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Apathy or impact: How much power does SGA really have?

McCord Pagan Copy Editor With great power comes great responsibility. But does the Student Government Association have great power?

Maybe not. For some, SGA represents an irrelevant organization with ambitious goals and few visible results. Requiring approval on all passed bills, SGA is, admittedly, reliant on the support of administrators.

Yet, all but two of the 46 bills passed by the student senate last year were

addressed. Charged with representing the student body and their interests, administrators frequently visit SGA to field student opinion on upcoming policies (most recently, the possibility of mandatory dining dollars).

Jacob Clark, senior in College Scholars and a senator for the past two years, believes SGA meets a crucial need for an institution as large as UT. Even so, student apathy undermines SGA’s work. Last year, 75 percent of students failed to vote in the SGA election.

“The relevancy of SGA, the power of SGA, is vested in how many people

vote,” Clark said. “This is a very lofty goal, but if 80 percent of students voted in the next election, then the administration would have to take SGA very, very seriously. “‘SGA is not relevant so I’m not going to vote,’ is a bad idea. What you should be saying is, ‘Do I want SGA to be relevant, yes or no.’ And if you want it to be relevant, you need to vote.”

When a bill passes through Senate and is confirmed by the SGA executives, Dean of Students Maxine Davis then takes over, either sending an email to the appropriate office, handling the item personally, or directing attention

to Associate Deans Jeff Cathey and Ken Gassiot.

As an advisor for SGA, Davis, alongside Cathey and Gassiot ensure that student’s desires are communicated. Although no administrator is obligated to meet with SGA, Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and others choose to play an integral role.

In essence, the body submits recommendations to administrators.

“I know for a fact the chancellor values SGA. Every semester the chancellor has a series of luncheons with SGA leadership,” Dean of Students Maxine Davis said. “[The luncheons] gives

them an opportunity to ask questions and to voice their concerns. And I can say, sometimes when issues are brought up in those lunch meetings and heard again, they are addressed.”

Davis acknowledges that in a university this size, it can be easy for issues to be forgotten about, and sees SGA as the means for change to happen.

“Most of the things they see and the bills they are passing, the university is aware of, and they’re generally being discussed in some way,” Davis said.

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Renowned comedic opera hits Bijou Theatre Andelyn Barclay Contributor Figaro, Figaro, Figaro!

What do Bugs Bunny, an Italian aria and a TV commercial have in common? They all contain music from Gioachino Rossini’s Italian opera, “The Barber of Seville.”

This opera is considered one of the greatest comedic operas of all time, and this weekend the UT Opera Theatre is bringing it to the Bijou Theatre.

“This one is sort of a classic,” Marshall Rollings, a second year graduate student in the master’s vocal performance program, said. “It’s just an outrageous, hysterical, over the top sort of comedy. It’s not like it’s just funny, it’s hysterical and it’s a lot of slapstick stuff going on. It’s just a fun, enjoyable show to not only watch but to be a part of.”

Rollings will be playing the part of Count Almaviva in the production.

The performances of “The Barber of Seville” will be made up of two separate casts, with each cast taking two of the four performances.

“Four performances for one person would be really vocally very straining, because in opera we don’t use microphones or anything like that, it is the pure voice and the space,” James Marvel, director of the UT Opera Theatre, said. “No professional opera singer could do four shows back to back like that. It just couldn’t happen.”

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Tennessee junior guard Ariel Massengale drives past UT-Chattanooga defenders during a game against the Lady Mocs at ThompsonBoling Arena on Thursday. The Lady Vols overcame a 32-all tie at halftime to breeze past the Lady Mocs, 80-56.

Massengale leads Lady Vols over UTC, 80-56 Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer For the second time this season the No. 4 Lady Vols overcame a rocky start in the first half against an in-state opponent as they defeated Chattanooga 80-56 in their home opener.

After falling on the road to the Lady Mocs last season, Tennessee was determined to avoid any sort of similar let down.

Junior point guard Ariel Massengale made sure of that.

For the second game in a row, the floor general led all game scorers with 16 points – while also dropping in four 3-pointers – and contributed five assists as well.

In her past two games she has now scored 36 points, knocked down nine 3-pointers and has answered her coach’s call to become the leader of the team.

“I worked into my confidence

on the offensive end this summer,” Massengale said. “The coaches have always been talking to me about being an offensive threat and just having that confidence will take you a long way.”

The first half of action between the two in-state teams, which are separated by 114 miles, played out very close.

To begin the game the Lady Mocs (1-1) came out firing from deep early and often and found success in doing so.

UTC redshirt senior Faith Dupree, a

former Tennessee Vol, put Chattanooga up 16-9 by hitting her open-look from 3-point land for her team’s fourth in the first 10 minutes of action.

The Lady Vols (3-0) answered right back as sophomore guard Andraya Carter accounted for five points in a 13-2 run.

Both teams would exchange baskets the rest of the half and went into the break with the game tied at 32 apiece.

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Quidditch flys onto scene at UT, broomstick included Big Orange Give Manuela Haddad Staff Writer The magic of Hogwarts has come to UT. Quidditch, the sport derived from J. K. Rowling’s popular Harry Potter novels, made the leap from fantasy to reality in 2005 when a group of students at Middlebury College in Vermont decided to modify the magical game so that it could be played by “muggles” (non-magic people).

Since then, hundreds of schools and communities around the world have adopted the sport, and now a group of students has brought the game to UT.

Karissa Kirsch, a junior in English and co-captain of the quidditch team, said the idea for the team developed from a course in children’s literature after discussing Harry Potter and watching a trailer for a documentary that covered the International Quidditch Association’s fourth World Cup. “So, I went to lunch after that lecture and we were just sitting and talking about it,” Kirsch said. “I was like, ‘What if we actually did this?’ and my friends that I was at lunch with were like, ‘Let’s try it and see if it works,’ and so we started it and got a ton of interest right away.”

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Students practice quidditch in the HSS Amphitheater on Wednesday. The game, inspired by the “Harry Potter” series, requires participants to carry a broom at all times.

Giving is a fundamental part of success on campus.

The floodgates for UT’s Big Orange Give opened Nov. 4 at 4 p.m. In 125 hours, the online donation campaign doubled its goal of $125,000. Within 48 hours, participants had given $175,000. The campaign closed with $250,105 and more than 1,640 donors.

The fundraiser, a first for UT, used social media to target

potential donors and broaden the campaign’s reach. Many of the event’s contributors were university alumni.

“I feel as alumni, that the experience we had as a student of the University of Tennessee should be passed on to future generations,” said Sarah Arms, head coach of the Lady Vols Rowing team. “So the only way that is able to happen is by having the support of alumni that really enjoy their experience at UT.” See BIG ORANGE GIVE on Page 2

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November 9, 2013 2:30 a.m.: Officer responded to Neyland Stadium in reference to a disturbance. Four intoxicated subjects were taken into custody and transported to Knox County Intake Facility.

November 9, 2013 9:44 p.m.: Officer responded to Apartment Residence Hall in reference to the odor of marijuana in the building. Subject was issued citations for simple possession of narcotics and possession of drug paraphernalia.

November 9, 2013 5:31 p.m.: Units responded to a fire alarm incident at the Humanities and Social Sciences Building. There was no suspect information or damages to report.

November 9, 2013 8:10 p.m.: Officer initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle for inability to maintain its lane of traffic.

Upon making contact with the driver, officer suspected him to be intoxicated. Driver did not complete a field sobriety test satisfactorily and was arrested for driving under the influence and violation of implied consent.

BIG ORANGE GIVE continued from Page 1 Emily Costanzo, vice president of membership for Student Alumni Associates and a senior interdisciplinary major, helped to implement and execute the project.

“I hope that this has opened the eyes and ears of students and alumni for future give campaigns so we can continue hosting such successful events,” Costanzo said.

Notable donors to the campaign personal include Dave Ramsey and Chancellor Jimmy Cheek.

“We had high profile university leaders and alumni pledge gifts if our alumni and friends were able to raise a certain dollar amount,” said Taylor Lance, director of Annual Giving and Student Philanthropy.

“For example, Dave Ramsey pledged that if we could raise $25,000 on his day he would give $25,000 to an area at UT he is passionate about. The challenge gifts were a huge driver for getting alumni and friends to buy in and make their own personal gift.”

Costanzo said she believes the value of the Big Orange Give lies beyond financial success.

“I think students were able to see how important it is to give to the university once you graduate,” Costanzo said. “So many students don’t realize that the tuition we pay only covers a fraction of our education each semester and without alumni support, that tuition would cost even more each year. We hope that we can start a culture of giving that will continue in the future.”

Through activities like SGA President Jake Baker’s bi-monthly address to the student body and growing social media presence, Kelsey Keny, a junior in journalism and electronic media and current SGA press secretary, maintains that SGA’s efforts do affect positive change on campus.

“People are really working hard this year to make every effort to reach out to the different students here and to communicate those interests and those wants and needs to administratore, Keny said.

In the past, the student government associations of Knoxville and other UT system schools have met in Nashville to advocate on behalf of higher education and freedom in the budget. In addition, SGA has worked to provide greater freedom in housing choices and immediate parking ticket notifications.

However, as with any organization, internal discord can arise.

“There are going to be people … who are in it to make themselves look better,” Clark said. “But dismissing the value of it or excusing

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yourself from the process because certain individuals aren’t taking it as seriously as you would like, or have poor motivations, the whole world is like that.”

Despite these criticisms, Keny feels that this year SGA is “going to make an impact.”

Though Keny believes it is the job of senators to introduce themselves to constituents, Vice President Paige Atchely emphasized the necessity of mutual effort, on the part of the senator, SGA as a unit, and the student.

“I think the student govern-

ment is in charge of letting all the students know we are a voice and they actually do have a senator, and I think the senators are personally responsible for making sure their constituents know who they are,” Atchley said. “And I do think a part of it does fall on the student, because if they do have a problem or an issue they do need to actively seek who can help them, but then the circle goes back to SGA has to make sure they are doing their part to make sure they are an available resource.”

The list of representatives for Graduate Student Senate, Freshman Council, Faculty Senate and Student Senate can be found online at http://sga.utk.edu.

Both the President and Vice President have office hours in Room 315 of the University Center. Baker has office hours by appointment and can be reached at sga1@utk.edu. Atchley has office hours Tuesday and Thursday from 9:40 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. and can be reached at sga2@ utk.edu.

Religion panel preaches idea of acceptance among faiths Hannah Davis Contributor We have our differences. But we have our similarities, too.

This is the message delivered

by Imam Suhaib Webb during his Wednesday night lecture titled “Why Religion Matters.”

Hosted by the Muslim Student Association, the event brought approximately 50 attendees to hear Webb discuss issues regarding religion in society today.

Webb, an American convert to Islam, explored social issues, particularly homosexuality and the Islamic stance.

“I had a student of mine … tell me he’s gay,” Webb said. “Do I kick him out of the community?

Do I refuse to read with him?

This community believes that everyone has a right to ministry … can we think of one time where someone came to the Prophet (Muhammad) and because of something they did the Prophet said they couldn’t be part of the community?”

Spurring questions from the audience, Webb clarified that he had no desire to change traditional Islamic beliefs, but that communities should not cast out any member due to their sexual orientation.

“We have a principle that says we do not throw people out of the faith if they com-

mit major sins,” Webb said. “The point I’m saying is that in this situation now in this country, if someone is gay he’s still a Muslim, she’s still a Muslim, we don’t say they’re not Muslim.”

Webb explained that other behaviors, like drinking alcohol, using drugs or engaging in premarital sex, are just as sinful by Islam’s standards, but considered “normal” in our society.

“Why don’t we have the same stigma?” Webb said. “Because you know what? Because homosexuality in America is still seen as a ‘strange sin.’ It’s changing.”

Sara Hussein, a senior majoring in political science, said she agreed with Webb.

“I definitely think the gay topic was super interesting because it doesn’t just apply to homosexuality; it applies to everything,” Hussein said. “We have to minister to everyone. We have to open our doors to everyone and be

QUIDDITCH continued from Page 1 In J. K. Rowling’s novels, quidditch involves flying broomsticks and balls that zoom of their own volition. Players score points by throwing or hitting these balls, known as the quaffle and the bludgers, through three hoops at either end of the field. The game ends when the snitch, a small, fast ball that evades all players, is caught by a team member known as the seeker.

“The dodge balls are the … bludgers and the … volleyball is the quaffle,” said Christian Bowman, a member of UT’s quidditch team.

“We had to let some air out of (the balls) so (they) wouldn’t be too hard to grasp because you have to hold them with one hand. And the snitch is a person with a tennis ball who runs around ... basically

entertains the crowd, and the seeker has to go and find (the snitch) and take the little tennis ball from them.”

Neighboring university Tennessee Tech is also home to a quidditch club. The TTU team has grown from a small group of six in 2012 to a team of 50 students.

“When we started the team, auidditch was something new, fun and exciting,” said Kellie Davis, co-captain of the TTU quidditch team.

“Now, it has become so much more than a pastime. We are a legitimate team with legitimate athletes who are committed to this sport.”

The IQA hosts several events for registered teams around the world including the Quidditch World Cup. The sixth World Cup was held in Kissimmee, Fla., in April. TTU’s team participated in the sixth World Cup placing 32 out of 80 teams.

Davis contacted the UT quidditch team after seeing

like the Prophet.”

Other topics included: Islamophobia, the Boston bombing and religion as a man-made form of control.

Webb argued for the necessity of more modern, relatable ways to convey Islam to non-Muslims.

“What we need to be able to do is utilize the image of religion and re-craft how our theology is going to play out and also rewrite books and clips and whatever, for us,” Webb said.

“I’m not talking about changing the fundamentals here, I’m talking about those things that we can change and negotiate.”

Olivia Jones, a senior in College Scholars raised in the Episcopalian Church, converted to Islam two years ago.

“If you practice and you’re good to people, that’s the best way to teach people,” Jones said.

“We’re so similar.”

Kirsch mention the endeavor on her blog. She expressed excitement towards the idea of being able to play against UT in a game.

“It would be fantastic to play the UT quidditch team,” Davis said. “We can’t wait until they’re ready for some scrimmages. With few teams in our area, having a team at UT could not be better. We’re willing to help them out with anything they may need. The quidditch community is the best.”

The UT quidditch team has 33 people officially registered and many more following it on Facebook.

Kirsch said her greatest hope is that this team will leave an impact on the student body.

“Mostly, I just want it to be lasting because it’s already so important to me that if I can just make one person’s college experience better by having done this I’ll be satisfied,” she said.

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BARBER OF SEVILLE continued from Page 1 Marvel, who is also the stage director for “The Barber of Seville,” said having two separate casts gives as many students a chance to perform as possible.

Lauren Lyles, first year graduate student in the master’s program, said UT is unique in that regard, because other universities do no give all of their students a chance to get onstage.

“I feel like … UT does a really good job of being a very inclusive program,” said Lyles, who will be playing the part of Rosina. “I feel like a lot of people get the chance to go onstage and a lot of people get the chance to perform a role, which is really crucial for these years as a master’s degree student.”

Kevin Class, director of collaborative piano and musical director and conductor for the production, said preparation for the show is intense because of a time factor.

“The hours are very long, very intense,” Class said. “Professionals would probably take maybe a year to prepare a role like this before they would ever walk into the first rehearsal at a professional opera company, and we really compact that very intensely into a few months.”

Class also said UT has an advantage

over other theatres who have to be focused on ticket sales. Because the UT Opera Theatre is focused primarily on education, they have the ability to try new things.

“It is to branch out and go a little experimental, push the edges a little bit in terms of staging or the style of music or things like that and really challenge the students, challenge the orchestra,” Class said. “Maybe we will even challenge the audience a little bit, too, to broaden their horizons.”

As part of that goal, UT picks shows that may be relatable to people today.

“It is a comedy, but ultimately, it is things that I think as young people, we do deal with,” Lyles said. “We deal with relationships not working out, we deal with the thrill of falling in love. These are very real things to us today.”

According to Marvel, “The Barber of Seville” is great for opera lovers and firsttime opera goers.

“If you have never been to an opera before, I think this is a great show to make your first opera,” Marvel said. “The music is very accessible. It is very enjoyable. You will be singing the tunes when you leave the theatre.”

Performances are Nov. 15-17 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 17 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students with ID, and subtitles will be available.

When the Vols opened their season against Austin Peay, the atmosphere was ripe with hope and new beginnings. And while the Vols were bringing a morale-boosting win to UT, a Nashville band was uniting fans with their homegrown single “Sweet Tennessee.”

The title track of Americana-folk band Judah & the Lion’s recently released EP was played for the 97,169-strong Neyland Stadium crowd over a video honoring Johnny Majors.

Tonight, Judah & the Lion will return to Knoxville in person with a show at Remedy Coffee in the Old City at 7 p.m.

The band, led by lead singer Judah Akers, mandolinist Brian Macdonald and banjo player Nate Zuercher, met through a mutual friend while the three were students at Belmont University in 2011.

“I’d written some songs that I had never recorded and really wanted to. I didn’t even really want to start a band necessarily; I just wanted to hear these songs with a banjo and a mandolin,” Akers, a May 2013 Belmont graduate, said.

“We met up for lunch and really connected on a relational level. We went and played through some songs in the bell tower at Belmont, and I still remember playing the first song with them.

“It was a chemistry that we couldn’t deny, and we ended up making a band.”

Both Zuercher and Macdonald come from a highly musical upbringing – Zuercher’s parents play in the symphony in his hometown of Colorado Springs, and Macdonald’s older siblings took piano and drum lessons that led him to learn piano and guitar at an early age.

Akers, however, was not inter-

ested in playing music until a baseball injury during his freshman year gave him the time to learn the guitar.

“I kinda grew up as a jock; I played sports and that’s kind of all I did,” Akers said. “(My injury) ended up being one of the best things that’s ever happened to me.

My uncle taught me to play guitar, and I started writing songs.

I started a youth worship band at my church, and I wanted to pursue worship music and leading worship.”

Macdonald and Zuercher also have roots playing in youth worship bands, an experience Macdonald is grateful for.

“When I started in church and eventually led worship in church, the encouragement I got from that community even when I thought I sounded really bad, that really is what pushed me to keep going,” Macdonald said. “That’s kind of how I started, and it just quickly became a passion of mine.”

The group’s first EP, “First Fruits,” was released in 2012 and its overt Christian references are evidence of the members’ church upbringing. Now, more than a year later, Judah & the Lion have evolved into the more lyrically subtle and folk-sounding “Sweet Tennessee,” which was released in May of this year.

“We’re so happy with how the first EP turned out,” Macdonald, “but as we’ve been kind of playing together and making our vision and how we want people to view us, we kind of came to the conclusion that we will reach more people that we would not if we called ourselves a Christian band.

“From our hearts, the goal is just to write music that we want to write about, whether it’s about God or if it’s about life or love or struggles and really be honest with that.”

The “Sweet Tennessee” EP brought Judah & The Lion noto-

riety and success the band hadn’t previously experienced. Peaking at No. 25 on the iTunes album charts and knocking Ed Sheeran briefly out of the No. 1 spot on the singer-songwriter iTunes charts, the album’s blend of Southern folk and genuine lyricism proved popular.

Recently, Judah & the Lion opened for Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors at the band’s Nashville show at the Cannery Ballroom.

For Zuercher, the show was “a dream come true.”

“For one, that was cool to have so many people you love singing with you because it’s your hometown,” Zuercher said. “And the honor of getting asked to play a show like that by an artist that we all love and had seen before. Then they invited us up on stage for an acoustic unplugged thing for their last song. They were so kind to us, and they just really took care of us.”

The band is now in the preproduction stage of recording their new album and hopes to release their first full-length record in 2014.

“We’re ecstatic about getting new music out there and it couldn’t come soon enough,” Macdonald said. “We have a lot of fans that can’t wait to hear it, and we can’t wait to just share with whoever wants to listen.

“This full-length is going to be our really big coming out and a big way we want to represent ourselves so that we have hopefully a lot of new fans.”

Judah & the Lion will be playing several new songs at their Remedy show tonight, and Akers, Macdonald and Zuercher are looking forward to interacting with the Knoxville community.

“We haven’t played Knoxville since January,” Zuercher said.

“Nashville definitely is our home, but when I think of ‘Sweet Tennessee,’ I think of Knoxville.”

The show starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are $5 at the door.

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Using statistics to choose the lesser of two evils To be Prosise by

Adam Prosise I’m the black sheep in my family.

Since my grandfather, every male in my immediate family has chosen to become an engineer. Uncles, cousins and even my father at least started their careers as engineers. Good for them. And I won’t even mention what the conversation is like around the dinner table at Thanksgiving. Personally, however, I shudder at the thought of toiling away solving complex thermodynamic equations.

As fate would have it, I chose a similar quantitatively based field of study: economics. Engineering is nothing more than applied physics, and in the same sense, economics is mostly applied statistics.

One thing every student learns in an introductory statistics courses is the difference between Type I and Type II errors. I remember being bored to tears when we studied this topic, and it wasn’t until much later that I realized that these errors have vital applications to politics and economics. In particular, Type I and Type II errors can help voters evaluate and weigh different options in an effort to make better and more informed decisions.

Humans are less than perfect, and we frequently make decisions in light of incomplete information. This means when we make decisions, there is a chance we could make an error given any course of action. A Type I error exists when you reject a true hypothesis. A Type II error occurs when you accept a false hypothesis.

By classifying these errors, we can evaluate which error would inflict the lesser damage, giving us a valuable tool in making decisions.

A great example can be found in Bob Woodward’s inside look into President Bush’s war cabinet: “Bush at War.” Whether or not you agree the U.S. should have engaged in military operations in Iraq, error analysis can you help better understand the decisions policy makers make.

Every major intelligence agency in the world believed the Saddam Hussein had, or was dangerously close to having, nuclear, biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction. The errors the administration could have made, on deciding whether or not to invade, in this instance were: Type I – assume Hussein had these nefarious weapons when he actually did not. Type II – believe the regime did not have nuclear weapons when they really did.

We can look to history as evidence that in this case, the administration believed the cost of making a Type I error was significantly less than that of a Type II error.

And the administration was probably right.

An eerily similar situation can be found today with Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. Turn on any news network to see how Iran is enriching Uranium U-235 and claiming it’s for nuclear power. Israel worries that Iran will use the Uranium to create nuclear weapons to rain fire and death on the Jewish state.

Obviously this is a tough decision. Making a Type I error and assuming the government of Iran does plan on using the Uranium to attack Israel when it actually does not could have fatal consequences. But making a Type II error by assuming that Iran doesn’t intend to create nuclear weapons when it actually does could be more fatal still.

No one likes errors, but not evaluating the consequences of one’s actions is irresponsible and a sign of failed leadership.

While simplified, understanding Type I and Type II errors give one a better appreciation for the decisions our leaders face. This tool can be applied to other public policy decisions that affect everyone. The decision to raise tax rates in hopes of increasing tax revenue, or to legalize narcotics are both examples of difficult decisions that need to be scrutinized analytically rather than argued emotionally.

This is one of the reasons I became so passionate about economics – the applications to the real world.

Understanding economic principles is like understanding the physical laws of the universe. It enriches your life, and enables you to make better and more informed decisions.

The laws of economics are like the laws of physics: try as we might, we cannot break them. It’s no less plausible to defy gravity here on earth as it is to defy the laws of supply and demand. This is a good thing, because it means there are some laws that even politicians can’t break.

Adam Prosise is a senior in economics. He can be reached at aprosise@utk.edu.

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Rising: Lives saved by YouTube A car mechanic from Argentina named Jorge Odon watched a YouTube video on how to remove a cork from the inside of a wine bottle. The New York Times reported Odon then thought of applying the same method to babies stuck in their birthing canals. This is how the Odon Device was created. The prototype for the device was initially a doll inside a glass jar, the doll courtesy of Odon’s daughter, but evolved into a plastic sleeve which would grip a baby’s head, allowing a doctor to pull the fetus from it’s cramped place.

Doctors report the device has the potential to save babies in poor countries and reduce the amount of cesarean sections in affluent countries.

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Rising: The cost of fancy bras Each year, Victoria’s Secret hosts a televised lingerie fashion show that features musical artists and A-list celebrities sitting on the front row. This year, country belle Taylor Swift and boy band Fall Out Boy performed on stage as supermodels walked down the runway in underpants and not much else. Additionally, South African born Angel Candice Swanepoel wore a $10 million bra and belt made up of thousands rubies, sapphires and diamonds. It took more than 500 hours to make. The show was taped in New York City on Nov. 13 and will air on CBS on Dec. 10.

Falling: Facebook’s appeal Snapchat, a photo- and video-sharing app that deletes files after a 10-second limit, rejected a $3 billion offer from Facebook. Created by Stanford undergraduates, Snapchat came to fruition only two years ago and has quickly emerged as a favorite among young adults and college students alike. Facebook, now owning photo/video app Instagram, attempted to create a similar app called Poke, but it

Falling: Obama’s popularity As Obamacare continues to struggle with internet problems, the Obama administration announced Thursday that their plans can be more expensive than the market. When campaigning in 2008, Obama promised the plans would not be more expensive. He also repeated many times that citizens could keep their current plans, another promise that is falling

apart. CBS News reported the president’s approval ratings are at an all-time low; Congress’s approval rating has also plummeted to 9 percent.

Rising: Russell Crowe’s ship The New Zealand-born actor has played a Roman gladiator, Alaskan hockey player, genius, boxer and singing evil Frenchman, but Entertainment Weekly reported Thursday that Crowe has taken his craft to new heights – trailers for “Noah” depict Crowe saving the world with his ark. The natural disaster epic, slated to hit theaters in March 2014, gives Crowe ample opportunity to scowl, stomp and sport a sturdy beard.

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The U.S. Military Academy at West Point held its first gay wedding, and across the pond the European Court of Justice mandated that persecution for homosexuality is grounds for asylum. Knoxville is also joining in the fight against discrimination – Mayor Madeline Rogero amended the city’s employee benefits to encompass all domestic relationships, not specifically heterosexual ones.

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Annie Blackwood We live for the atmosphere: the smell of fresh cut grass on the field, the symphony of the band, the sea of orange, and, most of all, the tailgates that accompany every game day at the University of Tennessee.

What would a UT game day be without fraternity house parties, Fiji Island and Circle Park, all in line to create one of the most exciting tailgating experiences in the South?

The evidence is underfoot; walking through Circle Park’s carpet of solo cups and beer cans after a day of hefty tailgating gives testament to the VolNation’s sheer size and fanaticism.

Although I cannot complain about the rowdy ambiance that accompanies the Volunteers, I must ask the question: What about the other six days of the week?

On Saturday afternoons, a mass of people walks from Fraternity Park to Neyland Stadium with cups in hand. I see them pass cop after cop, and not a single police officer seems to blink an eye. Circle Park alumni tailgates have bottles of liquor in plain view; even on the carefullywatched Row, alumni and students alike

tend to get away with drinking.

Honestly, I love it, the tradition of sharing a drink with friends over a nice plate of barbeque, preparing for the Vols to dominate in Neyland (or so we hope).

The issue I have lies not in Saturday tailgates – although those have dwindled since the massacre of Fraternity Row – but with the other six days, when cops refuse to overlook the solo cups scattered around Rocky Top. Instead, they write citations and arrest more students for something an alumnus may simply receive a slap on the wrist for, i.e. public intoxication.

What a double standard UT upholds.

The administration claims this is a dry campus, but when alumni who are funneling money into the university want to return and tailgate as they did in their prime, nobody seems to mind the alcohol on their breath and in their hands. But on any other given day, UTPD scolds individuals and bans chapters from campus for participating in the same actions they implicitly condone each Saturday.

No wonder students act confused as to what is and isn’t allowed.

To those not in Greek life, it may not seem like there is a problem. But I cannot count the number of times fraternities on our campus have allowed non-members into their house on game day just so that everyone can have a good time in honor

of the tradition that has been longstanding at our university.

As much as I want to think differently, and I often contemplate the reasoning behind letting the drinking slide, I cannot rationalize the concept any other way, aside from the potential donors the university would loose who are conveniently less liable than students if intoxicated on campus.

I think we should consider being a wet campus, or stop UT’s tailgating, look-the-other-way tradition and then see how many people come back for games.

A wet campus would increase safety by stopping 21-year-old students from trying to sneakily drink a lot of alcohol quickly (read: pregaming). Remember, it’s not all underage drinking. Half of UT’s student body – juniors and seniors – could be expected to be of legal drinking age during football season. And that is just the undergraduates.

I may be wrong, or the motives may be different, but the double standard held by UT and the bias shown by administration and law enforcement is a discouraging example to students. Some consistency would be nice.

Make UT wet more than once a week.

Annie Blackwood is a junior in communications. She can be reached at ablackwo@utk.edu.

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UT student uses humble beginnings to create business Liv Mcconnell Staff Writer

From adverse origins to founding two companies and gaining the attention of business tycoons the likes of Richard Branson by age 18, UT freshman Matt Madlock’s story is testimony to the power of spirit, stamina and business savvy.

Madlock, who is the owner of Unshatter Me, a company fixing smartphones on college campuses, began life seemingly without fortune on his side. “I was born on the sidewalk in San Diego, California,� said Madlock. “I was given up at birth because I was born to a drug-induced mother who reportedly didn’t even know she was having me.�

After spending two years in the foster care system, he was adopted by a California couple who were to remain his adoptive family for the next 13 years. “I still consider that to be my family,� Madlock said. “I learned so much from them and they saved my life; I had a lot of health issues and my mother nursed me back to health. But after a while, things just escalated. I had a lot of behavioral issues due to some of my early developmental issues and then there were other problems going on in the house, as well. It took its toll on us all to the point where we couldn’t stay together anymore.�

After much contemplation, Madlock made “definitely one of the hardest� decisions of his life to reach out to the Department of Children’s Services. However, life within the confines of DCS did not turn out as redemptive as Madlock had hoped. “I was put in a foster home for a while, and then I just moved around to different placements, group homes and other foster homes,� he said. “I was essentially lost in the system.

They still had ‘return to parent’ on my permanency plan, which I told them from the start wasn’t going to happen.

Yet for two and a half years, I was stuck waiting. “I was very angry about that, but I always struggle to find the light at the end of the tunnel. That’s when I really

first started the business thing.�

During his sophomore year of high school, Madlock discovered his talent for technical repair that would eventually evolve into Unshatter Me. “I first got into it because my sister snapped her Razor in half,� he said. “I had just gotten my first phone and this really messed me up because my mom was like, ‘You have to give her your phone since we had no insurance.’ But I wasn’t about to do that.�

Instead, Madlock took his sister’s broken cell phone and an identical run-over Razor he had found on the street outside of his school. Without any guidance or instruction, Madlock disassembled the two phones and reconfigured his sister’s phone with the salvaged parts. “I didn’t use YouTube or anything, just took it apart and figured out where the different parts went,�

Madlock said. “We didn’t have internet at the house at the time and I had no electronics besides the phone; we didn’t have much money. Since that moment, I knew I was skilled with small electronics.�

Around this time, Madlock got involved with Nashville’s National Entrepreneur Center, where he met 2010 Nashvillian of the Year, Hal Cato.

Cato instantly recognized something exceptional in Madlock. “Matt showed up for our first meeting and knew everything about me, my background and even what my goals were,� Cato said. “I’ve worked with thousands of high school students over the years and never had that happen. “I realized right then and there that this was someone special.�

Through Cato’s mentorship and the instruction of the Entrepreneur’s Center, Madlock learned valuable business skills that he applied to the cultivation of Unshatter Me. As his business grew, so did his ambition.

Madlock applied for and won the prestigious Horatio Alger scholarship that not only granted him $20,000 toward his college education, but also provided Madlock with what was to be a life-changing summer of 2013. “I was one of 107 nationally selected students from my year of 2013 who got to go to this really awesome con-

ference in Washington, D.C., where we met the individuals who created the scholarships,� Madlock said.

Among these noteworthy individuals were U.S. Justice Clarence Thomas, Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey and Glenn Stearns, founder of Stearn’s Lending Inc. “He is good friends with Richard Branson and connected me with him,� Madlock said. “He funded my opportunity to go to Richard’s island for a ‘Survive and Thrive’ leadership conference.�

There, Madlock was given the opportunity to connect with several other young entrepreneurs who had earned success in the face of adversity, as well as getting to interact with billionaire Branson himself. “I pitched both of my businesses I’m working on to Richard and the co-founder of Ebay while racing on a catamaran from one of his private islands to the next,� Madlock said. “Talk about pressure pitching. I tell that to people and I’m still like, ‘Did that really happen?’�

After returning to Tennessee, Madlock enrolled at UT on a fullride scholarship. Beyond cultivating Unshatter Me through targeting his smartphone repair at a college demographic, Madlock has spent his first semester fostering his next altruistic venture: In Link.

With partner Cato, Madlock aims to provide cellphones to young people in foster care and group homes who are otherwise deprived of technology. “Having been a foster kid myself, I know first hand the dehumanizing feeling that is brought with being a ward of the state,� Madlock said. “Most kids have access to at least Google to find things out, but these kids don’t get to have that.

Cato, who believes that “knowledge is power� to these wards of the state, praises Madlock for striving to provide others with the tools for success he himself grew up lacking. “Adolescence is hard enough, but Matt’s was about as challenging as it gets,� Cato said. “But he hung in there and will do whatever it takes to overcome adversity and succeed. He believes in himself and knows that he is here to make an impact.

that she first heard The Weeks. “I heard ‘Buttons’ play on the station and was immediMallory Lobb ately hooked,� Whitlow said.

Contributor The band originally wrote “Buttons� at age 15 and had Let Sol Cat groove you just started out. With only to the end of the week with one recorded version of the The Weeks. song, it is their favorite to The Weeks, an indie perform. rock band composed of “The way the crowd five Mississippi boys, will reacts to ‘Buttons’ is very perform Saturday at The hard to top,� Williams said.

Bowery. Funky Nashville “It’s almost like a zombie band Sol Cat will open the apocalypse when it’s played.� show at 8 p.m.

Sol Cat said they feel This will be The Weeks’ they provide the first time at The same kind of energy Bowery but not in their shows and their first time in t’s almost like a hopes Knoxville will Knoxville, while be no different.

Sol Cat has never zombie apocalypse “It’s more imporventured this far tant to leave and feel when (Buttons is) east in the state. like we kind of got “We’ve never played.� -Samuel Williams to know the folks, been to Knoxville,� so we’ll see them Brett Hammann, Sol the next time we roll Cat’s vocalist, said. “We “They are our boys,� through,� Hammann said. were booked there one time, but it fell through. I don’t Williams said. “Every time “We always have a good know why we haven’t been we see them they just keep time, so if we can get everyone else on our level of fungetting better and better.� there yet.�

Touring for most of having, then we know it was The Weeks moved to Nashville three years ago this year, Sol Cat hopes to a good show.�

Jackson Bogach, a freshand have played a multitude put out a new full length of shows in Tennessee. The album as a follow up to man in geology, saw Sol Cat group originally moved “Dirty Glasses,� which they in Nashville at The High because they wanted to get released in February this Watt in May and felt the vibe the band tries to give off. away from the distractions year. “They just seemed to be “I guess we need to start of a hometown. “We narrowed it down to thinking of titles,� joked a group of cool dudes having a blast, rocking out together three choices,� said Samuel Hammann.

The Weeks finished a with some funky sounds,�

Williams, The Weeks’ guitarist. “Chicago was too cold. tour in early August with Bogach said. “When that’s Atlanta was too hot. So, Tennessee rockers, Kings of the vibe in the show, it makes it so much better.�

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Returning to Knoxville, “It was great being with The Bowery looks for a particular sound when book- them because both of our The Weeks will introduce ing artists, and The Weeks Southern roots came out Sol Cat to Rocky Top to more than usual, especially spread some neighborly love and Sol Cat fit just right. “We like jam bands, indie being in the UK,� Williams from Music City. “We’re happy to spread and alternative genres,� said said.

It was actually when some love over the Andrea Kerns, The Bowery’s Logan Whitlow, junior in Knoxvillians,� Hammann marketing specialist.

Sol Cat describes them- advertising, was listening to said. “And hopefully gain selves as visually oriented Kings of Leon on Pandora some Knoxvillian light.� and uses their funky sound as a way to translate this into their music. “We try to pick a place that we’d like to be then we try to make that into a song,� Hammann said. “It’s kind of been somewhat tropical inspired, but now it’s kind of darker and a little spacier.�

This is not the first time The Weeks are playing with Sol Cat; they have played nearly 10 shows together over the past year and a half from Tennessee to Texas.

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Russell has ‘little bit of Candace Parker to her’ for Lady Vols Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer Over the course of the past five seasons the Lady Vols have failed to appear in the Final Four.

A big reason why? They have been unable to knock off teams with star players like former Baylor center Brittney Griner and her team that ousted the Lady Vols from the NCAA Tournament twice in that five-year span.

Skylar Diggins of Notre Dame – though not a skyscraper like Griner, who stands 6-foot-8 – knocked UT out in the 2011 Elite Eight.

However, with those superstars now departed, the No. 4 Lady Vols believe they might have just the piece to get their team over the hump this season.

With Mercedes Russell only three games into her Tennessee career, the 6-foot-6-freshman center has logged big minutes off the bench and played a factor in the Lady Vols first two road wins against strong competition.

“The size we have down low this year, especially with Mercedes, is going to be big for us,” junior forward Cierra Burdick said. “We’ve seen in the past years what size advantages can create and we don’t think any team will be able to outmatch us down low.”

In her debut against MTSU, the former Gatorade National Player of the Year showcased her size and length.

Not only did she nearly post her first double-double of her career with 11 points and seven rebounds, but she rejected three shots and altered many others as well.

What has impressed many teammates of the highest ranked player to sign with Tennessee since 2004 is the way she has gelled so quickly on the court with the other bigs down low.

“We have a tough inside game,” sophomore forward Bashaara Graves said. “Coming in, Mercedes has done really well with us. Our chemistry down low has come really quickly. It gives us and advantage because some teams don’t get that until later on in the season.”

While Russell is not an overpowering post player, she is versatile and is much more than a one-dimensional player.

“Her passing abilities have impressed me a lot,” said Graves of her freshman teammate who only turned the ball over three times in UT’s first two games.

“She also has the ability to score big points in the paint for us. We really need her height this season. She is a great rebounder and keeps the ball high.”

The Springfield, Ore., native has led the Lady Vols this season in blocks while averaging two a game, and helped her team out-rebound their first two opponents 95-88.

“Given our depth, strength and height, we expect to dominate other teams in the paint,” Russell said. “Our goal is to crash the boards and give our team second and third chance points.”

Given that she is still early into her college career, her second-year head coach Holly Warlick believes there is much more room for improvement.

“We have to remember that she is a freshman,” Warlick said. “Everyone looks at her height and thinks her game is where it needs to be, but there is room for improvement. She works on her game everyday and was coached very well in high school.”

All in all, great things are expected of Russell in her career playing for a storied program that is in search of its ninth championship this season.

In fact, she even shows a resemblance on the court similar to a Lady Vol great.

“She has a little bit of Candace Parker to her because she can handle the ball away from the basket really well,” Warlick said. “We haven’t had someone around the paint as big as her in a long time.”

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Tennessee freshman center Mercedes Russell guards a player for North Carolina during a game against the Tar Heels at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Monday.

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Men’s Prediction: Third in SEC, Round of 32 Cuonzo Martin has shown he can produce monumental victories, but with two straight years marred by early season struggles and dismal NIT performances, Volunteer fans have demanded an NCAA Tournament appearance at minimum. An explosive start is imperative in 2013 as the Vols face a multitude of tough non-conference opponents in the season’s early months. SEC play should go relatively smoothly for UT, but Martin’s squad will have to play better away from Thompson-Boling Arena as the Vols are just 7-10 in SEC road games the last two years. The talent is there to do some major damage in college basketball, but UT has played too inconsistently in recent seasons to say they’re lock for anything.

Women’s Prediction: First SEC, Final Four As the Lady Volunteers begin their second season in the postPat Summitt era, the national title aspirations are higher than ever. It’s been six years since UT has reached the Final Four, and with a bevy of talented players, headlined by first team All-SEC selection Meighan Simmons, Holly Warlick’s squad should run through the SEC and return to the National Semifinals.

Men’s Prediction: Fourth in the SEC, Round of 32 This team is simply filled with too much talent and experience to miss the tournament for a third straight season. Does that mean they’ll make a Final Four push?

No. The Vols will land somewhere between a 6-9 seed and win their first game in the Big Dance before losing to a higher seeded team in the round of 32. That will be enough for Cuonzo Martin to keep his job for another year, but not enough to satisfy some fans who will think otherwise and yearn for the Pearl-tinted past.

Women’s Prediction: First in SEC, Final Four The Lady Vols passed a pair of early tests in road games at Middle Tennessee and North Carolina. With a bolstered backcourt and a frontcourt featuring perhaps the best freshman in the nation, Mercedes Russell, this team will snap its Final Four drought. Tennessee fully expects to be there; after all it’s in Nashville and with a roster this stacked, it’s tough to think they won’t make it. Though this team may not be national championship caliber, it is solid and will prove that in 201314.

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Men’s Prediction: Third in SEC, Sweet Sixteen The season opener indicated the Vols may have to take their time getting accustomed to both a new lineup and rule changes. By the time the SEC slate begins, Antonio Barton should be fully acclimated and Jarnell Stokes will have a better grasp on how to stay out of foul trouble.

Both Florida and Kentucky should cruise through the SEC, but the Vols’ deep roster will go a long way when the season wears on. With star-power at the guard position in Jordan McRae and developing freshman Robert Hubbs III, UT will make the most of its first NCAA Tourney appearance in the Cuonzo Martin era by making it to the second weekend.

Women’s Prediction: First in SEC, Final Four The prospect of playing in the Final Four in Nashville has motivated the nation’s fourth-ranked team all throughout the preseason. Not only do the Lady Vols possess the best player in the SEC in Meighan Simmons – who scored 20 or more points 11 times last season – but they also feature arguably the best young frontcourt in the nation. Sophomore Bashaara Graves and ESPN’s No. 1 recruit, freshman Mercedes Russell, will force mismatches all over the place as UT, per usual, easily stays atop the conference. This isn’t a national championship team, but it will certainly compete for one. Nothing other than the unbelievable dominance of Connecticut and Stanford will keep them from that elusive ninth title.

Men’s Prediction: Second in SEC; Sweet Sixteen The Vols have finished second in the SEC two consecutive years with far less talent than they have this season. With a scorer like Jordan McRae (#BelieveInTheSleeve), the post presence of Jarnell Stokes and Jeronne Maymon and the overall defensive tenacity of this team, head coach Cuonzo Martin has his best squad yet. The potential of this team may be far greater than their success – again – but there is no reason to believe that this Vols team can’t make a deep run in the NCAA tournament.

Women’s Prediction: First in SEC; National Champions This Lady Vols squad is scary good. The two top candidates for this year’s SEC Player of the Year – last year’s Co-SEC Player of the Year Meighan Simmons and Bashaara Graves – both don the orange and white, and Mercedes Russell, who was the No. 1 prospect in the nation, is also the favorite to win the Lady Vols second consecutive SEC Freshman of the Year award.

And that is just the beginning of it. From top to bottom, this team is loaded with talent, which bodes well as the they “grind” for their ninth national championship.

Men’s Prediction: Third in SEC, Sweet Sixteen Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin has something he has long-coveted in his basketball program: toughness and depth.

After convincing senior SEC Player of the Year runner-up Jordan McRae and all-conference big man Jarnell Stokes to forego NBA aspirations, Martin brings his most talented team into 2013-14. UT will be tested with matchups against Wichita State, Virginia, NC State and a a few tough conference matchups, but the addition of Memphis transfer Antonio Barton at the point guard spot should finally get the squad over the hump and into the NCAA Tournament. If the Vols’ frontcourt stars – Stokes and returning senior Jeronne Maymon – can avoid injuries and foul trouble, a deep tournament run should ensue for UT. Women’s Prediction: First in SEC, NCAA Tournament Runner-up For Tennessee, the stars have seemed to have aligned in 2013-14. A team of savvy upperclassmen with experience and hunger to capture their first NCAA title combine with a full cabinet of talented newcomers to form what’s commonly reffered to as a recipe for success. Oh, and lets not forget the final four is hosted in Nasvhille, a short two hour trip down the road from Knoxville. All five starters return, headlined by senior guard Meighan Simmons, returning SEC Freshman of the Year Bashaara Graves and incoming 6-foot6 freshman center Mercedes Russell. Lady Vol head coach Holly Warlick can step out of Summitt’s shadow, so long as point guard Ariel Massengale confidently runs the offense and the Lady Vols’ frontcourt plays up to its talented potential down the stretch.

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THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Sports Editor David Cobb

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Cupboard full of frontcourt talent for both UT squads David Cobb Sports Editor For all the publicity they’ve received during their careers at UT, senior forward Jeronne Maymon and junior forward Jarnell Stokes have each only played through an entire season once for the Vols.

And they have actually only been on the court together for half of a season.

In the 14 regular season games they played alongside each other during the 2011-12 campaign, Stokes and Maymon combined to average 22.8 points and 15.4 rebounds as they led a late UT charge that faltered on the doorsteps of the NCAA Tournament.

With Maymon nursing a bum knee last year, Stokes averaged 12.4 points and 9.6 rebounds a game while partnering on the inside with Kenny Hall and Yemi Makanjuola, who are both departed now.

Though the Vols occasionally played four guards, the combined efforts of Makanjuola and Hall failed to rival Maymon’s level of production in 2011-12.

Thus his presence is a welcome re-addition for Stokes in 2013-14.

“I am just glad he is out there,” Stokes told reporters. “He is older and plays older. He understands the game. That is the biggest thing that was missing last year at that position.”

For Maymon, he is most excited to share the court with a player that he has seen grow so much since the last time they played together. “ Now, he’s

BASKETBALL continued from Page 1 “She told us if we don’t come out of this game with a win, our lives were not going to be pleasant over the next two days,” Massengale said of UT coach Holly Warlick’s message to the team at halftime.

“We didn’t want that to happen so we turned it on and played ball.”

UTC hit six of its 10 three pointers in the game during the first half of play.

Similar to their season opener at Middle Tennessee State, the Lady Vols lit a spark at halftime and came out with energy on both sides of the

more polished,” Maymon said. “He has a name behind himself in the SEC so me and him playing together again is going to be pretty good for VolNation.”

And Stokes and Maymon are not the only one’s relieved to see UT’s frontcourt bolstered.

“It’s good to have him back,” UT coach Cuonzo Martin said of his fifth-year senior, “just his feel for the game, his leadership on the floor, his ability to defend, work hard and make plays.

The guys love having him around.”

To say 2013-14 is the last go-around together for Maymon and Stokes is true. But in actuality, it’s the only full go-around the tandem will have together in their careers.

Though they’ve only had limited action with one another, they view their chemistry in the post as a positive.

“They know when a guy is down, how to read it,” Martin said. “That part is good. I think it helps both guys because it is hard to double team one guy when you have another guy that can rebound the ball.”

Stokes said he may have been too young to study and appreciate Maymon’s game during his freshman year. He’s aware now of the dynamics that his “bruise brother” will add to the paint this year. “ H e also takes up my slack,” Stokes said. “On defense, he helps with rebounding and getting to that ball. I have to get better at that. He gets the rebounds that I couldn’t get.”

With such a buzz surrounding the post presence of the Vo l u n t e e rs roster – ESPN’s college basketball analyst Dick Vitale ranked the UT frontcourt No. 11 in the country – the two are expected to dominate in the paint, something Maymon believes the “bruise brothers” will do.

“I don’t think so at all,” Maymon said when asked if anybody could stop the two down low. “But that has yet to be determined, so we will see.”

ball in the final period.

After a diving stop to come up with a steal, Simmons dished off an assist while down on the court to a driving Bashaara Graves who laid it in off the glass to ignite the 10,508 in attendance at Thompson-Boling Arena.

“That play was huge for us and really got us going,” Simmons said.

“I think that’s why the coaches are on us so much because that’s what we are capable of every possession.

We could be so good if we just do the little things right.”

Soon after, Massengale sunk her third long range shot, and Jasmine Jones added her first field goal of the night to cap UT’s 21-4 run to open the second half.

Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer When you take a look at the 2013-14 Lady Vols basketball roster, depth is not at a surplus.

In fact, the No. 4 ranked team in the country has five less roster spots than the UT men’s team with a total of 10 active student-athletes.

Despite not being strong in numbers, secondyear head coach Holly Warlick’s team believes her squad is a force to be reckoned with, especially down low.

With their sights set on the program’s ninth national championship, the team will rely heavily on its post game to shoulder much of the load and box out their opponents from getting in the way of their ultimate goal.

“I think we are extremely strong in the post area and it is our biggest strength,” Warlick said of her personnel down low that has failed to be outrebounded this season through its first two games. “I think we’ve got a great chance of being one of the best groups in the country in the paint.

It’s going to be fun experimenting with our lineups on the court.”

With the return of the team’s top three rebounders from last season in Bashaara Graves, Isabelle Harrison and Cierra Burdick, the Lady Vols also added another presence to their frontcourt in former No. 1 ESPNU recruit Mercedes Russell.

“Being at the post position for the past two seasons I can see a big difference when comparing our frontcourt to years past,” Harrison said. “Our game down low has really expanded and having Mercedes height and her athleticism on the court really adds to the package.”

What glares off paper this season on the Lady Vols roster is that six players are listed at 6-foot-2 or taller, which has led the player to believe they’ll be able to exploit the size mismatches on the court this season against opponents.

“We have so many great rebounders,” sophomore forward Bashaara Graves said. “Me, Izzy (Isabelle), C i e r r a , Mercedes, Nia (Moore), and Jasmine (Jones) all can crash the boards and give the team sec-

From that point on, Tennessee did not look back as they coasted to their third straight victory to open the season.

“This is a good win for our team,” Warlick said. “We looked like we got winded early, but we had a lot of girls step up. Massengale got the ball rolling for us in the second half. This game is a great teaching take for us.”

The Lady Vols shot 32-of-66 (7-of-13 on 3-pointers) from the field.

Tennessee will now prepare to take on Georgia Tech who travels to Knoxville this Sunday.

Tipoff against the Yellow Jackets is set for 7 p.m.

Notebook: Key turnovers lift Lady Vols in second-half surge Peter Murray Contributor The second half was a complete reversal from the first as the Lady Vols turned up the dial on defense.

The defense was switched to a fullcourt press, immediately accounting for several forced turnovers by the Mocs, eventually leading to a 80-56 Lady Vol win at Thompson-Boling Arena on Thursday.

UT-Chattanooga’s discomfort was immediately noticeable as its first half shooting percentage of 40.7 took a drastic hit in the second half, decreasing to a lowly 22.9 percent.

This was the third time this season the Lady Vols held an opponent to under 30 percent or less shooting. <Bz14>Free-fouling The Lady Vols struggled out of the gates after the early departures of Ariel Massengale and Bashaara Graves. Within the first five minutes, Massengale found herself in foul trouble, and Graves closely followed

her to the bench after picking up her tributing essential minutes for the Lady Vols with the other forwards second foul. exiting due to early fouls.

Freshmen step up Missing Meighan Fellow Oregonians and lone freshComing into the game only hitmen on the Lady Vols squad saw a dramatic increase in playing time, ting 5-of-20 for the season and 1-of-8 due in part to early foul trouble. from beyond the arc, senior guard With Massengale picking up two Meighan Simmons continued to early fouls, guard Jordan Reynolds struggle on the year. After another saw herself playing a larger role at slow start to the night, Simmons the point guard position, logging was only able to hit 4-of-13 shots on 22 minutes, while registering nine the evening, accumulating a meager points on 4-of-6 shooting. Similar to 10 points. On the season, Simmons Reynolds, center Mercedes Russell is now 9-of-33 (.273 percent) shootwas called on early in substitu- ing. She is fourth on the team in tion for Graves. Russell proceeded scoring and has now only hit 2-of-13 to dominate the paint, totaling 15 from three-point range. points.

Mighty Massengale Massengale, who returned from Moore playing time Nia Moore saw the court for the foul trouble in the second half, hit first time this season after not tally- three shots from beyond the arc ing a single minute in the first two to give her four on the night and a games of the season against Middle total of 16 points. This gave her nine Tennessee State and North Carolina. 3-pointers on the season, a change in She logged 12 minutes of play with fortune from last season where she four points and five rebounds, con- only accumulated 11 all season.

ond chance points. It’s going to be hard for others to box us out. We are very tough inside.”

While the conventional post player is expected to be somewhat less athletic than other players around them on the court, this group believes they can bring much more than just blocked shots and rebounds.

“We are all very athletic and can finish around the rim and we run the floor really well,” Harrison said. “We all have been very vocal with one another and we are all very confident in our roles right now.”

One coach that has worked especially hard with the girls down low in the paint is assistant coach Dean Lockwood.

“All of our girls in the paint have mobility,” he said. “We don’t have to worry about slowing the game up for any of them. There’s no one of the four pure post players we have that fits that description.

They can all get up and down the floor and they enjoy playing at that tempo.”

Burdick, who is not a post by nature but a mix between small forward and power forward, believes that the 10th year assistant is one of the best in the country.

“I think hands down we have the best frontcourt in the country and I have a lot of confidence in all of our post players,” Burdick said, who leads the team this season with 10 rebounds per game through its first two contests. “Dean is one of the best post coaches in the country.”

As the team is early into their “Grind For Nine,” they believe strongly in their post game and have complete confidence in what they can bring to the court.

Their confidence is so high one of the leaders down low even believes they could take on the men’s frontcourt.

“We definitely feel like we have a better post game than the boys,” Harrison said with a laugh at Lady Vols media day. “We would dominate t h e boys.”

Vols hope to bounce back in home opener Troy Provost-Heron Assistant Sports Editor

Before the 2013-14 season could even begin, the Tennessee Volunteer men’s basketball team knew what they had to do if they wanted to make the NCAA tournament after two years of missing out on the Big Dance.

Get off to a fast start.

One game in, the early-look Vols are more reminiscent of the orange and white-clad teams of the past that struggled out of the gates.

Following their 67-63 defeat to the Xavier Musketeers in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Tuesday, the Vols will look to get back on track as they face off against USC Upstate – a team who upset Virginia Tech on Nov. 9 – inside Thompson-Boling Arena on Saturday.

“We have a good team,” head coach Cuonzo Martin told reporters after the Xavier loss. “We will look at the film and make the adjustments.”

If the Vols want to right the ship, avoiding foul trouble will have to be a priority.

Junior forward Jarnell Stokes had difficulties adjusting to the new offensivefriendly rule changes in the Vols’ opener, as the preseason first-team All-SEC player played a total of five minutes in the first half due to foul trouble.

He proceeded to foul out with 2:40 remaining in the game.

“I mean, they’re going to call the game how they’re going to call the game, but, I mean, they can’t blow the whistle all night,” UT’s Jordan McRae said after an exhibition win over Southern Indiana on Nov. 7. “So we’re going to play how we’re going to play. We’re going to play how

we’re taught. I mean, we’re not out there trying to foul guys, but we’re still going to play like the physical team we are.”

While USC Upstate may not appear to be the most daunting opponent on the Vols schedule this season on paper, UT needs to improve from the free throw line to avoid adding unneeded drama.

Through one game, the Vols rank 346th out of 348 Division 1 basketball programs with an abysmal 37 percent clip from the charity stripe after a 7-for19 performance against the Musketeers.

“We need to think about making free throws. We have to spend more time shooting free throws,” Martin said. “We shot almost 60 percent (from the floor) in the second half. We have to work on little things. I would rather play games, get it out of the system and complete.”

The Vols will get the benefit of a few more days of rest for senior point guard Antonio Barton as he continues to recuperate from a left leg injury that limited him for the end of the preseason.

The former Memphis Tiger didn’t get the start at Xavier but played 30 minutes and scored 10 points off the bench to go along with 4 assists, good for second on the team.

“Antonio does a great job of pushing the ball,” McRae said. “He throws to the wings early to give us a chance to make moves and get to the basket. He is definitely going to help this team.”

The last time Tennessee lost a home opener was on Nov. 25, 1991, when it fell to East Tennessee State, 87-70.

The Vols will look to build on that streak when they tip-off against the Spartans at 7 p.m Saturday night in Thompson-Boling Arena.

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Friday, November 15, 2013 Sports Editor David Cobb

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How a vending machine altered Pick’Ems

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Troy Provost-Heron Asst. Sports Editor

Troy Provost-Heron Assistant Sports Editor

Two weeks ago, I found myself tied for first in this little shindig.

Since then, things have spiraled out of control and while I am still clinging to a three-way tie for second place, I also find myself in a rut I can’t escape.

This year: 39-16 Now you’re probably asking THIRD PLACE yourself “But Troy, you’re such a genius when it comes to sports, David Cobb Sports Editor what could possibly be putting Texas Tech - No. 5 Baylor you through such a loop?”

No. 25 Georgia - No. 7 Auburn Much to everyone’s surprise, No. 12 Oklahoma - No. 24 Texas it has nothing to deal with the Pick ‘Em itself. I feel no pressure Houston - No. 20 Louisville being this close to the top, and I Sam Houston - SE Louisiana certainly don’t fear these undeThis year: 39-16 serving kids lingering around my throne.

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No. The reason I’ve lost my touch is the loss of my one true love: the food and drink vending machines that used to reside down the hall from the Beacon newsroom.

The “official” reason we’ve received for the vending machines being removed is that the Fire Marshall deemed that they were in the way and restricted the flow of people in the building in the result of a fire.

Troy calls phooey.

I may not be the investigative reporter like my partner in crime David Cobb, but I think the case may be close to being cracked.

Suspect number one is obviously our Copy Chief Gage Arnold.

The Knoxville News Sentinel intern has been neck-and-neck with me throughout the course of the Pick ‘Em season and it makes perfect sense that after weeks of research, he found the kryptonite to my Superman that would allow him to win the title.

Then there’s my arch nemesis and our managing editor, Melodi Erdogan, and her deep-rooted

hatred of me. Ever since I have fallen into the lull of this darkness, there has been a slight twinkle in her eye to go along with that ever-so-present smirk of hers.

Our sports editor and Maryville Daily Times correspondent, Mr. Cobb, or should I say the devious Big D, has had a meteoric rise up the Pick ‘Em charts and while I would like to believe that my best friend would not betray me in such a way, it’s possible that he is feeding of the energy from all the deliciousness that was stored in those machines.

Suspiciously, our departed guest picker Associate Dean of Students Ken Gassiot seemed to flee our competition around the same time that the vending machines went missing.

While it doesn’t make much sense to deliver a crushing blow to the most feared member of Pick ‘Em and then scram, I haven’t ruled Ken out.

Maybe he just didn’t want me to win.

Cortney Roark, our assistant

arts and culture editor, is the only one who I’m going to let off the hook. She obviously has her own issues she’s sorting out over here as you can see to the left of us.

Then again, sometimes it’s always the person you least expect in these crime scene investigations.

I don’t know who did this dastardly deed, but I do know that if I have any chance of winning this thing, I have to get the bottom of this. Fast.

The Story of Sam Houston As you can see, every one of these people went with SE Louisiana over Sam Houston in a battle for the Southland Conference.

Obviously, they don’t remember the story of the namesake of that prestigious university, so Bearkats you go out there and remind them of that man that fought valiantly to make Texas a part of this great country.

Fight you Bearkats, fight on through, I’m here in back of you.

Melodi Erdogan Managing Editor

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Lady Vols ‘learning through mistakes’ amid rough season Jessica Koralewski Contributor

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Carry the fight to our opponent and keep it there for 60 minutes.

Patrick Lamb Media Specialist III Many Tennessee fans could quickly identify this as General Neyland’s seventh Texas Tech - No. 5 Baylor No. 25 Georgia - No. 7 Auburn maxim, one that is applicable not only to No. 12 Oklahoma - No. 24 Texas their beloved football team, but to all of Tennessee athletics. Having seen their Houston - No. 20 Louisville fair share of losses, the same fans can also Sam Houston - SE Louisiana testify to how difficult it is for a team to This year: 39-16 stay in the game for 60 minutes.

Imagine doubling that time.

STINKIN’ LAST That’s how long the Lady Vols volleyball Cortney Roark Asst. Arts & Culture Ed. team has to keep up the fight.

Texas Tech - No. 5 Baylor The Lady Vols (9-17, 1-11 SEC) are No. 25 Georgia - No. 7 Auburn a young team with little depth, so it is No. 12 Oklahoma - No. 24 Texas crucial they increase their stamina on the court to withstand the duration of an SEC Houston - No. 20 Louisville volleyball match, an event that often lasts Sam Houston - SE Louisiana close to two hours.

This year: 28-27

“The one thing that great teams do is compete at a high level for a long period of time, and that’s hard to do,” UT head coach Rob Patrick said. “It takes a lot of energy – it takes a lot of mental energy – so to be able to do that for two hours is really hard, especially for a young player.”

Patrick has faith in his young players, emphasizing that their biggest strengths lie in their athleticism and their ability to take direction.

“They’re very athletic and they’re very coachable,” Patrick said. “When you ask them to do something, they do it right away, and they get better because of that.

Those are big reasons why next year they’re going to be more comfortable on the court, rather than thinking.

“They’re thinking a lot right now because we’ve got different defenses, different offenses. Next year it’s all going to be second-hand. Those are the things that are exciting for us.”

While Patrick and his team are excited about the future of the program, they are still invested in the current season.

Coming off consecutive 3-1 losses to Georgia and Ole Miss, the Lady Vols are hoping to find the win column for just the second time in SEC play this weekend when they take on Texas A&M and LSU. “We take each game one by one, and we’re really good at not looking back and building off of what we did well the last time,” sophomore Lexi Dempsey said, “So I think doing that, as well as maturing mentally, physically, and emotionally will really help us out in the end.”

Sophomore Ashlyn Sunseri is also focused on moving forward, and believes that the difficult season has brought the team closer.

“We’re no longer a group of individuals,” Sunseri said. “We came together as a team and we’re learning through our mistakes as we go on.”