Insure TN is not Obamacare >>See page 4
New movie depicts Knoxville life >>See page 5
Opinions: “It. Changed. Nothing.” >>See page 6
State legislators to hear concerns, protest against Haslam proposal Heidi Hill Assistant News Editor
Diver excels in the pool and the classroom Taylor Crombie Contributor Redshirt senior diver Mauricio Robles grew up in Monterrey, Mexico and came to the University of Tennessee in 2011 so he could dive while pursuing a degree. Robles began diving when he was 9 years old when his mother signed him and his siblings up for swimming for the summer at a local pool in Monterrey. “I loved it,” Robles said. “I loved the adrenaline when you get up to the 10-meter, just bouncing and flipping, and I decided to keep diving.” Robles continued to dive through high school and competed at the international level. In 2008, he competed in the FINA World Junior Diving Championship in Germany and placed fifth in the 1-meter event for his age group. See ROBLES on Page 11
Diver Mauricio Robles diving during a meet in Spring 2014. • File Photo
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As the debate surrounding privatization drags on, the list of concerned parties grows larger and larger. Today, employees in Facilities Services, members of the Progressive Student Alliance, United Campus Workers, College Democrats and two Tennessee legislators will congregate to discuss wage reductions, layoffs and privatization plans for UT’s campus and beyond. This discussion is in response to protests from UT workers and students alike to Haslam’s proposal, fully exposed via a state government Request for Information to outsource state jobs to private contractors. It has been confirmed by Gov. Haslam’s office that several contractors responded to the August request, but the concern for UT and state employees resistance is still unwavering. State Rep. John Ray Clemmons and Senate Minority Leader Lee Harris will head up the dialogue among the voluntary UT representatives at the Frieson Black Cultural Center at 11:30 a.m. Harris commented in an Oct. 2 press release that the proposal represented the state’s tendency to “operate in a bubble and over-rely on consultants.” “We make decisions in Nashville without taking the time to listen to Tennesseans and try to understand the impacts on those Tennesseans,” Harris said. “If we’re going to turn over taxpayer properties to private companies or even discuss the idea, the first order of business is to get out of Nashville and visit some of these properties and talk to the people who know a thing or two about what’s going on.” Clemmons spoke about his and Harris’s plans to directly engage with students, employees and other representatives present at today’s meeting as such a plan pertains to the livelihood of hundreds of UT and state employees. See PRIVATIZATION on Page 3
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Seven injured after train derailed in Vermont A southbound Amtrak train headed for Washington D.C. derailed in central Vermont Monday morning, according to The Guardian. Seven people had to be transported to the nearby Central Vermont Medical Center, but a spokesperson later reported that none of the injuries were life threatening. The train leaving St. Albans, Vermont struck a rock slide on the tracks, throwing one passenger car and locomotive off an embankment, while three other passenger cars derailed yet remained upright. The derailment follows a similar Amtrak incident last May in which seven passengers were killed after the train exceeded its speed around a curve and crashed. Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin expressed his shock regarding the event, labeling it,“a freak of nature.”
Hurricane Joaquin claims 33 lives onboard cargo ship in Caribbean Hours after the tropical storm was given its name, the cargo ship El Faro departed from Jacksonville, Florida for a routine trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, totaling to approximately 1,200 miles across open water. Though the crewmen onboard were seasoned in the face of tropical storms, officials have determined that trouble first struck off the coast of the Bahamas as the storm neared the islands. By this time, the storm settled in a Category 4 with 50 foot waves and 120 knot winds battering the ship by Thursday afternoon. The engine failed and was shortly followed by a distress signal. All communication was lost from the ship in a matter of hours. By Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard concluded the ship had sunk 35 miles northeast of Crooked Island, Bahamas and shared their worst fears concerning the fate of the crewmen. No survivors have been found, and one crewman was found dead in a survival suit designed to protect against hypothermia.
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PRIVATIZATION continued from Page 1 “What happens in Nashville does not stay in Nashville,” Rep. Clemmons said in the same press release. “The decisions made in the highest levels of state government are felt by families statewide, and we, as state lawmakers, have a responsibility to gather input from those who will be affected by these decisions.” Mitch Thompson, president of UT College Democrats, commented that the event will serve as a “soap box” for the employees whose lives will be impacted if the proposal passes as actual legislation to privatize the university’s management. “Their plan is to come to listen more than anything else,” Thompson said. “They’ll add insight where they can and about the legislation going on in Nashville, but their task is really about listening to the workers and get an understanding of what’s going on and get on a more foundational level.” As the “flagship school” and largest public university in the state, Thompson said if campus can convince administrators to opt out of Haslam’s plan, “the rest of the state will follow.” Thompson said he would like to see Gov. Haslam approach the university with the
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Humans of Knoxville
Mitch Thompson, president of UT College Democrats
proposal in person, but for now, hosting Harris and Clemmons as recipients of UT’s grassroots perspective is sufficient for creating small ripples of change for workers in Knoxville and across the state. “I think one of the things we’re trying to do is localize it and bring it to our level to these people who are out there really making this university run,” said Thompson. “These are people that will be affected the most. Whether they lose their jobs or take a wage reduction, that’s a significant cut when you’re living paycheck to paycheck.”
What is your favorite memory or thing about UT? “Probably everything you are able to do on campus. I feel like you never get bored. There is always something you can be a part of here. That’s always something that stuck out to me. Freshman year I did Kung Fu, which was random, and this year I’m part of the Fruved program.” - Cinja Webster, junior in linguistics Alyssa White • The Daily Beacon
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Pottery lecture to offer perspective Briggs details Insure Tennessee program Liz Wood Contributor Analysis of pottery artifacts can reveal the layers of a culture. Eleanora Reber, professor of archaeology and director of the Pottery Residue Lab at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, will lecture from 9:30 to 11 a.m. this Tuesday morning in the Art and Architecture Building, Room 111 to explain pottery residue analysis and how the process facilitates cultural learning. Her lecture, “From Cup to Lip: Food, Culture and Organic Pottery Residue Analysis” will offer basic knowledge of pottery residue analysis and feature artifacts dating to the Mississippian Time Period between 1000 and 1200 A.D. Reber said that pottery residue analysis has deeper cultural implications than most people realize. “When we look at pottery, we are really looking at the relationship between people and pots, or the relationship between people and technology,” Reber said. “On one hand, they’re just making stuff, but on another hand, they’re choosing what the pot should look like. “They’re choosing what should go in the pot and what happens to it after it breaks ... all these things tell us about how humans deal with technology and how culture, the idea of how people should deal with technology, how that mediates their behavior.” Drawing a parallel between pottery and cell phones, Reber said that the human relationship with technology is still relevant. “There is a cultural relationship with a piece of technology,” Reber said, so the way people use a pot can be similar to a way you would protect or decorate a cellphone. “This is pretty big, universal stuff.” Kandace Hollenbach, professor of archaeology at UT, said high-tech analyses such as chemical residue analysis enable people to learn more about how cultures behaved in the
past and interacted with one another. “A lot of times, we have pottery and different pot shards from sites, and we make assumptions about what was cooked inside of them, but this type of analysis gives us much more definitive answers about how they were being used,” Hollenbach said. Hollenbach said some featured artifacts include pots from the Moundville Archaeological Sark in Alabama and Angel Mounds in Indiana. Part of the Anthropology “Food and Culture” Lecture Series, Reber has conducted many excavations around Wilmington, North Carolina, as well as excavations in the American Bottom Reaches around St. Louis. “I’d like (students) to take away a basic knowledge of what pottery residue analysis is,” Reber said and what it can do and also some of the interesting things we can learn from pottery,”
Event Info What: From Cup to Lip: Food, Culture and Organic Pottery Residue Analysis Lecture by Eleanora Reber When: Today , 9:30-11 a.m. Where: Art and Architecture Room 111 Cost: Free
Tanner Hancock News Editor Insure Tennessee is not Obamacare, but that won’t stop the associations. Originally proposed by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, the program sought to expand insurance to over 280,000 uninsured Tennesseans, yet was killed in a committee before it could even make it to the legislative floor for debate. State Sen. Richard Briggs, co-author of the Insure Tennessee Bill and practicing physician, has kept the bill in the public eye ever since its swift defeat several months ago, advocating for what he sees as cost-effective, much needed medical assistance to a wide array of Tennesseans. With the Tennessee legislature set to convene again in January, Sen. Briggs discussed his future hopes for the bill and how he thinks it will benefit Tennesseans. Why do you think there’s been such resistance to Insure TN? “Especially among the Tennessee Republicans, there is a lot of resistance to anything that is attached to Obama. I think that’s part of it. There’s some people who just don’t want any more big government programs. ... There’s not too many people who understand the financing, the program, why it will not cost Tennessee taxpayers any money. They don’t understand that this is really about jobs. The amount of money we bring into this is about $1.3 billion a year. That’s new money to the state, and the Baker Center at UT has estimated that would translate to 15,000 new jobs. That’s like bringing 3 or 4 Volkswagen plants into the state, and these are good paying jobs.” What are the problems with Tennessee’s current healthcare system? “I’m afraid we’re already seeing some of it, that these rural hospitals are having to close because they have such a high percentage of uncompensated care. When you do that, you’re starting to hurt economic development in the rural areas. Companies don’t want to come there. I think there’s a lot of good reasons we need do this, least of which is that there’s 27,000 veterans who are not eligible for (veteran) care. For the most part, the people that are working make too much money to go on TennCare, they don’t have any service connected disabilities, they weren’t wounded or anything like that, they don’t qualify for insurance care, and again we’re throwing the veterans under the bus.” Who would benefit from Insure TN? “The majority of the people that would benefit from Insure Tennessee are people that get up every morning and go to work and have jobs. Whoever they work for does not provide insurance, and health insurance is very expensive. It can be $1,000 a month, and
Whoever they work for does not provide insurance, and health insurance is very expensive. It can be $1,000 a month, and that’s a pretty big hit for anybody and their family, and they just can’t afford it.” Richard Briggs, State Senator
that’s a pretty big hit for anybody and their family, and they just can’t afford it. Insure Tennessee isn’t a giveaway. ... When they go in, somebody gets a $30,000 or $40,000 bill, they don’t make that much money in a year and they can’t pay that, and so the hospitals get nothing. Here, if they go to the emergency room, there’s an $8 co-pay. You go to a doctor’s office it’s a $4 co-pay, you go get your medicine ... it’s either $3 or whatever, so they’re having to pay you something, but it’s affordable for the income level they have.” Do you still intend to push for Insure TN when state legislature convenes in January? “We’re keeping it in the public awareness, and it may be like some of the difficult legislation we’ve had in the past, we just have to keep at it. Maybe some days the stars will align and we can get this through, and I’m hoping it’s sooner rather than later. I am not optimistic about this coming year, but the year after that we would have a better chance.” How would you summarize Insure Tennessee? “I think this is very important to Tennessee. Like I said, it’s not only the humanitarian aspect. We have 280,000 Tennesseans and 27 or 28 thousand veterans who don’t have healthcare. It’s also vital to the economic development of the state and for jobs, and not just healthcare jobs but other jobs, particularly for our rural hospitals, that they stay open. From every aspect, I just think it’s a no-brainer that it’s not going to cost the taxpayers anything.”
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Local film paints the Scruffy City in an honest light Hanna Roznowski Contributor Almost five years ago, former UT student Matt Dearman pitched a movie idea to his friend Scott Murphy. This April, that movie pitch became reality with the release of “Ain’t It Nowhere.” Presented by Badland Pictures Studio, “Ain’t It Nowhere” tells the story of a group of 20-somethings struggling with growing up, settling down and living out their lives in the south. Producer Dearman and director Murphy, who both star in the film, wrote all the parts for their friends they made at UT. The film centers around Alex, an uninspired electrician, and his best friend Jay, who has been dating long-time girlfriend Hayley for seven years. In the wake of his mother’s unexpected death, Alex falls in love and quickly develops a relationship with Rachel, a quiet southern girl. Meanwhile, Jay and Hayley’s relationship is put to the test when they encounter an unexpected pregnancy. Throughout the film, this group of friends must confront the pressures of love, death and change in this moving feature-length narrative. So far, the film has been successful and well
received among audiences. “Ain’t It Nowhere” made its world premier at the Nashville Film Festival, where it was named one of the top five narrative “Audience Award” winners. At the Knoxville Film Festival a few weeks ago, it won second place for a narrative feature film. UT students received a formal introduction to the film when the Cinema Club, alongside the cinema department, hosted a free screening of “Ain’t It Nowhere” on Monday. The support from Tennessee audiences comes as no surprise to Murphy and Dearman, as the film is warmly regarded as the “most Knoxville film ever.” “Ain’t It Nowhere” provides a unique, refreshing look of the South, showcasing another side of Knoxville rarely portrayed in mass media. The southern journey of self-discovery honestly captures the spirit of growing up in the South and falling in love as a millennial. “Representing Knoxville and East Tennessee was very important to us while making this film,” Murphy said. “Most of the time, the South is portrayed as meth-heads and bumpkins or antebellum racists. So we wanted to show the South that we all know and love, filled with hard working, honest people.” “The South” that Murphy and Dearman
portray is one that UT students call home and know first-hand to be a place of contradictions and surprises — a scruffy little city. “No other movie has done what we’ve done,” Dearman said. “There are literally no other movies that deal with 20-somethings in a semi-urban Southern environment. We incorporate UT sports and the accompanying passion of the fan base.” The film is filled with references to everyday life in Knoxville without being overbearing or seeming overly constructed, including trips to Toddy’s Back Door Tavern but leaving out visits to the Sunsphere. Interestingly, the entire cast and crew are UT grads themselves. “Knoxville is a great place to make a passion project like this,” Murphy said. “It’s big enough that you can find eager people to work alongside you, but it’s small enough that you don’t have to worry about getting bothered during production. So much of the artistic community in Knoxville is very supportive and willing to help you achieve your goals.” Murphy and Dearman hope that UT students will not only appreciate that this movie was created by people who know Knoxville inside and out, but that they will personally connect with the story as well. “UT students will respond to the movie
because they see part of themselves in the characters,” Dearman said. “All of our characters have a very down-to-earth feeling. They feel real.” Murphy echoed Dearman’s opinion that “Ain’t It Nowhere” will become a movie for UT students, by UT students. “It’s a chance for some of them to have their stories told,” says Murphy. “The themes of the film are very integrated with the everyday life of young adults living in East Tennessee. And hopefully it will inspire some of them to get out there and tell their own stories.”
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Gun violence needs to be addressed
Jarrod Nelson Socialized
Are you all pessimists? There are plenty of things we can identify as these days. For example, I am a white, straight, cisgendered, slightly optimistic agnostic-atheist male. Basically, if you go to a Bernie rally or a marathon showing of Coen Brothers movies, you’ll probably see hundreds of people exactly like me — a thought that, for some reason, I do not find depressing. But I wouldn’t say I’m a pessimist. I like to say I’m a realist, but that’s essentially just saying, “I don’t think about it.” And that’s fine. But I write a column, and I guess it’s sort of my job to think about these things. So when I sat down to think about it (read: when I sat down to write this sentence), I came down on the side of slight optimist. I like to think that if you try, things will work out for you. That’s not true for everyone. Some people suck at things. Some people have bad luck. Some people have probably pissed off an ancient deity. I don’t know; it’s your life. You can sacrifice whatever to whomever. My view sounds pretty stereotypically American. So let’s wait for it ... Okay. The shoe dropped. There is one thing I am pessimistic about, and it’s pretty stereotypically American as well. A few days ago, nine people were killed at a community college in Oregon by a shooter who doesn’t deserve to be named. A few weeks ago, there was a shooting at Delta State. Keep moving backwards, and there was an active shooter at Mississippi State. Move backwards more, and you hit Aurora, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech and eventually the Boston Massacre. People keep getting shot. It founded this country. Don’t believe the hype though. Violence is actually on a decline in this country, and has been for around 60 years. So overall, we’re getting better. But we aren’t perfect. And honestly, I wouldn’t say that we’re good either. The fact that shootings like this bore us mean we’re not good. The fact that
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Twenty preschoolers. Kids. I won’t even call them dumb kids like I usually do. Kids. Shot in the head for no reason, and we did absolutely nothing about it.”
this column seems generic and restated means we’re not good. What I’m writing should never have to be written, and if it does, then it should only have to be written once. I’m doing basically what I did last week (no, not a math error, although I am sorry about that). I’m saying some things won’t ever change. Both times, I’m begging our generation to prove me wrong. Second shoe: dropped. We will never fix our problems with guns and violence. No meaningful steps will be taken. This cycle will continue — unbroken, with chains forged by promises and declarations and tears that blacken and harden in a fire of hypocrisy. It chains us to inaction, for whatever reason, and we’re just meant to scream about injustice from a nice cell where we can’t go out and achieve honest judgement. On a side note, pessimism makes for some seriously metal metaphors. I am infinitely pessimistic on this issue. I have so many metal metaphors that I’m basically a Metallica album that never sold out. And my reasoning for it is simple. “It” being pessimism, not selling out. I would totally sell out if you gave me enough. Sandy Hook. All my reasoning is right there in two words that shouldn’t have to make you as sad as they do. A man using extended magazines shot 20 preschoolers and six teachers in the head, and it changed nothing. It. Changed. Nothing. We got the same old arguments. You’re politicizing a tragedy. Guns don’t kill people; people kill people. This could never have been prevented. Criminals will get guns however they want. We are so entrenched in these arguments that Jeb Bush’s response to the Oregon shooting was to literally say, “Stuff happens.” “Stuff happens.” Twenty preschoolers. Kids. I won’t even call them dumb kids like I always do. Kids. Shot in the head for no reason, and we did absolutely nothing about it. Nothing. Twenty kids dead, and we decide we can’t even expand background checks. My rage has crystallized into pure apathy. Guns are a non-issue until we actually decide we’ll take the chance and say maybe the Constitution is outdated here. Maybe we’re addressing a tragedy instead of politicizing it. Maybe people kill people, but guns make it a whole heck of a lot easier. Maybe the problems with gun violence in cities with strict gun laws come from other, more nuanced issues? Can we actually have a conversation on this instead of saying the same things and deciding that it’s easier for everyone to just be chained up? “Stuff happens.” Are you all pessimists now? Jarrod Nelson is a sophomore in public relations. He can be reached at jnelso47@vols.utk.
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A list of things you’ve more than likely lied to yourself about
Emily Moore The Simpler Things
Between the ages of 18 and 24, as college students, there are certain unavoidable lies we tell ourselves. How else could we survive in the stress-filled environment of college? It always starts at the beginning of the semester. You give yourself a magnificent pep talk about how different this year will be, how you’ll go to all your classes and spend more hours studying, etc. Then after about the first week (second week if you’re a real trooper), all that goes out the window, and we accept ourselves for what we truly are: liars. Here are just a few of the common lies we tell ourselves. 1. I don’t have any work to do. Dude, it’s college. There is always homework. And if you truly have no written homework, then there is always studying, and let’s not lie any more than we already are. We all know we could spend a lot more time studying than we do. 2. I don’t need to go to the gym after drinking a 24 pack and eating an entire pizza … by myself. We are at a beautiful age where our bodies can handle all-nighters, living off fast food and drinking alcohol like it’s water. But let’s be clear: just because you can do something does not mean you should do it. Yes, by the way, you should go to the gym. It is a proven fact that if you graduate
with a dad bod, you’re permanently stuck like that for the rest of your life. 3. Gus’s is part of a well-balanced meal. I am beyond guilty of this. Gus’s is acceptable any time of day in my book. One day, my blood will morph into their French fry grease, and my heart will turn into a burger. Even then, I will have no regrets. 4. Just one more episode. Suddenly, you look outside to see it’s dark, and you just finished all 11 seasons of Grey’s Anatomy in one day. If you have more than two or three episodes left in a season, forget about it. Class is irrelevant at that point. Go ahead and lock yourself in your room and get comfortable because you’re going to be there all day. 5. I’ll start laundry tomorrow. But then you forget until it’s like 11 p.m., and by then your motivation is long gone. Say you remember though, and throw a load into the washing machine. But then it sits there for days until you are forced to wash it again because it now reeks of mildew (I know all of you filthy liars have done it, so don’t try to deny it). 6. One more shot won’t make me puke. How’s that saying go again? Oh, that’s right. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, FLOOR. Enough said.
We’re falling in love with autumn Erika Davis
Franco D’Aprile Two Treehuggers with an Ax
Erica: What did one autumn leaf say to the other? Franco: I’m falling for you. There’s a lot more to be thankful about this fall than those nasty pumpkin spice lattes though. The wind blows on a partially cloudy afternoon while orange, yellow and red leaves swirl around you. Are you Pocahontas? No, but autumn lets you pretend. Small children build forts made out of brown leaves, playing make-believe battles until the sun comes down. They come back the next day to find a deflated brown lump; either a very serious restoration project ensues, or they set it ablaze with a firework leftover from July. College students dress up in risqué versions of pop culture icons, fictional characters and animals, stumbling around in their own Fort. And though they’ll be cold in that shirtless doctor costume or that mischievous catholic schoolgirl skirt, they know they only have one shot every year, for a very limited number of years, to be that stupid. God bless October. The mountains glow and are alive with crisp air and gentle rustling in the depths of the forests preparing for snow. People from all over the world meditate in their beauty and press the pause button for too brief of a moment — but in the constant buzz and hustle of everyday life, this in itself is something to cherish. Maybe it’s the relief from the heat, or maybe
it’s the approaching holiday season. But autumn seems to always greet us with a comforting embrace, warm like a grandmother’s hug. Fall doesn’t leave you with backpack sweat stains or smelly pits. Fall doesn’t leave you dehydrated or with your new stilettos sinking into the hot ground. Fall doesn’t make you pretend to love strawberries or force you to make excuses to not swim in a grimy lake. No, fall gives you sweaters, great food, the ability to walk outside and not feel like death is slowly approaching and new appreciation for the world around you. We eat sweet potato casserole, pumpkin pie and other comfort foods, but it’s okay because bears get to store up for the long winter and we’re humans, so we’re clearly entitled to that too, right? We run through corn mazes with our little siblings, enjoy hayrides with our friends and go on cute dates to the pumpkin patch. The colors, sounds, scents and scenes of our world are beautiful and something to be truly treasured. We live in one of the most beautiful places in the country, and the full autumn experience isn’t something you want to miss out on because of football and cramming for exams. So on that Saturday morning, hung over or not, make that treacherous trek out of bed to your car and take a drive to the Blue Ridge Parkway. If not simply to appreciate the beauty, do it because that background is going to make a great new profile picture.
7. I’ll go to bed early tonight. That depends on your definition of “early.” If I am in bed by 12 p.m., I consider that a huge win, whereas my parents think I am insane. 8. I can skip this class. Skipping class makes no sense solely because you are paying UT an obscene amount of money to attend these classes. So where is the logic in skipping? Not to say I’m not just as guilty of skipping, though. You just have to admit Cheek is laughing at all of us fools. There are countless others as well. Maybe you have your own personal lies. I set seven alarms to wake up and go to the gym before class. Yet without fail, every time my 6 a.m. alarm goes off, I wake up dazed and confused as to why in the world I would get out of bed before absolutely necessary. Either way, I am here to tell you there is no judgement. We all do it. But maybe you should think twice about a few of them. As my dear friend Monica learned, taking that extra shot is usually not the best decision. Emily Moore is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at emoore52@vols.utk.edu.
For a beautiful taste of nature in Knoxville, load up the Prius with friends and head over to Ijams Nature Center or House Mountain, just 15 minutes from campus. If you don’t want to leave a carbon footprint from all that driving, head up to the sixth floor of Hodges on a clear day, the top floor of the SERF building or the roof of the physics building and look across the river at those breathtaking fall-colored mountains. Fall has been coming later and later every year for some time now. As the planet warms, we will be having less pumpkin pies and Cosby sweaters and more days of heat fevers and mosquitos. Take a moment to reflect on the impact we as humans have independently and collectively on this breathtaking planet. Above all, fall teaches us that life is fleeting. And while death can sometimes be a beautiful part of life, the damage we are doing to the planet isn’t going to be reversed with a timely spring. Let’s keep fall lasting as long as possible. Be kind to the planet so it can keep dazzling us with those vibrant colors, chilly breezes and those brazen Halloween costumes. Franco D’Aprile is a senior in political science and sustainability, and Erica Davis is a senior in environmental sociology. They can be reached at radapr@vols.utk.edu and spz839@ vols.utk.edu, respectively.
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Humans of Knoxville
Award-winning comedian coming to Knoxville Hanna Roznowski Contributor As hilarious as it can be to watch epic fails and cat videos on YouTube, there’s something to be said about experiencing comedy in a live format as opposed to staring at a lifeless computer screen. If only there was a chance to catch a live comedian around K-town this week. Oh, wait, there is! Kathleen Madigan, world famous comedian, is bringing her hilarious tour to Knoxville this Thursday night. Madigan is a regular panelist on Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore�, and she was just nominated for a 2014 American Comedy Award for “Best Concert Comic.� Her second hour-special, “Madigan Again,� is currently available on Netflix. Madigan, who started her career at an open mic night in St. Louis just for fun, has now been preforming for 25 years. After more than two decades in the industry, she says comedy hasn’t really changed at all, and she still loves it. “For 25 years I’ve gotten away with this, and I keep waiting for someone to knock on the door and go ‘OK, Ms. Madigan, you actually have to get a job now,’� Madigan said. Even after touring for all these years, Madigan makes every show unique. She still has new material for every tour and tries to come up with new jokes constantly. “I usually try to have 75 percent new and 25 percent old stuff because I know people like it,� Madigan said. “I mix it all in there. There’s always something new; that’s why I like it. That’s the whole point, you get to say whatever you want. If you’re going repeat the same stuff, you should just be in a play.� Madigan draws material from her everyday
experiences, finding humor in daily life. “There’s just so much to talk about — I don’t know how you couldn’t come up with something new,� Madigan said. “I don’t sit down and write jokes; I think I know two bar jokes. It’s just everyday life, based on stuff that happens to me.� Despite her belief that the comedy industry has remained the same throughout her career, Madigan stays relevant to her audiences in the 21st century by being everywhere on social media. Madigan says she enjoys the connection on social media, especially Twitter, which she finds engaging and entertaining. Fans on Periscope will even be able to join her and comedian friend Louis Black in a New York bar for the upcoming democratic debate. Though Madigan’s fans are incredibly supportive and are a tribute to her success, her favorite perk of being a comedian is the job itself. “The best part is I’m my own boss, and I’m the most lenient boss ever in America,� Madigan said. “I don’t want a day job. The freedom this job allows me, there’s no price tag on that.� Kathleen’s jokes are popular among audiences everywhere, and she has stayed true to herself no matter where she’s performing. When asked about performing in college towns like Knoxville, Madigan trusts audiences will appreciate the same honest material and relatable jokes. “I still do the same act that I’m going to do in front of 40-year-olds and I hope that if I was 18 that I would appreciate that,� says Madigan. “I’m not going to change it to try to suit a 19-year-old lifestyle, or their world. I’m not a college act, but I’m not going to switch it up, because I don’t think they’ll need that.� Madigan is performing at the Bijou Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $30 on knoxbijou.com.
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Vols preaching resiliency after tough start to season Taylor White Assistant Sports Editor With expectations sky-high at the beginning of the season, Tennessee’s 2-3 start has many people around Knoxville disappointed with the Vols. The football team itself, however, isn’t worried about what has happened so far this year. The Vols have turned the page on the last five weeks of the season and turned their focus toward Saturday’s matchup with No. 19 Georgia. “It’s a snap and clear mentality,” junior quarterback Josh Dobbs said at Monday’s press conference. “We’re a mentally tough team. We know the talent we have on offense, defense and special teams. We know that we can make plays, we just have to execute. … There’s another good team coming in here this Saturday, and they don’t care what happened last weekend. They’re coming to win.” Tennessee has now lost those three games Junior quarterback Josh Dobbs stiff-arms a player while running the ball during by a total of 12 points, with the two SEC losses the game against the Arkansas Razorbacks on Oct. 3. coming by a total of just five points. Esther Choo • The Daily Beacon After Saturday’s 24-20 loss to Arkansas, Tennessee coach Butch Jones called a meeting with his upperclassmen to discuss the direction of the season, a meeting that he said was very encouraging. “This is a very resilient group, it’s a prideful group,” Jones said. “They are very realistic, they understand. The message was very, very simple. I always talk the truth, I speak the truth. The truth of the matter is we are a good football team. “We’ve lost to three very, very good opponents. We’re seeing that now, over a period of time we’re seeing that.” While the team has struggled early, that’s nothing new to this program as the Vols had to win three of their last four games last season to make a late push for bowl eligibility. Junior linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin said that late charge has been talked about in the locker room this year, but went on to say that this is a different team from last season. “We’ve referenced it,” Reeves-Maybin said. “Just because we know what it feels like to be in this position. This is Team 119, though, and Team 119 hasn’t done anything yet. … There’s a lot of people doubting us right now. All we have are the people in that locker room to depend on. But we’ll finish strong.” When asked whether the doubt in the program disappointed or motivated him, the junior’s response was simple. “Neither,” Reeves-Maybin said. “We got our guys in the room, and that’s what really matters. We know what we can do. We know the work that we’ve put in. We know what type of program we’ve built. We’ve lost a couple games, but we’ll
bounce back and have a great season.” Injury update: After receivers Pig Howard and Marquez North were forced to sit out Saturday’s game with injury, Jones offered more light on the situation on Monday. Howard has been bothered by what Jones referred to as “nagging injuries” all season, but a concussion he suffered in Tennessee’s win over Western Carolina is what has held him out of the last two games. Tennessee found out Thursday that the senior failed his imPACT test, which is used to determine if a player is healthy enough to play after a concussion. “When it’s a concussion, it’s a matter of time,” Jones said. “It’s seeing how that goes, so he will have to take his imPACT test again and there is a lot of testing that goes into that before we put him back onto the field.” North tried to go through pre-game warmups on Saturday before eventually sitting out the game due to “back stiffness.” Jones said that he expects the junior to be “ready to go” this week against the Bulldogs, however. The Vols suffered two injuries during the game on Saturday, with junior offensive guard Dylan Wiesman and freshman defensive end Kyle Phillips both being forced out of the game. “With Dylan Wiesman, we’ll see,” Jones said. “We got great news. It is not a high ankle sprain. It is just in his foot, so he will be available for practice. We will see how that goes. Kyle Phillips will be out this week. “With Phillips, we’re anticipating and hoping he will be back for Alabama. It was a shoulder, it was something that he’s had some issues with in the past. But we anticipate with having this week off and the bye week, he’ll be available for Alabama.” Smokey gray debut: Jones announced on Monday that Tennessee will don its smokey gray alternate jerseys for Saturday’s game with the Bulldogs, “as long as all the helmets are in.” The Vols unveiled the new jerseys, along with an alternate helmet that features an outline of the Smoky Mountains, in July. Tennessee has worn gray twice under Jones, both times coming his first season in 2013. The Vols lost to Georgia and Vanderbilt that year while sporting the gray jerseys. Extra point: With Tennessee fans becoming more upset with the performance of the team, rumors began to swirl on message boards Sunday afternoon of a physical altercation between Jones and one of his players before the season began. The third-year coach was asked to comment on those rumors on Monday, and he wasted no time in squashing them with a short and direct response. “Yeah,” Jones said. “That is absolutely ridiculous.”
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Junior linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin plays defense during the game against the Razorbacks. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon
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Stopping Chubb presents major challenge for Vols defense Jonathan Toye
Sports Editor Tennessee had no answer for the Arkansas running back duo of Alex Collins and Rawleigh Williams last Saturday night, as the pair combined to rush for 254 yards on 41 carries in the Razorbacks’ 24-20 victory at Neyland Stadium. The challenge doesn’t get any easier when No. 19 Georgia comes into Knoxville (TV: CBS, 3:30 p.m.). Georgia (4-1, 2-1 SEC) boasts one of the best running backs in the nation in sophomore Nick Chubb, who already has 745 rushing yards in just five games this season. He also currently has 13 straight 100-yard rushing performances. The last Georgia player to do that was Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker. So on Saturday, Chubb has the chance to surpass one of the most celebrated players in college football history. It will be the responsibility of Tennessee’s defense to try to stop him. How well Tennessee (2-3, 0-2) limits Chubb will most likely help determine the outcome of the game on Saturday. Tennessee coach Butch Jones knows that containing Chubb will be a challenge. “He possesses so many traits of being a great running back,” Jones said at his weekly press conference at Ray and Lucy Hand Digital Studio. “He can get the tough yards, he can put his shoulder down. He has great burst, acceleration and pad level. He can also make the second-level defender miss. It really challenges your discipline.” Saturday’s game won’t be the first time Tennessee has played against Chubb, as he rushed for 32 yards on 11 carries in Georgia’s 35-32 win against Tennessee on Sept. 27, 2014. That was when Chubb was the No. 2 running back behind Todd Gurley. When the NCAA suspended Gurley for accepting money for auto-
graphed memorabilia in the middle of the 2014 season, Chubb responded in a big way. He ran for 143 yards against Missouri — the first game following Gurley’s suspension — and didn’t slow down from there, quickly establishing himself as one of the premier running backs in the nation. Vols linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin, however, noted that Tennessee plays in the SEC and facing great running backs is the norm rather than the exception. So the Vols’ defense preparation during practice isn’t going to change too much for Chubb. “We see good running backs every week,” Reeves-Maybin said. “We are going to keep working, keep having the same mentality we been having and just be a great tackling defense — that’s kind of hurting us right now — and if we do those things and keep working how we have been working, we will be alright.” The Vols will have to play better on defense than they did against Arkansas if they want to slow down Chubb. Arkansas running backs Collins and Williams had five plays where they rushed for over 15 yards. Poor tackling and bad angles taken by the secondary were the primary culprits for these big running plays. “(We just need) better eye disclipline,” Reeves-Maybin said. “Most of the big plays were the things we worked on in practice, but putting our eyes on the right spot and taking what we practice and taking it over to the game is the big thing.” The tackling also needs to improve. When watching highlights of Chubb, one thing is clear: arm tackles and poor angles will not suffice. “We ran into some issues Saturday night because we had a core base and stopped our feet,” Jones said. “You kind of have to work toward the defender with your eye discipline, never stopping your feet and running through contact. That is why we say drive for five. “He challenges you because he can do all the things that a great back can do.”
As he headed into his final years of high school, a family friend in Houston approached Robles about coming to the United States to go to college and continue his diving career. He helped Robles get in touch with UT’s diving coach Dave Parrington who convinced Robles to come to Tennessee. “I loved everything about Tennessee and Dave told me he wanted me to be here,” Robles said. “I loved the team at the time, and the culture and ideas involved with the team.” Before graduating high school, Robles qualified for an international team for high school seniors, but had to make the decision of going to a meet or taking the ACT. He chose to take the ACT and start his career as a studentathlete. In his time at Tennessee, Robles has won six SEC medals and was named SEC Diver of the Year in 2014. In 2015, Robles won gold with a school-record score of 421.15 in the 1-meter springboard. Robles kicked off this season with wins in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events at the UNC-Wilmington meet and feels good about his team’s progress through the rest of the season. “I think it’s going to be a good year,” Robles
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said. “I’m excited about SECs, I want to try to break some records, then NCAAs and just giving my all for Tennessee.” Outside of the pool, Robles is a business management major and marketing minor. He plans on graduating in May 2016 then hopes to return to the University of Tennessee to pursue an MBA. “I would love to stay in Tennessee,” Robles said. “The school is great and I want to keep in touch with the swimming and diving team.”
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