Call me, beep me ... if you want a T: Link >>See page 2
Behind the curtain Clarence Brown Theatre exhibits work off-stage
Opinion: Strange love in a strange place >>See page 6
Men’s basketball signee enrolled in university courses >>See page 11
Volume 130 Issue 3
Megan Patterson Arts & Culture Editor When the curtain opens at the Clarence Brown Theatre this fall, there will be 100 characters on stage for opening night. The trick is that there will only be four actors. For the upcoming production of “The 39 Steps,” the Beacon decided to take an in-depth look at the behindthe-scenes preparation that went into this farcical rendition of an Alfred Hitchcock classic. A lot happens before the opening scene, and even more happens before the actors enter the picture. Joe Payne, the sound and projection designer for Clarence Brown Theatre, detailed how the design crew begins their preparation. “The play is chosen, and the whole design team all gets together with the director,” Payne said. “The director talks about the concept of the piece or the theme or mood or feeling of the piece and how he/she wants to portray the piece.” After the director sets the stage for the team, the individual designers begin production. Bill Black, the costume designer, starts each produc-
tion in the same way. Equipped with an elaborate chart outlining which roles the actors play in each scene, he begins his research. “My research for this play was that I read the novel that the movie was based on, which wasn’t very helpful because Hitchcock really changed it for the film,” Black said. “Then I watched the film, and online I found a bunch of stills from the movie for reference.” From the online stills featuring period dress of the 1930s, Black sketched out costumes for his production that fit with the established style of each individual character. “Sometimes that involves finding clothes and putting them together in the right way, and sometimes it involves making them from scratch,” Black said. “When it involves making them from scratch, the drawing goes to the draper and he makes that into a pattern.” The costume for the female spy character is a dress pattern, which Black found in a 1937 Sears catalogue. “You can see a lot of the way through the movie she is wearing a dark dress with a big white collar or a big white bow so that’s why I kept that,” Black said. “In the movie she had three or four different dresses but … we didn’t have time for her to make all those changes.” See CLARENCE BROWN on Page 7
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App plans to make transit services more convenient for students Tanner Hancock News Editor
It’s 2 a.m. You’re stranded in the Fort and can’t walk home; salvation may be as easy as the push of a button. Beginning this semester, UT will be operating a late night T: Link access app that will allow students to remotely call a T: Link bus between the hours of 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. The service, which can be accessed through the existing UT app under the transit tab, is free for UT students with a valid student ID who register for it. Mark Hairr, the Parking and Transit Services director at UT, explained that because the current program is a beta test, it will be operated by the university free of charge until the end of the semester. UT administrators will decide by the end of the semester whether a permanent ride request app, currently run through the transit company Transloc, will be implemented following the current trial run. While UT has had a bus-tracking app in place since the summer of 2013, the current app differs in that it allows students to remotely request a bus ride with the help of their smartphones. As Hairr sees it, the benefits of the current app are multifaceted as students will no longer have to put up with long hold-
8/16/15 Location: Melrose Avenue
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At about 12:41 a.m., a UTPD officer noticed a silver Infiniti sedan enter Cumberland Avenue from McDonald’s near 18th Street without coming to a stop as required by a Knoxville City ordinance. The officer arrested the driver for simple possession of marijuana and for possession of drug paraphernalia. The officer issued municipal ordinance citations to the driver for the vehicle entering the roadway, failure to provide proof of insurance and for driving an unregistered motor vehicle.
ing times that were a common feature for students calling in person for a T: Link bus. Because the app utilizes GPS, bus drivers can pinpoint the exact location of students and more easily avoid missed rides. Students will also be given the vehicle number of the bus sent to retrieve them in order to avoid confusion should another bus pass a student by. Blake Roller, a UT graduate who previously served on SGA’s technology committee, helped push university administration to accept the current beta test of the current T: Link app. During his time at UT, Roller experienced first hand the difficulties in acquiring a T: Link bus late at night. In one instance, Roller waited in the rain for 40 minutes for a bus that never came, dealing with long hold times over the phone before abandoning the wait and walking to his destination. Recognizing the need for a change, Roller and several other SGA members observed the systems in place at other universities, like Alabama and Clemson, and eventually approached UT administration with the idea for a ride request app run by the university. While his time at UT is over, Roller knows the current system in place will provide convenience for students without any added cost to the university itself. “It gives a semester to get some student feedback,” Roller said. “It also gives us a semester to not have to pay for it since it’s a beta test.”
8/16/15 Location: University Commons/2318 Kingston Pike At approximately 1:31 p.m., a UTPD officer was on Volunteer Boulevard in a line of cars when the officer observed a Ford Explorer driving on the right side of the road, which is for parking only. The officer initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle. The driver was later arrested for possession of marijuana and unlawful paraphernalia.
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VolCard acceptors predict positive feedback
VolCard can now be used on select merchants on The Strip. Jake McCarter • The Daily Beacon
Alahnah Ligon Contributor UT partnered with Cumberland Avenue merchants this May to provide students with a new array of dining payment options. Now, various eateries on The Strip are accepting Allstar funds through VolCard accounts for students’ convenience. The VolCard is used as an access and ID card on and off campus while also acting as a reloadable debit card for student accounts. Funds from the newly required Flex Plan, a $300 Dining Dollar only meal plan for all undergraduate students enrolled in at least six credit hours, cannot be used to purchase goods from off-campus merchants. Instead, a student may add funds to their VolCard accounts through a university portal. The implementation of a new meal plan as well as expanded VolCard options on Cumberland Avenue has caused some confusion among students and businesses. Kelly Moore, freshman in studio art, said she feels that the specifics of where and how to use the VolCard were not properly explained before the start of the semester. “I have no idea how to use (the VolCard),” Moore said. “I have my own debit and credit cards. I’ll probably just use it to open doors.” Madeline Martie, senior in child and family studies, said she was also confused how to best use her university dining options when trying to purchase dinner on The Strip recently. “I guess now you can use it everywhere, but apparently that’s not really true,” Martie said. “We’re all kind of confused about what the plan actually is.” Despite the confusion, director of Operational Services at UT Bill Strickland stressed that the VolCard and off-campus merchant pairing was primarily made with student interests in mind. “The off-campus program is something we have been discussing for several years,” Strickland said. “The core of this new product offering was to give students more options
outside the normal on-campus dining facilities.” Strickland said he predicts that the new options will become more popular with students as the initial confusion wears off. “It provides more and varied dining options for our student population as well as allows us to be a good neighbor with our nearby merchant base,” Strickland said. Scott Frix, manager at Moe’s Southwestern Grill, said the added VolCard payment options at his restaurant serve as an opportunity to better connect with the student customers—a connection he said is vital to his business. “We’re here because of the students, and we know it,” Frix said. “We want to be the kind of place students want. (The VolCard) is an opportunity for students to go places they may not normally go. “We see it as a win-win for everybody.” With a general influx of student customers evident in restaurants across Cumberland Avenue, more establishments are attempting to join the growing university program. Jessica Biggard, chef manager at Noodles & Company, said she decided “an additional register may be necessary because of increased interest” in response to the semester’s new off-campus meal options. “Merchants are coming on board quickly,” Strickland said. “We get inquiring calls multiple times each week asking about the program and participation specifics.” Strickland said he views the introduction of the VolCard on The Strip as a secondary payment option that will be beneficial for participating merchants’ sales. “The merchants definitely see it as a way to increase their sales by offering students an additional method of payment,” he said. “Sometimes students may not have cash with them, but they normally always have their VolCard.” For a complete list of merchants accepting the VolCard, visit the VolCard site at http://volcard.utk.edu/off-campus-merchant-program/.
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Life of the Mind assignment highlights immigration Altaf Nanavati Copy Editor The Class of 2019 is learning about new experiences while looking forward to their own. As a part of the 2015 Life of the Mind project, UT freshman were assigned to read “The Book of Unknown Americans” by Cristina Henríquez during the summer. Each year, the selection committee at FirstYear Studies open up their website to faculty at the university and to the Knoxville community for suggestions on what book should be assigned to the incoming freshman class. According to the topic or theme of that specific year, the committee then narrows the list of books down to the one that would serve as the best fit for the students. In addition to reading the book, students are also asked to respond by submitting an essay or an art piece. After the assignment is turned in, the students participate in a peer review activity during Welcome Week. Since the topic for this year’s project is immigration, Henríquez’s book revolves around how a family from Mexico moves to the United States and adjusts to a completely new lifestyle, dealing with any personal issues that accompany it.
Henríquez dedicated the book to her father, an immigrant who moved from Panama to the United States in 1971. Stella Bridgeman-Prince, assistant director for the Student Success Administration and member of the Life of the Mind committee, explained how and why topics such as immigration are chosen for the assignments. “We always try to look as broadly as possible,” Bridgeman-Prince said. “We look at the student experience and what might give them a perspective of how things are changing around them and how they can adapt to new experiences.” During Welcome Week, students are required to attend group meeting with their discussion leaders, mostly made up of faculty and staff, where they discuss the book and the project they submitted. Bridgeman-Prince explained why such discussions are an important part of Life of the Mind. “It’s truly just about dissecting what the experience was like, what the book meant to them, and how they can maybe use that in forward thinking,” Bridgeman-Prince said. After the last meeting, the entire freshman class who had participated in the project met at Thompson-Boling Arena to hear Henríquez talk about her book and answer any questions the students might have. For Maitraya Ghatak, freshman in mathematics, the book provided a unique point of view
of the life of an immigrant family. “The book provides new insight into the lives of the immigrants and shows us that immigrants share the same dreams as all other Americans,” Ghatak said. “I look forward to coming to college with a broader perspective and with an openness to different ideas.” “I want you to make a point to imagine yourself in other people’s lives...” Cristina Henríquez was this year’s Life of the Mind speaker. Her book, “The Book of Unknown Americans,” was the NY Times Notable Book of 2014 and one of Amazon’s Top Ten Books of the Year. Justin Keyes • The Daily Beacon
Lights-off museum experience gives students a ‘backstage pass’ Altaf Nanavati Copy Editor It may not have been exactly like “Night at the Museum,” but it was close enough. As a part of Welcome Week, the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture held a special night tour for the class of 2019 entitled “McClung After Dark.” After turning off most of the museum’s lights, students and other attendees split into three different groups and toured various exhibits in the museum, including: The Decorative Experience, Archaeology and the Native Peoples of Tennessee and The Civil War in Knoxville: The Battle of Fort Sanders. The Decorative Experience exhibit consists of items that belonged to different cultures and societies throughout Europe, North America, South America, Africa and the Far East between 2400 B.C. to the 21st-century. Of the many cases at The Decorative Experience exhibit featuring different time periods and parts of the world, Lindsey Jo Wainwright, coordinator of academic programming at McClung Museum, took her group to the case devoted entirely to the Tang dynasty,
the ruling imperial Chinese dynasty from 618– 907 A.D. Most of the objects sitting inside the Tang dynasty case were Mingqi funerary objects, figurines for tombs made to insure the well being of the deceased. In the absence of light, Wainwright explained that the funerary objects were built to be seen in naturally dark conditions. “These items would not be seen by these bright LED lights that are battery powered and easy to carry,” Wainwright said. “These objects weren’t made to be in a museum and would’ve been made for a place in the dark.” After looking at the first exhibit, the group walked to the Civil War exhibit on the bottom floor. During this section of the tour, attendees had the opportunity to learn about the Battle of Fort Sanders in Knoxville. Along with providing detailed information on the location of the battle, McClung’s Civil War curator Joan Markel, discussed the more gruesome aspects of that conflict. “You don’t have to make anything up to tell the story of mayhem and terrible experiences for both civilians and the military population during the Civil War,” Markel said. The group made its last stop at the exhibit
devoted to archaeology and the native peoples of Tennessee. This exhibit covers everything from the artists’ renderings of the native people to the wide variety of artifacts exclusive to the McClung Museum collection. In order to give visitors the opportunity to learn more about the people living during that time, the exhibit showcased murals dedicated to specific time periods, dating from the Paleoindian period all the way to the Historic period. Isaac Fulton, freshman in English, thought that the decision to turn off the lights during the tour honed in on the information that the tour guides had provided. “Instead of just going to look at all of it, it enabled you to focus on one item and they would tell you the story behind it,” Fulton said. Since Wainwright’s position at the museum is a new one, she also felt that a nighttime tour of the museum added a special ambiance for students willing to explore history. “I thought it would be really fun and lighthearted to do something at night,” Wainwright said. “It’s kind of a unique opportunity, giving students a kind of backstage pass.”
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EDM talent to surge through Knoxville Sterling Martin Copy Editor While back-to-school-bash-craving students begin classes this week, some have been heavily anticipating and preparing for the coming weekend. Tonight, Midnight Voyage Productions is hosting PANDEMONIUM, a “2 Room – 3 Stages” semester kickoff event, featuring the versatile producer duo known as LOUDPVCK, Nashville native Wick-it the Instigator and electro-soul producer Manic Focus. PANDEMONIUM falls on a Midnight Voyage LIVE Friday, which has been Knoxville’s premiere EDM concert series for the past five years by featuring top notch talent from around the world. The event takes place at The International and The Concourse; 1200 and 500-capacity concert venues, respectively, located on one property just one mile from the UT Cumberland Strip. Alex Savini, senior in communication studies, works as an office intern for The International. “I saw LOUDPVCK recently at Moonrise Festival in Baltimore,” Savini said. “They threw down, so it’s definitely gonna be a good night.” The adjoining Concourse will host a number of favorite local PANDEMONIUM acts like Magmablood and Cuddlefish, while the
patio between the two buildings features Headroom, a locally operated music collective. Brad Tomlinson, co-founder of Headroom, explains how the collective began more than five years ago as an after-hours nightclub that hosted after-parties for Midnight Voyage Productions shows among others. “It got started because some friends decided that evenings in Knoxville shouldn’t end at 3 a.m.,” Tomlinson said. “Eventually, the city decided the building wasn’t zoned for dancing and closed it down.” Headroom then found a new home as an all-night dance party in the woods at regional festivals and barns. “Today we continue to create Headroom as a temporary dance event outdoors and in clubs, keeping true to its original spirit rooted in the underground,” Tomlinson said. The collective’s primary focus is the oldschool, underground genres like house, techno and drum and bass music. “As the EDM trend peaks (or has peaked), some of the newer, younger dance music fans are starting to look into deeper and more culturally rooted sounds,” Headroom Coordinator Alex Falk said. Midnight Voyage Productions, Headroom and The International will be bringing great music and exceptional artists, promoters, fans and performers to Knoxville, not just this Friday, Aug. 21st but at Midnight Voyage LIVE this and every other Friday for the rest of the year.
Luke Bryan’s not-so-radical stylistic Michael Lipps
Assistant Arts & Culture Editor For better or for worse, Luke Bryan has infiltrated the country music scene and pushed its boundaries to places some hardcore country music fans refuse to accept. Even so, Bryan’s latest album, “Kill the Lights,” has had great success and already reached No. 1 on Billboard’s 200 Albums Chart. The title track, “Kill the Lights,” is probably not the type of tune a Hank Williams or Loretta Lynn fan would choose as a new favorite. There is something about it that causes you to question whether or not it would be more appropriate to get your disco-groove on or to shuffle your boots and tip your hat — assuming that’s what a true country tune would inspire you to do. And maybe that is the appeal. Not that disco country should be something any artist aspires towards, but tracks like these have differentiated Bryan throughout his career and offered something, whether you like it or not, that is unique while still being somewhat reminiscent of true country music.
These days though, if you associate with Nashville and have even a bit of a twang in your voice you can pass for a country music artist — just ask Taylor Swift. Luke Bryan is well aware of his critics and has been pretty open about his sometimes questionable country sound. Bryan recently told a journalist, “When I sing something, it’s going to be pretty dadgum country just by the way I sing.” That sentiment is apparent in tracks like “Huntin’, Fishin’ And Lovin’ Every Day” where dropping the ‘G’ off words is enough to signify a country sound. Another song “Scarecrows” boasts a double negative and begins, “We didn’t have no downtown strip/We’d all pile in and take a two-mile trip/To where the road runs out.” (Side note: Is Luke from my hometown?) While some say this album is a bit of a departure from Bryan’s typical style, can I be honest and say I can’t speak to that notion because I’m not at all sure what that typical style really is? UTDAILYBEACON.COM See more online
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Context is key
McCord Pagan Adding Context
Welcome to UT new and returning Vols, and welcome to my column. While I began writing regular columns for the Beacon this summer, the writing style is still new to me. Having been a news writer for the past few years, it is a novel experience to suddenly be writing about myself and my opinions rather than about a lab explosion on the Hill or why tuition keeps going up. As such, I wondered how to decide on a theme that could interest both my colleagues on campus and be more than just my personal reflections. So I decided to look into UT’s history. For me, understanding the past has always been critical to having a better grasp of what’s going on today. For example, our football team’s losing streak from 2010 to 2013 is even more noteworthy when you realize it was the first time we had four consecutive losing seasons since our streak from 1909 to 1912. In that case, history gives us context for what UT football should have been like under some (thankfully) now departed football coaches. Fun fact: this fall also marks the 90th anniversary of Gen. Robert R. Neyland’s first arrival at UT as a football coach. But don’t fret. I have no desire to turn this column into a history class. Remembering the past not only helps us appreciate our heritage, but also teaches us how to interpret the events of today. But, you may still ask, what can we possibly learn
from events that happened decades before our parents were even born? In the Sept. 12, 1925 issue of the Orange and White (The Daily Beacon’s predecessor), the editors gave a special welcome to the women moving into the then-new Sophronia Strong Hall dormitory, saying the new building would be “modern in every particular.” Now, if there’s anything UT students love to complain about, it’s the lack of parking spaces and ongoing construction; however, looking 90 years into the past suggests that some of these complaints are anything but new. In all likelihood, students that took classes at UT in the summer of 1925 also bemoaned the construction of Strong Hall as it was being built, just as students that took classes in the summer of 2015 complained about the hulking, gray monolith arising from the same spot. Rather, what is more interesting is the fact that it took 90 years for the original Strong Hall to be replaced. According to a News Sentinel article (http:// www.knoxnews.com/news/local-news/a-strong-senseof-place), UT asked for state funds to replace the structure once the dorm closed to residents in 2008, but was denied, likely as a result of the financial crisis and consequential state budget crunch. If UT had had its way, the new Strong Hall would likely be open by now and already in use. But, as
anyone who has driven on Cumberland Avenue in the past several months can tell you, that is not the case. And while many of our complaints about the eyesore of construction may be valid, we need to also realize that other factors, such as the state of Tennessee not giving UT the money it asked for, should make us rethink how we vent. Yes, we have lots of construction right now, but we need to realize that part of the reason UT is on a building spree is that the administration is wisely taking advantage of the country’s record low interest rates, allowing us to finance new buildings at a much lower cost. It’s common for us to jump to knee-jerk, emotional reactions to problems around campus, especially when ongoing construction and lack of parking spaces turn what should have been a 15-minute commute to campus on the first day of class into 40 minutes (cough, cough). Sometimes we have to look beyond our own inconveniences and see the bigger picture. The issues we complain about are not always new and not always easy to solve. But when we look into the past, sometimes we can get a bit of context. McCord Pagan is a fifth-year senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at mcccpaga@vols.utk.edu
Trying to find the opposite of loneliness
Sarah Hagaman Turn of Phrase
I never realized it was possible to fall in love with a complete stranger, but that’s exactly what happened this summer. For the first time this past July, I traveled alone to fulfill my dream of researching literature at the University of Oxford. The moment came with an unexpected gesture of kindness in the middle of a busy British train station. The end of my incredible journey drew near, and I traveled eight hours to visit friends in Edinburgh, Scotland. Unfortunately, my love of shopping had a major drawback: heavy luggage. Roughly 150 pounds of chocolate, tea, clothes and books suddenly became deadweights as I navigated train tube lines bound north to Edinburgh. As I arrived to the train station on a windy Saturday in July, weariness slowed my gait. My destination still lay two miles away, straight through the crowded sidewalks of Edinburgh’s biggest shopping district. People swarmed by me as I approached the stairs and looked up with dismay. Three long flights of stairs loomed ahead; I hesitated and gripped my suitcase handles tightly. Just as I braced my hands around my bags, a young twenty-something man coming down the stairs spotted me and paused. After asking if I needed a hand in a brisk Scottish brogue, he swiftly took my bags in hand and steered me up three flights of
stairs while making pleasant conversation. He asked if he could hail a taxi; I insisted that I could walk with no problem — but a glance at the teeming streets and uneven cobblestones made my statement absurd. He hesitated, looked at the crowds jostling through the streets and then back at me. I looked at the street one more time and then nodded in agreement. “Yeah, a taxi would be good.” He walked to the curb, hailed a taxi and told the driver where I was going. I thanked him profusely before getting in the cab, too stunned at his kindness to react before he merged back into the crowd. As the driver shifted into gear, he looked back at me. “Boyfriend seems nice.” I shook my head and laughed and told him we weren’t together. But what I didn’t tell the driver was this: if one could fall in love with a complete stranger — even for a moment — then I just had. Accepting help doesn’t seem like a major concession, but allowing others to assist me often belies my instinct. Yet my abroad experience this summer taught me something that goes much further than a haughty obsession with independence or even intense academic inquiry. This trip allowed me to experience what the late essayist Marina Keegan called “the opposite of loneliness” in her graduation speech at
Yale University: “We don’t have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I could say that’s what I want in life. What I’m grateful and thankful to have found at Yale, and what I’m scared of losing when we wake up tomorrow and leave this place ... Yale is full of tiny circles we pull around ourselves. A cappella groups, sports teams, houses, societies, clubs. These tiny groups that make us feel loved and safe and part of something even on our loneliest nights when we stumble home to our computers — partner-less, tired, awake. We won’t have those next year. We won’t live on the same block as all our friends. We won’t have a bunch of group texts. This scares me. More than finding the right job or city or spouse — I’m scared of losing this web we’re in. This elusive, indefinable, opposite of loneliness. This feeling I feel right now.” Before leaving, I feared loneliness. I love engaging with people; spending time alone has never come very high on my list of things to do. But I wondered if traveling alone would prove exceptionally isolating. I feared meals set for one and feeling awkwardly disjointed from the people around me. What I discovered was, indeed, the opposite of loneliness. Sarah Hagaman is a senior in English. She can be reached at shagama1@vols.utk.edu.
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CLARENCE BROWN continued from Pag 1 For a play this extensive, most characters only have one costume, but even that is enough to keep the actors busy. “The idea in a play like this where one actor plays more then one character is that the costume tells you which character they are,” Black said. “The actress plays three different women so she’s not too complicated…then these two guys play every other character in the movie.” The two actors, called “clowns,” play every male role (with the exception of the lead) and even a few female roles. Their basic look is a white shirt, black pants, red suspenders and red-and-white socks. “Whenever they play a woman or someone in a nightshirt or whatever, they will just pull their pant legs up and we will see those redstriped socks,” Black said. “When they are being stage musicians they have their basic costume and then they just put on a vest and shirt and bow tie in one piece over their thing and add a jacket.” The rapid quick-changes these characters undergo are facilitated by sewing multiple items of clothing into a single piece and swapping out buttons for Velcro and snaps. “Its not like we’re trying hide the fact that these two guys are playing all the other people; it’s part of what’s funny,” Black said. “They have a whole lot of different voices and accents and funny things that they do.” David Alley is an actor-in-residence at UT playing one of the “clown” roles. For Alley, the quick changes only add to the comic nature of the play. “One of the elements of farce is that there’s always some sense of danger, of things going too fast or things reaching right to the point of being out of control,” Alley said. “Our job is to make that appear to be the case but really to have things under control at the same time.” Once costume and set design are wrapping things up, that’s when the other production teams move into full swing. “I actually wait until the set design is done and the costume design is done because they hugely influence where I go from there,” Payne said. “I always like the sound and music and sound effects to feel like the physical world that has been created.” The sound designer is in charge of the music and sound effects that go into a show. Payne described his job as “emotionally driving the piece, keeping the piece going and keeping the mood and feeling of the piece where the director has intended so that we never fall flat.” To do this, Payne and his team search through source materials that capture the time period, location and mood of the production. After a lengthy process of whittling down their selections, it is time to move to rehearsals. “By the time rehearsals begin we have an idea of most of the sound and music generally,”
Friday, August 21, 2015 • The Daily Beacon Payne said. “Then as the actors start bringing it to life, that’s when you say all the little ‘ooh this piece of music needs to be 10 seconds’ or ‘this sound effect needs to be much angrier’ and all those things that are based on what the actors are actually doing.” Lighting and sound bring a play into the fourth dimension. They move the action through the world that costume and set design created and help bring it to life. “Lighting actually visually creates the world but also has to help us move from one place to another or from one time to another with the action and sound does the same thing,” Payne said. “We call these the ethereal elements or the time-based elements of plays.” As much as the design team relies on the actors to shape their work, the actors are equally dependent on the design team for inspiration. “It’s our job to inhabit what the scenic designer and the costume designer and the sound designer have provided us,” Alley said. “Those tools are very very useful in allowing us to sort of go to a particular place almost instantly. They have provided us with some of the costume pieces, in particular hats, as well as the full sound design, and that has been absolutely vital to us for rehearsals of this particular show we are doing.” In the end, each individual team works to create a world which the actors can introduce the audience to on opening night.
Full set of costumes for each “39 Steps” charac†er. (Above) Customized clothing designed to play two characters at once. (Left) Photos by: Megan Patterson • The Daily Beacon
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Kirkland challenging for starting middle linebacker Jonathan Toye
Sports Editor Darrin Kirkland Jr. has the all the qualities of a SEC starting middle linebacker. He is intelligent, mature and instinctual. There is just one catch — he is a true freshman. But the promise he displays at the mike spot is tantalizing.
“He has the skillset, obviously, that we are looking for at linebacker,� Tennessee Head Coach Butch Jones said. “But (he has) the football intelligence. Again, he can retain information immediately. You only have to tell him one time. And he is a run and hit individual. We are excited. “He continues to get better and better with every practice rep that he gains.� Kirkland’s status as freshman could be an obstacle, as middle linebackers are expected to
be a vocal leader on defense. Jones, however, believes Kirkland has the tools to meet the requirement. “It is a challenge,� Jones said. “But again, he is very intelligent, very humble, very quiet off the field, listens to what everyone says and takes it all in; but on the football field, he is extremely confident, very vocal, and he communicates very well.� Kirkland enrolled at UT in January, but he didn’t practice with the team in the spring after
suffering a pectoral injury during a workout. The spring semester wasn’t a total loss, however, as the Indianapolis native still studied the playbook, attended team meetings and familiarized himself with Tennessee’s defensive philosophy. He then remained on campus in May to continue rehab, while his teammates went home for vacation. UTDAILYBEACON.COM See more online
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Tennessee soccer team sets high goals, expectations Trenton Duffer Staff Writer Jamie Simmons, who transferred from UNC Greensboro after her sophomore season, registered 94 saves last season, but she won’t be starting on Friday’s game against Lipscomb. Fifth-year senior Julie Eckel is coming off an Achilles injury from last year, which had allowed Simmons to claim the starting role. Coach Brian Pensky, however, welcomes the competition. “We have six combined years of Division 1 play starting in goal, and that’s a very unique situation,” Pensky said after Thursday’s team practice. “Both kids have done very well in their time, and the difference is Julie is a fifth-year senior, and Jamie is a straight-up senior … There’s a ton of competition there, and there’s nothing better than having both competition and depth.” Eckel, who says that the injury is now 100 percent better, is glad to have Simmons pushing her to be better. “It just makes the training environment really awesome because the level’s high in every practice, and you know you have someone there to push you,” Eckel said. “We also have two talented
freshman (Shae Yanez and Gretchen Cagle) at goal as well, so it’s really awesome to have that motivation at every practice that you have to preform your best.” Carolyn Baldwin, a sophomore midfielder who has competed in the U-20 Women’s World Cup, comes into this year after winning All-Freshman First-Team SEC honors last year. The Oakton, Virgina native gives off a strong presence at midfield that helps anchor the team. “My expectations are just to provide the team with some extra depth this year, so just however I will be utilized as an individual,” Baldwin said. “Any experience at this level is very good … Everyone that was on the team last year is just going to carry these experiences into the season.” Along with the 18 returning players from Tennessee’s 2014 squad, the Vols have four members on this year’s SEC Preseason Watch List. Senior Hannah Wilkinson, junior Amy Neal, sophomore Carolyn Baldwin, and freshman Katie Cousins were all named to the list, the only school in the SEC to have a player from each class named. Tennessee was also picked fifth in the SEC Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Florida finished first with 11 of the 14 first place votes, followed by Texas A&M, Kentucky and South Carolina.
Coach Pensky says that his team isn’t worried about a watch list or a coach poll and that they just want to play. “At the University of Tennessee, you always have expectations, and you always expect yourself and your team to be good. We have our own expectations and our own goals within our team,” Pensky said. “We want to be a good team, and we expect to compete in our league and compete successfully on a national level.” Tennessee’s first regular season game will be this Friday at 7 p.m. at Regal Stadium against Lipscomb, followed by another matchup at home on Sunday against Georgia Southern. That matchup will begin at 1 p.m. The Vols will play preseason SEC favorite Florida on Oct. 9 in Knoxville at 7 p.m. Senior goalie Julie Eckel protects the goal during the soccer meet-andgreet scrimmage. (Right) Freshman Maya Neal stops the ball during the soccer meet-and-greet scrimmage. (Bottom) Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon/Tennessee Athletics
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Tennessee basketball commit officially enrolled at UT Troy Provost-Heron Training Editor Tennessee confirmed that men’s basketball signee Lamonte’ Turner was officially enrolled at UT and began attending classes Thursday. A UT spokesperson, however, could not comment on whether or not the freshman point guard has been cleared to play this season for the Volunteers. Turner, who is ranked as a three-star prospect by 247Sports Composite Rankings, signed with the Vols on May 24, but was potentially dealing with an academic problem that prevented him from enrolling during the second semester of summer school, according to a Knoxville News Sentinel story published Wednesday.
The News Sentinel also reported that the delay in his enrollment could have also come from his multiple stops in high school — having played for Sparkman High School in his hometown of Harvest, Alabama, Arlington County Day School in Jacksonville, Florida and IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, where he graduated — or his decision to reclassify to the class of 2016 before reverting back to the 2015 class. If Turner becomes eligible to play, he is expected to compete for the starting point guard spot. Seniors Kevin Punter and Armani Moore are also candidates for that position. Tennessee Head Coach Rick Barnes will talk to the media at 3:30 p.m. EST on Friday, and this story will be updated if any new information becomes available.
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Phillips pushing for big season Taylor White
Assistant Sports Editor When Kyle Phillips committed to Tennessee in early January, his plan was to enroll early so he would be able to get a leg up on the competition, and compete in spring practice. All didn’t go according to plan, however, as the Nashville, Tennessee native suffered a shoulder injury that required surgery and forced him to the sidelines for the entire spring. That time off the field didn’t go to waste though, as the freshman defensive end was able to observe practice through a different perspective, something that he has been able to build off of throughout fall camp. “He took a lot of mental reps in the spring and that’s a tribute to him,” Head Coach Butch Jones said. “Even though he wasn’t able to take the physical reps, he was able to gain the mental reps, he sat and he watched … That’s really helped him.” Fellow Nashville native Derek Barnett had a big freshman season, recording 10 sacks. Having that leadership around has been critical for his development, according to Phillips, and the freshman has begun to garner comparisons to Barnett early in his career. “It means I’m doing a little something right,” Phillips said of the comparisons. “I’ve just been taking their guide and letting them lead the way, I guess.” Phillips’ physical presence is what has impressed his coaches and teammates the most, however. At 6-foot-4 and 259 pounds, he’s ready to compete against all that the SEC
offensive lines have to offer. “He has a great skill set in terms of length,” Jones said. “He’s very long, he has a very large wingspan. He bends exceptionally well, and he can flat-out run. Then he has a tenacity about himself. He plays with a relentless approach to the game of football. Passing game taking form: After Saturday’s open practice, Jones explained his disappointment with the passing game. That disappointment seems to have subsided in the past few days, however. “There have (been improvements),” Jones said of his passing game on Thursday. “When everyone thinks throw game, they think quarterback and wide receivers. There’s a lot that goes into it. It’s the running backs, it’s the offensive line … We’ve worked hard at it, and I can see us making progress in that area every day.” One aspect that has helped the passing game has been the improved consistency of sophomore wide out Josh Malone. The Gallatin, Tennessee native came to Tennessee last season with lofty expectations that he struggled to fill, in part because of numerous injuries he sustained his freshman year. A healthier Malone has impressed both his coaches and his teammates in fall camp, and could be a key player in the Vols’ passing game this season. “My expectation this year for myself and for the offense is to try and just put this team in the best position to win,” Malone said. “I just want to help out anyway I can.” UTDAILYBEACON.COM See more online
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