Cloudy with a 50% chance of rain HIGH LOW No Shave November — certified fashion phenomenon PAGE 5 65 50 Wednesday November, 3, 2010 Issue 53 Vol. 115 http://utdailybeacon.com PUBLISHED SINCE 1906 THE EDITORIALLY INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE Volleyball captures three victories over weekend PAGE 6 Follow us: @DailyBeacon Brandi Panter Managing Editor ennessee elected its first new governor in eight years Tuesday with the election of former Knoxville mayor Bill Haslam. Haslam, the Republican Party candidate, defeated Democratic Party candidate Mike McWherter, for what has been a very successful run for the guber- natorial position that term-limit- ed incumbent Phil Bredesen will be vacating. Haslam defeated McWherter with a 71-percent majority of the election, even with only 1 percent of precincts reporting. Haslam had a projected 251,483 votes to McWherter’s 96,443. Haslam easily defeated opponents like Zach Wamp and Basil Marceaux during the Republican primaries. Marceaux became aan online sensation after his now-infamous gaffe on Nashville’s NBC affiliate, WSMV, during the primary politick- ing period, and was lampooned on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.” Richard Dabner, security personnel for the Baker Center, said that the message of the candidates played a role in how he made his decision at the polls. “I voted for the issues and what the candidates had to say,” Dabner said. “I listened to what they had to say and not how they tore down their opponent.” Dabner also said that the length of the candidate’s term made an impact on how he voted, an attitude shared amongst many who went to the polls yesterday. “I paid attention to how long they were in office,” Dabner said. “I tried to stay away from anyone who had been in office for more than two terms.” Brad Vaughn, Baker Center staff member and recent law school graduate, said that the economy and job market were his main concerns when heading to the polls. “I’m very concerned about the job market,” Vaughn said. “I’m a recent graduate and that hits very close to him.” “I’m interested in a candidate who won’t spend our state into debt,” Vaughn said. Vaughn said that the candidate’s position on education was also important. “The Baker Center has really been working to get students involved in the election, with the Work the Polls initiative and the Baker Center activities,” Vaughn said. “It’s important for the money that families are spending on education to provide a big value,” Vaughn said. “We have so many people coming out of debt and not having the opportu- nities they once had, so the quality of education is important.” Daniel Aycock, sophomore in pre-business concentration, said education was his primary concern. “As a college student, obviously education means the most to me,” Aycock said. “And to be honest, I wasn’t satisfied with either candidate when it comes to their plans for higher edu- cation.” Aycock said he understands where each candidate was coming from on the issue, but that he still found himself unsure. “I understand McWherter’s motivation for pushing commu- nity colleges, but it still is very discouraging to those at high- er univerities,” Aycock said. “There really isn’t a good plan in place from the state for education, which concerns me.” Aycock said that he was interested in Haslam’s business experience and how it could impact the state. “Haslam is a business man,” Aycock said. “I mean, he saw a business grow from a regional one to an international one. Pilot now has 60 gas stations in Canada. I think Haslam could attract a lot of business for the state and could really get us on track financially, which is a big worry because of the national debt.” Hannah Alexander, sophomore in pre-business concentra- tion, said a combination of the budget, education and the envi- ronment were her biggest concerns when hitting the polls. “There are several places in Tennessee that have poor air quality,” Alexander said. “This includes Knoxville.” “I was a different person physically after I came to college,” Alexander said. “That is a huge concern to me.” Eric Dixon, sophomore in philosophy and Baker Center scholar, said he took a variety of issues into consideration when he hit the polls. “I favored Haslam, based on his honesty and his accessibil- ity,” Dixon said. “However, I appreciated the balance of power that was in place with having a Democratic governor in a Republican state.” Robert Lumley, junior in chemical and biomedical engi- neering, took a stance apart from the major-party options and voted independently because of his dissatisfaction with both candidates. Lumley said his motivation to write-in comedian and polit- ical satirist Stephen Colbert was less of a support of Colbert’s political views and more so a protest against large-percentage wins for major party candidates. “I had no delusions; I know my candidate won’t win,” Lumley said. “I did it more because I wanted the candidate who won to get a lesser percentage of the vote than he was going to get otherwise. That at least comforts me.” Lumley said his biggest concerns are debt and spending, two issues that he thinks the candidates didn’t properly address. Brandi Panter Managing Editor A panel of social scientists, law experts, activists and community members commented on the current status and perception of immigra- tion reform and perception in the United States Monday. “Living in the Shadows: Immigrant Experiences of Exploitation,” was sponsored by the Sociology Graduate Students Association, the college of Arts and Sciences, the Center for the Study of Social Justice, the Ready for the World program and the Department of Sociology and was held in the Toyota Auditorium of the Baker Center at 6 p.m. John Shefner, head of the sociology depart- ment and moderator for the panel, opened with remarks on the status of immigration in the United States. “Immigration is a subject that often seems to generate more heat than light,” Sheffner said. “Tonight, we’re hoping to generate some light.” The first speaker introduced was Jose Morales, volunteer with the Tennessee Immigrant and Refuge Rights Coalition. Morales immigrated to the United States in 1991 at age 20, with no education. He began ESL, English as a second language, courses, which he completed in 1998 before moving on to receive his GED in 2002. Morales spoke highly of his experience in the United States but said that the status of an immigrant is one marred with challenge. Morales also cleared up common misconcep- tions about the behavior and attitudes of immi- grants. “Immigrants come to the USA to a variety of different jobs, low skill, low pay,” Morales said. “(They) come for opportunities that don’t exist in our country. We want to provide a new life for ourselves and our families. Illegal immigrants don’t take advantage of government benefits. There is no access to social security benefits.” “Even though they pay taxes regardless, their food, gas and clothing are still taxed,” Morales said. “They also pay property taxes if they own a home or rent a place. At the end of the fiscal year, those who work under fake social security numbers don’t receive money back from the IRS. Billions of dollars over the last 30 years from immigrants have gone to the IRS, but there is still no return on the benefits. These are just things no one in the news media ever reports.” The next speaker to present was Ben Feldmeyer, assistant professor in sociology who has done extensive research on Latino immigra- tion trends. Feldmeyer focused his portion of the presen- tation to dispute the oft-cited claim that immi- gration is bad for crime. “There were 38 million immigrants to the U.S. in 2008, with more than 50 percent coming from Central or South America,” Feldmeyer said. “One-third of those immigrants were from Mexico. Immigrants make up 12.5 percent of our entire population now. They tend to live around large cities, borders and coasts, but there has been movement gravitating inward towards the Midwest.” Feldmeyer then cited statistics on the rumored correlation between immigration and crime. “The most common profile of a criminal is a young male trapped in poverty,” he said. “If you have people who can’t work because they don’t have a social security number and are unable to find work as a result, of course they are going to get into trouble.” Feldmeyer then moved on to the assertion of immigrants bringing crime. “Immigrants facing a lack of financial resources, in a vunerable population, with exten- sive language barriers and fearing deportation are likely to do everything they can not to get involved with the legal system,” Feldmeyer said. “The largest increase in immigration is the exact same time we’ve had the largest decreases in crime since the ’50s.” Feldmeyer also presented statistics noting that immigrants are half as likely to abuse drugs as U.S.-born individuals, and that in more than 90 studies conducted, only two have ever found any correlation between immigration and increasing crime. Feldmeyer ended his presentation by touch- ing on some of the positive benefits of immigra- tion. “Immigration has positive benefits,” Feldmeyer said. “There is a draw in resources, a strength of support institutions, reinforces tradi- tional values and strengthens community ties.” Lourdes Garza, director of Hispanic min- istries for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Knoxville, was the next person to present. Garza emigrated from Mexico City to California when she was 12 years old. Garza spoke mostly of her work with relief ministries and shared one story from her work that stuck out to her. “I got a call from a man, in Spanish, asking, ‘Where am I?’” Garza said. “I naturally asked, ‘Well, what street are you on?’ thinking that maybe I could help him find his way to us. And then he said, ‘No, what state am I in, what city am I in?’” Garza said that the young man had been brought to the United States against his will, was working in a restaurant 12 to 16 hours per day, was driven to and from work and was not allowed to use the phone or to speak with any- one with whom he did not work . He had been snuck a phone and was given the number of the relief ministry. A UT student waits in line at the UC voting center on Tuesday. Students who are not from Knoxville were able to register to vote on campus. Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon Panel discusses immigration reform See IMMIGRATION on Page 3 Former mayor Haslam elected as governor Bill Haslam
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Brandi PanterManaging Editor
ennessee elected its first newgovernor in eight years Tuesdaywith the election of formerKnoxville mayor Bill Haslam.
Haslam, the Republican Partycandidate, defeated DemocraticParty candidate MikeMcWherter, for what has been avery successful run for the guber-natorial position that term-limit-
ed incumbent Phil Bredesen will be vacating.Haslam defeated McWherter with a 71-percent majority of
the election, even with only 1 percent of precincts reporting.Haslam had a projected 251,483 votes to McWherter’s
96,443.Haslam easily defeated opponents like Zach Wamp and
Basil Marceaux during the Republican primaries. Marceauxbecame aan online sensation after his now-infamous gaffe onNashville’s NBC affiliate, WSMV, during the primary politick-ing period, and was lampooned on Comedy Central’s “TheColbert Report.”
Richard Dabner, security personnel for the Baker Center,said that the message of the candidates played a role in howhe made his decision at the polls.
“I voted for the issues and what the candidates had to say,”Dabner said. “I listened to what they had to say and not howthey tore down their opponent.”
Dabner also said that the length of the candidate’s termmade an impact on how he voted, an attitude shared amongstmany who went to the polls yesterday.
“I paid attention to how long they were in office,” Dabnersaid. “I tried to stay away from anyone who had been in officefor more than two terms.”
Brad Vaughn, Baker Center staff member and recent lawschool graduate, said that the economy and job market werehis main concerns when heading to the polls.
“I’m very concerned about the job market,” Vaughn said.“I’m a recent graduate and that hits very close to him.”
“I’m interested in a candidate who won’t spend our stateinto debt,” Vaughn said.
Vaughn said that the candidate’s position on education wasalso important.
“The Baker Center has really been working to get studentsinvolved in the election, with the Work the Polls initiative andthe Baker Center activities,” Vaughn said.
“It’s important for the money that families are spending oneducation to provide a big value,” Vaughn said. “We have somany people coming out of debt and not having the opportu-nities they once had, so the quality of education is important.”
Daniel Aycock, sophomore in pre-business concentration,said education was his primary concern.
“As a college student, obviously education means the mostto me,” Aycock said. “And to be honest, I wasn’t satisfied witheither candidate when it comes to their plans for higher edu-cation.”
Aycock said he understands where each candidate was
coming from on the issue, but that he still found himselfunsure.
“I understand McWherter’s motivation for pushing commu-nity colleges, but it still is very discouraging to those at high-er univerities,” Aycock said. “There really isn’t a good plan inplace from the state for education, which concerns me.”
Aycock said that he was interested in Haslam’s businessexperience and how it could impact the state.
“Haslam is a business man,” Aycock said. “I mean, he sawa business grow from a regional one to an international one.Pilot now has 60 gas stations in Canada. I think Haslam couldattract a lot of business for the state and could really get us ontrack financially, which is a big worry because of the nationaldebt.”
Hannah Alexander, sophomore in pre-business concentra-tion, said a combination of the budget, education and the envi-ronment were her biggest concerns when hitting the polls.
“There are several places in Tennessee that have poor airquality,” Alexander said. “This includes Knoxville.”
“I was a different person physically after I came to college,”Alexander said. “That is a huge concern to me.”
Eric Dixon, sophomore in philosophy and Baker Centerscholar, said he took a variety of issues into considerationwhen he hit the polls.
“I favored Haslam, based on his honesty and his accessibil-ity,” Dixon said. “However, I appreciated the balance of powerthat was in place with having a Democratic governor in aRepublican state.”
Robert Lumley, junior in chemical and biomedical engi-neering, took a stance apart from the major-party options andvoted independently because of his dissatisfaction with bothcandidates.
Lumley said his motivation to write-in comedian and polit-ical satirist Stephen Colbert was less of a support of Colbert’spolitical views and more so a protest against large-percentagewins for major party candidates.
“I had no delusions; I know my candidate won’t win,”Lumley said. “I did it more because I wanted the candidatewho won to get a lesser percentage of the vote than he wasgoing to get otherwise. That at least comforts me.”
Lumley said his biggest concerns are debt and spending,two issues that he thinks the candidates didn’t properlyaddress.
Brandi PanterManaging Editor
A panel of social scientists, law experts,activists and community members commentedon the current status and perception of immigra-tion reform and perception in the United StatesMonday.
“Living in the Shadows: ImmigrantExperiences of Exploitation,” was sponsored bythe Sociology Graduate Students Association,the college of Arts and Sciences, the Center forthe Study of Social Justice, the Ready for theWorld program and the Department ofSociology and was held in the ToyotaAuditorium of the Baker Center at 6 p.m.
John Shefner, head of the sociology depart-ment and moderator for the panel, opened withremarks on the status of immigration in theUnited States.
“Immigration is a subject that often seems togenerate more heat than light,” Sheffner said.“Tonight, we’re hoping to generate some light.”
The first speaker introduced was JoseMorales, volunteer with the TennesseeImmigrant and Refuge Rights Coalition.
Morales immigrated to the United States in1991 at age 20, with no education. He beganESL, English as a second language, courses,which he completed in 1998 before moving onto receive his GED in 2002.
Morales spoke highly of his experience in theUnited States but said that the status of animmigrant is one marred with challenge.
Morales also cleared up common misconcep-tions about the behavior and attitudes of immi-grants.
“Immigrants come to the USA to a variety ofdifferent jobs, low skill, low pay,” Morales said.“(They) come for opportunities that don’t existin our country. We want to provide a new life forourselves and our families. Illegal immigrantsdon’t take advantage of government benefits.There is no access to social security benefits.”
“Even though they pay taxes regardless, theirfood, gas and clothing are still taxed,” Moralessaid. “They also pay property taxes if they owna home or rent a place. At the end of the fiscalyear, those who work under fake social securitynumbers don’t receive money back from theIRS. Billions of dollars over the last 30 yearsfrom immigrants have gone to the IRS, but thereis still no return on the benefits. These are justthings no one in the news media ever reports.”
The next speaker to present was BenFeldmeyer, assistant professor in sociology whohas done extensive research on Latino immigra-tion trends.
Feldmeyer focused his portion of the presen-tation to dispute the oft-cited claim that immi-gration is bad for crime.
“There were 38 million immigrants to theU.S. in 2008, with more than 50 percent coming
from Central or South America,” Feldmeyersaid. “One-third of those immigrants were fromMexico. Immigrants make up 12.5 percent ofour entire population now. They tend to livearound large cities, borders and coasts, butthere has been movement gravitating inwardtowards the Midwest.”
Feldmeyer then cited statistics on therumored correlation between immigration andcrime.
“The most common profile of a criminal is ayoung male trapped in poverty,” he said. “If youhave people who can’t work because they don’thave a social security number and are unable tofind work as a result, of course they are going toget into trouble.”
Feldmeyer then moved on to the assertion ofimmigrants bringing crime.
“Immigrants facing a lack of financialresources, in a vunerable population, with exten-sive language barriers and fearing deportationare likely to do everything they can not to getinvolved with the legal system,” Feldmeyer said.“The largest increase in immigration is theexact same time we’ve had the largest decreasesin crime since the ’50s.”
Feldmeyer also presented statistics notingthat immigrants are half as likely to abuse drugsas U.S.-born individuals, and that in more than90 studies conducted, only two have ever foundany correlation between immigration andincreasing crime.
Feldmeyer ended his presentation by touch-ing on some of the positive benefits of immigra-tion.
“Immigration has positive benefits,”Feldmeyer said. “There is a draw in resources, astrength of support institutions, reinforces tradi-tional values and strengthens community ties.”
Lourdes Garza, director of Hispanic min-istries for the Roman Catholic Diocese ofKnoxville, was the next person to present.
Garza emigrated from Mexico City toCalifornia when she was 12 years old.
Garza spoke mostly of her work with reliefministries and shared one story from her workthat stuck out to her.
“I got a call from a man, in Spanish, asking,‘Where am I?’” Garza said. “I naturally asked,‘Well, what street are you on?’ thinking thatmaybe I could help him find his way to us. Andthen he said, ‘No, what state am I in, what cityam I in?’”
Garza said that the young man had beenbrought to the United States against his will,was working in a restaurant 12 to 16 hours perday, was driven to and from work and was notallowed to use the phone or to speak with any-one with whom he did not work . He had beensnuck a phone and was given the number of therelief ministry. A UT student waits in line at the UC voting center on Tuesday. Students who are
not from Knoxville were able to register to vote on campus.
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Panel discusses immigration reform
See IMMIGRATION on Page 3
Former mayor Haslam elected as governor
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UT students wait outside the UC Ballroom on Oct. 30 to watch “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” The movie was shown along with a shadow cast and an emcee. Thisis the fifth year “Rocky Horror” has been shown at UT.
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Oct. 28
A UT student reported a theft that occurredin room 300 of Dabney-Buehler Hall sometimebetween 6:15 p.m. and 8 p.m.
A UT student reported that he was assault-ed by a known female UT student in theSubway in Presidential Court around 7:35 p.m.
Three UT staff members reported the van-dalism and burglary of a motor vehicle that wasparked in the fire lane by Humes Hall on AndyHolt Avenue around 11:30 a.m.
Oct. 29
A UT student reported that her iPod wasstolen from Hess Hall sometime between 6p.m. and 10 p.m. on Oct. 24. The known sus-pect is not affiliated with UT.
Oct. 31
A UT student was assaulted and injured byanother UT student at RT’s around 2 a.m. Thevictim was transported to the UT EmergencyRoom by his parents.
— Compiled by Robbie Hargett
Interim Dean of College of Arts andSciences named
Harry “Hap” McSween has been named asinterim dean of the College of Arts andSciences, effective Jan. 1, 2011.
His appointment will coincide with DeanBruce Bursten’s plans to return to the facultyat the end of the year after serving for morethan five years.
A faculty member for more than 32 years,McSween is a Distinguished Professor ofScience and Chancellor’s Professor in the
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.He has served as department head along witha previous stint as interim dean of the col-lege. He is also especially well known for hisresearch of meteorites and Mars and his workwith NASA.
A search for a permanent dean will beginsoon.
UT students to compete in mtvU compe-tition
UT students Aeron Glover and Kaliv’Parker, who have developed a company thatruns a website for students looking for quali-ty housing worldwide, are among the threefinalists in 2010 Movers & Changers compe-tition, a national business pitch competitionsponsored by mtvU and the New York StockExchange.
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mtvU is a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks, which produces 24-hour television channel that is available on more than 750 college anduniversity campuses across the U.S.
MTV was on campus Monday filming segments for the second sea-son of Movers & Changers, which begins in mid-November. Thatseries will introduce Glover and Parker, along with the other twoteams, and follow them as they go to New York City, where they willring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange, attend the NYSE Movers& Changers Forum and present their plans to a panel of industry exec-utives. The winners receive $25,000 in seed money to further developtheir companies.
Movers & Changers will air on Nov. 17 and Dec. 1, 8 and 15 onmtvU and also online at http://www.moversandchangers.com/.
Glover and Parker, both juniors from Memphis, Tenn., have found-ed How’s the Living, which runs a website to help college studentslearn more about student housing around the world. Glover, who ispart of the Chancellor’s Honors and Haslam Scholars programs and ismajoring in industrial engineering, is the company’s chief executiveofficer. Parker, who is majoring in finance, is chief financial officer.
UT to host talk about programming Android phones for scienceand educational applications
The UT Department of Physics and Astronomy will host a talk
about programming the Android phone for scientific and educationalapplications Wednesday at 4:45 p.m.
This talk will give an overview of programming Android deviceswith a focus on possible scientific and educational applications.
It will emphasize concepts rather than lines of code and should beuseful to programmers and non-programmers alike.
This presentation also will serve as introduction to a free, hands-onAndroid programming workshop to be offered later this year, based onan online course being developed by the speaker, physics professorMike Guidry, at http://eagle.phys.utk.edu/guidry/android/.
The lecture will be held in room 415 of the Nielsen Physics Building.
Office of Alumni Affairs asks students to nominate favorite pro-fessors
The Office of Alumni Affairs invites students to nominate theirfavorite professors for the 2011 Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award.
Each year, the UT Alumni Association funds four awards that rec-ognize excellence in the classroom. These awards are part of the asso-ciation’s continuing effort to encourage resourceful and creative instruc-tion and to publicly recognize exceptional teaching, especially theteaching of undergraduates.
Selected by the Knoxville Campus Alumni Awards Committee, thewinners will be announced at the spring Chancellor’s Honors Banquet.
To nominate your favorite faculty member, go tohttp://alumni.utk.edu/eblasts/docs/2011aotballot.pdf.
The deadline for nominations is Friday, Nov. 5.For further information, contact Mary Holtman-Reed at mholt-
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Garza spoke of the harrowing experience of life as anundocumented worker and how this hurt everyone aroundthe workers.
“Imagine that you’ve lived here almost your whole life,you’re getting ready to go to college and then you find outyou can’t because you aren’t legal, and you haven’t knownthe entire time,” Garza said. “You have these dreams, andyou suddenly can’t achieve them because you aren’t legal(and) don’t have any of this information. You can go tocollege, but you don’t qualify for any scholarships, so yourparents can pay out-of-state tuition from pocket.”
Garza promoted the Dream Act, which is a legislativebill promoting the ability to allow undocumented minorsthe chance to go to school.
Garza then moved on to address the nature of culture,heritage and how it can benefit the United States.
“There is a saying, ‘You can’t know where you’re goinguntil you know where you've been,’” Garza said. “I com-pletely agree with this.”
“I am a Hispanic, Catholic woman,” Garza said. “I aman American citizen, but I am also a Hispanic, Catholicwoman. My heritage is my own, and I cherish it. We are amobile society, globally.”
The last person to speak was Fran Ansley, professor forthe UT College of Law and activist for immigrants’ rights.Ansley recently published a book, entitled “GlobalConnections, Local Receptions.”
Ansley spoke first of how she felt listening to the sto-ries of those who had gone before her.
“I find myself better informed factually and movedemotionally,” Ansley said. “But I also find myself con-fused, perplexed and agitated. Why doesn’t all of thisinformation penetrate with people?”
Ansley shared her theories of the discrepancy betweenAmerican attitudes and the reality of those who immi-grate.
“Immigrants are vulnerable to the subclass of the mar-ket,” Ansley said. “They are trapped in this situation.”
Ansley spoke of two proposals of how to address thelabor market and immigration.
“I am obviously biased, but I am going to be unkind ofthe other model,” Ansley said. “I am going to be quitecivil.”
“We can either see it as current patterns are about indi-vidual decisions and individual wrongdoing,” Ansley said.“Other hand: Current patterns are about systems failureand more of the failure of those in power. We can eithersee it as the U.S. bears no significant responsibility toimmigrants or that the U.S. and its corporations and peo-ple are implicated — we contribute importantly to whatset it in motion in the first place. We can either say thatcurrent citizens have no reason to question the legitimacyof immigration status. Or we can see it as current citizensshould look critically at who has been excluded from ‘ourAmerica.’
“Many people believe unauthorized citizens aredestroying the rule of law and have undermined seriousvision of what we are striving to do as a country. Far frombeing the cause of a breakdown, unauthorized immigrantsare the victims of the breakdown of the rule of law. Law isnot available to them. Workplace is the most familiarexample of this.”
Ansley concluded her remarks with a prediction of howshe sees the future of immigration taking a darker turn.
“I think unfortunately this is all going to get worserather than getting better,” Ansley said. “Neither of thepast two presidencies has acted, and after the election, itwon’t get better. I see more bills coming like the one inArizona, more shift to state-level governance and moreanti-immigrant sentiment.”
Meghan Mercer, junior is psychology, recieves a shot from a UT nursing student during UT’s “Boo to the Flu” onNov. 2. All proceeds went to the Knoxville News Sentinel Empty Stocking Fund.
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People do not often realize how deeply dividedChristendom is. There are actually more than 20 typesof Catholics, a different Orthodox church for eachcountry, and some have counted more than 1,000different sects of Protestants. These differences can beliturgical, like whether to use incense every Sunday(Maronite Catholics) or just on a special occasion(Roman Catholics) or whether to cross yourself goingfrom left to right (Catholics) or right to left (Orthodox).
However, there are also theological and exegeticaldifferences as well: sola fide vs. justification by faithand works, Calvinism vs. Arminianism, the numberof books in the Bible, purgatory, authority of tradition,etc. Although I could elucidate the diverse positionswithin the Christian community, I would ratherChristianity unite, so that it could tackle the world’sproblems.
I submit that the leaders of the different Christiansects should hold a council similar to that in the Actsof the Apostles. The Pope, Catholic cardinals,archbishop of Canterbury, patriarchs andrepresentatives of each major Protestant denominationshould meet in Jerusalem to come up with a statementof unity, perhaps something similar to the Apostles’Creed. This, of course, will not hold dogmatic authority,but it will show that the Church is not an institutionbut ultimately the body of Christ like it is supposedto be.
Anyone who has debated contentious theologicalissues knows that this would be nigh impossible tobring everyone together on the same position. Instead,it is time to move past the theological squabbles. Take,for example, the debate on sola fide; sola fide meansthat one is justified through faith alone, which is thetypical Protestant position. From that, good works willensue. The Roman Catholic position is that one musthave faith and do good works for salvation. Why is thisdebate useless? Because in the end the Christian hasfaith, good works and salvation.
Or take the debate on how many books belong inthe Sacred Text. Protestants base their canon on theTanakh (Hebrew Bible); this leads them to include 66books. Catholics and Orthodox base theirs on the
Septuagint (Greek translation), which leads them toinclude more books. It is true that doctrines likepurgatory and intercession of the saints come fromthese books, but what is more important is that theNew Testament is the same for all of them, especiallythe most important books, the Gospels. Jesus ofNazareth’s message transcends each denomination,whether it is love God, love your neighbor, care forpoor or do unto others.
Why is the unification of Christendom important?Because there are so many problems with the worldthat it is time to set aside the issues and get workingon Christ’s ultimate message of helping thedisenfranchised. As the Epistle of St. James says,“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God andthe Father is this: to care for orphans and widows intheir affliction and to keep oneself unstained by theworld.” Therefore, Christian missions should combinetheir conversion and charitable actions for a moreefficacious endeavor.
Just look at some of the world’s Christian charities.World Vision — an evangelical organization — andCatholic Relief Services (CRS) are both activelyworking in Haiti to deal with the post-earthquaketroubles. My own church is building an orphanagethere, which will also train people in technical skills.Imagine if these different sectarian organizationsworked together to tackle the poverty situation in oneplace rather than inadvertently competing in separateparts of the country.
CRS focuses on the agro-economy to help alleviatepoverty in communities, and World Vision also workson economic development. If the three religiousinstitutions focused on one area, they could moreeffectively deal with the problem. One church couldbuild an orphanage to deal with the recently orphanedchildren, which would help train the next generationof Haitians. CRS would teach the local adults how toeffectively grow food to support the local community,and World Vision would use its funds to build roadsand infrastructure. This is only one example of howChristian sects could work well with each other to fulfillthe Church’s role.
Each church has its own special way to relate tothe Deity. I do not want to abrogate the liturgical ortheological nature of each one. Rather, I want the world’smore than two billion Christians to set aside ideologicalconsiderations and deal with the world’s problems ofpoverty and injustice, and together they might showthat Christ offers hope for the world.
—Treston Wheat is a senior in a political science andhistory. He can be reached at [email protected].
Wednesday, November 3, 20104 • The Daily Beacon OPINIONS
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I’ve read The Daily Beacon every weekday it hasbeen published in my collegiate career. In that time Ihad never really agreed with or lent much credence topieces written by conservative columnists who havebeen employed by this paper, finding their words andideas to be objectionable or, sometimes, evenreprehensible in nature. There was a time when readingsome conservative columns represented the low pointof my school week.
Last week, however, Treston Wheat had a columnpublished that I found highly interesting and relatablein which he discussed his belief that the RepublicanParty needed to revise its platform and renew itselfas fiscal conservatives with social values that are a littleless extreme and a little more center-right in ideology.
This column got me to thinking of what I would liketo see the Democrats do to remake themselves in thenew century.
Almost immediately, the answer came to me. I wishthe leaders of my party of choice would find their spines.
The Democratic Party has, almost since its inception,been a group that advertises itself to the voting populaceas a party representing the have-nots against the havesin American society. They widely and popularly claimto be the party of the “little guy” and the disenfranchisedin this nation. Since most of the nation isn’t wealthy,rich or even anywhere close to being carefree aboutfinances, this means that the Democrats have to panderto and try to appease a wide range of people, includingunions, environmentalists, minorities, etc. Somethinghas to give.
When a political party overextends itself andbroadens its base to levels that the Democratic Partyhas in the latter half of the 20th century and thebeginning of the 21st, it is bound to run into problems.For the boys and girls in blue, this problem isoverextension. The party has tried to incorporate somany that it has to walk on pins and needles with everydecision, constantly fearing reproach and scorn fromsome wing of its base.
What’s that? A Democrat wants to pass a bill that
raises the number of hours children spend in schooland the availability of after-school programs? Dreamon. Somewhere, a teacher’s union is getting pissed atthe idea of a longer workday for its members.
Whoa, wait a minute ... Now you’re saying that aDemocratic member of Congress wants to partner upwith a foreign automaker to bring a non-union factoryto their constituency? You should forget it, becausesomewhere a member of the United Auto Workers isgetting ready to go postal over the prospect ofcompetition moving into the United States, albeit inanother part of the country.
On a recent appearance on “The Daily Show,” JohnStewart confronted President Obama about this verysubject. He stated his belief that the currentadministration had been voted in, along with a slew ofother Democrats at various levels of government,because they promised hope, change, reform andstrong leadership. Instead, as Stewart quite correctlystated, the Democratic-controlled government hasbeen “legislatively timid,” preferring to gauge howfar they could go with the voters and make theirdecisions accordingly instead of doing what was neededand right.
The fact of the matter is that the government couldhave passed a health care bill that had more teeth andmore sweeping action than the one currently beingimplemented, but they wavered, preferring to try toget Republicans on board in a sort of “we’re not goingdown alone on this” kind of mentality. This nonsensegets old, and it sometimes makes it quite hard to calloneself a Democrat.
I would be willing to wager that if the Democratshad come into power and passed the agenda that hadbeen set in front of them instead of compromising andtrying to get support from across the aisle and spreadthe potential blame, they wouldn’t be in the troublethey’re in. If the Democrats had forged ahead like theRepublicans have done so many times when they haveachieved majorities and dominance in the WhiteHouse, party leaders like Rep. Barney Frank and Sen.Harry Reid wouldn’t be getting thrown out of Congress.
So, what would I love to see my party do? Changeideology? Alter its stance on key issues? Try to extenditself to a broader base? No, I want the DemocraticParty and the politicians who represent it to grow apair and do what they were elected to do: Lead, insteadof succumbing to popular opinion.
—Derek Mullins is a senior in political science. Hecan be reached at [email protected].
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Imagine a room filled with nothing but a table. Atop the table sits several well-known drugs:heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and, of course, alcohol, to name a few. Now imagine that you’regiven the option of selecting the drug that harms individuals and others to the greatest degree.
Would you select, say, alcohol? A British medical journal suggests you should.A panel of experts from the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs recently determined that
alcohol is the most harmful drug overall when weighed against a drug’s potential physical, psychologicaland social effects. The study’s findings were released by the British journal, The Lancet, on Sunday,while the study is slated for print release sometime this week.
In the study, alcohol was compared to 19 other drugs under 16 criteria: nine indicating negativeeffects on individual users and seven noting harmful effects on others. On a rating scale of one to100, alcohol topped the “overall” list with a 72.
Heroin, crack cocaine and methamphetamine stood as the most harmful substances to individualusers, while alcohol, heroin and crack cocaine most greatly affected others. But surprisingly, alcoholranked three times more dangerous overall — to both individuals and others — than cocaine or heroinand stood as the most harmful drug overall, based on the study’s criteria.
How many UT students had this in mind while bar-hopping on the Strip this weekend?In a notion that clashes with this study’s recent findings, it’s often hard to gauge whether people
view alcohol as a drug when, in fact, it can be the most dangerous, influential drug in society, especiallywhen one considers its widespread use. If an individual isn’t shooting, snorting or smoking a substance,how can it be a drug, some might claim?
But the bitter truth is that alcohol stands as a staple of today’s collegiate lifestyle, its sometimesharmful effects often ignored, when, in reality, alcohol is a proven danger — the most dangerous drug,in fact, according to the Lancet study. A college freshman might be more apt to finding the nearestliquor store than the nearest bookstore within his or her first few weeks on campus. After all, thefreedom college provides is only amplified with a beer or mixed drink in hand.
While this mantra fails to hold true to every single college student — local studies have shown,erroneously or not, that large proportions of the UT community don’t drink to an excessive level —one might be hard-pressed to find a Tennessee student who hasn’t witnessed the harmful effects ofalcohol on individuals and, more often than not, its ensuing effects on others. It’s a danger on displayevery weekend on campus, and unfortunately, its prevalence does nothing but cloak the risks at hand.
It’s entirely possible to enjoy alcohol in moderation — and for the most part, the majority of studentsdo so. But at what point is the severity of excessive alcohol consumption noted? How many studentsmust fall victim to the unfortunate effects of a weekend night severely under the influence, effectsthat are again and again statistically proven?
It doesn’t take a British study to highlight the pitfalls awaiting students with each extra drink. Itdoes, however, take common sense to realize those pitfalls can be prevented.
—Zac Ellis is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at [email protected].
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010 The Daily Beacon • 5ENTERTAINMENT
November is my favorite month for a lot of reasons: Thanksgivingfood is delicious, I love the crisp fall weather, the leaves are stillvibrant, and mostly, there is only one month until Christmas.However, November brings one of my bigger annoyances, namely No
Shave November. No Shave November,
for those of you whohave dated guys of morematurity and class thansome of my formerflames have been, is atime when all of man-hood apprarently decid-ed to conglomerateagainst the evil nemesisknown as the razor.
Don’t get me wrong,guys. A well-maintained
beard is very attractive (associations with being manly, provider,strong, tough, you know the drill — it’s all psychological, allegedly, butI really think guys who can grow good beards are hot), but that is thesecret ... it has to be well maintained.
Not grooming your face for a month might lead to disaster andpotentially a lack of phone calls, friendships and dates. If you findyourself looking like a guy who has to go around and introduce him-self to the neighborhood and isn’t allowed within 500 feet of schoolsand parks, please, just stop right now.
Also, your complexion is a lot to consider. If youare blonde, your facial hair is going to be blonde. If youare a redhead, your facial hair has the potential to beginger-esque. Think of the rest of humanity before youdecide to rock a Spencer Pratt or a giant, red beardthat makes you look like Raggedy Andy’s dad.
Just because you don’t want to shave (and are refus-ing to do so) doesn’t mean that you can’t at least makeit look attractive for the sake of the eyesight of every-one else.— Brandi Panter
Alright, it’s starting to get cold outside so here’s thebest advice: Wear weather appropriate clothing. Letme begin by addressing a recent problem I’ve seen around campus.Now, I embrace the importance of wearing comfortable clothes, buthere are some comfortable clothes that have their time and place, andcampus is neither.
First, as a former runner, I understand the comfort and warmththat come from wearing a pair of running spandex. If you’re out for arun, then more power to you. But here’s the deal: If you’re going toclass, spandex under your Nike running shorts with flip flops and a
fleece coat does nothing other than make you look like you’ve forgot-ten to unpack your winterclothes.
Second, there is no needto wear flannel-printedpajama pants to class. Ipersonally doubt if any ofyou actually wore that tosleep. And, if you’re goingto wear “lounge” pants,and this is only for the girls,at least wear some yogapants. Yoga pants areequally comfortable anddon’t scream “I think I’mcute for wearing pajamasto school.” But, better yet,throw some jeans on,because they’re just ascomfortable and add a bitof class that stretchy cottonpants lack.
Finally, if you’re going to express yourself through your clothes, beconfident. If you can rock an outfit that mixes bold colors or black andbrown, you’ve got to be confident in yourself, or else everyone willquestion your taste.
— Hillary McDaniels
I was walking down the street a while backand had to do a double take at a guy’s feet. Ithought to myself, “Are those shoes, or does hehave messed up feet?”
Since then, I have seen these so called Five-Fingers on many more people.
For those who have been lucky enough tonot see them, they are these water shoes thatare basically gloves for your feet.
Anyway, I’m not sure about them.Apparently the allure of these so-called shoesis that they give a barefoot sensation while stillprotecting your feet. I do not know why every
supposedly super comfortable shoe has to be ugly: Crocs, Uggs andnow Five-Fingers.
Another huge selling point for these shoes is the outdoors aspect,as they are good for kayaking, hiking, etc. So, why do I see so manypairs around campus and in class? The final excuse I hear for theseshoes is that they are great for your posture and joints, but what ath-letic shoe does not have that selling point anyway nowadays? — Abbie Gordon
Amanda WulforstStaff Writer
Gary Shteyngart has been capturing audiences with his satiricprose since his first novel, “The Russian Debutante’s Handbook,”and this year, Shteyngart continues on with his hilarious, futuris-tic, satiric writing tradition with his third release, “Super Sad TrueLove Story,” a dystopian novel which paints a comedic and darkportrait about the near and foreseeable future of America, whileforging a sweet and somewhat rational love story.
The novel begins with Lenny Abramov, a 39-year-old Russian-American Jewish male, who lives in the future New York. Lenny ison the fringe of society because of his inattention to his moderatebody figure and his obsession with reading books, especially sincethe norms of his times include near illiteracy and perpetual youthfads. (In Lenny’s world, immortality and youth is an invention.)
But if Lenny is an outcast in his society, why are Lenny’s open-ing lines of the diary-like novel, “Today I’ve made a major decision:I am never going to die”? Love is the answer. In fact, he falls in lovewith Eunice Park, who is 15 years younger and more immersed inthe current, hipster America, and she makes him want to adopt theconvention of youth. And despite their differences, they changeeach other, especially as Lenny tries to show Eunice the realAmerica.
Together, they then embark on a journey of love and of some-thing that makes their lives make sense in a society of absurd con-sumerist culture, of wide social strata, of exaggerated obsessionwith youth, of radical military conquests, and of course, the repres-sive government.
This story is one of the most interesting of the year, because itprovides a medium to explore an unfamiliar and futuristic worldthat, at the same time, seems all too familiar. For example,Shteyngart creates a world where technology takes precedence,and everyone is addicted to a social network called GlobalTeens,which seems similar to Facebook (where, with a click of a buttonany fact can be found about a person but not really know them per-sonally).
What makes this novel different from others is that whileShteyngart criticizes the absurdity of the future American cultureand politics, the tone is not what a typical dystopian novel imple-ments. Instead, the narrator jokes about and flippantly describeshis culture, which makes the reader laugh and then question whythey are laughing.
“Super Sad True Love Story” follows Shteyngart’s regular pre-scriptions for his novels, like a familiar, but almost unrecognizable,setting with a comic but self-conscious and self-depreciating pro-tagonist. However, the end of the novel claims a sad tone in thedeterioration of America’s future, unlike Shteyngart’s other twonovels, “The Russian Debutante’s Handbook” and “Absurdistan,”which celebrate the end of the Soviet empire. It seems that noth-ing — not even literature and invention — can save the fallingAmerica, but maybe falling in love can.
Shteyngart is a master of the written word, and his book is darkand laugh-out-loud funny all at the same time. This novel will def-initely hook an audience from the first line to the last.
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Love prevails in futuristic novel
Wednesday, November 3, 20106 • The Daily Beacon THESPORTSPAGE
Lauren KittrellStaff Writer
While the South Carolina game didn’t go as planned forTennessee, senior wide receiver Denarius Moore proved to Volsfans he was back, after being knocked out of the Alabama gameearly in the first quarter.
Moore caught six passes for 228 yards and a touchdown againstthe Gamecocks. Though his yards were the highest receiving totalin the SEC this season, Moore feels that his achievements werepartly due to a strong desire to win and partly just a blessing.
“I’d just say I came in with a chip on my shoulder,” Moore said.“And then after being out there, I guess I’d say being blessed to beat the right spot at the right time and making plays when theycame my way.”
Moore proved to be ready for the challenge but didn’t come intothe game feeling overly confident in his ability. He didn’t put toomuch emphasis on confidence but worked on just doing what heneeded to do.
“I just come in saying I was doing my job,” Moore said. “Beingin the right spot I was supposed to be in.”
His 228 yards were a personal career-high and the second-bestmark in Tennessee history. Though the team didn’t win as a whole,Moore performed well and did his best, which is all that coachDerek Dooley requires of his players.
“I always say, ‘The results don’t define who you are,’” Dooleysaid. “But what does define you is your approach to work, whatyour attitude every day is and what kind of mental energy youbring to your job.”
With the Memphis game coming up this weekend, the team ispreparing for a quarterback change. Dooley replaced junior MattSimms early in the third quarter against South Carolina with truefreshman Tyler Bray. Bray will be the starting quarterback for theVols against the Tigers, and Moore feels that he is ready for thechallenge.
“He actually came to the wide receivers and told us to keep ourheads up before we actually had time to talk to him,” Moore said.“That right there let’s us know that his head is still in the game.”
With Bray behind him, Moore felt his confidence rise and isready to play on Saturday. With a stellar performance behind himand a new quarterback for the Memphis game, Moore is ready andhas faith in Bray’s capabiities.
“I think he came into the game with a whole bunch of confi-dence,” Moore said. “Even after he threw his first pick, he was actu-ally coming to us saying, ‘Hey, calm down, we’re still in this, we cancome back and tie the game up.’ So, by him doing that right thereas a freshman, it lets us know that he’s ready to play.”
With this in mind, the team will enter Liberty Bowl MemorialStadium on Saturday ready to face the Memphis Tigers with confi-dence in their quarterback. Some nerves are always involved whenbringing in a new quarterback, but Moore feels that players have tobe prepared for anything and keep their confidence high.
“You’ve always got to have competitiveness when you are outhere playing football,” Moore said. “Anything bad can happen at
Seth JensenStaff Writer
The UT volleyball team snaggedthree victories last week with winsagainst Louisville, Auburn andGeorgia at Thompson-Boling Arena.
LouisvilleTennessee (19-5) defended its home
court against Louisville (15-6) by win-ning three sets to one Wednesday atThompson-Boling Arena.
Down a set, the 22nd-rankedLady Volunteers, including threeplayers who posted a double-dou-ble, would rally to win the matchby a tally of 17-25, 25-23, 25-22and 28-26.
“This was a great, physicalmatch for us,” UT coach RobPatrick said. “In the first game,we didn’t do a good job of reallyplaying along the net and chal-lenging their hitters very well. Iwas really proud of our team onhow they made adjustments afterthe first game, and they took a lit-tle more pride in their defense.”
Senior Nikki Fowler, the LadyVol Athlete of the Week, postedher 50th-career double-double,which consisted of 20 kills and 15digs. She is now fourth onTennessee’s all-time list for killswith 1,567.
Freshmen Kelsey Robinson andKylann Scheidt also notched dou-ble-doubles to help lead the LadyVols to victory. Robinson had 11kills and 17 digs, while Scheidttallied 29 assists and 16 digs.
“We are starting three fresh-men pretty regularly now,” Patricksaid. “Kylann Scheidt, KelseyRobinson and Ellen Mullins, who hasbeen playing out of the barrel position,have started. Also, Carly Sahagian hasplayed a lot of matches for us and dida fantastic job.”
AuburnTennessee swept Auburn (16-10) by
a score of 3-0 in its “Dig for the Cure”event Friday at Thompson-BolingArena.
The Lady Vols, donning pink jer-seys, took their fight to the Tigers andto breast cancer, as they won thematch 3-0, while raising more than$1,330 for breast cancer research.
“We are really proud to be part-nered (with) Susan G. Komen for theCure,” Patrick said. “It is a way for usto give back. It allows us to help in anarea that really affects quite a fewwomen. We need to help in any way wecan to beat breast cancer.”
Tennessee’s attack average of .423
was its highest in nearly five years,when it hit .467 against Alabama onNov. 11, 2005.
While the Big Orange has had a cou-ple of its best offensive performancesagainst Auburn, it held the Tigers to aseason low attack average.
“We have been able to pass the ballvery well against them,” Patrick said.“We gave ourselves opportunities intransition by digging a lot of theirballs. We were able to hold them to apretty low hitting percentage. We did a
great job of transitioning and gettingkills.”
GeorgiaThe Lady Vols followed the win
against Auburn by dominating Georgia(11-14) and winning the match 3-0 inThompson-Boling Arena on Sunday.
The match consisted of Tennesseecontrolling all three sets and winning25-20, 25-19 and 25-13.
“Georgia is a very physical team,”Patrick said. “They are better than the
3-9 record shows. They have twomiddle hitters that no one in theconference really has been ableto stop. We just served very wellagainst them, and that took themout of what they were trying todo offensively.”
Junior Kayla Jeter led theLady Vols with 11 kills, whilehitting on a .417 clip. Fowlerclaimed nine kills and sevendigs, while Robinson had ninekills and 11 digs.
Senior Leah Hinkey added sixputaways, three blocks and a.308 hitting percentage.
“I think the team is comingtogether really well,” Hinkeysaid. “We have the trend of play-ing better in the second half ofthe season. The seniors havestepped up our game, and hope-fully it has allowed the freshmanto feel more comfortable play-ing”
With two home games left,the total attendance record hasalready been surpassed, as11,613 people have filled theseats this season.
“We have great fans here atTennessee,” Patrick said. “We havebeen pretty successful, and we play apretty exciting brand of volleyball. Wehave good community support. Also,our marketing team has worked reallyhard.”
The Lady Vols will face Alabamaand Mississippi State on the road thisweekend.
“This weekend we need to go inwith the mindset of winning bothgames,” Hinkey said. “On the road, wehave kind of struggled with that.”
Lady Vols finish near-perfect week
Kelsey Robinson, freshman outside hitter,serves the ball against Mississippi State onOct. 15. She helped the Vols with 11 kills and 17digs against Lousville this past weekend.
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Moore plays with chip on shoulder,catches career-high receiving yards
