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Friday, October 19, 2012 Issue 39, Volume 121

Game day shenanigans wreak havoc on Strip Justin Joo Staff Writer On the long portion of Cumberland Avenue known as “the Strip,” rambunctious, drunk crowds are not a surprising sight.

But when it’s football season and the Vols are playing on their home turf, the Strip can be an entirely different beast. The sidewalk is packed with not only the customary students but also an array of out-of-towners of all shapes and sizes.

Some are old alumni coming back to relive their glory days, some bring their whole family with children and strollers in tow, some walk around with a beer in hand and not a care in the world, and some are just fans from out-of-state coming to support their team in a strange new land.

It’s no secret that when it’s football time in Tennessee, the Strip is brimming over with new patrons.

But what happens on the other side of the bar?

For Neil Reynolds, kitchen manager at the Half Barrel, a game day is no typical Saturday.

“You’ve got to be prepared for it,” said Reynolds. “Not just in the days leading up to

it. Making sure you’re rested up and ready to go. I worked eleven and a half hours (during the Florida game), and it started earlier…”

For the Florida game, Half Barrel opened at 10:30 a.m. and reached capacity within an hour. Reynolds estimated that the crowds maintained their size at least until 1 a.m.

Reynolds said that it eventually got to the point where they would only let one person in when someone left.

Fortunately, Reynolds said that security is seldom a major issue for the Half Barrel.

“We definitely have more security for game days,” said Reynolds. “But I’d say the biggest issues are the people that will be a problem no matter where they’re at, whether they happen to be here or somewhere else on the Strip on a Saturday game day.”

Both the fans of the Vols and their opponents are relatively behaved, Reynolds said.

From his observations, the only really bad fans are the ones from the big rival SEC teams.

“Georgia, Florida and LSU are the worst to deal with,” said Reynolds. “Georgia, every year we have to play them here. Thank God this year it’s not here with us. They are always just the worst, most obnoxious to deal with.”

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People use a beer apparatus at a tailgate before a home football game near Clinch and 13th Street in 2011.

Students Author critiques diversity dig rocks Justin Joo

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Matt Reed Staff Writer On Sunday, Oct. 21, UT’s McClung Museum will pause to celebrate history by fusing National Archaeology Day and National Fossil Day into a single afternoon event.

Co-hosted by the Archaeological Institute of America, East Tennessee Society, and McClung Museum staff, the event will take place from 1-5 p.m. and is open to the public.

Students interested in pursuing careers in related fields are especially encouraged to attend. Displays of current research by local archaeologists and paleontologists will illuminate the possibilities of working in such fields, and attendees will note a range of topics covered.

Jessica Dalton-Carriger is an Assistant to the Aracheology Curator for the museum.

“We’re really trying to increase public outreach and public knowledge of the many projects we’re involved in,” she said.

Professors, staff and graduate students will also be present to guide the activi-

ties and answer inquiries.

Hands-on activities will include identifying animal bones, Native American artifacts, rocks and other fossils.

Visitors are welcomed to bring along artifacts of their own for identification as well. Bobby Braly, also an Assistant to the Archaeology Curator, will perform a flintknapping demonstration for a glimpse into prehistoric tool making. Finally, a pottery demonstration will take place outside in the plaza area.

“What a wonderful opportunity for students of all ages to learn about the disciplines of archaeology and paleontology and to talk with UTK scientists about their research,” Dr. Jeff Chapman, Director of McClung Museum, said.

Since the early 1960s, Frank H. McClung Museum has served UT and the greater Knoxville area as one of the state’s most impressive historical facilities. Displays showcase a vast array of artifactual topics including archaeology, geology, Native Americans of Tennessee, human origins, decorative arts, ancient Egypt, Civil War and freshwater mussels.

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The Frank H. McClung Museum will host an event to celebrate National Fossil Day on Sunday, Oct. 21, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Even though UT and other universities are pushing to have strong and inclusive diversity policies, those institutional initiatives might be flawed.

So said Tim Wise, an antiracist author and speaker, who presented the lecture “Beyond Diversity: Challenging Racism in an Age of Backlash” to a nearly packed UC Auditorium Tuesday night.

“I hope that by the end of our time together tonight, regardless of where you stand on certain issues … ” Wise said, “you will at least come away with the idea that … to ignore issues of race and economics just is simply something that we cannot do any longer.”

The Nashville native spoke at a brisk pace, with his lecture a mix of poignancy and humor. Before delving into the thesis of his presentation, Wise took time

to acknowledge that many of the students in the audience were getting extra credit for attending his presentation.

“Let’s hear it for extra credit,” Wise said to the amused audience. “I’ve been around a bit. I don’t really expect that when I come to any college campus that it’s going to be hundreds and hundreds of people who just absolutely get up every morning, eating, breathing, sleeping issues of racial justice.”

After warming the crowd, Wise got to the heart of the matter and began to critique campus diversity initiatives.

“I’m also highly critical of the traditional and dominate discussion about diversity on campus,” Wise explained.

“And it’s not that I’m against diversity … but the truth is most of the time when we talk about promoting diversity like on a college campus, we do it in a narrow way, a way in which most of the real issues continue to be overlooked.”

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Tim Wise, author and activist, spoke about “diversity” efforts on college campuses and addressed the issues of racism and inequality in the UC Auditorium on Oct. 16.

Professors examine income gap Claire Dodson Staff Writer UT Assistant Professor in Political Science Nathan Kelly co-authored a study in September relating GOP congresses to the wealthiest one percent of Americans and explaining the income gap between the poor and the wealthy.

Kelly, along with Thomas W. Volscho, an Assistant Professor of Sociology at CUNY-College of Staten Island, published their findings in “The Rise of the Super-Rich: Power Resources, Taxes, Financial Markets, and the Dynamics of the Top 1 Percent, 1949 to 2008.”

“What we found is that both the economy and politics affect the income gap,” Kelly said. “Economic growth reduces inequality. Union membership reduces inequality. Having more

Republicans in Congress makes inequality higher. Lower income tax rates make inequality higher.”

One of the most important parts of these findings is that they were all considered before the effects of redistributive programs like Social Security and welfare that serve to lower inequality.

“So even before government takes money from some through taxes and gives it to others through benefit programs, policy choices have an effect on inequality,” Kelly said. “This, in essence, shows that politics in part makes the market.”

The study does not make a judgment on whether inequality is good or bad, but rather serves to examine the role that politics can have in how the U.S. market and economy are structured.

“The fact that we can put politics and policy right alongside globalization and stock markets and real-estate

bubbles and economic growth and politics still matters is pretty amazing,” Kelly said. “Lots of folks just don’t believe politics is a cause of inequality.

It’s becoming clearer with every new study that politics does play a role.”

Eric Keller, a graduate student in political science, has read extensively about Kelly’s study and finds it very intriguing. He argues that while inequality may not be good or bad, it is an important indicator of the economy.

“The problem isn’t with inequality per se, it is with such severe inequality where there is little chance for anyone on the bottom rung to climb the ladder,” Keller said, “The very top rung folks tend to kick the ladder away to maintain their monopoly on wealth.

Less severe income inequality, more than likely, means a healthier economy since lower rungs spend more on consumer goods due to their much larger size.”

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Businesses on the Strip have expressed concerns over alcoholic beverages on home football games.

GAMEDAY continued from Page 1 While the large crowds seldom bring any extra trouble security-wise, prepping for the sales of alcohol and food can be a challenge.

“For food, you prep for a week’s worth of sales in one day,” said Reynolds. “So whatever you do for a week normally, it’s what you’re going to do for a game day.”

Saturday game days aren’t the only time food sales increase. Reynolds said that even the Fridays before game days can be chaotic.

“You’re trying to prep the week leading up to (the game),” Reynolds said with a laugh, “so you’re really trying to prep hard on Friday, and you end up selling so much stuff on Friday, that you come in Saturday and

still have more to do.”

But it wasn’t food prep or violence that has surprised Reynolds the most about game days, but rather, an act of love.

“I had to break up two people having sex in the bathroom one time,” Reynolds said, laughing.

“That was definitely the craziest thing I’ve seen on a game day.”

The Half Barrel isn’t the only part of the Strip where game days can be crazy. For William Bowling, sophomore in mathematics, and Lillian Schaeffer, junior in studio art, serving at the Goal Post Tavern on a home

game day also has its share of craziness.

“A girl was so drunk, she passed out on the floor facefirst and knocked her front tooth out,” Schaeffer said.

“There was blood everywhere.”

Bowling’s experience occurred during the Florida game earlier this season.

“This dude,” Bowling explained, “he goes to UT, he’s not even a Florida fan, and he’s standing up on a chair doing the (Gator) chomp in people’s faces.

And someone pulled the chair out from under him.”

At the Goal Post Tavern, the concern on game day isn’t so much a matter of keeping an eye on the crowd or food supply, but rather making sure that there’s plenty of alcohol in stock.

“That’s probably the biggest thing,” said Bowling. “Making sure our kegs are the way they should be.”

Starting as early as the night before each game day, the Tavern’s employees make sure their cooler trailer in the back is fully stocked with kegs. They even open an additional bar to keep up with the increased demand.

But keeping the crowds at bay is still a concern.

Bowling himself makes sure

that no one gets out of hand, and has to escort those that do off the property.

“They’ve got me in the back,” Bowling said. “If a fight ever happens, it’s my job to get between it and stop it. And if anybody needs (to be) kicked out, it’s my job to get them out.

Whether they want to go or not, they’ve got to go.”

Bowling said that Goal Post Tavern also brings in an extra doorman and an off-duty cop as a security guard to help keep the larger crowd under control if need be.

Down the road at Sunspot, extra security is also brought in, but J.T. Baker, a Sunspot bar manager, doesn’t think too much of it, given that Sunspot’s clientele is usually there for food more so than alcohol.

“We don’t have that big of a problem here as other people on the Strip do,” Baker said. “But there’s always that possibility. We do get a different crowd on game days than we do any other day of the week.”

Baker said that Sunspot does hire two additional doormen to keep a watch on the game day crowds, although he said their job is not just to throw out the more rambunctious customers, but also to intervene and calm down situations before they get out of hand.

“In general, on game days the IQ does drop dramatically,” Baker said. “Especially with the more alcohol consumed, the more it drops.

It’s almost like babysitting.

You have to be proactive more so than reactive.”

For Baker and the Sunspot employees, getting ready for game day is a matter of physical and mental preparedness.

“Stretch, because you’re going to do a lot of running and you’re going to be sore

the next day,” Baker said.

“You’re just going to have to deal with people who aren’t our normal clientele. So that’s a little bit of a challenge because normally we don't get that rowdy bunch, so it’s more of ‘be patient.’”

And like the Half Barrel, Baker said that Sunspot fully expects to sell much more food and drink on a game day.

“You plan on doubling your business or more. We pretty much triple our business (compared to) a normal Saturday,” Baker said.

Baker said that it’s a matter of not only getting a larger lunch crowd and dinner crowd, but also customers being at Sunspot even in the normal lull in between and after.

“It’s just all day that day,” said Baker. “From the minute you open to the minute you close. You have to push people out of here at three o’clock.”

But for the Fort Sanders Yacht Club, a mixture of both bar and arcade which is technically on 17th Street and not Cumberland Avenue, things remain busy but relatively calm.

“We had one guy try to do a flip off one of the (arcades) but that’s about it.

We don’t really get the main rush,” Barkley Ellis, a bartender, said.

Game days are still much more active than any other weekend for the Yacht Club.

Ellis said that from opening doors at noon until closing them at 3:30 a.m., the crowd is a constant, steady flow.

“It’s very, very busy,” Ellis said shaking his head.

“We had three bartenders working (on a game day), taking shifts. Giving each other breaks. It’s constant, just constant.”

“It fun, don't get me wrong,” Ellis said. “But that’s a lot of people.”

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I-House offers authentic Thai cuisine Luke Cottam Staff Writer Following Monday’s showing of “Bangkok Traffic Love Story,” on Tuesday the I-House featured an authentic cooking demonstration

by UT doctoral candidate and Thailand native Gai Janekitlearn.

The I-House’s “World Showcase” series featured Thai culture this week with daily events including a lecture, film showing, culture night and cooking demonstration.

In front of a crowd of more than 40 individuals, Janekitlearn began his demonstration by encouraging everyone in attendance to get up and gather around his cooking surface. Using authentic instruments, such as a large clay mortar and wooden pestle from Thailand, he demonstrated techniques for making a dipping sauce, Thai-style grilled chicken and a traditional papaya salad called Som Tam Thai.

Janekitlearn selected volunteers from the crowd to taste and comment on the various stages of the dishes as he put them together.

Keenan Ibrahimbacha, junior in biochemistry, was one such volunteer who came out to sample the

indigenous dishes.

“I tasted the sauce base before everything was mixed in. It was pretty good, but like I said I love Thai food,” said Ibrahimbacha after tasting a bowl of briny sauce base.

Once the three dishes had been demonstrated, the crowd was encouraged to eat larger portions of chicken and sticky rice with dipping sauce that had been prepared in advance.

While some patrons crowded around a circular table with food trays, others lined up to have Janekitlearn prepare a customized bowl of papaya salad for them.

“I would eat mine with four or five chilies,” said Janekitlearn, as he prepared milder one and two chili salads for hungry guests.

Once everyone was fed, some guests began leaving slowly while others mingled and discussed the gathering.

Xiaofang Wang, junior in logistics, wants to see more cultural diversity at the events. “These events aren’t just for international students, they are also for American student. We want more Americans to get involved,” Wang said.

TIM WISE continued from Page 1 Wise said that campus diversity discussions usually run into two problems. The first is that such discussions tend to focus attention on those that are different and expect the minority to change to fit the norm, rather than give any attention to changing the potentially oppressive nature of said norm.

To illustrate his first criticism on diversity, Wise pointed out how there are people who demand that immigrants learn to speak English if they are going to live in the U.S. While Wise acknowledged that learning English would be helpful for immigrants, he said the problem occurs when none of those people ever consider learning a second language themselves, even when many other countries expect everyone to speak at least two languages growing up.

The second problem Wise identified was

that conversations on diversity often focus too much on numbers and statistics rather than address the actual problem.

“I’m not saying that the numbers don’t mean anything,” said Wise. “That’s one of the guideposts you use to see if you’re actually getting anywhere. But you can’t fetishize the numbers to the extent of ignoring all this other stuff.”

Wise cited a number of statistics to illustrate how some numbers are praised while others get ignored. One of his prime examples was that minorities are more likely to get pulled over by police, but in the few cases that a white person is pulled over, the white individual is four times more likely to actually have drugs than any minority.

To fix those problems with diversity discussions, Wise said that those in power, i.e. white people, have to look at the whole picture and be able to adjust their own behavior.

“When your stuff is the norm, you don’t have to scrutinize. …” Wise said. “We have to understand how dangerous this oblivious-

INCOME INEQUALITY continued from Page 1 While politics is not the only factor in determining inequality, Kelly says that it is important to account for this when voting in elections. Dealing with the issue of inequality and having an opinion will help voters align voting choices with beliefs.

“What we know from this study in terms of partisan politics is that Republicans produce more inequality than Democrats,” Kelly said.

“Inequality isn’t necessarily important to every voter, nor should it be. But if you think inequality is a non-issue or are not concerned about it, clearly the Republicans have more to

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ness is.”

A Q-and-A session took place after Wise had finished.

Derek Shipley, sophomore in finance, was one of the many students attending the lecture for extra credit. However, he still found Wise’s presentation very interesting.

“It was a lot more different than I expected,” Shipley said. “I thought it’d be more ‘anti-white people,’ but he … talked about equality for everyone.”

The event was sponsored and organized by the Progressive Student Alliance. PSA describes itself on its Facebook page as a student organization that combats social issues through “grassroots organizing efforts and popular education.”

PSA obtained sponsoring for the event from a number of UT departments, including the geography, sociology, American studies, English and global studies departments, as well as the College of Social Work.

The Ready for the World committee also gave PSA a $5,000 grant to help fund Wise’s presentation.

Consequently, it is accredited by the American Association of Museums, placing it in the top four percent of United States museums. Outside of daily classes held within the museum's auditorium, it acts as a hub of activity that aligns UT departments such as Anthropology, Earth & Planetary Sciences,

offer on this outcome. If you believe the gap between the rich and poor is too big, Democrats are the better choice.”

For UT students who are about to vote in the upcoming presidential election, Kelly emphasizes the power that voters can have in the U.S. government and that the election will effect inequality.

“I hope that this research will disabuse people of the idea that the elections have no effect on inequality,” Kelly said. “Our political choices matter. We cannot control inequality, but elections do matter. My hope is that this research can play a small role in helping people realize that elections have consequences for inequality and that they consider this issue as they vote.”

Geography, Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, and many others together for mutual research efforts.

For further questions pertaining to Sunday’s festivities, Abby Naunheimer can be reached at 865-974-2144, or anuanhei@utk.edu.

McClung Museum is located in Circle Park, and shares information regarding its collections, exhibits and upcoming events on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Somewhere... Hopefully Issues ignored in favor of machismo Preston Peeden Associate Editor Do you ever watch something on television and just feel embarrassed by what you see, not just for the people on it, but also yourself and everyone else watching it?

Whenever I feel a little ashamed by my viewing habits, usually the culprit is a rerun of “Jersey Shore” or any show that takes Glenn Beck seriously. But on Tuesday, instead of MTV making me cringe, I couldn’t help but watch the presidential debate and be embarrassed for the candidates and for the sake of this country.

Debates usually seem to be of little consequence; the only real damage they make is that they interrupt most people’s viewing habits for weekday network lineups. I don’t really know anyone who watches a debate and thinks that that was the defining moment in which they chose who they thought should be the next president of the United States of America. Most debates are simply bland. Candidates never really branch out from their rhetoric to really say anything of substance, and voters usually respond in kind by not opening themselves up to be swayed by what they say.

While an ineffectual debate would have been bad, whatever Tuesday night’s so-called debate ended up being was worse.

Following the first debate, there was a buzz glowing about Tuesday’s meeting. Obama was reeling, Romney was rising, and I let myself think that Tuesday would actually be a night where there would be real debating.

I thought, for one moment, that something substantive would come out of their meeting.

I was wrong.

Instead of actually talking about important issues, Obama and Romney spend 90 minutes going back and forth, interrupting each other in turn, comparing personal wealth and consistently calling the other out on some form of malarkey (couldn’t resist a Biden reference). I was surprised that the moderator didn’t

whip out a ruler right then and there to settle the main phallic question at hand.

On the heels of an already embarrassing VP debate where the nostrumitic Ryan wouldn’t reveal his snake oil numbers and Biden did his best Clint Eastwood “Gran Torino” impression, this debate sealed the 2012 presidential election as officially being a circus. Issues don’t matter. Views don’t count for anything. The only quality that holds weight is appearances, and both candidates are trying so hard to appear like they’re in control that they’re not even bothering to act like a politician.

Tuesday night’s debate was embarrassing. Romney and Obama spent the first fifteen minutes circling one another as if they were in a boxing ring, and after that all rules of debate were left to the wayside in the attempts to one-up the other in an escalating competition of machismo. Near the end of it, I was half expecting the pair to pull a Vladimir Putin, take their shirts off and hunt a whale with a crossbow (something that Putin apparently does).

Whenever either candidate was actually given the chance to turn the tide of the night into something worthwhile, they dropped the ball. Romney equivocated on the gender equality question (also, I’m a little creeped out by his “binder of women” comment), and Obama’s stare-down response about the Syrian situation had all the markings of being so obviously rehearsed that all possible honesty and power behind those words was lost in a mist of rhetoric.

I guess I’m naïve. I turned on the TV Tuesday night hoping to see the American political system at work. Instead, I saw two men who were both trying to get the most powerful position in the world and going about it without any self-control.

Tuesday night, both men lost a golden opportunity to rise above the banality of the campaign process and take an opportunity to truly talk about the issues.

Instead, the pair got stuck in a fight over manliness, thus insulting the intelligence of everyone watching them. We treat these men with reverence and respect.

We listen to their words; we watch their ads. And in return, they argue over the other’s pension.

That’s embarrassing.

— Preston Peeden is a senior in history. He can be reached at ppeeden@utk.edu.

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Presidential debate globally relevant Chao s Theory by

Sarah Russell After Tuesday night’s debate, I am highly tempted to write a scathing, politically polarized article where I outline my major issues with one particular candidate and rip him apart for his insulting comments and his poor performance.

Alternatively, I am tempted to use my column space to express my frustration with the entire debate itself: the constant interruptions of moderator Candy Crowley by both candidates, the constant attacks on the character and the policies of each candidate, and the frequent failure to directly answer the questions posed by voters, instead using often much more time than was allotted to them to promote unrelated aspects of their platforms. But upon some reflection, I would rather use this column today to emphasize what is perhaps the most important thing to take away from this debate: nothing less than our First Amendment rights.

The United States is not the only country to incorporate presidential debates in its campaign process, but our debates make world news, being prominently featured by newspapers such as the BBC and France’s Le Monde. Something about our presidential debates has always attracted enormous audiences, both here and abroad.

While it makes little sense on the surface why foreign countries would care about the televised arguments between our presidential candidates, we must remember two things about our presidential elections.

Firstly, even despite the current shifts in power that our world is undergoing, the president of the United States remains one of the most powerful people in the world. No wonder the whole world is watching. The results of this upcoming election

are extremely important to other countries, because our president for the next four years will play an instrumental role in determining worldwide foreign policy and foreign affairs.

Secondly, the United States in the eyes of many countries around the world remains a touchstone for examples of internally peaceful democracies that thrive on free speech and voter input. As frustrating as the town hall debate setup can (and did) become, we live in a country where such a debate is an expected part of the presidential campaign, where the candidates have a chance to describe their policies, criticize the other candidate or the incumbent, and take direct questions from involved voters. Furthermore, the voters have a chance to express disillusionment with policies, outline their desires for the upcoming four years, and feel as though their voices are being heard. And that, above all, is what I believe should be taken away from Tuesday’s debate.

There are still many countries in the world today where citizens do not have these rights and privileges, where there are often no other candidates in elections, where debates about policies are unheard of, and where an individual vote means almost nothing. Free speech is never something that we as Americans should take for granted, especially around election time. We can post whatever we want on Facebook or Twitter about the candidates without fearing for our lives.

We can vote in an atmosphere where we are not intimidated by one party or another. We can write columns in student newspapers about our political views, and we will not be expelled or even reprimanded for publishing our opinions.

Tuesday’s debate was frustrating at times, and undoubtedly everyone has a strong opinion about it and about the candidates in one way or another.

But regardless of your political leanings or your issues with the debate, remember how fortunate you are to be able to have an opinion at all.

— Sarah Russell is a senior in history. She can be reached at srusse22@utk.edu.

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The American prison system is a world phenomenon, and an ironic one at that. America has the highest prisoner to non-prisoner ratio of any country in the world. How can a country that supposedly represents public service, freedom and due process of law send such a disproportionate amount of people, based on population, race and mental state, to prison? How can such an apathetic attitude toward our prison conditions (which are the worst in the free world) have prevailed this long with no immediate public calls for reform, and possibly be considered functional?

America, partly because its cultural origins come from the peasant populations of several continents, values wealth above all. The emphasis on traits such as accent or ethnicity hardly play a role in America. This, mixed with a lower regard for education, creates an environment where the inequality among people, from the superficial quality of possessions to the freedom to control one’s immediate surroundings, is more starkly apparent for the many people born at the bottom than even in the lower middle. Among minority populations that have the least opportunities available to them, the two easiest and most accessible ways to make a profit are to sell drugs and/or steal, which both happen to be illegal.

Basic protocol can make an inmate suffer at every stage of incarceration, including release. In all 50 states, there are laws that inhibit violent and non-violent criminals from getting jobs after a sentence, even jobs that have nothing to do with their crime. Just after 30 days or more, federal disability or Medicaid benefits can be cancelled — and given that our prisons act as de facto mental hospitals in many cases, this is terribly alienating and damaging, causing ripe conditions for more crime.

The ideas of “misdemeanor” and “felony”

are familiar ones, but stop to think about how byzantine and ineffectual such a notion is. If our society had its priorities straight, they would be “violent” and “non-violent” crimes instead, and jails would be a controlled environment whose function was to keep violent offenders out of society, while attempting to rehabilitate. The nonviolent, then, would be evaluated and rehabilitated as needed. Perhaps most indicative of a problem is the fact that prisons themselves are immune to the laws they are supposed to uphold. Just like in the military, the laws that maintain domestic cultural order stop with both the role of prisoner and guard — the former below the law, the latter above it, often disregarding the mental and physical violence that is allowed to happen.

While many things keep us from examining our prisons and prisoners, the practice keeps us from being reminded of the fundamental truth that people are products of their society — the poor suffer (especially in unequal societies), the suffering are angry and desperate, and those people commit the crimes.

The prison system is one of the starkest examples of another “two sorts of people” in politics: those too complacent with artificial systems and those who seek constant refinement against human error. Be vigilant against ideas that instinctively extend the free-market to other cultural ideas, that an exceptionally free culture is defined by these inequalities. That the human indexes in other developed countries — from education to income gaps to mental health — soar above our own, but maybe that’s the price of true freedom. That more may fall through the larger gaps of risk, but that risk ensures the highest quality of life for those who deserve it, ostensibly by earning it. Fairness isn’t an issue that concerns those who benefit from the lack thereof. The matter of whose womb you come out is your own, just try and leverage that in any meaningful way, aside from your welfare pittance.

It is said that men are created equal, not born that way — concerning yourself with this reality is the only policy guide you need.

— Wiley Robinson is a senior in ecology and evolutionary biology. He can be reached at rrobin1@utk.edu.

Friday, October 19, 2012

THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Victoria Wright

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Mutemath to play Bijou Theatre Rob Davis Assistant Arts and Culture Editor The New Orleans-based group Mutemath will bring their U.S. tour to Knoxville by playing the Bijou Theatre on Sunday Oct. 21 at 8 p.m.

The band is touring to promote their latest studio album, “Odd Soul,” which was released in October 2011. The show will be the next to last stop on Mutemath’s tour.

“I've seen Mutemath music videos before but never in concert,” Taylor Hendricks, undecided freshman, said. “I’d recommend that students go see them because they have a very original, smooth style of music that I enjoy listening to.”

Members of the band began playing together in 2001 and released their first EP, “Reset,” in 2004. The EP sold more than 30,000 copies.

Since that release, Mutemath released a self-titled studio album in 2006, “Typical” in 2007, “Armistice” in 2009 and “Odd Soul” in 2011.

“Armistice” peaked on Billboard’s chart at No. 18 overall and at No. 3 on the U.S. Alternative Rock chart.

The band’s latest studio album has peaked at No. 7 on Billboard’s U.S. Alternative Rock chart and No. 24 on the general Billboard chart. Singles from “Odd Soul” include “Odd Soul” and “Blood Pressure.”

“Some of my favorite Mutemath songs would be ‘Blood Pressure’ and

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‘Spotlight,’ two great songs,” Hendricks said. “I like them because they are a newer band but still have that sort of classic rock feel to their music, which you don’t find much today.”

The band was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2008 for the Best Short Form Music Video for their song, “Typical.”

What students say they like most about Mutemath is the band’s style.

“What makes them unique is their style,” Cameron Burns, freshman in biological sciences, said. “Their up-tempo songs are like a dance-infused Muse while their ballads such as ‘Lost Year’ are reminiscent of an early Coldplay or of The Fray. I really enjoy the song ‘Electrify.’”

“Their style is kind of like synthesized soft rock, but very energetic,” Zana Operta, senior in political science, said. “And I love the song ‘Chaos.’”

Operta added that she enjoyed not only the band’s style and songs, but also that the members themselves were a good reason to go to the concert.

“Also, their lead singer is attractive,” Operta said.

The only other opportunity to see Mutemath during this tour would be to travel to Baton Rouge, La., on Oct. 23.

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Tickets can be purchased online or in person at the Bijou, which is located on Clinch Ave. in downtown Knoxville.

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Melodi Erdogan Staff Writer Love it or hate it, nail art — the trend of decorating fingernails with various designs — has made it to the mainstream.

Many college students use nail art as a way to express their personality and creativity, while others stay away from it due to their future careers, lack of time or general disinterest.

Jessica Karsten, freshman in communications, said that she gets inspired by the nail designs she sees on Pinterest and Tumblr.

“On Pinterest people have their beauty boards, and there have always been makeup and hair photos, but I have noticed that nails are always a part of the boards now,” Karsten said.

Andy Mai, the manager of the Nail Care salon at West Town Mall who designs his own nail art for clients, said such social networking sites help to build his clientele.

“Instagram is the newest thing right now,” said Mai. “I can post one picture on my Instagram and have a hundred likes, and the next day I’ll have ten people come in to the store asking for the same exact design in the photo.”

Morgan Henry, junior in kinesiology, said there are more important things in her life than nail art.

“As a kinesiology major I have a lot of interest playing, and I also tend to just break my nails, scratch my nails. I don’t pay very much attention to them,” Henry said. “I’m not a girly kind of girl, so it’s not really something that, financially, I would find to be a good investment.”

Emphasizing the fact that colorful and designed nails can be distracting and violate codes in certain work places, Henry said that nail art depends on how a person wants to present themselves professionally.

“My dad has interviewed a lot of people for his job, and he would tell me about girls that just didn’t look put together because they tried too hard with the perfume and the nails, and it just actually screams insecurity,” Henry said. “You stereotypically see these women just working at the counter, and I guess since that is not the kind of job I am looking for I would much rather be taken very seriously rather than come across as overly feminine so as to

be an equal with all my competitors.”

Esther Boadi, freshman in microbiology, said that nail art is fun, but can be limited to people with specific careers.

“When you’re in the medical field you can’t have crazy long nails because they could pose as a distraction at that point,” she said. “But I think nail art is very creative. I like showing my nails off and getting a lot of compliments on them.”

Mai, who often has clients come in and request styles seen on celebrities such as Beyonce and Rihanna, said that even though he enjoys doing it, nail art is just a trend.

“It’s just like fashion, it changes so quickly so the new trends will debut and everyone will forget about the old ones,” he said.

Henry said that nail art is not her cup of tea, but she understands that it is situational and dependent on a person’s career.

“If you’re going into a field that is more focused on fashion, there are times where that is very relevant,” Henry said. “One of the reasons that I’ve always stayed away from it is working through high school I worked in food service, and it’s against health codes, but I think that there are times when in the right place it can add to your wardrobe and help out.”

Wellington Johnson, freshman in political science, said that from a male perspective, nail art is a way to show creativity, but it can be too much at times.

“As a guy, I don’t like nail art,” Johnson said. “With something so insignificant on your body you should not have to spend that much time on it, a girl’s nails should just be presentable and not go overboard. “ Karsten, who posts her self-done manicures on her Instagram account, said that if she had the time to do her nails more often she would, but homework takes up most of her time.

“If I had the time to paint my nails for two hours I would,” she said. “I like nail art because it is fun to create and play around with, but I’m a college student and have homework.”

Johnson said that nail art has its advantages, but it also has its limits.

“I can understand when girls use it to show their individuality and be different and creative with their nails,” he said. “I just don’t understand when their nails are super long and they have chains dangling from them and all, and if girls aren’t careful about their nail art it can often get out of hand.”

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Friday, October 19, 2012 Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell lkittre1@utk.edu

Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu

Alabama not overlooking Vols Troy Provost-Heron Staff Writer After a 42-10 win over Missouri on Saturday, the AP’s unanimous No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide improved to 6-0, a feat they have accomplished four out of the last five seasons.

The Alabama-Tennessee rivalry has been well-documented throughout the years, and as Alabama head coach Nick Saban stated, these games are about much more than just the win-loss column.

“Games like this are more about the rivalry and less about people’s record,” Saban said. “Tennessee has a really good offensive team. It’s always a challenge to play on the road. They are a very well-coached team.

Derek (Dooley) has done a good job there.

This game means a lot to a lot of people.

Certainly it means a lot to me and to us. I think our players will work hard this week to get ready to play the best football.”

Alabama comes into this game with the best defense in the nation statistically. They are only allowing 7.5 points a game (which is the best in the nation) while also allowing 55.3 rushing yards per game and 125.8 passing yards per game (both are also the best in the nation). They’ll match up against a Tennessee team that ranks 22nd in total offense with 482.3 yards per game.

Saban said his defense has played well to this point but they will be challenged like never before.

“Well it’s been a hard-working group, and they’ve had a really good attitude about what they want to try to do. I still think

there are a lot of areas that we need to improve on,” Saban said. “We’re going to be challenged in a way that we’ve never been challenged by the quality of offensive team that we’re playing this week and their capabilities in the passing game as well as the balance they have in running the ball, so we’re going to need to continue to improve.

They’re going to need to continue to improve and play well as a group to be able to have success against this kind of offensive team.”

The Tide’s junior running back Eddie Lacy, the team’s leader in both rushing yards (491) and touchdowns (7), has been a key focal point in Alabama’s offense this year.

He is not the only breakout Tide running back this season, however, as freshman T.J. Yeldon has emerged on the scene as one of the nation’s premier playmakers rushing for 436 yards on 68 carries (6.4 yards a carry).

“I don’t even know how to explain it,” Lacy said. “He is a freshman, but he is great.

He is able to go out and make the same big plays that any running back could do. For him to be able to do that, being so young, that’s great.”

Alabama’s rushing attack isn’t the only one that could have an effect on Saturday’s game. Alabama senior defensive back Robert Lester said that Tennessee’s ability to run the ball will have a major impact on the outcome of the game.

“I know that they are going to try and run the ball on us,” Lester said. “If they can establish the run, then they will have a lot of File Photo • The Daily Beacon success.”

The game will be aired on ESPN with Quarterback AJ McCarron attempts a pass on Oct. 24, 2010 which was the last time the Crimson Tide were in Neyland Stadium. kickoff scheduled for 7 p.m. EST.

Friday, October 19, 2012

THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell

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Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu

Dooley, Vols prepare for Alabama Nick Dileo Contributor This Saturday Tennessee will be taking on yet another ranked SEC opponent.

Alabama is the No. 1 ranked team in the country.

The Vols are hoping to deal Alabama its first loss of the season, but head coach Derek Dooley is more concerned with fixing problems within his own team as opposed to the formidable task that lies ahead on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. EST. Dooley recognized Alabama as a formidable opponent, and jokingly accused the team of getting the first 25 picks in “the draft” regarding the team’s recruiting success.

“They have absolutely annihilated everybody that they have played,” Dooley said. “Physically and on the scoreboard.

They are deep, they are talented, they just change jersey numbers every year but the guys all look the same.”

Despite the uneasiness Dooley may have concerning the highest ranked team in the country coming to town, he is more worried about correcting mistakes within his own program and inspiring his players to compete for the whole game.

“My biggest concern is us, and I mean that,” Dooley said. “If we can go out there and play to our capacity for sixty minutes, we can find ourselves right in that position we’ve been in every week.”

The Vols’ greatest asset going into this game is once again their aerial passing attack. Headlining this personnel set is wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson, who last week displayed what an explosive ath-

lete he is by returning a 98-yard kickoff against Mississippi State.

Patterson also added an 11-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter of that game. Dooley was keen on his first year receiver and explained that Patterson needed to become a big part of the Vols’ offensive scheme this week against Alabama.

“We have to get the ball in this guy’s hands a lot. He has a real special set of skills. So we’re going to keep finding ways to get him the ball, we’d be crazy if we didn’t,” Dooley said.

Also on the offensive side of the ball, Dooley is facing the fact that his leading rusher Rajion Neal, who has made steady improvements in his efficiency against SEC defenses in the past weeks, is listed as “doubtful” for the game with a sprained ankle.

Shouldering the carries against Alabama will be a combination of Devrin Young, Quenshaun Watson and Marlin Lane. However, Young will be the recipient of most of the carries due to his running success in last week’s game after Neal exited with the injury.

A Knoxville native, Young is excited for the challenge he will face Saturday as the Vols’ feature back. “(I) feel like we can run against anybody,” Young said. “Alabama has a great defense, obviously, but if we execute our game plan it’s going to show.”

One final variable, which will be in the Vols’ favor on Saturday, will be the home field advantage that Neyland Stadium will provide.

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Junior wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson makes a catch over his shoulder while running toward the sideline in the Mississippi State game on Oct. 13.

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Friday, October 19, 2012 Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell lkittre1@utk.edu

Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu

FIRST PLACE Austin Bornheim Asst. Sports Ed. Alabama 38 - Tennessee 17 No. 17 Texas Tech - No. 23 TCU Kansas State - West Virginia Michigan - Michigan State South Carolina 23 - Florida 21

Overall: 25-10

SECOND PLACE Casey Lawrence Ad Sales Alabama 34 - Tennessee 35 No. 17 Texas Tech - No. 23 TCU Kansas State - West Virginia Michigan - Michigan State South Carolina 16 - Florida 34

Overall: 24-11

SECOND PLACE Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon

The Lady Vols rowing team practice their strokes on the Tennessee River on Oct. 30, 2011. The next event is in Boston, where the Lady Vols will compete for gold again.

Lady Vols row their way to Boston Staff Report It’s the largest two-day rowing regatta in the world. It attracts over 300,000 spectators as well as 9,000 athletes every year.

Tennessee is the reigning champion in one of their two events.

It’s none other than the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston.

This year, the Lady Vol Rowing team will take a Champ 8+ and a Club 8+ to race for gold in the Charles River.

Tennessee is the team to beat in the Club 8+ this year; the crew placed first out of 28 crews in the 2011 regatta. The Club 8+ outshined competitors, Yale, UConn, George Mason and Alabama just to name a few, with a margin of over 15 seconds to second place.

Although by rules of the Club 8+, none of last year’s goldmedal winners may compete in the Club race this year, those athletes have pushed for the Champ 8+ crew and the Club 8+ athletes for the 2012 regatta are pushing harder than ever to hold their reigning victory for another year.

Boston native and bow seat in the Club 8+, sophomore Sarah McAuliffe is looking forward to the weekend more than some of her teammates for this business trip to her hometown.

“I’m so excited to go back home and show everyone how hard Tennessee has been working,” McAuliffe said. “Our boat is so motivated to prove ourselves and to row how we have been in practice. We know what we have to accomplish and we’re ready to do it.”

Not to be overlooked, the Champ 8+ is looking for a big finish as well. Coxed by sophomore Jessie Richardson, the Orlando native says she is more than prepared to attempt yet another per-

fect course in this tricky coxswain obstacle course.

“I am really looking to lead an exciting, demanding and positive race and hit a perfect course,” Richardson said. “This race has a special place in my heart and I feel honored to represent Tennessee.”

“This race will help to set the tone for the rest of our fall season,” Richardson continued. “It is also going to raise the bar for our spring season. This is our time to show the rowing world what Tennessee is all about.”

Big ambitions can only be fueled by willing athletes.

Tennessee Rowing has been showing they have just that.

Senior rower in the Champ 8+, Evelyn Radford, says it is an honor to be able to row the Charles.

“The Head of the Charles is a great reminder that we are never ‘safe’,” Radford said. “We know that we have to bring it every day at practice if we want to succeed on race day.”

“For newer rowers, the Charles is an eye-opening experience about how widely-known and prestigious the sport of rowing is,” Radford said. “This water is so rich in history. For the more experienced rowers, this is our chance to improve our rankings from last year and make a statement to our competition to say that we are serious about what we want to do this year.”

Tennessee has a very long history of doing well at this highly distinguished regatta, and this year will be no different for these Lady Vols.

The Women’s Club 8+ will race the Charles River at 1:35 p.m. on Saturday, starting first in a lineup of 34 boats. The Champ 8+ will make their way to the finish line on Sunday, starting at 3:08 p.m. The Champ 8+ will be starting 16th out of 40 crews.

Emily Delanzo Managing Editor Alabama 35 - Tennessee 17 No. 17 Texas Tech - No. 23 TCU Kansas State - West Virginia Michigan - Michigan State South Carolina 14 - Florida 17

Overall: 24-11

DEAD STINKIN’ LAST Preston Peeden Associate Ed. Alabama 42 - Tennessee 14 No. 17 Texas Tech - No. 23 TCU Kansas State - West Virginia Michigan - Michigan State South Carolina 21 - Florida 28

Overall: 22-13

DEAD STINKIN’ LAST David Cobb Asst. News Editor Alabama 38 - Tennessee 27 No. 17 Texas Tech - No. 23 TCU Kansas State - West Virginia Michigan - Michigan State South Carolina 27 - Florida 28

Overall: 22-13

DEAD STINKIN’ LAST Lauren Kittrell Sports Editor Alabama 48 - Tennessee 22 No. 17 Texas Tech - No. 23 TCU Kansas State - West Virginia Michigan - Michigan State South Carolina 31 - Florida 24

Overall: 22-13