Rogero debanks KKK allegations >>See page 4
Opinion: “History isn’t writing; it’s editing.” >>See page 6
Defensive line hitting its stride >>See page 11
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VOLT: UT’s new breakout a capella group Sam Kennedy
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A cappella is music specifically arranged for group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment. This style of vocal performance originally got its start in religious settings, but over the last few years, it has become a popular musical trend. One reason for this leap in popularity is shows and movies like “Glee” and “Pitch Perfect,” which helped integrate the style into popular culture. In the early years of the 20th century, a
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cappella originally gained popularity with barbershop quartets. These groups would sing four-part harmonies and usually dress in matching suits when they performed. It was not until the 1960s and 70s that a cappella groups started to perform more popular songs. A cappella groups can now be found at many colleges and universities in the United States and, increasingly, worldwide. The University of Tennessee currently has three different a cappella groups: ReVOLution, VOLume and VOLT. ReVOLution, which was founded in 2010, is an all-women group that specializes in singing contemporary favorites. VOLume,
founded in 2009, is an all-men group that also sings contemporary a cappella. This is the first year that the first coed a cappella group, VOLT, has been introduced to UT. Altogether, there are 13 singers, six males and seven females. Since they are a brand new choir, this first semester has been more about developing the group than about performing. The idea of VOLT was conceived of by musical director, McKinley Merritt. She aspired to start something new and fresh on campus that was available to anyone who loved to sing. Anyone is welcome to audition for the group, no experience is required.
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“If you like to sing and are good with other people, then you are welcome to join VOLT,” Jared Sanchez, freshman in theatre and member of VOLT, said. The group has their first performance coming up on Nov. 14 in Nashville. They will be performing their new pieces, as well as singing in a big finale with the Beltones, a coed a cappella group from Belmont University. Although they only have one trip planned for now, VOLT plans on traveling and competing more in the future. See VOLT on Page 5
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Humans of Knoxville
DISPATCHES New Star Trek series to hit internet in 2017 A new Star Trek TV series is set to air online in January 2017, according to a CBS announcement made Monday. While a preview broadcast will air on the television network’s main channel, the episodes themselves will air online through the CBS All-Access video on demand online platform. Arguably the most lauded science fiction TV series of all time, Star Trek has seen a resurgence of popularity since the 2009 release of the J.J. Abrams’ movie of the same name. The new series, which has yet to receive a name, will be the first Star Trek series to run online, with the last TV series “Star Trek: Enterprise” ending its three season TV run in 2005. CBS noted that the new series would not have a connection with the upcoming movie “Star Trek Beyond,” which is set to premier next year.
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Confusion still surrounds Russian airline crash in Egypt Aviation experts are investigating what caused a Metrojet airline to plummet into the Egypt desert, killing all 224 people on board. The Metrojet was flying 31,000 feet over the Sinai Peninsula when it crashed Saturday, only 23 minutes after taking off for Sharm el-Sheikh, containing mostly Russian passengers. A spokesman for President Vladimir Putin said no versions of events should be excluded in response to questions of terrorist attacks. Metrojet has maintained that the crash could not have been caused by technical malfunction or error from the pilot. James Clapper, director of U.S. Intelligence, stated that terrorist involvement cannot be ruled out, namely ISIS. Aviation experts have proposed that the crash was caused by a possible bomb on board the Airbus A321-200.
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SEATTLE — They can’t vote yet, but dozens of young people want a say in the planet’s future, so minors nationwide have been suing states and the federal government in recent years to push action on climate change. They say their generation will bear the brunt of global warming and that government at every level has an obligation to protect natural resources, including the atmosphere, as a “public trust” for future generations. The Oregon-based nonprofit Our Children’s Trust has been leading efforts to file lawsuits or administrative petitions in every state and against the federal government. Some of the youth-led cases have been dismissed, while others are pending in states including Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Oregon. “None of them have gotten to the finish line,” said Michael Gerrard, a professor and director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University. “It’s an uphill climb. The U.S. courts have so far not wanted to set climate policy.” Other experts say it’s unclear how a state can combat a global problem. In Seattle, eight activists between ages 10 and 15 petitioned Washington state last year to adopt stricter science-based regulations to protect them against climate change. The case has been moving through a state court, and oral arguments are scheduled Tuesday.
“We’re the ones who have to live with it if the oceans are acidic and the planet is 5 degrees warmer,” said Gabriel Mandell, 13, an eighth-grader and plaintiff in the case. “The snowpack is melting. Ocean is acidifying. The Earth is warming. Everything that can go wrong is going wrong, and we need to fix it.” Mandell and other youths represented by the Western Environmental Law Center argue that Washington state has failed to reduce carbon emissions based on the best available science. They say the government has violated its duties under the state constitution and the legal principle called the public trust doctrine, which requires the government to protect shared resources. The state said in court documents that the Washington Department of Ecology department was working on adopting a rule to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. “Climate change is the most important environmental problem,” said Stu Clark, Washington’s air quality program manager. “We need to do whatever we can. We are doing what we can with what we have.” In August, 21 youths across the country sued the federal government, alleging that approval of fossil fuel development has violated the fundamental right of citizens to be free from government actions that harm life, liberty and property. The EPA did not comment on specifics of the lawsuit but said in a statement that President Barack Obama and the agency have been taking action to “give our kids and grandkids the cleaner, safer future they deserve.”
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Humans of Knoxville What’s something not many people know about you? “Something that I’m kind of proud of, but not a lot of people know about me, is I really enjoy art and painting. People that do know about it tell me I’m really good, so I guess I’m pretty good.” Darby Cunningham, sophomore in animal science Alyssa White • The Daily Beacon
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Williams’ trial delays explained Staff Report Following a fourth delay in his trial on Oct. 27, Michael Williams, former Vols football player charged with two counts of aggravated rape, will attend a motion hearing today for updated results of the social media subpoena requested by Williams’ and A.J. Johnson’s defense attorneys. Johnson and Williams are facing these charges after allegedly orally and vaginally raping a then 19-year-old female athlete at the Woodlands apartment complex in South Knoxville in Nov. 2014. According to the Knox County Criminal Court, the motion hearing may discuss a third and final date for the trial, which was originally set for Sep. 29 of this year. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YikYak and Snapchat were among the social media platforms contacted for the subpoena requesting messages sent from Johnson, Williams, victim and any witnesses in the time before and after the alleged incident. The News Sentinel reported on the current “battle” over retrieving social media posts, citing Bridget Boland, one of four women, including the accuser, required to hand over online communications in accordance with the subpoena.
Due to the lack of precedent for gathering information from social media providers, the case, as the News Sentinel reports, reaches “new territory” for social media in providing clarity on the events of the November night in question. There is also no legal guideline for obtaining such information when witnesses reside in other states, resulting in more difficult processes for Johnson and Williams’ defense team, who have debated separately with social media providers in California and accuser and witnesses residing in Florida. The hearing will also cover a motion from Knox County prosecutors, Leslie Nassios and Kyle Hixson, to end the defense’s subpoena since “(the defendants) have not shown, nor can they show, that the subpoenas will produce evidence that is material to these proceedings.” In reference to Boland’s private posts, Hixson also wrote that “the subpoenas represent an unwarranted invasion of a rape victim’s privacy that violates her right under the Tennessee Constitution to be treated with dignity and respect.” Williams’ trial is still delayed indefinitely, but Johnson’s trial is still rescheduled for June 26 of next year. The Daily Beacon will be present at tomorrow’s hearing and will tweet updates as they arise.
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Mayor Rogero accused of KKK affiliation Maryville legislator heads unpopular A member of the hacker activist group Anonymous has accused Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero of involvement with the Ku Klux Klan, after posting a list of eight other U.S. politicians on the website Pastebin late Sunday night. Rogero has publicly denied any involvement in a Facebook post on her personal page, stating that the claim is a “false and defamatory accusation” and “irresponsible and slanderous.” “Given my background, my interracial family, my public record and my personal beliefs, this would be hilarious except that it is probably being seen by a lot of people who have no idea who I am,” Rogero wrote in her post. Rogero further cited her familial background, social justice work with Cesar Chavez, local initiatives for penal system reform and support for LBGTQ+ rights — namely in last August’s amicus brief for Supreme Court plaintiffs — as more evidence to debunk the claims made about her association with the Ku Klos Knights, the Knoxville chapter of the KKK. “In short, I don’t think the KKK would want anything to do with me.” According to a map provided by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the chapter is one of three branches of the KKK in East Tennessee. The post includes the name, position and business phone numbers of all senators and mayors, including Rogero and several others from out of state. The hacker, referred to as “Amped Attacks,” is likely connected to Anonymous, who has threatened to reveal over 1,000 names of KKK members within the U.S. legislature this Thursday. A video listing the names of alleged associates was also released on a handful of websites, noting that their “addresses will not be released so nobody gets it in their mind to take out their own justice against them.” Yet, the exact nature of these accusations are unclear as the post only refers to racist or KKK-related associations but does not explic-
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• File Photo itly call any individual a KKK member. Amped Attacks also voiced a response to the bizarre list on TechCrunch’s website: “I worked for nine days to gather and verify all the information that was gathered before its release. I got the information from several KKK websites when I (hacked) them and was able to dump their database. I went through many emails that was signed up with these sites and a few of the emails that sparked my interest was the ones of the politicians in question. There would be no reason for them to be signed up on any KKK website unless they supported it or was involved in it.” Members of Anonymous are set to march in The Million Mask March on Nov. 5 in opposition to all forms of federal government, according to the official website and countdown clock The following is a list of all senators and mayors named in the post: * U.S. Sen. Thomas Tillis of Cornelius, North Carolina * U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Austin, Texas * U.S. Sen. John Hardy Isakson of Marietta, Georgia * U.S. Sen. Dan Coats of Fort Wayne, Indiana * Mayor Madeline Rogero of Knoxville, Tennessee * Mayor Paul D. Fraim of Norfolk, Virginia * Mayor Jim Gray of Lexington, Kentucky * Mayor Kent Guinn of Ocala, Florida * Mayor Tom Henry of Fort Wayne, Indiana
With TN representatives proposing legislation ranging from outlawing gay marriage in the state. In November 2014, Tennesseans voted on an amendment to the state constitution that would ban state income tax. However, the Hall tax, which taxes stocks and dividends at a rate of six percent, has remained on the books since 1929, making it Tennessee’s only remaining tax on personal income. The Hall tax has come under fire from several state representatives, with the common criticism stemming from tax’s effects on businesses and retirees who rely upon this investment for their livelihood. Maryville state senator Doug Overbey has chosen to walk the thin line between support and repeal of the Hall Tax — a line that has not always boded well historically or politically. In March 2014, the conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity funded a radio ad series claiming Overbey was “blocking tax relief that would help those who need it most,” referencing the senator’s proposal to put off any bills attempting to repeal the Hall Tax for another year. “I don’t think I need to defend myself,” Overbey said of the group’s criticism. “As a member of the finance committee and as a member of the senate, I have to be responsible for putting together a balanced budget.” That budget, overwhelmingly reliant upon the state’s sales tax to generate government revenue, still received over $300 million from the Hall Tax during the last fiscal year. The law further requires 45 percent of that revenue be distributed to the local governments across Tennessee — a caveat which UT economics professor Donald Bruce sees as making the repealing of the bill politically untenable. “That has been a substantial stumbling block for any effort to remove it or repeal the tax in the sense that it’s not just the state’s money,” Bruce said of previous efforts to eliminate the tax. “A large number of dollars are being returned each year to local governments who depend on those dollars.” With little income tax to rely upon, Tennessee is consequently reliant upon its sales tax to bolster its budget. In an Atlantic article from this past October, writer Alana Semuels labeled Tennessee as having “the most regressive tax system in America.” Currently, the combined local
A large number of dollars are being returned each year to local governments who depend on those dollars.” Donald Bruce, UT economics professor
and state sales tax stands at 9.45 percent, which many believe unfairly affects the lower and middle income bracket citizens of the state. While Overbey said he does not agree that the time has come to repeal the Hall tax, he hopes to “ameliorate” its effects upon the state’s citizens by raising the exemptions for taxable income, which currently applies to the first $2,500 earned from stocks and dividends. “I’d like to see that increased over time,” Overbey said. “Until we’re financially able to eliminate (the Hall tax), we need to keep increasing the exemptions.” Considering the Volunteer State’s overwhelmingly Republican legislature, it comes as no surprise that Tennesseans would be opposed to the idea of an income tax. In 2002, protests erupted in Nashville when a bill proposing the implementation of a widespread income tax came up for debate in the capitol. The bill failed, yet the future of Tennessee’s tax system was largely set. While Tennessee experiences “less volatility in terms of businesses cycles” because of its nonexistent income tax, Bruce said reliance on sales tax as the main source of government revenue will become increasingly more difficult in the 21st century. In periods of recession, sales tax revenues invariably fall as people choose to buy less “big-ticket” items, Bruce explained. Combined with the prevalence of statetax free online shopping and the option of driving outside state lines for purchases, challenges presented by a high sales tax become apparent for the economics professors. “It’s not as much of a workhorse for state revenue as it used to be,” Bruce said.
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Humans of Knoxville
What are you reading? “I’m reading a manga about people cooking monsters in a dungeon.” Is it good? “It is really good. It teaches you how to cook a mandrake and parts of a basilisk.” - Colin White, sophomore in aerospace engineering Photos Courtesy of Alyssa White • The Daily Beacon
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VOLT continued from Page 1 “My favorite song, personally, that we are working on is “Chains” by Nick Jonas,” Sanchez said. “It was the song we did at call backs, and it is the song that we always can’t wait to do.” As of right now, the songs that VOLT is working on are all over the board. They are chosen from a variety of genres, ranging from pop to country to R&B. The two main musical directors, McKinley Merritt and Grace Belt, usually pick the set list; however, the singers also have a say in choosing and even arranging the pieces. “There’s no limit to what kind of music we can sing, and we have already worked on pieces arranged by our very own VOLT members, as well as other members of the collegiate a cappella community,” Brandon Cartagena, VOLT co-secretary, said. The group has just recently submitted an audition video to the International Championship of Collegiate Acappella, an international competition that provides college singers the opportunity to interact,
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compete, learn from each other and perform in different venues around the country. The competition attracts hundreds of a cappella groups every year, and takes place at different venues all over the country; however, the competitors do not get to find out what location they will be competing at until after they get accepted. The a cappella group practices regularly twice a week, occasionally throwing in another practice when needed. At their practices, the group starts off with vocal warmups, then goes over any new songs they have and run through all of the songs they are working on to try and fix any problems. They end their rehearsals by talking about any announcements or plans they might have for the group. “It is honestly my favorite part of my week,” Sanchez said. “It is such a positive environment, and I get to do what I love the most, which is singing. We are slowly, but surely, becoming a small family, and that’s not something you always get being in an a cappella group or even a choir.”
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Big Orange, Green Ideas
Erica Davis
Franco D’Aprile Two Treehuggers with an Ax
Franco: “It’s raining men—” Erica: “That can’t be good.” Erica and I are always excited when we see environmental initiative on campus. Lately, we’ve been seeing more and more, which makes us ecstatic. This university has a responsibility to its students and the larger community to be a good environmental steward and to use its resources to pursue sustainability initiatives that benefit us all. If you make your way down to the Ag. Campus and go by the Biosystems Engineering & Soil Sciences building, you’ll see a new development. Where before stood a sad hillside with some plants, a few trees and dirt — mostly dirt — now is a beautiful rain garden. Rain gardens are one of the simplest yet most innovative ways to accommodate rainfall and stormwater runoff. They are designed and planted with the idea that they must handle extreme moisture as well as excess concentrations of nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus. They filter pollution, conserve water, prevent erosion, enhance the ecological function of underutilized spaces and have the potential to make this ugly, construction-dominated campus a little bit more beautiful. We spoke to Garrett Ferry, UT’s Stormwater Coordinator, about the project. He was very excited about its success and looks forward to completing a second rain garden by Claxton. Though Ferry helped coordinate the effort, making this project a reality took large cooperative efforts by different members of the UT
community. Andrea Ludwig and Brad Collett were the principal investigators. This project goes to show what can be accomplished through interdisciplinary collaboration between UT faculty, professors and students from all different areas and majors. The design itself was done by Lindsey Bradley, graduate student in landscape architecture. Funding for the project was administered by the Tennessee Stormwater Association, with TDOT, TDEC and TVA providing the funding to the Tennessee Stormwater Association to award to the winner of the grant. Enough funds were given to UT for two gardens. The Green Fee, UT’s own funding source for environmental projects, contributed to the project. Our own Facilities Services, which Ferry works for, provided in-kind labor and equipment for the project, a very generous contribution. We look forward to the next installation of a rain garden on campus, slated to be completed outside of the Claxton Complex by the end of this year. There are also other similar initiatives, known as Low Impact Development practices, which should be explored on campus to reduce the impact of our increasingly impervious landscape. These developments include rooftop gardens, rain barrels, impervious surface reduction and pollution prevention as a preemptive mitigation strategy. Low Impact Developments are effective, economical and could contribute greatly to the UT landscape and experience. How great would it be to find yourself surrounded
Piecing together history
Jarrod Nelson Socialized
Pretty much everybody likes Japan, right? It’s a fascinating country that gave America its biggest food craze since pizza. And you don’t even have to cook it. That’s crazy. How’d they think of that? I don’t know, but I do know that Japan is cool by our standards. They made cartoons that we all grew up on, video games that broke countless televisions, coined the term “Wiimote” and made sushi, as previously mentioned. When it comes to country scorecards, that’s really high up there with Australia — for all the death they hold back from the rest of the world — and Canada — because no one can really think of any bad thing to say about Canada, and if someone did, the country would personally apologize. They also have a leaf on their flag. Japan has the sun on their flag. I guess they can get a few points from that. There are groups of people on the internet who are obsessed with Japan. They believe that the katana is superior to all other weapons and that a stereotypical and somewhat offensive “ideal” of an Asian woman would fulfill all their dreams. Sure. People have weird dreams. However (your English professor is telling you to start paying attention here), Japan has problems. Just like any country. And just like many countries, those problems tie back to World War II. The war crimes committed by Imperial Japan in WWII rival those of Germany. Untoward aggression all for a selfish goal. Leveling of entire towns, the institu-
tion of suicide pilots and the destruction of massive amounts of natural resources were policy. The Rape of Nanking and the human experimentation and chemical warfare research of Unit 731 read like something straight out of a horror movie. Not only do these black spots stain the country’s long ledger, but they’re actively trying to wipe that ledger clean. The government of Japan has repeatedly tried to edit their crimes out of their history books and been criticized by the international community multiple times for trying to rewrite history. They don’t get to write history. History is written by the victor. And they gloss over all of the horrors like sore losers. It is, ironically, decidedly un-German. The point of this is that history has gaps. The ledgers aren’t straight. They’re pieced together from fragments that have been written over and had parts scratched out by victors and sore losers. History isn’t writing; it’s editing. This extends to the United States. Let’s all be real, the South is full of sore losers. When it comes to football, politics and war. We suck at losing. We whine and complain and say, “at least we don’t live in Oklahoma!” “The Civil War was about states’ rights!” “At least we don’t live in Arkansas!” “Segregation was everywhere!” “At least we aren’t the Gators!” Okay, that last one is valid. But we are sore losers in the South, and I think, in general, as a country. We didn’t lose Vietnam, we just “didn’t commit.” We won the Space Race despite losing
VIEWPOINTS by miniature bioretention rain gardens in every nook and cranny of campus? What could possibly be better than sitting on the sixth floor of Hodges for hours on end, looking out the window at the staggered rooftop gardens supporting native plants, pretty butterflies and maybe even fresh produce to feed the campus community? Such projects are important — and possible — and we’re elated to see so many individuals on campus working together to take steps in the right direction. So, how can you start seeing more green on campus? Well, it’s not that hard. Let the university know that it’s important to you. Several newer buildings on campus had green roofs in their original plans, which were eventually cut because of budget needs. Even Hodges Library, which was built in 1969, had little green roofs in those little terraces in its original designs. Structures, like green roofs and rain gardens, are important for the environment but can also save our campus money by saving energy and reducing the amount of work that has to go into mitigating stormwater discharge. Plus, they’re so pretty. Promote these developments, whether in class or in conversations with the administration. They can’t know what we want and like unless we let them know. Franco D’Aprile is a senior in political science and sustainability, and Erica Davis is a senior in environmental sociology. They can be reached at fradapr@ vols.utk.edu and spz839@vols.utk.edu, respectively.
pretty much every battle. I’m sure some people are still salty about the War of 1812. We edit our history too. In television and in textbooks. Willfully and accidentally. Because of this, there are large portions of the population that have been edited out of the history books. Groups of people who have kind of lived in the shadows and only recently been brought out into the light of study. Native Americans, African-Americans, women and LGBT people of all races and genders. Nothing would fulfill the purpose of this column more than telling you those stories. Nothing would fulfill the purpose of this column more than piecing together those missing ledgers. These stories, the stories of those who have been kept out of the social and historical limelight, deserve to be told. Bad editing is no excuse. They deserve some re-editing. A re-release. I’m hesitant to call it a remake. So, for the next few weeks, I’m not exactly sure how long, I’ll be attempting to trace the history of LGBT people in this country. It’s a commitment and will take more research than, “oh wow it’s Thursday, I should check Google News.” But it’s important. Because I doubt most of us truly know the history, or anything before the 90s. So, here we go. Welcome to class. Jarrod Nelson is a sophomore in public relations. He can be reached at jnelso47@vols.utk.edu.
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Folk duet Jubal’s starting point Ana Tantaris
Contributor Spending a semester abroad often inspires students to find their true passion and go for it. After Bonnie Simmons, junior in biology and anthropology, spent her semester abroad in Canada writing and exploring her musical talent, her venture into music a no-brainer when she returned to Knoxville. Taylor S. Kress and Simmons met at a music festival about two years ago. However, it was not until the end of the fall semester, when Simmons returned from Canada, that the two played together on the Blue Plate Special, inspiring them to start playing together and create the laid-back yet fun folky sound of Jubal. “It’s not traditional folk, but it’s not pop folk either,” Kress said. The duet describes the Jubal music as alternative folk, identifying folk themes with less conventional folk sounds. “It’s not necessarily high energy or low energy, because a lot of our songs vary,” Simmons added. “You listen to it and take it in, so it’s really open to interpretation.” The Jubal sound is simple on the surface, but the complexity of the writing makes it seem as if it has more than just two vocalists and a guitar. “It’s mainly I think a lyrical complexity combined with a simple complexity of the guitar,” Kress explained. “I guess we try to ‘complexify’ it different ways other than just trying
to add more instruments.” “It’s much more of a listening experience,” Simmons added. “I don’t want to say it takes effort, but we do focus on the lyrics and harmonies and complexities, but it’s not that it’s anything fancy.” Simmons is still a college student, and Kress works at a coffee shop when they are not writing or playing. “This is absolutely the busiest I’ve ever been in my entire life,” said Simmons. “I like it, because I don’t remember the last time I was bored on a single day, but it’s also really stressful. So, it’s definitely a tough balance.” Without having a manager or anyone to help them book shows, the duet expressed appreciation for the experience as well as frustration with the difficulties they have had to face trying to make it on their own. The challenges of finishing school and working while pursuing a music career are immense. “It’s a mixture of excitement and appreciating the fact that we are able to do this at all, but it’s really hard,” Simmons explained. “It takes a lot of effort beyond just playing music and practicing. It’s about appreciating yourself as a musician, too, and giving yourself enough credit.” Jubal said that one of the key moments in their career was a time that they played a battle of the bands for a benefit event hosted by a friend. One of the judges works at AC Entertainment and was influential in their decision to continue their pursuit for musical success.
“We met a guy from AC Entertainment. That was the turning point where we started to take things seriously,” Simmons explained. This industry professional gave the inexperienced duo many tools for success that have made their journey more focused. “His name is Oslo Cole. He gave us the confidence to pursue this. Giving us advice and encouragement and just giving us logical, realistic answers, that really gave us the motivation to really kick it up this summer and kick it in drive,” Kress added. “Since the summer, we’ve completely changed for the better.” Jubal has played at coffee shops, bars, theaters and outdoor venues around the southeast region. They have been to places like Johnson City, Chattanooga and Nashville with Lexington, Charlotte and Hillsboro coming up on their lineup as well. The pair say that each show has a different feel and is a different experience based on venue and location. “We have to tailor our song selection a lot to where we play,” Simmons said. Kress added that the venue space determines what the audience will see from the band. Jubal’s next goal is to extend their presence to a broader scene outside of the region. They are working on booking shows and making weekends a time to pick a state and make a couple of stops to get their name out there. “We’re kind of building up a résumé,” Kress said. Jubal released their first album “Bloodroot” in August and plans on working on another one this summer.
Young the Giant fans want more Bryanne Brewer Contributor
Sunday evening, the city of Knoxville was electrified by Young the Giant’s performance. The American indie rock band consists of lead vocalist Sameer Gadhia, guitarist Jacob Tilley, guitarist Eric Cannata, bassist Payam Doostzadeh and drummer Francois Comtois. The Tennessee Theatre was practically buzzing with energy at Sunday night’s show, but before the headliners came on stage, the crowd was further amped up by the openers, Los Angeles band Wildling. The relatively new alternative rock band did a great job of getting the audience hyped up for the headliner. As singer Ryan Levine, keyboardist Andrew Ampaya, bassist Justin Levine, lead guitarist Erik Janson and drummer Casey Brothers jumped around in unison onstage, it was clear they had a magnetic grip
on the audience. They played songs from their debut EP which featured dynamic songs such as “We Go All the Way,” “Hummingbird” and “Doesn’t Really Matter.” As soon as Wildling ended their set and the headlining quintet appeared on stage, the audience roared with excitement and anticipation. With his sequined blazer, energetic personality and mesmerizing voice, Gadhia took command of the stage. Battling guitarists Tilley and Cannata beautifully executed riffs and bridges. Comtois and Doostzadeh cooly glued the set together. Perhaps it was in the way Gadhia shook his hips to the music or maybe in the way the light show flashed with the beat, but the crowd was hypnotized. As the set continued, the band seamlessly transitioned from song to song, from hit to hit, and the crowd convulsed with the exploding beat. Crowd favorites seemed to be “It’s about Time,” “Mind over Matter” and “Cough Syrup,” but many other songs from both of
Young the Giant’s epic albums equally captivated the audience as they dreamily clapped along. As the set ended and Young the Giant left the stage, the crowd was left wanting more. Amongst the wild applause from the audience, the calls for an encore rose like a wave that swept up everyone in it’s path. After a minute or two, the crowd’s pleas were answered. Retaking the stage, Gadhia told the audience he never thought he and his band would receive such an energetic welcome, nor did he believe they would be called back to the stage. The three song encore concluded with the band’s first single, “My Body” from their self-titled first album. When the band left the stage for the final time Sunday night, the resounding applause and echo of the crowd refused to die down. With a standing ovation, it was clear that Young the Giant left Knoxville with an energy that could not be easily rivaled.
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Defensive line emerging after slow start to the season Taylor White
Assistant Sports Editor After a slow start to a highly anticipated season, Tennessee’s defensive line has finally shown the results it has been capable of all season. The Vols wreaked havoc against a talented Alabama offensive line two weeks ago, and Kentucky quarterback Patrick Towles spent most of Saturday’s game trying to avoid Tennessee’s new found pass rush. The Vols got to the quarterback 35 times last season, and that number was expected to increase this year. But through the first six games, Tennessee had sacked opposing quarterbacks just nine times, only four of those coming from the line. That has changed drastically over the last two weeks, as the defensive line has been responsible for six of the team’s seven sacks in those games. “It’s just individuals stepping up,� coach Butch Jones said at a Monday afternoon press conference. “Corey Vereen and Derek Barnett, they have great pride in their performance. I think they’re getting off on the football and improving their stances and starts.� The two players Jones mentioned have been the driving force behind the improvements from the defensive line. Vereen has two sacks and four and a half tackles for loss in the last two games. Before that, his last sack came in last year’s loss at Ole Miss on Oct. 18. Barnett had started the season slow after registering 10 sacks last season, but some of that comes from the way offensive lines are treating him. After his breakout freshman year, he has seen double, and sometimes triple, teams all season.
He has started to adjust to that though, recording three sacks over the last two games, bringing his total up to five for the year. He was able to get to Towles with ease on Saturday. “It’s the same guys up front, and they’re working just as hard as they were at the beginning of the year,� junior linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin said. “They’re just starting to get paid for all their hard work. They struggled some at the beginning of the season, but everyone stayed the course.� One aspect that gets over looked at times is Tennessee’s first and second down defense. When a team is faced with third-and-long, it limits the playbook. In most situations, it relegates the team to a drop back pass, allowing the defensive line to focus only on the quarterback. When the defensive line is clicking like it has been the past two games, then everybody’s job becomes easier. The secondary does not have to stay in coverage as long, and the quarterback’s job becomes that much harder. “That just makes our job easier,� junior cornerback Cam Sutton said. “We protect them on the back end, and they do a great job for us on the front end. They get pressure on the quarterback, push the pocket and make quarterbacks take their eyes off their reads. That just gives us enough time to make plays. Targeting controversy: Sophomore cornerback Emmanuel Moseley was ejected in the third quarter of Tennessee’s win over Kentucky after being flagged for targeting a defenseless receiver. Kentucky receiver Garrett Johnson caught a pass from Towles across the middle, and Moseley delivered a big hit that jarred the ball loose from the receiver, resulting in a flag being thrown.
He hit below; he hit with his shoulder pad and did not lead with his helmet.� Butch Jones, Head Coach
Since the ejection happened in the second half, Moseley will be suspended for the first half of Saturday’s game with South Carolina. “He played it about as well as he could possibly play it,� Jones said of Moseley. “He hit below; he hit with his shoulder pad and did not lead with his helmet. The one coaching point would be to wrap up, but he did not launch himself into the defender.� The targeting rule prohibits a player from initiating contact with the crown of his helmet and also making contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless player. It appeared that Moseley led the tackle with his shoulder and did not launch himself into the receiver. It also appeared as if Johnson had taken two steps, eliminating the defenseless player portion of the rule.
Jones said he has discussed the play with the SEC office, and Tennessee is doing everything it can to get the call overturned. Even with the controversy, Sutton said the Vols are not going to dwell on something they cannot control. “We felt like it wasn’t targeting, but we can’t do anything about the call now,� Sutton said. “He’s still locked in and focused this week. He’s still going to be in the game plan.� Injury update: Tennessee has been banged up all season, and Jones offered an update on some of those injuries on Monday. Jones said that redshirt senior linebacker Curt Maggitt, who has been out since Tennessee’s loss to Oklahoma on Sept. 12. with a hip injury, will undergo an MRI at the end of the week. From there, Jones hopes to develop a timetable for a possible return. He also said that sophomore Jashon Robertson should be able to go Saturday, but he will know later in the week. The offensive guard has been battling an ankle injury all season and he re-aggravated that injury on the Vols’ first drive against the Wildcats. Jones also called redshirt junior Jason Croom doubtful for Saturday after he re-aggravated a knee injury in fall camp. The wide out has not appeared in a game this season. Junior wide receiver Marquez North has been dealing with a back injury for most of the season, and he was a late scratch against Kentucky. Jones hopes to get him back soon. “Marquez North was just a game-time decision, and he couldn’t go,� Jones said. “He practiced all week. (He was) just sore and stiff, and we’re going to do some different things this week with him to try to get him ready to go, because we need him.�
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Kasongo awaiting NCAA clearance to play Blaase finishes second at SEC Championship Troy Provost-Heron
Shane Switzer
Sophomore Tennessee forward Ray Kasongo is preparing for a game he has not yet been cleared to play in. While he has been cleared to practice with the Vols, Kasongo is still awaiting clearance for competition from the NCAA, according to the school. The Vols held a closed-door scrimmage Saturday against Davidson that Kasongo did not take participate in. UT hosts Division II AlabamaHuntsville in an exhibition game Friday at 7 p.m. at Thompson-Boling Arena and opens the regular season at home on Friday, Nov. 13 against UNC Asheville. A UT spokesman told The Daily Beacon that there is currently no timetable for when the NCAA could make a decision on clearing the first-year junior college transfer from the College of Southern Idaho. Kasongo is expected to play extensive minutes alongside freshman Kyle Alexander in the post. Seniors Armani Moore and Derek Reese, sophomore
The Tennessee cross country team battled against the wind, rain and mud, as well as 13 other SEC schools for the SEC Championship, last Saturday at College Station, Texas. Going in, the Vols had 11 of 15 members making their first appearance in the SEC championship, and in the end, youth and inexperience showed. Both the men’s and women’s team finished 11th. It is the second year in a row that the women have finished 11th. Second year coach Beth Alford-Sullivan said they felt that they left a lot of good races out on the course and did not get what they could have. She stated that with the youth this team has, you have to live through races like that, and it provides good experience. “Reality is, there is nothing like experience,” Alford-Sullivan said. “If you look at this roster, we had four seniors and 11 freshmen and really nothing in between. It just takes a lot of recruiting, it takes a lot of time and you know it’s a complete rebuild of a program.” Alford-Sullivan praised her runners for all of the work they have put in during training and the effort they gave. She said they just have to get experience and learn and have time.
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Sophmore Ray Kasongo Jabari McGhee and freshman Admiral Schofield are the only other forwards listed on UT’s roster. At Southern Idaho last season, the 6-foot-8, 245-pound Toronto native averaged 6 points, 4.9 rebounds and 15.6 minutes per game as the Golden Eagles advanced to Sweet Sixteen in the NJCAA tournament.
Individually, senior Chelsea Blaase continues her run to earn a spot at nationals. She finished second at the SEC Championships behind Dominique Scott of Arkansas. Blaase earned All-SEC cross country honors for the third time in her Tennessee career. “Chelsea was a huge positive,” AlfordSullivan said. “I mean, it was one of her best cross country races I’ve seen her run. In the mud and muck and amongst great competition.” Blaase and Scott have battled each other during all three seasons last year (cross country, indoor and outdoor track), and they continue to fight it out this season. Scott won with a time of 19:23.6 while Blaase was 17 seconds behind with a time of 19:40.9. Third place finisher Caroline Pietrzyk finished with a time of 19:54.1. 30 seconds off the first place time and 14 seconds behind Blaase. The men were led by freshman Zach Long with a time of 24:56.80 in the 8k. Long earned a spot on the Men’s SEC All-Freshman team with his finish. “He has been a standout freshman for the conference this year,” Alford-Sullivan said. “I was very proud to see him do that, and he closed his race down very well. Worked the finish very, very well.” The cross country season is not over
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Vols make kick returns look easy
Jonathan Toye
Sports Editor Evan Berry makes returning kickoffs look easy. Don’t be fooled by looks. Tennessee coach Butch Jones said in his weekly Monday presser at The Ray and Lucy Hand Digital Studio that blocking on kickoff returns is the hardest skill set in football. Berry may look graceful running down the sideline, but there is a lot of dirty work involved on his returns. A successful kickoff return requires many working pieces to go right, as it takes a buy-in from all 10 blockers. “If you look at a frontline player,” Jones said, “he has got to drop full speed 30 to 35 yards and run at an angle and sometimes turn his back to the individual that he has to block, who has 30 to 35 yards of a running full start ahead of them. And then you got to come speed to power and you got to block him. “It’s almost the equivalent of blocking a run-away refrigerator coming down a hill, so there is technique involved in terms of bracing yourself, speed to power, (and) understanding leverage.” Jones’ lengthy explanation on the intricacies of kickoff returns followed another impressive return from Berry. Berry, who earned SEC special teams player of the week honors, returned his third kickoff for a touchdown against Kentucky, tying Willie Gault for the most kickoff returns for a touchdown in a season in Tennessee history. Berry shrugged off a tackle from Kentucky linebacker Daron Blaylock at Tennessee’s 15, but that was the hardest part of the return for Berry, as his blockers gave him plenty of space near the left sideline to score a 100 yard touchdown. Berry leads the nation in average yards on a kickoff return at 42.6. The man in second place is eight yards behind at 34.3. Jones is ready to place Berry in the same category of Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown, a dynamic returner who formerly played for Jones at Central Michigan. His teammates almost expect him to score every time he fields a kickoff.
“Every time he catches the ball, you have a feeling something big is going to happen,” Tennessee junior quarterback Josh Dobbs said. “He’s done a great job of just controlling field position all year. You know, getting a big return when needed, getting the ball across the 25 yard line so we’re starting off with better field position than just taking a touchback. That’s really big to have offensively.” Punt returners Cam Sutton and Alvin Kamara have also supplied big plays on special teams, with each scoring touchdowns on punt returns. The big returns are an easy way for players to endear themselves to fans. Both Jones and Sutton, however, want people to notice the efforts of the blockers too, as Sutton quickly deferred credit for his big returns to his blockers. “It’s just execution overall,” Sutton said. “Guys up front are doing a great job for the return game to spring things and make plays. Credit to our special teams coach Mark Elder. We are probably one of the only teams to practice special teams each and every day throughout practice and it’s been showing up for us throughout the games.” Tennessee can practice special teams all it wants, but players still have to have the motivation necessary to undertake all the responsibilities special teams entails. Fortunately for Tennessee, that hasn’t been a problem. Jones praised players like Micah Abernathy, Cortez Mcdowell and Gavin Bryant, who may not yet have a role on offense or defense, but are doing all they can to make sure kickoff returns hum. “I always tell the linebackers before the game, ‘make an impact’” junior linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin said. “Even the guys not playing on defense, but the guys on special teams. They are all on special teams and they are all making an impact. Kickoff return team is great: with or without Evan Berry. He is doing a great job returning, but those guys are blocking up front and they are doing really well. “When they got confidence in that guy back there returning it, it makes all of them want to go so much harder.”
(Top) Sophomore running back Jalen Hurd rushes the ball during the TennesseeKentucky game. (Bottom) The defensive Orange Swarm takes down a Kentucky player in Commonwealth Stadium. Both photos by Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon/Tennessee Athletics