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‘Friendship rather than charity’ Redeeming Hope Ministries dismisses misconceptions while serving Knoxville’s homeless Hanna Lustig News Editor Fifty people crammed into three animalinfested houses on 17th street. This image introduced Eddie Young to the Knoxville homeless community. “Right across from the church on 17th Street, there were three houses that were carved up into number of living quarters, apartments,” Young said. “That’s not even a good word for them. They were just awful. Women who have no porcelain in their bathrooms, just a hole in the floor that led directly to the sewers. It wasn’t unusual for animals like possums, roaches and raccoons to find their way in.”
Upon arriving in Knoxville to serve as the pastor of holistics at Redeemer Church, Young was struck by the dire needs of the city’s homeless population. Out of this squalor, Redeeming Hope Ministries was born, founded by Young in 2009. Created to care for Knoxville’s marginalized homeless community, physically and emotionally, RHM oversees The Amplifier, Food in the Fort as well as many smaller programs. “I began working with these folks in a genuine friendship,” Young said. “No one was our client, no one was the object of our ministry. We were just working with them in the context of genuine relationships.” After a drug bust scattered the residents of 17th Street, Young’s mission transformed. A
‘Eat, Pray, Love’ author talks on depression, travel Claire Dodson Arts & Culture Editor Ripe with “Eat, Pray, Love,” movie references, magnificent prose and vibrancy of speech, author Elizabeth Gilbert talked writing, women’s literature and dealing with depression at the Tennessee Theatre on Saturday. Between two world adventures, Gilbert found herself in Knoxville, serving as the Jack E. Reese Writer-in-Residence starting in 2005. “I look back on Knoxville so fondly because it was this pause in the music,” Gilbert said. “There was this adventure that I had just finished and an adventure that was about to come, and I had no way to anticipate the tsunami of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ that was going to hit in a few months. “Between the two, there was this silent, quiet, warm, delightful calm that your town offered me.” After reading a section from her latest novel, “The Signature of All Things,” Gilbert answered audience questions for more than an hour, addressing a variety
of topics that reflected her diverse her world experiences. One of these topics was the criticism of “Eat, Pray, Love” and the genre of women’s memoir as a whole. “When men do (memoir), it’s brave and heroic, but when women do it, it’s selfindulgent,” Gilbert said. She tied the topic in with “The Signature of All Things,” where the protagonist is a female botanist living in the 19th century. “When men did botany, it was called ‘botany,’ and when women did it, it was called ‘polite botany.’ It was just a label,” Gilbert said. “I think you can interchange those words with ‘literature’ and ‘chick-lit’ and we’re in the same place. It’s precisely the same work but there’s a term to make sure we all know that the work is lesser. “I actually don’t get offended because I am remarkably, almost pathologically, selfconfident.” Although the criticism did not affect Gilbert, she spoke in defense of her fan base. See GILBERT on Page 5
survivor of 15 years of drug addiction, Young’s experiences with “holistic transformation” informed his approach to aid, emphasizing friendship rather than charity. “Our work really followed those friends of ours into the dispersion,” Young said. “And we changed our approach to addressing the holistic concerns of the marginalized and homeless of urban Knoxville at large.” Located in the basement of Redeemer Church of Knoxville, the organization strives to not only connect homeless individuals with employment opportunities and housing options, but also restore dignity and respect. “We try to mentor these guys into a better place,” Young said. “And that doesn’t necessarily mean either being a productive member of
our society … Someone can be miserable with a six digit salary and someone can be just totally whole and well making no money at all.” Food in the Fort, for example, furnishes two “food pantry” style Market Days a month in addition to two “café” days, complete with a hot meal, white tablecloths and nice silverware. The Amplifier, on the other hand, attacks false notions surrounding homelessness. “There are a lot of erroneous assumptions about the homeless,” said Elizabeth Hagler, a member of RHM’s Board of Directors. “The homeless are ‘lazy’ or ‘uneducated’ or ‘bums’ … It’s important to get to know them on an individual level and hear their stories.” See HOMELESSNESS on Page 3
Vols cruise in exhibition win over Florida Southern Steven Cook Copy Editor All eyes were on Jeronne Maymon, the fifth-year senior who appeared in a game for the first time since March 19, 2012. Then, his running mate stole the show. Fueled by 27 points and 10 rebounds from Jarnell Stokes along with a second half turnaround, the Tennessee Volunteers pulled away in their exhibition opener against Florida Southern in a 105-80 victory on Saturday. After losing 15 pounds over the offseason, Stokes showed an added burst of explosiveness never before seen from the junior forward, dicing through the lane en route to an 11-for-13 shooting performance. “I watch film from last year and I feel embarrassed, because I played so slow,” Stokes said. “I was too tired to talk, and too tired to give screens. I definitely wanted
to make sure I lost that weight and was ready to play.” Of course, Maymon’s return didn’t quite hurt. The two constantly fed off one another and served as a huge upgrade after Stokes played without his post partner all of last season. “I’m just glad to have someone out there who is older, plays older, you know, he understands the game,” Stokes said. “That was the biggest thing that was missing last year at that position. He understands the game.” Maymon scored six of his eight points from the free throw line, while adding seven rebounds and four assists in just 17 minutes of play. He admitted to some nerves right before tip-off. “I had a lot of butterflies,” Maymon said. “My hands were cold and I was trying to warm them up. I was just trying to go out there and play within the game.” See BASKETBALL on Page 7
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Senior guard Jordan McRae, center, yells during pregame festivities for UT’s exhibition on Saturday at Thompson-Boling Arena. The Vols beat Florida Southern 105-80.
Thrifting benefits more than tight budgets Emilee Lamb Assistant News Editor That $20 in your pocket buys more than a velour jumpsuit and some house slippers. Goodwill Industries International provides a retail outlet known for inexpensive and vintage items. However, some have questioned whether the booming popularity of thrift shopping, especially among a young demographic, is placing low-income customers at a disadvantage. “I’ve never heard anyone complain about it before, but sometimes I think some people
actually use Goodwill, like that’s where they buy all their clothes,” said Jennifer Daniel, sophomore in global studies. “And we’re here like, ‘Look at how hideous this is.’” Brief considerations like this don’t seem to deter students from taking their dollar to the area’s 28 Goodwill retail stores. “I like to find clothes that are cheap, maybe not so trendy, just different,” Joanna Bernardini, a second-year interior design student, said. “It’s just a practical way to shop.” In fact, the principal concern of a Goodwill shopper like Daniel is of far less
magnitude than the social welfare implications of her purchase. “I ask myself if I should wash it before I wear it,” Daniel said. Thrift shopping has grown into a movement of sorts among younger generations, especially among pop-culture catalysts like rap artist Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop.” Combined with economic distress and poverty-stricken urban residents, the question has been raised concerning the morality of the Goodwill shopping trend among financially stable citizens. See GOODWILL on Page 3
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Students hang banners from the side of Neyland Stadium on Sunday as a part of the homecoming festivities. The painted banners are one of the many competitions this week, culminating in the crowing of the winners on Saturday during the UT-Auburn football game at Neyland Stadium.
THIS DAY IN
HISTORY
2008: Barack Obama elect- elected to the U.S. Senate in ed as America’s first black a landslide. president Obama was inaugurated on January 20, 2009. On On this day in 2008, November 6, 2012, he defeatSenator Barack Obama of ed Republican challenger Illinois defeats Senator John Mitt Romney to win a second McCain of Arizona to become term in the White House. the 44th U.S. president, and the first African American 1979: Iranians storm U.S. elected to the White House. embassy The 47-year-old Democrat garnered 365 electoral votes Student followers of the and nearly 53 percent of Ayatollah Khomeini send the popular vote, while his shock waves across America 72-year-old Republican chal- when they storm the U.S. lenger captured 173 elector- embassy in Tehran. The al votes and more than 45 radical Islamic fundamentalpercent of the popular vote. ists took 90 hostages. The Obama’s vice-presidential students were enraged that running mate was Senator the deposed Shah had been Joe Biden of Delaware, while allowed to enter the United McCain’s running mate States for medical treatwas Governor Sarah Palin ment and they threatened of Alaska, the first female to murder hostages if any Republican ever nominated rescue was attempted. Days for the vice presidency. later, Iran’s provincial leader Obama, who was born in resigned, and the Ayatollah 1961 in Hawaii to a white Khomeini, the leader of Iran’s woman from Kansas and fundamentalist revolutionara black man from Kenya, ies, took full control of the graduated from Harvard Law country—and the fate of the School and was a law pro- hostages. fessor at the University of Two weeks after the Chicago before launching his storming of the embaspolitical career in 1996, when sy, the Ayatollah began to he was elected to the Illinois release all non-U.S. capState Senate. He was re- tives, and all female and elected to that post in 1998 minority Americans, citing and 2000. In March 2004, these groups as among the he shot to national promi- people oppressed by the nence by winning the U.S. United States government. Senate Democratic primary The remaining 52 captives in Illinois, and that July he were left at the mercy of the gained further exposure when Ayatollah for the next 14 he delivered the keynote months. address at the Democratic President Jimmy Carter National Convention in was unable to diplomatically Boston, which included his resolve the crisis, and on eloquent call for unity among April 24, 1980, he ordered “red” (Republican) and a disastrous rescue mission “blue” (Democratic) states. in which eight U.S. military That November, Obama was personnel were killed and
no hostages rescued. Three months later, the former shah died of cancer in Egypt, but the crisis continued. In November 1980, Carter lost the presidential election to Republican Ronald Reagan. Soon after, with the assistance of Algerian intermediaries, successful negotiations finally began between the United States and Iran. 1956: Soviets put brutal end to Hungarian revolution A spontaneous national uprising that began 12 days before in Hungary is viciously crushed by Soviet tanks and troops on this day in 1956. Thousands were killed and wounded and nearly a quarter-million Hungarians fled the country. The problems in Hungary began in October 1956, when thousands of protesters took to the streets demanding a more democratic political system and freedom from Soviet oppression. In response, Communist Party officials appointed Imre Nagy, a former premier who had been dismissed from the party for his criticisms of Stalinist policies, as the new premier. Nagy tried to restore peace and asked the Soviets to withdraw their troops. The Soviets did so, but Nagy then tried to push the Hungarian revolt forward by abolishing one-party rule. He also announced that Hungary was withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact (the Soviet bloc’s equivalent of NATO). This day in History is courtesy of History.com.
College presidents find smaller can be better Associated Press ST. LOUIS — After five scandal-plagued years as University of North Carolina chancellor, Holden Thorp was downright ecstatic to start over on a campus where the term “studentathlete” doesn’t evince snickers and groans. The new provost at the private Washington University spends little time worrying about academically suspect jocks — as a Division
III school, WashU doesn’t even award athletic scholarships. It’s a far cry from Chapel Hill, where an academic fraud investigation found dozens of athletes taking no-show classes, along with assorted other abuses, and led to Thorp’s resignation from the top job at his alma mater — the sole college he applied to as a high school senior in Fayetteville, N.C. “I wanted to get back closer to the academic side of things,” said Thorp, who arrived in St. Louis
three months ago. “Washington University, more than a public university, is on the whole more unapologetically devoted to academic achievement as its primary focus.” For him, “that is a liberating feeling.” His move down the academic chain surprised many, but Thorp is not alone among college CEOs seeking such refuge, especially those who have weathered the turbulent world of big-time sports. Current and past college
presidents, as well as education industry observers, say many campus heads are unprepared for the white-hot glare that campus athletics emit when things go wrong, from player arrests to NCAA investigations and coach firings — or in Thorp’s case, all three. “There were a lot of misconceptions about college sports,” Thorp said, alluding to the notion that at UNC, the quest for athletics success would never com-
promise the school’s academic standards. “In some ways, I was as much a part of this as anybody, protecting people from some of the tough truths about college sports.” In a report last year by the American Council on Education, nearly one-quarter of the more than 1,600 college presidents surveyed said they were also unprepared for the rigors of fundraising — whether for academics or athletics. At Syracuse University, president and chancellor Nancy Cantor is headed to the much smaller Newark, N.J., campus of
Rutgers, two years after firing an assistant basketball coach who’d been accused of sex crimes but never charged. Former University of Colorado president Betsy Hoffman, who left Boulder amid a football recruiting controversy, resurfaced as provost at Iowa State and is now an economics professor. And Martha Saunders, who left the University of Southern Mississippi after an athletics audit found a $1 million shortfall, quietly became provost at the University of West Florida, the school where her academic career began three decades ago as a public relations professor.
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On-campus housing still a key element of college experience Bradi Musil Staff Writer A college dormitory: the never-ending slumber party. Residence halls are not known for having ideal living conditions. Typically associated with unhygienic, disorganized college freshman, the first-year college living conditions can be a dreaded arena. However, on campus, student housing still remains to be the No. 1 choice of living arrangement for most college freshmen. There are 12 residence hall options on campus, all including cable TV, wireless high speed internet access, post offices, washing machines and dryers, athletic equipment, games, cleaning supplies and kitchen utensils. Although College Prowler, a website composed of student’s feedback on every aspect of university life, rates UT’s student housing as a C+, living in an on campus residence hall can be a convenient way to transition to campus life by full immersion with your freshman class. “Being able to meet people is definitely the best part of living in the dorms,” Caroline Norris, exploratory freshman and resident of Humes Hall, said. “It helps as a freshman coming in and meeting people and feeling more comfortable because the people you’re meeting are in the same situation as you. You really can’t be isolated.” Students are given the option between sharing a room with a randomly selected roommate or a roommate of their choice. Feeling that privacy can be less restricted and awkward situations can be better avoided, the majority of student residents tend to opt for living with someone with whom they have a preexisting relationship. “I think that living with someone you already know is better because it’s easier,” Norris said. “You already know the person’s
GOODWILL continued from Page 1 Goodwill Industries of Knoxville’s public relations and marketing coordinator Adrienne Hendon would put that question to rest. “Knoxville is such a generous town for us, I mean they are consistently donating to all of our locations,” Hendon said. “We constantly have new stuff out every day. We don’t have a shortage of anything by any means.” Hendon explained that any purchases made in a Goodwill retail location support the nonprofit organization’s employment and vocational services. “So anybody you know, regardless if they are low income or high income, any of their purchases at Goodwill, if they purchase a chair, that chair money goes to helping somebody with a disability get a job or get training to get a job,” Hendon said. According to its website, Goodwill Industries garnered $3.53 billion in revenue from
boundaries. It makes it harder to get mad about little things because you know the person so well, but it also makes it easier to address certain issues and work together.” Samantha McElfresh, a first-year graduate student in education, has lived two years in Massey Hall and two years in Humes Hall. She has had experience with both a random
when having the real freshman experience. “In a lot of ways I think it’s good to have a random roommate experience because you can learn so many things from it,” McElfresh said. “Sometimes you have a bad experience and you learn how to deal with people you don’t like, and you learn to appreciate different types of people ... I think that some-
“It helps as a freshman
coming in and meeting people and feeling more comfortable because the people you’re meeting are in the same situation as you. You really can’t be isolated.” -Caroline Norris
roommate, a pre-determined roommate and traditional style and suite style housing. McElfresh, who has never lived off campus while enrolled at UT, said she decided she preferred the convenience of student housing her sophomore year in Massey Hall. “I decided I liked living on campus and I could see all the benefits of it,” McElfresh said. “Convenience is one; you can literally wake up for class 15 minutes before, roll right out of bed and go to class.” McElfresh remains good friends with both her high school best friend – with whom she lived freshman year – and her random roommate – whom she lived with her sophomore year. Although, McElfresh said she feels students living with random roommates are sometimes at a greater advantage
its 2,700 retail stores in 2012, accounting for approximately 72 percent of the company’s total revenue for the year. Eighty-two percent of that income was used to directly support Goodwill’s other programs which provide jobs and training to members of the community unable to support themselves alone. Founded in 1902 by a Methodist clergyman, Goodwill Industries’ mission statement espouses its goal of “helping people in need reach their full potential through learning and the power of work.” Hendon echoed this sentiment when discussing the company’s role in the Knoxville and global community. “The more people we can help in the community, that’s our goal, to get as many people out there training to get jobs as we can,” Hendon said. “‘You give somebody a fish they can eat for a day, but if you teach them how to fish they can eat for their lifetime.’ That’s kind of what we go around.”
times living with the people that you’ve known before can limit you to the circle that you hang out in.” However, developing a circle of friends is not always made easy when paired with a complete stranger. Some students feel that sharing space with anyone is going to have its own set of problems. “Living with people in general is really hard in such a small place, regardless of whether you know them or not,” said Colette Telatko, a freshman in supply chain management living in Humes Hall with a random roommate. “I would have punched my
best friend in the face if we had lived together . . . but living with a random (roommate), it’s been difficult communicating, and understanding her problems and why she does what she does because I don’t really know anything about her.” Communication problems grow even larger when language barriers are introduced. Kaila Sachs, a freshman in biology, was paired with an international student in Hess Hall. Moving to a new city and not knowing anyone, Sachs faces the challenge of spending her freshman year sharing a room with a non-English speaking stranger. “I was nervous to move in with a stranger, but I was also really excited to meet my roommate and get the ball rolling on campus,” Sachs said. “When I found out that we didn’t necessarily speak the same language, I was pretty disappointed. . . I was already expecting some roommate challenges, but it’s been weird just the two of us being in the same room at the same time and it being completely silent and awkward.” Regardless of the new situations that come with student housing, the majority of student residents seem to feel that living in a residence hall is the best way to retain the college identity and atmosphere. “Even though I kind of am a real adult right now ... I still don’t feel like a real adult because I come back to college,” McElfresh said. However, Norris admitted she feels the social aspects of living on campus are well worth it. “Ultimately, I love living on campus,” Norris said. “There’s always something to do. It’s a constant party.”
HOMELESSNESS continued from Page 1 Attributing the root of homelessness to numerous environmental factors, Young emphasized the complexity of this widespread struggle. Lauren Dunn, managing editor for The Amplifier, cited domestic violence as a frequent cause of homelessness, although the problem is not so simple. “It’s all a complicated combination of genes, family, society, chance encounters, politics, money, culture, religion,” Dunn said. Young also explained that some people simply “do not function well in this society.” Despite whatever events lead a person to homelessness, Dunn argues that the term itself perpetuates derogatory connotations. “People experiencing homelessness are not a group or a class,” Dunn said. “They are more often men than women, but they are not a group of drug addicts, criminals or people with mental disabilities. Nobody who is experiencing homelessness wants to define themselves by their current status in life. They are not ‘homeless people,’ as if that word explained who they are. They are people, experiencing homelessness.” But this bias, Young believes, is ingrained into societal values. “We presuppose in this country that the American dream is out there for anybody who wants to pursue it,” Young said. “We just really want to believe that it doesn’t make us feel good to think that we have systems and structure that create that.” Kenna Rewcastle, junior in College Scholars and a RHM volunteer, agreed. “Removing the societal stigma around homeless-
ness would go a long way to allowing these individuals to re-integrate into society,” Rewcastle said. Young named one such alienating system, citing the labeling of criminals as “felons” for life, preventing them from gaining “meaningful employment,” and vote. For interested Vols, Dunn recommends purchasing The Amplifier, greeting homeless individuals with kindness, volunteering, writing to local officials on behalf of the homeless community and remaining aware of relevant local topics. “You can get involved with or donate to any of the local services and nonprofits,” Dunn said. “But an act of kindness doesn’t always have to go through an established agency. What about buying someone a disposable razor or toothbrush? What about letting someone use your phone? Be smart, but be kind.” While Young acknowledged the sheer difficulty of tackling such a complex societal issue, he remains unwilling to accept defeat. “As soon as you say it’s inevitable, an individual or a community will lose their sense of urgency to address it,” Young said. “... If I just accept that its inevitable, then what am I doing? You end up just trying to sooth the daily rawness of these guys’ lives, and you stop trying to work for systemic changes.” Dunn, too, refuses to neglect the obligation to provide support for all citizens. “Homelessness is only ‘inevitable’ in the sense that we label it that way and choose to separate people who don’t fit into mainstream culture in one way or another,” Dunn said. “We can choose to erase ‘homeless’ from our lexicon …They are not lazy or criminal any more than any of us are.”
HOMECOMING SCHEDULE Sunday November 3rd: 1:30-4:00 Anything Goes Relay Race Circle Park 3:00 Banner Drop Neyland Stadium 5:30-7:00 Smokey’s Howl Tryouts Thompson Boling Arena Monday, November 4th: 3:00-4:30 Soapbox Derby Volunteer Boulevard Tuesday, November 5th: 6:00-9:00 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament HPER Bubble Wednesday, November 6th: 7:00-10:00 Smokey’s Howl Preliminary
Competition Thompson Boling Arena Thursday, November 7th: Smokey’s Howl Final Rounds 7:00 Thompson Boling Arena, halftime Friday, November 8th: Homecoming Parade 4:00 Volunteer Boulevard near the Torchbearer Saturday, November 9th: Trophy/Homecoming Highnesses Halftime
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Political divide can be shortened through understanding Uphill Both Ways by
Nate Talbot Politically, I grew up in a house divided. My mother is a schoolteacher, and my dad owns a small business. As my mother’s side of the family is chock-full of educators and pharmacists, education is highly valued when I head an hour south for Christmas with her side of the family. On my dad’s side, however, there are more than a few small business owners, and most of them have been involved in agriculture in one way or another. When I head 15 minutes north for Christmas with my dad’s folks, I know I’ll be among relatives who work until the day’s work is done. To my dad’s side, I’m thrown in with my mother as a yella-bellied liberal because I favor the metric system to standard units (Anyone who has used British Thermal Units to calculate heating values will agree it is a far better system). On my mom’s side, I’m backed into a corner with my dad and brothers as a blood-sucking war mongerer because I drive a pick-up truck for no reason other than my keen affection for trucks. This divide exemplifies how our society views politics – how easily we categorize people based on the silliest of principles. We try to pretend issues like healthcare, abortion and welfare are super divisive topics. Liberals like to pretend conservatives don’t want anyone to have any kind of healthcare because it cuts into profits and may cost private companies money. Conservatives like to pretend liberals want to give out free plastic surgery to everyone who wants to look more like Justin Bieber. Any reasonable, thoughtful person can agree that neither of these opinions carries any real weight. Most people can agree that everyone deserves access to affordable healthcare, and that it should not fall on the government to pay for ridiculous health services. The topic of abortion has similar misconceptions. Although some argue it should be legal and others argue it shouldn’t, everyone can agree that we want people to show responsibility and not find themselves in a situation where abortion is a favorable option. You’d be hard pressed to find a liberal who wants to pay for people to sit on their butts at home drinking beer and living off the government for free. You’d be equally hard pressed to find a conservative who doesn’t want to give a guy who was dealt a rough hand a second chance. We get caught up in our own opinions so quickly that we forget the reality of any situation, and that divide we create in ourselves is what leads to a lack of progress toward an ideal world (read: government shutdown). The tea party gets bashed all the time because we have turned it into this group of religious radicals who supposedly want to oppress every minority group they possibly can. No: the tea party movement started as a means of encouraging a return to the style of government originally designed by our founding fathers. Hence the name, “tea party.” We have also painted the Occupy Wall Street movement as a group of jobless hippies who want to form a communist state and destroy the work ethic of successful Americans. Again, no: the Occupy Movement was started to inform people of the extreme disparity of wealth we experience in this great nation of ours, and through their efforts we have developed at least the idea of a 1 percent. Coincidentally, our hatred of the tea party and our hatred of the Occupy movement work together to keep the 1 percent in power by maintaining a bloated government that best serves them. Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, you should consider the other side. People are passionate about their ideals for a reason. Conservatives – “liberal” is not a swear word and nobody is trying to take your Bibles from you. And liberals – although some conservatives espouse extreme Christian values, not all do. And those same values they champion… couldn’t you agree that some of them are valuable after all? Compromise is a beautiful thing. Make the decisions that best serve our nation as a whole, not the political parties that claim to define us. Nate Talbot is a senior in mechanical engineering. He can be reached ntalbot1@utk.edu.
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PSA to fellow women: Prince Charming isn’t real School of Sarcasm by
Kaila Curry Remember when you found out that Santa wasn’t real? Whether it was the kid on the playground that blew it for you, older siblings, or in my case, when you hit age 11 and your parents had to sit you down and tell you it was time to grow up. Perhaps your parents told you not to spoil Santa for the other kids, which made you feel mature for knowing something only adults knew, so you chose to play along. This is actually a traumatic experience for a lot of kids because you feel betrayed and lied to. Looking back, it was something you enjoyed but probably would not want to go through more than once. Unfortunately in the girl world, this realization happens twice. At the same time us girls’ heads are being filled with the idea of Santa, we are also being filled with unrealistic ideas of romance. The only difference is no one steps in to burst that bubble. No one really sits you down and says that the knight in shining armor is fictional, Prince Charming is not going to rescue you
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too low. They lose hope on romance and settle on the first guy that says, “You’re hot.” Guys may not fit your idea of Mr. Right, but that doesn’t mean it’s okay to settle in with Mr. Wrong. There should be a median between holding out for the dream man and settling for the first guy we meet. Maybe we should set down the dream entirely, going out on that date with only our standards and an openness to meeting someone new. In the same way, guys should stop comparing every college girl to Katherine Webb, and we also shouldn’t be constantly expecting Ryan Gosling to emerge from the body of a 19-year-old college kid. So it’s time for that sit-down if you haven’t already had it yet. Just as Santa is not coming down your chimney with free presents made by elves, Noah from “The Notebook” is not waiting for you. You are going to have to put some effort into it, it’s never going to be easy, there will be disagreements and it will never be 100 percent perfect. You may have to kiss many toads to find your prince, and he may not be charming or packing Gosling’s abs. But the guy that fits you does exist. He’s real, and that’s something Noah from “The Notebook” will never be. Kaila Curry is a freshman in English. She can be reached at kcurry6@utk.edu.
Stop-and-frisk policy generates more tension than justice Struggling to be Heard by
Andrea Richardson Last Thursday in New York, while everyone was preparing for a night of candy-fueled debauchery, a panel of three federal judges suspended the earlier court ruling that had halted the city’s stop-andfrisk policy as unconstitutional. The panel not only stayed the ruling, but also removed the presiding judge – Shira Scheindlin – from the case, citing an “appearance of partiality surrounding this litigation.” Civil rights groups are outraged at the development, as the policy in its current state allows racial profiling to run rampant. Stop-and-frisk gave “police wide latitude in stopping and questioning people they deem suspicious.” Most of the people stopped via this policy have been AfricanAmerican or Latino. The New York Civil Liberties Union conducted a study based on the NYPD’s own statistics, which validated some aspects about the policy that had been suspected by many. Nearly 90 percent of individuals stopped
and interrogated by police were innocent, which should in itself should call its effectiveness into question. Those who were stopped and interrogated were disproportionately black or Latino. Additionally, blacks and Latinos, once stopped, were more likely to be subjected to force. In 2011, though blacks and Latinos made up only 8 percent of the population, they accounted for 77 percent of those stopped and frisked in the 6th precinct. Does anyone else smell something foul here? Many argue that since the inception of stop-and-frisk, crime rates have dropped, but in reality, the policy has done nothing to reduce crime. Earlier this year, Mayor Bloomberg made the bold statement that “nobody racially profiles.” He even went so far as to say that they “disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little.” Even if Bloomberg had individually interviewed every police officer in New York City and had determined in his infallible expertise that none of them expressed bias against minorities, it wouldn’t account for an unconscious bias they may possess as a result of institutional racism. Stop-and-frisk is only a symptom of the larger problem of race-based discrimination inherent in the criminal justice system — not only in New York, but all over
the country. The most profound example is the socalled War on Drugs: although all racial groups in the United States use illegal drugs at about the same rates, minorities are disproportionately imprisoned on drug charges. Minorities also generally receive longer and harsher sentences, and are more likely to receive discrimination based on criminal records after time is served. In a ColorLines video entitled, “How Does It Feel to be Stopped and Frisked?,” some of the young people of Brooklyn said they felt “degraded, violated and belittled,” and rightfully so. Some individuals had been stopped and searched by police as many as 20 times in one year—and this is becoming something normal. The current system generates more tension, resentment and distrust than actual justice. We need a serious re-evaluation of our values and a radical reform of our country’s justice system. The NYCLU has vowed to appeal the court decision, and we should all hope for the best. However, the trouble here existed long before stop-and-frisk was even thought of and will likely last long after it is struck down — if it’s struck down. Andrea Richardson is a sophomore in anthropology. She can be reached at aricha43@utk.edu.
Get Fuzzy • Darby Conley
Non Sequitur • Wiley
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from the tower and there is no such thing as happily ever after. Instead, we are told there shouldn’t be flaws in our relationships and that guys are meant to be perfect. We imagine all the romantic things they should be doing and expect so much that when we finally realize it doesn’t exist, our worlds are shattered. The dream begins to unravel about the time we hit the first relationship and realize the prince is not taking you to a ball; he is taking you to a casual dinner at Chili’s. It’s not the extravagant date we were told to expect, but Disney never mentions that Prince Charming has loans to pay off, car payments and on top of that, a part-time job. Girls often must choose between two extreme responses when the romance bubble pops: either hold out for Noah from “The Notebook” or settle for whatever comes their way. Holding out is a good option because having standards should be a priority, but if you are waiting for Ryan Gosling to stand outside your door in the rain with his photoshopped, wash-board abs peering through his shirt, then please grab a needle and pop that bubble. Having standards is important, but sometimes we set the bar unrealistically too high for reality. I would bet that no guy will ever write a letter to you every day for a year. Then there are the girls who set the bar
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THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson
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Maplehurst has ‘milestone’ showing during album debut Megan Lange Contributor
Claire Dodson Arts & Culture Editor Expectation, anticipation and excitement. This was just a sliver of the atmosphere before local indiejazz band Maplehurst took the stage at The Square Room Friday night. Maplehurst is made up of Cole Campbell on drums, Gideon Klein on cello and bass, David Platillero on guitar and vocals, Will Sliger on piano and vocals and Jenna Weaver on guitar and vocals. The band formed October of 2012 and has since been developing its fan base in Knoxville and Chattanooga. The show opened with Garrett Sale of local band William Wild playing an acoustic set before Maplehurst took the stage. The band started with a set of melodic, soft songs from its self-titled album before finishing the concert with the slowbuilding “One Dark Night� that culminated in hand-clapping and a standing ovation. Dylan Snowden, a senior in electrical engineering, said the group’s unique conceptualization of indie jazz made the
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Jenna Weaver, left, Gideon Klein, middle, and David Platillero, right, three of the five Maplehurst band members perform at The Square Room on Nov. 1. concert memorable. “I like Maplehurst’s music because it has detailed complex arrangements inherited by jazz but floating over top are infectious and memorable melodies,� Snowden said. “They make complex music
GILBERT continued from Page 1 “When you dismiss that entire genre and specifically ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ what you are actually doing is dismissing the voices and the emotional resonance of 10 million women who chose to trust that book,� Gilbert said. “You are saying that their intellects don’t matter. And you’re also saying all of those 10 million are white, middle class women who do yoga, which is not at all right.� Tiffany Keener, junior at Johnson
palatable to a wide audience.� The diverse audience spanned various generations, coming together in the name of appreciating Maplehurst’s distinctive sound and unified stage presence. The band has played together for a year and
University, and Rachel Lesler, junior at Lee University, attended the event together because of their mutual appreciation for Gilbert’s work. “I read ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ in high school and when I saw she was coming to Knoxville, I thought, ‘Of course I will come,’� Lesler said. “Her voice is so evident in her written work. “Hearing her speak, I was like, ‘Of course this is what she sounds like.’ It was as though I already knew from her writing.� Kristie Gordon, associate professor of psychology, was impressed with how Gilbert discussed her past with
Ashley Paul, a senior in special education, said its chemistry is evident. “The way they mix together is phenomenal,� Paul said. “Each of their styles is brought to the table and mixed together and it sounds incredible.�
depression and how that related to her writing. “She’s incredibly articulate and accessible,� Gordon said. “It was interesting to hear her talk about her work behind the scenes and how she deals with anxiety and fear.� One of the driving forces in the decision to embark on a year abroad was Gilbert’s depression and feelings about her divorce. She told a story of her experience crying in the Central Post Office in New York City. “I was two years into this divorce proceeding and I could not get free of it,� Gilbert said. “I just felt chained
Throughout the show, principal songwriters Weaver and Platillero shared anecdotes about the process and stories behind their songs. One song in particular, “Dreams,� held special meaning to Platillero. “I think of this one as the
to this situation. There seemed to be nothing I could do or offer. I didn’t want to be in NYC. Everything was bad. All I wanted to was go home and collapse into the comfort of tears. “So I made a deal with myself – you are allowed to go home and cry, but not until you have gone out in that city and found something beautiful today. And you’ll know it when you see it because it has to resonate with you.� Gilbert said the moment came immediately. “I opened up the doors to walk out and I see coming down the bus lane, four Asian elephants with spangled
staple song for Maplehurst,� Platillero said before playing the song. “There was a guitar lick I had written but hadn’t found words for, and Jenna just sat down and came up with lyrics.� Snowden, who is a friend of the band, has seen the progression in the artistic styles of Maplehurst. “Friday night’s show ended up being a true milestone in their music careers,� Snowden said. “They have been developing the artistic ideas and arrangements for the album over the past couple of months, and now they have a developed stage presence to really perform their songs in front of an audience.� For the audience, the highlight of the show was during the encore when the band came to the back of the venue and performed an acoustic version of their song “October,� taking its cue from local band Cereus Bright among others. As the audience gathered close, Maplehurst sang lyrics that encompassed its experience as a band, “Who can say when the journey will end / Who can say when we’ll take a new direction / But here today we choose what seems our path / And either way we won’t be looking back.�
drapery on them and on each elephant is a showgirl with a giant feather on her head. And I just sat down and I said, ‘That will do.’� For Gilbert, the elephants became her “victory� and helped her come out of her depression, piece by piece. “It was like the end of ‘Rocky,’ I was like, ‘Yes!’� Gilbert said. “They became my piece of what I was trying to reconstruct, one little piece of magic to add to the pile. “When you can start to honor those contracts and commit to them and claim them as your own, that’ll get you there.�
Guitarist uses feet to play instrument Associated Press SMYRNA, Tenn. — When George Dennehy was a young boy, he never dreamed he would spend his career as a motivational speaker and musician. But the armless teenager has spent the last couple of years sharing his story and encouraging others, and he’ll be on stage at the ONEless benefit dinner to speak Nov. 7. Dennehy’s story begins in a poor orphanage in Romania. Born without arms, his condition was “viewed as a curse,� he says. So his parents turned him over to the orphanage, where he became malnourished. A newsletter from Bethany Christian Services shared his story and eventually, Dennehy was adopted by a family in America.
Early on, he says his parents noticed musical abilities in him. “When I was 8 years old ... my mom decided to sign me up for cello lessons and I started playing,� he says, admitting that he “didn’t really enjoy it.� His first teacher helped him adapt his disability in order to be able to play with his feet. “She actually learned to play cello with her feet. She wanted to see if it was possible to do it. She made up foot exercises to do. ... We came up with a lot of stuff to bounce off each other and it was a work in progress and trial and error,� he says. “She helped me tremendously.� One of the first modifications to playing the cello was done to the bow in order to make it easier to manage with his toes. “Most people play cello sitting down in a chair, but I sat
on a stool and had the cello sitting on a stand that a friend from church made that held it in place above the ground. Little things like that made it easier for me,� he says. At the beginning of high school, when the cello became “not so cool� to play, Dennehy took up playing guitar and “picked it up pretty fast.� “It was a blessing, though, to learn cello first, because it’s the hardest of all to play,� he says. “The only difference in the guitar is I’m holding a pick and I’m playing cords.� He was able to figure out his own way to adapt to playing the guitar. but Dennehy uses a standard guitar. “I play in the same tune as everyone else,� he notes. Learning to play music hasn’t been an easy road. He was shy at first and self-conscious.
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Monday, November 4, 2013 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson
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Around Rocky Top
Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon
Marta Lee, right, hands her fragile wooden sculpture to Elena Hamilton, left, as Dillan Jackson watches during an art show Lee and her friends organized. Union Avenue Books hosted a reception for “A Novel Art Show” during November’s First Friday. Lee, as well as Rachel Byrd, Kenzie Wells and Ian Cato, produced paintings for the store to exhibit throughout November.
iOS 7 impresses students with ‘intuitive’ new features Andelyn Barclay Contributor Since its release Sept. 18, the newest iPhone update – iOS 7 – has had controversial feedback. Apple included new features to the operating system, such as a control center, camera filters and the ability to block callers, but not all of these were met with enthusiasm. Now that users have had time to adjust, many of those negative opinions have changed. Before the update was released, there was a buzz of excitement as everyone waited to see what new features would be added. “I was excited for it; I knew it was coming,” said Hans Wangsness, a junior in pre-medical food science. “I updated as soon as I could and I haven’t looked back.” Almost immediately after, there were many complaints about the new update, with some users stating they liked the iOS 6 better. However, some do not feel the same.
“They change things every year, and it’s kind of expected that they do an update,” Wangsness said. “In my opinion, this update is one of the best ever because they changed the color scheme; they made it easier on the eyes.” This redesign of colors throughout is the most noticeable change. “I like it,” said Jordan Humler, a freshman in finance with a business analytics collateral. “I feel like, even though it may have a slight childish edge at first, it makes it more fun overall. The more vivid colors kind of make you enjoy the high definition to the phone.” Another complaint stemmed from the update’s effect on the phone’s battery life, but both Wangsness and Sydney King, sophomore in English, said they have not noticed any change in theirs. “A lot of people complain about the battery life. My battery life hasn’t been that affected by it,” King said. “I love it.” There is now an updated control center, which students seem to have no complaints
about. “I really like the control center. I use it a lot, all the time,” King said. “They put the things I probably use the most right on it, and you just swipe up and it is there. I find that to be super handy because it is everything I need to control is right there, and I don’t have to go in through settings or find the app or anything like that.” The update also helped with the navigability and usability of the phone. “It’s a lot more touch-friendly,” Humler said. “Siri has been updated. Overall, it’s more intuitive with less tutorials needed.” Apple also made changes to the camera. Filters made popular by Instagram are now available directly on the phone. “The camera filters are interesting,” King said. “That is what people use Instagram for, and they changed it so you can also take pictures that are already the size Instagram needs. I’m not saying they’re trying to get rid of Instagram or push Instagram out, because that won’t happen, but it’s interesting that they are
trying to help people already have those filters that they want without actually having to have Instagram.” Another feature is the ability to create photo albums to organize the pictures. “I feel like it is really handy, because I have my stuff just grouped in my camera roll, and every so often I will go through and move stuff out, but I need to go through and group them,” King said. “I will have a whole thing for just selfies.” The ability to block callers directly from your phone instead of going to a website is also a new addition included in the update. “I think it would be easier, because it is kind of a pain in the butt to go to a website to block the callers, so it would be better to do it from your phone than to wait until later,” said Arnie Meredith, a senior in mathematics. Overall, opinions on the new iOS 7 update are positive within the UT campus community. One question remains: what will Apple think of next?
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THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Sports Editor David Cobb
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Jones ‘encouraged’ by Dobbs despite struggles David Cobb Sports Editor COLUMBIA, Mo. – Though not bashful about the disappointment of a 31-3 loss at Missouri on Saturday, UT head coach Butch Jones reminded everyone after the game what the Vols (4-5, 1-4 SEC) still have to play for. “Moving forward, our goal is still in place of a bowl game and the only thing you can do is go back and get better,” Jones said UT needs wins in two of its final three contests to become bowl eligible for the first time since the 2011 season. With quarterback Justin Worley nursing an injured hand, it could be Joshua Dobbs under center as the Vols strive for that goal. The true freshman started his first career game against the Tigers on Saturday. Worley and fellow injured quarterback Nathan Peterman did not travel to
Missouri. Saturday’s backup, true freshman Riley Ferguson, is presumably a player Jones would prefer to redshirt, and the only other quarterback dressed for the game was walk-on junior Tyler Page. Though Dobbs turned the ball over three times against Missouri, Jones expressed approval with the progression of his young signal caller. “I think he’s going to do nothing but get better and better,” Jones said. “I was extremely encouraged by what I saw in him.” Dobbs finished 26-of-42 for 240 yards passing while also running for 45 yards to lead the Vols in that category. But a pair of second-quarter turnovers crippled UT’s chances. First, Missouri’s E.J. Gaines picked Dobbs off to set up a Missouri score on the next play to make the score 17-0. Afterwards, with the score 24-3, Dobbs led UT into Missouri territory on three
consecutive completions for a chance to pick up some potentially crucial points before the half, only to fumble on a quarterback keeper. However, UT’s offensive line, which was penalized six times on the night, grabbed some of the blame after the game for the miscues. “We talked to him in the locker room, and those turnovers he had, we put those on us as an offensive line,” offensive tackle Ja’Wuan James said. “He was scrambling out of the pocket and running around, so we’ve got to do a better job of having his back.” Jones harped on how the SEC is “a line of scrimmage league” after the game and did say that the cadence of a new quarterback may have thrown the offensive line off. But from a heralded group comprised of four seniors and a junior, UT’s first-year coach admitted he wants to see more down the stretch. “The thing that I’m most disappointed in is the line
of scrimmage game,” Jones said. “We have some individuals here that have played a lot of football and we take pride in being a physical football team and we weren’t that tonight. We’ll go back to rolling our sleeves up and correcting that.” Tennessee hosts No. 7 Auburn (8-1, 4-1 SEC) for noon kick off Saturday at Neyland Stadium for homecoming. The Tigers present a challenge for the Vols with another mobile quarterback like Missouri’s Maty Mauk. But from the Vols’ offensive side, James is not worried about moving forward with Dobbs at the helm. “He showed a lot and he showed a lot of confidence,” James said. “I feel like he did well and we’re going to need him, because our ultimate goal is a bowl game and we’ve got three opportunities left to get two (wins) so we’ve got to go out here and focus on these games.”
Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon
Robert Hubbs III dunks over Florida Southern’s Stephen Battle during UT’s exhibition game against the Mocs on Saturday at Thompson-Boling Arena. The Vols won over Florida Southern on Saturday, 105-80.
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Tennessee setter Lexi Dempsey, left, sets the ball for middle blocker Shealyn Kolosky during an SEC matchup between UT and the Auburn Tigers at Thompson-Boling arena on Friday.
Lady Vols swept in weekend matches Cody Gross Contributor Despite an opportunity to shake off its SEC struggles, the Tennessee volleyball team’s woes continued after falling short this weekend against Auburn, 3-0, and Georgia, 3-1. Tennessee (6-16, 1-10 SEC) began the weekend searching for its first home win of the conference season. The Lady Vols have struggled this season, earning only two wins since Sept. 13. However, the team looked to turn their fate around with two weekend games at home. The Auburn Tigers (15-8, 6-5 SEC) thought otherwise. They beat the Lady Vols in three sets (25-22, 25-17, 25-14) and held Tennessee to a .073 hitting percentage on Friday night for their first win in Knoxville since 2007. Despite the loss, sophomore Lexi Dempsey finished with 20 assists and 11 digs, marking her 15th double-double of the season. Freshman Ashley Mariani also made a large contribution to the team’s effort with a team-high eight kills. The most notable event of the evening
came on a dig. Ellen Mullins, senior libero of the Lady Vols, entered the SEC record books by breaking into the top 10 for alltime career digs. “It’s really special,” Mullins said. “I couldn’t do it without my teammates or my coaches. I’m all about them. I’m also really proud of myself. I’ve worked hard to get to where I am now.” Mullins’ current career dig total is 1,694. She is ninth all-time as of now, needing only 10 more digs to move to eighth and 55 to crack the top five. The Lady Vols looked to rebound on Sunday as they faced the Georgia Bulldogs (17-7, 7-5 SEC). Georgia had not fared well in Knoxville in the past, losing every match on the road against UT since 2001. Despite the history, Georgia was able to prevail in Knoxville in four sets (25-20, 15-25, 25-15, 25-19). UT recorded more digs than Georgia, but the Bulldogs won every other statistical category. Tennessee freshman Jamie Lea recorded a team-high 10 kills in the loss. Although the team lost, Tennessee head coach Rob Patrick was encouraged by the team’s effort.
“We got better from our match on Friday, and I like that,” Patrick said. “The thing that has been pretty consistent is defensively we are doing a good job of trying to handle what our opponents are doing. We served well and got them out of system as much as we could.” A consistent problem in Patrick’s mind that he saw again against Georgia is the amount of errors his young squad makes. “We really made a few too many unforced errors, but that is something we will continue to work on,” Patrick said. “It was less than on Friday, so I was happy about that, but we still have to continue to give ourselves more chances to extend the rallies.” Patrick admitted the lack of depth in certain positions does affect his team, but he said he believes his Lady Vols have the potential to win matches down the stretch if the squad cuts down on its errors. The Lady Vols will have another shot at their first conference home win of the season when they take on Ole Miss Friday night. The game starts at 7 p.m. inside Thompson-Boling Arena.
Despite the jitters, Maymon was his usual physical presence down low as he bounced off defenders and pushed around the Mocs’ undersized forwards. “I’m still going to play my style of basketball,” the 23-yearold said. “You can’t play tentative. You can’t play worried about getting hurt or anything like that.” The generously estimated 13,994 fans inside ThompsonBoling Arena saw a scare early on, as the Division II opponent hung around in a game that featured eight lead changes. Tennessee committed 11 firsthalf turnovers, more than Florida Southern (eight) had for the game. But as the second half wore down, so did the Mocs. The Vols flexed their muscle in the post, amassing 60 points in the paint to Florida Southern’s 32. Head coach Cuonzo Martin lauded an extra effort defensively as the difference between the two halves. “I thought our guys did a better job in the second half in really settling down on the defensive side of the ball,” Martin said. Preseason SEC Player of the Year runner-up Jordan McRae added 21 points and nine rebounds for the Vols. Hubbs shines in debut After starting 0-for-3 from the field with three turnovers, highlytouted freshman Robert Hubbs III drove the lane with 2:18 left in the first half and threw down an emphatic jam. It’s safe to say that got things going for him. “It was definitely a big lift,” Hubbs said of the dunk. “I was like, ‘Man, I have to hit this first shot, I have to.’ “And after that, my confidence goes from a little to a lot, and then I just get in my groove.” Hubbs would finish with 17 points in a team-high 29 minutes played, making seven of his last nine shots including three 3-pointers. The chemistry with a veteran
UT group will take some time to develop, but Hubbs’ patience paid off and allowed him to find room both on the perimeter and driving the lane. “At first I was a little nervous,” Hubbs said. “But after that, my teammates kept getting me involved. They kept talking to me and encouraging me, and I just let the game come to me.” Missing Barton Senior point guard Antonio Barton missed Saturday’s exhibition with an ankle injury after sitting out of practice all week. Freshman Darius Thompson started in his place — going 4-for-6 shooting with nine points and four assists — but starting shooting guard McRae acted as the floor general for much of the contest. A scorer at heart, McRae’s sudden switch in practice this week caught Martin’s eye. “He’s probably only spent three or four days at it since Antonio’s been out,” the thirdyear coach said. “When he’s programmed to do a certain thing and all the sudden you want him to run the team, that’s not an easy thing to do.” Hubbs found excitement in Barton’s looming debut. “It’s definitely going to help us,” Hubbs said of Barton. “He’s very explosive. He’s a true point guard. We all saw it at Memphis, so that’s going to help us a lot.” Martin said he expects Barton to be back for the Vols’ regular-season opener at Xavier, but would like to get him back for Thursday’s final exhibition against Southern Indiana. No Chievous In total, 11 Volunteers played in Saturday’s win. Quinton Chievous was not one of them. The sophomore played his way into the rotation when the Vols peaked last season, but didn’t make an appearance in the exhibition opener despite dressing out. “Keep pushing, keep pushing,” Martin said when asked if there was a reason Chievous didn’t log any minutes Saturday. “He’s a good guy, but keep pushing.”
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Monday, November 4, 2013
SPORTS Curse of Mauck bites Vols again David Cobb Sports Editor
and helped his team put up 31 points against UT on Saturday as Missouri trounced the Vols 31-3. And like the man with a similar name did 12 years ago, Mauk only played because of an injury to the quarterback ahead of him. The similarity was no more evident – if not creepy – than on any of Mauk’s 13 rushes that totaled 114 yards. He led Missouri to victory and proved UT remains a product of its past in spite of concentrated efforts to erase it. On Saturday, the Vols allowed 502 total yards, which is 48 more than they did in 2012 when the worst UT defense in recent memory played Missouri. So Jones challenged his seniors after the game “to be different” and show resiliency. After all, the goal of a bowl game is still alive. No, there was no symbolic snapping of the Matt Mauck curse. No, the Vols didn’t take what Jones described as “the next step” and win a road game. But unless that curse was rejuvenated by Missouri’s Mauk, UT should make a bowl. Games against Vanderbilt and Kentucky wait at the end of the schedule as games the Vols will be favored to win. First is a Saturday date at Neyland Stadium with the No. 7 Auburn Tigers whose running quarterback should make those contests against the Commodores and Wildcats must-win games. There’s no denying adjustments are necessary after what Mauk did. The question for the Vols is simple: Will they heed Jones’ plea and be different than the teams before them coached by Dooley? Auburn is not an ideal opponent for a team coming off consecutive SEC beatings, but at least the Tigers’ quarterback is named Nick Marshall and not Matthew Mawk.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – In the 2001 SEC Championship game, LSU redshirt freshman quarterback Matt Mauck entered for injured starter Rohan Davey and completed less than half of his passes against UT. But Mauck ran wild and found the end zone twice with his legs while leading his team to 31 points against the Vols. Thanks to Mauck, LSU defeated Tennessee 31-20 that night and knocked Phillip Fulmer’s squad out of the BCS Championship game. That championship-crushing defeat stands as UT’s high water mark in the years passed since the increasingly distancing 1998 National Championship season. Things have gotten progressively worse for the Vols since that night, almost as if that average backup quarterback for a yellow SEC team called the Tigers put a curse on them. There have been no more nearnational title appearances; instead, a steady tapering off of previously sustained success, culminating with three consecutive losing seasons under Derek Dooley from 2010-12. Now Butch Jones is on the sidelines at UT trying to clean up the mess that Mauck started with his legs all those years ago. But if Jones is to exorcise that demon, it will have to wait at least another year. In eerily ironic fashion, a David Cobb is a junior in jourredshirt freshman quarterback named Maty Mauk completed nalism & electronic media. He can less than 50 percent of his passes be reached at dcobb3@utk.edu, on Twitter @DavidWCobb.
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Grading the Vols vs. Missouri
Sports Editor David Cobb covered UT’s game against Missouri on Saturday. He assessed grades for each position based on the group’s performance in the Vols’ 31-3 loss to the Tigers.
Quarterbacks
C+
Running Backs
D+ Wide Receivers
B Offensive Line
F Defensive Line
D+ Linebackers
D Secondary
The running backs did nothing to aid Dobbs. Senior Rajion Neal averaged 1 yard per carry on his eight rushes. Although Marlin Lane found a couple of gaps early in the game, this group established no consistency as the Vols passed the ball 42 times, a season-high.
A glaring drop by Josh Smith on a perfect throw from Dobbs late in the second quarter probably kept the Vols out of the end zone. Otherwise, the receivers played an average game and did less to strain their quarterback than the offensive line and running backs did. As a result, they are one of few groups to receive a good grade.
The offensive line let the Vols down on Saturday. Missouri’s swarming front seven sacked Dobbs twice and flushed him from the pocket numerous times. Without the bailout of Dobbs’ mobility, it would have been even worse. Six of UT’s nine penalties came against the offensive line, including five false starts.
Against a similarly inclined Connor Shaw of South Carolina, the UT defensive line contained quarterback scrambles fairly well for most of the game. It was a different story Saturday in Missouri as redshirt freshman Maty Mauk ran wild for 114 yards on 13 carries without being sacked.
In his freshman and sophomore seasons, A.J. Johnson racked up a combined 32 tackles for loss. Through nine games in 2013, the anchor of UT’s defense has just seven, which is indicative of a season-long stagnation by the linebackers in the midst of overall improvement from the defensive line and secondary. They did nothing of note Saturday.
Mauk completed less than 50 percent of his passes, but found gaping holes in the UT secondary when he decided to be accurate. To borrow some phrasing from another item I wrote, he found L’Damian Washington “wide open as the Missouri plains” in the second quarter to put the Tigers ahead 17-0. With no turnovers caused by this group on the day, it was a step back towards 2012.
D Special Teams
A
Joshua Dobbs played formidably in his first career start considering the caliber of his opponent and his inexperience. Without a backbreaking second quarter interception and a fumble late in the first half, he would earn a “B” grade. Dobbs is an aerospace engineering major though, so he is likely more concerned with his academic grades than The Daily Beacon’s football GPA.
Michael Palardy recently described the change in his play during 2013 as “a complete 180” from his first three years, and he is exactly right. The do-it-all senior specialist continued to make his case for an NFL roster on Saturday with precise punting and a 51-yard field goal, although he did shank one punt. UT’s return game performed decently.
Game 9 GPA: The Vols earn a 1.74 football GPA for their performance against Missouri. Season GPA: After nearly regaining their Hope Scholarship by pushing their cumulative GPA to 2.96 with a win against South Carolina, the Vols now hold a 2.68 for the year.
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