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Sage Speaks Contributor UT students are helping to bring health to the Knox County School System.

Located in the Vine Middle Magnet School in Knoxville, the Vine School Health Center is a healthcare clinic operating in conjunction with the University of Tennessee’s College of Nursing and the Knox County School System.

Although the clinic’s broader goal is to improve the overall health and wellness of Knox County School children, its current mission is to serve students with limited access to health care.

For the last six years, more than 1,000 students per year have visited the health center, 90 percent of which were classified as undeserved.

Last year, 2,306 patients visited the healthcare clinic to access services such as physical examinations, minor acute illness care, health education and hospital care.

Although the UT College of Nursing has helped run this clinic since 1996, associate professor Nan Gaylord is currently the administrator and one of the nurse practitioner providers.

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Firefighters remove their hazardous-material suits after responding to a minor chemical spill in the SERF Building on Tuesday. Four students were taken to UT Medical Center after the spill to be monitored for safety.

Four students hospitalized for possible gas exposure McCord Pagan Copy Editor Four UT students were taken to UT Medical Center Tuesday after their experiment in the Science and Engineering Research Facility exploded.

Capt. D.J. Corcoran of the Knoxville Fire Department said the small explosions caused a two-hour evacuation of the building.

The transported students were not listed as injured in the explosion, but were taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure.

“They’re not having any symptoms, but they went Gage Arnold • The Daily Beacon ahead and transported them Students wait outside the SERF Building while Knoxville just to check them out,” Fire Department officials clean the quarantined area Corcoran said.

The boron trichloride gas after a chemical spill on Tuesday.

was in a small, 20-ounce glass tube that exploded after being heated for an experiment.

“Most of the gas, the trichloride, burned up with the flame,” Corcoran said. “What that turns into at that point is HCl (hydrogen chloride), which is a chloride, and so we don’t really know how much exposure there was.”

Both boron trichloride and hydrogen chloride can be toxic and react violently when exposed to air and water.

However, BCl3 is also four times heavier than air, making it possible that contamination was lower to the ground.

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With the high availability of free, but often illegal, content on the Internet, college students continue to pursue cheaper alternatives to seeing movies in theater.

Resident Life Cinema, a part of University of Tennessee libraries, is giving students a legal way to give their wallets some relief.

The program, unveiled this summer, streams select feature films for free from anywhere on campus.

This service began in response to student requests, according to Steve Milewski, Resident Life Cinema coordinator. There are more than 30,000 educational video streams on campus, and Milewski said these feature films were added in the hope to improve the quality of student life.

Available films vary each month. In September, the most viewed film was “Django

Unchained.” This month’s films included “Insidious,” “Now You See Me” and “Les Miserables.”

Karson Marsh, senior in marketing, has watched films, including “Silver Linings Playbook,” through Resident Life Cinema and said she appreciates this new aspect of the library services.

“I think it makes this a more socialization-friendly campus,” Marsh said. “Not that we weren’t before, but now the library is promoting things that students can spend time enjoying that isn’t for a grade.”

Charles Maland, professor of film studies, said although these films do not directly relate to students’ grades, there is educational gain to many of the films available. Maland is one of the various people who suggest films to feature each month and said he likes to include films that contribute to the history of American art.

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It may have been the shortest week-long quarterback competition of all-time.

One day after Butch Jones said all four quarterbacks on the roster would be competing for the starting job, the firstyear head coach announced true freshman Josh Dobbs will be making his first career start when the Vols take on the Missouri Tigers this Saturday.

“It’ll be a great challenge for him in a great venue versus a great opponent,” Jones said.

“But I know he is looking forward to it.”

The Alpharetta, Ga., native will be replacing Justin Worley, who underwent a successful surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb. The junior injured the thumb in the South Carolina game on Oct. 19 and aggravated it while making a tackle on Alabama defensive back Deion Belue, who was returning an interception, in the second quarter of UT’s loss to

the Crimson Tide last Saturday.

“We said it was an everchanging process, so with further follow-up and examination he went in and had surgery on his thumb and he will be out an indefinite period of time,” Jones said.

On the timetable of Worley’s recovery, Jones added: “Everything is about how the body heals. It could be two weeks, it could be three weeks, it could be four weeks, so we will see how he progresses.”

The decision to start Dobbs over his freshman counterpart Riley Ferguson was due in large part to the game experience the former-ESPN 300 recruit gained in the second half of the Alabama game where he went 5-of-12 with 75 yards passing.

Ferguson, however, will be the backup quarterback for the Vols as redshirt freshman Nathan Peterman is not quite ready to return from the broken hand he suffered at Florida earlier this year.

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For the first time in UT’s Greek life, an administrator will directly supervise sororities and fraternities.

On Friday, UT Associate Dean of Students Jeff Cathey announced Lindi Smedberg as the director of Sorority and Fraternity Life.

After several years of planning, this development is meant to put UT’s Greek system on par with other schools in the SEC, including the University of Alabama and the University of Georgia.

Although advisers have guided and directed the Greek community in the past, the new director position is part of department restructuring.

Smedberg, who previously held the position as sorority and fraternity adviser for chapters and councils, said she believes having a highquality Greek community is a priority at UT and plans to protect that priority through her new role.

“I know that a lot of administrators at the university had to work together in order for this position to be created,” Smedberg said, “and I feel a responsibility to make them proud.”

The Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life also intends to hire two assistant directors in the near future.

“Working on a team with Assistant Director Jim Harrison, our two graduate assistants Teal and Taylor and the two new assistant directors, we will really be able to make a significant positive impact on UT’s sorority and fraternity community,” Smedberg said.

The Dean of Students staff formerly oversaw the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life, but Cathey said he looks forward to having a dedicated leadership position for the Greek community.

As Cathey explained, the director will head the department, leading new staff to engage students in the Greek community and provide them with the best experience possible during their career at UT. The director will also be responsible for encouraging sororities and fraternities to avoid the pitfalls associated with Greek life.

In 2012, fraternities Pi Kappa Alpha and Phi Gamma Delta were removed from campus due to alcohol and drug-related misbehavior.

This semester, hazing allegations landed fraternities Lambda Chi Alpha and Sigma Chi on interim suspension and probation, respectively.

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CAMPUS NEWS CHEMICAL SPILL continued from Page 1 “They both pose a respiratory threat,” Corcoran said.

“I would say that boron trichloride is probably more, more dangerous than the other because it’s a corrosive.

And it has a violent reaction to moisture and with your lungs being moist inside, it could have a more violent reaction in there.”

GREEK LIFE continued from Page 1 Dean of Students Maxine Davis said recent sanctions placed on Greek chapters were not the sole reason for creating a new administrative position.

She said the administration has wanted to create this position since before some of the recent incidents.

“Within the last five years, increasingly I feel and I have felt that we really need more staff to work in that area to be able to address some of the issues that are there in a more hands-on way,” Davis said.

VINE SCHOOL continued from Page 1 “The Vine Health Care Center provides a service to our community while at the same time providing a clinical site for undergraduate and graduate students in nursing,” Gaylord said.

Many see the clinic as a way for nursing students to get hands-on career experience.

Jo Barnes, a senior in nursing and a member of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program at UT, works for the center.

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Kenna Rewcastle, junior in ecotoxicology and environmental Conservation, said she was on the 7th floor of the building when a fire alarm was pulled and she was told to evacuate.

“There was a policeman kind of ushering everybody out,” Rewcastle said.

“Because it wasn’t an immediate reaction, it wasn’t a fire that made the fire alarm go off. They called the hazardous material unit and then

pulled the fire alarms.”

The hazardous materials unit performed a final check of the building, sweeping through with pH detectors to test for any sign of the chemical before letting students back in.

The team summarized that with the fans and air conditioning still running in the building, the chemicals dissipated naturally into the atmosphere.

Smedberg said her passion for the Greek community fuels her desire to serve in that hands-on role.

“I am really looking forward to the two new assistant directors coming on board so the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life will be able to be even more proactive in our programming and education,” she said.

President of Delta Zeta and a junior in communication studies, Mary Pat Conway said she looks forward to working with Smedberg.

“I think that it is a great step toward performing at the best of our abilities that UT has the best Greek life

around,” Conway said. “I think Lindi is the absolute best person – she is amazing.”

SGA Student Body President and Delta Tau Delta member Jake Baker said he is excited about the changes coming in the administration.

Although he cited the Panhellenic Council’s Habitat for Humanity Lip-Sync fundraiser, which raised almost $30,000 last week, he acknowledged recent scrutiny.

“Greek life is a big tradition at UT, and we’ve kinda fell on some hard times,” Baker said. “I think that’s definitely an area of our campus that needed to be addressed.”

nurse practitioners who run the clinic in order to provide comprehensive advanced nursing care to our patients,” Barnes said.

Amanda Blayne, a senior in nursing, also serves as another pediatric nurse practitioner at the clinic.

“I am able to perform screening, diagnosis, physical exams, vaccines and testing as needed and as appropriate,” Blayne said. “I collaborate with the NP on site for each patient, and together we come up with a treatment plan or provide needed health promotion.”

Despite providing consistent care for several years,

changes are coming to the Vine School Health Center.

Social work and education students will soon be added to the staff in order to enhance educational efforts.

Telehealth, which allows a nurse practitioner to examine and treat ill students using remote technology, has also been developed.

Such progressive measures set the clinic apart from typical health care providers.

“My favorite part about the clinic is how unique it is,” Barnes said. “Knowing that we can provide quality health care for local children in need is extremely rewarding and satisfying.”

Beacon Flashbacks

On Oct. 30, 1996, the 48th issue of volume 73 of The Daily Beacon featured a lead story about a new Panhellenic advisor. In the story, the president of the Panhellenic Council Suzy Garner said, “I am both excited and relieved to have her as my adviser. I think that she has a genuine love not only for the Greek system but for UT as well.”

The quote is eerily similar to one

by Delta Zeta President Mary Pat Conway in today’s front page story on the new director of Sorority and Fraternity Life. On the left side of the page is a tease for a staff review of Ice Cube’s “Westside Connection.” In the tease, the Beacon notes that, “as the genre of gangsta rap seems to be fading away, Ice Cube and His Westside Connection have tried to keep the style alive with their new release.” In the middle of the page, an article on Habitat for Humanity fundraisers mentions a 5K race, a Halloween party in Hess Hall and a tricycle derby among other events. Last week, Panhellenic continued the tradition, raising nearly $30,000 for Habitat for Humanity with the annual Lip Sync competition. And on the bottom right of the page, the Beacon covers the experiences of a Bosnian refugee attending to UT for electrical engineering.

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Chemical engineering students make strides in research field Sage Speaks Contributor Energetics, elements and environments.

College of Engineering P ro f e s s o r D i b ye n d u Mukherjee and his students are currently involved in the research of characterizing bio-hybrid photovoltaic devices and the use of nanobio materials for energy.

Conducted by both undergraduate and graduate students, the focuses of this research include Scanning Tunneling Microscope tip preparation, the toxicity of metallic nano particle and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.

Neil Brown, a senior in chemical engineering, said a typical day in a lab varies widely, keeping things interesting for the researchers.

“I spend the bulk of my time researching my current topic, setting up and running experiments, collecting and analyzing data from those experiments and then using the conclusions to move forward and start the cycle over again,” Brown said.

On Monday, students conducted an experiment that could potentially be useful for biosensor and even solar power devices.

Tyler Bennett, a thirdyear graduate student in the chemical and biomolecular engineering department, explained the details of the experiment.

“We are working with Photosystem I, which is this big protein complex found in bacteria and plants that does the work of converting sunlight into useful energy,” Bennett said. “What we are doing in this lab is taking that photosystem device out of the plants and putting it onto a metal surface so it can generate electricity directly. The conversion of light to electricity is done through electrochemical testing.”

David Morse, junior in College Scholars studying bio-physics, is currently doing research on the toxicity of metallic nanoparticles and the interaction of these nanoparticles with lipid bilayers.

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Tyler Benntee, a third-year graduate student in the cellular and biomolecular engineering department, works on electrochemical testing to determine how efficiently the machine converts light energy into electricity. The device is hooked to a circuit in liquid while an LED beam shines on it from below. my nanoparticles,” Morse said. “Electron microscopes are a necessity when viewing small nanoparticles because these nanoparticles are smaller than the wavelength of light.”

Brown deems his long hours spent in the labratory, specifically his lab research, as particularly rewarding.

“I thoroughly enjoy getting to work with all these students, as well as my advisers,” Brown said. “As testament to our good working environment, Hannah and I placed third in last year’s NDConnect Nanoscience and Nanoengineering poster competition.”

Working with other students can also improve one’s own knowledge of the mate-

rial. Ali Davari, senior in chemical engineering, works with one of her first friends in Knoxville.

“I work with my lab mate, Sheng Hum,” Davari said.

“Our work is kind of dependent on each other. He synthesized the material, and I characterize them.”

Sheung Hu, a graduate student in chemical engineering, looks forward to continuing his research on the synthesis of nanoparticles in his life after UT. “I would like to work in industry,” Hu said. “For instance, companies manufacturing catalyst-related nanoparticles in the field of new power energy.”

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Intel chief: US spies on allies, they do it, too Associated Press WASHINGTON — Facing lawmakers who suggested U.S. surveillance has gone too far, the national intelligence director on Tuesday defended spying on foreign allies as necessary and said such scrutiny of America’s friends — and vice versa — is commonplace.

Another top intelligence official said the collection of phone records that prompted outrage across the Atlantic actually was conducted with the help of European governments. News reports that the National Security Agency had swept up millions of phone records in France, Spain and elsewhere were inaccurate and reflected a misunderstanding of “metadata” that was in fact collected by NATO allies and shared with the United States, the director of the NSA told a congressional hearing.

The nation’s post-Sept. 11 surveillance programs are coming under increased criticism at home and abroad, capped by recent revelations that the NSA monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone and those of up to 34 other world leaders. Those reports relied on documents provided by former NSA analyst Edward Snowden.

Congressional leaders who have been staunch supporters of the NSA programs are now saying it is time for a close examination. The White House said Tuesday that President Barack Obama had ordered a full review of the programs and was considering changes.

National Intelligence Director James Clapper defended the secret surveillance that sweeps up phone records and emails of millions of Americans as vital to protecting against terrorists.

He played down European allies’ complaints about spying on their leaders, saying the allies do it, too.

“That’s a hardy perennial,” Clapper told a House intelligence committee hearing.

He said during his 50 years working in intelligence it was “a basic tenet” to collect, whether by spying on communications or through other sources, confidential information about foreign leaders that reveals “if what they’re saying gels with what’s actually going on.”

Committee Chairman Mike Rogers asked whether allies had conducted the same type of espionage against U.S. leaders.

“Absolutely,” Clapper responded.

Asked about collection of foreign phone records, the NSA’s director, Gen. Keith Alexander, testified that the U.S. did not collect European records alone, as was reported over the past week to an outcry of criticism across Europe.

Alexander said the U.S. was given data by NATO partners, often collected from elsewhere around the world, as part of

a program to protect military interests. He disputed that the program targeted European citizens, but did not offer specifics.

He called the reports “completely false.”

As for efforts at home, the intelligence leaders defended sweeping up records of U.S. phone calls as necessary to combat terrorism. The Obama administration vigorously opposes efforts to curtail the internal spying programs that have angered some Americans.

Rogers urged lawmakers not to scrap an important investigative tool.

“We can’t ask the FBI to find terrorists plotting an attack and then not provide them with the information they need,” he said.

A bipartisan plan introduced Tuesday would end the NSA’s sweep of phone records, allowing the government to seek only records related to ongoing terror investigations. Critics both at home and abroad have criticized the current program as a violation of privacy rights.

White House press secretary Jay Carney declined to take a position on the legislation, put forward by Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., with a broad array of support. Carney said the administration is working with Congress on “appropriate reforms.”

Asked about the reports of eavesdropping on world leaders, Obama himself said in a Fusion network television interview that the U.S. government is conducting “a complete review of how our intelligence operates outside the country.” He declined to discuss specifics or say when he learned about the spying on allies.

Another U.S. official said Obama did not know the NSA was monitoring Merkel’s communications until after his visit to Germany in June. That official said information about the surveillance of foreign leaders emerged in the course of the White House’s broader review of spying programs, triggered by media reports based on documents leaked by Snowden. The official was not authorized to discuss the matter by name and insisted on anonymity.

The White House says the United States isn’t currently listening to Merkel’s conversations and won’t do so in the future.

Press secretary Carney wouldn’t say whether the U.S. is monitoring the calls of other friendly leaders or whether Obama thinks that sort of surveillance of allies should go on.

In rare agreement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, both said Tuesday that it was time for a thorough review of NSA programs.

Both have been strong supporters of the programs.

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A UT student-athlete dangles marshmallows for children to eat at Vol-oween inside the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center on Tuesday. This was the athletic department’s second annual Vol-oween and allowed UT student-athletes to participate in Halloween-themed games and pass out candy to local children.

Political science roundtable discusses world, nuclear issues Hayley Brundige Staff Writer Everyone has problems.

The Baker Center hosted five prominent political science professors from universities around the country on Thursday to discuss some of the most pressing international issues facing the nation today.

Speaking for 10 minutes each, the panelists shared their thoughts about terrorism, nuclear proliferation, U.S. intervention, territorial conflicts and environmental degradation. The discussion was then opened for questions from the audience in the packed Toyota Auditorium.

“I think it’s important to think about the United States’ footprint in the world, what our role is, how we want to affect security, the resources we should use to do it and the challenges we face,” said Brandon Prins, Baker Fellow and associate professor of political science.

Victor Asal, an associate political science professor at SUNY Albany, spoke on the current state of terrorism.

“There are still a lot of people out there who want to kill Americans for a variety

of reasons,” Asal said. “A conundrum we face with terrorism is that it has high consequences, but low probability of occurrence. This makes it difficult to address this issue in politics.”

With the growth of nuclear capabilities active in nine countries, nuclear proliferation was a central issue.

“There is the problem of separating the peaceful from the weapon atom,” said Matt Fuhrmann, political science professor from Texas A&M. “It is difficult to know the intentions of a country because these facilities can theoretically be used for peaceful purposes.”

Fuhrmann cited Iran as an example of this ambiguity. In the 1950s, Iran’s nuclear program was initiated by the U.S. to create a new energy source.

The panelists agreed that the presence of nuclear facilities in Iran is one of the most urgent foreign policy dilemmas the U.S. faces.

“We frequently hear talk in the halls of Congress about how we need to address the Iranian nuclear program and frequently we hear calls for the use of military response to destroy these facilities,” said Prins, the forum moderator. “I think there’s not enough talk about how dif-

ficult that would be.”

As several panelists noted, such conflicts demand the attention of American leadership.

“Currently, we have a president who is trying to pull us away from military intervention and foreign conflict,” said Professor Dave Brule from Purdue.

“When Obama came into office, I think he realized that the world is not always the way America wants it to be.

“Obama has found himself in a few tight spots, and he might not want to intervene, but must as the leader of the free world, such as in Syria.”

Krista Wiegand, a professor from Georgia Southern, who discussed territorial disputes and their effect on U.S. foreign policy, stressed the importance of awareness.

“Read, listen and watch as much as you can about what is going on in the world on a daily basis,” Wiegand said.

“Different issues, different conflicts, different events that are happening in the world. Just become familiar with what’s going on.

“Wherever you live, you are impacted by international relations.”

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Changing seasons provide relished rhythm In Rare Forum by

Julie Mrozinski “Hey, you look lonely,” yells a bearded man in grey sitting solo on a bench down the street.

I ignore him, focusing instead on the slowly accumulating sweat that my overly warm wardrobe has initiated as I sit cozily in my porch hammock.

Last week, my tights, thick socks and twice-layered tops would have still resulted in me shivering.

It’s no news that Knoxville’s weather is bipolar, but when it flips between sweat and the chills, knowing what to change into during the foggy conscious of the morning provides difficulty.

Despite the ensuing confusion, the coming and going of seasons is comforting. The promise and the certainty contained in slow moving, yet distinct, change creates rhythm. As work loads pile up and friend networks expand and contract, the notion that I will be wearing tights tomorrow, even if I’m a little overheated, provides self assurance in the continuity of things and our neverending cycle.

Beauty lies in relentless long-term change, intermittent with day-to-day fluctuation, in the possibility of the sweats and the chills.

In front of me stands an erect tree. He is a simple tree with only one long upward branch. He found no purpose in superfluous diverging branches, just minor, humble arms outstretched.

Meager in size, the tree that stands before me can be viewed deeply. It is possible to see his interior leaves against patches of bark. Towards his core, his inner-most leaves proudly display their photosynthesis and glow in lasting green lush color.

As his leaves pan out, they begin to loose their green luster and gain metamorphic chameleon qualities. Tea green, lime green, yellow-green, transforming into shades of gold, bright yellow and deep orange.

Finally — at his tips, at the edge of his existence, the very last part of him showcases his grand finale. My tree proudly displays a vibrant, deep, lustful red.

The red screams over the green, emphasizing his triumphant change profoundly.

It gives me the chills and then the sweats. It forces men in grey hoodies to sit on benches alone and ponder life — where am I going? What changes must occur in my life?

But my tree isn’t unique, nor is the grey hooded man.

Change and the evaluation of change are part of an ongoing existence.

In fact, change is the only certainty. It’s comforting to know that every year, we will layer up as trees layer down. That the sweats will always transform into the chills and back again, allowing us time to reminisce and remember.

My tree stands before me, experiencing again the metamorphosis that marks the passage of time.

People shy away from change, especially in terms of rearranging the self, but not my tree; he is here to show us that we should be proud of change, internally and externally, for eternity.

Change is inherent, from hour to hour, day to day, season to season, year to year. My tree will get taller.

He might decide to grow out another thick, supporting branch.

It’s no coincidence that right before hibernation, changing forces of nature surround us, begging us to shed our skin in order for reconstruction during the cold months ahead.

Connect with a tree, and transform with him. Feel free to watch parts of yourself grow vibrant in shades of red.

Then let yourself go as your tree loses leaves. View yourself bare while cuddled up in a warm blanket sweating, surrounded by chilling air. Watch your tree surrender to the comforting cycle. Mimic your tree.

May the beauty of red leaves always jump out in your vision as the world keeps spinning.

Julie Mrozinski is a junior in English. She can be reached at jmrozins@utk.edu.

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Arts, sciences collide with positive reactions at CERN Crossing Cues by

Melissa Lee This past weekend, because I am, well, a nerd, I took the time I had off from working in my laboratory to travel to another laboratory — that of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN. CERN houses the Large Hadron Collider, the highest-energy particle collider ever made. It is the birthplace of the World Wide Web, the location of both the hottest and the coldest places in the entire galaxy, and has been in the news most recently for its discovery of the notorious Higgs-Boson that won Peter Higgs and Francois Englert the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics earlier this year.

In other words, it is the home to some of the most cutting-edge thought in the world.

Their technology, they say, takes the rest of the world about a decade to catch up on.

So maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise that CERN is home, too, to some less-traditional laboratory inhabitants — world-renowned artists like British sculptor Anthony Gormley and German visual artist Andreas Gursky.

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modern invention, but it is one that has come largely out of practicality. As science has increased in specificity, it has also increased in the focus necessary to understand even the most basic of problems. It’s easy to get myopic. Even I, with only a very shallow understanding of the science I study, find myself struggling to think of less specific topics for this column, much less for poetry.

This poses a bit of a conundrum. As we zoom in on our science, we lose all of our periphery. But if we don’t zoom in, we lose a whole lot of acuity.

As usual, CERN seems to have found a solution. There, some of the world’s best artists are paired with some of the world’s best scientists. The scientists’ jobs are to inspire by going on with their daily work. The artists’ work, though given no strict requirements, is simply to produce.

CERN is in the business of collision. They accelerate things and smash them together just to see what comes out. In this case, the answer is quite literally art — in paintings, photographs, sound sculptures, performances and even dances. More than that, they have managed to produce true collaboration — both sides of the coin at once, a glimpse at real understanding.

Let’s hope it takes the rest of us less than 10 years to catch on.

Melissa Lee is a senior in College Scholars.

She can be reached at mlee48@utk.edu.

Halloween festivities bring out the child in everyone What the World by

Rebecca Butcher Halloween season has come upon us, and the ghouls are out to play.

This celebrated holiday gives people a chance to completely express individuality.

The young are able to be themselves without pause and the old are able to be their youthful selves again.

I witnessed all of this and more at Knoxville Boo! at the Zoo Friday night.

For those who don’t know, Knoxville Boo! at the Zoo is a local Halloween tradition dating back to 1986. The family event offers children plenty of activities and trick-or-treating.

Upon my arrival, I made an immediate beeline for the costumes. The crowded room was filled with clothing of all sorts, but I made sure to secure my spot in line and not be left in the cold without a costume.

All of the volunteers greeted the kids and babies swaddled up in bundles of blankets and jackets.

After an unsatisfied fitting with a female genie costume, I settled on dressing as the Aladdin’s male genie.

As I put on the golden robe and jacket that was laced with intricate detailing, I felt

my childhood rushing back to me. The large turban helped me get into the spirit as well.

Every trip around my neighborhood screaming “trick-or-treat” to various homes that were gracious enough to leave a light on came back to memory.

I realized as I had gone off to my college career and started on my hot pursuit of being an adult, I had quickly forgotten the fun times Halloween offers.

The giddiness of the passing children was absolutely infectious. Their shouts of “Happy Halloween” immediately incited a response from me. I couldn’t help but smile back, and enjoyed myself as much as I could in the freezing weather.

The wonder in their eyes as they saw Disney characters come to life increased my appreciation for childlike imagination. It’s something that declines as we get older and become bogged down with our everyday activities.

But it is the little things that make us happy and give us enjoyment that leaves us more satisfied in the long term.

I’m usually a person that sticks to the rules. Something about the spirit in the zoo that evening, however, had me throwing caution to the wind – or in this case, camels.

Our volunteer overseer warned me and my Jasmine-costumed counterpart to follow one rule: do not, by any means, ride the camels.

I thought, “Fine, no problem, I never truly

aspired to ride a camel.”

As the cold night continued, a thought began to emerge. Kids whose parents were not letting them ride begged desperately to do so. Other kids whose parents encouraged them to ride and, in fact, nearly pleaded with their children, promptly retorted a simple no.

The least I could do was get a picture on the camel for all the kids who weren’t allowed to ride the thing. After all I was dressed sufficiently for the part already.

While asking for the photo-op, I was soon ushered onto the camel’s back and I didn’t think three times about the consequences.

Of course, I was questioned by the employee who had told me not to, but I decided to do it anyways.

Many lessons can be taken from this experience. One in particular is the courage to be yourself and not always be so tied up with the immediate consequences of your actions.

Of course take into account things that will cause harm, but also take a moment to enjoy life’s moments as they are happening.

You just might find the results are instantaneously gratifying.

I knew one thing for sure after I left the zoo that night: My childhood was back in time for Halloween and I couldn’t wait to see the consequences.

Rebecca Butcher is a junior in journalism & electronic media. She can be reached at rbutcher@utk.edu.

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explores elements even more elusive than the Higgs-Boson: human ingenuity, creativity, and imagination.”

Just as CERN has tapped into Einstein’s famous interplay between matter and energy (see: E = mc^2) to learn more about what we are made of, so too it has begun to engage yet another fundamental equivalence — that art and science are really just two different ways of looking at the same thing.

I have a bit of a bias here. I’m an aspiring neuroscientist, but I also study poetry in the hopes of getting a different perspective into the investigation of who we are.

Despite its name, CERN is primarily a particle physics laboratory. Theirs is the stuff of, well, stuff — that is, they study what constitutes matter. Their immediate questions are ones concerning fundamental particles, but, as my tour guide emphasized to our group on Saturday, their biggest questions are even more basic than that: Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?

These are questions that we have been trying to answer since we discovered our own existence. Both science and art have been used as tools to address these questions for just as long, often in tandem; think, for example, of the work of Leonardo da Vinci, the famous archetypal Renaissance Man, or Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, celebrated German writer and politician whose work included treatises on botany and anatomy.

The compartmentalization of thought is a

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Milk Carton Kids navigate Jonas Brothers breakup folk genre with finesse shouldn’t bring sorrow Claire Dodson

As of yesJo n a s have broken up. first heard news, my

Arts & Culture Editor There is a sort of magic in the formation of a band. From The Beatles to Mumford & Sons, no band ever comes together exactly the same way.

Folk-Americana duo The Milk Carton Kids is no exception.

Comprised of Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale from Eagle Rock, Calif., the duo came together after Ryan saw Pattengale perform a song from the point of view of a dead dog. “I had never heard anything like it,� Ryan said.

Before they joined forces in 2011, both Ryan and Pattengale had solo careers. Ultimately, the two decided they would be better off as one. “All the other options paled in comparison,� Ryan said. “When you’re playing as a solo artist, there is an immediacy to the collaboration and singing harmonies. There was something about playing together that called our attention to it and made us want to stop doing everything else.�

The organic nature of the group’s creation manifested itself clearly in their choice of guitars, according to Ryan. Both musicians play vintage guitars – Ryan on a 1951 Gibson J45 and Pattengale on a 1954 Martin 0-15. “They sound better (than other guitars),� Ryan said. “They were the guitars we played when we met each other. These particular guitars seemed to be meant for each other. They sounded unique together in a way that was compelling and emotionally charged.�

The Milk Carton Kids has toured almost constantly since the group’s inception and has received worldwide recognition, including a Tiny Desk Concert on NPR. The duo has also opened for bands like Old Crow Medicine

RESIDENT LIFE continued from Page 1 Film, Maland said, along with jazz, are two of the most important American art forms of the 20th and 21st centuries. “It’s good for educated and curious Americans to know something about the contributions of our artists to cinema and music,� Maland said. “To me, the films I suggest are educational in a certain sense, too. They’re cultural documents. At the same time, they’re works of popular art.�

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essential humanity. The outrage on Twitter when the news broke is an example of how invested we are in the idea of celebrity.

Our ideas of music and celebrity have become too intertwined. Music frames our lives, like a soundtrack to a movie. The music itself is not the movie, it only emphasizes it, making the sad parts sadder and the happy parts happier.

Our admiration for the artistry that we connect with so emotionally has turned into obsession of the people who created it.

We make people famous by putting them on pedestals founded on skill but built with bricks of greed and jealousy and physical attractiveness.

But these bricks crumble so quickly; when they cannot be rebuilt, the forgotten famous are abandoned for the youngest and brightest star. It is the musical foundation that is left at the end.

Leonard Cohen provides an interesting perspective on this when he sings “We are ugly, but we have the music;� the music enhances our lives and helps us to see the ugliness and the beauty in ourselves and the people around us.

The end of the Jonas Brothers is not truly the end. Music, like literature, goes on indefinitely, changing each new generational audience. Maybe the music will last. Maybe it won’t. But the breakup of the Jonas Brothers is not the symbolic breakup of our Jonas-related memories and ourselves.

It, along with all celebrity gossip and scandal, plays such a small role in our lives when it comes down to it. We will go on to learn, to love people, to be affectors of change in our communities, to be livers of the life before us.

I guess my point in saying all this is that somewhere between

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Show, The Lumineers and the Punch Brothers.

Ryan emphasized the positive effects touring with Old Crow had on The Milk Carton Kids. “With the Old Crow tour we played in front of some of the biggest crowds we’ve ever played in,� Ryan said. “We learned how to play in front of 5,000 people and we also learned what it means to collaborate in a way that we never had; those guys are very musically generous and collaborative. “The whole thing felt like one big party. We never stopped playing music on that tour.�

Their experience with the Punch Brothers also had a strong impact on the duo’s musicianship, Ryan said. “They are five of literally the best musicians on planet earth,�

Ryan said. “And to stand in their shadows in front of their audience every night is one of the most humbling things you can do. I learned a lot about music, about what is important in music. “When you become friends with five virtuosos, you learn that virtuosity is not an end goal but actually a means to an end of achieving some sort of emotional communication with the audience.�

The indie-folk genre has seen a sharp increase in popularity in recent years, and Ryan said he hopes The Milk Carton Kids

brings a different aspect to this type of music. “(We try to) be quieter than everybody else,� he said. “Physically, the volume is lower.

(In the Americana genre) there’s a lot of foot stomping and handclapping and that’s never been very appealing to us. “We’ve just sort of naturally gone in the exact opposite direction, which is something subtle, understated, outwardly complex and definitely quiet.�

The group has had a busy 2013 that included the release of their third album, “Ash and Clay,� and an almost constant string of tour dates including the band’s upcoming show in Knoxville at The Bowery on Oct. 30.

Ryan is excited to play at a smaller venue than the Bijou Theatre, where they opened for Josh Ritter a few months ago. “We love playing at dive bars,�

Ryan said. “They’re very intimate, which is a very congruous setting for our music. I think that’s part of what we like about it.�

As for where the band hopes to take their musical career, Ryan kept things in the present. “We’re already there,� Ryan said. “We already did it. We are doing it. The end goal is to not stop.�

Doors open at 7 p.m. and tickets range from $12-$15. The show is ages 18 and up.

Maland suggested “Psycho� and “Carrie� this month. For October, Maland chose films from the ‘70s, including “Annie Hall� and “American Graffiti,� that students may not have seen before.

For Marsh, this wide variety of films allows her to watch films she has never seen before. To a student like Marsh, an RA in Laurel Hall, the major benefit of Resident Life Cinema is the convenience. “I like the opportunity to watch movies that I don’t have to pay for or leave my room to watch,� Marsh said.

Films requested for the month of November include “After Earth,� “The Conjuring,� “The

Hangover III,� “This is the End,� “The Purge� and “Pacific Rim,�

Milewski said.

These will be on a completed list of 26 films.

During finals week in December, the flicks will be replaced by 12 different films.

They can be streamed at movies.utk.edu from any location on campus.

Mikewski said the response so far has been great and hopes services such as Resident Life Cinema create a feeling of home on campus. “We want to create an environment where students are comfortable on campus,� Milewski said. “It’s a good place to be.�

Claire Dodson Arts & Culture Editor

thought was “I need to write a column about this.�

I was thinking about how to write this column and how easy it would be to write this as a musing on the end of childhood.

After mourning the loss of this piece of my youth, I would then put the breakup in the context of college and my growing fear of the unknown. As college students, our childhood is over, and the end of the Jonai simply cements it.

To write a column like this, however, would be too easy, and it would put the brothers on a higher pedestal than anyone should ever be on. Because at the end of the day, the Jonas Brothers did not consume my life. And as I wrote in my previous JoBro-themed piece, I did not consume theirs.

Although I listened to “When You Look Me in the Eyes� and “S.O.S.� on repeat in middle and high school, I was also living. I was writing papers and reading books and making friends. I was learning who I could trust and who I would grow up to be.

As were they. Joe, Nick and Kevin were learning how to travel constantly, grow as musicians and deal with the pressures of being teen idols.

The line that separates us is one of place and experience and opportunity. It is not one of

“Hold On� and “Paranoid,� I became obsessed, too involved in the lives of three people I had never met to notice myself.

When we become too emerged in celebrity culture and lifestyle, we become distant from our own lives, our own characters.

I have vivid memories of car rides with friends, shouting the lyrics to “Burnin’ Up� with the windows down in high school.

The grin on my face, the chattering of my teeth, that feeling of being infinite that music so often creates.

These are feelings I am grateful for, moments I will try my hardest not to forget. They are not moments founded in how attractive Joe Jonas is or how cute Kevin and Dani are on their reality show.

Rather, these are memories firmly ingrained in my relationships, my character, my history and my appreciation for all that music does to improve our lives.

The Jonas Brothers had an impact on people. They helped thousands of girls deal with all the angst and pressure of middle and high school with their carefree pop-rock. But to obsess is to overstate their importance and do an injustice to the purpose of music: not simply to absorb, but to reflect, to make our own discoveries and impacts on the world.

So Joe, Nick and Kevin, I hope the rest of your life and career lead you to fulfillment. I hope that you still dream extravagantly and pursue things that both make you happy and do good in the world. Your life and your family are not over, just as the lives of your many fans, myself included, are not over.

We are just beginning.

Claire Dodson is a junior in English. She will forever be a fan of the Jo Bros. She can be reached at pdodson@utk.edu.

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

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Snoozing through college Landscape lecture offers insight into healthier cities misses the point Michael Tremoulis

Cortney Roark

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Scrolling through my Instagram feed, I saw it for the what seemed like the millionth time of my college life.

We’ve all seen it. The clever little chart depicting the horrible truth that college students are one of three things: a zombie, a slacker or a nerd.

This was posted by a senior in college, which struck me as not only surprising, but sad. How can an upperclassman still struggle with the concept of being a grown-up? Then I realized, I’ve chosen to be a zombie.

For those of you that haven’t seen this graph, the zombies of campus choose a social life and good grades. I will change the “good grades” portion of the chart to “success.” Solely a 4.0 won’t get you where you want to be in life and takes less effort than working towards your personal definition of “success.”

For some, success is measured by money. For others, success lies in a comfortable life. I believe success is knowing you couldn’t have done more. You couldn’t have tried harder. I also believe that success is not worth having if there is no one to share it with.

So, as a student that has grown into the path of the zombie, I am here to say, from experience, it is worth it. I’ll start with the statement that convinces my friends to lose more sleep than anything: you will never wish you had slept more in college.

These 10 words are spoken in my house daily and should not be taken lightly. I wonder sometimes how many of the world’s corporate leaders, entrepreneurs and just plain happy people slept their life away. My guess is not too many.

For those of you “nerds,” as the graph labels you – that is, you choose sleep and success – don’t be offended. I have had my time in your category and it was zero fun, sir. My freshman year was full of going to my minimum wage paying job, school and sleep. Of course, when in the category, it isn’t as apparent that you’re in it.

My sleep that year was great, or as great as it could be in the top bunk of a Clement Hall dorm, but I will never look back to my freshman year of college and say I had the best time I could have. So for those of you in the nerd category: please get out of it.

And the slackers. To you, who choose social life and sleep, I don’t need to say much. Unless you have The Daily Beacon delivered to your parent’s basement, which I doubt.

The year I figured it out

was my sophomore year. It was the hardest, most confusing and best year of my life so far.

This is for the portion of students who have an excuse for their excessive sleeping, laziness or whatever variation of the word you choose.

There are no excuses.

Maybe your significant other broke up with you and you just can’t go on without them. False. Put on the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” and you will survive.

If that doesn’t work, bake a cake. This is scientific.

By the beginning of my junior year, I had discovered it’s possible to stay on the path to a successful life and make memories like no other.

Yes, it’s easy to blame your lack of motivation on dramatized personal issues, but it’s also cowardly.

The thing about choosing a social life and success is this: it is virtually impossible to have one without the other.

Success comes from working hard at what you love to do, of course. It also comes from being surrounded by those who you love.

As college students, we owe it to our future selves to create strong friendships and work hard for our dreams.

Use sleep to survive, not to live.

Cortney Roark is a junior in journalism & electronic media. She can be reached at croark4@utk.edu.

Contributor Landscape architecture is larger than simply the design.

According to architect Mark Johnson, it can be used to promote positive change in a community.

Johnson gave a lecture entitled “Landscape Architects as Agents of Change” in the Art and Architecture Building Monday at 5:30 p.m.

“There’s a history of us distancing ourselves from nature,” Johnson said.

Many landscape design and architecture students attended the lecture, as well as teachers and people who have an interest or profession in the field.

Mark Johnson is a part of the Civitas’s firm, located in Denver, Colo., that deals with large-scale urban planning and landscape architecture. The company deals with a large variety of urban planning projects all across the globe.

Their main goal is to help improve living environments for people, whether they are neighborhoods in Afghanistan, colleges in America or parks in Canada, Johnson said.

The lecture included an hourlong PowerPoint presentation

by Johnson, as he showed the audience pictures of the projects he’s worked on over the years and the currents projects he’s working on now.

“Cities have to mean a lot to the people,” Johnson said. “It’s necessary to push the envelope where design firms go.”

Johnson spent several minutes showing the future plans for a large amount of waterfront land along the San Diego bay.

He said the waterfront in San Diego is being wasted by large parking lots and other unfortunate structures that inhabit a potentially-beautiful piece of land.

Along with others in the Civitas firm, Johnson is in the process of recreating the strip of land by putting in a park and a unique convention center that is covered by grass and other environmental elements that go on top of the building.

Johnson said the goal is to create an environment for people and families to visit and enjoy the beautiful elements of the nature around them, and perhaps even a future place for concerts and festivals to be held.

“I’m interested in mak-

ing cities healthier,” Johnson explained. “Seventy-three percent of mortality in cities can be associated with the lifestyle choices.”

Recently, Johnson just got back from a visit to Afghanistan where he spent time helping for the new plans of suburban layout among an Afghan city.

Most of the troubles in Afghanistan deal with a lack of space amongst other houses, Johnson said.

He added that many of the houses are crammed together and all look alike, which creates an unpleasant environment for civilians to live in. Johnson, along with his co-workers, aims to fix this common problem for the Afghan suburb.

After the lecture, a Q&A session took place and the audience had the opportunity to ask Johnson more in-depth questions about his profession and the past and current project he’s associated with.

“It’s really good to hear from practicing professionals,” Bryce Holmes, a junior in architecture said. “It’s the best part of your education; hearing these lectures from all these experts and their experience.”

WikiLeaks film disappoints, doesn’t reach full potential Michael Tremoulis Contributor Oscar Wilde once said, “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”

Unfortunately, if a person were given a mask to talk face-to-face with Bill Condon, director of “The Fifth Estate,” they would mostly likely tell him it’s an extreme disappointment.

The famous Oscar Wilde quote is referenced in the movie by WikiLeaks’ main hacker, Julian Assange.

Assange, played by British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, is the famous controversial hacker who started the website WikiLeaks. The WikiLeaks website’s purpose is essentially to expose facts on controversial subjects that governments across the world have hidden from the public.

The film, however, tends to focus more on the oddball Assange and his complicated relationship with his co-founder Daniel DomscheitBerg, played by actor Daniel Brühl. The majority of the problems in the film tend to fall on the acting.

Cumberbatch’s voice, first off, is annoying to hear. Even though his character is an oddball in real life, Cumberbatch destroys every interest in Assange’s character by making him annoyingly odd and creepy. Cumberbatch doesn’t quite capture the true oddness of Assange.

Brühl, on the other hand, is mediocre. His acting is neither respectable nor terrible but is uninteresting and not fulfilling.

The whole concept of WikiLeaks is quite fascinating and it’s a shame the movie is not.

The film deals with the issue of privacy in the world today. Yes, the government hides things

that it shouldn’t, but the film touches on the subject that some things are necessary to hide, as exposing certain secrets puts people’s lives in danger.

Both WikiLeaks founders struggle to find an agreement on whether the information they’re hacking into should be released or not. Assange believes all confidential information should be exposed, while Brühl encourages everyone to think twice before disclosing leaks that could jeopardize a person’s life.

Another problem with the film is its loose plot structure. The story pops from one place to another without proper elaboration. It would’ve been more interesting if the film had focused on one specific leak, such as U.S. military corruption amongst civilians brought up in the film, rather than a random series of leaks.

This would have allowed the audience to follow the story much more easily.

There is also not much explanation of the legal action that went on against WikiLeaks that could have been put into the movie. It’s amazing, though, how so many elements were left out of the movie, yet the film still seemed to drag along.

Condon goes for a thrilling experience for viewers, but instead, the audience gets the lousy actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who looks more like Professor Snape from Harry Potter than Julian Assange.

“The Fifth Estate” is a movie that may be better to rent at Redbox for $1 rather than to pay the full price to see it in theaters. It was a smart idea for Condon to take on the film idea for hackers exposing government’s secrets to the public, it’s just unfortunate that the screenwriting and acting was so sub-par.

Victoria’s Secret struts out cost-savvy fashion show at UT Staff Report Rent The Runway, People of Style Education and Victoria’s Secret joined forces to present students with a financially feasible fashion option.

On Monday, Oct. 28, the two fashion merchandisers and the UT chapter of P.O.S.E. hosted a runway featuring different formal fashion, loungewear and activewear trends. Geared towards college females, the fashion show was modeled by representatives from different sororities on campus.

More than 100 people attended the event, according to Claudette Sariya, public relations representative for Rent the Runway and junior in communications.

“My favorite part of the event was standing in line and waiting for my turn to walk the runway,” Sariya said via an email interview. “At that time, everything we had worked for had fallen into place.”

Different companies contributed to the evening’s events. Truffles Fashion provided jewelry for the models walking down the runway, European Wax Center provided complimentary facial waxing and Studio Visage provided professionals that did hair and applied makeup.

Rent the Runway, a fashion merchandizing website, allows designer items to be borrowed for days at a time for a reasonable price. This resource can be helpful for students looking for dresses and clothing pieces for specific events like formals and mixers. The website sells designer items including Herve Leger, Badgely Mischka and Vera Wang.

“We had been planning the event for several weeks now, and the final product was better than

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A student model strikes a pose during the Victoria Secret Fashion Show on Oct. 28. we could have ever expected,” Sariya said. “Seeing everything come together on stage – the dresses, the models, the lighting, everything – just made us more excited to plan the next event.”

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Hall of fame coach highlights QB Club Joseph McCluney Contributor National Championship winner Lloyd Carr, who won the title with the Michigan Wolverines in 1997, spoke on Monday about his life and career as a college football coach.

Carr, a Tennessee native, addressed fans at the weekly Knoxville Quarterback Club luncheon at Calhoun’s on the River and talked about what he misses most and least about coaching.

“I don’t miss injuries,” Carr said. “I don’t miss the losing ... or the winning either. I miss the relationship with the players and the grind.”

The grind is what Carr calls “the routine of the coach.” It consists of everything from watching tape, assessing injuries, grading player performances, and scouting next week’s opponent, to mentally getting over the previous week’s result, forming the practice schedule, and fulfilling media obligations- all within a week.

It’s a process that repeats itself over and over, according to Carr, who coached Michigan from 1995-2007.

“You get up and do it again,” Carr said. “And you do it for 12

weeks.”

The attention to detail was always extremely important to Carr, especially with practice time.

“Every five minutes has to be a productive time,” Carr said about the way he sectioned off the two hour practices into five minute blocks.

A horn would signal the end and beginning of each block, keeping players and coaches on task. It’s a method similar to how UT coach Butch Jones operates his practices.

Carr’s weekday schedule also consisted of watching practice film, calling recruits, and establishing a relationship with each player. That, in part, involved making sure words were not lost in translation with members of the press.

“The only coach that spoke to the media was me,” Carr said.

“I wanted the program to speak with one voice.”

Tennessee head coach Butch Jones is in-tune with the job requirements of being a head coach according to Carr, who said that Tennessee is on the right track.

“I really believe that he has everything necessary to bring Tennessee back to where he wants it, and where (the fans)

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want it,” Carr said.

A member of the current Tennessee coaching staff, wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni, in contrast to Carr, is a Michigan native now working with the Vols. He also spoke to the Quarterback Club and shed light on his transition to Knoxville.

“For the first time, (my wife and kids) feel comfortable,” Azzanni said, speaking of his coaching travels that have led him from Central Michigan, Florida, Western Kentucky, and Wisconsin to Tennessee.

Azzanni echoed Jones’ “brick by brick” policy of always improving. Azzanni said that his group of wide receivers, though young, are constantly getting better.

“It’s a young group that I’m working with,” Azzanni said. “A group I hope you see as growing weekly.”

Azzanni highlighted this growth specifically in the game against South Carolina and in the second half against Alabama, praising the high work ethic of his players and their desire to make big plays.

“Those kids give an unbelievable effort,” Azzanni said.

“They’re getting better every week with their route-running, their technique.”

Unpredictability surrounds UT-Mizzou showdown

Troy Provost-Heron Assistant Sports Editor The law of syllogism states that if p implies q and q implies r, then p also implies r.

In other words, the Volunteers beat South Carolina and the Gamecocks beat Missouri, so UT will beat the Tigers on Saturday.

Then again, Missouri beat Florida and the Gators beat the Vols, so the Tigers will best the Vols.

Mathematically, these may be true statements, but football isn’t mathematical or formulaic: it’s unpredictable.

Take Missouri’s loss to South Carolina this past week as an example.

The Tigers went into the fourth quarter with a 17-point lead and looked poised to maintain their undefeated record and a get a firm hold on the SEC East.

That is until the Gamecocks quarterback Connor Shaw resurrected himself from the sideline and led the South Carolina

offense to scores on their final five possessions to pull off a comeback win in double overtime.

If anybody predicted the ending of that game, they are a god among men.

From Missouri’s point of view, the Tigers must be stunned. But as the Volunteer faithful know, sometimes a team can grow from their hardships.

On Oct. 5, the Vols had a similar gut-wrenching contest against then-No. 6 Georgia, coming up inches short as the ball fleeted from Alton “Pig” Howard’s hands as he dove for the pylon, allowing Georgia to hit the game-winning field goal.

That team was visibly distraught after the game, but after a couple of days, the pain left, and belief and a certain hunger for a signature win filled the empty space.

As everybody knows, the Vols went on to defeat then-No. 11 South Carolina the following week, snapping a 19-game losing streak against ranked opponents.

It’s hard to believe that Missouri - the No. 9 team in the country - isn’t capable of bouncing back in a similar fashion.

The Vols, however, have some rebounding of their own to do.

Let’s not forget that UT is coming off a game where they were destroyed 45-10 against

the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Yes, the Tide are the No. 1 team in the country, but the Vols came in with so much confidence and to have it shot down like that is going to take some healing.

The Vols, however, have the benefit of experience in the recovery process. They are currently 2-1 following a loss and could potentially be 3-0 if they hadn’t gotten off to such a horrid start against the Gators.

Missouri, on the other hand, hadn’t lost before Saturday, so we have yet to see if they have the ‘snap-and-clear’ mentality that Coach Jones is so fond of.

Other than the probable dual between the freshman quarterbacks Maty Mauk and Josh Dobbs, the story of the game will be aboutwhich team can bounce back the best, and that is something that we won’t be able to tell until a little bit after kickoff around 7 p.m.

One thing is for sure, syllogism rarely works in football – really sports in general – but it will work one way or another this Saturday in Columbia, Mo. Troy Provost-Heron is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at tprovost@utk.edu and followed on Twitter @ TPro_UTDB.

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Tennessee Lady Vol sophomore rower Morgan Suffridge practices with her teammates on the Tennessee River on Oct. 23.

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Tennessee true freshman quarterback Josh Dobbs narrowly outruns Alabama safety Landon Collins en route to an 11-yard carry during UT’s 45-10 loss against Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday.

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continued from Page 1 “He (Ferguson) will be our No. 2 and he will continue to push Josh moving forward,” Jones said. “I’m comfortable with both quarterbacks, they both have done a great job, but I think we are going to lean toward the game experience that Josh was able to garner in the Alabama game.”

That game experience showed flashes of the promise the young signal caller has, but his performance in the game inside a hostile environment like Bryant-Denny Stadium against the No. 1 team in the nation did not shock any of his teammates. “It didn’t surprise me, I had faith in him,” said sophomore wide receiver Alton “Pig” Howard. “I watched him all throughout camp over the summer.

He picked up on the playbook early and did

“He’s not a very arrogant or pompous type of person.

He’s very humble.”

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everything that it took for him to go out there and perform and that’s exactly what he did.”

Dobbs will be the fourth freshman quarterback to start for the Vols in the past four seasons, following Tyler Bray at Memphis on Nov. 6, 2010, Justin Worley against South Carolina on Oct. 29, 2011 and Nathan Peterman at Florida on Sept. 21, 2013.

Even though the 18-year old will be making his first start on the road inside the home of the No. 9 team in the nation, Jones insists that the playbook will not be cut just because there is a freshman at the helm.

“Everyone asks, ‘With a freshman quarterback, do you have to scale your offensive package down and your gameplan?’ But it’s quite the contrary,” Jones said. “We can actually do some more things in terms of our schemes with the quarterback.”

Part of that expanded offensive gameplan may come from the versatility Dobbs provides with his legs.

First team all-region baseball player as a senior in high school While he didn’t take off with the ball much against Alabama, Dobbs did record 19 yards on three carries, including an 11-yard first down run off of a zone read play.

“It means a lot,” senior offensive lineman Ja’Wuan James said of Dobbs’ mobility.

“Defenses have to start respecting the pull of the quarterback, so they’ll have a linebacker itching to stay outside or they’ll have to hold a safety or something like that, so it definitely helps our offense.”

Beyond the way he played in his first collegiate game, the biggest praise of Dobbs has been his control of the offense and his leadership, considering he was playing high school football a year ago.

“He’s a vocal leader,” senior offensive lineman Zach Fulton said. “He’s taking command of things and making sure that we are getting lined up fast and things like that. He does all the little things that every quarterback should do.”

Looking at the UT football schedule as a whole prior to the season, a clear distinction existed between the months of October and November.

As the calendar flips forward over this week, that distinction is gone.

The Associated Press top 25 poll released Aug. 17 placed UT’s October opponents – Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama – in the top-6. But it appeared the Vols would get a break in November with games against Missouri, Auburn, Vanderbilt and Kentucky, all unranked in the preseason.

Instead, Missouri and Auburn – UT’s next two opponents – are a combined 14-2 and both ranked higher than South Carolina and Georgia in the current BCS Standings, meaning November brings little relief for the 4-4 Vols, who need two wins to become bowl eligible.

“The only way to do it is you put your head down,” Jones said Monday, “and you keep working to get better each and every day.”

Vanderbilt (4-4, 1-4 SEC) and Kentucky (1-6, 0-4 SEC) provide some alleviation at the end of the month, but UT left tackle Antonio “Tiny” Richardson expressed no desire to settle for a 2-2 November, which would be enough to earn the Vols a bowl berth for the first time since the 2010 season.

“That’s been our goal since the offseason, to go to a big-time bowl game,” Richardson said after UT’s loss to Alabama on Saturday.

“And if we can win these next four, we can go to a pretty good bowl game, and that’s the goal right now, is just to snap and clear and win these

next four.”

When the Volunteers travel to Columbia, Mo. for a 7 p.m. battle with No. 9 Missouri, the Tigers (7-1, 3-1 SEC) will be fighting to remain in control of the SEC East.

Below them, three teams have two conference losses, meaning the East’s representative in the SEC Championship on Dec. 7 is far from decided.

On the other side, No. 11 Auburn, who the Vols play on Nov. 9, is the closest competition in the SEC West to No. 1 Alabama in the race to the SEC Championship.

So the Vols have ample opportunity to add to the turbulence of the conference in an already crazy year.

“All we want to do is be able to get to a bowl game, be successful, win games and do good things for Tennessee,” senior defensive end Corey Miller said Saturday. “It’s out there. It’s the goal. It’s exactly what we want; we know what we want and we know how to get there.

As for the method to do that, fellow senior running back Rajion Neal said trust in UT’s first-year coaching staff is key.

“It just all goes back to coaching,” Neal said. “You’ve got to keep believing in those guys and just stay close as a team and keep anything negative out of sight and out of mind.”

Richardson promised a win against Missouri, which would align with Jones’ assertion that the next step for UT is winning on the road.

UT is 0-3 away from Neyland Stadium in 2013.

“We’ve got four games down the stretch, and it would be really nice to win these four,” Richardson said.

“People always remember what you do in November.”