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Issue 3, Volume 121

Friday, August 24, 2012

Vols suspend star receiver Da’Rick Rogers Out indefinitely for violation of ‘team rules’ Lauren Kittrell Sports Editor

Tennessee football just met with their first loss of the season.

Surprisingly enough, it didn’t come from outside competition, but through the behavior of the Volunteer’s own junior AllSEC wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers. Head coach Derek Dooley notified the team Thursday morning regarding Rogers’ indefinite suspension from the team.

“When you get into the coaching profession, you quickly learn that the number one professional hazard is the behavior of 18-22 year olds,” Dooley said. “I can assure you guys this, there is not one player or really one member of the whole organization that we are not prepared to go play without.”

Which is exactly what the team must learn to do.

Rogers was suspended for breaking what was referred to as “team rules.” Dooley said it is unlikely that Rogers will be returning to the program.

“We always hate it when one of our players gets suspended, but despite the news, our focus is on the guys here and what our opponent is coming up with next,” Dooley said. “(NCState) is a great quality opponent, so that is where we are. We had a real good practice and the players are going to get a couple of days off to recover physically and then we will crank up heavy game week come Sunday.”

In and out of trouble since signing with Tennessee, Rogers still posted 1,040 receiving yards, nine receiving touchdowns and the most recep-

tions in the SEC all in the 2011 season. His absence will be a blow to Tennessee offense, but junior recordbreaking quarterback Tyler Bray said he’s confident in his teammates’ ability to step up to the challenge.

“Losing a receiver never helps,” Bray said. “But we have two guys right now who are really good, we have Zach Rogers stepping in and we have Mychal Rivera at tight end.”

Senior wide receiver Zach Rogers has already faced a similar situation when junior wide receiver Justin Hunter suffered a season-ending injury last year. Following Hunter’s injury in the Florida game, he had 11 catches for 150 yards. Rogers said he’s ready to follow in (Da’Rick) Roger’s footsteps, hopefully without the rule-breaking.

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Da’Rick Rogers runs in the open field after making a catch in the Vanderbilt game on Nov. 19, 2011. Rogers was suspended indefinitely for violating team rules, and his absence will leave a big whole in the Vols’ receiving corps.

Parking scarce on campus David Cobb Assistant News Editor

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A parking ticket is placed on a vehicle during the summer. Parking problems have been a consistent problem every year; students should make sure they have a parking pass and are not illegally parked to avoid getting tickets.

With the new academic year beginning, UT’s freshmen are presumably among the most stressed out people on campus while adjusting to the initial culture change of being at a major university.

But on Wednesday, it was a group of commuting sophomores who received a rude awakening upon arrival at UT’s campus.

“I ended up parking in a 15 minute zone behind the daycare for two and a half

hours,” said Dalton Parker, sophomore in logistics and first year commuter.

Parker, who did opt to purchase a $182 commuter parking pass, allowed for 45 minutes to commute from his townhouse complex near the UT Medical Center to his 10:10 class on campus.

“I got there right at 10:10,” Parker said.

“So I guess I wasn’t late, but I definitely expected to be early.”

Parker was not the only first-time commuter to experience problems on Wednesday.

Fellow sophomore Mark Coffield, busi-

ness logistics major, said his apartment complex offers an hourly shuttle, but also said that its departure and arrival times coincide poorly with the beginning and ending times of classes.

“I don’t have a parking pass,” Coffield said. “So I just kind of winged it and ended up parking at Papa John’s and walking a mile and a half to the Hill for class…it took about 20 minutes.” Coffield said he plans to look for parking spots on the street or perhaps take the shuttle in the future.

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UT alumni host BBQ event Justin Joo Staff Writer With football time coming to Tennessee in barely a week, the UT Alumni Association kicked off the season a little early in their own way with the annual Welcome Back BBQ. The event took place Wednesday evening at Thompson-Boling Arena, where more than 500 alumni and their families gathered to meet and greet with the UT football team and see the “Voice of the Vols” and play-byplay commentator, Bob Kesling, interview Head

Coach Derek Dooley.

President-Elect of the National Alumni Association, Worrick Robinson, was ecstatic about how the event turned out.

“This event has really become the kick-off for the fall,” Worrick said. “It has become an annual event that the alumni come back to again and again.”

The football team mingled and dined with the alumni on catering provided by Buddy’s Bar-B-Q. Wearing their uniforms and smiles, the team spent the early evening chatting and shaking hands with all of the alumni and signing

autographs on all kinds of UT memorabilia ranging from posters to helmets to footballs.

Tom Simcox, who taught the ROTC at UT from 196971, and his young granddaughter were two of the many attendees getting autographs.

“She’s got on her Tyler Bray jersey and has a poster that half the team has signed,” Simcox said. “She’s going to keep that in her room all season.”

This was the third time Simcox had attended the BBQ and he plans to come to others in the future.

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Journalist jailed in Cairo The Associated Press CAIRO — Egypt’s president intervened to release a newspaper editor jailed over accusations of insulting him on Thursday, issuing a law for the first time since he assumed legislative powers earlier this month.

President Mohammed Morsi’s ban on detention for

journalists accused of publishing-related offenses overrides a court decision earlier in the day ordering newspaper editor Islam Afifi to remain in prison pending trial in September.

The court’s decision and case against Afifi, accused of slandering the president and undermining public interest, has caused uproar in Egypt among journalists and intellectuals, with dozens holding a

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protest Thursday night in Cairo demanding the protection of free speech.

The decree affecting those awaiting trial for offenses such as libel, defamation and slander is the first law Morsi issued since taking over legislative authorities in the absence of a parliament, and following a decision to retire a cadre of generals with whom he had shared power earlier this month.

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Students walk to class along the detour routes around construction near the future Student Union building on Wednesday, Aug 22.

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1784 — State of Franklin declares independence On this day in 1784, four counties in western North Carolina declared their independence as the state of Franklin. The counties lay in what would eventually become Tennessee.

The previous April, the state of North Carolina had ceded its western land claims between the Allegheny Mountains and the Mississippi River to the United States Congress. The settlers in this area, known as the Cumberland River Valley, had formed their own independent government from 1772 to 1777 and were concerned that Congress would sell the territory to Spain or France as a means of paying off some of the government's war debt. As a result, North Carolina retracted its cession and began to organize an administration for the territory.

Simultaneously, representatives from Washington, Sullivan, Spencer (modern-day Hawkins) and Greene counties declared their independence from North Carolina. The following May, the counties petitioned for statehood as “Frankland” to the United States Congress. A simple majority of states favored acceptance of the petition, but it fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass, even after the counties’ changed their proposed name to “Franklin” in an attempt to curry Benjamin Franklin’s and others’ favor.

In defiance of Congress, Franklin survived as an independent nation for four years with its own constitution, Indian treaties and legislated system of barter in lieu of currency, though after only two years, North Carolina set up its own parallel government in the region. Finally, Franklin’s weak economy forced its governor, John Sevier, to approach the Spanish for aid. North Carolina, terrified of having a Spanish client state on its border, arrested Sevier. When Cherokee, Chickamauga and Chickasaw began to attack settlements within Franklin’s borders in 1788, it quickly rejoined North Carolina to gain its militia's protection from attack.

1968 — Communist forces renew offensive Communist forces launch rocket and mortar attacks on numerous cities, provincial capitals, and military installations. The heaviest shelling was on the U.S. airfield at Da Nang, the cities of Hue and Quang Tri. North Vietnamese forces numbering between 1200 and 1500 troops attacked the U.S. Special Forces camp at Duc Lap, 130 miles northeast of Saigon near the Cambodian border. The camp fell but was retaken by an allied relief column led by U.S. Special Forces on August 25. A reported 643 North Vietnamese troops were killed in the battle.

2000 — First “Survivor” finale airs On this day in 2000, Richard Hatch, a 39-year-old corporate trainer from Rhode Island, wins the season-one finale of the reality television show “Survivor” and takes home the promised $1 million prize. In a four-to-three vote by his fellow contestants, Hatch, who was known for walking around naked on the island in Borneo where the show was shot, was named Sole Survivor over the river raft guide Kelly Wiglesworth. “Survivor,” whose slogan is “Outwit, Outplay, Outlast,” was a huge ratings success and spawned numerous imitators in the reality-competition genre.

Produced by Mark Burnett (”The Apprentice,” “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”), Survivor premiered on May 31, 2000, on CBS. The show centers around a group of sixteen strangers who are stranded for 39 days in a remote location where they must fend for food, water and shelter and compete in various challenges to win rewards and immunity from being voted out of the competition by their fellow contestants. The voting takes place at the so-called “Tribal Council” ceremony and after a contestant is voted off, the show’s host Jeff Probst informs that person that “the tribe has spoken” and asks the evictee to extinguish his or her torch.

In 2006, season-one winner Richard Hatch was found guilty of tax evasion for failing to report his “Survivor” prize money to the IRS. He was sentenced to more than four years in prison. Other former “Survivor” contestants have gone on to reap more success from their appearance on the reality show: Season one’s Colleen Haskell landed a co-starring role in the forgettable 2001 comedy The Animal, while season two’s Elisabeth Hasselbeck (nee Filarski) went on to become a co-host of the daytime TV talk show “The View.”

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

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Chinese eggplants, nicknamed "Orient Charm", are an example of what can be bought at the Farmers Market in the UT Gardens. UT Farmers Market is held every Wednesday from 4-7p.m. at the UT Gardens until the fall.

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CAMPUS NEWS BBQ continued from Page 1 Simcox remembered his days at UT fondly, although he admits things have definitely changed.

“It’s a lot bigger than I remember,” said Simcox.

“And you couldn’t walk across the campus in uniform back then without somebody cussing you out or throwing up a ‘sieg heil.’ Things are a lot less radical now.”

At 7 p.m., Mary Ellen Smartt, president of the Alumni Association’s Knoxville Chapter and the event’s coordinator, began the ceremonies by thanking the many people and organizations that helped sponsor and set up the BBQ. She then turned the microphone over to the event’s emcee, Kesling.

Kesling split the evening by interviewing players Herman Lathers and Justin Hunter as well as Derek Dooley. Kesling’s interviews focused mainly on Lathers and Hunter recovering from injuries that sidelined them last season. Both players said that they’ve recovered and are ready to play North Carolina State next weekend.

Dooley discussed how the Vols had just returned from training camp at Milligan College. At camp, Dooley forbid the team from watching television or bringing laptops.

He said that their cell phones had to remain in their rooms during the day, and he made the defensive players room with offensive players.

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Dooley boasted of the team maturing from last season and said that the team’s unity is stronger. He was confident about the upcoming season, but he acknowledged that there will still be challenges ahead.

“There’s a level of caution that I have that the fans don’t have,” Dooley said. “A lot of our guys have not had a lot of experience. … So even though we have a lot of talent out there, there’s a real concern for lack of experience in the receiving end.”

Chancellor Jimmy Cheek was also in attendance and spoke briefly to the alumni.

He mentioned once again that the newest year of freshmen students have the highest average GPA and ACT/SAT scores than any batch of incoming freshmen in university history.

He also reiterated UT’s goal of becoming a Top 25 university, noting that improving the campus’s facilities and improving the graduation rate, which the chancellor acknowledged was lacking.

Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon The alumni followed as A sign welcomes students to the Outreach LGBT & Ally Resource Center Open House in Melrose Hall on Dooley and the players exited Thursday, August 23. The Resource Center reopened for the fall semester to serve as a safe space for LGBTQ the arena. Everyone was students. excited for the new football season and the success of the total of 342 commuter try other commuter surface at the Kingston Pike Bldg.” alumni BBQ. Parking citations can be lots such as C1 on Todd spaces have been added.

For Louise Stevenson, both paid and appealed Helton Dr, C9 on Laurel Ave, The site says 150 spots continued from Page 1 alumni of 1977-82, it was her online.

C15 off Neyland Dr or SC40 have been acquired at the first time at the BBQ. Despite the problems Church Street United “It was fun,” said experienced by Parker and Methodist Church under the Stevenson. “It’s nice to be Coffield, another first time designation “C 26.” Another back in UT territory.” commuter, sophomore in 140 spaces have been added She, like many other alumchemistry Max Bradley, said to the “C 18” Poplar street ni, will be coming back to his parking experience was lot, with 52 more being future Welcome Back BBQs. easier than expected. available at the “C 9” lot “We left (at) about 9:20 located at Laurel Avenue and for our 10:10 class and we 16th street. parked in the Neyland The website also issues garage at 9:34,” Bradley the following advice to comsaid. “It didn’t take us more muters: “Parking garages than maybe five minutes to such as G10 and 11th Street park once we got on cam- fill early,” the site says. “So pus.”

Although the widespread construction on campus has altered some parking arrangements, UT’s Parking and Transit Services website lists three locations where a

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Going Somewhere... Hopefully Russian band raises issues of freedom Preston Peeden Associate Editor Every week, I get to express one of the most basic and fundamental rights guaranteed by this country’s Bill of Rights. I am allowed to speak my mind and share my opinions openly and without fear of retribution. I have the freedom of speech.

Those three words, “freedom of speech,” are so engrained in the American psyche that it is almost like an unofficial slogan. Its existence within the First Amendment has essentially made it the building block of what we consider “The American Way.” But what if we didn’t have that? What if our right to the freedoms of expression, assembly, and speech were not afforded to us? How would we see ourselves then?

For this question, recent developments in Russia offer an interesting case study. In February, four members of an all-female Russian band (whose name is genitaliathemed) entered a Russian Orthodox Cathedral, knelt, crossed themselves and then performed the first minute of a song entitled “Mother of God, Put Putin Away.” The band was removed by guards and arrested. After five months of trials, three members of the band were convicted and sentenced last week to a two-year sentence on the charge of “hooliganism.” The band claimed that their actions were a form of political protest, while prosecutors argued instead that the band was deliberately trying to “incite hatred against” the church.

The band’s claims of protest are far from unfounded.

Putin has long been criticized for not only his position on human rights but also his overly close ties to the Orthodox Church (the Patriarch of Russia went as far as calling Putin a “miracle of God”), two issues that the band members were protesting. The band claimed that the court proceedings were nothing more than a fallback to the Soviet-era show trials. The actions of the Russian government are representative of the lack of freedom in a post-USSR Russian Federation.

If these people had sung at a church in America, would anyone have cared? It probably would have been nothing more than a news story for a couple days, and the band would have probably received some form of light

punishment. Eventually, the news media cycle would run on to the next controversy and all would be forgotten.

Paul McCartney, Madonna, and Yoko Ono wouldn’t have cared about this if it had been at a Methodist Church in Richmond. The expression of this band wouldn’t take on the current of a political stand-off, because there wouldn’t be one.

Fortunately, and unfortunately, for the band, Russia has violated those rights, thus dampening the image of not only their leader but also their entire judiciary system.

Russia’s struggle with human rights isn’t a recent development, ever since the Soviet-era police state, freedoms of expression and due process have never been fully granted, with Stalin’s paranoia-fueled purges and the treatment (which some would classify as summary execution) of the Chechen terrorist in the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis standing as clear examples.

Regardless of Gorbachev’s Perestroika and Yeltsin’s attempted democratization of Russia, there are still essences of a tyrannical police state looming both unabated and unabashedly.

When I first read about the current situation in Russia, I had to ask myself why I even cared. Obviously,, I felt that this trio of women was treated unfairly, harshly and unconstitutionally, and that their punishment in no way reflects whatever crime they committed. It is more than just that. This band’s actions and the repercussions of them serve as a lesson to not only Russians, but also anyone who takes the time to listen. The freedom of speech is a basic, fundamental backbone of our own national ethos, and we don’t appreciate it as much as we should. We have the right to express ourselves without fear of reprisal from the government (mind you, no right is universally guaranteed), and that’s a powerful and transformative right.

For Russia, this case will probably go down in a long list of controversial decisions and actions made by the Russian Federation since its inception in the early 90s.

It will merely become a footnote in a story, one that hopefully leads further down the path of true freedoms in Russia. Its influence is greater than just that. It is the physical manifestation of expression. People today wouldn’t be talking about the human rights issues in Russia if it wasn’t because of this band.

And without this band, today, I wouldn't fully appreciate my ability to defend them.

— Preston Peeden is a senior in history. He can be reached at ppeeden@utk.edu.

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Undergraduate degree only beginning Chao s Theory by

Sarah Russell I was reminiscing with some friends the other day about how strange it feels to be a senior. It doesn’t seem like that long ago that we were lost looking for our classes on the Hill or trying to make friends with the strangers in our dorms, and now here we are, planning to receive our diplomas in May. As we talked that day, my friend made a comment that forced me to stop and think for a moment about the past three years. “I can’t believe they’re giving us degrees,” she said. “I haven’t learned anything!”

I asked her what she meant, and she explained that after working as an engineer all summer, she realized how little of the skills required of her were skills she had learned in her college classes. The ability to interface with co-workers, to use certain computer programs, or to design particular parts were not part of her school curriculum: these were skills she had to learn on the job. What she learned in classes, she insisted, was purely theoretical, amounting to a lot of equations and concepts that were not practical or even used in the workplace.

She might have learned a vast amount of information in her classes, but her bachelor’s degree did not include the information she would really need in her future career as an engineer.

This phenomenon does not just apply to engineers at UT. I have heard similar concerns from students in other disciplines and at other schools.

It feels like you have increased your knowledge by leaps and bounds during your time in college, and in many ways you have, but the real world does not always agree. An architecture student may have become skilled at drawing and designing buildings, but she has yet to see her models become life-size structures that people inhabit. A history major is far more capable at writing historical analyses now than he was in high school, but any professional historian would laugh at the simplicity of the papers

he has written for his classes. And as my engineer friend discovered, the physical properties of atomic particles become rather irrelevant when one is trying to negotiate the politics of the office. Our bachelor’s degrees, in some ways, seem like the certificates they passed out at elementary school swim meets: everybody gets one, and despite the shiny gold sticker at the bottom, they mean practically nothing.

So why, then, have we spent the past three years in college? What was the purpose of spending large amounts of time and even more money on a piece of paper that does not guarantee the skill sets required for many jobs? Some will probably say that the only purpose is to remain competitive in the job market, since we all know that a bachelor’s degree is all but required to be a viable candidate for hiring anywhere. But that fails to explain why bachelor’s degrees became such an important factor in the first place, which means that there must be some validity to the four or more years we spend as undergraduates. We must learn something of importance during that time, and more than likely we will take the skills for granted when we begin to work in our fields. Perhaps the architecture student does not yet have a building built, but she knows how to construct one that will not fall in on itself. The historian can assemble a viable historical argument, even if his evidence is not airtight; the engineer knows enough about her field to design a part that works and is critical to the overall assembly. Our bachelor’s degree does not guarantee that we will know everything, but it does show that we have a solid base of knowledge upon which we can build as we gain experience.

Author Tom Clancy wrote in his book ‘The Teeth of the Tiger’ that “ninety percent of your education came after you hung the parchment on the wall.”

We will all continue to learn by leaps and bounds as we go through different stages in our careers and lives, and in that sense our bachelor’s degree is just parchment to hang on the wall. But we cannot forget the value of the ten percent we did learn in college, because it is that ten percent that ultimately proves our ability to learn the other 90.

—Sarah Russell is a senior in history. She can be reached at srusse22@utk.edu.

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Todd Akins’ recently publicized comments on the nature of rape are another nail in the coffin of the peculiar relationship between the GOP and the vibrant, diverse group of Americans they expect to vote for them. But I’ll get to that in a moment. First, some needed clarification on the details.

What immediately comes to mind is that the term “legitimate rape” is not inherently bogus. The phrase could potentially refer to any number of situations in which a woman bears false witness against (generally) a man regarding consensual sexual activity, and the potential grey areas therein. Twice have I personally witnessed situations where the woman in a longishstanding heterosexual relationship lied about rape and/or sexual assault committed by her partner to somehow address an unrelated grievance. Serious legal charges were held, charges that could destroy potential job prospects, etc. When the easy part of lying and getting unwarranted sympathy was over, they actually had to go to court. They ended up dropping the charges.

Of course, that whole not-so-grey legal environment has more than enough men who’ve blithely taken advantage of women to thank for it. I would complain that it’s an extreme minority of sociopaths ruining it for the rest of us. I just have to shrug, and refer to a rather unromantic view of humanity. I highly recommend it.

And while “legitimate rape” is a fun phrase to focus on, this whole thing is basically the last tolerable straw in a marathon of prominent members of the Right flipping reality the bird with a smile and a nod. What should instead be the flagship meme representing this man and the seedy, immoral underbelly of the red voting base is, of course, the whole idea behind the controversy: the fact that Mr. Akin claimed that when a woman is being raped, be she conscious or unconscious, the body itself has a biological, wholly unconscious mechanism that prevents pregnancy.

Of course, this kind of magical sperm-rejecting idea is casual for the increasingly radicalized voting base that the GOP has come to wholly rely on to beat

back the secular middle class rabble threatening to siphon away that government cheese — tax money, if you will — for their own interests and entitlements — as if the American people have anything to do with the government’s money! As if (insert multi-national interest here) didn’t have the immediate concerns of all Americans completely at heart! Because they micromanage the place, after all — it’s not like the government is creating any cushy jobs for college grads.

It’s a culture — a religiously based, surrogate culture cancerously grown out of our country’s great, moral policy of total religious tolerance — that breeds the tendency to assert acidic, alienating views proudly and purposely devoid of any inkling of a dialogue, blared regularly to a national audience. Casual, proud ignorance is something we all have to deal with, and we can laugh at it when it doesn’t have the power to affect our quality of life. But on a national audience, ingrained boldly into a political campaign, that kind of tunnel vision is nothing short of the only thing I can confidently define as evil.

It’s the same evil that led the Texas Board of Education to explore options for unabashedly injecting modern conservative perspective into the history books of children. Yes, I’m calling the Texas Board of Education the definition of evil. If you were a Paladin in Dungeons & Dragons, it would be your sworn duty to vanquish them. Totally idealize early American leaders? When it’s actually apparent that you have to make functional progress to survive, you have dialogues. They had dialogues, and occasionally duels (I rooted for Burr) about things like the existence of a standing army and banks. Oh and guess what? Religious agendas were deemed patently unconstitutional.

Republican campaign rhetoric conveniently pretends, when it suits them, that the evangelical faction is confined to the fringes. Among too many other examples, Akin’s co-sponsorship of the anti-abortion bill with Paul Ryan has stripped away the false pretenses.

A lot of young Republicans I meet nobly distance themselves from a lot of social issues. We all would like to think that’s somehow the key to a more relevant party.

But Akins has not budged. He knows, and so does Romney, that the GOP is in a reluctant marriage. As a party that must rally support by tolerating and sometimes encouraging lies that threaten everyone’s quality of life, they’ll get no pity from me.

— Wiley Robinson is a senior in ecology and evolutionary biology. He can be reached at rrobin23@utk.edu.

Friday, August 24, 2012

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UT’s iconic ‘Rock’ reopens to public the fact that it's a tradition and that anyone can come and write on it.”

Though Poma only just started his colStudents are once again free to express lege career, he said he plans to paint on the slab when baseball season begins. their minds and artistic abilities.

Perhaps the most memorable moment The Rock reopened Wednesday, allowat the Rock occurred when former UT ing students to decorate the iconic landfootball head coach Lane mark after a hiatus that Kiffin left to coach at the lasted about a month due University of Southern to construction for the California after just one new Natalie L. Haslam love having season in 2010.

Music Center. The slab “ Students and other UT was fenced in to protect the fact that it's fans expressed their disthe landmark, and those appointment and anger a tradition and wishing to paint it. over the “ betrayal” by Since the Rock's incepthat anyone can painting harsh statements tion at UT in 1966, stucondemning Kiffin and dents have used the boul- come and write burning mattresses. der as a means to display “He left us. He abantheir personal messages. on it.” doned us,” Geena From declarations of love, -Rick Poma, freshman in Huggins, senior in child voicing political views, business management and family studies, said. and birthday wishes, the Despite her involvement boulder, which sits at the in the event, she said corner ofVolunteer painting on The Rock does more harm Boulevard and Pat Head Summitt Street, than good. has stood as a campus icon.

“I've always thought it was a biohazNick Poma, freshman in business management, said the Rock was one of the ard,” Higgins said. “I've never had the urge to paint it because of the paint going reasons he ventured to UT. “I chose here because of the Rock and into the ground and causing harm to the the tradition,” Poma said. “I love having environment. But I guess it's still a good form of self expression for students.”

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Arts & Culture Editor Victoria Wright

ARTS & CULTURE

vwright6@utk.edu

Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Rob Davis

rdavis60@utk.edu

Fall best in Knoxville Rocky Top hike worth the trek sides, showing the historical importance of the trail.

Cattle were once driven from the fields in Cades Cove to nearby Spence Field prior to the creation of the national park. After walking 5.1 sweaty miles, you will reach Spence Field and the Appalachian Trail.

Managing Editor At this intersection, turning right would lead you to several small, grassy meadows.

If you learn anything at the University of The view is much better to the left towards Tennessee, you'll know every single word Rocky Top. Walking towards the left will to Rocky Top. Some students are blissfully show the curves of the North Carolina side unaware that Rocky Top actually is a loca- of the Smokies. tion in the Great Smoky Mountains After an intense 1.2 miles on the National Park.

Appalachian Trail, you will arrive at Rocky The hike to Rocky Top. Rocky Top is a Top is not your averpart of Thunderhead age short walk to the Mountain which is stadium.

The comprised of three roundtrip distance summits. Rocky Top is from the Cades Cove the first one you will Picnic Area is 13.9 arrive upon. miles.

From Rocky Top on During the nearly a clear day, you will be seven mile walk to the able to see Fontana panoramic views, preLake, Cades Cove, and pare to gain 3,665 feet possibly the other in elevation. The Rocky Top, Knoxville.

Anthony Creek Football season is Trailhead starts at the fast approaching, and I far end of the Cades encourage you to bring Cove Picnic Area. water and lace up your • Photo Courtesy of Brian Stansberry The Anthony Creek hiking boots to go disTrail doubles as a cover your own sense horse trail so prepare yourself for some of ownership and pride with the university nasty spots. and the Great Smoky Mountains National After walking 3.5 miles, the Anthony Park.

Creek Trail will dead-end at the Bote When the leaves start to change, gather Mountain Trail. At this intersection, be together a buddy or two on a Sunday after sure to keep to the right to head to Rocky a football game and make the early morning Top. trek. Wear ankle support because the dirt is The next few miles of the trail are by far far too rocky. some of the most scenic sections of the Appalachian Trail. The trail turns into a — Emily DeLanzo is a senior in environgreen tunnel; depending on the season, you mental studies and can be reached at edewill be covered in rhododendron or fall lanzo@utk.edu. You can also follow her on leaves. The trail appears to slouch on the twitter at @EmilyDeLanzo.

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Rob Davis Arts and Culture Assistant Editor Fall is one of the greatest times of the year.

You have football, holidays, and cooler weather. It’s the perfect time to start thinking about Christmas and drinking hot chocolate.

To me, the best part about fall is the beauty that nature offers during the last few months of the year through the gorgeous reds, yellows, and oranges that the leaves turn before falling. There is no better place to watch the seasons change than right here in east Tennessee.

One of my favorite things to do during autumn, and every other part of the year, is to visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In the park you can find hundreds of miles of trails that offer fantastic views of fall foliage.

The Smoky Mountains National Park covers more than 500,000 acres and receives more than 9 million visitors each year. The park offers visitors over 800 miles of hiking trails to get out and experience the beauty of fall up close.

Even just driving through the park is a great way to see the changing leaves. The drive though Cades Cove is an easy way to take in the entire natural splendor. When you get to the old settlement in Cades Cove, you can get out of your car and hike some shorter trails, or simply just walk around the fields.

If you want to drive, make sure you do so early in the season. Trees begin to lose their foliage from the top of the mountain to the bottom. You can still go later in the fall, but you will have to stay lower on the mountains if you are looking to enjoy the bright colors of fall.

If you’re not that into nature or hiking, there are thousands of other things to do in

the Knoxville area.

Let’s start with the obvious: sports. There is no shortage of sporting events to go to in the area. For starters, there are eight home games in Neyland Stadium. What is there better to do with your Saturdays than spend it with 100,000 of your closest friends and cheer on the Vols? Nothing. If you’re into prep football, there are several high schools in the area that have been nationally ranked.

If you’re willing to travel an hour or so, Bristol Motor Speedway is a great destination to drive to.

Per capita, Knoxville has one of the highest number of restaurants of any city in the country. So, if food/cooking piques your interest, there is no shortage of restaurants you can try. I highly recommend anything in Market Square. Not only does it have a good selection of eateries, there are also numerous events that take place throughout the fall.

These range from Shakespeare in the Square, where local actors put on various Shakespeare plays, to movies or different concerts by local bands and musicians.

Into live music? The Tennessee Theater is a great place to catch a show. It's actually the state theater of Tennessee. Throughout the year, there are always big shows that come through town. For example, Old Crow Medicine Show will be playing the Tennessee Theater this Friday. I saw them a few years ago at the Theater and it was phenomenal. If you’re free on Friday, I highly recommend going. In addition, the Bijou Theater is right across the street. The Bijou also hosts numerous great shows through the year.

No matter what you want to do in Knoxville, you can easily find it. Happy searching!

— Rob Davis is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at rdavis60@utk.edu.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Arts & Culture Editor Victoria Wright vwright6@utk.edu

Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Rob Davis

rdavis60@utk.edu

UK media deals with Prince Harry photos The Associated Press LONDON — The prince has no clothes — but British newspapers aren't running the pictures.

The country’s scandal-loving tabloids devoted many pages Thursday to the story of Prince Harry’s naked romp in a Las Vegas hotel suite.

But all heeded a warning from royal officials that printing the images, already seen by millions on the Internet, would infringe on the prince’s privacy.

So while Ireland’s Evening Herald ran the stark-naked prince on its front page, British newspapers made do with pictures of holiday Harry in bathing trunks and fedora hat.

The Sun tabloid came up with the most creative solution, getting a staff member named Harry and a 21-year-old female intern to recreate the naked pose under the headline “Harry grabs the crown jewels.”

Bob Satchwell, head of industry group the Society of Editors, said papers were merely

complying with editors’ voluntary Code of Practice, which declares “it is unacceptable to photograph individuals in private places without their consent.”

But other media-watchers said a scandal that erupted a year ago over phone-hacking and other tabloid wrongdoing had tamed Britain's once-rambunctious press.

Newspapers were exposed to a trial of public opinion as Judge Brian Leveson’s media ethics inquiry heard from celebrities, politicians and crime victims who said their lives had been turned upside down by press intrusion.

The scandal has killed one tabloid, the News of the World — shut down by owner Rupert Murdoch after revelations about its illegal eavesdropping — and tarnished the entire British media.

With the inquiry considering whether to impose stricter limits on press freedom, many feel the tabloids are staying away from kiss-andtells and celebrity scoops that they once would

have relished.

Neil Wallis, a former News of the World executive editor, said fallout from the hacking scandal had left newspapers “terrified of their own shadow.”

“In this post-Leveson era ... they daren't do things that most of the country, if they saw it in the newspaper, would think ‘that’s a bit of a laugh,’” Wallis told the BBC. While newspapers including The Sun and the Daily Mirror proclaimed that the naked photos had been “banned,” that is not strictly true.

Several media organizations around the world ran the two naked photos of the prince, which are being sold, according to British media reports, for about 10,000 pounds ($16,000).

British outlets refrained, after receiving a warning Wednesday from palace officials.

Prince Harry’s office confirmed it had contacted the Press Complaints Commission, an industry watchdog, which in turn advised newspapers not to publish the pictures.

Any paper that ran them risks being chastised by the commission, which can demand a newspaper publish an apology, but has no power to issue fines.

They could also potentially be open to an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit from the prince.

A letter to the watchdog from royal law firm Harbottle and Lewis warned that royal officials “entirely reserve their rights as to any future steps that they may take should publication take place.”

Once, editors might have risked it, arguing that publishing the images was in the public interest because Harry is a public — and publicly funded — figure.

Satchwell acknowledged there was a risk Leveson’s inquiry could chill press freedom.

But he said newspapers were simply behaving responsibly over Harry.

“Of course freedom of the press is vitally, vitally important,” he said. “But just because you can publish something doesn’t mean that you should.”

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Students dance to live music at the Beyond the Borders party at the I-House on Tuesday, Aug 21. The I-House will host cooking demos, lectures, and foreign movies to serve as an educational site throughout the semester.

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Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu

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Harrison back as leader NCAA Tournament to Ohio State by the score of 3-0.

“That loss is definitely in the back of our minds,” she said.

“Making it to the tournament last year was a huge success In her first two soccer matches of the 2012 campaign, senior because I haven’t made it in the first three years I’ve been here so Lady Vol midfielder Amy Harrison has already surpassed her now making it is not enough. We want to get even further this career high in goals in a single season, as well as being the glue year.”

To begin the season the Lady Vols (2-0) were not in the Top for the team which is in its first season under new head coach 25 rankings, but the team is receiving votes to be in the rankings Brian Pensky.

The 5-foot-7 Winnipeg, Canada native topped her career high now after their fast start.

While this is her last year of playof three goals from a season ago as ing collegiate soccer, Harrison has she posted back-to-back two goal dreams of going on and playing for games in UT’s 4-0 shutout over the Canadian National Team and Samford and the 4-1 victory over winning the FIFA World Cup. She Western Kentucky to kick-off the has had somewhat of the taste of season. As a result of her success what the experience would be like and dominant play, scoring four when she competed for Team times out of her six shots on goal Canada in the Inaugural Women’s this season, she has garnered two U17 FIFA World Cup, which was accolades this week that recogheld in New Zealand in 2008. nized her impact on the pitch.

“It was unreal playing for my The Lady Vols team captain country, but playing in the World was tabbed the SEC Offensive Cup is even crazier,” she said. “I Player of the Week as well as Top think everyone dreams of playing in Drawer Soccer Player of Week on the World Cup or for their country Monday due to her knack for findin the Olympics but it’s just whether ing the net in the back of the goal. it’s going to happen or not.”

“It feels really good. I wouldn’t Her head coach thinks she is very have gotten it without my teamcapable of taking her skills to the mates,” said Lady Vols midfielder next level after college.

Amy Harrison. “They are all “The thing that is separating doing the right things, and it’s Amy right now is that she came been a long preseason and long back more fit than she’s ever been,” summer preparing for the season. said head coach Brian Penske. “If So it’s really nice for our team to Marigrace Angelo • The Daily Beacon that fitness piece continues to develbe recognized nationally and I op for her and grow I certainly think can’t wait for other people to be the sky’s the limit for her.” recognized as well.”

Coach Pensky also describes her as having a ‘tough as nails However, the scoring outburst from the midfielder has been attitude’ on the soccer field, which one can presume she learned somewhat of a surprise to the senior, but on the other hand not from an early age. so much.

When the UT marketing major has free time she enjoys play“I don’t usually score many goals,” said Harrison, who had scored seven goals in her first three seasons at UT. “I have been ing hockey as a hobby.

“I love to play hockey and have played it since I was four,” said working all summer on it, so now that it’s coming into my game Harrison.

“It’s just a fun sport and a Canadian tradition.”

I’m welcoming it.”

While she enjoys playing soccer and hockey for fun, Harrison The Lady Vols soccer team will rely heavily on Harrison’s leadership this year, as they are motivated to go further than last year is all about business this year for the UT Lady Vols soccer team in which the team finished 15-7 and lost in the first round of the who have high hopes this season.

Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer

“Losing a receiver never helps,” Bray said. “But we have two guys right now who are really good, we have Zach Rogers stepping in and we have Mychal Rivera at tight end.”

Senior wide receiver Zach Rogers has already faced a similar situation when junior wide receiver Justin Hunter suffered a season-ending injury last year. Following Hunter’s injury in the Florida game, he had 11 catches for 150 yards. Rogers said he’s ready to follow in (Da’Rick) Roger’s footsteps, hopefully without the rule-breaking.

“I had to do it last year too when Justin (Hunter) went down,” Rogers said. “I had to step up and everybody has to step up. I have to be around for the younger guys to help them progress a little bit faster because they weren’t really expecting anything too much in these few games,

but they’re gonna be forcing some playing time.”

Senior tight end Mychal Rivera refused to comment on the team’s disappointment in Roger’s actions and said he just hopes the best for Rogers.

“You’re always surprised when something bad happens to one of your teammates, but you just have to stay positive about the situation,” Rivera said. “Always when a teammate goes down you try to reach out to him send him a text, call him, if you see him around give him positive news and stuff.”

For the Vols, this is just another bump in the road.

Bray said they’re not worried about the affect on the team and are just fighting to make sure there are no more losses, on or off the field.

“We have a mature group this year so we’ll be fine,” Bray said. “We’re just trying to get our game plan going for NC state. Just trying to move forward and come out with the win.”

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Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell

SPORTS

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Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu

Volunteers prepare for season opener against Wolfpack Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer With just a week away from the opening kickoff against the N.C. State Wolfpack in the Georgia Dome, the Tennessee Volunteers have other things on their mind besides the suspension of junior wideout Da’Rick Rogers.

This fall, players had many opportunities to prove themselves to head coach Derek Dooley and the new coaching staff, especially in some of the position battles. However, on Thursday the depth chart for the season opener was officially released.

Junior tailback Rajion Neal, who totaled 421 yards of offense last year while playing mostly in the slot as a receiver, was named the team's starting tailback with sophomore Devrin Young falling in right behind. The 5-foot-8 Young will also serve as the kick and punt returner for the Vols, as he showed flashes of his big play potential in his special teams role a season ago.

“It’s hard for me to say one day he had a great practice and one day he had a bad one,” head coach Derek Dooley said about Neal’s performance in camp. “I couldn’t identify his great practice or his bad one. He’s been real consistent and comfortable in that role, he’s produced every day, he’s progressed in all areas, so I feel good about him.”

The only major surprise released on the offensive side of the depth chart was junior college transfer Cordarrelle Patterson assuming the number two receiving slot, as UT looks to have parted ways with Rogers for the time being.

“Coach Chaney has always got a good game plan,” said senior wide receiver Zach Rogers who is listed as the third wide receiver on the depth chart and will assume a much bigger role now with the shakeup at the position. “He’ll probably tweak it a little bit, but overall it’ll be the same game plan that we've practiced all camp.”

On the defensive side of the ball, junior college transfers Darrington Sentimore and Daniel McCullers will start at defensive end and nose tackle. A close to 100 percent healthy redshirt senior Herman Lathers, who totaled 75 tackles in his sophomore season but was injured all last season, will start at weak linebacker and lead a talented group of linebackers in first year defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri’s new 3-4 defense.

Sophomore starting linebackers A.J. Johnson and Curt Maggit, who combined for 136 tackles last season, look to have major impacts once again as they were believed to be UT’s first true freshman to start at linebacker.

Sophomore Brian Randolph will take the reins at the free safety position after having a tremendous off-season in practices and scrimmages making plays all over the field. Redshirt junior Byron Moore comes in listed above Brent Brewer at strong safety, as he is believed to be better in pass protection.

“We have seven guys we feel confident about getting in the game right now,” Dooley said about the Vols secondary.

“They have all played a lot and we will see who goes out there and performs the best.”

Preston Peeden • The Daily Beacon

Linebackers line up to practice their tackles during a football practice during the summer.

With the depth chart figured out it is time for the starters to fully assume their roles and focus on preparation for the N.C. State game next Friday. After a good practice on Thursday morning Dooley will give the players time off until Sunday, when they will bear down into full game preparation for the Wolfpack.

While N.C. State appears to be a very similar team on paper to the Vols, with an experienced quarterback in Mike Glennon and a decent running game, one thing in particular stands out most about the Wolfpack. A season ago their defense accounted for an NCAA leading 27 interceptions, and defensive back David Amerson was a big part of that also setting a Division-1 football high of 13 interceptions.

“It’ll be a great first game,” Dooley said. “It will prepare us for Florida, Georgia, or Alabama, who all have great second-

aries. It’ll be a good tune up and a good secondary to face the first game to get our minds right.”

However, junior quarterback Tyler Bray looks ready to go up against a talented secondary and his teammates believe he will have success.

“He’s become more of a veteran every day,” said Rogers.

“You can sit out here on the practice field, and he’s dropping and taking all of his reads, taking more time than maybe he did in his first and second year when he was kind of just slinging it around a little more. He's definitely learned the game a lot better, and I think he'll be ready to go.”

With the Vols’ focus now turned to their first opponent of the 2012-13 season, they are looking to come together as one unit and bring Tennessee back to its winning tradition in the SEC.