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Q&A with campus activist touches on privatization >>See page 4

Traveling Secret Show finale to include three acts >>See page 8

Vols basketball preps for exhibition game >>See page 12

Senior safety Brian Randolph celebrates the the Vols win against the Wildcats on Oct.31.

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Vols prepare to face aggressive Gamecocks Taylor White Assistant Sports Editor

Last year’s 45-42 win over South Carolina was Josh Dobbs’ first significant win, as the quarterback led a miraculous fourth quarter that saw Tennessee rally from down two touchdowns in the final two minutes and ultimately put the game away in overtime.

This year, Dobbs has established himself as Tennessee’s starting quarterback and he looks poised to pick up where he left off against a meager Gamecocks defense on Saturday. The junior insists that while last year’s game has no impact on Saturday’s matchup, the win was a building block for the program going forward.

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“I think it was just big with the momentum going forward,” Dobbs said of the win. “We had to get to a bowl game and we had to get six wins. That was a big game that propelled us to getting there.”

The Gamecocks (3-5, 1-5 SEC) have struggled defensively this season, particularly against the run. South Carolina has given up 215.3 yards per game on the ground this year, good for 112th in the nation.

That’s a bad matchup against a Tennessee (4-4, 2-3) team that has punished opponents with its ground game all season. The Vols are averaging 214.1 rushing yards per game, ranking them 21st in the country.

In last season’s win, Dobbs ran for 166 yards and three touchdowns, and Jalen Hurd added 125 more yards on the ground. It looks to be

more of the same this year as the Gamecocks have allowed at least one 100 yard rusher in all but two games this year.

“It’s just execution,” Dobbs said of the running game. “The offensive line has done a great job of owning the line of scrimmage. We’ve just been able to move the ball effectively and we’ve made plays when they were there. We’ve just gotten smart, good rushing yards.”

Much has been made of South Carolina’s mid-season coaching change, as legendary coach Steve Spurrier stepped down in October.

Shawn Elliott was promoted from co-offensive coordinator to interim head coach following Spurrier’s sudden retirement, and while the mentality of the team may have changed, the X’s and O’s haven’t.

“They’re running the same things schemati-

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cally,” coach Butch Jones said. “Coach Spurrier is a legend, and he’s done a great job. Coach Elliot has come in and just given them a change.

He’s given them some energy.”

Since the coaching change, the Gamecocks are 1-1 with a win over a Vanderbilt and a sevenpoint loss at Texas A&M. South Carolina saw its most prolific offensive performance of the season against the Aggies, totaling 445 yards and 28 points.

Before that, the offense had struggled through most of the season after being afflicted by injuries. Connor Mitch was named the starter before the season, but the redshirt sophomore suffered a separated shoulder against Kentucky in September, forcing him to miss the rest of the season.

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DISPATCHES Obama addresses possible ISIS involvement in Russian plane crash

Hacker group reveals over 300 alleged members of KKK

President Barack Obama said Thursday that the possibility of ISIS involvement in a plane crash that killed over 200 Russian civilians may prove a turning point in what is becoming a decades long fight against terrorism. The flight, which was leaving the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, Russia, shows possible evidence of having a bomb planted aboard.

If ISIS is indeed involved with the crash, it would represent a significant shift in strategy, as the terrorist organization has primarily focused on forming a caliphate in the Middle East.

Addressing the possibility of future terrorist attacks, former Middle East peace negotiator Aaron David Miller weighed in on future possibilities. “We haven’t yet found a way — and I think it’s going to be extremely difficult to hermetically seal the nation, abroad or here at home, against these kinds of attacks.”

The hacker group Anonymous delivered on its promise to reveal a list of members of the secretive, racist organization known as the Ku Klux Klan. Led by activists @AnonCopWatch and @ThatsRacistAF2, the 11-month operation revealed 375 supposed members of the organization, well short of the 1,000 originally predicted by @Operation_KKK two weeks ago.

The members revealed include former politicians and law enforcement officials primarily from the south, but also from northern locations including New York, Illinois and New Jersey.

The reveal comes several days after Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero was included on a list of politicians alleged to be a part of the KKK. Rogero denied the allegations, and the anonymous hacker revealed he was not in fact affiliated with the loosely tied Anonymous group.

Student who stabbed 4 at university meant to do more harm Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A freshman student who stabbed four people at a California university meant to do even more harm, but he acted alone and had no connections to terrorist groups, authorities said Thursday.

Faisal Mohammad, 18, burst into his class at the University of California, Merced, and attacked a fellow student with a hunting knife Wednesday morning. He stabbed three others, including a construction worker credited with preventing Mohammad from killing anyone, before police shot him dead as he fled across campus.

Police found zip-tie handcuffs, duct tape and a hammer in a backpack near his body.

It also contained two plastic baggies of petroleum jelly, which Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke called a “poor’s man” explosive if ignited.

Warnke and other officials said background checks of Mohammad and his family show the 18-year-old had no connections to organized hate or terror groups and no past behavior to

suggest he would lash out violently.

“We had zero to indicate he was on anyone’s radar,” Warnke said.

Investigators also found a list of items Mohammad planned to pack in his backpack before the attacks.

“His intention was to do more damage,” school spokeswoman Lorena Anderson said.

“But there is absolutely no reason to believe that this was anything more than an angry young man acting alone.”

Anderson said it’s unclear if Mohammad targeted anyone in particular in the class required of all university freshmen. All four victims are expected to survive.

Byron Price, 31, a construction worker doing remodeling work next door, interrupted the attack, rushing into the classroom to break up what he thought was a fistfight. Price said Mohammad charged at him with the knife and looked scared.

“He also looked like he was having fun,” Price, who was stabbed in the side, told the Merced Sun Star. “His eyes, I could see fear in his eyes. He was smiling.”

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Haslam donation marks critical step for Lakeshore property Heidi Hill Assistant News Editor

“We think Lakeshore can be what Central Park is to the people and community of New York City.”

At 8:15 a.m. on Thursday morning, city officials and staff of Flying Pilot gathered as Jimmy Haslam, current CEO of the company and brother to Gov. Bill Haslam, announced his family’s $15 million donation to the Lakeshore Demolition Project, which officially took root last July.

Given the property’s stunning vista over the Tennessee River and rich local history, it’s no surprise the Haslams were the first public donors for a project decades in the making.

The property stopped housing patients of the state-run Lakeshore mental hospital in Nov. 2011 when an outsourcing initiative moved all employees to Nashville, closing the land’s 129 year history as a residential hub.

“I think this will be a project that all of our children and our grandchildren will not only be using, but also contributing to,” Haslam said at Tuesday’s riverside gathering. “It is our company’s privilege to be the first to give a substantial

amount of money toward that project.”

Phase one of the project, estimated at $25 million, has already made its mark on the 186-acre property with the completion of a playground in early September. The city has also partnered with Knoxville Utilities Board to eliminate and replace outdated water, sewage, electricity and heating lines buried beneath the fields once used by the facility’s patients and staff.

In junction with Lakeshore Park Board, a local non-profit overseeing all renovations, Parks & Recreation director Joe Walsh reported $12 million is required to tear down all remaining buildings on the Lakeshore property, including the 1940s Choate Boiler Plant and low-lying residential structures on the property’s west side.

Cardin Bradley, Lakeshore Park’s director of development, commented that the Haslams’ donation was not unexpected given Dean Haslam’s active membership of the Park Board for over twenty years.

“They have been around Lakeshore Park ever since Lakeshore has been a park, and they have seen the potential here and what a park of this magnitude could bring to the citizens of Knoxville,” Bradley said. “They feel like it’s an important investment to make and it’s where their heart is.”

As Walsh described, the master plan for Lakeshore Park envisions a space that takes advantage of the park’s natural beauty, ultimately transforming the property into a family friendly greenway and space for outdoor activities such as kayaking and field sports.

“We’re looking at installing viewing platforms that go out over the river, so people can get a view of the water itself and a place for watercraft to explore the creek and river,” Walsh said. “It’s a beautiful piece of property to be sure, and we fully acknowledge that.”

Though completion will not come for another four years, Walsh said Lakeshore’s new page of local history must be attributed, in large part, to the generosity of long-time residents of West Knoxville, individual donors like the Haslams and other private companies.

Such generosity, Walsh explained, has also added to the public’s positive response to the changing function of land following Metropolitan Drug Commissioner Doug Varney’s official “de-commissioning” of Lakeshore.

“There was concern that we would turn it into a place of business or put up condos, something that could potentially disrupt from the neighboring fields and people who live in the general area,” Varney said. “(But) they’re excited that it will be preserved as park, not just

for people in the growing area of Knoxville, but people from all over.”

For Walsh, one of the more exciting moves is the renovation of Lakeshore’s administrative building. Once utilized as the main office of Knoxville’s mental health facility, the 1884 structure will house the new main office of the city’s Parks & Recreation department — an appropriate shift given the property’s future as a play and relaxation for the Knoxville community.

In an effort to preserve the original design, the contractor and city department have collaborated with local architect Elizabeth Eason to ensure original architecture characteristics are maintained as the 1884 building is renovated.

“To my knowledge, there will be memorabilia and pictures from former employees will present, so that we keep the property’s history intact,” Walsh said.

But for Bradley, a deeper motivation for restoring the property as a public park lies in Knoxville’s evolving reputation as a city for avid outdoorsmen and modern adventurers.

“Knoxville is becoming an outdoor city with so many recreation opportunities and Lakeshore has potential to become the centerpiece of that.”

Phase I of the Lakeshore Park Project is scheduled for completion by March 2016. For more details on construction, visit the official website for the City of Knoxville.

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Student activist leads fight for on campus workers Grant Currin

Staff Writer Shea Lewis, senior in psychology, transferred to UT last fall, and since then they’ve achieved a high profile as both an organizer and student activist on campus.

“Shea’s really good at mobilizing people, at meeting people where they’re at and listening to their experiences rather than trying to tell them what they should think or feel about an issue. And I think that’s a really important part of organizing,” said Elizabeth Stanfield, senior in anthropology and geography.

The Daily Beacon spoke with Lewis on their last year at UT, Gov. Haslam’s privatization proposal and what fuels their activism in Knoxville and beyond.

Daily Beacon: How are you involved on campus?

Lewis: I’m a co-chair of the Progressive Student Alliance. We’re affiliated with United Students Against Sweatshops, which is a national student organization. We do a lot of our own solidarity work with whatever injustices we see, but primarily we focus on labor. Along with our solidarity efforts and cosponsoring, our core campaigns usually revolve around labor,

whether it be campus worker justice or with international solidarity campaigns. We try to work on a grassroots level while getting as much support from students as possible — we focus on outreaching to other students to be advocates and support our campaigns for worker/student solidarity. Rather than having the student-savior complex, we ask ‘What do you need from us as students?’

DB: What are you doing this semester?

SL: This semester, our campaign is called Tennessee is Not For Sale, which is a statewide campaign. Put the People First Coalition is a statewide coalition of organizations in Tennessee that are working to fight against outsourcing and privatization of management positions in virtually all state-owned real estate — business management and stuff like that. The consequences of that would be putting more than 10,000 Tennesseans’ jobs at risk, their benefits being at risk, and their job security in general. The alliance is working with Put the People First, alongside other organizations, to fight against that, mainly targeting Governor Haslam, since he’s the one who’s proposed the plan.

The main reason we’re doing that is because it does threaten a lot of workers’ jobs. And the significance of us proximity-wise, being at UT is significant because 70 percent of state-wide real estate is public universities and public colleges,

so whatever the University of Tennessee does, whether we choose to opt out or opt in, is going to set an example for other universities and colleges. We have a pretty huge impact being at UT. That’s why it’s really important to us to work on this campaign specifically. When it comes to students working alongside workers, a lot of students are workers too. So it’s not a black-andwhite division. It’s really important that those of us on this campus are invested in the working conditions and the treatment of the people who are running this campus, the people serving us.

DB: How are you personally involved with this project?

SL: Personally? Different forms of organizing, whether it be planning workshops, doing outreach through social media, facilitating meetings, or getting people to the meetings. A huge part of building a base of support is one-on-one conversations with people, trying to meet people with their issues and trying to pull them in rather than just rallying up signatures on a petition. But we do that too.

DB: What’s your motivation?

SL: There’s a lot of intrinsic motivation for me. I’ve really found a passion for it. I see all of these inequalities around me by learning more about it and through personal experience. Like my mom was a low-wage worker and a single mom, so I’ve personally seen the struggle she’s

• Photo Courtesy of Shea Lewis gone through working long, hard hours for not as much as she deserves, for benefits that aren’t that great. Through talking with people and getting to know them, I’ve really become invested in the movement for improving the conditions for people who work hard and don’t get pay enough for it and aren’t treated well.

DB: How has your time as an organizer and activist affected the way you see the world?

SL: Last semester, we had the “End Deathtraps” campaign, which was our response See Q&A on Page 5

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Q&A continued from Page 4 to the Rana Plaza collapse and how injustices in the garment industry are connected to college apparel. Students have a lot of leverage and power in changing the conditions of the workers who make our apparel by targeting our administrators and saying ‘we have an ethical code of standards, and you need to enforce it when you sign contracts with companies.’ A survivor from the Rana Plaza collapse and a union worker was here in Knoxville. They told their stories and said what they wanted from us as students. We talk about these things, how these injustices happen, and how we’re connected to them through globalization. But really, when you sit down with someone and hear their story, it affects you differently.

It’s not this abstract concept of justice; it’s someone’s life.

DB: What are your plans for after you graduate?

Since I am a psychology major, I’m invested in mental health and the counseling realm. I do plan on going to grad school in counseling or social work, but no matter what I do, whether I get a job organizing or I don’t, I still want to be involved in the movement. Whatever I’m doing with my degree, organizing is going to be a part of my life.

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High demand of renewable energy, future of sustainability subject of UT science forum Altaf Nanavati Copy Editor UT professors want to show that even the Earth has its own batteries that need to be charged.

As a part of the UT Science Forum’s weekly lectures on developments in science, medicine and technology, Matthew Mench, professor and head of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering at UT, will be giving a lecture entitled, “Where Do We Put All the Renewable Energy?” today at the ThompsonBoling Arena Dining Room C-D. Mench first joined the UT faculty back in 2010 as a professor and as the Condra Chair of Excellence in Energy Conversion & Storage. Although he holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Pennsylvania State University, Mench has been involved in research surrounding his current field, electrochemical engineering, for approximately 15 years.

The lecture itself will provide more of a global overview on energy demands and what

the future of energy storage and distribution will look like. Since the world is experiencing increased usage of clean energy, there is a high demand for resources that cannot be met with the current capacity for energy storage.

As Mench explained, if everyone utilizes the same power source at the same time then there has to be a grid-based system that can support that high output of energy.

Mench said he realizes that many people don’t have clear knowledge of how renewable energy really works and stressed the significance of this issue.

“I think there are some misconceptions and a general lack of knowledge about how the infrastructure really works,” Mench said.

“Most people don’t realize that the energy grid is an on-demand system and if there is no storage capacity built into the grid, then it makes (energy storage) less efficient than it needs to be.”

In addition, Mench pointed out that his initiative with this lecture is to inform the general public on a topic that affects everyone.

“The point here is not to impress folks with the amazing details of the science, but it’s to help them understand from a global perspec-

tive about the future demands on energy generation and the options and opportunities we have for a cleaner future,” Mench said.

First established in 1933, the UT science forum first started in order for scientists to meet and discuss their fields with one another.

As Mark Littmann, program coordinator for the UT Science Forum, explained, “Back in the beginning science was starting to get very specialized; even the people working in the field didn’t know what the other scientists were working on.”

As the public became interested, the forum became a place where science could be understood by everyone and not just the experts. “(The scientists) started meeting weekly so they could hear from each other about what they were doing, see if there were any cases where they could collaborate, but mostly to just get some ideas to where science was going,” Littmann said. “The idea was to talk about science in a way that the general public could understand, not just the specialists in a field could.”

The lecture will begin at 12 p.m. at the Thompson-Boling Arena in dining room C-D. It is free and open to the public.

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Vols should take a stand on their own At the last SGA Student Senate session we were presented with a bill that would “mandate student leader training workshops” for Presidents and other officers in student organizations across campus.

This bill addressed a serious issue on our campus: the need to talk about difficult issues such as sexual assault, hazing, and making diversity and inclusion a priority for all student organizations. However, I felt that the legislation went about achieving that goal in the wrong way. Mandating that student leaders attend a two-hour class one Saturday in November is not going to change campus perception on the need to address these issues. If anything, I felt as though it would make campus organizations resentful of efforts to promote change because they would see this requirement as yet another mandate, another punishment for not living up to an institutionallydefined level of satisfaction, rather than as the solution to a problem. I proposed an amendment that would make these classes and workshops available, but not required, to every organization on campus.

I did this because I believe that we cannot force

people to change their mindsets on issues by attending one mandated class once a year. As a member of SGA and a club President, I believe the best way we can invoke change across campus is to lead by example. That starts with partnering with each other to raise awareness on these issues. We have already seen huge strides in making change. Take Back the Night, an event sponsored by The Central Program Council, along with the UT Center for Health Education and Wellness, and Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, saw immense success in starting a productive dialog about the stark reality of sexual assault.

National Hazing Prevention Week is an event put on by Greek life every fall at UTK that encourages taking non-hazing pledges and outlining the dangers of the bystander effect. Diversity and Inclusion, an issue that I have devoted much of my career in SGA to helping address, is such a complex issue that there is no way a two-hour class would even scrape the surface of what needs to be addressed to begin to reverse stereotypes and promote empathy for every student on Rocky Top. Organizations across cam-

pus, including SGA’s Diversity Affairs Committee, the Pride Center, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion host weekly events garnered at fostering a better community for every student.

But none of these programs alone are enough. We can do more and we must do more and we will do more to make change a reality rather than a dream here at UT. These are serious issues that demand immediate action by all of us. But it doesn’t start with just a policy point from SGA and it doesn’t start with lofty rhetoric from administrators. It starts with every student who wants to take the Torchbearer’s Creed and turn it into action across all of our organizations. It starts with you recognizing something is wrong and standing up and saying so. And it starts with each of us embodying the change we want to see at UT. Tristan Smith is a sophomore in political science and the Sergeant-at-Arms for the SGA Senate Executive Team. He can be reached at tsmit173@ vols.utk.edu.

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Women in space - it’s not an impossible challenge

Grayson Hawkins The Space Sapiential

Women in engineering, in space, on our campus.

Last week was very busy for me. It was the autumn membership drive for the 35-member, spacecentric engineering team I founded and now run.

As it stands, we sit at 11 percent female membership, a bit below the National Science Foundation’s claim that 18 percent of all undergraduate degrees in engineering going to women. But hey, space is a niche, no?

No. Women are becoming a more and more integral part of NASA. The percent of women engineers at NASA has gone up 79 percent since the 1990’s.

One in five NASA engineers are now women. My first response to hearing the actual statistic, that a paltry 20 percent of NASA’s engineering staff are female, was unpalatable; I wholeheartedly agreed with “Women in Aerospace Europe’s” Simonetta Di Pippo’s persuasion that the space sector should have mandatory recruitment quotas. But after interacting with so many females on campus during the recruitment drive (we handed out over a thousand flyers and made appearances at two of UT’s biggest fall events), I have realized that by the time women are in the job force, it’s already too late to make meaningful change.

The thing that baffled me throughout last week, although I know exactly why it happened so much, was the response that 18-22 year-old female students would give to me nine out of every 10 times I approached them about my engineering team: “Oh, I’m not smart enough for that.”

“You don’t want me on your team, I would break something.”

“I can’t do that!”

They would say these things while smiling and laughing, as if it was obvious and cute they could not handle the “impossible challenge” of science or engineering. This is a totally unacceptable, albeit automatic, response to inviting women to be a part of a STEM organization. Let’s compare this situation, then, to what occurred when I approached a male with an unrelated major: more often than not he would just say no, mention his major was business or something and walk on confidently.

What a difference in reactions, what a disadvantage that women are programmed to believe since birth in our male-dominated society. The thing is, I’m not even sure that those who responded in this way had any idea of the implications or consequences of their actions. Without a doubt, some of them will go on to have daughters of their own; what will happen when those children hear their mother say something as self-belittling as, “I can’t do that,” or “I was never smart enough,” both self-fulfilling prophecies?

Please, please become part of the solution. If you are female, then I assure you that there is no secret to engineering or science hidden in a man’s balls. Like I said, my engineering team has only four ladies, but they contribute so much to our projects. One is on our executive board, one is a team leader who produced an amazing high altitude balloon that is set to be launched soon. There is nothing they have you do not. In 2009, President Obama recognized this issue and many others that women face in our society, and he acted on it. The White House Council on Women and Girls was founded.

His inaugural words: “With passion and courage, women have taught us that when we band together

Some, if not most, of NASA’s (and thus mankind’s) greatest achievements were only possible because of the brilliant minds of inspired women.”

to advocate for our highest ideals, we can advance our common well-being and strengthen the fabric of our nation.”

In response to this, NASA began the Women@ NASA campaign, collecting interviews and essays from countless heroines within their organization. If you still believe that women are inferior to men when it comes to STEM and especially the space industry, please read some of the stories on women.nasa.gov – some, if not most, of NASA’s (and thus mankind’s) greatest achievements were only possible because of the brilliant minds of inspired women.

Grayson Hawkins is a junior in mechanical engineering. He can be reached at ghawkin4@vols. utk.edu

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History needs to be preserved, not replaced McCord Pagan Adding Context

Last Thursday, the University of Tennessee officially started construction on the future Mossman Building on White Avenue.

The new $96 million science facility will house laboratories and classrooms for the departments of microbiology, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, psychology and nutrition.

If all you read was the press release, you may have thought it was just a simple groundbreaking ceremony, yet another addition to UT’s seemingly endless wave of construction.

Mossman is being built on the site of three historic Fort Sanders houses, all of which held a special history with UT and the city of Knoxville. In 2000, UT struck an agreement with local preservation groups mapping out parts of Fort Sanders it will never expand into—a deal it blatantly ignored with the removal of the Victorian-era houses.

Despite numerous appeals from the community and White Avenue residents themselves to not destroy the houses, UT pushed forward anyway.

While the house at 1302 White Avenue – built in the 1890s for Cooper D. Schmitt, the first Dean of the College of Arts and Science, and his son, Bernadotte Schmitt, himself a Rhodes Scholar and a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian – was saved and moved a block north, the other two houses and the history they were apart of, were less fortunate.

The middle house at 1308 White Avenue was known as the “Judge’s House” after Judge Charles Hayes Brown, who served as chancellor of UT from

1920 to 1926.

The last house at 1312 White Avenue was home to Dr. Charles Edward Ferris (1864-1951), the first dean of the College of Engineering and arguably one of the most important men on the UT campus in the early 20th Century.

For 50 years, Ferris served our university, guiding it into a new era and adding many of the features that make our school what it is today.

At the request of his superiors, Ferris formed the first campus bookstore, created a special engineering reference book to raise money to build the road in front of Estabrook Hall and created the marble columns that still guard the entrance to the Hill (In an interview, Ferris said he added to a time capsule that is still underneath the west column).

The late Professor Nathan Dougherty once remarked that, “Dean Ferris was more than dean of engineering- he was the dean of almost anything.”

Ferris’ presence is still felt today. Aside from his namesake building on the Hill, Ferris created the real estate company that bought the land for what is now Neyland Stadium. Work was postponed due to the First World War, but in 1921, Shields-Watkins Field opened, thanks in large part to the student body, which was given a break from classes to build the field itself.

How ironic that Ferris was central in creating one of the most recognizable structures in our state, yet his own home was destroyed by the university he spent his life serving.

While the loss of the White Avenue houses was completely avoidable, there are other ways of remembering our history.

It’s natural to be saddened when we lose something special. But that doesn’t mean we should lose hope. I wish my state was not trying to privatize its support services, but I am still a Tennessean. I was disappointed in my university when we lost those houses, but I am still a Volunteer, and as such, it is still my duty to act like one and pay service to UT. Service doesn’t mean blindly accepting everything that we are told by the university. Service can be anything, like running student government, making a satirical newspaper or marching through campus to raise awareness about sexual assault. And no, we don’t have to create the next new stadium on campus to be a servant to UT. The simple act of working toward something greater than ourselves is service.

It was the idea of service that drove Ferris to give his life to UT, not money, fame or a building named after him.

Ferris’ home is gone. That cannot be undone, but he left behind more than a house. He showed what it meant to be a Volunteer, and how someone can actually give their all for Tennessee. And that’s much more important than a collection of wood and nails.

McCord Pagan is a fifth-year senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at mcccpaga@vols.utk.edu.

There’s more to reading fiction than meets the eye Sarah Hagaman Turn of Phrase

Pretend you’ve gotten enough sleep for the first time all semester.

Your eyes blink open and brighten as you stretch awake. You slip out of bed; morning sunlight spills into the room. Slow, steady energy pulses through your blood as you lumber into the kitchen to brew some coffee. Soft, spicy notes of java perfume the air.

Maybe you have time to fry a delicious omelet with bacon or make cinnamon rolls smeared with thick icing.

The rest of this imaginary day proves full of something extraordinarily rare: free time. And after you take a sip of medium-roast coffee, admire the pretty day and bite into the gooey cinnamon goodness, you decide to do something crazy.

You read. A real, fictional book.

Okay, here’s the deal: librarians have time to read.

English majors have time to read. But for the majority of college students and adults, the luxury of reading a book simply doesn’t exist in a busy day.

For many of us, the time allowed to open a novel, a quality fictional story, hasn’t come around since ... well. Elementary schools emphasize the importance of reading, but high school and college readings generally focus on textbook paragraphs, research studies and nonfiction accounts.

Yet new scientific data on the brain has shown that the time spent reading a fictional book may have a larger beneficial effect on one’s mental and social skills than previously imaginable. When reading a

book with memorable characters, powerful sensory details and an intriguing plot, the brain experiences the same processes that would occur if the event actually happened in real life. So reading a certain teenage romance with a vampire named Edward Cullen may convince your brain that the love saga in “Twilight” actually happened to you.

Cognitive psychologists like Keith Oatley of the University of Toronto propose that reading fiction “... produces a vivid simulation of reality, one that ‘runs on minds of readers just as computer simulations run on computers.’” Indeed, in one respect novels go beyond simulating reality to give readers an experience unavailable off the page: the opportunity to enter fully into other people’s thoughts and feelings.

Reading fiction is like hacking people’s thoughts and life experiences. You live, think and look into life through another speaker’s eyes. As a result, the act of reading increases one’s ability to emotionally and socially connect with others. Fiction reading “hones our real-life social skills,” and further research by Oatley reveals “individuals who frequently read fiction seem to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and see the world from their perspective. This relationship persisted even after the researchers accounted for the possibility that more empathetic individuals might prefer reading novels.”

The intricacies of the human mind, and the ability to understand what another person thinks or feels, may develop directly as a result of consistent reading of

fiction literature.

The mental exercise of reading quality fiction promotes two major benefits. Fiction allows your mind to simulate a limitless variety of experiences; your neurology reacts as though these situations have actually happened to you. Second, fiction allows the reader to peer into the life and story of another individual. The narrative forces the reader to listen, without interruption, and fosters empathy, sharpens social skills and promotes human connectivity.

So, to all the childhood readers out there, it’s never too late. Stories can be at your fingertips in a moment. Stretch your mind, and let books take you places you’ve never imagined. Pick up something that interests and speaks to you—or something that challenges your ideas. Here are some recommendations: Want to fall in love? “Gone with the Wind” by Margaret Mitchell Dealing with teen angst? “The Catcher in the Rye”

by J.D. Salinger Looking for heartbreak? “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini Feeling a trip to the future? “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card Ok—we have a free morning, a cup of coffee, cinnamon rolls and morning sunshine. Insert a book and it’s the perfect start.

Sarah Hagaman is a senior in English. She can be reached at shagama1@vols.utk.edu.

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Former boxing champion turned musician finds his voice Sam Kennedy Contributor

The path to becoming a singer and songwriter was not always so clear for Paul Thorn. Prior to his career in the music industry, he was first a professional boxer and then a skydiver.

Thorn is an American singer-songwriter whose style, Roots rock, is a mix of blues and rock music. Raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, Thorn’s distinct southern personality helped him charm audiences right from the start. However, it took time for Thorn to find his true calling.

As a boxer, he fought in a nationally televised fight against world champion, Roberto DurĂĄn, and also won the Mid-Southern Middleweight Championship in Memphis, Tennessee.

After retiring from boxing, Thorn started to embrace music as a profession. He continued to pay rent with a day job until he was discovered by music entrepreneur and manager Miles Copeland during a show. Copeland signed him to A&M Records soon after.

Most of Thorn’s music is based on love, heartache, memories and his religious beliefs, delivered through narrative storytelling. Thorn is the son of a preacher, so he has been listening to and singing gospel music his whole life. “I find that, throughout the course of my day, I sing gospel songs when I am walking down the street just minding my own business,� Thorn said. “I really love gospel music. It makes me feel good when I sing it.�

Thorn currently has released seven albums, starting in 1997 with his debut album, Hammer and Nail.

“I like listening to Paul Thorn’s music whenever I have a lot going on in my life because his music always puts me in a good mood and it clears my head and helps me focus,� said Bobby Mcdonough, freshman in mechanical engineering.

Thorn’s most recent album, “Too Blessed to Be Stressed,� was released in 2014. It instantly became a hit because of Thorn’s unique way of performing, adding in small inspiration and insights. The goal of his last album was to put people in a positive mindset and encourage them to count their own blessings. Thorn believes his next album will be released sometime in 2016. “Just like a squirrel gathering nuts, I am busy with lots of projects and I want to gather my options and then sit back and enjoy the recording process,� Thorn said.

Thorn’s plans for the future include continuing to make music while also making time to spend with his family. “I want to be a wise man and focus on the growing up. I’ve got to do both spiritually and mentally. I am always trying to do better for my family, just like everybody else,� Thorn said.

This will not be Thorn’s first time coming to the Scruffy City. In 2010, Thorn visited and performed in Knoxville. “I remember that when I walked out on stage I was pleasantly surprised that a bunch of people showed up. We had a good crowd last time and I am really looking forward to the show at The Bijou Theatre this Friday,� Thorn said.

Thorn will be performing at the Bijou Theatre in Knoxville on Friday, Nov. 6 at 8pm. Tickets are available now at the Bijou Theatre website, or at the box office.

Mobile Secret Show finale to be a triple threat Hanna Roznowski Contributor

In one week, a bus will be cruising around Knoxville, stopping at mystery locations and listening to some groovy bands.

I know what you’re thinking — no, there’s no Great Dane on board. For their final secret show this fall, Knoxville Music Warehouse will offer a chance to hear three different bands, to be toted around in a tour bus to three unique locations and to be encompassed by the mystery of their wildly successful “Secret Show� program.

The Warehouse recently created a series of secret shows in which ticket holders are not told of the location until the day before each show.

These shows provide a one-of-a-kind music experience in different locales, including unique spaces like rooftop gardens, trendy storefronts

and even a physical warehouse or two. Their upcoming final show in the series will take place on Nov. 13.

Kent Oglesby, creator of Knoxville Music Warehouse, says the secret shows are a chance to find great music in Knoxville, meet people, make deeper connections and keep things fresh with an element of surprise.

Garrett Thomson, Oglesby’s partner at the Warehouse and project manager for Rhythm N’ Blooms, recalled the secret shows beginning as a fun experiment. Thomson and Oglesby saw a hole in the Knoxville music scene and sought to fill it in the most interesting way possible. “Knoxville is in need of a way to experience music in an intimate and involved manner.

There is nothing wrong with noisy, busy bars or large elaborate theaters, but something is lost in both of those scenarios,� Thompson said. “And we wanted to offer fans and artists in Knoxville

an opportunity to find those magical moments that intimate spaces provide.�

The secret show locations provide a chance to decorate for each artist in a different way. For this final show, the Knoxville Music Warehouse is attempting an exciting feat: a traveling show. “We’re going to have three completely different, unique stages set for three completely different bands, who by the way are awesome.

I don’t want how great the three acts are to get lost in the concept of what we’re doing,� Oglesby said. “We could have just told everyone we’re going to set up shop in a Kroger parking lot, and the talent alone would make this a great show.�

The location of the shows may be unknown, but Oglesby is confident that the three acts seem set up to be a knockout. Firekid, Elenowen, and Humming House will bring a variety of sounds and styles. “Firekid is going to be huge in the not-so-

distant future. He signed to Atlantic Records, and he’s been featured on Sirius XM, Paste Magazine and USA Today just to name a few,�

Oglesby said. “Elenowen is a husband/wife folk-duo who have had their music featured on Rolling Stone, ABC’s Nashville and a handful of other TV shows. Humming House was a Rhythm N’ Blooms festival favorite, and they’ve built a strong following here because they put on one hell of a show.�

The future looks bright for this series, and the entertainment website hopes to host another series of secret shows down the road. The shows, and the Warehouse itself, have become a resource for music exploration among UT students and Knoxvillians alike.

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Open Chord’s Battle of the Band series worth a listen Bryanne Brewer Contributor Monday, Nov. 9 marks the beginning of the second round of the Open Chord Battle of the Bands series. This week’s ensuing battle is to be waged between local “punk but not punk” band The Automatic-Stops, the funky blues band Mojo: Flow and the country Matthew Hickey Band.

Every Monday from Nov. 9-30, three new bands will be selected to play a full 40 minutes of original sets, and each band will cover a song of their choosing by a designated artist.

This week’s artist will be the American folk rock duo, Simon & Garfunkel. The winner of each week’s preliminary battle will move on to the final battle on Dec. 14.

The Open Chord will supply each band with limited instruments and equipment during the preliminary battles. During the final battle, however, each band is allowed to use their own complete backline. The winner of the finale will receive a cash prize.

Local bassist Ben Davis, guitarist and singer Alex Hensley, and drummer Zack Garner make up the youngest band in this week’s lineup, the Automatic-Stops. They are excited for the battle, not because they hope to win, but because they are just looking for a fun time. Although the youths are both inexperienced and a punk band in the midst of two country bands, they come to the competition in good spirits.

“It’s always nice to play with people who are better and have more experience than us,” the Automatic-Stops said. “When we lose maybe we can gain fans, but it’s mostly about getting our music out there.”

Ultimately, this energetic young group wants the audience to “be prepared to hear loud music and have a good time.”

Knoxville-based country band, the Matthew Hickey Band, alternatively brings a competitive edge to the competition. With lead guitarist Matthew Kear, bassist Chad Silence and drummer Matt Tyler, vocalist Matthew Hickey believes he has formed the best band possible.

“We expect to win. Regardless we’ll be putting everything we have into [the competition],” Hickey said. “We spent a long time perfecting our music and timing in rehearsal.

I feel like we have great original material and that we are equally rehearsed, if not more, than any band in this competition.”

Hickey hopes this competition spurs his band to book a larger variety of venues in the future.

Vocalist Jenna McClelland, guitarist Michael McClelland, drummer Andy Beckman and

bassist Andrew Brown of Mojo: Flow hail from Maryville, Tennessee and have one main goal: to succeed in the music industry with nothing but hard work, honesty, patience and some sweat.

“For us, it’s more about the opportunity to share our music with new ears,” McClelland said. “We are very passionate about what we do, and every chance to share it is a blessing.”

The friendly group view the upcoming battle as more than just a competition, instead seeing it as “an awesome opportunity to network with other local artists.”

“Those relationships are extremely important for all of us,” McClelland said. “Also, it gives us the chance to perform, which is an opportunity that we never take for granted.”

These three bands will be judged by categories of songwriting, performance, originality, and entertainment value. There will be four judges in addition to an audience vote. The four judges will also give each band a personalized critique to further help each group grow as a band.

“I’m just looking forward to just seeing a unique variety of music each night,” Chris Cook, Open Chord General Manager, said.

“It’s really cool to see a lot of these up and coming bands come in and have this great opportunity to play on an awesome stage with a great sound system and just see what they can do.”

Cook shared his excitement for the event, urging people to come and get the whole sense of the place in the context of hearing new music.

“It sounds incredible; it feels incredible in here. We are getting ready to hear three bands pour their hearts out on stage,” Cook concluded. “It’s going to be a really, really, really cool show, no matter what style of music you like, no matter what style of music you hear that night, it’s going to be a cool mix.”

Doors open this Monday, November 9 at 8 p.m. The Open Chord is located at 8502 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919.

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Outside hitter Kanisha Jimenez #13 of the Tennessee Volunteers serves during the match between the Florida Gators and the Tennessee Volunteers at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon/ Tennessee Athletics

UT relies on freshman after injury David Bradford Staff Writer The last time the Tennessee Vols and the Alabama Crimson Tide played one another, they were sparring in an intense four-set match.

The Vols (20-7, 6-6 SEC) edged Alabama, winning a tight fourth set 28-26, giving them the 3-1 overall victory.

Despite the success against the Crimson Tide, Vols head coach Rob Patrick noticed a change in Alabama’s line-up that he believes will make the Crimson Tide an even tougher challenge.

“They changed their line-up from the last time we played them,” Patrick said. “So they’re gonna be a little different than the first time we played them … I think this line-up change is a better line-up for them.”

Aside from their line-up change, Patrick also recognized Alabama’s experienced and athletic pin hitters.

“They have one of the best right hitters in our conference in Krystal Rivers,” Patrick said.

“She’s such an athlete that almost no one can match up with … Kat Hutson as well.”

Rivers and Hutson have formed a formidable duo. On the season, Rivers has 283 kills and a true hitting percentage of .270. Hutson is right behind her in kills with 276 and a true hitting percentage of .252. The Vols will also have to deal with Brittany Thomas, who is the third Alabama player with at least 200 kills and leads the team with 287 overall.

Against the Crimson Tide, Tennessee sophomore Kanisha Jimenez had one of her strongest performances. She posted a double-double, finishing with 18 kills and 14 digs.

Jimenez enters this match coming off of one of her worst statistical performance, however.

In a loss against Texas A&M this past Sunday,

Jimenez collected only two kills with a true hitting percentage of -.048.

Despite the poor performance, Patrick insisted that Jimenez understands her role and impact on the team’s performance, while also revealing he is confident that she will bounce back.

“One of the things I think she does well is if one of the parts of her game isn’t great, she normally doesn’t allow that to affect the other parts of her game,” Patrick said. “With Bridgette (Villano) being out on Sunday, she tried to do too much and her game suffered.”

While Alabama’s line-up changes are selfimposed, the Vols are heading into their second straight game without junior defensive specialist Villano. She is out for the remainder of the season with a knee injury, forcing Patrick to rely on younger players to fill the void.

“Bridgette has been a big part of the successes we’ve had,” Patrick said. “But we have some very young, talented ladies who have been working really hard.”

Patrick has called for leadership to step up in Villano’s absence, while also specifically mentioning freshmen Brooke Schumacher’s ability to play beyond her youth.

“One of the things I told her is you can’t be a freshman anymore,” Patrick said. “You’re really gonna have to step up in terms of using your voice and being a leader defensively.”

With youth filling the void at a key defensive position, Patrick knows that Alabama’s offensive talent will challenge the Vols defense.

“Their athleticism at the net in terms of how big their block is and how high and hard they hit the ball, that’s the challenge for us,” Patrick said.

The Crimson Tide (11-13, 5-5) enter the contest fresh off of a five-set rally against Arkansas and are 7-5 at home on the season, while the Vols are 4-5 on the road. The match takes place Friday at 8 p.m. in Tuscaloosa.

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VOLS continued from Page 1 Perry Orth and Lorenzo Nunez have split time at the position since the injury, with neither quarterback putting up impressive numbers. Orth got the start against Texas A&M, with Nunez being used in a wildcat role thanks to his athletic ability.

“We know they’re going to bring it,” senior safety Brian Randolph said. “They are a talented team. They have a lot of good players. They’ve been playing with a lot of energy. We’re expecting to get the best of them.”

Pharoh Cooper is a name Tennessee fans remember well as the Gamecock receiver accounted for 286 total yards and four total touchdowns (one passing, one rushing and two receiving).

The junior has been South Carolina’s most productive

player this season, totaling 713 yards and five touchdowns this season.

“Oh yeah, we talked about it,” defensive coordinator John Jancek said of Cooper’s performance last year. “The thing that is really good about him is he has great quickness. He’s just a competitive football player.

“He’s a good football player. That’s really just the best way to describe it.”

Many players and coaches pointed to the newfound energy that Elliott has brought to the team in his short time as interim coach, making the Vols wary of a Gamecock team that may not be impressive on paper.

“South Carolina comes in here a very, very hungry football team,” Jones said. “Coach Elliott has done a great job of really infusing energy and excitement. They’re playing loose and you can see it. They’re a hungry football team.”

Tennessee will host South Carolina at 4 p.m. on Saturday and the game can be seen on the SEC Network.

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Vols ready for first exhibition game Troy Provost-Heron Training Editor

Tennessee’s scrimmage against Davidson on Sunday, which replaced a second exhibition game the Vols had scheduled against Slippery Rock, seemed like a normal return to game action.

But Derek Reese was constantly aware of the noticeable difference between a closed-door scrimmage and an exhibition contest.

“During our timeouts I was thinking about how we usually have the band playing and we have music during the timeouts,” the senior forward said Wednesday. “In my mind, I was listening and there was nothing going on, so it was kind weird with there being no fans or nothing.”

The band and the fans will be present, though, when the Vols host Division II Alabama-Huntsville on Friday at 7 p.m. in an exhibition game that will be UT’s final tune-up before the open the regular season against UNC Asheville on Nov. 13.

“This time of year you want to play,” first-year Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said. “I think I’m at a point of time in my life where I’d rather play games. I’d like to play two, three games a week. But we’ve been going at it for a long time so I think we’re all excited about getting started.”

And when the Vols take to the new court inside ThompsonBoling Arena, Reese will be battling for the opening tip as the team’s starting center.

Throughout his three-year career, Reese, who averaged 6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game last season, has primarily played as a stretch forward, forcing the 6-foot-7, 230-pound Orlando, Florida, native to change his mindset.

“Coach told me, `You know if you want to play you have to focus on (defense and rebounding),’ Reese said. “Obviously, I want to play, I want to help the team win. I had to really think about what’s better for the team and what’s better for myself.”

Guards Kevin Punter Jr., Detrick Mostella and Devon Baulkman, along with forward Armani Moore round out the list of probable starters for the Vols versus the Chargers, who were picked by the Gulf South Conference coaches to repeat as league champions.

With the Vols scoring 90 points against Davidson on Sunday, Barnes was happy with the team’s offensive performance, but still wants to see more improvement on the defensive end of the floor.

“We’ll be challenged this Friday,” Barnes said. “Earlier in the year, you are playing teams that have eight, nine guys back, and that’s always a challenge because they are more familiar with what they want to do as opposed to where we’re still trying o get familiar with ourselves in a lot of different areas.”

Senior forward Derek Reese looks to pass the ball during the game against the South Carolina Gamecocks last Spring.

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