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SGA discusses Braille on campus, Village parking Hannah Marley

New SGA Legislation

Staff Writer Bills, bills, bills.

Members of UT’s SGA Senate met Tuesday night to discuss, debate and vote on legislation. These bills included proposals to add Braille signs in the nursing building, additional physical therapists in the Student Health Center and loading zones to Sorority Village.

Before discussing current pending legislation, Dean of Students Melissa Shivers reminded those in attendance about what happens to a bill approved by the Senate from the time it lands on her desk to when it is implemented by university administration.

“It should not be interpreted that once a bill passes through senate that it is done,” said Shivers, explaining that a bill first goes through her before it is passed to one of the members of the Chancellor’s Cabinet for review and consideration. After that, any progress or concerns are reported back to the SGA Vice President, Connor Dugosh.

Braille in the Nursing Building The “Bill to bring UT buildings into ADA Compliance,” designed to require the inclusion of Braille on the signs next to the classrooms to assist vision-impaired students, was revisited and resolved after being amended to apply exclusively to the Nursing Building.

“It was my goal to make sure that all buildings on this campus come within ADA compliance,” said Mary Hamilton, author of the bill and sophomore in

Johnson thriving with opportunity to fill in at middle linebacker Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB) With A.J. Johnson suspended from all team-related activities, the Tennessee Volunteers have spent the week searching for the individual who will step in and fill the position of UT’s absent leading tackler.

On Wednesday, it was freshman linebacker Jakob Johnson who took command of the vacated role, garnering the majority of the firstteam work at the “mike” linebacker spot.

“Today I thought he responded really well,” linebackers coach Tommy Thigpen said. “We were in meetings, and he was actually talking like a sophomore or junior. I thought today he really stepped up.

He took command of the huddle, made all the checks and all the adjustments and I was surprised that he responded the way he did.”

The trust in the Stuttgart, Germany native’s ability to take over came late Tuesday night when Johnson was stationed in the Anderson Training Complex studying tape in an effort to improve.

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Bill to inform freshmen about opt-in

Bill to bring UT buildings into ADA compliance

Bill to add loading zones to Sorority Village

Bill to hire additional physical therapists

audiology and speech pathology. “But the only building that was not going to be torn down within the coming years, that was not up to ADA compliance is the Nursing Building.”

The bill was brought to a vote and passed with 61 for, zero against and one abstaining.

Additional physical therapists The “Bill to hire additional physical therapists” was brought back before the senate a second time after David Herberich, the author of the bill and junior in industrial engineering, was able to present more substantial facts about how hiring additional physical therapists would help meet a need on campus while generating revenue from the students who pay for their services.

“Most students are being turned to other places,”

Herberich said. “So, one, we could be seeing more people on campus and, two, it should bring in more money for UT.” Currently, Teresa Johnston serves as UT’s only physical therapist. She sees ten to 12 patients a day with a maximum number of 150 students a week, bringing in $140,000 to the university last year.

Herberich claimed that passing a bill encouraging the administration to hire another physical therapist would generate more revenue and provide more access to physical therapy for the students who need it.

The bill passed with 49 in favor, four against and 10 abstaining.

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VolOUT to host transgender vigil Tanner Hancock Copy Editor Remembering those who lost their lives for being who they were, one name at a time.

As a part of the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, a candlelight vigil will be held in order to honor the various trans persons across the globe who have lost their lives to violence. The event, hosted by volOUT, will feature the victims’ names and their respective cause of death recited as measure of remembrance Thursday at 6 p.m. in the HSS amphitheater.

Tucker Hyde, a junior in public relations and president of volOUT, said he hopes the event will shed light on a portion of the LGBT community he feels has gone unnoticed.

Describing the event as an “emotional experience,” Hyde said the goal of the vigil is to reveal the reality of prejudice related violence to life, as it “puts names to the victims.”

Students embrace during the Transgender Day of Remembrance in the HSS Amphitheater on Nov. 22, 2013. The Lambda Student Union hosted the event to honor victims of transgender violence.

Hayley Brundige • The Daily Beacon “It brings an issue to the table that a lot of times gets overlooked,” Hyde said.

“This is kind of a way to bring attention to some of the crimes that have committed against people just for being who they are.”

Between 1985 and 1998, it is estimated that of all violence initiated against the LGBT community, 20

percent resulted in murders to transgender persons, according to a report from transgenderlaw.org.

For Joel Kramer, assignment manager for UT Housing and faculty staff advisor for volOUT, the event will serve as a reminder to the unnecessary violence perpetrated against trans persons.

“There are people all across the U.S. who are physically assaulted or even killed because of their status as a trans person,” Kramer explained. “It’s a day that’s been set aside just to remember those people and their struggle and to memorialize those persons.”

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Student play sheds light on love, sacrifice Megan Patterson Contributor Imagine a future in which your professional life is a gray void of conformity and a love life means certain death.

This is the story Brock Ward, senior in College Scholars, tells through his play “Nothing Personal.”

“With this play I wanted to tackle two themes I saw going on with classmates. One was a sacrifice of passion for safety,” Ward explained. “You give up these dreams you have, all these things you’re passionate about, for a life that you are fully aware that you won’t enjoy very much, but you appreciate the safety factor of it.”

Sacrifice of personal identity and its consequences are a main theme in Ward’s production, in which he also stars. The second aspect of this sacrifice comes in the characters’ personal relationships.

“I also saw a very large fear of love going on where a lot of classmates were afraid of affection that they were feeling,” Ward said. “They weren’t afraid of other people loving them; they were afraid of themselves feeling love.”

Ward’s costar Rachel Finney, senior in English, elaborated on the theme of the risk taken with love.

“The play reflects most people’s fear of loving and being loved by taking it to the extreme,” Finney said. “It comments on the complexities of all types of love from relationships to friendships to family.”

Ward explained how each of the main conflicts center around a fear of being hurt, whether professionally in a harsh corporate world or romantically by an unrequited love.

Although “Nothing Personal” touches on heavy subject matter, Ward’s ability to communicate through dark humor allows the play to take on a more lighthearted feel. Ward said the funniest things can also be the most dire and serious.

David Ratliff, house manager at Clarence Brown Theatre and director of “Nothing Personal,” commended Ward for his “puny” style of writing.

“It’s light-hearted but dealing with difficult subject matter, but that’s really the way to have the audience access it instead of beating them over the heads with drama,” Ratliff said. “You present it in a clever way so it’s easier to swallow.”

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It was a time of holy wars and conflicting ideologies -a time not unlike our own.

Renowned scholar and medieval historical expert Jonathan Phillips will present a lecture on Saladin, a military commander who helped retake Jerusalem from Christian crusaders in the 12th century. The event is the 11th annual Riggsby lecture on Medieval and Mediterranean History and will take place today at 5:30 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium.

Heather Hirschfeld, associate professor of English and Riggsby Director of the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, said she hopes the series will provide a connection between the religious violence of Medieval times and current conflicts.

“This kind of intercultural violence that the crusades represent have bearing on our own times and our own understanding of cross cultural contexts,” Hirschfeld explained.

Hirschfeld said she suspects Phillips will examine

how Saladin was viewed both in his own time as well as throughout history, as he is still largely regarded as a heroic figure in Muslim communities throughout the world.

Jay Rubenstein, a professor in history who extended the invitation to Phillips, said the visiting scholar is both an engaging personality as well as one of the world’s leading experts on crusader history.

“This is one of the world’s great historians and also one of the really great speakers,” Rubenstein said. “It’s a curious combination of a really famous scholar, a really charismatic scholar and a really interesting topic.”

While his interest lies mostly with First Crusade, Rubenstein said he views that time period as one of particular interest.

“It seemed like a story with lots of fabulous characters and complexities,” said Rubenstein of his initial interest in the topic, noting that his fascination in the Crusades has increased since the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

Rubenstein also said Saladin’s success in mirroring the religious zeal of the Christian Crusaders led to

Jonathan Phillips, medieval history expert, will present a lecture on Saladin, a military commander in the 12th century, Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in Hodges Library.

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“He was the first military leader to sort of understand what the crusader’s had done and adopt that mindset for his own time,“ Rubenstein said. “Saladin is remembered historically as a person who more or less united the Arab world.”

The Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, which is sponsoring the event, specializes in an interdisciplinary approach

to studying the Middle Ages.

Spanning eight departments and two colleges, Hirschfeld said it’s not uncommon for professors ranging from English to musicology to convene in order to better understand these early periods.

“It’s scholars studying the early periods from all these different, disciplinary perspectives,” Hirschfeld said.

“It’s sort of the broadest kind of scholarship or study of these early periods.”

Opt-In information for freshmen The third bill presented, the “Bill to inform freshmen about Opt-In,” addressed whether or not SGA should be responsible for informing the incoming freshmen class about opting in or out for the student activities fee.

“We feel like SGA should be charged each year with producing a guide to opting-in and opting-out that should be in the packet of all freshmen that come to orientation,” said Greg Butcher, co-author of the bill and sophomore in marketing.

While the bill is designed to inform freshmen about their options, Butcher maintained that the bill contains no restrictions on the language, wording or content of the packet, simply requiring that it address the implications of opting in or out.

“We kind of left this open to the administration,” Butcher said. “There’s no restrictions on how they print the guide, necessarily whether it’s neutral or not, just that they do provide the guide packet.”

While some student senators expressed concerns about the administration’s ability to word the packet however they want and potentially influence students one way or the other, the bill passed with 61 in favor, one against and zero abstaining.

Loading zones in Sorority Village The “Bill to add loading zones to Sorority Village,” was the final item to be discussed Tuesday night. It was presented by the two senators from Sorority Village, Hannah Simpson and Jennings Hardee, in an effort to add legal parking to the village that would allow residents to take advantage of their meal plans without worrying about being ticketed for parking illegally.

“The problem is that outhouse girls don’t have parking passes for Sorority Village, so whenever they come to pick

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up their meals, they’re parking illegally,” Hardee said.

Jennings added that girls will oftentimes park and put their hazards on, park in handicap spots or park in general sorority parking so that they can take advantage of their meal plan, which is required by nearly every sorority.

“Basically, there’s no legal way for sorority girls to come pick up their meals for their required meal plans,” Hardee said.

The bill suggests adding six parking spots for all of Sorority Village with a 15-minute time limit for girls to grab their meals. The bill would not suggest constructing new parking spots, but making the spots that sorority girls already park in legal to use.

The bill passed with 54 in favor, two against and five abstaining.

Update on the bill requiring freshman attendance at orientation events: Shivers explained that there are still financial problems to work out regarding mandating freshmen orientation that the senate had not previously addressed.

“We quickly realized, in mandating orientation, that we need to have a larger conversation about what does it look like to mandate fees,” she said.

Shivers noted the administration needs time to consider requiring another mandatory fee in order to require orientation events.

The bill will continue to be discussed by the administration.

It was a busy night for SGA with four passed bills, but the semester isn’t over yet. The SGA will meet next week to continue to push new legislation through, including an amendment to their own constitution, potentially limiting the size of the senate, which is currently one of the largest in the SEC. For more information about UT’s SGA senate, visit sga.utk. edu

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Marta Lee, senior art student, checks out Rachel Byrd’s artwork at Gallery 1010 Nov. 7.

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How I discovered that WWE is kind of awesome

I was ready to let my

TRANSGENDER continued from Page 1 While Kramer works to further equality for the entire LGBT community, he said he recognizes that people who identify as transgender are subject to unique problems not generally experienced by the lesbian and gay populations. He specifically cited UT’s recent push for gender-neutral bathrooms across campus as a necessary measure to help alleviate these problems.

“They may get yelled at for going into one bathroom and get beaten up for going into another,” Kramer said of the difficulties

feminist flag fly and fist pump for female empowerment.

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More empowering than the female wrestlers, I found, was the little girl in front of me. She was probably eight years old, with wire-framed glasses and braids, and I wasn’t exactly sure how she had entered the WWE fandom. But Lilly -- I would like to call her Lilly -- screamed just as loudly, if not louder than, any of the men around me. “Don’t do it!” she advised Dolph Ziggler. “Chokeslam him!” she yelled at Kane. This girl was really breaking down gender stereotypes. Future CEO right there.

Overall, I actually enjoyed

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myself. It was like any other sporting event: pick a side, cheer for them and boo at their opponents. But it was better than a sporting event. It was some competitive wrestling-telenovelaBroadway play hybrid with costumes and makeup and dramatic monologues. And I enjoyed every minute of it.

I do have to admit, with utmost remorse, that I found myself enjoying and even dancing along to the RAW theme song -- which was later revealed to be sung

by Nickleback. I know, for shame.

WWE has really inspired me to make some changes in my life. Next time I get upset with my co-workers at The Daily Beacon, I won’t keep it in. Why should I? There are plenty of folding chairs and tables for me to utilize

transgender persons face even in using public restrooms. “It’s not necessarily the same thing that someone who is gay or lesbian might have to deal with.”

Kramer ultimately hopes the event will help shed light on people’s suffering because of their identities, while also letting them know a safe haven exists for them on campus.

“There are a lot of students that are not conscious that this is even a population that exists at UT, or that these are people who have vulnerabilities or people who need support,” Kramer said. “If there are students that who are in the trans community, they can say there is a group at UT that is concerned with them and is there to offer them support.”

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along with the masses and hugged the wall to hide my business casual attire.

The first match -- a tag team between The Usos and Stardust -- began and I was swept up into the WWE Universe.

Some things that I learned: 1. WWE Superstars each have an intricate life story and, often, equally intricate outfits and face makeup (See: Hayley Brundige Adam Rose and the bunny News Editor controversy). (@hayleybrundige) 2. Everyone hates The Authority and loves John Here’s something I never Cena. Don’t ask me for more thought I’d say: I am a WWE detail than that. fan.

A few weeks ago, my boyfriend -- who watches every Monday Night RAW and pays for a monthly subscription to the WWE Network -- convinced me to attend a show with him at ThompsonBoling Arena. At that point, my basic understanding of WWE was also my basic understanding of wrestling in general: ripped dudes in tight outfits gettin’ into compromising positions.

As the date of the match approached, he tried to catch me up on the various WWE storylines: who’s out for revenge, who got carted away 3. Some of the hits are fake to the hospital after being or exaggerated, but some curb stomped onto a table, of them are very, very real. who’s got a special wrestling When Triple H went on a move that the fans go wild folding chair rampage at the for. end of the show, I winced at When I walked into the every blow. arena Tuesday, I could imme4. WWE is, surprisingly, a diately tell the atmosphere family affair. Take your todwas different from the basket- dlers! Take your grandma! It’s ball games and concerts I’ve just like the state fair, but seen there. Paunch-bellied with less pie and more body men and former high school slamming. wrestlers (who were obviHonestly, I was mostly ously still holding onto the excited to see the female wresdream) were wearing sheep tlers I’d heard about. I was masks and huge champion- ready to let my feminist flag ship belts and inexplicably fly and fist pump for female yelling out “woo!” and “feed empowerment. Women are me more!” strong! Women can hurt each I felt like I had entered a other too! When Paige and massive inside joke which I Alicia Fox faced off, I did wasn’t a part of. my best to ignore the tiny, I really didn’t want to be boob-accentuating outfits singled out as an outsider and weirdly sexual straddle and subjected to their weird, moves that they seem to have steroid-fueled wrestling been trained to do. aggression, so I yelled “woo!”

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and I’m now aware of the “chokeslam.”

And from now on, I will only answer to “Slyvia Starr,” a fierce wrestling warrior from the barren plains of Illinois.

Hayley Brundige is a sophomore in College Scholars.

She can be reached at hbrun-

Knoxville might not be the next Silicon Valley, but local up-and-coming entrepreneurs still have a chance to flourish.

Today several big-name Knoxville organizations, including UT Research Foundation and ORNL, will host the annual Startup Day at The Standard at 2:30 p.m.

Scheduled speakers include Mayor Madeline Rogero and Jon Shieber, a senior editor of TechCrunch and CrunchBase.

Ten local start-up companies will have the chance to present on their work and ideas to an audience of 425 people, but are only given ten minutes. Each company is allotted 20 slides for 20 seconds each to provide a full scope of their company, including its impact on the community and its future growth.

The presentations will be punctuated by various talks from successful entrepreneurs, in the style of “intimate fireside chats.” Participants will have the chance to have their questions answered by experienced leaders.

One of the presenters is Beth Papanek, who will talk about nanofermentation and the business strategies being developed around the technology. She conducts her research with the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate

Education, which links UT labs with ORNL to support research and technology development.

Papanek’s research uses bacterial cells to produce nanoparticles which are already being used in a variety of applications today.

From fiber-optics to cancer research, nanoparticles find their way into most complex technologies but are incredibly expensive to produce mechanically or chemically, Papanek said.

She will have to explain her research in less than ten minutes, in addition to the business strategies and development plans of the company.

“That’s pretty complicated to do, how do you explain something so complex in twenty slides?” Papanek asked.

Overall, Startup Day aims to provide fledgling entrepreneurs with valuable connections within the industry.

The event will close with an hour-long networking opportunity with successful businesspeople.

Stacy Patterson, vice president of the UT Research Foundation, said Knoxville provides a welcoming environment, suitable for fostering innovative ideas.

Patterson said, “It has a community that supports it.”

The event is at capacity now, so there is a wait list for admission. It is free to attend though, and not just for start-ups and their CEOs but to anyone in Knoxville with a passion for economic development.

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Some historically negative Thanksgiving experiences Stained and Confused by

Alexandra Chiasson I’m generally not one of those people who are negative about the holidays, but Thanksgiving historically doesn’t go well for me.

It’s not the food part. I especially like little cheese-based casseroles that have little crunchy something-or-others on top. And I really like cheap cranberry sauce — though not nearly as much as my old roommate, Hannah, who used to eat it out of the can with a spoon.

Thanksgivings, for me personally, are just historically ridden with mishaps and deals gone bad, generally resulting in embarrassment or physical discomfort for the sake of family togetherness and the holiday spirit.

I’ll share some key examples.

Having been the resident family English major since the age of 8, I am generally encouraged to speak English in front of crowds. This typically manifests in being the designated grace-sayer every year, which is absurd; mostly because I suck at it.

One year in particular, I really messed up “God is good. God is great. Let us thank Him for our food” and some how wound up with “God is great. God is good. Let us thank Him… for our plate?”

This little bit of impromptu cleverness sealed the deal. Not only am I asked to say the prayer before we eat each year, but I know everyone listening is just waiting for me to mess it up again.

Another year, I volunteered myself to wash the dishes and cookware used to produce a meal for around 25 people in exchange for copies of the New Moon and Eclipse books of the Twilight series.

I know some of y’all who don’t like to stimulate your minds with literature, or have some beef with Mormons or something, might wonder why I would subject myself to hard labor so I could read a book.

I’m kind of a martyr in this regard: sometime I fancy myself a 19th century prisoner in France a la Edmond Dantes or Jean Valjean, and I’ll do backbreaking work in exchange for the freedom to pursue knowledge; or Edward Cullen. It is also for this very reason that I so thoroughly enjoy dry bread and hard cheeses.

Anyway, the point of this story is none of the bookstores were open on Thanksgiving, and when we showed up on Friday to the Barnes & Noble out in rural Alabama where we were celebrating that year, they were all out of Twilight and interracial erotica.

And don’t get me started on the Thanksgiving I made myself sick off a wretched monstrosity of leftover turkey, dried cranberries and bread from a can, arranged and baked to look like a wreath and inspired by a recipe shared at a fateful Pampered Chef party. I didn’t throw up, but I was convinced for a long time after that I had some sort of bizarre turkey intolerance. It turns out I really just don’t know how to moderate my edible wreath intake.

I’ll probably end up doing the majority of the dishes this year because “(I’m) financially dependent and will owe (my parents) forever.”

My baby brother and sister are still effectively managing to feign incompetence in this department, despite the fact that they are now in their teens. I’m still wondering if my other sister is devoid of all human compassion.

And I wouldn’t be surprised at all if I have to endure a grilling session regarding this very column, as I’m not positive my usual excuse of “it’s just my humor persona talking” will fly this time.

And I’ve decided to replace “God” with “Goddess” in my grace this year. What? It’s just feminism.

Oh well. Can you say “#martyr”?

Alexandra Chiasson is a senior in English.

She can be reached at thanksgivingmartyr@ utk.edu.

Columns of The Daily Beacon are reflections of the individual columnist, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or its editorial staff.

A gift guide to those holiday parties Seven Doctors Say by

Jonathan Burkhalter The holidays are almost here, which means the parties are too. Last winter, around the time of Christmas, I really wanted to impress my girlfriend’s parents by bringing her mother a bottle of her favorite pumpkin liquor. I had it all planned perfectly in my head: I was to show up at what was something like a holiday gathering before Christmas, with their daughters’ friends, a fire, holiday music and a feast.

I was to have this bottle with a perfect bow on top, hand it to her and show that I had good taste, and therefore, I was a good boyfriend. There was only one problem: I didn’t have time to go to the liquor store before the party. I asked a friend of mine to swing by the store and drop it off at my place, which he did for me because he is a good friend.

When I got home, ready to change quickly and hit the road again, I found a handle of peppermint schnapps sitting on my desk. My heart sank a little. I envisioned handing this bottle of 150 proof hard peppermint liquor to my girlfriend’s sweet mother and suggesting we sip it by the fire. It wasn’t quite what I had in mind, and I didn’t think it would give off a good

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An end of course thank you note Inside and Out by

Katie Grugin I strongly believe in the importance of thank you notes. I’m graduating at the end of this semester, and because of this glorious fact, I spent the week writing thank you notes to the people who have been influential in my recent life. Now, if you don’t write them, I’m not going to pass judgment on your complete lack of manners, but you should consider it.

When done without a sense of obligation, they bring focus to the value of the people around you. Not just for what they do for you, but who they are as people, and how their lives are connected to yours.

My professors, past and present, make up a large group of people I wish I could write individual notes to. However, I can’t put all of my overwhelming gratitude in stationary format because of 1) a lack of current mailing addresses and 2) I don’t feel I can properly express my gratitude on a note smaller than a Spanish flash card.

Instead, I’m going to use this last column to express some of the thank you’s I am unable to write, but wish I could.

First and foremost, a big thank you to all the professors who have taught by example how to be incredibly interested in things

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If they don’t like to drink, Apples to Apples will be a hit.

Holiday party #3: the party with your parents.

Do not bring booze, unless you’re one of those people who has a strangely close relationship with your parents. For the rest of us, the thought in the back of our parents’ minds is, “are they drinking too much? That picture on Facebook is really worrisome.” Bringing it will only reinforce their fears. Go to Joann’s craft store and buy popsicle sticks, cotton, a glue gun and felt. Make a snowman and give it to them while you tell them how much you loved Christmas as a child. They’ll love it.

Holiday party #4: the party with your significant other’s parents.

What you bring is of utmost importance, as it says something about who you are and the way you think, which is exactly what parents want to know about the people their kids are seeing. If you’ve met their parents, think about what you’ve talked about. For extra bonus points, get their mom and their dad something each.

Think about what they like and what you want to look like to them. If you need help or haven’t met them, ask your significant other. I reiterate, first impressions are important! For god’s sake, don’t bring liquor.

impression.

That was the year that I didn’t get my girlfriend’s mom a gift, and I’ve regretted it ever since. Lesson to be learned: don’t ever try to bring alcohol to your girlfriend’s parents unless it’s a nice bottle of wine (and then, even still). Then the question lingers, what to bring to holiday parties? Well, it depends on the situation.

Holiday party #1: the party with your friends.

This is a good party to bring the hooch to (especially the 150 proof schnapps).

Pick up some seasonal beers; I always recommend Shiner Holiday Cheer, which is malty and flavored with pecans. If they like IPAs try the New Belgium seasonal.

If you really want to hit home, pick up some high gravities. They are your friends; they hopefully were going to be happy to see you anyway, but a little less if you’re empty handed. Come on, at least pick up some chips.

Holiday party #2: the party with your friend’s friends.

You definitely need to step your game up from chips. If it’s the first time meeting these friends, then remember: first impressions are a big deal. Definitely bring some beer (or a bottle of wine if the occasion is right). Wear something nice. Neutral colors with a splash of bright to liven up the dreary winter evening is always a safe bet.

If your friend is friends with people that don’t like to drink or otherwise enjoy their lives that much, then bring a board game.

most other people find exceedingly dull.

You know a subject is worthwhile if, while you’re talking, there’s a hungover sophomore staring back at you, glossy-eyed and drooling a little bit. All these years (because at 22 I have had a lot of years for introspection) I thought I was boring. Now I finally realize I’m just academic. While the above scenario describes most of my dating life during the first three years of college, I can’t imagine having to experience that dull stare every single weekday of the semester. I am sure it requires the endurance of saints, and I know I appreciate the effort.

Professors, thank you for demonstrating how to be both passionate about a subject while also being slightly maladapted to many social environments. I think it makes us all a little more open to our own idiosyncrasies to know that being a little different doesn’t prevent you from getting a job.

Thank you for pretending to believe every excuse your students come up with for why they were too lazy to do their reading. I’m sure they actually wrecked their car/got sick/had something come up/the world literally ended emotionally. I’m also sure you’ve heard it a thousand times, and still manage to come up with a kind look masking how much you don’t believe it. It’s nice of you to understand that after four years of prolonged adolescence, your students still fail at being adults sometimes.

Thank you for putting up with finalsinduced stress and bad attitudes, and end of course evaluations which might be the

only vent for frustration a student has in their life.

Thank you for encouraging any spark of potential or interest; I have professors who still send me articles they think I’ll find interesting. It makes me remember I have potential, and that the world is bigger than Facebook articles would lead me to believe.

Thank you for trying to keep pace in a rapidly changing world. My degree isn’t signed and delivered yet, but it already feels on its way to becoming obsolete.

While that’s a wonderful thing in the grand scheme of progress, it is hard to keep up with technology that changes weekly, and the thousands of articles which are published monthly in every field. Thank you for providing new and relevant information, and for trying to adapt your teaching styles to the way students these days learn.

Most importantly, thank you for caring about what you do. I have had forty-odd professors in my time at UT, and while some were more invested than others were, I gained a quality education from them. I would say that I earned it, but for most of my classes, what I learned was primarily the result of the teacher’s efforts, not my own. I am fortunate to have taken classes from such worthwhile educators.

Thank you, sincerely, for your time.

Katie Grugin is a senior in religious studies and psychology. She can be reached at kgrugin@vols.utk.edu.

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THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Jenna Butz @butzjenna

ARTS & CULTURE continued from Page 1 Through his play, Ward hopes to vocalize his peers’ unacknowledged concerns about their futures, a worry that’s shared by many but vocalized by few. “He has a very interesting way of being able to say things in his plays that I have felt or thought but couldn’t exactly put into words,�

Ratliff said. “He’s expressed it exactly the way that makes sense.�

By encouraging students to face their fears, Ward hopes he may encourage a reevaluation of priorities as they prepare to enter into the next stage in their lives.

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audience to leave with an increased awareness of individual potential and a desire to do something great with it. “In this play, people are expected to behave a certain way and when two of the characters end up going against that flow ‌ you really see what happens to them and what it means for them in a society that’s telling them they’re doing something wrong,â€? Ratliff said. “It’s not set in the distant future. It’s set in this generation’s future, so this is where we might be headed. The question is what can we do now to change that?â€? “Nothing Personalâ€? premieres Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Carousel Theater.

Admission is free.

Comedy Club to host showcase in Hodges Library Mason Sigmon Contributor

The Comedy Club will host eight comedians at its comedy showcase on campus Thursday.

Founded by John Miller, senior in communication studies, the Comedy Club has been part of UT since 2012. “When I was 20, I couldn’t really perform anywhere - like 21 and over places,�

Miller said. “So I came up with this to give people the chance to have somewhere to perform.�

Miller says there will be various styles of humor from each performer. “There will be something there for everybody who attends...to enjoy,� Miller said.

Jay Kendrick will perform in the showcase and says his style of humor takes simple items and makes them the subject of his set. “My comedy is stuff that no one really thinks about like how evil pimento cheese or how boring a realistic fighting game would be,�

Kendrick said.

For Sean Simoneau, another performer and graduate student in journalism and electronic media, uses his time with the club to express himself. “(The Comedy Club) is a cheap form of therapy in

Dessert contest to unite cultures through food, Fulmer to judge Faith Schweikert Copy Editor (@got_2haveFaith)

Not even Phillip Fulmer can resist free dessert.

UT’s Italian Club will be hosting its first ever Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures Dessert Contest tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. in the Black Cultural Center, with special guest judge, former head UT football coach Phillip Fulmer.

Italian Club advisor RenÊe D’Elia-Zunino said the event is an effort to bring all of the modern foreign languages together and showcase their different cultures. She

hopes Fulmer’s presence will encourage students outside of the programs to come learn as well. “I knew he has a sweet tooth, so there was no hesitation when we asked him,�

D’Elia-Zunino laughed. “We hoped since its football season having him there would bring more people in.�

The Italian Club held a successful soccer tournament last year but switched to a dessert contest this year because while many people like sports, the club found that not all do. “Food is something everyone can connect with,�

Italian Club President Paige Winter said.

Student groups from each of the respective eight languages will each create a dish specific to their country to present to the judges Friday night. After a quick presentation about the culture of the dish, the judge’s tasting and the presentation of awards, all leftovers are free to anyone in attendance.

D’Elia-Zunino said it it because of this acceptance of all languages and all students that “these events are the life of the university.â€? “The students are the Italian Club,â€? D’Elia-Zunino said. “Students jump onto opportunities to meet outside the classroom ‌ it’s nice to see students making

things happen.�

Though the event is a more laidback learning experience, D’Elia-Zunino emphasizes the value of doing such exercises away from the classroom. “Most of our students at this level have studied abroad in Italy, and there’s such an urgency to share when they come back,� D’Elia-Zunino said. “It doesn’t mean saying fork, knife and spoon in the kitchen is any different than saying fork, knife and spoon in a classroom. It’s all learning.�

The Italian Club welcomes all who desire free food to come and experience something new.

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which I feel more comfortable on stage telling people things in the form of jokes that I don’t really talk about,�

Simoneau said.

Each performer in the showcase gets at least 10 minutes of stage time, and the show will start 8:30 p.m.

For more information about the showcase or to get involved with the Comedy Club contact Miller at utk. collegiatelink.net/organization/comedy. New performers will be given five minutes to perform.

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Thursday, November 20, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

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UT falls in five sets to South Carolina Lucas Hunter Contributor After rallying from an 18-14 deficit to force a fifth and final matchup of the night, the stage was set in Thompson-Boling Arena for Tennessee to win its second SEC game of the year.

However, experience showed as the young and inconsistent Lady Vols let their biggest moment of the season go to the struggling Gamecocks, ultimately losing the concluding set and the match (25-22, 15-25, 25-19, 23-25, 15-9).

The Lady Vols (8-22, 1-15 SEC) were out hit 0.450 to 0.158 in the fifth set, as Koko Atoa-Williams and Dessaa Legros led South Carolina’s charge to the tune of seven of the team’s 11 kills in the shortened set.

In contrast, the Lady Vols pummeled their way through the Gamecocks (16-12, 6-9 SEC) in the second set, led by Ashley Mariani, who recorded seven kills in the set and led all players in the game with 18 kills throughout the night.

“When she’s on she did some wonderful things for us.” ead coach Rob Patrick said The story of the game was not only Mariani, but the trio of her, Kanisha Jimenez and Kendra Turner. The three combined for 43 kills, aided by 47 assists from the setter duo of Taylor Johnson and Lexi Dempsey.

“Sometimes these matches come down to big points, who plays the big points better,” Patrick said, “and South Carolina just played the big points better than us.”

FOOTBALL continued from Page 1 Aside from the work ethic he has shown this week, his coaches have also been impressed with the traits that come naturally to Jakob Johnson. ““I like his intelligence,” defensive coordinator John Jancek said. “I like his size. I like a lot of the things he’s been able to do in a short amount of time.

It’s going to be fun to see him get out there and compete and see what he can do.”

Playing middle linebacker, however, comes with certain responsibilities, but none more important than being the beacon of communication along the defensive unit.

But while some would argue that that task is too much to ask of a true freshman, the defensive coaches say that nothing will change when it comes to where the defensive calls will come from.

“It’s a badge of honor to be a middle linebacker,” Jancek said.

“Jakob has to do it. He’s put the time in. He has worked extremely hard. I know he has been up early in the morning looking at film. We’ve challenged him to

The multifaceted attack could not put points on the board when it mattered the most, in the final set where sophomore outside hitter Jamie Lea and highly experienced senior Shealyn Kolosky were absent.

“We have three freshmen on the court, three or four freshman and a couple of sophomores,” said Patrick on the inability to close down the stretch “and we’re just really, really young, and the only way you learn how to play the big points better is through experience.”

The Gamecocks were not without fault, however, as their frontline that leads the SEC with 2.44 blocks per set were held to only five total blocks on the night. In comparison, Tennessee’s defense had eight blocks and had five players with double-digit digs.

The Lady Vols offense was not outmanned, but may have been outplayed, surrendering a 0.225 hitting percentage compared to their own 0.209, and giving up an equal number of kills on nine less attempts.

South Carolina’s offense was channeled through junior middle blocker Darian Dozier, who had an efficient 15 kills on a 0.361 attacking percentage, but was quiet in the final set where she recorded a single kill offset by an attacking error.

“We took some great swings, and they would stick an arm out or get hit off a shoulder and instead of it going into the stands, it would go up in the air,” Patrick said, “and that happens.”

Up next, the Lady Vols host Arkansas Nov. 26th on senior night, beginning at 6 p.m.

do so and he has responded well so far.”

And while the absence of A.J. Johnson can felt in the linebacker’s meeting room, Jancek has made it clear where the unit’s focus needs to be.

“Our guys know we have a job to do,” Jancek said. “They are not cancelling the game, so let’s go play. Let’s win” Crowder out: On Wednesday during his weekly Vol Calls appearance, Tennessee head coach Butch Jones announced that redshirt junior center Mack Crowder will miss the Vols contest against the Tigers because of a high-ankle sprain he suffered versus Kentucky.

Sophomore Dylan Weisman will get the start at center in place of Crowder, marking the first start of his career.

Weisman will be the eighth different offensive lineman to start for the Vols this season.

“Dylan has worked exceptionally hard,” said head coach Butch Jones following Tuesday’s practice. “Now is his opportunity, go take advantage of it. We have asked a lot of him. Playing multiple positions. But he is an individual who works hard. We are going to need him to step up.”

Junior guard Kevin Punter attempts a jump shot over Pikeville’s Macari Brooks during the Vols’ 80-62 exhibition win over the Bears on Nov. 3. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon

Vols ‘continue to emphasize’ boxing out as Texas Southern comes to town Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor (@dsouth16)

Donnie Tyndall thought the message had been firmly delivered.

But after having his Tennessee team give up 49 rebounds — 23 on the offensive end— in its 85-69 loss to No. 15 VCU, the Volunteers firstyear head coach is revisiting his teaching method on boxing out.

“I’ve emphasized I felt since day one, but obviously I haven’t done a good enough job,” Tyndall said. “So we’ll continue to emphasize in the film room, on the practice floor, add a couple more rebounding drills that we do. We don’t have a team that likes a lot of contact, that comes with youthfulness and inexperience and guys that kind shying away from getting hit or wanting to hit somebody.”

Luckily for UT, the Volunteers welcome in a team averaging just 15 offensive rebounds per game on the young 2014 season. UT hosts Texas Southern

(0-2) in its home opener, beginning at 7 p.m. tonight inside Thompson-Boling Arena.

For five of Tennessee’s nine newcomers, Friday’s hiccup was their first collegiate loss.

A disappointing start, yes, but nobody’s too up in arms after just one defeat.

“You’ve just got to keep growing,” junior guard Kevin Punter said. “You can’t get too wrapped up in wins and losses and especially our first loss with us being a new team. You have to use that to make you a better team and grow and connect more as a brotherhood and as a team.”

Meanwhile, Texas Southern, fresh off an NCAA tournament appearance a season ago, enters tonight having already faced an early treacherous slate.

The Tigers made road trips to Eastern Washington — a game that started at 8 a.m. local time — and college basketball powerhouse Indiana within the last week.

A familiar face exists in Marshall transfer Chris Thomas, who Tyndall faced off against last season while coaching at Southern Mississippi.

“They’re one of those teams that kind of every year has a new group, but they’re talented,” Tyndall said. “They’re athletic. The score against Eastern Washington wasn’t indicative of the game when you watch the game. Eastern Washington made 15 threes, so if they just make half of those, it takes seven away. That games on with two minutes to play. “… So they’re very athletic.

They’re a team that a year ago went to the NCAA tournament, and they return two really good players from that team. They had three or four transfers sitting out (that are back now).”

Texas Southern, however, may not be the only squad inside Thompson-Boling implementing starting lineup alternations. On Monday, Tyndall indicated that freshmen Willie Carmichael and Jabari McGhee ran with the first team, replacing Friday starters Derek Reese and Robert Hubbs.

In McGhee’s case, his season debut (seven points, six rebounds) was a surprise to many.

But don’t stick Punter on that

list.

“Jabari, like how you’ve seen him play that night, he plays like that all the time in practice,” Punter said. “He goes hard. He’s going to rebound, and when he’s under the basket, he’s going to go up with two (hands), power finish. He does that all the time, so that’s nothing new.

“Expect to see that all year from him.”

A modification in the starting lineup may not be the only roster move for Tyndall as the Vols head coach is expecting to have junior guard Devon Baulkman (shoulder) back active for tonight’s home opener.

A 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard from Bainbridge Ga., Baulkman missed both of UT’s exhibition contests and didn’t travel for the Vols’ season opener either.

“We hope to (have him active),” Tyndall said. “He practiced (Sunday) probably about three fourths of the practice.

Looked pretty good. He said he was pretty sore (Monday) morning, but we do hope and anticipate he’ll play on Thursday.”