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Renowned poet to speak at Hodges Library South Carolina poet, creative-writing professor, Terrance Hayes, to read from work Michael Lindley Staff Writer Of all the descriptions that come to mind when thinking of a poet, rock star is not typically among them. That is, unless the poet is Terrance Hayes.

A South Carolina native and current professor of creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University, Hayes has enjoyed a successful career as a poet, to say the least. His first poetry book, “Muscular Music,” won the Whiting Writers Award and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award in 1999. From then the accolades kept stacking up. His second book, “Hip Logic,” won the National Poetry Series, and his most recent book, “Lighthead,” won the prestigious 2010 National Book Award for Poetry. Besides his critically acclaimed collections and numerous awards and fellowships, Hayes’ poetry has appeared in many respected publications such as The New Yorker and The American Poetry Review.

But the success and recognition Hayes has received has not been limited to poetry circles. A former All-American basketball player during his studies at Coker College, Hayes is an exceptional athlete whose poetic voice on the page draws inspiration from his poetic motion on the hardwood. On top of being a top athlete and poet, Hayes has also enjoyed a celebrity status alien to the majority of poets. He recently appeared in a photo shoot for the men’s fashion page of The New York Times and was featured during a segment on PBS News.

Reading through Hayes’ exhaustive list of accomplishments, it is no surprise that creative writing professor Marilyn Kallet’s grad-

uate students chose Hayes as their top choice for a guest reader.

“A few years ago, I asked my graduate poetry-writing students which poet they most wanted me to invite to campus,” Kallet explained. “‘Terrance Hayes!’ they said. My students have very good taste.”

Hayes, who will read selected poems from his books Wednesday at the Hodges Library Auditorium at 7 p.m., should not, however, be heard by only graduate English and poetry students. Even those who grit their teeth at the mention of poetry should consider attending, due in part to Hayes’ accessible style and laid-back delivery.

“His poetry is easy to understand, but also extraordinarily well-crafted,” Kallet said. “Craft doesn’t get in the way of the poems’ music; the poems work their way into the soul like any good songs.”

And like any good song, Hayes’ keen sense of humor, street smarts and charismatic personality can draw in almost any listener, regardless of interests and background.

Ranging from light-hearted to deeply contemplative, Hayes’ poetry is bound to grab the attention of any listener. Whether a lover or hater of poetry, there is something for everyone in Hayes’ poetry.

The reading, which is funded by The Creative Writing Program, The HainesMorris Foundation, Writers in the Library and Africana Studies, is expected to have an overflow audience, and early arrival is encouraged in order to have a seat. Those interested in an informal conversation with Hayes before the reading should visit rooms 1210-1211 in the McClung Tower from 3-4 p.m.

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Local band delights Knoxville crowds Extremists open River City Extension concludes tour with performance at Relix Theatre fire in Islamibad “We’re touring with the Apache Relay, who is from Nashville,” Michelini said. “We get along incredibly, so we’re spending a lot of time with them. They’re kind of After a riveting performance at the Relix Theater on showing us around and giving us ideas.”

Michelini said the tour has been a new experience in Saturday night, the River City Extension moves on to a that they are playing to their own people or fans and the great future, with Knoxville in mind. crowds are more open to their music and performances.

River City Extension is Michelini said the differfinishing up its tour with a ence between performing to performance with the Avett your own fan base and perBrothers and is preparing to forming with other headlinrecord its second album. ers is something that has Emily Panek, sophomore in made this tour so great. communication disorders, The band has plans for said she heard of the perthe future and is continuing formance through a friend, to progress its fan base. and she was excited to hear Michelini said to expect more of their style.

River City Extension back “I’m just really into the in Knoxville within the next local music scene and just year. coming to the different “We’re going to record in shows,” Panek said. “This is the fall,” Michelini said. the first time I’ve seen River “We’re doing some shows, City Extension. I looked up local shows near the end of their music before I came the year and then we’re because I didn’t know what doing some international they were and I just loved the touring early next year, and fact that it was a little bit of then by late spring of next like saw with improv. The year we’ll start touring the whole aspect of their perU.S. again. And we’ll be formance was legit. I just back around here.” really enjoy that style of As they prepare to record music.” this fall, the biggest thing After its beginning in the for them is getting their fall of 2007, the independent material out to people and folk music band has earned reaching their fans. the respect of many different Michelini said he knows his seasoned performers.

George Richardson• The Daily Beacon goals are high, but he wants Supported by bands like Joe Michelini, lead singer for River City Extension, Cake, Robert Randolph and performs this past weekend at the Relix Theater on his music and the band to the Avett Brothers, the band Saturday. The band started in 2007 with support reach people in a unique way. He wants the band to eventually recorded its first from Cake and The Avett Brothers. have an effect on the world album, “The Unmistakable and to reach people with something that will give them Man.” With its first album out, River City Extension has been peace and courage to go on.

“I’m excited to have new material out,” Michelini said. on tour as a band. Lead singer and songwriter, Joe Michelini, said their tour of the South this year has been “I just want to reach real people. I want people to feel nora new experience for the band, regardless of having mal when they listen to our music. I want our music to give grace to the human condition.” toured the South before.

Michelini said there were a few things that made the “It’s funny because we’ve been south before, but this band somewhat different than other bands or goups. They feels like it’s been our first tour south,” Michelini said. are unique in their own uniqueness.

“We’re getting more of a lifestyle taste on this tour, which “I think the biggest thing about our band is that we are has been fun.” a band and we’re not a band,” Michelini said. “Everyone Since going on tour with The Apache Relay, a band is so much their own person. Very much individuals. with similar taste and style to River City Extension, the We’re more like eight individuals who get together and bands have built off of each other and shared ideas. play music together.”

Lauren Kittrell

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The Associated Press ISLAMABAD — Suspected Sunni extremists opened fire on Shiite Muslim pilgrims traveling by bus through southwest Pakistan on Tuesday on their way to in Iran, killing 26 people, officials and survivors said.

Sunni militants with ideological and operational links to al-Qaida and the Taliban have carried out scores of bombings and shootings against Shiites in recent years, but this attack was especially bloody.

At least eight attackers in a pickup truck blocked the path of the bus as it traveled through Baluchistan province, and then forced the passengers off, said Khushhal Khan, the driver of the vehicle.

The passengers tried to run away, but the gunmen opened fire, killing 26 people and wounding six others, said Khan.

The attackers then drove off, leaving the dying and wounded where they lay. It was nearly an hour before rescue teams arrived, he said. There were around 40 people on the bus.

Local television footage showed rescue workers loading the dead and wounded into ambulances to take them to the main southwestern town of Quetta, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) to the north.

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, one of the country’s most ruthless Sunni militant groups, claimed responsibility in a telephone call to a local journalist in Quetta, but that claim could not be verified.

Vehicles carrying Shiite pilgrims are usually provided with protection as they travel through Mastung, but authorities weren’t notified about this bus, said Saeed Umrani, a government official in Mastung. Iran and neighboring Iraq are home to many important Shiite shrines.

Pakistan is a majority Sunni Muslim state, with around 15 percent Shiite.

Most Sunnis and Shiites live together peacefully in Pakistan, though tensions have existed for decades. In the 1980s and 1990s, Pakistan became the scene of a proxy war between mostly Shiite Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia, with both sides funneling money to sectarian groups that regularly targeted each other.

The level of sectarian violence has declined somewhat since then, but attacks continue. In recent years, Sunni attacks on Shiites have been far more common.

The groups have been energized by al-Qaida and the Taliban, which are also Sunni and share the belief that Shiites are infidels, and it is permissible to kill them.

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is a Punjab-based group that has been implicated in scores of attacks on Shiites as well as attacks on government and security targets. In July, one of its alleged leaders, Malik Ishaq, was released from prison after being held for 14 year on charges, never proven, of killing Shiites.

Baluchistan is a lawless, poverty stricken province that borders Afghanistan and is home to scores of militants, as well as separatist rebels. Shiites there have been routinely attacked in recent years, and there have been few reported arrests or convictions.

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Freshmen Matthew Neubill, nuclear engineering, Spencer Cochran, biomedical engineering with pre-med, Dylan Bullock, mechanical engineering, and Sterling Van der Voort, undecided, work on a project for an engineering class on Sept. 20. The students spent time in Hodges Library taking apart a hairdryer to examine how it works.

1820 — Union General John Reynolds is Born On this day, Union General John Fulton Reynolds is born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

One of nine children, Reynolds received his education at private academies before Senator James Buchanan, a family friend, secured him an appointment at West Point in 1837. He graduated in 1841, 26 out of 52 in his class. Prior to the Mexican War, Reynolds served in Maryland, South Carolina, and Florida. He was part of General Zachary Taylor’s army in Mexico, and he distinguished himself at the Battles of Monterey and Buena Vista. His heroism earned him promotions to captain and major.

In the 1850s, Reynolds served in Maine, fought Native Americans in the West, and participated in the Mormon War of the late 1850s. In 1860, he returned to West Point as commandant of cadets. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Reynolds received command of a regular army regiment. His orders were soon changed, however, and he became a brigade commander with orders to serve at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Before he shipped for service along the coast, General George B. McClellan — then commander of the Army of the Potomac — used his leverage to secure Reynolds’s service in McClellan's army.

In 1862, Reynolds participated in the Seven Days’ Battles around Richmond, Virginia. This was the climax of McClellan’s Peninsular campaign, in which Confederate General Robert E. Lee attacked the Yankees and drove them away from the Rebel capital. At the Battle of Gaines’ Mills, Virginia, on June 26, Reynolds’s brigade — protecting a Union retreat — bore the brunt of a Confederate attack. The next day, Reynolds held his position, but he was detached from the main Union army. The Confederates overran Reynolds and part of his command, and the general was sent to Richmond’s Libby Prison.

Reynolds spent less than six weeks at Libby before he was exchanged in August 1862. He was given

command of a division, and fought at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Virginia, on August 29 and 30, just three weeks after his release. In November, Reynolds returned to the Army of the Potomac as a commander of I Corps. His force fought at Fredericksburg, Virginia in December, but was held in reserve at Chancellorsville, Virginia, in May 1863.

Reynolds commanded the left wing of the Army of the Potomac during the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, campaign. On the morning of July 1, he rode into Gettysburg and placed his force in front of advancing Confederates, forcing Union General George Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac, to fight.

The 42-year-old Reynolds was killed that day, most likely by a Confederate volley, and was buried in Lancaster, his birthplace.

1866 — H.G. Wells is born H.G. Wells, pioneer of science fiction, is born on this day in Bromley, England.

Wells was born near London and received a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in London.

After school, he worked as a draper’s apprentice and bookkeeper before becoming a freelance writer. His lively treatment of scientific topics quickly brought him success as a writer.

In 1895, he published his classic novel The Time Machine, about a man who journeys to the future.

The book was a success, as were his subsequent books The Invisible Man (1897) and The War of the Worlds (1898).

Passionately concerned about the fate of humanity, Wells joined the socialist Fabian Society but quit after a quarrel with George Bernard Shaw, another prominent member. He was involved romantically for several years with Dorothy Richardson, pioneer of stream-of-consciousness writing. In 1912, the 19-yearold writer Rebecca West reviewed his book Marriage, calling him “The Old Maid among novelists.” He asked to meet her, and the two soon embarked on an affair that lasted 10 years and produced one son, Anthony. Wells died in 1946.

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

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

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9/11 wrongful death lawsuit settled The Associated Press NEW YORK — The last wrongful death lawsuit remaining from the 9/11 terrorist attacks was settled Monday when a family that sought to expose weaknesses in the nation’s air safety system decided it had done what it could to give voice to a hockey scout who died that day.

The family of Mark Bavis decided to settle after making public as much information as it could about what it viewed as security lapses on Sept. 11, 2001, at Boston’s Logan Airport, where United Airlines Flight 175 originated, attorney Donald Migliori said.

He said the family had decided to settle as it became clear that a trial scheduled to begin Nov. 7 would be limited to three weeks.

In a statement, United Airlines said: “The tragic events of 9/11 impacted all of us, and we are pleased to resolve this case.”

St. Louis-based Huntleigh USA Corp., a security company that also was named in the lawsuit, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.

The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

Bavis, a Newton, Mass., scout for the Los Angeles Kings hockey team, was aboard Flight 175 when it took off from the airport, was overtaken by terrorists and flown into the south tower on Sept. 11. The lawsuit was filed by his mother, Mary Bavis.

Migliori said it gave the family relief that some important information about airport and airline security was placed in the public court record prior to trial.

“That gave them some peace and allowed them to live on,” he said.

But he said that the family had not given up on bringing scrutiny to airport screening. “They think they can give Mark voice long after this case is over,” Migliori said.

“Their goal is to make future travel safer.”

In a court filing Friday, lawyers for the Bavis family blamed United and Huntleigh

for security failures that they said enabled the terrorists to hijack the plane.

They said the companies failed to hire and retain qualified screeners and to properly train them for the growing threat of terrorism.

On the morning of the attacks, at least nine screeners were unaware that the threat level had been raised to a level which meant terrorists with a known capability to attack civil aviation were likely to carry out attacks against U.S. targets, they said.

“Shockingly, employees at the management level were also in the dark,” they wrote, naming four managers.

They said at least nine screeners had never heard of Osama bin Laden or al-Qaida and neither had Huntleigh’s director of training and its general manager at Logan.

The lawyers wrote that a majority of the screeners on duty at the Flight 175 checkpoint that morning were immigrants who spoke limited English.

They said one of the pre-board screeners had such a poor grasp of English that she required an interpreter during her deposition, and another screener during his deposition had to have questions repeated multiple times because he could not understand English.

The lawyers said the family was prepared to show at trial “a litany of evidence suggesting that the hijackers on Flight 175 used knives, Mace and pepper spray to overtake and intentionally crash the aircraft.”

Bavis, who was 31 years old, was in seat 19F of the flight from Boston to Los Angeles International Airport.

Other than one tiny bone fragment, his remains were never found. Drafted by the New York Rangers, Bavis played three seaTia Patron • The Daily Beacon sons of professional hockey before coaching hockey at Brown and Harvard universities.

Allie Burns, undecided freshman, looks at a display on the Commons Book Club Both he and his twin brother, Mike, were during the African-American Achievement Showcase on Sept. 8. Hodges Library hockey stars in high school and college. hosted the event to celebrate the achievements of African-American students and faculty at UT.

President Obama promises aid to Libyans Obama says world will stand with post-Gadhafi Libya, warns of difficult future The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — Seeking to bolster a nation in transition, President Barack Obama promised the Libyan people that the world will stand with them as they reshape their country following the fall of Moammar Gadhafi’s regime.

Speaking a high-level United Nations meeting Tuesday, the president warned that there would still be difficult days ahead in Libya, as Gadhafi loyalists make a final stand and the country’s provisional leadership grapples with the complex task of setting up a new government. But Obama said it was clear that Libya was now in the hands of the people.

“After decades of iron rule by one man, it will take time to build the institutions needed for a democratic Libya. There will be days of frustration,” Obama said. “But if we have learned anything these many months, it is this — do not underestimate the aspirations and will of the Libyan people.”

“Just as the world stood by you in your struggle to be free, we will stand with you in your struggle to realize the peace and prosperity that freedom can bring,” he said.

Obama praised the international community for having “the courage and the collective will to act” in Libya. He said that while global powers cannot and should not intervene every time there is an injustice in the world, there are occasions when nations must join forces to prevent the

killing of innocent civilians.

“Our international coalition stopped the regime in its tracks, saved countless lives, and gave the Libyan people the time and space to prevail,” Obama said.

Obama was joined at the meeting on Libya by several other world leaders and representatives of Libya’s National Transitional Council. Prior to the gathering, Obama met one-on-one with the NTC’s chairman, Mustafa Abdel Jalil.

The U.S. now recognizes the NTC as Libya’s legitimate government. Obama announced Tuesday that the U.S. ambassador was heading back to Tripoli to lead a newly reopened American embassy there.

Obama called on Jalil and other NTC leaders to ensure a timely democratic transition in Libya, including free and fair elections.

While much of the focus is on Libya’s political transition, serious security concerns remain. Small bands of Gadhafi supporters continue to fight in pockets around the country, and the longtime leader has yet to be captured.

Obama said the NATO-led bombing campaign in Libya will continue as long as civilians are threatened. And he urged Gadhafi loyalists to lay down their arms and join the new Libya, declaring, “the old regime is over.”

Obama’s remarks on Libya opened the first of his two days of meetings at the U.N. General Assembly.

Later Tuesday, Obama was to shift his attention to Afghanistan when he meets

with that country’s leader, Hamid Karzai.

It’s the first time the two leaders have met in person since Obama announced plans to withdraw more than 30,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of next summer.

Obama and Karzai’s meeting also comes amid news that Afghanistan’s former president was killed in Kabul Tuesday by a suicide bomber. A Karzai spokesman said the Afghan president would cut short his trip to the U.S. after meeting with Obama and fly back to Kabul.

Obama’s withdrawal plan aims to put the Afghans on a path toward taking full control of their own security by the end of 2014.

With U.S. troops expected to stay in Afghanistan well beyond 2014, Obama and Karzai’s discussion will focus in part on

negotiations over a broad security deal to provide a framework for long-term U.S. military and economic support for Afghanistan. The agreement, now in draft form, would give the U.S. use of Afghanrun or jointly run bases after 2014. U.S. officials stress that the U.S. military presence will be at Afghanistan’s invitation.

The two countries appear close to an agreement, but sticking points remain, such as who will control detention of suspected militants and leadership of counterterrorism raids that are unpopular with the Afghans.

The U.S. has said any security agreement would not hold the legally binding force of a treaty, raising some questions over the enforceability of any pact.

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OPINIONS

Editor’sNote SGA moves to increase student input

Blair Kuykendall Editor-in-Chief SGA may be showing signs of life. In an uncharacteristically bold move, the organization passed a “Resolution to Increase Student Influence in and Impact on Administrative Decisions” last Tuesday.

The resolution itself is a well-articulated and direct critique of the administration’s relationship with the student body. The text initially outlines several gaps in student representation on various administrative committees, and then offers several suggestions to improve the current situation.

The legislation was only passed last week, but it was drafted last year by former senators Eric Dixon, junior in philosophy, and B.T. Peake, who has since transferred to Belmont. They presented their work at a meeting last year, but the SGA was unable to reach a voting quorum to pass it. Fortunately, the required number of members decided to show up on the second attempt. Ryan Ray, senator from Gibbs Hall, worked with Dixon to pass the resolution this year.

The measure itself seems fairly straightforward, recognizing that students are the “foremost stakeholders” at UT and receive less than “adequate representation” in bodies that make “substantial decisions” for the university, namely various review boards and task forces. The resolution is careful to highlight differences in the priorities of students and administrators, with student opinion often neglected.

Peake and Dixon use clear and cogent language to express student concerns so ubiquitous it leaves one to wonder why SGA has failed to pass such measures up to this point.

In addition to pointing out several flaws in decisionmaking processes, Peake and Dixon posed several workable solutions to improve the situation. The resolution first calls for greater student representation on faculty bodies that impact university policy. While

some committees currently do maintain a student member, the extent of their participation is often unregulated and left to personal discretion. That issue is not addressed in the SGA resolution. In fairness to the administration, it should be noted that such positions have been established, though they are scattered sporadically throughout various departments. Provisions within the resolution also call for greater student influence in managing the university’s budget priorities, specifically the establishment of a new budgetary task force comprised entirely of students. This body would make policy recommendations directly to the administration.

In perhaps its boldest advisement, the document requests the chancellor deliver a report to the SGA on the university’s progress once a month, opening lines of greater communication with the university’s highest office. This provision would dramatically increase face time between students and the chancellor, perhaps turning the administration’s attention more directly towards student concerns. Any increase in dialogue between students and the upper ranks of the university’s administration could only help in advancing student representation.

At first glance, the suggestions brought forward

by Peake and Dixon seem entirely reasonable. In the coming weeks, student representatives will await the administration’s response to their ideas. It will be interesting to note the tone with which their resolution is received, as this will be critical in defining relations between the organization and administrators moving forward. If anything, this resolution should be seen as a constructive step in enhancing student participation on campus, which has generally been amenable to the chancellor and his staff.

Regardless of the eventual outworking of this particular resolution, it is extremely encouraging to be able to report a serious action taken by SGA to improve the standing of UT students. Ideally SGA would have passed measures to increase student participation in budgetary discussions before this summer’s tuition hike, but at least they got around to it.

— Blair Kuykendall is a junior in the College Scholars Program. She can be reached at bkuykend@utk.edu.

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Lessons learned relying on others Ac orns and Other Seeds by

Anna-Lise Burnette Typically Fridays for me are days of relative rest and relaxation. With a light course load, so far this semester I’ve been able to spend happy, quiet hours off in the ceramics annex working with clay on my hands, arms and clothes. But last Friday was atypical, and so I spent hours in distress and anxiousness. I managed to get myself so worked up, in fact, that the very thing I was despairing over nearly didn’t happen.

Thankfully my best friend isn’t quite as excitable as I am and is wonderful at thinking and acting under pressure. As a direct result, today is my sixth day as an officially licensed driver.

It was a long time coming, it’s true. Since my sixteenth birthday I’d been fighting the system that said I needed a car and needed a license and needed the ability to get from place to place on my own schedule. For a few years my attempts were virtually nil; it has only been in the last three years that I’ve made any progress (which I can’t even take the credit for). Finally, over the summer, I decided that I was ready to take the driving test.

But life, like always, makes plans incompatible with our own. I found out that many young teens make their road test appointments months in advance; due to a lack of availability, I was forced to do the same. So my visions of moving myself into my apartment and driving down the highway to buy my own groceries were completely stalled, this time not by choice but by necessity. I chafed under the delay.

Then school started, and my dreams started to fade away again. Who needs to drive when you can take a bus or wheedle a ride out of someone? These past few weeks I settled into

my routine pretty comfortably. Business was as usual.

I had no pressing fears until the beginning of last week, when I finally realized that my driver’s test was looming in front of me like a huge, insurmountable Himalayan peak. My nerves collapsed. I tried not to think about it; I forbade anyone who knew to speak of it. I thought that by ignoring my problem it would just go away.

Friday morning I felt sicker than I’ve ever felt.

My stomach was in knots. I cried and I cursed and I totally lost it because I just knew that after all this time I was going to let everyone down.

I felt like a lost cause.

But you know what happened? Someone believed in me. Surely everyone has experienced a moment in their life when they felt that what they faced was too big to handle alone, only to find that someone else has already stepped in to help them. To find that someone has lifted a weight off by sharing your burden is incredibly humbling. It boosts your confidence, too, to know that another person thinks you’re worth the effort. And I swear it helped me park straighter.

It may seem hard to believe that a senior in college has made it for so many years without a driver’s license; and I'll admit the only reason I was able to handle everything so capably is because I had wonderful people in my life who were willing to help me out at the drop of a hat.

My family and friends have been accommodating my lack of mobility for far too long, and I was so happy to finally tell them my news.

Even though I know that 99.9 percent of you probably can’t relate to this specific example, I hope that everyone has the chance (as an adult) to rely on others completely for a time. It sheds a new light on relationships between you and the people you know, and can help you temper those bonds that you value. Though hopefully you won’t drag it out quite as long as I did.

— Anna-Lise Burnette is a senior in interdisciplinary studies. She can be reached kburnet7@utk.edu.

Life infinitely better without drama A lmo s t PC by

Chelsea Tolliver

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“Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!” Most people you walk up to will tell you that they hate drama: all the gossip mongering and sowing seeds of strife, the boy/girlfriend troubles, and juicy news that everyone wants to know. Well, reality does not reflect that sentiment. Yes, reality does show that drama is something everyone should hate, but the fact is, drama wouldn’t exist if people didn’t create it, and those people who cause it will, almost certainly, tell you with no hesitation that they hate drama.

Just turn on the TV and attempt to find a show that doesn’t have relational drama. That eliminates all reality shows. Reality shows center on drama.

Think about it: What part of watching random people get dropped in the middle of nowhere with little food, drink or shelter sounds appealing? Very little. What part of “Survivor” sounds appealing?

People go crazy! Battle lines are drawn, alliances are made (and usually broken) and an extremely complicated maze is woven. Drama runs rampant and millions of people watch it. That suggests that people like drama. Why else would someone waste an hour watching a bunch of people get rained on?

Take out the drama, and those shows are just boring. Can you imagine “The Bachelor” without that one girl everyone hates? Of course not! That’s the nature of the show.

Really, humans and drama have a love/hate relationship. It is a well-known, obvious fact that no person likes being the subject of gossip. The problem is, people generally don’t care if another random person is being gossiped about. In fact, they often welcome it, thinking, “better her than me.” That’s the love part of the relationship. When person X is the subject of gossip, everyone else (who isn’t in the story) is safe. Stirring up drama at another’s expense will, by nature, keep the drama off the one who is stirring up that drama. The

problem is, that never stops. Person X may start telling persons Y and Z about person A, while person A is telling person B and C about person D. See? That’s an example looking at only seven people and you probably had to reread that sentence at least once to understand what it said.

Boiled down to its simplest terms, A, B, C, D, X, Y, Z are all going to “love” being able to point at someone else because they “hate” having someone point at them. King Solomon put it better than anyone else ever has in Proverbs 26:20. “For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.” That makes perfect sense.

The first question is: Do you really want to get rid of drama? Well, obviously, the answer should be yes. The second question is: How do you get rid of that wood? The answer sounds simple: Quit getting more of it. That is, quit stirring up strife at anyone’s expense: your own or anyone else’s.

Obviously that suggestion is easier said than done.

Further, you can only control what comes out of your own mouth. What does that imply about the vast number of gossipers? Well, every person is responsible for his or her own actions. However, it seems to be the case that when someone steps away from gossip, it is infinitley harder to pin something on him. If you prove that you are above such nonsense, the target on your back will begin to fade. Eventually it might disappear altogether.

Others will perpetually try to pull you back into the fray, but there are only two problems you need to be concerned with: keeping yourself from stirring strife, and behaving in a way that eliminates any room for an attack against yourself.

When it comes down to it, you can do very little about your reputation. One wrong word from the right person can destroy it. However, it is much harder to destroy a person’s reputation when that person has a respectable character.

Every person only has so much power. That power may seem feeble but it is enough. The only two things one person needs to worry about are his tongue and his character. Of course, a lot of other factors affect the web, but if those two things are under control, it won’t be quite as tangled.

— Chelsea Tolliver is an undecided junior. He can be reached at ctollive@utk.edu.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

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“Deus Ex” offers compelling dystopia Impact Wrestling comes to Knoxville Chris Flowers Staff Writer The “Deus Ex” series debuted in 2000 to universal critical acclaim for its extraordinarily well-realized cyberpunk atmosphere, and real sense of choice in the gameplay and story.

Its sequel, “Invisible War,” was not as warmly received critically and angered many fans of the original for seemingly dumbing down many of the role-playing elements to appeal to a broader audience. “Human Revolution” developer Eidos Montreal sought to retain the excellent story and role-playing elements of the original while still streamlining the experience, and in this they have succeeded.

Eidos Montreal wisely sets “Human Revolution” as a prequel to the previous games in the series, so no prior knowledge is necessary coming in. The game is set in 2027 Detroit as humanity comes to an important turning point in history with the emergence of human augmentations that can give their owner super-human abilities. These augmentations are revolutionizing the medical field, but have sparked debate across the globe as they widen the gap between the rich and poor, and bring up philosophical questions on what it means to be human. You play as Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT member who has taken a security job with the biotech company Sarif Industries after refusing to follow a morally questionable order. The game opens with an attack on Sarif by a group of heavily augmented mercenaries right as Sarif is about to reveal a major breakthrough in their development of new augmentations. The attack leaves Adam with injuries so severe that his only chance for survival is an array of cutting-edge augmentations. The augmentations give him the powers necessary to fight the mercenaries, but cast him in a bad light for the many citizens who are anti-augmentation. The complex plot leads Adam across the world in his search for the truth about who attacked Sarif and why.

This is where the strength of “Human Revolution” lies. The conspiracy filled story and stylish cyberpunk setting surrounding Adam are engaging enough to pull you all the way through this 30+ hour game, even when the gameplay sometimes becomes dull or frustrating.

At first glance “Human Revolution” may appear to be a first-person shooter with a cyberpunk aesthetic, but despite its first-person perspective the game is much closer to “Metal Gear Solid” than “Call of Duty.” While it can be played as a run-and-gun action game, using stealth is heavily encouraged. Adam does not last long in a firefight and ammunition is rare resource. The game even gives an experience bonus at the end of a mission if you manage to finish it without setting off an alarm or killing anyone. The lure of that experience bonus caused me to start playing the

game using only non-lethal weapons like the tranquilizer rifle and restart from my last save whenever I set off an alarm. After around 10 hours of this slow and sometimes frustrating play style, I finally encountered a room filled to the brim with enemies that had an automated turret sitting in the middle. I stared through a window thinking about how much easier my life would be if I just hacked the turret from a nearby computer and turned it against its former masters. The temptation proved too great and once the turret mowed down each and every soldier in the room, I abandoned my pacifist play style for a much more enjoyable mixture of stealth and murder.

Experience points go toward opening up new augmentations that generally fall into two categories. Some give Adam additional options for tackling obstacles such as allowing him to breath poisonous gas or the ability to jump nine feet into the air. The rest generally make combat and stealth easier, like reducing recoil on weapons or makings your footsteps silent. The upgrade system gives a refreshing sense of freedom to missions, as there are always several different methods to handle an encounter depending on what augmentations you have invested in. One augmentation that most players will not want to invest in because much more interesting options exist but proves to be vital is an inventory space upgrade. The game annoyingly starts you off with very little inventory space, only enough to carry two or three guns and basic essentials. Inventory management is something that is in nearly all role-playing games, but as always it provides nothing but irritation.

The biggest strike against “Human Revolution” is the absolutely atrocious enemy A.I. Upon spotting you, which sometimes happens through walls, and sometimes won’t happen staring face-to-face with an enemy through a window, an enemy will give chase for a minute or so before deciding that you must have given up on trying to murder him and vacated the compound. He then resumes his pattern of walking back and forth down a tiny hallway, making sure to pause at each end for a good 10 seconds to give you ample time to sneak up behind him. Another gripe is, the voice-acting for some characters is simply laughable. Eventually I started to enjoy listening to Adam’s Christian Bale-as-Batman-influenced guttural mumblings while his boss, David Sarif, yelled at him with an exaggerated California surfer dude accent, but only for comedic purposes.

Eidos Montreal accomplished what he set out to do with “Human Revolution.” The great story and atmosphere of the series is preserved, and the gameplay systems have been modernized enough to satisfy modern audiences. If you can accept it for what it is, a stealth focused role-playing game not a shooter, “Human Revolution” is definitely worth a play-through.

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“I could jump off the top rope and do a backflip to the floor, and I could do all that stuff,” Fritz said. “But learning the process of when people want to see it and when to involve people in the match and to bring them on a journey and tell a story (was difficult).”

At age 24, Fritz decided to move from Canada to Impact Wrestling headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., right before he signed with the company in 2004.

“They had wanted to use me, and I wanted to make it as easy for them as possible,” he said.

Fritz gave away much of his belongings, including a bedset, couches, chairs and a television, to his three friends to expedite the move.

He closed his wrestling school in Canada, as well.

“It all worked out for the better, and I’m still here doing what I love for a living,” he said.

On television, Fritz plays a comedy character that often misinterprets the meaning behind things. Recently, after winning the Impact Wrestling television title, Fritz has sought out television stars to wrestle, like Scott Baio from classic sitcoms “Happy Days” and “Charles in Charge,” thinking that was the duty of the television champion. In reality, the television title is simply often defended on the wrestling television show.

“He lives in his own world,” Fritz said. “So that’s how I believe Eric Young would view the television title.”

To recruit Baio for the skit, “Wonder Years” star Jason Hervey, a frequent collaborator with Impact Wrestling’s Eric Bischoff, sent an Eric Young clip to Baio, who thought it was hilarious.

“Growing up watching ‘Charles in Charge’ or pretending to be sick and watching ‘Happy Days’ all day, it was a really cool opportunity for me,” Fritz said.

Fritz recognizes that, as a comedy character, he is sometimes pigeonholed in the role.

“That’s with anything,” Fritz said. “Will Ferrell is always going to be known as the curly haired funny guy.”

However, he thinks comedy is an essential part of professional wrestling, whether people want to admit it or not.

“I love doing it,” Fritz said. “It’s a skill that not everybody has, especially in wrestling. It’s a lot easier to play the mean guy or the good guy.”

Impact Wrestling will tape two episodes of its television show on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Knoxville Coliseum. Tickets start at $15 at the door or at http://www.knoxvilletickets.com.

Fritz called the wrestling crowd in Knoxville knowledgeable and respectful and said the Impact Wrestling taping would prove enjoyable for everyone attending.

“It’ll basically be a three-hour party for everybody involved, including us,” Fritz said.

Recruitment Editor Jeremy Fritz has portrayed Impact Wrestling star “Showtime” Eric Young as a regular character on the company’s Spike TV show for seven years, not exactly the kind of life his upbringing prepared him for.

Growing up in a small town of 90 people in Ontario, Canada, Fritz was about as far away from the media-savvy life as possible. There was no cable TV. Residents had to drive 40 minutes to the nearest fast-food restaurant and 30 minutes to the closest movie rental store.

“I’m basically a Canadian redneck,” Fritz said.

The mileage on the Fritz family car went mostly toward getting to what Fritz called “seedy establishments” in order to watch wrestling pay-per-views. Fritz said his father, Bill, would pay $20, so that Fritz and his friends could sit cross-legged on the floor in front of the big-screen TV and watch the festivities.

“I’ve watched wrestling my whole life,” Fritz said. “I still watch wrestling. I’m a massive fan of it.”

“Nature Boy” Ric Flair, Sting and Hulk Hogan made impressions on Fritz growing up.

What do those three wrestlers all have in common today? They all work at Impact Wrestling with Fritz.

“These are three guys I work with on a weekly basis,” Fritz said. “That can be surreal for someone. I’m not a spring chicken, but being a younger guy in the business and sharing the same ring and the same television time ... that’s surreal. You almost pinch yourself.”

Right out of high school, Fritz decided to become a professional wrestler, and his parents supported it.

“My parents are great,” he said. “They were the kind of people that were, like, as long as I decided that that was what I was going to do, then they supported it.”

Fritz did not have anything else to fall back on and headed straight into wrestling school.

Despite wrestling being predetermined, it became clear to Fritz just how difficult the profession is.

“I’m not saying we’re fighting each other for real, but not everybody can do it,” Fritz said.

“And anybody who says that the ring is soft, I would love to bring them in and have them fall on their back or get slammed by me or by someone like Matt Morgan, seven-foot-tall, and see how it feels.”

He said acts like getting clothes-lined over the top rope and to the floor require skill to complete.

“I played sports my whole life, and pro wrestling is literally the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” he said.

The most difficult skill for Fritz to pick up was timing, he said. Fritz excelled at moves but struggled with when to do what in the beginning.

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Vols softball kicks off fall Brown ‘genuine’ off soccer pitch Lady schedule at Virginia tourney She was not always confident that she would end up playing soccer until later in life.

Will Stokes “I just wanted to play soccer like every other kid who Staff Writer got put into soccer at a young age,” Brown said. “A few “Genuine” and “always trying to do the right thing ” years into playing I had been put into a strong club socare the two descriptions that completely epitomize cer program but never thought too much of it. It wasn’t until my dad told me one day I would be playing college Tennessee sophomore forward Caroline Brown.

These attributes were reiterated multiple times by soccer, that I realized I might have a future.”

This would not be the only time Brown had looked up coach Angela Kelly and Brown’s roommate, sophomore defender Caroline Capocaccia. After speaking with to her parents. She said she owes a lot to her parents and Brown, one could tell by the way she spoke and present- that they are the ones she looked up to all her life.

“My mom always tried doing the right thing for me ed herself that these were perfect descriptions. and my siblings growing up,” Brown said, “which is prob“My favorite part about Caroline would have to be how ably where I get my ability to help people when they need genuine of a person she is,” Capocaccia said. “She is it.” always trying to do the right thing for the team. Whether But her close ties to her family do not stop with her it be helping us win or if someone is struggling with their parents. The work, she tradition of would be going to UT there to help went way back them.” to her grandfaBrown has ther, passed done a lot for down to her her team. parents and She has had a finally to her part in leadtwo older sibing them to lings, one of the Lady which, her Vols’ best brother, is now start in the a senior at UT. p r o g r a m ’s “I always h i s t o r y, really knew I’d along with be going to leading the Te n n e s s e e nation in because I grew multiple cateup with it in gories, and the house and she’s only a wanted to consophomore.

Marigrace Angelo • The Daily Beacon tinue as my For Kelly, did,” however, she Sophomore forward Caroline Brown attempts to score against a Charlotte play- family er on Sept. 9. Brown has had seven goals and three assists this season.

Brown said. makes a On a more m u c h personal level, she revealed three of her other favorite stronger impact.

“She plays with a lot of intensity and integrity,” Kelly hobbies.

“I have always enjoyed painting and photography from said. “What most people don’t get to see on a regular basis, is how great of a person she is. She’s always help- an artistic point of view,” Brown said. “And of course I ing others and is always smiling, cracking jokes and lift- can always watch football, both NFL and college, at all ing up the team. The most impressive part has to be her times. It never gets old for me.”

Brown and the rest of the Lady Vols are continuing the maturity and ability to lead as a sophomore.” season trying to be as successful as possible. This Friday Brown moved a lot in her childhood, but eventually and Sunday they face the South Carolina Gamecocks and found a home in Hershey, Pa. She attended Hershey High the Florida Gators in their first two SEC games of the School and set a school record with 93 career goals. year.

Staff Reports The Tennessee Lady Vol softball team and co-head coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly have finalized the schedule for the upcoming 2011 fall campaign that includes a rare fall road trip as well as a pair of doubleheaders at Sherri Parker Lee Softball Stadium.

The Big Orange will officially open its fall slate over the weekend of Sept. 24-25, by participating in the Virginia Women’s Fall Collegiate Softball Invitational & Military Appreciation Benefit Tournament at the Botetourt Sports Complex in Troutville, Va. Tennessee christens its stay at the event on Saturday with contests against Virginia Tech (2:30 p.m. ET) and Elon (5 p.m. ET) before wrapping up on Sunday with a doubleheader against James Madison (10 a.m. ET) and Longwood (12:30 p.m. ET).

Admission to the Military Appreciation Benefit Tournament is $5 for adults (18 & up) and $3 for youth (ages 7-17). Veterans and children ages 6 & under are admitted free with all proceeds going to the Military Family Support Center.

This year’s fall home schedule at Lee Softball Stadium includes a Thurs., Oct. 6, doubleheader against Western Kentucky (5 p.m.

ET) and Chattanooga State (7 p.m. ET) and a Sat., Oct. 22, doubledip versus Vol State (2 p.m. ET) and Tennessee Tech (4 p.m. ET).

Admission to all Lee Stadium contests is free to the public.

Unfortunately for the Big Orange, the Lady Vol squad will be without the services of 2010 NFCA All-American junior outfielder Kat Dotson and 2011 Southeastern Conference All-Freshman shortstop Madison Shipman as both continue recovery from off-season surgeries.

Search still on for Wright’s killer The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The reward fund in the homicide case of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright has grown to $21,000.

The former University of Memphis standout basketball player who later played for the Memphis Grizzlies and four other NBA franchises was found shot to death on July 28, 2010, in Memphis at age 34.

No arrests have been made and police officials have said they have few leads. Wright was missing for 10 days before his body was discovered in a wooded area in southeast Memphis.

Relatives and community leaders have said they wanted to see the reward money increased from the $5,000 approved by the Memphis City Council last year.

So, on Monday, officials announced that the state is contributing $5,000 to the fund and would add up to an additional $5,000 in matching money for other donations.

Later Monday, the Grizzlies announced the franchise was providing $5,000, which triggered the matching state funding, according to The Commercial Appeal.

With $10,000 from the state, $5,000 from the team, $5,000 from the Memphis City Council and $1,000 from the Crime Stoppers, the total fund is $21,000 for information leading to conviction.

Despite the increase, the amount being offered is less than the $50,000 the state offered in both the Lester Street killings in Memphis and the recent disappearance of West Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo.