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Each of the Precious Prints charms are individually packaged and made uniquely for each customer. • Photo Courtesy of UT College of Nursing
Fingerprint project helps grieving families Priya Narapareddy Contributor
Miranda Zolman has helped take fingerprints for Precious Prints charms that are given to families of children who have passed away at UT Medical Center. Zolman, a neonatal nurse practitioner at UT Medical, said she never thought she would be the recipient of a silver fingerprint charm. In January, she and her husband lost their son Elliott at 23 weeks old. A few weeks after Elliott’s death, Zolman said
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she received a Precious Prints charm with his fingerprint. “I haven’t taken it off since,” she said. Families like the Zolmans have been given a tangible memory of their children through the UT College of Nursing’s Precious Prints Project. The Precious Prints Project, which is organized by members of the Student Nurses’ Association, provides families who have lost a child in a Knox County hospital with a silver charm. The charm features the child’s fingerprint and his or her initials on the back. Precious Prints are provided at no cost to the family or the hospital. Fingerprints are taken by nurses and sent to Precious Metal Prints to be
created into charms. The charms featuring the fingerprints will then be mailed directly to the families. The Precious Prints Project began serving families of patients at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in 2012. Since then, Precious Prints has expanded to Parkwest Medical Center, UT Medical Center and Physicians’ Regional Medical Center of Tennova Health Care. Lynne Miller, clinical instructor and director of the Precious Prints Project, said more than 350 families have been served by Precious Prints. Miller described student involvement in the project as “a marriage of education and service.”
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“Students are learning leadership and philanthropy,” she said. Miller said students go to the hospitals to educate the nurses on how to take a child’s fingerprint. She said students also distribute Precious Prints kits and do fundraising for the project. An upcoming fundraiser for the Precious Prints Project is the fourth annual Sprint for the Prints, a 5K run and walk organized by the Student Nurses Association. The race will be held on Oct. 1 at 9 a.m. at Circle Park. See PRECIOUS PRINTS on Page 3
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Psychology professor earns two national awards for race studies Annie Tieu
Contributor Jioni Lewis, assistant professor of psychology at UT, was awarded the Women of Color Psychology Award from the Association for Women in Psychology for her vast work in microaggressions and how they effect women of color. Additionally, the American Psychological Association’s Society of Counseling Psychology presented Lewis with the Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship on Race and Ethnicity Award. Lewis received these awards for her study on gendered racial microaggressions — “subtle and everyday verbal, behavioral and environmental expressions of oppression based on the intersection of one’s race and gender” — specifically, in African-American women. Her research concluded that there is a positive correlation between the frequency of microaggressions African-American women reported and the level of psychological distress they felt. She co-authored this study with Helen Neville, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign. She first began conducting research on microaggressions when she was a doctoral student at the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. Lewis said she was a part of an interdisciplinary research team focused
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on “exploring the types of racial microaggressions that students of color experience at predominantly white universities and the impact on campus racial climate.” Lewis decided to conduct this research after facilitating focus group interviews with students and noticed that, based on race and gender, individuals experienced racial microaggressions differently. From this, she made the decision to focus on the racial gendered micro microaggressions African-American women faced. After the interviews, she took this qualitative research and transferred it into a quantitative one. “I developed a quantitative self-report survey instrument to measure the frequency and stress appraisal of intersecting racial and gender microaggressions,” Lewis said. Lewis decided to conduct this research because she is interested in the influence of microaggressions on the psychological and physical health of marginalized groups, specifically on women of color. According to Lewis, there has been a lot of qualitative research on this issue, but there has been limited quantitative research. This is why she developed the Gendered Racial Microaggressions Scale, which will increase the amount of quantitative research done on this topic. It allows researchers to begin quantitative explorations on the relationship between microaggressions and health. Erica Peppers, a doctoral student of Lewis, expressed the benefit of Lewis’ study. “Her gendered racial microaggressions
scale is a valuable tool that has been sought after in the field for its quantitative contributions to existing literature on microaggressions,” Peppers said. Her research has helped to inform others about racial health disparities. “There is a large body of research that suggests that experiences of racism have a negative impact on health,” Lewis said. “Because the experiences with racism are sources of chronic stress, that can lead to negative mental and physical health outcomes.” Lewis looks to educate people about microaggressions by helping others become more aware of them and reduce the occurrences of microaggressions in society, especially on college campuses. “My hope is that my research will be able to lead to future work on helping people of color and other minority groups to reduce the stress of racism and microaggressions in their daily lives,” Lewis said. “This could reduce racial health disparities.” Peppers focused around the unique aspects of the study and an outlook for the future. “Dr. Lewis’s work on gendered racial microaggressions raises awareness of the unique experiences of African-American women,” Peppers said. “A long-term goal of our research on gendered racial microaggressions is to reduce racial health disparities and pave the way for additional work towards improving the health and well-being of marginalized groups.” Lewis looks to start a racial microaggression study at UT.
Active Learning Space provides new way to study Priya Narapareddy Contributor
Students can now stay active while they study with the new Active Learning Space inside the John C. Hodges Library on campus. The Active Learning Space is located in Commons South of the library, facing the stairwell. It features FitDesk pedaling workstations, balance-ball chairs and desks that can be adjusted to one’s standing height. The 24-hour study space has helped students, such as junior Anna Parmly, incorporate physical activity as they study for long periods of time. Parmly, an economics major, prepared for class while sitting on a balance-ball chair Tuesday morning. She has visited the Active Learning area twice since the beginning of the school year. Parmly said she intends to continue using the new
study area. “This will be my go-to spot,” Parmly said. Greg Womac, the director of public services at Hodges Library, said the Active Learning Space was designed to provide students with light activity while they work. Womac also said the space can help students take mental breaks during their study sessions. “Breaking up study time helps,” he said. Womac said Rita Smith, the library’s executive associate dean, and Theresa Walker, the library’s associate dean, came up with the idea for the Active Learning Space. “Furniture for the space was installed over the summer and used immediately,” Womac said. “Within five or 10 minutes of the furniture being installed, students were already there.” Womac said the goal of the Active Learning Space is to help cater to the
needs of students. The library also provides different learning environments including private study rooms, mobile and stationary furniture, as well as a new computer area located near Starbucks. “Not everyone learns the same way,” Womac said. “We just want students to have their needs met.” Feedback from students through different advisory groups enabled Hodges Library to provide students with the study accommodations that they would like to see. “We want to know what the students think,” Womac said. Parmly described studying in the Active Learning Space as an efficient use of time. She said staying active, as opposed to sitting still, has helped her concentrate on her work. “It’s better for your body (to be active),” she said. “As a student, you spend so many hours sitting and studying.”
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PRECIOUS PRINTS continued from Page 1 Miller said more than 300 people participated in the 2015 Sprint for the Prints. The event raised $6,900, which enabled Precious Prints to expand into more hospitals. “When you hear families tell you what it means to them, it keeps you doing it,” Miller said. Madalyn Burke, senior in nursing, has been involved with Sprint for the Prints since her freshman year. This year, Burke is the chairwoman of the race. “We want to encourage people to come and join us,” Burke said. Burke, also a member of the Student Nurses Association, said that providing Precious Prints has been a rewarding experience. She has also spoken to families who have received prints. “They express so much gratitude,” she said. Zolman is organizing a team of her friends, family and nurses to participate in Sprint for the Prints. Zolman’s group is named is “Team Elliott,” in memory of her son. The most special part of the Precious Prints Project, according to Zolman, is that the charm is her son’s actual fingerprint. “(Precious Prints) gives people something tangible to hold on to,” she said. “You can have it forever.” Registration for Sprint for the Prints is $30. You can register or donate online at https://runsignup. com/Race/TN/Knoxville/sprintfortheprints
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People are more than profits, why we still need single-payer healthcare
Ryne Tipton May you live in interesting times
Despite all of the praise and hoopla that has surrounded Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act has amounted to a failure of public policy. For millions of people across the South, health insurance costs continue to rise. In a recent survey conducted by Scott Benefit Services, they found that in Virginia, medical expenditures had increased by eight percent and in North Carolina, expenditures had increased by nearly 10 percent. In both states, a large percentage of employers— in Virginia, over half— are using high deductible health insurance plans to cover their employees. Here in Tennessee, the Department of Commerce recently approved rate increases ranging from 44.3 percent to 62 percent for health insurance plans. Nationally, health care costs are expected to rise about 19 percent to $30,632 for a family of four by 2020. So much for “affordable care.” As far as coverage goes, millions across the country remain uninsured. Here in our own state, nearly 230,000 Tennesseans remain without health insurance because state legislature refuses to support the Governor’s Insure Tennessee proposal. Recently, a major health insurance provider, Aetna, decided that they’re going to no longer offer services in nearly two-thirds of the counties they currently serve. The move towards high deductible health insurance plans means that individuals will increasingly have to shoulder their own costs. The average high deductible plan has a deductible of around $5,000. This means that before one of these plans will cover costs, an individual or family must pay $5,000 out of pocket. For many working families, this is simply not an option. Rest assured, as costs rise and these plans become more common, the result will be a de facto lack of coverage for millions of people. Listening to most liberal commentators, it seems as if what we’ve witnessed is the best the Obama administration could have done. They chalk up the failures of
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Hancen Sale As It Stands
Last Friday night, Aug. 26, San Fransisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick made headlines when he refused to stand for the National Anthem before a game against the Greenbay Packers. His reasoning was, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.” Adding, in light of recent events, “to me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.” This is not the first preseason game in which he has chosen to sit for the National Anthem. It’s an arguably irrelevant conversation, considering Kaepernick is likely to start the season in the same place where he was during the playing of our nation’s iconic anthem. Nevertheless, this wholly irrelevant debate poses an interesting question: what exactly does activism look like in the 21st century? Activism, defined by Oxford as, “the action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about social or political change,” has always been a popular idea. Activism is intrinsic to America’s DNA,
the Affordable Care Act to the obstructionist tactics of their Republican colleagues. They refuse to call out the corporate Democrats in their own camp who were too afraid to challenge the health insurance industry when Democrats controlled Congress. But the truth is that there was an alternative to Obamacare. And it would have worked. Bill H.R. 676, the United States National Healthcare Act, would have ensured that all Americans receive health insurance as a human right. It would have replaced our current patchwork system of private oligopolies and underfunded public institutions with a single-payer health insurance system. In a 2008 study done by the group Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), the United States would have seen an immediate $350 billion decrease in health care costs if the legislation had been implemented. Prior to the PNHP’s study, in 2005, economist Paul Krugman estimated cost savings of roughly $200 billion dollars if a single-payer plan was adopted. In 2016, it can be safely assumed that the cost savings would be even greater. Why? Because the private health insurance industry is a wonderland of inefficiency. Private health insurance companies profit off of a lack of care. The less money that insurers have to shell out to cover high-risk patients, the more money they receive in profit. If we’re serious about meeting the basic healthcare needs of every American, the entire ethic of that industry is contrary to our purpose. So, it would make sense to actually eliminate or reduce that industry in order to promote the general welfare of the population. That’s exactly what a single payer system would do. Nearly 31 percent of America’s health care costs are spent on profits, paperwork, overhead and billing compliance. While a number of private companies, including health maintenance organizations (HMOs), have overhead costs of about 20 to 25 percent, Medicare itself has an overhead cost of about three percent. If we improved
Medicare and expanded it to cover the entire population (as H.R. 676 would), our administrative costs would be substantially lower than they are now and similar to the costs that we currently see under Medicare. No profits, less paperwork, a single system of billing and virtually no advertising would mean that the money we pay out would actually go towards meeting our needs. So why was H.R. 676 pushed to sidelines in favor of what we now call Obamacare? The insurance industry and Big Pharma. While he ran for President, Barack Obama showed interest in pushing the country towards a single-payer system. But as President, when lobbyists started to breathe down the neck of his administration, he knew that he had to sacrifice public health for the sake of private profiteers. Though he knew that private profits and the public interest could not be reconciled on the issue of healthcare, he (and his party) decided to bow to their whims anyway. And now, our country has made a broken system even more broken. While other countries can provide all of their citizens with quality healthcare by spending less than 10 percent of their gross domestic product (GDP), we still continue to spend in excess of 18 percent of our GDP to feed an industry that should have died with healthcare reform. We struggle under the weight of a 2,500 page elephant, while a 30 page piece of legislation could have taken care of all of our concerns. Millions continue to suffer, while a few thousand shareholders continue to prosper and things only seem to be getting worse. This is why single-payer needs to be brought back to the table. This is why we need to keep our politicians in line and loudly demand that people matter more than profits.
but, historically, it has been met with resilient and widespread opposition — and I’m sure Kaepernick is fully aware. So, yes, Kaepernick is an activist seeking social and political change. The manifestation of his activism fits the mold nicely considering the backlash he has received. Sure, staying seated during the national anthem is not “vigorous campaigning,” but it has certainly evoked a vigorous campaign against the San Francisco 49ers quarterback. But, as previously stated, activism is quite often met with opposition and it seems to be evident in this case. However, the argument is not based on whether Kaepernick’s activism is warranted, which it certainly is considering the recent slaying of unarmed black men; but rather, the argument is based on whether it was cowardly for him to “disrespect” the flag and the ideals that come with it. In my opinion, this seems to be a trivial and evasive response. The opposition knows Kaepernick respects the courageous fight of our nation’s military; they know his actions are insignificant in comparison to the appall-
ing prevalence of systematic racism. To say Kaepernick was wrong, based solely on his “disrespect” towards the flag, is to simply hide behind the façade of a cheap nationalism. In staying seated, Kaepernick is exposing a brutal truth: much of what the men and women who serve our country are fighting for isn’t being carried out by our own citizenry. The justice and freedom which bars our nation together is unequal— and no act of expressing inequity is cowardly. Nonetheless, the argument is based on Kaepernick when it should be founded in a desire for a better and more equal tomorrow. Sure, Kaepernick is an underperforming professional athlete, but this doesn’t warrant dismissal of the undeniable truth which remains: America can do better. I respect those men and women who fight for the ideals in which our nation was founded upon; however, I also respect those who fight for a better version of ourselves.
Ryne Tipton is a freshman in political science and can be reached at rtipton4@vols.utk.edu
Hancen Sale is a freshman in business management and can be reached at hsale@vols.utk.edu.
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New Writer-in-Residence talks ghosts, farm animals, her craft Anu Kumar
Staff Writer As a full time English instructor at the University of Tennessee, Erin Smith has a lot on her plate. Teaching everything from Creative Writing to Women in American Literature, Smith is now taking a second office in Hodges Library. As the new Writer-In-Residence, Smith is tasked with the responsibility of running the Writers in the Library series, which means promoting, advertising and organizing the reading series throughout the year. She also helps manage the social media sites and schedule interviews with the readers who are visiting. Meanwhile, Smith is still teaching full time. What Smith enjoys most about this position is that now she has a space to carve out more creative work and build upon her already developing projects. “It keeps me from binge watching Netflix,” Smith said. “But it’s nice having a space you can dedicate to your work.” Smith is currently working on a new collection of paranormal poems, more specifically about ghost animals. Smith gathers inspiration for her recent project from the farm she owns, Firefly Farm. The poems center around a narrator who moves to Tennessee and buys a farm, only to find that the farm is haunted by the
animals who once lived there. “I wanted to write about the farm without actually writing about the farm,” Smith said. “It’s all about rootedness … for a character that was rootless.” This also comes from Smith’s personal experience, because she’s moved about thirty times. “Before, I wrote a lot about place. It’s difficult to talk about place when you’re rooted for the first time ever.” Smith has lived in Tennessee for over seven years, which is the longest amount of time she has spent living in a single state. Writing was something that always intrigued Smith, she always knew she wanted to become a writer from a very young age. “We have this running joke that my mother forgot to dress me up for career day in second grade, so I told people I was a writer,” Smith said. “After that, it just kind of stuck.” Smith emphasized broadening horizons in writing, not only writing what you know but developing your personal language and the craft of telling a story. “If you write what you know, you should know more,” Smith said. “To be a writer, sometimes it means being something else. What do we have to write about?” Smith is excited for the projects and series of the year to unfold, but also has a
Erin Elizabeth Smith is currently a full time English professor at UT and was recently named the Jack E. Reese Writer-in-Residence of the Writers in the Library Program. • Courtesy of University of Tennessee few future goals in mind. “I hope to keep having fun, (continuing) the collection I’m working on and being an active part of the English department,” Smith said. “I would also like to see more literary promotion in Knoxville.”
Smith’s office hours are in Hodges Library from 3:30-5 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. She encourages anyone to stop by to discuss publishing, poetry, creative writing or to simply say hello.
Best places to go hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Eric Bailes
Staff Writer Summertime has officially come to an end here on Rocky Top and it’s time to head back to campus and gain some knowledge, whether we want to or not. Luckily for students itching to get out of the classroom, UT is conveniently located an hour away from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With more than 900 miles of trails to choose from, the GSMNP has something for everyone. Whether summits or forests, waterfalls or streams, there is an amazing variety of sights to see in the park. For those wanting to explore the park for themselves, here are five places that will surely reward any hiker who visits them. Andrews Bald Roundtrip length: 3.6 miles from Clingmans Dome parking area to Andrews Bald and back
Features: Views from bald, flame azaleas and rhododendrons when in season Starting in the same lot as Clingmans Dome, Andrews Bald is a beautiful hike that ends in a bald, or a summit with grassy vegetation. Depending on when hikers go, they can expect a variety of different plants, as long as they don’t try to do it in winter, when the road to it is closed. During the month of September, blueberries are ripe, while in October, the gold and purple hills are seen in the distance. Chimney Tops Roundtrip length: 4.0 miles from Newfound Gap Road to the Chimneys and back Features: Views from Chimneys, big trees While four miles roundtrip doesn’t sound too bad, hikers are warned of an entirely uphill hike, with an elevation gain of 1,400 feet. And if that doesn’t sound bad, climbing is required to reach the top.
The climb can be done without any climbing gear, only bravery. Once the cliffs are scaled, hikers have reached one of the most spectacular views in the park. Clingman’s Dome Roundtrip length: 1.0 miles from Clingman’s Dome parking area to observation tower and back Features: 360° view of park Just like the Chimney Tops, this is a short, yet uphill hike on one of the only two paved trails within the park. Boasting the title of the highest point in the state of Tennessee and the Appalachian Trail at 6,643 feet, hikers will be able to see for miles around, and maybe catch a glimpse of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi in North America. Ramsey Cascades Roundtrip length: 8.0 miles from parking at Greenbrier Cove to Cascades and back Features: Waterfall, big trees Getting to the tallest waterfall in the
park takes some time, as this hike takes a total of five to seven hours to reach the Cascades and return. But the time is well worth it once hikers arrive at the Cascades, where water drops 100 feet into a small pool. Exhausted hikers can take a quick dip in the cold, yet refreshing, mountain water. Rocky Top/Thunderhead Mountain Roundtrip length: 14.2 miles from Cades Cove Picnic Area to Rocky Top/ Thunderhead Mountain and back Features: Grassy balds, mountain views Didn’t know Rocky Top was a real place? Do this and hikers can get in the ultimate Tennessee spirit. Just like the Chimneys, this is a grueling seven mile hike one-way. Once hikers go the distance, they’ll reach a small clearing, full of gray rocks. Soon, the name “Rocky Top” will make immediate sense. Bonus points for any students who make the hike and sing “Rocky Top” from the summit. Trust this writer; it’s an amazing feeling to do so.
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1-Up for Extra Life: gamers raise money for Children’s Miracle Network Mary Beth Mccauley Contributor
Last weekend, Knoxville community members joined forces in Market Square to play Pokemon Go, a recently launched app that has taken the world by storm. However, these gamers weren’t there just for the Pokestops; they represented Knoxville’s newly established Extra Life guild. Extra Life is an organization that unites gamers around the world in an annual 24-hour gaming marathon to support Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Nicholas Bashore, a UT alum, was involved with this organization long before Knoxville’s guild was in place. “I started doing Extra Life about four years ago,� Bashore said. “I went to the Rooster Teeth Expo down in Texas and they had a booth set up there. I had just started streaming and I thought this was something I could do to give back.� Bashore already has an internet following of his own. Operating under the name Avialence, his YouTube channel and Twitch stream have gathered as many as 80,000 views. This made reaching his Extra Life donation goal very realistic, even while staying awake was a struggle. “I ended up playing Skyrim my first year, and I did not sleep the night before,� Bashore said. “After about 18 hours of sleep deprivation, it gets boring enough where it doesn’t keep you filled with adrenaline. I ended up falling asleep on the keyboard and my stream called me out, so I got a sleeping bag and put it in front of my webcam and slept for the last four hours. All thirty people left in the stream hung out that entire time and
raised the rest of my goal.� Bashore has consistently participated in Extra Life every year since, now collaborating with local hospitals and raising awareness for the organization. “Ever since then, I’ve been working on improving it, pulling friends into it, started working with Ellen and the local Extra Life chapter,� Bashore said. “We got a guild established this year, which is super cool.� Ellen Cole, the hospital director for Children’s Hospital, is responsible for raising money through Children’s Miracle Network. “I am the contact between our gamers and the hospital,� Cole said. “We have a group of hyperdedicated gamers who love the hospital, love helping kids and use that passion through gaming to raise awareness for our hospital.� Though Cole herself is not a gamer, she has an appreciation for the culture and thinks more people and organizations should be involved with players. “I don’t think a lot of people are talking to gamers,� Cole said. “It’s this huge hobby and no one is out there saying, ‘Hey, you can use your hobby to help other people.’� When Knoxville’s chapter achieved guild status last year, Extra Life nationals came in to help them get organized and established. Now, with Cole and Bashore at the forefront, the chapter is organizing meet-ups and bringing gamers together from all throughout the city in order to raise awareness. Extra Life streams can happen at any time, though there is a National Game Day upcoming on Nov. 5. More information can be found at www.extra-life.org.
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STR8TS No. 864
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Previous solution - Very Hard
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Fiji alternative
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Ice cream flavor
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Besmirch
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