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Vols shake off early nerves, beat Pikeville, 80-62 Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB)
With seven newcomers making their Tennessee basketball debut, the butterflies were fluttering around Thompson-Boling Arena as the Volunteers kicked off the 2014-15 season in their exhibition match-up against Pikeville. Those nerves played their part in the opening minutes of Monday’s contest as the Vols failed to secure a lead until the 9:19 mark of the first half, but in the end, UT managed to pull itself together and pick up an 80-62 victory over the Bears. “Just like in any other game, you come out and you got butterflies, and you are kind of nervous,” junior guard Armani Moore said. “Obviously, we got a whole bunch of new guys who haven’t really played in this arena in front of fans before. “It was just a process of us having to slow down, and once we got that under control, I thought we played pretty good.” That process, however, took a little longer than the Vols would’ve liked. Pikeville jumped out to an early lead and maintained it for the majority of the first half. It wasn’t until Moore hit a 3-pointer with 9:19 left in the half that UT pulled ahead of the No. 2 NAIA team in the country. Junior forward Armani Moore dribbles down the court during UT’s first exhibition game against University of Pikeville on The Vols would relinquish Monday. Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon that lead only one time the
Syllabi Repository allows students to preview class curriculums Chris Salvemini Contributor
‘A fine line’ Students, officials question whether street preachers break university restrictions
remainder of the contest when Colt Chapman hit a layup to give Pikeville a 22-21 advantage with 7:44 remaining in the opening period. On the ensuing Tennessee possession, though, a Josh Richardson jumper gave the Vols the lead for good. UT’s early struggles, however, weren’t solely based on a large dose of first-game jitters. They were also caused by the Vols’ inability to take care of the basketball, as they committed six turnovers in the first 8:01 of the game. In total, the Vols committed 18 turnovers in their first action of the season. “We share the ball,” firstyear head coach Donnie Tyndall said. “We are an unselfish team … With that being said, 18 turnovers is certainly going to be an Achilles’ heel if we don’t change that from an offensive standpoint.” After the Vols pulled ahead, Pikeville managed to hang around, until a 10-0 Tennessee run to end the first half dashed any hopes of an exhibition upset. Moore paced the Vols with a team-high 17 points on 8 of 10 shooting while collecting seven rebounds. “I’ve been working hard this off-season working on my offensive game,” Moore said. “Most importantly, my teammates did a good job of finding me when I was in the right spots at the right time.” See VOLS on Page 6
Merchant association president expresses concerns about new Strip restaurants Tanner Hancock Copy Editor
Hannah Marley Imagine stepping into your first class of the semester already knowing everything on the curriculum. Now UT students will be able to view a course’s syllabus before even registering. This year, Office of the Provost, Student Government Association and the Office of Information Technology teamed up to build a database of syllabi that students can begin using during the pilot program. This repository will serve as an online resource for students to research courses prior to registration, allowing students to base their expectations on the previous class curriculum. As this project is still in an experimental phase, the syllabi included in the online repository will only date back to last year and will be available for 300 level courses in the College of Arts and
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See SYLLABI on Page 2
See PREACHERS on Page 2
Pamphlets in hand and signs firmly set in the leather harnesses secured around their waists, the Woroniecki family descended on UT’s campus in the early morning of Oct. 27. Spanning the entire length of Pedestrian Walkway and sending out a message to students, urging them to renounce the church and seek Jesus, the family of eight exercised their right to speak freely on public property well into the early afternoon. Or, so they thought. What the Woroniecki family didn’t realize, however, was the legal limitations placed on free speech not only by UT, but by the federal government. The manner in which the Woroniecki’s chose to convey their particular message as well as the location they chose that morning call into question the scope and limitations of first amendment rights as well as the university’s ability and responsibility to restrain speakers who breach their right to free speech. This problem is hardly new to UT’s campus, and in fact brought the university to face legal proceedings just one year ago.
‘4000 Miles’ running with success ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 3
A vocal preacher calls out to all who pass with the use of large neon signs. Hannah Marley • The Daily Beacon
“He’s lived in a blue tent by the tracks for four months, the latest location in what he says has been a 15-year homeless experience.” VIEWPOINTS >>pg. 4
Call it Old College Inn or Goal Post Tavern, owner Mike Clark is just happy for your business. Clark, president of the Cumberland Avenue Merchant Association, represents the interests of Strip vendors on matters of business, with issues ranging from expanded parking to competition with UT’s food service provider Aramark. Clark frequently corresponds with authorities from the university and the city at large to foster growth among his fellow Cumberland Avenue vendors. A native of Knoxville, Clark attended Karns High School and later UT in the early ‘80s. Eventually making his way to The Strip in 2001, Clark has spent the last four years as president of CAMA as well as owner of the restaurant formerly called Old College Inn. Clark said he is excited to be a part of the initiative to redesign the Cumberland Avenue area, including plans to expand sidewalks, bury utilities and include dedicated turn lanes. See CLARK on Page 2
Rice returns with ‘adventurous’ album following eight-year hiatus ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 3
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Christine Weick, left, traveling author, five hours on street corner “People call me a protester, but I call myself a stander: standing on biblical principles. I’m here because most of the kids at this college are pro-homosexual rights which goes against God’s word.” Garret Montgomery, right, senior, plant sciences, two hours on street corner “I believe in marriage equality. Our country was designed to be a place with religious freedom. I’ve been hate-crime assaulted twice. Once on Cumberland (Avenue). My eye bled for eight weeks, and since then, I’ve been a bit more aggressive.” Hannah Cather • Daily Beacon
World Trade Center reopens 13 years after 9/11 Associated Press NEW YORK — The silvery, 1,776-foot skyscraper that rose from the ashes of 9/11 to become a symbol of American resilience opened for business Monday, as 175 employees of the magazine publishing giant Conde Nast settled into their first day of work in their new offices. One World Trade Center’s official opening marked a symbolic return to some sense of normalcy for the site where the
towers toppled more than 13 years ago. “The New York City skyline is whole again,” says Patrick Foye, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns both the building and the 16-acre World Trade Center site. Steps away from the new tower are two memorial fountains built on the footprints of the decimated twin towers, a reminder of the more than 2,700 people who died in the terrorist attack.
Conde Nast, publisher of Vogue, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, is expected to move in about 3,000 more employees by early next year, eventually occupying 25 floors of the $3.9 billion, 104-story tower, the nation’s tallest building. Amid Monday’s celebratory tour of parts of 1 World Trade Center, Conde Nast officials declined to comment on employees’ possible fears about working in the new building. Foye counters that it’s “the most secure office building in America.”
PREACHERS continued from Page 1 David Woroniecki, a son in the family, said he doesn’t think the university has the right to remove his family and limit his ability to exercise free speech at a public state institution. “This is a public place, so as a taxpayer, I should be allowed to come here and speak freedom of religion, that’s what I’m allowed to do,” Woroniecki said. However, UT is allowed to place limits on when, where and how one can practice their free speech rights as long as the restrictions have nothing to do with the content of the speaker’s message. “Case precedent would permit a university to impose reasonable ‘time, place and manner’ restrictions on those speakers who wish to convey a message in a campus setting,” said Hemant Sharma, professor of political science. “The university’s important interest in protecting the educational environment justifies asking the speaker to move.” Sharma noted that this includes keeping speakers away from university buildings and classrooms. During the Woroniecki’s second day on campus, UTPD was forced to ask the family to leave campus for disturbing students studying in the library by shouting at them between classes. Despite their new location on the public sidewalk, the Woroniecki family still had much interaction with UT students who questioned whether the message itself, and manner for conveying that message, should be allowed even in a public forum. Breanna Andreu, a junior in English literature, said that she believes the Woroniecki’s message was menacing and directed at
CLARK continued from Page 1 He has also vocally advocated for more parking around his business, pointing to the installation of parking garages in downtown Knoxville as the impetus for that area’s largescale growth. By working with the local government, Clark hopes to revitalize a section of the city he feels has been overlooked. “There have been a lot of public dollars go into revamping downtown,” Clark said. “It was just kind of our turn.” To emerging college students and those who might wish to start their own business, Clark’s message of success is a simple one. “I think hard work is what it takes,” he said. “You have to be willing to put a lot of time in, a lot of effort in and have good long term goals.” Debbie Billings, treasurer of the Cumberland Avenue Merchants Association, said Clark has shown an active leadership role with CAMA in an effort to bring success to his fellow merchants. “He’s been consistently involved even when others drop out of being involved,
SYLLABI continued from Page 1 Sally McMillan, vice provost for Academic Affairs, said there are plans still to improve the system. “We’re going to try to get this as universal as we can,” McMillan said. “In a year or two at the most, we hope to have everything uploaded.” The idea to create the database came from a student enrolled in the College Scholars Program who had experienced difficulties gauging the curriculum for a specific class when setting up his class schedule. He proposed the system of transparency for a course prior to registration and the idea quickly swept through SGA and the Office of the Provost. They enlisted OIT to aid
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individual students. “I think it’s hateful, it’s hate speech,” Andreu said. “It’s very personal and they’re not at all speaking from a general perspective.” For Ethan Willis, a sophomore in journalism and electronic media, the Woroniecki’s demonstration was primarily aimed at getting attention rather than conveying a specific message to sway the student body’s religious practices. “I feel like it’s pretty antagonistic,” Willis said. Andreu also commented on the size of the signs and location of the speakers, claiming that anyone passing by was forced to acknowledge the family. “Let’s just be honest here, if you go to college here and you go to school you cannot avoid it,” Andreu said. “Everybody’s classes are near here, you can’t get away from it.” While the Woroniecki’s message could be considered offensive or intrusive by some, it is not necessarily restricted by the First Amendment. That does not mean, however, that any individual hoping to convey a message on campus can be permitted. There are expressible policies set in place to protect from some more intense messengers. “It is plausible that a speaker could be banned entirely from the campus setting if their message fell into a category of speech that the Supreme Court has deemed unworthy of First Amendment protection,” Sharma said, noting that these categories include the defamation of character, obscenity and fighting words. The definition of what, exactly, constitutes “fighting words” is ambiguous at best, Sharma said, and is often left up to the judicial system. “In reality, it doesn’t matter what you or I think fighting words are -- it
matters how law enforcement officials and judges apply that standard,” he explained. “And, in the end, courts seem to lean in the direction of protecting the speaker.” UTPD and representatives from the Dean of Students Office were present Oct. 27 to determine if the Woronieckis had, in fact, crossed that line. Despite student testimonies claiming the Woronieckis had overstepped their bounds, the university did not act on the content of the message. Jeff Maples, the interim vice chancellor for finance and administration, said determining who exactly is breaking university restrictions can be a very difficult task. “That’s something we just have to wait and see as it develops,” said Maples. “There’s a fine line there, you have to be very careful.” In August of 2013, UT lost a court case in the 6th District Federal Court of Appeals to John McGlone, a Kentucky preacher who was told by the university that he could no longer preach on campus because he was not sponsored by a student, faculty member or other affiliated group. As a result, the university was forced to rewrite its policy concerning free speech for those not directly involved with the university. “As long as they’re on the city street, they have the opportunity to come,” said Melissa Shivers, dean of students. “Those that go further into campus either have to have a solicitation form approved or be cosponsored by a student organization.” Adhering to university policy, the Woroniecki’s were moved from their positions along Pedestrian Walkway to the public sidewalk at the intersection of Pedestrian and Volunteer.
in trying to get the direction of The Strip, not to where it’s just beneficial to him, but for the community as a whole,” Billings said. One of Clark’s current and most pressing concerns, he said, is the perceived unfair competition with the newlyopened Aramark establishments Panda Express and Raising Cane’s on the corner of 17th Street and Cumberland Avenue. “When that building was purchased by UT, we were under the impression that it was going to be office buildings and maybe a temporary bookstore,” Clark said. “Basically it turned into direct competition in our opinion to The Strip.” Clark expressed his dissatisfaction with the university for fostering an unfair business practice, citing the new restaurants exemption from property or business taxes as well as their ability to accept Dining Dollars as a form of payment. “They basically took a building that was housed by independent business owners and turned it into … a subsidized business,” he said. “They don’t have to play by the same rules.” Since the opening of the
restaurants earlier this year, Clark has solicited for cooperation from the university, specifically asking to see the contract between the university and Aramark, which allegedly forbids Strip vendors from accepting Dining Dollar payment. “We’d love to see that contract and let a professional look at it and see if there really is a binding clause in there that says they cannot let local merchants participate (by accepting Dining Dollars),” Clark said. On Nov. 3, Jeff Maples, the interim vice chancellor for finance and administration, provided the Daily Beacon with the contract between Aramark and the university. Maples also denied ever limiting access to the contract to anyone qualified to see it. “I am not aware that we have denied anyone the contract to the amendment,” Maples said. “We’ve had several requests for it in the last six months, and every time we’ve gotten one … if they’re a resident in the state of Tennessee, I’m not aware of anyone we’ve denied to seeing the contract.” The Daily Beacon will be following the story as updates develop.
in the process of building the website. Joel Reeves, the chief information officer for OIT, said the construction was simple and executed effectively because of it. “OIT’s effort was about 20 hours,” said Reeves, who noted that the project required very little funding. “One of the staff who put in the majority of effort is in a position funded by Tech Fee,” Reeves explained, stating that there wasn’t much necessity to use student funding. As for the technical aspects, Reeves said it was a easy and smooth implementation process easily accessible for greater improvement in the future. Currently, only UT students with a valid login can access the repository and sift through the myriad of folders containing different subjects, ranging from math to art.
The goal is that this collection can serve as more than just an easy dumping site for syllabi but become a one-on-one system for students which provides all the relevant information about classes and professors, allowing students to make a make quick, informed choice without spending hours researching. McMillan said she already has a vision for the future of the project. “In my nirvana dream is that when a student goes to register for class, right there on the same line a student can click and see the syllabus, assessment scores for the professor, and everything else,” McMillian said. Students right now can go to their college department to find more information about their classes or simply research online.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
THE DAILY BEACON • 3 Arts & Culture Editor Jenna Butz @butzjenna
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Poetry night allows communication, thought for local artists Liv McConnell Projects Editor
The din of voices and laughter on Preservation Pub’s second floor Sunday night quieted as the bar’s owner, Scott West, approached the stage, beer in hand. “Before we start, let’s get some shots ready, what do you say?” West asked the group of about 50 gathered before him. “You would probably enjoy my poetry more if you were drinking.” West was one of several local poets to share their work at Kickin’ it Old School: Southern Fried Performance Poetry. The atmosphere was warm, festive and, as some audience members voiced, perfectly suited to the pub. “That late afternoon, crisp fall sunlight spilling into the room through a cloud of smoke and dust—that’s what I think of when I think of a poetry reading in Market Square,” Josh Edmiston, senior in English, said. “It was nice getting to hear people’s inner thoughts, sitting at a booth with friends and relaxing with a nice, warming beer in the perfect loca-
tion.” For most of the poets who performed, including Marilyn Kallet, director of UT’s creative writing program, Sunday night was not their first collaboration. “The reason we were all invited to come do this show together is we all used to do slam years ago, so we’ve all been involved in performance poetry,” Kallet said. “Scott was actually one of my students as an undergrad at UT, and a lot of the poets who were reading have studied with me in the day.” Some members of the group, like UT alum Reeny Mooney, could trace their ties back to the late ‘90s, when the Knoxville Poetry Slam Team “ObKNOXious” gained notoriety at the National Poetry Slam. Kallet noted the sense of “community” created when performing with this group, which included fellow local writers Daniel Roop, Mouffe Tard, Keith Norris, Debby Geis and Leslie LaChance. “When we’re in an environment like that and we’re all up there, it’s kind of like we’re in a play,” she said. “It helps to build bonds and build confidence. We feel like a family.”
Shelby Stringfield, senior in English and one of Kallet’s current students, expressed pleasure at seeing an event like this held outside of the campus setting and within the Knoxville community. “The only poetry events I’ve been to in Knoxville have been campus-based,” Stringfield said. “I think readings by local authors are really important because they showcase talent that has been cultivated right here in our city. They make it seem less impossible for us locals and UT students to succeed with our own creative work.” For Kallet, the location is not as important as the ultimate goal — communication. “I try to communicate with my students that you need to not just be able to write, but you need to communicate your work,” she said. “It doesn’t really matter if it’s in a bar, on the stage or even in the library. The main thing is to be able to get up and to communicate the poem well and, as one of my friends said, to be the poem.” For information on more local performance poetry events, visit Knoxville Poetry Slam’s Facebook page. Marilyn Kallet, director of UT’s creative writing program, recites poetry on Sunday at The Preservation Pub. • Photo courtesy of Bill Foster
Irish musician’s album Clarence Brown brings shows growth, depth ‘uplifting’ drama to campus Jenna Butz
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It has been eight years. Eight years since Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice released his last album “9” in 2006. But now, he will release “My Favourite Faded Fantasy,” his first album in nearly a decade, Monday, Nov. 10. And patient fans should be overjoyed at the result of the artist’s hiatus. This dreamy, bold and adventurous album is an enormous growth from Rice’s first two albums. The faint folk sound has grown to incorporate psychedelic elements, symphony-esque orchestration and creepier sensations than anything we have heard from Rice before. Yet, there is also growth, not just from Rice’s last album, but within the eight tracks themselves. The album opens with the title track, “My Favourite Faded Fantasy” and introduces us to the darker side of Rice in a wistful fashion. The six-minute song showcases Rice nearly whispering of difficult love. Though this track may lead to the belief that the album is inherently dark, there is a
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growth from dark to light as the album progresses. While lyrics are suspended between the melancholy and the blissful, we hear a step toward the uplifting in terms of melody in the third track, “The Greatest Bastard.” This song is the shifting point. From then on, listeners get a sense of growth into the light. Though the album still dips into the shadowy side of Rice’s mind, the feeling invoked by his instrumentation and harmonies is what leads to the lighter side,
thus providing listeners with a feeling of hope. This album is not without its flaws. Yet, it is beautifully crafted in a way that touches the human condition. It leads us through struggles that haunt us long after they’re gone and shows us the light at the end of the tunnel as we come out victorious even with some damage. Rice has constructed his comeback into a narrative on how we each battle through life and love.
A couch sat center stage, surrounded by odds and ends that gave the illusion of a living room. Quilts and bookshelves reminiscent of grandparents’ homes lined the side of the stage, creating a welcoming, cozy feel. This scene, set in the Clarence Brown Carousel Theatre, provided the background for the venue’s current running play, “4000 Miles.” The play tells the story of a young Millennial, Leo, and his aging grandmother, Vera, as they both deal with conflicting hardships: Vera’s oncoming Alzheimer’s, Leo’s best friend’s recent death and the struggles that arise in the aftermath of both. After Leo finishes a crosscountry bike trip, he ends up at his grandmother’s New York City apartment and staying a couple of days turns into a month of the duo working through their newfound difficulties and growing closer and closer through arguments, heart-to-hearts and understood agreements. Carol Mayo Jenkins, a UT theatre professor, played Vera and was the shining star of the show. Jenkins’ quick wit and sass was on par with that of any 90-year-old lady still fighting to live on her own. She kept up her Communist beliefs, smoked weed and still provided the loving guidance
Leo needed after his tragedy. Jenkins ability to convey all these facets of Vera and snap from one to the next displayed her versatility as an actress that kept the play fresh and unexpected. Steve Sherman, a MFA Acting candidate at UT, surprised in his role as Leo. At first, the character was annoying. Leo seemed like an over-the-top caricature of Millennials. However, as the play progressed, I realized that’s exactly how we • Photo Courtesy of Clarence Brown Theatre Millennials are: absolutely dramatic versions of ourselves. This realization, while still making the generation as a whole feel completely melodramatic, Starring: Carol Mayo Jenkins turned Leo into a lovable character that college students should be Director: Amy Herzog able to relate to and sympathize with as he battles with the loss of Genre: Drama his best friend and the struggle of figuring out what he’ll do next with Rating: PG-13 his life. The play could have been a tear-jerking drama characters in all and a sinwith the occasional heartfelt gle, unchanging set, the play moments to keep the audi- could have easily fell by the ence from leaving completely wayside and never lived up to overwhelmed. Instead, humor, it’s full potential. Yet, because drama and warm, fuzzy feel- of the playful and emotional ings mixed to make the play dialogue and the range of uplifting, even as the pair pre- emotions the cast was able pares to attend a funeral in the to bring to the stage, the play was a standout performance. last scene. The play will continue With only four acting through Sun. Nov. 16.
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Homeless lose ‘fuel source’ with Metro Pulse Gettin’ Scruffy by
R.J. Vogt
In mid-October, the E.W. Scripps Company shut down Knoxville’s city paper, Metro Pulse. I was stunned and disappointed to hear the news, as the paper represented some of the best long-form journalism in Knoxville; the fact that it can be closed so callously points to the downward trends in print journalism across the country. But Thursday, while walking along the railroad tracks below the Highway 40 overpass in downtown Knoxville, I discovered a community of homeless people who are particularly affected by the loss of the largest free newspaper in town. For them, the Metro Pulse was much more than a newspaper. It was their fuel source. Every week, 37,500 free newspapers could be picked up at 600+ locations around Knoxville and the surrounding counties. The publication had been printing since 1991, and for the hundreds of homeless people who camp in the urban wilderness around Knoxville, those papers have long served as ideal fire-starters and insulation. The reasons that force these people to live outside vary. Some of them have mental illnesses, and after Lakeshore Mental Health Institute closed in 2012, they have slipped through the cracks of our social welfare system and into the undergrowth along Second Creek. Others have criminal records that keep them from qualifying for housing. Although the city has plenty of agencies and organizations that work to help these people find housing, outstanding fines, bills and charges keep them from getting into the system. Drug addiction and alcoholism is common. Of all the things these people share – the contaminated water in the creek, the anonymity of life in Knoxville’s underbelly – none was more ever-present than their collective reliance on the Metro Pulse. In tent after tent, the charred remains in fire pits and layers of newspapers testified to the importance of a free weekly newspaper. I found nearly 50 campsites in two hours, all packed within a half mile stretch along Second Creek and the railroad tracks, and every single one had at least one Metro Pulse laying around. It’s hard to say what the close of the paper will mean to people like David, a man with a moustache and ubiquitous cigarette in his mouth. He’s lived in a blue tent by the tracks for four months, the latest location in what he says has been a 15 year homeless experience. He didn’t say why he camped, but he had a camping stove and plenty of food from food pantries. This man was professionally homeless. When I asked him what he was going to use in place of Metro Pulse, he simply said, “I don’t know.” The Daily Beacon is also free. Ten thousand papers are printed each day, distributed in more than 90 locations around the city. Unfortunately for guys like David, most of these locations are on campus, an area heavily patrolled by university police, and the trip to pick up papers could be risky. I have no doubt these campers will figure something out. They are endlessly resourceful, constantly finding ways to make money and get by. Some mine and sell iron ore out of the abandoned site of the old Knoxville Iron Works factory; others sell prescription medications for as much as $20/ pill or panhandle around town. They hang their food from tree limbs in plastic bags to keep their food from animals, and many have engineered elaborate lean-tos from tarps and wires. But Halloween night was cold. The tents, lean-tos and bundles of donated clothing can only do so much against 36 degrees, and some meteorologists have predicted a rough winter may soon be upon us. The ability to make fire and insulate will soon be more important than ever. And for hundreds of homeless people, the newspapers they have depended on for two decades won’t be available. As journalism continues to move away from ink words on dead trees, it’s not just print journalists like me who are in trouble. It’s the people who live and die in the guts of Knoxville, the most needy among us, who needed it most. R.J. Vogt is a senior in College Scholars. He conducted the research for this column while observing social workers in a program within Knoxville’s Community Action Committee. He can be reached at rvogt@utk.edu.
Columns of The Daily Beacon are reflections of the individual columnist, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or its editorial staff.
Why students are bitter about gen-eds School of Sarcasm by
Kaila Curry With it being time to sign up for spring semester classes, there is a sense of excitement knowing there will soon be a change from the classes you’re currently enrolled in. The opportunity to choose new classes that interest you, however, is dampened by general education requirements, or gen-eds. Gen-eds are a requirement put in place by colleges to complete classes that have little to nothing to do with a student’s major, such as an engineer major taking English courses or an English major taking some sort of quantitative reasoning mathematics. It’s an effort to make college students “well-rounded,” which theoretically sounds like a good idea. But, then again, so does Communism. Often, gen-eds result in bitter students who are force-fed information he or she loathes. “This is stupid; I am never going to use this for my career,” is a common complaint heard amongst students. With the cost of tuition being so high, I would have to agree with my fellow
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It is motivating to be taking classes in a subject one enjoys learning. When you are actually enjoying a class, you’re bound to do better in it. Instead, college students are being subjected to the constant pressure to succeed in the classes one struggles with. This then takes time away from the classes you actually enjoy. It is also an added pressure to maintain high grades in classes you struggle with, and keep whatever academic scholarships you may possess. There was once a time when people did not attend college against his or her will. (It was probably around the same time it would be politically correct for me to say “their will”). College used to be an optional institution of higher learning. If you were interested in learning more about a subject, you would attend college. If you wanted a job elsewhere, the company would personally provide you with the appropriate skill sets, in which you spend time working your way up. College students endured the classes they were not interested in during high school, college should be different. College should still be a place students go to learn just for the genuine love of learning. Kaila Curry is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at kcurry6@vols.utk.edu.
Strategy when setting your lineup Fantasy Football Corner by
Austin Pirkle Let me preface this by saying you should always start your best players on any given week in fantasy. However, there are some scenarios where a simple strategy will help you pull out the victory. You have two similar players, and you can’t really figure out which one to play. The two players produce points in different ways. One is a high volume guy that receives a consistent amount of touches, but doesn’t regularly produce big plays. A good example of this would be Darren McFadden from the Oakland Raiders. He gets all the running back carries and is relatively productive, but by no means is he a guy that will put up a huge day and single handily win you the game. The other player is someone who is an all-or-nothing option on your team. He is dependent on the explosive plays he has the ability to create, but that’s some-
thing that isn’t consistent every week. This would be equivalent to the Eagles running back Darren Sproles. While he backs up LeSean McCoy and gets fewer touches, he is known for his quickness and ability to score every time he touches the ball. If he is in your lineup, it’s a tossup between a great game and a dud. So if you roster both of these players, what do you do? Keep in mind, fantasy football is about predicting the future, which is near impossible. You can assume Darren McFadden will have a modest game depending on the matchup, and Darren Sproles will likely make or break your week. To decide which way to go, the strategy is based on your opponent’s team. If you are favored to win and have the better team, your main objective is to prevent any catastrophes with your players. You want to play it safe, so the best option is to go with the guy that is more consistent even if you give up some upside. So for this example, it’d be better to play McFadden over Sproles. The opposite would be true if you came into the week as the underdog and need to produce a large number of points. In this scenario, you should roll the dice and
hope for a few big plays from Sproles. Now, this isn’t foolproof and should only be deployed between players who are similar in value. This should be after taking into consideration the match-ups each player is facing in the upcoming week. If nothing else, this little strategy gives you a logical reason to start certain players on given weeks. I have used this multiple times over the past few years with relative success. And now, onto the waivers. Waiver Wire Pickup Greg Jennings (Owned in 19.1 percent of NFL.com leagues) A once great NFL wide receiver has fallen off since joining the Vikings but has made a slight resurgence in recent weeks. While he is in no way near the level he once was in Green Bay, he looks to be the favorite target of rookie QB Teddy Bridgewater. Jennings isn’t a guy that will change your season, but he can be a good fill-in on bye weeks, especially in PPR scoring systems. Austin Pirkle is a freshman in sports management. He can be reached at apirkle1@vols.utk.edu.
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DISPATCHES One World Trade Center opens 13 years after 9/11
Furguson, Mo. air restriction aimed to keep media out
Where the two Twin Towers once stood, now the One World Trade Center has officially re-opened. More than 13 years after the 9/11 attacks, the building site occupies 16 acres of land where more than 2,700 people were killed in 2001. The project to build the 104-hstory structure cost roughly $3.8 billion and took more than eight years to construct. The One World Trade Center has already been titled the tallest building in the United States, reaching a height of 1,776 feet at the center of the site, which includes a memorial in the footprints of the old towers and a museum. An observation deck at the top of the building will eventually be open to the public.
For 12 days in August, the U.S. government agreed to a police request in Ferguson, Missouri, restricting more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding the city. The police request stated that the restricted air time was for safety purposes, however recent findings show that it was in fact to keep away news helicopters from covering violent street protests. The Federal Aviation Administration was responsible for implementing the restrictions and said the morning after the implementation, they struggled to define who exactly was banned at the airport with local officials, an accommodation not included in FAA no-fly area procedures. One FAA manager said local officials were finally forced to admit their real intent was to keep out media coverage from reporting on police response or the violence taking place.Â
A site in Fort Sanders has been bought by a Georgia firm for $6.3 million. The firm, a limited liability company with ties to the Athens-based Landmark Properties, acquired about half of the block at the southwest corner of 17th and White Avenue in Fort Sanders. This property has been targeted for more than 240 student apartments, making it a valuable piece of land. The LLC plans to replace the current structures, which include the former McDougal’s Chicken and Niros Gyros buildings. The Knoxville City Council has approved a “payment-in-lieu-of-taxâ€? incentive for the planned project on the site: an apartment project called “The Cumberland.â€? Arthur Seymour, the LLC’s attorney, announced that construction will likely begin early in 2015 and be completed by a target date of summer 2016.Â
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Today is Election Day, and that means political tensions are at an all time high for the year. After you spend your day waiting in line at the polls and arguing your point with everyone one you meet, forget about the politics for a while and relax with one of these light-hearted, comedic films.
Amelie
Mix culture and an unexpected love story in this French film of a woman breaking out of her shell to track down love and adventure.
Michael Cera may not have the best reputation anymore, but his search for the ultimate hallucinogen and the people he meets along the way is too good to miss.
Republicans expected to reclaim Senate majority According to the Washington Post, there is at least a seven in ten chance that Republicans will gain the six seats needed for the party to reclaim a Senate majority following Tuesday’s midterm elections. Election models from the Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight and the New York Times predict that the Republican Party has upwards of a 60% chance of winning the necessary seats heading into the 114th Congress. In what the New York Times reports is the most expensive midterm elections in American history, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested. In addition, 38 state and territorial governorships, 46 state legislatures, four territorial legislatures and numerous state and local races will be put to a vote.Â
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cast in the governor’s race. The amendments would grant the Legislature more power to regulate abortions; underscore the current merit selection process for Supreme Court and appeals judges; ban a state income tax in Tennessee; and allow nonprofit veterans groups to hold charitable gaming fundraisers. CONGRESS: While all nine U.S. representatives are on the ballot, only Rep. Scott DesJarlais in the 4th District appears to face a serious challenge. DesJarlais, a Jasper physician who now opposes abortion rights, won the GOP primary by 38 votes in August, despite a series of personal scandals that included affairs with patients, urging a mistress to seek an abortion and once holding a gun in his mouth for hours outside his ex-wife’s room. He faces Democrat Lenda Sherrell of Monteagle.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Here is a look at some of the state’s top races in Tuesday’s general election in Tennessee: U.S. SENATE: Republican Lamar Alexander, a former governor who ran for president twice, is seeking a third term in the Senate. The Democratic nominee is Gordon Ball, a Knoxville attorney. Ball has called the incumbent out of touch with Tennessee voters, while Alexander has labeled his challenger as beholden to the policies of President Barack Obama. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: Voters will decide on four proposed changes to the Tennessee Constitution. To be adopted, they would need a majority of the number of votes
WINE IN SUPERMARKETS: A multiyear legislative fight resulted in a law that allows cities and counties that already allow liquor by the drink or package store sales to hold referendums on whether to allow wine sales in supermarkets. Under the old law, grocery stores couldn’t sell any alcohol stronger than beer, while liquor stores were banned from selling anything other than booze and lottery tickets. Dozens of communities around the state will vote on the supermarket wine referendum. GOVERNOR: Republican Gov. Bill Haslam faces little serious opposition from Democratic nominee Charlie Brown, a politically unknown retiree from Morgan County in eastern Tennessee. Haslam’s re-election bid has largely centered on a minute-long TV ad featuring children praising his qualities.
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alcohol use. The warnings came as jury selection got underway in a case that rocked Vanderbilt and its football program. Four former players are accused in the rape, with two on trial this week. Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey are each charged with five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. Vandenburg also faces additional charges of tampering with evidence and unlawful photography. Brandon Banks and Jaborian
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Potential jurors in the case against two former Vanderbilt University football players accused of raping a student in a campus dorm were warned Monday that the trial will contain sexually graphic videos and photos. Davidson County Assistant District Attorney General Jan Norman also said that jurors would likely spend a great deal of time talking about different types of sex and
“Tip� McKenzie have also been charged in the case but are not scheduled for trial at this time. It’s not clear whether the two will testify against Vandenburg and Batey. Davidson County Criminal Court Judge Monte Watkins told jurors that they are potential witnesses in the case. The former players have pleaded not guilty to raping an unconscious co-ed in June 2013. The trial is scheduled to last up to two weeks.
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Tyndall’s Vols can certainly entertain debut at Thompson-Boling Arena on Monday night, his team certainly entertained. The Vols defeated Pikeville, 80-62, in an exhibition matchup. But don’t let the facts bore you. This game was about getting a peek at a new coaching regime, and it was an attention-grabbing look featuring the visually appealing type of play that UT fans came to know during Pearl’s coachDavid Cobb ing tenure from 2005-11. Senior Sports Columnist UT is young. Really young. Only (@DavidWCobb) one starter from last season – Josh The infatuation of Tennessee fans Richardson – is back for the Vols, but with Bruce Pearl and their perpetual they are athletic, and it showed against skepticism of Cuonzo Martin are clear an NAIA opponent. evidence that the attribute which UT First there was Willie Carmichael fans value the most in a basketball team viciously pinning a Pikeville shot against is its ability to entertain. the backboard with 15:27 to play in the In Donnie Tyndall’s UT coaching first half. That was fun.
Donnie Tyndall debuted as UT’s coach on Monday night. Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon
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Lady Vols rally to keep SEC championship hopes alive Staff Report (@UTKBeaconSports) After Alabama’s Theresa Diederich scored in the 51st minute, it seemed as if the Lady Volunteers soccer team’s season was nearing its end. But instead of going into the night quietly, the Lady Vols fought back. UT found new life after sophomore Emily Morrow passed a ball in from the left side, and senior Hannah Wilkinson shot from the left side of the six-yard box to the right post to pull UT to within 2-1 in the 54th minute. The goal was Wilkinson’s seventh of the season. The Lady Vols knotted the match up after sophomore Michele Christy’s header found the back of the net off of a free kick from junior Gabby Santorio. In the 81st minute, Christy
sent in a free kick from the right side, and sophomore Amy Neal headed in her seventh goal of the season near the right post to give UT a 3-2 win over Alabama to advance to the second round of the SEC Tournament. Neal’s goal, however, would’ve proved to be an equalizer, had Tennessee goalkeeper Jamie Simmons not come up with a big stop just two minutes earlier. With Alabama on a fast break, a through ball was placed perfectly behind UT’s back line and was heading for the Crimson Tide’s Pia Rijsdijk, but the sophomore was able to slide in and cover it up, avoiding a potential go-ahead goal for Alabama. The win marked Tennessee’s first postseason victory since a 2-1 victory over Kentucky on Nov. 2, 2011, in the 2011 SEC Tournament. Tennessee will face No. 2 seed Florida on Wednesday at 1 p.m. EST on SEC Network.
Jeronne Maymon and Jarnell Stokes were a force in the paint under Martin, but neither of UT’s departed big men could have made the same block that Carmichael, an athletic 6-foot-8 freshman, made. Then there was Detrick Mostella flying through the air for an impressive reverse layup later in the half. The 6,000 or so UT fans cooed collectively at that one. It looked like something J.P. Prince might have done in 2009. Little do they care that in the official game notes distributed by UT, Mostella is described as, “learning to play disciplined basketball within a system.” And they probably talked a lot more on the way home about those plays by Carmichael and Mostella than they did about the performance of K.K.
Simmons, who repeatedly found gaps in UT’s zone defense to hit 7 of 13 threepoint shots. UT fans might have gotten annoyed with Simmons’ continuous abuse of their team. But most of them probably didn’t know that the Vols have switched to a zone defense under Tyndall after three straight years of exclusively playing man-to-man under Martin. Appreciation of basketball’s finer delicacies are reserved for fans of upper class basketball programs like Duke, North Carolina and Indiana, and it’s not necessarily surprising that people in the shadow of Neyland Stadium struggle to comprehend basketball. Tennessee played a more disciplined, fundamentally sound brand of the game under Martin than it did under Pearl, and fans labeled it boring.
They changed course when UT made the Sweet 16, but so did Martin, who threw up the deuces and jetted to California. This UT team may not have a point guard or a true identity yet. But in its first exhibition game, it was exactly what fans at Thompson-Boling Arena wanted it to be. Entertaining. “They’re going to enjoy it more because you know the fans want a hightempo, high-scoring game,” junior forward Derek Reese said after the game. “Defense wins championships. But offense sells tickets. They’re coming to see that.” David Cobb is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at dcobb3@vols.utk.edu.
The team huddles before a free throw during UT’s victory against University of Pikeville on Monday night. Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon
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embraces that roll more than maybe I thought he would,” Tyndall said. “It puts the ball in our best player’s continued from Page 1 hands more often. I think everybody could see that we don’t have a One of those teammates was natural point guard, but he will get Richardson, who finished the day better.” with 15 points, five assists and In Monday’s contest, 11 players three rebounds as UT’s starting saw the court for the Vols, and point guard – a position that he was all 11 found a way to score, a stat thrown into only a few weeks ago. that Moore believes shows what this “He was pretty solid and he team has the ability to do.
“It says that everybody has talent,” Moore said. “It’s all about staying humble and getting better each and every day.” The Vols will look to continue their improvement in their final exhibition matchup against LenoirRhyne on Saturday before they tip off the regular season against No. 15 VCU at the Veterans Classic in Annapolis, Md.