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Mayor Rogero discusses women in politics, journey to office “I said, well, I election. She noticed that the woman saved your life,” in front of her was driving recklessly. Rogero told a group Without a cell phone, Rogero had to of more than twenwait for the right moment to box the ty students in the woman in with her car, preventing her Mayor Madeline Rogero was once Women’s Studies from driving any further. The story heralded as a ‘road warrior.’ 340 class she viswas picked up by the local news outIt was 1994, and she was driving home to change clothes for the follow- lets and gave Rogero a ready answer • Mayor Madeline Rogero ited last Thursday. Students in the ing hours of door-to-door campaign- to her opponent’s question, “What has “Women, Politics ing for Knox County commission re- Commissioner Rogero done for you and the Law” class, taught by Rebecca recently?”

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Klenk, were given the opportunity to hear about Rogero’s personal experiences and challenges as a prominent woman in Tennessee politics. “Mayor Rogero’s journey to political office is truly inspirational,” Klenk said. “She has consistently greeted the twists and turns of politics and life with energetic perseverance, creativity and verve. And, as a leader, she is committed to finding common ground.”

Born in Jacksonville, Fla., Rogero took a circuitous path to her current position as mayor. After graduating from Furman University with a degree in political science in 1979, Rogero worked with César Chávez’s United Farm Workers, a labor union advocating for better wages and conditions for migrant farm workers. See ROGERO on Page 2

Downtown hotel embodies Knoxville’s history Melodi Erdogan Copy Editor (@melodierdogan)

From left to right: Rosco, Ty, Roo, Patton and Poochie stand at attention for Cihak. “Mama’s home.” Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

The dog rescuer UT professor dedicates life to saving dogs, finding owners R.J. Vogt Training Editor Ty is an intimidating dog. A pit bull, his body is lean and muscular, with an oversized head and powerful jaws. He’s got a clipped canine tooth and a poorly stitched scar on his leg, signs betraying life in a dog-fighting ring. By the looks of him, he was a winner. As he wriggles to the ground and flops his prodigious hind legs into the air, he betrays the sign of his new life – under the care of UT professor and dog rescuer Stacy Cihak. “He’s the best dog ever,” she says, rubbing his belly as his tongue flops shamelessly out of his mouth. “Aren’t you, Ty?” Cihak teaches in UT’s College of Education, instructing future special

education teachers. In her free time – if you can call it that – she rescues dogs. Since she moved to Knoxville in 2005, she estimates she’s found a home for more than 200. If that sounds like a lot, imagine the five dogs roaming around her living room. She calls them her “pack” – there’s Roo, a former bait dog and the youngest in the pack; Patton, a rescue from Union County; Poochie, a funnylooking bulldog from Cocke County that Cihak suspects was inbred; Rosco, the blind alpha male and her oldest dog; and of course, Ty, who she calls “Mr. Wonderful.” (There’s another dog in the garage, but she’s dog aggressive and Cihak doesn’t bring her out.) See CIHAK on Page 2

Cihak says Roo was likely used as a bait dog in dogfighting rings. He’s the youngest and smallest of the pack. Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

Historic Blount mansion set to haunt, educate However, the mansion has housed more than just historical figures since its construction — and those creepy tales, myths On the outskirts of down- and mysterious happenings are town Knoxville, a historic man- what mansion officials plan to sion rests near the banks of the entertain guests with during the Tennessee River. For centuries, mansion’s “The Mysterious Past the old homestead housed of Blount Mansion Legends, Tennessee’s first governor, Customs and Myths” HalloweenWilliam Blount, along with many inspired tour this week. notable guests, such as Andrew According to Megan Stromer, Jackson and Louis Phillipe, the a fifth-year in history and psyKing of France.

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chology and current lead docent at the mansion, the tour will include history on William Blount, his family and the many deaths that took place in the mansion. But the tour will also reveal lesser-known stories about the house’s mysterious past as well. “We’re exploring more of the history of the mansion that we don’t tell all the time,” Stromer said. “Some of the stuff that actu-

ally went on while the Blount’s were living here and how some of that stuff can have a lingering effect today.” Those still lingering at the historic site will be featured along with a bit of colonial Halloween history and a few Native American myths to set the scene for the haunted evenings. David Hernes, assistant to the director at Blount Mansion, shared with The Daily Beacon

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the tour’s storylines and focuses throughout the event. “We’re also going to be telling some of the Cherokee ghost stories like the Raven Mocker, which was an evil spirit who would steal your spirit while you’re dying, or Spearfinger, who takes the form of an old lady and will cut out children’s livers,” Hernes said. See BLOUNT MANSION on Page 3

AJ Dave, a born and raised Knoxvillian, has spent years around the downtown and greater Knoxville area. But like many Scruffy City natives, Dave never knew there was a hotel on Market Square. At least, not until six years ago. “A lot of people, even Knoxville residents, walk downtown and see the building and say, ‘Oh, it’s a hotel. I’ve never noticed a hotel here,’” Dave said. “Even though this has been a hotel since the early ‘80s.” Dave, who discovered the Oliver Hotel when he was invited to a party in one of the rooms, now works as guest services manager. Located at 1 Market Square, the square’s oldest building and street address, the Oliver Hotel is Knoxville’s only boutique hotel. The staff of this unique establishment focus on customer comfort and ease through southern hospitality, Dave said. “The majority of the reviews (on TripAdvisor) talk about how good the service was as far as just the fact that we’re courteous,” Dave said. “We make it a point to try and not say no to anything.” The hotel also capitalizes on Knoxville’s history and culture by injecting historical quirks and idiosyncrasies throughout its interior and exterior. Whether it’s the original, locally made furniture or the artwork, the Oliver Hotel reeks of history and character. Built in 1876 as the Peter Kern Bakery, a confectionary opened by Confederate soldier Peter Kern after the Civil War, the Market Square landmark has withstood decades of historical events in Knoxville. Not only was it the personal bakery of Kern, who served a brief term as Knoxville’s mayor in the 1890s, it also later became The Blakely House, a hotel that housed VIP guests for the 1982 World’s Fair, and finally the St. Oliver Hotel, which established the hotel’s current style. Current owners, Ethan Orley and Philip Welker – who are planning similar boutique hotels in Atlanta and Nashville - bought the property in 2010 for $1.53 million. See OLIVER on Page 2

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CAMPUS NEWS continued from Page 1 Like so many of her dogs, Ty’s story begins in a shelter. While volunteering at a shelter in Newport, Tennessee four years ago, Cihak watched countless would-be owners pass over him. For six months, he languished. “A lot of people had their trepidation about adopting a dog from a shelter,” she said. “He had run out of time – he would’ve been killed.” “So, I took him home.” Initially, she had intended to get him adopted out, but having no luck, she eventually decided to keep him. The dog that no one wanted became part of her pack, and Cihak saw potential in Ty’s kind demeanor and affectionate personality. In conjunction with the Human-Animal Bond in Tennessee program, she secured him a spot as a therapy dog. This semester, he begins working in a field far removed from the bloody chains of dog-fighting – serving Knox County students who have behavioral disorders. Cihak’s peculiar hobby began in 1989, when she was studying for her master’s degree at Georgia State University. As part of a grant program to help ex-convicts find jobs, she formed a relationship with a felon whose pregnant dog had just had a slew of puppies. “I wish I would’ve known then what I know now, because I would’ve insisted on getting that momma dog fixed,” she says. “But I did take those four puppies. I took them and got them vetted and found them homes. That was my first ‘rescue.’” For a long time, she only rescued

surgeries and chip implants cost her an average of $500 per dog. Between sorting her emails, going to the vets and the shelters, and delivering dogs to homes, she estimates she spends 30-40 hours per week on dog rescues. Sylvia Turner, the assistant director of the Haslam Scholars Program, adopted a dog from Cihak this year. Her family had recently lost a rescued Anatolian to cancer, so a mutual friend connected Turner to Cihak, who happened to have an Anatolian mix looking for a home. “She’s great with kids,” Turner says about Leela, the newest addition to her family. “I don’t think we paid anything for her. I think Stacey took care of everything.” Turner’s story resembles the stories of hundreds of -Stacy Cihak other pet owners who have adopted their dogs through Cihak. There’s a family in Texas who adopted Barney; legally acceptable for dogs to live in a retired english teacher who adopted dangerous situations, such as chained Sugar; a future music teacher who adopted Odin. to a tree. Cihak’s dedication raises the ques“Within a five mile radius, I could have identified 25 different dogs who tion – why does she devote so much of were living being tethered to some- her time and money to rescuing these thing or living in a backyard in total iso- hard-to-place dogs? Initially, she cites the 3-5 million dogs lation, with a leaky plastic dog house,” she says. “It was just in your face and euthanized each year in the United something that you could do to make a States. She points out that only 20 difference. You can take a dog off a tree percent of American dog-owners adopt their dogs from shelters. She focuses on and change their life completely.” Ten years later, Cihak maintains an statistics and the scope of the national extensive network of foster homes and crisis, but then she pauses. “I guess it was just a calling,” she dog shelters. She says she receives 20-30 emails per day – particularly says. “How could I not?” If you are interested in serving as a regarding bulling breeds – from sources who have dogs that need help. Once foster home for Stacey, or in adopting she finds a dog, she undertakes all the a pet, she can be contacted at staceyfinancial obligations; spaying/neutering, 4pets@gmail.com. occasionally, finding homes for stray dogs every six months or so. But when she and her husband, David – who also teaches in the special education field within the College of Education – moved to Knoxville in 2005, she began to rescue more and more dogs. Citing a lack of education and resources, Cihak believes that the many people in the South don’t understand how to handle orphaned pets. In Tennessee, it’s both culturally and

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ROGERO continued from Page 1 In 1980, she moved to Knoxville and attended graduate school at UT. She obtained a master’s degree in urban planning and immediately started working with community-based organizations, addressing issues related to sustainability, housing and social justice. When it was suggested that she run against 24-year incumbent Jesse Cawood for a seat on the Knox County commission, Rogero was skeptical. “My first reaction was I’m not sure

H e had run out of time – he would’ve been killed.

I’m qualified,” Rogero admitted. “But they said ‘oh, no, look into it and you’ll see you’re very qualified.’” Challenging an incumbent came with certain disadvantages, Rogero said, but noted they often worked in her favor during the campaign. Rogero attended every community event she could, while her opponent felt less pressure to show up. She opened a campaign office, knocked on doors and reached out to contacts in the five Roladexes she had built up over her decade of community involvement. She raised about $6,800, a “fortune back then.” It was obvious to Rogero that her

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opponent did not take her seriously. He often introduced her as his “purdy” challenger. “So what do you think I did?” Rogero asked the class. “I smiled as pretty as I could. I thought as long as he thought I was this pretty little girl, he wouldn’t really do much to oppose me. And that’s what happened.” In the end, Rogero won by a “landslide.” UTDAILYBEACON.COM Read the complete story online at utdailybeacon.com.

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Speaker aims to connect Islamic Shari’ah Law with US Constitution Tanner Hancock Copy Editor Muslim, Christian or otherwise, we’re all equal under the law. Sherman Jackson, an American scholar and director of the Center for Islamic Thought, Culture and Practice at the University of Southern California, will deliver a lecture that outlines the overlapping elements between Islamic Shari’ah Law and the U.S. Constitution titled “Converging Limits: Shari’ah and the U.S. Constitution.” Rachelle Scott, interim head of the Department of Religious Studies and one of the organizers of the event, said she predicts the lecture will reconcile “the intersection of Shari’ah law and understandings of law within society and that of the U.S. Constitution.” Citing Islamaphobia and the oftenunfair persecution of Muslims in the United States since the Sept, 11 terrorist attacks, Scott said she hopes the event will clearly outline “how one can try to reconcile one’s religious customs and religious law and understanding of law with that of a secular state.” For Manuela Ceballos, a lecturer in Islam at the Department of Religious Studies, Islamic and U.S. laws are often misinterpreted as being incompatible. “They’re contracts, so in a lot of ways they’re similar and there are certain moral behaviors that are expected of Muslims and Americans,” Ceballos said. “There isn’t a reason I think why Muslims can’t exercise their full citizenship as Americans.” Ceballos said the lecture should help diminish the natural prejudice Americans may hold towards Muslims and their roles as Americans within the country. “(Islam has) been in this country for a very long time,” he said, “and there’s

no reason to think that this country is not for Muslims or that Muslims can’t be Americans.” Referencing Sherman Jackson’s past successes in connecting to Muslim Americans living with “multiple identities,” Ceballos said he sees the persecution of Muslims following Shari’ah as stemming from a misunderstanding of what Islamic law includes. “People think (Shari’ah) is this very rigid sort of imposition that shapes everything about people’s lives,” Ceballos said. “It doesn’t correlate with reality.” Agreeing with her colleague, Scott stressed the importance of remembering the context and environment of Islamic Law before drawing judgments about it. “I think that a number of people view Shari’ah as black and white,” Scott said. “They view it as rigid, I think once again there is a lot of room for interpretation.” When considering the importance society places on law and religion, Scott said she ultimately holds very little distinction between the two, especially as it pertains to Shari’ah law. “(Religion and law) are fundamentally connected in some religious traditions,” she said. “Law means how you govern your life, how you lead your life.” Scott said she hopes all attendees and students of varying disciplines will remember the importance of religious studies as well as its wide range of influence in nearly all areas of study. “This is one of the misconceptions that religious studies is just about religion,” Scott said, “when in fact the academic study about religion intersects with all of these other disciplines.” This lecture is the first in the “Converging Limits” series organized by The Department of Religious Studies. It will take place tonight at 7 p.m. in Cox Auditorium of the Alumni Memorial Building.

Beacon Correction In Monday’s issue of The Daily Beacon, the article titled “Halloween drag promotes equality in UC auditorium” stated that: “While drag shows are commonly associated with transgender males, White said that drag is not exclusive to homosexual males or transgender

people.” The article should have been written, “drag shows are commonly associated with trans women” as in women who were assigned male at birth, and later transitioned to female, rather than describing them as transgender males.

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The Knoxville Horror Film Fest, founded in 2009, has several different awards for the films created. Nicholas Rhodes • The Daily Beacon

Horror film fest provides unique theater experience Hannah Zechman Staff Writer

At the Knoxville Horror Film Fest, it is encouraged to thrust a little glow-in-the-dark pitchfork into the air when something awesome happens. The festival, founded in 2009, is designed to celebrate regional filmmakers and the horror genre. It presents three days of shorts, feature films in independent and international horror, and the Grindhouse Grind-Out film making contest. Bringing together an audience full of dedicated KHFF followers and newcomers, the festival offers an alternative experience for the average moviegoer. Chad Cunningham, local filmmaker and founder of Wild Heart Studios, decided to enter his short film, “Daisy,” into the festival. Although horror is not necessarily his genre, he decided it would be a good chance to gain more exposure. The film,

classified as more of a thriller than horror, was an example of the diversity found at the event. “It was an honor to have my film chosen as an official selection,” Cunningham said. Shane Smith, a local actor and star of “Daisy,” was excited to be a part of the KHFF crowd for the first time. “It’s clear that these people are extremely compassionate,” Smith said, “and it’s really cool to see that happen.” Accompanying the short films was the most attended event at the film festival: The Grindhouse Grind-Out. The Grind-Out is a local film making contest that challenges filmmakers to make a four minute trailer in 6 days and 66 minutes revolving around a given genre. William Mahaffey, festival director, warned the audience of the graphic nature of the trailers to come before they started though. “There are not nearly as many dicks and vaginas this year,” Mahaffey said, “but there are butt cheeks.”

These Grindhouse GrindOut trailers, including the shorts and feature films, are given awards at the end of the three-day weekend to celebrate the best, funniest and wackiest entries of the year. Several of the awards included short film winner for best effects, funniest film and best performance. The wackier awards, such as a “Prize for Gratuitous Nudity,” go to the Grindhouse winners like “Bad Bad Bunny” for the best trailer about an evil bunny who must be stopped by nuns. After the awards ceremony, Nick Huinker, the festival’s producer, and Mahaffey reflected happily on this year’s festival. Despite some technical difficulties, they explained that everything went exceptionally smooth this year. “This may be the best festival we’ve put on,” Mahaffey said. Their shared love for not only horror but also filmmaking has helped developed the festival into what it is today. Huinker explained that

FRONT ROW REVIEW

Tennessee Theatre’s ‘Rocky Horror’ performance ‘subpar’

Jenna Butz

“Thrill me, chill me, fulfill me. Creature of the night!” As Janet sang these words during the Rocky Horror Picture Show performance at the Tennessee Theatre Saturday night, I was sitting there demanding the same thing. Rocky Horror Picture Show and its revival every Halloween season is a beloved tradition. Cities host multiple showings of the cult-classic with performances by shadow casts acting out the whole thing. It’s a special, seasonal tradition that brings fans of any age together. However, the sold out performance at the Tennessee left much to be desired. A subpar shadow cast and overwhelming audience made the event difficult to follow and less than stellar. First, women played Rocky and Dr. Frank-N-Furter, but the problem wasn’t their gender. It was that these two actors couldn’t

BLOUNT MANSION continued from Page 1 To set the scene for these myths, the tour will take guests through the main house and the Craighead-Jackson House. “Neither house has electric lights, so just going into the house alone in the dark is enough to be really creepy,” Hernes said. Though Hernes and Stromer said both houses are filled with history, the Craighead-Jackson House, which will be open to guests for the first time in years, embodies an even more appropriate vibe for the upcoming tours. “…next door, to me, is a much more legitimately creepy house than the main house,” Hernes said. “I personally don’t particularly like working in there by myself. I haven’t found anyone (who works there) that’s like, ‘Oh yeah, this is great!’”

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convey the masculine elements of the characters on stage. Part of the appeal of the film is it’s gender-bending properties, but that doesn’t work if the cast can’t express both sexes. The feminine and masculine needed to be showcased, but we were left with simply the softer side of the piece. Like if Janet didn’t have Brad. Then, there was the issue of keeping up. The majority of the crowd was incredibly dedicated and knowledgeable fans of the film. However, it was too much for the entire theater to be filled

with people yelling at the screen. Yes, I know that’s what you’re supposed to do. It was instead that, depending on the fan’s dedication to the show, so many different people were yelling so many different phrases at the screen at once that unless you are a longtime veteran of the show, it becomes insanely difficult to keep up. My recommendation: Save your money and see the Film Committee’s presentation of the event on Halloween at midnight. They always get it right.

And the mansion’s workers have plenty of chilling tales about the old house. “We had a maintenance man working in there…,” Stromer said. “He had the lock on the door in the Craighead-Jackson disassembled so there’s no way that it should have been able to lock him in and he got locked in. He was stuck in there.” Though the mansion’s maintenance man’s story serves as proof of the historic site’s creepy stories, other stories will make a debut on the tour. Stories such as the one about the slave girl whose dress caught fire in the Craighead-Jackson House (which contributed to her death), to the death of Native Americans and multiple Blount family members will also play into the tours. However, Hernes said to remember that most of these stories are based on legend. “Most of what we’re working from is legends,” Hernes said.

“The thing with legends is, there may be a grain of truth to it, but it’s these stories that have grown up in Knoxville over the years and everything, so that’s why we’re calling it ‘ghosts and legends.’” But these mysterious tales and legends will be paired with a bit of history to give guests the full effect on these mystery-filled October nights. “We’re also going to be talking about the history of Halloween and Halloween traditions, or All Hallow’s traditions, from the colonial period,” Hernes said. “Sort of set the stage here with that and then go over and take the tour. We’ll plant those seeds and then take them over and scare them.” Tours are on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 per person. Reserve a spot online at squareup.com.

the festival attracts a special crowd who is willing to come out and sit all day to watch these films over the weekend. Huinker and Mahaffey work every year to present this festival to film fanatics who appreciate filmmaking and want to enjoy watching video they can’t see in any other place. “We show these films because we aren’t going to see these in the theater,” Huinker said to which Mahaffey added, “And we just think horror movies are fun.” Year after year, the Knoxville Horror Film Fest delivers a weekend packed full of films and opportunities for filmmakers and audiences to come together and enjoy the film making process. Ultimately, it was a weekend to encourage the more devilish works of art. “Put your pitch forks in the air and have a good time this weekend,” Mahaffey said to an audience who eagerly waited all the weird and evil moments to come.

The B&A Associates team invested another $1.5 million in renovations, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel’s article “Kern building on Market Square sold,” published Oct. 20, 2010. Orley told the News Sentinel their idea is to “hopefully remake an old classic downtown and kind of remarket a property that for a long time has been a real secret.” Their efforts have succeeded in bringing in A-list clientele, as well as local businesses and artists. The hotel has hosted guests like musical groups Earth, Wind & Fire, Hall & Oates, comedian Daniel Tosh, actors Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson, and “Eat Pray Love” author Elizabeth Gilbert. Most celebrities stay in the Oliver Suite, which features high ceilings, a chandelier and scenic views overlooking the south side of Market Square. The Oliver Suite is also often called the honeymoon suite for its popularity among newlyweds. Standard rooms, king suites and Market Suites, which also have views of Market Square and include a dining area, are also available. All in all, the hotel features 28 rooms. Prices follow fluctuating market rates, but typical costs can range anywhere from $150 to $450 per night, Dave said. The rooms, located on the building’s second and third floors, feature interior design by Cortney Bishop Design, a firm based in Charleston, South Carolina and furniture by John Linsday of New Breed Furniture. The plan was to create a vintage, prohibition feel through the hotel’s design, even though Deano Leve, the Oliver’s concierge, said he has heard visitors describe the décor as “manly and masculine.” The “manly and masculine”

interior design is most notable in the Peter Kern Library, located just off the lobby or, as others may know, off the alley way. Named after the German born candy entrepreneur who opened Kern Bakery in the same space more than a hundred years ago, the Library is virtually invisible to guests from the hotel’s lobby because of a sliding door that conceals the entrance. The entrance from the alley is through a door, fit with a peephole to boot, below a round red light. The modernday speakeasy is “a well-kept secret,” Leve said, and often the subject of rumor. “It’s a fun thing where everyone is telling each other, ‘Oh have you heard about the bar?’ and then that gets stretched out to ‘Oh I heard it’s in the basement and there’s a secret door,’” Leve said, laughing. “You wouldn’t expect that right behind that wall, there’s a bar that’s pretty popping during the night.” Drinks at the Library are named after fictional characters, such as the “Holden Caulfield” or “Atticus Finch,” and organized by country of origin -- American, English and Russian literature, to name a few. The menus are disguised as World Book encyclopedias. Hanging above the mahogany bar, a replica of Kern’s stern-looking mayoral portrait keeps constant watch on the business people, concert-goers and occasional celebrity to visit the watering hole. Kern, who died in Knoxville 107 years ago today and is buried at Old Grey Cemetery, is credited with first developing Market Square into an important commercial area. Today, the Oliver Hotel continues the legacy of Kern and 1 Market Square. “We are not your corporation or your typical cookie-cutter hotel where it’s the same thing everywhere you go to,” Dave said. “We’re different.”

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Don't buy a dog – rescue one Gettin’ Scruffy by

R.J. Vogt

Should I get a dog? It’s the question on my mind every time one of my friends or neighbors gets a pup. Living on the East Side of the Fort Sanders neighborhood – an area with many apartments allowing pets – I’m more or less surrounded by dogs and dog owners. It’s hard to go to class without seeing one on a walk or another running around in James Agee Park. Bowser, Raleigh, Reagan, Lucy, Misty, Muggle … so many great dogs around me, even more jealousy within me. Normally, when I ponder the possibility of buying a dog, I think about the costs and the responsibilities. But a few weeks ago, I met a UT professor who forced me to think about an entirely different aspect of the dog-buying process (see: “The Dog Rescuer”). Now I have a different question on my mind every time one of my friends or neighbors gets a pup: did they rescue that dog? According to a study conducted by the American Pet Products Association in 2012, only 20 percent of American-owned dogs are adopted from shelters. The majority come from breeders and Puppy Zone-like commercial enterprises, leaving 2.7 million adoptable cats and dogs to be euthanized in shelters across the country. To put that number in perspective: as many as 3,000 pit bulls are euthanized per day in the United States. Some of those dogs are put down not far from campus at the Young Williams Animal Center. A quick visit to the shelter testified to its positive influence on Knoxville; they’ve found a home for 3,455 dogs this year, and the staff is happy to help would-be pet owners add to that number. Still, Young Williams is a kill shelter. The sheer volume of dogs that end up in their cages cannot be managed by adoption alone. Looking at the doleful eyes of a big hound in the window, I wondered how much time he had left. I also wondered how many of my classmates have ever been to Young Williams. A quick, unofficial survey of my friends found that most of their dogs had been purchased from breeders; only a handful had rescued their pets. And though there is nothing inherently wrong with buying a dog from a breeder (as long as it’s a reputable breeder you’ve thoroughly vetted), there is a lot inherently right about rescuing one. Amy Styles, a staffer at Young Williams, said that anyone who adopts from the shelter receives a puppy fully up to date on its veterinarian shots, imbedded with a tracking chip and spayed/neutered – for only $150. Adult dogs are even cheaper, at $75. Compared to the costs of adopting a pure-bred from a breeder, rescuing is more affordable. Unfortunately, some people hold unfair assumptions about rescue dogs. In East Tennessee and the South in general, many of these dogs come from dog-fighting rings and back-yard breeders. They have often been mistreated and sometimes injured in their journey to shelters. Because of this maltreatment, it’s easy to dismiss them as dangerous, and phrases such as “once they taste blood …” perpetuate this myth. But just as human behavior is formed by the influences around each individual person, dog behavior is malleable. I met one dog who bore the unmistakeable signs of life in dogfighting. He’s now a therapy dog, part of the same organization that visits Hodges Library during exam weeks. Young Williams is not the only animal center in the area – Union County Humane Society, Roane County Animal Shelter, Monroe County Animal Shelter and the Blount County Animal Shelter can all be reached within an hour. In each of those shelters, hundreds of dogs are waiting to die, be found or be adopted. Young-Williams – an openadmission shelter that takes every animal it receives – has plenty of lovable strays, unwanted animals, surrendered pets from the public and animals that are sick or have behavioral problems. No pet is ever turned away. Next time you find yourself pining for a pooch of your own, consider rescuing. I know of a doleful-eyed hound dog just down the road who needs a friend. R.J. Vogt is a senior in college scholars. He can be reached at rvogt@utk.edu.

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Procrastinating may be necessary for college students School of Sarcasm by

Kaila Curry With the endless load of tests, papers, internships and part-time jobs, every college student is bound to procrastinate at some point. As a college student and chronic procrastinator, I have to question the severity of procrastination. Is there a known cure? Is it really that detrimental? Find out next Tuesday! Aiight, I’ve just been notified that my column has to be longer. I also just switched work shifts with a fellow employee, completed the second season of “Orange is the New Black” and cleaned my room. There seems to be a negative stigma around procrastinators. Often times, they are viewed as unmotivated, lazy people who accomplish little with their lives. In reality, that would be known as a flake or a dead beat. Procrastinators differentiate from flakes, because procrastinators actually complete tasks, even if said task was completed at the very last minute. For me, procrastination is necessary. Sure, I could study for a test a week ahead of time;

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three steps to overcome procrastination: Recognize your procrastinating, work out why you’re procrastinating and adopt antiprocrastinating strategies. Some tips include: Make up your own rewards. For example, promise yourself a trip to Taco Bell after two hours of vigorous studying. And make sure you notice how good it feels to finish things. Ask someone else to check up on you. Peer pressure works! This is the principle behind self-help groups, and it is widely recognized as a highly effective approach. Next, you should identify the unpleasant consequences of not doing the task. I, for one, should start taking my own advice and limit my procrastination. Yeah! That’s right, I’m going to turn my life around and work a week ahead on all my homework, and oh … there’s pizza in my fridge. I’m going to eat pizza now. What was I saying? My conclusion: Procrastinating can be harmful and not highly recommended, but in the end, it is better to be a procrastinator and still get things done than to be a dead beat and not follow through. Kaila Curry is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media. She is also starting a weekly group called Procrastinators Anonymous, meeting sometime next week. She can be reached at kcurry6@vols.utk.edu.

Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’ falls short Will Warren Contributor She almost had me this time. I saw the bait cast into the water, myself swimming towards it at breakneck pace after the release of “Shake It Off,” one of three truly great Top 40 recordings in 2014. I was ready to go all in on Taylor Swift, Pop Icon™, who has always seemed to be bigger than the music, bigger than her own image, yet small enough to stay oh-so-relatable to the underdogs like “us.” I never have figured out who “we” are – maybe those who were invited to the “1989” secret sessions can explain that to me – but I think I have figured out what bugs me so much about “1989” itself. It isn’t the second single from the album, titled “Out of the Woods,” another anthem about a tossed-aside lover who she couldn’t connect with. After a few listens, it becomes easier to move past it’s forgettable imitation of Jonna Lee’s work under her iamamiwhoami name. The production work of Jack Antonoff (fun./ Bleachers) keeps the track entertaining enough to be light on its feet. It isn’t the most recent single release, “Welcome to New York,” an “I Heart NY” shirt splattered in song form, called “the worst

New York anthem of all time” by Gothamist. The track may have its individual issues, including the obnoxious titular refrain that seems ready-made for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade and a confusing percussion sequence. We have bigger issues to tackle here. Taylor Swift, Pop Icon™ is a different shade of your previous Taylor Swift renditions – Taylor Swift, Sweet Country Girl; Taylor Swift, Promising Singer With Curly Hair; and Taylor Swift, Now Featuring Lipstick all coming before her. “Red,” the preceding album to “1989,” shadowed this shift towards pop music and gained her a new following of fans all across the nation. This was a good thing because “Red” is one of the best pop albums of the last decade. That album still stands in 2014 as the pinnacle of what Taylor Swift, Pop Icon™ is capable of. “1989” stands in 2014 as the pinnacle of what Taylor Swift, New Wave Worshiper can do despite her over-reliance on beaten character tropes. Understandably, fans have fallen in love with Swift’s works on past boyfriends who have wronged her in numerous ways, and that’s fine. It doesn’t mean that these works have become more creative over time. Less creative, sadly, is Taylor’s sound on “1989,” which one could have easily recorded in 1989, minus the excellent “Shake It Off.” Swift has entirely ditched her country

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roots, which, in theory, is a fantastic idea. The country genre has delved deeply into a lack of creativity over the last two decades, and Taylor’s first two or three albums, all heavily country-influenced, are middling-to-poor. Country music was never meant to be Swift’s home, anyway – “Love Story?” “Fearless?” None of those would have been Martina McBride’s ideas, surely. Swift has always leaned more towards the synthesizer-and-drum-machine world of pop. “1989” is heavy, heavy, heavy on the synthesizers, and that’s appropriate – personally, the introduction of modular synthesizers to music, first popularized by the Monkees in 1967, is one of the recording world’s greatest achievements. The main issue here is one of repetition – the synthesizer usage, with little variance; the overused tropes; the same usage of loud-quietloud dynamics without anything new being introduced, etc. In short, “1989” is not a good album. “1989” is, at best, average, and it hurts. For a little while there, I lost myself. Then I woke up. Shake it off.

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however, I would not feel the pressure of the ticking clock and the anxiety of failing to be able to fully study the material. So instead of studying for that test ahead of time, I fill my life up with other important tasks, such as: joining multiple clubs I do not have time to attend, making genre categorized Spotify playlists and standing in the Hodges Starbucks line without my wallet. Then, the night before the test, I cram all the information down and still make an adequate grade. According to Psychology Today, “Everyone procrastinates sometimes, but 20 percent of people chronically avoid difficult tasks and deliberately look for distractions — which, unfortunately, are increasingly available. Procrastination in large part reflects our perennial struggle with self-control as well as our inability to accurately predict how we’ll feel tomorrow, or the next day. “Procrastinators may say they perform better under pressure, but more often than not that’s their way of justifying putting things off.” Pssh, who says Psychology Today is a credible source? Although I will admit there are some unpleasant side effects, such as an unhealthy addiction to caffeine, leading to insomnia and a weakened immune system. But it’s worth it, OK? According to mindtools.com, there are

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

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

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Lady Vols’ fall golf season concludes Pavon said. “We got off to a good start, but the wind picked up on the back 9, and we made mistakes on some of the easier holes. I think we probably tried to make some birdies happen and ended up with bogeys when pars would have been just fine.� A.J. Newell proved that she has the skills to lead her team in this tournament. Newell finished the tournament tied for 8th at -1. She finished third-best in the tournament on the course’s par-4’s, as she shot -1 on such holes. Newell’s impressive fall has not gone unnoticed, as Newell moved up to the 53rd ranked collegiate women’s golfer in the country on golfweekrankings.com. Out of the five tournaments played this year by the Lady Vols, Newell has finished in the top eight in three of the five tournaments: 4th in the Cardinal Kickoff, T-2nd in the GolfWeek Challenge, and now T-8th in the Landfall Tradition. “A.J. has had a great fall season and had a great tournament this week,� Pavon said. “I think she will go into the spring season excited to play and with a lot of confidence.� Lucia Polo and Anna Newell finished T-32nd in this tournament at +5. Polo finished tied for the fourthmost birdies in the tournament with 11. Hannah Pietila finished T-74th at +14, and Mason Chen finished T-85th at +17. Although the Lady Vols fall season didn’t end quite like they would have wanted, Pavon is proud of her team, and feels that the team needs to begin focusing on the spring now. “We need to stay healthy for sure and keep gaining confidence,� Pavon said. “I believe this team can compete with anybody, and we need to have that confidence week after week. “I think the team feels really good about the fall, but knows they could be even better. That’s a good feeling to have when good players want to work hard to improve.� The Lady Vols do have at least one positive lining heading into the spring. After not being ranked in the top 50 by golfweekrankings. com in the preseason, the Lady Vols grit and determination has lifted them up to 13th in the nation. The Lady Vols’ spring season begins on Feb. 22, 2015 at the Westbrook Spring Invitational in Peoria, Arizona.

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Junior Devon Baulkman during basketball practice Oct. 27. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon

Vols focus on defense heading into season Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB)

It’s a lot for the untrained eye to follow. But in the eyes of Tennessee head coach Donnie Tyndall, the shifting of players in the Volunteers’ press-zone defensive scheme represents the core of UT’s gameplan. The implementation of the defense, however, has been the main focus of the Vols this offseason with nine newcomers entering the program, and the six returning players having played primarily in a man-to-man scheme.

“We are a lot more comfortable than when we first saw it,� freshman forward Jabari McGhee said. “When we first saw it, we were like, ‘what is this?’ But as you keep doing it and watch film, you realize it really does work, you just have to buy into it.� With the Vols first contest of the season – a exhibition matchup against Pikeville on Nov. 3 – just on the horizon, the total but in of that system has had to come along a little quicker than expected. Last week, Tyndall mentioned that the team had about a “60 to 70 percent� understanding of the defense and when he talked on Monday, he gave an update on

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closer to the season’s tip-off. “It’s just the kind of coach he is,� McGhee said. “Every guy wants to be able to have his own shots on the offensive end, and while he won’t let you just freelance on offense, he gives you the freedom on offense as long as you are giving everything you have on defense.� Turnover troubles: The inability of UT’s offense to get any traction has come from the team’s abundant amount of turnovers in the Vols run-and-gun style of offense. “We have to do a much better job of taking care of the basketball,� Tyndall said. “We are still turning it over at way too high of a rate. You have to value the basketball to beat anyone of any quality.� The turnover problems for the Vols, however, have not stemmed from a lack of chemistry between a group of players that has only been a collective unit since the summer. “Of course, it (the team’s chemistry) will get better throughout the course of the year, but we have pretty good chemistry right now,� McGhee said. “That’s not the problem with our team right now.�

The Tennessee Lady Volunteer golf team ended their fall season in an unfortunate way on Sunday at the Landfall Tradition, finishing 13th in the tournament, their lowest finish of the season thus far. The team shot a combined +21 in the three-day tournament, compared to even par by eventual tournament champion Wake Forest. The Lady Vols started off the first day in the middle of the pack in a four-way tie for eighth place. Great play and leadership by A.J. Newell proved to be the difference maker on day one, as the senior was third place with a score of 68 (-4). Lucia Polo was +1, Anna Newell was +2, Mason Chen was +5, and Hannah Pietila was +7 after the first day of play. Purdue had the overall lead at -5, while Tennessee had a combined score of +4. “A.J. played awesome and really kept us in the tournament,� head coach Judi Pavon stated. “We made a couple mistakes that kept us from having a really good round, so we are hoping to clean those up tomorrow (on the second day).� The second day of play seemed to be much of the same for the Lady Vols. Polo and Anna Newell lead the team in scoring on the day two of the tournament, both shooting even par. A.J. Newell shot +1, which dropped her into a tie for fourth at -3 for the tournament. Other second day finishes showed Pietila shooting +5, and Chen shooting +6. Oklahoma State and Wake Forest snuck in to take the lead from Purdue on the second day, both having a combined score of -1. The Lady Vols slipped down the leaderboard to 10th with a score of +8. The third day proved to be the biggest obstacle for the Lady Vols in the entire tournament, as none of the Lady Vols finished at or under par on the final day. The top score came from AJ Newell, who shot +2, with her sister Anna behind her at +3. Polo and Pietila finished their final day at +4, and Mason Chen finished +6 to close out the Lady Vols round. “I’m not totally sure what happened today (the third day),�

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Questioning quarterbacks FOOTBALL

Vols recover from Ala., prepare for SC with quarterback ‘competition’ Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor (@dsouth16)

Naturally, Butch Jones saw the questions coming. With the release of Tennessee’s Monday depth chart for Saturday’s matchup at South Carolina, quarterbacks Justin Worley, Joshua Dobbs and Nathan Peterman were all bracketed together with the word “or” next to their names, providing little clarity on who might start the Volunteers’ third SEC road game of the season. So instead of waiting around, the second-year head coach jumped out in front of the issue before anyone had the chance to inquire. “I know the topic is ‘or, or, or’, so I will hit it off so we don’t spend the 30 minutes talking about our quarterback situation,” Jones said in his opening statement at Monday’s press luncheon. “We are going to try to really up it with Justin (Worley) in practice, Monday and Tuesday, see where he is at.” “Everything is about competition. Obviously, Josh (Dobbs) did some really good things running the football-wise, managing the offense. He will continue to improve, but I want competition. Playing quarterback at Tennessee is earned. Those three individuals — with Nate (Peterman), with Justin if he is able to go and Joshua — we will name a starter when we need to.” That same cautious strategy was implemented this past week in preparation for No. 4 Alabama. With Worley nursing an injured throwing shoulder,

which eventually kept him sidelined for all of UT’s 34-20 loss to Alabama, Jones said he waited until Friday before finally deeming the senior quarterback unavailable. But for Worley, who started the Vols’ first seven games of the season before exiting late during UT’s 34-3 loss to Ole Miss, a progression in overall health and throwing strength must become evident if he wants to climb back into the first-team conversion. “Velocity, velocity in his passes,” Jones said in reference to what needs to improve from Worley this week. “Is he able to execute all the throws that we asked them to, and we will see and we will make a decision in moving forward. If he is back, that doesn’t assure him that he is going to start as well. It is what individuals give us the best opportunity to win.” In a similar “wait and see” move, Peterman wasn’t officially announced as last Saturday’s starter until minutes before kickoff — albeit the redshirt sophomore played only two series before giving way to Dobbs for the remainder of the night. But even with Dobbs’ inspiring performance off the bench — he accounted for 267 total yards, threw a pair of touchdown passes and led the Vols’ to 17 unanswered points after Alabama raced out to a, 27-0, advantage — Jones insisted the sophomore quarterback won’t be pegged as a permanent solution after just one productive outing. “Josh will continue to get first team reps, but I also have to guard against crowning individuals,” Jones said. “I know everyone is excited, and they’re looking for positive things. And there are a lot of positive things,

Sophomore Josh Dobbs runs with the ball during the Vols’ 34-20 loss to Alabama in Neyland Stadium on Oct. 25. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon

but that’s one game. When you watch the videotape, Josh will be the first to say there are a number of plays we left out there, a number of opportunities we left out there. “He’s going to need to continue to develop and show growth. He’s not by any means a finished product, but I did like some of the things he’s done.” Still, despite not seeing live game action for nearly 11

months and having talks of redshirting swirl around his name all season, Dobbs managed to rekindle an offensive spark seen only sparingly in recent weeks. On his fourth offensive series, the dual-threat sophomore directed UT to its first touchdown in SEC play since the fourth quarter of its Sept. 27 loss to Georgia. Two possessions later, Dobbs found junior wide receiver Von Pearson

for a 9-yard score, trimming Alabama’s seemingly insurmountable 27-point lead into a somewhat-manageable 10-point deficit. And in between, the Alpharetta, Ga., native scampered for 75-yards on a teamhigh 19 carries, all while helping provide the Vols’ defense, whose been primarily shouldering the load during UT’s current skid of five losses in six games, with a

periodic breather. “Dobbs definitely did a great job just helping the offense move the ball,” sophomore linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin said. “It was definitely good to see him out there making plays.” “It definitely gives the defense a break. A lot of us guys are playing special teams too, so when we get to sit on the bench and relax a little bit, it’s great.”

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