Issue 121.58
Thursday November 15, 2012
Medal of Honor
AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Larry Steagall

The 2002 film “We Were Soldiers” features a characterization of Col. Bruce Crandall. He was awarded the Medal of Honor by President George W. Bush on Feb. 26, 2007.

Medal of Honor veteran recognized at UT
RJ Vogt, News Editor

The Medal of Honor is the highest military honor that the United States awards — only 80 recipients are alive today.

UT students and faculty gave one of those recipients, Col. Bruce Crandall, a standing ovation in the University Center Ballroom yesterday morning.

"Every one of us who wears the medal, and there's 80 of us, every one of us has the same sense — that we did nothing that we weren't expected to and supposed to do. It is our duty," Crandall said, in a gravelly voice that belied the life he's led. "Everyone that wears the medal ...

Adam Davidson 11-15
Photo courtesy of NPR

Economist addresses fiscal cliff

Blair Kuykendall, Editor in Chief

Judging by the turnout for Adam Davidson’s lecture on Tuesday evening, what you have heard is true: Americans are concerned about the economy.
    
Recognizing this interest, the Issues Committee brought Davidson to campus to discuss the approaching fiscal cliff.
    
“To be honest with you, I hate talking about the fiscal cliff ... ,” Davidson said. “It’s a ginned up mistake; it’s an act of political theater ... We do face some fundamental questions about debt and the government’s role in our society: those are real issues.”
    
Davidson hosts “Planet Money,” a podcast devoted to analyzing economic issues in an ...

News
Smokeout 11-15

S.E.E. Center holds event on quitting tobacco use
Cody Woodside, Staff Writer

The Safety Environment and Education Center aims to help UT students breathe easier through "The Great American Smokeout" today on Pedestrian Walkway.

For Rosa Thomas, a coordinator for the S.E.E. Center, giving up smoking is a celebratory matter ...

Students still hold Vol pride
Cody Woodside, Staff Writer and David Cobb, Assistant News Editor

UT students have had to reassess their Vol pride with each of the football team's six SEC losses this season.
Kelsey Keny, sophomore in journalism and electronic media, has noticed a shift in student enthusiasm.

"I think you sense ...

Leadership Academy 11-15

Leadership event held at UC
Parker Suczynski, Staff Writer

Women in the United States, on average, earn 82 percent of what men make annually. That number gets even lower if you factor in race as well. Black women make 69 percent of what white men make per year, and ...

Blood drive competition continues
Staff Reports

As the MEDIC Regional Blood Center's twenty-fifth annual "Battle of the Orange and Blue" comes to a close this week, the Volunteers need every spare drop and donation to try and outdistance the Wildcats.

At Tuesday night's close ...

Arts & Culture
Lyle Lovett 11-15

The Daily Beacon Weekender
Rob Davis, Assistant Arts & Culture Editor and Victoria Wright, Arts & Culture Editor

Thursday, Nov. 15

What: Sara Jordan Blues Bash
Where: Well
When: 6 p.m.
Price: $8 — $10
Victoria's View: Memphis isn't the only city in Tennessee known for its blues artists, and the Smoky Mountain Blues Society is ...

Sports
Sal Sunseri

Sunseri, defense prepare for Vanderbilt
Austin Bornheim, Assistant Sports Editor

In the week leading up to Missouri game, the Tennessee coaching staff mentioned multiple times changes being made on the defensive side of the ball. One of those changes was moving defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri from the sidelines to the ...

Women in sports journalism
Lauren Kittrell, Sports Editor

"That's what you get when a woman writes about sports."

This little gem popped up on my Twitter feed on Wednesday. It was in response to a column I wrote entitled, "Dooley, one more year."

The article was a ...

Players, coaches with much to prove
Austin Bornheim, Assistant Sports Editor

All the talk surrounding Rocky Top for weeks has been centered around football head coach Derek Dooley and his future — or lack thereof — in Knoxville. I have jumped on the train as well and put in my two cents — see ...

Opinion

‘Traditional’ America not wanted
Preston Peeden, Associate Editor

I usually try to take whatever Bill O'Reilly says with a grain of salt.

I understand that he's not only coming from a news station riddled with biases, but also that as a cable news "anchor," he and ...