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you that they didn’t deserve it and that they can name 100 other guys around them that did.

of Journalism and Electronic Media and the director of the Medal of Honor Project, the town hall event will provide students with a unique learn-

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A brown bag of two ham and cheese sandwiches, a bottle of water and an apple.

All that and a bag of chips will get students into the school year’s first Institute for Nuclear Security Brown Bag Luncheon, held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m in the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy.

The panel will feature three UT professors and a moderator to speak on “Global Issues In Nuclear Security – Looking Ahead to the Next Decade.”

One panelist, Brandon Prins, professor in the Department of Political Science said this event will focus “broadly on issues concerning the international nuclear security outlook.”

“It’s timely in the sense that, in 2015, we have the non-proliferation treaty review conference,” he said at his office Monday.

The conference, slated for the United Nations offices in New York City, will bring together parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons – one of the world’s most universally inclusive groups of countries –to review the terms of the agreement, a tradition upheld every five years since 1975. The United States and Russia, as the two countries with the most strategic nuclear missiles, are expected to factor largely in the conference’s agenda.

Prins, a researcher of conflict processes and foreign policy, will be joined

by Howard Hall and Bruce Williamson. Hall, the director of the UT Institute for Nuclear Security, has experience leading scientific missions in nuclear and homeland security.

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comprehend,” Geidner said.

“To be able to pick the brain of a national hero – that’s just not an opportunity you get every day.”

Hathorn, who now works for the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation in Washington, D.C., said reading the citations of the Medal of Honor recipients gives a powerful account of the courage and commitment of the honorees.

“Every single one of (the -Taylor Hathorn Medal of Honor recipients) will tell you that they didn’t deserve it and that they can name 100 other guys around ing experience.

“These men are national them that did,” Hathorn said. heroes and public figures, and “That’s just the kind of folks they’ve shown a level of com- they are.” mitment that we just can’t See MEDAL OF HONOR on Page 2

Josh Brown might be one of the busiest freshmen on campus.

Born in the “rolling mountains of Appalachia” in Corryton, Tennessee, Brown is now pursuing a triple major in political science, global studies and linguistics.

But that’s not all. In June, Brown decided to start exploring the five most practiced religions in the modern world, as listed in the CIA World Factbook: Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

“It was my belief that through the journey from the exoteric branches of spirituality to the esoteric levels of mysticism, many of the behemoths of faith we see so prevalent today shared a common ancestry,” said Brown.

For the next four years, Brown intends to practice each religion for eight months. He will devote

himself completely to each religion in practice, creed and belief and then take one month in between each phase to study the connections between each faith.

“I hope to understand their core tenets and the relationships they have developed and influenced with and upon one another,” said Brown. “After having completed this experiential journey, I hope to take the knowledge and experiences I safeguard and apply them to the world and how religions impact international diplomacy and the methods countries undertake when communicating, trading and dealing with opposing nations that do not share similar beliefs and practices.”

Already, Brown’s feelings about spirituality, individualism and the mutual globalized society have begun to shift.

“Though I am early in my research, I continue to grow daily within my practice of Islam and eventually the other four as well,” Brown said.

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Josh Brown began a journey to explore the five most practiced religions in the modern world. He is a freshman and plans on pursuing a triple major in political science, global studies and linguistics with a concentration in public administration and global studies.

welcomes student creativity Exhibition spotlights UT artists through juried competition, showcase Savannah Gilman Staff Writer @SavannahGilman Hodges Library is undoubtedly the central hub for campus activities and student interactions. Once each semester, the space is also home to UT Libraries’ Student Art in the Library exhibition.

Introduced in 2005, the exhibition seeks to spotlight impressive work by undergraduate and graduate students. With the Sept.

21 deadline fast approaching, students are encouraged to submit their best two-dimensional artwork, including paintings, drawings, collages, computer-generated art, photographs, prints such as lithographs, silkscreen, block prints and mixed media.

But the exhibition is not solely a showcase – it is also a juried competition, with three cash prizes at stake: $300, $150 and $75.

According to Allison Roberts, co-chairperson and coordinator for the Student Art in the Library Committee, the exhibition benefits both the student and the university. In fact, UT Libraries archives all selected work, making those submissions permanent fixtures in their collection.

“It serves to support UT Libraries as a cultural and intellectual gathering place and to highlight the artistic talents off all the students on campus,” Roberts said.

Richard Murray, UT graduate with a bachelors degree in architecture and a minor in cultural anthropology, won last semester’s show as a fifth-year architecture student. The piece Murray submitted was an assemblage entitled “Migrations,” a compilation of memories from his time abroad.

“Assemblages are, for me, an exercise in how objects and ideas fit together,” Murray said. “It was a product of my experience of working in London for the summer of 2013 and my transition back to Knoxville.”

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Barnett impresses, will start season opener Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB)

For Derek Barnett, his ascension into the Tennessee ranks began with a single tackle.

In his first week suiting up with the Vols, the freshman impressed the coaches with a 30-yard track down of Devrin Young to prevent a touchdown.

Since then, Barnett has continued to impress, playing his way into a starting spot at defensive end for the Vols.

“There’s a lot of things that go into it: first of all his maturity (despite) being a true freshman,

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his work ethic, his mental approach, his consistency in performance each and every day, not just on the field but in the classroom,” head coach Butch Jones said. “It’s great to see when a younger player earns the respect of his peers. Now he has to continue to earn that respect.”

Earning that respect is what Barnett has done as well as any of the other 31 newcomers in the 2014 class.

For the 6-foot-3-inch, 264 pounder, the credit for his success in his opinion goes to all the guys on the team that came before him. “ The upperclassmen have given me good direction,” Barnett said. “When I mess up, they’ll tell me

what to do right and I try not to make my mistake again. Coach Strip keeps working on me. The coaches push me and get on me in practice.”

But even with a starting spot secured, the Brentwood Academy standout is still far from perfect and is currently working to improve as much as possible as gameday approaches.

“I’m still making mistakes. Every day I just try to get better at one thing.

Like Curt [Maggitt] that’s what he tells me to do, write on my wrist. Write something to get better at and that’s what I’ve been doing lately.”

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There are 79 recipients of the Medal of Honor alive today.

That’s 79 people awarded with the highest military honor in the U.S. and 79 people who have been recognized by the President of the United States for their personal acts of valor above the call of duty.

Three of these recipients will speak Sept. 12 about their experiences in a Town Hall Forum hosted by the Medal of Honor Project and UT’s School of Journalism and Electronic Media.

Sergeant Kyle White and Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha, both heavily wounded in combat during the war in Afghanistan, have been confirmed for the event, with a third guest to be announced soon. Moderated by three UT journalism students, the forum will give students, professors and other community members the chance to ask questions about the experiences of the three honorees.

“These are men who go above and beyond every single day to allow others to have the happiness and fear-free life that they know we deserve,” said Taylor Hathorn, a 2014 UT graduate who will act as one of the event’s moderators.

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Freshman defensive end Derek Barnett warms up during Vols’ practice on Aug. 11.

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METAL OF HONOR continued from Page 1 White and Romesha were chosen for the town hall because their stories would resonate most with students, Geidner said.

“For many students, this is the war that they grew up in,” said Joe Thompson, the co-chair of the Medal of Honor Convention.

“We thought that the younger recipients would relate best to UT students because in some cases, they’re all the same age.”

Initially considering a worldrenowned journalist for the moderator position, Geidner instead chose to allow students the opportunity to interview the recipients.

“You can tell that these men really love talking to students, they love teaching them and they love getting to know them,” Hathorn said. “I believe that Dr.

President Barack Obama places the Medal of Honor around the neck of Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha during a ceremony on Feb. 11, 2013 at the White House.

Geidner knew by having myself and a few other students lead the conversation, we would be able to see and show a different side of the recipients...”

The Medal of Honor Project began in 2012 as a collaborative effort between the Medal of Honor Convention and the School of Journalism and Electronic Media. Geidner, who recognized that the convention presented a unique opportunity for journalism students to get hands-on experience, started the project as a way to collect and preserve information about each recipient.

“It has grown into a much, much larger project,” Geidner said. “At the convention, our students will have better access than any of the other press organizations.”

Students in the Medal of Honor Project produce print, video and multimedia stories about each recipient with the goal of recording the history of

the award.

Hathorn, who served as the managing editor for the project in 2013, interviewed honorees on an individual basis.

“Seeing the passion and love for our country that these men have is truly inspiring,” Hathorn said. “It makes you want to work harder to be a better person, to sacrifice more for others.”

The town hall event will be held in Cox Auditorium and is one of four events open to the public during the week-long Medal of Honor Convention.

The convention will welcome 55 of the 78 total living Medal of Honor recipients to Knoxville, one of the largest gatherings of the living honorees, said Thompson.

To submit questions for the Town Hall Forum, visit townhall. mohproject.org. To read the citations of each Medal of Honor recipient, visit CMOHS.org and click on the “Recipents” section.

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Williamson, an economist, has designed and managed multi-year global research projects in more than 30 countries.

The three perspectives of UT faculty will form a lens to look at nuclear security, an international issue that has close ties to campus and the surrounding area.

Knoxville’s relevance to the topic is one of the reasons UT has an Institute for Nuclear Security.

“We are in a region in which nuclear technology and nuclear material – nuclear warheads – is a core aspect of our economy,” Prins said. “People are dealing with it all over the place. There is a growing connection between (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) researchers, many of which deal with non proliferation issues.”

This unique proximity to Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 National Security Complex gives the Institute for Nuclear Security a singular perspective on the issues.

Blake Palles, a 2014 alumni and Haslam Scholar who has returned to UT for graduate school in energy sciences and engineering through the Bredesen Center, attributes his own views on nuclear security to his undergraduate and graduate research experience in nuclear engineering at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

“I’m interested because I know the world is increasingly going to depend on nuclear power,” Palles said in a phone interview Monday. “You have to develop an infrastructure to ensure that it’s used safely and counter the risk of proliferation. And, you do that through security.”

Sergeant Kyle White receives the Medal of Honor at the White House on May 13, 2014.

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Mika Carr has a passion to protect.

Coming from Nashville, Tennessee, Carr is studying journalism and electronic media while focusing on film production and working hard to better the lives of every Volunteer on campus.

After attending youth summit seminars with speakers from Students Taking a Right Stand Nashville in high school, Carr became impassioned about becoming an activist against bullying. She learned how to better address bullying issues and engage an audience of targeted peers and soon became an anti-bullying seminar activist at Hunters Lane High School.

“Our main goal was to prevent the spread of bullying and to allow students to become self- Mika Carr is a freshman who plans on majoring in aware of their actions and how journalism & electronic media with a focus on film it affects those around them,” production.

Carr said. “It is also a time to bring together our community other local districts. one could ask for from all over,” rather than tear it apart due to “Our goal was to improve Carr said. “I miss home, but physical or internal features.” math skills and help students I feel safe and proud to be a As an activist, Carr would receive a great education with- Volunteer.” engage students in activities out worrying about test scores Currently, Carr said she feels meant to help them speak about and financial disadvantages,” almost overwhelmed with all their own experiences with bul- Carr said. the opportunities she has to lying and shed any guilt or fear She was also able to meet become involved at UT. She they still had.

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and expressed her interest in becomAt UT, Carr will work as the CEO for Shoney’s when she ing a member of the Progressive a certified speakologist. served as an ambassador for Student Alliance and working Speakologists are new to UT’s her high school and gave tours to improve on-campus workers’ campus this year, an effort at the Academies of Nashville’s rights and living wages. through the Center for Health Career Exploration Fair.

Carr also hopes to play Education and Wellness meant Carr decided to attend intramural soccer and join The to reinforce the maintenance UT after being offered a full Volunteer Channel to work of a safer campus. They are scholarship, comforted by the behind the scenes and become trained to be active bystanders fact that she wouldn’t need to a production assistant. She curand “speak up” in the face of worry about finances and could rently works at Down Under in injustice. instead focus her attention to the University Center, which “I hope to bring my anti-bul- academics and student involve- she uses as both a source of lying experience to the training ment. income and chance to meet session to continue my legacy,” She was also drawn to UT other students.

Carr said. because of the film program, “I’m still currently trying Besides her involvement in which she feels will allow her to to figure out who I want to high school with anti-bullying go behind the scenes and gain be in this world,” Carr said. “I seminars, Carr has competed in real broadcasting experience. realized that my passion curboth state and national competiHowever, it wasn’t all about rently revolves around helping tions for Distributive Education academics and finances. those of all ages who have gone Clubs of America.

“UT has a ton of school spir- through obstacles similar to my With her partner D’Shawna it, and you do not get that at own and have at one point felt Davis, Carr was top 10 in every school,” she said. “All the like they would not make it in Distributive Education Clubs of students and staff are nice and the world.

America’s international compe- willing to go out of their way “I have so much faith in my tition, where her category was to ensure you have a successful future, and I believe that I can financial literacy. She created experience in college.” spread my knowledge and also lesson plans for grades K-12 Carr calls UT her “home acquire more knowledge from after noticing that students in away from home.” those I meet here at UT to help her school district did poorly on “Since I’ve been here, I’ve make the world a better place, math exams in comparison to made the greatest friends any- one person at a time.”

BROWN continued from Page 1 As one of 15 Haslam Scholars accepted this fall, Brown takes pride in his involvement with the prestigious program.

“I was honored to join a cohort containing some of the South’s greatest minds,” said Brown.

“This program, with its emphasis on research, global readiness and community, embodies many attributes I hope to display within my public life while at the UT,

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Student activist hopes to make difference, starts with campus

and in my private life with loved ones and dear friends.”

Because of his interests in domestic and international laws and politics, Brown hopes to get involved with the OUTreach community, Student Government Association and the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity.

However, Brown’s interests extend beyond academic and political issues. Having previously worked with cosmetic companies like Clinique, Esteé Lauder, Lancome and Elizabath Arden, Brown is also an experienced

beautician and make-up artist.

Of his decision to attend UT, Brown noted the unique opportunities a large, public university guarantees.

“Many other universities lacked the opportunity for me to truly stand out and make an impact with the resources afforded to me,” Brown said. “Within the University of Tennessee and the Haslam Scholars Program, I am able to be a student of few to serve the many as opposed to being a student of the many to serve the few.”

Freshman Emily Suttle was awarded the title of Miss Tennessee Teen USA in October 2013.

She plans on studying food science on the pre-pharmacy track.

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Two years ago, at age 16, freshman Emily Suttle won her first beauty pageant competition.

Simultaneously, she became Miss Tennessee Teen USA. “It was a dream of mine to win Miss Teen USA ever since I watched the Miss USA pageant as a little girl,” said Suttle.

And after winning the state title, Suttle spent the next year training for the Miss Teen USA competition in August 2013.

“Not only was it an honor to represent my state on the Miss Teen USA stage, I was able to be a role model and make an impact in my community as Miss Tennessee Teen USA,” she said.

The experience was a “once in a lifetime opportunity,” affording Suttle the chance to travel, meet “incredible” people and gain modeling experience.

Suttle didn’t win the 2013 pageant. Today, though, she is following another dream: a degree from UT

in food science, following the pre-pharmacy track.

“I absolutely love the campus and the atmosphere. Plus, I am a third-generation Vol.” While in college, she plans to continue her background in community service. In high school, Suttle was involved with The Movement Club which allowed her to work with the Department of Children’s Services, Show Hope and Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home, a foster care home in Brentwood, Tennessee.

“This cause is something very close to my heart, and I will without a doubt continue to volunteer for this cause in college,” Suttle said.

Suttle is looking forward to her time in college, and all that it will entail: pledging a sorority, getting involved with campus ministries, joining student organizations and, of course, attending football games. Someday, though, Suttle may return to the pageant circuit.

“In today’s society, many women lack self-confidence due to the unrealistic portrayal of women in magazines and on TV,” she said. “Competing in pageants allows women to truly love themselves for who they are and to embrace their confidence.”

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Get outside campus, into Knoxville Gettin’ Scruffy by

RJ Vogt It’s good to be back in Knoxville.

Don’t get me wrong – it was good to get away. I spent nearly three months in New York City this summer, exploring the city of insomnia by subway. The air smelled like hope and exhaust, and everyone dressed as if today’s appearance mattered. You could get a gyro and a doughnut from an Indian guy down the block; in the big city, diversity is as vast as inflation, and beers cost eight bucks apiece. As an individual, I became one of many separate and autonomous cells in a much larger organism, passing other cells of life on streets built like veins across the bloody, pulsing, beating heart of Manhattan. I was nobody at all, just like everybody else.

Back in the South, in the jungle humidity of August in Appalachia, the heartbeat is a bit more irregular. The beers are cheaper, the streets pulse with less frenetic energy. Chacos are normal. People you don’t know smile when you pass, because in the South people still see people as people. There are less strangers in a city with 182,000 people than in a city with 8.4 million.

In 1980, a little rag from New York known as The Wall Street Journal reported that Knoxville was a “scruffy little city on the Tennessee River.” Almost 35 years later, this town has transformed in many ways, but the scruff remains in the people who choose to call it home. The face of Knoxville is scruffy – and we like it that way.

Around campus, of course, things are looking freshly shaved, primarily due to an administration working efficiently to keep the face of the university competitive. In a chat with The Daily Beacon, Vice Chancellor for Communications Margie Nichols said, “Everything we do is about ‘will this get us to the Top 25,’” a list where scruffy doesn’t quite cut it.

Look around and remember this place just three months ago. Strong Hall was pretty scruffy – I’ve heard it’s namesake, Sophronia, haunted its windows – but the BIG ORANGE BIG IDEAS razed that building this summer, now constructing a new Strong Hall full of shiny new laboratories. The old Stokely Athletic Center was pretty scruffy, but the BIG ORANGE BIG IDEAS demolished it and its neighbor, Gibbs Hall, to make way for a much needed parking garage alongside a residential facility with a dining location and 729 new single occupancy rooms.

Speaking of occupancy, have you seen the newly opened Fred D. Brown Jr. Residence Hall? Not exactly stubble.

But The Wall Street Journal wasn’t calling UT-Knoxville scruffy. Assigned a story on the 1982 World’s Fair, The Journal’s reporter, Susan Harrigan, sought to describe Knoxville alone; the city beyond and before BIG ORANGE BIG IDEAS, the mountain community straddling railroads, rivers and real moonshine stills. After more than 30 years, her disparaging remarks have been claimed by her intended victim, and “Keep Knoxville Scruffy” is a bumper sticker. Scruffy City Hall is a bar.

There’s no Top 25 plan for this town, no need to shave.

The sense of unfulfilled promise, the suggestion of casual neglect in a five o’clock shadow – is that what makes scruff so sexy and Knoxville so mysteriously fun? I met two Australians on a cross-continental American summer this weekend. Their trip began in Las Vegas and passed through cities such as Austin, New Orleans, Memphis and Nashville, but they both noted Knoxville as a hidden gem on the route – one of their favorite stops.

This column series is dedicated to the scruffy little city on the Tennessee River, and more directly, the people who feed (and are fed by) it. Old City and Happy Holler and Fourth and Gill and South Knoxville and North Knoxville and a crazy little road called Sutherland Avenue; Ijams and the Bijou Theatre and First Fridays and last calls at Tin Roof. Hundreds of people wander around North Broadway, a little different than the thousands that wander past Hodges Library on any given Tuesday morning. This town is bigger than we realize, smaller than it could’ve been and deeper than most students are willing to dig.

I’m looking for the stories in the scruff.

R.J. Vogt is a senior in College Scholars. Last year, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Beacon, but this year he just shows up occasionally and drinks our coffee. He can be reached at rvogt@vols.utk.edu, but he doesn’t really matter anymore, so he’d prefer you don’t contact him unless you have a lead on an interesting story around Knoxville. He also tweets approximately once per week at @rjvogt31.

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

Former freshman’s advice to new students School of Sarcasm by

Kaila Curry It’s that time of year again when I once again realize that Alice Cooper is a blatant liar – school is never out forever.

This year, however, I was excited to go back to school, having endured that awkward summer between freshman and sophomore year in which one must return to their parent’s home and sleep in their childhood bedroom.

I’m sure motherly comments like “you have a curfew,” and “under roof you follow my rules...” are not foreign to most of us.

But, now a sophomore, I feel confident offering the class of 2018 what little knowledge I have accumulated.

On the way to your claustrophobic dorm space, your parents likely offered you some cliché advice, mimicking classic melodramatic movie scenes or sitcoms. You also realized that someone (your mom) got a bit carried away

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really the difficulty of the class that meddled with my grades, it was learning how to prioritize when there’s no one there to yell at you.

However, my grades were whipped into shape when I was introduced to the breed of students I feared I might become: perpetual students that never want to leave. They’re easy to spot, typically balding, nearly 30 and failing your undergraduate class. It is a common practice, but not an absolute, that many of the eternal college-goers are involved in fraternities. Freshman girls, this is another warning: you are the middle aged, frat man-child’s main target. You may actually need to pay for the dates with them, as being a seven-year senior comes at a hefty price.

So, class of 2018, unpack your boxes, bring home two-thirds of what your parents bought for you, show up to your classes, study hard, prioritize, shed your high school persona, beware of becoming or interacting with perpetual students and above all, enjoy your freshman experience.

Kaila Curry is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at kcurry6@vols.utk.edu.

An effort to explore the gray areas The Workshop by

Thomas Carpenter I guess I need some sort of introduction since this is my first column. I had a little review of Michael Cera’s new album last week that I did for fun, but this is a bit different. This column is something I’ve never had, a space for my thoughts that are out in the open, not only for me, but for everyone else as well. I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to do with it (sorry editors), but I’m excited about it for some reason.

I do, however, know a couple things that I want to accomplish with it. I want it to be entertaining (this also happens to be what I’m most worried about), and I want it to make you think. If I can do those two things, I will feel that I have succeeded.

So, welcome to The Workshop. The name itself comes from my awful ability to create a pun that relates to my name. I like this title, though. A workshop can be a place with many different tools that make many dif-

ferent things. I hope this is what my column can be, a place where I talk about whatever comes to mind in the hopes that the both of us find truths in a world where the truth isn’t always so clear. But enough with the metaphors.

I’ve been interested in politics and current events since my parents started letting me watch Jon Stewart on Comedy Central. No, he isn’t exactly a scholarly source for information, but he made it entertaining, which is what 13-year-old Thomas needed. This also coincided with the 2008 presidential election, so my first impression of the political system was awe. I was still very much a child, but I recognized that I was witnessing history when I saw Barack Obama give his victory speech.

This quickly faded, however. As I spent more of my time learning about the government, the government itself was getting worse. The recession was in full force in March of 2009 and both parties were becoming increasingly divided, as they still are today.

I became pessimistic, much like we all do when we leave the shelter of childhood.

I draw a great amount of my values from my parents, especially my father,

who would take time to explain the complex systems of the world, such as the failures of communism or how the stock market works. I could tell he enjoyed teaching me, and I would absorb the information like a dry sponge. I am extremely grateful that both my parents are very open-minded people, and have urged me to be the same way. I have so many friends whose parents hold strong opinions on one issue or another and because of that, it is impossible to hold a conversation with them on that subject.

So I implore you, fellow Volunteer, since it is imperative in our search for truth, please do keep an open mind. I hope to tackle issues as best I can and provide as much information as possible, but the world is not just black and white; it is very gray. During these four years, you are subjected to all kinds of wonderful experiences, as well as a good bit of nonsense. You don’t have to be perfect, but always seek to make the world around you a better place by your unceasing humanity and your yearning for the truth.

Thomas Carpenter is a junior majoring in Classics. He can be reached at tcarpe11@vols.utk.edu.

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Once moved in, you probably found your head spinning from campus activity overload. The first week can be rather hectic as you figure out where your classes are while strengthening your calve muscles on those beastly hills.

There are tremendous life lessons to be learned during your freshman year of college. I, for one, learned that the T-Link gives you the illusion of being a rich debutante with a personal chauffeur, and stepping on the UT seal smack in the middle of pedestrian walkway is blasphemy. I also learned how to branch out from my previous high school label -- the awkward shy girl with frizzy hair.

Most importantly, I must reiterate this tiresome, yet significant warning: grades are important. Many firstyear college students, including myself, went from a 4.0 in high school to a GPA much lower than anticipated.

Let’s just say that my freshman-year grades were rougher than the toilet paper in Hodges Library. It was not

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

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

ARTS & CULTURE

jkw546@vols.utk.edu

VMAs trade twerking for Taylor, tears Hannah Moulton Copy Editor It’s been 12 months since the Miley Cyrus-Robin Thicke twerking fiasco.

At this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, which premiered Sunday night, I was expecting something equally scandalous.

Yet, not one performance held the same shock value.

After opening with individual performances by Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj and Jessie J, the three artists then joined forces for a phenomenal rendition of their recent collaboration “Bang Bang.� Grande showcased ridiculously high, impressive vocals with her hit song “Break Free.� Nicki Minaj performed “Anaconda� next, standing out as the raunchiest and oddest of the opening performances. Still, that was to be expected, given that the

original “Anaconda� video features a slightly awkward lap dance scene between Minaj and Drake.

Following these acts, Snoop Dogg and Gwen Stefani (they’re still relevant?) presented the first award, “Best Female Video,� to Katy Perry for her video “Dark Horse.�

Considering her stiff competition (Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy,�

Ariana Grande’s “Problem� and Beyonce’s “Partition�), the victory was a shock. How Iggy’s video for “Fancy� didn’t win is beyond me. It was inspired by the iconic film “Clueless,� and that’s more than enough reason for “Fancy� to win.

Later, Taylor Swift performed her new pop single “Shake It Off.� Per usual, it was nothing but awkward dancing and lackluster vocals. At one point, Swift even stood atop a giant “1989� sign and contemplated jumping into the arms of suit-

clad dancers. Swift didn’t go through with the stunt, saying she “didn’t care if it was the VMA’s,� where grandiosity is expected. Refusing the stunt was clearly a planned attempt at humor – a failed attempt on the part of Swift.

The show took a turn for the serious when Miley Cyrus won “Video of the Year� for her song “Wrecking Ball.� Unexpectedly, Cyrus sent a homeless youth named Jesse to accept the award. This was an extremely emotional moment in the show, as Jesse gave a heart-wrenching speech about homelessness. I found myself tearing up along with Cyrus and the rest of the audience.

BeyoncÊ closed the show with a medley of songs from her latest album, a performance comparable to Justin Timberlake’s 2013 VMA performance. But instead of a surprise performance from Destiny’s Child (which I totally

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Golden Roast until the end of the month. “I’ve always been interested in understanding how parts fit together,� he said, continued from Page 1 “especially culture, community and archiOften using his South African and tecture.�

Murray called the exhibition a “great Filipino heritage as inspiration, Murray’s drawings, writings, photography and way� for students to gain exposure and assemblages are also on display at The meet other artists on campus. However,

The outfits, the performances and those coveted Moonmen. The Video Music Awards are a party as much as an award show. From Miley Cyrus to Pharrell, the royalty of dance music won big during Sunday’s ceremony. Below, the Daily Beacon collected some winning tracks for your listening pleasure.

expected), the camera cut to an adorable shot of Jay-Z and Blue Ivy. The performance also included a multitude of dancers, graphics, strobe lights and fog machines. It was good, though not phenomenal. After the third song, I found myself bored and wanting to change the channel.

Afterward, Jay-Z presented the “Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award� to his wife.

Blue Ivy joined them both on stage and shouted an adorable “Go Mommy!� into the microphone. It was the cutest presenter announcement I’ve ever seen.

Still, they did seem to be pushing the “perfect family� image a little too hard in response to recent divorce rumors.

This year’s Video Music Awards took an unusually emotional route, showing depth typically absent from most young adult award shows. And, in light of recent news, it was certainly needed.

Video of the Year Miley Cyrus: “Wrecking Ball�

Best Male Video Ed Sheeran featuring Pharrell Williams: “Sing�

Best Female Video Katy Perry featuring Juicy J: “Dark Horse�

MTV Artist to Watch Fifth Harmony: “Miss Movin’ On�

he also recalled one pitfall. “If there was a way to hang the work ourselves prior to judging, that would be great,� Murray said. “My work was positioned upside down when I found it at the exhibit opening.�

For more on the exhibit’s submission guidelines, please visit www.lib.utk.edu.

Best Video With A Social Message Beyonce: “Pretty Hurts�

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6 • THE DAILY BEACON

Tuesday, August 26, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

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Asst. Sports Editor Dargan Southard @dsouth16 Andrew Bruckse • Tennessee Athletics

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VOLLEYBALL

Hatcher ‘driven’ to succeed in replacing Lady Vol great Patrick MacCoon

Staff Writer (@PatrickMacCoon)

There is one word that Lady Vol junior libero and Knoxville native Megan Hatcher thinks best describes her going into the upcoming volleyball season.

“Driven,” Hatcher said. “I grew up here bleeding orange and have always been a Vol fan. Being a Lady Vol just makes you want to drive to be successful for not just your sport, but for all the sports.

You’re representing all the girls and the programs. I’m very driven to win.”

This season, the former Webb School of Knoxville standout has the chance to take over the starting spot that former All-American Ellen Mullins has vacated due to graduation.

Even though the shoes will be large to fill — Mullins’ 5.61 digs per set ranked sixth in the country last season — Hatcher feels that she is ready for the opportunity and ready to step up.

“I plan on taking a big leadership role because Ellen brought me up the way I am in the program,” Hatcher said. “She taught me everything there is to know. I’ll have to follow her footsteps and be the best leader I can be on the court. She was a very selfless player. I’m going to do the best I can for my teammates and will keep my energy high.”

Last season, Hatcher started nine games and appeared in all 32 matches for the Lady Vols, who finished the season with a 9-23 overall record.

Having one of the best defensive specialists in the country on her team helped

Hatcher in many ways as she took all the advice she could from Mullins, who holds the all-time digs record at Tennessee with 1,801.

“Go 100 percent all the time,” Hatcher said. “Liberos always have to have the highest energy and need to keep the team going in good and bad times. (Ellen) always said to push each other and go as hard as you can at all times.”

Hatcher’s leadership will be highly valued on a team that consists of six freshman, six sophomores, three juniors and one senior.

“Being a junior and our team not having that many upperclassmen, (Megan) has this natural leadership ability,” 17th-year Tennessee volleyball head coach Rob Patrick said. “She is someone that connects with all of the players on our team. She is just a great teammate and someone that all of our players are very comfortable with.”

Her head coach not only believes her play on the court will help the team, but how she will conduct herself off the hardwood as well.

“One of the reasons we are going to be better this year is because of Megan Hatcher,” Patrick said. “Not just because of her play, but because of who she is as a person. She has put in hard work since she came here and I’m really proud of her and excited about where she is.”

For Hatcher, the opportunity to play for the Lady Vols has been a dream come true.

“Being a Lady Vol was always my dream as a kid,” Hatcher said. “I came to all the games as a little girl. It was always my dream to wear orange and be a part of the Lady Vol family.”

For some, playing in front

of their hometown crowd sometimes puts a pressure that is too much to bear, but Hatcher embraces the opportunity.

“I think it makes it easier, but even more important in a way because I’m from here and I want to perform well and represent my school well,” Hatcher said. “I’m living my dream, so it’s neat but I have a lot of responsibility and a lot to live up to.”

At home games in Thompson Boling Arena, she is given four tickets for family members, but Hatcher also enjoys seeing the rest of her local friends out in the crowd cheering her on.

“My family has been so supportive,” Hatcher said. “They love that I’m here and both of my parents went to Tennessee.

They’ve played a huge role in why I’m here along with my sisters. They’ve been behind me the whole way.”

With the start of the regular season right around the corner, the junior and finance major has many goals she wants to accomplish this season.

Junior libero Megan Hatcher records a dig in the Lady Vols’ 3-0 loss to Missouri on Last year, the 5-foot-5-inch Oct. 11, 2013. libero finished the season tied for fourth on the team with 162 digs (1.62 per set.)

“I would say my goal is to beat the number of digs I had last year, pass a 2-3 or higher, and win a lot more games this Klahn and Tim Smyczek. tory.

Staff Report year as a team.”

Reese and Kobelt will take Smith, who went 152-44 in Hatcher and her teammates on the 10th-seeded team of his four years at UT and won will open up the regular seaMichael Llodra and Nicolas the SEC Player of the Year son this Friday as they take on For the first time in 27 Mahut in their opening award in 2010 and 2011, has Tennessee Tech to kick off the enjoyed a banner year on the years, a current Vol is in the round later this week.

Appalachian Invitational.

Shelby Cannon was the tennis court. He reached his “It’s always a relief to field at the U.S. Open. singles career back at No. last active Vol to play in the Hunter Reese, who is have the season finally start because we train year-round,” coming off a doubles sea- main draw of the U.S. Open. 172 in July and qualified for explained Hatcher “It’s nice to son in which he and his He played singles in 1987 to the main draw of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells start what you’ve been work- partner, Mikelis Libietis, start his senior year.

And while Reese is the earlier this year. ing for.” won the NCAA Doubles He is joined in the field by only current Vol in New York, Championship, was officially his former teammate, Tennys he is not alone in representawarded a wild-card into the Sandgren, who competed for ing the Vols during the U.S. doubles main draw where he the Vols in 2010-11 and was will play with Ohio State’s Open.

Former Vol John-Patrick named as an All-American in Peter Kobelt.

Smith, who played at his final season.

Though they have not After missing the majority played a doubles match Tennessee from 2008-11, and his partner, former Texas of the year following hip surtogether, they shared a dougery in March, Sandgren will A&M star Austin Krajicek, bles court for a long time hope to keep their winning make his main draw Grand in May. Reese and Libietis doubles rolling during the Slam debut in doubles defeated Kobelt and Kevin with his teammate Chase fortnight at the U.S. Open.

Metka 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 7-6 Buchanan after being awardIn the opening round, the (6) in one of the longest NCAA Doubles Finals in his- lefties face the wild-card ed a wild card Saturday.

American team of Bradley

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FOOTBALL continued from Page 1 Aside from Barnett, tight end Ethan Wolf and right guard Jashon Robertson will make their first career start for the Vols as true freshman.

And for the freshman, it doesn’t seem long ago that the gameday clock inside the Vols’ meeting room read 180 days, which has ticked all the way down to six days.

“I’m a little nervous,” Barnett said. “I’m nervous

for every game, even in high school. It will be a good experience. I listen to music, say my prayers and then it’s go time.” In total, eight players will make their first start under the lights in Neyland Stadium when the Vols play Utah State on Aug. 31.

Vo l s st arters: Tennessee’s starting lineup for their upcoming matchup against the Aggies is listed as follows: QB: Justin Worley, RB: Marlin Lane, WR: Marquez North, WR: Pig Howard, WR: Von Pearson, TE:

Ethan Wolf, LT: Jacob Gilliam, LG: Marcus Jackson, C: Mack Crowder, RG: Jashon Robertson, RT: Kyler Kerbyson, LE: Corey Vereen, DT: Jordan Williams, NT: Danny O’Brien, RE: Derek Barnett, WLB: Jalen Reeves-Maybin, MLB: A.J. Johnson, SLB: Curt Maggitt, CB:Cam Sutton, CB: Justin Coleman, SS: Devaun Swafford, FS: Brian Randolph, K: George Bullock/Aaron Medley, P: Matt Darr, KR: Devrin Young/Evan Berry, PR: Devrin Young.