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Campus, local community protest Haslam’s privatization plan Priya Narapareddy Contributor

Protestors of all ages gathered Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 23 to rally against Gov. Bill Haslam’s plan to privatize all state facilities and building service jobs across the state of Tennessee.

Tom Anderson is a buyer in facilities services for UT and an active member of United Campus Workers (UCW). Anderson, who participated in the protest, said the privatization plan could lead to the outsourcing of thousands of jobs, including hundreds of facilities and building service jobs on campus.

“On a statewide level, it’s a very disturbing

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misuse of public resources,” Anderson said.

Members of organizations like Jobs for Justice of East Tennessee and United Campus Workers as well as UT employees and students gathered at the Pilot gas station on Cumberland Ave at 4 p.m. to show support for the TNisNOTforSale movement.

Protesters across the state also participated in a “Day of Action” in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Murfreesboro and Memphis.

In Knoxville, protesters blew noisemakers and carried signs which read #TNisNOTforSale.

Many of the signs displayed messages opposing Haslam’s plan such as, “Check your numbers-outsourcing doesn’t add up,” and “Happy birthday, Haslam! Now blow out the candles and wish for NO outsourcing.”

“As of 4:30 p.m., about 50 people have

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attended the protest,” said protest organizer Cassie Watters.

The TNisNOTforSale protest also included UT students in the Progressive Student Alliance (PSA), an organization that promotes social justice.

Elizabeth Stanfield, a senior member of the PSA, will be entering the job market in a year.

She said she doesn’t enjoy seeing the governor send jobs out of state and said the possibility of outsourcing makes her feel even more uncertain about her own job prospects.

“The whole country is looking at us,” she said. “If he privatizes facilities across an entire state, others may do the same.”

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PRIVATIZATION continued from Page 1 Ed McDaniel, a locksmith at UT, said hundreds of people called an open forum line opposing Haslam’s privatization plan. Beyond just sending jobs out-of-state, McDaniel said that as a veteran, he has other concerns for the consequences of privatization.

“UT takes care of veterans,” he said.

“A private company does not.”

Anderson, who has worked at UT for 15 years, described the university as a community.

“This is a place we support,” Anderson said. “Private contractors would have no attachment to the campus other than a paycheck.

“I’m going to fight this until the fight is over.”

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Study shows characteristics that help olympians win gold Shelby Whitehead Contributor

While it’s clear that Olympic athletes are far from average, new research shows that they may be even further from normal than people think.

Two professors, from UT and Boise State University, are discussing the physiological and psychological characteristics that separate the Olympian from the average athlete through the course “The Physiology of Athletes: Exploring the Limits of Human Performance” and the article “The Science of Olympians.”

The study began before the 2016 Rio Olympics. David Bassett and Scott Conger studied Olympic athletes to find out what made them rise to the top by studying their genetics and training methods.

“Why study athletes? They are really pushing the limits of what is humanly possible,” Basset, a professor and head of the Department of Kinesiology, Recreation and Sport Studies at UT, said. “It does offer to

teach us something about what occurs in the average person when training to a lesser extent.”

They studied athletes based on their sport. For example, swimmers were approached differently than weightlifters. Their studies found that that each athlete’s anatomy was different depending on the sport they trained for.

While it is known that athletes tend to have enlarged hearts, a result of extensive exercise termed “athletes’ heart,” they found that endurance athletes had enlarged heart chambers while strength athletes had thickened ventricles. Considered a training adaptation, researches believe these differences are due to how the body forms over years of practice.

The study also revealed that swimmers’ bones are often less dense than athletes who participate in running and jumping events. People in power sports have fast-twitch muscle fibers, which allow for rapid movement and reflexes. Basset said fast-twitch muscle fibers are a contributing reason why Simone Biles can do advanced

It was not just the physiology, some people have a desire that is higher, just the desire to be successful.”

Scott Conger, assistant professor in the Depart ment of Kinesiology at Boise State University

flips and become a dominant force on the gymnastics’ floor.

In comparison, runners have a higher percentage of slow-twitch muscle

fibers that aid endurance, which can be vital in events. Some middle and long distance athletes are able to take in oxygen at twice the rate of the average college student. Oxygen fights fatigue and aids endurance.

Conger, the assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Boise State University, explained one environmental factor--the trend of Olympic athletes having an older sibling. The presence of a playmate, Conger said, is thought to develop a sense of competition and motor skills at a young age.

Conger also elaborated on the mentality that sets Olympians apart.

In many cases, he explained, the only measure that separates the gold medalists from silver are hundredths of a second. The blink of an eye takes two hundredths of a second to perform. That slight advantage may come from an athlete’s mentality, Basset said.

“It was not just the physiology,” Conger said. “Some people have a desire that is higher, just the desire to be successful.”

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What it really means to be tolerant Pete Cates For Pete’s Sake

The term tolerance made its way into politics after the progressive shift to the left following the Civil Rights movement. For our generation, it has associations with religious minorities and LGBTQA+ rights as well as racial minorities. An example of what tolerance looks like could be described by the ‘coexist’ bumper stickers I’m sure you’ve all seen. In its simplest form, it’s a term used by and for marginalized groups to advocate for inclusion, both interpersonally and systemically.

For a lot of people, there are significant ties to political correctness when you talk about tolerance.

Whether those are positive or negative connotations probably depends on which part of the political spectrum you find yourself. I should note here before you continue reading that these issues are the ones that push me further left on that spectrum, so if you find that “intolerant,” consider this a trigger warning.

Let’s deal with the negative connotations first.

What I hear most often from the Tea Party and the Evangelical right in regard to tolerance is a cry of hypocrisy. It usually goes something like this: liberals are always asking everyone to be so tolerant, but they really just want to silence anyone who doesn’t agree with them.

I hear what you’re saying, and I see where conclu-

sions of apparent hypocrisy can be drawn, but I think this comes down to a miscommunication of terms.

Others object most often because they’re finding that liberals aren’t treating their points of view as equally valid.

What I have found is when liberals say have tolerance, they mean stop oppressing marginalized groups.

This to me is the crux of the ideological split that Donald Trump capitalizes on to draw in supporters.

He says that liberals are so busy trying to protect marginalized groups that the so-called silent majority is being neglected in the process, which would perhaps explain why the majority of his supporters are uneducated white males, according to PewReasearch Center.

This kind of rhetoric also reveals why he is receiving so little support from people of color or LGBTQA+ people.

This conflict raises the question: can we support marginalized groups without marginalizing the hegemony? To me, the answer is linguistically self-evident.

To be a part of leadership means that because of circumstances outside of your control, like race, gender, sexual orientation, you have power. So, does taking away that power marginalize the majority?

Well, no. It does put the focus on the marginalized groups, though. But I don’t think that’s wrong—not

The curse of The Daily Beacon Emily Moore Day to Day

The Daily Beacon is cursed.

For me to explain, I must start at the beginning— all the way back to freshman year when I began writing columns.

I was going to write my column this week on an incredibly important topic like the impact of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, the newest of the Clinton Foundation scandals or my opinion on how SGA will do this year. But, instead, I have something much more important that trumps it all: the Beacon is cursed.

Also, I lied. I wasn’t going to write about any of those things.

This is my third year writing as a columnist for the Beacon. I love it, obviously, or I would have abandoned ship years ago. My topics have ranged from serious issues such as politics and religion to funny or entertaining blips. This is the most serious column I have written so far.

It started freshman year when I went to get my headshot taken to run alongside my weekly columns. I was pretty excited seeing as this was my first journalism affiliated job. Poor little naïve freshman Emily did not do her research though. In my mind, my headshot would show up as a grey, barely distinguishable picture in the paper. So, who cared if I wore makeup or looked presentable, right?

Wrong.

I had forgotten about the website.

To my utter horror, I found a blown up picture of my embarrassing and unkempt self smiling back at

me from the Beacon’s Facebook page, announcing my column was now ready for readers. My mom thought that was hilarious. Friends agreed. This happened all on the same day that I had an allergic reaction and my eyes swelled shut for the rest of the day. Thankfully, though, that was after the photo.

Then came sophomore year. This year would be different. I would look presentable, pick out a nice outfit and smile with pride and confidence. Right?

Wrong.

I wore my favorite flannel, thinking all would be well. After nearly a week of eagerly awaiting to see my headshot on the webpage for the first time, finally replacing the first terrible one, I was once again sorely disappointed. For whatever reason, the color of my flannel turned into a horrible yellow that could only be described as “musty.” Well, on that same day I picked up Chipotle and not two minutes into the walk back to my apartment, it fell through the bottom of my bag all over my kitchen floor. I also managed to go to the wrong class, and when I finally got the courage to get up and walk out, the professor made sure to stop the 100-person lecture to ask me where I was going.

Flash to now--or a few days ago--on Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. Two years of bad headshots were under my belt but my junior year would be different. With a steely determination I was ready to start over once again. I was unaware that it would be the worst headshot experience so far.

I woke up Monday morning at 8 a.m. to take a friend to get their car after it was towed. Afterward, I

from some place of white male guilt but out of basic human empathy. I’m not talking about those committing violence in the name of the Black Lives Matter movement or other extremists trying to harm AngloSaxon, Protestant, heterosexual men. I’m talking about helping people who are discriminated against, who don’t have the same rights as other people, who don’t get to see themselves represented in government or media, who, as children, don’t get to learn about what people like them have accomplished, who are reminded every day – whether outright or implicitly – that they are less valuable members of society.

In her poem “Etiquette Leash,” Andrea Gibson, a spoken word poet and activist, said love “always calls out the misogynist, racist, homophobic joke,” and “refuses to be a welcome mat where hate wipes its feet.” So, let me say this, when I tell you that I don’t support Donald Trump, I don’t mean it as a political statement but as a demonstration of love. And if you find that intolerant, then that’s exactly what I want to be.

Peter Cates is a junior in rhetoric and writing and can be reached at pcates4@vols.utk.edu.

had just enough time to go home and catch a few z’s before heading to the Beacon’s newsroom. Something you should know: I pay an obscene amount of money for my parking spot so I don’t have to drive around forever to find one. So, when I found someone parked in that very spot, that’s when the day took a turn. I ended up a mile away, trudging home as I called the tow company.

Because I had to be present when the car was towed, I didn’t have time to shower or put myself together. My hair was pulled up and looked gross. I had on day-old makeup, and, to be quite frank, I smelled from all of the sweat and resulting B.O. Judge me.

Time was not on my side either. The tow truck said they would be there in 30 minutes, but it had been an hour and I was officially late. Frustrated, I went to check if the car was still there. It was not.

Late, stinky and now angry, I stormed over to the newsroom while canceling the tow truck and hoping my own car wouldn’t be towed before I could get to it.

Don’t worry, I only got a ticket after being in class and at work all day.

Sigh.

So, there you have it. The Beacon is cursed. It’s the only way to rationally explain why I always have bad luck on the days when I have to get my headshot.

I’m crossing my fingers for senior year.

Emily Moore is a junior in journalism and electronic media and can be reached at emoore52@vols. utk.edu.

Columns 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.

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Student company turns Instagram into business platform Elyse Kolbaba

Staff Writer

Skylar Ball, Freshman in Business Management “So, what are you guys doing out here?”

“Me and my friend do a lot of video. We have a drone and are starting an Instagram page to get a following.”

“What will the page be called?” ”We are launching the page on Sept. 5. It’ll be @RestlessVisual. Mine is @ SkylarB15 and my friend’s is @BaylorC_” “How did you guys get started?” ”We started getting into it in March. We go on hikes, getting photos and have been upgrading our equipment since then.”

In With the Old is selling vintage, UT-themed clothing using modern techniques—namely, Instagram.

Baker Donahue, a senior majoring in communications studies, founded the so-far booming business In With the Old (IWO), and said he decided to use Instagram so consumers can buy products while doing everyday activities like scrolling through social media, cutting out the need to visit a website to see new items.

Becca Castle, a junior in journalism and electronic media, had the opportunity to view both sides of the business— making purchases of her own and modeling behind the scenes on Instagram.

“I think it’s so smart to sell, market and advertise through Instagram,” Castle said. “It’s the perfect medium to reach the target audience - college students.”

IWO collects and sells vintage UT goodwill clothing items, providing unique pieces to each individual buyer.

The company started out so well, they sold out the first weekend they went live.

They currently have 4,333 followers on Instagram, a number that continues to grow by the minute. Castle said they capture followers with professionally shot photographs and catchy item names.

“I also really like the original names

each piece has. Each item of clothing is tagged and uniquely named with something funny or UT-related,” Castle said.

For example, some items have been named “Vols Help Vols,” “Uptown” and “#checkerneyland.”

“College students love goofy stuff like that,” Donahue said.

After starting the business, Donahue said he decided to add a minor in entrepreneurship.

“My advice to students pursuing their dream business idea is to not be afraid to take risks,” Donahue said. “I have learned so many valuable lessons in these past three weeks that I would have never been able to experience without taking that initial leap of faith.”

Although he will be graduating from UT in nine months, Donahue said he hopes to keep the business alive. His dreams for IWO are to expand to every SEC school and develop a presence across the nation.

“It has taught me so much about business, marketing and networking, that soon we will be opening up two more In With the Old locations at two other prominent SEC schools,” he said.

Upon graduation, Donahue said he wishes to pass the company along to two aspiring entrepreneurs, giving them the privilege of experiencing what he has in these past few weeks. He said he looks forward to seeing the company flourish.

You can follow the business on Instagram at @nwiththeold.

Laika Entertainment hits gold with Kubo and the Two Strings Andrew Kochamba Contributor

There’s something undeniably magical about a good story.

In some forms of media, we seem to be losing sight of what a quality story actually is. A good story has adventure, high stakes, meaning and emotion.

Laika Entertainment, the stop-motion animation company known for ParaNorman, Coraline and The Boxtrolls, has created something truly special with their new movie, Kubo and the Two Strings.

Kubo, directed by animator Travis Knight, tells the tale a young storyteller, Kubo, who lives in ancient Japan. As Kubo tries to uncover the details of his past, he is launched into a grand

and mystical adventure that puts his future in danger of his malevolent relatives.

The stop motion animation is absolutely breathtaking. It has the smoothness of computer generated animation with an added realism that’s difficult to describe but yields beautiful results. The colors pop in the best ways, and the plentiful textures are nothing short of a treat to look at. Kubo succeeds in using a gorgeous style of animation to tell the story in the best way possible, and the animation is never a crutch for the movie to lean on.

Kubo also wonderfully explores various elements of Japanese culture. From the shamisen, a three-stringed instrument, that Kubo plays to the origami that comes to life on screen, Kubo capitalizes on cinema’s ability to make the viewer fall in love with a place they’ve never been.

It’s a movie about family, love, the legacies we create for ourselves and the memories we

will leave behind. On top of laugh-out-loud moments thanks to the lovable cast--notably Charlize Theron as a monkey and Matthew McConaughey as a beetle-- and jaw-dropping action sequences, Kubo had me misty-eyed more than a few times.

With a budget of $60 million and a current box office haul of $13.5 million, Kubo is not doing too well. It’s easily one of the most beautiful movies I’ve ever had the chance to see in theaters, but it doesn’t look like it’s going to make any money.

With that being said, I could not recommend this movie enough for people of all ages. Kubo will charm your socks off, remind you how powerful a good story can be and might even bring you to tears.

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Butch Jones names backup quarterback, praises team ll a b t o Fo cus Fo Taylor Crombie Contributor

With Tennessee’s first game rapidly approaching, Coach Butch Jones is focused on readiness. “These next couple days are very, very critical for us,� Jones said during the press conference on Tuesday, Aug. 23.

The team played a mock game that Tuesday night, and the coaching staff sat down and reviewed each player on the roster to evaluate who is game ready and what it will take to get the rest of the team there too. Now, each player has a plan and list of goals to accomplish during the practices. They also have planned recovery periods leading up to the opener against Appalachian State on Sept. 1. “You have to prepare for anything and everything,� Jones said. “You have to be game ready, and you have to be able to start fast and finish strong.�

One of the players who Jones said he feels has reached that level is sophomore Quinten Dormady, who he named as the backup quarterback for Josh Dobbs this season. Dormady appeared in six games last season including the Outback Bowl against Northwestern. He completed 13 of 22 passes for 209 yards with a single touchdown pass in 2015.

Even with all the preparation that the team and the coaches have done during the offseason, Jones admitted that there still is some uncertainty.

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Jones said he is pleased, however, with the progress his team has made--particularly the younger talent. Still, he said he plans to continues pushing his players to reach their full potential.

Jones praised sophomore defensive tackle Khalil McKenzie for his commitment to personal growth. “He’s a football junkie,� Jones said. “I’m always working to motivate him because I know he’s a motivated individual.�

The five-star recruit played in all 13 games last season but didn’t make the impact many hoped he would. However, McKenzie spent the offseason working on his body and staying disciplined.

Jones said he is down to around 305 pounds and that discipline has paid off in practice. “He’s able to finish plays more. His football stamina has increased. His strength has increased, so he’s worked very, very hard,� Jones said.

The Vols are ranked ninth in the Associated Press preseason poll, cracking the top 10 for the first time since 2006. While Jones never mentioned the ranking, it is clear that living up to the expectations is on his mind. “The great teams, the teams that win champi-

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SPORTS

The Daily Beacon • Thursday, August 25, 2016

8 Kickoff

Days until

FOOTBALL

Wide receivers improve for upcoming season Rob Harvey

Assistant Sports Editor

Wide receiver Josh Malone, #3 of the Tennessee Volunteers, during the game between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, TN on Oct. 3, 2015. • File Photo

Josh Malone is the best route runner on the Vols team.

Or, at least, that’s what he says.

When Malone commented to the media on Monday, Aug 22, that he was the best route runner on the team, the other wide receivers didn’t take it too kindly.

“I had to shut them up in our meeting yesterday because for the first five minutes they were jawing back and forth about who the best route runner is,” wide receivers’ Coach Zach Azzanni said Tuesday, Aug. 23.

“That was neat though. I love that competition.”

Route running is just one of many areas wide receivers must improve upon this season, especially if their goal is to be better than their subpar season last year.

Last season, the Vols struggled with passes as injuries plagued the receiving core. Things fell apart for the Vols’ receivers, especially in the Florida game last season when quarterback Josh Dobbs was the leader in receiving yards for the game.

This year, Coach Azzanni said he feels that his receivers are prepared for success.

“It’s hard because we had a lot of guys injured last year, but I like their mentality right now,” Azzanni said. “I like their work ethic.

The things we needed work on in the spring, we’ve worked hard on all summer and you see it showing up.”

Coach Butch Jones said he also feels that his receivers are ready to take the next step.

“I’ve been pleased,” Coach Jones said. “I think this group has had a very good camp.”

Josh Malone will be the key to the receiving core this season as he looks to rebound from an inconsistent sophomore season where he caught only 405 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Malone, who has been plagued with injuries a majority of his Vol career, said he’s the healthiest he has ever been in college and is prepared for the season.

“I just feel like I’ve been doing a great job taking care of my body, doing the little things — more stretching, cold tub, staying hydrated, putting good food in my body,” Malone said.

Offensive coordinator Mike DeBord expressed his confidence in Malone and believes that he will be the leader for this group.

“I think he’s had a great training camp,” Coach DeBord said. “I like his focus. I like his demeanor right now.”

Along with Malone, the Vols return senior Josh Smith and sophomores Preston Williams and Jauan Jennings. They also add freshmen Brandon Johnson, Tyler Byrd, and Marquez Calloway along with junior college transfer Jeff George.

SOCCER

Experience returns as Vols face Huskies Lucas Hunter

Contributor The Tennessee Volunteers (1-1-0) are eyeing the return of three players when they host the Washington Huskies (0-1-0) Thursday, August 25, at 7 p.m.

After defeating Liberty with a 15-deep roster in their most recent matchup, the Volunteers are expecting to return junior Carlyn Baldwin, sophomore Mackenzie Gourner and graduate student Hannah Wilkinson to the lineup.

Tennessee hopes the returning experience can tilt the playing field in their favor against a highly tested and mature Huskies squad with 13 upperclassmen.

“They’ve got a lot of good players, a lot of

good returners and leading scorers and all that back,” said head coach Brian Pensky.

“But what you can’t do is respect that too much to where you cross a line and fear it.

That’s out focus right now. Respect their quality players.”

Alternatively, the Volunteers have been giving important roles to freshman in light of recent injuries, which cumulated when redshirt-freshman Maya Neal scored her first career goal with the game winner against Liberty. Other freshmen such as Mady Hairston and Claire Franks have also received heightened roles as well as the extra responsibility that comes with those roles.

Bridging the returning sophomore and graduate student is Baldwin, who has spent the first portion of the season on the sidelines observing.

“I think sitting out, you can just learn from what other people do,” Baldwin said. “How you

can go out, impact and help the team. That’s what I’d do during the first two games and exhibition, just see what I could do and tell the team I had their back out there.”

With the return of the veterans Baldwin and Wilkinson, the roles of leadership and guile are expected to ease back into the starting lineup, but the minutes may vary depending on the athlete.

“I think some of it will depend on how each of them feel, first and foremost,” Coach Pensky said. “We want to win tomorrow night, it is important and a big opportunity for our team, but we can’t put any of these three kids at risk for losing them down the road.”

The importance of having a visiting Power Five conference team in Knoxville is not amiss to Penksy, who understands the weight of using the visitors as a measuring stick for his own

team.

“A loss to this team, it’s not a kill, not an awful thing,” Pensky said. “It almost becomes more of a missed opportunity, so we obviously hope to take advantage of this opportunity.”

Like the Huskie athletes, Washington’s head coach is also experienced, having taken the job in 1994. Penksy said Leslie Gallimore is one of the most respected coaches in the industry, despite never meeting her on the soccer field.

Only the third game of the 2016 campaign, Washington is the standard by which the Volunteers set themselves for the rest of the season.

“To get a victory against a team like this is something that can propel us from a confidence standpoint and from a ranking standpoint as we go on throughout the season,” Coach Penksy said.