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campus speakers campus speakers Author, satirist Mortenson to speak on shares his campus Oct. 19

kyle blaine experiences, News Editor Best-selling author and satirist Christopher Buckley will be attending a book signing on Oct. 19 at the Vanderbilt advice with Bookstore from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Buckley will lecture in the Student Life Center Ballroom at 7 p.m. students Buckley achieved critical acclaim with his novels “Supreme Courtship” and “Thank You for Smoking,” the latter of which was made into a film starring Aaron Eckhart christopher buckley and Katie Holmes. Buckley also served as chief speechwriter to Vice President George H.W. kenneth khoo/ The Vanderbilt Hustler Bush, and has written for a Greg Mortenson, author of “Three Cups of Tea,” addresses a crowd at Langford Auditorium on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. number of national newspapers Getting and magazines including The the Ticket New York Times and The Wall jennifer grasch high school or college. Not a single one. It educating women,” said senior Hei Street Journal. • Tickets are available now Staff Writer certainly illustrates a change.” Choughuri. “My mom is the one who This is the first event sponsored and must be picked up In 1996, Mortenson founded the Central taught me all about Islam. I still can’t win a by the Vanderbilt University in advance at Sarratt Author and activist Greg Mortenson Asia Institute. The agency now oversees debate with her.” Speakers Committee this year. Student Center. lectured twice at Vanderbilt on Wednesday: more than 165 schools and has educated Sophomore Sami Safiullah agreed. “For over a year, our once exclusively to first-year students and over 64,000 students. In 2001, less than “Women are the foundation of the committee has been talking • Admission is free to once to upperclassmen and the community. 800,000 students were enrolled in school society. They raise the children, and they about bringing Chris Buckley Vanderbilt students with The award-winning humanitarian also in Afghanistan. By June 2010, that number still have control,” Safiullah said. to speak,” said Speakers valid ID. met with a smaller group of students at the had risen to almost nine million students, Although the CAI has been successful Committee Co-Chairman Ethel Community Partnership House and hosted including 2.8 million girls, the increase is in increasing educational opportunities Mickey in the press release for • Only one free ticket per a dinner at the dean of the Commons’ largely due to CAI’s work in the region. for girls, one of the organization’s main the event. “We’re very excited to Vanderbilt ID. residence, providing opportunities for Of the 64,000 students educated in CAI principles holds that local governments be bringing one of the most well- more intimate discussion. schools, nearly 46,000 are girls. Emphasis have the responsibility to educate their known and funniest novelists in • Tickets will be available Mortenson is the author of “Three Cups on female education is the cornerstone of citizens. America to campus.” to the general public of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Mortenson’s philanthropic efforts. “Right now, we are doing a lot of work with Buckley’s “Losing Mum and through Ticketmaster at Peace … One School at a Time,” which was “Education has to be our top national the governments to petition them to take Pup: A Memoir” documents the 615-255-9600 or www. the first annual Commons Reading book and international priority, including over the schools,” Mortenson said. “These 11 months between 2007 and ticketmaster.com. Gen- given to all members of the first-year class education for girls,” Mortenson said. “If schools are not our schools; they should be 2008 during which he coped eral admission tickets are over the summer. we don’t educate girls, communities will supported by the local communities.” with the passing of his father $10. Mortenson opened his lecture on never, never change.” In closing, Mortenson offered advice to and well-known conservative, Wednesday by expressing how impressed According to Mortenson, educating students who are drawn to philanthropic William F. Buckley, and his • Student tickets are $5 for he was with Vanderbilt students. women leads to decreased infant mortality work. mother, Patricia Taylor Buckley. non-Vanderbilt students “Earlier today, I met with about a dozen rates, decreased birth rates and increased “If you want to go out into the world and “Students are going to love with valid school or student leaders,” Mortenson said. “When quality of life through better health and do humanitarian work, first make yourself Buckley. He’s a great writer, he’s university identification. I asked how many of them were involved sanitation in the homes. a strong person — mentally, physically, very funny, and he also tells These tickets are also in community service, every single one Vanderbilt students, both female and academically — and then go out into the great stories about his parents, available at the Sarratt raised their hand. Then I asked the older male, supported Mortenson’s somewhat world. You have to make yourself strong who defined the conservative Student Center box office adults in the room how many of us had unusual take on education. because it’s difficult work,” Mortenson moment in our country for a and Ticketmaster outlets. been involved in community service in “I definitely agree with his views on said. ■ generation,” Mickey said. ■

campus news DREAM fails to pass in U.S. Senate kyle blaine act would allow undocumented productive members of society,” undocumented immigrants News Editor immigrants to attend institutions said senior and Vanderbilt are graduating from U.S. high of higher education by providing Student for Nonviolence Rep. schools each year without The 2011 defense conditional permanent Benjamin Eagles. the ability to further their authorization bill, which residency to illegal aliens up to The “opportunity” Eagles refers education. included the provisions of the age of 35. to applies specifically to high “We are wasting away the Development, Relief and Supporters of the bill school graduates of good moral generations while we wait for Education for Alien Minors on campus emphasize the character who were brought this bill to pass,” Post said. (DREAM) Act, failed to pass difference it will make in the to the U.S. as minors and have Critics say there are serious through the Senate Tuesday, lives of high school students who lived in the States continuously problems with the bill, pointing with a vote of 56 to 43. do not have the opportunity to for at least five years prior to the to the potential for fraudulent The DREAM Act sparked pursue a college degree under bill’s enactment. claims and a chain amnesty debate on campus last week current legislation. According to organizer for effect, in which eligible students when Vanderbilt Student “To me, the bill is about giving Tennessee Immigrant and would then be able to petition Government tabled a resolution opportunity to undocumented Refugee Rights Coalition for the green cards of relatives. chris honiball/ The Vanderbilt Hustler endorsing the legislation. The immigrants so they can be (TIRRC) Amelia Post, 70,000 Please see dream, page 2 Students gathered in Sarratt 112 on Sept. 20 for “Dream University,” sponsored by the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Coalition.

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Tyler bittner/ The Vanderbilt Hustler Crawford House President and freshman David Pack and his roommate, freshman Jack Kuhlenschmidt, show of their dorm room named the “Kuhlenschmidt-Pack sanctuary.” tyler bittner “for reminiscing the craziest three days of our lives,” Staff Writer Pack said. Rounding out the room is the gaming trifecta When not busy representing his contingents, — a PS3, Xbox 360 and a “forest green N64,” which, Crawford House President freshman David Pack according to Pack, is used for “Super Smash Bros. and his roommate, freshman Jack Kuhlenschmidt, only.” Pack also proudly displays his homemade, live in an atmosphere of “Fung Shui” in room 420. “hand-crafted” sunglass holder. According to Kuhlenschmidt, the vibe is “not really However, the room 420’s “most essential” objects a material thing, (but) something you feel when you are not necessarily its most obvious. For Pack, his walk in the door.” most essential possession is his Aveeno Active Liwei Jiang/ The Vanderbilt Hustler Crucial to the “positive energy” of the Naturals Daily Moisturizer, which the two use “to Performance by Step Afrika!, the first professional company in the world dedicated to the tradi- “Kuhlenschmidt-Pack sanctuary,” Pack said, is the keep us silky smooth at all times.” Kuhlenschmidt tion of stepping, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, at the Blair School of Music’s Ingram Hall. The company has pair’s collection of posters, which range from the cites his vial of Yinchiao oil as his favorite item, a been featured on CNN, BET, PBS and NPR. Notorious B.I.G. to “Pulp Fiction.” The roommates, “Chinese herb miracle drug” that prevents any L.A. transplants and friends since the seventh grade, illness. According to Kuhlenschmidt, the herb has so also have a poster from this year’s Coachella festival, far been very effective. ■

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World news Dores for Pakistan gives help, hope elizabeth knudson According to USAID, the Staff Writer Government of Pakistan (GoP) How to help Provincial and National Disaster Students are invited to Dores for Pakistan is a coalition Management Authorities donate online at www. of individuals and organizations estimates that the number of UNRefugees.org/Vanderbilt that have pledged to raise money flood-affected people is now at or email DoresForPaki- to rebuild Pakistan after floods 17.2 million — more than the [email protected] for more ravaged the country during July population of New York, Los information on how to get and August. Angeles, Chicago and Houston involved. Vanderbilt junior Yousuf combined. Approximately 10 Ahmad’s aunt passed away in million people are desperately directly but saw the need to take the flood. in need of humanitarian action. When people know, they “(I was) shocked ... by the assistance. really do care.” widespread ignorance of Senior Sanah Ladhani, a According to founder Cayla students regarding what is member of Dores for Pakistan, Mackey, Dores for Pakistan has occurring in Pakistan,” Ahmad has family in the region. chosen to focus its fundraising said. “We heard about BP, “I was discouraged a few efforts on the United Nations Katrina, Haiti and the Tsunami. weeks ago because no one knew High Council for Refugees, And I know it’s on the other side anything about (the flood),” competing in a program of the world, but (the flood) was Ladhani said. “(Dores for designed by Stanford students a disaster greater than the scale Pakistan) is being led by people with the motto “$20 million for of all of these combined.” who were not affected by it 20 million.” ■ www.InsideVandy.com The Vanderbilt Hustler Friday, September 24, 2010 3 opinion the vanderbilt hustler column Editorial Board Stand and be judged by the Hustler The Copernican principle opinion staff!Compiled by the staff of The Vanderbilt Hustler David Namm The Verdict Editor-in-Chief Vanderbilt’s Dyer Observatory universe. Of course, he could not; his discovery was built in 1953, and it functioned only made sense if he changed the paradigm by kyle blaine as a research facility for the Physics placing the sun at the center. Sex sells KFC launched a new advertising campaign, News Editor & Astronomy Department until in which they pay college girls $500 to walk 2002. That year, its instruments around wearing sweatpants with “Double having become obsolete to Down” printed on the butt. Frequent KFC theodore samets Jesse professional astronomers, Dyer customers need not apply. Opinion Editor Jones was turned over to Public Affairs Galileo’s discovery of Jupiter’s Columnist to serve as a station for scientific moons illustrates that ... we outreach to the general public. are just one of a large variety Vegetarianism Last week, a Montana woman fended off meghan rose This Tuesday, I got the chance to visit Dyer for a bear attack with a zucchini. The bear Sports Editor a Stellar Nights lecture by astronomer Joshua of things of the universe, that attacked the woman’s dog, and she was Pepper titled “New Worlds on our Doorstep: we’re not the center. clawed in the leg when she attempted to Hunting for Planets.” save her collie. Naturally, a zucchini was charlie kesslering In his lecture, Dr. Pepper spoke of a “New Age Life Editor the only item of defense available and, lo of Exploration,” in which astronomers are setting Galileo’s discovery of Jupiter’s moons and behold, it actually worked. their sights on discovering new planets within illustrates “the Copernican principle,” the idea our “stellar neighborhood,” a few hundred light- that “we are just one of a large variety of things years from our solar system. He outlined two of the universe, that we’re not the center.” As main techniques astronomers use to detect the magnification of telescopes improved, Time Facebook servers went down twice this extrasolar planets. The first, the “wobble the Copernican principle continued to hold. management week. In typical, mysterious Facebook The Vanderbilt Hustler method,” measures the radial velocity of a star Astronomers realized the Milky Way is filled fashion, no reason was provided, just that Staff List as it “orbits” a planet. The second method with billions of other stars, and, as recently “the problem was being fixed.” measures the change in a star’s brightness as as 100 years ago, that the Milky Way does Editor-in-Chief it is eclipsed by its planet. Once a planet has not represent the entire universe; rather, it is David Namm been discovered in this way, astronomers can only one of billions of other galaxies. With Believing In the internet free-for-all that is Twitter, detect the elements present in its atmosphere the Copernican principle as our guide, the everything you Nicki Minaj has had quite the week. by measuring the distortion of the star’s light discovery of extraterrestrial life becomes not a read Minaj was sent a picture via Twitter of News Editor as it passes through the atmosphere. Though matter of “if,” but “when.” students at two college campuses lining Kyle Blaine molecular oxygen has not yet been found in I tell this story because I believe the Copernican up overnight to buy tickets to her concert. other atmospheres, its detection would be principle does not just apply to the sky, but to Interestingly enough, these concerts were strong evidence of extrasolar life. our daily lives as well. In our most spiritual never actually scheduled. Minaj took to After the lecture, we ascended to the moments, we realize that something grand is Opinion Editor Twitter to express her outrage over the observatory’s dome for sky observations. Placing at work, so vast that it eclipses the power of a Theodore Samets scam and state that all official concerts my left eye against the telescope lens, the moon single mind to comprehend. You could attribute will be confirmed on herT witter account. appeared full, yellow and rigged with craters, this grand design to God or to the workings of

Sports Editor looking — at the risk of cliche — exactly like a nature. Either way, the knowledge that we are meghan rose cheese-block. About 15 minutes later, Jupiter not alone — but sharing the world with our had ascended over the tree line, and our guide fellow creatures — is a powerful case for treating put it into focus. At the magnification offered by others with love and respect. Science, it seems, column Asst Sports Editors the telescope, Jupiter appeared not as a bloody, has reconfirmed a tenet believers of all faiths eric single stormy giant, but as a featureless yellow disc have cherished for centuries: the Golden Rule. peter nygaard ringed by three moons. I could only imagine how furiously Galileo’s mind must have worked ­— Jesse Jones is a junior in the College of Arts Save WRVU, as he struggled to integrate Jupiter’s moons into & Science. He can be reached at jesse.g.jones@ Life Editor the accepted idea that Earth is the center of the vanderbilt.edu. charlie kesslerinG column VU media Supervising Copy Editor michelle cohen Melodrama rules To the editor: More years ago than I care to remember, I was program InsideVandy Editor When I was little, I ran over tailspin where I apologize incessantly to my director at WRVU. Some of my fondest memories at Vanderbilt Chris mcDonald our sprinkler system and cut friends for ruining our lives by making us wait are of the days broadcasting to Vandy and Nashville. It was my toe on the blades. It was a a little longer. recently announced that Vanderbilt Student Communications is pretty nasty cut, but nothing a My case of melodrama is a severe one, considering the sale of the FM license that carried my station — Marketing Director band-aid and a hug couldn’t fix. but I am not the only sufferer. According to your station — all these years. It saddens me, but beyond that, George Fischer No stitches, no scar, no trauma. my wildly exaggerative peers in the national it frankly angers me. VSC has suggested that radio is dying and Even so, I limped around our media, there’s a pretty real chance the country that there is no interest. They argue that a move to webcasting Claire house for a week and had is going to descend into End-of-Days style exclusively will “preserve” your radio station. They claim they Art Director Costantino recurring nightmares about a chaos over bed bugs. And did you hear? The are interested in open discussion regarding this issue. They are Matt Radford Columnist scary doctor amputating my Fascists are gaining on the Socialists in polling hoping you won’t notice. entire foot. I remember my about the midterm elections, so it looks like the older sister complaining, “Claire, you are SO Republicans might take control of the House Designers melodramatic. Chill out.” I’d like to say I’ve back from the Democrats. Why do people Jennifer Brown grown into a calm and collected young woman, put microphones and keyboards in front of Emily Green but the truth is that the tiny terror we are as people like us? Maybe Keith Olberman feels If radio is dying, why would someone Irene Hukkelhoven three year olds is often the same person we are differently, but I often wish after the fact I had willingly pay the $5 million that VSC says Katherine Miller at 21, just taller and slightly better disguised. been a little more publicly restrained. I guess they can get for the license to 91.1 FM? Adriana salinas As character flaws go, a heightened sense of our special brand of hysteria just sells better kristen webb drama about everyday life certainly is not the than, say, reason. most debilitating sort to possess. The fact that Just for kicks, I am going to try out a calm Ask yourself these things. If radio is dying, why would someone I don’t lie, cheat or steal seems redeeming, willingly pay the $5 million that VSC says they can get for the Editorial Fellow right? Nevertheless, my propensity to license to 91.1 FM? How often do you listen to radio online? Did gaby roman overreact has caused me some trouble. One you know that, weeks before the announcement, VSC secured of my friends drew a “make your own” card in several websites, including www.savewrvu.com? Does that the game Apples to Apples, used my name as I guess our special brand sound like an organization interested in honest feedback? Did Photography Editor her response and then won the round where of hysteria just sells better you know that your current director of student media has made Christopher Honiball you matched to “Melodramatic.” Step aside, a habit of closing radio stations at other universities, previously Kanye’s ALL CAPS TWITTER RANTS. There’s a than, say, reason. silencing stations at South Carolina and Tulane before coming new crazy in town, and her name is Claire. here to clean house? Did you know that VSC receives $500,000 VSC Director I don’t just dislike one of my classes this and moderate personality for a while. In every year out of your required student activity fees? How Chris Carroll semester — I hate it for being boring, I hate that the last weekend of October, I’m going with much of these funds go to administration and salaries? While the syllabus is in comic sans (but seriously, who some friends to Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore pocketing your money, they have pulled your TV station and are still does that?) and the fact that it’s a tragically Sanity in Washington, D.C. If the weekend of steamrolling toward silencing your radio. How much longer do Asst. VSC Directors long Tuesday/Thursday class just feels like rationality isn’t my thing, I’ll just pretend it you think you’ll hold this paper in your hands? Is it still media Jeff Breaux a cruel joke of scheduling fate. In political was all an elaborate Halloween costume and when everything is the internet? Radio needs airwaves and Paige Clancy discussions, I can’t even articulate to others freak out about how much I hate sushi to get newspapers need newsprint! the long, long list of reasons I disagree with back in melodramatic shape. Wake up Commodores! Fight for your freedom of expression! libertarianism because my speech devolves As Voltaire said, “We have a natural right to make use of our into panicked fragments when I think too long ­— Claire Costantino is a senior in the College pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.” about their increasing prominence. Here on of Arts & Science. She can be reached at campus, picking the slow line at Tortellini [email protected]. J. 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Vanderbilt Hustler: So you got record everything together as signed to Atlantic Records recently. opposed to trying to do it one How does that compare to your piece at a time (when) there’s days as an independent? no soul in it. Jonathan Tyler: It’s really pretty similar. Just bigger scale now. VH: How was the energy at Austin We’re still making the creative City Limits and Bonnaroo when decisions, and we’re still getting you played there? to do what we want to do. But JT: Those are my favorite events, it’s definitely on a bigger, more really, because it’s all music national level. It’s good for that, fans there. Everyone is kind of for sure. united under the umbrella of music, and it brings everybody VH: Do you prefer bigger shows or together. It’s a really cool smaller ones? experience. (At) Bonnaroo, we JT: I don’t really care that much. I had a great time this year. We mean, the bigger, the better. I played pretty early in the day like playing for bigger audiences; and pretty much spent the rest it’s exciting. But at the same time, of the day drinking beer and small audiences can be really fun, enjoying good music. It doesn’t too. So it really goes either way feel like work. for me. VH: You played on Jimmy Kimmel VH: Your album was recorded live, recently. How was that blogs.tennessean.com which is different from most bands experience? nowadays. What inspired you to JT: That was also a pretty awesome JT: It’s great. We’ve been playing a lot of do that? experience. It was our first TV VH: Your first album is called “Pardon VH: So you think you’ll be like the shows in Nashville. We recorded our JT: I don’t really like most of the experience, so we were new to Me.” Where did the title come Stones then, still playing live in record in Nashville with Jay Joyce, overproduced stuff and studio having six or seven cameras in from? your 60s? who is a pretty big producer out tricks. It’s not real to me. I think you our faces, but we tried to get JT: Well, I felt like it was a fitting title JT: I hope so. I think (it’s) awesome there. He has (done) a lot of cool lose a lot of the soul in the music over it and play naturally and because it’s the first piece of work that they’re still playing. There music. We’ve spent a lot of time in when you try to overproduce enjoy ourselves. They were that I’m putting out to America is no telling what will happen. Nashville. We love that town. We it. We try to keep it to a live feel definitely very hospitable to us. and to the world. And it’s an If I make it that long, I’ll still be play at 12th & Porter quite a bit and where we are really playing our We were taken care of really well introduction to who we are and playing a guitar somewhere. played at the Basement a few times. I instruments together at the and lots of people have seen what we’re going to be doing think we’re just now starting to build same time, creating the sounds the performance from Jimmy for the next few years. I thought VH: So you’re coming to play at Next up a little bit of fan base out there. together. I think the energy is Kimmel, so that was a good that it would be a fitting attempt, Big Nashville. How do you like So I think that Next Big Nashville is different whenever you play and thing. looking back 50 years from now. Nashville? going to be a fun event. ■

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throwdown Friday NIGHT: Saturday NIGHT: this week in nashville: Concert Edition low down KA: Reds ZBT: Zeta Beta Taulladega (day party) Oliver Han Phi Delt: ABC KA: Heads Asst. Life Editor Pike: Pikes of the Caribbean Lambda Chi: Watermelon Bust Friday, Sept. 24 charlie kesslering ZBT: Rescue Me Life Editor Sigma Chi: Ibiza Pat Green @ Tin Roof Vandy favorite Pat Green will be playing an outdoor concert behind Tin Roof tonight. Get tickets ahead of time at www.ticketalternative.com. Organization spotlight ($18.50, doors open at 5 p.m., music starts at 7 p.m., Vanderbilt Diabetes Association: 1516 Demonbreun Street) todayscountrymag.com Friday, Sept. 24 The Walk to Cure Diabetes Chelsea Handler @ Bridgestone Arena RACHEL C. HART walk raised an impressive $101 million recognition of the support for the cure. I love Chelsea Handler, but I’m not sure I can shell STAFF WRITER and is anticipating a whopping $110 To sign up to participate in the walk, out $56 for her. If you can, I’m super jealous. million this year. Nashville’s walk will go to http://www.vanderbilthealth.com/ (tickets starting at $56, 8 p.m., 501 Broadway) This Saturday, Sept. 25, Vanderbilt take place downtown at the Bicentennial diabetes/30161 and join the Vanderbilt taylorherring.com Diabetes Association (VDA) will be Capitol Mall beginning at 10 a.m. on the Diabetes Center team. Vanderbilt will be participating in the Walk to Cure 25th. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m., and walking together at the event, and each Saturday, Sept. 25 Diabetes. participants can choose to walk either a participant will receive a free T-shirt. For Bassnectar @ Limelight The walk supports the Juvenile one-mile or three-mile loop. any questions about the walk, contact If you don’t already have your ticket for this Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), VDA is also supporting the Walk to Kalee Grassia, fundraising chair of VDA, highly-anticipated show, just know that the world’s leading research advocate Cure Diabetes by selling paper shoes by e-mail at kalee.l.grassia@vanderbilt. online advance tickets have sold out. You for Type 1 (Juvenile) diabetes. A nation- on the Wall this week. By donating $1 to edu. Students interested in joining VDA’s must buy your ticket at the door before wide phenomenon, the Walk to Cure the walk, the donor may write his or her listserv can contact Erin Sadler, secretary 7 p.m. on Sept. 25. Another reason to go: Diabetes raises millions of dollars each name on a shoe that will be displayed of VDA, at erin.m.sadler@vanderbilt. themusicninja.com Limelight will be opening both their indoor year for research at JDRF. Last year, the outside of Rand sometime this week in edu. ■ and outdoor pavilions for electronic bass synth glory of Bassnectar. (ticket price not available, 8 p.m., 201 Woodland Street)

Sunday, Sept. 26 Work for Of Montreal w/ Janelle Monae @ Cannery Ballroom This is a matchup made in heaven: Big Boi’s protege the hustler Janelle Monae and crazy synth-pop rockers of Montreal. I’d pay the full cover to see just one of them. E-mail: ($25, 9 p.m., 1 Cannery Row)

[email protected] flyvintage.blogspot.com Wednesday, Sept. Call: 29 to Saturday, 615.322.2424 Oct. 2 Next Big Nashville Music Festival Featuring Yeasayer, RJD2, The Hood Internet Stop by: and Waaves along with more than 150 other Sarratt 130 neumagazine.co.uk bands, NBN is going to rock this year. Visit www.nbnsummit.com for more information. (tickets $45, times and venues vary) www.InsideVandy.com The Vanderbilt Hustler Friday, September 24, 2010 5 sports

Reid Harris Vanderbilt puts together SEC games to watch Sports Writer Alabama @ Arkansas Kentucky @ Florida strong recruiting class Saturday, Sept. 25 Saturday, Sept. 25 2:30 p.m. CDT on CBS 6:00 p.m. CDT on ESPNU

The biggest game of the weekend pits No. Kentucky travels to the Swamp in Gainesville, 1 Alabama against the 10th-ranked Arkansas Fla., to face the No. 9 Gators on Saturday Razorbacks in Fayetteville, Ark. This game night. On paper, it may seem like Kentucky will give one team an early advantage in the doesn’t have much of a chance against the SEC West, arguably the toughest division in always-powerful Gators; however, Florida has college football this season. The game marks underperformed so far this season. After losing Alabama’s first test on the road in what will Tim Tebow to graduation, Florida’s offense certainly be a hostile environment. Two has struggled — their pass offense is 103rd in frontrunners in the Heisman race — Alabama’s the country while their rushing attack is just Mark Ingram and Arkansas’ Ryan Mallet — 52nd. Meanwhile, Kentucky has played almost will be on display for the nation to see. How perfect football, committing zero turnovers each of these superstars plays will decide the through their first three games. If Kentucky can outcome of the game and ultimately have utilize their offensive weapons and continue to serious implications for who will represent avoid making big mistakes, the Wildcats may the West in the SEC championship at the end be able to pull off the upset and unseat the of the season. defending champions of the SEC East. Murphy Byrne / The Vanderbilt Hustler The Commodores will look to their new recruits to have an impact early in their Vanderbilt careers like sophomore cornerback Eddie Foster, who returned an interception for a touchdown this past Saturday.

Dan Marks While the priority in this class was adding The No. 12 South Carolina Gamecocks Sports Writer prospects up front, the remaining three South Carolina @ will travel to Auburn, Ala., this weekend to recruits are offensive playmakers, including Auburn face the 17th-ranked Tigers. Both teams are While Vanderbilt’s players will surely be two big-play running backs. These commits undefeated and trying to prove they belong in relaxing during the bye week this week, the are especially important considering that, Saturday, Sept. 25 the conversation of potential SEC champions. coaches will have their minds on filling out after the tragic death of Rajaan Bennett and 6:45 p.m. CDT on ESPN While Alabama is certainly the favorite to the 2011 recruiting class. The 2010 class was running back Jerell Priester’s (Kentucky) repeat, Auburn and South Carolina have as considered the best in Vanderbilt history, decommittment from the program, last year’s good a chance as anyone to take the crown and a number of true freshman have gotten class yielded no running backs. of SEC champion. Both Auburn and South playing time thus far; most notably, true The first running back to commit was Carolina boast talented freshmen running freshman safety Kenny Ladler started this past Mitchell Hester out of Florida. The cousin of backs — Michael Dyer and Marcus Lattimore, week. The Commodores currently have eight Chicago Bears’ star Devin Hester, Mitchell respectively — and their running games will be verbal commitments — which are not binding Hester chose Vandy over 10 other schools that crucial in the matchup. The teams combine to until the player signs his letter of intent — and offered him scholarships, including Rutgers, average 457 yards on the ground per game. ■ 14 open scholarships for this class, so the staff Maryland and Virginia. The second running, has some work to do in filling the final six J.J. Keels, committed two days later, choosing spots. Vanderbilt over Duke, West Virginia and Former Head Coach Bobby Johnson made Texas Tech. The Commodores hope that these stockpiling linemen on both sides of the ball two can provide the same one-two punch as a priority in his tenure, believing that depth current duo Zac Stacy and Warren Norman. up front was very important to having a The last commit is quarterback Damien successful team. Coach Caldwell has followed Fleming, a dual-threat QB whose skill-set is that philosophy with the 2011 class. ideal for the spread offense Vanderbilt runs. As The verbal commitments feature two three- was the case at running back, Vanderbilt had star offensive linemen in James Lewis and Jake no freshmen quarterbacks in this past class Bernstein, as well as unranked lineman Spencer after initial commit Nash Nance ultimately Pulley. With youth and lack of depth facing this ended up signing with Tennessee. year’s offensive line, these commitments are With the remaining six spots, the coaching very important. On the other side of the line, staff should look into adding a linebacker or Vanderbilt’s defensive front also has gotten two to help lessen the blow when Chris Marve some help as defensive ends Keith Heitzman no longer anchors the defense. Also, a big-time (three stars) and Conor Hart (two stars) have playmaker at wide receiver would be huge, Chris Phare/ The Vanderbilt Hustler both committed to the Commodores and will as Vandy hasn’t had one since Earl Bennett Six of the seven remaining undefeated teams in the SEC will clash this weekend. Arkansas will host Ala- most likely redshirt next season. graduated after the 2008 season. bama in CBS’ SEC Game of the Week while the other two games will be on the ESPN family of networks.

SEC Football Power Rankings by Jackson Martin 1. No. 1 Alabama (3-0 overall, 0-0 Southeastern Conference) 7. Kentucky (3-0 overall, 0-0 SEC) Mark Ingram looks to be back to his Heisman-winning form after a 151-yard rushing Kentucky has looked like a legitimate contender so far this season, but we will find out performance last weekend against Duke. This is good news for the Tide, who have a if they are for real Saturday when they travel to the Swamp to face Florida. Kentucky has huge test coming up this weekend when they travel to Arkansas. lost 23 in a row to the Gators, including a 58-point loss two years ago.

2. No. 12 South Carolina (3-0 overall, 1-0 SEC) 8. Georgia (1-2 overall, 0-2 SEC) The Gamecocks easily brushed aside Furman last weekend. This Saturday will be a The Bulldogs really miss A.J. Green. Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, Green still has one much bigger challenge, as Stephen Garcia and co. will travel to Auburn in another Top more week until his suspension is up, and Aaron Murray will have to make do with the 25 SEC matchup. receivers he has in the game against Mississippi State this weekend.

3. No. 9 Florida (3-0 overall, 1-0 SEC) 9. Mississippi State (1-2 overall, 0-2 SEC) The Gators did not look very impressive in beating Tennessee 31-17 last weekend. They After playing extremely well two weeks in a row, the Bulldogs fell back down to earth will have to play with more offensive firepower when Randall Cobb and the Kentucky against LSU this past Saturday. With only 21 points combined in the past two games, the Wildcats come to play Saturday if they want to avoid a big upset. offense is going to have to step it up if the Bulldogs have any chance of unseating Georgia Saturday.

4. No. 10 Arkansas (3-0 overall, 1-0 SEC) 10. Tennessee (1-2 overall, 0-1 SEC) Ryan Mallett will be looking to torch Alabama’s defense, like he just did Georgia’s, when The Vols have given up 79 points in their last two games, and their chance at having a the Crimson Tide travel to Fayetteville this weekend in one of the biggest games in the winning season may be questionable at this point. However, the Vols do get to beat up on SEC this year. punchless UAB this weekend to get back up to .500.

5. No. 17 Auburn (3-0 overall, 1-0 SEC) 11. Vanderbilt (1-2 overall, 1-1 SEC) The Tigers needed a fortunate illegal-snap penalty to squeak past Clemson in overtime With a win against Ole Miss and a bye week before facing 1-2 Connecticut, things last week. They might not get so lucky this weekend when Marcus Lattimore and South haven’t looked this promising for the Commodores since the 2008 bowl season. If Rob- Carolina come to Jordan-Hare Stadium. bie Caldwell’s team can beat the Huskies, the Commodores should improve to 3-2 with Eastern Michigan on the schedule the following week.

6. No. 15 LSU (3-0 overall, 2-0 SEC) 12. Ole Miss (1-2 overall, 0-1 SEC) The Tiger defense has been brilliant the past two weeks. They intercepted five passes Losing by two touchdowns to Vanderbilt at home is never good for another SEC team, and in a 29-7 win over Mississippi State last weekend. With West Virginia coming to town after a loss to FCS Jacksonville state opening weekend, things may never have been this Saturday, we will find out if that performance was thanks to the Tiger defense being bad in Oxford. Houston Nutt’s team better beat Fresno State Saturday; if they don’t, Nutt is good, or the Miss. State offense being, well, the Miss. State offense. in serious danger of losing his job before season’s end. 6 Friday, September 24, 2010 The Vanderbilt Hustler www.InsideVandy.com back page View The Hustler online at InsideVandy.com

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