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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Issue 43, Volume 124
Novice writers showcased by Phoenix
Local groups speak for Disability Week
Claire Dodson Arts & Culture Editor From Homer to audiobooks, storytelling has deep ties to oral tradition. At Monday night’s Phoenix Showcase, writers had the chance to take part in this tradition and give their work a life apart from the pages of the Phoenix Literary Arts Magazine. The reading featured three writers published in the latest edition of the Phoenix – Erik Schiller, May 2015 graduate in anthropology and English, Alicia Wetherington, May 2015 graduate in interior design, and Melodi Erdogan, sophomore in journalism and electronic media. Held in the Mary Greer Room in Hodges Library, the cozy setting and windowed walls created an atmosphere that was ripe for the bringing together of an artistic community. “Last year, we were in a big room and there were less people,” Shelby Stringfield, editor-in-chief of the Phoenix and junior in English, said. “This year it was much more intimate.” Wetherington, who read from her short story “Hackers Anonymous,” had never read her work to an audience apart from family and friends. However, this didn’t stop her from reading with confidence gained from years of reading and being read aloud to by her family. “As long as I pictured my sisters in the audience listening to me, I was fine,” Wetherington said. “We read aloud at home all the time, and I listen to a lot of audiobooks, so I just imitate what I hear.” For Schiller, who read a poem entitled “To the Spirit of a Story That Was Never Told,” the guidance of his poetry teacher pushed him to get into poetry writing. “I hadn’t really taken a stab at poetry before,” Schiller said. “It’s been interesting and fun and definitely very gratifying to see my work in print.” The event also gave the writers the chance to talk about their editing and writing processes. “I’ll sit and rework sentence structure for hours,” Wetherington said. “It’s ridiculous and I need to get a life.” Schiller’s process was the polar opposite of Wetherington’s. “I think the biggest thing I’ve learned is just to sit down and write it, whether it’s crap or not,” Schiller said. “My poem is about how you deal with ennui and how poetry channels those thoughts and makes it productive.” See PHOENIX on Page 2
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Patrick Jones, a three-year member of the break dance club, practices in front of McClung Tower Tuesday. The club’s practice space varies, and often times, the public spaces negatively affect the club’s ability to focus and learn new moves.
Campus dancers bust a move Cortney Roark Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Break dancing is full of diversity that thrives across various cultures. UT’s Break Dance Club is trying to make sure this culture is prevalent on campus. Break dancing is unlike any other art form and can sometimes create negative attitudes that seem to take away from the art form, according to club president Jianyin Roachell. The club struggled to become recognized as an actual organization until two years ago.
“When people are trying to learn, they’re often out of their comfort zone and often times the places (we practice) are very public,” said Jones, a graduate student in biomedical. “The privacy of being somewhere and learning something new allows them to learn better and not get distracted. “We have to practice where we can.” Jones said when the club was recognized officially, an increase in the club’s performance opportunities followed. Last year, the club won second place in the International Dance
Competition hosted by the I-House and hopes to take home the first place title this November. Azsha Treanor, freshman in public relations and marketing, has seen the club perform and visits practice on occasion. “It’s very impressive to watch,” Treanor said. “They’re not just doing ballet. They’re doing everything, so the amount of control they have to have to be able to move everything is incredible.” See BREAK DANCING on Page 5
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Barefoot Benefit UT distance runner races takes steps for through health challenges less fortunate David Cobb
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Samantha Smoak Online Editor It’s not just another class project. Seven students from the College of Business Administration organized the fourth annual Barefoot Benefit as part of an independent study class. All proceeds will be donated to Samaritan’s Place, which provides emergency housing for the elderly and the poor in the area. In addition to the race, the event will also feature live music and fall activities. Casey Fitzgerald, a senior in marketing and the chief executive officer of the project, said working on the project has brought academia to life through experiential learning. “This has been the most beneficial class and project I’ve ever worked on,” Fitzgerald said. “It has taken the lessons I have learned in the classroom and made me implement them into real
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“An issue is that a lot of traditional advisors don’t see it as a form of art,” Roachell said. “They associate it with gangs and things like that so that was an issue back then. But it’s more than that. It’s an art form and a form of expression.” Patrick Jones, a three-year member, said the club has not been granted access to a designated practice spot, so practices are held in public outside of McClung Tower or inside the Arts and Architecture Building. This can sometimes take away from the group’s progress in learning.
Going to dinner, to work or even to class. In the absence of accessible accommodations, such seemingly simple tasks pose difficulty for a person with a disability. Monday night kicked off UT’s second annual Disability Awareness Week. Spearheaded by president and founder of the Campus Disability Advocates, Lindsay Lee, a senior in mathematics and Spanish, the idea for Disability Week emerged two years ago. “We wanted to do something big to really kick-start our organization,” Lee said. “I was inspired by other ‘weeks’ that other minority groups had.” The week of events began with a showcase of Knoxville’s different disability organizations. Several organizations, including Community Action Committee Transit, Disability Law and Advocacy Center and the Disability Resource Center, came to the International House to discuss disability services throughout campus and the city of Knoxville.
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life situations. It’s taught me hands-on professionalism, networking, business analytics, accounting, business development, fundraising – every aspect of a business that is discussed in my business classes is put to use in real life with the Barefoot Benefit.” Elizabeth Duffey, a senior in marketing and vice president of marketing for the Barefoot Benefit, said she wants students and the Knoxville community to recognize Barefoot Benefit as more than an assignment. “I know I’ve had a couple of people ask me, ‘Oh is this a project you’re doing,’ and I’m like, ‘No, it’s an event we are putting on,’” Duffey said. “So I think that’s something we want to get out is that this is something we want students to be a part of and have them be involved with … in like a community thing.” See BAREFOOT on Page 3
Five years ago, doctors told Kelsey Kane she would not run competitively again. Looking back on it now, that prognosis proved to be all she needed. Kane, a sixth-year distance runner at UT, is preparing for the SEC Championships on Nov. 1. in Gainesville, Fla., and without the continued renewal of those voices in her memory, her motivation would come from a different source. “Some people told me that I wasn’t going to run again and that even if I did, there was no way I was going to be able to compete on this level,” Kane said Monday in an interview with a UT journalism class. “So even still, sometimes during hard workouts or races, the naysayers are in my mind, because I still want to prove them wrong and do better every year.” Within weeks of entering UT as freshman in the fall of 2008, Kane – a graduate of West High School in Knoxville – became afflicted with compartment syndrome, a condition that prevented her calf muscles from properly
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Kelsey Kane runs during the 47th annual Sea Ray Relays on April 12. expanding. It is a condition that can restrict blood flow and damage nerves. Compartment syndrome is also painful, especially for someone who relies on the affected muscles. “I was in tears after a 10-minute run,” Kane said. In the end, she decided the only thing more painful would be to let the condition win. With the support of her mother, Missy Kane Bemiller, a former Olympian and UT cross country coach, and her stepfather, Jim Bemiller, a
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former UT pole vaulting coach, Kane elected to have surgery. In the three weeks following the operation, Kane found herself in a wheelchair. She chose to stay at home as opposed to her assigned residence hall of Massey Hall. “I needed some ‘why me’ self-pity for a little bit,” Kane said. “I think it was good to get that out. So I just did that there, away from everyone else.” See KELSEY KANE on Page 6