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Bray injured, Georgia downs UT, 20-12 Bray out for six weeks with fractured thumb, Vols fall to fifth in SEC East In the second half, Tennessee shot itself in the foot a few times. On its first possession of the third quarter, James Stone Assistant Sports Editor snapped the ball over Bray, leading to a 15-yard loss, forcing Home was not as sweet as it has been recently for UT to punt on fourth-and-23 from its own 22. Matt Darr’s punt, Tennessee’s first of the game, went just 31 yards. Tennessee against Georgia. In Georgia’s ensuing drive, it looked as if the Vols stopped The Volunteers (3-2, 0-2 SEC) fell behind in the second half, losing 20-12 to the Bulldogs at Neyland Stadium on the Bulldogs on the UT 9, but linebacker Daryl Vereen was Saturday for the first time since 2005, while Tyler Bray frac- called for his second pass interference penalty of the night, giving the Bulldogs a firsttured his thumb and is out and-goal at the 2-yard line. for about six weeks. Three plays later, Crowell “Real good first half, two rushed one yard to give teams going at it toe-to-toe Georgia a 13-6 lead. and we came out in the Georgia forced Tennessee third quarter and had a litto punt on its following postle meltdown there for a session, and put together a couple possessions,” UT three-play, 93-yard drive, coach Derek Dooley said. capped off by a 1-yard touch“We lost our composure a down run by Crowell to bit. Pressed, got anxious, extend Georgia’s lead to 20frustrated, and that was 6. disappointing.” “We were feeling really Georgia (4-2, 3-1) has good (out of halftime),” said won four straight games middle linebacker Austin and is tied with South Johnson, who also had a Carolina for first place in career-high 11 tackles. “I the SEC East, while thought we prepared well Tennessee is in fifth after and we came out with the its five-game home win same intensity. They just streak dating back to last had some big plays and put Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon year’s Nov. 13 victory against Ole Miss was bro- Marlin Lane looks to make a move past a defender after a us down, I guess, and we reception during a game against Georgia on Saturday, Oct. didn’t respond as well as I ken. Similar to many times 8. Despite entering the locker room at halftime all tied up, wanted us to. “The whole time we’ve last season, the Vols were the Vols were unable to keep the Bulldogs under control, been preaching big plays, so in the thick of it at halftime falling 20-12. we’ve just got to cut those after Michael Palardy hit a 43-yard field goal to tie the game at 6-6 as the second quarter big plays out.” The Vols squandered a 50-yard kick return in the third clock expired. But two Isaiah Crowell rushing touchdowns in the third quarter were all Georgia needed to give coach Mark quarter by freshman Devrin Young, UT’s longest of the year, when they couldn’t pick up a first down. Richt his 100th career win. Marlin Lane appeared to tie the game 13-13 for UT with a “It would have been real big,” said defensive back Prentiss 66-yard touchdown reception when he rolled over a tackler to Waggner, who had a career-high 11 tackles. “That could have avoid hitting the ground, but he was ruled down after a been our signature win of the season.” If the loss wasn’t tough enough, the Vols also suffered a review. “We weren’t really grooving right then,” Dooley said. “It huge blow to the offense late in the game. would have been a big momentum boost had it turned out for Bray, who was 18-of-33 passing for a season-low 251 yards, left the game with under three minutes to go after he hit his us, but that was when we were kind of out of sorts. We needed something to happen to get us back in rhythm. And that right hand on a pass rusher’s helmet on a throw. Senior Matt Simms, who started seven games last season, usually does it — a big play like that. That was third-andtook over at the Georgia 23-yard line, completing 4-of-5 pass- long, ended up being fourth-and-3, and you have to punt it.” Three straight penalties put Georgia in a 4th-and-58 situes and scoring on a 1-yard run for Tennessee’s only touchation in the fourth quarter. down of the game. “I think that’s a first,” Richt said. “It’s got to be in the top “You have to be prepared in this position, no matter what,” 10 in the history of college football.” Simms said. “I was just ready to go. Hopefully Tyler’s O.K.”

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On-campus church offers new, convenient worship location for students Kyle Turner News Editor Faith Promise Church hosted its inaugural service this Sunday on UT’s campus. The church currently has locations in Maryville, West Knox, and now on campus in AMB. “Our other location is 18 miles away and it really can prove tough for some students to make it,” Josh Whitehead, executive pastor at Faith Promise, said. “Currently there are no churches that actually meet in campus buildings. We chose a place that everyone knows, in the heart of campus.” The new church is looking to reduce as many barriers as possible for interested attendees. All students are urged to come as they are. The church is looking for any student of any background, Whitehead said. Tyler Summitt, junior in communication studies, has attended the Faith Promise church for years. He is excited to see the new church coming to campus and thinks it is indicative of the church’s prosperity. “Faith Promise has been expanding while other churches are shrinking. In these economic times, that is not normal, but Faith Promise is not normal. It is a modern church unlike the others,” Summitt said. The services at Faith

Promise hope to create an unparalleled environment where students can worship. “This is a modern church. The worship services are very different. There is a full band, almost like a concert,” Whitehead said. “We are trying to provide an engaging and modern worship experience.” According to Summitt, the way services are delivered sets Faith Promise apart. “This church is different because the people there tell it like it is,” Summitt said. “They are honest with you.” Faith Promise’s advent to campus was spurred by multiple reasons. “The biggest reason we decided to come to campus is because 80 percent of students stop going to church after they turn 18,” Whitehead said. “By having church on campus, we give students a way to connect where they are already.” By having the church on campus, students now can invite friends and find a church, if looking, Whitehead said. “For the first time, there is no harm in coming,” Summitt said. “I can guarantee a different experience than ever before in a positive way.” Faith Promise services on UT’s campus meet every Sunday at 11:30 a.m. in AMB Room 210.

BOOFest provides safe Halloween Liz Ross Staff Writer The UT Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) are calling this year’s Halloween a day of service. Halloween will be on a Monday and members decided they should host a BOOFest for students in the Knoxville community to present a safe alternative to trick-or-treating. BOOFest will take place at Green Magnet Elementary from 5-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31. It is the first annual Halloween/Fall festival for the NAACP, and members are working hard to get the project off of the ground. With a carnival approach, the school will be transformed into stations for trick-or-treating, booths with games, inflatables, concession stands and more. Since hearing about the event, PTA members, faculty and staff of the school are excited and pleased that a UT student organization decided to reach out to the community in such a way. President Anderson Olds, senior in political science, said he wishes there had been something similar to BOOFest when he was growing up. “Some kids aren’t privileged with being able to trick-or-treat through their neighborhood safely without having to fear something devastating will happen,” Olds said. “This provides that for them.” The kids can enjoy Halloween and the trick-or-treating tradition, but in a new way. Along with family and friends, not only can they fill their bags with candy, but also enjoy a childhood holiday without the safety concern. Event coordinator Samantha Stewart, senior in microbiology, is hoping that the event will have

a huge turnout and that other organizations at the school, as well as local companies, will join in the spirit of service that night and volunteer, donate and support the festival. “I think this is a great way for the campus to connect with the local people, especially the children, and show that we care about their community,” Stewart said. Many of the NAACP members are also mentors in the Big Brother Big Sister program and have littles that attend Green Magnet. “We are already active at Green Magnet, and the children know our faces, so we knew this school would be a great place to host this event,” Stewart said. “We’re hoping that it’ll start an annual trend at the school and maybe even spread to other schools.” Aside from volunteering, students can help out by donating bags of assorted candy. Candy bins will be located throughout the campus for collection (the Women’s Center in the UC, the Panhellenic and the Black Cultural Center). For every five or more bags of candy donated (and reported to Samantha Stewart at sstewa19@utk.edu) students can earn hours for community service. Children will be able to trickor-treat throughout the night, and, as they leave for the evening, will receive a bag filled with candy to top off the festival. “Before you go out that night to relive your childhood, come join us in giving, to help another child build those same memories,” Stewart said. If you would like to participate in any way for this event, please contact Samantha Stewart at sstewa19@utk.edu or the Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon NAACP at naacp@utk.edu. Rebecca Weiner, sophomore in biochemistry and molecular biology, prepares to serve as partner Brandon Knorr, senior in psychology, watches while playing a pick-up game in the TRECS on Friday, Sept. 28.

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Ayres Hall appears warmly lit by a sunset on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. The approach of fall is becoming more noticeable daily in the changing and falling of leaves.

1780 — Great Hurricane ravages West Indies A powerful storm slams the islands of the West Indies, killing more than 20,000 people, on this day in 1780. Known as the Great Hurricane of 1780, it was the deadliest storm ever recorded. At the time of the Great Hurricane, the American Revolution was winding down and British and French naval forces were fighting to control the West Indies. It was already a perilous area of the world for ships — it is estimated that about one of every 20 ships sent to the West Indies was lost at sea during the era. British Admiral George Radney had a fleet of 12 warships patrolling the islands when the hurricane approached. The ships were no match for the storm and eight sank in the St. Lucia harbor, killing hundreds of sailors. Radney later wrote: “The strongest buildings and the whole of the houses, most of which were stone, and remarkable for their solidity, gave way to the fury of the wind, and were torn up to their foundations; all the forts destroyed, and many of the heavy cannon carried upwards of a hundred feet from the forts. Had I not been an eyewitness, nothing could have induced me to have believed it. More than six thousand persons

perished, and all the inhabitants are entirely ruined.” Only two houses in all of St. Lucia remained standing. There were even some reports that bark was stripped from trees in some locations. Generally, this only occurs if winds are in excess of 200 miles per hour. The French fared no better, losing an estimated 40 ships and 4,000 soldiers. Martinique and Barbados had the highest casualty rates: The best guess is that upwards of 9,000 people perished in Martinique from a huge storm surge. In Barbados, 4,000 people were killed. More than 1,000 people also died in Jamaica. Although there have been many deadly hurricanes in the years since 1780, only Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed about 18,000 people, has approached the Great Hurricane in terms of lives lost. 1845 — Birth of the U.S. Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy opens in Annapolis, Maryland, with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors. Known as the Naval School until 1850, the curriculum included mathematics and navigation, gunnery and steam, chemistry, English, natural philosophy, and French. The Naval School officially became the U.S. Naval Academy in 1850, and a new curriculum went into effect, requiring midshipmen to study at the academy for four years and to train aboard ships each summer — the basic format that remains at the academy to this day. — This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

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Nursing curriculum draws students The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lipscomb University is now offering an undergraduate nursing program on its campus and plans a new $8.5 million nursing building to draw more people into a field that continues to have shortages. Lipscomb financial officer Danny Taylor told The Tennessean that investing in the facilities coincides with growth in the academic programs. The Churches of Christ-affiliated school has seen record enrollment each fall since 2007 and its total number of students has almost doubled. This fall, its enrollment was 4,018. Roger Davis, who is dean of Lipscomb’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, said the 24,000-square-foot, three-story nursing building will open in July and have classrooms, faculty offices, study space and clinical labs. There were 95 students enrolled in the Lipscomb’s School of Nursing this fall, but Davis says he expects that number to double over the next couple of years with help from the new building. A nursing program had been a partnership with Vanderbilt University beginning in 2003, Davis said. “We had a great partnership with Vanderbilt, but we’ve grown so much that we can stand on our own,” he said. “Students are looking for that individually focused and community service

aspect. They want to know that they matter.” Meanwhile, the pharmacy program has also seen growth. The first doctorate of pharmacy class enrolled in 2008 with 75 students, and now 308 students are enrolled. Because of the growth, Lipscomb plans to build a $6 million pharmacy research wing by 2013. The wing will give pharmacy students and faculty a venue for pharmaceutical science research and drug discovery, Davis said. “We’re confident that the health-care field is going to see great growth, and the edge we have in the market is that these programs are taught in a faith-based setting,” he said. “This is all a part of planned growth we’ve been working on for years.” Lipscomb is one of 29 institutions in the state that offer a bachelor’s of science in nursing, said Tennessee Department of Health spokeswoman Shelley Walker. Even so, there continues to be a shortage in nurses and nursing programs both statewide and nationally, said Beth Smith, president of the Tennessee Nurses Association. She said state budget cuts have put nursing programs in jeopardy, so programs at private universities are crucial. “Lipscomb’s showing up and stepping up by adding more people to the field,” Smith said. “We have to develop nursing faculty, and we also have to increase the numbers of nurses at the bedsides. It’s important to the health of our patients, so this sort of investment can have an impact.”

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Characters from the classic “The Wizard of Oz” dance at a halftime show during a game against Georgia on Saturday, Oct. 8. The parody depicted Kentucky as the cowardly lion, South Carolina as the brainless scarecrow and Alabama as the heartless tin man, to the delight of both Tennessee and Georgia fans in attendance.

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Tornado effects to be studied The Associated Press MARYVILLE, Tenn. — The National Science Foundation plans a long-term study of how damage from an April tornado will affect the ecology of an isolated part of the Smoky Mountains. The tornado hit on April 27 as part of a massive storm system that swept through the western tip of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Blount County. It cleared a quarter-mile path through a forest and damaged 4,500 acres. Although the area has had straight-line wind damage in the past, it was the first known time a full-fledged tornado had hit the Smoky Mountains. Tom Remaley, an ecologist for the Smokies, told the Knoxville News Sentinel that park officials will fix damage along trails, but otherwise plan to let nature take its course. “From an ecological perspec-

tive, the tornado wasn’t a bad thing,” Remaley said. “There’s a lot of interest among researchers in how this plays out. This was a rare event for the Southern Appalachians.” Five months after the damage, plants such as pokeweed are beginning to pop up in clearing and trees are re-sprouting. Some of the worst damage occurred along the Beard Cane Trail, roughly four miles from the park’s western border and in a sparsely used area. Only a few yellow pines that were already dead and had no canopy to catch the wind are left standing. The trail left by the tornado’s footprint materializes without warning. Hikers go from mature second-growth forest one minute to a clearing where all the trees are toppled in the same direction the next. National parks are prohibited from conducting timber salvage operations, so nature is left to take its course.

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Parking deteriorates further Like many of us, I have received a few parking tickets over my years at UT. I’m working my third degree from the Big Orange so I’ve had a few citations over the years. Recently I received a ticket for parking in a staff lot after 4 p.m. with a commuter tag. To the best of my knowledge, parking in staff lots after 4 p.m. was totally acceptable with a commuter tag, and I have had an evening pass before and was able to park in staff lots after 4 p.m. when I was getting my masters. But apparently staff lots are O.K. after 4 p.m. with an evening pass and O.K. after 5 p.m. with a commuter pass. So with my commuter tag I received a ticket while people with an evening tag doing the exact same thing did not get ticketed. I don’t mind my tickets when I really earned them but this time I was trying to follow the rules. I called parking services but they were unable to change it and informed me of the magic hour the evening pass users get. I have put in my appeal to the student appeals board so maybe they will toss it out. In the end, I can drive further but I should not have to, and more importantly students who work part time and commute to campus for morning and evening classes should not have to park in a far away place at night. I’m a tall, pretty ugly, very poor boy driving a very, very old car, so I’m probably not most criminals’ first choice. (I knew it would come in handy for something.) But not everyone is a tall, unattractive, poor boy, who drives a vehicle the kidney foundation’s car donation program would turn away. So why are we making some commuters park further away for no good reason when staff lots start emptying out at 3:30 p.m.? I would respectfully like to suggest that this policy be changed. A consistent and fair policy for night parking would benefit many

students who need to park at night at UT. Separating by one hour when evening passes can use a staff lot versus commuter passes creates confusion, complicating parking that much more. If a commuter student is driving to campus from their part-time job to get to a night class and another student is leaving a full-time job to attend the same night class, they both should have the benefit of being able to park after 4 p.m. in a staff lot near their class. Parking in far away garages increases the dangers to night students as they have to go through empty garages alone to their cars. Many night classes start between four and five, requiring that commuter tag users park in far away garages to park legally. This is fine for the walk to class but is problematic for students leaving class. Thanks to the crime log in the Beacon and the university’s regular e-mails on student safety/recent attacks, I am aware that being alone at night creates an increased risk for students. Students taking night classes on commuter and evening passes both deserve the safety and convenience benefits of being able to park in staff parking after 4 p.m. Students taking classes at night deserve equal treatment whether they have commuter or evening passes. If the university’s goal is student safety and not increasing parking fees, all staff parking should become available at 4 p.m. for all parking tag users. The current policy of catching commuter tag students parking in the same place as their fellow students taking the same class with an evening tag is not in the best interests of students or the university. — Don McMahon is a graduate assistant in education. He can be reached at dmcmahon@utk.edu.

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Derek Mullins If you bothered and/or were unfortunate enough to read my ramblings last year, you might remember me coming to the defense of actor/comedian Gilbert Gottfried after insurance provider Aflac fired him over comments and jokes he made on Twitter in the wake of the tsunamis that hit Japan, took many lives, and even initiated a nuclear meltdown. Even though his jokes were probably in bad taste and were ill received by many (excluding, of course, those of us with a more morbid sense of humor), I did not think that Aflac should have been surprised by his jests, nor did I consider it fair that they fired him from the famous series of television ads in which his face never appeared. Well, as far too many professors in the history department have repeated in far too many classes I’ve had over the years, history is constantly repeating itself. Last week, controversy broke when storied country music artist and potential senatorial candidate Hank Williams, Jr. took to Faux … err pardon me … Fox News and expressed his opinions on President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner playing golf this year with Vice President Joe Biden and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. He said that the game was a major political mistake. When asked to elaborate, Williams stated, “Come on. That’d be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu.” When the ever-ditsy Gretchen Carlson asked him if he just compared the president to the most hated man in modern history, he didn’t back down, saying, “Well, that is true. But I’m telling you like it is.” That happened last Monday morning. That night, when ESPN’s Monday Night Football aired, it was without its customary musical introduction from Williams. “Are you ready for some fooooooootbaaaalll, a Monday night party?!” was nowhere to be heard. ESPN had pulled Williams’ intro because it didn’t want to face a potential firestorm in the aftermath of his analogy. Honestly? This story irked me, and, trust me, it’s not because I am a great fan of Hank Williams, Jr.’s

music. Quite frankly, I find country music to be just above polka when it comes to brainless drivel. No, I was more frustrated over the fact that he was fired simply for speaking his mind in a supposedly free country, much like Gottfried was fired for making jokes despite the fact that he’s a comedian by trade. First of all, ESPN’s parent company, the Walt Disney Company, really has no room to talk. Their company has a long history of utilizing unflattering depictions of non-whites in film and television. Moreover, they’ve long been known to be in bed with the Republican Party, much like their founder was. Their chief lobbyist in Washington, D.C. was even discovered to be assisting the effort to raise funds to elect Republican candidates in the 2006 midterm elections. Hank Williams, Jr. got fired for saying exactly what many of the company’s board members probably think. Second, if you look beyond the offensive nature of the comparison, Williams was spot on. “I was simply trying to explain how stupid it seemed to me — how ludicrous that pairing was. They’re polar opposites, and it made no sense. They don’t see eye-to-eye and never will.” If the leaders of the opposing political parties would like to have the people of this nation believe that Williams was totally off base, they certainly have not been and are not trying to do so with their words and actions. Finally, and most importantly, Williams’ comments, below the surface of his ill-chosen analogy, express a deeper meaning than two polar opposites collaborating to play a game. There is undoubtedly a certain absurd quality to the whole situation, which Williams noted better than I could ever try to put into words: “Workingclass people are hurting — and it doesn’t seem like anyone cares. When both sides are high-fiving on the ninth hole when everybody else is without a job, it makes a whole lot of us feel angry. Something has to change.” Look, I’m a self-professed liberal and, more often than not, lean towards the Democratic Party. Still, Williams was not at all off-base with the comparison. It was just the examples he used that got him into trouble. It was ESPN/Disney’s prerogative to fire him, but they were wrong in doing so. Who knows, maybe Fox News will hire him fulltime to introduce all of their shows. “Are you ready for some bull …” Ahem. Well, you get the point. — Derek Mullins is a senior in political science. He can be reached at dmullin5@utk.edu.

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Today, Monday the 10th, the Issues Committee is having a “civil debate” on this very topic. Is there anything to debate, though? The AntiEquality side is merely creating unsubstantiated facts based off of their own homophobia and insecurity. They love to claim that gays marrying will destroy the sanctity of marriage, but then choose to ignore the incredible divorce rates and single parents. They claim it’s for the good of the children but there is no evidence suggesting this. This debate will be nothing more than bigots arguing for bigotry. This is indeed another thought-provoking column on the self-evident evils of homosexuality and how it will destroy the ’50s era vision of America, with the happy white housewife cooking with a smile on her face and that cute little apron around her perfectly round figure. If we allow gays to marry, obviously meteors will rain down from the heavens, Cthulhu will awaken, and marriages will be destroyed. As we all know, allowing gays to marry will simply make heterosexual marriages seem plain and boring. The very souls of marriages will be destroyed and all that will remain is an empty husk of a family, being mocked by the flamboyant displays of rainbows emanating from the new gay couple’s house. In reality, none of these obviously exaggerated examples are what homophobes use to discriminate against gays, but if I were to put their actual reasons, it would not be nearly as entertaining to write. The claims against gay marriage boil down to either “Gays are icky!” or just plain ignorant homophobia. It is essentially the same rhetoric that was used to argue against desegregation and interracial marriage, just replace black with gay or homosexual. It is simply just bigots refusing to allow others equal rights, nothing else. There is a video going around YouTube of 19year-old Zach Wahls speaking in front of the Iowa House of Representatives about the proposal to ban gay marriage in that state. He is an eloquent speaker, an eagle scout, a great student at the

University of Iowa and is the son of two moms. He is not a demon, nor does he seem to be morally corrupt. As a matter of fact, he seems like a normal American college student. There is absolutely no way to tell he was raised by a gay couple. The one and only way for you to find out is if he told/showed you. I wish I could use this heart-wrenching example of Zach Wahls to show that the Iowa legislatures’ hearts all grew three sizes larger and they truly began to understand the meaning of equality, but that would be a lie. Iowa’s House of Representatives voted 62-37 in favor of illegalizing homosexual marriages. Despite passionate speeches given by several supporters, the stonecold hearts of Iowa declared that homosexuals are not worthy of the sanctity of marriage. The bigotry doesn’t stop there, for the Iowa GOP is not content merely with denying the right of marriage; they wish to eliminate any and all protection for homosexuals. They also declared that all men are created equal, but only manwoman marriages are allowed, no transsexuals or homosexuals. Yes, that’s right, Iowa believes in equality (unless you’re not a straight, probably white, male or female). I may be exaggerating a little bit on the race aspect of it, however their position and proposed laws can ban interracial marriage as well. That’s not the only stop on this crazy train. They want to dispose of the Department of Education, so that only affluent citizens can obtain a basic education. They want to get rid of the minimum wage so that we can properly compete with China by creating sweatshops of our own. Do not move to Iowa, dear readers. I fear for the stability and safety of those within its borders. Are gays really demonic beings bent on destroying the morals of this great Christian nation? Do they truly bleed rainbows and lollipops depending on their level of gay? Is my excessive exaggerating and mocking helping my case? The answer to all of these is a simple and resounding, “No.” Gays are human beings who deserve equal rights and that right is to live happily with the ones they love and receive the same rights and equality that everyone else has. I could have sworn we were about equality in America. I suppose I could be wrong. — Aaron Moyer is a junior in philosophy. He can be reached at amoyer3@utk.edu.

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Afterwhile continues family dream Dental Armageddon: Part Seven Jake Lane Arts & Culture Editor Many acts, when bonded by the road and all of the hardships of trying to make it big, call themselves family. Few, however, are actually bonded by blood. For sister and brother duo The Afterwhile, music and family are one and the same. The eighth and 10th children of musicians, guitarist/singer Tony and lead singer Gina Cuchetti have lived on the road since they were in diapers, playing shows from weddings to corporate parties, Las Vegas shows to small bars. For the Afterwhile, no stage is too small for their A-game or too large for them to hold rapt. “We grew up playing a variety of different things,” Tony Cuchetti said. “Even if it’s just a 10-minute radio spot, you never know who’s listening, who you’re going to rub off on.” Born in Detroit, Mich., Tony and Gina’s early life was spent between shows in their family’s personal Greyhound bus, two of the younger siblings in a family band. “Starting back in the ’70s before Tony and Gina were born, our parents’ desire to put together a family music act turned into something quite enormous,” drummer Chris Cuchetti, the second eldest of the brood, explained. “We played a lot of different shows, a lot of fairs, festivals. Back in the ’80s shopping centers were the big thing, and we played with some Oak Ridge Boys-type bands, selling vinyl records off the stage.” The act’s hard work paid off and they graduated to much larger venues. “(Nightclub comedian) Danny Thomas discovered us and we opened for him in Las Vegas a few times,” Chris said. “By the time Tony and Gina came along we were getting a lot of popularity. They were born into it, born on the road.” After the band stopped playing regularly, Tony and Gina formed their own act, which sometimes features just the duo and sometimes a full band, with Chris on drums. “It depends on the venue or the location when we decide to hire the whole band,” Gina said. “We work a lot in the singer-songwriter

setting, plus I do solo stuff, Tony does as well.” Drawing from inspirations as disparate and diverse as Brandi Carlile and classic string bands, the band’s holistic approach to songwriting and years of collaboration come together to form personally driven sounds aimed at connecting with the listener. “I go through spurts of different people I listen to, and that influences what I write,” Gina said. “I could have a Radiohead CD I listen to for a week, or feel something more soulful like Aretha Franklin. What’s cool about the songwriting process is Tony or I could bring a guitar in or sit down at a piano and start playing a melody, and everyone else will just trickle in.” While many bands are broken by the road, the Cuchettis have built a life on connecting with an audience one at a time, and in some situations, cultivating an accidental following. “I had somebody e-mail me on Facebook, saying she sent her cousin s e r v i n g Afghanistan our album after seeing one of our shows,” Gina said. “She • Photo courtesy of The Afterwhile sent them our CD and now the whole entire troop is listening to it. When I hear something like that, I could die tomorrow.” Knoxville is a fairly new territory for the band, but they have a connection with university athletics. Gina sang the national anthem at a Vols basketball game against Belmont last year, which the Vols subsequently won. “We admire the area and the musical heritage,” Tony said of East Tennessee. “This is our first big trip up there.” Following an interview with campus station 90.3 The Rock on Monday, the Afterwhile will play at Relix Variety Theatre, the Preservation Pub on Tuesday and the Gatlinburg Hard Rock Café on Wednesday. Despite playing many shows and traveling constantly, music never becomes any less vital for the band. “Music is a physical part of you, it’s just something you physically have to do, and if you can’t, it’s a real downer,” Gina said. Like the highway they travel, the experience of writing and playing music keeps the feeling creating fresh with every new sight and turn of the corner. “With music you never have a choice of what you write,” Tony said. “You have to go along with the ride where it’s taking you.”

Olivia Cooper Staff Writer The end of the world had begun, and Harriet and Mrs. Marshall marveled at what had been destroyed from their parking lot. The chunk of rock set to decimate Earth had yet to make impact, but it was visible and not far behind the wave of smaller meteors that had traveled with the main attraction. Mrs. Marshall took off the wristbands for her carpal tunnel and went back inside. Harriet followed and found her playing solitaire once more, with a grimace each time she put down a card. “Not going to let some rock stop me from doing what I want,” Mrs. Marshall said, as she turned cards. Harriet rushed into her office and threw boxes until she reached one full of files. She spread all of her patients’ files on her desk and began to look through their histories. Janice Craig had two cavities in spring 2010, the week Harriet got rid of the snack machine. Ian Kowalski chipped his tooth in 2000. Spencer’s scrawl beside that said “bike accident.” Harriet recalled that they joked about how he made his “a” like a typewriter rather than a handwritten one with a tail on the end. Margaret McKenzie, formerly Donald, requested a teeth whitening before her wedding in 2002. Harriet had gone on a bad date the night before. She remembered feeling bitter during that appointment. Harriet continued to immerse herself in the files as small rumblings went on outside. At the grocery store, the two Natalies remained under the counter. The girl was shaking in Natalie’s lap. Without even looking at each other, the two began to cry. “Will you stay here with me?” the girl asked. “Of course,” Natalie replied. She held her closer to ease both of their fears. At the office, the jingle of the bell on the door grabbed Mrs. Marshall’s attention. “I was starting to worry about you,” she said. The small meteors had finally tapered off, but everyone knew what would happen soon. Harriet looked up from her files once she heard Mrs. Marshall speaking. Standing in the waiting room was none other than Spencer Truth. He

noticed her in the office and walked in. His coat was black and his face covered in soot. “One got us,” he told her. “Injuries are all I know of, and my place caught fire.” Harriet noticed a trickle of blood out of the corner of his mouth. He smiled to reveal his two front teeth missing. “Guess I need a dentist,” he said. Before Harriet could answer, an immense earthquake sent everyone to the ground. Spencer grabbed Mrs. Marshall and motioned for Harriet to follow. The three crawled, and a crack split apart the parking lot. The waiting room was torn from the building, and the chairs, magazines and tables tumbled into the hole. The earthquake subsided to a slight rumble, and in the distance, they could see a cloud hurtling toward them. Mrs. Marshall, Spencer and Harriet ran to the nearest car that somebody had crashed and left. The dust swirled around them, piled on the car and covered it. Mrs. Marshall sat in the back, with her hands over her head. Harriet was behind the wheel, with Spencer as her passenger. Spencer clutched something in his hand and held it over his heart. “I’m sorry,” he yelled, without looking at Harriet. “Thank you!” she replied and held her forearm. Spencer noticed and grabbed her hand as the storm raged outside. Harriet closed her eyes and listened as the dust blasted the car. She imagined that it was the soap and brushes of a car wash. She was on her way to work but decided to wash her car. She listened to the cleaning. The rumbles had grown more intense. As the dirt blanketed the windshields, none of them knew of the lava bubbling to the surface of the pit and spilling onto the ground, as it probably did millions of years ago when the earth was still new. Before it devoured cars and grocery stores, it ate dinosaurs engaged in battle and herbivores with plants still in their teeth. Just as it ate the old, it ate the new, and all that were connected to it. Its hunger could not be satisfied, whether it ate dinosaurs or dentists. — Olivia Cooper is a senior in creative writing. She can be reached at ocooper@utk.edu.

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Run game one negative for Vols Matt Dixon Sports Editor Entering Saturday, Tennessee’s running game was desperately searching for positives signs. But against Georgia, the Volunteers were again left in the negative, literally. The Bulldogs held UT to minus-20 rushing yards for the game on 23 attempts. Two UGA sacks helped contribute to the negative total, but UT running backs combined for just 26 rushing yards on 16 carries. “I thought we would be O.K.,” UT coach Derek Dooley said. “I thought we would be better than what we’re doing against Florida and Georgia. I thought we would be about like what we were against Buffalo and Cincinnati. We haven’t run the ball well against two good defenses yet and that’s disappointing.” Through five games, the Vols’ ground attack ranks last in the SEC and 114th in the country (out of 120 teams), averaging just 84.8 yards per game. “If we can’t run the ball we aren’t going to beat good football teams,” Dooley said. “That’s a fact.” Senior tailback Tauren Poole, the Vols’ 1,000-yard rusher last season, is averaging 4.2 yards per carry and has 325 yards on the ground this year. He suffered a hamstring injury during the second quarter of the Georgia game and his status is unknown for this week’s game against LSU. Freshman Marlin Lane is second on the team in rushing with just 96 yards, averaging a modest 2.6 yards per carry. “We will consider giving anyone some reps in the backfield if they can generate some yards,” Dooley said. Returning Young One option for the Vols could be freshman Devrin Young. The Knoxville native had 127 return

yards on Saturday against the Bulldogs, including a 50-yard kickoff return in the third quarter, which was UT’s longest since the Kentucky game last year. Despite being undersized at 5-foot-8, 165 pounds, his ability as a “specialty back” could provide a spark in UT’s lackluster running game. “He is doing good,” Dooley said. “He is a weapon and he is helping us with field position.” Big play defense Trailing 13-6 midway through the third quarter, UT thought it had created some momentum after a Matt Darr punt was downed at the UGA 7-yard line. On the drive’s first play, Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray hit receiver Malcom Mitchell deep for a 71-yard gain to set up the Dawgs’ second touchdown, putting them up 20-6. “That’s a huge play,” Dooley said. “You’re playing field position, it’s a one-score game, we’re trying to go three-and-out. Everything changed after that. Then, we really got affected.” The big plays down the field were a result of UT using its safeties more in run support, something it did very well, holding UGA tailback Isaiah Crowell to his lowest rushing total of the season. “We were playing a lot of run defense and crowding the box,” junior defensive back Prentiss Waggner said. “We were leaving the post of the field open and that is a tough job for the corner(back). We did a good job but they made a big play on one or two of those.” Up next The Vols’ future certainly doesn’t get any easier. UT’s next two games are at home against LSU on Oct. 15 before a trip to Tuscaloosa to take on Alabama on Oct. 22. “We’ve got one and two coming in,” Dooley said. “Nobody’s going to feel sorry for Tennessee.”

Monday, October 10, 2011

Steelers end Titans’ win streak, 38-17 The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger’s sprained left foot is just fine thanks. And so, apparently, are the defending AFC champions. The quarterback tied a team record by throwing for five touchdowns — including two to Hines Ward — and the Pittsburgh Steelers rolled past the Tennessee Titans 38-17 on Sunday. Other than a slight limp when he ran, Roethlisberger appeared to have no issues with his sprained left foot, also hitting Mike Wallace, Heath Miller and David Johnson for scores as the Steelers (3-2) ended Tennessee’s three-game winning streak. The five touchdown passes tied a single-game club record Roethlisberger already shares with Mark Malone and Terry Bradshaw. Tennessee’s Chris Johnson ran for a score but finished with 51 rushing yards on 14 carries as the Titans (3-2) hot start came to a screeching halt against Pittsburgh’s rejuvenated defense. The Steelers were playing without injured starters James Harrison, Casey Hampton and Aaron Smith. For an after-

noon, they were not missed. Pittsburgh scored touchdowns on its first three possessions as Roethlisberger deftly picked apart the Titans. He completed 24 of 34 passes for 228 yards, his only hiccup coming on an interception late in the first half after some miscommunication with Antonio Brown cost the Steelers a chance at a late score. Though Roethlisberger vowed he wouldn’t change the way he played despite spending the first four weeks of the season under siege, the Steelers used a more West Coast-style attack against the Titans with Roethlisberger taking a lot of three-step drops and letting his receivers do the work. They were only too happy to oblige. Ward caught a season-high seven passes, Wallace added six catches for 82 yards and Miller caught three for 46 yards. Roethlisberger, who has made a career out of extending plays and looking to go deep, played it closer to the vest. The Steelers spread the field and he did an excellent job of getting the ball out before the defense could get near his left foot, which was inside a steel-plated cleat designed to protect it from further damage. Until Roethlisberger hit Wallace for a 40-yard score late in the fourth quarter,

Pittsburgh’s longest completion actually came on a 33-yard pass from punter Dan Sepulveda to Ryan Mundy on a fake punt in the second quarter. The play led to a 7yard scoring pass from Roethlisberger to Ward that put the Steelers up 14-3. The trickery was part of a creative offensive gameplan that included a pair of end arounds and a goal line formation with offensive tackle Trai Essex at fullback. The Steelers biggest surprise, however, came from reserve running backs Isaac Redman and Jonathan Dwyer, pressed into service after starter Rashard Mendenhall dressed but did not play due to a sore hamstring. Redman got the start and ran for 49 yards while Dwyer ran for 107 yards on 11 carries in just his second career game. He ripped off a 76-yard burst down the sideline in the second quarter leading to Roethlisberger’s 1-yard scoring toss to Johnson that put the Steelers up 21-3. It was all the cushion the defense would need. Pittsburgh held Tennessee’s Matt Hasselbeck in check, limiting him to 262 mostly inconsequential yards, sacking him three times and picking him off late in the third quarter to snuff out any hopes for a desperate rally.

Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon

The drum major of the Pride of the Southland Marching Band conducts as members of the football team run through the “T” prior to the kickoff of a game against Georgia on Saturday, Oct. 8. Running through the “T” has been ranked as one of the top 10 college entrances and is held in many fans’ minds as one of the best moments of any game at Neyland Stadium.