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Hello, world Eric Gibson Contributor As a senior in fine art, Ian Cato has come to realize art is not a creation in one style or one medium in particular, but a celebration of the gray area in-between.

“I’m getting to a point where I am really interested in mixing all sorts of things, like the in-between areas of sculpture and drawing and painting and performance,” Cato explains excitedly. “It’s like there are all these in-between areas. It’s crazy!”

Cato is part of a joint venture at the Gallery 1010 on Friday called Ian Cato is a senior in 2D studio art. His work will be shown at Gallery 1010 “Boomslang” with fellow student, Sterling Goller-Brown. The bulk through Sunday. of his work will be paintings and Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon sculptures. This isn’t his first gallery

Art student brings crosscultural experiences to Tennessee gallery

showing, though. Last year, Cato and two fellow students put on their own curated house show for friends and students during last December’s “First Friday” -- Cato’s first big art show.

Now, Cato’s university showing of “Boomslang” is an extension of his creativity, a moment where he can display whatever he wants people to see.

“It feels great because the show is all about being in a vulnerable position, and making art is a very vulnerable thing,” Cato said. “I want to tell you all these experiences and things I’ve done, but it’s also kinda scary because you don’t know me, and I am sharing myself with you.”

Despite his excitement, Cato nearly forgot about the gallery showing while studying abroad in France.

“I was actually in France when I sent them all my pictures,” Cato shared, shifting in his seat. “I was having the time of my life on spring break in Nice on the beach in France, and I got a message in my email that said ‘You’re having a show.’”

For Cato, this was a sobering moment. He had spent the entire semester in Europe bouncing around from the great galleries in France and Barcelona, even making weekend trips to London to view famous works of art. It was easy to forget about Tennessee with life happening thousands of miles away.

“It was surreal because I was having this crazy time over there, and it connected me back home,” Cato said.

See CATO on Page 3

Newly formed student section brings the noise to Regal Stadium

Campus group takes on global poverty Bradi Musil Assistant News Editor If you give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. But if you teach him to fish, he’ll be nourished for a lifetime.

Nourish International, a non-profit organization seeking to defeat global poverty, established a chapter on UT’s campus in 2010. Joining 60 campuses across the United States, UTK Nourish has taken four trips abroad to set up sustainable projects in developing communities in Uganda, Peru and Guatemala. “(Nourish International) brings a better awareness of the world to campus,” said Ashley Dykes, chapter leader and senior in psychology. “It’s really easy, living where we do, to not think about how the rest of the world lives ... But, (Nourish) shows that you can do something about the way other people are living and every little thing we do helps.”

Each year, Nourish members spend the year raising funds to donate to a partner organization abroad. At the end of the year, students travel to the organization’s community for six to eight weeks and set up a sustainable project to reduce local poverty.

Still a budding organization on campus, UTK Nourish has approximately 10 members, making it difficult to fund-raise and earn donations. However, last year they raised $2,000 for their partner organization UPAVIM, which stands for unidas para vivir mejor “united for a better life,” a women’s cooperative in Guatemala City.

In the summers of 2013 and 2014, seven Nourish members traveled to the organization’s headquarters and taught English to local Guatemalans.

Karen Trevino, ventures coordinator and sophomore in supply chain management, called her experience in Guatemala “eye-opening.”

Jonathan Toye Staff Writer (@JonathanToye1)

Karen Trevino, center, volunteered in Guatemala City this past summer. “The kids over there are so happy with what they have,” Trevino said.

• Photo courtesy of Karen Trevino

See NOURISH on Page 2

Students advocate for changes in university spending Contributor Degrees don’t grow on trees.

Wednesday, Sept. 24, the Progressive Student Alliance marched into UT President Joseph DiPietro’s office and read a letter aloud to his receptionist.

“We are here today to request a meeting with you in order to discuss the recent cuts in higher education funding and to advocate for a budget that prioritizes the workers and students on campus,” the letter began, prefacing a note which promotes the creation of a budget to emphasize people more than property.

The “Put the People First Campaign” is a statewide, coordinated movement to pressure Gov. Bill Haslam into legislating new policies that place workers, teachers and students as the primary concern. When Haslam failed to provide a promised $2.6 million in government funding to the university, and further funding cuts to higher education led to a tuition rise of 6 percent in 2014, Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and Haslam came under attack for the stiffening financial climate.

The campaign’s primary goals are to prevent further tuition hikes, construct a detailed budget that raises university wages to at least $15 an hour and

Volunteers look to cage Bulldogs, first SEC opponent this season SPORTS >>pg. 7

always argued that funding needs to be provided publicly.”

According to 2013 data from the Institute for College Access and Success, 58 percent of 2012 graduates in Tennessee left school with student debt, with the average debt balance at $21,775.

“I have over $25,000 in student loans,” said Robert Naylor, a senior in global stud-Robert Naylor ies and union and community liaison for the Progressive Student Alliance. “I have a humanities major and I don’t place DiPietro and Haslam has been largely misplaced. see a job market that will be accountable for the budget’s ”The budget cuts are able to support these loans maintenance and execution. destroying higher education,” ... So, students and workers Tom Anderson, the presi- Anderson said. “This is not really do share an interest in dent of United Campus supposed to be put on the raising wages.”

Workers, said the burden pro- backs of students because it’s duced by these budget cuts not private school. We have See PEOPLE FIRST on Page 2

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have over $25,000 in student loans. I have a humanities major and I don’t see a job market that will be able to support these loans.

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Chris Salvemini

“ ... Politics today are a whole lot of bickering and childish squabbling for what often amounts to little to no results.”

VIEWPOINTS >>pg. 4

What started as a joke between friends is now the biggest Tennessee soccer support group on campus.

This support group has purchased a drum they painted orange and named Big Bertha – a drum that is used for chants during games – and this group tries to create a homefield advantage for Tennessee.

This group calls themselves the Regal Rowdies.

The Regal Rowdies crew traces its origins to co-leader Matthew Proffitt’s close friendship with Tennessee sophomore forward Amy Neal.

“Last semester, a couple of my friends, we all were in a calculus class together and there was a soccer player (Neal) in our class and we became real good friends,” Proffitt said.

“We always joked around and we said, ‘Hey, now that we know you, we are going to come to soccer games, and we are going to have our own little student section and cheer for you and have drums and be really rowdy for you.’ And it was just a big joke.

“So this summer, I got a text from that player, and she was like, ‘Hey, coach is looking for somebody to start some kind of student section for us.’

And I was like ‘I guess I will do it.’”

Proffitt listed increasing school spirit and increasing traditions as some of the Regal Rowdies’ goals. He also emphasized drawing publicity to the women’s soccer team is a major goal for the group.

“We want to get the soccer team’s names of the girls that play out there because they are just as good of athletes because they are at UT and they are the top SEC athletes,” Proffitt said, “and they deserve all the best support, just as any other sport team at UT.” See SOCCER on Page 8

Memories haunt the Lady Vols in their matchup against SEC rival Alabama SPORTS >>pg. 8

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Friday, September 26, 2014 News Editor

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UT Greek life looks to improve image

NOURISH continued from Page 1

Sophomores Haley Hancock, left, and Carianne Steffan, right, hang Kappa Kappa Gamma’s anti-hazing banner Sept. 22. Hannah Marley • The Daily Beacon

Hannah Marley Contributor It’s time to clear the haze.

This week, the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life sponsored their annual anti-hazing campaign, “Stop Hazing on Rocky Top.” With an agenda to spread awareness within the student population and turn potentially harmful Greek habits into constructive traditions, the office stationed an informational booth on Pedestrian Walkway each day this week and hosted a series of meetings and workshops to confront the issue of hazing.

“The goal is to get information regarding hazing policies and how to report (hazing) in the hands of students,” said Lindi Smedberg, director of Sorority and Fraternity Life.

Workshops promoted by the Panhellenic Council this week trained Greek leadership to recognize the many ambiguous forms of hazing.

Adam Kowalski, assistant director of Sorority and Fraternity Life and member of Alpha Sigma Phi, said the events confronted Greek leaders with scenarios which could indicate hazing and encouraged them to define the term.

“It was an opportunity for officers to engage in some good,

meaningful discussions about what hazing is occurring and is prevalent at UT, putting (leaders) in some situations where they have to look at a situation and say ‘Is this hazing?’” Kowalski said.

The definition of hazing was a theme throughout the week.

Pledges present at the information booth on Pedestrian Walkway helped clarify the meaning, defining it as an act against another student which endangers their mental or physical health, including “treatment of a violent, abusive, shameful, insulting or humiliating nature.”

Kowalski said the Panhellenic Council is not only educating Greek communities about what hazing is, but also instructing them on how to substitute potentially harmful practices with more positive and productive ones.

“Many of the programs have been more steering away from some of the issues that campus may have seen in the past,” Kowalski said. “The new members facilitate a lot of conversations about how those past programs and things that have happened in the organization and why those are not an essential aspect of their fraternity experience.”

Over the past few years, sorority and fraternity life at UT has been under scrutiny. In 2013, three fraternity chapters at UT -- Sigma Chi, Lambda Chi Alpha

and Pi Kappa Phi -- were disciplined for hazing allegations. One incident resulted in the minor injury of a pledge and another caused the fraternity’s registration to be revoked from campus until August 2017.

In response to the recent negative light shown on UT’s Greek life, the Panhellenic Council has expanded, hoping to hold sorority and fraternity organizations accountable for maintaining a hazing-free environment.

Meredith Maroney, freshmen in journalism and new member of Alpha Omicron Pi, encourages students to ask questions and see for themselves before writing off sororities or fraternities. Although hesitant to rush a sorority herself, so far she said her experience in Greek life has surpassed her initial reservations about joining.

“I didn’t know exactly what to expect,” Maroney said. “From Bid Day on, Alpha Omicron Pi has been nothing but welcoming ... Our sisterhood is meant to be a sanctuary where you can come whenever you’ve had a rough day at school, whenever your grades didn’t work out the way you thought, whenever a stranger was rude to you.

“They’re here to encourage you, and here to help you excel academically, socially and really in any way you want.”

“The kids over there are so happy with what they have ... and the kids we worked with didn’t have anything,” Trevino said. “When we get there, there are kids running around without shoes. Their clothes are clothes that Americans wouldn’t like and wouldn’t even get to that point.

“We are not used to seeing that ... My nephew was complaining he couldn’t get the new iPad mini, and I was like, you have no idea.

These kids don’t have anything.”

Trevino taught a group of 20 to 30-year-old Guatemalan women, and said she appreciated the opportunity to hear their stories.

She called them “survivors,” for having endured the culture of gang tensions in Guatemala City.

The day before the UT group headed back to the U.S., the son of a Guatemalan woman who had

befriended Trevino was killed as a result of gang violence. Although “heartbreaking,” to the American students, Trevino said the gang issues in Guatemala were commonplace.

“We would hear gun shots at night, and the next day the kids would tell us that so-and-so died, and for them that’s so normal because they live it,” Trevino said.

Sarah Copeland, a senior in nursing who traveled over the summer with the University of New Mexico’s Nourish International chapter, witnessed similar scenarios when building a health clinic in Peru.

“They make their own houses, they make their own boats, they just do everything for themselves,” Copeland said. “But, they’re very happy living the way they live ... I’ve never experienced life like that ever.”

UTK Nourish is currently deciding on an organization to partner with for this sum-

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mer’s project. They continue to sell hand-crafted jewelry on Pedestrian Walkway from the Ugandan women they met during their 2010 project. Half the proceeds are given back to these women and half are donated to the current year’s partner organization. Nourish is also planning a benefit concert to take place in December to raise funds.

Copeland said she hopes to see the group’s size grow over the year, not only to ease fundraising efforts but to allow more students the experience of a Nourish International trip.

“Until you can go outside of your comfort zone and see how those people live their lives in poverty but are so happy to be living the way their living, it’s just crazy,” Copeland said. “It makes you appreciate a lot of things and definitely makes you just think more about what your own values are and how you can take those values back home with you.”

Thomas Anderson, center, speaks with former Gov. Phil Bredesen, left, about living wages.

• Photo courtesy of Put the People First

PEOPLE FIRST continued from Page 1 UT workers make a minimum of $9.50 an hour. At 23.5 hours a week, the average part-time workload according to a 2013 study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average UT worker would receive $10,716 annually, putting

them $1,000 below the federal poverty line if they live alone.

Early last May, United Campus Workers led a faculty march of more than 200 people in Nashville to support a livable wage and improving public schools on International Worker’s Day. The letter delivery was the first step in the alliance’s current action plan. By the end of

the campaign, students intend to meet Haslam at the capital in Nashville.

“When he sees all of us as college students standing up for our own education,” said Kalemah Taalib-Din said, sophomore in business administration and Progressive Student Alliance member. “I feel like that will be the biggest impact.”

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THE DAILY BEACON • 3 Arts & Culture Editor Jenna Butz @butzjenna

ARTS & CULTURE International House festival highlights campus diversity Cortney Roark Copy Chief (@CortneyRoark)

Stroll down Pedestrian Walkway on Friday and travel the globe.

Fourteen countries will be represented in this year’s International Festival.

Students from each country will bring their culture to campus through food, performance and crafts. “(The festival) gives international students a good opportunity to share their own traditions and culture and educate the locals about it,” said Mariana Garciagodoy, graduate assistant at the International House.

Among the booths will be performances by various student and outside groups. Expositions will include salsa, flamenco and Egyptian belly dancing.

These performances are a favorite of Garciagodoy’s,

as well as fellow I-House graduate assistant, Maria Lungu.

And right there with the performances? The food.

“Oh, the food,” Lungu laughed. “Especially the Indian food.”

Lungu, a graduate law student, said the festival and other I-House events give students a chance to experience other cultures with the entire campus, something which adds to UT’s diversity. She added there was a significant increase in the number of international students within the last year.

“We’re fortunate to have the amount of diversity that we do, especially in this area,” Lungu said.

“Although this is a really beautiful area, it’s not the first area you would think to go when you’re an international student. The surrounding areas of Knoxville may not be as diverse as the campus itself.”

Homogeny aside, Lungu and Garciagodoy agreed Knoxville quickly felt like home to them and credited the welcoming spirit of the locals as a “southern thing.”

Awareness of various cultures on and off campus is what the International House strives to create.

Garciagodoy said a lot of importance lies in exposure to other cultures and travel “makes you more open to new experiences.”

And if you can’t travel the world, the festival, she said, is the next best thing.

“You get to travel a little without having to leave,” Garciagodoy said.

The international festival is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Friday. The event is free to browse. All money made from food purchases will be used by the specific organization for further international events. There will also be giveaways throughout the day.

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Projects Editor Liv McConnell

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BRUNCH C

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Cinnamon raisin french toast, left, and “Toad in a Hole”, right are two of the many brunch offerings at Cosmo’s Caffè in West Knoxville.

Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

Gourmet’s Market cooks Soundtrack of the season up casual atmosphere F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” We change our hair, we change our clothes and we change our pastimes to fit this season. We even change our playlists, too, perhaps replacing Miley Cyrus with Bon Iver. We search for music which makes us feel cozy, yet slightly chilly – just like the weather. So meet your (soonto-be) top five singles for the season – perfect for bonfires, late nights and changing leaves.

Jenna Butz, Arts & Culture Editor (@butzjenna) Coffee - Sylvano Esso In the spirit of change, many of us will be swapping our iced coffee for a warm, fresh brew each morning. While Sylvan Esso isn’t lending vocalist Amelia Meath’s sweet voice to a song solely about coffee, this electronic indie song is an intriguing mix of shivers and warm coffee.

Kickin’ da Leaves - Judah & the Lion It’s a song about the leaves and the trees woven into a driving folk melody not unlike that of Mumford & Sons. Is anything else more reminiscent of the season?

Arcadia - The Kite String Tangle This vibe of this song closely resembles Disclosure’s “Latch.” A smooth voice mixes with electronic pop to showcase the questioning and pensive lyrics. “You were trying to make it work/you were sleeping in my shirt,” the band sings. Reflective and simple, this song brings out the colder side of the season.

Wild Child - Brett Dennen This song was featured on Spotify’s “mountains” travel playlist. It captures the happiness you feel when jumping in a pile of leaves or ordering your first pumpkin spice latte of the season. You can’t be tamed. Get it.

Thunder Clatter - Wild Cub Winter hasn’t caught us yet, so celebrate by dancing to this hit from a Nashville pop rock band. This love song hits you like lightning, keeping those warm days around just a little longer.

CATO continued from Page 1 His time in Europe also helped fuel the fire for his artistic inspiration, where plights such as depression, heartbreak and love took a forefront.

“Getting back from Europe was really, really hard because I was over there for five months,” Cato said, likening the experience to waking up. “That’s fueled a lot. Getting readjusted over here, taking all the experiences and energy that I collected over there and turning it into art.

I really saw things more objectively, more in regards to a worldly perspective

instead of a ‘this is my home perspective.”

Cato will graduate in the spring and plans to move back to his hometown of Nashville where he has friends and connections. He also hopes to benefit from Music City’s growing artist scene.

“It’s been this whole music town for forever, but the art community is starting to come together in a cool way,” Cato said.

His sights aren’t just sent on Tennessee though.

“I also want to move to New York or L.A. or to Colorado,” Cato explained.

“I’ve lived in Tennessee forever and kind of need to move away, but I have so much momentum right now and so many things are hap-

pening in Nashville.”

For now, Cato remains in his studio in the art building where anyone can come to visit and see his work.

Cato also plans on helping to curate a show called ‘Adorable’ next month and his painting class is having a group showing in the Old City at the Antique Show Gallery later this month.

With everything happening, Cato is excited for people to see his work and is happy to share it with those who want to see it.

“It’s so much about everyone else and getting together with people,” Cato said.

“Being real people and talking about sh*t. I’m excited that you’re excited about me making art.”

Hannah Cather Photo Editor (@hannahcather)

Sipping black coffee from a large black mug, I peered at the plates on the tables nearby.

French toast topped with bright red strawberries slices and powdered sugar, fluffy omelets and biscuits smothered in gravy surrounded me.

My tummy rumbled.

Cosmo’s Caffè, the restaurant portion of Gourmet’s Market, hummed with the relaxed conversations of in-laws, newlyweds and friends. Even the babies were quiet that morning.

Sunday brunch suits everyone; early morning breakfasts to 2 p.m. lunches fall into the category of the most flexible meal of the week.

Cosmo’s Caffè isn’t tiny, yet the tables were all occupied by 10:30 a.m. Those who were waiting grabbed coffee from the bar and stood by the door, chatting until a table opened. Others perused the wares for sale.

Gourmet’s Market has been selling ingredients and kitchenware since 1978.

I checked my phone, wondering if Jenna had overslept. She hadn’t. She missed the sneaky driveway entrance to Gourmet’s Market and had to backtrack.

As soon as she sat down, our waitress appeared with an offering of coffee. Jenna added cream and sugar to hers with the disclaimer that one day she will “sit on a porch, drink black coffee and write stories.”

The menu caters to both those with a sweet tooth and the savory flavor seekers. Brunch always presents the hardest decision: do I want sugar or spice to start my day?

Our waitress didn’t flinch when I ordered something from both of the sections.

She simply smiled and promised to keep our coffee cups full while we waited for the food to arrive.

To distract me from my empty stomach, Jenna entertained me with anecdotes of all sorts. We swapped stories of work, faith and literature recommendations. I sipped smooth coffee consistently and eagerly accepted refills twice.

The bottomless coffee is no joke.

And oh man. The food was worth the (not-eventhat-long) wait. I started with the “Toad in a Hole” -- two perfectly fried eggs sat in the middle of a grilled slice of Italian bread, which was topped with doubled cream brie. I poked the egg yolk with the tip of my knife and golden goodness seeped under the toast. My father always reaches for a bottle of hot sauce, regardless of the meal, and I thought of him as I dripped Cholula on my eggs.

As Jenna continued to alternate between a bowl of sliced strawberries and a veggie-loaded market

scrambler, I turned to my plate of cinnamon raisin French toast. More grilled Italian bread, but this time, it was soaked in vanilla custard. The warmth of the cinnamon in the icing sat well on the toast, but the cream soda soaked raisins put a smile on my face. Little bursts of sugar on top of an already sweet dish could have pushed things overboard, but they remained the right amount reserved.

Jenna and I were swapping bites and complementing the food when someone, probably from management, brought us a plate of bread pudding. We looked at each other, laughed and immediately scooped up bites. Smiles spread across our faces as the soft, sweet bread touched our hearts.

“It’s like a soft, loving heap of cinnamon roll,” Jenna joked.

So, if you need brunch this weekend, let me point you to Cosmo’s Caffè in Gourmet’s Market. Their friendly staff and simple, satisfying ingredients won’t disappoint.

Oh, and if you’re looking for the “hard stuff,” they don’t serve that until after 10:30 a.m.

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Friday, September 26, 2014 Editor-in-Chief

VIEWPOINTS

Viewpoints Editor

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Kevin Ridder kridder2@vols.utk.edu

Shifting seasons are shaking up the market Vol Street Journal by

Rob Graham

The stock market has become a launching point for movies, TV shows and Ivy League graduates’ drug habits. Today, in The Vol Street Journal, we will take a look at the different markets that make up our campus and using pinpoint accurate analysis, track whether you should buy, sell or hold the “stocks” that make up your campus portfolio.

BUY: “The perfect Little”: It’s Big Sister-Little Sister reveal season for the sororities of UT. This can be a volatile time for the market as Jessie gets paired with Becky, when really Camille was a much better fit for her. Despite this clear oversight by the New Member Educator, you can count on one thing to help get your portfolio through this time: every sorority girl has “the perfect Little.” Smokes meth and is a kleptomaniac? She’s perfect. Accidentally stabbed a guy in 10th grade? Still perfect. Every Little is perfect.

BUY: Pumpkin spice: Buy all the pumpkin spice.

Channeling my inner Ron Swanson, I’m worried you just heard me say “buy a lot of pumpkin spice” when I actually said “Buy all the pumpkin spice you can!!” Is this a bit of a low hanging fruit to give you “advice” on? Absolutely. Does that mean this stock isn’t a clear winner? Clearly not. You won’t become a millionaire overnight, but the two-hour line at Hodges Starbucks shows the return on the pumpkin spice stock is steady and fair.

BUY: Better hand drying options: How many times have you washed your hands on campus, gone to the paper towel dispenser to dry them, only to be denied by the unyielding strength of the roller?

Now, you’re standing there, looking like an idiot with an eighth of a paper towel shred in your wet and clammy hand. Are you a fool? You look like a fool! Can’t even operate a paper towel dispenser, and yet we hope to one day be a top 25 public school? What about the air hand dryers located right next to the paper towels? Not all of us have the 48 minutes needed to ensure our hands are dry.

Plus, bacteria (found in bathrooms, funnily enough) love warm, wet places to breed, making these hand dryers bacteria spreading machines.

The answer? Cloth Roll Towels, or CRT. This is by far the most sanitary option, not to mention an actual way to help the environment, as opposed to the passive aggressive sticker route we’re currently pursuing. This perfect solution works by having a long cloth towel on a roll. The user pulls down, exposing a new, dry, sterile section of the cloth towel. He/she dries their hands, and walks out of the bathroom ready to conquer the world. The next person repeats the process providing a dry, sanitary way to dry your hands.

SELL: Football commentators: “The kick is in the air, and the kick this time is…NO-SIR-EE…NO-SIREE… Final Score: Tennessee - 20, Florida - 17.

Pandemonium reigns!” This famous call is just one of the many bone chilling John Ward highlights I start my game-day off with, before staring at a picture of Peyton Manning whilst blasting “Rocky Top” 12 times in a row. It’s not weird, it’s what every true fan does, ok?! Unfortunately, football commentators nowadays don’t shoulder the mantle as the noble Ward once did. It could just be me, but I feel like ESPN commentary is about to devolve into, “No. 5 has the ball, No. 5 ran the ball. That was a good run. The team that scores the most points will win this game. Football is fun.”

STOCK UPDATE: Overall, a decent return. The Outreach Center did actually buy a new flag, and the cross-walk police officers are gone. There are still people in the wrong school’s T-shirts though, so let’s give it a week and see what a win in Georgia does.

Rob Graham is a senior in accounting. He can be reached at rgraha12@vols.utk.edu.

Columns of The Daily Beacon are reflections of the individual columnist, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or its editorial staff.

A kilted quest for independence Turn of Phrase by

Sarah Hagaman Maybe I shouldn’t have been disappointed.

When I arrived in Edinburgh, Scotland, my starry-eyed dreams quickly came to a screeching halt.

Despite what “Braveheart” might lead you to believe, very few men in Scotland resemble 30-year-old Mel Gibson.

Indeed, modern Scotsmen wore jeans instead of tartan, and more sheep than people live in this small northern European country.

I gradually accepted the truth: the main relevance of the film extends no further than the crowded walls of kitschy tourist shops, where pictures of Mel Gibson plaster the cover of cheap “William Wallace” paraphernalia.

Nevertheless, as I spent my July this past summer studying abroad in the historic capital of Scotland, I found a sliver of connection between the film and reality.

For those who haven’t seen “Braveheart,” the premise isn’t complicated; the thirteenthcentury Scots fight for freedom from tyrannical English rule.

In the momentous Scottish independence referendum that occurred last Thursday, the modern-day Scots attempted to achieve a very similar goal.

Admittedly, “Braveheart” does not hold responsibility for any sort of modern decision for the country to seek independence. The film exists purely to entertain audiences with the tale of a tragic hero and reaffirms women

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and Northern Ireland. Each group possesses a distinctive linguistic spin, and they fiercely defend their respective cultures. The nations unified in 1707 to form the United Kingdom, but the unity has been fraught with conflict.

The Scottish, who strongly identify with their lilting accent, clanship and haggis (a unique but popular national dish), have often considered declaring independence from the United Kingdom.

If such sentiment vaguely sounds familiar, it is.

Braveheart may not possess much true value beyond dramatic shouts for freedom; however, it successfully reveals the power of cultural heritage, and how such ideas lead groups of people to seek sovereignty and recognition. Intangible cultural notions remain relevant to the formation of many nations.

In the future, autonomous ideals stirring in Scotland will not simply fade into irrelevant obscurity.

The Scottish fight for independence didn’t die over the past centuries, and it most certainly will continue to remain relevant.

Perhaps, if the movie reveals anything, it’s the fact that the Scottish fight for independence still resonates in the hearts of Scottish people today. The future may very well result in the country’s freedom from the United Kingdom.

The “Yes” party, which came through with an unexpectedly strong 45 percent of the vote, failed to best the 55 percent of “No” voters.

Yet the movement remains a highly relevant prospect for the Scottish people, and the near future may reveal a very different outcome.

Freedom, for the Scottish people, is a definite maybe.

Sarah Hagaman is a junior in English.

She can be reached at shagama1@vols.utk. edu.

Not voting hurts citizens most Guest Column by

Gregory Butcher Did you vote in the last election? According to national statistics, if you’re between the ages of 18-24, you probably did not. As most people are aware, young people consistently vote at lower percentages than every other age demographic in the country. The problem? Most young adults don’t really care about politics.

Frankly, we aren’t given many reasons to care when you look at the current political landscape. From the average citizen’s perspective, politics today are a whole lot of bickering and childish squabbling for what often amounts to little to no results.

Politicians today are so consumed in the political game -- success by whatever means possible. And to them, success is defined by the ability to run for a higher position, winning more seats for their party or winning their own election by whatever means necessary. All of this only to gain the opportunity to start the endless cycle all over again.

With a mentality like that, it’s easy to see why college students don’t want to give the time of day to politics when they have an accounting test coming up Thursday, which

they’re confident they aren’t ready for. We lead busy lives, with every second of our days consumed by academics, extracurricular activities, part-time jobs, internships and everything in between.

With everything that composes the life of a college student, combined with living on your own for the first time, it’s easy to create a bubble. I often hear from my less politically minded friends say they don’t vote because they don’t believe anything in politics affects them until after they graduate.

While some may like to believe this, during our four, five or even six blissful years of undergraduate education, the world doesn’t stop turning. During our time in college, there are decisions being made by public officials which will impact the course of our entire livelihood. Issues ranging from student loans and funding for higher education to social issues and decisions about the economy have massive impacts on our lives during college and beyond.

If you don’t believe me, look no further than your “myUTK” account at the beginning of each semester, when every UT student will have to either opt-in or opt-out of the student activity fee, thanks to soon-to-be former state Sen. Stacey Campfield. Then, look at your tuition bill which has engaged in a seemingly unstoppable climb for the past several years, thanks in part to our state Legislature and governor.

And at a time when a college degree means

less than it ever has, and college graduates are moving back into mom and dad’s basement because of out of control unemployment, we would all be fools to ignore the conversation (or lack thereof) among our elected officials regarding the economy.

Lastly, our national debt continues to balloon to drastic proportions due to cowardly decisions from a generation that has deferred to lead on the issue, instead leaving us to figure out how to deal with a debt that seems increasingly impossible to ever pay off.

Though they aren’t all bad, there are people at every level of government, from your county commission to the White House, who would be well served to be held more accountable by the generation that is most affected by their decisions.

This month is voter registration month, and numerous organizations will be hosting voter registration drives on Pedestrian Walkway. So register. Educate yourself on who is running, and vote. Take some friends with you, because there’s nothing cool about not caring. As young people, and UT students, we have to look past our Big Orange bubble.

The world is changing, and we deserve to be a part of the conversation.

Gregory Butcher is a sophomore in business. He can be reached at dbutche4@vols. utk.edu.

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with a taste for macho men with long hair (not that I know any).

However, the film correctly reveals that stirrings for Scottish independence have brewed for centuries. The idea for an autonomous country continues to current times— and with legislative momentum, the Scots drafted a bill for an independence referendum in February 2010.

The “Yes” campaign pushed for the people to vote in favor of Scottish independence; advocates especially emphasized a political structure with leftist ideas of government, which would include bolstering welfare and public services.

A responsive “No” movement sprang into action, and encouraged Scots to consider nationhood apart from the security of the United Kingdom. The future of an independent Scotland certainly implies a calculated risk; autonomy would change the face of European politics, with economic and political implications that would spread far beyond Scotland’s borders.

As I spent the month of July living in the capital city of Edinburgh and traveling the highlands of Scotland, the enormous meaning of the referendum couldn’t be ignored.

Beyond political agendas and economic theories, a pervasive force bound the Scottish people together and drove them to seek recognition of their autonomy.

This ubiquitous, binding force remains responsible for the formation of many nations, especially those in Europe. The very idea of a nation is often based on the political unification of people who self-identify as an autonomous group based on a similar language, culture, history or religion.

The United Kingdom, for example, comprises a political entity of four differentiable groups of people: England, Wales, Scotland

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MEN’S GOLF

Lady Vols face season’s first SEC foes Vols search for improvement in Primland Invitational Trenton Duffer Contributor

After shooting a combined +27 and finishing tenth at the Windon Memorial, the men’s golf team is looking to improve its game at the Primland Invitational in Dan, Virginia, on Monday.

Last weekend’s Windon Memorial had one opponent the team couldn’t handle: weather. The tournament consisted of rain and heavy winds throughout.

When asked about what his team needed to improve on, coach Jim Kelson’s answer was simple. “Everything. “We’ve come off two bad tournaments, but I still believe in this team and the players and what they’re doing,� Kelson added. “It’s only a matter of time before we start playing well, and I think now is that time.�

A bright spot in the team’s play was sophomore Jack Smith, who tied for 23rd at +4. Smith was tied for sixth on par 3s, shooting an average score of even par. Smith also shot an average of 4.5 on the par 5s in the tournament, which was tied for 11th. “He did a real solid job, and he keeps doing better and better,� Kelson said. “He’s (Smith) got a very good technique and a good

The Lady Vols volleyball team will face Arkansas and Missouri this weekend as they commence SEC play.

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Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer (@PatrickMacCoon)

The Tennessee Lady Volunteers volleyball team has finished up their non-conference schedule and is hitting the road to open up SEC play this weekend with matches at Arkansas and Missouri.

With a new look roster and being just two wins shy of their total from last season 14 games, Tennessee, 7-7, will look to serve their way off to a stronger start in the SEC this season.

The team, however, knows they will have to earn the respect of their foes in the conference once again after finishing with just one win in conference play in 2013 – South Carolina on Oct. 25. “Coming into this season we are definitely viewed as one of the underdogs coming off of last seasons record,� freshman outside hitter Kelsey Bawcombe said. “We just want to shock some people. We’ve been working really hard and to go out there and play fear-

lessly is our top goal.�

The Lady Vols will ride a two-game win streak into the weekend, looking to tie their season-long win streak of three games if they can notch a win against the Arkansas Razorbacks, 6-7, Friday night. The game, which will start at 8 p.m. EST, will be televised by the SEC Network.

Jamie Lea and Kanisha Jimenez will be looked upon to bring a heavy presence from the outside edge, as they have led the team in kills this season with 112 and 88, respectively. Bawcombe has led the team with 26 of her own in her last two contests.

Lea along with Shealyn Kolosky and Megan Hatcher have helped a team that plays mostly freshman and sophomores progress throughout the beginning of the season. “Everyone has stepped up at some point so far this season,� Bawcombe said. “Our captains Shealyn, Megan and Jamie have done a really good job getting everyone up to speed on everything. Kanisha has done a great job hitting for us.�

The youngsters on the team, which includes six freshmen, are excited for their start to play in what they believe is one of the

most competitive conferences in the country. “This weekend is really going to be interesting, especially since a lot of us have really never felt what it’s like to play in the SEC before,� said freshman defensive specialist Claudia Coco. “All the girls are like it’s a different kind of pressure, but we are all ready to go in and attack it.�

Tennessee has a 5-5 record on the road this season, and the team feels it has been prepared well for the tough road venues this weekend. “Playing on the road is interesting because you aren’t practicing on that court everyday and you are only able to see the court for maybe 30 minutes before, but it’s super fun,�

Coco said. “We tend to use other people’s crowds as energy for ourselves.�

The Lady Vols will conclude their weekend road trip with the Missouri Tigers, 9-5, Sunday at noon. “Everybody is playing hard and doing a great job of understanding our offensive and defensive systems and playing Tennessee volleyball,� head coach Rob Patrick said. “We are as ready as we can be for this weekend and myself and the team is excited.�

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Tennessee had 37 birdies throughout their past tournament, placing the team fourth behind Michigan (47), California (43) and Ohio State (39). Junior Michael Nagy led the way for Tennessee in birdies with nine, which was tied for 12th in the tournament.

The Primland Invitational will take place on the incredibly difficult Highland Course â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a course the Vols have never played on â&#x20AC;&#x201C; where the average score is 74.6. The course has a unique layup, with five par 5s, five par 3s and eight par 4s. Highland also uses bend and fescue grasses, which will make the greens and fairways faster than normal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a brand new course, and a brand new tournament,â&#x20AC;? Kelson explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supposed to be prestigious and exceedingly special.â&#x20AC;?

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6 • THE DAILY BEACON

Friday, September 26, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

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GEORGIA Gurley leads Bulldog offense as Vols pay visit to Athens Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor (@dsouth16)

Tommy Thigpen couldn’t pick just one.

When asked for an abbreviated scouting report on Georgia junior running back and Heisman Trophy hopeful Todd Gurley, the Tennessee linebackers coach gave not one, but two compliments.

“It’s the power and the speed that goes with it,” Thigpen said.

“They are looking a lot of times to isolate a corner. Him oneon-one with a defensive back is a mismatch. You see guys try to take angles, and he outruns their angles.

“Guys try to come in and hit him low, but he is very strong on the lower extremities of his body.”

Such talk has been the norm this week as Gurley and company look to make it four straight home wins over the Volunteers on Saturday. The junior running back missed last year’s contest against UT with an ankle injury, but Gurley has made an appearance in every match so far this season.

In just three games, the Tarboro, North Carolina, native has scampered for 404 and four

touchdowns — all while averaging just short of a first down per carry.

Although Gurley unquestionably spearheads Mark Richt’s offense, the Georgia running attack– which is generally considered to run four deep but will be without senior Keith Marshall thanks to a leg injury– has a bevy of additional working parts.

“When you think of the University of Georgia, you think of their stable at running backs and it is a stable,” Tennessee head coach Butch Jones said.

“Very talented, very physical.

Gurley, (Sony) Michel, (Nick) Chubb, Marshall — they all bring a different element to their backfield.”

Despite accounting for 64 percent of Georgia’s total yards this season, the Bulldogs’ ground assault is far from the only weapon that Richt and offensive coordinator Mike Bobo have to choose from.

With opponents heavily gearing up for the run, there have been ample opportunities for success in the play-action offense — which senior quarterback Hutson Mason has exploited on countless occasions this year.

Jones said eye discipline– reading the keys and being able to play the ball in the air, is a solution for halting UGA’s play-

action success.

“They do a great job with the fade stop and the back shoulder throws, not only in the red zone but to the open field as well when you’re in press-man coverage,” Jones said. “So they do a lot of things that really challenge your discipline.”

While Gurley’s gamechanging abilities headline the Georgia offense, an equally promising player resides on defense in the form of senior Ramik Wilson. Currently, the 6-foot-2, 237-pound linebacker, who garnered a collection of All-SEC honors in his decorated Georgia tenure, ranks second on the team with 23 tackles — four for loss.

Wilson is also no stranger to riveting performances against the Bulldogs’ orange-clad SEC East rival. In last year’s bout with the Vols, the Tampa native racked up a game-high 15 takedowns, one quarterback hurry and a two-yard sack during Georgia’s 37-34 overtime win.

“He is extremely active, and he will be one of the best linebackers we face all year,” Jones said. “They have an inordinate amount of depth on the defensive front and even entirely on their defense. They have different starting lineups, which I think is a byproduct of them trying to create a competitive nature.”

Georgia running back Todd Gurley rushes the ball in the Bulldogs’ 45-21 victory over Clemson on Aug. 30.

Photo courtesy of Joshua L. Jones • The Red & Black

Who To Watch For Offense #3 RB Todd Gurley #14 QB Hutson Mason #82 WR Michael Bennett

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THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

SPORTS Recruiting Update Nathanael Rutherford

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TENNESSEE Vols not looking to avenge 2013 UGA loss Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB)

Staff Writer Even though the Tennessee Volunteers are traveling to Athens, Georgia, for this Saturday’s game, recruiting has not taken a back seat.

Tennessee’s coaches were on the road late last week, visiting several of UT’s commitments and top targets in the 2015 class and beyond.

Some of the targets the Vols’ coaches visited in the 2015 class included four-star linebacker/defensive end Ricky DeBerry, fourstar defensive end Darrell Taylor and four-star cornerback Justin Martin.

Tuttle’s decision: Five-star defensive tackle Shy Tuttle is set to announce his college decision Friday. Tuttle, a 6-foot-3, 315-pound defensive tackle out of Lexington, North Carolina, has received offers from nearly two dozen schools. North Carolina and Tennessee are his perceived leaders, with North Carolina State making a late push.

If Tuttle commits to the Vols, he will give them their second defensive tackle commitment in the class of 2015, joining consensus five-star defensive tackle Kahlil McKenzie.

Woods’ departure: Long-time UT commit Jaylond Woods announced Sept. 19 he is officially decommitting from the Vols after being committed to them for nearly 17 months.

When Woods committed April 20, 2013, he gave the Vols their second commitment for the 2015 class. The three-star athlete out of Clinton, Tennessee, was recently ruled ineligible after transferring schools in the offseason.

Woods said he transferred from Lenoir City to Clinton to “live with (his) mom.” However, Greg Boling, the athletic director and assistant principal at Lenoir City, claims the transfer came because of disciplinary issues Woods faced while there.

The memory still haunts Tennessee fans.

As Alton “Pig” Howard stretched for the end zone, it looked like the Volunteers were inching towards their first victory over a ranked opponent in four years.

Then Howard fumbled into the end zone, and just like that, the Vols lost to their SEC East rival: Georgia.

Make no mistake about it, though; UT isn’t looking to settle unfinished business when they travel to Athens to face off against the No. 12 Bulldogs.

“It’s just another SEC game,” redshirt junior safety Brian Randolph said.

“It’s our first SEC game, and that’s all we are trying to focus on. We’re trying not to make it bigger than what it is.”

The Vols’ philosophy makes sense – UT’s roster is strikingly different than the one that walked into Neyland Stadium on Oct. 5, 2013.

Through three games, the Vols have played 34 newcomers, including a list of 22 true freshmen.

Of the 70 players who will make the trip to play “Between the Hedges,” only 13 have ever played inside Sanford Stadium.

Georgia, however, won’t run out the same team,

either. Their main change is at quarterback, where the Bulldogs are now manned by senior Hutson Mason, not SEC career passing yards leader Aaron Murray.

“It’s a new season,” head coach Butch Jones said.

“We have a new football team. Half of our football team didn’t even participate in that football game.

Probably a third of the newcomers were actually at that game on a recruiting visit, but again, they didn’t perform in it.

“I think it adds confidence for everyone, but just like Georgia, they’re a new football team.”

The Vols will enjoy the benefit of facing the Bulldogs after a bye week, allowing time for a Tennessee team with numerous injuries to recover.

Currently, tight ends Ethan Wolf and Daniel Helm, defensive lineman Trevarris Saulsberry and running back Derrell Scott are all scheduled to return from injuries. Wide receivers Josh Smith and Von Pearson, however, are not expected to be back in time for Saturday.

The bye week also gives Jones and his coaching staff time to prepare for the Bulldogs, who currently rank fourth in the nation in points per game (48.7) and 28th in points against at 19.7 points per game.

In his eight-year career as a head coach, Jones owns a 9-2

record following a bye week, including a victory over then-No. 11 South Carolina last year, which came two weeks after the infamous Georgia debacle.

“In a bye week, every team is different,” Jones said. “You try to make your bye week schedule relative to the team that you have and what that particular team needs at that particular moment of time.

For us, it’s getting back some health issues, getting healthy and, also, just overall fundamental improvement. We really focus on the small details.

“You can go back and revisit and really work on yourself, work on the fine details of winning football.

I think it’s a combination of that. Our coaches have done a great job of really going back to the fundamentals.”

The contest between the Vols and Bulldogs kicks off at noon EST and will be Junior defensive back Brian Randolph, orange, televised nationwide on averages 5.7 tackles per game.

Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon ESPN.

How They Match Up Georgia 48.7

Tennessee Scoring Offense

27.3

19.7

Scoring Defense

20.0

21.0

First Downs Per Game

21.67

167.3

Passing Yards Per Game

240.3

304.0

Rushing Yards Per Game

130.0

+4

Turnover Margin

+2

6.67-48.0

Penalties-Yards Per Game

3-21.3

.440

3rd Down Conversion %

.430

.850

Red Zone Scoring %

.870

8

Sacks

5