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UTK logo gains ‘power’ Statewide UT icon to be replaced by Power T at UTK Hayley Brundige News Editor (@hayleybrundige)

UT Knoxville is making a “powerful” move.

As of Jan. 1, UTK will officially begin the transition from using the statewide UT system icon to the “Power T” logo.

Used by the athletics department since 1964, the Power T will now be applied to all university promotional documents, on-campus signage and other official material.

At the recent “Cheek Speak” town hall meeting, Chancellor Jimmy Cheek

expressed the powerful visual influence of the Power T logo.

“If you hold up one symbol to illustrate the University of Tennessee, what would it be?” Cheek asked. “The Power T.” Cheek credited the Power T symbol for increases in freshman recruitment, stating that the past few years as they have presented the symbol more, freshman enrollment grew from 4,300 to 4,700 students this academic year.

Margie Nichols, Vice Chancellor for Communications, said the switch will not happen immediately, but new structures and materials, like those related to the newly dedicated James H. Haslam

College of Business, will incorporate the Power T. “There’s not enough money to change everything over automatically,” Nichols said.

Before switching the logo, UT administrators did their homework. Using multiple focus groups in Knoxville and Atlanta comprised of students, faculty, alumni and prospective students, they tested the perception of the UT system logo compared to that of the Power T. Logos of UT’s “peers” and “aspirational peers,” like Ohio State University, were also used as points of reference.

A sample of the new UT logo with the Power T and university wordmark.

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Female athletes at higher risk for certain injuries Jenna Butz Arts & Culture Editor

This metal sculpture, titled “Dead Tree: The Birds and Bees,” is one of Danielle Sumler’s art pieces which was showcased at the Ivan Racheff House Tuesday, April 29, 2014 to celebrate National Recycling Month. • Photo Courtesy of Moxley Carmichael

Connectivity drives art student’s Gallery 1010 exhibit not caused by hours of exposure to a computer screen.

Sumler, a senior in art with an unofficial concentration in sculpture and ceramics, had been awake since 8 p.m. the night before putting finishDanielle Sumler walked into The Golden Roast ing touches on her piece debuting at Gallery 1010 Tuesday afternoon with the shell-shocked expresthis Friday. Although this is not Sumler’s first sion typical of students in the aftermath of show, this is her first experience creating a piece midterms. But Sumler’s bloodshot eyes were

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specifically for such an event.

She spoke enthusiastically about how each of her fellow artists brought their own style and interpretation to the medium of ceramics around which the show is centered. The exhibition is titled “Human Connections,” a topic which Sumler identifies with closely as an artist.

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Ally Dunlay injured herself in gymnastics each of the four years she competed in high school.

She never completed a full season.

Suffering intermittently from torn foot ligaments, a broken foot and two ACL tears, the sophomore in nursing spent much of her high school career regaining her strength to try again the next season. Her second tear, though, was the worst and kept her out of the sport her entire senior year.

“You spend your entire life trying to get through your senior year because when you’re a senior, you get a banner and at the state meet, you get recognized,” Dunlay said.

“I didn’t get to fully compete that year.”

Dunlay’s ACL injury is just one of the many examples of women’s sport injuries. Though women often face stigma for engaging in high-risk sports such as gymnastics, rugby and lacrosse, Dr. Rebecca Morgan, sports medicine specialist at the UT Student Health Center, said men and women’s injuries are generally the same.

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Gilliam’s unlikely return provides spark for struggling offensive line Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB)

When Jacob Gilliam trotted into the friendly confines of Neyland Stadium on Aug. 31 for Tennessee’s season-opener against Utah State, the redshirt senior had finally achieved his dream: starting for the Volunteers.

And then, in the blink of an eye, that dream seemingly came to an end as Gilliam laid on the turf clutching at his left knee late in the third quarter.

As Gilliam limped off the field, the

thought of being out for a prolonged period of time never crossed his mind.

“When it first happened, I just thought I hyper-extended my knee and I was going to be fine and that I would just rest the rest of the game,” Gilliam said.

The diagnosis, however, told a different story: Torn ACL. Out for the season.

“I was down for about a hour,” Gilliam said. “Then my family showed up, and we started praying.

Everybody at my church started praying, and I had hundreds of people shout me out on Twitter saying that they were praying for

me. I really feel like that led to some healing.”

The “healing,” though, didn’t just help Gilliam come to terms with his injury. It also helped him develop an idea of returning to the field before the season’s end.

“Probably the day after the injury, he said, `Coach, I will be back,’ and he has kind of willed himself to being back,” Tennessee head coach Butch Jones said. “He was adamant with our team doctors and our trainers, and has done a great job of really following their instructions of rehabilitation and working his way back.”

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Eco-Vols to raise Cheek answers students’ tuition, environmental Florida chant, Top-25 questions awareness on Sustainability Day Assistant News Editor

Altaf Nanavati Contributor Go green or go home.

As part of the campus-wide Sustainability Week, the Office of Sustainability will be showcasing different projects focused on the environment which many local communities are currently adopting, Thursday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Presidential Courtyard.

Elizabeth Boehmer, outreach coordinator for the Office of Sustainability, said she believes this celebration will exhibit the university’s efforts to fully embrace the environmental movement and promote action on campus for improving sustainability.

“Sustainability Day is meant to showcase all of the amazing strides the university has taken to become a leader in sustainability,” Boehmer said. “However, it is also meant to educate the campus community on ways to get involved in sustainability both on and off campus.”

More than 20 different community organizations will be available in their respective booths to answer questions about how they contribute to the sustainability movement as they exhibit projects they have been working on for environmental improvement. Students will have the opportunity to network with these various organizations in attendance.

Brooke McGinley, president of Eco-Vols, an organization which aims to inform students and the general public about sustainable living habits, said EcoVols hopes to raise awareness of

the negative actions affecting the environment through this event.

“We will be informing people on the harmful affects plastic waste is having on wildlife and our environment,” McGinley said. “Eco-Vols will also be handing out reusable bags with our plastic reducing tips on them.”

Students Promoting Environmental Action in Knoxville, a student-run organization working to increase awareness of and create solutions to local, regional and national environmental issues, will be cooking veggie burgers for attendees of the event as they assist the Real Food Challenge team to promote the importance of providing students on campuses with a healthy and ecologically sound food system.

SPEAK will also be giving away free water bottles to encourage students to reduce the negative impact of plastic bottle waste on the environment.

Logan Terheggen, co-president of SPEAK and a junior in chemical engineering, said this event is particularly important and expressed the hope that all students on campus will attend.

“Students should drop by because there will be a variety of vendors there who will meet the needs of any student,” Terheggen said. “It will be a wonderful moment to take a look at both the environmental organizations on campus and in our community.”

The celebration will come to a close with an event entitled “The Green Concert” which will feature the bands Griff’s Room, Tame and the Strange and Staying For The Weekend.

People lined the walls of Room 501 in the Haslam Business Building Tuesday night, filling the room for Chancellor Jimmy Cheek’s annual CheekSpeak Town Hall. As students shuffled around in search of a place to sit with their complimentary pizza, provided by the Office of the Chancellor, Cheek prepared to answer his first, randomly selected student question.

“I look forward to your questions,” Cheek started. “I hope you look forward to my answers.”

Cheek on Opt-In: Cheek confirmed that the amount of students opting in is at about 82 percent. He also stated that the new opt-in process has affected programming by about $125,000.

“We would prefer not to have to go to an opt-in or opt-out program with that particular fee,” Cheek said. “We hope over time that we may not have to continue that program, but right now it’s committed by our board for about a four-year period of time. “ Cheek on Top 25: Cheek started by noting the opening of Fred Brown Hall and the new bridge as part of the movement to become a better university.

“My idea was to benchmark ourselves against the best universities in the country and find out how we do,” he said, citing some improvements from the past five years, like a 12 percent increase

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Nichols said support for the Power T was “overwhelming,” with participants characterizing the logo as full of “passion,

in UT’s four-year graduation rate and a nine percent increase in UT’s six-year graduation rate.

He also noted that the freshman retention rate has increased by three percent.

“That’s what Top 25 is about,” Cheek said. “It’s about becoming a better institution and having some evidence that you’re better.”

“We have a billion dollars worth of construction going on this campus and its going to change the way the University of Tennessee is looked at, it’s going to change the experience that UT students have ... We already have a great student body, what we want to have is all the other things that great universities have in addition to great students … We want to make the University of Tennessee more world-class.”

Cheek on the student section: After the Chancellor sent out an email addressing the student body on Oct. 6, calling chants from the student section during UT’s game versus Florida “unacceptable,” students have expressed an irritation at Cheek for potentially restricting free speech on campus.

“I can’t control (the student section) ... “ Cheek said. “But, what we did at the Florida game does not reflect well on the University of Tennessee.”

He mentioned how head football coach Butch Jones expressed concerns about recruiting after the student section’s chants went live on national television.

“When a parent comes and

tradition and energy.”

“All the things we want to be, the Power T represented,” Nichols said.

The move from the system logo to the Power T acts as a way to differentiate the Knoxville campus from the other UT system schools. Nichols said that UT Chattanooga is also currently discussing a move to a yellow “C” symbol.

“We started discussions with the system about how we dis-

INJURIES continued from Page 1 Depending on the severity of the injury combined with the injured person’s health, the recovery time for these injuries in men and women does not have much variation.

However, Morgan, who also has expertise in managing sportsrelated concussions, does point out women tend to have a higher risk of two types of injuries: overuse injuries and concussions.

Overuse injuries are the result of long-term wear on a particular part of the body. For Dunlay, a combination of overuse of her knee and failure to heal from her first tear led to the second injury.

The basic anatomy of female lower bodies is behind the frequency of these injuries in women, Morgan said.

“The reason we see a lot more knee pain in women is the way that we are built,” Morgan said.

“Our pelvis tends to be a little wider, which means that there’s a little bit of an angle from the thigh bone through the knee to the foot.”

This angular pelvis shape is meant to accommodate childbirth; men’s pelvises, on the other hand, are more upright, which can make them comparatively less prone to injury. A similar story is seen in injuries to the knee.

“Some women have a much more pronounced angle at the knee, others have less of an angle, but that does lend itself to some overuse type knee injuries,” Morgan said. “That’s very common in women.”

Hence, Dunlay’s frequent encounters with knee problems.

While she is now fully recovered physically, mentally Dunlay still feels hesitant about certain moves which could lead to a third tear.

“The scariest part is doing the skill again that you hurt yourself doing, so that’s always the hardest,” Dunlay said. “One of the hardest things for me—I still have problems with it—is favoring my knee. When I tumble, a lot of my tumbling will grow crooked because I’m not putting all my weight on my knee, and it’s not a

says, ‘this is what your fans did, is that typical of Tennessee Volunteers?’ … You’ve got TV’s that are sitting in people’s family rooms and their five year old kid is sitting there, and they hear what they’re saying at the University of Tennessee and they say, ‘is this representative of the University of Tennessee?’

“I understand freedom of speech,” Cheek said, “but I also understand that the reputation of this great university is at stake, and I would hope that we would be welcoming to our opponents.

“I wish we would beat them on the field, but when they walk off the field, I’d like to shake hands with them and say, we are glad you came and we are glad we beat you.”

Cheek on tuition: Cheek audibly groans at the question, and the room fills with laughter at his obvious distaste for the question.

“If the governor were here and the general assembly were here, here’s what I would say to them about that,” Cheek started. “First: we need the state of Tennessee to continue to invest in higher education. We need their partnership and support for higher education.”

Cheek stated that since his arrival on campus six years ago, a third of the state budget for higher education has been cut resulting in an approximate about a $66 million loss. He said the budget for this year is $1.3 billion, and $3.7 million of that budget was covered by the state.

“I want to keep tuition as low as possible,” Cheek said. “I want

tinguish ourselves as a campus, while still being part of the family,” Nichols said.

Rebranding, Nichols said, is something the university has been working on steadily for about four years.

“One of the real issues we have at the University of Tennessee Knoxville is who we are and what represents us,” Cheek said, mentioning that the university is working hard to better its branding and mar-

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as many students to come here and graduate as we can possibly handle. But, we also have to have the revenue necessary to keep the right professors here, to build the right buildings here and do those types of things.”

Cheek on his goal for UT: “I hope all of you in five years, ten years, 15 and 20 years, come back to the campus as proud alumni,” he said. “I hope you stay involved with the University of Tennessee. My greatest hope would be that you go out and lead this university and accomplish great things for yourself ... I hope you go out from this university and be very, very successful.”

Kelsey Keny, SGA President and senior in journalism and electronic media, said it was great to see students take advantage of their Chancellor’s willingness to candidly discuss campus issues.

“We don’t have the chance to do this all the time,” Keny said. “Sometimes we have issues that we are working on, and topics that we’re focused on and initiatives that our organizations are working towards and you always want to hear about how our Chancellor, the top guy, feels about it, and this is an avenue to ask.

“Our administrators are so open to answer questions and provide feedback, we’ve just got to take the initiative to come out and ask them.”

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keting.

Building on the popularity of UT sports with the pervasive Power T will put UT’s research accomplishments and academic endeavors on a national stage.

“It’s a really powerful brand,” Nichols said. “It gets a lot of publicity, so why not take advantage of the power of that brand.”

I guess I’ll never be 100 per“

Bradi Musil

cent comfortable doing everything again.

conscious thing.

“I guess I’ll never be 100 percent comfortable doing everything again.”

Women in sports also face differences in concussions and their prolonged effects. Hannah Zechman, sophomore in journalism and electronic media, joined UT’s women’s rugby club at the beginning of their fall season because of “the chance to learn something new and maybe let out a little aggression.”

“I have never played anything like it,” Zechman said. “It has so many different rules and plays that I found it really interesting to learn about. Also, rugby is a huge networking (opportunity) all around the U.S. and the world.

It is a sport that allows for many connections in different places.”

However, suffering a moderate concussion after being tackled while facing forward illuminated the dangerous realities of playing a contact sport.

“The next day I forgot how to put my shoes on,” Zechman said.

“It was like living in a very confused dream where everything was slurred together and nothing connected or made sense. I had to go to the hospital after forgetting how to start my car and getting lost leaving the UT student clinic.

My school work lagged behind because I had severe problems focusing … There is a solid twoday time period where I barely remember anything.”

Reactions like this are common for women with head injuries. While Morgan admits the exact reason behind the prolonged effects of concussions on women is not entirely known, speculative reasons include the neurobiology of women’s brains and a lack of stronger neck and shoulder muscles to protect the head from jolting as hard during

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collisions.

“Women do, just by the basis of gender, have a little higher risk for having prolonged symptoms of a concussion,” Morgan said.

“There are a lot of factors that go into concussions, like the type of injury and the type or force that causes the injury. It’s not just based on gender, but being a female does give you a little bit higher risk of having more severe symptoms of a concussion.”

Morgan believes that as women continue to break stereotypes and jump into contact sports, injuries will grow to more closely resemble those of men in the same sports. However, in sports like lacrosse where men and women generally play the same, women wear less protective gear than men in the same sport.

“So, there’s some assumptions there that women aren’t going to be as competitive,” Morgan said, “but I don’t think that’s necessarily true.”

Such conventions surrounding women in athletics are a common barrier for women to face, as Zechman saw when she joined the rugby club. Her mother cried when she found out her daughter was joining the team.

“Unfortunately, many people think that these women who play hard contact sports are manly, rough and even monstrous,” Zechman said. “Yes, they are incredibly tough and would gladly show it to any male or female who challenged them, but these ladies are incredible people. The friends I made on the rugby team wanted nothing but the best for me. They are girly, funny and extremely kind hearted.

“Just because they play a contact sport and can kick ass at it doesn’t mean that they are any different from any other woman.”

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

ARTS & CULTURE Around Rocky Top

Senior Ashley Dykes, sophomore Patience Cook and sophomore Meg Landon pour seeds into cups during the Water Walk, where students had the chance to learn about issues regarding water access and health.

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Sophomore Meg Landon pours seeds into a cup for Water Walk during Sustainability Week.

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A penny for your thoughts Tulane classics professor discusses historical currency, Constantine Contributor Nickels and dimes may sit forgotten in your pocket, but those copper coins are historic treasures to Kenneth E. Harl.

Harl, a classics professor from Tulane University, delivered his lecture titled “Make Haste Slowly: Constantine, the Coinage, and the Conversion” at the McClung Museum Auditorium last night for a mixed audience of UT students and the “classically-minded.”

The numismatist, or scholar of currency, from New Orleans prefaced his lecture by stating he had a goal of reconstructing a portrait of Constantine, the man who introduced Christianity as the dominant faith of the West, for the audience.

Though Harl admitted his fascination is more of a “socially acceptable obsession,” his study of coinage after the Constantine’s victory at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312 AD provides a more concrete timeline of an event that lacks detailed documentation.

“If you read some of the texts, they argue that (Constantine) only converted on his deathbed,” classics professor, Aleydis Van de Moortel, said. “That is sort of the standard version, but as an archaeologist, I know that texts can lie.

“Coins don’t lie.”

Van de Moortel, a member of the East Tennessee chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America, selected Harl as one of two lecturers provided

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A s an archaeologist, I know that texts can lie.

‘Coins don’t lie.’

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As a faculty attendee at the lecture, she noted how well Harl captured the “essence” of Constantine and how the iconography displayed in the coins offers an alternate perspective on the emperor’s conversion.

“In archaeology, it’s all about patterns, and he was able to show how the pattern of the coins changed for both the emperor and the ‘protector,’” Van de Moortel said. “Then soon enough, all the coins are about Constantine, not the Roman gods. It was very convincing argument that I had never seen before.”

Harl also noted how such patterns in iconography, like displaying an emperor’s portrait, mimics the heroic style of renowned Western rulers like Caesar Augustus and Alexander the Great.

Harl said this move on Constantine’s behalf was very deliberate and shows a fundamental shift from a pantheon of Roman gods to Christianity as an emerging religion.

For Sierra Moses, sopho-

more in anthropology, the lecture appealed to her interest in the classical period.

“Constantine represents a great shift in Western development and he’s a point of contention for a lot of historians because not everybody understands when he converted,” Moses said. “I wanted to attend the lecture to get a better perspective on the historical point of view of Constantine and, to be honest, I was interested into how the coinage was going to factor into it.”

Moses said she studies ancient cultures and maintains that classical history and currency minted in the ancient Mediterranean still holds weight for Westerners today.

“It is a mark in our society,” she said. “We are still considered the West in the United States and we have been considered the West since Rome divided.

“But it’s relevant to people, especially, because it gives this timeline of what we know, what evidence we have and how we can trace everything back to a certain point.”

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SUMLER continued from Page 1 The personal element in Sumler’s piece is simple. She asked strangers to write their name and a word to describe them on a sheet of paper and then press their thumbprint into clay.

“Each piece has to do with human relationships and interactions,” Sumler explained. “For my piece, I actually had 326 different individuals participate, which is very exciting.”

As an artist, Sumler’s work revolves around the interconnectivity of all aspects of life. She enjoys making a set of seemingly separate objects come together as a whole.

“Even when I’ve done paintings in the past, I liked to make one painting be on several different canvases that all form one image,” Sumler said.

Sally Brogden, a former professor of Sumler’s in ceramics, has seen this theme in Sumler’s work firsthand.

“Danielle’s ideas over the entire last year have revolved around personal transformation,” Brogden said.

Sumler draws inspiration from this theme of transformation whether it is present in paint, every day objects or people. One of her most compelling works involves plastic grocery bags. Sumler brings out the potential in these pieces of “garbage” by pairing them with more traditional art mediums and an eye for hidden beauty.

“I feel like people see their differences a lot more than their similarities and that’s where the desire to communicate that visually comes from,” Sumler said about the people themselves.

A Memphis native, Sumler took her time before settling at UT. She studied first at Union University and at the University of Memphis as a digital media studies major, but she didn’t like the lack of personal connection when creating art virtually.

“I realized pretty quickly that it just wasn’t right for me,” Sumler said, “and it was almost like an identity crisis when I realized ‘What am I going to do?’”

Despite her initial resistance in

pursuing art, Sumler emphasized that she found a home in the UT art department where collaboration and support were offered every step of the way. While it’s still unclear whether she will remain in Knoxville, Sumler feels confident she has found her niche.

In addition to direct artistic inspiration, Sumler draws creative energy from hobbies such as swing dancing. Whenever she can, she goes to the Laurel Theater Wednesday nights. She said the tight-knit community atmosphere present at these lessons ties into Sumler’s theme of connectivity perfectly.

“Everytime I go dance, I don’t necessarily want to make art about dancing, but I think that sense of community you get after you go dancing with people gets me excited about working again,” Sumler happily said.

Despite the lack of sleep, the hours of labor and the sacrifice of time required of an art major, the satisfaction of drawing the eye of a passerby makes this cost worth it for Sumler.

“I just really like trying to get different people involved in art that maybe aren’t normally in that world,” Sumler said.

As Brogden discussed Sumler’s piece for the galley, she said she saw the transformation process in the work.

“I think the idea of her piece is the transformation she’s doing to the clay with the help of others and the transformation they undergo as they are introduced to art,” Brogden said.

For her work on Friday’s piece, Sumler described how by approaching groups of people and asking them to describe themselves in one word she often ended up sitting down and getting to know these strangers.

“Most of the people aren’t artists or don’t consider themselves artists.” Sumler said. “But they went into it really enthusiastic asking, ‘What are you going to do with it?’”

For Sumler, the connectivity shown in her work is also her greatest reward as an artist.

“I think that’s the most exciting thing to me is getting people interested in art that don’t normally consider it or think about it.”

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Ebola is no laughing matter Stained and Confused by

Alexandra Chiasson

When I told my father I wanted to write a piece about the Ebola outbreak, it was obvious he didn’t approve. “Are you sure that’s a good idea?” he asked, his sentiment made clear by the timorous tone of his voice.

My mother had a similar, though slightly more dramatic reaction: “But people are dying! Isn’t it too soon?!” Never have I been shut down so quickly; I was immediately reminded why I don’t ask my parents for column advice.

To be fair, my parents did get me thinking. Is it too soon to joke about something as deadly and scary as the Ebola virus? Is Ebola humor now dictated by an unspoken code of political correctness, or ranked among classic no-no topics like rape, the Holocaust or bombs on planes? Will I jeopardize what little of my integrity still intact if I choose to traipse down the path of moral recklessness for the sake of a snicker?

It’s not that I care much about violating the sensibilities of college students, my primary audience. One glance at the Knoxvillearea Yik Yak discourse reveals that not much is off-limits to my peers when it comes to joking about the taboo and inappropriate.

If I’m being honest, the primary motivation for keeping “Stained and Confused” rated PG is I was planning on putting a link to the column webpage on my LinkedIn profile.

Oh, and ethical responsibility, or whatever.

Generally, Ebola ain’t funny. The rate of survival is very low, and there is no vaccine as of yet. Relief efforts, which might have prevented the spread of the virus, are underfunded and delayed because everybody was too busy dumping buckets of ice water on their heads to notice what was happening in West Africa. Now, I’m not saying Americans don’t care about African people. Wait … actually, that’s exactly what I’m saying.

What is funny, however, is the lunacy which has ensued since the first Ebola cases have been found in the United States. A Harvard School of Public Health survey found that 85 percent of people in this country believe the virus could be spread if a symptomatic person sneezed or coughed on them (it can’t), confirming Americans really don’t know nothin’ ‘bout nothin’. The CDC is frequently scapegoated for all perceived mishandling of Ebola-related issues, but I’m kind of okay with that because I think Director Tom Frieden is really sexy and this means he’s on television looking broody all the time.

Even in light of all this ridiculousness, joking about Ebola can have actual consequences. According to The Huffington Post, one boob from Ohio announced to a crowded casino that he was “gambling to avoid his Ebola-stricken ex-wife,” causing pandemonium amongst his fellow gamblers.

He was charged with a felony. Another bastard thought it would be funny to say “I have Ebola, you are all screwed” after coughing on a plane, and had to be escorted off by a response team in hazmat suits, likely landing him on a no-fly list for a good while.

It’s obvious from rampant fear mongering, Americans’ love for all things dramatic and disgusting, and the fact that “#ebola” is even a thing, that a hemorrhagic fever is not the real pandemic here. The health and wellbeing of United States citizens is threatened only by its own self-destructive senselessness: not the Ebola virus. And that is what’s really funny.

Alexandra Chiasson is a senior in English. She can be reached at achiasso@ vols.utk.edu.

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We need to talk about where to bike Seven Doctors Say by

Jonathan Burkhalter When I’m a pedestrian, I abhor bicyclists, especially those speeding down the walkway, screaming at people to get off of their phones and move out of the way. And when I’m in a car, I call pedestrians and bicyclists more nasty names than the Second Earl of Rochester could come up with. Yet, I usually do ride my bike.

Maybe I’m just a hypocrite, but I think there is something agreeable throughout the student population in this logic. I hear people complain all the time about bicyclists on campus, weaving around pedestrians on sidewalks and zooming down pedestrian walkway (which I will say that pedestrians have the right-a-way; it is in the name after all). Honestly, when I’m on my bike, I hate having to jump up onto ped-walkway to get to HSS or the theatre because of all of the people who suddenly become deer in the headlights.

It’s a mutual relationship of dislike, most-

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road like a normal car, using hands as turn signals and not zooming through stop signs unless there are no cars around. The feeling of immortality which comes with youth is all too thin of a veil when one is hit by a car while on a bike. There really isn’t much there to protect you.

As for cars, remember Knoxville’s laws state bicyclists have every right to the road that you have. They have a right to three feet to each side, about the width of a car, so pass them only when it is safe to. The narrow streets in the Fort are probably not a good place to do so. Share the road.

It really is a great thing to see so many people choosing to bike and enjoying it.

Even if it is a fad, at least it’s a healthy one for us and the environment. Part of the joy of biking is the freedom that comes with it; going from road to sidewalk and using different parts of the environment as ramps and what have you. When biking is used by so many people as a means of transportation in crowded spaces, we need a set place for them to be, just as cars are on the road and pedestrians on the sidewalk.

Jonathan Burkhalter is a senior in history. He can be reached at jburkhal@vols. utk.edu.

Student debt isn’t all that bad Inside and Out by

Katie Grugin College is an expectation in the world we live in today. That expectation comes with a price tag, and as tuition costs get higher, conversation about the exorbitant amount of student debt grows. Given the alternatives though, is (reasonable) debt really all that bad?

I was one of those students who camped out in the guidance office my senior year applying for scholarships. My parents have always drilled into my head that I was expected to pay for my own college experience, and I had better find a way to do so.

To this day, I cringe inside whenever anyone jokes with my parents about how broke they must be with four kids in college, since that was always my responsibility.

I also heard equally as strongly from my peers, my teachers, my parents and any adult personage I ran into that I should not take out loans. “It’s much better,” they said, “to have no obligations when you graduate.”

I was able to get enough scholarships to pay for tuition and room and board, with a little left over for books. However, that assumption of financial stability lasted all of

Timtation Creations • Timothy Brunson

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ly stemming from the miscommunication of not knowing which way to go. While it is great so many people are choosing to bike this semester, we need to come to some sort of understanding as to how to divide up the pedestrian areas. When on the road, bikers need to remember to act like they were in a car, or else someone is going to get hurt soon. Also, I’m really sorry to the girl with the green backpack who I hit a few days ago.

I’m also sorry that I didn’t stop -- I was late to class and you looked like you were fine.

My point here is that we need some ruling. I usually hate the idea of abiding by the rules, but this instance makes sense for everyone’s sake. Let’s say, for example, we come to an understanding that bicyclists are to stay in the center of ped-walkway and pedestrians to the sides. This way, bicyclists have plenty of room to zoom down hills without having to swerve and brake for those pesky pedestrians, and pedestrians won’t have to be terrified when a bike whisks right by them just as they were thinking about taking one step over.

Bicyclists rarely have a need to be on a crowded sidewalk if there is a road next to them. When there isn’t a bike lane (which we really need more of, especially on Volunteer), bikers should ride on the

a semester before the stress set in.

Tuition has gone up by $1,000 since I started at UT. And when you are a high school senior, cost of living isn’t really something you think about. I knew I would have to pay for books, but it never occurred to me how much life can cost. There’s rent, groceries and required outside events. I think I might have spent more on gas money in my time in college than I have on my tuition.

There are also clothes, shoes, backpacks, laptops that break, cars that break and hearts that break, requiring a Cook Out Oreo milkshake. You want adventures?

Have cash. It doesn’t take long to figure out that every dollar I spent was seven and a half minutes of my life I would have to trade at a minimum wage job (because minimum wage is what you get without a college degree).

I could have spent the four (and a half) years here at UT figuring out who I wanted to be and exploring options and extracurricular activities that I could put on a resume in order to get there. Instead, I spent 30 or more hours a week working to pay for everything I needed in order to be a college student, getting good enough grades to get by and using my free time to sleep, do laundry and all those other adult responsibilities.

Heck, I might have even afforded to get A’s in my classes. Every professor will tell you that it takes two studying hours per hour of class to get one. Try fitting that around a full-time work schedule, and you

will find out that A’s are things you have to have money to get. While I was trying to pay to be a college student, I never actually got to be one. Sure, I learned work ethic and personal responsibility, but that doesn’t translate well onto paper. Really, no job I would want cares that I spent 40 hours a week making sandwiches or waiting tables.

Where are my characteristics that indicate passion, drive and leadership?

I graduate this December, almost completely debt free with two degrees. In those years preparing for graduation, I learned a lot. I learned how to live paycheck to paycheck. I learned how to sacrifice personal goals and ambitions for obligations.

I learned how to be overworked, overwhelmed and unnecessarily financially exhausted. I learned how to live within the means of my below the poverty-line income while remaining dependent on my parents for too long, and without learning how to dream beyond my means. I especially learned how to say the words, “No, I can’t do that/be that/go with you to that because I have to work.”

But hey, I’m debt free. Give me a redo button and I’ll pay the interest until the end of time if it means I could spend my time more proactively.

Katie Grugin is a senior in religious studies and psychology. She can be reached at kgrugin@vols.utk.edu.

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The ‘sweather’ outside is frightful Students warm up with sweaters for fall weather As the weather cools on Rocky Top, students have begun trading in their summer t-shirts for warmer options. With winter fast approaching, the best time to wear a striped sweater truly is – you guessed it – all the time. And, as these students demonstrate, keeping the cold at bay offers the perfect opportunity to show off your personal style.

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Thursday, October 23, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

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Final decision on Worley to come ‘later in the week’ Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor (@dsouth16) The Justin Worley mystery continues.

On Wednesday, the Tennessee quarterback, who exited midway through the fourth quarter of last Saturday’s loss to Ole Miss after banging his right shoulder on the ground, appeared to go though quarterback drills without any limitations during the three periods open to the media.

But that effort came after the senior signal caller didn’t throw a pass during Tuesday’s two open practice sessions.

“It’s ongoing, we’re going to have to make a decision later

GILLIAM continued from Page 1 Against all odds, Gilliam did exactly that.

Seven weeks later, he suited up for the Vols when they made the trip to Oxford, Mississippi, and took to the field after starting right tackle Coleman Thomas, who was thrust into the starting role following Gilliam’s injury, left with a left ankle injury.

“I felt pretty good,” Gilliam said. “I felt a little rusty moving out there to right tackle. I’ve played there consistently, but the last place I played was left (tackle), so I felt a little rusty at the position, but my knee felt fine.”

His return, though, didn’t come without any risks.

The Knoxville native said doctors warned him that playing on the injured knee could lead to damaged cartilage and would also increase the chances of tearing or hurting the other ligaments in his knee.

But after one half of action, Gilliam suffered no such setbacks and said he “had a little bit of swelling and no pain” on Sunday.

With one game back under his belt, the 6-foot-4, 297-pound offensive lineman may be asked to shoulder a greater load in UT’s contest against

in the week on Justin’s status,” head coach Butch Jones said Wednesday night on Vol Calls.

“We’ll know a little bit more as the week progresses.”

Following UT’s Wednesday practice at Haslam Field, a similar non-committal status update arrived from his offensive coordinator.

“He continues to progress everyday,” Mike Bajakian said.

Should Worley miss any time this Saturday versus No. 4 Alabama, the signal calling duties would likely fall on the shoulders of backup quarterback Nathan Peterman, who’s thrown for just 39 yard this season.

Peterman has seen action in four of UT’s seven games — he

relieved an injury Worley last Saturday but didn’t attempt a pass, rushing for nine yards on just two carries.

Meanwhile, Josh Dobbs, who hasn’t seen action this season, has been pegged as a possible redshirt candidate, but Bajakian indicated the sophomore signal caller “has always prepared since day one to play when called upon.”

“I’d say, again whether it be injury or just a matter of him being needed,” the Vols’ offensive coordinator said when asked if there’s a scenario where Dobbs could see the field this season.

“We always stress to all of our players — quarterback obviously included — to prepare if you’re the starter. The approach never chang-

Alabama on Saturday, as Thomas has yet to practice this week and is unlikely to play.

In the event of Thomas not being able to go, offensive line coach Don Mahoney said on Wednesday that Gilliam would start for the Vols at right tackle.

And his comeback has proved to be more than just a boost to the offensive line’s depth. It has also provided some inspiration to a offensive unit in the trenches that has been under constant fire throughout the 2014 season.

“His drive to play this game is incredible,” redshirt junior center Mack Crowder said. “It just really motivates the rest of us to see guys like that who really love the game.

“Every time you get on the field with him, you just want to give your all for him.”

As for that tear inside his knee, Gilliam said that a possible offseason surgery to repair the ligament has “yet to be determined.”

Until that time, though, Gilliam is solely focused on finishing out his final days as a Vol. “I’m on a bit of borrowed time, but I feel like every senior is,” Gilliam said. “Everybody’s got so many games your senior year and you’re always fighting for that bowl game.

I feel like I’ve got a second chance out there and I’m going to make the most of it.”

es for them. When you approach day-to-day with an intensity to improve, you never know when your number’s going to get called.

They’ve continued to progress throughout the season too.”

O-line enigma: The Vols’ offensive line situation gained a bit of clarity as redshirt junior left guard Marcus Jackson returned to practice Wednesday during the three periods available to the media. Meanwhile, freshman right tackle Coleman Thomas (ankle) remained a no-show on the practice field for the second consecutive day.

“Right now,” Jones said Wednesday, “I would probably not anticipate (Thomas) playing.”

While Don Mahoney deemed

Jacob Gilliam as the likely right tackle replacement if Thomas can’t go, the Vols’ offensive line coach also indicated that redshirt freshman Brett Kendrick, who subbed in at Ole Miss and started earlier in the season against Arkansas State, could see action this Saturday versus the Crimson Tide.

“Confidence in Brett Kendrick — with again the progress he’s made up to last week and just some of the thing he did in the ballgame — his mental state is really good in terms of understanding what we’re doing,” Mahoney said. “He’s one of the smarter guys in the room and does a good job of that. The confidence in his play has been really good. What he’s been able to do in practice now has got

to translate into the game more.”

Draw it up Mike: While Jones said Monday that play-calling is viewed as a “magical cure” and that — in reality — a negative play isn’t always the result of a bad play call, Bajakian retracted that statement just a tad on Wednesday.

“When they work, it’s a great play call, and when it doesn’t work it’s a bad play call,” Bajakian said.

“You can always look back and reevaluate it. I always evaluate myself pretty harshly and try to see where I could’ve put us in better situations.

“We as coaches are our own worst critics, believe it or not. I know there’s a lot of critics out there, but I’m as hard on myself as anyone else could be.”

SOCCER

Sirna’s final home game for the Lady Vols to be ‘bittersweet’ Jonathan Toye Staff Writer (@JonathanToye1) When the Tennessee women’s soccer team kicks their game off against the Missouri Tigers this Sunday at 4 p.m., Tennessee senior defender and team captain Allie Sirna will step onto the field where she has created so many memories for the last time.

After experiencing four years playing in Regal Soccer Stadium, Sirna will finally have to say farewell on Sunday to all the Tennessee fans who have watched her grow from a freshman learning from the upperclassmen to a senior team leader.

It will definitely be an emotional senior night for the Solon, Ohio native.

“It is bittersweet,” Sirna said.

“I have always looked at senior night as a way to recognize people who have made a huge impact on the team. It is going to be sad, I mean who doesn’t get sad playing their last game at home in front of all your fans for the past four years? But you

know it is also a moment where you can set back and see everything that you have done for Tennessee, and be able to have people cheer for you.

“It is definitely going to be bittersweet and I am going to be sad, that is an emotion you can’t avoid. But at the same time, I want to go out happy as well.”

Sirna will not be the only emotional person on the field Sunday.

In fact, Tennessee head soccer coach Brian Pensky admitted he has been dreading Sirna’s senior night for two years.

“It is going to be a very sad day because there are certain players you have in your program, and I knew this as a sophomore, that when they are younger, you kind of fear, or don’t look forward to the day they are finished in your program,” Pensky said. “Because they are so good, so dependable, and they are such great people.

“She is one of those kids that I clearly remember her sophomore years being thankful for, ‘okay good, two more years of Allie Sirna. Two more years with that kid in your back line and

that kid leading your team’ and Sunday means that it is over.”

But what made Sirna initially decide to spend her four years of college playing soccer for the Tennessee women’s soccer team – a team where she has made tremendous contributions both on and off the field?

According to Sirna, the decision to play for UT was a matter of being different from her teammates on her club soccer team in Ohio.

“I think I wanted to get away, a lot of my club teammates were going to schools in Ohio,” Sirna said. “I just wanted to be different and then when I heard that Tennessee was looking at me, I came and instantly fell in love with the campus.”

Sirna is the anchor in Tennessee’s backline and while she may not be the player to score the winning goal for the Lady Vols, she makes certain the opposing team has very few opportunities to score goals against Tennessee.

Sirna has started in each of the 79 games that she has played

in her Tennessee career and has had very few opportunities to rest during those games as she has clocked in 7,246 minutes of playing time while wearing a Lady Vol uniform.

While coach Pensky acknowledged Sirna’s importance to the Lady Volunteer soccer program on the field, he also discussed what type of teammate Sirna was off the field.

“She is an unbelievable teammate to everybody,” Pensky said.

“Whether it is the best player on team or the kid who gets no minutes, she treats everybody like gold. That is where Allie is unique and special.”

And as her long career at Tennessee is winding to a close, Sirna maintains she must just keep her focus on the next task at hand.

“You just got to take it one game at a time, I can’t think about it possibly being my last three games,” Sirna said. “You just have to give everything for the game in front of you and then hope you get the best results you want.”