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Wildfires bring code red air quality to Knoxville Shelby Whitehead Contributor
With air clouded by thick smoke, the University of Tennessee is suffering the effects of recent wildfire outbreaks plaguing East Tennessee. The lack of significant rain since August has created the perfect opportunity for these wildfire outbreaks. “It’s just super dry, almost unprecedented,” Wayne Clatterbuck, UT professor in forestry, wildlife and fisheries, said. Knoxville is roughly five inches behind its average yearly rainfall estimate. Chattanooga overshadows that count, being 16 inches behind its normal yearly rainfall. Despite these drought conditions, the spark
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that started the fires is not due to nature. “Majority of our fires are human-induced,” Clatterbuck said. “A lot of people seem to get a thrill out of setting things on fire.” It has been confirmed that the start to most recent wildfires have been arson and human carelessness. Simple actions, such as not properly extinguishing a campfire or burning a brush pile, can cause major damage in extremely dry conditions. “We haven’t had any lightning storms to ignite any of this stuff. It’s not like it’s spontaneous combustion,” Gary Dean, UT professor of geology, said. “It’s always a little bit of human help.” Tennessee Fire Code states protecting structures as a priority in cases of wildfires. After that, trees are targeted because the wildfires cause
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defective lumber quality. Clatterbuck said areas most susceptible to wildfires are the mountainous regions. Due to their seclusion, these remote areas often lack the water pressure needed to suppress wildfires or roads navigable to firetrucks. Rather than treating the wildfires with water, firefighters have initiated a process called “backfiring” in which they actually fight fire with fire. Once a wildfire is located, the firefighters start a second controlled fire, burning it toward the wildfire. This strategy is cheaper than using water, important due to the fact that budgets are not currently in place to handle the wildfires at their current capacity. See WILDFIRES on Page 6
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“The Rock” is 2016’s Sexiest Man Alive Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been named “Sexiest Man Alive” in 2016. People announced recently that they chose the star for their famed issue this November. From his HBO series, “Ballers,” to the “Fast & Furious” series and his upcoming film “Moana,” The Rock has been a busy man this year alone. The addition of “Sexiest Man Alive” only adds to hi impressive resume thus far, and based on his reaction, The Rock couldn’t be happier. ““I said, ‘That’s awesome,” Johnson told People Magazine, “And then what went through my mind was just how cool and exciting it is. And then I thought, ‘Wow, we’ve pretty much reached the pinnacle.’ I’m not quite too sure where we go from here. I’ve done it all, this is it.”
Hate crimes spike
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In the most recent FBI report, the bureau claims that recent hate crimes have spiked, especially those against muslim-americans. According to the FBI, a hate crime is “a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity.” The bureau reported a 6.8% increase in hate crimes from 2014 to 2015, and that number is only expected to grow.
The earliest known stone version of the Ten Commandments is up for auction. The Ten Commandments are written in an early Hebrew script called Samaritan and currently the tablet resides in Israel. The stone has been named the “Yavneh Stone” after the city in which it resides. The Yavneh Stone will be sold as part of the “Properties of the Living Torah Museum Auction” being held by Heritage Auctions on November 16, 2016, in Beverly Hills, California.
Baker Scholars Program inducts newest class, celebrates 12 years Andrew Capps Contributor
Not all UT students spend their day in a classroom. Some work hands-on in the Middle East and beyond. The Howard Baker Center for Public Policy announced the newest class of undergraduate students entering the 2018 Baker Scholars Program. It marks 12 years of the Baker Scholars Program, which operates under Bill Park, professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Participants in the Baker Scholars Program are enrolled in a one hour seminar class during each semester starting in the spring of their junior years. They are expected to work alongside their faculty advisors to produce either a research thesis or a creative initiative as part of the program’s requirements. “It’s a cream of the crop group. It’s been a highlight of my last four years here at UT to
WILDFIRES continued from Page 1 The controlled fire uses the resources that otherwise might have ignited the wildfire. Through this process, they stall the fire, preventing its spreading. One of the immediate consequences of the fires has been the depreciated air quality, sending Knoxville into a code red warning. Particulates from the fire debris have been trapped in the atmosphere and remain hovering
work with the Baker Scholars,” Park said. Baker Scholars Program applicants are usually juniors and are selected based on their academic success, motivation and interest in public policy. Baker Scholars work with a faculty advisor of their choice to research or advocate public policies. “From the very beginning I’ve been involved with the Baker Center through (the) Living Learning Community and then as a Baker Ambassador. The natural extension of that was the Baker Scholars Program, where I sort of merged my activities at the Baker Center with my studies,” Lucy Greer, a junior in political science and Middle Eastern studies, said. Greer wants to focus her research on the current crisis in Syria. After interning with the National Council on Arab Relations and the Middle East Policy Council, she interned at the State Department in the Bureau of Near East Affairs. Lauren Patterson is studying business anain the breathable air due to the warm weather. In response to the air quality and how it affects people within community, Clatterbuck admits there is “not a whole lot you can do about that.” “Just try to stay inside with no prolonged exposure if you can help it,” Clatterbuck said. Despite these precautions, those with especially sensitive allergies and respiratory problems are suffering. Alongside the air, the soil is being negatively transformed by the fires. As fires heat up, the soil’s organic matter is changed, microbiomes are killed and nutrient cycling is altered. These
lytics, but her interest in international policy inspired her to look into the Baker Scholars Program. “I interned last spring with a member of parliament, Cat Smith in London, and so I got really involved in her office and doing policy research,” Patterson said. “I would say that really pushed me in the public policy direction. That was kind of the first step of what got me so interested in that path.” Mckenzie Manning, junior political science and journalism, said that she relied on her interview skills and her experience interning with congressman Stephen Fincher of Tennessee’s 8th district to land a spot in the Baker Scholars Program. “I would love to work on campaigning with someone or possibly like go into politics on the lower level, but at the same time I really like journalism and writing about politicians. I’m not sure which angle I want to take,” Manning said. effects will remain even when the fires are gone. The environment is changing through a positive reinforcement; as the ground gets drier, the vegetation gets dehydrated and rainfall has less effect. “These drought conditions aren’t something that can just be remedied by a nice rain storm,” Dean said. “It’s going to take quite some time of steady, slow rains to actually infiltrate the ground and get it moist.” The wildfires will end when the rains begin, and there is not currently a prediction as to when that will occur.
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National STEM evaluation center opens at UT Andrew Capps Contributor
The National Institute for STEM Evaluation and Research (NISER) is aiding researchers from the university to the international level by providing evaluations for STEM project proposals. NISER is a new program housed within the preexisting National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), stationed at UT since its funding in 2008. NIMBioS provides synthesis services, meaning the center brings in outside information to answer questions concerning projects by integrating information across departments. Upon expansion, NIMBioS grew to encompass an external evaluation center, creating NISER. Program evaluation only recently become a requirement for obtaining research grants, but NISER provided this service to STEM researchers before it became mandatory. This foresight was credited to Louis Gross, distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UT and founding director of NIMBioS. NISER program evaluations are based on asking the right questions, ranging from what happens before the program, what processes happen during, what the results are after, to
what are the long term effects. NISER utilizes data collection and analysis processes as part of their assessments. This holistic approach works to answer questions along the way of program development to determine program strengths and weaknesses. Evaluations can be necessary in creating a framework from which a project can function successfully, and it is an ongoing and adaptive process with the goal of obtaining funding. “Evaluation is a marriage of creativity and science,” Pam Bishop, NISER director, said. Program evaluations and the project guidance supplied by NISER helps researchers in the competitive process of gaining grants. Since its beginning in August 2016, NISER has helped nine projects obtain funding, and the center has an average of 20 proposals under review at any given time. “Every funding agency is concerned with showing that what they support is effective and efficient. Having the expertise available here at UTK that can support evaluation of project effectiveness … can be a real benefit to faculty and staff competing for funding,” Gross said. “There is tremendous competition for funding support, so anything UTK can do to make its proposals stand out is beneficial.” The NISER staff has a STEM background,
National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis is located in the Claxton Building on 1122 Volunteer Blvd. Alex Phillips • The Daily Beacon which Bishop says is an advantage in understanding and addressing research. “There are a lot of program evaluators out there; but there are very, very few program evaluators who are specialist in STEM areas, and that’s our niche,” Bishop said. Although NISER focuses on projects with their roots in STEM, the projects branch off to a range of subjects from there. NISER operates mostly within the academic sector, but it has also contributed to project proposals in the private and nonprofit
realms. There is diversity within the scopes of STEM projects, including proposals concerning STEM academic curriculum development. Even in its short history, NISER has worked with over a dozen departments at UT, with universities across the nation and with proposals that have an international reach. NISER hopes to advance from the individual project evaluations to the agency program evaluations in the future. As the need for STEM evaluators continues to increase, NISER plans to expand alongside it.
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I have hope for the America that I believe in Don Black Margin of Error
I never cry. I didn’t cry when my aunt told me that the doctor found a growth. I didn’t cry when I got the phone call at PCB. I didn’t cry when my dog couldn’t make it up the stairs. I didn’t cry when I never got to say goodbye. But last week, I cried. I cried when I saw the results of the election and traveled back and forth between the five stages of grief, with the bonus of despair and existential dread. I cried when the cashier at Chipotle told me to “go take care of myself.” I cried when I heard of little kids grabbing their Hispanic classmates and saying “we won’t let them take you.” Last week, I cried. This week, I’m too tired to cry. Donald Trump is the President of the United States. I write that out, because it still doesn’t feel real. As much as I wish I could, I can’t pretend like everything is going to be okay. I can’t pretend like this isn’t horrifying and like I am not frightened. I’m frightened for my female, Muslim, hispanic, LGBTQ+ and minority siblings, but also for America; frightened for what this says about us.
The leader in a town full of men with beards is the man with the longest beard. Donald Trump is a representation of America. And that’s the scariest part. But despite my fear, I know that I still need to feel hope, even if I can’t believe in it right now. I need to pretend that someone, something, whether it’s Jesus, Allah, the Four Noble Truths, the resiliency of the American people, whatever, can hold us together. I need to pretend that the moral arc of the Universe is long, and maybe a little bit bent now, but that it goes towards justice. Maybe that makes me the greater fool. I have hope because of John Lewis and Susan B. Anthony, who were, in their time, ridiculed, beaten, mocked, but not defeated. The moral arc of the universe then, maybe seemed too long and practically straight. But the enormity of their strength and their conviction kept them going, and today, although we still have much work to do, we have made progress slowly, too slowly, towards what they were fighting for. I have hope because an America of fear and divisiveness is not the America that I believe in. When I see a local church ask how they can
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pray for me, when I see tens of students rush to the defense of another student in a dangerous situation, when events like this make us grab each other a little bit closer, hold each other a little bit tighter, that is the America that I believe in. Last week, I learned that even greater effort is required of us to fully realize that America. And I know that I, for one, am tired. I’m tired of waiting, I’m tired of fighting, I’m tired of asking people who I love if they made it home safely. And I can’t even imagine how it feels to be a women or latino or black or gay. This week, I plan to make myself an instrument of peace. And by peace, I don’t mean defeatism or acceptance, this idea that we have to just go along with everything. I mean something more substantial, more real. This week, I plan to rededicate myself to working on the issues that I care deeply about. This week, I plan to write someone whom I love a note about what they mean to me. This week, I plan to hug and to care. This week, I plan to fight on. Don Black is a junior in business analytics and can be reached at dblack17@vols.utk.edu.
We need to keep growing despite America’s drought
Elle Johnson I Learned Something Today
The past few days, I’ve been thinking a lot about droughts. Prior to coming to UT, I grew up on a small farm. As the days and years passed by, I had the pleasure of watching my father care to livestock and cultivate crops. Tending to the farm on his own was exhausting, but as my dad hung his hat up at the end of each day, he would relay that it was all very much worth it. I fondly remember a time in my elementaryaged youth when I asked my dad what his favorite color was as we were riding through the field in his pickup truck. Without any hesitation, he responded green and yellow. I nodded in reply, facing forward without much further thought. “Do you want to know why?” my father asked as he turned to glance in my direction. “Green and yellow are the colors of growth. When you see those colors, you know things are moving and changing in a good way. When I see those colors, I know I’m doing my job right.” Ever since that day, the colors green and yellow have served a much greater symbolic purpose in my life beyond simply being hues on the color wheel. They provide me comfort, strength and remind me that while things might be moving rapidly, they’re headed in a good direction. But sometimes, those colors don’t shine so vibrantly. I’ve experienced my fair share of droughts
on the farm, where the greens and yellows would turn to browns and greys and each step onto grass was followed by a slight crunch. I prominently recall one substantial drought that deprived our precious corn crop of its muchneeded hydration during the intense heat of that summer. “We’ll have to find another way,” my father responded as he checked the weather forecast. Later that weekend, we worked together to irrigate the corn patch with water from nearby river. The water was much more difficult to provide through irrigation than through a rain cloud, but regardless of the method of action taken, the crops soon returned to their positive state of growth in bright shades of green and yellow. When you encounter a drought, you can beg and plead to the clouds as much as you please, but sometimes, we have to provide the water ourselves. Currently, we are undergoing two droughts. One, specifically here in southeastern Tennessee, is physical, as we haven’t seen a solid rainfall in weeks. However, the other is political, threatening our nation and all the positive change we have made to be inclusive and supportive to all the people in our diverse nation, not just some. Throughout the Obama presidency, we have seen incredible steps of positive growth toward inclusiveness, including allowing the largest
percentage of Americans in history to have their health insured through the Affordable Care Act, granting the constitutional right to marriage to same-sex couples, championing an agenda to combat climate change and cultivating an incredible streak of job growth in America. However, based on our recent decisions as to who will be sitting in the House, the Senate and the Oval Office for the next few years, the reliable rain flow that we have experienced for the past eight years is likely to come to a tremendous halt. But that doesn’t mean that our growth has to stop. We have to find new ways to provide water and new ways to continue to nurture this growth that we may have taken for granted the past few years. Our crops don’t have to turn brown, and our hopes don’t have to, either. I believe in the strength of the people of this nation, but right now we deserve the time to grieve and mourn. Soon, we will regroup and respond and work to avoid this bump in the road taking our nation down a worse path than before. The best thing about droughts is that they eventually end, and soon, our nation and our hopes will resemble shades of green and yellow once more. Stay strong, friends. Elle Johnson is a junior in college scholars and can be reached at ejohn100@vols.utk.edu
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New Ewing Gallery exhibits showcase lure of ocean views McNeeley Moore Contributor
On Monday, Nov. 14, at 6:30 p.m., Ewing Gallery hosted a reception for its newest exhibits “The View Out His Window (And in His Mind’s Eye)” and “The Lure of Maine,” which have been in place since Nov. 7. The attendees had a chance to admire the art for a few moments before Jeffery Becton, the artist behind “The View Out His Window (And in His Mind’s Eye),” spoke to them. Becton lives on Deer Isle, Maine, and his images are a tribute to the everyday life that surrounds him while living so near the sea. “The View Out His Window (And in His Mind’s Eye)” is a collection of stark, profound images. The minimal landscapes and pastel colors add to a soft and quiet sense of life, while the sea contrasts this portrayal. The sea finds it’s way into most of the gallery, but not in the way one may expect from photographs. Becton is not
just a photographer, but also a master at digitally manipulating his photos, adding the sea in unique ways to all of his photos. In many of his pieces, the sea replaces the floor. In another, the sea covers a table. Instead of protesting the change the digital world brought to photography, Becton said he “fell right into it.” After gaining a masters in graphic design, designing photos was the perfect fix for Becton. For him, fixing photos into perfection in photoshop did not satisfy. Instead, he evolved his work into abstract. “I followed my heart,” Becton said. “I changed my photos, so they took me in. I wanted to create images that make you pay attention, make you feel good, make you feel threatened. It develops into what it wants to be. “Everywhere I look, there’s water and there’s nature. It’s in my head and in my dreams all the time,” Becton said of the theme of Marine life and sea in his photos. “Wharf House, Claudia,” one of Becton’s outstanding images, shows a woman looking straight into the camera (the only photo in the gallery to show a human). Her eyes are striking. She is
The Ewing Gallery hosted a reception for two new exhibits “The View Out His Window (And in His Mind’s Eye)” and “The Lure of Maine” on Nov. 14, 2016. Grace Eakin • The Daily Beacon sitting at a table, that instead of having a wood top, portrays the pattern of the sea. It brings everything that Becton strives for in his art together in one piece. Of all the galleries that Brittany Mason, a senior in 2D art with a concentration in photography, has seen in Ewing in her time at the university’s art school, this is “probably her favorite.” Her favorite of the images is “The Pilot House,” which shows a worn-down green mint wall with
two doors and the sea flowing out of the doorways. The adjoining gallery, “The Lure of Maine,” is an exhibit that shares paintings of the sea by traveling artists Holly Stevens and Carl Sublett, who met at UT. Their unique perspectives of the sea from a summer they spent at the shore in Maine is striking. Both galleries will be in place until Dec. 11.
‘Doctor Strange’: the love child of Harry Potter and Iron Man Hannah Overton Copy Editor
Ever since Disney bought the rights to Marvel and started cranking out films in the Avengers universe, I have been religiously attending each film as soon as it hits theaters. I’ve come to realize that even though I really love more traditional Marvel movies (“Thor,” “Avengers,” etc), the ones that walk to a slightly different beat are proving to be my favorites, and “Doctor Strange” is coasting towards the top of my list for many reasons. It holds the same snarky, clever sense of humor found in “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Ant-Man” but with the same egotistical, genius hero as Iron Man. Combine these two elements with a magical realm apropos to the world found within Harry Potter’s universe and you have a decent idea of what “Doctor Strange” accomplishes. There’s just something entertaining about watching a quick-witted, cocky man who feels invincible experience everything come crashing down. Is that morbid? Maybe. But, much like the Iron Man series’ Tony Stark, that’s what “Doctor Strange” delivers to its audience with
Stephen Strange. Benedict Cumberbatch’s performance as Stephen Strange was brilliant (but I might be tempted to say that about anything he has acted in). Cumberbatch has proven his fine training as an actor through his ability to step into any role he portrays, and he doesn’t disappoint in this role. His performance — from his American accent to his most intense action scenes — is on point throughout the whole film. One aspect of the storyline is wrapped up in the idea of bending reality. This opens a door for the special effects department at Disney to create some very intriguing scenes. The graphics in “Doctor Strange” were beautiful, hypnotizing and very satisfying. Based on the trailers, I was worried the world-bending visuals would come across as campy, or over done, but I was very happily surprised. It wasn’t too much. It was actually, really mesmerizing and colorful. These particular scenes were done so well that it made me forget for a moment that buildings in New York City can’t naturally start moving around like a kaleidoscope. Rachel McAdams’ character, Christine Palmer, was an amazing addition to the
• Photo Courtesy of IMDb film, but it felt like a weak attempt at a side-romance plot. Obviously there was history, feelings and something of substance between Strange and Palmer, but it’s all referenced in very vague ways and never fully explained or resolved. I know some Marvel fans who have seen the film and left worried that Strange steps into his superhero role too easily to
be believable — even for a story involving a normal man learning how to harness astronomical powers. I don’t agree with these assessments. Strange’s progression as a character is much more complicated than going to bed one evening and waking up the next morning as one of the most powerful individuals in the universe. He does go through a gradual change in the film before culminating as the image seen on the movie poster: a majestic figure sporting a flowing red cape. While the resolution to the film seemed slightly more basic than I was expecting, I saw this film more as an introduction to Stephen Strange’s character than as his whole story — especially considering the two clips they showed following the film, during and after the credits. “Doctor Strange” is very much an origins story. And that makes me happy, because I really can’t wait to see more. And you never know… maybe Cumberbatch’s Strange and Tom Hiddleston’s Loki will be in the same Marvel film one day and the universe will implode from too much attractive British brilliance in one superhero movie.
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Barnes adds pro-seeking prospect to recruit class Staff Report The Tennessee softball team released their 2017 schedule on Friday afternoon, Nov. 11, with a multitude of important matches. Tennessee will play against 15 teams that made it to the NCAA tournament last year, six of which made it to the Super Regionals. The Vols begin their season on Feb. 10 with a doubleheader against Tennessee Tech and Middle Tennessee State in the Eagle Classic hosted by Georgia Southern. Their home opener will be against Southeast Louisiana on Thursday, March 2, at 3 p.m. Their non-conference slate consist of playing their first 15 games away from home in a trio of out of state tournaments. They will play tournaments at Georgia Southern (Feb. 10-12), the Troy Cox Classic at New Mexico State the next weekend (Feb. 17-19) and will end the road trip in Cathedral City, California for the Mary Nutter Classic. The Mary Nutter Classic has some important non-conference match-ups for the Vols, including super regional team Utah and defending national champion Oklahoma.
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STR8TS No. 854
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The Daily Beacon • Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Butch’s brick house may crumble this weekend Trenton Duffer Sports Editor
“Brick by brick” is a term coined by Butch Jones after a spring practice in 2013 — his first year here at UT. Butch pretty much said building a team is like building a house: you have to go brick by brick. Now, that’s all fine and dandy. In fact, that’s an amazing saying to rebuild your program around. But now that all the bricks have been laid, what do we have as a finished product? Is it a mansion-style brick house that can support the team for years? Or is it a flimsy doghouse that not even Smokey would want to sleep in? Well, all that depends on if the Vols win the SEC East this year. By now, I’m sure you all know the circumstances that have to happen for the Vols to make it to the SEC Championship in Atlanta this year. But in case you don’t, it’s simple. Tennessee has to win its last two games and Florida has to lose to LSU this Saturday. There’s no back door ways to get in. There’s no “extenuating circumstances.” It basically comes down to luck. This program, a program that was heralded by many (myself included) entering the season, is relying on luck to win the SEC East. How did this happen? The team’s two losses against Texas A&M and Alabama were expected, but the loss to South Carolina is unacceptable. And the close wins against Ohio and Appalachian State
aren’t really bright spots, either. Don’t give me that “Oh, well, the Vols were injured” malarkey. Sure, they were missing pieces against A&M and ‘Bama (the game’s they were expected to lose), but that South Carolina loss was right after a bye week. Butch and company had two weeks to prepare and they obviously didn’t do their homework. But that’s the past. This Saturday’s game, on Nov. 19, against Missouri marks the final game for the first class of seniors that Butch recruited. They’re all amazing players — Josh Dobbs, Cam Sutton, Jalen Reeves-Maybin and many more — and I’m not going to knock any of them for this. And some of the talent Butch has brought in since then has been pretty good. Derek Barnett is one of the best players in the country right now. But all of these players will be gone next season. I’m sure that Barnett will announce for the draft after this season concludes. That leaves a handful of average players mixed in with a few good players and a couple of great players. And the 2017 class doesn’t have any standout stars in it, either. Butch promised us that there was a mutual respect between him and his players. And, for the most part, I truly believe that. But the transferal of Jalen Hurd and the disappearance of Jonathan Kongbo’s play on the field are things that seem to be about trust issues.
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Maybe it’s time to test the waters of finding a new coach. I’m not saying fire the man right away or even at the end of this season. Butch Jones did help the Vols beat Florida for the first time since 2004, and I have the upmost respect for him. It’s amazing that just a month ago I was defending this man. Now I’m saying that the Vols may need to look in a different direction. I can feel the hypocrisy rising inside me. But things have changed since my Oct. 18 column (which you should read if you haven’t already … in fact, read all of my columns. Please and thank you). In just about every column I’ve written, I’ve defended Butch in some form or fashion. But Phillip Fulmer was fired about the time he started being consistently “good not great.” Why can’t Butch? And like I mentioned, I don’t think that Butch should be fired after this season. Maybe give him a “one last chance” type of deal or something. Something has to change, though. The bricks have been laid. The Big Bad Wolf that is the SEC East has already blown down Derek Dooley’s straw hut and stick hut. What happens to the brick house built by Butch Jones? Trenton Duffer is a senior majoring in Journalism and can be reached at tduffer1@vols.utk.edu