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Campus police release updated crime report Contributor

Data can tell a story, and the recently released Annual Security and Fire Safety Report weaves the tale of last year’s campus crime.

State and federal law requires the University of Tennessee Police Department, and all other police forces in Tennessee, to collect statistics about criminal activity and reports in its area and release them to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. UTPD also condenses its data into handbooks available to students and Knoxville residents, which details departmental policies and data from the previous three years (not including the year of publication).

This year’s UTPD crime report

included three new categories for classifying crimes which occurred on or nearby campus: dating violence, domestic violence and stalking.

The report notes two counts of domestic violence, no reports of dating violence and four counts of stalking in 2013.

“There’s one thing about statistics that you can count on,” said Troy Lane, UTPD chief of police. “It’s that they’re always going to change.”

As UT has placed more emphasis on raising awareness of sexual assault issues and providing resources for victims in the past year, Lane said

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he expected the number of reported Emily Simerly, UTPD deputy incidents in those categories to rise. chief, said increases in reporting for these kinds of crimes can also be credited to an increase in training for campus security authorities, a requirement under the Clery Act. This category of enforcement includes deans, teachers and any -Troy Lane faculty members with the responsibly of maintaining a safe environment on campus, requiring them to report He noted, however, the increase in any misconduct in violation with the these reported crimes does not indi- Clery Act or any other serious crime cate these crimes are actually occur- they witness on campus.

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you can count on. It’s that they ’re always going to change.

Sexual Misconduct and Relationship Violence Task Force’s dedication to improving campus policies when dealing with sexual misconduct cases could result in more cases reported as well, and is crucial, she says, to improving the atmosphere surrounding sexual misconduct on campus.

“I believe review of current policy and input for future policy by a variety of concerned parties is ideal,” Simerly said.

Sexual assault isn’t the only crime affecting UT’s campus.

In 2013, there were 73 recorded drug law arrests, 44 more than were reported in 2012. The 2013 report also showed 470 liquor violations, 219 fewer reports than are shown in the 2012 report.

See CRIME REPORT on Page 3

UT ‘trailblazer’ opens diversitythemed lecture series

Student artist not interested in ‘starving’

Hannah Marley Staff Writer “ We ’ r e sorry, but we don’t accept Negroes.”

T h at ’s what Theotis Robinson, the first A f r i c a n - • Theotis Robinson American student to attend UT, was told when he applied for admission to the university in 1960.

Robinson spoke in the Hodges Auditorium on Wednesday afternoon about the challenges he faced as an African-American student during the Civil Rights Movement as well as the importance of remembering people in the past who paved the way for future success. Sponsored by the UT Office of Diversity and the Commission for Blacks, Robinson’s lecture was the first lecture of the “Trailblazer Series,” which showcases prominent African-Americans associated with UT. “I grew up in an era when change was coming,” Robinson said. “Things were changing across the country and in the Southland.”

For many AfricanAmericans in Knoxville, these changes included lunch counter sit-ins and movie theater stand-ins.

Jessica Vande’s piece “Family Historian,” a grouping of ceramic pieces, sits in the corner of Gallery 1010.

Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

Hannah Moulton Copy Editor (@Hannah_Moulton) Jessica Vande wants to make art.

She also wants to eat.

Vande, a senior double majoring in psychology and art, would rather have a career once she graduates and use her money to invest in her art and helping others therapeutically.

“Even though I like art, I also like to have money and eat,” Vande

said.

This mindset, Vande said, is something that is frowned upon amongst her peers and mentors.

Vande experienced bias in the classroom when a few of her professors discovered she had chosen to double major.

“You have to hide the fact that you aren’t going to go into the art world after you graduate,” Vande said. “You want to be taken seriously; like your work, you don’t want to be a joke.”

Vande said she believes the art

world should not be segregated from the rest of the world and that psychology is important in viewing the world in an artistic view.

“A lot of artists, they start going around dealing with philosophy and how we experience things, so it’s all integrated,” Vande said. “Art is art, no matter what, because there is human intention in it.”

The bias Vande has experienced, however, has not slowed her artistic process. Vande was chosen to be one of four students to showcase their artwork at Gallery

1010 tonight.

Vande’s showcase will feature 20 coil-built, ceramic pillars, each ranging in size from 10 inches to four feet. The pillars, Vande says, represent a family member. The smaller pillars represent Vande’s family members who have passed away and will have dates on top. For the taller pillars, Vande inscribed some of their memories and pictures of different stories they would tell.

See VANDE on Page 7

See TRAILBLAZERS on Page 5

DeShields ‘enjoying’ time at UT, begins recovering for 2015-16 season Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer (@PatrickMacCoon) This offseason, the Lady Vols basketball team received one of the biggest acquisitions it could possibly imagine as Diamond DeShields decided to transfer to the eight-time national championship program that’s rooted deep within her

family.

Now that she has settled down at Tennessee, the former ESPNW National Player of the Year has felt right at home at a school where her mother, Tisha, was an All-American track and field athlete in the early ‘90s.

“I’ve really enjoyed my time here so far, especially seeing that it was one of my life long goals to be a Lady

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Vol,” DeShields said while talking to the Knoxville media for the first time Thursday. “I’m happy to be here with the girls, and they’ve done a great job of taking me in and making me feel welcome.”

Even today, DeShields still remembers making a special trip to ThompsonBoling Arena as a young player– an experience which left quite an impression.

“I remember specifically when Candace (Parker) was here and they played the U.S. Olympic team,” she said. “I wanted to do that and play the Olympic team on this floor. I don’t know if it will happen or not, but I thought that was one of the coolest things to see.”

While she won’t be able to play in the upcoming 2014-15 season, due to the Division-I transfer rule rendering

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her ineligible to play, she will spend this season cheering on her teammates and regaining full health.

The former UNC standout is currently recovering from a leg injury, which she said held her to about 75 percent of her full ability last season.

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DISPATCHES Canadian gunman may have had collaborators It has been announced the gunman who killed an army reservist in the Canadian capital of Ottawa on Wednesday acted alone. New information suggests, however, that Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, who has been identified as the shooter behind a deadly ambush on the military guard and a shooting inside Parliament, may have had collaborators. Many speculate that the shooting is tied to the gunman’s affiliation with radicalism inspired by the Islamic State extremist group.

The shooter, killed by gunfire Wednesday in the House of Commons, had been staying at a homeless shelter only minutes away for a period of time and had sought, along with two other men at the shelter, to obtain a vehicle. Ottawa Chief of Police Charles Bordeleau said a search of the city’s downtown had not revealed any signs of accomplices to the gunman.

Athletic scandal at UNC

Ebola vaccine now being tested

Possible Ebola case in N.Y.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill allowed thousands of student athletes to take fake “paper classes” and be funneled through academic programs to keep them eligible to play for the university, according to an independent report released Wednesday.

Kenneth Wainstein, the author of the report and former federal prosecutor, has invested the university for the past eight months, however this issue came to light nearly five years ago.

So far in the investigation, four employees have been fired and five more disciplined for their role in the 18-year process of allowing special treatment for athletes.

The report estimates that at least 3,100 students took the paper classes, but the figure “very likely falls far short of the true number.”

An Ebola vaccine was created nearly a decade ago, but promises of human testing for the drug were never fulfilled. Invented by scientists from Canada and the U.S., the vaccine was found to be 100 percent effective in protecting monkeys against the Ebola virus. The results of these animal tests were published in a well-respected journal, and plans to test the medicine on humans within the two years were made. Instead, the vaccine sat on a shelf. With nearly 5,000 people now dead from the virus and an epidemic raging out of control in West Africa, the vaccine is finally undergoing the most basic safety tests in humans.

The development of the vaccine was stalled due to the relative rarity of Ebola outbreaks, which, historically, had only infected a few hundred people at one time. However, experts also acknowledge the lack of follow-up on such a promising new drug reflects a broader failure to produce medicines and vaccines for diseases that afflict poor countries.

A Doctors Without Borders physician who returned from West Africa 10 days ago is currently being isolated and tested for the Ebola Virus at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan. The unidentified, 33-year-old physician, was taken to the New York hospital Thursday morning after developing symptoms like a fever, nausea, pain and fatigue Wednesday night.

Official reports said it appeared the doctor had not quarantined himself following his return and has been out in public since arriving in the U.S. Authorities are also considering quarantining his girlfriend.

Preliminary test results can be expected Friday, according to a statement from the New York State Department of Health.

Tuesday evening, Chancellor Jimmy Cheek met with students in a town-hall style event to address some of the UT’s most pressing concerns. Tackling topics such as Top 25, chants against Florida and UT’s new logo, Cheek offered his thoughts on a variety of topics.

Around Rocky Top

Rilwan Balogun @coolru Buildings don’t solve problems “@idealisticannie: Cheek says biggest opportunity for improvement is in infrastructure. #CheekSpeak” Rachelle Anne Blake @rachelle_blake @UTKSGA #CheekSpeak Why is a new logo being implemented at this point in time and how much will it cost the University? It seems unnecessary Preston Mitchell @p_mitchell1 “We need the State of Tennessee to invest in higher education.” @UTKnoxville #CheekSpeak Laura Beth Hirt @yoplait39 “We’ve spend a great amount of time in the past few weeks on the [Ebola] issue.” -JimmyCheek #CheekSpeak

Blake Everett, sophomore, carries his roommate’s cat, Nectar, around campus on Thursday. “He’s trouble,” Everett said.

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S.P.E.A.K. aims to cultivate enthusiasm for environment Bradi Musil

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At the close of Sustainability Week, members of the environmental organization Students Promoting Environmental Action in Knoxville speak about the importance of staying “pumped” about environmental consciousness.

“In the spirit of thinking globally and acting locally, we aim to build a community of leaders who act on stewardship and sustainability,” said Jessica Murphy, S.P.E.A.K. co-president and junior in environmental studies.

Since 1993, S.P.E.A.K. has been a student-run organization working to increase awareness of local, regional and national environmental issues on campus while generating creative solutions to those issues. To accomplish this goal, students in S.P.E.A.K. collaborate with community-based environmental organizations and movements to spread sustainable ideas on campus and around Knoxville.

Jesse Farber-Eger, sophomore in environmental sociology and media relations spokesperson for S.P.E.A.K., noted that Sustainability Week and all of S.P.E.A.K.’s events are primarily aimed at increasing awareness.

“We always try to inform people of the state of environmental affairs and how society affects the environment,” Farber-Eger said.

“Anything that has to do with energy or food or environment, we want to make that information accessible.”

Every year, S.P.E.A.K. chooses a central theme to spotlight in their events and programming.

In the past, it has focused on the TN Bottle Bill, The Keystone XL Pipeline, improving recycling in Knoxville and addressing water resource issues.

In 2013, about 30 S.P.E.A.K. members attended a climate rally in Washington, D.C., to protest the Keystone XL Pipeline along-

CRIME REPORT continued from Page 1 Lane noted the rise in drug law arrests reflects a change in how that crime is handled, which took place over the last two years. Previously, these cases were handled by University Housing if the crimes occurred in a residence hall. Then, they were generally deferred to a different department, like the Knoxville Police Department. However, new policies place drug-related

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side 40,000 other environmentalists from around the world.

Murphy said “big name” environmental speakers came out to encourage environmental action to the huge crowd gathered in front of the Washington Monument right before they marched to the White House.

“It was just really powerful,” Murphy said. “We were chanting and talking to a lot of people around the nation who were there for the same reasons we were. … That was very exciting and a great opportunity for students both new to the environmental movement and experienced environmentalists to be part of something much bigger than our campus organization.”

Murphy noted that those experiences can be hard to bring back to campus, where many are apathetic to the environmental issues.

“We go to these conferences and it gets you really pumped up about these issues, but then you come back and no one else is really as excited as you are,” she said, mentioning that members who attended conferences and rallies are asked to recount their experiences at Monday meetings to keep those issues relevant on members minds.

In an effort to keep the energy and enthusiasm for sustainability up, S.P.E.A.K. attends one conference focused on environmental action and awareness a semester. In the spring, they will be attending the Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference at North Carolina State University.

Farber-Eger attended a similar national conference last year in Pittsburgh and said the experience was “amazing” and another example of the opportunities that being involved with S.P.E.A.K. provides.

“There’s just a lot of opportunities that you wouldn’t otherwise have, and (S.P.E.A.K.) really helps to lender more of those experiences,” he said. “We all got to go basically for free and it was this major national event all because we are student activities

for Tennessee ... I’m very thankful for that.”

This year, S.P.E.A.K. will work to improve community relationships and involvement by inviting members form environmental organizations around Knoxville to attend its meetings. So far, they have brought in representatives from the Real Food Challenge, the Food Policy Council, the Nuclear Engineering Society and Project V.E.G.G.I.E. among others.

Farber-Eger noted the importance of collaborating with these local organizations to accomplish a greater goal of promoting environmental awareness and action.

“It’s important because we are all after the same general goal: promoting sustainability and environmental activism and awareness in Knoxville.” FarberEger said. “It just makes perfect sense to get involved with these local organizations and build up our number and our movement.”

Farber-Eger mirrored Murphy’s concerns about reaching out to students on campus who might be too distracted to stay in-tune with global atmospheric issues.

“The biggest challenge is really getting people to care,” FarberEger said. “It’s a big school and everyone’s focused on getting their wok done and football …

They’re more interested in different things and it can be a challenge.”

However, Murphy said she ultimately hopes local groups and organizations like S.P.E.A.K. can show students and community members why putting an emphasis on environment issues matters.

“Environmental issues affect all of us,” she said. “A lot of students aren’t aware of these issues or don’t want to be aware of them, so organizations like S.P.E.A.K. really bring them home and make them real.”

S.P.E.A.K. meets every Monday at 8 p.m. in Room 225 Logan Terheggen, S.P.E.A.K. co-president, grills veggie burgers during the Sustainability Day in the university center. If you activities Thursday. Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon would like to be added to the email list, contact Murphy at pgv491@vols.utk.edu.

offenses in UTPD’s hands.

Lane also said reports of drinking-related violations have decreased due to his own personal mission of curbing alcohol on campus.

“Nearly all two-person crimes involve alcohol,” he said, mentioning how cracking down on alcohol violations on campus could result in decreased reports of other crimes as well.

Lane said he has established a multifaceted approach to enforcement that protects the students while also educat-

ing them. This strategy balances outreach, enforcement, communication and education to ensure an effective, campus police force.

“At the end of the day, this is an educational institution,” Lane said. “I want people to enjoy themselves here and have fond memories of it, but I don’t want that to be ruined because they were the victim of crime here.”

To read the 2013 crime report, visit http://utpolice. utk.edu/files/2014/09/ASRFINAL-2014.pdf.

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Friday, October 24, 2014 Editor-in-Chief

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Kiffin doesn’t deserve a chant Vol Street Journal by

Rob Graham

The stock market has become a launching point for movies, TV shows and Ivy League graduates’ drug habits. Today, in The Vol Street Journal, we will take a look at the different markets that make up our campus and using pinpoint accurate analysis, track rather you should buy, sell or hold the “stocks” that make up your campus portfolio.

BUY Kiffin walking out to silence: In an earlier edition of The Vol Street Journal, I let emotion get the better of me and wanted Kiffin’s first trip back to Knoxville to be a three-ring circus full of signs, videos and other creative ways to make his trip to UT as miserable as living in Tuscaloosa. The only problem? A three-ring circus level of attention is the only thing Kiffin loves more than getting fired from head coaching roles (narrowly beating out visors and short-sighted naming of children). Not only Lane, but Layla too; as evident by her clear outcry for attention on Twitter this past week.

Come on, we all know they don’t have Internet access in Alabama yet, you’re not fooling anyone, you “Dancing with the Stars” reject. In fact, part of me regrets even using their names this many times in an article. The point is, I would now like to backtrack from my previous market call in light of new information: Butch Jones.

Butch Jones gets plenty of praise around the country from Tennessee fans, but even more impressive, from other SEC teams’ fans as well.

His integrity is evident. He is an impassioned leader and has a clear vision for where Tennessee football is heading. I’m asking you not to chant or yell at Kiffin; not because administration doesn’t want us to, or even because it would just feed Kiffin’s ego, I’m buying the silence because our field general, Butch Jones, is trying to help Tennessee win, and this distraction conflicts with that goal.

In a meeting held Sunday night, Butch revealed that the student section’s chanting of the F-word against Florida was filmed and distributed to our recruits’ mothers and grandmothers. Florida football is on the clear decline, and I guess they want some teams to keep them company other than Vandy. If not yelling at Kiffin is going to help us land some of the huge recruits we have visiting this weekend (William Sweet, Bryce Love and Ryan Newsome), then I’m not yelling. If wearing a dress and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance backwards would help us land these recruits, then someone get me a blue one that matches my eyes.

Butch said don’t, so I’m buying the silence. If you’re one of the over two dozen people that read this article, I hope you consider joining me.

SELL College of Business Administration promotional items: A $50 million landmark gift was announced for the newly named Haslam College of Business. This is fantastic for the college and the university as a whole; the only downside is what to do with all the T-shirts, cups and other promotional items that have the old name on them? Clear your portfolio of any “College of Business Administration” items as the value will just continue to drop. Many rumors surround Associate Dean Lane Morris starting a rival college in staff lot nine utilizing the old name; where instead of marketing, management and accounting -- chipping, putting and driving will make up the major portions of the curriculum. Make sure to check back in case of a future buy call, as many business majors may flock to this college instead and google the answers they need once hired.

Rob Graham is a senior in accounting and can be reached at rgraha12@vols.utk.edu, although upon completion of this article was awarded a journalism degree from The University of Alabama.

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High school doesn’t matter Untitled by

Grayson Hawkins Last year, college began with an unfamiliar feel for me.

To prove my point, in Psych 101 we went over a well-known phenomenon dubbed “deindividuation.” When a person is taken away and placed into an unfamiliar environment, atypical behavior generally occurs. Here I was, placed in an academic setting where literally every type of person exists. No one I know, or rather no one I knew, followed me to UT. I was completely alone on a campus teeming with social groups and activities never before available to me. I was assigned a number (now memorized), and basically given a list of classes I had to attend. This was where I was meant to be.

In the following months to come, it’s not so much that my behavior was atypical, or any different than the way I’d been acting

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I just shot Blake a look across this library booth, making sure he was enjoying this study session as much as I was. I’ve also got my relationship, something I’d be rather dry and stale without (although my mother would argue that it’s something I don’t have time for. I love you, Mom).

Heck, let’s throw in 30 hours a week at a job I love … just to fill out my schedule.

God forbid I find myself bored this semester.

Everything I’ve mentioned has and continues to culminate together to bring me the “college experience,” the one part of my youth that truly matters. I encourage everyone to get out of their comfort zone and really explore the “social construct” of UT. Yes, we still have cliques, and yes, we still have kids who think they’re “popular,” but we also have genuine people who will help take the edge off of the stress which often accompanies college.

My life is my ship, I am my captain, and time is my ocean.

Grayson Hawkins is a sophomore in chemistry and English. He can be reached at ghawkin4@vols.utk.edu.

Lost in translation Turn of Phrase by

Sarah Hagaman The blank look on the waiter’s face in the Parisian café told me everything I needed to know.

Paris had been an absolute dream.

The wide avenues brimmed with languid Parisians. The cafes spilled into the streets.

The Seine drifted by, lined with aspiring artists from around the world.

I loved everything about Paris, but there was one problem—I couldn’t speak a single word of French. I walked the city in a total silence, except for the times I chatted with fellow Americans.

This silence proved frustrating, but one morning, I spotted an opportunity to attempt to take a chink out of the language barrier.

In a stroke of extreme confidence, I had attempted to order a cup of coffee in a halting string of French words. “je … um, can I … un café?”

My linguistic efforts resulted in a blank stare; my cheeks turned pink, and I hastily ordered in English. My brother barely concealed his laughter and added to my defeated pride.

A failure to communicate, in the deepest sense of the term.

Communication and its quality prove absolutely fundamental to the course of humanity. From spoken word to sideways glances to sassy hair flips, almost every action possesses a communicative ability.

At the deepest level, humans desire to be known and accepted; effective communica-

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for the past five years for that matter. It’s just that the situations and encounters I’ve experienced here have been completely alien in nature to me. I was an a(lmost) dult, talking with people who were also “on their own” for the first time, and I made jokes and memories with these people in ways that I’d never done before.

Being limited to a small-town high school and its cliques/social structure was a terrible experience overall. It’s no mystery why I wanted to “find myself” when I was 16; I hadn’t been placed in such a wonderful social construct as UT before. Before college, I had thought my personality was solidified from my past environments, but come on. Even the driest rock in a rainforest is still just a piece of wet clay.

By now, I’ve been in the college grind for over a year. I’ve also been molded and shaped, mostly by myself but also by others (close friends, total strangers, et al.), until I’ve finally come to a shape I’ve deemed appropriate for this time in my life. I am Grayson. I lead a double life. Studious and stressed out student by day, and tired, studious, stressed out student by night. It’s not that I don’t enjoy my time, however.

tion allows us to understand others, and also for others to understand us.

Travelling abroad results in obvious language barriers. Stepping on a plane to other parts of the world awakens people to a harsh realization—most verbal meanings we’ve carefully cultivated throughout our lives can be voided with a simple change in location. Asking basic questions, like where to find a restaurant or a metro, turn into comical pantomimes; our vocabularies are reduced to single phrases (“BATH-room?

No, no, the bATh-ROOM”).

Aside from the broader categories of language (such as English, French and Spanish), consider the differences in dialects within a language. Two Americans could speak a profoundly different version of English based on their region, such as Bostonians or southern Alabamans. Soda or Coke? Tennis shoes or sneakers? Goose bumps or chill bumps?

Our specific languages are further personalized; every person possesses an extraordinary ability to communicate with the people around him or her in highly unique ways.

Families often form a special language, one cultivated over several decades of shared experiences, impressions and a unique vocabulary. Visitors of my house often notice my family’s particular camaraderie and brand of humor.

Two people, even, possess an incredible ability to have a special language.

Twins often “sense” the other’s thoughts or feelings, and life-long friends cultivate the same ability over long periods of time.

Romantically involved couples, in particular, develop a unique language; often the levels of communication determine the strength of their bond.

This incredible ability, however, does

not come without its complications.

Miscommunications can have seemingly unimportant consequences; botching a coffee order mostly embarrasses me, but otherwise remains somewhat unimportant. Yet the inability for two or more people to communicate effectively can have unexpectedly enormous implications for mankind.

For example, poor communication between medical personnel can lose a patient’s life.

The lack of communication between a distant parent and a child can result in distance and estrangement.

A professor incapable of teaching fundamental concepts to students hinders their understanding of a subject.

Poor communication between a couple can often result in negative assumptions and emotional distance.

When reduced to the barest elements, many problems and disagreements are a direct result of poor communication or understanding between people. An incredible variety of issues arise from the inability for a person to express him or herself in an effective way. From a head nod to a whisper, people constantly communicate to varying degrees with the people around them. The potential for connectivity is endless—yet, when not handled with care, miscommunication can create disastrous results.

Consider your ability to communicate carefully, and continue to cultivate the unique variations of languages with the people in your life.

Sarah Hagaman is a junior in English.

She can be reached at shagama1@vols. utk.edu.

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With great technology, comes a need for great software.

Each year, UT sees an increase in the presence of laptops and tablets on campus as students grow more dependent on these devices in classroom settings. Software packages like Microsoft Office ProPlus can be expensive, some totaling up to $300, and many students remain unaware they can install the whole package for free just by being a student at UT. A portion of the university’s standard technology fee, which every full-time students pays at the start of each semester, is contributed to providing free software to students.

Daniel Richter, Student Government Association chief of staff and senior in business analytics, stressed the importance of the services that the university offers and explained why it is important for students to take advantage of them as soon as possible. “A lot of people don’t realize that the university offers Microsoft Office for free,�

Richter said. “It can be a pretty big expense for college students, so it is definitely worthwhile for this to be taken advantage of.�

continued from Page 1 But, for three of those residents, it included attending UT on January 4, 1961, as the first AfricanAmerican students.

Robinson was the first to apply and challenge the university’s discriminatory admissions policy by meeting with university officials, including thenpresident Andy Holt and the UT Board of Trustees.

At this meeting, Robinson made a promise to the board that would forever change the way the university admits students. “You and the board need to understand that if the policy does not change, that I plan to sue the university,� Robinson countered in response to Holt’s statement that he could not guarantee the board would allow him to attend. “Being born in Tennessee and being a taxpayer in Tennessee, I had the right to attend the University of Tennessee.�

Due to his persistence and determination, Robinson was finally admitted to the university to study political science, paving the way for other African-Americans to be admitted to UT. Hallerin Hilton Hill, moderator of the event and talk show host of WBIR’s “Anything is Possible,� said he hopes students who attended take away an appreciation for the trailblazers who came before them. “To know their stories and to know their history helps us understand the price that was paid,� Hill said. “I think that when we understand that, it places a higher value on what was done.�

Tara Davis, chair of the community outreach and marketing committee for the Commission for Blacks, agreed with Hill, adding that a greater understanding of the people who helped bring about change in the past will encourage students to push for change in the present and the future. “(Students are) stepping in the footsteps of someone who blazed a trail for them to even make it as far as they are,� Davis said. “(Students need) to use that appreciation to propel them to blaze their own trails.�

Robinson urged students to step outside of their comfort zones, promote a more diverse community and make an effort to talk to other students with different histories. “Get to know people who don’t look like you,� he said. “You’re going to be participating in a world that, in most instances, is different from the one that you grew up in. And being able to garner those experiences makes you a better citizen ... It just takes a willingness to do it.�

To learn more about the Trailblazer lecture series, visit: http://trailblazer.utk.edu/.

onto a device only requires a few, simple steps. After logging into your Volmail, choose “see settings� on the top-right menu and click on “Office 365 Settings.� After clicking on software and hitting the install button below the Office icons, you will be asked to enter your netID and password before confirmation of the installation.

Further instructions on how to install the software onto a mobile device or tablet are available on OIT’s website.

UT will also be providing a service called lynda. com, an online education program which offers video tutorials conducted by industry experts. The tutorials focus on business, software and other creative skills and will be made available to all students next semester. “It has an incredibly wide variety of mate-Daniel Richter rial and will be a very exciting addition to the resources available to students,� Richter said.

Along with Microsoft Office and lynda. students can install it onto five different com, the university also provides popudevices, including mobile devices.

Joel Reeves, assistant vice chancellor lar statistical packages like “R,� a softand chief information officer, said provid- ware geared towards data manipulation, ing quality software for students is part calculation and graphical display. Another of the university’s ultimate goal to prepare service which is available to all students is Mathematica, which is meant for scistudents for the working world. “A lot of these packages are used profes- ence and engineering students and offers sionally as people move on in life,� Reeves tools to understand data and can even said. “Therefore, students will have hands translates standard English sentences into Mathematica code. on experience with world class software.�

Installing the Microsoft ProPlus package With a student discount, the least expensive price a student could purchase a Microsoft Office ProPlus software package for would be $79.99, and they would only be allowed to install the program on a maximum of two devices.

When installing the software through a Volmail account, however, it is completely free for four years of enrollment, and

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Friday, October 24, 2014 Arts & Culture Editor Jenna Butz @butzjenna

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‘Viking metal’ sails onto Bijou stage Tanner Hancock

Copy Editor (@tannerhancock26)

From across the Atlantic, metal rings sound and true.

In front of an eager crowd, several melodic death metal bands entertained Knoxville concertgoers with a mix of Viking and precision perfect rock music Wednesday night at the Bijou Theatre.

Skeletonwitch, a band native to Athens, Ohio, kicked off the festivities by delivering song after perfect song of orchestrated, electric beauty. With vocalist Chance Garnette’s absence due to “serious personal matters,” the band played its entire set without the presence of a vocalist, entertaining a massive crowd, nevertheless, with solid, Slayer-esque power chords.

Next in line, Swedish natives Sabaton entered to a stage immersed in smoke, sporting camo pants and delivering a well-rounded performance filled with energy and enough sound to deafen even the newest of metal fans. Between

a crowd-inspiring Metallica cover and several songs dealing with World War II conflicts, lead singer Joakim Brodén excited viewers with mid-air kicks and set the mood for the main band that would eventually take the stage.

The term “Viking metal” excites peculiar emotions in the hearts of metal fans. While many consider it to be a goofy, less serious form of heavy metal, Amon Amarth successfully mixes medieval lyrical content with a brutal, melodic musical approach that leaves all fans of heavier music craving for more.

Beginning with the first song off their new album, Amon Amarth grabbed Knoxville’s attention with an unrelenting, melodic musical style performed with absolute perfection. With lead singer Olavi Mikkonen singing through a shroud of beard and scalp hair, a fierce death growl permeated the air as the audience threw up approving rock signs in recognition of the band’s undeniable ability to rock.

Throughout the night, green strobe lights perfectly meshed

with the bands all encompassing musical voyage, adding disturbing weight to Mikkonen’s sinister grimace as he pounded verse after heavy verse of Swedish, powerful metal to a crowd of unsuspecting Knoxvillians.

After leaving the stage, the band reemerged at the request of an excited and eager crowd, delivering their famous song “Fate of Norns,” as well as several brutal songs off their latest album “Deceiver of the Gods” amidst much fanfare.

While most modern music fans shutter at even the thought of metal music, let alone heavy tunes paired with a rough, gritty death growl, Amon Amarth’s lyrical and musical composition style is oddly accessible in ways one would not expect of a band named after a mountain from the Lord of the Rings series. While the Swedish metal band’s intensity certainly isn’t for everyone, Amon Amarth is nevertheless a band that offers an almost never-ending supply of heart-pounding, adrenaline inducing musical pleasure to anyone brave enough to take a listen.

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Johan Hegg, lead singer of Amon Amarth, growls into the microphone during the band’s show Thursday at the Bijou Theatre.

Melodi Erdogan • The Daily Beacon

Editors to advise, entertain through library lecture series Victoria Brown Staff Writer

Vampire DiariesHear me out: Hot people turn into hotter vampires, but are still pretty vicious as they find out everyone is weirdly connected.

Done.

NosferatuThough it’s a 1920s silent film, Netflix fans have called it the scariest Dracula adaption ever.

From Dusk Till DawnGeorge Clooney and Quentin Tarantino star in this ‘90s vampire flick where they must fight vampires until the sun rises to stay alive.

Hemlock Grove- This is probably the most underrated of all of Netflix’s original series. It’s creepy and mysterious and just as much of a thriller as a horror show.

UT’s Writers in the Library series and Creative Writing Club are coming together to bring live poetry performance and editorial guidance to campus.

Two events will take place Oct. 27 which offer UT students and guests a chance to experience live poetry readings from nationally-known editors.

Writers in the Library will host an “Editors’ Roundtable” at noon in McClung Tower, where a panel of editors will discuss the trials and errors of editing literary journals and magazines. Katherine Ann Davis, Ph.D. candidate in English at UT and editor of Grist: The Journal for Writers, will be participating in the discussion. She will be joined by poets Joyce Jenkins, editor and executive director of Poetry Flash, and Keith Flynn, founder and editor of literary journal The Asheville Poetry Review.

Jenkins and Flynn will also be performing some of their work live at 7 p.m. in Hodges Library.

Davis said the panel will answers questions about what it is like to work for and edit literary magazines, what literary journals look for in submissions and will also answer questions from the audience. “ I d e a l l y, we want to be moved on both an intellectual and an emotional level,” Davis said.

“If we’re not invested in the work somehow, then we’re not going to publish it. We also look for writing that is polished -- writing that feels like the writer is in control of what he or she is doing.”

Davis said UT students will get a lot of useful advice by attending the event, and they will learn tips on what to do and not do when sending out their own work. Davis rec-

October 27 Editor’s Roundtable McClung Museum 12 p.m.

Poetry Reading

Hodges Library Auditorium 7 p.m.

ommends attending events like these, as well as readings, for a budding writer, as she credits such experiences for helping her find some of her favorite books.

“Readings are also great ways to get inspired about your own work and to participate in the creative writing community at UT,” Davis said. “They can be very uplifting experiences.”

With UT’s Writers in the Library program, Davis believes UT students have a range of opportunities open to them, and these events can provide access to great writers, their thoughts about the writing process and their work.

“I also think the editors’ discussion will be a solid resource for any writer currently submitting or interested in submitting work for publication,” Davis said. “There are many things I know now, as an editor, that I wish I’d known when I first started sending out work.”

Marilyn Kallet, director of UT’s Creative Writing Program and Nancy Moore Goslee, professor of English, said the night will be one of reading and performance in addition to the editors talking about how to submit work to literary magazines and the challenges they have faced throughout their careers as editors.

Kallet also said the evening event will be very entertaining and students will hear terrific poetry.

“Keith Flynn is also a rock/blues singer and his voice is fabulous,” Kallet said. “He usually belts out a few songs.”

Both the roundtable and the live poetry event take place Oct. 27 and are free and open to the general public.

Friday, October 24, 2014

THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Arts & Culture Editor Jenna Butz @butzjenna

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jkw546@vols.utk.edu

Projects Editor Liv McConnell

mmccon12@vols.utk.edu

Author brings new life to literary event Mason Sigmon Contributor

National Book Award nominee Elizabeth McCracken admitted during Wednesday night’s “Writers in the Library” she struggles with plot.

But it was her characters who captivated the audience.

McCracken made her way to the Lindsay Young Auditorium podium following rounds of applause as she began her reading.

The James A. Michener Chair in Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Austin read a section from her fifth and latest published book, “Thunderstruck & Other Stories.” The book consists of nine short stories and is also on the list of the 2014 National Book Award for fiction.

She selected the first short story found in her book, introducing fictional character Missy Goodby, a ghost girl.

“The ghost girl is based on a girl who died when I was in fifth grade,” McCracken said of her character’s creation. “Not her character, but her death was like the biggest event in my elementary school,” McCracken also spoke with comparisons throughout the entire reading such as, “The soul is liquid and slow to evaporate.

The body’s a bucket and liable to slosh,” and “Missy the allergen, Missy the poison.”

McCracken presented herself in a calm, collected manner

and spoke with ease, letting the words flow from the pages onto the captivated audience, engulfing them in the dark imagery.

Her tone ranged from timid and shy to booming and angry, giving life to her fictional creations.

After her reading, McCracken opened the floor to audience questions. One attendee asked how does the multiple view points in her reading work in the story.

“What I believe about point of view is that it has to be good,” McCracken said, “and that multiple points of views make it more dance-like in some ways and that sometimes it makes sense.”

People who attended the event were more than pleased with McCracken’s reading.

“I like the way she blends dramatic material, comedic material and the switching of the voices to get the multiple sides,” said Chris Hebert, UT’s current Jack E. Reese writer-in-residence.

Knoxville native Elizabeth Weld attends Writers in the Library readings frequently, but said Wednesday night’s stood out to her.

“It was amazing,” Weld gushed. “I attend the Writers in the Library events all the time, and this is probably one of the best readings I have ever been to. She was funny, sad, scary and honest. I would definitely recommend to read this book.”

After McCracken delivered her reading with such force and passion for her work, she Elizabeth McCracken, National Book Award nominee, read sections from her fifth and latest published book, “Thunderstruck informed the audience she is currently working on another book. & Other Stories,” on Wednesday night in Hodges Library. Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

Around Rocky Top

Bryce Holmes, left, helps Hastin Witt, right, work on his land navigation assignment Thursday.

Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

VANDE continued from Page 1 Vande has worked with art since she was in preschool using crayons. In high school, she moved to watercolors. When her high school art teacher introduced her to ceramics and pottery, she found her niche.

Andrea Hawkins, Vande’s high school mentor, said Vande’s free-thinking attitude about art has been something she has held onto since high school.

“She is a deep, independent thinker and is not afraid to enjoy her own thoughts, even if they are contrary to her culture and her peers,” Hawkins said.

Vande finds the process of molding, firing and glazing to create ceramics fascinating.

“When I make work, I feel like it’s part of my offspring,” Vande said. “Like you put your heart and soul into it and you make something. I think that’s one of the coolest things.”

After graduating in the spring, Vande plans on going to graduate school to receive her masters in counseling and therapy.

Vande sees art as an important form of therapy. Vande considered art therapy, but was persuaded to consider counseling instead due to the lack of career opportunities in art therapy.

Art is also a therapeutic outlet for Vande.

“For the longest time, especially in high school, my art was like my therapy,” Vande said.

“Because a lot of things, family and this and that, I couldn’t really

speak my mind, so my art was an outlet for me.”

Vande’s art stems from her own personal experiences.

Experiences she hopes others can relate to. Vande wants to put her ideas out into the world to see what people think, and to inspire others to think of something in a different way.

Healthcare and mental health are both issues Vande wants to raise awareness for.

Vande expressed her disappointment in the fact that mental health isn’t regarded as a highpriority issue in the state of Tennessee, as it is an issue she has a passion for. Some of her pieces have incorporated mental health and other health issues.

Last year, Vande created modified bedpans out of ceramics to make a statement about the health care system. Vande and her mother didn’t have health insurance, and her mother had a pre-existing skin condition. The fact that insurance companies wouldn’t provide Vande’s mother with insurance gave Vande the inspiration to create the ceramic bedpans.

The bedpans were shown in the student art show last spring, and the project won Vande a $200 prize.

In the future, Vande hopes to continue to raise awareness with her counseling, and if expenses permit, her artwork.

“I want to go where the money flows, but my heart is into counseling,” Vande said. “I really do truly care about helping other people, and I really don’t think you need a license to involve art in your therapy.”

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Friday, October 24, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

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

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Lady Vols look to keep Florida on the ropes with upset victory Jonathan Toye Staff Writer (@JonathanToye1)

The Tennessee women’s soccer team has lost overtime heartbreakers to Wisconsin, Alabama and Arkansas, surrendered a lead on the road against then-No. 2 Virginia and been shut out by instate rival Vanderbilt throughout the course of the 2014 season.

While the Lady Vols have certainly faced their share of difficulties for this season, they have the opportunity to finish the season on a high note and make those aforementioned heartbreaking losses less painful when they travel to Gainesville to face the No. 8 Florida Gators on Friday night.

The Lady Vols, however, have not had much success recently against the Florida soccer program, having lost 2-1 to the Gators in 2012 and then being thumped 3-0 last year on Senior Night.

The 2014 rendition of the Florida soccer team will also present a tough challenge for the Lady Vols soccer team. The Gators sit second in the SEC standings and boast the best shot percentage in the SEC.

But what accounts for their high shot percentage? Head women’s soccer coach Brian Pensky said Florida excels at shot percentage because of possession.

“They are the best possession team in the SEC, and they are the best passing team in the SEC,” Pensky said. “There are two ways to approach Florida: you can either sit back and protect your goal and let them have possession, but really try to put a bit of a wall up; or you can try and keep the ball and disrupt them.”

Pensky said his team is electing to go with the latter strategy for Friday night.

“We are going to try keep it and limit those chances that they have and try to play against them,” Pensky said.

If the Lady Vols hope to pull off the upset in Gainesville this weekend, they must prevent Florida’s best player Savannah Jordan from having a big night.

In their last game, Tennessee allowed Vanderbilt’s star, Simone Charley, to break past the back line to score two goals which would give the Lady Commodores the victory.

The Lady Vols cannot repeat the same mistake with Jordan, who has recorded 11 goals and

three assists on the season, if they hope to win.

“You can’t ever lose sight of Savannah,” Pensky said.

“Savannah is very savvy in her runs in the box, and getting into good spots to finish chances. She did the same last year in her goal against us. Between our two center backs, we can’t ever lose sight of her, especially on crosses.”

Florida also might be ripe for an upset on Friday. The Gators are in the midst of their first losing streak of the season, having dropped their past two games to South Carolina and Kentucky.

Pensky admitted Florida might be vulnerable at the moment while saying there are two different ways of looking at the Florida losing streak: either Florida is angry and hungry for a win, or that they may begin to question their confidence.

Regardless of Florida’s losing streak, Tennessee senior captain Allie Sirna admitted a win over Florida near the end of her soccer career would be special.

“It would be huge,” Sirna said. “My freshmen year we beat Florida and that was a memory I will always remember, so I think going out as a senior and beat- Senior defender Allie Sirna dribbles down the field during the SEC home opener ing them as well will be a great between the Lady Vols and the Alabama Crimson Tide at Regal Soccer Stadium on closure for that rivalry here.”

Sept. 25. Samantha Smoak • The Daily Beacon/Tennessee Athletics

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Lady Vols look to get past slump against ‘physical’ Ole Miss Jonathan Toye

Diamond DeShields dribbles the ball while at North Carolina. DeShields transferred to Tennessee in June after one year as a Tar Heel. She is ineligible to play this season. Kevin Hu • The Daily Tar Heel

DESHIELDS continued from Page 1 For the first time in a while, DeShields returned to moving around on the court and shooting the ball this week at practice.

“I’m not rushing into anything,” she said. “I’ve got over a year to get back to 100 percent.

The break is nice, and I’m not getting too anxious. I know once this year is over I’ll be playing a lot of basketball for a really long time.”

Despite not playing at full strength last season, the 6-foot1 guard managed to play in all but one game last season for the Lady Tar Heels and logged 27.9

minutes per contest.

Her line of 18.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game made her the unanimous selection for ACC Rookie of the Year, as well as a selection on the All-ACC first team.

“I’m a scorer,” she said. “That’s just what I do. I think I just bring a lot of excitement to the game.

Tennessee fans will be able to see some new moves and stuff they haven’t seen before probably when I play next year.”

DeShields has yet to do live drills on the practice floor with her teammates, but her work ethic has been easy to spot by her coaches.

“She’s been such a positive force in workouts, in the weight

room, and by just doing her thing,” assistant coach Dean Lockwood said. “Here’s a kid who is very decorated and could come in and be very casual, but she’s been one of the hardest workers on this team in terms of getting what work she’s been assigned to done.”

The Norcross, Georgia, native is hopeful to return to practice soon with her teammates and could add a special dynamic to the team not only as a voice on the sideline throughout the season, but as a scout team player as well.

“Just practicing against her will help our team,” redshirt sophomore point guard Andraya Carter said. “She is an amazing

player and everybody knows that.

I know she is going to push us and make us better everyday. She has such a good energy. She’s supportive and you can always hear her voice. She’s going to be really good for us.”

DeShields’ dream of being a Lady Vol has now became a reality and she said she is thankful for that.

“I can remember just dreaming of being a Lady Vol,” DeShields said. “I have sat up in the crowd and watched a lot of games. It’s pretty surreal still, and I’m very appreciative of this opportunity, and I’m going to make the most of it.”

After coming painfully close to their first conference win last weekend, the Tennessee volleyball team looks to slow down a high-powered Ole Miss offense at home and finally get in the SEC win column.

The Lady Vols (7-15, 0-8 SEC) fell just short of beating Mississippi State last Friday night, and they have used their practice time this week to focus on getting over that hump and learning how to close out matches.

“What we really need to work on is getting more organized and comfortable on the court,” sophomore Jamie Lea said. “We also need to limit our errors, too many times we have runs of five errors at a time. We have to try and limit that to one or two.”

Finishing matches is easier said than done, though, as there are no off weeks in the SEC. The Rebels (18-4, 4-4) come in boasting one of the conference’s most prolific offenses, ranking in the top-3 in the SEC in hitting percentage (.268), kills (1051) and assists (979) Slowing down this offense will be no easy task for the Lady Vols and will require them to be on top of their game, not only physically but mentally as well.

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er this year,” head coach Rob Patrick said. “They have some experience on the court and are very physical at the net. We’re gonna have to serve tough, and we’re gonna have to know what position to be in to dig the ball, but then we’re gonna have to actually dig the ball.”

The Rebels are led by one of the SEC’s most dangerous players in Nakeyta Clair. The Country Club Hills, Illinois, native is one of the top finishers in the nation, ranking second in the SEC in hitting percentage (.421) and fifth in total kills (262).

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In 2012, it took him just a shade under four minutes to find the checkerboards.

One year later, he sliced that time by more than half, needing just one minute and 28 seconds to locate the end zone.

Needless to say, Alabama junior wide receiver Amari Cooper doesn’t like to wait around to make an impact when the Volunteers are lined up on the other side.

During the Crimson Tide’s last trip to Neyland Stadium — a 44-13 Alabama win on Oct. 20, 2012 — the thenfreshman Cooper reeled in a 23-yard touchdown grab on the Crimson Tide’s second drive — part of a 162-yard, two-score Junior wide receiver Amari Cooper hauls in a 24-yard touchdown pass – his first of two outing that propelled Alabama to its third straight win in – in the Crimson Tide’s 59-0 win over Texas A&M on Oct. 18.

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• Photo courtesy of Alabama Athletics That riveting performance rolled over into last season’s matchup at Tuscaloosa’s BryantDenny Stadium. On Alabama’s third offensive snap, the 6-foot1, 210-pound Cooper corralled an A.J. McCarron screen pass and glided 54 yards to the end Total TDs Rec Yds Rush Yds Pass Yds zone, bolting past a horde of #9 WR Amari Cooper UT defenders in the process.

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“Just another overall, complete receiver,” said sophomore cornerback Cameron Sutton, who’ll be locked up with Cooper when the No. 4 Crimson Tide travel to Knoxville this Saturday. “He plays well in the system that they run, great hands, great speed, can make the big plays throughout the course of the game. He’s definitely a big part of their offense and definitely a big part of their team.

“They work around him even when teams are doing things to try and stop him.

He’s able to free up other guys around him on the field and get them open as well. Like I said, he works well in that system, and he makes a lot of plays for them.”

Cooper’s jaw-dropping performances, however, have extended well beyond his two career matchups with the Vols.

In 2014, the Miami native has racked up at least 100 receiving yards in five of Alabama’s seven contests, the latest of which came in last Saturday’s 59-0 demolition of then-No. 21 Texas A&M. On just eight catches, Cooper snagged a pair of touchdowns and accounted for 140 yards through the air, making him the

nation’s fourth-leading receiver in terms of yards gained (908).

“He’s a guy that if you just step him off the line and throw it out there to him, he can really make some people miss, accelerate and just outrun some guys,” UT defensive coordinator John Jancek said Wednesday.

“He’s fast. He’s extremely quick. He’s athletic. He’s got great ball skills. He can stop on a dime. He can start on a dime.

Really just a dynamic player. I mean, he’s awesome.”

As was the case in his two previous matchups against UT, a solid portion of Cooper’s 2014 highlights have been monumental gains — plays that gash an opposing defense with authority and often conclude in the end zone.

This season, five of Cooper’s seven touchdowns have covered at least 20 yards, including a 79-yard score versus Florida which currently stands as the fifth-longest reception in the SEC this year.

“He’s one of the best players in the country,” head coach Butch Jones said Monday. “He’s dynamic. He’s explosive. He can do it all. He can run the deep ball. He can run the intermediate routes. He can catch in advance. He’s proven his skill set, and he’s proven it over time in this league with making plays. So it’ll be another challenge in and of itself.”

Last Meeting Oct. 26, 2013 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Crimson Tide, 45-10 - Amari Cooper’s 54-yard touchdown catch from A.J. McCarron one minute and 28 seconds into the game got the rout off to a fast start. Quarterback Josh Dobbs made his debut for the Vols when Justin Worley left with an injury.

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TENNESSEE Vols downplay Kiffin’s comeback Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB) The furniture burned. The people flooded the streets in anger. The athletic department’s building came under siege.

On the night of Jan. 12, 2010, then-Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin sent Volunteer fans into a frenzy when he announced he was leaving Knoxville – just 14 months into the job – to fill the head-coaching vacancy at the University of Southern California.

And now, four years after that fateful night, Kiffin will return to Neyland Stadium when the Vols play host to No. 4 Alabama on Saturday.

The Vols, however, have paid no mind to the current Crimson Tide offensive coordinator’s return.

“This game means everything to our football program and our fans because it is the University of Alabama, not because it is Lane Kiffin,” Tennessee head coach Butch Jones said Monday. “Three-quarters of our team, he is a great coach, but nobody knows who Lane Kiffin is. Again, that is for the fans.

“We have to focus on the task at hand and that is playing a top-5 opponent. We can’t worry about the distractions and all that. That will never even be mentioned in our team.

I don’t even think our team even realizes it to be honest with you. If they are (thinking about it), then they are worried about something that has no meaning in the outcome.”

Instead of Kiffin, the talk within the program has focused on bringing back the relevancy of the rivalry between Tennessee and Alabama.

The Vols are currently on a seven-game slide in matchups against the Crimson Tide, with their last victory over their SEC West nemesis coming on Oct. 21, 2006, in a 16-13 win at Neyland.

In that seven-year stretch, UT has been outscored 249-65 – the closest matchup coming in 2009 when Kiffin’s Vols nearly upset Alabama, losing 12-10.

A victory would also be the first over top-5 team for the Vols since Sept. 26, 2005, when they beat then-No. 4 LSU 30-27.

“I’ve spoken about us getting back to making it relevant,” Jones said. “A lot of these individuals have grown up on this rivalry. They understand the magnitude of this rivalry, which means so many things to so many people.

“I believe it’s one of the best rivalries in college football. It didn’t take me long to figure that out. So, in terms of importance to us, it will always be there.”

With so many young players making their first appearance in the “Third Saturday in October” rivalry, the veteran members of this UT roster have emphasized the importance of winning this game and securing a well-known prize.

“Everybody knows about this being the ‘Cigar Game,’” senior defensive lineman Jordan Williams said. “It’s a tradition and we saw pictures of them last year smoking cigars and it was disrespectHead coach Butch Jones speaks with the team during the game ful.

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The Tennessee Volunteers are expecting another big recruiting weekend this Saturday as the Vols host SEC rival Alabama.

The game against the Crimson Tide will be the first SEC home game since the Vols hosted Florida back on Oct. 4. Several recruits and Vol commits are expected to make unofficial visits this weekend, and at least three recruits are expected to make official visits.

Four-star wide receiver Ryan Newsome, four-star running back Bryce Love and North Carolina offensive tackle commitment William Sweet are expected to make their first official visits to Knoxville this weekend.

Newsome’s trip to see the Vols will be his fourth visit in the month of October as he has already taken visits to Ole Miss, UCLA and Texas. He currently holds offers from over two dozen schools, including Oklahoma, Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Oregon among others.

Bryce Love has been a top target for the Vols for quite some time and has expressed interest in visiting Tennessee for a while. He has taken a couple visits to both North Carolina and East Carolina, and Stanford and Virginia Tech appear to be two teams giving the Vols the biggest fight for Love.

The Vols are in desperate need of offensive line help for the future of the program, and flipping William Sweet from the Tar Heels would be a big steal.

Sweet has been committed to North Carolina since April of this year, but he has taken visits to Florida and Florida State within the past month.

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FIFTH PLACE Katrina Roberts Design Editor No. 4 Alabama 42 at Tennessee 10 No. 3 Ole Miss at No. 24 LSU No. 20 USC at No. 19 Utah No. 22 West Virginia at Okla. State No. 14 Arizona State at Washington

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The team celebrates after a score during the match between the Tennessee Lady Volunteers and the Louisiana State University Tigers on Oct. 12.

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VOLLEYBALL continued from Page 8 The junior has played a significant role for her team ever since she stepped on campus, and her combination of experience and athleticism makes her very difficult to stop.

“She’s a great athlete who

has really become a much better volleyball player,” Patrick said.

“She’s always been athletic, but she’s really doing a great job of playing the game now. She gets off the ground quickly and hits the ball hard, and she is somebody we’re gonna have to find in transition, because they do a great job of getting the ball to her.”

One of the most important

factors for Tennessee is its homecourt advantage. Ole Miss is an astounding 9-1 when playing at home, but are only 4-4 on the road, struggling to find any kind of consistency away from their own gym.

The SEC volleyball schedule has teams playing most of their games Friday and Sunday, and for the first time in eight weeks, the Lady Vols will only play one

game this weekend and will get to enjoy a Friday night away from volleyball.

“I’m excited,” Lea said. “It’s just an extra day to relax, and I think we’ll really have more energy and more time for our bodies to be relaxed for Sunday’s match.”

The Lady Vols will host Ole Miss Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in Thompson Boling Arena.