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Vols leading Gators at the polls Alex Holcomb

Contributor The Vols and Gators are going head-to-head, off the football field. The Howard Baker Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida are competing to register the most students to vote. Three UT organizations: the Student Government Association, the College Republicans and the College Democrats are working together on the project. “Representation is important, and this election is one of the most important elections we’re prob-

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ably going to have in a long time because of where the candidates are,” Alex Kaplan, senior in political science and sociology, said. Kaplan helped with voter registration as a Baker Ambassador and an SGA member. The Baker Center is encouraging students to vote in part because students do not tend to vote as much as other demographics. During the 2012 election, according to a study done by the National Study of Learning Voting and Engagement (NSLVE), only 61 percent of students voted at UF. UT was behind with only 41 percent of students voting in the 2012 presidential election. “I don’t think you can call it a democracy if only 40 percent of the people vote,” Benjamin Bailey, senior in political science who has worked on the competition for a class, said. “For instance, there

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are 440,000 people that live in Knox County, and last year in the general election year, only nine percent of the people voted. I think that’s abysmal, and like I said, that’s not a democracy. That’s not even an aristocracy or an oligarchy.” In 2012, young voters were one of the key voting blocks for Obama’s victory, despite having a low registration rate. Nissa Dahlin-Brown, associate director of the Baker Center and organizer of the competition, believes the student vote is important. “All the laws we make now are the ones that are going to impact (college students),” DahlinBrown said. “My age group are the ones that are making the decisions because we’re the ones that See VOTING on Page 2

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Fire spreads in Great Smoky Mountain National Park Wednesday night, Sept. 14, a fire spread in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park just north of the Abrams Creek Campground. The fire, originally 25 acres, has now spread to 70 acres and has a perimeter set up by nine firefighters and 11 hotshot crew members from the Cherokee National forest in order to prevent the fire from spreading more than 250 acres across the park. Currently it is not threatening any popular areas or trails, but park visitors may see smoke rising from the Foothills Parkway West and the Abrams Creek area. The fire is reportedly said to have started by lightning and no foul play is at fault.

New trailer for “Moana” released The highly anticipated new Disney princess film “Moana” has finally gotten a full length trailer. “Moana” features Disney’s first Polynesian princess as the titular character searching for the shape shifting demigod Maui (voiced by Dwayne Johnson) to fight sea monsters that threaten her village. The story is set to be an adventure tale with music done by multiple classically trained Hawaiian singers and Lin-Manual Miranda. Auli’i Cravalho, 14, voices the new princess in Disney’s line-up and is a newcomer to films entirely. The trailer follows in the same animation style as Disney’s previous hits including “Frozen,” “Zootopia,” “Big Hero 6” and “Tangled.” “Moana” premiers in theaters on Nov. 23.

School receives old Lady Vols basketball court Mount Pisgah Christian Academy in Oliver Springs has three sports teams that play in their gymnasium; boys and girls basketball and girls volleyball. Since the school opened the gym floor has been made of concrete, but that all changed when a Powell based auction company gifted them the old floor from the University of Tennessee’s Stokely Athletic Center, which is where the Lady Vols won their first NCAA Basketball championship in 1987. Mount Pisgah Christian Academy was originally quoted that a brand new hardwood floor for their facilities would cost $100,000, but the auction company provided it for free. The basketball teams will play their first game on their new home court.

VOTING continued from Page 1 go out and vote. So students just really need to learn about the issues and go out and vote.” UT has registered 765 people to vote as of Sept. 13. “We’ve had outstanding success, and this competition has been going on since Sept. 1,” Bailey said. “We actually got in it a week later than Florida did, so they had a head start, and we are beating them.” The president is not the only position being decided this November. Many elected positions will also be on the ballot. “(Local and state offices) are extremely important too. I mean, we don’t have any US senators running right now,” Dahlin-Brown said. “Look at the other candidates running because it’s very, very important. School board, county commission, city council, whatever.” The Baker Center posts updates on how the universities are doing online at bakercenter.utk.edu. Students can register in person on Pedestrian Walkway from now until next week, at Hodges Library on Monday, Sept. 19 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., anytime at the Baker Center, or online at utk.turbovote.org. Oct. 1 is the last day to register to vote at UT. Early voting begins on Oct. 31 until Nov. 3, and election day is Nov. 8.

SGA takes part in a voter registration drive on Ped Walkway. Peyton Gupton • The Daily Beacon

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Town hall prompts conversation on police, community relationships Bradi Musil

Editor-in-Chief Community was key on Thursday night when a small crowd of approximately 150 people filled the first few rows of Cox Auditorium for the inaugural installment of the Diversity Dialogue Town Hall series entitled “Blue and Brown Working Together.” It was set up like a town hall meeting with a panel of community leaders answering prepared and submitted questions concerning the relationship between law enforcement and people of color. Speakers on the panel included two UT student representatives: Kaylyn Harris from the UTK NAACP chapter and Courtland Thompson from the Brothers United for Excellence. Also on the panel, UTPD Chief of Police Troy Lane, KPD Chief of Police David Rausch and Overcoming Believers Church Pastor Daryl Arnold. “It’s easy to just keep on going through the motions, to just go to class, go to the dining hall and go back home and not talk about these things happening on campus,” Carson Hollingsworth, Student Government

Association president and moderator of the panel, said. “It’s really important that we have these dialogues and to have ... The right people on the panel talking about these issues affecting them and the community, I think it was really special to have.” To start the event, the audience watched a video slideshow honoring the officers and people of color who have recently become victims in an increasingly strained relationship between police and minorities. Then, out of respect for those same lost lives, there was a moment of silence before panelists received the first question. But, more than the topic of law enforcement policies and relations, the crowd and panelists alike seemed interested in discussing how to improve community building. “It’s more than just changing a concept, it’s changing the culture,” Pastor Daryl Arnold said. “I think that one of the things we’re going to have to be very clear about is it’s not going to change overnight … It’s going to take one relationship at a time.” Both police chiefs spoke on the extensive anti-bias training within their precincts and the areas for improvement within their departments and they each agreed education won’t help without building a foundational

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relationship between police officers and the community. “We’ve got to engage each other and build relationships,” Rausch said. “We’ve got to get to know who we are and work with each other. Because once we’re no longer pastor and officer, and we’re Daryl and David, it’s a whole different relationship. And it makes a huge difference in the way we interact.” Rausch spent half the night with his arm around Arnold, laughing over past programs and events the two collaborated on while Lane discussed conversations he and Thompson had over the summer on how to improve UTPD relationships on campus. Lane said Thompson also attended the most recent bias training at UTPD to provide officers with feedback and insight from his own experiences in dealing with the police. “It was eye-opening,” Lane said. “You can have dialogue with people but until you can somehow understand their perspective, it’s not as powerful ... At the end of the day, I have to lead a department and if I can’t articulate to my officers some other perspective other than my own, then I’m not being as effective as a leader.” At the end of the discussion, the moderators asked the audience to respond to a digital

poll asking just one question: “Do you have hope moving forward after the discussion this evening?” Eighty-six percent of respondents answered “yes” while 14 percent answered “no.” “There’s nowhere in the world where we’re going to be able to combat a problem that’s been taking place for almost 200 years without dialogue,” Arnold said, optimistic that increased conversations, education, programs and policies will encourage cooperation between police and minority groups. “Someone said earlier that we have these conversations, these dialogues, after something major has happened, some catastrophe has taken place. I think it needs to be perpetual. It’s something that we do on a monthly basis.” Despite the 14 percent who said the discussion didn’t inspire hope for the future, Arnold said the turnout of engaged students left him feeling the exact opposite. “I think of the University of Tennessee — you’re in a healthy place and you’re headed in the right direction.” This town hall was the first of four in the Diversity Dialogues series. The next Town Hall will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 6:30 p.m. in the Cox Auditorium. The topic will be Mass Shootings and Community Impact.

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Final wall of historic ORNL building comes down Kaylie Hofer

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A piece of history came tumbling down on Tuesday, Aug. 30. The final wall of the K-27 building at the K-25 plant, also called East Tennessee Technology Park, in Oak Ridge was torn down as part of the Decontamination and Demolition Vision 2016 initiative. The building was a key contributor to the top-secret Manhattan project during World War II. The K-25 plant produced enriched uranium to use during the project. “Vision 2016 is our goal to take down the five former uranium enrichment buildings by the end of 2016,” Ben Williams, senior communications specialist from the Environmental Management Program within the Department of Energy, said. The K-27 building demolishment began in February of this year, and was the last to come down. “We have taken down the other four buildings, demolition started in 2006. It’s been going on for about a decade. K-27 was the final of the five. We finished that on Aug. 30, so it allowed us to complete Vision 2016,” Williams said. The U-shaped K-27 building was once the largest building in the world, being a mile long in length. It functioned as an instrumental part in the production of enriched uranium used in the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. “The cost of demolition of all five gaseous diffusion process facilities is $1.7 billion,” Ashley Hartman of UCOR, the cleanup contractor for the K-25 area, said. A process called gaseous diffusion was used to produce the enriched uranium. Production continued well into the Cold War, but was stopped in 1985. By 1987 the K-25 site was shut down completely. The demolition marks the end of Vision 2016. “We completed before the end of 2016, so we are right on track with our schedule. It is a huge milestone to stay on schedule,” Williams said.

The East Tennessee Technology Park • Courtesy of Wikimedia With Vision 2016 coming to a close, the Environmental Management Program can now start on Vision 2020. “Vision 2020 is our goal to complete all clean up at the East Tennessee Technology Park,” Williams said. “So not just the five enrichment buildings, but also all of the support buildings that accompany that.” The reason for the cleanup of the plant, is so it can be converted into an industrial park.

“Our goal is to transfer the land back to the private sector,” Williams said. “The sight has great infrastructure. It’s close to the interstate, it has its own roads, electrical lines, water lines and it’s on a large area of flat land.” So while a piece of history has come to a close, it was to user in new history for the community by creating a large industrial park, bringing jobs and success to the Oak Ridge area. “When we achieve our mission, it benefits

the community. Industry moves in, creating new jobs and a new tax base which helps the economy,” Williams said. Oak Ridge has also been recently named a historical natural park because of the plants and the work on the atomic bomb. “We will be part of the Manhattan Historical Park with some historical preservation of K-27 as well as a viewing tower and a tourist center,” Hartman said.

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A whole lot of glamour at the Burlesque Fest Mary Beth McCauley Contributor

Knoxville got a little more glamorous this weekend thanks to the first annual Smoky Mountain Burlesque Fest. Kicking off on Thursday, Sept. 15 at The Edge, the festival featured over 75 dancers and performers from all over the United States. Each day offered something special and entertaining for the attendees. The first show, called “Homegrown Hootenanny: A Showcase of Local Flavor,” brought performers from all over the South under one roof for a night of real “Southern hospitality.” The festival was intended to be equal parts education and entertainment, so the Broadway Academy of Performing Arts offered two days of classes that focused on costuming, theater performance, basic body movement and more. The last night of the festival featured a show called “Rocky Topless: The Best Burlesque From Up The Road and Across the Globe,” which included headliners Bazuka Joe, a member of Chicago’s Stage Door Johnnies, and Mr. Gorgeous, the 2014 Mr. Exotic World, King of

The Burlesque Festival was held at The Edge on Thursday, Sep. 15, 2016. All Photos by Amanda Collins • The Daily Beacon Boylesque. The burlesque community is built upon diversity and acceptance; I could sense it immediately as I entered The Concourse on the last night of the festival. Men and women in the most beautiful costumes and dresses all congregated together, laughing and sipping their drinks before the show started. There were vendors selling

costume jewelry and festival shirts set up in the back of the building along with a photo booth, balloons spelling “Rocky Top” draped over the backdrop. Though many people were socializing, the rows of chairs set up in front of the stage were already filled as the attendees anxiously waited for the show to begin.

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The sound of gold — Paralympics 2016 Kimberly Bress Real World Problem Solving

What does gold sound like? If you followed the 2016 Paralympics, which ended this Sunday, Sept. 18, you may have observed some medalists on the podium shaking their medals next to their ears. This year’s medals, the product of an innovatively inclusive effort to provide enhanced sensory experiences for Paralympic athletes with visual impairments, were uniquely designed to produce sound when shaken. Although the sonorous design of the 2016 Paralympic medals is simple, it is also unprecedented. Small steel pellets are implanted within a hollow space on the inside of each medal. Gold, silver and bronze medals contain a different number of pellets, giving each a distinct sound. The idea for audible medals, produced by Brazilian designer Claudia Gamboa, was readily embraced by Olympic brand managers. Coining the new medal design the “sound of victory”, Olympic design manager Dalcacio Reis was hopeful that the innovation would begin “a new way of celebrating on the podium.” The modification of Olympic medals to accommodate athletes with visual impairments is not new. For the past several competitions, the standard design has been enhanced with additional embossment in braille. However, the design of the shakable medals allows

Tip your server Kaila Curry School of Sarcasm

While the young’uns are out partying it up on Thirsty Thursday, I’m normally busy waiting tables so I can afford another week’s worth of pasta and Insomnia Cookies. “Hello, my name is Kaila and I’ll be —“ “We need waters and lemons,” the man seated at my table said to me as his wife scowls at the table. “Lots of lemons.” Their two kids are seated across from them, mindlessly scrolling through their individual iPads. I nodded and brought back four waters with lemons, along with a bowl filled with those (figuratively) sweet, sweet yellow wedges. The wife’s scowl has yet to change. Looking incredulously at the bowl, the husband said, “This will not do. More lemons!” I bring back even more lemons and they are satisfied and ready to order. But to my dismay, their satisfaction did not extend to the menu or cooking techniques. After substituting everything on their salads and pizzas, by the end of their meal they demanded their bill be free since the crust was apparently blackened beyond repair. They tip me six dollars on their 100 percent free bill and go, but not without complaining about their new, also free pizza being undercooked. Well, that was fun. I walk to my next table, two college girls. Everything seems to be going well, up until the bill comes at the end. Instead of my main source of income being written on the receipt, in its place is a lovely “Thank you!!” with a little smiley face drawn

athletes to identify the distinction between gold, silver and bronze. Gold medals (containing 28 pellets) have the weightiest sound, while bronze medals (containing 16 pellets) elute the softest rattle. The design provides a way for athletes with visual impairments to identify their medal, establishing another sensory dimension to their hard earned victories. Athletes from the United States have won 112 Paralympic medals over the past 11 days of competition in Rio de Janeiro. This count includes 40 gold medals, 42 silver and 30 bronze. However, this haul only puts the United States in 4th place of the overall medal count, with the Ukraine, Great Britain and China filling in the top three slots. China’s Paralympic medal count is nearly double that of the United States. Why doesn’t team USA dominate here, as it does in the Olympics? Compared to other nations, whose Paralympic teams are often totally subsidized, US Paralympic athletes struggle to receive any kind of sponsorship, public or private. The lack of resources makes it difficult to compete on an international stage. The lack of support, coverage and sponsorship of US Paralympians reflects a broader culture of disability invisibility within the country. Elite sports

next to it. I was relieved, honestly. Clearly I wait tables for the gratitude and not the gratuity. These are just two scenarios out of many I have faced since picking up a part time job as a server. What I have come to find by working as a server is that very few people actually understand what it is like to wait tables. The average server makes two dollars per hour. That means your collective tips are effectively how I pay for food and my monthly Spotify premium bill. When you go out to eat at a sit-down restaurant, you expect to pay for the service provided to you. If you do not want to tip, you can go to a fast food restaurant where employees are paid minimum wage, because tipping is not expected. According to TripAdvisor, “the tip should be calculated as a percentage of your total bill as follows: 10 percent usually means you aren’t totally happy, 15 percent usually means all was acceptable, 20 percent for excellent, over 20 percent for outstanding. Fifteen to 20 percent is considered standard in most communities.” I can agree that tipping is frustrating. In other countries tipping is not expected, because the employees make livable wages. In Australia, what you see is what you get. There is no tax on food, and there is no tipping at restaurants. If an item is $10 on the menu, your bill will be exactly $10. Ah, what a mysterious and foreign concept. Unfortunately, this is America: home of the free, but not free from tipping.

coverage is just one of many avenues in which people with disabilities are notably absent. The issues of visibility and accessibility are specifically relevant to the University of Tennessee campus, where many sidewalks, crosswalks and buildings are inaccessible to students with disabilities For many students on our campus, a simple class change seems like a Paralympic event in itself. Despite all of the flak that the organizers of the Rio Olympics have received, from complaints of dirty water and street crime to the menace of Zika, their innovative approach to Paralympic medal design represents a form of inclusive thinking that is the first of its kind in Olympic history. It goes to show that small changes have the potential to facilitate a significantly fuller and more positive experience for people with disabilities. As our campus continues to expand, develop and renovate, it is my sincerest hope that we can model this kind of thinking to create an academic and social environment that is golden for everyone. Kimberly Bress is a junior in college scholars and can be reached at kbress@vols.utk.edu

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This is America: home of the free, but not free from tipping. So remember to tip your server accordingly.”

So remember to tip your server accordingly. We do not do this for thanks or exclamation marks, not even ones dotted with little smiley faces; talking to you, Becky* at table 52! Kaila Curry is a senior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at Kcurry6@vols. utk.edu * Currently, she is cutting more lemons. *Name changed for obvious reasons.

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College stress and sickness Brandie McConkey Life as a UT Student

One day in December of 2014, I woke up running a fever and the back of my neck was sore. I called my dad and explained my symptoms. He told me to get to the doctor immediately, as I could have meningitis. At this point in time, I still went to my pediatrician’s office because I was too scared to take on the responsibility of going to an adult primary care doctor without my parents. Unfortunately, by going there, I did not leave with any antibiotics. I was tested for several things and told it was not meningitis; my symptoms were viral and I was told they should pass in 48 to 72 hours. Two days went by and my symptoms did not go away. By this point it was the weekend, and the Student Health Center was closed so I opted for a walk-in-clinic. Once more, I was tested for strep and mono, both of which came back negative. However, this time the doctor was convinced the mysterious bug would not go away on its own, so I was given antibiotics. My symptoms began on Thursday Dec. 4 and on Saturday Dec. 6 I went to the walk in clinic; I made it halfway through finals before getting sick. The following week, I had two finals. On Sunday evening, just one day later, I was freaking out because the antibiotics were not working and I felt terrible. That night, I got a total of 4 hours of sleep because I could not stop worrying. The next morning, I walked to class and took my final. Grades were posted later on that afternoon, and I was in for a big surprise. I knew I did not study much for final, but did not expect to receive as low of a grade that I did. Thinking it was a mistake, I emailed the professor asking her to double check my grade and the exam; however, there was no mistake, I scored very poorly. Of all the times to get sick, during finals is the worst. I wish I could say that I was only sick during finals, but I ended up going to the doctor another three times and was finally told that I had an undiagnosed case of mono. Unfortunately, this began an unconscious habit of me coming down sick before breaks: finals of 2014, spring finals of 2015, Labor Day weekend of 2015, Thanksgiving of 2015, spring break 2016 and summer of 2016. I have also been sick during the semester but those times are not as memorable as when I have come down sick right before a break. Which makes me wonder: are college students more prone to getting sick during the semester or right at the start of breaks? I mean think about it, we push ourselves all semester to give our best in each class, make time for friends, join clubs and organizations and have a job. We push and push our bodies to where we are always going. It is not until breaks when our bodies have time to slow down and rest. Thus, as in my case, we end up getting sick. It is like our immune systems take a breath from fighting invaders as we take a break from the hustle and bustle of college. Yet, I am not the first one to notice this pattern between getting sick and taking breaks from school. There have been studies done on the correlation between finals and the post cold afterwards. In an article published on Science Line by Andrea Anderson she notes how our immune system is physi-

I have also been sick during the semester, but those times are not as memorable as when I have come down sick right before a break.”

cally lowered by the stress we put on ourselves when taking final exams, not to mention the lack of sleep. Our body is made up of many systems which work together to help keep us healthy. Stress is one factor which can alter the hormones being released from our endocrine system. The altercation of hormones affects the immune response which lowers our immune system. Last year, I took anatomy and we watched several videos produced by Crash Course. If my memory serves me correctly, I remember the body’s systems all working together like a lock and key mechanism. If one part of our internal system is altered, there are two options: for the body to adopt to such adjustment or go crazy. Thus, altered hormones will either fit or not fit into their lock and key mechanism. If they do not fit or adjust, they will throw off every other body system including our immune system. Lack of sleep also does a number on your body. Just as stress alters the hormones being released in your body so does lack of sleep. This is one explanation of why I find myself getting sick at the start of breaks. Stress plus lack of sleep equals lowered immune response. When do professors usually assign large projects and make papers due? Right before or shortly after a break, which increases our chances of getting sick. As the semester is in full swing, there will be projects, papers and exams. We may or may not get sick as the semester wears on, but I am here to say that the old traditional sayings of getting eight hours of sleep a night combined with eating properly are just a few ways we can help prevent ourselves from getting sick. And if you do get sick, the Student Health Center is just around the corner. Brandie McConkey is a senior in therapeutic recreation and can be reached at bmcconke@vols. utk.edu.

Change your usual Monday walk to class with these diverse songs. “Lego House” Ed Sheeran

“Loud(y)” Lewis Del Mar

“Tomorrow Comes Today” Gorillaz

“Rising Son” Clutch

“Chief Don’t Run” Jidenna

“Welcome to the Future” Avelino

“Weatherman” Justin Jay

“Things Happen” Dawes

“Even Flow” Pearl Jam

“Here to Stay” Korn

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Mixtape Monday Anu Kumar

Staff Writer Anthony Callea – “Backbone� – Pop – September 2016

at that time. In his cover of Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror,� it’s all Callea’s voice and a piano, providing an acoustic feel to the entire song. Callea’s rendition is a refreshing take, and conveys the emotion very well. The final track, “Backbone,� sounds slightly different than the other songs in the fact that it is not a cover, but an original by Callea himself. It has a more modern pop sound to it, but shares similar traits to the stripped down covers preceding it. Overall the album is pleasant to listen to, but you can only enjoy covers so much. “Backbone� is a good way for Callea to get back on the charts and build up a fanbase, but not a fantastic way to establish his own voice and style of music. His vocal range and ability is very impressive, especially since he has the musical, theatre kid background. In the end, “Backbone� is a very nice album for light listening. Rating: 6.8/10 Young Guns – “Echoes� – Rock – September 2016

Callea is a singer-songwriter and actor double threat specializing in primarily pop related genres. He debuted on the charts around 2004 after receiving runner-up in “Australian Idol.�* *Callea has received other awards too, including ARIA Music Award, Pop Republic Artist of the Year and several others. He is also trained in musical theater, which has definitely influenced his music. His voice is very versatile in that he can adapt to different aspects of the pop genre, while still keeping his own unique sound. “Backbone� is primarily a cover album of 80s and 90s pop songs, but without many of the consistent backbeats that were popular in music

Young Guns is an alternative rock band from England. Their typical instrumental lineup is diverse, consisting of vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, drumset and keyboards. “Echoes� is their fourth studio album, and the band released singles throughout early 2016 as a promotion for the album. Even though Young Guns share the same genre as other bands, there’s something about their sound that sets them apart from American-based rock bands. Most of their influences come from other British rock bands, and can be described as a sort of melodious style of rock, rather than just hard rock. “Echoes� stays true to the rock genre. Powerful vocals with prominent drumset, consistent bass and a guitar riff that keeps you involved in the songs all the way through. You can hear this from the beginning of the first song, “Bulletproof.� There are a few songs that take on a lighter, more faded tone, but still keep these aspects, like “Echoes.� The vocals take more of a backseat in terms of volume, and they are more on par with the emphasis of the other instruments. Typically, the entire album is staged in similar ways regarding instrumentation, which provides great consistency without creating too much expectation and therefore boredom. My favorite song on the album is definitely “Bulletproof.� The song showcases a sort of boisterous anthem vibe, and after a few listens, can have you singing along just as loud. Rating: 8/10 Mac Miller – “The Divine Feminine� – Hip Hop – September 2016 This is Mac Miller’s fourth studio album, and one of its distinguishing features is the list of featured artists, which includes Kendrick Lamar, Ariana Grande and CeeLo Green, to name a few. Most of his influences include a few big names, such as the Beastie Boys and Outkast. The album itself combines a mixture of hip hop, funk

and R&B, along with a small influence of rock. The sound altogether is a hodgepodge of beats and vocals, and it can become a little much when listening to some of the album. I normally don’t listen to hip hop, but I was fairly surprised with this album. Most of the album itself is very heavy on the vocals, but with some simple instrumentation in the background. There are some instances where there is a variety of background electronics or instrumentation that took my attention away from the music as a whole. I didn’t favor this album too much, but there were a few songs that I enjoyed more than others, like “My Favorite Part.�

I think the overabundance in general “sound� was what did it for me. The softer style in hip hop would be very well done, I think, if the background wasn’t as musically conflicting. There are some instances where I feel like the song sounded too plain or quiet, so someone decided to throw in a sound clip from the free trial of Audacity into the final edit. Overall, not a big fan, but there are one or two gems hidden beneath the surface. Rating: 4/10

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Vols lose Sutton for “extended period of time” in injury-ridden win over Ohio Rob Harvey

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Josh Malone, #3, catches a touchdown early in the first quarter against the Ohio Bobcats. Alex Phillips • The Daily Beacon

Inconsistency, mistakes leave Vols in “uncharted territory” after win Trenton Duffer

Sports Editor Strings of bad luck were sprinkled into the Vols season last year. Blown games, questionable calls, inopportune injuries and balls simply not bouncing the right way were all apparent in Tennessee’s 2015 endeavor. This year, the luck seems to have swung Tennessee’s way. But one can only wonder if luck will stay on the Vols side as they prepare to enter SEC play. The Vols had five fumbles in Saturday’s game against the Ohio Bobcats. Josh Dobbs, Alvin Kamara and Preston Williams all fumbled on the offense while Kamara and Micah Abernathy fumbled during two separate punt returns. “I’m not happy with it,” Coach Butch Jones said after the game. “That’s not the way we play football around here … The balls on the ground are inexcusable. That’s not how we’re going to play football around here.” Granted, the Vols recovered all five of the drops, but each one seemed to have Jones “pulling out (his) hair.” If the Vols weren’t dropping the ball, then they were committing penalties.

The Vols committed nine penalties for 94 yards on Saturday, including one instance where returner Evan Berry had a nice kick return that nearly made it to midfield before a holding call and a block in the back penalty backed the Vols up to their own 10. Jones said that penalties, like fumbles, are “inexcusable” and that mistakes like these don’t happen during practice. “We gotta take it to the game now,” Jones said. “We’ll continue to preach that. We’ll show it on video, we’ll show the reasons why. It’s all about the football. That’s the thing that’s frustrating. You don’t see it through the course of the week, but when the game counts, you’re seeing it...this is uncharted territory for us.” Malone Stays Hot: One of the bright spots of the Vols win on Saturday was wide receiver Josh Malone. In fact, Malone has been one of Tennessee’s most consistent players of the season. Malone pulled in five catches for 69 yards and two scores against the Bobcats. All three of those were tops on the team. The first three games of this season have been kind to Malone, considering he’s already got more touchdowns in these first See NOTEBOOK on Page 11

In an ideal world, Tennessee fans would be ecstatic to come into the Florida game 3-0. However, injuries and close games have dampened their spirits. The Tennessee football team defeated the Ohio Bobcats on Saturday 28-19 in a game that can only be described as too close for comfort. The Vols were plagued immediately by injuries as captains Cam Sutton and Jalen Reeves-Maybin went down with an ankle injury and a shoulder injury, respectively. Head coach Butch Jones gave an update on both after the game: “I’ll know a little more about Cam Sutton (through the week),” Jones said. “He’ll be out for an extended amount of time.” “His (Reeves-Maybin) is his shoulder. We’ll know a little bit more. Hopefully, we anticipate him back this week.” Sophomore Quart’e Sapp and senior Danny O’Brien were two others who were injured during the game and did not return. These four injuries bump the total number of injuries on the season to eight and all eight injuries are starters, seven being on defense and one being on special teams. “We’re decimated right now with injuries,” Jones said. “We’re going to have to rely on some more individuals to step up.” The Vols offense started the game strong for the first time this season, scoring on their first drive with a 20-yard touchdown pass from Josh Dobbs to Josh Malone. Malone was a big star for the Tennessee offense as he caught five passes for 69 yards and two touchdown passes, hooking up with Dobbs early in the fourth quarter on another 20-yard touchdown reception. Ohio would add two fields goals before the Vols ran off a 10-play, 68-yard drive that was

capped off by a one-yard touchdown rush from Jalen Hurd. The Bobcats would tack on two more field goals before Dobbs raced into the end zone on a 13-yard scamper that would push the lead to nine. Dobbs finished the day with 203 passing yards, his most of the season, and two passing touchdowns. Dobbs ran for a net gain of 59 yards and a score. “We said we needed to start fast and we started fast, a touchdown in 38 seconds, and then finished strong which we were able to do in the fourth quarter.” Dobbs said. Defensively, Tennessee, despite injuries, had success as they limited Ohio to just 88 rushing yards and 230 passing yards. Colton Jumper filled in for the injured Darrin Kirkland Jr. and in his first start he had seven tackles including one tackle for loss. “Colton Jumper is very capable,” Rashaan Gaulden said. “He’s a very good middle linebacker.” Freshman Baylen Buchanan stepped up for the Vols when Cam Sutton went down early on and provided very consistent play for the Vols defense throughout the game. “I’ve been preparing all week,” Buchanan said. “Just watching film and studying my assignments. When he (Sutton) went down it was kinda just like I’ve got to step in. I didn’t want to let my team down.” The defense was not perfect. The Volsww committed nine penalties, some coming in key situations. “Definitely some frustration from those penalties,” Gaulden said. “I feel like the game could’ve been dictated really early but some of those penalties kept them in the game. We’ve got to be more disciplined as a team on third downs, make stops, and get off the field.” The Vols bumped their win streak up to nine games after Saturday’s win but with Florida coming into town next Saturday and with injuries rising, that streak could be in jeopardy.

Colton Jumper, #53, and the Vols defense prepare to stop the Ohio Bobcats offense. Alex Phillips • The Daily Beacon

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NOTEBOOK continued from Page 10 three games this season compared to three through his first 26 games. “I just remember all the times with us throwing and putting in the extra work,” quarterback Josh Dobbs said after the game. “To see him playing at a high level, it’s just what I expect of him week in and week out … He’s continuing to grow and we definitely expect him to continue playing at a high level moving forward.” Line Concerns: Inconsistency has been most apparent this season in the Vols offensive line. For the second straight week, the Vols switched up their offensive liwne throughout the game. Drew Richmond, who got the start at Bristol last week, was benched for Coleman Thomas at right tackle when the Vols took the field for the first time on Saturday. But when the third quarter was underway, Thomas was on the bench and Richmond was back in the game. Jones said that he is unsure of the state of his offensive line after the game. “I’ll know more when I watch the video,” he said. “It’s too premature to comment on because I want to go back and watch the film.”

Monday, September 19, 2016 • The Daily Beacon Jashon Robertson, who was a preseason All-SEC pick, has earned every snap on the offensive line this season. Robertson said that he thought the line got better as the game progressed. “Overall, mentality (was clicking),” Robertson said. “In that moment, we all knew the game was on our shoulders. Close the game out, run the ball, and when you’re able to have that focus and intensity, those kind of things happen.” By the Numbers: 9: The number of wins in a row the Vols have. It’s the longest UT winning streak since 1998 when the Vols won 14 games in a row in route to a 13-0 season that year. Tennessee won the national championship that year, as well. 4,678: The amount of passing yards Dobbs has in his career. On Saturday, Dobbs passed Tee Martin for seventh on the Vols all-time passing yards list. Martin threw for 4,592 yards from 1996-99. 276: The amount of games in a row the Vols have scored, marking the fourth-longest active scoring streak in the nation. 11: The amount of games in a row the Florida Gators have been the Vols. Up Next: With the Vols win over Ohio, it officially marks the beginning of “Florida Week.” The Vols will play Florida next week at home beginning at 3:30. The game is slated to be the “Checker Neyland” game.

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Josh Dobbs, #11, throws a pass against Ohio. Dobbs would throw for two touchdowns on the game. Photo by Alex Phillips • The Daily Beacon

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