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Despite budget cuts, students still benefit from Work-Study Liz Wood Contributor

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431,388 dollars. That is how much the Federal Work-Study Allocation has decreased during the last five academic years. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Federal Work-Study allows students to work both onand off-campus jobs for up to 20 hours every week at $7.25 an hour, the federal minimum wage. The number of students involved fluctuates with changes in funding, but 333 UT students currently participate in work-study. Depending on the time of application and degree of financial need, students can earn up to $1,500 per semester. Jobs vary from clerical work to customer service. Some work-study locations at UT include campus dining halls, the

UC Down Under, Scripps Lab, Hodges Library and WUTK. Qualification is based on data submitted through FAFSA. Qualified recipients generally come from a household receiving an income of less than $60,000$70,000. But other factors, like number of dependents and siblings also attending college, influence eligibility. Due to a $51 million spending cut enacted March 1, the Federal Work-Study Program has suffered. Work-Study was one part of a $90 million spending cut passed by Congress. Jeff Gerkin, associate dean and director of Financial Aid and Scholarships, said the decreased allocations stem not from a shift in values, but from the lack of governmental funding available. “Obviously, funding is becoming tighter and tighter as we have budget issues, particularly at the congressional level when they’re looking at the federal budget,”

Gerkin said. “I think there’s a commitment to student financial aid there. “What I think they’re doing is really looking at how those dollars are best spent based on the availability of dollars that they have.” Although UT’s allocation money now rests at $1,003,072, falling from $1,258,371 in 201213. Luckily, few students at UT have felt the effects of this slump. “We still have a significant amount even for this year, in terms of a million dollars that we have for federal work-study students,” Gerkin said. “So we haven’t seen any really drastic cuts. We also have not reduced the rate of pay for the students. “We try to stay a little above minimum wage for our students in the work-study program and we’ve not had to reduce that at all.” See WORK STUDY on Page 3

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Copy Editor Parking and Transit Services provides more than pricey parking tickets, expensive tags and headaches. Known as an “auxiliary,” Parking and Transit Services, like the athletic department, is self-funded, receiving no funding from the state government. Its autonomy ensures that all money from Nashville to UT is funneled solely toward new buildings and direct education. But unlike UT athletics, Parking Services has no generous donors. On a space-limited and urban campus, Parking Services brings in 86 percent of its $12.6 million yearly operating budget from selling parking permits, selling parking spots for special events and collecting fees for the new bus system. The annual salaries, payments on loans for existing parking garages and contracts for various services make up more than 70 percent of the yearly expenses. Parking Services permits rake in less than $5.5 million a year, and tickets make up only 10 percent of revenue. Mark Hairr, director of Parking and Transit Services, said the number of citations issued has decreased by 20,000 during the last two years. See PARKING on Page 3

“Football is culturally inherent and seasonally occurring. It’s a cultural vehicle that the whole school can participate in.” Marta Lee, chair of the Visual Arts Committee, proposed Fueki’s visit to UT at last year’s committee planning meeting. She was originally slated to come to UT last spring, but she had to reschedule due to a show conflict. Lee first encountered Fueki when she went to pick up her friend who was a student at Yale’s Norfolk summer residency program, where Fueki was an instructor. After their meeting, Lee was inspired to explore Fueki’s work and propose her to the VAC. See ART TALK on Page 5

“Jackie and Tom” is a painting by Chie Fueki, an artist who will visit UT on Nov. 21.

James serves as cornerstone Students ask faculty for Vols throughout career senate to support David Cobb Sports Editor

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Japanese artist Chie Fueki does not know how the game of American football works. She is fascinated, however, with the symbolic and metaphorical meaning the game presents to art, a fascination that is evident in her football-themed collection from 2006. “I’m interested in athletes,” Fueki said, who grew up in Brazil and then received her MFA from Yale. “Physically, they embody an ecstatic state of being, especially team sports where it’s a communal activity. I see American football as a vehicle for mock war, the symbol-

ism of the mascots as animal spirits, mock warriors warring with each other. I may not understand the game, but I can pick up on the symbolic nature.” Fueki, who currently lives in Brooklyn, will give an Art Talk Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in room 109 of the Art & Architecture Building. The talk will be her second visit to Knoxville, and she said she clearly remembered the amount of orange prevalent on UT’s campus. “There was a lot of orange moving through the space,” Fueki said. “Football is like a cultural event, a festival where the university can come together to celebrate. I’m always interested in recurring festivity symbolism.

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Parking Japanese artist to talk on work with Services American football-themed collection eases concerns

Raw and possibly two years away from any meaningful playing time. “Look for him to be a two to three year starter with NFL potential,” read Ja’Wuan James’ Rivals.com recruiting profile, last updated in 2009 while James played his senior season of high school football at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Ga. The assessment turned out Tennessee senior offensive lineman Ja’Wuan James, right, celebrates with senior defensive tackle Daniel to be at least somewhat true. James is all but a guaran- McCullers after UT’s 23-21 victory over then-No. 11 teed selection in the 2014 NFL South Carolina on Oct. 19. The victory was the first for Draft. James over a ranked opponent at Neyland Stadium in But instead of having a year, his career. or even a single game to develop, James started at right tackle In a 50-0 season-opening gets like Denarius Moore and for the Vols just moments after victory over UT-Martin, James Gerald Jones. running through the “T” for the protected UT quarterback first time as a freshman in 2010. Matt Simms as he threw to tar- See FOOTBALL on Page 6

divestment campaign Jenna Butz Staff Writer Daniel Lawhon of the UT Coalition for Responsible Investment stood before the faculty senate Monday, asking for a partnership in the coalition’s fight for divestment at UT. After calling for a brief moment of silence for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, Lawhon, a junior in physics and electrical engineering, explained how disasters like the typhoon will only increase if global warming is not battled. Lawhon and his coalition are calling for UT to divest investments from companies

associated with environmentally harmful actions. Although UT has already committed to being 100 percent carbon neutral by 2061, Lawhon pushed for another step. “Despite our stance against the long-term use of fossil fuels, our university endowment currently has holdings in a significant number of fossil fuel companies,” Lawhon said. “We own the very companies that we work to reduce our dependence upon. It defies basic financial sense to invest in an industry that we not only see as in decline but the decline of which we actually support.” See DIVESTMENT on Page 3

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Nathan Burriss, a member of Lambda Student Union, uses chalk to write on Pedestrian on Tuesday. The Lambda Student Union listed the names of murder victims who were targeted because of their transgender sexual identity.

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1820: American vessel sunk by sperm whale The American whaler Essex, which hailed from Nantucket, Massachusetts, is attacked by an 80-ton sperm whale 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America. The 238-ton Essex was in pursuit of sperm whales, specifically the precious oil and bone that could be derived from them, when an enraged bull whale rammed the ship twice and capsized the vessel. The 20 crew members escaped in three open boats, but only five of the men survived the harrowing 83-day journey to the coastal waters of South America, where they were picked up by other ships. Most of the crew resorted to cannibalism during the long journey, and at one point men on one of the long boats drew straws to determine which of the men would be shot in order to provide sustenance for the others. Three other men who had been left on a desolate Pacific island were saved later. The first capture of a sperm whale by an American vessel was in 1711, marking the birth of an important American industry that commanded a fleet of more than 700 ships by the mid 18th century. Herman Melville’s classic novel Moby Dick (1851) was inspired in part by the story of the Essex. 1962: Kennedy announces fair housing legislation On this day in 1962, President John F. Kennedy issues Executive Order 11063, which mandates an end to discrimination in housing. The order, which came during the burgeoning Civil Rights movement, prohibited federally funded housing agencies from denying housing or funding for housing to anyone based on their race, color, creed or national origin Since the 1950s, American minorities, particularly African Americans, had been largely relegated to living in overcrowded inner-city ghettos or impoverished rural areas. The “American Dream” of owning a house in the suburbs, or even a small apartment in a safe city neighborhood was unobtainable for many minority families because federally funded lending agencies often refused to

give minorities home loans. When Kennedy took office in 1960, he vowed to do more for civil rights than his predecessors. When he issued the order in 1962, Kennedy called discrimination in federal housing agencies unfair, unjust and inconsistent with the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and bemoaned the disgraceful, substandard, unsafe and unsanitary housing in which most African Americans and other minorities were forced to live Although Kennedy’s order was a symbolic landmark for ending de facto segregation in housing, the policy was never enforced. The order left it up to the individual housing and funding agencies to police themselves, leaving much room for non-compliance from state to state. After his assassination in 1963, civil rights activists continued to lobby for integrated neighborhoods. It took Kennedy’s successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, until 1968, however, to get a majority of Congress to support a fair housing law. 1967: Students Demonstrate Against Dow Chemical Company On this day in the United States, San Jose State College students demonstrate against the Dow Chemical Company, the maker of napalm. Police were sent in, but the students refused to disperse and several protest leaders were arrested. The next day the students defied California governor Ronald Reagan’s warning against further demonstrations and again staged an anti-Dow demonstration. Napalm was an acronym derived from naphthetic and palmic acids, whose salts were used to manufacture the jellied gasoline--napalm--that was used in flame-throwers and bombs. Napalm first came into widespread use during World War II, especially in flame throwers used to destroy entrenched Japanese positions in the Pacific war. It was also used extensively in aerial bombs during the Korean War against Chinese and North Korean entrenchments. The use of napalm in the Vietnam War concerned many Americans who considered it an especially cruel and barbaric weapon. - Courtesy of History.com

Ford admits to smoking crack Associated Press Mwamba Bowa, left, and Michael Grigsby, right, prepare cabbage fritters during the Zimbabwe and Zambia cooking demonstration at the I-House on Tuesday. Bowa, a Zambia native, said cabbage fritters were eaten as snacks in her home country.

TORONTO — Toronto’s scandal-plagued mayor said he’s smoked crack “maybe once” and said the city council has no business stripping him of his powers, implying in a television interview Tuesday that many councilors are guilty of similar behavior. Rob Ford said he has “declared war” after the council acted in response to his admitted crack cocaine use and binge drinking and a series of outbursts in recent days. The council voted overwhelmingly Monday in favor of slashing Ford’s office budget by 60 percent and allowing mayoral staff to join the deputy mayor, Norm Kelly. Ford retains his title and ability to represent Canada’s largest city at official functions. Kelly said he’ll make every effort to work with Ford but said the locks have been changed on part of the mayor’s office. The deputy mayor also cast doubt on Ford’s ability to stay sober. “It’s easy to go cold turkey. It’s hard to stay that way,” Kelly said. Ford got more bad news on Tuesday as the tabloid Sun News Network called off his new television show after only one episode. Federal Cabinet Minister Jason Kenney, like Ford a conservative, also called on the

mayor to resign, becoming the first member of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s federal government to do so. Kenney said Ford is dragging Toronto through a “terrible embarrassment.” Ford repeatedly has refused to step down or take a leave of absence. A newly released police document also alleges that a video that appears to show Ford puffing on a crack pipe was filmed last February. Ford has said he smoked crack “probably a year ago” in a “drunken stupor.” Police said last month they had obtained a copy of a video, but did not release its contents because it is evidence in the case against Ford associate Alexander Lisi, who faces trial on drug and extortion charges. In an interview broadcast on CP24 Tuesday, Ford accused city councilors of attacking him for personal reasons. “They are punishing me for isolated incidents. There have been a few,” he said. Ford also suggested that many councilors were guilty of the kind of behavior he has admitted to. “I have seen these councilors stumbling out of events,” he said. Ford again denied he had a serious problem with alcohol, though he said he was getting help from health care profession-

als on a number of issues, and he promised the public would see a difference in him in five months. The mayor said he’s quit drinking “guaranteed.” Toronto, a city of 2.7 million people, has been abuzz with the Ford melodrama since May, when news outlets reported that he had been caught on video smoking crack cocaine. Recently released court documents show the mayor became the subject of a police investigation after the reports surfaced. In interviews with police, former Ford staffers made further accusations, saying the mayor drank heavily, sometimes drove while intoxicated and pressured a female staffer to engage in oral sex. Ford used an obscenity on live television last week while denying the sex allegation. Despite his defiant attitude, Ford and his lawyer promised that the mayor was changing his ways and has not had a drop of alcohol in three weeks. His lawyer, Dennis Morris, said the mayor is addressing his substance abuse problems and working out two hours a day. “Hundred percent he’s involved in treatment, not for alcoholism, but something related to alcohol. He is not an alcoholic. I’ve spoken to his doctor and that’s all I can tell you,” Morris told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

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Staff Report Vincent Carilli is back in town. Originally resigning from his position as the dean of students in 2001, Carilli has returned to Knoxville on a brief visit before assuming his new role as vice chancellor for Student Life next semester. A few weeks ago, Carilli stopped by The Daily Beacon office to talk future plans, transformations and coming home. When do you officially DB assume your new position? at the beginning VC of Right the new year. So, kind of in January. I’m going to be here full time doing my thing, so I’ve gotta wrap up a few things up there, and then I’m going to come to town. Just alone. My wife and kids will still be up there. They’re going to finish school up there. My wife is a college professor, so she is going to finish out the academic year up there, and then everyone’s going to come down in the summer, and hopefully by then, we’ll have a place to live. So we’ll see what happens.

DIVESTMENT continued from Page 1 The divestment campaign’s goal focuses primarily on working with the university to immediately freeze any new investments in fossil fuel companies, divesting current holdings in fossil fuel companies within five years and creating a subcommittee to work with the board of trustees and evaluate UT’s portfolio for socially and environmentally investments. Nationally, 18 cities, 21 religious institutions, eight universities and two coun-

PARKING continued from Page 1 In addition, the number of parking spaces available to students has increased during the past two fiscal years. Hairr said the increased parking availability is directly related to the decrease in citations. “We’ve made more student parking available,” Hairr said. “We’ve leased student parking over on Poplar Street from the Knoxville Convention Center on the east side of the Hill.” In an urban campus bordered by a river, a residential neighborhood and a bustling downtown, Hairr emphasized that parking will always pose challenges. To help cope with those challenges, his office is currently planning a new parking garage on the site of the former Stokely Athletic Center. Hairr predicted demolition will begin next semester, and construction will conclude in summer 2016. However, parking garages have gotten more expensive in recent years, Associate Dean for Student Life Jeff Cathey said. In the past, spaces have cost

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was tough to leave Knoxville to go to Scranton, because I really enjoyed what I was doing, particularly as the dean of students at the time … The other thing, Perhaps most impor- which I think is fair to say, is I VC tantly at any institution, had an opportunity to become a it’s the people. You know, vice president. the people who are here. It’s the people that believe in this place. It’s the people who set a course DB What distinguishes you from past vice chanfor their career to be here. You all know this better than I, but cellors? What are some of your there are some people that have big plans? been here 20, 30, 40 years. If don’t have any plans you’re somewhere 40 years, I’m VC yet,I quite candidly. I don’t guessing it’s a pretty special know enough about the place, right? So I think it’s about the people. Most importantly at institution. As I said during my colleges and universities, the interview, I think it would be greatest asset that they have a pretty big mistake for me to is the people, students, faculty walk into the institution and think that I know it because and staff. I was here. So I’m not going was the motiva- to take that approach. I think DB tionWhat behind your deci- it’s a good opportunity to meet sion to resign from UT all these people I don’t know. I think it’s an opportunity for in 2001? me to not assume that I know VC It was about my daugh- because 13 years ago I was here. ter. My daughter was That was a long time ago. So for born here in Knoxville in 2000, me, it’s about getting to know and then we were trying to get the institution again, and that’s closer to home, to the grandpar- my plan for the first six months, ents, so it was strictly a personal or whatever it’s going to be. thing. It was tough to leave. It

Sophomore Natalie Cardona, a promotion assistant at WUTK, works 15 hours each week while gaining experience relevant to her course of study in journalism. “It helps me pay for the extra things: room and board, books, school supplies ... not my actual tuition,” Cardona said. “But for some kids, it’s extremely vital. That’s the way for paying for school. There’s a lot of kids I think should be doing work-study who can’t.” At the University of Maryland, several students were paid less than in previous years, while others were dropped from the program entirely. Maryland’s allocation decreased from $1.2 million to $800,000, according to the school’s independent student newspaper, The Diamondback. USA Today reported an estimated 33,000 students were dropped from the program for the 2013-2014 academic year. “To say that we’ve dropped people from the work-study, I don’t think that we have,” Gerkin said. “We’ve had a comparable number of work-study positions available from year to year, but it is based on the allocation that the federal government gives us. I don’t think

we’ve seen a drastic reduction.” Unlike employers not affiliated with the university, workstudy employers are required to accommodate students’ schedules. Shakera Bankson, a junior in psychology and sociology, finds the hours and pace of her work-study job at Hodges Library much more convenient than an off-campus job. “It helps me in a very big way because I have 18 hours this semester,” Bankson said. “I really don’t have time to go get an off-campus job because they’re less likely to work with my schedule. Work-study is the best way for me to be able to support myself while I go to school.” Likewise, Marista Lipsey, a sophomore in psychology, said she utilizes down time at her work-study job in the UC Down Under to complete homework. “I have time to do what I need to do, but still have extra money so it’s really helpful,” Lipsey said. At the Down Under, Lipsey and other work-study students make up about 40 percent of employees. Down Under Recreation Coordinator Amy Anderson said work-study students complete the same application process as any potential

employee. Senior accounting major William Bowman finds the program extremely beneficial for himself and his wife, both participants in the program. “I’m a non-traditional student,” Bowman said. “My wife and I both go to school here. Financially, it pays most of our stuff. Work-study is great for us.” <z14f”sans-serif”>Although the budget is currently stretched thin, Gerkin said he does not project ongoing decline because fluctuation is normal. “I don’t think there’s any indication that this is a continual downward cycle,” he said. “We really haven’t seen any national trend, or at least from a congressional standpoint, saying they want to reduce the scope of the Federal WorkStudy Program. “I think it’s just a matter of the balance of funding that they have versus the number of schools that they have for the program.” Still, work-study is not promised to students, even those who are currently supported by the program. Gerkin said federal workstudy awards are done on an annual basis, so there is no guarantee a student can achieve four years worth of work-study.

really proud of. I think it’s inevitable.” Last spring, the proposal appeared on the SGA ballot to gauge student support. Eighty percent of voters supported the plan. “We want UT to be a leader in sustainability and start a movement that calls on all campus and other institutions to divest form fossil fuels,” said Kristen Collins, a senior in environmental studies. But several members of the senate questioned the financial stability of this plan. Citing studies reflecting insignificantly different or worse performance, pro-

fessors of finance noted that preventing the portfolio from investing in a certain type of company could negatively impact the portfolio. David Golden, president of faculty senate, made a decision to have the plan go through the budget and planning committee to verify its structural and financial stability. “The faculty senate has a number of committees that take on responsibilities,” Golden said. “I’ve asked the budget and planning committee to take a look at the resolution that the coalition has put forth and hopefully work together to develop some

sort of positive way to move forward.” Lawhon agreed with the decision and hopes this will spark partnership between students and faculty. He said it was appropriate to send the plan through the correct channels of faculty senate. “We’re not in a race to get it done,” Lawhon said. “Hopefully, we’ll see something come out of there similar to what passed through student senate and can be voted on at the next faculty senate meeting.” In the meantime, the coalition will continue to petition on Pedestrian. On Thursday at 8 p.m., the coalition will

host a fundraiser with live music at the Birdhouse. This campaign is a year old and has worked throughout the year to gain momentum via increased involvement with students and faculty. “We realized that, as students, we have a say in the university’s investments and are using that power to ask the university to stop investing in fossil fuels to fight climate change,” Collins said. “We believe climate change is the biggest issue of our generation. “Students want UT to divest from fossil fuels and lead the way to climate solutions.”

Q&A with new Vice Chancellor of Student Life Vincent Carilli What about UT, specifDB ically as a school, brought you back?

ties have either divested or committed to divest their portfolios from the fossil fuel industry. Given that these schools are private and relatively small, UT would be the first public and the largest university to divest its holdings, should it commit to do so. “Especially being in the south, being the first SEC school to divest would be an awesome accomplishment,” Lawhon said. “We’ve really got our fingers crossed on that, and we think we can pull it off. Even though it’s still a full fight ahead, we’ve already accomplished a lot in the past year that we’re about $15,000 a spot. Now, each spot costs around $20,000, giving the planned 1,000-space garage a roughly $20 million price tag. Parking Services must finance the construction by saving revenue and taking out loans. Given that faculty and staff must also pay for their parking, Cathey noted that sometimes students must simply accept the inconveniences of owning a car. Cathey said there will always be difficulties in an urban environment and even suggested an alternative solution. “If we were going to have less students bring cars and use more public transportation,” Cathey said, “it would be a win all the way around for the state of the campus and sustainability.” As proof of sustainability, Hairr cited the 55 percent jump in bus system riders over the previous fiscal year. This year’s largest complaint has come from the Neyland Express, which often has too many riders to and from Sorority Village. “We’ve had to put another bus out there to alleviate the load,” Hairr said. “That’s a good problem to have.”

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Squirreling around In Rare Forum by

Julie Mrozinski Going to the zoo is expensive, but watching UT’s commonplace squirrels is free and extremely entertaining. Their habits become more appealing when you know why they do what they do. These cute tree inhibitors are formally known as Sciurus Carolinensis, or as they are informally called, the Eastern Gray Squirrel. This rodent is found in the Eastern part of the United States, hence the name. In the West, these exotic beasts just might be in the zoo. Watching their acrobatic skills proves to be quite the free show. They are capable of jumping 20 feet while moving branch to branch – now, that’s parkour. No need to fret though, most squirrels can fall up to 40 feet with only mild confusion upon landing. All of these tricks are made possible by the average 1.5 pounds they carry and their incredible tails. The tail is an essential limb of a squirrel. They use it for balancing, parachuting, communicating and even as an umbrella. When trying to decipher squirrel language, watch their tail. Faster twitches of the tail are a sign of agitation, and slower twitches can be warnings of danger. It is also hypothesized that more dominant squirrels hold their tails lower to show how relaxed they are while alert. Remember to clap in awe when watching a squirrel scurry down a tree headfirst; they are the only mammal rodents that can descend a tree head-over-heels. This trick is possible due to their hind legs, which can rotate and grasp onto the tree trunk. However, squirrels being head-over-heels for each other is unlikely due to their polygamous nature. This polygamy is happening all around you; mating squirrels are in season. Usually when they chase each other around tree stumps, they are asserting dominance, but during late fall and spring this is typically a type of mating ritual. I stopped to watch a scene like this play out while walking to class. I will refrain from details out of respect for the squirrels in mind, but I will admit my act of voyeurism made me late to class. Another fun thing to do with squirrels is watch them bury their food. As scatter-hoarders, squirrels collect all types of seeds, nuts, berries and even fungi. They will bury their food for hours or months in little burials called caches. Every squirrel is estimated to bury several thousands of different caches. If they think they are being watched, they will pretend to bury their nut while secretly saving the food inside their mouth to bury elsewhere later. If they notice you watching them, look for a bulge in their cheeks. Unfortunately, squirrels’ biggest threat in Tennessee proves to be hawks and humans. I consider myself very unlucky to have seen a squirrel get picked up from the ground by a hawk and smashed into a tree branch for an immediate knockout. As one of squirrel’s biggest enemies, I urge driving slower. Squirrels freeze when they are nervous, so you have to give them time for their fear to melt before they execute a clean get away. If you have a squirrel nest in your house, join the club and beware. They are capable of eating through bark, plastic, vinyl and sheet metal, and pest control Wildlife Solutions considers them responsible for dozens of house fires in the US every year. However, this is no reason to send them to the grave. Wildlife animal control suggests trapping squirrels out. If you can find how they are getting in, simply cover up their entry so they cannot get back in. You can also call Knoxville Wildlife Animal Control at (865)-329-7388; officers will catch your animals but not kill them. Those interested in squirreling around should keep their eyes open during the two to three hours after dawn and dusk, when squirrels are most active. If you’re anything like me, you love to squirrel watch in the fall, and you don’t have any money for the zoo. I hope you appreciate our spastic rodents and allow some of their productivity to rub off on you. Julie Mrozinski is a junior in English. She can be reached at jmrozins@utk.edu.

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UTC student’s arrest demands UTK student response What the World by

Rebecca Butcher “Are you a child of light or a child of darkness?” asked Angela Cummings, an on-campus preacher at the University of TennesseeChattanooga. The preacher is a regular at the UTC campus. She has garnered the attention and direct disdain from students who are not fond of her message. One student, Cole Montalvo, voiced his displeasure and questioned how calling everyone sinners spreads the gospel. The result? Arrest. In his earnestness to let his opinions be known, he wheeled himself and his bike through a coned area that the administration had designated only for the preacher. In it were only her and a pulpit. As security guards asked him to leave, the student resisted. Montalvo ended up arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and inciting a riot. On top of all of this, on-lookers who agreed with the arrested student started shouting that he had not been read any Miranda rights. Watching the viral videos of last Thursday’s incident, I was shocked. How could someone be arrested for protesting against heckling? We have all endured the ravings of our own preacher. Just this semester, a large group of students debated back and forth with the infamous Bible man on Pedestrian Walkway. If you were present, you knew the weather

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Those watching almost instantly began booing and chanting the defenses of the unfortunate student to the police. “People with varying viewpoints are allowed to express them on campus. This is the college experience,” said Chuck Cantrell, school vice chancellor of Communications. That college experience was in full effect when students rallied against the mistreatment of one of their own. As Montalvo was escorted away, it was not long before Cummings resumed her speech, this time touching upon the book of Revelation. The remaining students’ disapproval resumed as well. An important lesson in student involvement emerged this week. Say what you will about student apathy about the electoral process, but we’ll oftentimes prove you wrong. Here on our respective campuses, defending our rights to eat where we choose or disagree with religion prepares us to defend our rights on larger scales. A petition posted on www.change.org is addressed to the university’s president, and around 1,500 people have signed it. Also on the site is a video that Montalvo managed to record while in the back of the squad car. I encourage everyone to watch this video and consider signing the petition. As THE University of Tennessee, we have a responsibility to the students in Chattanooga. Whichever campus we attend, we all represent the largest institution of higher learning in this state. Let’s defend it. Rebecca Butcher is a junior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at rbutcher@utk.edu.

Research offers a place to actively hope Crossing Cues by

Mellisa Lee When I first started doing research, I hated it. It made me feel like an idiot. I had been running full steam ahead towards the career as a doctor that I felt was expected of me, and research stopped me dead in my tracks, looked me in the eyes and let me in on the secret that my GPA, my standardized test scores, my resume — all of it, was irrelevant. None of it mattered. I didn’t know anything. I didn’t like that very much. After all, I had spent my entire life building my statistics. I can’t remember a time before I was aware of what I was “supposed to do,” and I did it all with vigor, joining clubs “for my college application” in elementary school. No one told me that college didn’t care about anything before high school. So it was a bit of a shock to find that, well, I knew nothing — that all of my classes had left me with only vague impressions, fleeting grasps of understanding and definitions so disconnected from any actual relevant substance that they sometimes took months

of real-life interaction to recognize. I felt personally affronted. After all my efforts, I finally confronted the real, live application of knowledge and found myself very, very bad at it. It took me a long time to get over it. But I’m so glad I did. I have a number of stock reasons for encouraging people to pursue undergraduate research. Hopefully, you have heard at least some of them before. You will learn more doing research than you will in any of your other classes combined. You will make important connections with your professors. If you’re lucky, this will mean you have a valuable new mentor. If not, you’re at the very least that much closer to a recommendation letter. You will find out whether or not you really want to do what you think you want to do. You might get course credit or, in some cases, even paid. It will look great on your resume. If you want to get another degree these days, it is all but required for graduate or medical school. All of these things have been true for me. I have learned so much. I have had the great fortune of an entire laboratory full of mentors, and through that experience, discovered I have no real desire to be a doctor. As I scramble to finish my graduate school applications before their early-December deadlines, I sure

am glad to have some research experience that I can talk about. But here’s what matters: I hated research at first because it made me feel like I knew nothing. But I love it now because I know that I know, well, just a little more than nothing. I know the universe is big and I am small — that anything I can ever contribute to anything will likely be miniscule in and of itself, but that put in combination with everyone else’s tiny contributions I’m reminded we can all take a step somewhere substantial. If you’re like me, you find the daily news to be more than a little bit depressing. From every side, we are constantly barraged with information, most of which is unhappy and, often, unsettling. Things just seem to get worse and worse. If you’re really like me, you find yourself kind of wanting to give up on humanity every now and then. Research is what results when, despite all of this – despite the great big, boiling vats of badness all around us – we keep searching and searching for something more. Whether that “something more” be some sort of data, some sort of communication, or simply some sort of beauty, searching for it creates hope. Melissa Lee is a senior in College Scholars. She can be reached mlee48@utk.edu.

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was cold, but the words hot. The simple fact is no one wants to be attacked or told that they will suffer at the hands of God for their adulterous ways. Whether you believe in a higher power or not, common ground on the rights of students and those of a non-student must be met. Cummings was able to voice her opinions in a space exclusive to her. Infringing on that boundary equaled handcuffs and mace for Montalvo. Is the Chattanooga campus paying attention to the barriers it is forcing on its students? In a place that is supposed to foster intellectual debate and thought, limiting the response of a person with opposing views is a risky endeavor. The campus is stifling the reactions of the campus body and explicitly endorsing the views of a zealot. We do not have these problems in Knoxville, and the Chattanooga campus could stand to take a few notes. Anyone who wishes to come on Pedestrian and speak, with the required requests, is free to do so. There are no boundaries, neither visible nor unseen, for students or speakers. Instead, the campus expects involved parties to respect one another, and we always rise to the occasion. The superfluous presence of cones and security only adds fuel to a fire that exists when religion and education come together. The two rarely mix well but mimic oil and water, always surrounding one another but never forming a solution. Coned off enclosures do not solve the problem; they disrespect the freedoms of students and their opinions.

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THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

ARTS & CULTURE Blue Plate Special offers lunchtime entertainment Interested artists typically have to book months in advance to perform. The show also receives many requests for artists to bring in. Lawson said that although WDVX cannot book everyone, they try to keep a decent standard of talent. Platillero said Maplehurst experienced first-hand how long it can take to get to perform on the Blue Plate Special. “We contacted them about a month ago, and are just getting to play,� Platillero said. “They’re pretty booked.� Notably, Marty Stewart, Ricky Skaggs and the String Cheese Incident have performed on the show, and bigger acts like the Avett Brothers appeared on the show before they became popular. Local Knoxville bands, the Black Cadillacs and the Black Lilies, also played the show before their names were widely known. With the talent that has come to the stage, there is always the possibility for the next big thing to walk through their doors. “You never know what’s going to happen,� Lawson said. “You never know what band’s going to bust open. It’s wonderful to see bands like that play here and then go on, like the Black Cadillacs.� However, despite the previous giants that have walked onto the stage, Maplehurst is not looking for a big break, but rather an opportunity to simply share their music through a new medium.

Jenna Butz Staff Writer Lunchtime is better with the Blue Plate Special. WDVX presents a live show at the Knoxville Visitor Center every Monday through Saturday at noon. The show features artists of all varieties for lunch break entertainment. Tony Lawson, the station’s program director, said the Blue Plate Special began in the mid-2000s when WDVX moved from a camper to its current station downtown. Now a Knoxville staple, the Blue Plate Special seeks out artists of any genre. Sounds range from bluegrass and steel drums to honky-tonk bands. They have also had live theatrical performances along with spoken word poets. The Knoxville band Maplehurst will play the Blue Plate Special on Dec. 3. David Platillero, the band’s guitarist, said he believes their sound is a mix of many of the genres heard on the show and hopes to fit right in. “We have a little bit of a blend; there’s a couple different things in our sound,� Platillero said. “All four of us were in vocal ensembles at UT, so there’s some classical there. Jenna, our vocalist, she’s actually had training in opera, but with the band, she took on a singer-songwriter style. We kind of started as singer-song then started a little jazzier, a little bluegrass and a little pop.�

ART TALK continued from Page 1 “I like her use of color and different patterns,� Lee said, a senior in 2-dimensional studio art with a concentration in painting. “We try to pick a wide variety of artists that we think will appeal to the art school community as well as the community outside that, because our funding is for all the students. We pick artists that will be

“I’ve never played on the radio before ... It makes you feel pretty accomplished, and it’s real exciting,� Platillero said. “We’re not putting all our marbles into it, but it is a pretty cool opportunity for us.� Shows do not always run quite according to plan, and the Blue Plate Special has seen its share of hiccups. These bumps have turned into stories for Lawson to share regarding the spontaneity of the radio and music business involving local artists. “One of the strangest stories, when I wasn’t here, the fella that was supposed to play wasn’t here five minutes before noon, and Scott Miller was in the audience,� Lawson said. “They called me, and I said, ‘Well, there’s a guitar downstairs. Go get it and see if Scott will do the show.’ So, he did the show as Joe Ely, doing the show talking about how great a songwriter Scott Miller is. “Another time, Tommy Emmanuel showed up once when the show was about done and just got up on the stage and started playing guitar, and he’s one of the best guitar players there is, so that was pretty cool.� In the end, Lawson said he wants people to know WDVX’s Blue Plate Special is about a good time and great music. “You can bring your own chair and bring your own lunch,� Lawson said. “It’s just a great way to experience live music in Knoxville.�

appreciated by students who know a lot about art and students that don’t.â€? Joshua Bienko, an associate professor of art, said Fueki’s work is extremely gorgeous. “It just keeps giving the more you look at it,â€? Bienko said. “Her paintings are very accessible, but no less filled with complexities ‌ my suspicion is that most viewers are seduced by her technique first. The imagery comes after and tends to change upon inspection.â€?

Bienko’s work concerns similar subject matter to Fueki’s, including a focus on sports and pop culture. He said he sees in her the importance of artists addressing the world around them. “Chie is dedicated to asking difficult questions in her work concerning the responsibilities of an artist in today’s cultural climate and the role popular culture and professional sports play in creating and contributing to associated ideologies,� Bienko said. “However, the

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Fashion for men can be hard to find Liv McConnell Staff Writer Men like fashion, too. Left with a meager number of largely expensive brands and sparse closets, Knoxville men, like Laurence Faber, are starting to voice their right to trendy, thrifty threads. “I definitely think there is a discrepancy between men and women’s fashionable retailers for affordable clothing,� said Faber, senior in French. “I’ve never bought an article of clothing from a store in Knoxville for retail price in the five years I’ve lived here, except for from the new Urban Outfitters. There are a handful of affordable, fashion-forward retailers online, but none in Knoxville.� The local lack of these stores becomes even more pronounced when juxtaposed with the myriad of options available to women, Faber noted. “I haven’t talked to any girls who have ever expressed the difficulty I’ve had in finding clothes,� Faber said. Jonathan Burkhalter, junior in history, said he believes the vast quantity of options within stores’ women’s departments often comes at the expense of the selection for men. “The women’s department takes up much more space in the stores, unless it is more specifically geared toward being a men’s store, which is very rare,� Burkhalter said. “There are more options for women, and those options are cheaper. There just aren’t as many options for fashionable men’s clothes that won’t break the bank.� This financial gap leaves Burkhalter, who spends an average of $60-$80 for dress shirts and

Although Forever 21 does carry a men’s line online and in other cities, Knoxville’s West Town Mall location has been long-neglected due to being one of the chain’s smaller stores. Increased demand may change this, however, according to Visual Merchandiser Manager Charlotte Lezier. “We have been requesting the line because a lot of men come in asking for it,� Lezier said. “Guys come in either with their girlfriends or alone daily and ask us why we don’t have a men’s store.� Lezier, who has appealed to corporate to integrate the men’s line, said she hopes the company might rethink their prior storesize criteria in order to better compete with Market Square’s Urban Outfitters. “We have better prices,� she said. “A lot of guys, especially those in college or beginning their careers, don’t have tons of money. They’re just starting out, but that doesn’t mean they don’t want to look stylish. Our prices would really help them out a lot. “They wouldn’t have to have a fortune to pull together an outfit or spend hours trying to piece something together at a thrift store. (Getting the men’s line here) would given them a lot of inspiration and would be exciting.� Burkhalter said he believes Knoxville is open as a community to retailers like Forever 21 changing the current selection of dismal male duds. “There is a growing urban vibe to Knoxville, especially downtown,� Burkhalter said. “We are becoming more of a city, and men are starting to dress sharper in public. I think there is an untapped market here.�

recruiter) made me realize how the mind can work visually.� While Fueki is in Knoxville, she will be recreating her own experience by meeting with several UT students in their studios. She said she is excited about the dialogue artist visits like these inspire. “I really believe in conversation about painting especially,� Fueki said. “We’re making things because we want to create each other, we want to communicate outwards. When I walk into a

studio, I feel like I am walking into a person’s mind. As an outsider, I can see practical things, and I am looking for opening discussions and conversations about each person’s work.� Lee said it will be good for a lot of UT art students to meet a professional artist who works in the field. “You get to actually talk to someone who is out there doing what UT art students probably want to be doing eventually,� Lee said. “It’s a valuable experience.�

work is complex, so it’s doing more than that. It’s a global perspective funneled through a Western lens, with a conscious and purposeful nod to history.� When Fueki was a senior in high school, she took her first art class and accidentally met a college recruiter who encouraged her to apply for art school. “I became interested in art very late,� Fueki said. “I had never thought about it as a career and wasn’t even interested in pursuing art. (The

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013 Sports Editor David Cobb

SPORTS Lady Vols drop weekend pair as Mullins inches toward history The Tennessee volleyball team continued their struggle against SEC opponents this weekend, falling to 1-13 in the conference as senior Ellen Mullins inched even closer to Volunteer history. The Lady Vols entered the weekend hoping to end their sixgame conference losing streak against two mid-level SEC squads, Texas A&M and LSU. Mullins entered the weekend trailing Chloe Goldman by just 52 digs for the title of all-time digs leader in UT history. The weekend began with Tennessee traveling to College Station, Texas, to take on the SEC newcomers, Texas A&M. The Aggies proved to be too much for the inexperienced Lady Vols as UT dropped the match in straight sets. Aggie setter Allie Sawatsky orchestrated a potent attack with 29 assists. She also added a match-high 12 kills in her SECleading 17th double-double of the season. UT returned home to Knoxville to take on the LSU Tigers on a drizzly Sunday afternoon. Perhaps the rain was just what the team needed. The Lady Vols played inspired volleyball, throwing their bodies around and scoring timely blocks while taking two of the first three sets from the Tigers. “Our blockers did a fantastic

job getting in the right spots, making their really good hitters hit shots they did not want to hit or with two blockers in their face, so I was really happy how wellorganized that was,” said head coach Rob Patrick after Sunday’s loss to LSU. Though the team failed to snap its torrid losing streak, the tone from Patrick and others players during post-game interviews was noticeably optimistic. “You have to acknowledge progress, and we definitely have made progress throughout the season, and blocking is one thing our middles and outside hitters have been working on,” said sophomore setter Lexi Dempsey, who recorded 43 assists in Sunday’s loss. Mullins finished the weekend just 10 digs shy of Goldman’s all-time record of 1,755, and is just 50 digs from the UT’s singleseason digs record, also held by Goldman. After Sunday’s loss, Mullins praised the work ethic of her teammates as well as discussed her personal success. “We just really competed against LSU in that first set and made them make some errors that they probably usually don’t make,” Mullins said. “We just played and gutted it out, and it was like the best we’ve played pretty much all season.” Patrick was quick to shower praise on his senior. “She’s an embodiment of what Tennessee volleyball is about. Period,” Patrick said. “She has

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“The Calm Before The Storm.” Those are the five words that Tennessee football etched out across a picture on Twitter to promote Saturday’s contest against the Vanderbilt Commodores. What the picture doesn’t describe is the magnitude of that approaching storm. Yes, inside Neyland Stadium on Saturday there will be a battle between two teams whose in-state rivalry runs deep within both programs. But the game also runs deep for another reason. With Saturday’s game also comes Senior Night, an emotional night for 28 Volunteers as they play the last home game of their careers. Senior Night brings along the aforementioned storm. Head coach Butch Jones stated during Monday’s press conference that a lot of these individuals “will never play the game of football again.” Though this may be true, there are also a lot of players on this team that will continue to play football once their UT career reaches it’s fast-approaching conclusion. The realization that a lot of good players on this Tennessee team will not be here next season – including the entire offensive line if Antonio “Tiny” Richardson decides to forgo his senior year – should be a shocking revelation when those players run through the “T” for the last time, not just an emotional moment. Jones always tries to remind everybody that this is a young football team, but the truth is that next year’s team will be even younger.

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Tennessee senior libero Ellen Mullins records a dig during a match against LSU at Thompson-Boling Arena on Sunday. been somebody who has bought into what we do, gives 100 percent every single day, and really carries the torch of Tennessee volleyball the right way.” With just four matches remaining for the Lady Vols, the

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team has an opportunity to play spoiler as they take on the No. 7 Florida Gators tonight at 5:30 pm in Thompson-Boling Arena. The Gators enter the match with a sparkling 24-3 record. ESPNU will televise the match.

Now in 2013, the Vols have been through two offensive line coaches, changed head coaches and started five players at quarterback since that game. The one thing that has not changed in the midst of that turmoil? UT’s right tackle. Against Vanderbilt Saturday night, James will start his 48th consecutive game for the Vols and his 29th and final contest at Neyland Stadium. If UT qualifies for a bowl game and James remains healthy, he’ll tie Jonathan Hefney (2004-07) for the most starts by a position player in Tennessee history. “That’s just a blessing for God to keep me healthy this long, just taking care of my body,” James said. “The coaches gave me an opportunity when I was young, and you just come in here working and try to be consistent.” Tuesday night at the football complex, James and fellow seniors along the offensive line, James Stone and Zach Fulton, decided to revisit that initial opportunity they were granted by Derek Dooley and former offensive line coach Harry Hiestand. After watching film on the Commodores to prepare for Saturday’s must-win game, they popped in some tape from years gone by. “Let’s turn on the film from sophomore year,” one of the three suggested. “And then it was, ‘Let’s

turn on the film from our freshman year,’” James said. “And we went on down the line and watched UT-Martin, Memphis, Ole Miss, all those games.” Tennessee closed the season on a four-game winning streak, but UT’s grizzled veteran linemen peeking back at their more youthful versions provided a comical scene on Tuesday. “We were just sitting there laughing at how terrible we looked,” James said. “Back then, you think you’re doing kind of good, but it looked terrible. We’ve come a long way. That’s just a blessing to play this long and play for this university.” In regards to the present, both James and UT head coach Butch Jones describe their relationship as a bond. Jones identified James early as a player he comes to in order to get a feel for the attitude of the team. “Ja’Wuan is one of those individuals I gravitate towards,” Jones said. “We probably text every night.” James said he wishes he could play for Jones longer than just a season, and although Jones has known James less than a year, his assessment of UT’s senior right tackle encapsulates what his Tennessee career reflects. “He has a great, great future ahead of him, and we really challenged him this year to improve in some areas, some deficiencies,” Jones said, “and he’s done a great job. “We talk about consistency in performance, and I think that’s defined in Ja’Wuan James.”

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Assistant Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron

And while all the recruiting success this coaching staff is having seems like it may be bringing a bright future, you can’t replace leadership and experience through recruiting. The fact of the matter is that this Senior Night might be the most significant one in recent history for the Vols, not only because of the ramifications it holds for this season – a win would almost guarantee the Vols a bowl berth – but also because of what it holds for the future. Jones has always said it is up to the seniors to build the foundation of the future successes for this football program. With Senior Night upon us, UT better hope that the foundation is close to being set. If it isn’t, the storm is coming, and it may blow this brick house away. Upset of the Week Last week: Ball State over Northern Illinois This week: Kansas State over No. 20 Oklahoma Has there ever been a team that caught fire in popularity and died faster than Kansas State? Last year, Collin Klein put Manhattan, Kan., on the map. This year, it’s as if the Wildcats might as well be a FCS team. With that said, the Wildcats really haven’t been all that bad this season, as their only losses are to three high caliber, Big 12 opponents – Texas, Oklahoma State and Baylor – and the Alabama of Division 1-AA, North Dakota State. They are also the winners of four consecutive games and have managed to run for more than 150 yards in each of those games, which doesn’t bode well for a team that allowed Baylor to rush for 225 yards in Waco, Texas two weeks ago. It also doesn’t hurt the Wildcats’ chances that both Sooner quarterbacks – Trevor Knight and Blake Bell – have shown zero ability to throw the football. If they are able to stop the run, Manhattan will be celebrating a seventh win against a ranked opponent in two years.

Tennessee defensive lineman Marlon Walls sacks South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw during a game against the Gamecocks at Neyland Stadium on Oct. 19.

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