Issue 119.47
Monday March 26, 2012
Derek Dooley Spring Press Conference 3-26
George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Football head coach, Derek Dooley, speaks with media during a press conference on Monday, March 21, 2011.

Vols’ watch list heading into spring practice
Clay Seal, Assistant Sports Editor and Matt Dixon, Sports Editor

1. New coaches, fresh start

The Vols return 20 of 22 starters on offense and defense, but had to replace seven assistant coaches. Only head coach Derek Dooley, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Jim Chaney, and now receivers coach Darin Hinshaw return from last year’s staff. Chaney returns for his fourth season in Knoxville, and joining him on offense will be Jay Graham (running backs), Sam Pittman (offensive line) and Charlie Coiner (tight ends/special teams). Defensively, the Vols have a completely new staff, led by coordinator Sal Sunseri, who brings a new scheme and 27 years of coaching ...

Students call for fair-wage sourced products
Blair Kuykendall, Editor in Chief

Does a person have the right to sustain himself?
    
In an increasingly global marketplace, clothing manufacturers contract the lowest labor costs available to remain competitive, regardless of the repercussions. Direct vendors like the UT bookstore commonly deal with intermediaries that outsource production to manufacturers overseas with poor labor practices.
   
 Gretchen Chromas and Jayanni Webster want to change that.
   
 “A fair wage ... supports the right for all individuals and workers to receive payment for their work that reflects their hours and effort and helps them live more than impoverished lives,” Webster said in a statement. “I personally believe it’s a human right and everyone’s responsibility to support fair wages.”
    
Both women believe that philosophy should be applicable to UT’s sales model.
    
“Fair wages should be the bottom line for human rights when we’re looking at how UT’s apparel business is directed,” Webster said.
    
Chomas sees the ...

Cavani String Quartet 3-26
Whitney Carter • The Daily Beacon

InShort

Annie Fullard, Mari Soto, Kirsten Docter, all on violin, and Merry Peckham, on the cello, perform in the Cavani String Quartet in the Alumni Memorial Building on Friday, March 16.

Student Life

Fraternity kicks off events
Victoria Wright, Editor in Chief

Though the event is titled “Deja Blu” to signify the fraternity’s colors and the “dream like” theme of their events, students will feel anything but sleepy as The Kappa Chi Chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity host their ...

Entertainment

Flash fiction: A Separation
Olivia Cooper, Staff Writer

 He stood down there all smug and content with himself. He thinks nobody else can see who he used to be? That left sleeve of his is pinned under his coat exactly like mine is pinned on my right. Carl ...

Sports
Dave Serrano against ULM 3-26

Diamond Vols knock off undefeated Kentucky, still lose two of three
Preston Peeden, Associate Editor

   
The Kentucky baseball team came to Lindsey Nelson Stadium as not only the No. 2 team in the country, but also the only undefeated team left in college baseball. Despite winning the series, the Wildcats left Knoxville blemished, as the ...

Opinion

Homelessness poses serious problem
Emily DeLanzo, Managing Editor

 Fifty-two.
    
It’s how many white keys are on a piano. It’s how many total weeks are in a year. It’s how much a basic pair of Chaco flip-flops cost — without tax. And supposedly, it’s the number ...

Take advantage of HOPE in summer
Ashton Smith, Columnist

For many, the traditional four years spent in college is being extended. A number of factors contribute to the morphing of the traditional four-year approach to earning a bachelor’s degree into a longer amount of time.
    
These include the ...