important in Knoxville and right now in Knoxville then we want this to be the best our leaders aren’t pushing that nationally, which community that we could possibly live in.”

While the Democrats believe it is important they should because then we’ll attract better people to come and study in Knoxville, and for students to get involved, students may want Tennessee will become a more attractive place more information on the city council in general.

Owen described the role that it plays in local polto live.”

Owen ended the night by encouraging the itics as the following.

“Everything that goes on on a local basis is audience to get involved. Jennifer Baldwin, jungoverned by city ordinances,” Owen said “…the ior in political science and economics and College Democrats Vice President, strongly enforcement of the codes that requires the upkeep of housing regulations and housing agreed with the statement.

“I think the most important issue is for stu- codes in Ft. Sanders is directly affected by the dents to just get involved,” Baldwin said. “…if city codes (enforced) by the city council. The we actually would get involved we would have a police department is directly affected by the city Joy Hill • The Daily Beacon council. Protection of the streets, the fire departreally big impact.”

One way students can get more involved is by ment, all of these things that impact people’s Victor Medina, sophomore in creative writing, hangs posters up in the Humanities Amphitheatre on Thursday, Sept. 1. The posters featured quotes about keeping voting in the upcoming election. Owen thinks lives on a local basis are directly passed by the city council.” that voting is beneficial for students. hope from such social movers as Martin Luther King Jr. and Noam Chomsky.

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important issue is for students to just get

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon

Professor James Fellenbaum conducts the UT Symphony Orchestra during the Tribute to Roger Stephens on Tuesday, Sept 6. Stephens, who was the Director of the School of Music at UT from 2001-2011, passed away earlier this year after a seven-year battle with stage IV cancer.

Crime Saturday, Sept. 3

Log

12:57 a.m. — Driver pulled over for driving the wrong way down James Agee Street. Upon further investigation, the driver was found to be driving with a suspended license and in possession of marijuana. Both the front and rear passengers were intoxicated and the latter was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia. All subjects were placed under arrest.

2:53 a.m. — Officer dispatched to Fraternity Park Drive in response to a fire alarm. After

clearing the building, the officer warned one individual not to re-enter the building numerous times. The suspect did not heed the officer’s warning and was arrested for disorderly conduct, public intoxication and underage drinking.

6:53 p.m. — Subject arrested for criminal trespassing for running out onto ShieldsWatkins Field during the rain delay before the football game at Neyland Stadium.

11:35 p.m. — Officers dispatched to Presidential Courtyard regarding a fight in progress. Although the fight was mutual, one of the suspects was determined to be intoxicated and under the age of 21. This suspect was then placed under arrest.

Compiled from a media log provided to the Daily Beacon by the University of Tennessee Police Department. All persons arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. People with names similar or identical to those listed may not be those identified in reports.

1644— New Amsterdam becomes New York Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam, the capital of New Netherland, to an English naval squadron under Colonel Richard Nicolls. Stuyvesant had hoped to resist the English, but he was an unpopular ruler, and his Dutch subjects refused to rally around him.

Following its capture, New Amsterdam’s name was changed to New York, in honor of the Duke of York, who organized the mission.

The colony of New Netherland was established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624 and grew to encompass all of present-day New York City and parts of Long Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey. A successful Dutch settlement in the colony grew up on the southern tip of Manhattan Island and was christened New Amsterdam.

To legitimatize Dutch claims to New Amsterdam, Dutch governor Peter Minuit formally purchased Manhattan from the local tribe from which it derives it name in 1626. According to legend, the Manhattans--Indians of Algonquian linguistic stock--agreed to give up the island in exchange for trinkets valued at only $24. However, as they were ignorant of European customs of property and contracts, it was not long before the Manhattans came into armed conflict with the expanding Dutch settlement at New Amsterdam.

Beginning in 1641, a protracted war was fought between the colonists and the Manhattans, which resulted in the death of more than 1,000 Indians and settlers.

In 1664, New Amsterdam passed to English control, and English and Dutch settlers lived together peacefully. In 1673, there was a short interruption of English rule when the Netherlands temporary regained the settlement. In 1674, New York was returned to the English, and in 1686 it became the first city in the colonies to receive a royal charter. After the American Revolution, it became the first capital of the United States.

1943— Italian surrender is announced On this day in 1943, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies. Germany reacted with Operation Axis, the Allies with Operation Avalanche.

With Mussolini deposed from power and the earlier collapse of the fascist government in July, Gen. Pietro Badoglio, the man who had assumed power in Mussolini’s stead by request of King Victor Emanuel, began negotiating with Gen. Eisenhower for weeks. Weeks later, Badoglio finally approved a conditional surrender, allowing the Allies to land in southern Italy and begin beating the Germans back up the peninsula. Operation Avalanche, the Allied invasion of Italy, was given the go-ahead, and the next day would see Allied troops land in Salerno.

The Germans too snapped into action. Ever since Mussolini had begun to falter, Hitler had been making plans to invade Italy to keep the Allies from gaining a foothold that would situate them within easy reach of the German-occupied Balkans. On Sept. 8, Hitler launched Operation Axis, the occupation of Italy. As German troops entered Rome, General Badoglio and the royal family fled Rome for southeastern Italy to set up a new antifascist government. Italian troops began surrendering to their former German allies; where they resisted, as had happened earlier in Greece, they were slaughtered (1,646 Italian soldiers were murdered by Germans on the Greek island of Cephalonia, and the 5,000 that finally surrendered were ultimately shot).

One of the goals of Operation Axis was to keep Italian navy vessels out of the hands of the Allies.

When the Italian battleship Roma headed for an Allied-controlled port in North Africa, it was sunk

by German bombers. In fact, the Roma had the dubious honor of becoming the first ship ever sunk by a radio-controlled guided missile. More than 1,500 crewmen drowned. The Germans also scrambled to move Allied POWs to labor camps in Germany in order to prevent their escape. In fact, many POWS did manage to escape before the German invasion, and several hundred volunteered to stay in Italy to fight alongside the Italian guerillas in the north.

The Italians may have surrendered, but their war was far from over.

— This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

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Counties unite against drunk driving East Coast prepares for rough weather The Associated Press SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. — Law enforcement officials from three counties that are part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are cracking down on motorists impaired by alcohol or drugs, especially on the Labor Day weekend.

Sheriffs from Blount County, Cocke County and Sevier County were teaming up along with the park ranger service at the Smokies to increase public awareness about issues of driving while under the influence.

Tennessee Highway Patrol Maj. Richard Hurley said Tennessee has arrested more than 2,100 drivers on DUI charges so far this calendar year, almost a 31 percent increase in such arrests over the same period last year, during a press conference at Walters State Community College in Sevierville on Wednesday.

Hurley said they also hope to reduce the number of traffic deaths over the Labor Day weekend from last year’s 10 fatalities.

The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that agencies from Blount County, Cocke County and Sevier County made up the Foothills Law Enforcement Coalition, along with the park

ranger service. Eight police agencies in cities near the park were also supporting the effort.

The agencies brought smashed-up cars to show students and the community the consequences of impaired driving.

Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals noted that while alcohol-related crashes in the three counties have fallen sharply in recent years, the agencies would still present a “unified front” in the fight against impaired driving.

Cocke County Sheriff Armando Fontes said he wanted the families of victims of impaired driving to know they are “not forgotten.” He addressed his remarks to the parents, sister and daughter of Danny Tracy, who was killed in Newport in 2004.

On St. Patrick’s Day evening, a man who was impaired with drugs and alcohol drove his vehicle head-on into Tracy’s car, killing both drivers.

Tracy was known as “The Hammer” in auto racing circles and his daughter was just 13 years old when he died, Fontes said.

Officials said the stepped-up enforcement effort will mean more multiagency sobriety checkpoints in the three counties and in the national park. Hurley said 563 such checkpoints were set up in 2010.

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Hannah Collins, junior in spanish, and Kyle Bisese, senior in communication studies, chat while sitting in a hammock hanging in the Humanities Amphitheatre on Monday, Aug. 29.

The Associated Press WINDHAM, N.Y. — Northeastern residents still weary from the flooding wrought by Hurricane Irene braced Wednesday for the leftovers of Tropical Storm Lee, which brought welcome moisture to farmers in parched parts of the South on its slog northward.

New York positioned rescue workers, swiftwater boats and helicopters with hoists to respond quickly in the event of flash flooding. Teams stood by in Vermont, which bore the brunt of Irene’s remnants last week, and hundreds of Pennsylvania residents were told to flee a rising creek.

“Everybody’s on alert,” said Dennis Michalski, spokesman for the New York Emergency Management Office. “The good thing is, the counties are on alert, as they were for Irene, and people are more conscious.”

Lee formed just off the Louisiana coast late last week and gained strength as it lingered in the Gulf for a couple of days. It dumped more than a foot of rain in New Orleans, testing the city's pump system for the first time in years, and trudged across Mississippi and Alabama.

Tornadoes spawned by Lee damaged hundreds of homes, and flooding knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people. Trees were uprooted and roads were flooded. Winds fanned wildfires in Louisiana and Texas, and the storm even kicked up tar balls on the Gulf Coast. At least four people died.

Heavy rain fell Wednesday morning on the already-battered town of Prattsville, on the northern edge of New York’s Catskill Mountains, where residents were ready to evacuate as the Schoharie Creek escaped its banks and smaller streams showed significant flooding.

Flooding also led to voluntary evacuations in the Catskills town of Shandaken, and some schools in the Hudson Valley north of New York City closed or delayed start times.

In the rural Schoharie Valley west of Albany, officials were encouraging residents to find higher ground but hadn’t yet ordered evacuations.

Along the road in Windham were several soggy, cardboard signs from last week’s storm that said “Thank you for your help” and water turned red from the clay riverbed rushed over roads. As National Guard troops directed traffic, a crane dug into the upstream side of a culvert, trying to open it up to allow more water through.

“Now it’s getting on my last nerves,” said Carol Slater, 53, of Huntersfield, just outside Prattsville.

She had left her job at a pharmaceutical company at 9 a.m. and was still not home three hours later as she navigated detours.

At noon, Prattsville was cut off, its main roads covered with water as public works crews tried to dredge the creeks to alleviate the flooding.

“It’s kind of silly now, I’m caught between closed bridges,” said Dawn Darling, 47, of Prattsville. She was advised to leave her home at

11:30 a.m. and was unsure when she could return.

Her husband, Patrick Darling, said they’re trying to keep their sense of humor while dealing with a second week of flooding.

“We have stress, lots of stress,” he said after using shovels to clear mud and debris from his neighbors’ homes. “We’ve been shoveling our stress out.”

Trash bins are still in the streets to collect debris left by Irene, streets remain muddy and houses are collapsed.

Several people said even if the call for mandatory evacuation comes, they won’t go.

“We stayed here through Irene, we’ll stay through this,” said Doris Pasternak, 59, owner of the historic Prattsville Hotel and Tavern, where water rose up to 5 feet into the lower floor after Irene. “I have a hatch on the roof. I’m not moving.

I’m just too old to pick up and go.”

To the south in Broome County, officials told residents of Conklin, nearly wiped out by flooding in April 2005, to be ready to evacuate if the Susquehanna River flooded as expected.

A flood watch was in effect through Thursday afternoon in soggy Vermont. Parts of the state are still recovering from massive damage inflicted by floodwaters from the remnants of Irene, which was a tropical storm by the time it swept over the area.

Swift water rescue teams are on call, and residents should be ready to evacuate if rivers rise fast, said Vermont Emergency Management spokesman Mark Bosma.

Irene hit upstate New York and Vermont particularly hard, with at least 12 deaths in those areas and dozens of highways damaged or washed out.

Several communities in Vermont were cut off entirely and required National Guard airdrops to get supplies.

In its trudge up the coast from the Carolinas to Maine, Irene was blamed for at least 46 deaths and billions of dollars in damage.

As the remnants of Lee spread over the area, flood watches or warnings were in place through Thursday night for much of Pennsylvania. About 3,000 residents along the Solomon Creek in Wilkes-Barre were ordered to evacuate due to quickly rising waters, but the creek crested about 4 feet below flood stage. Rain from Irene also led to evacuations there last week.

Amtrak reported service disruptions in Pennsylvania between Philadelphia and Harrisburg because of fallen trees on the tracks and damage to the overhead power lines.

In New Jersey, where many residents were still cleaning up after Irene, the remnants of Lee were expected to drop anywhere from 2 to 5 inches of rain. Major flooding was forecast on Wednesday for the Passaic River, which breached its banks during Irene and caused serious damage.

On New York’s Long Island, heavy rain and winds knocked out power to more than 9,000 utility customers for several hours on Tuesday

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OPINIONS

Going

Somewhere... Hopefully Technology advances generation Preston Peedon Managing Editor I find it hard to concentrate on one subject. I blame Twitter.

When I sit down with the intention of writing a closely focused paper, or even an opinion, I always find myself going somewhere else. Be it my mind, eyes, computer screen or even the topic of my writing, something always seems to go on a different path. But I can’t help it. I am a member of the ADD generation.

When I say ADD generation, I am not speaking of the documented disease known as Attention Deficit Disorder, but rather the label that some news outlets have given to this current group of high school and college-aged Americans, who due to recent technological developments have grown up in an environment of an ever-changing and constantly refocusing world. This term suggests that people my age are unable to focus on more traditional aspects of learning and life, and prefer faster, bite-sized versions of the world, and that this minimization is viewed as negative. And this is a perception I can’t accept.

While I am not informed enough to be able to decide on the validity of this term, I do feel I am able to discuss its connotations.

The world has become more open to its inhabitants.

In the years of our nation’s very founding (a generation of patriots who are often considered to be a glowing representation of American virtue) the average person would not experience much outside of his or her immediate surroundings, as new information, different cultures and experiences were often blocked by the physical limitations of the day. Someone in Philadelphia couldn’t possibly begin to understand and sympathize with the life of someone in a far-off place like Russia in 1776, not due to ignorance, but instead the space between them. With the passing of time, new technologies allowed for the gap between people to become smaller and smaller. By the 1950s and 1960s, speeches could be broadcast from one end of the world to the other, forcing people to grow closer to one another through images and ideas. Today, with these advents in technology, people are now able to experience not

only their own regional cultures, but also a newly created global one.

With this increase in awareness, recent generations have been bombarded with a nearly endless stream of information and ideas from areas of the world that were previously nonexistent to them. This bombardment in its first stages was something that was new to the world, and ultimately something that technology wasn’t ready for. In the means of exposure (i.e. TV, newspapers, movies, etc.) there was no quick and easy way to experience and understand a changing global conscience. There was too much information and no quicker way to process it; this is the quagmire that the so-called ADD generation has risen to meet and thrive in. With the creation of Facebook newsfeeds, Twitter, online news and almost any form of social media, all of us are able to get some understanding and information about anything in the world in only a matter of seconds.

With this faster stream of information, our own lives have been shaped in a way different than any other generation before us.

When I hear Fox News or CNN discussing decreasing trends in student awareness and retention and their blanketing of the problem under the umbrella-term of the ADD generation, I can’t help but get a little angry.

While I personally can’t deny my affinity for my nearly channel-surfing-like approach to studying — one that involves multiple books, Internet tabs and audio files all opened and going at the same time — I do deny the assumption that being a member of the ADD generation is necessarily a bad label. (As an aside I feel it is important to reiterate again that I am not discussing the developmental disorder ADD, nor am I trying to make light of the plight of those who suffer from it.) As a proud member of this group, I feel it is crucial to explain that while many young people may have the attention span of a pigeon, it doesn’t mean that we are incapable of the incorporation and understanding of vast amounts of information just as well, if not better, than those before us.

In a way, the point I am trying to get across is that being a part of the ADD generation, and its embracing of technological advancements, is not a bad thing. But rather, with the help of sites like Facebook and even Twitter, we are now able connect to the entire world.

Ultimately, they allow us to understand and comprehend our truly global life in its constantly growing and changing shapes.

— Preston Peeden is a junior in history. He can be reached at ppeeden@utk.edu.

SCRAMBLED EGGS • Alex Cline

THE GREAT MASH-UP • Liz Newnam

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Optimism unreliable, but essential C ommit tee o f I n f ra ct i o n s by

Gregory Bearringer Every sports fan knows that every season is much better at the start than it is at any other point in the season — unless, of course, that season happens to be the season in which you win a championship. At the beginning of the season each team has aspirations of something better, of being the next Auburn or having the next come-from-nowhere Heisman candidate or even the hope that some unknown, undersized freshman walk-on will become a really great starter or that the fifth-round running back from Northwest Connecticut Community College will be the next great fantasy sleeper or ... well, I could keep going. The point is that optimism and alcohol are running through every football fan’s brain right now.

I believe that, in sports, “you” or “we” or other personal pronouns apply to the fan as well as the team.

Fans are a part of the team, and in one sense are the real team because fans are just about the one constant remaining in sports. I know that I will never take the field or court with my favorite team but I do believe that my cheering affects the outcome of a game; if you don’t, well, I envy you because I don’t know another way to cheer; seriously, I am a wreck. I think it was Mike Greenburg who said that it is actually not a fun experience to root for your favorite team. I agree.

In college, this is especially true. Unless your favorite team is Northern Alabama or Youngstown State or some other FCS team — or if your team decided to “man-up” and play a real game this weekend — most Bowl Subdivision teams (except the MAC) are feeling pretty good about themselves right now, fresh off their 49-10 drubbing of Cupcake State U. Every year about this time a tidal wave of good feeling pervades my life. School is starting, football is in the air. The two-month-long tyranny of heat is about to come crashing down and a splendiferous age of orange, red and yellow is about to dawn. Thanksgiving — my birthday this year! — seems just around the corner. And, if you stop and listen really closely you

can almost hear Christmas coming.

It should be no surprise, then, that I haven’t learned my lesson.

Flash forward to Dec. 2. All the energy and optimism will have turned into an anxious, shivering mess. Papers will be due. Finals will be around the corner. Books and flashcards will pile up around me.

Sleep will have turned into myth. My Wolverines will probably let me down, coming down the stretch with a respectable seven wins. My Colts — oh, those trusty Colts — will have won just enough games to remind me of all the playoff games that have been disappointments. Snow will bring back repressed memories of Northwest Ohio winters filled with everdrifting piles of frozen snow and ineffective beanie hats. The searing heat of summer will seem a welcome if an unrealistic relief — unless, of course, you are in the apparently standard 247-degree heat inside the classrooms. Reality will have smacked me firmly and aggressively in the face.

Why is it that life usually plays out like this?

I think it’s because I know that life is a lot more winter than spring and fall. The reason that this happens every year is not because optimism is bad; it is because it is most often false. When expectations meet results, there is often some good; there is always disappointment. The optimism of a new idea or a new football season or a new vocation is not some sadistic attempt to remind ourselves how short we are of what we could be; it is an attempt to remind ourselves that occasionally — actually, quite often if we think about it — there are successes scattered throughout our life: some substantive, others merely joyful.

So I’ll tell myself this is the year that the Colts win a Super Bowl, that the Wolverines win the National Championship, that the Angels go on another World Series run, that I finish my papers early, that I study hard enough that exams are a breeze, that I lose the 20 or more pounds that I need to shed. I’d rather come crashing down than accept who or what I am is all that I can be. After all, if I fail at every one of these, I am pretty sure that pitchers and catchers report in March.

— Gregory Bearringer is a graduate student in medieval studies. He can be reached at gbearrin@utk.edu.

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Recently, the staple of my living room, the television, was taken away for a short time. In the ensuing week, my friends and I felt at a loss every time we sat in the room. Previously, when friends would come over, we would all gather on the couch, watch some television, play some video games and watch a movie. Now, we all gather in one of the bedrooms and chat about random topics or perhaps cook a meal together.

This new-found together time is not a bad thing.

We are all friends, and in being friends, we are able to have long discussions and talk for hours upon hours with each other. It is worth noting though, that without the television, our living room is empty, and is no longer the area where we gather to talk or hang out.

Products define our way of life. My story about the television highlights this simple truth to everyday living. Without the television in the room, my friends and I feel awkward sitting in the area, even though we are not spending our time watching television. Think about all the products I mentioned that are connected to the television that aid in our “typical hangout” time. From the gaming consoles (PS2 and Wii) to the video cassettes and DVDs that litter the entertainment system, more products help to utilize the television and make it a more attractive item. We are programmed to consume more products to enhance another product.

This becomes an issue when as a society, we begin to over-consume. Much of the time we spend in our lives today revolves around one, specific goal: getting more stuff. Now, you may be thinking to yourself, “Consuming is not my particular goal in life,” and furthermore, you may consider my opinion a very offensive one. Here is the thing, though. We are all at college to help furthering our education. In doing this, we are increasing the chances that we are hired. Once we are hired, we work for money. Many of us will find that later on in life that we have chosen the wrong profession.

Some of us may suffer increased blood pressure and higher health risks due to the stressful nature of the work place. Others may find that they put in more time at the office than at home with the family, pets or other loved ones.

The question that then stems from all these sources of anguish is, why? Why do we put ourselves through the hassle of working long hours?

Why do we separate ourselves from the time we could enjoy with people we care about? Why do we need to increase our chances to be hired?

The answer that stems from these questions is simple: money. Now, I am not trying to argue that money is not a necessity, because in many instances it is. As a species, we need water, food and shelter.

Due to society and its pervasive expansion, many of us cannot function without some form of transportation and some amount of luxury. This is not the issue. The issue is when extreme wants are deemed necessities. When one can always imagine that there is another item out there that may be slightly better or more desirable than what he or she already has.

Our actions, our wants, our necessities, our deepest, darkest thoughts are usually driven by a desire to consume products. There is truly never enough to satiate the population, let alone the individual. We are taught that, with a television, one needs a DVD player and a gaming console to really enjoy the full functioning capability of the product. Sometimes, that is not enough though.

We need the DVR box, the entire span of 1000 channels and the satellite dish that allows us to watch that many channels. We are programmed to consume more. No longer is it about competing with the Joneses. Life today is about amassing stuff to help make other stuff better. But wait, we actually have to get the initial amount of stuff if we ever want to consider upgrading that stuff by the other stuff we can get.

It is a never-ending circle of consumption. Today, step back. Enjoy the conversations you have with people, not your favorite television show that is coming on tonight. In the end, I am kind of happy I was without a television for some amount of time.

I got to step out of the cycle of consumption and enjoy time with those people who really matter.

— Brittany Vazquez is a senior in anthropology.

She can be reached at bvasque1@utk.edu.

ARTS&CULTURE

Thursday, September 8, 2011

The Daily Beacon • 5

What: Jeff the Brotherhood w/ Diarrhea Planet and Coolrunnings Where: 10 p.m. (Pilot Light time) When: Pilot Light Price: $10 Our Take: A bit pricey for a Pilot Light show, but well worth the five extra ducats. Jeff recently collaborated with Insane Clown Posse on a Jack White-produced single, perhaps the most bizarre release this year (Mozart, how does it work?). Local Coolrunnings brings the ruckus to begin the night. Great chaser for SWAGFEST.

Thursday, Sept. 8 What: Dan Crews lecture Where: 7:30 p.m.

When: Art & Architecture Building Room 109 Price: Free Our Take: Artist whose color theory installation, “E-Cyclorama,” is currently on display at Ewing Gallery speaks to students and faculty. Crews holds a BA from the University of Florida and an MFA from Hunter College.

What: Happy Hour Sampler Show Where: 6 p.m.

When: Pilot Light Price: Free Our Take: Performances by Three Man Band, Mutations, Brandon Biondo, White Gregg, Scheafnocker & Scott and Marina Orchestra.

Three-song sets and a visit from mayoral candidate Madeline Rogero as well. One of the few events where you can purchase a $1.50 Schlitz and hear a political candidate speak, harkening back to ye auld days of stumping and getting smashed.

What: Brian Regan Where: 8 p.m.

When: Tennessee Theatre Price: $42.50 Our Take: Comedy Central-endorsed comic stops in on his never-ending theater tour. For the money, you would be better suited to pay your cable bill and get a month of entertainment.

What: Family Weekend Entertainment Where: 7 p.m.

When: University Center Price: Free for students/ $2 public Our Take: A night of family fun with comedian Mad Chad Taylor and a showing of “The Blind Side.” Basically a reminder that somewhere, someone still loves Phillip Fulmer.

What: Movies on Market Square — “Hook” Where: 6:30 p.m.

When: Market Square Price: Free Our Take: The Robin Williams-Dustin Hoffman sequel to “Peter Pan” airs for all ages. A convincing argument for Julia Roberts with a Pixiecut. ’Nuff said.

Friday, Sept. 9 What: Stephen A. Burroughs presents SWAGFEST Where: 7 p.m.

When: Sunsphere and the Knoxville Convention Center Price: Free Our Take: The benevolent, bearded guru of personal injury law presents a shindig for his many followers and assorted acolytes. Not only is the event free, but free vacations and T-shirts are to be distributed.

Weekender pick, and honestly the event of the season for both weird and spectacular.

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Pending legal issues, Texas A&M to SEC The Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southeastern Conference cleared the way for Texas A&M to join its ranks — with a wrinkle.

A Big 12 school has threatened to sue if the Aggies leave the fold.

The announcement Wednesday that the SEC will make the Aggies the 13th SEC team once the legal issues are resolved is the latest step of a courtship which the Aggies initiated in July.

The SEC, which would become the first BCS conference with more than 12 members, said it received “unanimous written assurance” from the Big 12 on Sept. 2 that it was free to accept Texas A&M. The presidents and chancellors met late Tuesday “with the intention of accepting the application of Texas A&M to be the newest member of the SEC.” Then the deal hit a snag.

“We were notified (Tuesday) afternoon that at least one Big 12 institution had withdrawn its previous consent and was considering legal action,” said Florida President Bernie Machen, chairman of the SEC leaders. “The SEC has stated that to consider an institution for membership, there must be no contractual hindrances to its departure. The SEC voted unanimously to accept Texas A&M University as a member upon receiving acceptable reconfirmation that the Big 12 and its members have reaffirmed the letter dated September 2.”

The Big 12 didn’t say which school was threatening legal action. However, Mississippi State President Mark Keenum said it’s “my understanding” that Baylor was the school holding up the move.

The Big 12 did not return a message left seeking comment.

In a Sept. 2 letter, released by the SEC, Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe told SEC Commissioner Mike Slive that there were no legal hurdles to the SEC accepting Texas A&M, as long as it happened by Thursday afternoon.

“We both agreed it is in the best interests of each of our conferences and our member institutions of higher education to waive any and all legal actions by either conference and its members resulting from admission of Texas A&M into the SEC, as long as such admission is confirmed publicly by September 8, 2011,” Beebe wrote.

However, despite the letter, Slive was informed more than once before the SEC vote

Tuesday night that “maybe more than one” of the other nine Big 12 members were considering legal options against a possible Texas A&M move, according to a person familiar with the situation.

The SEC “thought it was clear and free without any possible issues. That is not what happened,” said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the private nature of those discussions.

The Sept. 2 letter was not intended to waive the rights of individual schools to sue and decisions like that need approval from various boards of regents and other university overseers, the person said.

“That certainly is not going to happen soon.

You are not going to get all nine. You might get some,” that person told the AP. “Very few, if any, are willing with the uncertainty and instability of the Big 12 at this point to release their claims.”

Texas Tech President Guy Bailey in a text message confirmed that the university’s board of regents would have to waive the school’s right to pursue legal action. He also said Big 12 members were planning a conference call later Wednesday.

Texas A&M officials were disappointed.

“We are certainly pleased with the action taken last night by the presidents and chancellors of the Southeastern Conference to unanimously accept Texas A&M,” President R. Bowen Loftin said in a statement. “However, this acceptance is conditional, and we are disappointed in the threats made by one of the Big 12 member institutions to coerce Texas A&M into staying in Big 12. ... These actions go against the commitment that was made by this university and the Big 12 on Sept. 2. We are working diligently to resolve any and all issues as outlined by the SEC.” Mississippi Chancellor Dr. Dan Jones said the SEC felt the Big 12 letter offered clear legal standing.

“It’s in the hands of Texas A&M and the Big 12,” Jones said. “We’ve been clear that we’d be happy to receive them if they’re unfettered of obligations. We gathered to have a vote. We had a letter that clearly gave us legal clearance. It was frustrating to be gathered and then have things pulled out from under Texas A&M like that. We’re disappointed for Texas A&M.” But the league doesn’t want to wage a court battle for the Aggies.

Vols can’t overlook Cincinnati Matt Dixon Sports Editor Tennessee can’t afford to overlook Cincinnati on Saturday in preparation for its trip to Gainesville next week.

Derek Dooley made that perfectly clear during his weekly media luncheon on Monday.

“If we’re looking past anybody we’ve got some serious issues, especially when we watch the film of this team,” Dooley said. “I don’t even need to address that with the team. (Cincinnati), I mean, 33 wins in three years and two BCS (bowl games). What else do we need to say, we’re playing a heck of an opponent?”

And it’s this type of opponent the Volunteers have failed to beat in recent years. Not since the 2007 season-opener versus California has UT won a game against a non-conference opponent from a BCS league, a streak of five straight loses.

Also, the Vols haven’t started a season 2-0 since 2006.

Those two facts alone should make UT fans cautiously optimistic as they enter Neyland Stadium Saturday afternoon.

The Bearcats are no push-overs. UT simply

INDIANAPOLIS — Peyton Manning’s streak is over.

Manning will not play Sunday in the season opener at Houston, bringing an end to his streak of 227 consecutive starts, including the playoffs. The Colts said 38-year-old Kerry Collins will get the start against the Texans.

Manning has not been able to fully recover from neck surgery in May. During his streak, he has led the Colts to 11 playoff appearances, 11 double-digit win seasons, eight division crowns, two AFC titles and the first Super Bowl championship in the franchise’s Indianapolis era.

The streak is the second longest among NFL quarterbacks behind only Brett Favre.

“It’s going to be a little different without Peyton. He’s one of a kind,” coach Jim Caldwell said. “When you look across our league, most teams have had quarterbacks that have missed time. Ours has just been highly unusual.”

Manning had been listed as doubtful for the game, but losing him for any time is a shock to Indy fans, not to mention his teammates. Not only has the four-time NFL MVP never missed a start, he’s rarely missed practice.

Manning sat out one week of training camp in 1998 before signing his rookie contract. A decade later, he missed all of training camp in 2008 because he underwent surgery twice to remove an infected bursa sac from his left knee.

The only other time his playing status was in doubt was 2001 after he was injured at Minnesota in a preseason game.

He had always made it back for game day. Not this time.

“To say I am disappointed in not being able to play is an understatement,” Manning said in a statement released by the team. “The best part about football is being out there on the field playing with my teammates. It will be tough not to be out

can’t show up and win. That’s what makes it a dangerous matchup for a young Vols team. On the contrary, Cincinnati returns 18 starters from a season ago, including dual-threat quarterback Zach Collaros and future NFL running back Isaiah Pead.

If this game were played later in the season, say in November, UT would have a decisive advantage and more than likely would win by two touchdowns.

But this is early September, and the Vols must grow up fast.

Dooley has said repeatedly that he is treating the underclassmen on the team like juniors and seniors because they need to play like upperclassmen if the Vols are going to compete for an SEC Eastern division title this year.

Saturday is the first test.

While a loss on Saturday would be disappointing, it wouldn’t necessarily signify trouble for Dooley in year two, as say a loss to Vanderbilt or Kentucky in November would.

But, if this Tennessee team is going to take that proverbial next step this season towards becoming a championship program again, Saturday’s game can be a huge building block.

What Dooley, and more importantly UT, needs is a signature win. Cincinnati wouldn’t qualify as a signature win, but a loss to the Bearcats would mean the Vols desperately need at least two wins this year over SEC schools not named Kentucky or Vanderbilt.

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Derek Dooley addresses media during a post game press conference following a game against Montana on Saturday, Sept. 3. Dooley remains optimistic, yet cautious, going into this weekend’s game against Cincinnati.

Manning won’t play in Colts’ opener The Associated Press

Thursday, September 8, 2011

there playing for the organization and our fans. I simply am not healthy enough to play, and I am doing everything I can to get my health back. The team will do fine without me, and I know for sure that I will miss them much more than they miss me.”

Manning had neck surgery to repair a nerve May 23, but the recovery has taken longer than the expected 6-8 weeks that would have put him back on the field for the start of training camp. Instead, he started camp on the physically unable to perform list and wasn’t activated until last Monday.

He did limited work at practice last week, which led to complaints about back pain. The team issued a statement saying that team doctors had re-evaluated Manning and instructed him to stop practicing while he undergoes more tests. No additional surgery has been scheduled.

Caldwell said the bad news only became clear Wednesday.

“We always knew it was a chance,” he said. “That’s what doubtful means. You always have to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.”

Caldwell said he had confidence in Collins, who was lured out of retirement by the Colts just a few weeks ago as Manning’s recovery dragged on.

“The guy’s thrown for 40,000 yards. He can throw the ball,” Caldwell said.

Collins has made 177 career starts and been to two Pro Bowls. He took the Carolina Panthers to the 1996 NFC Championship game and the New York Giants to the Super Bowl after the 2000 season. He helped Tennessee post the AFC’s best record (13-3) in 2008.