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Derailed: UT expert discusses Maryville train incident >>See page 2

A ‘NATURAL’ PARTNERSHIP Research opportunities abound for UT students and faculty working in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. >>See full story on page 3

Who’s got the best pizza pie in Knoxville? >>See page 8

Vols make preseason watch lists >>See page 12 Hayley Brundige • The Daily Beacon

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Going off the rails Transportation expert speaks on train derailment Kurtis Welch

Contributor

A broken axle on a CSX train traveling from Cincinnati to northern Georgia caused a tanker car to derail near Maryville around midnight on July 2.

The ruptured car contained 24,000 gallons of acrylonitrile, a chemical used in acrylic manufacturing, sparking a chemical fire that burned until 7 p.m. the following evening.

City officials evacuated 5,000 people in the surrounding area due to toxic fumes and cyanide byproduct left by the derailment until Friday afternoon.

The Daily Beacon spoke with UT Center for Transportation Research Director David Clarke about his thoughts on the accident, train safety and the environmental impact from the chemical spill.

Daily Beacon: How often do train derailments like the accident in Blount County on Thursday occur?

David Clarke: When you say derailments, that covers a huge spectrum of potential types of incidents. A wheel coming off the rail and (touching) ground is technically a derailment. Most derailments fall into that minor category.

They are not particularly common. I believe only one set of wheels on this particular car were derailed, so there was not a whole lot of damage to the track or the railcar. This is the kind of derailment we like to have.

DB: In your professional opinion, what are the most common factors that lead to train derailments?

DC: It is usually one of three things or a combination. Either something goes wrong with the track like a rail breaks or something goes wrong with the locomotive or the railcar in this case, I believe, it has been stated that an axle broke. Third, you have something that is done improperly when operating the train. Generally, one of those three things are involved.

DB: What tactics or policies are in place to make commercial transportation like this safe and accidents like this derailment avoided?

DC: There are equipment inspection rules and qualification rules for the employees that

operate the train and for the employees not on the train that are involved in the operations. There are federal and state inspectors that check [the trains].

You have a lot of ongoing surveillance of the railroads by the public sector to make sure safety is achieved. It is a much more controlled environment than what we are used to, for example, as motorists on the highway.

Railroads do have a remarkably safe record of transportation. In fact, most hazardous material moves by rail and that is

“Generally, what the railroad does is train the responders along the routes on how to respond, so that when something does happen, the folks are alerted very quickly.”

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good because the alternative is it would be out there in trucks on the highway.

DB: Speaking of maintenance, what are the general maintenance requirements for these kinds of large scale transportations? Do maintenance checks occur regularly before departures and after arrivals?

DC: The whole train is inspected before it departs from the margin point. The locomotives have to be inspected more thoroughly at periodic intervals like 92 days.

The situation here with the axle, though, is pretty hard to detect. Axle breaks are not very common on railcars. If it was a frequent thing, we would have some sort of require-

ment to X-ray the wheels or ultrasonically investigate the axles, but because it is not common, we do not do that.

DB: A fire began from a leak from one of the 57 cars that held acrylonitrile. What kind of environmental impact might this have on the surrounding communities?

DC: In my opinion, probably not much of an effect at all. The emergency responders have protocol to follow and from what I understand they decided to let the fire burn deliberately because it was better to do that than to let the chemical get into the ground or vaporize into the air.

My theory is that the axle broke, the wheels came out from under that end of the car, the tank was perhaps bounced on the track a little bit before the train stopped, and that probably damaged a valve. If the tank car had been grossly ruptured, all of that stuff would have leaked out quickly.

The photographs taken of the incident indicated to me there was a slow leak [which] probably got ignited by sparks as the car dragged along the track.

DB: Do you think communities should receive notice when trains come through their area carrying hazardous materials?

DC: That is not really practical on a general scale, and it is also probably not smart. This information needs to be guarded. You do not want people with ulterior motives knowing that there is a train of any particular commodity moving.

There are requirements for certain types of hazardous materials that responders be notified. Generally, what the railroad does is train the responders along the routes on how to respond, so that when something does happen, the folks are alerted very quickly.

DB: How can people feel at ease upon returning to their homes?

DC: (The community) is getting news from the response team about the air and water quality, which from what I have heard is pretty favorable so far.

When they come to their houses and they notice there is nothing unusual, there is no funny smell or no visible evidence of anything that has happened, their life will resume pretty quickly. When you get back and you see that there is nothing visibly different, then you are probably fine.

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Smokies provide “natural laboratory” for researchers Kevin Ridder

Staff Writer

While the Great Smoky Mountain National Park is chock-full of stunning vistas, the untouched land is more than just a pretty face and UT’s neighbor.

Faculty, students and alumni have used the neighboring park for recreation, retreat and research.

Supervisory fishery biologist Matt Kulp has worked at the park since 1994, while also serving 21 years in UT’s civil and environmental engineering department, and has worked with students and faculty to monitor water quality and fish populations in the park.

“Researching in the Smoky Mountains is an excellent opportunity,” Kulp said. “Relatively unimpacted by people, it’s a natural laboratory unimpaired by roads and sediment runoff.

It provides the chance to look at things in a natural environment, which is tough to find these days.”

The Smokies’ monitoring of water quality has turned up valuable results in the last 20 years, yielding long term trends and revealing areas at risk for acidification from acid rain.

Information from this project and others like it not only assist the park in its research but also in similar research projects across the nation.

“One project is helping us to determine critical air pollutant loads, so we can bring the data to legislators and say, ‘Here’s how much you need to reduce these pollutants so we can protect park resources in the future,’” Kulp said.

“The foundational work done by university researchers here has provided great data for other people across the country to build off of.”

Kulp’s work with water quality monitoring is only one of hundreds of projects that take place at the national park every year.

Riley Bernard, UT doctoral graduate in ecology and evolutionary biology, has been researching the impact of white-nose syndrome on bat populations in the park for several years now. The fungal disease has killed millions of bats in the northeast over the past few years and has rapidly spread down south.

The Little Brown bat and the endangered Indiana bat have been hit the hardest, with some caves reporting mortality rates as high as 90 to 100 percent.

The first bat sighted in Tennessee with white-nosed syndrome, responsible for 5.7 million bat deaths in eastern North America, was confirmed in 2010. Since this sighting, Bernard also reported an 80 percent decline

in the Indiana bat population in the same area.

“It’s quite sad, really, because bats are such amazing and beneficial little creatures,” Bernard said. “Not only are they the top predator of nighttime pests like the mosquito, bats will also gladly snap up would-be crop pests — saving time, money and preventing the need for dangerous insecticides.”

Bernard hopes her research will help to alleviate the spread of the disease and educate the public on ways they can help protect our flying friends of the night.

“Bats need all the help they can get,” Bernard said. “They have very low reproductive rates, usually just one per year; and once a cave is infected with the fungus, it stays infected. A big way we can help is to put up bat boxes during the summer, even in your backyard.

“If you have Christmas lights set up outside, you’ll be able to see them swooping around catching insects.”

Paul Super, the research coordinator for Riley Bernard and her colleagues from UT’s Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries the Smokies and the Appalachian Highland Science Learning Center, helps to facilitate Department gather for a cave survey to test bats for disease. not only Bernard’s research but all of the • Photo Courtesy of Jay Carr research that occurs at the national park.

“What I’m most interested in here is not only taking part in and facilitating the research here but also the education side of it all,” Super said. “I very much enjoy getting the info out to the public in as many different ways as possible, and the national parks offer a great opportunity for that.”

Super claims that one of the biggest benefits offered by university researchers is their ability to relate the information to the public.

“A lot of the researchers, including Riley Bernard, are very good at interacting with the general public,” Super said. “They showcase not just the information from their research but also what makes it cool. Mentoring of the public, of interested young people, is something that’s very important here in the Smokies, and our researchers both enjoy and excel in that area.”

Super said the university’s long-standing academic relationship and the research conducted by Bernard and other UT colleagues remains a huge benefit to the park and for public knowledge.

“There are so many disciplines at UT we seldom (that) have to go further than there to answer our research problems,” Super said.

“We have adjunct faculty and people serving on graduate committees at UT, which has helped foster a great working relationship.

“It’s a luxury for us to have such a large, prestigious university at our doorstep.”

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Student-faculty research delves into TB disease, treatment Altaf Nanavati Copy Editor

According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis — an infectious disease that attacks the brain, lungs, liver and spinal cord — is one of the top five causes of death for women ages 15-44 and is responsible for one fourth of all HIV-related deaths.

To combat such statistics, two UT professors are leading a summer research experience program hosted by the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis where they hope to learn how to tackle modern cases of tuberculosis and improve the disease’s vaccine for a shorter, more effective treatment.

Shigetoshi Eda, professor in the Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries, and Vitaly Ganusov, assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology, serve as senior personnel for the NIMBioS project alongside 15 undergraduate students.

Although Eda and Ganusov share similar goals for the summer research project, each colleague will analyze the disease and vaccine

effectiveness under a different lens.

Eda, who specializes in immunological diseases in livestock, focuses on the human body’s biological response to the tuberculosis infection in various experimental procedures. His lab has also created a system that will mimic animals’ response to a bacterial infection that can be utilized as a model to study tuberculosis bacterium in humans.

The students of the summer research program will use this data to analyze the results of the experiments mathematically with Ganusov.

Though he represents the duo’s biological side, Eda explained why a mathematical approach, led by Ganusov, is vital for obtaining results during the NIMBioS project.

“To rationally design more effective vaccine, we need to better understand the mechanisms how the bacteria evade our body’s protective

responses,” Eda said. “This project may help, down the road, control of TB through rational design of a TB vaccine that is more effective than current one.”

F o r G a n u s o v, involvement in the project came as an accidental intersection during his own research.

While -Vitaly Ganusov working with Eda on a related bacterium subspecies, mycobacterium tuberculosis (the bacterium responsible for TB), Ganusov’s interest was sparked because of the large amount of data associated with the disease.

“I discovered that several major areas of (tuberculosis) research lacks quantitative approaches,”Ganusov said. “So here I am, trying to bring math to understand how (tuberculosis)

“So here I am, trying to bring math to understand how (tuberculosis) replicates in the host and how it causes the disease.”

replicates in the host and how it causes the disease.”

While Ganusov focuses on his mathematical approach, the summer team combines his models with experimental data to understand how bacteria replicate in both animals and humans.

Ganusov also spends considerable time researching ways to improve the length of treatment for tuberculosis, pointing out that a sixmonth treatment, combined with antibiotics, was more favorable for medical treatment in the past than it is today.

“In the current age, people think that it is not that short, so there is a lot of effort being done to shorten that treatment,” Ganusov said.

Yet, the researcher observes that many clinical trials have attempted to shorten the treatment time frame with various drug cocktails, but none have produced the desired results.

“One of the reasons is that I don’t think we understand very well how bacteria replicates or how they are maintained during the active disease,” Eda said. “We want to understand quantitative aspects of how mycobacteria are maintained in the host.”

The NIMBioS summer research program will conclude on July 31.

Student-designed application eases transportation for elderly, the disabled Heidi Hill

News Editor Samuel Henninger Contributor Although UT student Eric Arendt passed away in March 2014, his mission to improve Knoxville’s public transportation for the disabled and elderly lives on in a state-of-the-art app.

Although UT student Eric Arendt passed away in March 2014, his mission to improve Knoxville’s public transportation for the disabled and elderly lives on in a state-of-the-art app created by his colleagues.

Alongside principal investigator Rupy Sawhney, a group of UT engineering students are developing and refining an app with the potential to make a significant impact on the lives of seniors and the disabled.

Sawhney, Arendt’s supervisor and professor in industrial engineering, said the issue of communication and adequate transportation was first realized when Arendt came to class exhausted from chemotherapy sessions at UT Medical Center.

“After that, the question became, ‘Can we come up with something that would help these individuals?’” Sawhney said. “We spent about a year collecting the data. We found out that vision, hearing, intellectual abilities and English language would be the four areas where we could kind of categorize it.”

These four categories not only encompass diverse needs but also allow people who rely on the Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee for vehicular assistance to relay information to their drivers.

After downloading the app, users will be able to send information about emergencies, safety issues or mobility issues to a driver in a preloaded text format.

“The ultimate goal in the partnership with the university is to make Knoxville the most able, friendly city in the country,” Transportation Director Karen Estes said. “We want everyone, especially in our region, to feel like they are accepted and have the tools that they need to communicate.”

Two years ago, the committee received a grant from the United States Administration for Community Living to discover how citizens can be more engaged in the planning process for public transportation.

For six months, members of the committee participated in over 30 meetings with the Knoxville community to identify barriers in the transportation system and concluded that communication was the most prominent concern.

When Arendt’s city proposal was published, a partnership between Sawhney’s research team and the committee was struck to integrate the app’s technology into Knoxville’s public transportation system.

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TRANSPORT APP continued from Page 4 Though the app is still testing in CAC buses only, Estes said the overall benefit for the community would be invaluable and hopes the technology will be widespread within a year.

“We hope that we will have a product that will make a difference in the lives of people with disabilities, giving them an avenue so that their voices can be heard,” Estes said.

For Sawhney, the potential for the app’s integration extends beyond public transportation, including enhanced communication for disabled individuals in restaurants, airports and the City-Council Building in downtown.

“We want the whole city to prioritize what the needs of the disabled and elderly are,” Sawhney said. “We’re going to come back and figure out what needs to be fixed, what needs to be taken care of, and as a university community and a city start one thing at a time to make improvements in lives.”

The app also received the 2015 William

and Bud Bell Award from the Community Transportation Association of America.

Additionally, the Mayor’s Council on Disability Issues has recently given Sawhney a position on their board to promote future improvements for disabled citizens within Knoxville.

The Council on Disability Issues’ city liaison Stephanie Brewer said that Sawhney’s commitment to “Project Eric,” as the developing app is fondly called, and experience as an engineer distinguished him as potential council member.

“I think the actual application is phenomenal and will make it easier to ride transit for people who may have difficulty in communicating, particularly those with intellectual or developmental disabilities,” Brewer said.

“I just see the (app) is really opening doors and allowing them to do things they haven’t done before.”

For Sawhney, the project yields a sharper understanding on the term “disabled” as embodied by his former student.

“It’s a different definition of normality,” Sawhney said. “Until you live it, you don’t really understand it. But you’re more aware of it and the limitations it causes.”

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DISPATCHES Bill Cosby admits to giving women sedatives Bill Cosby, 77, admitted to using Quaaludes on a 19-year-old woman he wanted to have sex with at a Las Vegas resort in 1976, according to court filings released on Monday.

The testimony, now unsealed by a federal judge, relit controversy surrounding Cosby’s sexual behavior that caused more than 40 women to come forward with accusations of sexual assault over the last 40 years.

The original 2005 lawsuit was filed

by Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee.

Cosby’s lawyers have not commented on the unsealed documents, stating that the statute of limitations has run out on the comedian, who has never been charged with a crime.

Delays in debt plan darken Greece’s future The Mediterranean nation’s failure to assemble a plan to handle their national debt will lessen their chance of staying within the standard European currency.

Euclid Tsakalotos, Greece’s new finance minister, claimed he would present a plan earlier this week to the nation’s top creditors, starting with Germany, and said a short infusion plan would alleviate some debt.

In the absence of a robust financial backing, Greek leaders have led the nation to become the first to default on loans from the International Monetary Fund. European leaders who met in Brussels on Tuesday evening predicted the country’s lack of preparation could end in a financial stalemate between it and its European creditors.

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30K+ rubber ducks make a splash at annual race

Thousands of rubber ducks floated through World’s Fair Park on July 4 for the annual Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley Duck Race. All photos by Taylor Gash • The Daily Beacon

A dump truck was needed to pour the more than 30,000 rubber ducks into the World’s Fair Pond.

Grand prize winner Sherry Vermillion took home $10,000.

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July 4th Reflections, 2016 Election Foreflections

Grayson Hawkins Untitled

It is not hard to see that America has its share of enemies, both foreign and domestic.

Abroad, we face pressure and threats from the likes of Russia, China and Iran. Domestically, we face similar pressure and threats from racists, bigots and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

Despite the fact that the U S of A has many imperfections (Donald Trump) and many challenges to meet (getting rid of Donald Trump), I still believe that we are the greatest single country on Earth today.

We are by far the strongest military that has ever been, and I do not believe that American society would exist without the solid foundation of security that is our Department of Defense. We are home to some of the most important technological and scientific achievements of mankind to date. Our nation has a heart for liberal, societal change, and these desires are manifesting more and more each year. We want to be on the right side of history.

So? What now?

We improve our country further.

There is a saying that goes, “You can’t pick your family, but you can pick your friends.” Well, you cannot choose the people you share this nation with either, and they will ultimately decide the future of our United States. You can be as honest, hardworking, truthful, intelligent, patient, patriotic and good

as Bernie Sanders, but your fellow citizens are still going to vote for Hillary. (Flashback/nightmare — back to Rick Santorum winning Tennessee in 2012.

You should all be ashamed.)

Government wants to be one-size-fits-all, and if you manage to graduate with a degree, then you’re already pushing the limits of the one size that “fits all.” The average American citizen, the one who fits snugly into our government’s chokehold, is what?

Someone who watches TV for hours each day after work and holds few passions aside from sports or popular music?

Maybe I’ve been watching too much Star Trek lately (seriously, I have), but I believe humanity can do better than what I just described. Our government will match the needs of its people, and it’s not until ourselves improve that our governing bodies will improve. But you can’t improve other people… humans are not receptive or open to views that contradict their own; they don’t want to be challenged or changed. We’re at an impasse.

So, what now? What do you do if you’ve found yourself in a corporate-run state, surrounded on all sides by homophobes and racists whose attitudes you can’t change?

You improve yourself.

You reach the highest level of academic achievement possible for you. You learn and improve your

knowledge on nutrition and the human body and you act on that knowledge. You put yourself on the forefront of a career field and you excel. (This list could go on for several more paragraphs, but I don’t think my editor would like that. I think you get the point anyway.)

Because if you raise your own standard of achievement and action, then you are directly raising humankind’s standard of achievement and action.

Also, before I leave… I hope it’s obvious which presidential candidate is not going to win. Bernie Sanders. He’s great and holds pretty much every view I agree with, but he’s unelectable by corporate standards, and let’s not pretend anything else matters.

You can try to campaign and get all of your friends to vote for him just like others are doing across the nation, but he will not win.

How many losses will it take (Ron Paul, Bernie Sanders) before people realize that the game is rigged against us? Again, I’m confident that our government serves/appeals to the lowest common denominator of Americans, and if you’re voting for Bernie Sanders, you are not that lowest common denominator.

Grayson Hawkins is a junior in chemistry. He can be reached at ghawkin4@vols.utk.edu

How anonymity behind social media drives student expression

McCord Pagan The Media Mentality

We’ve all had a time when we want to share an article on Facebook or Twitter, yet moments before we hit enter, we stop.

Maybe it’s because you think what you have to say is unpopular, or maybe you don’t want to start an online argument with no end in sight.

Whatever the reason, you may feel safer sharing your opinions on Yik Yak. Yik Yak is an anonymous social media app acting as a message board for those within a 1.5 mile radius. Ideal for college campuses, the app spread like wildfire since its release in 2013. However, the app has also drawn discontent, including from our own school administrators, for some of the messages posted, which occasionally include hate speech and personal insults.

Yet, most posts are rather innocuous. Usually someone is upset over the lack of parking spaces on campus, love sick for an ex-partner or anxious over upcoming homework. And occasionally someone makes a good joke.

Yik Yak is important. It is a more accurate measurement of the pulse of our community than traditional social media, where everyone knows your true identity.

When students are provided a space to express themselves anonymously, the results can be amazing. From people asking for help in the midst of a panic attack, to young lovers seeking advice on how

to ditch a cheating boyfriend, to those who just want to complain about a boring lecture, the ability to share the non-sanitized version is crucial to personal development.

When we are allowed to express ourselves about whatever mundane, silly or even halfway interesting things are going on in our lives, we learn more about what we believe and why we believe it.

If someone was brought up believing marriage should only be between a man and a woman but never vocalized those beliefs, Yik Yak is a place where they can finally discuss those ideas and hopefully have their minds changed without the sting of having their name attached to an idea they may then feel less strongly about.

Anonymity gives us the sweet, beautiful freedom to be wrong — and grow as a result.

Being anonymous on the Internet isn’t about trolling or hiding from the government. It’s about having a space where we can develop our own richer inner selves without judgement or pressures, real or imagined, from other people.

On Yik Yak and similar anonymous social media, you are free to be the person you really are, but for whatever reason can’t yet show the world. When you’re anonymous, it’s okay to be the person crying alone in the restaurant bathroom, overcome by anxiety and scared to come out. It’s okay to be a rape survivor and tell your story to thousands of people

on Reddit without the fear of your coworkers finding out. It’s okay to be gay and find a place where you can feel loved and accepted.

While there will likely always be Internet trolls, the ability of anonymity to provide a safe place for self-expression will always outweigh the negative comments that come with a democratic forum.

Banning or restricting anonymous social media for the hateful speech of a few people won’t change the minds of anyone who is actually bent on being a troll. If anything, they are emboldened because they see their words have an effect.

When anonymous social media is restricted, all we’re really doing is discouraging the development of people’s personal lives.

So today, I challenge you to take a stand for free speech. Download Yik Yak, get on Reddit or whatever forum on which you feel comfortable. Express yourself. Speak up for your peers who get harassed and encourage them to communicate with the world as they truly are.

Because what is freedom but the ability to express ourselves without fear from others? So please, go on Yik Yak and complain about parking, tuition or whatever else is on your mind. I’ll be waiting for you.

McCord Pagan is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at mcccpaga@ vols.utk.edu

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Venture off the beaten crust for quality pizza Liv McConnell Copy Chief

When it comes to local pizza parlors, everyone knows and loves Tomato Head, and for good reason. The restaurant’s reputation for quality, fresh pizzas (and even better sandwiches) utilizing local and organic ingredients is well deserved. Yet as fantastic as Tomato Head may be, its popularity often casts a shadow over Knoxville’s humbler pizzerias. Next time you have a hankering for this most essential of food groups, branch out and try one of these joints off the beaten crust. I guarantee Tomato Head will still be around if you regret it.

Hard Knox Pizzeria Hard Knox is one of the few true wood-fired pizzerias in town, and ingredients like fresh mozzarella, caramelized garlic and fresh herbs go a long way toward making it a top contender

for Knoxville’s best pizza. Sure, the interior is unassuming and the sizing options are limited (6-inch pizzas at lunch and 12-inch at dinner, period). But one bite of the Great White Hope’s signature pesto cream sauce will remind you why you came.

Dazzo’s Bistro at the Bijou owner Martha Boggs snapped up Dazzo’s in 2011 and has infused it with the Bistro’s dedication to using the freshest ingredients. The Knox-Patch Pie — featuring garlic sauce, prosciutto, goat cheese, caramelized onions and black olives — is killer, and the bacon and egg pizza is a cholesterol-junkie’s dream. The cozy atmosphere away from Market Square’s madness is a plus, too.

Central Flats and Taps These flatbread pizzas are unpretentiously good. Made using Naan bread, they sport ingredients like sriracha barbeque sauce, chorizo and whole milk buffalo mozzarella cheeses. But

nothing makes these flatbreads better than how arugula allows for total customization of your nicely they pair with Central’s craft beer selec- pie. It’s quickly assembled, quickly fired and tion. The authentic neighborhood bar-feel and cheap (all pizzas ring in under $10 after tax).

It’s a wonder the Knoxville location isn’t near spacious outdoor patio are also selling points. campus — this would be a weeknight hit.

Gavino’s Pizzeria and Restaurant A true New York style hole-in-the-wall pizzeria, this Bearden joint is so unassuming it doesn’t even have a website (gasp!). Die-hard Gavino’s fans swear this is the closest thing to authentic New York pizza in the 865. The owner, Gavin, uses many of his mother and grandmother’s recipes, and clearly these ladies knew what they were doing. Don’t skimp on the freshly baked garlic knots.

Blaze I know, I know. Blaze is no mom and pop operation. With more than 60 locations across the U.S., this franchise is gathering steam. But the concept is unique, and worth trying. A The Green Stripe at Blaze Pizza Chipotle-esque assembly line of yummy ingre- features pizza for less than $10. Liv dients like pesto, ricotta, chopped garlic and McConnell • The Daily Beacon

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dadoodlydude • Adam Hatch

NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD • Will Shortz Cartoons of The Daily Beacon are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or the Beacon’s editorial staff.

Broadway theatergoer tries to recharge phone in onstage plug Associated Press NEW YORK — A patron at the Tony Award-nominated play “Hand to God” on July 2 climbed onstage just before the show began to try to recharge his phone in what looked like an outlet. Ushers at the Booth Theatre quickly converged, and the young man was pulled off the stage.

A public announcement was made warning patrons to avoid

any similar acts, and ushers were stationed near the offender in case anything else untoward occurred.

He apparently got the message.

Actress Sarah Stiles tweeted: “#fullmoon or #idiot?”

The attempt to recharge was, in the end, pointless: The onstage outlet was just a prop, created by Tony Award winner Beowulf Boritt, whose set is a realistic depiction of a basement of a church in Texas.

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ARTS&CULTURE

The Daily Beacon • Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Comedy Lab offers witty respite, local laughs Megan Patterson

Arts & Culture Editor For almost a year now, the Pilot Light has hosted dead president impersonators, TED Talk frauds and personified animals (costumes included) on Monday nights.

These are all the products of the QED Comedy Laboratory, a creative venture formed

by Matthew Chadourne in August 2015. A long time stand-up comedian, Chadourne was tired of the cookie-cutter format of most comedy shows.

“People would come up with themed shows or ideas for crazy shows that didn’t fit in standup format, and there was really no place for that,” Chadourne said. “I thought it would be nice to do something that would be something new that would spur writing and spur creativity.”

Sean Simoneau, a UT journalism alumnus, believed in Chadourne’s mission and joined the shows last fall.

“This was originally Matt’s idea, but as it progressed it kind of opened up so we all run shows on different nights,” Simoneau said. “It’s basically somebody has a special connection to a subject or theme, and they make a show on

that.”

Due to QED’s founding premise of constant originality, Chadourne tries to never repeat shows. This goal has been successful with the help of the 10-12 core comedians like Simoneau that contribute to the shows.

“I try to solicit ideas from people because I ran out of ideas a long time ago,” Chadourne said.

Simoneau’s favorite shows are ones which involve more preparation and writing the week before. He recalled his TED Talk presentation on the future of biotechnology.

“I made slides of people who had cameras all in their heads, and it just got progressively more ridiculous,” Simoneau said. “Those moments are really great when people have something unexpected.”

QED frequently utilizes multimedia in their shows which Simoneau believes “gives a nice visual element that you wouldn’t normally have at a comedy show.”

Chadourne also described the importance of incorporating multimedia elements in QED’s performances.

“We do one called ‘The Slideshow’ that we’ve done a couple times now,” Chadourne said.

“That’s where people make up a story based off eight random slides we show them on stage.”

Alternately, Shane Rhyne, another regular show contributor, prefers the shows where the comedians are put on the spot.

“I like the shows where we kind of go completely insane,” Rhyne said. “One of my favorite shows was called ‘It’s Debatable,’ which was a Matt creation where basically we just showed up with no prep and he just handed us an index card.”

The comedians were paired up to debate in true collegiate style: two minutes each to present their case followed by one minute each for rebuttal.

“My favorite was, and I was in this one so I might be biased, I’m winning this debate versus I’m winning this debate,” Chadourne said. “Then my opponent versus my opponent’s opponent was one of the best ones. You had to argue for your opponent in the debate.”

Other debate topics included Tuesday versus Thursday, sitting versus standing, Addams Family versus the Munsters and what’s the best vehicle in Star Wars (excluding the Millennium Falcon, of course).

Costumed impersonations have also been favorites of the comedians. In addition to performing as their dead president of choice, the comedians also performed a show they called “Tiger Style” where they did comedy in character as an animal.

“What was fun about those was you get to see people play in their minds a little bit to create this character and go with it,” Rhyne, who played Chester A. Arthur and an antisocial

butterfly, said. “Those were always fun to do and play with.”

An exception to their credo of originality is their storytelling show called “Trust Fall.” The key point of the show is that before a comedian can perform, he or she must do a trust fall into the audience.

“The initial concept with the trust fall was that you would tell stories that you wouldn’t necessarily tell somewhere else,” Chadourne said.

“You would trust the audience to be accepting of your story, and the audience would trust you to be open about what you were saying.”

However, this relationship of trust has also been broken, or perhaps only bent, a few times.

The contributors recalled their most infamous stunt, the “Blue Umbrella Tour.”

“We made a fake walking tour, and then we didn’t tell anybody it was fake,” Chadourne said.

“There were five or six of us and 20 people at the start.”

Rhyne said the tourists dropped off as the tour progressed and Chadourne described the Knoxville bowling wars.

“Ah, the great bowling battle of 1946,” Chadourne said. “People were killing each other in Market Square with bowling pins. Only one orangutan was killed in that battle though.”

Despite how a show is received by the audience, the comedians value the opportunity to experiment with new sets and hone their skills.

“If this show doesn’t work this week, next week it’s a whole other show and you come back and start all over again,” Chadourne said.

Miss USA contestants dismiss Trump comments, show must go on Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La.— Controversy continues to surround presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments painting Mexican immigrants as criminals, but the women taking part in the upcoming Miss USA pageant Trump co-owns say the show must go on.

Several Hispanic candidates and one immigrant from Albania taking part in the contest sat down with The Associated Press to discuss the pageant and Trump’s comments.

They said everyone has a right to their opinions but distanced themselves from his comments on immigrants, said they’re proud of their roots and hoped the upcoming pageant would shed light on the contributions of immigrants.

“It was hard to hear,” said Natasha Martinez, whose mother emigrated to the United States as a young girl from Nicaragua.

“I think it’s important to understand that

immigrants come here looking for a better life, and they do make these hard sacrifices like leaving their kids and their countries for long periods of time in hopes that they will be reunited and that they will be able to have a better life here in America,” said Martinez who represents California.

Trump, a real estate developer, television personality and now-presidential candidate, co-owns Miss Universe which produces the Miss USA pageant. The Miss USA pageant is scheduled to take place on July 12 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Trump slammed Mexican immigrants while announcing his presidential candidacy in June, blaming them for bringing drugs and crime to the U.S. and saying some are rapists.

The fallout was extensive.

Macy’s dropped his line of business suits.

The Spanish-language broadcaster Univision cut ties with Trump.

See Associated Press on Page 11

ARTS&CULTURE

Wednesday, July 8, 2015 • The Daily Beacon

WUTK attributes specialty shows to long-running success Megan Patterson

Arts & Culture Editor

Is it possible for a single radio station to play heavy metal, reggae, electronic, hip-hop and jam band music?

Nestled between Circle Park and the Thompson-Boling Arena is a radio tower that covers all that and more, depending on when you tune in to listen.

WUTK radio has been on-air since 1982 and has continued non-funded since the ‘90s. Despite its lack of guaranteed financial backing, the station has won multiple national awards, and station manager Benny Smith credits a lot of the popularity to its specialty shows.

“We compete against other stations that have big staffs and budgets, so our specialty shows have to be special,” Smith said. “They have to remain consistent with the programming because no one wants to pay money to sponsor something for six months and then have it change entirely.”

Although most of the shows are part of a fixed lineup, the shows’ DJs come and go.

Alex Crowley, senior in journalism and current DJ for the reggae and world music show Simmer Down, described the station as a valuable stepping stone.

“When it comes to media, it’s dog eat dog. If you don’t have the passion and the drive to do this, then bye,” Crowley said. “Without 90.3, I would be nowhere close to where I am today.”

Crowley will be graduating at the end of the summer, and he plans to stay on with WUTK after moving up the ranks in his five years at the station.

“There’s quite a bit of freedom once you get a little bit of seniority and get up in the ranks of the station, when you aren’t just doing DJ shifts or small-time music department stuff,” Crowley said. “You’re given free reign to get out and make your own name in the industry and in the scene.”

Crowley has already formed his own concert series, following in the footsteps of Brian Coakley, current owner of music venue The International and WUTK alumnus.

Smith reminisced on Coakley’s start at the station.

“He started Midnight Voyage years ago here on a Thursday night,” Smith said. “It has turned into arguably one of the most successful EDM concert promotion and production companies in the world, simply because it started as a radio show on this station.”

Joseph McKee, current DJ of the Fire on the Mountain show, just graduated with a degree in business management and marketing. Unlike the journalism majors who joined the station

through their introductory journalism class, McKee was drawn in by his own interest in the Knoxville music scene. He recalled the thrill he had during his first experience on-air.

“The first time talking on-air you don’t know if one person is listening or if 10,000 people are listening because it just depends on the time of day,” McKee said.

Fire on the Mountain features classic jam band music like the Grateful Dead, but McKee also associates the station with improvisational music in general, such as jazz and associated bootlegger recordings.

“When it was new and everything, it would take time in the days leading up to plan an awesome setlist,” McKee said. “Now I just kind of wing it, but it turns out good. It sounds kind of cheesy, but I just follow the spirit of the music.”

In addition to providing a wide variety of music, the specialty shows also bring another important element to the Knoxville music scene — the radio show.

“Bringing back the idea of the radio show is so important, and I think that’s one reason why we’re so popular,” Crowley said. “Other radio stations, especially commercial stations, they have a Top 40 format for the most part, and even if they don’t, they still don’t really have that just down-to-the-grit genre.”

Their grab-bag mix of shows has earned WUTK best radio station in Knoxville 10 years in a row, beating out commercial competitors.

“We have two hip-hop shows, a y’all-ternative show, which is kind of modern country/ folk kind of show, two electronic shows, an indie show, a local show and more,” Crowley said. “We’ve got anything anyone would ever need.”

Crowley said giving the specialty DJs nearly full independence is part of what has allowed the station to maintain its wide variety of music.

Smith echoed this belief as he discussed the value of student leadership at the station.

“They know that music, they love it, they have a passion for it,” Smith said. “Most of them know it better than I do. They’ve worked to that point to where they’ve earned that right and duty of having full autonomy.”

Crowley said this full autonomy is used to its fullest capacity to bring listeners what they want to hear.

“We really try our absolute best every day to bring not just Knoxville, but the world a variety of music and really have a passion for music in general,” Crowley said. “That’s our biggest goal — to make sure people are informed and love the music they are hearing.”

Associated Press continued from Page 10 NBC dropped its pageant telecast. Trump has also been a fixture on NBC as host of “The Apprentice” and its celebrity offshoot, but an agreement that he would no longer be on the show predated the current controversy.

Many celebrities tapped as judges, performers or hosts pulled out of the pageant.

But the pageant will be broadcast. The cable and satellite channel Reelz, which reaches 70 million homes, said Thursday that they had acquired the rights to show the pageant because of a belief that the pageant and the women who compete in it “are an integral part of American tradition.”

Miss Mexico pageant director Lupita Jones said Mexico would boycott Miss Universe.

She said Trump damaged the pageant and its tradition of convening countries for an event that showcases “friendship, unity and breaking down cultural barriers.”

But the women who spoke to the AP said they were determined to remain in the pageant and compete despite their personal feelings about Trump’s comments.

The women arrived in Baton Rouge last week where they have been rehearsing for the Sunday presentation and taking part in a

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number of pageant related activities.

Anea Garcia, who represents Rhode Island, has a grandmother from the Dominican Republic.

“It’s not fair, and it’s not OK to generalize one group of people,” she said.

Miss Texas Ylianna Guerra said she was determined to stay in the pageant for herself and her supporters back in Texas. She said she worked hard to get to this point and she “wasn’t going to let anybody down.”

Polikseni Manxhari emigrated to the U.S. at the young age of 5 from Albania and is now representing Massachusetts.

She said she’s already brushed aside Trump’s comments and is determined to stay focused on her mission — to live out her pageant dream and “inspire all immigrants to know that they can come here and make something of themselves and live the American dream.”

The women also came out in support of fellow beauty pageant winner, Paulina Vega of Colombia who is the reigning Miss Universe.

Vega has condemned Trump’s comments but says she won’t give up her crown, sparking Trump to call her a hypocrite.

“She’s worked extremely hard to get to the position where she is right now, and I think she’s been a great Miss Universe. She’s entitled to her own opinion, just as he’s entitled to his own opinion,” said Guerra.

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SPORTS

The Daily Beacon • Wednesday, July 8, 2015

3 Vol football players earn spot on Chuck Bednarik Award watch list Jonathan Toye

Sports Editor

Nearly a week ago, Tennessee fans marveled at the unveiling of the new Nike uniforms.

This week, they still have cause for excitement.

Tennessee announced in a press release that sophomore Derek Barnett, junior Cameron Sutton and senior Curt Maggitt are included on the preseason watch list for the Chuck Bednarik award, given to college football’s top defensive player. This puts UT at a tie with Oklahoma and Notre Dame for the most players on the list, with three each.

The recognition shouldn’t come as a surprise after Barnett’s record-setting freshman campaign.

The Nashville native started 10 games and led all true freshman in the SEC in tackles with 73, shattering the Tennessee freshman records for tackles for loss (20.5) and sacks (11). He recorded three sacks in the the 34-3 loss to Ole Miss and in Tennessee’s thrilling 45-42 overtime victory against South Carolina.

He didn’t lead the Vols in sacks, however, as that honor went to his teammate Maggitt, who placed third in the SEC with 11 sacks.

Sutton started all 13 games and led the team in passes defended at 16. He also intercepted three passes.

But perhaps more importantly, Sutton emerged as a leader on defense.

“Cam is very consistent,” Tennessee Head Coach

Butch Jones said after practice on March 24. “He is very competitive. We have great dialogue. We talk all the time.

You know what you are getting in Cam Sutton everyday.

You are getting an individual who is driven to be the best every time he steps on the football field, and he is reliable. Our players trust him, our coaches trust him and he wants to be one of the premiere corners in our conference. He is working exceptionally hard at that.”

The three finalists for the Bednarik award will be announced on November 23. The winner of the 2015 Bednarik Award will be announced as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards Show held on Dec.10, 2015.

But the accolades weren’t reserved for just the defense.

Tennessee released another press release announcing that quarterback Joshua Dobbs and running back Jalen Hurd are named to the watch list for the Maxwell award, given to the best college football player of the year.

Dobbs posted a 4-1 record as starter after taking the reins from an injured Justin Worley. The Alpharetta, Georgia, native accounted for 1,675 total yards and 17 touchdowns, leading Tennessee to its first bowl victory since 2007.

Hurd led the Vols in rushing with 899 yards for five rushing touchdowns. He also became a dangerous receiving threat, catching 35 passes for 221 yards.

Both players will try to become the first Tennessee player since Peyton Manning to win the award.

TN commit Turner to miss summer classes Jonathan Toye

Sports Editor

One of the big question marks entering the upcoming Tennessee basketball season is who will play point guard.

Unfortunately for the Vols, a potential answer won’t arrive on campus this July.

Tennessee spokesman Thomas Satkowiak confirmed to The Daily Beacon yesterday that Tennessee commit Lamonté Turner, a threestar point guard from Harvest, Alabama, is not enrolled in UT’s second summer session.

Turner signed with the Vols on May 24.

“Lamonté had his choice of several outstanding college programs, and he chose Tennessee because he believes in our vision for this program,” Barnes said in a UT press release on May 26. “He shoots the ball extremely well, makes great decisions on the court, and I love his poise. We’re excited to help him develop, and I think Vol fans are really going to enjoy watching him grow.”

Fellow newcomer Shembari Phillips played point for DeRoyal Industries in the Rocky Top League. Kevin Punter and Armani Moore are also options to play point guard next season.

Lloyd hat trick leads US over Japan 5-2 for World Cup title Associated Press

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Carli Lloyd came up big again.

Three times.

And with it came the Americans’ elusive third Women’s World Cup title.

Lloyd scored three times as the U.S. burst to a four-goal lead in the first 16 minutes, and the Americans overwhelmed defending champion Japan 5-2 Sunday for their record third championship and first since 1999.

“I was just on a mission,” Lloyd said. “I was on a mission to help my team win this game.”

Lloyd, voted the Golden Ball as player of the tournament, scored twice in a span of about 135 seconds as the U.S. led 2-0 by the fifth minute.

Lloyd’s third goal came when Kaihori ventured far off her line.

The keeper backpedaled and got her right hand on it, but it glanced off a post into the goal.

“I called her my beast, and she is just a beast, man,” Ellis said.

“She’s unbelievable. Rock star. Just so happy for her.”

It was also the fastest hat trick in World Cup history — men or women — and Lloyd became the first American since Michelle Akers in 1991 to score multiple goals in a World Cup final. The only other hat trick in a World Cup final was when England’s Geoff Hurst scored three times against Germany in the men’s 1966 final at Wembley.

“Miss Lloyd she always does this to us. In London she scored 2 goals and today she scored 3 goals.

We are embarrassed,” Japan coach Norio Sasaki said. “But she is an excellent player and I really respect her and admire her.”