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The article about the UTC-Krystal "eating contest" in this morning's
Chattanooga Times Free Press together with so many stories about the
suffering in the states south of us makes both UTC and the Krystal
Corporation look callous and insensitive.

Providing a dollar to relief for each Krystal eaten is not
necessarily a positive "spin" for a nauseating contest.

The impression is that food here on the UTC campus is being wasted
while our neighbors are starving. What a public relations nightmare!

-k




>I join Jim Henry in calling upon the Krystal Corporation and our own
>University to re-orient this event to help the more than a million
>people in desperate need just a short day's drive from Chattanooga.
>
>To hold this event while people are literally starving to death
>nearby would be enough to turn my stomach for years to come.
>
>    --Rodger Ling
>
>________________________________
>
>From: UTC Staff E-Mail List on behalf of Jim Henry
>Sent: Thu 9/1/2005 5:40 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [UTCSTAFF] Krystal Square-Off on UTC campus Friday
>
>
>
>Oh how I hate to respond to a UTCSTAFF topic.
>
>and
>
>I am sad to hear of this exhibition of excess.
>"Gustatory" means relating to sense of taste.
>This really is not related to taste, but to gluttony.
>
>
>Please let me know how many Krystals are scarfed
>tomorrow and I will donate $1 per each one to the
>Katrina Relief Fund through the Red Corss.
>
>Would Steve Sloan, Rodney Allison, Wes Moore, John Shulman,
>Scott McMahen, Gary Haskew, Cowboy Joe and Jeff Romero
>care to join me?
>
>Jim
>
>
>
>Jeff Romero wrote:
>
>>  MOCS KICK OFF KRYSTAL SQUARE-OFF FRIDAY IN CHATTANOOGA
>>
>>  University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Athletics Director Steve Sloan will
>>  be the official "Lighter of the Grill" as the Mocs help Krystal kick off the
>>  only world hamburger-eating championship officially sanctioned by the
>>  International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE).
>>
>>  A special Opening Ceremony, including the official "Lighting of the Grill"
>>  by Sloan will ensure a grand beginning to this event of Olympic proportions.
>>  Celebrity contestants from UTC and WGOW will be on hand to get the event
>>  started. Chattanooga head coaches Rodney Allison, Wes Moore and John Shulman
>>  along with SportTalk's Scott McMahen, Gary Haskew and Cowboy Joe will square
>>  off in a celebrity eating contest.
>>
>>  Chattanoogans will have the first chance to prove their gustatory might
>>  during two-minute preliminary contests held across Chattanooga over the
>>  Labor Day weekend. The top ten from the preliminary rounds will then move on
>>  to the Chattanooga Kick Off Qualifier Finals where they will compete in an
>>  eight-minute event against America's number one ranked competitive eater and
>>  2004's Krystal Square-Off World Hamburger Eating Championship Runner Up,
>>  Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas.
>>
>>  Opening Ceremonies and the "Lighting of the Grill" will be Friday, Sept. 2
>>  at noon at the University Center located on Vine Street on the UTC campus.
>>  The first day of the two-minute preliminary rounds will begin at 12:15 and
>>  run through 2:00 p.m.
>>
>>  On Saturday from 11 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., contestants may participate in the
>>  second of three preliminary rounds at the Tennessee Aquarium pavilion. The
>>  final prelim will be Sunday from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at BellSouth Park in front
>>  of the ticket booth. The Chattanooga Qualifier eight-minute "Main Event"
>>  eating contest will be held on the field at BellSouth at 1:50 p.m.
>>
>>  All Krystal lovers from the Chattanooga area, 18 years of age and older, are
>>  invited to take part in this world-class event. Admission is free to the
>>  preliminary events and the opening ceremonies. The final qualifier on Labor
>>  Day will cost the price of admission to the Chattanooga Lookouts ballgame.
>>
>>  The winner of the Chattanooga Qualifier final receives a seat at the final
>>  table for the Krystal Square-Off World Hamburger-Eating Championship. The
>  > total cash purse at the final on Nov. 19 is $22,500 with first
>place awarded
>>  $10,000 cash prize plus the champion's trophy and Krystal Square-Off
>>  Champion's Belt. Second place will receive $5,000 and $2,500 will go to
>  > third place. Cash payouts will be awarded to the top 15 places in the final
>>  competition.
>>
>>  The Krystal Square-Off Qualifying Tour begins in Chattanooga and will move
>>  on to Nashville, Atlanta, Memphis, Dallas, Perry, Ga., Jackson, Miss.,
>>  Birmingham, Ala., Savannah, Ga., Jacksonville, Fla. And Knoxville. The
>>  finals will be held Saturday, Nov. 19 at the First Tennessee Bank Pavilion.
>>
>>  The "Krystal" is a 2.5 inch hot, fresh, square Krystal hamburger that has
>>  been the restaurant chain's signature offering since it's founding in 1932.
>>  While people generally eat Krystal hamburgers three or four at a time, the
>>  top contestants in the Krystal Square-Off will eat up to 15 times that
>>  amount. The world record for Krystal burgers consumed in eight minutes is 69
>>  and the two-minute record is 21.
>>
>>
>>
>>  Jeff Romero
>>  Assistant Athletics Director/Media Relations
>>  University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
>>  615 McCallie Ave.
>>  Chattanooga, TN  37403
>>  (423) 425-5292
>>  www.GoMocs.com
>>
>>
>
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>--                              "Forgive everyone,
>   Jim Henry                      Forgive everything."
>E mailto:[log in to unmask]           --Morrie
>web-page http://chem.engr.utc.edu/jim-henry
>College of Engineering and Computer Science
>University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
>Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA  37403
>Phone:   1-423-425-4398
>Fax: 1-423-425-5229


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