The Daily Beacon

Issue 49, Volume 121

Friday, November 2, 2012

Ray’s offers unique dining experience RJ Vogt News Editor

Sidewalks crisscross the lawn in front of Ayres Hall, providing students pathways to traverse the Hill and its many buildings.

But off to the side of South College, away from the paved concrete, a dirt trail leads down to a place most students never see: Ray’s Place.

A small restaurant nestled into the bottom of South College, Ray’s Place offers fresh sandwiches, coffee and hot lunches, as well as dedication to customer service from its unique owner, Ray Mowery, Sr. Why is he unique? With two quick taps of a quarter, Ray casually explained that both of his eyes are plastic.

“I stuck a nail in my right eye when I was seven, and was running through the house a year later and

tripped over a throw rug on the floor and fell on the chair and the arm of it knocked my left eye out of the socket,” Ray said, adding that he’s glad God only gave him two eyes.

“As I’ve said all of my life, aren’t you glad God didn’t create us with four eyes?

Think about it … as spastic as I was, I would’ve had two more accidents,” he joked.

His light attitude translates to the checkout process at Ray’s. Customers simply tell him what they are purchasing and how much money they are giving him.

Ray often offers deals on meals, like a ten-cent discount on a sausage biscuit and coffee because it’s “good ole Friday’s Eve.” See RAY’S PLACE on Page 3

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A student purchases a snack from Ray’s Place on Jan. 15, 2008. Ray, the owner of Ray’s Place, has served students in the basement of South College since 1989.

Daughter to hold charitable Homecoming raises school sprit 5K in father’s memory Andrew White

Contributor

Justin Joo Staff Writer It all started when Holli Kervin’s father, Sgt. Maj. Bill Kervin, was serving in Iraq and asked his wife and daughter to collect donations of school supplies and soccer balls.

And after Kervin’s father passed away in 2006, she’s been on a path to honor her father’s memory by continuing charitable efforts.

“Ever since then I’ve kind of wanted to do something more permanent,” Kervin said, “but I didn’t really know what to do.”

During the summer after graduating high school, Kervin went to Uganda on a medically centered mission trip through her church. This was the first time Kervin had been to a third world country and the experience was life changing.

“It was really sad and really eye opening,” Kervin said. “Clean water is just something we don’t really worry about. Their water was absolutely disgusting.”

Kervin said the water was so unclean that she

and her fellow missionaries were instructed to keep their eyes and mouths closed during showers. To brush their teeth, Kervin said bottled water had to be used.

Malaria was the biggest problem with the water, Kervin explained. Her group helped install water filters, which purified the water and made it drinkable. She also helped prescreen nearly 750 patients over the course of four days.

A few years later, Kervin is now a junior in nursing at UT, and Uganda and honoring her father have still been on her heart and mind.

Then last season, she finally figured how to combine her passion for charity and the desire to celebrate her father’s memory.

She would put together a 5K run for charity.

“It kind of just came to me this summer. I used to run quite a bit. … Then I just thought that’s something that all the kids really enjoy doing and will participate in,” Kervin said.

See KERVIN 5K on Page 3

Around Rocky Top

It’s not every day that UT’s organizations and groups can participate in an activity on an equal playing field with each other.

On Wednesday, groups of students from all walks of life gathered at Thompson-Boling Arena to participate in and witness a school spirit competition. The event was called “Smokey’s Howl,” and it is held each year as part of homecoming week.

Groups performed cheers or skits, and were judged in four categories: adherence to theme, school spirit, creativity and execution. Teams were given two minutes to perform their routines.

Students formed competing groups with members of their choosing. While some teams were built with members of one particular group, others were made when multiple organizations joined forces to create a more diverse team. Other squads had no organizational ties.

In addition to the competition, the Miss Homecoming finalists made an appearance to raise the mood among an already elated crowd.

Many performances included elements such as tossing group members into the air, the singing of “Rocky Top,” and the chanting of humorous lines designed to engage the audience’s attention.

Students who participated were very lively and displayed a high level of UT pride; students who attended the event were equally exuberant.

Travis Crafton, freshman in accounting, and Yasin Kanakrieh, freshman in biological sciences, attended the event and said that it rejuvenated their UT spirit.

“Although my UT spirit is almost always at a one-hundred percent maximum, with all the cold weather we’ve been having and with finals starting to crank up, my school spirit was down to about ninety-eight percent,” Crafton said.

“This event reminded me how much fun and excitement cheering for my university can bring and brought me back up to one-hundred percent.”

Kanakrieh agreed.

“This event definitely got me excited to cheer for the Vols again. All the teams were great. I especially enjoyed watching the sororities do their thing and perform their cheers.

They seemed very organized and put together with their routines.”

Wednesday’s competition was a preliminary round, so students eager to witness an incredible display of UT pride through “Smokey’s Howl” will have another opportunity to do so.

On Friday at 6 p.m., the “Smokey’s Howl” finals will take place at Thompson-Boling Arena.

In addition to “Smokey’s Howl,” homecoming activities will continue throughout the rest of the week including a parade at 4 p.m. Friday that will travel east on Volunteer Boulevard from the Rock, and will culminate with UT’s football team taking on the Troy Trojans at Neyland Stadium on Saturday at noon.

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Kristie Sowell, junior in management, breaks the rack during a pool match in the UC’s Down Under on Oct. 25.

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On Saturday, the UT Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) will host its annual celebration of “Ag Day.” Festivities will commence on the Ag Campus four hours prior to the noon kickoff against Troy’s Trojans, and will last from roughly 8 to 11 a.m.

This year’s theme, titled “Then and Now,” aims to highlight major advancements seen within the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources (CASNR) over the years. It will also recognize the 150th anniversary of the Morrill Act, which enabled eligible states to establish colleges on federal lands, and subsequently paved the way for the University of Tennessee’s fruition. UTK Chancellor Jimmy

Cheek, Ag Institute Chancellor Larry Arrington, and UTK President Joe DiPietro will be in attendance for a special ceremony to salute this historic occasion around 10 a.m.

Street fair activities will include live music, the infamous “insect petting zoo,” cornhole and free ice cream, along with giveaways and other surprises, including a visit from Smokey. Additionally, Farm Bureau Insurance’s TV personality “Charlie” will be on site giving out hats and pointers on life.

Students, alumni and UT fans of all ages are encouraged to attend. Academic departments will be present with displays showcasing specific advancements and accomplishments.

See AG DAY on Page 3

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Around Rocky Top

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Allison Henry, graduate student in speech pathology, provides a free hearing test to another student during the SAA Open House by Neyland Stadium on Oct. 25.

Around Rocky Top 1947 — Spruce Goose flies

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Caitlin Miller, senior in philosophy, and Cherie Clifton, graduate student in business administration, remove the seeds of a pumpkin before carving it at the OUTreach Center on Oct. 29.

The Hughes Flying Boat—the largest aircraft ever built—is piloted by designer Howard Hughes on its first and only flight.

Built with laminated birch and spruce, the massive wooden aircraft had a wingspan longer than a football field and was designed to carry more than 700 men to battle.

Howard Hughes was a successful Hollywood movie producer when he founded the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1932. He personally tested cutting-edge aircraft of his own design and in 1937 broke the transcontinental flight-time record. In 1938, he flew around the world in a record three days, 19 hours, and 14 minutes.

Following the U.S. entrance into World War II in 1941, the U.S. government commissioned the Hughes Aircraft Company to build a large flying boat capable of carrying men and materials over long distances. The concept for what would become the "Spruce Goose" was originally conceived by the industrialist Henry Kaiser, but Kaiser dropped out of the project early, leaving Hughes and his small team to make the H-4 a reality. Because of wartime restrictions on steel, Hughes decided to build his aircraft out of wood laminated with plastic and covered with fabric.

Although it was constructed mainly of birch, the use of spruce (along with its white-gray color) would later earn the aircraft the nickname Spruce Goose. It had a wingspan of 320 feet and was powered by eight giant propeller engines.

Development of the Spruce Goose cost a phenomenal $23 million and took so long that the war had ended by the time of its completion in 1946. The aircraft had many detractors, and Congress demanded that Hughes prove the plane airworthy. On November 2, 1947, Hughes obliged, taking the H-4 prototype out into Long Beach Harbor, CA for an unannounced flight test. Thousands of onlookers had come to watch the aircraft taxi on the water and were surprised when Hughes lifted his wooden behemoth 70 feet above the water and flew for a mile before landing.

Despite its successful maiden flight, the Spruce Goose never went into production, primarily because critics alleged that its wooden framework was insufficient to support its weight during long flights.

Nevertheless, Howard Hughes, who became increasingly eccentric and withdrawn after 1950, refused to neglect what he saw as his greatest achievement in the aviation field.

From 1947 until his death in 1976, he kept the Spruce Goose prototype ready for flight in an enormous, climate-controlled hangar at a cost of $1 million per year. Today, the Spruce Goose is housed at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.

1982 — Truck explosion kills 3,000 in Afghanistan On this day in 1982, a truck explodes in the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan, killing an estimated 3,000 people, mostly Soviet soldiers traveling to Kabul.

The Soviet Union's military foray into Afghanistan was disastrous by nearly every measure, but perhaps the worst single incident was the Salang Tunnel explosion in 1982. A long army convoy was traveling from Russia to Kabul through the border city of Hairotum. The route took the convoy through the Salang Tunnel, which is 1.7 miles long, 25 feet high and approximately 17 feet wide. The tunnel, one of the world's highest at an altitude of 11,000 feet, was built by the Soviets in the 1970s.

The Soviet army kept a tight lid on the story, but it is believed that an army vehicle collided with a fuel truck midway through the long tunnel. About 30 buses carrying soldiers were immediately blown up in the resulting explosion. Fire in the tunnel spread quickly as survivors began to panic. Believing the explosion to be part of an attack, the military stationed at both ends of the tunnel stopped traffic from exiting. As cars idled in the tunnel, the levels of carbon monoxide in the air increased drastically and the fire continued to spread. Exacerbating the situation, the tunnel's ventilation system had broken down a couple of days earlier, resulting in further casualties from burns and carbon monoxide poisoning.

It took several days for workers to reach all the bodies in the tunnel. Because the Soviet army limited the information released about the disaster, the full extent of the tragedy may never be known.

— This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

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Around Rocky Top

RAY’S PLACE continued from Page 1 “Everybody here is really friendly, talking to Ray is always cool. He treats you as a friend even though he probably doesn’t know you from anyone else,” said Ryan Hammond, junior in biological sciences and frequent customer at Ray’s. “Every time I’ve ever talked to him it’s been a good conversation.”

Garrett Barnett, sophomore in food science and technology, said he probably eats there twice a week.

“It’s really convenient being on the Hill … it’s nice being right next to our classes,” Barnett said.

Hammond and Barnett do not have meal plans, but at Ray’s Place it doesn’t matter. The restaurant is independently operated by Aramark, the university’s meal and dining partner.

The food is prepared fresh daily, and has

KERVIN 5K continued from Page 1

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Members of the community enjoy the live music and fun activities during Ag Day. Ag Day will be celebrated on the agricultural campus before the homecoming game kickoff on Nov. 3.

AG DAY continued from Page 1 “It’s fun, festive and a great way to meet professors, alumni and students of all ages and interests,” said Jean Hulsey of the UTIA. Other highlights will be encompassed in tours given throughout the day. CASNR graduate students will lead tours of the new Food Science and Technology Building, while the Brehm Animal Science Building will display its new show arena.

Tours of the new facilities will begin every fifteen minutes throughout the three-hour festival.

There will also be opportunities to interact directly with developers and staff of the UT Gardens, as well as UT’s stateof-the-art Living Light House, which resides in the UT Gardens. Current and prospective students interested in green power and alternative energy might find

this especially appealing. Recently, the energy-efficient, solar-powered house traveled over 4,000 miles to 5 different cities on a brief educational tour, with a notable stop at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington D.C. Originally built for the Solar Decathlon and entered along with over 300 team applicants worldwide, UT’s Living Light House was one of 20 teams accepted. The impressive house was developed by nine distinct academic disciplines, and is truly a testament to the vast potential of UT’s research departments.

Finally, the UT Gardens will be open for tours and exploration all morning.

James Newburn, Assistant Director of UT Gardens, will be on site along with staff members to guide visitors and answer inquiries throughout its stunning grounds.

“There is a lot to see in the garden,” Newburn said, “and morning is a great time to visit.”

War hero to be honored in Knoxville Staff Reports Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Col. Bruce Crandall will be at UT on Nov. 14 to share his story of heroism with faculty, staff and students. Crandall flew 900 combat missions in Vietnam and helped evacuate many wounded troopers before he was severely wounded himself.

The event celebrates Veterans Day, which is Sunday, Nov. 11, and also serves as a prelude to the 2014 Congressional Medal of Honor Convention, which will be held in Knoxville.

Crandall’s presentation will begin at 10 a.m. in the Carolyn P. Brown University Center Ballroom. The Division of Student Life and the Task Force in Support of Student Veterans have issued a special invitation to UT veterans, reservists and members of the ROTC. Those from the campus community who are planning to attend are asked to RSVP by Nov. 9 so arrange-

ments can be made for more space, if needed. To RSVP, email Ashley Blamey at ashleyblamey@utk.edu.

Crandall, a high school All-American from Olympia, Wash., found his baseball career cut short when he was drafted into the Army in 1953. He served in combat engineer units and flew missions so areas could be mapped in the Artic, Libya, and Central and South America. He also helped develop air assault tactics used in Vietnam.

On Nov. 14, 1965, Crandall’s flight of sixteen helicopters was lifting troops into the Landing Zone XRay, near the Cambodian border. It became the first major battle with a large North Vietnamese force and was memorialized in the New York Times–bestselling book “We Were Soldiers Once … And Young” by Lt. Harold G. Moore and war journalist Joseph L. Galloway. The book was the basis for the film “We Were Soldiers.”

Crandall’s helicopters

came under intense fire, and many of those aboard were wounded or killed. The infantry commander closed the landing zone to further helicopter operations. But recognizing that the Americans were taking heavy casualties and desperately needed ammunition, Crandall returned to the fray with Capt. Ed “Too Tall” Freeman, also a Medal of Honor recipient, in another helicopter.

In the first fourteen hours of the three-day battle, Crandall made twenty-two flights in his unarmed helicopter. He often saw North Vietnamese soldiers just beyond his rotor blades and had only minutes to rescue badly wounded troops.

Crandall and Freeman evacuated more than seventy wounded and delivered badly needed ammunition and supplies.

For the next six months, Kervin began setting up the “Washed by the Water 5K” event. It’s been a process involving contact with the City of Knoxville, the Office of the Dean of Students, UTPD, and Mainstay Events, an organization that helps set up the various equipment needed for a run, according to Kervin.

The run is to raise money for the World Water Project, and will go entirely to buying more of the water filters Kervin used years ago in Uganda. As of Wednesday, Kervin has raised $2,500 to give to the World Water Project. With each filter costing about $60, those donations will go a long way.

“It’s a lot more helpful than you would think,” Kervin explained. “You might think, ‘Oh, a water filter,’ but it actually can give five to ten people clean water for up to 10 years. A lot of (Uganda’s) diseases come from drinking that unclean water, and so it has a really big impact.”

And despite doing much of the organizing, planning and dirty work for setting up “Washed by the Water 5K,” Kervin said that everything has gone incredibly well.

“Everything ’s gone smoother than I could imagine,” Kervin said. “I’m so humbled. I really am just blessed to have really great

been for the past 24 years. Ray and his family make sandwiches, cook a variety of hot lunches and brew their own coffee and tea.

“We run a very small operation, but a full complement restaurant,” Ray said.

Born and raised just five miles from South College, he is happy to be part of the Volunteer community.

“I get a blessing out of just knowing that God has granted me the opportunity to not only meet all of you wonderful young people year after year, but that I can share some of the blessings that God has blessed me with,” Ray said. “I employ, part-time, several UT students. I’m tickled to death that I can, in a small way, contribute to the campus life here.”

For Ray, the small restaurant is more than a job.

“I enjoy being with all of you wonderful young people,” he said. “I’m really relaxed here and I consider this place my home.”

Ray’s Place is open Monday through Friday, from 6:30 a.m. to around 3:30 p.m.

family and friends that have helped me every step of the way. … And I am so absolutely overwhelmed by how the turnout has come along.”

Michael Schwind, junior in history, was one of those friends that helped Kervin.

She originally just asked if Schwind would participate in the run, but he soon decided that he wanted to do more.

“I think it’s a great cause,” Schwind said. “I think it’s great that she’s doing it by herself. She’s not relying on big things like ‘Relay for Life.’”

To give Kervin some help, Schwind has spread the word and help raise donations. Schwind said that most of the people he’s talked to were more than willing to participate in the run.

“The first thing was to always let them know that this is a charity event,” Schwind said. “Basically let them know what Holli’s cause is. Once people found out what that was, they were more inclined to run, or come walk or even just to help out.”

Now with $2,500 in donations and more than 75 people running, Schwind is blown away by how successful Kervin’s run has turned out.

“I think it’s kind of crazy how quickly people will jump on to a cause like this,” Schwind said. “She’s doing it all on her own, trying to commemorate her

dad, which I think is great.

I just think it’s a really good idea, and hopefully more people will start doing it.”

The “Washed by the Water 5K” will start at 9 a.m. on Nov. 4 in Circle Park. The course is certified as a 5K run, and will have police officers and members of the National Guard guiding the runners.

Kervin is hoping to make the run an annual event.

Those interested in participating in the run can register online at http://washedbythewater.w eebly.com.

Registering online costs $25. The deadline to register online is this Saturday night, Nov. 3. Registering at the run will cost $30.

Anyone can also just make a donation if theydo not want to participate in the race but still want to help the cause.

And what about Sgt. Maj. Kervin, the man whose charitable spirit inspired his daughter to carry on the cause with this race? What would he think of “Washed by the Water 5K?” After giving it some thought, his daughter said, “I think he would absolutely support it and be really humbled and happy.

Anyone that knew my dad would agree with me 110 percent that he is one of the most selfless people I’ve ever known.

“I think he’d be absolutely supportive and help me any way he could,” Kervin said.

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Somewhere... Hopefully Priority registration makes unfair system

Preston Peeden Associate Editor Two weeks ago, I had a milestone.

It’s taken seven semesters, 13 mental breakdowns, 35 attempts to join the circus, 108 hours of classes and countless nights of studying, but I finally registered for classes for the last time. I’m on the final road to graduation.

No more DARS reports, add slips or course descriptions. I’m done.

Originally, I considered that day to be a success. But for me, the process of registering was bittersweet.

It’s not that I’m necessarily nostalgic, or that I will miss UT. I’ve had a great three and a half years here, but I’m ready to move on. The problem is that while registering, I realized that the entire process is unfair.

Too many people get special preferences, too many people get a chance that others need. Ultimately, I’m saying that I hate priority registration.

I understand why it’s there. I understand why some students get a priority spot in registering for classes, but it doesn’t make it right. They get the chance to take whatever classes they want, while everyone else is left to scramble, plan contingency schedules and spend hours fretting over the possibility of getting into that one capstone class that is necessary to graduate.

It’s just not fair.

In my major, there are several classes that one needs to take to be a history major. There’s 499, a thesis class, and then there are a cornucopia of other 300 and 400 level classes that must fit the descriptions of a diverse education. There are so many little nuances that go into graduating with a major in history. My problem with this system isn’t that there needs to be a diverse education; in fact, I agree wholeheartedly with it. The problem, instead, is that there are only a finite number of sections and seats available in those classes, and that whenever registration opens up, it’s a mad dash to fill those available slots. In the reality that all those not blessed with priority registration exist in, your seniority

hours and grade allow you an earlier time, and thus a better shot, at getting into those classes and graduating on time. But that system, which is probably the fairest version that could exist, is undermined by priority registration. For some students, the luxury of registering weeks before the general populace, allows them the opportunity to fill in the slots that other students are counting on to allow them to graduate.

Be it a history major or not, if that person is granted priority registration, they can jump ahead of the queue to the front, skipping students who need those slots.

Before I go any further, I want to make it clear that I in no way blame students who have priority registration. Be it through their athletic or academic prowess, they were given that opportunity in recognition for their hard work, and shouldn’t be either the object of ire or viewed as the cause of the problem.

They’re part of the system, not the cause of it. For me, the problem rests in the signals that our university itself is sending out.

This past summer, Chancellor Cheek started on the warpath of “fifteen in four.” He views the path for higher graduation rates to be fifteen hours each semester, which will therefore correlate to graduation in four years. But this, however, runs counter to the message and the effects that priority registration causes.

Everyone knows that one person who gets shafted into staying an extra semester or year just because their capstone class filled up before they can get a spot. They can’t graduate in four, regardless of the number of hours they take.

What do we need besides slogans, more classes, more teachers, more sections.

Students want to graduate in four years, but to do that either the field to graduate needs to be extended, or the playing field needs to be leveled.

I was lucky to be able to graduate in four, my add slips and incredible smile getting me into the classes I needed. But other people aren’t as lucky. For eight registration periods I’ve gotten the classes I need, but during that time countless students who have waited their turn to climb up the rung of registering earlier have been messed over by the system.

And that’s not fair.

— Preston Peeden is a senior in history. He can be reached at ppeeden@utk.edu

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Reflect on value of voting rights Chao s Theory by

Sarah Russell In 1787, the newly formed United States of America passed a resolution to put its Constitution into place. The Constitution granted white male property owners who were twentyone or older the right to vote in U.S. elections, a precedent that has been significantly altered since the Constitution’s inception. The right to vote in the United States has been sought after by many groups who view suffrage as a key element in a participatory democracy, and as Election Day approaches, it seems appropriate to take a look back on the way that voting rights have evolved over the past two and a half centuries.

Between the years of 1807 and 1843, voting requirements changed for the first time, largely because of President Andrew Jackson and his belief in universal white male suffrage. By the 1820s, most states had established a norm of white male suffrage for all men twenty-one and older, regardless of property ownership. In 1868, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted, which established a definition of citizenship that did not include African Americans and thus created a legal basis for denying them the right to vote.

However, this was overturned in the 15th Amendment, which was adopted shortly thereafter in 1870. The amendment prohibited the government from denying any man above the age of twenty-one the right to vote based on that person’s race, thus granting the right to vote to the large number of freed slaves in the Reconstruction era.

The extension of suffrage to African American men was viewed by many as a step toward a more equal participatory democracy, but many groups

still did not have the right to vote by the turn of the twentieth century. The Women’s Suffrage movement, which had been in full swing as early as 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention on women’s rights, became all the more vocal about giving women the right to vote. Finally, in 1920, the 19th Amendment was passed, which prohibited the government from denying the right to vote to anyone based on his or her sex.

Many viewed the adoption of the 19th Amendment as the culmination of voting rights in the United States, but there were still several disenfranchised groups that sought to obtain the right to vote. Native Americans were granted suffrage in 1924, and after the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965, literacy tests and intimidation tactics were prohibited, meaning that many minorities were no longer kept from registering to vote. The voting age was lowered to eighteen in in 1971 in response to protests during the Vietnam War that if soldiers were old enough to fight at eighteen, they should also be granted the right to vote.

Today, we all recognize that citizens of the United States can vote in U.S. elections when they reach the age of eighteen. What many do not realize is that there are still ongoing debates about who has the right to vote and who can be considered a citizen. Our increasing population of illegal immigrants yields many debates about the questions of citizenship, as do U.S. citizens living in territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands. Homeless and disabled citizens still often face obstacles when registering to vote, and in most states, prisoners are not permitted to vote in elections. The United States has undeniably made significant steps toward universal suffrage and a truly participatory democracy, but there are still many changes to be made and questions to consider when determining who is allowed to vote in U.S. elections. We should keep these in mind as the nation elects its president next Tuesday.

— Sarah Russell is a senior in history. She can be reached at srusse22@utk.edu.

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I don’t have much time to play computer games anymore, but in honor of those suffering at the hands of Hurricane Sandy, let’s stow politics away and take this opportunity to briefly ponder the current state of, well, let’s call it interactive commercial escapism.

Let’s talk about “Skyrim.” I have a problem with it, but there’s almost no meaningful criticism out there for it. I don’t criticize “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” because I’m trying to be contrarian, or just to knee-jerk hate on something popular.

“Skyrim” is worth playing and I know exactly why people love it (a global community of people to enjoy and share the experience with doesn’t hurt, i.e. MEMES), because I am head-over-heels for this genre. The genre that offers a limitless kind of game where there are literally no limits regarding how it can catalyze pleasure by being, essentially, a novel simulation of reality.

In fact, the commercial success of “Skyrim” is a relief to me on a number of levels, primarily because it demonstrates the huge viability of OpenWorld Massively Single Player RPGs in a market where the data is pointing to “semi-competitive” games like “Call of Duty.” But I won’t apologize for being a little critical of it. I’ve worked for hundreds of hours modding TES III-V and their engines, becoming intimate with every gameplay system and their patterns of implementation over the years, from how the worlds are physically built, to the enemy/item/player/companion leveling, etc.

— not to mention story and quest arcs.

It’s not the systems themselves, but the rate of refinement in the implementation, that frustrate me about “Skyrim.” Things like enemies and items still being leveled to the player with painful predictability and ordered hierarchy. I think they have a creative mandate to themselves and their fans, if only because of the amount of real, quality feedback each one of these games generates, to

expand the formula instead of just how good the interface looks. Go to skyrim.nexusmods.com to see to what extent Bethesda ignores content feedback of every category.

Zenimax stubbornly maintains this template that by all established standard is increasingly devoid of ideas and contributions promoting the limitless possibility for evolution of open-world, free-form RPGs. The genre itself, the almost seamless freeform style, the dynamic class system, has so much to thank Bethesda for, but my main argument is that the intoxication of the open-world formula can thank the human brain for its success, conditioned to love explorable, first-person open worlds suspiciously similar to our own perception.

Bethesda doesn’t own that phenomenon.

Developers own and are responsible for the layers of complexity and immersion they create for that interactive template that transcends branding, and perhaps it’s my own problem that I’ve personally grown very familiar and bored with Bethesda’s brand. I’m frustrated by knowing firsthand the sheer power the smallest addition or modification to these existing systems can have on just these games, for the creation of pleasure and immersion.

In conclusion, all of the game’s noted improvements, its plot intricacy, its visuals, the number of voice actors, and the combat can be linked to things like production value and the new engine, not independent creativity. Based on the series’s own benchmarks, it simply hasn’t improved. If anything, I felt more like the world revolved around me as opposed to inspiring me to take risks to overcome challenges, in combat or otherwise — and more like I was handed success (not just in regards to guild progression).

Global leveling systems have a place in the periphery, but it should not be the main focus. Any system should feel like it is innate and of the world, like it’s a system that isn’t tailored to the player character — but you can open the hood of a game like “Skyrim” and understand the systems in just a few hours, with triggers and scripts that are totally player-centric. Let’s demand more from our entertainment.

— Wiley Robinson is a senior in ecology and evolutionary biology. He can be reached at rrobin1@utk.edu.

Friday, November 2, 2012

THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Victoria Wright

ARTS & CULTURE Eligible students encouraged to vote Holly Patton Staff Writer The advent of the American person’s 18th birthday signifies many things, and one of the most influencial apsects of turning this age is the ability to vote.

However, a mix of the lack of time and general feeling of apathy toward voting often deters young adults from going to the voting booths. Time is something that many students do not have enough of, so free time becomes a precious commodity, sometimes too precious to go through a voter registration process.

“I don’t think students don’t care about the election. I just don’t think (students) follow through enough to actually vote,” Ryan Ray, junior in accounting, said. “If they registered back home, then they don’t go through the effort to fill out an absentee ballot or switch voter registration. I don’t think they take time enough to be informed on the actual voting process.”

Not all students believe in voting. Many students are apathetic toward the process and some simply forget, while others post pictures of themselves on Facebook and Instagram proudly smiling with their “I Voted!” stickers. “(Voting) is definitely an obligation and a right,” Deanna Jarnagin, senior in

communication studies, said.

So for those like-minded with Jarnagin, what influences their adamant stance? An answer to this question trended among students.

“Definitely family upbringing,” Jarnagin said.

“Family upbringing definitely plays into it,” Tori Lyle, undecided sophomore, agreed.

Students said their opinions regarding political parties were often reinforced by the views of their parents. Though their families intentions were good, some said it often creates difficulty when trying to break away from their parents’ ideals.

“It’s hard to distinguish my opinion from the opinions that I heard around my house growing up,” Mamie Heldman, freshman in communications, said, “That’s what makes the decision hard for me.”

As Nov. 6 fast approaches, UT students will be ducking into the UC and other voting locations on campus to cast their ballot or simply to avoid the cold front. Some care, some do not. Many ask the question, “Does my one vote really make that much difference?”

Regardless of student activity in the polls, the country will soon instate the man that will lead our country for the next four years, a move that will affect all students.

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Acclaimed poet shares his craft both Europe and the United States. He is also a member of the Committee of Social Thought at the University of Contributor Chicago.

Of his love of music, he jokingly recalled a piano Polish poet and Nobel Prize nominee in literature Adam Zagajewski spoke Wednesday night for a special teacher telling him that he “should take up language since (he has) no talent in music.” In his more recent Halloween reading in Hodges Library.

Zagajewski recited “Poetry searches for radiance,” as poem, “Piano Lessons,” he refers to the piano as a “lazy, the first and last lines of the final poem read on tamed predator.” The poem “Franz Schubert: A Press Conference” speaks of Halloween night went. the halfway point Zagajewski stood between life and still behind the podideath, of unrequited um, reciting his poems love. It takes away, with a mastery strips the romantiacquired from years of cism down to stamped intense and passionate technical descripwriting, never speaking tions. “Electric Elegy” too quickly. His words is a piece written incite wisdom, awe and about his family’s reverence. By this same move west where note, only the closing there was a strong eyes of the audience German population could be heard as he and surrounded by delivered his own perGerman objects. He sonal journey from speaks of a German pressure to spiritual radio that will never liberation. accuse, speak, or sing He shared that he the truth of the murlearned he had only derers, “… next dictawords, only language tor rooster crows.” with which to commuArthur Smith, pronicate, to a hostile and fessor in the English cruel world, his provoDepartment and the cation, incense and Creative Writing quest for freedom.

Program, compared The poet expresses a the author’s reading bitterness and a gladto enjoying good food. ness for this realiza“It was like eating, tion. His poems pos• Photo courtesy of utk.edu having a great meal. sess clarity of the atrociAdam Zagajewski, internationally known for his poem, “Try ties of his world, of our to Praise the Mutilated World,” read some of his works as Nourishment,” Smith said. world. In his poem, part of UT’s ‘Writers in the Library’ series on Oct. 31.

Katelyn Jackson, “Truth,” he conveys the senior in English, significance of freedom from cushioned lies and the freespoke of the empathy she felt hearing the more personal dom to be open to the truth.

Zagajewski was born into the Soviet Occupation in poems about his father and one poem titled “About My 1945. His Polish family was repatriated to Poland from Mother.” She said it spoke to her about the cruel and calLvov not long after his birth. The year 1956 brought cul- lous illness of Alzheimer’s disease. Zagajewski began his tural changes after Stalin’s rule ended, and Zagajewski writing career delving into the historical, philosophical said he understood himself as more of a free agent and and abstract. Later in his life he felt he needed to express the personal, something he had previously advised his began a pursuit of self-education.

As a highly regarded figure of the Polish New Wave students not to do.

Works by Adam Zagajewski include “Tremor,” literary movement of the early 1970s as well as the anti“Without End: New and Selected Poems,” and “Unseen Communist Solidarity movement of the 1980s, he is today one of the most highly noted poets of his time in Hands: Poems.”

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Vols, Dooley look to right ship Matt Gray Contributor The Tennessee Volunteers (3-5, 0-5 SEC) return to Neyland Stadium this weekend to take on the Troy Trojans for the 2012 homecoming game.

The Trojans boast a high-powered offense, averaging 459.6 yards per game. It’s not exactly a treat for the Vols’ defense, which is giving up 33.9 points per game.

Tennessee defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri said Troy’s ability to move the ball down the field in different ways is something the Vols will be preparing for.

“In Troy, I see a team that comes out and is very multiple, they are delivering the ball to all four wide receivers,” said Sunseri. “They will go to empty, they will go into a two-back set, they will run the option and they have two different style quarterbacks.”

Senior quarterbacks Corey Robinson and Deon Anthony lead the Trojan offense, with Robinson being mostly a pass-first quarterback and Anthony being more of a runner. Head coach Derek Dooley said the two-quarterback system with be a threat to the Vols’ defense.

“They have one guy that throws it real well and one guy that runs it real well,” said Dooley. “I wouldn’t really say it’s ‘wildcat’ because (Anthony) can throw it too. But the one quarterback does a lot more. You have to (defend) those quarterback runs a lot harder.

Nate Patton • The Daily Beacon Their other guy can really shoot it down the field.”

Redshirt senior Herman Lathers makes one of his twelve tackles during the Mississippi State game on The Tennessee defense has given Oct. 13.

several big plays throughout the season, but that’s something the team is working to reduce this weekend. Sunseri said they have been working on keeping players contained in practice.

“We are giving up too many dang explosives and when you give up explosives, it is costing (us),” said Sunseri.

“We are going out in practice and making sure that we aren’t giving up any explosives in practice, keeping them short, keeping them to a minimum, and that is going to help them on Saturday.”

Despite their struggles, Sunseri said the defense has had a good week of practice.

“The kids came out this week and are still getting better,” said Sunseri. “We are trying to get better, trying to do the fundamentals right. They executed pretty dang well out in practice (Wednesday). It’s still about putting yourself in position, making a play, bringing your feet with you and they have been working hard.”

The Vols’ stats are more postive heading into Saturday. They have been victorious in the previous three homecoming games, and with the season heading to the home stretch, the seniors are starting to see the end.

Senior receiver Zach Rogers said he’s become aware that his collegiate career is coming to a close.

“I have four games left here, probably five with the bowl game. It is dwindling down here and I realize that, so I am just trying to give it all that I’ve got,” said Rogers. “It is my last time around here. You can’t leave anything behind and I’m just giving it all out on the field every Saturday.”

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Robinson, Trojans look for upset John Stewart Contributor In preparation for Saturday’s game in Neyland Stadium, the Troy Trojans know they must put last week’s loss to Florida Atlantic behind them.

Trojans head Coach Larry Blakeney said that his team needs to move on and focus on Tennessee.

“We’ll try to control them in all three phases and we’ll have a plan to win,” said Blakeney. “It’s not a plan to look good losing close.”

Troy has had their fair share of close games with six of their eight games being decided by 10 points or less.

They are capable of moving the ball on offense. Their passing attack was led by senior quarterback Corey Robinson, who is averaging just under 300 yards per game.

With over 1,800 yards passing and eight touchdowns on the year, Robinson is capable of hurting the Tennessee secondary that has been struggling this season. The senior said that he was excited to get back to Tennessee and play in Neyland Stadium.

“That was my childhood dream, ... playing at Tennessee,” said Robinson.

“So it’s gonna be exciting for me from a personal standpoint.”

The Trojans are also capable of running the ball. They are averaging 167.3 yards per game and their top rusher, junior Shawn Southward, is averaging over five yards per carry. The 6-foot-1 junior has 692 yards rushing and seven touchdowns. He is a big running back

at 269 pounds and can pound the ball up the middle.

The key for Troy is to get a good start. The first quarter has been their toughest quarter as they have been outscored 80-51. If Troy can get out to a good start and not fall behind, the Trojans will present a challenge to the Vols.

Defensively, the Trojans have struggled this season. They are giving up 26.9 points per game and will have to play even better than that against the potent offense of Tennessee. Coach Blakeney said that they will have to contain the playmakers on the Tennessee offense and try to control the kicking game.

“We’ll have to find a way to attack them and find a way to defend them, and we cannot kick it to either one of those guys,” said Blakeney.

Troy will be keying in on the wide receiver duo of Justin Hunter and Cordarrelle Patterson, most likely, since they are a threat to going the length of the field any time they touch the ball. Look for Troy to try and kick the ball away from him as much as possible.

Junior defensive back Chris Pickett says the team is focused and that they are a tightly knit group even after a loss. He is confident that the team is moving in the right direction and that they can present a challenge to Tennessee.

“You can’t go into a game like this expecting just to have a good showing,” said Pickett. “We have to go into • Photo courtesy of The Tropolitan a game like this expecting to get a Running back Shawn Southward outruns a North Texas player on Sept.

22. win.”

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Lady Vols roll in preseason opener Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer The Lady Vols basketball team had a different feel to it Thursday night in their preseason home opener against Carson Newman. For the first time in 39 years a head coach other than Pat Summitt took over the reigns.

First-year head coach Holly Warlick and the new look Lady Vols wasted no time on the hardwood against the Lady Eagles, as their up-tempo play led them to a 104-44 victory.

Junior guard Meighan Simmons led the offensive attack for UT. The leading returning scorer from a season ago scored a game-high 24 points to go along with five assists and five rebounds. Five others also scored in double figures on the night propelling the team to a 1-0 start in preseason play.

“The first half I didn’t shoot as well, but in the second half I was a little more patient with my shots,” Simmons said.

“My teammates continue to pick me up when it seemed like I was down. I feel there’s a couple of things we still need to work on, but today was a good start. This is the beginning and we will only get better each and every game.”

Right out of the gate the Lady Vols defense came out executing on all cylinders.

After placing a great deal of importance in practice on the defensive end they held the Lady Eagles scoreless for the first five minutes of the game and caused numerous turnovers.

Freshman center Nia Moore converted a layup off of her steal, one of the team’s 11 in the first half, to advance the UT lead to 19-2 with 11:59 left in the first half.

The Lady Vols were also effective on the offensive end, dominating in the paint. Freshman Jasmine Jones converted a three-point play and put several moves on her defender in the first half that had the UT sideline up off their feet.

The Madison, Ala. native, who was

ranked as the No. 39 prospect in the 2012 recruiting class, scored 11 points in the first half and was a perfect 4-of-4 shooting and 3-of-3 from the free throw line.

With the strong attack down low and quick defense in the first half Tennessee held a commaning 47-15 halftime lead over their in-state opponent.

The Lady Vols finished with a strong second half outscoring the Lady Eagles 57-29, which made for nothing but smiles in Warlick’s first preseason game as head coach.

With only two seniors on the team the new head coach will be reliant on many younger players to play pivotal roles this season, as they did in the opening preseason victory.

“I thought that the exhibition game did what we wanted it to do,” Warlick said. “We wanted to get a lot of people playing time in some different situations, different people played different positions. Overall we did some good things but we can do so much better. A lot is going to come from this. We are going to watch the tape and this is a chance for us to see us on film and get better.”

Three of the four Lady Vol freshmen got on the scoring board and Bashaara Graves finished the night with a doubledouble, posting 17 points and 15 rebounds.

“I’m so proud of our freshmen,” senior guard Taber Spani said. “We understand that we really don’t know what everyone’s roles are yet because it’s still new and everything. But we are very excited about what they can do and what they can bring. We believe in them 110 percent.”

Sophomore Isabelle Harrison put together an impressive performance as well. The center finished with 19 points, seven boards and three blocks.

The Lady Vols next preseason game will be Sunday at Thompson Boling Arena against Coker College, as they will look to tune up their game before they tip-off the regular season on Nov. 9 against University of TennesseeChattanooga.

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Junior point guard Meighan Simmons shoots a jumper over a Carson Newman defender during the opener game on Thursday, Nov. 1. Simmons made a early impact and led the team with 24 points in the preseason opener.

Lady Vols fall in penalty kicks barely poked away. In the 66th minute, Hannah Wilkinson sent a cross down the back line to find Tori Bailey on the ORANGE BEACH, Ala. — On Wednesday, the No. 19 opposite side of the box. Bailey made a pass over her head to Tennessee soccer team and Auburn played a very physical Caroline Brown, who struck a header that was wide right.

In the 83rd minute, Owens slid across the box and fired a match for the second time this season. This time, the Tigers shot to the left post that was wide left. came out on top, edging the Lady Vols in penalty kicks, 5-3, With 30 seconds left in regulation, Susan Ferguson took following 110 minutes of scoreless play in the SEC the ball into the left side of the box and fired a shot to the left Tournament at Orange Beach Sportsplex.

“It was a very physical game,” Tennessee head coach Brian post, but Howard was there for the save.

In the first overtime, Wilkinson sent a short cross over to Pensky said. “There were two teams competing with heart.

Brown in the box in the Auburn is a team that is 98th minute and the junior competing for their NCAA midfielder fired a shot on Tournament lives and the ground that was saved they’re a good team. They on the left side of the box have a lot of returning playwhen Howard played up. ers from last year's SEC In the closing seconds of Tournament championship the first overtime, UT goalteam. Certainly, they gave keeper Julie Eckel made a us all we could handle and heads-up play, sprinting we're just disappointed down the end line to kick right now.” the ball out of bounds and Third-seeded Tennessee prevent Auburn from get(14-4-3) watched sixth-seedting a corner kick opportued Auburn (11-9-1) convert nity with 10 seconds left. all five of its penalty kicks to Eckel made eight saves advance to the SEC in the tie, moving her Tournament semifinals on record on the year to 14-4Friday to face No. 2 seed 3. Howard (11-9-1) made Texas A&M. Auburn goalsix saves for Auburn. keeper Amy Howard In the penalty kick stopped Kylie Bono’s shot to shootout, Tatiana Coleman give the Tigers a 3-2 edge converted Auburn’s first heading into their fourth kick, putting it past Eckel shooter. on the left side. C.C. Cobb After Caroline answered, converting her Capocaccia was called for a penalty kick in the top left red card in the 69th minute, corner past Howard.

UT battled on with just ten Auburn’s Tori Ball kicked players on the field for the Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon the ball in on the lower final scoreless 41 minutes of Teammate Alexis Owens congratulates Caroline Brown right side and Amy the second half and two on her assist against Middle Tennessee State University Harrison kept it at 2-2 with overtime periods. on Sept. 2, 2011. a ball on the ground into Auburn outshot the lower left side.

Tennessee, 22-14. The Lady Vols held a 5-3 edge on corner Mary Coffed connected on the left side and Howard kicks. In the physical match, UT was called for 20 fouls and stopped Bono’s hot on the lower right. issued four yellow cards and one red card while Auburn was The Tigers’ Kim Spence put one through on the lower right tabbed for ten fouls.

After halftime, UT had seven great scoring opportunities and Wilkinson mirrored that effort with a ball in on the lower that came up short. In the 58th minute, Bono sent a corner right. UT trailed 4-3.

Bianca Sierra’s penalty kick slipped past Eckel in the lower kick in from the left side, finding Ali Hall on the other side of the box. After corralling the ball in the air, Hall had an open left corner to end the game.

“We’ve got to go home and get some bodies well, get restshot from about eight yars out for a split second, but an Auburn defender came flying in from her right to block her ed and still be very excited,” Pensky said. “We’ve had an amazing season. We’re disappointed right now because we attempt.

In the 64th minute, Alexis Owens collected the ball across don't get to advance and we want to be here Friday night playthe top line of the penalty area and made a sweeping kick ing in the semifinals and so that's disappointing. We still have across the ground. Howard made a diving save to her right to a ton to play for and we’re excited about that.”

Tennessee, which has a NCAA RPI of 13, will wait to see stop the ball from hitting the middle of the net. what it’s postseason future holds as the NCAA Tournament Two minutes later, Owens was back at it, sliding across the end line once again from the left side for a shot that Howard Selection show is on Monday at 4:30 p.m. ET on NCAA.com.

Staff Reports

FIRST PLACE Emily DeLanzo Managing Editor Tennessee 42 - Troy 14 Akron - Kent State Mississippi State - Texas A&M Oregon - USC LSU 17 - Alabama 28

Overall: 33-12

SECOND PLACE Austin Bornheim Assistant Sports Editor Tennessee 38 - Troy 28 Akron - Kent State Mississippi State - Texas A&M Oregon - USC LSU 17 - Alabama 31

Overall: 31-14

SECOND PLACE Preston Peeden Associate Ed. Tennessee 41 - Troy 17 Akron - Kent State Mississippi State - Texas A&M Oregon - USC LSU 17 - Alabama 35

Overall: 31-14

SECOND PLACE Lauren Kittrell Sports Editor Tennessee 38 - Troy 17 Akron - Kent State Mississippi State - Texas A&M Oregon - USC LSU 21 - Alabama 24

Overall: 31-14

FIFTH PLACE David Cobb Asst. News Ed. Tennessee 28 - Troy 27 Akron - Kent State Mississippi State - Texas A&M Oregon - USC LSU 10 - Alabama 31

Overall: 29-16

DEAD STINKIN’ LAST Casey Lawrence Ad Sales Tennessee 55 - Troy 20 Akron - Kent State Mississippi State - Texas A&M Oregon - USC LSU 14 - Alabama 28

Overall: 28-17