Issue 119.51
Friday March 30, 2012
Skype with NFL player Will Witherspoon 3-30
Matt Dixon • The Daily Beacon

Students in Dr. Amber Roessner’s JEM 475 class prepare to interview Tennessee Titans linebacker Will Witherspoon on Tuesday via Skype. The NFL player answered the classes’ questions on various topics for over 30 minutes.

FUEL carries 2012 SGA elections
Victoria Wright, Arts & Culture Editor

Despite widespread student support for REVOLT’s policy initiative, voters this year soundly elected FUEL’s representatives.
   
Adam Roddy, junior in political science, won the presidential election with just over 8 percent of student body support.
The FUEL campaign carried the day, but REVOLT’s referendum received widespread student support with 4,287 votes.
   
“We are so estatic that the referendum has passed with overwhelming majority,” Eric Dixon, vice presidential candidate for REVOLT, said. “SGA next year will carry that and see it through and the administration will really view this as something that’s a madate from the students ...

Hike of the Week
Emily DeLanzo, Managing Editor

Andrews Bald.
    
Ain’t no mountain high enough — except for Clingman’s Dome.
    
Our mild, lackluster winter never truly produced any outstanding snows. Because of that, several seasonal roads in the Smokies opened early to embrace spring and entertain visitors.
    
Two weeks ago, park rangers busily prepared the seven mile road to Clingman’s Dome to open two weeks earlier than planned. I have honestly been looking forward to this day for months. My favorite short trail starts from the parking lot of Clingman’s Dome and meanders down the side of a ridge to a grassy bald.
   
 Andrews Bald gives visitors the Sound of Music feel with a short, enjoyable hike. This 3.6 mile round-trip gives a breathtaking 360 degree view. Normally, people have to hike further and higher in order to get any view of this caliber, but Andrews Bald is the best bang-for-your-buck hike.
    
The trailhead ...

Student Life
Skype with NFL player Will Witherspoon 3-30

Class Skypes with Titans player
Matt Dixon, Sports Editor

Most University of Georgia football players aren’t well received by Volunteers fans.
    
But most football players aren’t like Tennessee Titans linebacker Will Witherspoon.
    
Witherspoon, who played for the Bulldogs from 1998-2001, spent over 30 minutes on Tuesday doing ...

International Dance Competition 3-29
Rebecca Vaughan • The Daily Beacon

InShort

Krystal Oliva, senior in advertising, performs a Middle Eastern belly dance at the International Dance Competition on March 28. Oliva won 1st place in the contemporary category.

Sports

Summitt, Lady Vols give fans dramatic season to remember
Ben Daniel, Staff Writer

Expectations have always been high for the Tennessee women’s basketball team. They will remain high even if the winningest NCAA basketball coach in history does not return next season. Regardless, this year was one that Volunteer nation will remember ...

Vols top Delta Devils, 8-4
Robby O'Daniel, Recruitment Editor

UT outfielder-pitcher Drew Steckenrider changed the game from both the plate and the mound, helping the Vols (15-10) to an 8-4 win over Mississippi Valley State (6-20) on Wednesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
    
Down 3-1 in the third, Steckenrider drilled ...

Hunter ‘right on track’ at spring practice
Matt Dixon, Sports Editor

 A little over five months after tearing the ACL in his left knee, Justin Hunter returned to the football field.
    
Although the atmosphere at Tennessee’s practice field on Monday was much different than the one at Florida’s Ben ...

Opinion

Characters evolve in ‘Mad Men’

Robby O'Daniel, Recruitment Editor

In creative writing class, a mark of a good short story is whether anyone changes over the course of the tale. If nobody changes, then what of consequence really happened?
    
More and more, this feels like the gap between the ...

Master seemingly obvious life skills
Sarah Russell, Columnist

There was a famous book that came out many moons ago called “Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten.” Now, not to demean skills like “sharing” and “tying your shoes,” but I have found that everything I really ...