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Around Rocky Top The Arab Festival, put on by the Arab American Club of Knoxville, included booths for locals to purchase authentic cuisine, traditional belly dancing gear, hookah, temporary tattoos and a place to get your name translated and written in Arabic. From Oct. 22-24 the club held a traditional costume fashion show, belly dancing demonstrations and Dabka, or chain folk dance, demonstrations. Alyssa White • The Daily Beacon
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DISPATCHES U.S. forces free 70 prisoners from ISIS controlled prison
Timberwolves head coach passes away at age 60
Video footage of a joint Kurdish, Iraqi and U.S. led raid against an ISIS controlled prison has been released, showing the frantic scene that led to the rescue of 70 prisoners that were facing “imminent mass execution,” according to the Pentagon. The operation cost the life of Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler, the first U.S. serviceman to be killed in combat operations in Iraq in nearly four years. The prison compound was later leveled by a U.S. led airstrike. The operation raises questions about the United States’ future role in Iraq and the Middle East and to what degree American forces will be involved in that region. Among the hostages were members of the Iraqi Security Forces, locals and several ISIS fighters accused of spying on the terror organization.
Flip Saunders, the highly regarded head coach for the NBA Minnesota Timberwolves, has passed away at age 60. Saunders led the Timberwolves to some of the greatest seasons in franchise history during his first stint as coach from 1995 to 2005 with the help of NBA great Kevin Garnett. Saunders left in 2005 and returned as head coach in 2014, only to leave again in September after complications arose from the chemotherapy used to treat his Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Diagnosed with the disease in August, the team initially claimed it was a “very treatable and curable form of cancer.” Sunday’s practice for the Timberwolves was cancelled after Saunders death was made public.
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Plan of public restrooms meets concern from Market Square businesses Heidi Hill
Assistant News Editor Market Square has always been a place to take your business, but it is also about to become a place you can, as it were, do your business. Downtown coordinator Rick Emmett reported that after almost three years of proposal and discussion from City Council members, official plans have been made to install five public restroom stalls by mid-March. The current timeline, Emmett said, will secure a contractor for the construction of these much-anticipated facilities, designed to sit to the right of the ticket booth in Market Square Garage. The bathrooms will be visible at night as well, he explained, and will include a women’s, men’s and family-sized restroom to accommodate patrons. While no official design is set in stone, Emmett said he is excited to see years of discussion and budget planning come to fruition in the following year. According to the City of Knoxville’s 20152016 fiscal plan, these new facilities are budgeted for $250,000. Any extra costs, Emmett said, will be negotiated with the contractor once the design and space is finalized.
“What prompted (building restrooms) was all the popularity of downtown, all the family friendly activities, the concerts, the events that are bringing a lot of people out to town, and we have porta potties for those things,” Emmett said. “But for Shakespeare in the Park and Movies on the Square, we don’t require that.” From the City Council’s information gathering, Emmett said the deciding point was the issue of public restrooms in the evening hours, pressuring restaurants to allow non-paying customers into their premises without adding to the already hectic dinner rush. “It’s just an amenity that we needed to restore,” he said. But not all are pleased with the prospect of new public restrooms even with their placement. Terri Karlsson, owner of CitiFid-O on Union Avenue, cited her concern for a decline in public safety in an April report from WBIR. Karlsson was not immediately available for further comment, but Emmett dismissed such concern by further explaining the choice in placing restrooms in the existing parking garage. “We didn’t want the restaurants and other vendors to feel put out by their placement, so that’s why we opted for the parking garage,” Emmett said. “It’s really our best option.” The added lighting in the parking garage
• Photo Courtesey of SMEE + BUSBY Architects also alleviated early concern for security issues posed by the addition of restrooms, namely solicitors and a small homeless population that frequent the area. Ryan Tomlinson, an employee at CitiFid-O, said the pet-friendly, Union Avenue business is still hesitant to accept the idea with Emmett’s
reassurances, but will settle with watching results as they happen. “It’s one less mess to clean and we tend to run skeleton crew style,” Tomlinson said of Market Square business’ lack of public restrooms. “If there’s mess back there, then it’s us that has to clean it up.”
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State park doubles as a stargazing delight Connor Barnhill Contributor
About two hours northwest of Knoxville, close to the border of Tennessee and Kentucky, lies Pickett CCC Memorial State Park. Visiting the park on a cloudless night would likely shock many UT students and Knoxville residents, as the park is illuminated by countless stars, far more than can be seen from the busy streets of Knoxville. Far from the light pollution of the city, the state park was designated an official “dark sky park,” earlier this year, an accomplishment that would not exist without the work of Paul Lewis, senior lab assistant at UT and the director for the Space Science Outreach Program. Sean Lindsay, UT’s astronomy coordinator, explained the concept of a “dark sky park” and the benefits it offers to professional astronomers and casual stargazers alike. “For many big cities, there’s lots of what we call light pollution, or light from the city that’s cast out into the sky,” Lindsay said. “It catches dust particles in the atmosphere which reflect that light right back at us and make it hard to see the stars.” Anyone in a dark zone, or a place with little to no light pollution, can view the stars far more easily with the naked eye. But just because a place is slightly darker than the city doesn’t make it a “dark zone.” The application requirements are specified by The International Dark-Sky Association (http://darksky.org/idsp/parks/pickettpogue/), and the process can be very selective. “Once your application for a site is in, you have to monitor the site for an extended period of time to make sure that the skies in the area are dark enough, and most places will fail that requirement,” Lindsay said. Currently, only 28 official dark sky parks exist internationally (http://darksky.org/idsp/ finder/), a telling sign of the application’s rigor and the complicated process involved with becoming an official dark sky park.
As stated in the requirements, the night sky “brightness” of an eligible park has to be “equal to or darker than 20 magnitudes per square arc second.” To put that into perspective, the galactic equator of the Milky Way — the giant strip of stars and dust that cuts across the night sky — can be viewed by the naked eye at around 21 magnitudes per arc second. “There are an incredible amount of stars you can see in a dark skies area,” Lindsay said. “In fact, there are so many, that I actually have a hard time distinguishing major constellations.” Pickett’s proximity to UT makes astronomy an easy hobby for any student who has the transportation to get there, prompting UT’s Space Science Outreach Program to host numerous outings in state parks or dark zones like Pickett Memorial. Drew Nickel, freshman in aerospace engineering, is an avid stargazer who took an online class in astronomy during high school. For Nickel, the reason many are deterred from astronomy is because of the cost of equipment needed for high-resolution analysis of stars and planets. “You’re not going to see much of anything with a telescope less than a thousand dollars,” Nickel said. “You would be able to see patterns on Jupiter, but it would be pretty fuzzy.” But stargazing itself doesn’t cost all that much, argued Lindsay. “As long as you have the time and transportation to get to a location, it’s just going outside and looking up. You’d be amazed how much you can actually see without a telescope,” he said. With easy student access to stargazing apps and cameras to help view better view constellations, Nickel believes astronomy has the potential to be both a cheap undertaking, as well as a memorable one. “Stargazing reminds you that you’re not the center of the universe,” he said. “You look up at a small dot in the sky, and then you realize it’s Jupiter, with a diameter eleven times that of Earth.”
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Chart-topping band brings their talent to the Scruffy City Ana Tantaris
Contributor
After touring with Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas this past summer, the Plain White T’s are back on tour, and this time they’ve included Knoxville as a stop. “Apparently somebody in Knoxville likes us and wants us to play there so we said ‘Hell Yeah!’” Plain White T’s frontman Tom Higgenson said. “We’re having fun on the tour already, the first day was a blast, so we can’t wait to get to Knoxville.” From living in a constant touring state, the Plain White T’s have become a household name. The 2005 hit “Hey There Delilah” soared on the charts, kick-starting their music career of almost two decades. “Our last show is the 29th of November so we’re looking at about six weeks for the tour, which is actually kind of a short tour compared to what we’re used to,” Higgenson said. “We used to tour in a van for like 300 days out of the year, so a six week tour isn’t that bad.” Often, people don’t know what to expect from a Plain White T’s show. Since they are mostly known for their love songs, people for-
• Photo Courtesy of Plain White T’s get that they’re a rock band. The band is going to keep the energy alive at The Concourse with their unique mix of harder rock songs and romantic acoustic ballads. “It’s an interesting thing because we’re a rock band and a lot of the songs that have become really big by us have been like our acoustic side, you know our acoustic ballads,” Higgenson said. “Of course you’re going to get to hear ‘Delilah,’ ‘1,2,3,4,’ ‘Rhythm of Love,’ you know, you’re going to get all those songs, but we’re also going to make you dance, going to make you sing along. We’re going to make
you have fun, you know.” In addition to their tours, the Plain White T’s released a new album this year called “American Nights.” “Some of the songs are more rockin’ like ‘American Nights,’ ‘Pause,’ ‘Stay’ and then we have a song called ‘You Belong’ which is becoming a fan favorite on the new album, that’s more of an acoustic kind of a love song,” Higgenson explained. “If you listen to the new album you get a taste for everything.” With the tour and the recent album release, the Plain White T’s will be premiering the first
video of the album next month. “We just shot a video for ‘American Night,’ and I don’t want to give away too much, but it’s going to be, I think, a really amazing video,” Higgenson said. “I think people are going to love it, and I’m sure as soon as that gets out there we’re going to blast the hell out of it.” The show will be at at The International tonight, Oct. 26, with opener Matt McAndrew. Tickets are on The International’s website starting at $18.50.
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The importance of seeing through your eyes
Kimberly Bress Real World Problem
You do not see with your eyes. This is a radical statement: highly incongruent with your current reality. As your eyes flicker over the lines of this text, you cannot help but disagree with the claim made above. Of course you are seeing with your eyes. On what grounds can one challenge this seemingly irrefutable fact of everyday life? The answer is simple: on the grounds of 2 Horatio Street, Apartment 3G, New York, New York. The office of Dr. Oliver Sacks. On July 9, 1933, Dr. Oliver Sacks was born. His mother was one of the first female surgeons in London, remembered fondly for her outstanding personality and revered status in the medical community, and Oliver is evidence that the scalpel does not fall far from the instrument table. After graduating with a medical degree from The Queen’s College in 1958, Dr. Sacks left England to settle permanently in the United States, where he became a famed neurologist and celebrated author. However, none of this biographical information qualifies Dr. Sacks’ claim that we do not see with our eyes. So how does he justify himself? As an innovative and introspective thinker, Dr. Sacks proposes that we do not see with our eyes, but through our eyes. “If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self — himself — he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.” In other words, the eyes are merely vehicles for acquiring knowledge about the world around us. They facilitate a flow of information between the interpersonal and intrapersonal. However, it is the mind that really does the seeing. By processing information, absorbing and understanding it, we are able to engage dynamically with the world around us. Dr. Sack’s patients were always the most important part of his career as a neurologist. “I wanted to get people’s stories and access to their lives. Somehow I sit between the biology and the humanist point of view.” His unique belief about seeing with the mind influenced the neurologist’s perspective on mental health. A patient’s disorder, whether it be schizophrenia or autism, does not change how their eyes work but influences how their mind processes information. “I remember one man with Tourette’s, who said that he had ‘a tourettised soul,’ it affects one and one affects it — there’s a liaison of a sort.” As a neurologist, Dr. Sacks aimed to address the person as much as the condition, even when it was difficult to differentiate between the two. Dr. Sacks passed away on Aug. 30, 2015. After a lifetime filled with literary and scientific accolades, his final reflection of the significance of his life was this: “I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.” Our lives are a balance between perception and imagination. We take in the world around us and then
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In other words, the eyes are merely vehicles for acquiring knowledge about the world around us. They facilitate a flow of information between the interpersonal and intrapersonal. However, it is the mind that really does the seeing.”
When you’re looking to “seal the deal” with that special someone. By Megan Patterson
Arts & Culture Editor
“You Sexy Thing” Hot Chocolate
“Let’s Get It On” Marvin Gaye
“Beast of Burden” The Rolling Stones
“Sexual Healing” Marvin Gaye
“Cry To Me” Solomon Burke
“Mercy, Mercy Me” Marvin Gaye
decide what is important. The result is a reality uniquely imagined by you. As you go into this week, look for opportunities to exchange with the world around you. Engage with intention and introspection. Maybe then, you will realize what it means to see with something more than your eyes. More information about the life and career of Dr. Oliver Sacks can be accessed at http://www.oliversacks. com. My condolences are extended to his family and colleagues for their great loss. Kimberly Bress is a sophomore in neuroscience. She can be reached at kbress@vols.utk.edu.
Columns of The Daily Beacon are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or the Beacon’s editorial staff.
“Turn Off The Lights” Teddy Pendergrass
“Keep Gettin’ It On” Marvin Gaye
“Use Me” Bill Withers
“Try It, You’ll Like It” Marvin Gaye
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Joe Biden would have made an excellent president
Thomas Carpenter The Workshop
If you ask me who I’m voting for president next year, I’ll gladly tell you that it’s Bernie Sanders. It was probably a mistake for you to ask me because now I’m screaming anti-establishment talking points at you, but I digress. My Bernie Sanders column will come, but today is not that day. Today, I’d like to talk about Vice President Joe Biden. I support Sen. Sanders over his current opponents, but it’s just that — his current opponents. The vice president stood in the Rose Garden to announce what many Democrats feared most: he would not be running for president in 2016. If Biden had decided differently, I would certainly have had to reevaluate my presidential preferences. Biden is nothing short of an enigma of modern American politics. At a time when gridlock is at its worst and members of Congress have resulted to lowering themselves to dirty politics, he is a stallion among snakes. There is not a single man or woman in Washington that is better respected by all sides of the political spectrum, and that is most apparent in the words of his political opponents. At the Sedona Summit in Arizona, Republican Sen. John McCain said this about the vice president: “Joe Biden and I have been friends for 38 years … I respect this man as much as anyone I’ve ever known because I don’t know anyone who is more dedicated to serving his country.” These are not light words coming from the senior senator from Arizona. Presidential candidate and South Carolina Sen.
Lindsey Graham began to choke up as he talked about Biden in an interview with HuffPost saying, “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you’ve got a problem … He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in politics,”Graham said. Biden is of such a rare breed that he has the unwavering respect and admiration of all that have the honor of knowing him. I’m not sure I can say I share that same experience, but I came close. While I interned in D.C. this summer, I attended a conference where Biden was the keynote speaker. Mere weeks after his son Beau had died, Biden came up on stage as the last speaker and spoke for an hour and a half, straight from his heart, not reading a single word from paper or teleprompter. Almost 2,000 politically active millennials sat in silence and absorbed every word that left his mouth, myself included. While the speakers before him all spoke on their political initiatives — which were all important, don’t get me wrong — the vice president’s message was of respect for your fellow man. The vice president is not one to cower from speaking about specific policy issues, but that day, he focused on urging the next generation to work with one another and to find common ground. Before that day, I didn’t know Joe Biden. As a senator, vice president and lifelong statesman, he is the kind of politician we need more of. Similar to Howard Baker, Biden knows how to treat every human he
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encounters with kindness and respect, regardless of their political perspective. I believe he very easily could have won the Democratic presidential nomination had he run, purely because of his honesty, candor and ability to work with just about anyone. Thomas Carpenter is a senior in Classics. He can be reached at ThomasCarpenter@utk.edu.
My adventure in the city between two continents
Troy Galyon An Experiment in Happiness
It was early March, and the cool air of Athens was blowing through our light jackets while boarding the plane. It was the week of my birthday, and I felt like adventure was defining my life at that moment and would continue to do so, based on the three days I had experienced in my 20s. We trudged down the ramp and onto the plane, bound for our first city located in two continents, Istanbul. Over the speaker the captain announced in Greek, Turkish and English that we would soon be reaching our final destination. Being in the middle seat, I was not in a great position to stare out the window at the unknown buildings and landscapes below. Harris, my friend and incredible travel partner, was watching the numerous mosques and other landmarks flash by the tiny airplane window and his face was bright with excitement and a longing for adventure. Then it happened. We touched down in Istanbul. Getting off the plane was much like any other airport. We walked to the customs line, wondering whether or not we needed to purchase a visa at the counter beforehand. We decided to try without because the line was short, but we quickly learned that we would need one when the border agent angrily told us to get a visa or stay out without even glancing at our
passports. After making it through the airport and trudging to our hostel with the most amazing hostel staff I have ever encountered, we decided to grab dinner. It was a sampling of all kinds of Turkish food. Harris and I were stuffed after the apple tea and baklava that had followed. It was getting late and instead of being cautious and heading back to the hostel, we decided to explore the city. All was well on our walk until I, driven by the desire to visit three continents in under three weeks, decided to take a ferry to the Asian side of Istanbul over the Bosphorus Strait. Reaching the other side, Harris and I took our first step onto the continent of Asia. It had not been five minutes on the Asian side before, as we attempted to cross a busy street, we were called over by a police officer in his car. I am fairly comfortable with police officers from home, so I thought surely this man was just here to help us find our way because we undoubtedly looked lost. We reached the car, and he immediately asked to see our passports. It is never a great idea to carry around a passport because it is more likely to get stolen that way, so we informed him that we had left them in our hostel back on the European side. However, he did not like hearing that and stepped
out of the vehicle, along with another officer from the passenger seat. We were questioned about the whereabouts of our passports and where we were from until eventually the driver grabbed Harris and put him up against the car to search and intimidate him. The other officer looked quizzically at me then decided to do the same. As both of us were being frisked, the only thought rapidly racing through my mind was that we were never going to see home or any of our friends again and would spend the rest of our days living in a Turkish prison. They finished the search, and the driver grabbed Harris and me by the neck and shook us. He then shook his head and said in almost a joking manner, “Get out of here.” Needless to say, Harris and I walked away from him as quickly as possible and made our way back to the safety of the European side of Istanbul. Luckily, my fear of spending a lifetime in a Turkish prison did not become a reality, and we managed to have an incredible experience in the city that sits on two continents. To be continued. Troy Galyon is a junior in supply chain management. He can be reached at tgalyon2@vols.utk.edu.
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Classic poem remade into modern orchestral performance Jared Sebby
Contributor The summer James Agee wrote about in his short poem, “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” managed to capture the feeling of Knoxville nearly a century ago. Now, composer Ellen Reid, alongside the UT Symphony Orchestra, is premiering a new musical work that aims to show how much Knoxville has changed. Reid, a Knoxville native, first settled on the subject after she was approached by two New York-based producers to compose a piece for an as-yet-unspecified orchestra. After discussing ideas, Reid and librettist Royce Vavrek decided to create a sequel to Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” which was based on James Agee’s famous poem. “Once they had settled on the Knoxville subject, Ellen contacted me and said ‘I have this really exciting project idea, but I want it to somehow incorporate into Knoxville. What do you think?’ and so that began our brainstorming about how we could bring the project in some capacity here,” Katy Wolfe Zahn, a lecturer and vocal coach at UT, said. Wolfe pitched the idea of workshopping
the project at the UT School of Music to the administration and began planning the academic performance. By workshopping the piece here, Wolfe has been able to draw on the talents of UT’s school of music, as well as the theater department and the Knoxville community, to create a piece that mirrors Barber’s original format for the work. “We’ve got it surrounded by other elements of music, as well as text, readings, poetry, actors and historians that are going to frame this new piece in a way that really celebrates Knoxville,” Wolfe said. “I’m excited for (audiences) to get to hear a piece that is written really in honor of our city, and to get to hear something new and vibrant from a young, brilliant composer.” The performance will also include the original “Knoxville: Summer of 1915” by Samuel Barber, “The Tender Land” by Aaron Copland, a reading by Knoxville historian Bruce Wheeler and other pieces which represent the city. “In Knoxville, we have such a strong arts community, and this is just a celebration of the arts,” Jeffrey Pappas, director of the UT School of Music, said. “It’s impossible to describe what people will take away from the
I hope that’s one thing we do on that stage on Friday night, is create art that people are moved by, feel good about and have a sense of pride about where they live.”
performance … I hope that’s one thing we do on that stage on Friday night, is create art that people are moved by, feel good about and have a sense of pride about where they live.” Pappas has been involved in this production from the beginning, connecting the various groups and people working not only on the music, but also on the entire performance. “When you’re at the university, the number one thing you’ve got to think about is how your students are going to be impacted by what you do,” Pappas said. “How are they going to walk away and say, ‘I got this unique education at The University of Tennessee that I could have gotten nowhere else?’” For Pappas and the UT School of Music, that answer has been giving his students the opportunity to work with a composer on a piece, which he believes has the potential to become the modern version of Barber’s classic. The academic premiere of “Knoxville: Summer of 2015” will be held at the Tennessee Theatre on Friday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at the Tennessee Theatre website, or at the Tennessee Theatre box office. UT students will receive discounted admission with student ID.
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The office of sustainability celebrates our home, encourages involvement Michael Lipps
Assistant Arts & Culture Editor You know what’s cool? Not having to worry about gas money. You know what else is cool? Not paying a costly electric bill every month. Perhaps even cooler still is not having to pay money to consume foods that are ridden with artificial ingredients that are harmful to the body. In a word, sustainability is cool. And on Oct. 22, apparently marking Earth Day’s half-birthday, the Sustainability Day Celebration was in full swing across campuses including UT. From noon until 4 p.m., the celebration filled the HSS Amphitheater, with a wide variety of organizations on site including Beardsley Community Farm, General Motors, Tennessee Clean Water Network, Dale’s Fried Pies and Good Golly Tamale to name a few. Preston Jacobsen, sustainability manager for UT, was pleased with last Thursday’s event and how it got everyone engaged in the topic of sustainability. “It’s a reminder of what we’re doing here on campus, ways to get involved, and it allows the community to kind of come in as well,” Jacobsen said. “And it’s also a way to promote clubs, too, like SPEAK and Eco-Vols.” One such community member and UT alumnus, Kelli Kaiser, was in attendance representing her company Ecotopia — a locally based bou-
tique that carries a wide variety of eco-friendly merchandise. “Today was fantastic,” Kaiser said. “It was really nice being back here. It’s much different than when I was in school. There weren’t available recycling containers, and there were very few bike racks. So, I’m looking around and noticing ‘Oh man, they’ve made so many improvements that make it convenient for people to be eco-friendly.’” Aside from Kaiser and some of the other companies and organizations, a good number of students were in attendance for the event. Among those students was Lucas Deliberador, senior in industrial engineering. For him, the ideas and practices of sustainability are relatively new. “Before I started studying engineering, I didn’t think about (sustainability) so much,” Deliberador said. “I’m from Brazil, and I had some classes in my major about the environment, so when I started studying that I started thinking more about it.” But whether students are well-established in sustainable practices or just beginning to learn, Jacobsen says it doesn’t matter. “Coming out to an event like this, you find camaraderie,” Jacobsen said. He also spoke of ways for newbies to ease into a more sustainable lifestyle. “Find ways that you can make whatever practice that you deem sustainable and/or know to
be sustainable habitual,” Jacobsen said. “Then you’re more likely to pass that on to someone else.” “Recycling is probably the easiest,” he added. “Turn off your lights, recycle, email us and engage us on questions of how to participate, ride the T — if you will — it goes downtown with the trolley. So there are ways to be more sustainable than most because we’re an urban campus.” Jacobsen went on to explain that sustainability really is not a sacrifice, something his office tries to communicate to students, and that this is a practice that UT does pretty well. “Obviously, we’re not California, we’re not Vermont, but East Tennessee is still receptive, and we are a leader in a lot of things,” Jacobsen said. “We’re number two in the nation for game day recycling, number 11 in the nation for green energy purchases and we rank high among all other peer institutions at this scale.” And on the topic of numbers, Jacobsen wanted to ensure students are aware that they each pay a green fee that amounts to a total of $740,000 per year. “So that’s your money to spend, and there’s a green fee committee, so I hope students are aware of that,” he said. “If you want to do a proposal or research, or if you want to have more bottle filling stations on campus or greener cars, you let us know and we’ll find ways to spend that money in an appropriate manner.”
UT’s Office of Sustainability holds the Sustainability Day Celebration 2015. Photo Courtesy of UT Make Orange Green Facebook Page So in the six months until the Earth Day celebration, be sure to connect with the Office of Sustainability and learn how you can live a more sustainable and environmentally friendly lifestyle.
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Defensive line hits stride in loss at Alabama Taylor White
Assistant Sports Editor
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Coming into Saturday’s 19-14 loss at No. 8 Alabama, Tennessee’s defensive line had recorded just four sacks through the Vols’ first six games. Half of those came from sophomore Derek Barnett. Against the Crimson Tide (7-1, 4-1 SEC), the line matched that total. Alabama quarterback Jake Coker was sacked five times, with four of those coming from the defensive line. Barnett and redshirt senior Owen Williams had one each, while junior Corey Vereen had two. “We were able to generate a pass rush at times with four down linemen,” UT head coach Butch Jones said. “That was great, we needed that … We’ve challenged them with their get-offs and impacting the quarterback. We were able to do that.” For Vereen, this was the first time he got the quarterback to the ground since last season’s loss at Ole Miss. It was also the first time he’s had multiple sacks in a game in his career. However, he didn’t limit his damage to sacks. The junior had five total tackles, making half of the team’s 10 tackles-for-loss. Through his first
two seasons the Winter Garden, Florida native had just 24 solo tackles. “We need to continue to get that production from Corey,” Jones said. “He just had great get-off.” Kicking woes: Tennessee (3-4, 1-3) kicker Aaron Medley was just 9 of 14 on the year with a long of 45 yards. His struggles continued on Saturday. The sophomore missed all three of his kicks, including one from 43 yards. Two of those kicks came from more than 50 yards, and he had the distance on both of them. They are tough kicks, but those are the kicks a team has to hit to upset a top-10 team on the road. “It was just one of those days for him,” redshirt sophomore wide receiver Josh Smith said. “We just got to love on him. You can’t just obliterate him with yelling. He just has to go out there and execute and do his job like we do. He’ll get it right.” On the first drive of the game, Tennessee marched down the field easily before junior quarterback Josh Dobbs was sacked on third down at the Crimson Tide 25-yard line. Medley’s attempt from 43 yards was wide right, squandering a chance to give the Vols an early lead. See FOOTBALL on Page 14
Head Coach Butch Jones reacts to a play during the Alabama game this past weekend. Justin Keyes • The Daily Beacon
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The Daily Beacon • Monday, October 26, 2015
No. 8 Alabama fights to outlast Tennessee 19-14 Jonathan Toye
Sports Editor TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Vols found themselves in an unusual position on Saturday. For the first time since 2006, they held a fourth-quarter lead against No. 8 Alabama. Alabama, however, made enough plays late in the fourth quarter to stave off Tennessee’s upset bid, outlasting the Vols 19-14 in Bryant-Denny Stadium. It was Tennessee’s lowest margin of defeat against Alabama since 2009 and arguably the Vols’ best defensive game of the season. Tennessee head coach Butch Jones, however, isn’t going to assign the “moral victory� label next to the loss. That doesn’t mean he isn’t proud of his players. “I am really, really proud of our team,� Jones said. “I thought our team showed some grit, some determination, some resiliency on the road against a very quality opponent — a topten opponent — in a hostile environment to go down and drive the ball and put us in a position to win.� Tennessee’s offense engineered a four-play, 75-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter. On the drive’s fourth and final play, Vols sophomore running back Jalen Hurd used a nice block from freshman wide receiver Jauan Jennings to scamper to the right side for a 12-yard touchdown, giving the Vols a 14-13 lead with 5:49 remaining in the game. That was when the tide began to turn in Alabama’s favor. The Crimson Tide marched 71 yards in eight plays to give themselves a 19-14 lead on a 14-yard Derrick Henry touchdown run and a
failed two-point conversion attempt with 2:24 to go. Tennessee’s offense had one last chance to win the game. Alabama’s Ryan Anderson, though, took advantage of Tennessee’s freshman right tackle Chance Hall, who was making his first start, and forced junior quarterback Josh Dobbs to fumble. Alabama recovered the loose ball to seal the victory. “They had a good push up front,� Dobbs, who had completed 13 of 22 passes for 171 yards and a touchdown, said. “They were able to make a play.� Alabama (7-1, 4-1 SEC) made several plays in the final five minutes. Alabama receivers ArDarius Stewart and Calvin Ridley both snagged tough receptions to prolong Alabama’s touchdown drive. Crimson Tide quarterback Jake Coker eluded pressure to avoid a devastating sack on the drive’s first play. “We competed,� Vols senior safety Brian Randolph said. “We showed them that we could compete. We just have to finish. A loss is a loss.� Tennessee (3-4, 1-3 SEC) has now lost 25 straight games to top-10 opponents and hasn’t beaten Alabama since 2006. This loss, however, felt different than the previous eight-straight defeats to the Crimson Tide. In the past, Alabama gained control early and cruised to an easy victory. There was nothing easy for Alabama on Saturday. Before Alabama’s final touchdown drive, Tennessee had out-gained Alabama 310 yards to 300 yards — the Tide only finished the game with 364 yards. After Alabama scored on its opening possession, Tennessee’s defense forced stops on four straight possessions. The defense applied pressure on Coker for most of the game, recording a season-high five
Junior linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin runs to make the tackle against an Alabama player. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon/Tennessee Athletics sacks. “We just made adjustments,â€? Randolph said. “We saw what they were trying to do to us. We had a good game plan, we have smart players, so we could adjust our game plan to what they were trying to do.â€? The offense couldn’t capitalize on the defense’s strong performance, however. After Tennessee tied the game with a 10-play, 75-yard touchdown drive on its second possession, the offense struggled to move the ball consistently against a stingy Alabama defense. The Vols racked up 125 yards on their first two drives, but could only muster 178 yards for the rest of the game. The Vols even left points on the board. Aaron
Medley missed all three field goal attempts, albeit two of the attempts were from 50 yards. But despite the struggles on offense and special teams, The Vols had their first fourth-quarter lead against the Crimson Tide since 2006 with five minutes left in the game. They just couldn’t survive the final five minutes. “We’re going through some growing pains right now,� Jones said. “But I see great progress. It’s about closing the game out, making critical plays when the game is on the line. “We all hurt together, but we’re going to come back to work tomorrow and continue to improve.�
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Vols rally against Kentucky in senior night tie against Bama Trenton Duffer Copy Editor
Junior Josh Dobbs prepares to throw the ball during the Alabama game. Justin Keyes • The Daily Beacon game, the Vols backed that up on the field. For the first time since 2006, Tennessee led the Crimson Tide in the fourth quarter after sophomore running back Jalen Hurd scored on continued from Page 11 a 12-yard run to give the Vols a 14-13 advantage. After the Tennessee offense struggled, Dobbs “We all know how close we are,” sophomore engineered a drive late in the half to give the a running back Alvin Kamara said. “This was a shot to put points on the board heading into the good marker. We know where we are as a team, locker room. Medley’s attempt from 51 hit the so just working and building off that is what left upright, but a Saban timeout before the play we’re going to have to do from here.” gave him another opportunity. He didn’t take Tennessee has now lost to the Tide nine advantage, though, pushing the kick left. years in a row, with the Vols’ last win in the He then missed another 51-yard kick wide series coming in 2006. During that time they right in the fourth quarter that would’ve tied have only held a lead four times, and it was the game at 10. the first fourth-quarter lead they’ve had in the “Those are difficult kicks on the road,” Jones series. said. “Obviously he hurts because he’s a comRedshirt senior offensive lineman Kyler petitor and a great team player. It’s like I told Kerbyson played on those teams that just hoped the team, ‘we win together, we lose together.’ to be competitive with the Tide, and he knows There’s no other kicker I would want than that he can’t let his teammates fall back to that Aaron Medley.” place. Expecting to win: Multiple Tennessee play“We can’t get used to losing,” Kerbyson said. ers said throughout the week that the days of “That happened before when I was younger. We hoping to compete with the Crimson Tide are were used to losing. Two years ago when we gone. The Vols expected to win this game. came here, guys came into the game thinking Despite the fact that Tennessee lost the we were going to lose.”
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With a little less than 18 minutes left in the first half, Kentucky player Michaela Dooley came charging down the field with the ball. Dooley, who was tied for the team high in goals with four already this season, was intent on scoring. She let the ball soar, hoping it would cross the line and give Kentucky a two goal cushion. Julie Eckel jumped up and snagged the ball out of the air before it could cross. The redshirt senior had already given up one goal in the game, a shot in the eighth minute of play that was rebounded off a corner kick, and she wasn’t about to let her team find themselves in a hole for the third straight game. Eckel’s stop was monumental in stature not just because it allowed the Vols to keep their pulse pounding in a 1-0 game. It also etched Eckel’s name into the record books as the number one shot blocker here at Tennessee, breaking Ellen Dean’s record of 325 saves. Eckel broke this record on Senior Night at Regal Stadium – a stadium of which she has played more minutes than any other goalie in UT’s history. With fellow seniors Susan Ferguson and Gabby Santorio looking on, Eckel represented the tenacity and leadership that defies what it means to be a senior. “It was an honor of me to be in the same category as those goalies,” Eckel said. “When I was in high school, I looked at that list, and I thought those were unbelievable goalkeepers, so it’s really humbling to be in the same category as them.” Eckel and the Vols were looking to snap their first losing streak of the season when Kentucky entered Regal Stadium’s Senior Night showdown. Missouri and Ole Miss had stumped Tennessee by a combined score of 5-1 over the past two games, and the Vols were hungry to pick up a victory. Kentucky’s early start on offense showed the Vols trailing 1-0 at the half. With some halftime
improvements, Brian Pensky’s squad came out firing on all cylinders in the second half. “After we’d given up the goal, our backs were against the wall,” Pensky said. “There was a little bit of body language of ‘woe is me.’ We could have some ‘woe is me’ moments or we could stick our chests out and put our shoulders out and have no regrets at the end of 45 minutes. And that’s what they did. I’m so proud of them.” Trailing late only seemed to give the Vols more energy in the second half. The team matched their first half shot total of nine in the first 25 minutes of the second half. With almost 10 minutes left, redshirt freshman Meghan Flynn sprinted down the field and fired a shot from 25 yards out. The ball grazed the fingertips of Kentucky’s goalkeeper, but it wasn’t enough to stop the ball from sailing into the upper right corner of the net, notching Flynn’s second goal of the year and the Vols’ equalizer. “I got the ball at the top of the box, got a touch to my left, and saw the keeper maybe a little out of position, and so I decided to hit it on frame, and it went in,” Flynn said. Although some may argue that the ball was originally intended to be a cross to redshirt sophomore Ariel Kupritz, who was also running down the field, Flynn assures everyone it wasn’t. “I was trying to shoot. I swear,” Flynn joked after the game. With the tie, the Vols are now in a four-way tie for eighth place in the conference standings with 12 points apiece. Vanderbilt, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee now all feel the pressure of clinching the final three spots of the SEC playoffs next Monday. Georgia will play Florida, Vanderbilt will travel to Ole Miss, Kentucky will host LSU and the Vols (7-4-6, 3-4-3 SEC) will hit the road to take on South Carolina this Thursday at 7 p.m. It will be the final day of the season for all SEC teams, and the final chance for anyone to make a move in the standings.
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Monday, October 26, 2015 • The Daily Beacon
GRADING THE VOLS Daily Beacon Sports Editor Johnathon Toy and Assistant Sports Editor Taylor White covered the UT-Alabama matchup and assessed grades based on Saturday’s performance.
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Josh Dobbs made some good throws in tough situations but struggled with inconsistency and didn’t have much time for most of the game, being sacked five times. He still managed to throw for 171 yards and a touchdown but was fortunate to not be picked on several occasions. This grade gets a boost for toughness though, as he took hit after hit.
Jalen Hurd ran for 92 tough yards and was able to consistently make something out of nothing. He also scored a go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter. Alvin Kamara was also able to make plays in the passing game, recording 44 receiving yards.
Tennessee made an effort to throw the ball down the field more against the Tide, and Dobbs just didn’t have time to let a lot of those deeper routes develop. Josh Smith played well, though, catching two passes for 38 yards and a touchdown. Josh Malone also continued his hot play, recording 43 yards.
It’s hard for two true freshmen to make their first career start at Bryant-Denny Stadium, but all things considered, the group did all right. Chance Hall held up well until giving up the game-clinching sack in the fourth quarter. The line gave up five sacks in all, but some of those could have been avoided by Dobbs. This group failed to get much push in the run game against what may be the best front seven in college football. This group played its best game of the season by far, finally looking like what many people expected to see all year. The unit had four sacks and was able to pressure Alabama quarterback Jake Coker with a four-man rush throughout the game. Corey Vereen had a career high two sacks, and Derek Barnett and Owen Williams both got to the Bama quarterback once. It’s hard to give them anything less than an A.
Jalen Reeves-Maybin continued his great play, recording 11 total tackles and one sack. True freshman Darrin Kirkland Jr. also added seven tackles, demonstrating more flashes of the potential he has. Colton Jumper again struggled though, as he was beaten in open space a couple times. Overall the group played well.
This gives the Vols a GPA of 2.59 in the loss at Alabama.
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