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Keep it sassy
Historic dance bar remains local favorite Gabrielle O’Neal Staff Writer
Sassy Ann’s, located in the trendy 4th and Gill area of Knoxville, is a popular dance bar. With recent crackdowns by local police, the bar must now enforce strict occupancy and alcohol rules to stay in business.
Located in the historic 4th and Gill neighborhood in Knoxville is a bar unlike any other: a place to get sassy. Sassy Ann’s House of Blues is a 110-year-old, three-story building turned dance bar. Constructed in the Queen Anne architectural style, the house was designed by George Barber and built in 1904 by the son of a congressman. Before becoming a dance club, the building housed various families as apartments and then a succession of bars and restaurants. Sassy Ann’s is the 13th and longest-running business to reside in the structure that is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Vicki Vinson, Sassy Ann’s owner and UT alumna, said the bar is one of a kind. “The old Victorian house with fireplaces, wooden staircases, weird nooks and crannies and eclectic decor is part of it,” Vinson said. “But that’s just the setting.” Sassy Ann’s boasts a large bar on the first floor as well as a dance bar on the second. In addition, an outdoor patio bar is available and a third story mezzanine overlooks the dance floor. Voted Knoxville’s Best Dance Club by Metropulse in 2013, Sassy Ann’s attracts an eclectic mixture of visitors ages 21 to 30.
“There’s a friendly atmosphere, I think, and even a feeling of camaraderie,” Vinson said. “When the DJ plays a song that everybody loves, the whole crowd is smiling and singing along and it seems that a little bit of magic happens.” Recently, however, a new rule concerning the amount of people allowed on Sassy Ann’s property has been enforced.
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Following a report from a fellow bar owner, 24 Knoxville Police Department officers entered the establishment after closing time, startling lingering patrons and charging one woman with an open container violation. Vinson was informed that no customers were permitted to remain on the property after 3 a.m. Three weeks later, officers returned to Sassy Ann’s with drug dogs but found no violations.
Sassy Ann’s must now follow strict rules limiting the bar’s guest capacity. Due to decreased occupancy allowances, the third floor mezzanine is temporarily closed and long wait lines plague the club entrance and stairs to the upper floors during peak business hours. Additionally, Vinson is required to count heads on each floor. However, Vinson does not want the capacity rules to discourage patrons from visiting Sassy Ann’s. “We are working on a plan to reopen the balcony and increase our occupancy so the lines to get to different areas in the club will stop,” Vinson said. “We appreciate your patience and support during this time and please know we are doing our best to get through this.” In spite of the recent controversy, however, Sassy Ann’s remains a rite of passage for both UT students and locals. “Sassy Ann’s on Thursday nights guarantees to make you dance like no one is watching and drink like there’s no tomorrow,” said Rachel Finney, senior in English. Every Friday, Sassy Ann’s hosts KnoxVegas Comedy open mic at 9:30 p.m. followed by Request Dance at 11 p.m. with DJ Surreal. Saturdays are generally less crowded with music from DJ Reverend Phil played on the second floor.
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The Project V.E.G.G.I.E. community garden stretches across 3,400 feet along Volunteer Boulevard. The garden Corn stalks reach high above the floor of the Project produces various crops including tomatoes, blueberries, potatoes, corn and strawberries. V.E.G.G.I.E. garden on July 30, 2014.
‘Food deserts’ may be fulfilled with farmers’ markets
Liz Wood
News Editor
Welcome to Knoxville, where 21 percent of households are unable to afford enough food, according to Food Research and Action Center’s “Food Hardship in America 2011 Report. Despite being the first city in the country to tackle food policy issues in 1982, the Knoxville area now suffers from widespread insuffiencies in food quality and quantity. Many of Knoxville’s 20 neighborhoods are also classified as food deserts, areas characterized by a lack of grocery stores as well as high rates of diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. Efforts to create incentives to bring grocery stores to underserved areas have been proposed, but many low-income areas continue to lack a grocery store within a mile of the home, a problem compounded and often accompanied by reliance on public transportation. Not owning a car makes groceries more difficult to obtain, and low-income areas in Knoxville have two to four times fewer grocery stores than higher-income areas.
In addition to this challenge, a study conducted by the UT Health Nutrition Program revealed a 15 percent higher food bill for low-income Knox County households compared with higher-income households. On average, a low-income household is liable to pay $23 more than a higher-income household would in Knox County on the same $180 food basket. Lacking traditional, fully-stocked grocery stores, food deserts are often dotted with small convenience stores with smaller selections, minimal amounts of fresh food and higher prices. “Many food deserts are also ‘food swamps,’ which means there are no supermarkets or vegetable stands, but many fast food restaurants and corner-stores selling junk food,” Chad Hellwinckel, research assistant professor at the UT Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, said. “Food swamps are a problem, because people substitute easily accessible junk food for healthy food. This leads to the ironic situation where you have obesity problems in food deserts.” According to the Tennessee Statewide Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan, government institutions like schools, parks and prisons can greatly influence the creation of a healthy local
food system since they are able to offer reliable demand through their purchasing power. Director of Nutrition for Knox County Schools Jon Dickl said Knox County Schools have responded to the problem of food deserts, and parents and students have shown approval of the quality of school lunches in recent years. “Food deserts create an opportunity for Knox County Schools to remove a barrier to learning by meeting the dietary needs of our students and helping educate them on a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables,” Dickl said. “We know that some students may not have the opportunity to learn about or enjoy many fresh foods, either as a result of living within a food desert or due to economic challenges.” Still, residents in Knoxville and the surrounding area have made efforts to improve food access. In 2009, the region had 11 community-supported agriculture groups and 10 farmers’ markets. Organizations such as Beardsley Farms, Second Harvest Food Bank, Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development (SEEED) and Coalition on America’s Poor Health and Poverty (CAPP) work to bring fresh food or health education to the community. Farmers’ markets across the area also make
an impact, and offer something for lower income households as well. Seven Springs Farm farmer Donna Riddle has been a board member of the East Tennessee Farmers Association for Retail Marketing (FARM) for two years and said that even the area’s less financially well-off can benefit from farmers’ markets, as many vendors accept EDT food stamps. “A wide variety of incomes can come and buy great seasonal food since a lot of the farmers markets now accept food stamps,” Riddle said. “We pick the day of, so you can’t get any fresher than what we bring to the market. We’re able to answer questions about how (the food) was raised and what variety.” Hellwinckel maintains that even the population not living in a food desert should be concerned about alleviating the problem. “Without (food) accessibility, our region’s citizens eat poorly, leading to health problems, poor performance in school and mental stress,” Hellwinckel said. “These problems ultimately cost us all in tax dollars and lost productivity, so I believe fixing food access problems is in the interest of everyone, even if you yourself do not live in a food desert.”
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What ever happened to good music?
Cullenary Arts After the high profile removal of three of its chapters, the administration has reccomended “house dads” to serve as supervisors and mediators for UT fraternaties.
University recommends house dads for fraternities Contributor
House dads — the newest additions to fraternity row, come without a mandate but not without a price tag. At the beginning of the 2013-14 school year, the administration attempted to incorporate the change across Fraternity Park. Only one chapter, Phi Sigma Kappa, complied with the administration’s recommendation for a house dad. As a result, the chapter was required to pay an additional cost for Fraternity Park security. The role of a house dad is to maintain order within the chapter and its house. The role can be filled by an adult male hired by the chapter to supervise. Following the very public removal of three different chapters for hazing and alcohol abuse -- Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Gamma Delta and Pi Kappa Phi -- house dads are a measure that fraternity members such as Joe Moon, senior in supply chain management and a member of Phi Sigma Kappa, said seems more abrasive than its reality. “Having a house dad living in the fraternity house was not how people thought it would be,” Moon said. “He wasn’t a babysitter or anything like that. He was more of a supervisor and mediator to the University and
police.” Now, the university wants everyone on board. Brooks Barnes, a recent graduate in supply chain management and member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, said that members might be more accepting of a house dad that was once a member of their fraternity. “I think it would lower the amount of trouble, especially if the proposed dad set a good example to the active brothers,” Barnes said. “I think the idea of having a house dad that was once an active member of their fraternity would be much more receptive by the active brothers.” One of the main forces behind the call for fraternities to hire house dads is to keep the chapters out of trouble. Between September 2012 and August 2013 there were four incidents by three fraternities totaling nine violations. With increased oversight, house dads may reduce these incidents. Former Interfraternity Council president and spring 2014 graduate in economics Chase Pritchett said supervision may hold fraternity members accountable for potentially damaging actions. “I think supervision of some sort is needed in chapter houses,” Pritchett said. “And I actually believe an adult presence such as a ‘house dad’ would benefit chapters. “These adults would develop a paternal
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bond with members, holding them accountable for actions that might be detrimental to the chapter and university.” Still, mandating is not that simple or free. Requiring each chapter to have a house dad costs the chapter more money every year. Some chapters on campus are not as big and cannot afford this change. “Requiring a full-time, live-in house dad would probably be very costly and devastate smaller chapters’ budgets,” Pritchett said. “So, a ‘requirement’ may not be the outright best thing to do, but I believe that the university should assist chapters in finding a way to provide internal adult supervision. “The school already requires fraternities to assist in the payment of security, so I believe they should definitely help fraternities pay for in-house adult supervision if they do mandate it.” While details of the proposal remain unaddressed, many involved in Greek life argue that if having house dads is the answer for the university, helping the chapters fund them only seems appropriate. “Greek life at UT was one of my favorite aspects of this campus,” Moon said. “I know where it used to be and where it can go from here. The school and IFC need to work together to apply these changes and revamp fraternity life.”
out my voice with autotune”o tell me my “booty look like two planets.” Seriously, listen to “Boys ‘Round Here” and Blake Shelton’s brilliant analysis of the tobacco consumption process: “chew tobacco, chew tobacco, chew tobacco, spit.” I don’t want to speak too soon, but he could be the second coming of Shakespeare. Let us not forget Toby Keith’s instructions on how to properly use a red Solo cup. What happened to courage like Bob Dylan’s to turn words into gavels and point out injustices? What happened to talent like B.B. King to turn the most painful memory into a respected masterpiece of passion? “Turn down for what” Lil’ Jon? Turn down because you’re 43, and other artists don’t have to scream to conceal the empty void that are your lyrics. I say this only because I know there are artists out there who truly are brilliant, who could write in two lines what I’ve taken 500 to say. These artists are being overshadowed by Jamie Foxx blubbering an accusation against the “Al-al-al-uh-alcohol.” We need to restore lyrical value to modern music. We need to increase the quality of this generation’s music. If we don’t, I suppose I’ll simply quit and become a Bass Head.
From the discovery of handeye coordination, music has been central to culture. Across the ages, we have invented new instruments, produced new sounds and slowly established the system of notes and harmonies now used by those like Miley Cyrus who sing while swinging on a wrecking ball licking a sledge-popsicle. Which brings me to this point: only the human voice possesses the ability to turn noise into communication through language. With powerful lyrics, singing can ignite passion and even soothe pain. Yet lyrics are tarnished, worn and simplified in much of the music of today (including the aforementioned Miley Cyrus single). However, I can’t label all contemporary songs as having no lyrical significance. In a crowded bar full of heat and liquor-induced decision making, lyrics are about as important as the next edition of Kidz Cullen Hamelin is a rising Bop. senior in chemistry. He can Still, it’s disconcerting to be reached at chamelin@vols. turn on the radio and hear utk.edu. the fabulous Jason De-”rule
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Welcome to Knoxville: an ode to the college experience
Claire Dodson
Fall 2014-15 Editor-in-Chief
Welcome back sophomores, juniors and seniors. Welcome back faculty, staff and graduate students. Welcome -- freshmen. We’ve all felt what you’re feeling now. We’ve all feared what you are afraid of now – trepidation at the prospect of moving to a new place and starting at the bottom. We had no way of knowing beforehand that going to UT would change us, that somewhere between Presidential Court and the Old City, we would become more ourselves than ever before. UT was not my top choice school. I’ve lived in Knoxville all my life, and I took it for granted the way you probably take your family for granted – surely they will always be there to comfort you, to give you money when all you have is Dining Dollars. I wanted to get out. Sometime during high school, I decided that staying in Knoxville for college would indeed be the worst thing ever; the notion of escaping had taken root. So I projected all my preconceived college fantasies onto one dream school: Columbia University in New York City. It was the school (and the city)
that would fix my problems, that would allow me to have the romanticized, cinematic portrayal of higher education I wanted. I would live life in the city as if through a nostalgic Instagram filter. Like most people who apply to a school with a 6.9 percent acceptance rate, I experienced the crushing disappointment of a thin envelope, followed by automatic tears stifled only by a coarse couch cushion. That letter embodied everything I feared at 17: I was not enough. I was not creative enough or smart enough or unique enough. I had not spent enough time studying or engaging in extracurriculars or thinking about the future. I had missed my chance, and I’d never get another shot at the life I wanted. These are lies. High school is over, and that means it’s time to store away any regrets leftover from those years. The value of education is not always included in the cost of tuition, in the same way that living a fulfilling life does not depend upon the size of your salary. You are now a Vol, and with that comes a flood of opportunities (if you opted-in last month, of course). While your friends depart for schools elsewhere, you move into a dorm, “attend” Welcome Week activities and buy school supplies. You trudge a mile uphill both ways in 90 degree heat to and from your first class. You build new friendships; you build a life for yourself that feels completely different from the one that brought you here. Halfway through the semester, you will be cheering at football games and eating unhealthy food and playing hide and seek
in the library. And your fervent dreams of that “perfect” school will dim. They will be replaced by real memories of actually perfect things. I’m confident that the students at Columbia University are having a fantastic time in college. They are learning and making new friends and growing into be the people they are going to be after college. But so are we. We are taking challenging courses that are teaching us to write (shout out to Dr. Larsen’s screenwriting class) and think critically. We are taking courses purely for the fun of them. We are sleeping in and running with clothes askew to 8 a.m. finals. Make your life here. Regardless of your expectations, you are here now, and it’s not too late to make these years what you want them to be. So whether it’s welcome back or just plain welcome, Go Vols. Here’s to a semester full of all-nighters in the library, 3 a.m. trips to Cookout and parties in the Fort. Here’s to Gay Street, First Friday and shows at The Square Room. Here’s to Knoxville – a city so often underestimated but so full of life and adventures waiting to happen. High school wasn’t the best four years of your life – and I hope college won’t be either. But I know they’ll be pretty damn good. Claire Dodson is a rising senior in English and will be The Daily Beacon’s editor-inchief for the upcoming 201415 academic year. She can be reached at pdodson@vols.utk. edu or followed on Twitter @ Claire_ifying.
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Families, faculty enjoy life in the Fort Staff Writer
For many students living in Fort Sanders, the historic neighborhood once housing Knoxville’s elite is obscured beneath the debris and debauchery of a college town. Yet, 20-somethings aren’t the Fort’s only residents. Despite the Fort’s reputation for nightlife and crime, established adults and even families choose to stay for the area’s unique appeal. Bart Rohrbach, a recently retired professor from the College of Veterinary Medicine, is one such homeowner. “I think the neighborhood has a reputation which was earned maybe a long, long time ago, but things have changed,” Rohrbach, who lives with his wife Nancy in a nearly 130-year-old Highland Avenue home, said. “We have not had one single incidence of a break-in or any kind of prob-
lem with the neighborhood.” Rohrbach purchased his house in 1988 with proximity to campus as his main consideration in the purchase, as well as the home’s character. “When I bought the house, it was probably the only one I could afford that was really this unique,” he said. “If this house had been anywhere else, it would have been out of my price range at that time. “The other thing is commuting. I think a tremendous amount of time and energy is wasted commuting back and forth long distances.” For Rohrbach, whose wife also worked for the university as an animal science research associate, the clear alternative was to buy a home within walking distance of their offices on the Institute of Agriculture campus. “We’d walk to work everyday and walk back in the evenings,” he said. “It was good exercise. We walked down to Market Square and the library. “It’s just a very nice place to live.”
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Fort Sanders residents enjoy historic housing and a close commute to campus, but more than UT students call the neighborhood home.
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Rohrbach’s neighbor, Becky Wade, moved into her late 19th century home 35 years ago for similar reasons. “It just feels like home more so than a very modern, sterile place,” Wade said. “It was a great location. We prefer walking places, so being so close to downtown and the Strip is a benefit to me.” Like Rohrbach, Wade has seen her quality of life improve in recent years since her early days of being a Fort homeowner. Changing attitudes within the local student population, she believes, are partially to account for this. “I think the students have gotten much more serious than they used to be,” she said. “It’s surprising to think back on how many weekends there would be a rather exuberant party at one place or another going on until the wee hours. “You expect it during football season, of course, but overall I think UT’s students now realize (college) isn’t just fun and games.” See FORT ADULTS on Page 10
Stoop Kids plan more benefits to come in fall Liz Wood
News Editor
The Stoop Kids, a group of students hosting parties for a cause, won’t be leaving the stoop this fall. Named after an episode of “Hey Arnold!,” the group held nearly a dozen house parties in the Fort last year. The two big events the group hosted were Ragefest in the fall and General’s Ball in the spring. Back Up Planet, Smooth Operations, Johnny Astro and the Big Bang, O Youth, Swing Booty and Oroboro are just some of the performers Stoop Kids has hosted. Stoop Kids creator Ben Gaines, senior in mechanical engineering, first conceptualized Stoop Kids, initially performing at a show as “Ben and the Stoop Kids” before deciding to use the name for the new charitable group instead. Along with Gaines, Stoop Kids Communications Director Amanda Jones, senior in communication studies, and Art Director Lisa Leturno, senior in advertising, plan to resume Stoop Kids events where they left off to be partially fueled by resources amassed last year. By putting on house parties and shows with live music, the philanthropic group raised about $1,000 last year for Camp Koinonia, a local non-profit outdoor education program for children ages seven to 21 with multiple disabilities. The $5 price of admission to parties covers the cost for the party with the remainder donated to local non-profits such as the camp. Disenchanted by national nonprofits, Gaines said Stoop Kids
will continue to focus on local non-profits, though the group may choose to benefit a different local charity for the upcoming year.
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t’s fun for us to help other local bands get their name out there and have a big party to raise money for kids. ” - Ben Gaines
Stoop Kids will also continue to stay local with its performers, who are paid $100 to $120 to play. Musicians and the beer are the only expenses deducted from revenue before being donated. Though Gaines considers the amount of money the group has raised to be modest, he values the contribution Stoop Kids’ parties makes to the music community. “It’s really not only meant to raise money,” Gaines said. “For the time we put in, it didn’t raise a lot of money. But, while we were raising the money we were also providing awareness of the local music community, trying to bring people that wouldn’t be part of the music community. “It’s fun for us to help other local bands get their name out there and have a big party to raise money for kids.” See STOOP KIDS on Page 10
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The Daily Beacon set up interviews with two UT students, who are of legal drinking age. They confess to making unhealthy choices with food and alcohol consumption – an epidemic some have labeled “drunkorexia.” The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, will be referred to as Claire and Heather throughout the article. It’s Friday night, marking Claire’s second day of a threeday sequence that is devoid of food and saturated in alcohol. Her first shot of whiskey hits her warm and heavy. The only
thing to enter her stomach for the last two days, one shot might as well be three. The heightened effects leave her with a feeling of victory— and with her food expenses at an all time low since she’s barely been eating, the grocery money her parents gave her will go a lot farther. She’s anticipated nightfall all day and has fought back hunger since around 11 a.m. Four shots later, she feels rewarded for her willpower, but struggles afterward to reapply eyeliner when her hands are difficult to hold steady. After three tries, she’s successful, but it’s rubbed off again a few parties and drinks later. Around 11 the next morning, she wakes up on the floor
of her living room. Like most nights of Claire’s sophomore year, the night before will forever remain a mystery to her. “I was just so drunk all the time,” Claire said months later after a summer of family intervention and recovery. “If I knew I was going to drink, I most likely didn’t eat that day. “There were a few days without eating and only drinking, and I actually don’t even really remember what I did those days at all. It became normal. “It made me feel incredibly horrible and stupid that I blacked out so often, but it seemed so much better than gaining weight,” Claire said, noting that, though her diet gave her immediate weight loss rewards, as soon as she ate again, she ended up gaining even more weight than before. Anorexia, Bulimia, Bingeeating, or all three? “Drunkorexia” isn’t diagnosable. It isn’t even a medical term. The disorder manifests itself similarly to anorexia, bulimia or binge-eating. “Drunkorexics” won’t eat all day so that they can binge drink later, sometimes making themselves vomit afterwards. Others may binge-eat after getting drunk, at times also purging thereafter. Kevin Prince, alcohol and other drug education program coordinator at the University of Texas Austin Health Services, said “drunkorexia” just adds alcohol and consequent liver damage to an already unhealthy disorder. “Abuse counselors are putting the word ‘drunkorexia’ in line with other eating disorders, because the patient uses the same type of methods as anorexia and bulimia–they just mix it with alcohol, too,” Prince said. See DRUNKOREXIA on Page 9
Effects of too much alcohol: Injuries such as: falls, burns, drownings, accidental firearm injuries Alcohol poisoning Increased risk of sexual assault and risky behaviors: unprotected sex, multiple partners Miscarriage and stillbirth in pregnant women Pancreatitus and gastritus Neurological problems, including dementia Cardiovascular problems including heart attack, high blood pressure and abnormal heart beat Psychiatric problems including depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts Liver diseases
Effects of eating disorders: Hair loss and fingernail breakage Lightheadeness and inability to concentrate Drops in blood pressure, pulse and breathing rate Anemia Swollen joints Damage to the stomach and kidneys Cessation of menstural periods “Chipmunk cheeks” - the salivary glands expand permanently due to excessive vomiting Deficiencies in potassium Tooth decay
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Starving and drinking: a dangerous new disorder
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STUDENT LIFE DRUNKOREXIA continued from Page 8 In a 2006 study of more than 4,000 college students from 10 universities in North Carolina, 39 percent restricted food intake on days they were planning to consume alcohol, with weight control as the most commonly-reported reason for calorie restriction. The study found the combination of calorie restriction and alcohol to have a more profound short-term effect on women. Women who reported restricting calories were more likely to report memory loss, injury and incidents of sexual assault, while males who combined alcohol consumption with calorie restriction reported increased likelihood of a physical fight. “Consistently displacing food with alcohol has high potential for nutrient deficiencies as alcoholic beverages are a poor source of nutrients,” Melissa Hansen-Petrik, director of didactic programs in dietetics at UT, said. “The most common nutrient deficiencies associated with alcoholism include folate and B vitamins... which may contribute to enhanced risk of some cancers and also adverse neurological effects.” Hansen-Petrik said current guidelines from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and various organizations consistently recommend moderate consumption of alcohol for those who choose to consume – no more than one drink a day for women or two for men. Excessive alcohol consumption leads to liver disease, pancreatitis and the increased risk of several types of cancer, she said, and “drunkorexics” may face long-term problems due to depriving their bodies of nourishment. Denying the body essential nutrients can force the body
to slow down all its processes, potentially resulting in a range of negative health effects. Those who combine purging with the restriction of calories and alcohol also put themselves more at risk for electrolyte imbalances, tooth decay and inflammation, according to the National Eating Disorder Association. Counseling Center Director of Clinical Services T. Paul McAnear said that UT is consistent with the national average of college students seeking counseling center services due to eating concerns, and eating disorders remain most common among young adults. McAnear said help for students afflicted by an eating disorder or any other mental health concern is available at the Student Counseling Center just by walking in for a screening. “The Student Counseling Center provides limited services around eating concerns for students who are able to make necessary changes with moderate level of support,” McAnear said. “Often the treatment of eating disorders requires a level of intervention beyond the scope of what we can provide in our center. In such cases, our primary role is helping students find appropriate treatment in the Knoxville community or in the student’s home community.” Heather, another UT student, views the practice of “drunkorexia” with little remorse. “On an empty stomach, just three shots of Burnett’s gets me drunk,” Heather said. “I save money on alcohol and food.” Though Heather admits to experiencing negative effects from refraining from eating in order to drink, she said by the next evening, her stomach is usually settled. She doesn’t anticipate changing her practices any time soon. “I’m young,” she said, “so I can get away with this now.”
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Drunkorexia Fast Facts Drunkorexia combines an eating disorder with alcohol, both elements already potentially detrimental on their own. While women are afflicted by eating disorders three times as often as men, nearly 10 million men suffer from them as well, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. Drinking on an empty stomach makes you more likely to blackout, which could make you vulnerable to sexual assault. Though alcohol may substitute for calorie content, it can’t provide much nourishment. Alcohol lacks vitamins, proteins and other nutrients. The liver is one of the first organs to suffer the effects of heavy drinking. Without food to absorb alcohol in the stomach, onset of a high BAC is more acute. The mortality rate associated with anorexia nervosa is 12 times higher than the death rate associated with all causes of death for females 15-24, according to the American Journal of Psychiatry. Sources from top to bottom: recoveryconnection.org; nationaleatingdisorders.org; pubs.niaaa.nih; Dr. Melissa Hansen-Petrik, clinical assistant professorand director of diadactic programs in dietetics; science. education.nih.gov; anad.org
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STUDENT LIFE continued from Page 7 More so than rowdy students, Wade said she believes the Fort’s true problem is the prevalence of crooked landlords. “There have been a lot of awful landlords who let the houses go downhill and enclose the front porches to have one extra room for more rent,” she said. “The landlords who don’t take care of their property and then hope they can sell it to a developer for lots of money. They bother me more (than students).” Negligent landlords and ambitious developers, including the university itself and Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, have resulted in the deterioration and destruction of many historic structures. This year, the Fort Sanders neighborhood was placed on top of Knox Heritage’s annual Fragile 15 list for the second time in a row.
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“These apartments have all been built on land or over houses that were really historic,” Rohrbach said. “Look at (James) Agee’s house— it’s now the office for Prime Campus Housing.” Rohrbach believes this crisis could partially be solved if more university faculty viewed the Fort as a viable neighborhood to live in. “I’ve never understood why more faculty wouldn’t look at the historic homes that are rapidly being eliminated in this area,” he said. “Almost all other university campuses I’ve been on, there’s an area adjacent to the campus that has really nice houses where faculty live and can walk back and forth to campus. It’s really convenient and makes a nice atmosphere, but we don’t have enough faculty choosing to live here for that, unfortunately. “For us, being able to live in this house and be close to the university… the benefits are worth the cost.”
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STOOP KIDS continued from Page 7 However, parties aren’t without their setbacks. Working closely with production, Jones said people can get belligerent and upset about paying a cover, adding that most are embarrassed upon
learning the money is for charity. Other obstacles come with the territory: police showing up, equipment trouble or running out of beer. The Hill has also hosted many Stoop Kids events, often with artists like Leturno who has painted faces on more than one occasion. Former UT student and Stoop Kids fan Blake Davidson
said the parties were always a good time and were well worth five dollars. “They were a lot of fun,” Davidson said. “There was always a good amount of people, good music and plenty of beer. “I think people should expect to pay a fair amount, especially if there is alcohol and music. It costs money to put on such events and no one
likes being left high and dry on an unpaid-for keg.” Though Gaines is graduating in the fall, he said Jones and Leturno will continue Stoop Kids. “It’s about bringing people together to support local art,” Gaines said. “Knoxville has one of the best scenes for its size; per human involved in the scene, everybody does some type of music or art.”
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STUDENT LIFE In defense of skateboarding References to ‘public safety’ can easily be dismissed-- simply ask the UT Student Health Center or UT Medical Center about the biggest cause of student injury: biking accidents. If this law was created for safety reasons, why is the leading cause of injury not also illegal? I have heard many reasons for the ban on skateboards, mainly discussion about the Grayson Hawkins “thug” stigma associated Untitled with boarding and the “property damage” that skateboards could cause to rails. It was a Thursday afternoon Please allow me to dismiss during my regular commute to these poor arguments. Market Square. I must’ve been blazing four or five miles per hour when two KPD officers on bikes called me over; I dismounted my skateboard and walked to greet the officers. Before this particular encounter, I had never fully grasped the definition of the word ‘dumbfounded.’ But when I was told that I “cannot skateboard in downtown Knoxville,” I found myself unable to grasp the logic behind such a law. My questions to the officers were met with intimidating responses (I doubt they fully understand why they were enforcing the law, either), and after realizing that a peaceful, reasonable There are stigmas and conversation with these two stereotypes that accompany KPD officers would be imposeverything from sexual oriensible, I made my way home tation to tattoos and piercon foot. ings. It’s hard to believe that Skateboarding is a viable even today, city laws exist form of transportation for based solely on prejudice. many who cannot afford the Skateboards do not cause (impossibly) high cost of property damage; people do. owning a vehicle in urban I can choose to grind against Knoxville. It’s the same story all manner of railing (although with the countless people who the area surrounding Market ride bikes, scooters, mopeds, Square has no railing on which segways, rollerblades and even to even attempt stunts) - but unicycles while downtown. So I don’t. I am an adult. When why discriminate against a carrying a hammer around wheeled piece of wood. Who downtown Knoxville, I resist am I hurting?
the urge to smash windows and bang holes in sidewalks. Likewise, I can also resist the urge to cause damage with my board. If skateboards are illegal due to potential property damage, everything short of Styrofoam and bubble wrap should also be outlawed. I hate to be cliché. I really do. But our forefathers did not fight, struggle and die so that a small portion of Americans could decide which of our freedoms they want to allow us and which to take away. Here, that small portion of Americans consists of the
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which of our freedoms they want to allow us and which to take away. ” - Grayson Hawkins
Knoxville City Council and downtown Knoxville’s upper class in general (those who pressure their city councilmen to turn discrimination into city law). If one freedom can be made into a crime without any valid reasoning, any of our freedoms can be taken away in the exact same fashion. Grayson Hawkins is a rising sophomore in English and biology. He can be reached at ghawkin4@vols.utk.edu.
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The contents of a student’s backpack can be very telling. The list of essentials beyond laptop, notebook, wallet and phone are specific to each individual student’s needs. For Mary Michael Lyons, a graduate student in sociology, the items within her bag become a veritable laundry list. “I’ve got my laptop, planner, spiral notebook, a plethora of pens and pencils, gum, chewy granola bars, tums, Aleve, iPod, LSAT books (and a) water bottle...,” Lyons said. “I almost carry
too many school supplies. I sort of have a mom bag.” Cindy Lozano, sophomore in public relations, keeps school basics in her bag, but also carries personal items like her wallet, makeup and car keys. Instead of carrying a backpack, Lozano prefers a women’s handbag. “I think that purses look better and I love my Michael Kors and I wear it all the time,” she said. “It goes with everything. Goes with my style; casual, but also elegant.” Quint Robinson, sophomore in business analytics and right hand pitcher for the baseball Vols, stores his laptop, books, headphones and notebooks in the main pocket of his backpack, and stores his stapler, calculator and water bottles in additional pockets. He also said he occa-
sionally has a spare underwear on hand. “I didn’t have a place to put it in when i was changing in the locker room so I just threw it in my backpack,” he explained. “And you never know if you need an extra pair of underwear. It’s been there probably two weeks. But it’s clean, I swear it’s clean.” For students such as Wuling Lin, sophomore in accounting, packing their bag has gotten down to a science. “I always have my laptop, notebooks and textbooks, and I find that everyday I end up using each and every one of them,” Lin said. But for some, backpacks present a physical burden on campus.
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Catherine Quintero, senior in speech pathology, carries all her essentials in a brown leather satchel. Melodi Erdogan • The Daily Beacon
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Cindy Lozano, sophomore in public relations, keeps school basics in her bag, but also carries personal items like her wallet, makeup and car keys. Instead of carrying a backpack, Lozano prefers a women’s handbag.
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Quint Robinson, sophomore in business analytics, stores his laptop, books, headphones and notebooks, stapler, calculator, water bottles– and a spare pair of underwear in his backpack.
Katie Cahill, a first year graduate student in English, keeps her laptop, keys, notebooks and other essentials packed in a pink backpack.
BACKPACKS continued from Page 12 “Every day of classes I carry my backpack,” Emily Redmond, senior in communication studies, said. “The only exceptions are during finals week when I know all I need is a pencil and a scantron. After a while, you just learn what you need. I put things in my bag that I’ll need for my entire day. Unless you live on campus, you have no option but to carry everything with you.” Some students are very conscious of the financial weight that they are carry on their shoulders. Kelsie Rutherford, senior in journalism and electronic media, tal-
lied the value of the contents of her backpack to be well over $500 including the essential items of her wallet, laptop and phone. “I’m pretty protective of my bag,” Rutherford said. “I only leave it in certain situations like if I’m studying with a friend.” Lyons said losing her backpack would be a “financial blow.” “I backup everything on my hard drive and record everything in both my planner and my calendar,” Lyons said. “So the biggest heartache would definitely be my notebook where I write all my to do lists.” In 2013, “theft from a building” was the most frequently reported form of larceny and theft on college campuses in
Tennessee, with 1,306 offenses, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. At UT, total larceny and theft offenses were 9.6 percent for 2013. Toting her backpack around campus all day, Redmond said she sometimes forgets the value of what she carries. “I’ve never thought overall how much it’s worth, but every now and then I realize I should be more careful with my things,” Redmond said. “The longer you have something the less valuable it seems. When I think about what’s on my computer and iPhone I realize that the information is more valuable than the device itself, because you can
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Customers choose produce to buy at the Farmers’ Market in Market Square on June 11, 2013.
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With summer coming to a close, local produce in Knoxville isn’t hard to find. In fact, it can be found at UT Gardens. Operating at a smaller scale than other farmer’s markets in Knoxville, such as the Market Square Farmer’s Market, the UT Farmer’s Market offers similar local goods. The UT Farmer’s Market opened in 2010 with only one vendor, and has since grown to multiple sellers offering fresh produce, local food, entertainment and events, as well as educational information to those in attendance. While small in scale, the UT Farmer’s Market is growing every year with many students involved. Samantha Ellis, senior in horticulture
and an intern with UT Gardens, works as a vendor selling produce such as kale, carrots, berries and flowers grown on campus. “It’s a great place to be,” Ellis said. “Working with UT Gardens offers a very hands on approach.” UT Organic Farm vendors such as Jeff Martin, the manager of the UT Garden’s internship program, also sell organic produce at the market. But vendors don’t neglect serving the community as well. Organizations such as Grow More Give More, which began as a service project by the UT Institute of Agriculture, gather leftover produce not sold by vendors and donates it to the Society of St. Andrew, where it is then dispersed to the Love Kitchen and similar groups. Through the UT Farmer’s Market and
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other donations, Grow More Give More has been able to serve over 850 people fresh, homegrown produce. Mike Smith, a representative of Grow More Give More at the UT Farmer’s Market, said the organization actively looks for fresh produce. “Canned foods and other non-perishable products are great, but everybody needs fresh produce in their diet,” Smith said. “And we don’t just take donations from the UT Market; anyone who has a backyard or community garden can donate.” In one Wednesday’s market alone, Grow More Give More can collect over 100 pounds in fresh produce. The UT Farmer’s Market runs through Oct. 22 and is open every Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the UT Gardens off Neyland Drive.
rule is law. When I asked a girl why she kicked a boy, she said she has to treat others how they want to be treated; he kicked her first. Thus, I was lawyered by a kindergartener. Similarly, when a kid actually falls asleep during nap time, they are then pelted with crayons. Right and wrong. Cause and effect. Crime and punishment. Five-year-olds have no concept of reality (in a good way). They all want to be astronauts, ballerinas, wrestlers and cowboys. They tell elaborate stories about all the amazing things they did over the weekend, when in reality all they did was go to the grocery store. Their imaginations run faster than their little legs. A camper recently regaled me with a real story about dragons guarding the cookies at home. To a five-year-old, everything is funny. Working at the camp has been a huge ego boost, because these kids think I’m hilarious. Merely uttering the word ‘chicken’ earns me a burst of laughter. The one time I told a knock-knock joke I got a standing ovation. And after they stood, they started running around the room. Being five, you see, is simple. And, as I watch them play and eat and giggle, I can’t help but envy their ease and certainty. Why not cake your clothes in mud? They’re washable, right? So let your inner child to play outside for a bit. These days, I frequently let mine sit down with a PB&J and watch “Frozen” before going to bed at 9 p.m. And it has made all the difference.
Five-year-olds are fascinating– they sprint everywhere; they sneeze with reckless abandon; they regularly rank ‘rolling in the dirt’ among their top-five-thingsto-do-today. To be five is to know freedom. This summer, I worked as a camp counselor for a group of 12 kindergartners. After spending just over a week with these kids, I have already learned more about the human condition than any college class has ever taught me. While they are frequently covered in mud and other questionable substances, five-year-olds don’t judge. One little boy comes to camp every day with a bright pink Dora the Explorer backpack and has never been teased or taunted. I’ve heard only disagreements about the merits of Superman as opposed to Spiderman. They haven’t yet learned that pink is purportedly “only for girls.” Five-year-olds are honest. If a camper doesn’t like something, they tell me. They don’t pretend to like something to spare hurt feelings. And although that system negates sensitivity, it cuts straight through the usual Katrina Roberts is a rising social nuances that prevent us from communicating our beliefs junior in English. She can be reached at krober56@vols.utk. clearly and unabashedly. For a five-year-old, the golden edu
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and student tuition and fees as a percent of the budget has increased 24 percent. Please allow me to explain my observations and conclusions on the current state of UT’s administration. The university is operating at a larger and larger deficit each year (much like banks and motor companies from the oh-soloved-and-adored Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, bailout). Instead of relying on trivial factors like “profits” or “approval of the student body” to determine UT’s annual budget, our Board of Trustees simply increases tuition each year to pad the university’s fall into a bigger and deeper hole of debt. This predicament comes courtesy of the steady stream of poor and near-sighted decisions made concerning almost all of UT’s campus operations and financial decisions. Most of the departments at UT, aside from a handful of research-oriented departments that cater solely to the federal government’s small selection of research grants, run so inefficiently that they are costing us $4 million dollars every day. After digging through mazes of outdated reports from the early 2000s on the TN.gov website, I am now convinced that the state’s public education system has been so incompetently run for so long that there is little hope for change in decades to come. I’ll leave you folks with a quote this week: “When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, ... he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. ‘I am innocent of this...’”
Please, audience, try to guess exactly how much money UT has spent since 1999. I’m talking about all the money the university has received from the state combined with the tuition and fees of every single student that has attended UT in the past decade and a half. Twenty billion dollars. Now—and correct me if I’m wrong here—with a budget of $20 billion in less than two decades, the entire campus should be flying on jets powered by solar energy with hoverboards for every student and Stephen Hawking should be the chancellor instead of this tongue-in-Cheek guy. I’m not mad though – I am impressed. It takes a special kind of incompetence mixed with years of lazy ignorance to bring the daily spending of a B-grade institution like UT to $5.5 million dollars. Factoid time! - Harvard’s yearly budget is only twice that of UT’s, but their academics are decades ahead of ours. - Out of the UT System’s current $2 billion budget, $800 million is allocated to “salaries and benefits.” Despite this fact, ask your 100 or 200-level professors Grayson Hawkins is a risif they make living wages (hint: ing sophomore in English and odds are they don’t). biology. He can be reached at - Since 2001, funding from ghawkin4@vols.utk.edu. the state for the UT System has decreased by 14 percent,
The stage is set. The actors are ready. The curtains are rising, and the theater is transforming into a courtroom swathed in flowing fabrics. Rewind to several months before, at a pre-production meeting between a director, several designers and costume designer Marianne Custer. It is here that Custer presents her detailed research on the play’s script and her creative vision for the show’s costuming. Since 1974, Custer has been the resident costume designer at the Clarence Brown Theatre. But before she was designing costumes, she was wearing them. As an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota, Custer worked as a mime at the Peppermint Tent Theatre, a children’s theater. When the costume designer requested help sewing garments for a show, Custer volunteered – an experience that sparked a new passion and a new career. Since then, Custer has only worked as a costume designer. With 35 years at the Clarence Brown Theatre and several years of experience prior, Custer has developed an in depth, creative research process for every show she designs—especially shows that have been previously produced in other theaters. “I prefer to look at each play, musical, or opera as a piece that is new,” Custer said. “I want to research it and conceive the design as if I am the first ever to design it.” For every show, Custer researches the fabrics, styles and historical context of the play, ensuring accuracy. Custer said she often gets lost in the script,
as she becomes immersed in the time period she is researching. “This frequently happens in research,” she said, “which is part of what makes research so much fun.” Several years ago, Custer designed a production of “The King and I” from scratch. “If you have seen a piece before and it was well done, it is difficult to get those images out of your mind,” Custer said. “It was important to my process to hear the story from the original author.” Custer’s extensive pre-production analysis is not solely for herself, though. It also benefits Calvin MacLean, Department of Theatre head and artistic director.
“Marianne brings to the production process a discerning eye, a highly developed and nuanced aesthetic and an experienced craft,” MacLean said. “She knows what works, what is possible and what can be achieved.” With three international credits, one Broadway production and many regional pieces under her belt, Custer is now a resource for students like William Young, a rising senior in Plant Sciences and Theater who took her costume design class. Young said he recalls initially feeling intimidated by Custer’s background and straightforward teaching approach. “I never knew if I was doing well or not, but I came to appreciate her style,” Young said. “It
really made me push myself and try harder.” “Marianne often required us to defend our choices by simply asking why,” he continued. “I think we all grew as designers in those moments when we were terrified of her telling us we were way off.” But even with her broad experience and knowledge in the field of costume design, Custer said she realizes that theater production is a collaborative process requiring work from many areas to create a successful product. “The costume should support the character and the story, but it can’t do the entire job of telling the story,” Custer said. “The best costumes leave room for the actor to do his job.”
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vibrancy, creativity, and accessibility of street art. Editor-in-Chief From sidewalks to street corners, brick buildings Galleries and city- to alleyways, Knoxville commissioned statues are is bursting with uncongreat, but nothing beats the ventional art venues. So
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Fourth and Gill Neighborhood
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