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Issue 18, Volume 123

Friday, August 2, 2013

Heating Up:

QB battle highlights fall camp storylines

Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

Students of UT’s Agriculture Program sell the produce they grow on their farm.

Farmers Market proves steady wholesale for locals Hayley Brundige Contributor

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Justin Worley responds to questions about the upcoming football season at a press conference on July 31.

Steven Cook Sports Editor Tennessee head coach Butch Jones opened the battle for many of the Vols’ starting spots Thursday with the start of training camp, and none are more vital and unclaimed than the quarterback position.

Junior Justin Worley comes in with the only experience—starting three games in 2011—and earned most of the first-team reps this spring.

However, UT’s preseason depth chart listed him as a co-starter with redshirt freshman Nathan Peterman.

Worley insisted he hadn’t seen nor heard about the depth chart, but acknowledged each quarterback will be going into camp hungry to take the starting spot.

“All offseason we’ve been working, both (Peterman) and I,” Worley said. “I guess the quarterback battle is going to continue into fall camp, so both of us are going to try our hardest to win the spot and win the trust of the coaches.”

Then it gets interesting. Incoming freshmen Riley Ferguson and Joshua

Dobbs make up the four-deep pool of quarterbacks who could nab the starting job. If either of these highly-touted newcomers evens the playing field early on, they could force Jones’ hand.

Jones hasn’t ruled out the possibility of a freshman coming in and taking over the offense from day one—in fact, he personally asked for them to distance themselves with the limited snaps they’ll face.

“I don’t think it’s unrealistic,” he said. “Is it difficult? Absolutely. We’re going to play the quarterback who can manage the game for us, take care of the football for Tennessee, and put us in the right situation.

“The freshmen quarterbacks will probably have limited reps starting off, so every rep is critical. Do something to catch the coaches’ eyes.”

Standing out at camp may not be enough for any of the four to convince Jones and his staff they’re deserving of the job. The new head coach says he wants his team to be built from the quarterback on down.

“We expect our quarterback to be the alpha male of the offense,” Jones said. “He is the leader. When things start going array, they’re all going to

The Farmers Market is about halfway through its fourth season at UT, but that has not slowed down patrons and vendors from attending for a variety of reasons.

About 25 vendors come from within UT and around the Knoxville community to sell their produce and other goods, come rain or shine. There is a wide variety of goods sold at the market, including home-made soap, granola, fruits, herbal teas, vegetables and baked goods.

The market, which takes place every Wednesday at the UT Gardens off of Neyland Drive, runs from May 15 to Oct. 23.

There are several other Farmers Markets in Knoxville, including one downtown in Market Square, but the vendors at the UT market said there is something that sets it apart.

“It is a smaller market, but it has such a good vibe. We’ve got a good mix of students, staff and regular folk,” said Melanie Wheeler, owner of VG’s Bakery, which is known for its “hand pies” and savory biscuits.

“I like this market too because this is the destination. You go to Market Square and you might be going down there for a restaurant or something, but here the market is what people come for,” Wheeler said.

The vendors at the Farmers Market

look to him. He’s the one who is in control. We talk about being in control and a commanding presence in everything that you do.”

In that case, the likely choice would be Worley, who regularly coordinates team workouts over the summer. He certainly caught Jones’ eye over the spring and during the offseason with his steady approach. “(Worley)’s consistent,” Jones said.

“I don’t like teams that are emotionally up and down. I just want teams that come to work every day and Justin has been that. We’ve challenged him and you know what you’re getting every single day.”

Peterman, like Worley, hasn’t seen the depth chart but stressed the fact that any team is just one play away from the backup being thrust out onto the field.

“I don’t think it’s a huge deal,” Peterman said, “You just have to be prepared either way, if you’re the starter or the backup. You can’t put too much weight on the depth chart.”

Entering their first true action, Ferguson and Dobbs were not on the two-deep preseason depth chart that

Frank Munger, a journalist who has focused on Y-12 and Oak Ridge National Labs for the past 30 years, spoke on his experiences at the Pollard Technology Center in Oak Ridge on July 26.

This month’s brown bag lunch for the Institute for Nuclear Security focused mostly on the difficulties in being a reporter for one of the world’s most secure sites. The Y-12 facility in Oak Ridge is where components for the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal are constructed, and is the birth of the Manhattan Project, the secret program in World War II that ushered in the nuclear age.

Munger, a Tennessee native whose parents worked on the Manhattan Project, works for the Knoxville News Sentinel and previously for the Memphis Commercial Appeal as well as the Evansville Courier & Press in Indiana. He currently runs the blog Atomic City Underground, which focuses on matters of nuclear security and technology.

For about an hour, Munger spoke about the balance he must strike between being a journalist and informing the public on matters they have a right to know, while trying to get information out of one the most secure government installations in the country, and its programs.

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Journalist lectures on career McCord Pagan Staff Writer

Opera Theatre maintains quality despite low funding Cortney Roark Staff Writer “It’s not over until the fat lady sings.”

This famous saying sums up the average persons knowledge of the opera. Although this is a humorous comment, it is no coincidence that singing is the only action mentioned, as acting falls second to singing in most opera productions.

This is not the case for UT Opera Theatre.

According to Scott Beasley, graduate student in the school of music, UT Opera Theatre has earned audience compliments on singing, props and, more uncommon, acting.

Beasley said that these compliments have been earned due to encouragement from UT opera director, James Marvel, as well as a determination to make up for their small budget. He said the situation has pushed the students to develop their full spectrum of being a performer. “[James] can really inspire us and be creative,” Beasley said, who will begin his third year with UT Opera Theatre in August. “It’s a good life lesson

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working with something that is not provided. It has forced us to be better actors and singers being in the Carousel. It’s very small.

“It’s basically us on stage acting. There is nothing to hide behind. We are very exposed.”

Theater space, costumes, props, scenery and payment are components that are considered when producing an opera. According to Marvel, who became director two years ago, UT Opera Theatre does this on a “shoestring budget,” while comparable university opera programs could quadruple their spending.

Andrew Wentzel, professor of voice, said that the university, as well as the Cultural Affairs Board, is very supportive of the Opera Theatre, but “the funds are the funds.”

“UT is doing the best that they can,” Wentzel said. “I know they think we’re important. We have achieved their goal of being a top 25 program. It’s just what the university has to offer.”

Although funds from the university may be limited, students and faculty work hard to earn money from private donors.

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FARMERS MARKET continued from Page 1 vary in age and background, from UT students to farmers in their late 70s, but every person is committed to producing healthy, locally-grown products. And that means organic, non genetically modified organisms food with no additives or preservatives.

“You should never eat anything unless you know exactly what it is,” Dr. Carole Cox said, who runs the Brewers Mushrooms booth and claims her mushrooms help combat disease and enhance the immune system.

Several booths are run by student interns, selling honey products from bee labs on campus, plants from the UT greenhouses and produce from a farm run exclusively by UT students.

Manny Deleon, rising senior in environmental soil science, said growing his own food and working at the Farmers Market has taught him where his food comes from.

“You learn what the books tell you, but then you actually learn from hands-on experience things that the books can’t possibly show you,” he said while standing in front of the tables overflowing with beans, potatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, tomatoes and squash from the acre of farmland run by three UT students.

There is entertainment, programs for children and demonstrations going on every week, including “Tomato Fest,” an event that took place last week in celebra-

tion of the tomato crop.

Recently, a service project called “Grow More, Give More” was introduced in conjunction with the UT Farmers Market by the Institute of Agriculture.

UT Market manager, Becca Harman, said the program was started as an effort to combat hunger in Knoxville, where an estimated 840,000 people go hungry each year.

“We just ask for donations of fresh produce from anyone who has extra or is willing to buy some specifically for this purpose,” Harman said. “It’s really important that the food we are giving away is healthy and nutritious.”

The food is distributed to local charitable organizations and donations for can be brought to the drop-off locations on the Agriculture campus or to the Farmers Market every Wednesday.

Customers of all ages are welcome to explore and join the community of neighbors helping neighbors.

“It’s all about relationships,” said Harman. “People come to the market because they want to know who is making their bread and growing their tomatoes. People think financially they can get a better deal here and also they’re supporting their neighbors, but mostly it’s about forming those relationships.”

The UT Farmers Market runs every Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the UT Gardens off of Neyland Drive.

MUNGER continued from Page 1 and its programs.

As an example, in 1994 when Munger started to investigate the specifics of Project Sapphire (a secret program to remove nuclear material from Kazakhstan), he recalls government officials calling Scripps, his newspaper’s parent company. They demanded he not print a word, while he himself was still in the dark about even the basic function of the program.

He also noted how much more difficult the job has become in the recent years, with the government becoming more secretive and not forthcoming with even basic, unclassified information.

While in the past Munger had enjoyed much more access to information concerning the site, today he notes that after 9/11 it has become near impossible to get even the simplest public information from those in charge without some kind of delay.

“I think if I were to ask someone today ‘What is the name of that little creek that starts in the middle of Y-12 and flows through much of Oak Ridge?’ Munger said. “I think they’d probably have to take about three days to come back and confirm that was the East Fork Poplar Creek. Because I’m serious, even the simplest of questions don’t come back the same day.”

However, Dr. Howard Hall, head of the Department of Nuclear Engineering and founder of the Institute for Nuclear Security, believes the U.S. will swing back to a more open government, but that it may take time. He also notes that the matter of openness in government systems goes through phases and that “these things cycle in years, not months.”

“It’s going to take a while for the system to relax back to a more normal mode of operation,” Hall said. “I think it will, eventually someone is going to come in and say ‘…If you don’t have transparency, we don’t have accountability.’”

As part of the Institute for Nuclear Security’s monthly brown bag lunch series, this month’s speaker will be Ray Smith, the official historian for the Y-12 plant. Smith is scheduled to give his talk, Stories From the Secret City Aug. 30 at the Baker Center. The event will start at noon

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THIS DAY IN 1776: Delegates sign Declaration of Independence On this day in 1776, members of Congress affix their signatures to an enlarged copy of the Declaration of Independence.

Fifty-six congressional delegates in total signed the document, including some who were not present at the vote approving the declaration. The delegates signed by state from North to South, beginning with Josiah Bartlett of New Hampshire and ending with George Walton of Georgia.

John Dickinson of Pennsylvania and James Duane, Robert Livingston and John Jay of New York refused to sign. Carter Braxton of Virginia; Robert Morris of Pennsylvania; George Reed of Delaware; and Edward Rutledge of South Carolina opposed the document but signed in order to give the impression of a unanimous Congress. Five delegates were absent: Generals George Washington, John Sullivan, James Clinton and Christopher Gadsden and Virginia Governor Patrick Henry.

Exactly one month before the signing of the document, Congress had accepted a resolution put forward by Richard Henry Lee that stated “Resolved: That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.”

Congress adopted the more poetic Declaration of Independence, drafted by Thomas Jefferson, two days later, on July 4.

The president of Congress, John Hancock, and its secretary, Charles Thompson, immediately signed the handwritten draft, which was dispatched to nearby printers.

On July 19, Congress decided to produce a handwritten copy to bear all the delegates’ signatures. Secretary Thompson’s assistant, Philadelphia Quaker and merchant Timothy Matlack, penned the draft.

News of the Declaration of Independence arrived in London eight days later, on August 10. The draft bearing the delegates’

HISTORY

signatures was first printed on January blamed Jews, communists, the Treaty of 18 of the following year by Baltimore Versailles, and Germany’s ineffectual demoprinter Mary Katharine Goddard. cratic government for the country’s devastated economy. In the early 1920s, the ranks of Hitler’s Bavarian-based Nazi party 1934: Hitler becomes fuhrer swelled with resentful Germans. A paraWith the death of German President Paul military organization, the Sturmabteilung von Hindenburg, Chancellor Adolf Hitler (SA), was formed to protect the Nazis and becomes absolute dictator of Germany intimidate their political opponents, and under the title of Fuhrer, or “Leader.” The the party adopted the ancient symbol of the German army took an oath of allegiance to swastika as its emblem. its new commander-in-chief, and the last 1939: Einstein urges U.S. atomic action remnants of Germany’s democratic government were dismantled to make way for From his home on Long Island, New Hitler’s Third Reich. The Fuhrer assured his people that the Third Reich would last York, German-born physicist Albert for a thousand years, but Nazi Germany Einstein writes to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging “watchfulness and, if neccollapsed just 11 years later.

Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am essary, quick action” on the part of the Inn, Austria, in 1889. As a young man he United States in atomic research. Einstein, aspired to be a painter, but he received a lifelong pacifist, feared that Nazi Germany little public recognition and lived in poverty had begun work on an atomic bomb.

Einstein’s theories of special and genin Vienna. Of German descent, he came to detest Austria as a “patchwork nation” eral relativity drastically altered man’s of various ethnic groups, and in 1913 he understanding of the universe, and his moved to the German city of Munich in work in particle and energy theory helped the state of Bavaria. After a year of drifting, make possible quantum mechanics and he found direction as a German soldier early atomic research. As a German-born in World War I, and was decorated for Jew, Einstein fled Germany for the United his bravery on the battlefield. He was in a States after Nazi leader Adolf Hitler seized military hospital in 1918, recovering from a power in 1934.

In the summer of 1939, fellow expatrimustard gas attack that left him temporarily ate physicists Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, blind, when Germany surrendered.

He was appalled by Germany’s defeat, and Edward Teller, profoundly disturbed which he blamed on “enemies within”- by the lack of American atomic action, -chiefly German communists and Jews--and enlisted the aid of Einstein, hoping that a was enraged by the punitive peace settle- letter from such a renowned scientist would ment forced on Germany by the victorious help attract Roosevelt’s attention. Einstein Allies. He remained in the German army agreed to the venture because of his fear of after the war, and as an intelligence agent sole Nazi possession of the deadly weapon, was ordered to report on subversive activi- a possibility that became especially trouties in Munich’s political parties. It was in bling after Germany ceased the sale of urathis capacity that he joined the tiny German nium ore from occupied Czechoslovakia.

Workers’ Party, made up of embittered After reading Einstein’s letter, Roosevelt army veterans, as the group’s seventh mem- created the Uranium Committee, and in ber. Hitler was put in charge of the party’s 1942 the highly secret U.S. and British propaganda, and in 1920 he assumed lead- atomic program became known as the ership of the organization, changing its Manhattan Project. Einstein had no role in name to Nationalsozialistische Deutsche the Allied atomic bomb program.

On July 16, 1945, an international team Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers’ party), which was abbreviated to of scientists successfully tested the world’s first atomic bomb in the New Mexico Nazi.

The party’s desert. Three weeks later, two U.S. atomic socialist orientation bombs were dropped on Japan, one on was little more than August 6 and one on August 9, resulting in a ploy to attract the eventual deaths of more than 200,000 w o r k i n g - c l a s s people. Albert Einstein deplored the use of support; in fact, the deadly weapon against the population Hitler was fiercely centers of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and right-wing. But the after the war he urged international control economic views of atomic weapons. of the party were This Day in History is courtesy of overshadowed by the Nazis’ fervent History.com. nationalism, which

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OPERA continued from Page 1 “You don’t want to give money to something that’s failing and the fact that we clearly do work has encouraged private donors,” Marvel said. “We are so grateful for every dollar we get because it goes into the students.”

The focus on students makes UT’s opera program unique, according to Marvel, who has worked in opera programs at numerous universities. He said the faculty is “among the best in the company.”

“We instill in our students the importance of being good human beings and colleges to each other,” Marvel said. “We treat them with respect and in turn we expect their respect. We try to give them a realistic view of the real world.”

Students of the UT opera program also perform as a part of the Knoxville Opera, and many students from UT have been accepted into some of the most competitive opera programs in the US, Marvel said.

Beasley said that everyone in the opera program is supportive of each others dreams.

“We’re encouraged to take risks and that can be hard to

do when you don’t feel safe and secure,” Beasley said.

“Everyone has taken risks and when you fall flat on your face it kind of gets laughed off because you’re encouraged to take that risk. It makes for a better environment.”

UT Opera Theatre will be performing Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” beginning Nov. 15. The Opera Theatre will also be performing “Cosi Fan Tutte,” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, beginning April 11, 2014. Tickets for performances are $5 for students and $15 for non-students, and can be purchased at the Clarence Brown box office.

Although the budget is limited, Beasley said he is confident in what the Opera Theatre can achieve.

“People are not going to walk away and say it could have been a better production with more money,” Beasley said.

“They’re going to walk away and say, ‘That was an amazing production overall.’”

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Scott Beasley says the small space of The Carousel Theatre helped him become a better actor and singer. music.utk.edu/opera.

Seasoned art student pursues teaching internationally Cortney Roark Staff Writer Elizabeth Mauldin, senior in fine arts and painting, has shown at the downtown Gallery 1010 twice, but her artwork is never duplicated.

Mauldin said her art reflects her interests in the symbolism used by Renaissance painters. These painters used ugly, less traditional monsters in their paintings to represent flaws in people or society, and Mauldin takes a similar approach. This creates a unique look that makes her artwork stand out among the common modern approach many of her classmates take, she said.

“I like to use the monsters as placeholders for people in awkward situations,” Mauldin said. “They’re sort of disgusting looking creatures and they’re talking to each other. And it’s really awkward. I just enjoy that.”

“I feel disgusting sometimes, so I make them look how I feel I look.

They’re sort of self-images on a worst day.”

Gallery 1010 is an exhibition space for current UT art students, faculty, staff, alumni and guest artists and is the only non-profit exhibition space in Tennessee that is fully run by students, according to the gallery’s website.

Mauldin’s work was first featured in Gallery 1010 in October 2011 in an exhibition titled “Unstable Equilibrium,” which was also made up of work

by William Warden, senior in studio art. Mauldin had her first solo show at the same gallery last March.

“There’s a lot of competition for the spots,” Mauldin said. “Especially the year I got a solo show, there were even fewer spots.”

The School of Art at UT is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, as posted on the School of Art’s website. Mauldin grew up painting and realized she wanted to pursue art in middle school “It makes it easier to make sure you stay passionate about it.” and said UT’s art program helps students keep their interest in art after The UT School of Art initiated an Artists in Residence program in 1982. beginning college.

“The UT program is very much focused on making sure you’re doing The program brings in practicing artists to teach for a semester, according what you want to do,” Mauldin said. “They mold their teaching around that. to Marcia Goldenstein, professor in the School of Art. This gives students a chance to learn from visiting artists who can provide fresh material on class objectives, while getting a different perspective on the art world, outside of UT. Artists in Residence participants are brought in to teach a junior level painting and drawing class, as well as a senior level seminar. Mauldin took part in these three classes during her time in the School of Art. She worked with artists such as Michael Berryhill, Ezra Johnson and Keltie Ferris during this time.

Mauldin impressed these artists and made many contacts, according to Professor Goldenstein, who has worked with Mauldin during her time in the School of Art. Goldenstein says Mauldin is a very bright, interesting student with great potential for a future in art.

“She just seem[s] like a natural, and students like that don’t come along every day,” Goldenstein said. “She’s enthusiastic and willing to try new things. She tried new things and made them work for her, not to please me or anybody else, but to please her and make them her ideas.”

Mauldin plans to spend time at Yale, where her boyfriend will attend a master’s art program. After building her portfolio, she would like to attend graduate school. She said she is interested in teaching art abroad in the future.

“I like to make things just out of nowhere, but I also like the way the paint feels,” Mauldin said. “It’s a very physical process and a very mental process.

• Photos courtesy of Elizabeth Mauldin At the very least [my art] reflects my need to draw.”

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Friday, August 2, 2013 Editor-in-Chief Victoria Wright

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Editor Every so often, I catch wind of a story about Greeks abusing alcohol. The Greek system at the UT has recently been marred by a drinking incident that occurred at Pi Kappa Alpha.

We all know the story and there is no need to repeat it. Suffice it to say that the university has deemed it necessary to fix the Greek system, and so it created the Sorority and Fraternity Life Task Force. The task force wrote a proposal which identified “The Problem.” I am not even sure exactly what that term means, but one of the main themes seems to be alcohol abuse.

In response to “The Problem,” the Task Force outlined a set of solutions that it suggested to the university. Central to the task force’s proposal is the idea that the University’s rules are not enforced effectively.

I highly doubt this is true, given my experience as an undergrad at UT. During my time as a Greek, I was a witness to many unannounced police “walk-throughs” and saw UTPD bust many parties. Moreover, I myself served on the Student Advisory Board for Judicial Affairs, and saw the rules amply enforced. But for the Task Force’s sake, let’s assume that UT’s policies are not well enforced. There is still at least one, and likely two, fundamental flaws that makes the Task Force’s proposal likely to fail.

The task force assumes that adequate enforcement of the rules (whatever that means) will deter alcohol abuse. This is a huge assumption that, in all likelihood, is wrong. All sorts of data show that this assumption is wrong. The most compelling evidence comes from the Harvard Alcohol Project. It unequivocally states that programs aimed at addressing binge drinking have mixed outcomes and little evidence in support of their efficacy. The study specifically mentions programs “including increased punitive sanctions, expedited judicial process, and counseling.” Those programs sound oddly familiar. In fact, they are the very programs suggested by the Task Force.

A second flaw is the task force’s assumption that students will obey the law if adequately enforced, instead of circumventing it. Again, I doubt this is the correct.

My own experience is littered with instances of people trying to evade the law, both Greek and non-Greek.

Apparently, even some members of the task force see this problem. The report states that some members believe that there has been a change in society’s perception of the law. I’m not sure if that’s true, but who cares? What matters is whether the student body, or more pointedly, whether Greeks will obey the law.

At the minimum, we should ask if the student body respects the rules. The likely answer is no, given what the Harvard Alcohol Project finds, the rhetoric of some members of the task force, and my own experiences. If the answer is indeed no, then how can the commission possibly think that “adequate enforcement” of the rules will make any difference?

I can answer that question: it won’t make a difference. One argument is that ruthless enforcement of the rules will “scare” students into compliance. The truth of this argument is, at best, unknown. However, it seems more likely that this tactic won’t work. Instead of deterring alcohol abuse, Greeks will circumvent the rules. If you have more cops roaming Fraternity Row, then the parties will be moved elsewhere. They may be moved to other houses, bars, or even boats on the river. The point is that stricter and more effective enforcement of the rules will not encourage people to stop binge drinking.

This last idea brings me to my final point. How do these proposed policies stop students from engaging in alcohol abuse? If “the problem” is the abuse, then I fail to see how these programs are aimed at stopping the abuse itself. Instead, these policies seemed to be an attempt to stop drinking altogether. We all know that will never happen. Instead of proposing general ideas that have already been shown not to work, the task force and the university should try to curb the binge drinking culture.

Michael Ballew – University of Tennessee alumnus University of Chicago Law School

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People should remain unbiased in choosing leaders Committee Of Infractions by

Greg Bearringer In an effort to inform Americans just how good we have it in US with President Obama, Kevin Spacey told the world, “President Obama will go down as having passed some of the most historic bills in the history of this country.” Contrarily, in an effort to inform President Obama just how good we don’t have it, The Chattanooga Free Press exclaimed in purposefully inflammatory headline, “Take your jobs plan and shove it.”

My problem with these methods of political communication is not only that they are overtly biased, but that they are pretty worthless in the grand scheme of things. For starters, Spacey’s comment literally means Obama has passed something (The Affordable Care Act) significant, which isn’t news to anyone.

His follow-up comment about his doing so in tough times doesn’t do any more to indicate or prove that this significance will be positive or negative.

The Chattanooga Free Press Headline manages to rest somewhere between these two extremes: one where Obama will be remembered as a hero, and the other where

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the U.S. had tons of coverage of the unrest.

Instead of having coverage of protestors, feedback from government officials, or even just acknowledging how citizens were on their feet about the future of their by country, Turkish media had penguins on during prime time.

Melodi Erdogan How gullible are we in terms of the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip media? As exemplified by the aforementioned Erdogan sat down with the largest media situation, it’s clear that Turkish citizens had owners of the country in October 2011. At been lied to and deceived by television stathe time, major Kurdish conflict was taking tions and newspapers that were supposedly place to the east of the country with their reporting the most important information neighboring people, and Erdogan deemed that citizens should be informed about. it necessary to sit with the various journal- Instead of reading about the current state of ists and explain exactly how they should government and the protests that occurred approach reporting on these events. and peaked around the end of May and early Two months later, Turkish fighter jets June, citizens in Istanbul were viewing movkilled 34 Kurdish people in Uludere. There ies about Penguins. was no material reported on the event.

When outside their windows, protesters That was almost two years ago. Today, and demonstrators were being violently supthe same deal is still going down. The recent pressed by Police with tear gas. unrest that has taken place in Turkey sparked This problem arises from the government’s after Prime Minister Erdogan (no relation) all-powerful control over the media. When released plans to destroy Gezi Park, the last media CEOs and editors make close ties with green park in the city, to build a shopping large, successful companies directly related mall and condominiums. As Erdogan’s rising to the government, business deals become authoritarian power was tested by protestors suspicious. Turkey’s economy has not always and demonstrators, the media failed to report been as thriving as it is now, which could on the subject and avoided it all together. only provide for more of those under-the-table Haberturk TV, a popular news source business deals between business corporalocated only 200 feet from Gezi Park, aired a tions, media conglomerates and government discussion between doctors on the subject of representatives. schizophrenia. CNN Turkey had their viewTurkey is not the only country guilty of ers watching a documentary about penguins, feeding their citizens with content that has while on the other side of the world, CNN in no relation to current events due to major

Greg Bearringer is a grad student in history. He can be reached at gbearrin@utk.edu.

control by the ruling government. Eitrea, a small country on the east coast of Africa, restricts journalists of any editorial independence, and gives them instructions on how to write articles and are locked up if suspected of sending information out of the country.

China, a country known for their censorship, also has intense laws against propaganda in public media and intimidates journalists who threaten to report on something extra controversial with the loss of their job and/ or imprisonment. Other countries like North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Belarus have similar anti-press regulations.

The saying “don’t believe everything you read on the internet” shouldn’t just be applied to the interwebs. It’s quite simple to turn on the television or switch on the radio and listen to the news without a second thought.

Although, it is important to remember that the media does not always have your best interest at heart, and neither does the government.

This media epidemic is not nearly as serious in the US as it is in Turkey and those other countries, but never should citizens take the media for granted. Between the government and the citizens is the media, and it’s very easy for the former side to manipulate and take control of the media, so they can remain in control of the latter as well.

Melodi Erdogan is a rising junior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at merdogan@utk.edu.

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we give him even if that power isn’t correlated to the specific issue at hand. We assume now that presidents should have a jobs plan, and we often hear about their grandiose scheme to produce some large-sounding number of jobs. The problem is that outside of hiring workers directly, the President has little control over job creation. First off, he can’t dramatically increase federal spending (the shortest route to job creation) without swinging the executive branch at the hornet’s nest that is congress. Secondly, no amount of tax breaks, tax hikes, or regulation control can guarantee job creation. This something that can only be calculated after it’s done.

The real problem is that politicians don’t naturally like to give speeches about how passing a bill promises to have a vaguely positive impact toward reducing the number of unemployed persons. So, instead, they toss out impressive sounding numbers, which is a zero loss proposition, since every one of these bills gets bandied about around congress until they can claim the “other side” screwed it up.

I would argue that we should stop electing people who concentrate on leaving a positive legacy and instead find that rare politician who is content with making steady progress to an improved country.

Government should not control media conglomerates

RHYMES WITH ORANGE • Hilary Price

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he will be forever a villain. However, there is something that we ought to remember: our opinion of the president has little to do with what is actually going on, primarily because it is hard to keep politics from coloring how you perceive the world around you.

There are some signs the economy is getting better, but few middle class families have noticed as unemployment rates remain high. Whether you see the current situation as the early stages of a real rebound or the continuance of mediocrity depends largely on whether your politics would have you perceive it that way (or if you are unemployed, of course).

Economies are always going up and down.

There is always the seed of growth in every downturn, and every boom comes with signs that it won’t last forever. Which of these are the real indications of how the economy is?

It is hard to say.

The purpose of this is not to say that we should consider other points of view when thinking about political issues—I would hope that is, well, a lesson you might have learned already. If you aren’t practicing this already, a column in a school newspaper isn’t going to make you anymore perceptive to opposing viewpoints. What this humble columnist asks of his reader is simple: what is the role of the president in the economy anyway?

I have argued that the more power we assume the President has, the more power

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Friday, August 2, 2013

THE DAILY BEACON • 5

ARTS & CULTURE

Arts & Culture Editor Melodi Erdogan merdogan@utk.edu

Wolverine of X-Men series proves blockbuster worth

Friday, August 2

Okamoto, who plays Mariko, the granddaughter of a wealthy businessman on the verge of death, Staff Writer and teaming with Rila Fukushima, Jackman claws What: 20 Years Later: UTK School of Art, MFA class of 1993 and tears his way through his Asian enemies, Where: UT Downtown Gallery “The Wolverine,� released July 26 by Marvel all while being tormented by the memory of his When: Opening reception, 5 p.m.

Entertainment and 20th Century Fox, is the lat- past love, Jean Grey. Grey, played by Netherlands Price: Free est film in the now 13-year-old X-Men film series, native Famke Janssen, is a constant reminder to Melodi’s Take: Age is something inevitable, but art lasts which once again features Hugh Jackman reprising the Wolverine of his violent past, a past he wants forever. August’s First Friday is filled with a ton of different his role as the titular character. nothing more than to forget. events for the culture-hungry Knoxville residents, including Jackman, who has now played the angry The addition of Janssen, although not necessary a collection of art from UT Alumni who graduated 20 years Canadian mutant for the fifth time, not includ- to move the plot forward, humanizes and deepens before. Featuring a variety of paintings, photographs and ing his brief appearance in “X-Men: First Class,� a character many may know simply as a highly graphic designs, this gallery proves that art remains relevant performs well in this continuation of the series as evolved killing machine, and ultimately makes an no matter how old it’s creator is. Additionally, the Downtown his character Logan heads to Japan and comes face- important statement about the importance and Gallery always has tasty treats and a wealth of beverages for to-face with his past after years of running from it. necessity of letting go of the past. visitors, which only makes the free admission even sweeter.

Logan was born with a healing factor so powWhile slow to get started, the movie still takes • Photo courtesy of Eric Smith Make sure to head downtown for First Friday this weekend. erful that it prevents him from even aging, and advantage of bone claws its $120 milproWhat: Brian Posehn for super famous comedians, and with one of two that lion budget to Where: Side Splitters Comedy Club locations in Knoxville (the other is in Tampa, Fla.), trude from engage in the between his elaborate and When: 7:45 p.m. why not take advantage of it? This weekend, prolonged fight Price: $18-22 (ages 18 and up) Brian Posehn is the visitor of honor, and his “Sarah knuckles. He lost his memsequences that Melodi’s Take: Usually, the Daily Beacon WeekSilverman Showâ€? experience along with his work ory after his only large, sumender focuses on arts and culture events in the on “Mr. Show with Bob and Ted,â€? he’s sure to proskeleton was mer blockbustKnoxville area. Sometimes when the right person vide for some endless giggles. This cheap ticket ers can provide. comes along, it’s too good not to feature comedy. will well be worth it by the end of the show when grafted with an unbreakWhile many The Side Splitters Comedy Club is a renown venue your face hurts from laughing too much. able metal, avid comic book adamantium. readers will be A natuinclined to see ral fighter, the movie, it Logan, as he is still able to comes to be What: Love Animals with Lipliplip Hands and entertain any • Photo courtesy of rottentomatoes.com called after Rally average movie his amnesia, Where: Pilot Light lover with an extra $8 lying around. traveled the world for years and visited Japan When: 10 p.m.

While unlikely to win at the Sundance Film during the bombing of Nagasaki, where the movie Festival, it is important for audiences to simply Price: $5 (ages 18 and up) begins.

Melodi’s Take: It’s officially August and the appreciate the movie for what it is and not try too Picking up sometime after “X-Men: The Last hard to poke holes in some of the logic and fictional start of the fall semester is quickly approaching.

Stand,� and well after his origins story, the now technology.

Once school starts, late Saturday nights and famous X-Man is quite content hiding from the early Sunday mornings will be harder to pull “The Wolverineâ€? turns out to be a bright spot in world in Canada and befriending the wildlife when an altogether dull summer movie season. Through off when you have three papers to write and he is forced from hiding by Yukio (Rila Fukushima), the rich and vibrant scenery, exciting action scenes two exams on the following Monday. Instead of a mutant with the ability to see others deaths, and and respectable acting, the movie turns out to be regretting your safe decisions during summer, back into the outside world he has come to hate. quite a worthy excursion from the home to the make it out to Pilot Light this weekend and live • Photo courtesy of Love Animals Taking place almost entirely in Japan, the theater. up these hot, summer nights. Local, indie/rock film makes use of much of the Japanese culWatching Hugh Jackman slash open a ninja’s band Love Animals is sure to give a great perforend is quickly approaching, take advantage of ture and history, although the story still revolves chest has never looked quite so good. mance, and openers Lipliplip Hands and Rally are this cheap ticket and enjoy the first Saturday of around Jackman’s character. Playing opposite Tao sure to hype up the crowd beforehand. Summer’s August.

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6 • THE DAILY BEACON

Friday, August 2, 2013

SPORTS

Sports Editor Steven Cook scook21@utk.edu

Seniors eager to lead optimistic Vols Gage Arnold Chief Copy Editor

RecSports complex nears unveiling New fields to boost local businesses, add extensive space Anthony Elias Staff Writer Football isn’t the only department picking up momentum at UT this summer.

The new RecSports Fields Complex on Sutherland Avenue has been building excitement for its grand opening on Friday, Aug. 30.

“Our goal is to be able to allow some of our programs in the form of recreation prior to that as they need to be,” assistant director Becky Dahl said. “Construction was ongoing throughout the spring. The original date that they wanted to have open was January 2013, but that was delayed for a variety of reasons so we have kind of taken over the daily maintenance. So you’ll see our staff out there maintaining the facility at this point and they’re still finishing up some of the punch-list items.”

The 3.8-acre complex began development during fall of the 2011 semester.

Estimated at $14 million, the fields feature four natural grass multipurpose fields, two natural softball fields, four artificial turf multipurpose fields and two sand volleyball courts.

The project adds to an already-established partnership between UT sports and local businesses. Neal Kelly, general manager of Dead End BBQ, outlined some of the business ventures he has had with UT. “Obviously we’re two miles from campus and we’re supportive,” he said. “Whether it’s ‘Wing Night’ or we do a lot of stuff with the sports teams like catering to just a comfortable place for students and faculty.

“With (the RecSports fields) going in across the street, I mean that’s icing on the cake, right?”

Kelly is also preparing to take advantage of Dead End’s convenient location.

“We’re also considering expanding our hours to accommodate the field,” the res-

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taurant manager said. “If they’re open until 11 p.m. on a Friday night or something going on over there, we may extend our hours. We’re going to put in place a means to deliver food across the street so if somebody says, ‘Hey we’re on field No. 2 and we need 54 sandwiches, we’ll deliver them across the street. Obviously, we can just walk.”

Kelly won’t have to extend hours too far. UT sport club and intramural field expansion to Sutherland Avenue has helped cut down on late night games. Close to many suburban homes, it’ll be a work in progress to balance student schedules and residences.

“Part of that is to be mindful of the fact that we’re relocating to a neighborhood where there are local residences in the community so that we’re not very disruptive,” Dahl said. “We’ve been trying to be very aware of that, but also to accommodate the students’ schedules at the same time.

I think there’ll be some adjusting as this whole year goes on and we see what’s

working and what’s not working and try to evaluate as we go.”

Field expansion has also provided more future participation. Dahl said new tournaments will be implemented, ranging from utimate frisbee to softball.

“We’re able to expand that and different sports will be different numbers, but (we will have) a minimum of four, (and) up to six fields for different sports, which will greatly increase the number of offerings available,” Dahl said. “I’m confident to say that anybody or any team that wants to play will be able to play provided they have a little flexibility in their schedule.”

However, even with the location convenient to many other Knoxvillians, the complex will remain closed to the public due to student funds.

“If they are not associated with the university,” Dahl said, “then they would not be eligible because it is funded by the student fees. We want to make sure that the people who are paying the fees are the only ones benefitting.”

FOOTBALL continued from Page 1 Jones coined as “irrelevant.” But that hasn’t stopped Peterman from seeing real skill from the two newcomers.

“Both Riley and Josh have picked it up real well,” Peterman said. “They’ve been working hard in the weight room, film room as well as the field. They’ve done a great job coming in and really showing a hunger and a thirst to it.”

As the countdown for football time in Tennessee ticks down to less than a month, time is running out for the Vols to figure out who will start the Aug. 31 opener vs. Austin Peay.

Jones clearly stated he’d like to name a starter early on in training camp, if the opportunity presents itself.

“Yes, I would, unless it’s really, really close,” he said. “If someone comes in and distances themselves and really takes hold of this football team and is their leader, we’re going to name a starting quarterback.

“I’m not an individual who likes to play a number of quarterbacks. We have a system in place offensively that will play to the strengths of whoever is quarterback.”

Worley’s wishful uncertainty summed it up best.

“Hopefully one of us can persuade him to make a decision sometime soon, I guess, I don’t know.”

Optimism, excitement and aspirations of new beginnings were stirring amongst Tennessee players and coaches at the football team’s preseason press conference on Wednesday, but a pair of UT seniors preferred the term bittersweet to better describe the upcoming season.

Defensive end Corey Miller and linebacker Dontavis Sapp have faced a lion’s share of challenges since entering the football program in 2010, but that has not stopped the pair in their determination to make the most of their final opportunity to don the orange and white.

After scrapping for playing time and participating in mop-up duty, mostly on special teams, since entering the program, both Sapp and Miller have been called upon during the offseason to embrace leadership roles on a defense that ranked in the statistical cellar of the entire NCAA. That challenge was quickly accepted by both.

“The player staff meets a lot with the seniors and they tell us that we’ve got one last chance to right the wrongs that have gone on here for the past three years,” Miller said. “Either you’re going to buy in and get it done or just gonna let it slip.”

A standout recruit from Byrnes High School in Byrnes, S.C., Miller was a part of “Hostess Gate” that struck Tennessee under then-head coach Lane Kiffin in 2009.

Allegations and a suspicious photo of Miller and his teammate and fellow UT recruit, Brandon Willis, surfaced and linked the possibility of Kiffin utilizing co-ed females to entice recruits to attend UT. After the rocky beginnings, Miller’s UT career never seemed to possess an identity of any sort on the field, despite his charismatic personality on social media platforms off of it. He registered 46 total tackles and three sacks while clawing for playing time in a statistically stagnant defensive end rotation over his three seasons.

But, even after suffering through one of the worst stretches of Tennessee football in over 100 years, Miller said he is embracing his final opportunity.

“Well, the main thing with me, and I told coach Jones this, (was) when we had a couple recruits come into the stadium, I looked around and I saw the videos playing, (and) I’m not gonna lie, I teared up, cause it’s seven games left and this is your last go-around,” Miller said, “We’ve been through a lot of trials and tribulations as a team and I feel like with a good season this year it’ll really set us off well.”

Tagged as an up-and-coming senior contributor this offseason along with Miller has been Sapp, according to head coach Butch Jones.

Sapp began his UT career as a safety after being recruited by former head coach Derek Dooley.

The one-time Louisiana Tech commitment has only 42 total tackles during his UT career, but after putting on 20 pounds and making a position swap to linebacker, Sapp steadily saw his playing time increase last season and into the spring.

“It was kind of tough waiting on my turn to play, cause you know, I feel like I should’ve played since I’ve been here, everybody should,” Sapp said. “So it’s been tough, there’ve been times where I thought that I don’t really want to play (at UT), but I wake up and want to grind with each one of my teammates, and in the spring all the chips fell for me in the right spot.”

Jones seemingly could not hide a smile when answering questions about the Valdosta, Ga. native on Wednesday.

“He’s [Sapp] done anything and everything that we have asked of him and it started from day one,” Jones said. “I thought in the spring, he was one of our most consistent players. ... He’s playing right now and he’s leading the way a senior should.”

Sapp was listed as the starter at weakside linebacker in the fall’s preseason depth chart while Miller found himself as the second string behind starter and fellow senior, Marlon Walls.

“I think the reasonable expectations are just to win, just to win, period,” Miller said. “I feel like we owe it to the state of Tennessee and we owe it to ourselves just to win.”