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Issue 55, Volume 127

Networking event to provide ‘crucial tool’ for students’ future Tayllor Cochrane Contributor

It’s all about who you know.

UT Student Career Services, in collaboration with with the UT Knoxville Alumni Association, the UT Athletics Department and UNITE, will host their annual “Networking at Neyland” event Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Lauricella Center of Neyland Stadium.

The event, meant to increase students’ networking skills and their connections in the Knoxville area, will gather approximately 120 professional representatives from a variety of business, government and non-profit organizations and companies.

For Mary Mahoney, UT Student Career Services assistant director, networking is a crucial tool which allows students to expand their circle of peers and potential employers and ease their search for an internship or position after graduation.

“Students need to realize how networking can open up opportunities they may never have known about,” Mahoney said. “Many employment opportunities and/or leads come from the connections we have with individuals.

“Whether looking for a job or just trying to connect with people in a field of interest to you is made possible by the networking connections we make.”

These professionals will give “superior advice” in areas ranging from communication skills to how to make a good impression. Mahoney noted these kinds of tips are crucial and can be applied to any field.

“Students will have the opportunity to meet individuals from a variety of career fields, and they will be able to practice how to introduce themselves and what key things to say to start a conversation,” Mahoney said.

McKenzie Martin, The Volunteer Channel president and senior in journalism and electronic media, said she knows first hand the importance of networking as she currently works as an intern for Scripps Networks Interactive. Martin explained that, these days, simply having an impressive resume isn’t enough, and that a student will need many connections and contacts who can testify to their personal abilities.

“If you want to work somewhere and you know someone who works there, then you have the ability to reach out to them and seek information about that specific job,” Martin said. “Networking is just a nice way of getting to know people and being informed.

“It simply helps you get a job.”

For questions or concerns, contact mmahoney@utk.edu.

UTK Senate passes ‘Gender-Neutral Bathrooms’ bill

Hannah Marley Staff Writer

Gender-neutral bathrooms are coming to a University of Tennessee building near you.

Actually, every building on campus by 2019.

The SGA Student Senate voted to pass two bills Tuesday night, including the revised version of a bill mandating the designation of at least one gender neutral

bathroom in every building on campus.

“The Gender-Neutral Bathrooms” bill, which passed with 47 votes for, 12 abstaining and 10 against, will require one gender-neutral bathroom in every current UT building, excluding Greek life buildings and newly constructed buildings like the Fred D. Brown Residence Hall.

In compliance with the bill, one women’s restroom in each building will be converted to a gender-neutral restroom by adding a lock on the door and a new sign indicating its new function.

The cost of these small changes will be completely covered by funds from the Americans with Disabilities Act. Leala Marlin, sophomore in communication studies, who co-wrote the bill along with SGA senator Blake Tate, said she believes including the bathrooms is an inexpensive, unobtrusive way to promote acceptance on campus.

“I originally wouldn’t have thought of gender neutral bathrooms in that way, but when it was brought to light, I was like ‘yes, this is something that can be considered inclusive,’” Marlin said.

Thomas Tran, a sophomore in anthropology and member of OUTReach, recently experienced a difficult situation when using the restroom at the “HalloQueen Drag Show” while dressed in drag.

“I really wasn’t sure which one I should go to because I was in drag,” Tran said.

“Despite knowing that I am safe, even going to the bathroom made me feel really uncomfortable because I wasn’t sure how someone in that bathroom would react.”

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A party on wheels

Artist Caden Montgomery designed the Big Love Buses with help painting from UT students.

Cortney Roark • The Daily Beacon

Big Love Bus provides lively transportation, strives to create happiness Cortney Roark

miss as it carries partying passengers around the streets of Knoxville. Featuring indoor and outdoor stereo systems, coolers and televisions, the series of three psychedelic buses are There’s a new bus in town, and catching it used for everything from tailgating to dancing.

“I think it’s perfect for Knoxville,” Renee has never been so groovy. Move over Knoxville Sprouse, owner of the Big Love Bus, said. “I Area Transit. think it’s great for these people and just our Meet the Big Love Bus. Brightly painted with art inspired by albums community. It’s just something different – of the ‘60s, the Big Love Bus is impossible to something to smile about.”

Originally from New Orleans, Sprouse has Copy Chief

lived in Knoxville since 1994. She was first inspired to purchase the buses after her two sons, now 7 and 4, started school. Suddenly left with more time on her hands, Sprouse went on a party bus excursion with her step motherin-law in Dallas. A few months later, she had purchased and renovated three school buses, and the Big Love Bus craze was born.

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Theater association to host ‘The Vibrator Play’ Sage Davis

Contributor If you think diamonds are a girl’s best friend, think again.

All Campus Theatre, UT’s undergraduate theater association, will present the Tony Award nominated play, “In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)” in the HSS Amphitheater this weekend.

The play was written by Sarah Ruhl, an award-winning American playwright, and her controversial play was nominated for three 2010 Tony Awards. Set in the 1880s, the show displays the early history of the vibrator when it was previously used as a medical appliance used to trigger women to orgasm as a type of therapy for their diagnosed “hysteria.”

Summer Awad, junior in College Scholars, portrays Sabrina Daldry, who is sexually frustrated and unhappy in her marriage. This dissatisfaction is mistaken as hysteria, causing her husband to take her to receive vibrator treat-

‘Medea’ goes to UT ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 6

ments.

“She develops a lot through the play,” Awad commented. “Throughout of the course of treatments, she discovers that she can take control over her own sexuality and learns that the situation with her husband is not how a marriage should be. She goes through a lot to figure out her own marriage and sexuality.”

Awad, also co-chair of Sex Week and a performer in the annual “Vagina Monologues” production, is no stranger to this risqué topic.

“I was extremely excited about the play,” Awad said.

“This kind of topic is right up my alley with dealing with women and gender roles and their sexuality. As soon as I heard about (All Campus Theatre) doing a play that covers this topic of hysteria and invention of the vibrator, I was really excited about it since it is really important how women’s roles developed over the course of history.”

Ryan Davenport, junior in theatre and mathematics and member of All Campus Theater, plays Leonard Irving, a depressed painter.

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“Everybody wants a piece. They all want a piece of that delicious ‘Josh Dobbs wins us football games’ cream pie.”

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• Photo Courtesy of “In the Next Room” Facebook page

When: November 7-9.

Show Times: November 6,7 & 8:7:30p.m.

November 9:2:30p.m.

Price: Free for students who opted-in,$3 for everyone else.

Where: HSS Amphitheater

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Author to lecture on Seven Year’s War, France

Chris Salvemini Contributor

Better than your average history textbook.

Christian Crouch, associate professor of history at Bard College, will present on her novel, “Nobility Lost: French and Canadian Martial Cultures, Indians, and the End of New France,” this afternoon. An expert in her field, Crouch will lend historical insight into the effects of the French and Indian War as well as the culture which surrounded the time period during the two conflicts.

Katy Chiles, the event’s organizer and an assistant professor of English, said Crouch’s novel is not shackled to the mid-18th century in her analysis, but takes into account the later years of the Seven Years’ War as it affected the creation of modern North America.

“She puts the events taking place in ‘New France’ in conversation with those taking place in France, which gives us a broader and more complex understanding of French Atlantic history,” Chiles said.

Crouch’s book has a narrative style which balances well with accurate stories from the 18th century, Chiles said. Each chapter of the story begins with the introduction of a new character’s name or event that all become interwoven by the end of the tale, showing how Crouch prefers to emphasize the stories of the people associated with French and Indian War and illustrate their effects on the outcome of the war.

“She focuses on the less

well-covered French and Native American perspectives, approaching events Christian Crouch the and correspondence from the war from a more cultural point of view,” Kristen Block, associate professor in history, said.

“Nobility Lost” also serves as somewhat of a novelty, as very few literary pieces focus on the the Seven Years’ War. Crouch’s analysis provides more than just historical investigation, but insightful perspectives into the time, looking at the people who both caused the war and were affected by it, and painting the world in a different light than is usually taught in a classroom.

“Crouch focuses on Frenchclaimed North America, specifically at how Canadian, Native American and French peoples held differing views on the meaning of war, even as they fought on the ‘same side’ against the British and British-allied Native American nations,” Chiles said.

Before the discussion begins, Crouch will give an overview of the plot of her novel so no audience member is left in the dark. Attendees of the event will also be invited to meet with the author and ask questions pertaining to anything from the history of her novels or the writing process after the discussion.

The event will take place today 3:30 p.m. in the Melrose Hall Seminar Room of the Humanities and Social Sciences building. Crouch’s novel can be found online on Kindle and Amazon.

Hayley Brundige @hayleybrundige hbrundig@vols.utk.edu

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Around Rocky Top

The Indian Student Association created an event to celebrate Diwali, or the festival of lights, with music, dance and other performances at the UC Auditorium Nov. 2. Sonny Jorgensen • The Daily Beacon

SENATE BILL continued from Page 1 The visitor’s section of the chamber was completely filled with supporters of the bill, including members of the OUTReach Center and Students with Disabilities and Diversity Affairs, the organization which first approached SGA about the bill.

“All of the OUTReach Center is super pumped about the idea of having gender neutral bathrooms on campus,” said Robin Lovett, student worker at the OUTReach Center and senior in Hispanic

studies. “So we wanted to come and show all of the student leaders that their constituents really want and need this.”

Lovett added the implementation of gender neutral bathrooms will provide a safe, comfortable place for transgender students to use the restroom without feeling obligated to make the often difficult decision of which particular bathroom to use.

“I know a lot of people who have had problems with people doing things like staring, or maybe giving them slight verbal harassments, micro-aggressions or people who face a lot of problems with feeling uncomfortable with having to go

into the restroom that they are the most physically safe in,” Lovett said.

Small acts of aggression like these, Lovett said, contribute to a general atmosphere of fear and mistrust for transgender individuals.

“I think that the idea of forcing someone to conform to a certain kind of gender expression plays a large part into trans-phobia,” Lovett said.

Freshman Lucille Greer, a senator who chose to vote in favor of the bill, said she thinks the bill will help change the perception that UT is a campus that is not friendly and inclusive toward the LGBT

community.

“UTK was recently ranked as the 14th most unfriendly college campus to LGBTQ students by the Princeton Review, and I think that rating is unacceptable,” she said.

Marlin noted the passage of this bill represents a step in the right direction and away from these negative statistics.

“Even though this does not directly affect everyone, it is important to remember that we are all students here, and we are all volunteers,” Marlin said. “And we need to make sure that this campus is in fact welcoming to everyone, because that is what we stand for as volunteers.”

Big Love Bus sugar cookies are available upon rental of the bus.

Cortney Roark • The Daily Beacon

LOVE BUS continued from Page 1 Caden Montgomery, 19, played a major role in this renovation as the Big Love Bus artist.

Montgomery said he hoped to create something that would suit various age groups and fit a ‘60s inspired theme.

“It’s a sense of accomplishment that Knoxville is up-and-coming in the arts,” Montgomery said.

“It brings a sense of freshness and it’s almost like a throwback for the older community. While painting them I had people come up and say it brings back memories, which I think is really awesome.”

Once the designs were on the bus, UT students helped paint the colors. The messages Montgomery hopes people will derive from this art are simple.

“Happiness, of course,” he said. “Love – that’s what the buses are about.”

With rates of $200 per hour, the buses are in use multiple times a week, hosting events as diverse as children’s birthdays,

bachelorette parties and bridge clubs. The passengers aren’t the only ones to find happiness in the buses, though.

Carlene Doig-Collins, one of six Big Love Bus drivers, is part of the party from beginning to end.

“I just want to make this atmosphere as much fun as possible,” Doig-Collins said. “I think if I’m having a good time, they’re going to have a good time … I have a blast.

“I like to work and I like to have fun. And this is the best of both worlds.”

Doig-Collins said she loves every group she drives, but the kids’ parties stand out among the rest.

“When I start blowing all the animal horns and all the sirens, their eyes get as big as half dollars,” Doig-Collins said. “They’re so excited and that just tickles me to death. I love that.”

Aside from renting out the bus, Sprouse uses it to give back to the community. The Big Love Bus has been donated to different charities and purposes in Knoxville, such as mobile meals,

charity auctions and teacher appreciation events. Soon, Sprouse hopes to have Christmas light tours as well.

Doig-Collins said the public has received the quirky company with “open arms.” Sprouse agreed, saying the success of these buses is the result of a truly collaborative effort.

“Everybody we have met from the beginning who has helped us has gone way out of their way (and) done so much more than they needed to,” Sprouse said.

“It’s just one of those things that’s fun and everybody has just been great.”

In the midst of starting up her vibrant business venture, Sprouse has even learned a few things about herself along the way.

“I know a lot about generators and air conditioning units. I’ve learned a lot.” Sprouse said with a laugh. “I’m proud of how far we’ve come in a short time … It’s been a lot of hard work, but it’s been well worth it.”

For more information or to rent a Big Love Bus, visit biglovebus.com.

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Republicans win, but will our success last?

Guest Column by

Greg Butcher

As a Republican, I am thrilled by the election results from Tuesday night. Republicans exceeded the polls and expectations in big races all over the country. By the time it’s all said and done, Republicans will likely have 54 senators, compared to 46 who will caucus with the Democrats.

Additionally, Republican governors in tough races performed extremely well.

The good news for Republicans is that we performed well in states like Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico and Maine.

These are all states Barack Obama won twice, and Republicans won a Senate seat or governor’s race. In many cases, governors were re-elected in these states despite being behind in the polls or being outspent.

Additionally, Republicans made a lot of history with who they elected. Republicans elected the first female U.S. senators from West Virginia and Iowa. Joni Ernst in Iowa is also the first ever female combat veteran to be elected to the Senate. In New York, Elise Stefanik, a Republican, is the youngest female ever elected to Congress and Mia Love, in Utah, is the first Republican African-American female to be elected to Congress. Additionally, Republican Tim Scott from South Carolina is the first African-American to be elected to both the House and the Senate.

I say all of this to emphasize the point that Republicans did very well. But how did we do it?

First off, President Obama’s tumbling approval, especially with independents in places like North Carolina, Colorado and Iowa, and the ability of Republicans to tie their opponents to him was huge. In red states such as Georgia, Alaska and Kentucky this was even more effective. Incumbent Democratic senators who voted for Obamacare found it particularly difficult to hold on. While tying the Democrat to an unpopular president explains Republican success in Senate races, it does not necessarily apply to why Republican governors did so well.

While Democrats had an unfavorable map to defend in the battle for the Senate, with many of their incumbents in red states and swing states, the reverse was true in the battle for governors’ mansions. Republican governors in deep blue states were thought to be very vulnerable against a host of well-funded Democratic challengers. However, in eight states where President Obama won in 2008 and 2012, Republicans earned re-election.

They won because they have proven their individual effectiveness to their constituents. They have cut taxes, balanced budgets and created jobs for their states.

Additionally, they do not prescribe to the same immature, ‘blame everybody but ourselves’ playbook that Washington Republicans do which has made America loathe Congress so much. In Senate races, people didn’t vote for Republicans. They simply voted against Obama and the Democrats. But in governor’s races, the people voted for their Republican governors.

Typical to American politics, as soon as one election is over the next begins. In 2016, Republicans will be defending a lot of Senate seats in Democratic states, and we will be desperate to win the White House. Running an election around Obamacare and an unpopular president leaving office will likely not hold much weight with voters if we want to have any measure of success.

Now that we have the House and the Senate, we have to do what our Republican governors have done best – govern effectively. For the past four years, we have not only fought the Democrats, we have fought ourselves. It’s time for the Republican Party to leave the blame game to the Democrats. We need to unite all wings of our party behind a common vision and work with the White House to pass legislation that will move the country forward without dividing it.

Additionally, the sober voices of our party need to take precedence over the radical activists like Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin that would seek to represent the Republican Party to the American people. Another big part of our win was because of moderate candidates willing to break the mold of radical conservatives. More and more Republicans are engaging in conversations with voters about abortion, marriage and other social issues in inclusive ways.

Americans trust Republicans on the economy, foreign policy and job creation. But if we can’t stop being the party that doesn’t care about people, the party that only talks about Obamacare and the party that only seeks to blame, 2016 will be a long election season.

Greg Butcher is a sophomore in business. He can be reached at dbutche4@vols.utk.edu.

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Josh Dobbs, my hero Stained and Confused by

Alexandra Chiasson Apparently, Big Orange Country has got a new sports hero quarterback man, and he is supposedly the champion we’ve all been waiting for, or so I’ve heard.

The other day, a friend who keeps me updated on all football-related news of marginal importance emphatically told me I needed to take a gander at the Josh Dobbs discourse, that I would find it funny.

“It’s getting real homoerotic online,” he told me gleefully. “You need to check out what some of these frat guys are saying!”

“What else is new?” I pondered as I began my research.

So this Josh guy really is a big deal. NFL media analysts are calling him “an emerging superstar” and he got a standing ovation when he went to class on Monday, according to the Tennessean.

Josh Dobbs, hailing from Alpharetta, Ga.,

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win against the Gamecocks last Saturday — a win for which Josh Dobbs is responsible — is a reminder “football is an allegory of life.”

In this piece, the writer explains anything can happen in life and sports, and heroes like Josh Dobbs come around every once and awhile to carry a team to important wins.

“The rocket man is out there battling, not giving up and trying to make things happen.

And he’s not giving up until the clock hits zero,” this guy says of Dobbs.

Josh Dobbs may be the new star of Tennessee’s century-long monomythic football tale of tragedy, defeat, rising out of the ashes and turf and the oft-bloody conquests we treasure so dearly here in Knoxville.

But let us not forget the road of trials ahead for our dear hero. Josh Dobbs cannot remain in this pristine chrysalis of boyhood and novice innocence forever. We must suffer his losses along with him before we embark, together, into triumphant success and manhood.

God, it’s so easy to get sucked in.

Alexandra Chiasson is a senior in English. She can be reached at footballexpert@utk.edu.

Calling for change for America, one touch screen voting booth at a time Inside and Out by

Katie Grugin For the first time, I performed my civic duty of voting in a midterm election (or any election for that matter) this Tuesday. I assumed this should be one of those memorable moments in my life, one spent in solemn contemplation of what a wonderful right it is to be able to vote for my local leaders, to be female and be able to vote, how we can all make the world a better place, etc.

Instead, during my first introduction to this fine nations’ voting system, I found myself considering how different the system would be if millennials had designed it. I think my suggestions would make the experience infinitely more pleasant.

First and most importantly, who designed those little spinny selector things on the voting machine? Alexander Graham Bell? Are keypads too expensive, or make it too easy to accidentally punch in the wrong number?

Does the government not trust us to have buttons? Also, it is 2014 and this whole system isn’t computerized?

My gut feeling tells me it could be just as easy to commit fraud via mail as it is via electronics (but I actually have no facts to base

that feeling off of, I’m a social science major).

I vote that we test out a new computerized voting system where I can vote using an app on a tablet, and if an enemy organization somehow manages to fix the vote and infiltrate the system like Angelina Jolie in “Salt,” well then it will make a good CIA movie a year from now.

Now I may be showing my ignorance here, there could be perfectly good reasons why we do things the way we do. For instance, that is the way things have always been done and we’ll keep doing it that way, gosh darn it. The average age of the constituents standing in line would indicate they are probably past the age of openness to change. The fact that Lamar Alexander has been in office since the signing of the constitution would further prove that point.

This just brings me right back around to my primary point though, we should be making this whole process more millennial friendly.

Then there is the location. Who doesn’t love going to their middle school, full of all of its mildly traumatic flashbacks of awkward adolescence? I know those are years I would LOVE to get to relive, but if I can’t do that at least I can walk through the same sweaty gym me and my friends crabwalked and awkwardly danced to in order to cast a vote as a less awkward adult. If this were a millennial friendly process, ANY other location would be preferable. By any other location I actually mean Buffalo Wild Wings, with celebratory beverages because adulthood.

Now we are down to the little things that make all the difference. The awkward silence of strangers standing in line should be replaced by patriotic music playing in the background, to psychologically priming us to vote for ‘Murica. We could have a pre-vote vote for a playlist and let democracy win.

There should also be large screens with live feeds of the results in order to give us that immediate feedback we all love. People keep telling me my vote counts, but I’m not going to believe it until I see my vote pop up on a screen when I press a button (or spin that spinny thing that isn’t a button). Cheering and positive reinforcement in the form of food and a pat on the back would also be nice. This is not kindergarten, stickers do not carry the same appeal they used to.

These are the real issues. Not who has a majority in the senate, not what amendment gets passed, but the antiquated rituals which need to be changed before we all go vote for Hillary (and whoever else is running in this next election). Times are changing, and the only institution that seems to keep up is Facebook. Way to go Facebook, for that “I voted” button, no spinning non-button for you. You really get us. After today, I am not sure America does.

Katie Grugin is a senior in psychology and religious studies and a patriotic visionary. She and her brilliant plans for improving our future can be reached at Kgrugin@ vols.utk.edu.

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is a sophomore in aerospace engineering.

He’s 6’ 3” and weighs 216 pounds. His social media accounts indicate he goes to church and is a comely, intelligent person. In a sense, the persona he has created is basically just a bitcoin fortune away from being that of my dream man.

It’s clear from online social media all the sorority girls want to take him to formal, and all the frat boys want to, well…take him to formal.

Everybody wants a piece. They all want a piece of that delicious “Josh Dobbs wins us football games” cream pie.

I’m not sure how I missed this. Dobbs is everywhere; he is ubiquitous. He comes up in many a conversation, his name is in every UT football-related headline and his name is trending on Twitter; he is even beginning to haunt my dreams.

I think I saw him in my dorm once.

He’s like that weird smell lingering around the Fort. He’s like all those cigarette butts outside of Massey Hall. He’s like some nice stuff too, probably.

One analyst from 247Sports seems to capture the overall sentiment of most fans perfectly in an article pointing out that the Vols’

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POLLING THE CROWD On Tuesday, you voted.

On Wednesday, you shared your thoughts.

Republicans take control of Congress

Amendment 1

Dennis Mongan, sophomore in finance:

Wine in grocery stores

David Snapp, junior in political science:

“Nothing’s going to get done for the next two years now because congress can pin Obama down.�

Alyssa Loveday, sophomore in psychology: “I like that wine got passed in grocery stores because I can build up my fuel bucks at Kroger.�

Amendment 1

“I feel like the passage of this amendment will soon make sure that all facilities in this state are in top condition, help women make more knowledgeable choices about such an important decision in their lives and will help to provide safer, more efficient plans of action in case of complications in future procedures.�

Wine in grocery stores

Kayla Frye, junior in global studies:

“This fight is not over. There are people in this state who still value the right to one’s own body and who will fight for that right. This amendment violates privacy granted by Roe v. Wade and there will be a battle. The legislature can not begin to fathom the organizing abilities of the women in this state, nor the passion we have for taking back our rights. We will not be quiet while control of our bodies is handed over to politicians by those who would rather we live in a theocracy.�

Katherine McBride, junior in microbiology:

“I think the wine in grocery stores thing is cool so that way I can get my spicy nacho Doritos and fancy booze in the same store.�

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Around Rocky Top

The UT Wind Ensemble performed at the Cox Auditorium Nov. 4. Cameron Rowlett • The Daily Beacon

NEXT ROOM “He is a patient of Dr. Givings that comes to America after his fiancee left him abruptly,” Davenport explained. “He has not been able to paint since she left him. He has been emotionally torn up about it and the decision is made that he has hysteria as a man. He receives vibrator treatments.”

Though he is now an integral part of the play, Davenport was at first fazed by the play’s content.

“When I first read the play, I was taken aback,” Davenport admited. “I knew the name like ‘In the Next Room’ or ‘The Vibrator Play’ was going to be very sexually-oriented show.

I really loved the characters and the story of the play. I thought it was a funny look at women’s sexuality but with a serious message underneath it. But otherwise, I thought it was rambunctious and hilarious.”

Chris Ward, junior in theatre, plays Dr. Givings, the doctor who provides the vibrator treatments. However, his devotion to science and electricity threatens his marriage.

“Oh my gosh,” Ward laughed. “The whole vibrator process makes it more different than any other play. I never even heard of another play that revolves around the vibrator as a central subject. It’s a romantic comedy, really.

A lot of people get the wrong idea when they hear ‘The Vibrator Play,’ but it’s a modern

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T he whole vibrator process makes it more different than any other play.

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-Chris Ward

romantic comedy and everyone should try it out despite the title.”

“In the Next Room” will show from Thursday, Nov. 6 to Sunday, Nov. 9. Tonight is a free preview at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday night also begin at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m.

The play is free for students who opted in and $3 admission for non-students and those who did not opt in.

Orchestra brings jazz, big band to Square Room Samantha Riccardi Contributor

A small crowded room, filled to the brim with wiggling, sweaty bodies – and the music hadn’t even started yet.

Tuesday night, Market Square’s Café 4 and The Square Room welcomed the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra and worldrenowned musician Brian Lynch for “Simpático: Latin Jazz Meets the Big Band” concert.

The evening began with Vance Thompson, trumpet player, founder and director of the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra and lecturer of Studio Music and Jazz for the School of Music at UT. Thompson greeted the small audience and introduced the band before welcoming Lynch to the stage and the city.

Lynch is known worldwide for his intricate trumpet skills and impressive work alongside influential musicians like legendary jazz drummer and bandleader, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers in 1988. Lynch was also a member of the Horace Silver Quintet from 1982 to 1985. Silver was a jazz pianist

and composer who passed away in June.

After performing the first number, which featured standout performances on the trombone and saxophone, Lynch addressed the crowd.

“Thank you,” Lynch said.

“I’m glad to be here with old friends like Greg and to be making some new friends.”

The band consisted of a brass section including trombones and trumpets. There was a small woodwind section of clarinets, flutes and alto and tenor saxophones, as well as drums, cello and piano.

The music was loud, fast and unabashed. The setlist included songs from Lynch’s Grammy award wining collaborative album with Eddie Palmieri, titled “Simpático.” In addition to skillful and lengthy solos performed by Lynch, Greg Tardy, UT assistant professor of jazz saxophone, executed memorable, soulful solos.

After performing a number of pieces of melodic gems off of “Simpático,” there was a brief intermission for eager fans to buy CDs and have them signed

by KJO and Brian Lynch.

Following the intermission, the music returned to full swing

with an original composition called “Peer Pressure.”

“This was my first real record, and I say record because it was a real LP vinyl, remember those?”

Lynch asked, as the audience erupted into laughter.

The band continued with an elegant ballad which was first recorded by Freddie Hubbard and Art Blakey’s band, “Skylark.”

Near the end of the show, excited fans begged for an encore until Lynch and Tardy proceeded to play a string of complicated notes to appease them.

“Well, it is over all too soon,” Lynch said as the performance closed. “That was the last number. I guess you got to have me back!”

Afterward, Thompson spoke with fans and to greet his young daughter.

“I think it was one of the hardest shows we ever played,” Thompson said of his performance with Lynch. “It was very challenging but very fun. The music had a lot of notes that weren’t that close together, but watching (Lynch) play was the best part. I can’t believe that somebody can do that on the trumpet; it’s ridiculous.”

Composer-in-residence ready for ‘Medea’ premiere Megan Patterson Contributor

Revenge, jealousy, love. No, it’s not “Mean Girls.”

This weekend, Relix Variety Theater will be the unlikely host for the world premiere of “Medea,” an opera composed

by UT composer-in-residence, Larry Delinger. The opera was brought to Knoxville by associate professor of theatre John Sipes and School of Music associate professor Kevin Class.

“Three years ago, John Sipes from the Clarence Brown Theatre, approached me about bringing Larry Delinger to the UT campus so that we could workshop parts of the opera ‘Medea,’” Class said. “At that point, the opera was not yet finished.”

Sipes and Class worked closely with Delinger as he workshopped and developed his craft.

“I found that the piece was not only very interesting but very powerful and very dramatic. Especially important, I found Larry to be an exceptionally talented composer who understands dramatic pacing and writes opera very well,” Class said. “Once Larry completed the opera, I decided that UTOT (UT Opera Theatre) should produce the world-premiere of ‘Medea,’ and the idea of organizing Delingerfest came into being.”

“Delingerfest” is the title Class and Sipes assigned to Delinger’s residency at UT this fall. In addition to “Medea,” several other of Delinger’s works have been showcased around Knoxville in the past few weeks,

none, however, as groundbreaking as his opera.

“Medea” is a bold, contemporary piece which takes the core aspects of traditional opera and showcases them through a modern lens. For many residents of Knoxville who may be unfamiliar with opera, “Medea” provides an introduction to this art.

Josafath Reynoso Calvillo, graduate student in theatre with a concentration in scenic design, spoke on what distinguishes opera from other performing arts.

“The whole configuration of the set is based on the music.

The action that happens on stage takes the shape of the music, so there’s a lot about analyzing the pitch, the tone, the color of the voices and the way the voices overlap or juxtapose,” Reynoso Calvillo said. “From there, analyzing the scene you know who’s the good guy or who’s the bad guy and understanding when somebody is singing something with a certain voice or a certain pitch or a certain rhythm, they might not be telling the truth.

Stuff like that. That’s a convention that exists in opera.”

Music propels the action, but the actors must translate the emotion of the music in each situation to the audience. They achieve this through exaggerated emotional displays leaving no doubt as to what may be occurring on stage.

“What I love about ‘Medea,’ what I love about classical theater in general, is there’s no small feelings,” Reynoso Calvillo said.

The feelings in “Medea” center around the darker aspects of human nature: revenge and betrayal.

“It is an absolute tragedy,”

Reynoso Calvillo said. “I mean, it’s all about betrayal and weathering down and a vengeful woman who out of spite, out of love even, commits these horrendous crimes because she herself has been transgressed. It’s absolutely a revenge play.”

Adapted from the ancient Greek myth of “Jason and the Argonauts,” “Medea” takes the point of view of one of Jason’s wronged love interests, Medea.

Although this story has been performed as an opera before, Reynoso Calvillo assured that Delinger’s work features completely original music and provides a different perspective on the classical myth.

While Relix may seem less than elaborate for the refined performance, Reynoso Calvillo said it does not diminish the scale of the production.

“It has all you want in a pocket size opera,” Reynoso Calvillo said. “We have everybody there. We have so much stuff on stage, and I don’t mean on the actual stage, but I mean we have the whole all the aspects of the production going on at the same time, so seating is exclusive, not because it’s expensive, but because there’s not a lot of them.”

This means hopeful audience members can’t waste any time before getting tickets, which are $5.

“There’s a lot of work and a lot of love in this, so that always shows on stage,” Reynoso Calvillo said. “That’s one of the things I think people are always receptive to — when they see something that took a lot of work, a lot of effort to put together. That has a value.

“It’s got everything: love, music, gore and magic.”

Thursday, November 6, 2014

THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

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FOOTBALL

Dobbs seizing moment in limelight as Vols quarterback Troy Provost-Heron

Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB)

As he made his way to a seat in his Circuits and Electro Mechanical Components class, his fellow classmates rose to their feet and applauded.

Captured and shared multiples times via Instagram, the moment provided the best example of the icon Joshua Dobbs has become since taking over as Tennessee’s starting quarterback.

It was a moment, however, that almost never came to fruition.

When UT head coach Butch Jones and his staff were hired in December 2012, the departure of then-quarterback Tyler Bray to the NFL forced the Vols to add a second signal caller to the 2013 recruiting class just two months before National Signing Day. The search officially ended when Jones visited Dobbs’ Alpharetta High School to recruit another teammate. But Dobbs, who was committed to Arizona State at the time, quickly gained their attention.

“What I remember is watching a video of every throw he made during the season, and he had a very high completion percentage to the point where when I was watching the video, I thought it was a highlight video,” offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian said. “Then I realized that it was every throw from his senior year in high school.”

Suffice it to say, the time spent flipping the 6-foot-3, 216-

pound quarterback from the Sun Devils to the Vols paid off.

In last week’s contest against South Carolina, Dobbs became the first player in UT history to throw for 300 yards and rush for another 100, as he led Tennessee to a 45-42 overtime win. The thrilling victory arrived only after Dobbs brought UT back from a 14-point deficit late in the fourth quarter.

But just like his commitment to the Vols, that South Carolina performance only came because of Tennessee’s necessity for someone under center.

Originally set to sit out the season and redshirt, Dobbs’ name never popped into the quarterback discussion until senior Justin Worley’s season came to an end because of a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder.

But that looming redshirt and a constant spot on UT’s scout team never changed Dobbs’ demeanor.

“When I thought I was being redshirted, I still prepared as if I was the starter,” Dobbs said.

“My mindset was to get better.

I wanted to improve my timing and improve my mechanics. I still treated those reps as game reps and they obviously helped me out.”

That mindset in practice has helped Dobbs put up 493 yards and four touchdowns on 42-of-72 passing, which shows a marked improvement from his aerial assault last season when he threw two touchdowns and six interceptions in five games for UT. In those five 2013 contests – four of which he started – he averaged only 139 passing yards

Sophomore Josh Dobbs runs and dodges South Carolina players during the game Nov. 1.

Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon Whether it is because of his “His game (against South per game compared to the 246.5 tie for the team lead.

His legs have also helped a Carolina) was outstanding and arm or his legs, there is no doubt yards he is averaging through struggling offensive line gain a for him to do that, it really helps that Dobbs has become the fan two games this season. favorite in UT’s offense.

“I think that’s an accumulation newfound confidence. After giv- out the entire team.”

But he’s not paying attention Dobbs, however, wants to be of repetitions in practice and ing up 30 sacks in the Vols first doing it over and over again,” seven contests of the season, the viewed as an all-around quar- to any of that. His mind is elsewhere.

Jones said. “That’s a byproduct offensive line has only allowed terback.

“When you play quarterback “I wouldn’t say I’m a runner,” two sacks since Dobbs’ insertion of how far he has come.”

Dobbs said. “I run when there here and you are successful, you But it has been what Dobbs’ under center.

“He’s a leader, just like all is a play that needs to be made. get a lot of attention,” Dobbs mobility has brought to the Vols’ offense that has helped his popu- of our quarterbacks,” fresh- If people are covered downfield, said. “But either way, you just man running back Jalen Hurd I’m going to make a play, get a have to stay focused on the goal. larity soar.

On only 43 carries this sea- said. “With him having that run first down and get out of bounds. We’re at four wins, and we still “I can run, but I’m not a run- need to get two more to be bowl son, Dobbs has already become threat, you really have to respect UT’s second leading rusher on me and then respect him as well. ning quarterback. I can pass, I eligible so our minds are defithe season with 241 yards. His It’s just a different look, but he can run, I can do whatever it nitely focused on that.” takes for our team to win.” three rushing touchdowns also can pass as well.

FOOTBALL

Lane, North ‘ready’ after injuries Taylor White

Staff Writer (@T_Dub98) After being forced to leave Saturday’s game early with an apparent ankle injury, senior tailback Marlin Lane was back on the Vols’ practice field Wednesday afternoon.

The Daytona Beach, Fla., native exited the game early in the third quarter against South Carolina and was seen after the game being carried into the locker room by teammate A.J. Johnson and Curt Maggit.

“Marlin is fine,” running back coach Robert Gillespie said Wednesday. “He just likes the theatrics of it. Marlin is fine. He practiced today. I don’t know what happened, but he’s ready today though.”

Sophomore wide receiver Marquez North was also banged up against the Gamecocks, and while he was not on the field in the portion of practice open to the media, wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni said that North did return to practice Wednesday afternoon.

Late in the season, many players are dealing with bumps and bruises, and according to the coaches, this bye week arrived at a very good time.

“I’ve never been in a situation where a bye came at a bad time,” offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian said. “There’s always dings and bruises that guys need to recover from at this point.

It lets players and coaches put a little extra thought into our

opponent and into ourselves.”

Howard growing up: After much uncertainty over whether he would even be on the team this season, junior receiver Alton “Pig” Howard put up one of the greatest performances by a Tennessee wide-out this season in Saturday’s win over South Carolina.

The Orlando, Fla., native took a leave of absence from the team over the summer due to personal reasons before finally being reinstated before the start of fall practice.

“It’s gratifying,” Azzanni said.

“I provide the road map, he follows it and that’s what happens.

For me and my wife, who have poured a lot into Pig, and him pouring back and start to trust and do things the right way, it shows. That’s very gratifying.”

The 5-foot-3 Howard made his presence felt in a big way Saturday, recording the first 100-yard performance by a Tennessee receiver since Marquez North had 102 in last year’s win over the Gamecocks.

Howard caught five passes for 109 yards, while carrying the ball four times for 29 yards and a touchdown. Several of Howard’s receptions came in key moments, including his 31-yard catch over the middle on the first play of Tennessee’s game tying drive late in the fourth quarter.

Azzanni referenced better practice habits as well as consistency as reasons for Howard’s continued improvement this season.

“He practices really hard

regardless of who is in front or behind him. He always has,” Azzanni said. “His problems have been just consistency and maybe the habits. I talk about that all the time, and it’s so true.

Those habits have improved, and they aren’t even there yet.

That’s what’s kinda scary.”

Depending on the D-line: One of the obvious improvements for this Tennessee team is their added depth thanks to a highly touted 2014 recruiting class, and that added depth has Tennessee’s defensive line poised to finish out the season strong.

Tennessee has added several new players to the defensive line rotation this year, and many of those are playing large roles for the Volunteers so far this season.

“I think we’ve been able to manage reps,” defensive line coach Steve Stripling said. “We try to keep them fresh out there, which is really important, we couldn’t do that last year. This

year we are able to that a lot more.”

With Tennessee still needing to win two of its last three games to make a bowl game, Stripling feels that the added depth has them in a much better position than this time last year.

“I think we’re much more equipped this year,” Stripling said. “We’re at a much better level with our health and our attitude than I think we were last year.”

A few of the young players have not seen much action this season, but the coaching staff is using the bye week to help develop them in case they were to be needed later in the season.

“The message this week was young guys develop,” Stripling said. “Because any type of injury out there and you’re gonna be in the rotation. The bye week is at an opportune time. It’s a week where we can develop the younger guys and be smart with the older guys.”

SOCCER

Lady Vols upset Florida, advance to SEC tourney semis Staff Reports

(@UTKBeaconSports) Tennessee’s improbable, lateseason run continued as the Lady Volunteers won a shootout in the SEC quarterfinals, knocking out No. 8 Florida in penalty kicks, 5-4, following a 1-1 tie in double overtime.

Cheyenne Spade scored the winning goal in penalty kicks as her low right corner shot put No. 10 seed UT (10-9-2) ahead by one. Florida’s Tessa Andujar shot wide to the low right corner to advance the Lady Vols on to the semifinals.

“I am so proud of our team,” UT head coach Brian Pensky said.

“I am a lucky guy. I have a bunch of resilient kids on our side. We got a quick goal and we just wanted to get into halftime 1-0 and we didn’t. We said at halftime that we were going to win this game. We have to find a way and dig. Our

backs have been against the wall forever.”

UT will take No. 3 seed Kentucky in the SEC tournament semifinals on Friday at 7 p.m. ET on SEC Network. Friday’s game will mark the Lady Volunteers’ first SEC tournament semifinal appearance since 2011.

Florida (14-4-1) had an 18-9 edge in shots and an 8-3 edge in corner kicks, but the UT defense didn’t break late in regulation and in overtime.

UT struck first in the third minute when Michele Christy found Hannah Wilkinson on the right side and Wilkinson sent a perfect ball into the left side of the box for Spade. Spade took one shot at the goalkeeper Taylor Burke, who blocked it on the ground, and then knocked the rebound into the right side of the net.

Florida evened the game in the 44th minute when Annie Speese scored on assists from Savannah Jordan and Havana Solaun.

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Thursday, November 6, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

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Four Lady Vols suspended due to violation of academic rules Jonathan Toye

Staff Writer (@JonathanToye1)

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you miss a game. You got to sit in the first three rows. You can’t be late. It is pretty black and white and simple, and those are our rules. And if you don’t abide by them, the consequences are right there.

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When the No. 4 Tennessee Lady Volunteers step onto the court for their first three home matchups of the season, they will do so without some of their key players.

Before Tuesday’s practice, Tennessee head coach Holly Warlick announced she’s suspended redshirt sophomore guard Andraya Carter and senior guard Ariel Massengale for one regular season game and senior guard Cierra Burdick and redshirt freshmen guard Jannah Tucker for two games. All four will also be held out of Sunday’s exhibition game against Carson-Newman.

Warlick cited violation of academic rules as the principal reason for these suspensions.

“We don’t have a lot of rules, but the ones we do have, we take very seriously,” Warlick said. “We had a couple of young ladies not live up to our academic standards and academic standpoints.”

Warlick explained that these academic standards have always been in place at Tennessee.

“Every year, we have had to discipline kids with rules,” Warlick said.

“Like I said, we don’t have a lot of rules, (you) can’t miss a class. If you miss a class, you miss a game. You got to sit in the first three rows. You can’t be late.

It is pretty black and white and simple, and those are our rules. And if you don’t abide by them, the consequences are right there. So it is not really a decision by me.”

The suspensions leave Tennessee with only eight players for its exhibition game and first regular season game, placing pressure on the Lady Vols freshmen to immediately make an impact on the court.

Enter the heralded freshmen duo Alex Middleton and Jaime Nared.

“I was telling Jaime the other day, ‘I can’t believe (the season) is already here, we are so close,’ Middleton said.

“I am just excited to run out for the first time and just be in the atmosphere with all the fans that are going to be here.”

When asked about her role for the team, Middleton said she hopes to be a player to “fill in the gaps.”

“I need to be able to do whatever

-Holly Warlick needs to be done,” Middleton said. “If I need to drive in the lane, make a pass for someone to score, if I need to hit a three, or sit down and play defense, I just want to be able to do whatever needs to be done at that moment.”

Nared is also prepared to play a role to help her team win as a freshman.

“I think we all want to win as freshmen,” Nared said. “We all want to win a national championship. So coming in, we are going to do anything (Warlick) needs us to do to win.”

The Lady Vols will need each member of their team to play a role after the four suspensions, and Warlick believes that the freshmen will perform fine in their first college game despite the added pressure of having additional minutes.

“I think they really fit in, and I think they are picking up our system,” Warlick said. “They are going to be nervous, I would be too, I mean you are freshmen coming in. But once the nerves go away, I think they will jump right in. They have done a great job and I have a lot of confidence in them. They will get a lot of playing time.”

Lady Vols head coach Holly Warlick looks on during Tennessee’s 80-56 win over Chattanooga on Nov. 14, 2013, at Thompson-Boling Arena. Warlick announced Tuesday that she has suspended four Lady Vols for at least one game because of missed classes. • File Photo