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Fast-a-thon raises local hunger awareness Muslim Student Association partners with area businesses to fund Knoxville Love Kitchen Steele Gamble Staff Writer The Muslim Student Association (MSA) raised $2,120 with the help of local businesses by going hungry to feed the less fortunate in Knoxville Monday night at 6:30 p.m. in the U.C. Ballroom.

The 11th annual Fast-a-thon encouraged students to “go hungry for a day so someone else doesn’t have to” by pledging to fast during the daylight hours. Local businesses donated $2 to the Knoxville Love Kitchen in what Ashraf El-Messidi, junior in mechanical engineering and MSA vice president, called the most successful year yet.

“We got 1,045 students to pledge to fast for a day,” Ashraf said. “We broke our record. Our goal this year was 1,000 pledges.”

Patrick Riggins, president of the Love Kitchen, appreciates the MSA for holding this fundraiser every year. “(It’s) just a fantastic donation, and it really goes a long way at the Love Kitchen because there’s no paid staff,” Riggins said.

“Everyone’s a volunteer so every penny goes to helping these people.”

The fundraiser, which began at UT in November 2001, has spread to 300 campuses around the world. Tarek El-Messidi, former student and co-founder of the Fast-athon, described how much it has grown since the first year.

“We only had about 100 people who fasted, and in 10 years it’s multiplied by 10,” Tarek said. “We never expected it to get this big, and hopefully it will get even bigger.”

He went on to explain its future goal of further expansion beyond college campus-

es.

“We have built the Fast-a-thon foundation, and we hope to take it to the corporate level (and) to the level of civic organizations: churches, synagogues, temples,” Tarek said. “We hope it spreads even more beyond just students.”

The event began the same semester as the 9/11 attacks to help those in need of food in Knoxville.

“It was a time when Muslims were really villainized, and there was lots of stereotyping going on,” Tarek said. “We just wanted something where we show that we are part of this community, and that we can all work together interfaith: Muslims, Christians, Jews, anyone.”

AbdelRahman Murphy, Knoxville Muslim youth director, said that Muslims fast to remember their blessings and be thankful for them. He also said that it was a reminder to make the right decisions.

“When you’re fasting, your stomach is empty,” Murphy said. “You feel that hunger.

You have the choice to make a right decision or a wrong decision in whatever facets of life may be.”

El-Messidi described the purpose of the Fast-a-thon as an event to help the community and an opportunity to learn about Islam.

“I hope most of all that they gain an appreciation for those who don’t have the basic necessities of life like food or water,” Tarek said. “And also that they get to meet a Muslim or Muslims and learn more about the faith as well and gain an appreciation for and a better understanding of Islam.

The vast majority of Muslims are peace-loving that give back to the community just like everyone else.”

Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon

Students gather for a meal at the culmination of the Fast-a-thon on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The Fast-a-thon, hosted by the Muslim Student Association, raised over $2,000 for the Love Kitchen as students went a day without food so those in need wouldn’t have to.

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

UT swimmers complete laps during a practice session in the Allan Jones Aquatic Center on Wednesday, Sept. 21. The Vols open up the regular season against Indiana and Kentucky on Saturday, Oct. 22.

Popular website brings tolerance to campus Victoria Wright Staff Writer Using banter and quirky vocabulary, such as the term “biggigidity,” the founders of the popular website “Everyone is Gay” communicate tolerance towards their peers despite their differences.

Started in 2006, “Everyone is Gay” is an advice website focused on tackling the emotional stresses of young people within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) community. Founders Kristin Russo and Dannielle Owens-Reid also emphasized that the website is catered to young people outside of the LGBTQ community.

Currently, the two are touring colleges advocating action against harassment and intolerance using the golden rule.

“The confusions and the struggles and the problems that so many of us face are not different based on who we go to bed with,” Russo said during the event.

About 75 people came to the Shiloh Room in the UC Friday evening for the event, held by Lambda Student Union, an organization that emphasizes issues within the LGBTQ community.

Russo and Owens-Reid sat casually in front of the audience, then

suddenly hopped up and broke out into a synchronized dance routine. This opener set the tone for the entire event. Both Russo and Owens-Reid were fond of using comedy during their event and often use humorous language on their website.

Among the numerous issues the two discussed, Russo and Owens-Reid shared some startling statistics concerning the LGBTQ community.

According to the 2009 GLSEN National School Climate Survey, 72 percent of students heard derogative, homophobic remarks at school. Sixty-three percent of LGBTQ students were verbally harassed and 27 percent reported being physically harassed because of their gender or sexual expression.

Despite the numbers, Russo and Owens-Reid said people can make a difference to change these statistics.

Christopher Manning, Lambda Student Union executive member, agreed with the first rule of Russo and Owens-Reid’s “Six Things You Can Do to Change the World: Be Kind, Idiot!”

“All we are really asking for at the end of the day is just to be loved and be respected,” Manning said. “The key thing is not to come out with hatred, (but) more to just be respectful.”

Russo and Owens-Reid also advised students to become aware of their school policies concerning discrimination, refrain from

engaging in cyber bullying, vote and “volunteer like a boss.”

“You don’t have to be transgendered, you don’t have to be gay, you don’t have to bisexual to get involved in this movement,” Russo said. “If you’re sitting here and you’re a human being, you should feel entirely comfortable participating in a movement for equal human rights.”

Near the end of the discussion, Russo and Owens-Reid pulled anonymous questions from a fish bowl and also answered questions from audience members.

Owens-Reid said that despite the sexual differences, heterosexual students face similar situations as LGBTQ students, such as wanting a romantic relationship with a friend.

Chris Porter, junior in psychology, said that tackling the tendency for society to categorize individuals is the biggest issue.

“It’s kind of what’s holding us back from accepting everyone,” Porter said. “If we take away categories, then it would make it a lot easier to accept everyone.”

Russo and Owens-Reid hope to continue their tour in the future and to visit high schools where they say younger teens need these events the most.

To support “Everyone is Gay” and discover ways to become involved, visit everyoneisgay.com.

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

OPINIONS

Letters to the Editor Ideologies behind ‘Occupiers’ OWS movement gains speed In “Fawkes still inspires activists,” Mr. Mullins, our resident liberal columnist, laments the usage of Guy Fawkes masks by many protesters — as Fawkes was a religiously-inspired (Catholic) terrorist — and very helpfully advises them to find a different symbol. After all, the “background of the imagery, however, makes for a terrible symbol for their cause.” I’ll let slide the missing historical point that Catholics were suffering severe repression and therefore not fuss over his characterization of Fawkes as some nut who just hated that others worshiped differently.

Nor will I insist on the obvious point that the imagery of the mask is hardly mysterious (it’s a symbol of resistance, folks, with connotations of anonymity) and has been divorced from the religious conflicts of pre-industrial England. As this means I will not be addressing the bulk of Mullins’ text, readers will forgive this apology.

Perhaps readers will excuse me, for this is all entirely separate from Mullins’ real grievance.

He — like everyone else in the world — does not think that centuries-past sectarian conflict is an issue. Instead, we get a hunk of the following industrial diamond: “Then again, the ‘Occupiers’ can’t figure out what they’re protesting, much less what symbol to use.” He seems to be aware that “their aim is to try to get people to recognize a sort of unity against the top one percent that controls the majority of the wealth in this country and, by extension, the true strings of power,” but this must be insufficient; perhaps advocating democracy is an inherently garbled act? So we need other grievances that are possibly sensible. They exist, but here I must apologize again.

Admittedly, “banks got bailed out, we got sold out” is a little vague. I must also assume that the complaints about the influence of money in politics have been made too quietly. I do so as the alternative is unthinkable: If these complaints had been adequately made, our media and influential commentators would have to be incredibly sheltered from the daily concerns of the majority to be confused. And there’s no way that could be true, though some confused protesters contend otherwise in a way that

nobody can understand. (I heard rumors that they’re using something called “the English language.” Forgive the hearsay, as I have trouble remembering the source.)

I’m happy to agree that there is a wide variety of grievances, but there is a certain unity to them. Protesters — as I gather from their signs, interviews, writing, personal interaction and other impossibly inaccessible sources — treat them as various symptoms of an underlying malady: the subordination of the public interest to those of a narrow sector of immense wealth and influence, aka “the top one percent.” I have been attending the protests here in Knoxville and, along with others, have been given the weighty task of talking to people, identifying their grievances and proposals and organizing them. As those familiar with Occupy Wall Street will know, voting is consensus-based. And we — like people all across the country — have had no trouble finding consensus for several major complaints. I’ve mentioned several, but there are others. Even though the movement is still “nascent,” people from a variety of backgrounds had no trouble arriving at consensus. How this could possibly occur escapes me.

To the genuinely curious yet confused, feel free to e-mail me. Or not: No information I have is privileged. You are entirely free to participate in discussions locally or on the Internet. If you feel that many protesters are uneducated — it’s a popular movement, so that’s always an issue — you can help to educate them, if you know better. Or you can condescend to them and tell them how to dress, and while you’re at it, be sure to add that they’re all bongo-beating hippies and spoiled trust-fund babies and deluded anarchists and utopian socialists and Sorosbacked Democratic Party shills and should not be targeting our beneficent financial sector when the real problem is Social Security and should get a job and join the military and protesting doesn’t work anyway and they have no message and ...

But only if you truly love clarity.

I’m not here to take a stance on the Occupy Wall Street movement that has sprung up in recent weeks across the globe. I’m not here to tell you what to think about it — the editorial staff behind recent columns in this very paper and a slew of talking heads across the media are doing and will continue to do a fine job of that themselves. I’m here to, I hope, cause everyone reading this column to stop and think for a moment about the implications of the movement and what it means that it exists at all.

A few of my fellow writers have suggested that this movement is less than worth its weight in acknowledgment (an obvious contradiction when in so doing one is implicitly and explicitly mentioning the movement that does not deserve one’s attention). There’s no need for me to express my opinion as to why I find this movement relevant or not. Those who do not agree with the movement have already proven its legitimacy by mentioning it, especially in smear campaigns similar to the ones the liberals propagated in response to the Tea Party movement.

One of the slogans you’ll hear quite frequently among the protesters in the center of this movement is, “The Whole World is Watching.” Indeed, based on the locations of the protests themselves and the relentless media coverage (both positive and negative), one can hardly argue that this slogan is quite true. Many people have suggested that the differences between the earlier Tea Party movement and the current Occupy movement are ideological.

While this may or may not be the truth, I would suggest that the pure and simple fact that the current movement is a decidedly global one is the most striking differ— Jesse Parrish is a senior in mathematics. He ence. can be reached at jparris8@utk.edu.

As I write this, there are roughly 1,500 Occupy protests occurring in 82 countries worldwide. By contrast (and in no way diminishing their own relevance in the American political landscape), the Tea Party’s largest protest was on April 15, 2009, in 750 American cities. Most of these cities could not be accounted for in tallying the total number of people in attendance due to unreliable media coverage (which is, in and of itself, pretty shocking). But, the most reliable estimate is that, of the 750 cities involved, 346 of them had a combined total of 311,460 people in attendance. Even if one is incredibly generous and assumes that each city had an equal share of people and that each additional city not included in the estimation had that same equal share (which is nowhere near the truth), the Tea Party protests had, on their greatest day, about 675,130 American citizens in attendance three months after the protests began. By contrast, the Occupy movement has easily over a million people, is occurring globally and has been around one month.

What we can accurately deduce from this is that the Occupy movement lies outside American politics and, thus, any conversations one might have regarding the movement in strictly American political terms is ill-informed and probably only

being had in an attempt at divisiveness.

So, what then can we say about the Occupy movement that is honest and is not confined within the ever-narrow scope of American politics? We can say that it’s no surprise.

It’s no surprise that, in a world stuffed to the brim with economic injustice, masses of those against whom the vilest of these crimes have been perpetrated would rise up together to assert their will over their aggressors. It’s no surprise that the largest global economic collapse in recent history has spawned revolt against those responsible. It’s no surprise that, in a world in which almost all of the wealth is controlled by almost none of the people, the shafted minority would protest their lot in life and the lack of control they had over arriving at where they are. It’s no surprise that The Arab Spring filled a vast number of people worldwide with hope for change (much more than a paltry political campaign ever could) and that people in turn sought that change for themselves. It’s no surprise that, right here, in this very town, a movement has sprung up around Market Square which demonizes the corporate monoliths that defile our cityscape while lifting up the local, human businesses in our midst that would seek to do us good, instead of keeping anything that might give us a voice from our grasp.

You’ve seen all this. You don’t need me to tell it to you. If you want proof, search the Internet for videos of protesters trying to close their corporate bank accounts.

What you’ll find is a conglomerate of corporate interest that willingly and without any hesitation whatsoever run account holders out the door when they try to access their own money. To them, we are not human, we are profit. But, they consistently further the global rhetoric that they are people and that, more than people, they are necessary to our very survival. They are profit emperors who alone know best and we are serfs clinging desperately to our pathetic signs like bibles.

I am not here to tell you what I think. I am here to tell you what I see and to encourage you to look for yourself. The OWS protests demand your attention: because a very persistent and increasingly near threat looms on the horizon that all humanity shares. If one simply removes their political rhetoric from the equation, it becomes fast apparent that they are most likely suffering at the hands of people who do not view them as valuable unless they can back up that value in currency. The control of the masses currently rests in the hands of a few — a few that adhere to no laws that they cannot change through paid politicians and multi-million dollar lobbying campaigns. The movement is still controlled by people, not a person or a business or a corporation, but people who share in your frustration and want to help you fix it. We can do better than what’s been left to us by our predecessors. Even the great world may fall and we might stop it, if only we’d try.

— Joel Higgins is a junior in English. He can be reached at jhiggins6@utk.edu.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

ARTS&CULTURE

The Daily Beacon • 3

When: Relix Variety Theater Price: $10 single night / $18 weekend Our take: Thirty-one films from local provocateurs and international celebrities alike, with awards to follow. Most bang for your buck this weekend, hands down.

What: Rocky Horror Picture Show Where: 11 p.m.

When: Tennessee Theatre Price: $9 adult, $7 seniors Our take: The legendary Transylvanian sci-fi romp is an annual tradition at the Tennessee Theatre complete with accompaniment by the Mighty Wurlitzer. Another must-see this weekend.

Thursday, October 20 What: The Organized Grime with Dopapod, Sam & Tre, Loyal Divide Where: 9 p.m.

When: The Ciderhouse Price: $8 advance / $10 door Our take: Read more on page 5.

Friday, October 21 What: Hondoween V Where: 10 p.m.

When: Old City Entertainment Venue Price: Free, 21 + Our take: A night of flowing booze, dancing and a costume contest.

What better way to experience a new venue in the Old City?

Sunday, October 23 What: Fitz & the Tantrums Where: 8 p.m.

When: Bijou Theatre Price: $19.50 advance / $21.50 door Our take: An old school revival act in the spirit of the Dap-Kings, the Tantrum’s mercurial rise has not found its plateau, so you have an opportunity to catch a burgeoning act at the ground level.

What: Benefit show featuring Killer Whale, Dead Dog Where: 9 p.m.

When: Longbranch Saloon Price: $5 door, donations accepted Our take: Local bands and their friends are coming together to build a community space for band practice, hold shows, provide a community lending library and more. Come out and support a great cause.

What: Opiate: The Tool Experience Where: 9 p.m.

When: The Valarium Price: $8 advance / $10 door Our take: They’re a tribute band and come with all that implies, but as infrequently as the real band tours live, this might be your best opportunity to see Tool music on stage.

What: Brett Dennen with Blind Pilot Where: 8 p.m.

When: Bijou Theatre Price: $20 Our take: With a songcraft whose appeal falls mostly on the college crowd, Dennen has long been a local favorite. Like Corey Smith, even if you like the music the crowd may make the show a 50/50 proposition.

• Photo courtesy of Brett Dennen

Saturday, October 22 What: Knoxville Horror Film Festival Where: 7 p.m.

• Photo courtesy of Fitz and the Tantrums

What: Knoxville Horror Film Festival Where: 7 p.m.

When: Relix Variety Theater Price: $10 single night / $18 weekend Our take: Thirty-one films from local provocateurs and international celebrities alike, with awards to follow. Most bang for your buck this weekend, hands down.

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

OPINIONS

Going

Somewhere... Hopefully College is more than finding a job Preston Peeden Managing Editor “So Preston, what do you want to be when you grow up?”

When the second grade version of me was asked this question, I couldn’t help but immediately freeze up.

“Do I want to be an astronaut, a football player, a race car driver or something else?” I thought rapidly. “What do I want to be?”

Needless to say, I couldn’t think up an answer to the question fast enough and instead repeated what was said by the person who went before me.

So apparently in the minds of my second grade class at the Webb School of Knoxville, I wanted to be a “ballet dancer.”

Since those childhood days, my anxiety about my future hasn’t really changed much. Throughout middle school and high school, I attempted to ignore the exact path for my future, but instead went with the general idea of working as hard as I possibly could and making the best grades I possibly could. For those eight years, that plan worked out well for me. I made good grades and did well inside and outside of school. Unfortunately for me, this path didn’t seem to work for college.

From my very first orientation session, my advisers were asking me what I wanted to major in, and essentially what I wanted to do with that major. And similar to the second grade me, I had no idea what I wanted to major in. I jumped around for two years from several different possible career paths, going from doctor, to lawyer, writer and back to my current state of undecided.

I understand why an adviser would want to help you clear out your path as early as possible. If they can get you in the classes you need immediately, then you can hopefully avoid the drudgery of a completely worthless class, and instead get on with your life. While I understand this position, I think it is the wrong attitude towards college and life in general.

When did college become solely about finding

your job for the future? I don’t understand why someone would waste these four (and for some five) years by trying to get through them as quickly as possible. If you enter school with your eyes already focused on graduation and your future, then you miss what makes college special. These are the only four years of your life where you can do almost whatever you want. Be it classes, jobs, friends, it doesn’t matter. College is the ultimate opportunity to broaden your horizons. I’m not trying to bash people for coming into college knowing what they want; I just worry that their certainty over their own futures can blind them to an experience or a passion that they’ll never get another chance to try.

This tunnel-vision drive through college isn’t solely the fault of individuals. Our society has turned into one of instant gratification. The majority of our social values center on the idea of being expected to come into college with a set path and goal, and then four years later emerge as a finished product ready for the job market. But that’s the wrong idea. Our society wants efficiency and timeliness, but those views end up stifling creativity and experience.

When I came to UT, I had no idea what I wanted to be. Just like my second grade self, I froze up at the idea of my future. Not only did I think that I had to know where I wanted to be and what I wanted to do by the time I graduated, but I also was terrified that my uncertainty meant I was lacking in some way. But that’s not what college is about. College isn’t a job factory. It’s an experience. By squandering that opportunity, we can miss out on the best years of our lives.

I’m a history major. I’m not in this field because I want to be a history teacher (though I’m not saying no to the possibility), or because I want to be a researcher. I’m a history major because I love history, and through my time at this school, history has remained one subject that I enjoy.

Today, when someone asks me what I want to be, my response is different. While I don’t freeze up anymore, I still don’t know my answer. There’s too much left for me to experience in life for me to be able to completely narrow my life down.

And if all else fails, I might be able to try ballet.

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

SCRAMBLED EGGS • Alex Cline

THE GREAT MASH-UP • Liz Newnam

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Beirut adapts, stays grounded C ommit tee o f

I n f ra ct i o n s by

Gregory Bearringer Because my favorite band has released a new album, I have decided to let my inner fan boy out and talk a whole lot about a band you might not know of or enjoy listening to. This is my column, and if you don’t like it, go away.

(False machismo aside, if you really don’t like it, please don’t tell anyone who is in charge of letting me write this every week, because that would be really mean; I am only half kidding.)

Anyway, Beirut released a new album early in August and I waited till now to listen to it because, well, I really wanted to listen to it, and I never had the time. When I get a new album that I strongly suspect I will like, I like to listen to it all the way through three times in three or four days. Since I have not had the time to do so, I have not listened to “Metals”

by Feist or “The Helplessness Blues” by Fleet Foxes, either. Such is life.

Read any review and most will tell you that “The Rip Tide” is “restrained,” and most reviewers rate it as solid but not quite as spectacular as “Flying Club Cup” or as inventive as their “March of the Zapotec/Holland” double EP. I suspect fans of the band will rate it quite a bit better, because the album does exactly what good artists do — they managed to remain in their idiom while not sounding repetitive. The masters of this are Led Zeppelin and more recently Radiohead, but they are not the only ones.

In the past few years, Fleet Foxes, The National and Brand New have managed to do the same thing, though not for as many albums in a row.

Anyway, the album, I think, could be divided into two disparate parts. The first four songs are the most widely enjoyable. “A

Candle’s Fire” is a pretty solid introduction, as if the band was saying “hello again” to its fans. “Santa Fe” and “East Harlem” are college radio fodder and really catchy tunes — reminiscent of “Elephant Gun” and “Nantes” in that respect. “Goshen” is headed to a medical drama near you — seriously, if “House,” “Grey’s Anatomy” or “Mercy” don’t use this song during an emotional montage it will be an upset. (I know about all of these because my wife is a nurse and my house needs someone who has normal tastes or else I would watch boring art films and probably turn into an insufferable jerk.)

Track five is where the album becomes more interesting. “Payne’s Bay” is a clever nod towards us die-hard fans, because the initial melody is taken from a collection of early tracks that the creative force behind Beirut, Zach Condon, made in high school and was released by someone onto the torrent world a couple years back. “The Rip Tide” is as heavy as the album gets — and also its best moment lyrically. “The Peacock” is a solid track, a bit airy, stripped down, and probably a tad bit overdone. “Port of Call” is the one song that could have fit on any album equally well and serves as a fitting end.

The fan in me appreciates this album for having a lot of good songs, for advancing lyrically and for showcasing Condon’s underrated voice. The more reserved parts of me recognize that this album is a good showing but not a revolutionary one, which is fine; few bands can blow people away album after album. It reminds me a bit of the four “Futurama” movies: I really liked them because they were all that “Futurama” had before it was brought back; they were not, though, quite as good as most shows during an ordinary season.

— Gregory Bearringer is a graduate student in medieval studies. He can be reached at gbearrin@utk.edu.

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As Halloween approaches, I can feel myself getting more excited by the second. Today, I actually took time to ask some of the nice RAs in Reese about their annual haunted house (which, by the way, is absolutely awesome).

There are many distinct features of Halloween that I like. I always tell my friends that it is the best holiday because it combines three of my favorite things: skeletons, pumpkins and cats.

Beyond these main three things, I really enjoy scary movies. While I do think that scary movies are appropriate at all times of the year, television stations do not agree with me. It is only in the two weeks preceding Halloween that cable is saturated with horror movies.

One of the most iconic figures in scary films is the actual killer. We all can name off particular movie franchises with these iconic figures. There is Mike Myers in the “Halloween” franchise.

Freddy in the “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise, and then there is that one masked dude in the “Scream”/“Scary Movie” franchise. No matter how vast the choices are in the “killer villain” category, I have always found Norman Bates intriguing solely for the fact that he is based off of a real serial killer, Ed Gein.

For those of you not up on your serial killer knowledge, Ed Gein is a notorious serial killer.

During the 1950s, this young man’s story gripped local and national headlines. When police arrived at his door, they found his house was littered with human remains that were fashioned into trophies and keepsakes from exhumed bodies. Gein became the lead suspect in two murders and was later convicted of one account of first-degree murder. Gein was determined legally insane, so rather than spend the rest of his time in jail, he remained in a mental hospital in Wisconsin.

When I think about why these particular characters and individuals are so scary, it is because they are so realistic it is eerie and frightening. While Gein is not the best example of a realistic killer, there are many more serial killers that are perfect examples. One of my

favorite shows, “Most Evil,” is a detailed, psychological look into the mind of a serial killer.

Dr. Stone, a forensic psychiatrist, has developed a scale to catalog the hierarchy of evil committed by serial killers. The scale ranges from 1 to 22 and is fairly subjective with mild definitions for each particular category.

Throughout the series, the most intriguing aspect is not the actual serial killers, but the psychology and history of each individual.

Providing backgrounds on the particular serial killer of interest, each individual becomes personable, perhaps even reminiscent of an old friend. It is in this perturbing nature that these individuals function. In terms of Dr. Stone’s scale, a level 22 is even described as an individual who functions in society and readily takes advantage of this ability to co-exist with the rest of humanity although committing horrible atrocities throughout his or her lifetime.

I am always intrigued at the reasons why serial killers are so interesting to humanity. I am sure that it is because there is no tell-tale sign to determine a killer from the rest of the population.

Unlike other horror movie villains, a killer is not specifically marked or maimed like other monsters. He or she does not arise out of a black lagoon, attack the city of Tokyo or exist in the paranormal. The killer could be a next door neighbor, a hitchhiker or a friend.

It is in this precise thought and acknowledgment that these human monsters take shape and haunt the month of October. It is in their ability to hide in the population, masked by their ability to work within social constructs, that individuals like Ed Gein, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer become truly scary individuals. Interestingly, it is through their actions that more of the psychology behind true evil is better understood and studied. Only through our greatest nightmares will we perhaps find the truth and answer to understanding and preventing murder.

Until then, enjoy all the horror movies on television and let them scare you to sleep (or perhaps to not sleeping). The fear of a realistic occurrence, of a future serial killer who could perhaps be sitting by you in class right now, is one of the most understandable fears encountered by society. It is what truly makes these people “Most Evil.”

— Brittany Vasquez is a senior in anthropology.

She can be reached at bvasque1@utk.edu.

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Documentary filmmaker shares work

Bands experiment with eclectic mix Chris Flowers Staff Writer Those with a taste for the slightly sideways should make their way to Ramsey Street Thursday, as four experimental electronic groups bring their creations to life at the Cider House.

The Organized Grime and Sam & Tre meld electronica and dubstep with hip-hop, D o p a p o d injects electronic flavor into progressive rock, and Loyal Divide uses an array of gadgets along with guitar, bass and keyboards to create hypnotizing psychedelic pop.

The Organized Grime is a local group fronted by rapper Terry Tabors, aka Swerve, senior double majoring in religious studies and communications, with C a l e b Arnwine, aka Clabe, providing the beats, and their newest member Baber Wattad, stage name B-Dub.---“B-Dub also raps and has a lot more past experience than me and Clabe,” Tabors said of Wattad. “The only way I can describe B-Dub is ‘full of swag.’ He’s the king.”

Tabors puts on a regular podcast with his friends at dashfilesmedia.com where the discussion ranges from relationships to NBA playoffs to zombie killing. Tabors’ freestyle rap skills are put on display in some episodes and his current favorite songs bookend each podcast. After having done 26 one-hour-long podcasts, Tabors said the podcast was still an enjoyable experience.

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When asked if he was a fan of any other podcasts, Tabors said he listens to NPR and loves WNYC’s radiolab.

“I also listen to a video game podcast called the Giant Bombcast,” Tabors said.

Tabors described a typical Organized Grime performance.

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In documentary film, drama is formed from reality in the moment versus multiple takes in which an actor can perfect their performance. Thus the mark of a gifted documentarian is not strictly in provocative subjective matter, but the eye to capture spontaneity and craft it into a cohesive narrative.

Gorham “Hap” Kindem, a filmmaker and a communications studies professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, showed his two most recent films and spoke to the public regarding the nature of documentary filmmaking Tuesday afternoon. A published film historian, Kindem has made more than 10 films on various subjects from Al Jazeera to racial integration in Chapel Hill in the 1950s.

In his selections, “More Than Meets the Eye” and “Winning Isn’t Everything,” Kindem highlighted the power of perseverance to build a holistic narrative and convey emotion in an audience in absence of the artifice that would drive other projects.

In introducing the films, cinema studies chair Chuck Maland stressed the message of optimism in Kindem’s work.

“Both of these films are about what is possible to achieve with an optimistic attitude,” Maland said.

The first film shown, “More than Meets the Eye,” documents the life of Danish biathlete and psychologist AnnaMette Bredahl as she competes for Paralympic gold. A lifelong sufferer of congenital retinitus pigmentosa, Bredahl’s world champion career in cross-country skiing and shooting as juxtaposed with her pursuit of a doctorate in psychology represent two hurdles which no Dane had previously accomplished.

Through Kindem’s lens, the

story of a person with a physical disability is neither portrayed in a position of pity nor with the sort of packaged jubilation from which many similar stories often suffer in telling.

Instead Bredahl’s achievements as an athlete and a scholar who happens to be blind are represented in such a way as to focus on her as a regular person rather than a spectacle.

Kindem explained that Bredahl was not his original subject, but after a Paralympian he had followed was forced to drop out of the project Kindem met Bredahl and was able to build a film around her story. In between films Kindem also explained that “More than Meets the Eye” is being distributed to raise awareness and deflect stigma for those suffering from retinitus pigmentosa.

“Winning Isn’t Everything” follows the 2007 Women’s Soccer team at the University of North Carolina under coach Anson Dorrance as they compete for the NCAA Championship.

Dorrance, whose dynasty has produced the likes of Mia Hamm and Cindy Parlow, has lead teams to 19 championships but stresses the importance of playing each game for each other.

While the 2007 team lost by a goal to rival Notre Dame in the championship Sweet Sixteen match, the film’s title comes from their ability to keep the reason for playing in perspective. While playing competitively is key to Dorrance and his players’ success, the idea of forming a family on the field is reinforced throughout and gives the film an emotional center.

Kindem said one of the hardest parts of making documentaries is “keeping your focus on whether or not you have a story,” but from his selections it was obvious that Kindem’s eye for story keeps his stories in focus and his viewers riveted.

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Brooke Kessler, sophomore in pre-professional interest, and Tayler Dennis, junior in public relations, share an umbrella during a mid-day rain storm on Wednesday, Oct. 19. High temperatures in the 80s earlier this week were replaced by low 50s, as a driving front brought scattered showers and cold temperatures overnight.

Urban Outfitters criticized for ‘Navajo’ brand The Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Urban Outfitters’ line of Navajobranded clothing and accessories has set off a firestorm online and within the Navajo Nation government, with allegations of trademark violations and criticism of the products — particularly underwear and a liquor flask — that many tribal members consider disrespectful.

Native American-inspired prints have shown up on runways for years, and it’s common for designers to borrow from other cultures.

But the Navajo government’s issue with Urban Outfitters is the clothing chain’s use of the name “Navajo” on its products and in marketing. The tribe holds at least 10 trademarks on the name that cover clothing, footwear, online retail sales, household products and textiles.

The tribe’s Department of Justice sent Urban Outfitters CEO Glen Senk a cease-and-desist letter in June, demanding that the company pull the Navajo name from its products. The tribe has received no response but says it remains “cautiously optimistic” it can persuade Urban Outfitters to adopt another

name and trademark.

“When products that have absolutely no connection to the Navajo Nation, its entities, its people, and their products are marketed and retailed under the guise that they are Navajo in origin, the Navajo Nation does not regard this as benign or trivial,” said Brian Lewis, an attorney for the tribe. “It takes appropriate action to maintain distinctiveness and clarity of valid name association in the market and society.”

Urban Outfitters, which has stores across the country and overseas, said it has not heard from the Navajo Nation and has no plans to alter its products.

“Like many other fashion brands, we interpret trends and will continue to do so for years to come,” company spokesman Ed Looram said. “The Native American-inspired trend and specifically the term ‘Navajo’ have been cycling through fashion, fine art and design for the last few years.”

While the Navajo Nation has not threatened legal action, law professor Bill Hennessey thinks it has a strong case. He said the tribe could argue the products cause confusion among customers about who manufactured them.

Hennessey points specifically to a trademark governing textiles that was registered to a Navajo Nation enterprise in 2008.

“If you’re going to maintain control over your mark, the more quickly you bring an action against the infringer, the more likely the federal court is going to grant an injunction order prohibiting Urban Outfitters from continuing to use the word ‘Navajo,’” said Hennessey, who teaches at the University

of New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property.

Urban Outfitters labels more than 20 products on its website with the word “Navajo,” including jackets, earrings, scarves and sneakers. But the two items that have sparked possibly the most controversy online are the “Navajo Hipster Panty,” and the “Navajo Print Fabric Wrapped Flask.” Both have geometric designs common in Navajo arts and crafts.

Dwayne Clauschee, a designer from the Navajo town of Chinle in Arizona, said Urban Outfitters and other clothing companies are trying to cash in on a trend he believes has been done more respectfully and tastefully in higher-end fashion.

A “Navajo” flask is “extremely insensitive” considering the long history of alcohol abuse among Native tribes, many of which ban the sale and consumption of alcohol on their reservations, he said. The Navajo Nation is among them. And branding underwear as “Navajo” goes against the tribe’s spiritual beliefs of modesty and avoidance of indecency, Clauschee said.

Jessica Metcalfe, a Turtle Mountain Chippewa from North Dakota who writes a Native American fashion blog, tells Urban Outfitters to knock it off. “Don’t claim Navajo, unless it’s Navajo, and you ain’t Navajo.”

Sasha Houston Brown of the Santee Sioux Nation posted a letter online to the company saying it “has taken Indigenous life ways and artistic expressions and trivialized and sexualized them for the sake of corporate profit.”

Urban Outfitters isn’t alone in its Navajo-branding.

Fermin Navar and his business partner, Phil Brader, signed a 75-year licensing agreement with the Navajo Nation in 2007 that allows them to sell skin care products and clothing under the Navajo name in exchange for a share of the profits. Navar said they’ve come up with a list of nearly two dozen companies they believe are violating the trademark.

The name appealed to Navar because the tribe is wellknown for its huge reservation that spans 27,000 square miles in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah; its membership that ranks among the top two for American Indian tribes; and its cultural beliefs that tie beauty to harmony. Navajos also are known more broadly for using their language to develop a code that confounded the Japanese and helped win World War II. “The design doesn’t matter; it’s the use of the name Navajo,” said Navar of Austin, Texas. “They can say it looks like this, but if it has the name Navajo — it’s being branded and sold as Navajo — it’s a violation.”

Thursday, October 20, 2011

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Titans want stadium rennovations The Associated Press

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Pride Drum Major Cody Stricklin runs through a parted section of band members during pre-game ceremonies at Neyland Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 1.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans want to spend $25 million on new speakers, high-definition videoboards and elevators upgrading LP Field with most renovations completed by the start of the 2012 season.

The Titans announced their proposal Wednesday during a news conference at the publicly-owned stadium.

Though these are tough economic times, Don MacLachlan, executive vice president of administration and facilities, said the team put in a lot of work planning renovations that would improve the in-game experience for fans.

“We average over a million people coming through those turnstiles every year, and we want to make sure we’re doing everything in our power with the economy the way it is and the way that fans use their discretionary dollars that they’ll continue to come to LP Field because we have some state of the art upgrades going on in areas they’re seeing other stadiums have, yet it will improve their experience here at any event throughout the year,” MacLachlan said. “It’s important for LP Field to be up to the standards of other NFL stadiums and what they’ve done around the country.”

The stadium cost $292 million when it opened in 1999, built through a combination of local and state money along with personal seat license fees, and MacLachlan said some items were stripped from the stadium to stay on budget. That includes a total of 12 elevators, six on either side of the stadium, that can move 11,000 fans in an hour from ground level to the upper deck.

The plan must be approved by the Metro-Davidson City

Council and local sports authority because the Titans rent the stadium and take care of maintenance. The Titans hope to have the plan approved by mid-December to start construction in January, working around any soccer games and the CMA Music Festival in June.

The plan would be paid for $2 per ticket user fee put into place two years ago as allowed by the original stadium agreement. The Titans also want to raise that fee to the $3 maximum allowed to help pay for long-term improvements, such as replacing the current seats.

“The most important thing is the enhancement to the fans’ experience for any event coming to LP Field, and the fact is the users are going to be paying for this, not the taxpayers,” MacLachlan said.

Other improvements include about 800 speakers scattered around the stadium, which currently has a bank of speakers in one end zone.

MacLachlan said they have had fan complaints that those below the speakers are going deaf while those in the other end zone can’t hear officials or the public address announcer. The stadium also hosts the annual country music festival each June along with international soccer games and other concerts.

With 3-D and high-definition televisions putting viewers at home close to the action, the renovations would replace the videoboards at each end zone with high-definition videoboards bigger than what the stadium features and that fans have been demanding. The videoboards would fit inside the current scoreboards, and video ribbons would be installed between the club and upper levels, giving more space for those fantasy stats updates and scores from other games.

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SEC players suspended for hits The Associated Press ATLANTA — The Southeastern Conference suspended two Georgia players and one Vanderbilt player on Wednesday for the first halves of their next games as punishment for incidents in the Bulldogs’ 3328 win on Saturday.

Vanderbilt center Logan Stewart and two Georgia players, defensive tackle Kwame Geathers and defensive back Shawn Williams, drew the suspensions. All are starters.

The suspensions will be served when Vanderbilt plays Army this week and Georgia plays Florida in Jacksonville on Oct. 29.

Geathers hit Stewart after Stewart was called for a flagrant personal foul in the fourth quarter. Williams drew a flagrant personal foul in the third quarter.

The SEC made no public ruling on Vanderbilt coach James Franklin or Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, who had a heated exchange on the field after the game.

“Any action taken there would be handled internally between the league and the schools,” SEC associate commissioner Charles Bloom told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

As Grantham and Franklin exchanged words after the game, players had to be pulled apart by coaches and Vanderbilt police.

Georgia coach Mark Richt said he discussed the incident with SEC commissioner Mike Slive.

“It’s certainly not representative of the Georgia way,” Richt said in a statement released after the suspensions were announced. “I have always trusted the commissioner’s judgment and understand and accept the decision. We’ll learn as well as grow from this situation and now turn our attention to preparing for Florida.”

According to a video posted

by WSMV-TV in Nashville, Franklin told Richt his con-

frontation with Grantham was set up by postgame comments from Williams.

The TV station has video of Franklin telling Richt that Williams “comes up, after a tough game talking ... to me.

Yeah, rubbing our face in it right after the game. Then your coach (Grantham), when I tell him about it, then he goes after me and the fight starts.”

Grantham landed in trouble last year for making a choke sign as Florida lined up for the winning field goal.

Grantham released a statement on Monday in which he stopped short of an apology but explained he was standing up for his players.

“I love my players,” Grantham said. “I appreciate their hard work and investment in our program. I feel a responsibility and loyalty to protect and stand up for them. Also, I feel it is important to educate them on all areas of life.

“While my intentions were genuine, I feel it was unfortunate that things escalated to a confrontation. These actions were not representative of what this institution stands for. However, I will use it as a learning experience for myself as well as my players so that we all become better men.”

Franklin on Monday expressed regret about the incident.

“I would’ve liked when we didn’t win the game we could’ve left the field and shook hands and been men of character all of us and walked off the field and do a great job representing our institutions and the conference,” Franklin said.

Richt said he wants Georgia players and coaches to “keep our poise.”

“For me personally, I like it when coaches can walk across the field and shake hands and say good luck next time,” he said.

A Vanderbilt spokesman said the school would have no comment on the suspensions.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Waggner switches back to corner Matt Dixon Sports Editor Prentiss Waggner is known for his versatility in Tennessee’s secondary.

Even defensive-back coach Terry Joseph refers to Waggner as a “jack of all trades.”

The six-foot-two, 187-pound junior has started games at both safety positions and at cornerback over the last two years.

Because of the dismissal of Janzen Jackson in August, Waggner began this year playing free safety instead of cornerback, the position he is a more natural fit at.

“Prentiss was there in the beginning,” coach Derek Dooley said. “That was kind of what we wanted to do back in fall camp.

We weren’t able to do that when we lost a safety (Jackson), but Brian Randolph has been playing better. We’ll keep tinkering with it. (Marsalis) Teague will keep playing, and we’ll just keep shuffling it around to try to find something that works on gameday.”

Against LSU on Saturday, Waggner replaced Teague as cornerback in the second half and expects to start there this Saturday against Alabama.

“All practice I’ve been getting all those reps at corner,” Waggner said Tuesday. “I really haven’t been getting that many reps at safety today, so I’d say this week I’ll be out on the island.”

Waggner’s ball-hawking ability and awareness allows him to be productive matched up one-on-one against the best receivers in

the SEC on that island.

“Dating back to last year, this spring and early this fall, Prentiss has shown that he is a crafty guy,” defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox said. “He knows how to play routes and knows what offenses are trying to do to him in terms of spacing. He just has good instincts, so we expect him to go out there and play well.”

Second time around Quarterback Matt Simms was his harshest critic following his first start of the season against LSU, calling his performance “terrible.”

Simms acknowledged he was more nervous and anxious than he thought he would be in his first start since the South Carolina game last October and believes he’ll be more calm this week, even on the road against the Crimson Tide.

“I think I’ll definitely be more comfortable in the pocket, more comfortable in our game plan and just being out on the field and being the guy again,” Simms said. “Hey, it’s not an easy task being on the road down there in Alabama, but I’m just really looking forward to the experience.”

Despite being thrown into the fire against arguably the two best teams and defenses in college football, the senior relishes the opportunity.

“You can’t pick and choose who you play against,” he said.

“Hey, the first week it was rough for my first start, playing the No. 1 team in the country, but like I said, I’m just looking forward to playing the No. 2 team in the country.”

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Prentiss Waggner forces a Georgia ball carrier to fumble during the game on Saturday, Oct. 1. Waggner, who moved to free safety after the dismissal of Janzen Jackson, is expected to return to cornerback in this week’s game against Alabama.