The Daily Beacon

Issue 39, Volume 122

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Skydiving offers thrills, changed opinions

‘Stand for Freedom’ raises awareness Emilee Lamb

Staff Writer

Starting today, UT’s chapter of International Justice Mission (IJM) will take a stand for the 27 million people around the world held captive in modernday slavery.

IJM is an internationally reaching human rights agency and is headquartered in Brooke Turner Washington, D.C. Founded in Staff Writer 1997, it works to rescue vicJust four months after tims of violent oppression and bring the law to bear on the extreme athlete Felix perpetrators of those crimes.

Baumgartner jumped from the UT students involved with edge of space in the world’s highest skydive, many UT students have tried their own hand at the art of skydiving.

Matt Park, a former UT student, has taken part in more than 1,100.

Park, who left school before graduating with a degree in computer science to accept a job with Celeris Networks Consulting Group, made his first jump on July 11, 2009.

He was hooked and said he has since completed a few hundred per year. Last year alone he made 500 ascensions and jumps.

The secret to his success, Park said, comes from the job he accepted at Celeris Networks. It was a job, he said, that he simply could not deny.

“This actually involves my computer job, believe it or not,” he said. “The reason I got an offer I couldn’t refuse was because the guy that owns the company I work for now is actually a skydiver. I met him through skydiving, and that’s how I kind of obtained my Staff Reports current job. In my contract UT’s Master of Business I’ve earned with the company, I work Monday through Administration’s entrepreThursday and then I sky dive neurship specialty is among the world’s top programs Friday through Sunday.”

Park, now a skydiving in that field, according to a instructor, said he wasn’t recently released ranking from Bloomberg Businessweek. always as keen on skydiving Of the eighty-two schools as he is now, claiming that his included in the entrepreneurlove for it has evolved through ship specialty ranking, UT’s the few years he has been program ranked fifty-fourth doing it. globally and seventeenth

IJM will be participating in the organization’s nationwide “Stand for Freedom” by standing for 27 hours on Pedestrian Walkway to raise awareness of the pervasive modern slave trade.

“The Stand for Freedom is to stand for those who can’t stand for themselves,” said Benjamin Wing, senior in materials science and engineering, and fundraising chair for UT’s chapter of IJM. “We hope to give a voice to people who otherwise don’t have a voice.”

Though the ultimate goal of the event is wide in scope, the

goals of UT’s participants are much more specific.

“The first step with any change is awareness, and that’s the main issue,” Wing said.

“We also hope to raise $2,700, get at least 270 people participating in this event, and sign 1,000 signatures for a petition.”

The event began yesterday with a promotional day, during which IJM members were stationed in the University Center from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to hand out flyers and sign volunteers up for the event.

Today, the Stand officially

kicks off as volunteers converge on Pedestrian Walkway in shifts from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

“Primarily, we’re going to have a bunch of people standing with signs that say ‘I stand for freedom’ just to bring awareness,” Wing said. “We’ll also have, over to the side, a place for donations. We’ll have laptops set up so if people want to donate and help us raise the money, then they can help us do that.”

The members of UT’s chapter of IJM have a passion for putting an end to modern slav-

ery and look forward to sharing that with other students on campus during this event.

“I hope that this event raises awareness and plants some seeds of passion in people,” Olivia Gross, freshman in social work, said. “Most people don’t understand how vast the problem of human trafficking is, and some don’t know that it still exists.”

IJM is not alone in its effort to raise awareness on campus.

Volunteers from several other organizations will be joining the ranks as well.

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MBA program receives Top 25 ranking

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Beacon Correction The Daily Beacon story “Hollywood screenwriter talks basics, archetypes” from Monday, March 4, featured an incorrect reference to author Joseph Campbell, instead referring to him as James Campbell. Also, the photo pictured with the story was Scott Meyers, not Scott Myers, the screenwriter.

among U.S. public universities.

“This ranking reinforces the incredible focus that our entrepreneurship faculty place on student development and each one’s willingness to support MBA students in achieving their personal and professional career aspirations,” said Amy Cathey, executive director of UT’s MBA program. “The MBA program now has Top 25 recognition for curriculum delivery in the areas of entrepreneurship, business analytics, and supply chain, which helps us attract, develop, and place a wide variety of outstanding students.”

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Bloomberg Businessweek asked MBA students graduating between July 1, 2011, and June 30, 2012, about their business school experience, from admission into the program to securing a job. One section of the survey singled out specific aspects of the business program, including the entrepreneurship specialty. The feedback resulted in the rankings. For a complete listing, visit the Bloomberg Businessweek website.

UT’s program is unique in that it offers a required entrepreneurship and innovation course, Innovation in Practice, for all first-year MBA students.

The course focuses exclusively on nonprofit organizations.

Since the course’s inception in 2004, a total of 320 students and twelve faculty members have devoted more than 25,300 hours helping more than sixty-five Tennesseebased nonprofit organizations with their organizational challenges. This spring, seventytwo students will work with sixteen organizations as they also improve their critical-

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thinking skills.

UT’s MBA program also offers second-year students interested in entrepreneurship the opportunity to create new business ventures. For example, in the Entrepreneurial Strategy Implementation course, students help entrepreneurial-minded for-profit organizations answer strategic questions. Since 2005, 118 MBA students and faculty members have devoted close to 15,000 hours working with thirty-four Tennessee enterprises.

The MBA program’s entrepreneurship and innovation activities are supported by the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Department of Management, both housed in the UT College of Business Administration.

For more information about the MBA program, visit the website at mba.utk.edu.

For more information about the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship, visit the website at www.andersoncei. utk.edu.

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Students vote on whether children should be able to obtain permanent legal status if they attend college during the ‘Dream Act Debate’ on Feb. 19.

THIS DAY IN

HISTORY

1770 — The Boston Massacre On the cold, snowy night of March 5, 1770, a mob of American colonists gathers at the Customs House in Boston and begins taunting the British soldiers guarding the building.

The protesters, who called themselves Patriots, were protesting the occupation of their city by British troops, who were sent to Boston in 1768 to enforce unpopular taxation measures passed by a British parliament that lacked American representation.

British Captain Thomas Preston, the commanding officer at the Customs House, ordered his men to fix their bayonets and join the guard outside the building. The colonists responded by throwing snowballs and other objects at the British regulars, and Private Hugh Montgomery was hit, leading him to discharge his rifle at the crowd. The other soldiers began firing a moment later, and when the smoke cleared, five colonists were dead or dying—Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, and James Caldwell—and three more were injured. Although it is unclear whether Crispus Attucks, an African American, was the first to fall as is commonly believed, the deaths of the five men are regarded by some historians as the first fatalities in the American Revolutionary War. The British soldiers were put on trial, and

patriots John Adams and Josiah Quincy agreed to defend the soldiers in a show of support of the colonial justice system. When the trial ended in December 1770, two British soldiers were found guilty of manslaughter and had their thumbs branded with an “M” for murder as punishment.

The Sons of Liberty, a Patriot group formed in 1765 to oppose the Stamp Act, advertised the “Boston Massacre” as a battle for American liberty and just cause for the removal of British troops from Boston. Patriot Paul Revere made a provocative engraving of the incident, depicting the British soldiers lining up like an organized army to suppress an idealized representation of the colonist uprising. Copies of the engraving were distributed throughout the colonies and helped reinforce negative American sentiments about British rule.

In April 1775, the American Revolution began when British troops from Boston skirmished with American militiamen at the battles of Lexington and Concord. The British troops were under orders to capture Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington and to confiscate the Patriot arsenal at Concord.

— This Day in History is courtesy of History. com.

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CAMPUS NEWS SKYDIVING continued from Page 1 “When I first started skydiving it was the pure fact that I could stand at the open door of the airplane and will myself to jump out, was something kind of interesting,� Park said. “But I like skydiving for a number of reasons, it’s more than just the jumping-out-of-planes thing.�

Although Park may be the most experienced UT skydiver, he’s certainly not the only Vol taking to the skies. Nick Howard, a sophomore in business management, said his first skydiving experience was a longawaited thrill. “I went skydiving in April on my 18th birthday, almost two years ago,â€? Howard said. “I’ve always been a thrill-seeker and I thought this was the next step up ‌ you can only do it once you’re 18, so I was like, ‘When I’m 18, me and my best friend are going to go skydiving.’â€?

As an amateur, Howard shared that he didn’t really have to do much to prepare for the big jump. “The only training we did was the two minute tutorial where they showed us what to do. I was thinking, ‘Is this it? You’ve got me on a plane where I could possibly die right now and that’s all you give me?’� he laughed.

The sport is not just for the brave young men on campus, as girls are also attracted to the nearly 100-year-old concept. Samantha Huskey, a senior in theatre, made

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her first jump on Sunday, Feb. 24.

She agreed with Howard that it was the scariest thing she had ever done. She said she has been scared of heights her whole life but felt like she needed to face her fears. “Once I got up there I told myself I would do it no matter what,�

Huskey said. “When the instructor told me, ‘You’re going to have to walk off first,’ it was the scariest moment, but it was also the most exhilarating. Imagine every emotion you could feel, all combined in one.�

While doing it for the thrill seems like a good enough reason to sky dive, Park thinks the thrill is only one of many skydiving benefits. He believes that skydiving is a lifechanging experience and encourages people of all ages and socioeconomic statuses to try it. “Skydiving can completely change who somebody is,â€? Park said. “Once you jump out of an airplane and you’ve been in free-fall and you’ve accelerated at 120 mph just by your own body weight ‌ that’s a different experience. You’re going to have a different outlook on life after that.â€?

Howard and Huskey also encouraged all students to try skydiving.

While it may seem like too scary of an obstacle to overcome, each one of them said they would tell anyone who asks that the experience of skydiving is worth the leap.

For more information on how to skydive, visit www.uspa.org/, where one can find all the necessary resources to get trained and make that first jump.

MISSION continued from Page 1 “We’re expecting a fair amount of people,� Wing said. “I know Campus Crusade for Christ is getting involved and some of the other campus ministries.�

In order to be as successful in raising awareness about their cause as possible, the volunteers will be hoping to speak personally to passers-by about just how dire the situation is.

According to IJM’s official website, nearly 2 million children are exploited in the sex trade every year, and human trafficking as an industry generates more than $32 billion in profits each year. “Come up to the booths,� Gross said.

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“Don’t shy away from us. We aren’t trying to sell you anything or sign you into a contract. We just really want to help give a voice to those who don’t have any.�

Although IJM would love for the event to bring in enough donations and signatures to make an immediate change in the world, the ultimate goal is to educate more people about the prevalence of modern day slavery. “If one person more learns about human trafficking, then we’ve done our job,� Wing said.

For more information about the work of IJM, visit their website at www.ijm. org. To volunteer to participate in the “Stand for Freedom,� contact Micah Mohieddin at mmohiedd@utk.edu.

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Rising — Graduation Stresses Maybe you forgot to visit the UC last week and pick up your cap and gown. Maybe you forgot to apply for graduation. Or even worse, maybe you forgot to fill out your petitions and turn them in by last Friday’s deadline. Maybe you have sent your resume to over a hundred places begging and pleading for at least a phone interview and have yet to even receive an email. No matter your current position with the Big Orange Screw, your outlook is grim both before and after you graduate from UT. Falling — Stamina Let’s be real, no one wants to be on campus in March. It’s cloudy, it’s chilly, and there isn’t enough Starbucks in the world to keep you awake in class. Everyone just wants Spring Break to arrive. Midterms are nobody’s idea of a good time. We’re all living for the weekend.

Rising — Schizophrenic Weather One day it’s cold, another it’s hot, and today it’s an ice storm. Weather in the Tennessee Valley recently has been about as consistent as John Kerry in 2004 (holla for a political throwback joke), but as the temperatures flipflop, students are left wondering what to wear every day. The risk of a bold fashion decision is starting to outweigh its benefits, shorts can prove too chilly, while jeans can be too constricting. Punxsutawney Phil really needs to step his game up.

Falling — American Diplomatic prestige Following Dennis Rodman’s surprising and superfluous visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (or more commonly known by its non-ironic name, North Korea) on a face-finding/somewhat-diplomatic mission, the prestige of our nation’s diplomatic outreaches are at an all-time low. Rodman, who is best

known for his whacky hairstyles and off-thecourt adventures (such as marrying himself), returned from the DPRK with praise for Kim Jong-Un. Ignoring the human rights abuses of Jong-Un, his father, Kim Jong-Il, and his grandfather, Kim Il-Sung, the former Bulls power forward wanted outreach and dialogue between America and North Korea through the commonality of both leader’s love of basketball.

In other news, real ambassadors everywhere now hate their jobs.

Rising — Hope for an AIDS cure Researchers on Monday reported they have completely cured a case of the HIV virus in a Mississippi infant. Short of a bone marrow transplant, this marks the first time the virus has been completely cured. While doctors cautioned that this outcome is not directly relevant to adult sufferers, the success is an important step in the direction of a cure. The aggressive round of drugs administered to the infant within 31 hours of its birth likely stopped the virus’ advance. Researchers hope to make such treatments widely available in regions where many children are born with HIV. Falling —Our hopes of being in the NCAA Tournament We were all very excited when the Vols beat then No. 25 Kentucky. We were about to tinkle on ourselves when they beat then No. 8 Florida. After those two games, which were part of a six-game winning streak, we were all but certain that UT was gonna get a ticket to The Big Dance. And then just in typical Tennessee hope-crushing fashion, the Vols got beat by double-digits in Georgia on Saturday. Now, Cuonzo Martin is the guy that will eventually lead us back to the top of the SEC. Unfortunately, that doesn’t look like the case this year.

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Live life ready for success Lost in Communication by

Jan Urbano There are few things more difficult, stressful and depressing during the school semester as midterms. Usually more comprehensive in scope than normal exams, they are dreaded by students wherever they take place. For many of us, midterms are right around the corner, and the cycles of panicking, staying up late and cramming at the last minute are all too familiar to us. Even though we know they take a heavy toll on our bodies and minds and try our best to avoid them, we end up submitting ourselves to them.

We justify this by saying that it will pay off in the long run and that it is worth it. Many of us are aware of the health problems associated with a sedentary lifestyle, and at first thought, one would think such problems are limited only to lazy, undisciplined people who have no true aspirations for the future. However, a sedentary lifestyle also includes those who do very little physical activity, and that includes students who pour all of their attention and focus into their studies and work – far from the typical stereotype of a lazy, unmotivated person. On the contrary, said students could possibly be the ones heralded as bringing about massive changes in the field that they intend to work in. Everyone knows at least one person in their classes that just seems to be extremely intelligent and has excellent grades, but does not do much, if any, physical activity. Their dedication, though admirable, brings up a particular question: How much of your health is worth the success that you will potentially achieve?

There are countless studies that have illustrated a strong correlation between lack of physical activity and an increased disposition to serious health problems later in life.

Sedentary lifestyles usually refer to lack of physical activity, and this is especially true for those who sit for long periods, including

those who spend hours staring at the computer or reading books. Such health problems include high blood pressure, heart illnesses, diabetes, depression, and other cardiovascular problems.

As I asked before, are such health problems, which are also costing the nation billions of dollars in health-care and lost time, truly worth such a big sacrifice from our lives?

They shouldn’t be. We may be young, but it won’t be long before we find our health slowly deteriorating. For those of us over the age of 20, our overall peak body condition slowly falls – physical, health, and mental benchmarks – and our sedentary lifestyles, whether they be video games or long hours of studying, are killing us. If you asked each of us if we care about our health, we would say that we do, but our actions don’t support that at all. Maybe it’s because we haven’t felt the actual consequences and the diseases that result, and so we don’t give much priority to stressing physical condition over success through studying.

I know that we study hard in order to achieve success in the future careers that we want to enter, and that is a great ideal in its own right. However, we must also remind ourselves to not be too self-centered, and remember that our choices don’t just affect our own bodies, or the people in this time period – they affect our future children, and thus the generations after us. Thanks to the field of epigenetics, we’ve found that our choices can, and do, affect the lives and genes of our future offspring. By living a sedentary lifestyle, you give your children a predisposition to debilitating diseases that would make their lives harder for them. Would you really call this true success? The various unhealthy foods that we eat don’t help us out either. If we want to truly get what we put into our work and studies, we need to find a balanced lifestyle – one that not only guarantees health benefits for us, but also helps builds a good health foundations for our children and the next generation. That is what I would call true success, and a goal worth the effort.

— Jan Urbano is a junior in biological sciences. He can be reached at jurbano@utk.edu.

Generalizations take harsh toll (Un) Common Sense by

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We live in a world of generalizations, of the twenty four hour news cycle, the catchy sound bite, the increasing impatience of everyone connected to the global information superhighway. With the entirety of human knowledge at our fingertips, everything is instantaneous and we risk being trampled and left behind if we stop to take a breath. History, opinions and culture are all boiled down to Wikipedia articles and brief paragraphs in textbooks, preventing us from ever truly viewing the whole picture.

We generalize history because it is easy.

We praise Thomas Jefferson as an enlightened man and the father of the Declaration of Independence, but we conveniently forget his ownership of over three hundred slaves and overlook his writings that claim inherent differences between the races. World War II was a supreme national effort to defeat tyranny and fascism on a global scale; yet at the same time the American government held thousands of its own citizens in camps simply for being of Japanese descent and tolerated the systematic oppression of African Americans. The accomplishments of the United States are worthy of pride, but refusing to look at our blemishes hides the whole story.

Thomas Jefferson’s elegant, straightforward prose in his Declaration are some of the most powerful and influential in Western history, and his ownership of slaves does not detract from the power of his words. To simply ignore that troublesome truth, however, is to ignore an essential fact of our nation’s founding.

That the United States government unjustly imprisoned thousands of its own citizens during World War II does not detract from the

triumph of defeating fascism, but it is vital to realize that even at our most triumphant, we can still perpetrate grave injustices.

Today, with unprecedented access to human knowledge and experience, we are perhaps even more susceptible to generalizations. “Obama Care means grandma will be put in front of a death panel!” “All Tea Party members are old racist white people!” “47 percent of Americans are entitled slackers!” They roll off the tongue pretty easily, don’t they? It is a lot easier to write off entire groups of the population with a sarcastic saying than spending time trying to understand the complexities and subtle nuances present in life, because honestly, who has time for that? We all engage in this behavior, it is practically unavoidable – the human experience is simply too vast and too complicated to fully explore every possible piece of data encountered. The challenge, then, is to become aware of our more egregious generalizations, and take steps to prevent them from influencing our daily actions.

Generalizations are not harmless. They allow entire groups of people to be categorized as the dreaded “other,” which makes it much easier to deprive them of their equal rights. Generalizations deny us the chance to define for ourselves the vast array of humanity and complexity that we encounter. I certainly cannot claim to have any secret knowledge of the meaning of life, but it seems that one of the most rewarding aspects of the self-aware life is the continual exploration. Complexity is scary, but what real value is there in a life devoid of anything that scares us? Those challenging moments are where we find our growth, our strengths and our weaknesses, and the opportunity to place what we hold dear to the test, to see if they truly matter.

— Ron Walters is a senior in English literature, French, and global studies. He can be reached at rwalter5@utk.edu

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Student brings graphic tee shop to Knoxville â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Holy Fireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experimental,

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Miles Carter Staff Writer For Alexander Roberts, Nativ. Label is much more than just a clothing line that he founded -- itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a movement for people seeking their own routes in life.

This movement is coming to the public in the form of a pop-up shop event scheduled from March 7 to 9 from noon to 4 p.m. and a opening reception on March 9 at 6 p.m., both at Gallery 1010 downtown on Gay Street. Roberts said that people participating in the pop-up shop events can expect a good time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a relaxed party atmosphere. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a chill DJ, friends, fashion and food, and you can expect some legit clothing,â&#x20AC;? the senior in printmaking said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been seen in Knoxville before: a street wear boutique pop-up shop. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that I feel has a lot to offer to the youth of UT and also the greater Knoxville area.â&#x20AC;?

The pop-up shop will be selling Nativ. Label designed graphic T-shirts, crew necks and hoodies. The first 50 people to arrive to the event will receive an original limited edition signed and numbered screen print. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pop-up shopâ&#x20AC;? is a term used to describe a retail space that is used for a store temporarily in place. These stores are said to â&#x20AC;&#x153;pop upâ&#x20AC;? one day, and then are gone shortly afterward.

Pop-up shops are not commonplace for clothing lines in the South. Roberts said his inspiration for making a pop-up shop came from visiting family in Los Angeles, which is famous for its abundance of street boutiques. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been fortunate enough to go to L.A. almost every year growing up and just checking out all kinds of shops,â&#x20AC;?

Roberts said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been into fashion and especially graphic tees. Brands like Diamond Supply, Only NY, Huf, etc., really got me jump started with graphic design.â&#x20AC;?

Roberts believes his background in screen-printing is what separates his clothing line from all the other street wear lines. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of brands come from a skateboarding or surfing background. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve not seen a brand start up and become successful from a printmaking, screen-printing background,â&#x20AC;?

Roberts said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll always have that heavy tone of the natural aesthetic of street wear, which is screen-printing. Most of the T-shirts you or I wear are screen-printed. I know how it works, in and out. Having that knowledge and also having a fine art background, I feel I can bring something different to the table and have a different take on street wear.â&#x20AC;?

Roberts doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think of his brand as just clothing, but more as an art. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always want people to view Nativ. Label designs as something that can be on a hoodie or a T-shirt but could easily be on paper in an art gallery,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just as much art as it is fashion.â&#x20AC;?

Joshua ChavarrĂ­a, freshman in computer engineering, feels that graphic tees are a great way to express oneself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They can express your likes and what you support,â&#x20AC;?

ChavarrĂ­a said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They often depict cultures and influential people. I think it really comes down to not necessarily a style, but your own interpretation of the design and how that makes you feel.â&#x20AC;?

Jay Jordan, freshman in mechanical engineering, said he loves wearing graphic tees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;First off, I think graphic tees are more expensive then they should be,â&#x20AC;? Jordan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to lie.

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I have a lot of graphic tees. My wardrobe is basically all graphic tees.â&#x20AC;?

ChavarrĂ­a and Jordan have never heard of Nativ. Label, but both expressed interest in checking out the pop-up shop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d definitely buy some local stuff,â&#x20AC;? Jordan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gives you even more incentive to check out their site, knowing theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re from the same place you are.â&#x20AC;?

Roberts, Jordan and ChavarrĂ­a are all originally from Nashville, and Roberts said that is the basis for his brandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I chose the word â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nativeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; because everyone is a native of some place,â&#x20AC;? Roberts said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For good or bad, where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re from, whether you believe it or not, dictates, consciously or subconsciously, who you are. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s affected you in some way, shape or form.â&#x20AC;?

Nativ. Labelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motto, â&#x20AC;&#x153;E pluribus unum,â&#x20AC;? translates from Latin meaning â&#x20AC;&#x153;out of many, one,â&#x20AC;? and is the entire motivation behind the brand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The way I took it is, it only takes one person out of many to start something, to create a spark,â&#x20AC;? Roberts said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the snowball effect in a way. If you go against the tide, other people will see it and follow that. Jay-Z has a line, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I drove through the fork in the road and went straight,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I take with our motto. I think people often take life for granted and need to be their own person.â&#x20AC;?

The Nativ. Label pop-up shop will be open from March 7 to 9 from noon to 4 p.m. The main event, the reception party, will be on Saturday, March 9 from 6 to 9 p.m. Both events will occur at Gallery 1010 on Gay Street downtown.

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Oxford, England based rock band Foals has seen its fair share of success within the rock genre since their formation in 2005 with then lead singer Andrew Mears. Now along with a new front man, their third studio album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holy Fire,â&#x20AC;? promises to keep that momentum going. But keeping a certain pace means maintaining a plateau in terms of sound.

Comprised of members Yannis Philippakis, Jimmy Smith, Jack Bevan, Walter Gervers and Edwin Congreave, the band has been popular among indie circles both in the UK and here in the United States.

The album begins with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prelude,â&#x20AC;? which is a compilation of building and receding sounds coupled with the muffled voice of lead singer Philippakis. While the sound produced is rich, the song still feels like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s missing some sort of element.

Compared to the other tracks on the album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Preludeâ&#x20AC;? falls short in giving a fair introduction to the sounds of the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other songs.

Instead, the track sounds similar to a quick jam session or tune-up before a show instead of an organized compilation of music.

Despite the starting track, the album does offer some hidden gems. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bad Habitâ&#x20AC;? begins with electronica and emotive rock influences similar to the opening of the song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sweet Dispositionâ&#x20AC;? by The Temper Trap. The lead singerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice is heightened and more awake. What makes this track so successful is its cleverness. The band places the most pressing lyrics right at the moment of crescendo in the chorus, creating a melodic emotional response, singing, â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let the flowers grow. Into the deep below/Oh would you forget me now?â&#x20AC;? Philippakis has an interesting voice. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost soulful, but it dissipates before it reaches too much grit. The track is an easy listen, with whimsical guitar solos almost similar to Coldplay instrumentals. â&#x20AC;?Inhalerâ&#x20AC;? has similar electronica

influences and pairs them with echoing voices over quick guitar and drum beats. Despite the good beat, the chemistry doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t match when compared to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bad Habit.â&#x20AC;?

This track displays the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more punk influences, which seem to place it in an awkward position with its heavy guitar influences.

This trackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funk elements almost give it a certain jam band quality.

However, it seems the band has lost their pace. Even Philippakisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; voice is lost in the harder beats, which pulls the listener away from the emotion and depth of the lyrics. The chorus, comprised of the singer attempting to match his screaming of â&#x20AC;&#x153;SPACEâ&#x20AC;? over a rolling electric guitar, seems forced, ultimately leaving the listener in a confused state in the wall of sound.

In â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Numberâ&#x20AC;? the band returns to the smooth harmonies and poplike sounds. This track is less heavy than â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inhaler,â&#x20AC;? which is a good fallback. The repetitiveness of the song makes for a catchy track. The band seems to be most at home in this area, and the lead singerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice couples nicely with the lighter beat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Late Nightâ&#x20AC;? starts off promising, and the build-up of the beats has the listener hanging on each note, waiting for the big drop off. Unfortunately the climax just doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live up to its expectations.

What is offered on this track is a smooth electric guitar solo that is reminiscent of classic jam band quality. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice pairing to lackluster vocals, but the listener has to wait until the end of the track to get to it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a soulful part of a song that should have reigned throughout the entire track. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holy Fireâ&#x20AC;? is a mix of emotive rock with punk and pop influences.

The album is ultimately an experiment of a still developing bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attempt to find its niche in an overly saturated world of bands that play a similar sound. This album isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t their claim to fame, but enough tweaks and executive decisions of where they stand on sound will make this band rise past the line of another indie rock band to something novel and great.

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013 Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell

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Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu

Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon

Jordan McRae shoots a 3-pointer over an defender LSU on Feb. 19.

Vols refocus following loss Thomas Duggins Staff Writer

Coming off a disappointing conference loss to Georgia, 78-68, the Tennessee Volunteers (17-11, 9-7 SEC) are trying to get back on track as they wrap up regular season play against Auburn and Missouri.

But the Vols aren’t dwelling on Saturday’s result, even if it did end a six-game winning streak.

“It was one of (those) things where the ball didn’t go in

the hole. It went in more for them than it did for us,” senior Skylar McBee said. “That’s part of streaks, I mean streaks are made to end. We played consistent, we played really well for six games and it was kind of like one of those things where you’re due.”

The loss to Georgia was a setback in the Vols’ hopes at making a run for a bid to the NCAA tournament. That said, the Vols are focused on their upcoming game against Auburn (9-20, 3-13 SEC).

“I think as a team we do a really good job of really not looking ahead,” McBee said. “As long as we’re winning, the rest will take care of itself on down the road. That’s something we can’t control (getting selected to the NCAA tournament), we just control one game at a time.

Like right now, we’re focused on Auburn. That’s it, there’s no NCAA tournament, no SEC tournament, we’re focused on winning at Auburn.”

Even though Auburn sits tied for last place in the SEC with Mississippi State, Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin isn’t taking that match-up lightly.

“We’re more about trying to beat Auburn, a team that’s a hungry team on a senior night.

For us, it’s going to win a basketball game, and being locked in from start to finish of a game, cause anything can happen in league play,” Martin said.

Win or lose, Tennessee has been carried through SEC play by junior Jordan McRae. McRae is averaging 19.2 points per game in SEC play. Even more impressive is McRae scoring 26.8 points per game and 6 rebounds per game over their last five games. Last week, McRae scored 27 in the Vols’ upset victory over No. 8 ranked Florida and 35 in Saturday’s loss to Georgia.

“When a guy (McRae) is a mentality scorer, there’s certain shots that he’ll take that other guys won’t take,” Martin said.

“There’s a level of confidence, a rhythm, a flow. When a guy’s a scorer, he’s a scorer, and there’s certain things that he sees and he does that other guys don’t.”

Even with his success though, McRae would rather focus on the team’s success rather than his own.

“As long as you’re winning games, at the end of the day that’s all that matters,” said McRae. McRae was 8-11 from 3-point range against Georgia, but he views his offense as more than his 3-point shooting.

“Lately I’ve been shooting the three pretty well, but I’m a scorer, I think I can score in a variety of ways,” McRae said.

SEC golfers rise to prominence

Austin Bornheim Assistant Sports Editor The Southeastern Conference is known for a lot of things -- some of the best football and baseball, attractive campuses, gorgeous girls and, over the last couple years, some of the top PGA Tour golfers.

It has taken these golfers anywhere from 18 years to one to make their mark felt, but the SEC has picked up steam over the last four seasons from a conference of little representation at the tops of leaderboards to one with some of the most recognizable names in the sport.

I looked at the postseason FedEx Cup standings for these numbers because first, we measure greatest by how teams and players perform in postseason play, not in the regular season; and second, it is the best way to measure a player’s overall play through the season in lieu of wins, money earned or other statistical categories.

In 2010, there were no SEC bred golfers that finished inside the top 20 at the end of the PGA season. Not one.

Eccentric, self-taught and University of Georgia grad Bubba Watson was the closest to cracking the top 20 with an SEC-best 22nd place finish.

The next year in 2011 the

group — rounds out the SEC in the top 10 at sixth. Alabama alum Michael Thompson and Chris Kirk from UGA are 11th and 12th respectively.

That seems like a pretty big jump in my eyes.

I won’t claim to know specific or concrete reasons to why the SEC golfers are starting to rise leaderboards at courses across the country, but I do think there are a few reasons.

One, there are a lot of great golf courses in the Southeast.

Augusta National, Pinehurst, Sea Island and Kiawah Island are wonderful courses, just to name a few. Young players from the South realize they don’t have to travel far to be challenged and tune their skills at a young age.

Two, as a prospective student, the SEC has a very attractive appeal. If you grow up in the South, surrounded by southern culture and the SEC, why wouldn’t you want to come to one of these schools? Golfers aren’t a group of athletes that get a lot of love and recognition from the student body, but as a student yourself the college experience of an SEC university is top notch.

It has taken some of these guys a few years to learn how to play on the Tour — Snedeker has been on Tour since 2004 — but they are part • Photo courtesy of Brandt Snedeker of the new wave of ments having been played so golfers to hit the scene as the far, the SEC boasts five golfers generation before start to hit the latter half of their careers. inside the top 15.

Snedeker, who started the — Austin Bornheim is year with back-to-back second place finishes and then a win at a senior in journalism and Pebble Beach, is in first, 2011 electronic media. He can be Georgia grad Russell Henley is reached at abornhei@utk.edu in third, and Brian Gay — who and can be followed on Twitter graduated in 1994 from Florida at @ABornheim. and by far the oldest of the SEC saw its first graduate finish inside the FedEx Cup top 20 with Vanderbilt graduate Brandt Snedeker placing eighth by season’s end.

2012 is when the conference really started to show through.

Following his eighth place finish the season before, Snedeker caught fire during the four events of the FedEx Playoffs, capped with a win at Tour Championship, to finish first in the FedEx standings.

But Snedeker wasn’t the only southern boy to make some noise. Watson finished 13th and Auburn graduate Jason Dufner finished 14th.

Though the 2013 season is young with only five tourna-