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Volunteers compete in blood drive MEDIC provides convenient donation centers for students ing blood whenever available. I think it is really convenient Kyle Turner that the center comes to campus to erase any excuse to not News Editor donate.”

Students who fear needles and the idea of doanting As the Volunteers prepare to take on Florida this weekblood are encouraged to think of all of those who will benend, another competition has already started off the field.

UT hopes to once again claim victory over the efit.

“Focus on the patients who are in need of live-saving University of Florida in the blood drive competition hostblood and what they are going through,” Fightmaster said. ed by MEDIC Regional Blood Center.

“Those patients waiting on blood are in much worse condiMEDIC is encouraging all students, faculty and staff to tion than the few minutes of possible minor discomfort one participate in the drive to help fill a much needed gap and might feel from the needle stick. And, most compare that beat the Gators once again.

The need for blood donations has not subsided in recent to a pinch and others say they didn’t even notice the stick years and still remains a great priority, said Christi at all.”

All wishing to donate should remember to eat beforeFightmaster, director of public relations for MEDIC hand to ensure a better experience. It is advised to never Regional Blood Center. donate on an “Both nationempty stomally and locally ach. The No. 1 there is a great cause for need. MEDIC is adverse reaccurrently on tion to donatcritical appeal ing stems from for all blood the lack of eattypes and has ing before. less than a day’s Besides the supply on hand. beneficial outAfter the attacks comes of helpof Sept. 11, it is ing those in recommended need of blood that all blood transufusions, banks have 7-10 the drive is days of inventoalso a direct ry on hand,” competition Fightmaster with the said. “We are University of lucky if we have F l o r i d a . three, and curGeorge Richardson • The Daily Beacon F i g h t m a s t e r rently we are running a little Students help the cause during a blood drive on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Vols said having the less than a day’s can help donate for the annual MEDIC blood drive competition between UT drive in the supply. MEDIC and Florida, coming the week before the Vols head to Gainesville, FL to take form of a comon the Gators. petition is a is the sole greater way to provider of engage students and the community. blood for 27 area hospitals throughout 21 counties.”

“Students, faculty and staff all want to prove the Blood donations are in constant need and reach many more people than commonly thought. Not everyone sees a Volunteer Spirit is alive and well, and this is a great way to illustrate just that,” Fightmaster said. “And since it is a personal need to donate, but the facts prove otherwise.

“Statistics show that one in five will need a blood trans- competition against Florida, MEDIC bets that those riding fusion at some point during his or her lifetime,” the fence will roll up their sleeve and give, since schoolspirit pride is on the line.”

Fightmaster said.

Students, faculty and staff wishing to donate can do so Many in need of blood transfusions use more than one pint. It takes multiple pints and transfusions to save a life, at the UC in suites 223-225 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Fightmaster said. Accidents and emergencies are not the Friday. Also, everyone can go to MEDIC’s main headquarters located at 1601 Ailor Ave. (straight up 17th Street) only time that donated blood is necessary.

“Blood transfuions also go to cancer patients, organ Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Those wishing to donate must show a valid ID and transplants, sickle cell anemia patients and countless other answer a series of questions regarding medical history, blood diseases require transfusions,” Fightmaster said. travel and medications. The whole process lasts approxi“I only started donating blood a few years ago after a friend of mine was involved in a car accident,” Lana Belfor, mately 25 to 30 minutes and all donators will receive a free graduate in accounting, said. “Since then, I have been giv- “Drain the Swamp” game day T-shirt.

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Seminar offers financial advice Andrew Lindemann Staff Writer Wednesday, a group of representatives from the ORNL Federal Credit Union’s Young & Free Tennessee program hosted a seminar that focused on raising student financial awareness.

The event, called Cash Counts at Clement, was held in the Clement Hall basement commons area. A casual question-and-answer session was led by Young & Free Tennessee spokesperson Alex Oliver, who covered topics ranging from student loans, interest rates and expenses to credit cards and the ramifications of using them excessively. In an effort to encourage students to attend, free food and door prizes were handed out.

“This will be an easy, entertaining way to get a quick rundown of how (finances) work,” said Brittany Grogan, a Clement Hall resident assistant who coordinated the event. “It will be a very casual environment where everyone can ask questions. It’s much better than going to a financial aid office and getting vague answers that leave you confused.”

ORNL Federal Credit Union Marketing Director Jessica Emert, who says that the content presented will be extremely useful for any student, echoed the idea of a casual environment where students feel comfortable asking questions.

“Lots of helpful information was shared at the seminar, including how to save and spend wisely, what students should know about credit cards and student loans, budgeting tips, and other things,” Emert said. “Any questions students have will certainly be answered.”

Emert said effective connection with the youth is the objective of the Cash Counts program. He said that the students’ input in the discussions will be used to help improve the credit union’s products.

“The ultimate goal of our program is to help our credit union connect with young people and to help us really under-

stand how we can serve East Tennessee’s 15 to 25 crowd better than any other financial institution,” Emert said. “We provide an outlet for young people to tell us what they are looking for in financial products and services.”

Emert said that the target audience is people “who don’t like to be considered ‘youth’ but are still learning how to navigate budgeting and finances.”

Grogan, who for two years served on the advisory board at the credit union, said that it is very important for college students to be informed of the many financial dangers present within today’s society. She said that her experiences with student loans during her sophomore year at UT made her realize that when applying for loans or using credit, most students do not know the proper ways to handle either. She also said that she has seen many students mismanage their finances and fall into huge debt traps due to a lack of awareness regarding credit and interest rates.

“My experience with the student loan was unexpected and overwhelming,” Grogan said. “Loans and credit cards are easy to mess up with. You can dive in too fast without knowing what you’re getting into.”

In addition, Grogan said, the tendencies of college-aged individuals to get into financial trouble are very high, so even students who feel they are financially sound should attend because there’s always something new to learn.

“I think a lot of people come into college knowing what credit cards and loans are but don’t know the consequences of using them the wrong way,” Grogan said. “They don’t know about the snowball effect until it hits them.”

Grogan also said that even students who are not interested at all in learning about finances should attend merely for the door prizes.

“Last year, they gave out Walmart gift cards with a pretty significant amount on them,” Grogan said. “I’m not sure what it is this year, but there will be freebies that are worth coming to get.”

Panel discusses voting changes Photo identification requirements alter electoral process Victoria Wright Staff Writer The UT Speech and Debate Society held a panel to inform students of a new law requiring all Tennesseans to have valid, photo identification to vote.

About 15 UT students and other guests met in the Toyota Auditorium Monday evening.

Three representatives from the debate team executive board led the panel.

Jordan Smith, vice president of the debate team, began the discussion with a brief introduction of what the new law entails. Smith explained that the creation of the law stemmed from issues of fraudulent voting.

“The focus is now in getting the word out about the new law,” Smith said during the panel discussion. “We need to educate our people now.”

Only official government photo identification will be accepted, meaning students cannot use their college identification. Driver’s licenses from other states will be accepted.

Tennesseans who are unable to afford new photo identification can apply to receive a free ID. UT debate team president Nathan Johnston presented the positive effects of having the new law. He explained that in rural areas, voting fraud is the most frequent. Johnston also explained that the new law would decrease issues with non-U.S. citizens voting in the state.

“This piece of legislation specifically puts a check on people just arbitrarily showing up and using someone else’s name and voting,” Johnston said.

Sitting on the left of Smith, treasurer Stephen Burke presented a rebuttal to the pos-

itive effects of the law. He explained that the small number of fraudulent voters that exist do not create a significant effect in the outcome of elections. Burke said that out of the 4.4 million voters in the 2006 elections, only seven were claimed as fraudulent.

Burke also explained that the new requirement could deter young people from voting, including college freshmen without cars who may not have driver’s licenses. Smith added to Burke’s argument and explained that young voters don’t need another burden in the voting process.

“People in the age group of 18 to 25 have the lowest voter turn-out of any socio-economic group,” Smith said. “It’s been proven that if you don’t start voting by a certain age, you’re most likely not going to start voting for your entire life. If it’s harder and harder to vote now, I’m (young voters) not going to vote.”

The panel opened questions to the audience after both the positives and the negatives of the new law were discussed. Guest Clifford A. Rodgers believed the new law will not create a large burden on Tennessee voters. “(In my time) I didn’t know anybody who didn’t own a driver’s license,” Rodgers, administrator of elections for Knox County, said.

He also explained that expired licenses are also being accepted at the voting booth as long as they have a clear photo.

Samantha Smoak, a member of the debate team, agrees with Rodgers.

“I don’t see it as a big deal,” said Smoak, who double majors in communication and political science with an emphasis in pre-law.

“I think everyone who can vote has a driver’s Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon license.”

The law goes into effect Jan. 1, 2012, just Evan Newman, senior in marketing, focuses intently on the ball during a tennis game outside of the HPER building on Friday, Sept. 9. in time for the 2012 presidential elections.

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Alan Heilman discusses his photos documenting plant life during the unveiling of his digital archive on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Heilman, a retired UT botany professor, had photos from his entire lifetime of photographing plants.

victim was unharmed, though the suspect did instruct him to hand over his personal items.

3:58 a.m. — Subject found sleeping in a laundromat on 17th Street. Upon further investigaTuesday, Sept. 13 tion, the officer found an active warrant on file for failure to obey 3:33 a.m. — Officer dispatched to assist with robbery response at court orders. The man was taken into custody without incident.

Grand Forest Apartments. The 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.

1959 — Khrushchev arrives in Washington Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet head of state to visit the United States. During the next two weeks, Khrushchev’s visit dominated the news and provided some dramatic and humorous moments in the history of the Cold War. Khrushchev came to power in the Soviet Union following the death of long-time dictator Joseph Stalin in 1954. Many observers believed that Khrushchev, a devoted follower of Stalin during the 1930s and 1940s, would not provide much difference in leadership.

He surprised them, however, by announcing that he sought “peaceful coexistence” with the United States and denouncing the “excesses” of Stalinism. During the late 1950s, Khrushchev continued to court a closer relationship with the United States and often praised President Dwight D. Eisenhower as a man who also sought peace.

In 1959, the U.S. and Soviet governments shocked the world by announcing that Khrushchev would visit America in September and meet with Eisenhower face to face.

Khrushchev’s first day in America was mostly taken up with formal receptions and a motorcade from the airport to downtown Washington. At the airport, Khrushchev announced that he had arrived in America “with open heart and good intentions. The

Soviet people want to live in friendship with the American people.” Groups of spectators and several military bands lined the way of the motorcade procession from the airport, and Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and Mme. Khrushchev sat together in the back of a convertible to wave at the crowds. Once in town, Khrushchev almost immediately sat for a nearly two-hour talk with Eisenhower and his advisers. Longer and more involved talks were scheduled for later in the Soviet leader’s visit. “Because of our importance in the world, it is vital that we understand each other better,” Eisenhower declared at a state dinner that night. Khrushchev agreed, adding that friendship was necessary “because our two countries are much too strong and we cannot quarrel with each other.”

During the next few days, Khrushchev took the opportunity to tour the United States before his summit meeting with Eisenhower. Although Khrushchev’s trip was more of a goodwill visit than an opportunity for significant negotiations, the tour provided some moments of high drama and low comedy, particularly during the Soviet leader’s trip through California.

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

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Obama campaigns for jobs bill The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — President Barack Obama urged enthusiastic college students Wednesday to join him in his fight to get Congress to act on his new jobs bill.

“Every single one of you can help make this bill a reality,” the president called out at a hot and noisy rally at North Carolina State University.

Someone in the crowd yelled out, “I love you!”

“If you love me you got to help me pass this bill,” the president responded.

It was Obama’s second campaign-style rally in two days as he pushes for action on his $450 billion jobs plan. His program is running into a buzz saw of opposition from Republicans — and even some in his own Democratic Party — over his plans to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations to pay for it.

The president was in Ohio Tuesday, and last week in Virginia, as he travels key electoral states to sell the plan with the economy stuck in neutral heading into his 2012 re-election campaign.

On Wednesday Obama’s focus was small businesses, which would be helped

by Social Security payroll tax cuts. Before speaking, he toured WestStar Precision, a small business in the Raleigh suburb of Apex. It makes specialized components for the aerospace, medical and alternative energy industries.

He also announced plans to try to speed payments to federal contractors.

Republicans have accused Obama of playing politics by presenting them with tax hike ideas they’ve already rejected.

But Obama said Wednesday, “We’ve got to make sure everybody pays their fair share, including the wealthiest Americans and the biggest corporations.”

“It’d be nice if we could do it all, but we can’t. We’ve got to make choices. That’s what governing’s about. And we know

what’s right,” the president said.

He told the students: “The time for hand-wringing is over. The time for moping around is over. We’ve got to kick off our bedroom slippers and put on our marching shoes.”

The president’s trip to North Carolina, a traditionally Republican state he won in 2008, drew scorn from Republicans.

“This president is in love with the sound of his own voice, he’s in love with campaigning, he’s in love with fundraising, and he’s in love with the stump,” said Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. “And he’s doing what he loves to do best, which is to go to battleground states, masquerade as official business, use taxpayer money to do it, and campaign.”

As the president barnstormed the country to build support for his plan, which he first unveiled last week in a speech to Congress, on Capitol Hill there appeared to be little if any chance that the proposal would pass in one piece.

The GOP-led House has made clear that it has little interest in Obama’s plans to increase spending for things like school construction, highways, bridges and other projects, which accounts for nearly $200 billion of the legislation. Lawmakers seem more open to Obama’s plans to extend unemployment insurance and cut the Social Security payroll tax for workers and businesses.

Even in the Democratic-led Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid has suggested that Obama is unlikely to get his way in his call for immediate action by Congress.

Reid has said there are some other issues that need to be dealt with first, including transportation funding.

Obama has made clear he’d sign a portion of the legislation if that’s all Congress Madeline Brown • The Daily Beacon could agree on, although he’s said he Megan Jones, graduate in psychology, lights candles during a vigil for Troy Davis on would continue to fight to pass the whole Tuesday, Sept.

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Amnesty International hosted the vigil for Davis, who has spent thing. over 18 years on death row for the killing of a Georgia police officer, despite questions of his innocence.

Suicide bomber’s wife under investigation for her role in aiding husband’s attack The Associated Press LONDON — The wife of a suicide bomber who targeted Christmas shoppers in Stockholm has been arrested by British police on suspicion of helping to prepare for the attack.

Taimour Abdulwahab, an Iraqi-born Swede who studied at a British university, killed himself and injured two others when he detonated explosives in a crowded shopping street in December.

British police confirmed Wednesday they had arrested a woman at a house in Luton on Tuesday — the city where Abdulwahab lived with his wife and three children. Officers also searched two properties in the city, about 34 miles (55km) north of London.

Asked if Mona Thwany, the 28-year-old wife of Abdulwahab, was arrested, police read a statement confirming a 28-year-old woman had been detained.

Police said the woman was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday and questioned at a central London police station on suspicion of carrying out preparatory acts for a terrorist attack.

The offense — which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment — covers

actions such as gathering equipment or information, attempting to assemble explosives, or helping someone to carry out other work which could assist a planned terrorist attack.

Police said the woman was released on bail and would return for further questioning by officers in mid-November.

In an interview with Britain’s now defunct News of The World tabloid in January, Thwany denied any knowledge of her husband’s plans. “He never revealed his secret side to me,” she was quoted as telling the newspaper.

Her father, Ali Thwany, has also previously denounced his son-in-law, branding him “a rogue person bent on crimes and disillusioned by an unknown group,” in a letter sent to media organizations following the attack.

In March, another suspected accomplice was arrested in Britain. Ezedden Khalid Ahmed Al Khaledi, 30, has faced a Scottish court charged with raising funds for terrorism and aiding Abdulwahab’s attack.

Al Khaledi, whose nationality is not known, also faces immigration and fraud charges and did not enter any plea during the hearing.

Texas governor speaks at university The Associated Press LYNCHBURG, Va. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry avoided contentious social issues in a speech Wednesday at the nation’s largest evangelical university, offering the youth a testimonial about his own path to Christian faith and praising the men and women of the military.

The Republican presidential contender urged students at Liberty University to remember the legacies of service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Without explicitly invoking his own presidential bid, he cast life’s choices as tributes to the military’s sacrifice in the years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

“A great many of those who perished were approximately your age.

Young men and women whose entire future was in front of them.

They sacrificed their dreams to preserve yours,” a somber Perry said on the campus founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell.

“Because of what they gave, I simply ask you to make the most of the freedom that they sacrificed.”

In a brief detour into politics, he urged the students to speak up for the kind of country and future they want. “Don’t leave it to a bunch of Washington politicians to tell you how to live your life,” he said.

Perry’s 20-minute speech to a packed arena was warmly received.

But it was unlikely to quiet building criticism from his GOP rivals over two cultural issues: his failed effort to require girls to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted disease and a Texas law allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition. Neither issue sits well with social conservatives, who hold great sway in the GOP nomination race.

The GOP race has been dominated by economic concerns and criticism of President Barack Obama’s stewardship, pushing such cultural questions to the back burner. But in recent days, during a debate Monday and on the campaign trail, Perry’s rivals have started trying to exploit Perry’s perceived weaknesses on such issues to deflate his front-runner status in national polls.

“It is time that Gov. Perry is known for what he really is: not a longtime conservative governor, but a big-government moderate who has

made a career of supporting harmful policies during his tenure as governor,” former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania said Tuesday.

Specifically, Santorum, Rep. Michelle Bachmann and other opponents for the Republican presidential nomination are singling Perry out for signing an executive order in 2007 requiring Texas girls to be vaccinated against the virus that can cause cervical cancer, an effort the Legislature rejected.

On immigration, Perry has had to defend in-state tuition for illegal immigrants as well as his opposition to a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Both positions conflict with conservative GOP orthodoxy.

Perry ignored those divisive issues in his remarks on this campus in central Virginia. Instead, he introduced himself as a small-town native who went to college hoping to become a veterinarian but struggled with his studies.

“Four semesters of organic chemistry made a pilot out of me,” the Air Force veteran joked.

Perry also described his spiritual path as a young man, saying that at age 27 he was “lost, spiritually and emotionally,” drifting with no sense of purpose.

“My faith journey is not as someone who turned to God because I wanted to,” Perry said. “It was because I had nowhere else to turn.”

He also brought a spiritual element to his recollections of the Sept.

11 attacks, noting that many of the students were just children on that day. “You’ve grown up fast and you know the presence of evil is real in this fallen world,” he said.

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Somewhere... Hopefully Life experiences often void of caution Preston Peedon Managing Editor In an instant, my perception was shattered. Before Monday, I questioned nothing. Everything I was told was taken for granted as truth in my eyes. But now, I am less certain.

This harsh awakening came on the heels of a recent study done in conjunction with the University of Virginia’s Department of Psychology, which dealt with the effects of “fast-paced cartoons” on the development of young children. In short, their research found that “Spongebob Squarepants” was bad for kids, thus utterly shattering my childhood and changing the course of my thinking.

The study centered on a group of 60 pre-school aged children, who were randomly assigned to nine-minute periods of watching either “Spongebob,” an educational cartoon or spending that time with drawing paper, markers and crayons. Immediately following the nineminute sessions, the children were administered a test dealing with attention, memory and problem-solving.

The children who spent their time watching “Spongebob” received the lowest scores of the three groups.

“The children who watched the cartoon were operating at half the capacity compared to other children,” said Angeline S. Lillard, a psychology professor at UVA and a co-author of the paper.

The researchers were quick to point out that it was not simply “Spongebob” that was detrimental to children, but rather all similar fast-paced cartoons. But still, the point was clear. Spongebob, Patrick and the whole Krabby Patty crew can, as Lillard said, cause a disruption in a child’s “ability to focus,” as opposed to strengthening it.

The attack on the integrity of this Nickelodeon staple reflects a growing modern trend. Chalk “Spongebob” on to a growing list in today’s society of good things that are bad for you. Right behind Diet Coke with real or fake sugar, and in front of talking on a cell phone (both of which inexplicably are linked as causes for cancer), this cartoon caricature of a yellow sea sponge is just another addition to a myriad of fun things that apparently come back to bite in the future.

It seems like every day, some new study comes out

that proves that some pedestrian activity is actually a deathtrap waiting to ensnare the unlucky few who fall unexpectedly into its hands. These shake-ups in our everyday lives leave many wondering whether or not what they are doing now will come back to haunt them later. It creates a state of constant fear and second guessing.

Should I use Splenda or real sugar? Is it O.K. to stand near the microwave? Will staring at the stars give me cancer?

I don’t know the answer to any of these questions, and while I am not trying to downplay any real negative consequences that come from these activities (with the exception of the stargazing one as a way to get out of astronomy field work), I feel pondering that answer in length is a waste of time.

There is an unlimited number of possibilities for ways in which we can live our lives. But there is also a limited number of moments for us to use those opportunities to live our lives. We get too focused on the unlimited part. We worry so much about anything and everything, and how it will shape something else in our lives, that we miss out on what literally is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to live. There is no redo button. You can’t look back on your life and decide that you want to change something.

It is like trading Pokemon cards: What you do is final, no trade-backs.

I can’t speak for everyone when I say this, but I feel that if people know the relatively short amount of time we have, and yet still choose to waste their life worrying, then they are committing a near criminal offense. Our lives are precious, unique and most important fleeting.

Similar to the final scene of “Hamlet,” the muchmaligned Danish prince utters with his dying breath, “The rest is silence.” For him, his life had run its course, and the cycle was completed. He was born. He had lived.

And then he died. That was it. His life reduced into the nutshell of three sentences. And while I won’t even try to touch on any subject of life post-mortem, I think we can all appreciate the idea of the shortness of life.

My purpose wasn’t to bash this psych study, which will probably help parents make better choices in the activities they let their children partake in during very impressionable years. But rather I wanted to impress upon everyone a simple fact. Life is short. There are no do-overs. So if you want to do something today, then do it. Heck, go crazy, watch some “Spongebob.”

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

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Fans pull for Peyton’s fast return C ommit tee o f I n f ra ct i o n s by

Gregory Bearringer I remember seeing Peyton Manning play back when he played for UT in 1997. I remember thinking that he was the best player I had ever seen play the game — or, at least, the best quarterback. In 1997 I was a Michigan fan and I thought that Charles Woodson was the bees knees. But I remember thinking Peyton Manning was destined for the Hall of Fame, or at least one of those careers at quarterback that young kids want. Upon his being drafted first overall, I became a Colts fan. Man, am I lucky too, because had it been 2004 I would now be stuck rooting for Alex Smith — I seriously thought he was going to be really good. Anyway, ever since then I have been a die-hard, know-weirdfacts-about-players-like-“Sweet Pea” Burns kinda Colts fan.

The consensus is that Manning will miss at least the next two months of the season; after a gamelong horror fest watching grizzled Kerry Collins tumble down like a sack of wheat, the consensus is that Manning might as well take the season off because, by the time Manning might even be ready, the only thing the Colts will be in contention for is a top-five draft pick. The reasoning goes that a whole season off might make him healthy enough to get through the last years of his career at the top of his game. There are whispers that there is a slight possibility that he might be at his last hurrah, that if the neck doesn’t heal and heal correctly he should call it quits and value his life over his career. He’s certainly made plenty of money.

I am convinced, though, that if Manning can come back this season, he will. The reason isn’t because I think he’s superman, or because he’s more dedicated to the game than any other NFL player, or because I am in denial. The reason is the same as the reason that I’ve come to love watching him play — he is the most human player I have ever seen.

Of course, I don’t know anything other than what he does on the field. I don’t know how he spends his free time, if he’s a good son, brother, father or husband. I don’t particularly care unless it turns out he’s a serial killer or something. Sure, I know he does charity work and that he’s supposed to be really funny — but I would never say “hi” to him if I saw him in public like he was my friend.

I know I will never have half the skills Manning has, that I will never be 6 feet 5 inches or have lightning-quick reaction time or that level of dedication. If I did, I would be playing in the NFL. But I know that I have had moments like those Manning has had — moments where I finished a paper or shot the winning shot of a pick-up game or studied really hard and aced a test. Again, not on that level or with that consistency, but I have done those things. The more important thing is, though, that I have struggled like Manning has.

I have never, on the other hand, dated supermodels like Tom Brady has (though I did marry a very beautiful woman) or been as fast as Michael Vick or as pompous as Phillip Rivers. Those men are living a life that I can’t imagine. They have skills or looks or cockiness that are way out of my frame of reference. I am sure Peyton Manning has at least a small measure of arrogance — not only is it deserved but it seems required to play in the NFL. I know that the image I’ve described above is what the NFL is selling. That’s fine. I know that Manning isn’t perfect. But I also know how he looked and how I felt after those early playoff exits.

When Manning is finally done, there is a good chance that I will stop being as big of an NFL fan.

Sure, there is still my fantasy football addiction and, well, I just like watching sports. However, there is some comfortable finality in being able to say that I followed one player from start to finish — even if it’s not like I picked an underdog. We all also have that one thing that drives us to be better or a goal to which we aspire — and I guess that’s where I identify with Manning the most.

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

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This summer, I had my phone stolen. This is not a particularly interesting fact because it was not like I was rocking a brand new Verizon white iPhone. Rather, I had a one-and-a-half-year-old phone, the Samsung Rogue. It was not from the Stone Age, though. It could log on to the Internet, check Facebook, and do all the other important things a phone needs to do. It didn’t have apps, but I was O.K. with that.

When it was stolen, I decided to not use my upgrade to get a new phone. Being a mediocre cheapskate I decided to use one of my older phones, the famous Verizon TV phone. As time has passed with my old phone, I am relearning all the quirks that I used to know. For example, if I start losing signal during a phone call, I just need to pull out the long TV antennae to keep the call going. I also had to relearn how to type with T9 rather than my ultra sleek QWERTY keyboard that my stolen phone had. I had to remember that touching the screen does absolutely nothing when I am trying to chose an option or get to the phone’s menu. I kind of compare it to that feeling you get when driving a different car. You know how it works, but it feels a little different at first until you get used to it.

In the end, I am actually really happy about my reunion with my old phone, and here’s why.

It is not that I don’t really care about having a nice phone. It is not that our reunion is like reuniting with an old, lost friend who used to be the coolest kid in school. Rather, my relationship with my phone works because it does not have so many super-special, spectacular, mind-blowing features.

Recently, I have begun to watch my friends and classmates who have smart phones. It is really intriguing because during conversations, they will pull out their phone and begin playing with them. Now usually, I cannot see the screen

so I assume that they are probably texting, which is not a horribly discourteous action. It is when I catch a minimal glimpse of the screen that the reality of the situation dawns on me. The “Smart Phoner” will be playing games, checking their social networking site, downloading a new app, playing more games, checking the weather, playing more games, fact checking, checking their e-mail and playing more games. Any/all of these actions are simply rude when you are with another human being.

Nowadays, when you are bored with your friends, you just pull out your phone, and not to even text other people. People pull out their phone because it is more entertaining than the people they are with. A game of “Angry Birds” or “Drop 7” could easily pass the time you are spending with another person rather than just attempting to liven up the boring time.

My friend has this particularly strict rule regarding texting at her dinner table. If you are going to eat, you cannot text. I am beginning to think that her rule should apply to all times when people are together and should also take into account apps. I am not a stickler for texting when I am with friends, but as all my friends become more “tech-savvy” I have begun to realize that playing a game on your phone to pass the time that we are spending together is just annoying. Fact checking all the things I say is just obnoxious. Surfing the web while I am trying to talk to you about how I just failed a test is simply condescending.

My phone is great. It is not an iPhone or a Droid, but it does its job well. Furthermore, it doesn’t prohibit my social interactions with the people around me (save texting). That is why it is the best phone not on the market. I can sit down with my friends and never worry that I am going to lose a game of “Words With Friends.”

I do not need a Pandora radio station playing at all times to pass the time. Let’s all, together, remove some apps today and try using the time we would spend playing on our phones with animate objects. I have found that they, in fact, tend to be better company anyway.

— Brittany Vazquez is a senior in anthropology.

She can be reached at bvazque1@utk.edu.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

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iPhone application causes controversy with French anti-racism group

Classic series revives Indian culture The Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. — Papa Bear, Mama Bear and their cubs have helped children curb junk-food addictions and organize messy rooms for half a century. Now, from their tree house in idyllic Bear Country, the beloved Berenstain Bears are helping revive an endangered American Indian language.

Lakota for the “Compassionate Bear Family,” the animated series “Mathó Waúnsila Thiwáhe” is the first animated series ever translated into an American Indian language and began airing this week on public television in North Dakota and South Dakota. Twenty episodes of the Berenstain Bears were dubbed into the ancient language of the Sioux, whose tribal lands span both states, and will run weekly through 2011.

Disney’s classic movie “Bambi” was dubbed in Arapaho in the mid-1990s to help preserve that language and culture, but never before has an animated series been translated to help children learn new words and phrasings with each episode, said Wilhelm Meya, executive director of Lakota Language Consortium.

Fewer than 6,000 of the 120,000 members of Sioux tribes, who often identify themselves as Lakota, speak the language or its less common but closely related Dakota dialects. The average age of a Lakota speaker is 60, he said.

“The bears are doing their part to save a language,” said Meya, who is fluent in Lakota. “Kids love cartoons. This is a great way to reach them to engage them in the language in a fun and yet educational way.”

About 500 languages existed in North America around the time Christopher Columbus came ashore, but only about onefifth are still spoken, Meya said, estimating that fewer than 20 may survive. He said a language needs 100,000 speakers to maintain viability over the long term.

Meya’s nonprofit, along with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and public broadcasting, produced the Lakota series and recorded it in Bismarck. Lakota speakers from reservations in the Dakotas provided the voices, and Berenstain Enterprises Inc. waived licensing fees for the project.

Jan Berenstain, who introduced the first Berenstain Bear books with her late husband, Stan, in 1962, said the Lakota project is important to help children learn the endangered language.

“I think it’s terrific,” said Berenstain, who at 88 continues to write and illustrate Berenstain Bears books from her studio in Pennsylvania.

“We’re very happy about it.”

The humanlike honey-loving bear family and their furry friends have taught millions of children worldwide gentle life lessons, addressing subjects from bullying to the birds and the bees.

More than 260 million copies of Berenstain Bear books have been released in more than 20 languages, including Arabic and Chinese, said Mike Berenstain, who writes and illustrates books with his mother. And they were excited to add an American Indian language.

“We were delighted to cooperate in getting this done,” he said.

Hundreds of children from tribes throughout the Great Plains got a sneak peek at the series last weekend at the United Tribes International Powwow in Bismarck. Costumed Berenstain Bear characters made their rounds, posing for pictures and shaking hands with wide-eyed children, many of them resplendent in traditional Sioux dress.

Ten-year-old Chad Morsette Jr. gave the cartoon a thumbs-up.

“It’s pretty good. Awesome, really,” said Morsette, who lives in Twin Buttes on North Dakota's Fort Berthold Reservation. “I think a lot of kids are going to like it.”

His grandmother, Maryann Morsette, said she speaks Lakota to her children and grandchildren as often as English. The cartoon, she said, should help children absorb Lakota even more.

“I think it will help make kids interested in the language,” said Morsette, 57. “I am full-blooded Sioux, and quite a bit of elders speak the language but the kids don’t. It has to be spoken every day in the home for it to take hold.”

Voices for the characters came from about a dozen Lakotaspeaking residents on the Standing Rock, Cheyenne River, Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations in the Dakotas. There are about two dozen Sioux tribes in North America, with reservations also in Montana, Nebraska, Minnesota and Canada that “share many of the same stories and songs, but they do have slightly different histories.”

Kenny Little Thunder and his wife, Bernadine, of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, provided voices for several of the bear characters.

Kenny, 53, and Bernadine, 50, said they are among the youngest fluent Lakota speakers on the reservation. They said most of the children from their generation were punished for speaking their native language at school.

“You couldn’t speak your language — you were hit,” said Kenny Little Thunder, a former Marine. “They beat the language out of you.”

Bernadine Little Thunder said there was a time when even Lakota children pressured others not to speak the language.

“This is important for our children,” she said of learning the language. “I think it will help to realize that it is cool to be Lakota.”

The Associated Press PARIS — A French antiracism group has threatened to sue Apple over an iPhone application called “A Jew or Not a Jew?” that allows users to consult a database of celebrities and public figures to determine whether they are Jewish or not.

SOS Racisme said the application, sold for 0.79 euro cents ($1.07) on the Apple Store France, violates France’s strict laws banning the compiling of people’s personal details without their consent.

Under the French penal code, stocking personal details including race, sexuality, political leanings or religious affiliation is punishable by five-year prison sentences and fines of up to €300,000 ($411,870).

Such laws were enacted in the decades following the Holocaust, which saw some 76,000 Jews deported from Nazi-occupied France to concentration camps. Fewer than 3,000 returned alive.

In a statement, SOS Racisme called on Apple to remove the app the from its online store and be more vigilant about the applications it sells.

Apple France and its European headquarters did not immediately return several calls for comment.

The head of leading French Jewish group CRIF, Richard Prasquier, echoed SOS Racisme’s call for the immediate removal of the application.

“It’s not only shocking but also illegal,” Prasquier told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Wednesday. “In France, we make a very important distinction that doesn’t exist in the same way in the United States between the public and private spheres. If someone

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wants something as personal as his religion to remain private, it must remain that way.”

Johann Levy, a 35-year-old Franco-British engineer of Jewish origin, developed the application, according to Le Parisien newspaper. In an interview published Wednesday, Levy said he developed the app to be “recreational.

“I’m not a spokesman for all Jews, but as a Jew myself I know that in our community we often ask whether a suchand-such celebrity is Jewish or not,” he is quoted as saying.

“For me, there’s nothing pejorative about saying that someone is Jewish or not,” he said. “On the contrary, it’s about being proud.”

He said he compiled information about famous people around the world from various online sources.

Despite the French state's attachment to secular values, the question of public figures’ religious affiliation continues to be a matter of some interest to the French public. On Google’s French search engine, when a user types the name of a French celebrity, a top suggested follow up word is “Jew?” Prasquier said that while he didn’t think the phenomena suggested that France is more anti-Semitic than other countries: “because of our difficult historical memories here, we perhaps pay attention to such behavior more” than elsewhere, he said.

“A Jew or Not a Jew,” or “Juif ou pas juif” in French, allows users to search its database by entering a celebrity’s name or to search by categories of celebrities. It is one of more than 425,000 apps available on the Apple Store France, according to the site.

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

What: “Super 8” Where: 8 p.m.

When: Humanities Amphitheatre Price: Free for students with ID / $1 to public Our take: J.J. Abrams evokes early Spielberg with his blend of wistful childhood ending and alien obliteration, all with a subtle critique of racism and xenophobia that echoes later Spielberg, as well. Naturally he produced the film.

Thursday, September 15 What: Dosh with WALSH and George Middlebrooks Where: 10 p.m.

When: Pilot Light Price: $6 Our take: Though he tours with Andrew Bird’s band regularly, Martin Luther King Chavez Dosh stands apart in his one-man act. Blending jazz, rock and hip-hop in a sea of loops with live piano and drums. Local one-man electronic wrecking crew WALSH opens the set.

What: Midnight Voyage presents Ana Sia & VibeSquad with Signal Path and Epcot Where: 9 p.m.

When: The Cider House Price: $12 advance / $15 door + $3 surcharge for under 21 Our take: Bass music and polyrhythms. There are two schools of thought regarding the matter: Either you are spinning with glee or reading the next entry at this point. Trust your instincts, Luke.

What: “Super 8” Where: 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m.

When: UC Auditorium Price: Free for students with ID / $1 to public Our take: J.J. Abrams evokes early Spielberg with his blend of wistful childhood ending and alien obliteration, all with a subtle critique of racism and xenophobia that echoes later Spielberg, as well. Naturally he produced the film.

Friday, September 15 What: Dixieghost Where: 10 p.m.

When: Barley’s Taproom and Pizzeria Price: Free Our take: Local boys bring country soul and rock ‘n’ roll attitude to Barley’s stage. PBR sold separately.

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What: Down From Up with Kontraband Muzik and Something Once Sacred Where: 8 p.m.

When: The Valarium Price: $5 advance / $8 door + $3 surcharge for under 21 Our take: Unapologetic devotees of ’80s shred and early ’00s melodic breakdowns, Knoxville’s own Down From Up continues the region’s longrunning love affair with all things out of fashion yet still popular.

Saturday, September 17 What: UT Film Committee presents “Gone With the Wind” Where: 1 p.m.

When: Clarence Brown Theatre Price: Free Our take: In conjunction with the CBT production of “Moonlight and Magnolias,” UT Film will screen the 1939 classic about Southern belles and the Civil War. Fun fact: Clark Gable’s single obscenity caused the first run of the film to include a disclaimer for discerning viewers. “Moonlight and Magnolias” will be staged at 7:30 p.m.

What: Valarium Saturday Night Dance Party Where: 10 p.m.

When: The Valarium Price: $5 Our take: If you need an excuse to don glowbands and burn away the week’s stresses on a Friday, the $5 price tag here doesn’t hurt. As always, bring your own water.

What: Royal Bangs Double Header with Yung Life and Mutations Where: 7 p.m. all ages show (no alcohol served), 10:30 p.m. second show (18 & up) When: Pilot Light Price: $8 advance / $10 door Our take: Echoing the bygone days of all ages in the Old City, the Royal Bangs return to their roots with a double feature. Though hanging with high schoolers probably doesn’t sound that appealing, Yung Life is worth the discomfort.

Sunday, September 18 What: UT Film Committee presents “Gone With the Wind” Where: 1 p.m.

When: Clarence Brown Theatre Price: Free Our take: In conjunction with the CBT production of “Moonlight and Magnolias,” UT Film will screen the 1939 classic about Southern belles and the Civil War. Fun fact: Clark Gable’s single obscenity caused the first run of the film to include a disclaimer for discerning viewers. “Moonlight and Magnolias” will be staged at 7:30 p.m.

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SEC finding identity in offense Up-tempo attacks see seven teams averaging at least 40 points a game The Associated Press ATLANTA — Some Southeastern Conference teams are leaving defense behind in their rush for more points.

The SEC once was known for its run-first attacks and strong defenses, but now more teams are implementing up-tempo, spread and no-huddle schemes designed to give offenses as many scoring opportunities as possible.

Some early developments are startling: — Seven SEC teams are averaging 40 or more points per game.

— Arkansas has scored 103 points, the Razorbacks’ highest total through two games since 1911.

— Six players in the Auburn-Mississippi State game had more than 100 all-purpose yards.

— The 87 combined points in South Carolina’s 45-42 win over Georgia were the most in the history of the series.

Auburn coach Gene Chizik said schemes had undergone dramatic changes in the last decade as coordinators scrambled to stay ahead or just keep up.

“I think offenses have become extremely crafty,” Chizik said. “They’ve got new concepts and different paces in terms of speed of the game and how fast they get lined up.

There’s just a lot of different ideas out there offensively that have changed in the last six or seven years, really.”

More offense can mean more excitement for fans — but more headaches for coaches.

Just ask South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier, who should be happy that his team is No. 10 in the nation, 2-0 overall and in the driver’s seat in the Eastern Division after a win over Georgia.

But that followed a 56-37 victory over East Carolina. Seeing his team give up 79 points in two games has left Spurrier unsettled.

“I’ve got to coach better,” Spurrier said.

“Our assistant coaches have got to coach better.

“We can’t just stand around and let them lob passes up in the air and over the top of us like is happening in the last two games.

We got to get in the fight and knock balls down; we got to get some guys open and hit them throwing.”

Spurrier looks around and sees other SEC teams in shootouts. No. 21 Auburn has survived a 42-38 win over Utah State and a 4134 victory over Mississippi State.

“We can’t win 56-37, 45-42 every week,” Spurrier said. “It’s just hard to do. Auburn can do it — they know how to do it a lot better than we do. I guess Auburn won about two in a row like that, haven’t they?”

Tennessee coach Derek Dooley would have made his run-first father, former Georgia coach Vince Dooley, proud when he said, “I’ll always be a downhill, power-running team from Day 1.”

The younger Dooley seems surprised to see his Vols at 2-0 thanks to Tyler Bray’s high-powered passing game.

The Vols averaged 358 yards passing and only 127 rushing while scoring more than 40 points in wins over Montana and Cincinnati.

Bray passed for 405 yards and four touchdowns in the 45-23 victory over Cincinnati.

“If your throwing game is what it looked like last week, you don’t need a lot of running game,” Dooley said. “But if your quarterback’s getting hit, you’re getting confused back there and the line’s struggling to protect them, you’ve got to have a running game.”

Not every team has survived the highscoring pace. Georgia is 0-2 despite totaling 63 points in two games against teams now in the top 10. Offensive coordinator Mike Bobo says the Bulldogs are committed to their new emphasis on no-huddle formations.

Georgia coach Mark Richt said defenses were wearing down late in games against the fast-paced offenses.

“I think just about everybody is going more up-tempo pace,” Richt said. “I do think Marigrace Angelo • The Daily Beacon people are beginning to wear defenses down a little bit by the end of the game. I think Amy Harrison fights for position against an MTSU player during a match on Friday, there’s a little bit less resistance as the game Sept. 2. The Lady Vols look to continue their winning streak against Coastal Carolina this Friday at 7:00. is going on.

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Rogers admires Tennessee tradition think, and he’s very competitive.”

However, there is much more to Rogers than just being the Staff Writer big offensive playmaker people know him as on the field.

One of the main concerns facing second-year coach Derek When he is not practicing running routes or finding the end Dooley and his Tennessee Vols heading into the 2011 football zone on Saturdays, Rogers is pursuing a major in sociology.

“Something most people wouldn’t know about me is that campaign was whether or not the team’s young receiving corps could pick up where graduated seniors Denarius I’m really smart,” Rogers said. “The three words that best describe me are passionate, enthusiastic and loyal.”

Moore, Gerald Jones and Luke Stocker left off.

In his spare time, Rogers likes to play basketball at the After putting together a solid freshman season, totaling 582 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns, sophomore wide TRECS or go to the pool with friends. His favorite television receiver Da’Rick Rogers has already surpassed his freshman shows are “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and “SportsCenter.”

The Calhoun, Ga. native’s favorite musical artists are season receiving Gucci Mane and totals in just two Pretty Ricky. games. In each of “On game the 6-foot-3 days I like to jam receiver’s first out to my iPod,” two contests, he Rogers said. has been a target “But, it’s when I for quarterback run onto the Tyler Bray and field that really has also been one gets my adrenaof his primary line pumping.” go-to receivers, According to along with Justin Rogers, one of Hunter. Rogers the reasons he has hauled in 15 decided to come receptions for to Tennessee is 200 yards and a the program’s team-high three rich traditions. touchdowns.

“I always love “It’s great to being part of trahave a receiver dition, because like Da’Rick and it’s something Justin to throw that ties you to,” Bray said. with the past,” “Da’Rick is a big Rogers said. “I receiver and he love getting can jump out of Ian Harmon • The Daily Beacon dressed up in the the gym, and you suits, going can pretty much Da’Rick Rogers celebrates after a catch during a game against Cincinnati on down to the Vol Saturday, Sept.

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Rogers has started the year on the right foot, leading the team throw it up anywith three touchdowns and 15 receptions for 200 yards. walk with all the where and he fans and running will catch it. The through the ‘T’ on game days surrounded by nothing but chemistry is great with all the receivers right now.”

Dooley has also been very impressed with Rogers, who has orange and white.”

Rogers will be part of a great tradition when the Vols travposted 100-yard receiving games in back-to-back weeks.

“He’s obviously been blessed with size, speed and athleti- el to Gainesville, Fla. this week to take on SEC East rival cism,” Dooley said. “He is able to generate some big plays for Florida.

“We are going to come out and play as an aggressive us on offense. He is big, strong and runs faster than people offense, that’s our game plan: run downhill strong and throw the ball deep,” Rogers said. “It’s pretty important. It’s the first SEC game, but the way we look at it is that it’s just the next game. It’s just another football team.”

If the Vols can beat the Gators in the Swamp, it will surely increase the tradition of the Tennessee program, which never evades Rogers.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

No. 7 Lady Vols golf finishes seventh in Cougar Classic Dallas Abel Staff Writer

Patrick MacCoon

The seventh-ranked Lady Vols golf team competed this week in the Cougar Classic in South Carolina, finishing in seventh place.

Five of the pre-season top-10 teams played in the tournament. Some of the most notable teams the Lady Vols beat were Miami, South Carolina, Alabama and Duke.

Tennessee’s top performer was junior Erica Popson. She finished the tournament in second at nine-under-par, 207. She entered the final day with the lead, but could not hold on after shooting even par in the final round.

“I played well this weekend, but I just made a few mental mistakes,” Popson said. “I hit it really well and hit a lot of good putts that didn’t go in. I need to just really focus on staying mentally tougher and being more patient with my game.”

UT ended day one with a one-over-par 289, putting the Lady Vols in sixth place. Popson led the way with a sixunder-par 66, tying her career-best score.

Another Lady Vol who played a major supporting role was junior Sara Monberg. Monberg shot even-par 72 to keep the Lady Vols in contention.

Chessey Thomas, a sophomore, ended day one with a three-overpar 75. Freshman A.J. Newell, making her first start at UT, shot a 76, along with sophomore teammate Kaitlyn Rohrback.

Day two brought optimism to the Lady Vols to move up in the tournament. Another strong

performance from Erica Popson, with a threeunder 69, led the Volunteers into the top five. Rohrback carded a 73, while Monberg scored a 75.

“I think that this is a very special team,” Popson said. “We expect to play great every week.”

Thomas and Newell made an impact in the final round shooting under par to help the Vols to their seventh place finish with a threeover 867. LSU captured the victory with a 16under 848. Thomas finished out the event by making two birdies in the final three holes to finish at two-under-par.

Newell recorded her first collegiate round of par or better with a solid one-under performance, finishing the tournament with an eight-overpar 224.

“Overall we played well this week,” UT coach Judi Pavon said.

“We would like to have shot closer to the lead, but without Nathalie (Mansson) in the lineup we would have had to be flawless to challenge for the lead. We were pretty nervous the first couple days, but played more confidently today.”

Also contributing to the Vols’ seventh-place finish were Monberg with a four-over-par 220 and Kaitlyn Rohrback with a seven-over-par 223 for the tournament.

“I think we did a bunch of really good things, but just made a few mistakes,” Popson said. “I am very excited to work on our games and get ready for the Preview.”

The Lady Vols’ next tournament is Sept. 2324 at the Mason Rudolph Fall Preview in Nashville, Tenn.