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Issue 41, Volume 127

Cheek Speak offers open dialogue between students, chancellor Tanner Hancock Copy Editor (@tannerhancock26) It’s your chance to speak with Cheek.

Students will be given the o p p o r t u - Chancellor Jimmy Cheek nity to pose questions directly to Chancellor Jimmy Cheek this Tuesday night in the Haslam Business Building. Organized as a town hall meeting, attendees will participate in a Q-and-A style forum with Cheek, discussing issues related to the university.

Michael Hensley, SGA codirector of government affairs and one of the organizers of the event, sees it as an important opportunity students should take advantage of.

“It’s really just a great way to ask questions one-on-one with Chancellor Cheek,” Hensley, sophomore in political science, said of the annual event.

While the chancellor plans to answer any questions from attendees relating to university life, Hensley hopes Cheek will specifically touch on the university’s Top 25 initiative and UT’s progress in that regard.

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LOSING MOMENTUM

Senior Justin Worley passes the ball to Jalen Hurd during the Ole Miss game Saturday, Oct. 18. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon

Vols fail to capitalize early, get trounced by Ole Miss, 34-3 Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB) OXFORD, Mississippi. – For the first 19 minutes of Saturday’s contest, Tennessee’s defense seemed poised to carry the Volunteers to an upset victory over No. 3 Ole Miss.

Then, the Vols finally slipped.

After only allowing the Rebels to gain

37 yards on their first seven drives, the Vols gave up back-to-back catches to Vince Sanders, the latter being a 39-yard touchdown to give Ole Miss a 7-3 lead.

From there, the Tennessee offense could never muster a response, and the Rebels strolled to a 34-3 victory inside Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

“It’s a game of momentum swings,” head coach Butch Jones said. “We have to help our defense out – I have said this continually. I think we have some

young men that are pressing right now and trying to play perfectly. That is not a world you want to live in. You want to play aggressively and not worry about making mistakes.”

The Vols, however, never got the momentum to swing back their way.

Shortly after Sanders found the end zone, Justin Worley threw an interception to Senquez Golson, allowing the Rebels to score another touchdown – a 7-yard run by Jaylen Walton – to give

ARToberfest brings local art, beer to Fourth and Gill Hannah Zechman

themselves a 14-3 lead heading into halftime.

And after Gary Wunderlich made a 34-yard field goal to give the Rebels a 17-3 lead late in the third quarter, freshman Evan Berry’s fumble on the ensuing kickoff proved to be the final blow to the Vols, who would allow a 28-yard pass to Evan Engram from Bo Wallace on the next play from scrimmage.

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Redefining right Sexual assault task force discusses consent definition terminology, aims for clarification Hayley Brundige

Staff Writer

News Editor (@hayleybrundige)

Oktoberfest: a traditional autumn festival that features beer drinking and merry-making.

ARToberfest: a Fourth and Gill party that not only features beer drinking and merry-making, but also represents local artists in the community.

This festival hit the historic Fourth and Gill neighborhood Saturday evening for a night filled with all the warm fuzziness of fall. The event was created ultimately to raise awareness and funds for the local art community by letting independent artists showcase and sell their creations.

Because this time of year is known for Oktoberfest, ARToberfest themed its event around German festivities.

Bratwursts were featured as the main course and were paired with different Highland Brewing Company tastes to create the atmosphere of a German party.

Featured musicians kept the festive spirit alive throughout the night. The Knoxville Polka

Bradi Musil Assistant News Editor (@bradi4)

A woman tries on a fox mask made by a local artist at ARToberfest held at the Fourth and Gill neighborhood Saturday evening. Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon Kings, The Misty Mountain String Band and Devan Jones and The Uptown Stomp were the headliners, as they spent the night keeping the festival authentic to its German ways.

Laurie Meschke, the chair of

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ARToberfest’s planning commit- casing art and drinking beer.

“We have so many artists in tee, has been helping shape the event for over a year now. As a the neighborhood that we should lover of the neighborhood and a have public art,” Meschke said. woman of German heritage, she loved the idea of raising money for the art community by show- See ARTOBER on Page 3

“Maybe pulling the plug on the Metro Pulse was just a decision made on economic grounds, but I smell something stale in the paper’s shutdown.”

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Chancellor Jimmy Cheek enlisted a group of more than 20 UT community members, including students and staff, to revise the university’s sexual assault and misconduct policies. The task force has scheduled several meetings this semester to discuss key issues and ultimately create a more comprehensive and responsive policy.

Week Four: Consent, continued.

On Tuesday, Oct. 14, the Sexual Assault and Misconduct Task Force convened to continue their discussion of consent.

They began by looking at the recent passage of a California law that requires affirmative consent at all public colleges in the state,

the first of its kind in the nation.

Task force members discussed adopting language similar to that of the California law, specifically applying some of the first bullet point to preface UT’s current definition of consent, including the clear, up-front statement that receiving consent is “the responsibility of each person involved in the sexual activity.”

Laura Bryant, assistant director for the Center for Health Education and Wellness, said that the language of the state law can help to clear up ambiguous situations of consent not fully covered in UT’s guidelines.

“I do really like the sentence from California that says that both people have to get consent ... instead of just placing it on the initiating party,” Bryant said.

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CAMPUS NEWS CHEEK SPEAK continued from Page 1 “The Top 25 initiative is always something that I myself am interested in,” Hensley said.

Despite UT’s recent drop in rankings from 47 to 50 on U.S. News & World Report’s annual list for best public universities, Hensley has faith in the administration and the chancellor’s efforts to make positive progress.

“We went down on the rankings, but that technically doesn’t mean we weren’t doing everything that we needed to, it’s just that other universities are improving faster than we are,” Hensley said.

Margie Nichols, vice chancellor for communications, anticipates that student questions will range from parking issues on campus to the logistics of the university.

Citing a “phenomenal” 9 percent elevation in graduation rates as well as a 12 percent increase in four-year retention rates, Nichols hopes students will keep the university’s progress in mind when framing their questions.

“This is a journey,” Nichols said of Tennessee’s Top 25 initiative. “Everything we’re doing is moving us forward.”

Nichols further encourages students to participate in the town hall event and remember the importance the chancellor places on their concerns.

“It’s an opportunity to talk with the chancellor and listen to him and have him listen to your concerns,” Nichols said. “(Chancellor Cheek) is going there to hear the students’ opinions and he always considers that when he’s making decisions.”

Bethany Vanhooser, senior in economics and SGA’s director of government affairs, sees the event as valuable to both the student body as well as the administration.

“It’s an extremely valuable opportunity for both Chancellor Cheek and the students,” Vanhooser said of the town hall. “Any time that students have the opportunity to engage the Chancellor and just kind of see his face and hear his concerns directly from him …

I think that’s definitely beneficial to anyone’s image.”

Overall, Hensley hopes students will attend and realize the importance of being involved on campus.

“I think it’s important to be knowledgeable and aware of what’s going on at the university and really try to participate in the process,” Hensley said. “You’re getting to communicate one-on-one with a very important decisionmaker here at UT.” Attendees are encouraged to tweet the event with #CheekSpeak. More information on the event can be found on SGA’s Facebook page.

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Slovenian ambassador to lecture on international criminal law Hannah Marley Staff Writer All rise for Bozo Cerar.

Cerar, the Slovenian ambassador to the United States, will discuss the changing role and enforcement of international criminal law in his lecture titled “The International Criminal Court from Nuremberg to Kampala and Beyond” today from noon to 1 p.m. in the College of Law’s Taylor Law Center, Room 136.

Cerar’s lecture will focus on how criminal law has progressed from World War II to the present, addressing modern problems and the successes and failures of the International Criminal Court when enforcing international criminal laws.

“From Kenya to Syria and Sudan to

TASK FORCE continued from Page 1 UT’s interim sexual assault policy currently includes an affirmative consent statute, progressing from a past ‘no means no’ standard to a guideline that now requires an ‘enthusiastic yes.’ One of the points of contention during the meeting focused on how the interim policy’s definition of consent differs from the former UT policy. Previously, the policy stated that consent is given through “an affirmative verbal response or acts that are unmistakable in their meaning.” In the current policy, these points are broken down further and the words “unmistakable” and “affirmative” are not used.

The merit of using terms such as “unambiguous” or “unmistakable” in the policy came under discussion.

Bryant expressed concern that this terminology could be difficult to apply in situations where consent comes into question, especially in states where abstinence-based sexual education is the norm. She said she hopes the final policy can be easily applied to sexual education.

“I worry about certain terms that can be in a policy that can be hard

Ukraine, conflict and instability continues to threaten the lives of countless thousands of innocent civilians and endanger global peace and security,” said Robert Blitt, associate professor of law and primary organizer of the event. “The ambassador’s visit offers a valuable opportunity to gain insight into one critical tool available to the international community for confronting these challenges.”

The most prominent change in international criminal law, Blitt said, is the extent to which the court is used to address international issues, including “genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and state aggression.”

“The court increasingly is being called upon to play a central role in identifying and prosecuting recognized international offenses,” Blitt said.

While the court is being used more now than it has been in the past, Blitt said critics have expressed concerns that it focuses too heavily on African states and lacks the power to carry out new arrest warrants.

“The court is not without its detractors, who decry a disproportionate focus on African states, institutional powerlessness to intervene in the face of ongoing crimes and an inability to bring to justice those individuals already facing outstanding ICC arrest warrants,” Blitt said.

Blitt said he hopes listening to Cerar and thinking about the major problems facing the court—and the world—will spark conversation among students about the best practices to address these global issues.

“I hope the lecture will enrich and inform our understanding as well as

California’s Affirmative Consent Standard “Affirmative consent’ means affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity. It is the responsibility of each person involved in the sexual activity to ensure that he or she has the affirmative consent of the other or others to engage in the sexual activity.” for us to translate into education, like ‘unambiguous,’” Bryant said.

“What does that mean? How do we teach our students who are coming from a high school where they may or may not receive sex education and how do we provide education for them that meets them where they are so they can understand?”

Additionally, task force members debated whether the word “affirmative” is necessary in a policy that clearly defines consent as ‘yes means yes.’ Some argued that the word ‘affirmative’ is redundant, while others said the qualifier is necessary to signify UT’s participation in a national cultural shift in the way consent is perceived.

While members of the task force generally agreed with California’s definition of affirmative consent,

some opposed the use of gender binary pronouns.

“Some people don’t use ‘he’ or ‘she’ as pronouns that describe them and it’s important that we include them in this,” said Nickie Hackenbrack, a senior in biology and co-chair of Sexual Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee. “When we talk about consent, it is important that we let them feel like they’re a part of this conversation too.”

In another segment of the hour and a half session, UT’s approach to situations involving drugs and alcohol was evaluated. Currently, UT provides amnesty to students who have reported an incident of sexual assault or misconduct while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Hackenbrack said this policy is an improvement, but is still “too vague.” In her opinion, the policy should clearly outline resources stu-

stimulate debate over the role of international criminal law… as well as the challenges that operate to limit the ICC’s effectiveness in ending impunity and bringing perpetrators to justice,” he said.

Roger Hagy, director of communications at the College of Law, said students should take advantage of this opportunity to expand their horizons and learn about global issues from a respected world leader.

“This lecture is a unique opportunity for our students to learn from and engage with an international leader and expert,” Hagy said. “Opportunities like this are increasingly important for future lawyers and leaders as they prepare to enter a globally connected workforce and community.”

dents can use to report without fear of repercussions.

“Students need to know that we’re not about trying to get you in trouble, we’re about creating a safe environment where you report,” Hackenbrack said.

Bryant, who assists in the substance abuse classes provided by the Center for Health Education and Wellness, said a student’s fear of being penalized for misconduct with drugs and alcohol could prevent them from reporting serious injury to them or those around them.

“In the classes I teach, what I hear from students is that if they recognize that there’s not an amnesty policy for alcohol or drug use - if they need to care for a friend ... they are hesitant to go and seek care for a friend in a hospital or by calling the police ... they’re afraid they’ll get in trouble,” Bryant said.

Task force members agreed that the final policy must recognize the complexity of sexual assault, an issue that is often amplified by university culture.

“Consent isn’t confusing,” Hackenbrack said. “Consent is clear and unambiguous. We need to make sure that our policy says that and when we go to implement it that it also changes the culture.”

The next meeting will be at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 27 in Thompson-Boling Arena Dining Rooms C and D. The meeting is open to the public.

Beacon Correction

In the Oct. 15 issue of the Daily Beacon, the article titled “Big Orange Give hits the million mark” stated that the Big Orange Give campaign raised $1 million after factoring in Alan Wilson’s contribution.

However, Wilson’s contribution had already been added into the collection, totaling $766,580 raised.

Monday, October 20, 2014

THE DAILY BEACON • 3 Arts & Culture Editor Jenna Butz @butzjenna

ARTS & CULTURE

Melodi Erdogan Copy Editor (@melodierdogan)

Fashion revolves around weather.

Designer collections are organized by seasons, spring/ summer and fall/winter with the occasional resort and prefall sets. But this whole seasonsorting also goes back to the sheer fact that humans dress themselves for comfort according to the uncontrollable elements of Mother Nature.

Obviously, when it’s warmer, we naturally reach for less clothing. But now that the temperatures are finally dropping on Rocky Top, it’s time to think twice about how we’re protecting our bodies and showcasing our personal style. From head to toe, there are multiple simple and affordable ways to transition a summer wardrobe to the appropriate autumnal attire.

And despite what you might think, wearing socks with Chacos is not one of them.

These boots were made for climbing Rocky Top It’s a sad day when your sandals start collecting dust in the back of your closet, but the bright side is that boots are having a major moment.

If this winter turns out to be as blistery and snowy as last year’s, it’s important to be well prepared in the event of the return of the snowpocalypse.

Boys, your best bet is on a pair of desert boots, the formal version of the moccasin.

With only a few laces and a variety of styles and colors to choose from, these kicks are perfect with various pant and shirt combinations. Besides the default combat boot for girls – if you don’t already have a pair, grab a black version and your life will change for the better – invest in a pair of over-the-knee boots. Thanks to Beyoncé and Ariana Grande, boots that hit at the thigh are fitted and flattering with skirts, dresses and even pants tucked into them.

Plus, they’re one extra layer of protection from the howling, East Tennessee winds.

Texture to a ‘T’

Eric Gibson Contributor Three thousand five hundred thirsty beer and music lovers crammed onto the World’s Fair Park lawn Saturday afternoon to celebrate a love for craft beer.

Brewers’ Jam is Knoxville’s craft beer Super Bowl for regional brewers and beer lovers alike and continues to grow 18 years in. The event especially means a lot to Tommy Higdon, associate brewer for Woodruff Brewing, the beer behind Knoxville stalwart Downtown Grill and Brewery.

Higdon and his crew host a brewers’ reception for the festival on the fifth floor of the brewery every Friday before the main event on Saturday.

“We actually date back to the very beginning of the Brewers’ Jam,” Higdon said.

Higdon and Dan Goss, Higdon’s managing partner for the brew pub, both reminisced over how far the festival has come.

“The first one was at the Holiday Inn at Cedar Bluff,” Higdon said. “It was tied into Boots are the perfect shoes for different outfit Dogwood Arts Festival at that combinations in chillier weather. point. Then the second one was Samantha Smoak • The Daily Beacon held at the Knoxville Coliseum at that big yard looking onto the police department.”

The past, however, isn’t why Goss and Higdon feel so attached to the beer festival.

Instead, it’s what the festival means to other brewers and the craft beer community.

“It’s an honor for us.” Goss said. “The amount of brewers I’ve met over the years that look to this place, and you can always talk to them and they are always excited and pumped to come here.”

The Friday night reception Textures play a huge part in completing an outfit and is more than just a meet and making sure they play off one another. greet for the festival’s brewers.

Melodi Erdogan • The Daily Beacon totally acceptable. The whole point of style is to wear what you love and what you feel best in. Who cares if you’re still rocking your orange, pre-high school Converse sneakers on game days.

If you love them, that’s all that matters.

Melodi Erdogan is a senior in journalism and electronic media. She is also the head style guru at UT for the college style website, CollegeFashionista. com. She can be reached at merdogan@vols.utk .edu or followed on Twitter and Instagram @melodierdogan.

Local artists showcased and sold their creations at ARToberfest Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon with the help of more than 50 to grow. As a family with young volunteers as well as more than children, this event gave a reason $10,000 in sponsorship from local for families to come and enjoy the continued from Page 1 businesses. With all the support, festivities.

A face-painting station took Meschke was happy to say that the cake for all the kiddo’s the festival was going “swimMighty Mud, a ceramics supfavorites, as Watson’s son Jesse ply shop and artist studio, con- mingly well.”

Because it is all about the explained while pointing out the tributed to the local art theme.

Owner Barron Hall and his team art, Meschke hopes that the giant sword on his face. There created 100 steins in two months Oktoberfest theme will move was also a car that anyone could to sell at the festival. Serving to the back burner and art will paint on, which was a close secas souvenirs, the steins were become the center of attention ond to the face art.

“The events in this neighbora mark of something new that for future ARToberfests. hood are kid and adult friendly,” Allison Watson and her family could make an impact on Fourth Watson said. “That is what makes are Fourth and Gill natives that and Gill.

Fourth and Gill so awesome.” also hope ARToberfest continues The festival came together

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Opinion: Transition your personal style for fall on Rocky Top Often overlooked and disregarded in the everyday process of getting dressed, texture plays a big part in the overall harmony of an outfit. To be in tune, textures must play off each other in a way that emphasizes their traits. Wearing sheer tights with a pair of lacy shorts has the potential for a rich, textured palette, as does denim paired with leather, a la John Travolta in “Grease.” Being mindful of the different feelings and looks of the pieces you combine in an outfit can result in amplified styles and better organized form in structure and shape.

Pro tip: Stay away from polyester on polyester. Yes, there is such a thing as too much polyester.

Big orange, big layers An oldie but a goodie, the best and most convenient way to work around the seasons with your existing wardrobe is by layering. No matter how hard you try, it’s pretty hard to mess this one up. By simply picking pieces that complement each other, whether it’s by color family, pattern or texture, endless possibilities can be created. That being said, make sure there’s a formula to it all and you’re not just reaching for the first things you see, or rather, what’s still clean after not doing laundry for a few weeks. Pair plaid with denim, either in jeans or a jacket. Wear black with black for a timeless look. Accessorize with a hat but make sure it’s in a color that is reciprocated in another piece of your ensemble. When in doubt, the classic T-shirt with a button down with a jacket on top will always have your back. Get it?

Lauren Hutton once said, “Fashion is what you’re offered four times a year by designers and style is what you choose.”

Hutton, a model and actress who has (only) 28 Vogue magazine covers to her name, outlines arguably one of the most important things to remember when shopping, looking for style inspiration and even simply getting dressed in the morning. Even if it is in the nippy, frigid air of Knoxville in fall.

Every year, every season, even every month, trends change, hence their nature as trends. You may love specific trends and adore them until you take a photo on your Instagram showcasing it and hashtag it #TBT because of how vintage and forgotten it is. And that’s

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It helps the brewers see each other differently than do the throngs of people during the festival.

“Saturday, those guys are pouring and cranking out beer, and I’m sure there’s conversation and stuff goes on, but when I see them on Friday these guys are truly themselves,” Goss said. “It’s a show before the show.”

Brewers’ Jam is brought back year after year thanks to Community Shares, a Knoxville group that helps raise money for nearly forty Tennessee based organizations that strive to make lasting change in the community. Executive Director Shelly Wascom was at the event volunteering with the other 100 men and women donating their time to serve food and beer.

“It’s a fundraiser, so we do it to help enable us to do the other work that we do,” Wascom said, “and it’s really successful and it’s fun.”

For Wascom, she is most pleased with the great crowds that come every year.

“It is not an unruly crowd at all,” she said. “We never really have problems or trouble at all.

Even at a year where it’s rained so much and the ground is really damp, people are just in great spirits and people are not complaining or anything.”

David Ball, junior in journalism & electronic media, was working at the WUTK booth at the event and was amazed by the turnout.

“It seems like we get more and more people as the day goes on,” Ball said. “I think it’s awesome. Everyone’s here having a good time. It’s a really chill atmosphere.”

This was the first trip to the festival for Ball, and he said he will definitely be back.

He added: “I’m probably gonna bring friends.”

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Knoxville’s pulse has flat-lined Life Under the Microscope th by

Kenna Rewcastle K

Last Wednesday afternoon, the Metro Pulse broke one of its last stories. Soon after, WBIR issued an article describing the plug-pulling in greater detail. The Knoxville News Sentinel sacked 23 employees, and Scripps, the publisher, ripped funding from beneath the feet of the paper. Scripps simply twitched its magic money-wand, and with not so much as a ‘poof,’ beckoned the end of a paper that objectively reflected on the city of Knoxville.

Let’s start with tallying our losses after such a blow. Some will mourn the disappearance of the “Best of Knoxville” awards that recognized restaurants, concert venues, community-building organizations and more that really helped mold Knoxville into the kind of city its citizens are proud to call home. But we’ve lost more than just plaques on the walls of our favorite Mexican restaurants. We’ve lost the all-important ability to analyze our local culture objectively, calling out the mistakes, demanding improvement and praising our most groundbreaking achievements.

Maybe pulling the plug on the Metro Pulse was just a decision made on economic grounds, but I smell something stale in the paper’s shutdown. I smell fear and statements of cowardice.

Just this year, the ‘alternative’ paper tackled issues ranging from why people choose to leave Knoxville to why voters are afraid to vote for Democratic candidates that embody all of the community’s views.

Last year, the Metro Pulse gave the community the facts surrounding the fraud allegations facing Pilot Flying J, a story the staff laid out like a “David Mamet” play. They’ve stormed through the social tension surrounding such issues and have discussed them objectively, while styling the stories in a way that mixes a variety of perspectives with humor and quality journalism to make readers think long and hard about the inner-workings of our scruffy little city.

I think someone didn’t like these reflections. I think someone with power (read: money) decided what the public doesn’t know and doesn’t think about won’t hurt them. On the contrary, the truth of the matter is that now our city’s maladies will continue to hurt us, but without the bold discussions started by the Metro Pulse, we are no longer equipped to respond.

Maybe ignorance is bliss, but I much prefer tackling issues head-on and with my eyes open than sticking my head in the sand ostrich-style as corporate-owned freight trains come speeding my way. Reflection is a key step in every fault-fixing strategy, and it seems as if we’ve poked one too many holes in our city’s mechanism of self-correction. Maybe I’m being overly cynical, but maybe everyone else could do with a little more cynicism themselves.

To the former staff of the Metro Pulse, consider Scripps’ condemnation as a sign that you’ve been doing something right since 1991.

Too often are agents of change and proponents of truth mistaken for troublemakers that need to be kept in line. Thank you for coloring and writing outside of the lines.

Our scruffy little city is looking suspiciously clean-shaven without the hair-raising stories found in the pages of the Metro Pulse.

Kenna Rewcastle is a senior in College Scholars. She can be reached at kenerewc@vols. utk.edu.

Columns of The Daily Beacon are reflections of the individual columnist, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or its editorial staff.

New approach to intervention Guest Column by

Samuel Heninger As major crises around the world continue to pose a threat to our national security, a significant change should be made in the way that we evaluate our military options. If able-bodied men and women declare their support for United States military intervention, they should be willing to immediately enlist in our armed forces.

Unfortunately, this rarely occurs with many of America’s proponents of war.

Instead, they remain insulated within the safety of our own borders while they ask others to risk their lives; justifying sending troops into extremely dangerous situations based on their choice to volunteer for military service. In their point of view, military personnel are effectively reduced to second class citizens. When these people feel strongly about an international issue, they think nothing of sending our armed forces overseas to a conflict that they would not engage in themselves.

While our military is made up of men and women who choose to volunteer and potentially make the greatest sacrifice, they should not fight in wars that advocates are not willing to fight themselves.

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our military forces, when the thought of actually following through on those decisions themselves has never even crossed their minds.

In fairness, many of these people have good intentions. They might see barbaric actions committed by people in one part of the world and find the solution to the problem within our military capabilities. In a particular situation, the use of U.S. military personnel could be the only way to solve the problem. However, a physically and mentally capable American should not advocate for others to risk their lives in these endeavors when they would not do so themselves.

People should not ask others to do things that they are not willing to do themselves.

While this principle is widely accepted among members of our society, we often disregard it when contemplating military intervention.

The next time that you hear an able-bodied American advocating for the use of the U.S. military in Iraq or around the world, ask them if they have signed up for our armed services. While there are undeniably many threats to our country across the globe, people should become more cognizant of the costs of using our military personnel to defeat them.

Samuel Henninger is a sophomore in economics. He can be reached at shenning@ vols.utk.edu.

Let there be light (emitting diodes) Guest Column by

Yuen Yiu “Hey little brother, one of my clients has just won the Nobel Prize in Physics this year!” wrote my sister in an email Monday morning.

“What? One of your patent clients? What is it related to this time? CPUs? GPUs? Touch screens? Cloud computing?”

My sister is a lawyer in intellectual properties; she deals with a lot of technology related patents. Being a physicist myself, I was a little ashamed that I hadn’t heard the news first. But with all the political chaos coming out from my hometown of Hong Kong in the past weeks, I have been slow with all other news these days, but that’s a different topic for a different day.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 was awarded to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura for the invention of Light Emitting Diodes; perhaps better known as LEDs. So, what’s the big deal?

LEDs have been around since the ‘60s,

but only the ones that emit red and green lights. The last piece of the puzzle for a more practical white LED light -- the blue LED -- remained elusive for decades. This year’s Nobel laureates finally cracked the code during the ‘80s, and made energy efficient LED lamps a reality.

Just how efficient are LEDs? They are about 20 times more energy efficient than conventional light bulbs, and around four times more than fluorescent lamps.

According to the Nobel committee, almost a quarter of all energy consumed globally is for lighting. Not only does the invention of LED lamps greatly reduce energy consumption worldwide, it will help alleviate the potential environmental havoc averted by fluorescent lamps that are filled full of mercury and other toxic compounds.

Great! So I get to save a few bucks on the next electric bill. What else? Here’s the twist: the impact of LEDs actually goes far beyond just saving the environment.

Since LEDs require much less energy to operate, combined with the already available solar-cell technology, we can now make solar powered LED lamps that can stay bright well into the night. Many children from underdeveloped countries whose families are off-the-grid still rely on kerosene lamps for lighting, which are both dangerous and limited by the amount of fuel they are able

to afford.

With affordable, solar LED lamps now a reality, those children can study and learn long after sundown. I don’t want to get all “Freakonomics” on everybody, but this means a great deal in terms of fighting poverty in underdeveloped countries.

Over and over again, one of the biggest struggles against poverty has not been the lack of capital, but the lack of human capital.

LED light helps eradicate one of the major, if not overseen obstacles to education in poorer regions, and levels the playing field for those who are far less privileged than the rest of us.

Give a man a fish, and he may live for a day; give a man an LED, and his children may study for their GED before it’s time for BED. Besides all that, LEDs have also been widely equipped onto modern cell phones so that you can finally take that selfie in dimly lit parties and night club restrooms, before finding your car keys in the Old City parking lot at 2:30 a.m. Go ahead, flick up your iPhone menu and hit the torch button; you just tapped into 50 years of scientific research.

Yuen Yiu is a graduate student in physics. He can be reached at yyiu@vols.utk.edu.

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Our recent obsession with the concept of “safe” or “safer” airstrikes indicates the extent to which Americans have begun to view the costs of warfare. When fighting against technologically inferior foes like ISIS, we begin to believe that our air force can carry out the necessary attacks without risking lives.

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Monday, October 20, 2014

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

SPORTS

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

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Lady Vols can’t crack scoreboard in 2-0 loss to Vandy Staff Writer (@JonathanToye1) After an impressive victory over the LSU Lady Tigers on Friday night, the Tennessee women’s soccer team came into Sunday night’s game against in-state rival Vanderbilt hoping to gain some momentum before they went on the road to face the nationally ranked Florida Gators.

Vanderbilt sophomore forward Simone Charley had other plans in mind.

Charley scored goals in the 36th and 53rd minute to give the Lady Commodores a 2-0 victory over Tennessee on a chilly Sunday night at Regal Soccer Stadium. “There are couple different ways that we could look at (the game),� Tennessee head coach Brian Pensky said. “In terms of one player being the difference in the game and that is Simone Charley, or we could look at it and really ask ourselves, ‘were we totally fired up and on point tonight in our urgency?’ And I think we were decent. “Were we good enough?

Maybe not.�

Charley scored both of her goals on Vanderbilt counter attacks. “You get a kid like Simone, who, you know, when she does have a little bit of a chance she wants to come down at the heart of you,� Pensky said. “And certainly she did that twice against us.�

Charley scored her first goal after she managed to get past Tennessee defender Gabby Santorio, who tried to foul Charley on the play.

The officials let the players play on, and Charley escaped the grasp of Santorio before sending a ball flying past goalkeeper Jaime Simmons.

The Lady Vols (7-8-1,

2-5-1 SEC) responded with a nice attack of their own towards the end of the first half after the Vanderbilt goal, which ended in a Hannah Wilkinson header hitting the left post.

It was Wilkinson’s first game action since she went down with a knee injury against Alabama on Sept.

26. The senior forward saw minutes in both halves and wore a brace on her right leg the whole game.

Coach Pensky had nothing to say but praise when discussing the resilience and play of Wilkinson. “If you asked me at noon today what Hannah’s prognosis was for tonight, I would say I don’t think she is going to play,� Pensky said. “She has been in a good place, but then she was feeling a little sore yesterday. But she came out tonight and had a great warm-up, and felt good and her knee felt fine. “I thought she did well.

We put her on the left side to protect her right leg a little bit. She created two or three corners, got some great serves in and almost got on the end of a couple of corner kicks.�

The Lady Vols strung together a couple of nice attacks at the beginning of the second half, but one of the attacks led to a Vanderbilt counter attack where Charlie scored the insurance goal for the Lady Commodores.

Vanderbilt (7-8-1, 2-51) then primarily played defense for the rest of the game, trying to protect their 2-0 lead. While Tennessee hit the post and fired shots at the goal, it failed to produce a goal in the second half.

The Lady Vols must rebound quickly since they travel to Gainesville, Florida, on Friday to play the nationally ranked Gators.

Senior linebacker A.J. Johnson tackles an Ole Miss player at the game in Oxford, Mississippi on Saturday, Oct. 18.

Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon

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continued from Page 1 In total, Tennessee turned the ball over four times, three of which were interceptions from senior quarterback Justin Worley.

Turnovers, however, aren’t the only things that will haunt the Vols when they look back at this contest.

Through the majority of the first half, UT controlled the field position battle, forcing Ole Miss to an average starting position on the 17-yard line through their first seven drives.

In those drives, UT’s defense held the Rebels to just 37 yards and forced six three-and-outs, giving the Vols a shorter field to drive numerous times.

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could put together was a single field goal, marking the second consecutive SEC game that it has failed to score a touchdown. “That always hurts,� Worley said. “We had a short field several times, and we couldn’t do much with it. We have to do a better job of capitalizing. We knew this was going to be a game of field position. They

gave it to us early, and we couldn’t do anything with it.�

The reason for Tennessee’s ineptitude, once again, stemmed from the offensive line’s inability to keep Ole Miss’ front seven at bay.

Not only was Justin Worley sacked seven times, but the Vols were also held to zero yards rushing in the contest.

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The instability forced Jones to rotate new offensive lineman in and out of the lineup, especially after starters Coleman Thomas and Marcus Jackson went out with injuries. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were trying to get the best five out there,â&#x20AC;? Jones said.

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Jones said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m indebted to him for his leadership and his passion to be out there. I think that speaks volumes about him.â&#x20AC;?

The Vols will look to snap their eight-game losing streak to SEC West opponents when they host Alabama on Oct. 25 at either 7:15 or 7:30 p.m.

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Monday, October 20, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

SPORTS

tprovost@vols.utk.edu

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

GRADING THE VOLS

Hosting Alabama, the real show might be in the stands

Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron covered UT’s game in Oxford against Ole Miss on Saturday. He assessed grades for each position based on the group’s performance in the Vols’ 34-3 loss to the Rebels.

Quarterbacks

D+

Running Backs

C-

Wide Receivers

C Offensive Line

F

Defensive Line

B+

Linebackers

B

Secondary

B-

Special Teams

B-

Yes, Justin Worley was sent running for his life again, but that has become the common theme of Tennessee’s season. In the past, however, UT’s senior quarterback was able to somewhat overcome that defensive pressure. Saturday was a different story, though, as Worley threw three interceptions, all of which helped further the Vols chances of winning.

Jalen Hurd managed to rack up 40 yards on 13 carries for the Vols despite having a banged up shoulder. That is where the positives of UT’s rushing attack stopped, though. Literally.

No other running back for Tennessee rushed for positive yards as Derrell Scott and Justus Pickett combined for -2 yards on three carries.

With the Vols offense being at its most inept this season, the wide receivers happened to be the only glimmer of light. Freshman Josh Malone reeled in five catches for 75 yards – both were season-highs – while Von Pearson showed no ill effects of that sprained ankle, also hauling in five receptions.

A 191-yard night from UT’s offense can almost solely fall on the shoulders of the offensive line. The starting five didn’t perform very well, and the performance up front only got worse when starters Coleman Thomas and Marcus Jackson both left with injuries. Jacob Gilliam showed toughness playing through a torn ACL, but he was probably better off staying on the bench, as he was ineffective at right tackle.

Derek Barnett proved once again why he has started every game for the Vols this season.

The freshman recorded a season-high 10 tackles, with four of those being for a loss. Corey Vereen chipped in with the best game of his career, racking up six tackles – 2.5 for loss – and 1.5 sacks.

A.J. Johnson recorded his 22nd career 10-tackle game, which pushed him past the 400 career tackles mark – the fifth Vol to reach that milestone. The senior also added 1.5 sacks, which was his first career multi-sack game. Sophomore Jalen Reeves-Maybin also tacked on nine tackles.

If you take away Emmanuel Moseley’s two-play lapse in coverage that gifted Ole Miss their first touchdown of the game, the Vols secondary played exceptional football once again – allowing only 199 yards through the air. Those two plays, however, proved to be the momentum swing the Rebels needed to run away with the game.

Freshman Aaron Medley converted on his only field goal of the game and senior Matt Darr had an exceptional night punting, averaging 45.6 yards on nine punts. Tennessee’s special teams grade, though, took a significant hit when Evan Berry fumbled a kickoff which allowed Ole Miss to jump out to a 24-3 lead and put the game out of reach.

Week Seven GPA: The Vols earn a football GPA of 2.08 for their performance in a 34-3 loss to Ole Miss.

Cumulative GPA: Through seven games, UT holds a cumulative GPA of 2.71.

David Cobb Senior Sports Columnist (@DavidWCobb)

Though the once great UT-Bama rivalry appears destined for another blowout chapter, the variables surrounding the game could still make it the most entertaining date remaining on the Vols’ schedule.

Leading into the matchup last year, UT referred to Alabama as “the red team” and it would be wise to continue doing so this year if it wants the term “rivalry” to remain associated with the VolsTide matchup.

Head coach Butch Jones explained last year that “the red team” was simply a ploy to help his team avoid the awe and intimidation that comes from hearing the name Alabama.

But then-Tide quarterback AJ McCarron interpreted the gesture as slanderous and used it as motivation in a 45-10 beating of the Vols in Tuscaloosa.

If you can’t beat Alabama, you might as well make them mad.

Make no mistake, UT won’t beat Alabama. Not with this offensive line.

Extra point: If Vol fans accept the reality of what will transpire against Alabama before they enter the stadium, they could still leave feeling better than when they entered.

Saturday will provide the first in-person opportunity for them to thank Lane Kiffin for his headcoaching stint at UT, and doing so should help fans release years of pent-up anger.

Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and athletic director Dave Hart signed an e-mail to students after the Florida game condemning profane chanting as “totally unacceptable.”

Unless Hart and Cheek have some sort of creative anti-cussing marketing campaign up their sleeves for this week, the verbal berating of Kiffin will likely surpass anything heard during the Florida game.

That will be more entertaining than anything that happens on the football field.

OXFORD, Mississippi. – Tennessee better call Alabama “the red team” this week in practice.

Otherwise it will be up to UT fans to shower Lane Kiffin with organized profanity in order to make this week of football in Knoxville remotely interesting.

After scoring four touchdowns against in a 35-32 loss to Georgia on Sept. 27, the Vols’ offense is touchdown-less in its last 31 possessions against SEC competition.

The bumbling wreck needs to make a 180-degree turn and channel the potency it showed against Georgia, or the no-touchdown streak will continue for a third straight SEC game when UT welcomes the Crimson Tide to Neyland Stadium this Saturday night.

After back-to-back bad weeks, Alabama throttled Texas A&M 59-0 on Saturday. The Aggies entered the matchup averaging 44 points per game.

If Nick Saban’s minions are capable of shutting out a team with actual offensive potency, just imagine what they could do to Tennessee’s frail, delicate offense.

UT’s offensive line stands as much of a chance against the Crimson Tide as Robert E. Lee’s rebel troops would against a modern-day nuclear attack.

Defensively, the Vols are plenty capable of holding Alabama at bay like they did with Ole Miss in a 34-3 loss to the Rebels at VaughtHemingway Stadium on Saturday.

But what does it matter unless someone other than kicker Aaron David Cobb is a senior in jourMedley starts scoring points for nalism & electronic media. He can UT? be reached at dcobb3@vols.utk.edu.