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SGA discusses health center, new orientation bill Hannah Marley

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“We thought we were fulfilling the needs of our students,” Boyle said.

However, after students voiced their complaints, Boyle changed the daily scheduling ratio from 60 percent appointments and 40 percent walk-ins to 60 percent walk-ins and 40 percent -Greg Butcher appointments. This, along with hiring a new triage nurse and nurse practitioner, clinic in the Student Health Center. streamlined the appointment process Before hearing from the students, and made it much easier to see a doctor Boyle said he was unaware there was or nurse practitioner on any given day. a problem.

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The Student Government Association is changing things up.

When they met Tuesday night for their first meeting of the year, they had a packed agenda to examine the old and the new. In attendance was Dean of “This is really exciting,” Shivers said.

Students Melissa Shivers, who kicked “It was a process we went through ... to off the first meeting by discussing bills respond to student needs.” written by SGA from the 2013-2014 Jim Boyle, an administrator at school year.

often than not, do mandate their orientation. the Student Health Center, who also attended Tuesday’s meeting, came with the sole intent of addressing a recent SGA proposal to include a walk-in

Saulsberry’s return from knee injury bolsters Vols’ interior defensive line Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB)

Cereus Bright performs at the Square Room March 7, 2014. • File Photo

Cereus Bright finds comfort performing in Knoxville Hannah Zechman Contributor Cereus Bright is coming back for their first hometown headliner.

The band will be hitting the Bijou Theatre Friday night with Count This Penny opening the show at 8 p.m..

Named after the cereus flower, a white, des-

ert flower that only blooms at night in desolate places. Cereus Bright is bringing their deep folk roots to the stage for a night of not only modern folk music but also the intimate connections made through their sounds.

Tyler Anthony and Evan Ford, Cereus Bright’s founding members, are excited to be performing at what they refer to as “Knoxville’s special theatre.”

Anthony is especially excited about being in

an environment that is conducive to listening.

“What’s great about the Bijou is that you can get loud and have fun, but you can also be intimate,” Anthony said.

After meeting in May 2012, the two friends decided to create an impromptu group of musicians that reflected their mutual love for authentic folk music.

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Students commit to make Camaro environmentally friendly Chris Salvemini Contributor Students: start your engines.

Students varying in disciplines and interests are currently being recruited to make a four-year commitment to EcoCAR 3, an intercollegiate competition that challenges students across the U.S. to reduce the environmental impact of a Chevy Camaro, while retaining its original iconic performance and shape.

Students will fill three essential groups: the engineering team, the

business team and the communications team.

Together, these groups will make up Team Tennessee.

The engineering team is responsible for constructing the vehicle and implementing unique designs to excel challenging criteria in energy efficiency, mileage, emissions and performance.

As cost is a crucial factor in developing the vehicle and the business team will be managing connections and retrieving sponsors while maintaining the budget and allocating funds.

See ECOCAR on Page 2

Members of UT’s 2013 EcoCAR2 team stand next to their vehicle. • Photo Courtesy of UT

After sitting out all but four games in 2013 because of a left knee injury, Trevarris Saulsberry was primed to return to the Tennessee Volunteers’ interior defensive line rotation.

His surgically repaired knee, however, had different plans.

During the Vols’ open practice on Aug. 16 – just 15 days before UT kicked off its season against Utah State – the redshirt junior went down, clutching that same left knee as the training staff attended to him.

“That’s probably the most depressed I’ve ever been in my life,” Saulsberry said Tuesday. “To be so close to the season and just having something to mess that up was just heartbreaking. I thought I was good, I felt ready, but it just didn’t go the way I wanted it to.”

After suffering a similar injury just a year before, Saulsberry admits that as he left Neyland Stadium that night on crutches, he thought his season was over because he felt “all the same pops” in his knee.

Luckily for Saulsberry, the injury ended up not quite as serious, and after missing the Vols’ first three contests, Saulsberry finally made his season debut against the Georgia Bulldogs on Sept.

27.

The 6-foot-4, 296-pound defensive tackle saw only limited snaps in Athens Ga., but came back a week later in a much larger role against the Gators – his hometown team -– playing 37 snaps for UT. “There were a lot of emotions,” Saulsberry said. “I’m from Gainesville and with that rivalry, I don’t even know what to say about it.

It meant a lot to be out there against Florida, coming back and being that it’s my hometown and knowing people on the other team. It felt good. I enjoyed it and embraced it as the process went on.”

Getting to that point, however, wasn’t always easy.

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DISPATCHES International travelers screened for Ebola virus

Former Vanderbilt football player testifies in rape case

First Ebola patient discovered in US dies

Mexican telecom tycoon proposes three-day work week

On Wednesday, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that five of America’s largest international airports, New York’s John F. Kennedy, WashingtonDulles outside the nation’s capital, Newark in northern New Jersey, O’Hare in Chicago and Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson, have added additional security screenings meant to detect travelers carrying Ebola. People flying in from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone will be subjected to the screenings, as these are the West African nations currently hosting the most Ebola cases.

According to the CDC, more than 94 percent of the travelers from those countries have entered the United States through these five airports.

One of four Vanderbilt University football players accused of raping a student on campus last year testified Wednesday after pressure from athletic officials who threatened his scholarship if he did not cooperate with police. The trial will begin Nov. 3. All four defendants have been charged with several counts of rape and have pleaded not guilty.

According to an account given at one hearing in the case, Vandenburg took an unconscious student to his dormitory in the early morning of June 23, 2013. Deputy Attorney General Tom Thurman said Vandenburg and three other students then sexually assaulted the student. The four defendants are currently free on bond.

The patient with the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the United States died in isolation in Dallas, Texas Wednesday, more than a week after the virus was detected Sept. 30.

42-year-old Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man, was treated with an experimental antiviral drug, brincidofovir, after the Food and Drug Administration approved its use on an emergency basis. Medical personnel at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital worked frantically to support Duncan’s fluid and electrolyte levels, but Duncan succumbed to the disease at 7:51 a.m. Wednesday. Hours later, a second patient was admitted, reporting possible exposure to the disease through contact with Duncan’s family members.

Carlos Slim, respectively the richest man in the world, worth more than $80 billion, proposed radical changes to the American workforce Tuesday to a CNNMoney correspondent.

Slim, the Mexican telecom mogul, proposed workers switch from the average six-day work week to a three-day work week, averaging 11-hour shifts and pushing the retirement age to 75. A 74-year-old himself, Slim told CNN he was sure it would happen, although when it would happen was still uncertain.

He said that “machines should work 24 hours and services should work as much as possible,” but people should have more time available for entertainment, family and to continue training for better jobs and opportunities.

ECOCAR continued from Page 1 Meanwhile, the communications team will facilitate outreach events with the community and work to spread the word of Team Tennessee’s operations.

Elizabeth Floyd, manager of the communications team and masters student in communication, joined EcoCAR 3 after working on similar projects at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She said the competition is interdisciplinary in nature, and what team a student is on does not dependent on their course of study.

“I have an engineer on my team who is learning web design because she wants to,” Floyd said. “It’s the opportunity to develop different skills that they may need for their future.”

Floyd confirmed the communications team recently recruited its first two members. Once teams are established, they will begin fulfilling specialized requirements.

The engineering team will work to meet vehicular criteria in innovative ways while the communication team must contact high-ranking officials, garner substantial media attention and coordinate various events to build a community around EcoCAR 3. Each standard comes with massive amounts of strategizing and ingenuity.

Students who participate must come into the project with a basic understanding and knowledge of car composition. “(Students) must enroll in an introduction to hybrids course that gives them the basic knowledge that they need,” said Alex Cox, manager of the engineering team and masters student in mechanical engineering.

Cox said by the end of the four years, students should leave the competition with a more solid understanding of sophisticated software.

However, EcoCAR 3 promises many benefits for student participants beyond just the challenge and excitement of creating an eco-friendly car from scratch.

Students involved in the competition have the opportunity to earn college credit in their senior design courses and diversify their portfolios as they enter the workforce. As the competition is sponsored by some of the biggest names in the industry, from General Motors to the Department of Energy, it aims to make students more attractive to prospective employers after graduation by offering considerably big-name contacts in their respective fields.

Most importantly, Floyd said, it helps build a community among students.

“You want to be able to walk across campus and say hi to somebody because you’ve worked with them before,” Floyd said. “You are more marketable with yourself after you graduate, because you know how to work with different types of people.”

Students wanting to learn more are invited to attend the College of Engineering BBQ Oct. 11.

SGA SENATE continued from Page 1 Boyle said the success of speedier processes and increased availability is hard to deny.

“It worked, to put it bluntly,” Boyle said. “Our complaints dropped significantly, and students seemed to see the improvements readily.”

While concerns about the health center and bills from last year are still currently being evaluated, the SGA is already working on new legislation.

SGA representatives Greg Butcher, Jake Cronin, Elisabeth Logan and Sophia Rubio have written a bill calling for mandatory freshman attendance at all orientation

events.

While freshmen are currently only required to attend two events, the Financial Aid portion and the “Be Smart, Be Safe, Be a Vol” session, the four representatives argued skipping multiple sessions and going into freshman year uninformed and unprepared could contribute to UT’s low retention rate of 86 percent.

“Institutions with high retention rates, more often than not, do mandate their orientation,” Butcher said.

The bill is aimed at improving student retention through a more in-depth knowledge of the university, promoting the Top 25 initiative through higher retention and ensuring student safety at orientation by preventing students from wandering off campus.

“If it was all mandatory, it would be very easy to keep them here, engaged in the programming,” Butcher said.

The proposed consequences for missing a session of orientation, or even leaving an event before the scheduled time, are being blocked from registering for classes until the end of the summer and having to meet one-on-one with the orientation leaders to catch up on any missed information.

Despite concerns over how to implement and enforce the new rule, the bill passed by an overwhelming majority, with 64 percent in favor and seven percent against.

The bill, and any issues the SGA feels need to be addressed, will be discussed in subsequent meetings.

President of Muslim Student Association gives Patrick Riggins, the President of The Love Kitchen, the money donated from the Muslim Student Association Fast-athon event in the UC Ballroom March 14. • File Photo

Muslim association “Fastathon” encourages students to help others Tanner Hancock Copy Editor

Go a day without food so someone else doesn’t have to.

Throughout the course of this week, UT’s Muslim Student Association has been on Pedestrian Walkway asking students to pledge to fast for charity. The event will culminate in the “UTKHungry4Change” discussion and dinner in the UC Ballroom Thursday night at 6:30 p.m., featuring guest lecturer Zaynab Ansari and wide array of home-cooked dishes to celebrate breaking the fast.

For every signed pledge, a local business or donor will give $1 to The Love Kitchen, a Knoxville charity that serves over 3,000 meals a week to the homeless and needing population in Knoxville. UTKMSA hopes to raise over $1000

this year, far exceeding the amount collected at last year’s “Fastathon.”

Faatin Salekin, co-president of UTKMSA and sophomore in biology, said he views the commitment to fast as a willingness to help others in need.

“We’re trying to do good for the community, good for the people, good for humanity,” Salekin said of MSA’s work.

“Because of your action, it’ll help someone else create a better action.”

Although fasting from food is a popular option, students can abstain from any activity of their choice, ranging from swearing to drinking coffee.

For Sumaiya Hussain, treasurer of UTKMSA and junior in child and family studies, fasting is an activity that also offers clarity in everyday life, and she said she hopes students who participate will recognize the personal benefits as well as the charitable giving.

“If I can abstain from eating for a day or a month, then I can abstain from anything,” Hussain said. “It just helps me with my self-control ... anyone can get what I got out of it.

It’s not a religious thing, it’s just something I find helps me with everything.”

Despite being a part of “Islamic Awareness Week,” Salekin encourages people of all religious backgrounds to support the charity and pledge to fast. ‘“Even though it is through MSA, Fastathon itself is a little bit aside from the Muslim faith, it correlates to it,” Salekin said.

Ultimately, Salekin said the Fastathon as a way to help one’s self by helping others first.

“The key to happiness is being a selfless person,” he said. “The more of a selfless person you are … it’ll make other people happy.”

Thursday, October 9, 2014

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ARTS & CULTURE Local comedy contest enters second round

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Around Rocky Top

Nicholas Pattillo Contributor The fifth annual Rocky Top Comedy Contest continues with its second round Friday night at Latitude 35. The contest will consist of approximately 50 comedians who will compete in four preliminary rounds. Three comedians advance from each round to create the 12 finalists.

Rounds take place each Friday night this month.

The contest was first founded by comedian Matt Ward in 2010. Ward began in comedy in 2007 and has only propelled forward. He left his job in 2010 to devote his life to establishing comedy venues and to continue on his journey in stand-up comedy.

Contestants take Latitude 35’s downstairs stage to show audience members what they’ve got. Ward chose this year’s venue for its central location in Market Square as well as being 18+ to allow for a college-aged crowd.

The audience along with anonymous fellow comedian judges are responsible for voting for its top three favorite comedians each round. If a comedian receives a first place vote from a single audience member in his preliminary round, he or she has earned three points from that vote.

Second place votes achieve two points and third place gets one. However, the comedians votes hold a higher value, counting three times as much as an audience member’s vote.

“We do not reveal the judges” because this may cause bias in how the comedians act on stage.

When the preliminary round closes, the votes are tallied by Ward before he announces which three comedians will move to the final round.

Zac Fallon, a local comedian and musician, participated in the event last year and found the event not only involved competition but fraternity as well.

“The process sort of requires you to get to know the comics you perform with,” Fallon said. “You’re thrust in to a group of comics, and you leave with a group of comics-slash-friends. I participated as a beginner, and it really helped me introduce myself into the scene.”

The show starts at 8 p.m., and tickets are $5 online and $8 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at knoxcomedy.com.

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Men’s Chorale performed Oct. 7 under the conduction of Gene D. Peterson as part of the Fall Choral Concert.

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UT choral department showcases various talents Michaela Deaton Contributor

Music filled the halls of the Alumni Memorial Building Tuesday night during the Fall Choral Concert.

Families, friends, faculty and students gathered in the Cox Auditorium to hear UT’s choral ensembles. They filled the crowd with energy before the full performances, pre-concert entertainment included Four O’ Clock Shadow, reVOLution, VOLume and the UT Singers. The women’s contemporary acappella group, reVOLution, sang “Clocks”

by Coldplay and the men’s accapella group, VOLume, sang a medley of “Jump Right In”

by Zac Brown Band.

Now that the audience was energized, it was time for the show. The first group to perform was the Men’s Chorale under the conduction of Gene D. Peterson. Men in suits and Tennessee bow ties came down the aisles with the crowd’s attention on them.

They sang the first three songs with energy and passion. Peterson left the stage before their second to last song and came back out a minute later with a pirate hat and parrot on his shoulder to set the scene for “Pirate

Song” by Tim Y. Jones. The Men’s Chorale filled the audience with laughter as they wore their eye patches and had a member walk the plank. They ended with an interactive Vols Medley, with the audience standing and singing.

Thomas Neuefeind, an undecided sophomore and member of the Men’s Chorale, enjoyed performing Gwyneth Walker’s “Crossing the Bar” the most.

“I enjoy being a part of this group,” Neuefeind said.

The next group to perform was the Concert choir also under the conduction of Peterson.

The group captivated the audience through the beauty of song. Courtney Frederick, junior in English, and Salina Haynes, junior in biological studies, were thrilled to perform with their ensemble, including their favorite song “Let Everything That Hath Breath” arranged by Jeffery Ames. They both stressed a lot of preparation goes into perfecting the show.

“We practice twice a week for two hours with some after school practices and dress rehearsals,” Haynes said.

After the Concert Choir, the Women’s Chorale group performed under the conduction of Jordan Cross. They joined in on the fun of the night by performing two lively

pieces called “Cripple Creek” arranged by Tom Porter and “Appalachian Fiddler” by John Purifoy, bringing smiles to the East Tennessee crowd.

To close the evening, the Chamber Singers took the stage under the conduction of Angela Batey and graduate conductor Lindsey Cope. They opened with “Non nobis Domine,” based off a Latin hymn. The Chamber Singers took a more traditional approach to their performance than the earlier groups, allowing the concert to introduce the audience to multiple genres.

Batey believes all the groups performed well and was amazed at the growth of all of the ensembles with their varying genres and song selections.

“The song selection is chosen carefully so that the performers have a variety of experiences every concert,” Batey said.

Brittany Proxmire, a freshman in biological studies, attended the concert and appreciated the diverse types of music performed.

“I thought the song selection was picked out very well and the atmosphere that the ensembles created was amazing,” Proxmire said. “You could tell from being in the audience that the seats were filled with attentive listeners ready to hear beautiful music.”

In a city where they feel culture is encouraged and expressed through music, the duo found it important to form a sound which had no restrictions on expression but instead held true to certain folk music characteristics such as communicating clearly and honestly.

“We love the storytelling aspect of folk music,” Ford said, “and we have this huge love and respect for the way that you can present those songs in different ways.”

Anthony and Ford use their shared passion to dig into the roots of folk, focusing on not reinventing the sound or meaning but on evolving in the traditions the music is about, particularly vulnerability.

“The sounds that Evan and I love that most are the songs that have touched us in a real emotional way,” Anthony said. “It’s about being vulnerable and being honest and trying to create something that connects with people.”

Cereus Bright’s music has been shaped by the pair’s hometown and is a reflection of their experiences in the Scruffy City. They said they love Knoxville and have made a conscious choice to remain rooted in the city.

“We want to be real and authentic while still putting on an excellent show because that’s the character or Knoxville,” Ford said.

Anthony and Ford believe the support and love of the Knoxville community has helped Cereus Bright grow exponentially. Anthony explained trying to become a full-time band is a daunting venture; however, having fans to support them has provided safety in being who they are as a band.

Anthony said if their journey would have started in a different place, Cereus Bright may have not been a reality.

“It’s a testament of other creatives and the dreams that we have,” Anthony said.

The band hopes to deliver its message to every audience member Friday night. With a prepared set which ranges from fun and upbeat to slow and somber, Cereus Bright hopes the meaning in their music pushes people to think about challenging ideas. For them, success comes if they are responsible for encouraging fans to live their lives just a little differently.

Ford explained though they create pleasing and fun music, there is also a deeper meaning to be found in their lyrics and harmonies, a desire to spark interest and thought in their fans.

“We want for people, who want a little more, to have it -- be layers that they pull back and have it be just a little bit off-kilter so that it’s interesting,” Ford said.

Cereus Bright encourages everyone to come and check out the folk culture they are proud to represent and talk with them during their planned meet and greet following the show.

“If you’re not busy, we would love to see you and meet you and take a picture,” Ford said, “although we might be pretty sweaty after the show.”

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Kiss me, I’m a millennial Stained and Confused by

Alexandra Chiasson

This week, I was feeling particularly meh and decided to sell out and use this column to insert myself into the newish-ly popular discourse surrounding Millennials. It was easy to hop on this bandwagon; there’s even an app for it!

NPR is even talking on this topic. As a part of their new special series called “New Boom,” they ran a story called “Why You Should Start Taking Millennials Seriously,” in which a reporter tries to convince old people that we are pretty okay. This is nice of NPR. Like, I really appreciate this gesture, but I really don’t have much in common with Mark Zuckerberg. I saw “The Social Network” in theaters three times and he seems like a bit of a dingleberry.

I took Pew Research Center’s quiz “How Millennial Are You?” to see how I compare to my peers in terms of conventional Millennial consumer behavior and personal philosophy. I scored an 87 out of 100, indicating that I am a pretty decent Millennial.

Also in the name of research, I found a quiz on Buzzfeed called “Take This Quiz To Find Out If You’re Smarter Than A Stoner.” I got 9 out of 10 questions right, thus giving me “Genius” status.

Between these two sets of quiz results, I’m feeling like maybe I’m entitled to say a few things about my generation.

I interviewed a few of my friends to get a better grasp of the Millennial tropes journalists talk about so much. I first asked them if anyone had ever accused them of being “SO millennial” and what they were doing when it happened. Answers ranged from “I was just being my usual chic (read: bourgeois) self” to “I bought 49 cent mac and cheese and donated $1 to a homeless man for a cigarette he so graciously offered me and called it dinner.”

I asked them which of the Millennial stereotypes were most frustrating to them. Most resented being called “lazy” or “entitled.” One respondent evaded the question, quoted F. Scott Fitzgerald and recommended that I have a glass of champagne.

One friend didn’t seem to know what “Millennial” even meant. At least four couldn’t be bothered to respond to my survey at all.

After all of this, my survey results had me feeling a bit disheartened about my generational cohort; that is, until I had a little crisis and realized nothing actually matters. It’s all a manipulated and carefully choreographed construct of reality. The Man has been at it again.

And let me just say, advertising agencies, the jig is up. We all know that Mad Men is real. And also that you guys invented “the Millennial.”

I see what you are doing. You’ve taken advantage of our Internet-induced inquisitive, inventive nature and pit us against each other. We want to be special.

We want to be cool. We seek brand-based identities.

We even do your advertising for you, for free, on top of buying your products. It’s all your fault and I hate you.

I’d be lying if I said that self-curating (even in the name of The Man’s twisted marketing schemes) en masse and with a hash tag—something Millennials are criticized for—isn’t fun at all. And a couple of my survey participants admitted that “simultaneous multiplatform technology use” and “making nonsequitur references to pop culture as a social crutch” were things that a lot of Millennials do. So maybe there’s something to this “collective personality” we’ve been assigned.

Still, in keeping with all of this, if someone were to ask me, I would say I’m self-consciously Millennial. I’m ironically Millennial. And I’m already super bored with this.

Alexandra Chiasson is a senior in English. She can be reached at butt.face@utk.edu.

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Little free libraries are a chance to give back to the Fort Welcome to the Neighborhood by

Jonathan Burkhalter It’s mid-semester, that god-awful time of the year when everything is due at once. And if you’re like me, you just want to go home, take a nap, then read a book for fun. Last week, I had one of these moments where amidst being a madman running from work to school to homework to more work, I put everything aside and walked downtown to get a coffee and read. As I was going through my library at home, I realized that I’ve read everything I own, but I didn’t have the money to buy a new book.

That’s when I remembered reading about the Little Free Library organization. Creators Todd Bol and Rick Brooks started with a simple idea: promoting literacy and the love of books for the bettering of communities.

Their idea has spread from Wisconsin to all over the world, relying on people in their communities building these wonderfully creative boxes (usually out of recycled materials) labeled something along the lines of “Little Free Library.”

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kids and parents who live here as well. These children walk streets of broken glass and trashed solo cups, and their parents deal with our incessant behavior as neighbors. It’s time we gave back a little and to ourselves as well.

The only snag is avoiding what happens to most things that stay outdoors in the Fort: being stolen or destroyed. The books you put in here shouldn’t be your favorite copy of Pride and Prejudice with an inscription from your grandparents, but things that will be taken and maybe not returned.

As for the latter issue, we’ll have to get creative. I propose using a method similar to geocaching them (props to Amanda Jones for our discussion). By this I mean we create GPS points where we hide the little library boxes from the traumatizing danger that is drunk packs of college youth. We then use an app that allows us to access these maps upon which the GPS points have been placed.

A few programs such as Click2Map seem to be sufficient for this. If you would be interested in this, please shoot me an email. This is a great chance to exchange ideas with each other and give to our community -- it’s also a fun hunt to locate the boxes. That is, if we make it through this terrible mid-semester.

Jonathan Burkhalter is a senior in history.

He can be reached at jburkhal@vols.utk.edu.

Emotional education is just as important as academics Inside and Out by

Katie Grugin Look to your left. Now, look to your right.

Chances are, one of the people sitting next to you is trying to get through through their classes while also dealing with the debilitating stress of an emotional health problem of some kind.

The fact is, succeeding in college is not just about how intelligent or how capable of a student you are. It’s about how well you can cope with life-stress in an environment that was not designed to accommodate it. It’s easy to assume students learn how to handle negative life events at home, just as it’s easy to assume they know how to moderate their own drinking or how to dress for an interview. Some might, but unfortunately, most don’t. The university should be as equally focused on mental and emotional education as it is on academics if it wishes to prepare us for the real world.

Let’s look at the statistic that has been reiterated time and time again by the recent influx of UT sexual assault information emails: 25 percent of female college students will experience some form of sexual assault in their time at school. While this is a great

tactic to shed light on the issue, if this statistic is true, then that means one in every four women in college are walking around campus every day with some form of emotional trauma they incurred after paying to come to a university. With rape culture so acceptable, women are literally paying for the chance to be assaulted, leading to long term emotional effects they may not know how to cope with.

Of course, those are outliers, right? The majority of students don’t experience things negative enough to have that kind of effect, right? Wrong. The Friends of the National Library of Medicine website states trauma can be experienced through anything that causes harm or the threat of harm. That means along with the above examples, you can include individuals who have experienced car crashes, robberies, muggings, domestic violence, parental abuse, poverty, homelessness. The list goes on and on.

That’s not even including the veterans or active service military personnel who make up four percent of undergraduate college students. Trauma happens to us all, some more than others.

Academic education is important for shaping us into outstanding citizens. However, ensuring our academic education is being built upon a foundation of emotional wellbeing is more important. Writing a paper is one thing; writing a paper while being haunted by the memory of the non-stranger who assaulted you last month is another.

Trauma affects the ability to study, to focus,

to pay attention in class, to contribute to class discussion and to share ideas in a productive way.

This is especially true for individuals who lack the necessary information for working through these problems healthily. It lowers the quality of education for all students, because class discussions and peer competition are (in my opinion) what makes being in a classroom much more worthwhile than sitting at home reading the book.

Can you still be an amazing student in spite of hard life events? Of course. However, if all the energy spent recovering from negative life events was instead funneled into classwork, students would be getting a lot more for their money.

I have the greatest respect for a university that is making such strong efforts to change a culture to be safer and more welcoming for students. I appreciate the awareness campaigns and increased safety measures when it comes to specific issues and the tools made available for students to take advantage of. However, I believe emphasizing emotional education as being just as important as academics would make the University of Tennessee a much more effective institution.

What’s the point in learning Calc III if your social anxiety prevents you from ever leaving your house to apply for a job?

Katie Grugin is a senior in psychology and religious studies. You can contact her at kgrugin@vols.utk.edu.

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Timtation Creations • Timothy Brunson

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This certainly isn’t a completely new idea in the world, as coffee shops and other gathering places have had free book exchanges for years, but what is unique about this project is that it requires the little houses usually stay just outside of the builder’s home, so neighbors and people in the community can swing by and swap out books to have something new to read.

Then I looked out my window and saw this little boy walking down the street. Perhaps he was a child genius already in college, but most likely a member of one of the many families that live in the Fort. Although it may be hard to tell on a Saturday night, we are a diverse community in culture, age and socioeconomic background, just like any other community.

The fact that we are all jammed in so closely together in a dense population means that we have even more of an opportunity to work together. As I looked at this kid and thought it over, I thought I might not be the only one wishing for a new book.

What if a group of us, Fort residents with an extra book and set of hands, started building these little boxes? The artistic aspect alone would certainly add flavor to our community, but the literary aspect has the potential to change lives; and not just the lives of college students who might be introduced to things like Naked Lunch for the first time, but the

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

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MEN’S TENNIS

VOLLEYBALL

Vols look to continue success at Wake Forest Invitational

Turner’s finishing ability helping her rise through the ranks

Matt Fernandez Contributor

The Tennessee Volunteers men’s tennis team heads to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to play in the Wake Forest Invitational Thursday with hopes of matching their title-filled success from last weekend.

The Vols are coming off a weekend in which the pairing of Hunter Reese and Mikelis Libietis captured their second consecutive ITA All-American Championship. Junior Bartosz Sawicki also came away with his first career singles title at the UTC Steve Baras Fall Classic.

After such an eventful weekend, the Vols should have some momentum heading into this weekend’s tournament, especially Reese and Libietis, who are riding a wave of confidence after becoming he first duo in history to win back-to-back ITA doubles titles. “In doubles, especially, I think Mikelis and I are on a roll,� Reese said. “I think we are pretty tough to beat, regardless of where we are in the season.�

Reese and Libietis are currently undefeated this season with a record of, 5-0, and haven’t lost in their last 11 matches dating back to last year.

The duo is coming off a short week as the ITA’s finished up Monday. Reese said most of their tournaments tend to end on Sundays, so this tournament leaves them a day behind on normal preparation giving them only one practice day. “So just try to get a lot of balls, keep my rhythm and I’m in a pretty good rhythm coming off a tournament,� Reese said. “So as far as preparation

goes, just off the court, getting my laundry done and all that stuff. “All the other guys they’ve been here, they’ve been working hard, and they’ll just keep doing what they’re doing and we will be ready to go I hope.�

Head coach Sam Winterbotham has been preparing his team for the tournament this weekend.

Coach Winterbotham said the tournament is a mixture of indoor and outdoor matches. His team is preparing normally and should be ready. “We can see an improvement in the team and we can see an improvement physically in them, and an improvement in their games,� Winterbotham said. “Guys are working hard on things and doing really well in the individuals.�

With the fall season winding down, the Vols are trying to take advantage of every moment they have on the court. “Half the team has had a break and they’ll be playing this tournament and then we’ll be into the next tournament,� Winterbotham said. “Unless they qualify for the national championship in November, than the regional will be our last college tournament of the fall. So these next two weeks you’ll see a different level of tennis and it’s just typical.�

As the season winds down all eyes move to the spring and the end of this season. Winterbotham said the results may not be there but improving is the most important. “We need you really at a different level when you leave to go home on your break, then when you started your break; physically and with you’re tennis,� Winterbotham said. “That’s all the fall is to us, to prepare ourselves for the spring season.�

Taylor White Staff Writer (@T_Dub98) Rob Patrick expected several freshmen to play a significant role for his Tennessee volleyball team this year, but the play of one freshman in particular has surpassed his expectations.

Kendra Turner flew a little under the radar when she signed with the Lady Vols, but halfway through the season, she has established herself as one of Tennessee’s most dangerous offensive weapons. “She’s been a surprise for us,� Patrick said. “The level she played at in high school wasn’t as high as maybe some of the other levels around the country. It’s been a surprise that she’s been able to come in and adapt to the speed of the college game and the physicality of the college game.�

The 6-foot-1 LaPlace, Louisiana, native has helped fill a void offensively for the Lady Vols, racking up 113 kills so far this year, which is good for second on the team behind sophomore Jamie Lea. Turner feels she has “adjusted well� to playing volleyball at the collegiate level, but even she didn’t think she would have this big an impact coming into her first season at UT. “I didn’t expect to play right away at first.�

Turner said. “But when I was in the first couple practices, I thought ‘I can improve my game enough to go out and start,’ and I did it.�

Playing a significant role as a freshman can be difficult at any level, but to do it in one of the nation’s toughest conferences in the SEC is even

more impressive.

Finishing plays is something the Lady Vols have struggled with over the past couple of years, and to be able to add a player who can so young in her career has been a great asset for this Tennessee team. “She gets us kills,� Patrick said. “When you’re a freshman, that’s one of the hardest things to do as a hitter is go get kills against really good physical, SEC athletes. That’s something she’s been able to provide for us, and doing that with very few unforced errors. I’ve been very pleased with how she has been able to come in and help us in that manner.�

Not everything came easy at first, though.

While Turner has been successful finishing plays for her team this year, the ability to pass the ball and set up her teammates has been a little bit more of a struggle. “The biggest challenge was learning things passing wise,� Turner said. “And changing how I hit, I can’t hit like I used to do in high school.

I’ve had to work much harder and transition into trying to hit over people or through their hands.�

The Lady Vols have struggled so far this season, but by playing so many freshman every game, they are hoping set themselves up for greater success in the years to come.

Tennessee is consistently playing five freshmen against some of the toughest competition in the nation, and are hoping that experience, will make them better players down the road. “This is really gonna help all our underclassmen,� Turner said. “We have already lost all our nerves, and by this time next year, we are going to be dominating out there.�

SWIMMING & DIVING

Orange and White Intersquad Meet puts bragging rights on the line for Vols Trenton Duffer Contributor

One of the more buzzworthy events for the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams here at the University of Tennessee is the annual Orange and White Intersquad Meet.

In this meet, both teams are split up to represent either the Orange Team or the White Team. Many alumni and former swimming and diving studentathletes attend this meet each year. “Whenever you’re on a team, Orange or White, you’re on that team for life,� head coach Matt Kredich said. “Each year, the freshmen are drafted onto one team or the other by the existing team,

then the teams create their own lineups. It’s usually led by the seniors or the older members.�

The team as a whole is coming off a victory against UNC Wilmington, where UT earned the top score in all 32 events, with the men winning their meet, 174-117, and the women emerging victorious, 166-120. “We had some great races at Wilmington,�

Kredich said. “We got the chance to see some freshmen competing and to shake off some cobwebs ‌ We were able to bring a lot of energy. We were able to step into an identity that we’ve talked about but haven’t quite demonstrated. (We’re) a team that’s very competitive and is gonna win finishes and win close races.â€?

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Team won bragging rights. The White Team picked up victories in 20 of the 32 events last year, handling the Orange Team with a score of, 311-251.

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Thursday, October 9, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

SPORTS

tprovost@vols.utk.edu

Asst. Sports Editor Dargan Southard @dsouth16 msoutha1@vols.utk.edu

FOOTBALL

UT offense carrying ‘pissed off mentality’ after dismal outing vs. Florida Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor (@dsouth16) Mike Bajakian’s heard it all.

Deficient offensive line.

Ineffective running game.

Massive struggles in the red zone.

All magnified during last Saturday’s 10-9 loss to Florida where the Volunteers surrendered six sacks, rushed for less than a yard per carry and came away with only three field goals on four red zone scoring chances.

Naturally, that level of production hasn’t left UT’s second-year offensive coordinator particularly pleased.

“I think everyone across the

SAULSBERRY continued from Page 1 Saulsberry stated that his rehabilitation process had a lot of “ups and downs,” but support from his teammates – especially from Curt Maggitt and Brian Randolph, who have each suffered major knee injuries – helped him get through it.

Since then, Randolph has consistently been in Saulsberry’s ear, helping him keep his mind off of his thrice-injured knee.

“Brian Randolph always tells me, `When you go out there, just don’t think about it. Clear your mind and just go. Just play,’” Saulsberry said. “When you play fast, bad stuff doesn’t happen to you. I just go out there, play as hard as I can and let God make the decision as to what happens.”

And the Vols will need Saulsberry’s presence in the upcoming weeks, as freshman defensive tackle Owen Williams will miss the next week or two after undergoing

board has a sour taste in their mouth, and we’re playing with a pissed off mentality,” Bajakian said Wednesday after practice.

“That’s how we’re practicing, and that’s how we’re going into this game.”

With only two touchdowns in its last eight red zone attempts, the criticism has rained down heavily reigned down on the Vols’ offense and quarterback Justin Worley, who admitted Tuesday he’s “forced the ball a little bit more” and made a handful of “stupid throws” in recent weeks.

However, that total ownership — whether fair or not — hasn’t left Worley’s position coach a bit surprised.

“Again, he’s a leader, and he’s going to take responsibility just like I take responsibility for the surgery on his thumb. “(Saulsberry’s) a big body who has a presence,” defensive line coach Steve Stripling said. “(Him being back) helps with rotation numbers when we get into extended drives and those kinds of things, so it’s a real plus to have him out there.”

Stripling also added that, ideally, Saulsberry, who is not yet back to 100 percent, would play somewhere in between “the mid-30s to 40” snaps in Saturday’s contest against Chattanooga, but continued to say that ultimately it would depend on “the ebbs and flows of the game.”

As for Saulsberry, the injury may have been a minor setback in terms of his return to the field, but he said he was “glad it happened” because of what he learned from it.

“You can never just sit there and mope about things, you always have to look on the positives,” Saulsberry said. “If you stay positive, positive things happen to you.”

performance of this offense,” Bajakian said. “He’s going to step up as a leader of this offense on the field. He’s always going to say things fall on his shoulders.

“Obviously there’s so much that goes into timing and spacing and rhythm of the pass game.

But we need to execute in every facet of it.”

Offensive balance in the red zone sits near the top of that to-do list.

During UT’s current threegame losing streak, the Vols have amped up their air attack in the red zone, but that game plan has generated little success — three of Worley’s last four picks have come at or near the opposing goal line.

“It keeps the defense honest where they just can’t sit back and

defend the pass,” Worley said.

“When you get in the red zone, everything’s a little bit more constricted, so it’s harder to throw the ball.

“So I think when we have balance, we do have more success.

And I think it starts with our offensive line, and we’ve got to do a good job of getting a push throughout the game to keep that balance.”

Mixon in the mix: With redshirt junior Owen Williams (thumb) ruled out for Saturday’s in-state matchup with Chattanooga, the search for defensive tackle depth behind starters Jordan Williams and Danny O’Brien has immediately begun.

Enter freshman Dimarya Mixon.

“I think it passes to him that he’s going to find meaningful reps on Saturday,” defensive line coach Steve Stripling said. “So he’s got to be ready and answer the challenge.

“Dimarya look’s good. He’s undersized like a lot of our guys are. You’ve got to combat that with using great technique, using great leverage and great effort.”

Through five games, the 6-foot3, 282-pound Mixon has racked up three tackles — all against Arkansas State — and one quarterback hurry.

Injury updates: For a second straight day, cornerback Michael Williams, running back Jalen Hurd and wide receiver Josh Malone all donned green no-contact jerseys, while senior tailback Marlin Lane was a full participant

after wearing green on Tuesday.

Meanwhile wide receiver Von Pearson, who returned from a high ankle sprain against Florida but had just one catch for six yards, expects to see his workload upped against the Mocs.

“I do (plan on seeing his role grow),” wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni said. “He’s still not where we want him to be, obviously, that’s why he’s gradually playing more and more plays. We still have another 48 hours, and well see what happens at that point.”

Azzanni’s update on Malone, however, was a bit more promising. The freshman wide receiver’s non-contact status was deemed “precautionary” and “just because of you’re typical nicks and bruises.”

Sophomore Danny O’Brien gets up after making a tackle during the game against the Gators on Oct. 4th.

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