Volume: 100 - Issue: 60 - Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Dignitaries honor Baker at ceremony

Will Robinson

Staff Writer

Ground was broken Tuesday on the new Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy on the 80th birthday of former U.S. Sen. Howard Baker.

Baker, R-Tenn. served as Senate majority leader from 1981 to 1985 before leaving the post to become the White House chief of staff for President Reagan. He also served as U.S. ambassador to Japan after being appointed by President Bush in 2001.
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Agencies discuss catastrophe plans

Will Robinson

Staff Writer

The American Society for Public Administration teamed up with Bluewater Consulting to present a roundtable discussion on emergency preparedness Monday. Representatives from various local and state agencies involved in disaster response discussed responses to several possible disaster scenarios, from a toxic spill during a University of Tennessee football gameday to an outbreak of the avian flu.

Kimberly Douglas, ASPA chapter president for East Tennessee, said ASPA hosts yearly roundtables on a “timely topic.” Bill Johns, president of Bluewater Consulting, a management consulting firm, said the purpose of such roundtables was “to allow the community to have more access to government and become more aware.”
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Individuals, groups protest vice president’s visit to UT

Will Robinson

Staff Writer

Vice President Dick Cheney’s visit to UT was greeted with both cheers and jeers.

Protesters gathered in Humanities Plaza, where they conducted a mock trial for Cheney, charging him with war crimes and treason, then marched down to Thompson-Boling Arena.
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