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Students to take on TN public policy in Baker Center competition Savannah Gilman Staff Writer (@SavannahGilman)
UT students can’t resist a challenge. During the second annual Howard Baker Public Policy Challenge, students will attempt to create public policy solutions to major issues affecting communities in Tennessee. Today at 3:30 p.m. in the Toyota Auditorium of the Howard H. Baker Center for Public Policy an information session will be held concerning the program and how students can apply. Applications to participate will close Sept. 12. Closely resembling the “Fel’s Institute of Government’s Public Policy Challenge” at the University of Pennsylvania, this year’s challenge will allow participants to research and write policies addressing issues that resonate with them. Nissa Dahlin-Brown, associate director of the Baker Center, helped reform the program and establish it as an annual campus event. “It was an idea that I had because I believed if students get involved in the policy process, they’ll understand what they’re capable of,” Dahlin-Brown said. Working in groups of three to five, selected students will spend about three months crafting their policies. Local experts will then partner with teams to critique the policies and suggest revisions. Each team will present a finished policy at the semi-final competition in November, but only the top five groups will participate in the final competition in February. Participants write policy reports which are then submitted to a panel of judges representing local government, community leaders, state government and business leaders.
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Mayor Rogero comes out in support of gay marriage Tanner Hancock Copy Editor (@Tannerhancock26)
The mayor has taken her stance. On Tuesday, Mayor Madeline Rogero declared her open support of samesex marriage, joining a national organization of 500 mayors from 45 states, “Mayors for the Freedom to Marry.” In a media release issued that day, Rogero firmly backed her controversial
respects and values all of its citizens,” she wrote in the press release. “The right to public and legal recognition of a committed, loving relationship is fundamental to individual dignity and happiness.” The mayor’s announcement comes in the wake of a similar declaration from Nashville Mayor Karl Dean on Monday. Elizabeth Stanfield, • Mayor Madeline Rogero junior in geography and anthropology, welcomed the mayor’s statement as a stance. “As mayor, I have always necessary act. “It’s a big step in recogsaid that Knoxville is a city that embraces diversity, and nizing that LGBT people
are people and deserve the same rights as everybody else,” Stanfield said. “LGBT deserve to be able to openly love and marry, just like straight people.” To some, like Brandon Chrisman, senior in political science and former president of UT’s chapter of College Republicans, the mayor’s announcement seemed largely unnecessary. “What Tennesseans want is what the government should reflect,” Chrisman said. “When the people speak, it’s a mandate.” Chrisman noted that all of Tennessee’s 95 coun-
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• File photo Head coach Butch Jones looks on during the season opener against Western Kentucky at Neyland Stadium on September 7, 2013.
Youthful Vols look to avoid getting lost in the lights Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB)
Neyland Stadium’s gameday atmosphere is intimidating. With 102,455 people piled into their seats and thousands more scattered across campus, the environment is enough to make any visiting team lose focus – if only slightly. Neyland, however, may adversely affect the Vols in Sunday’s home opener against Utah State, when the 19 newcomers listed
on UT’s 2-deep depth chart run through the ‘T’ for the first time. “I am worried about the shock value of our team,” Tennessee head coach Butch Jones said. “A lot of these individuals haven’t performed (in that environment). That is why the open practice was monumental – our fans coming out and supporting us was monumental. When you hear them say, ‘That is the largest crowd I ever played in front of, 40,000.’ I told them a couple weeks ago, that isn’t even half of what you are going to
be playing in front of. So I am more concerned with how our players respond and not getting all caught up in the emotions of a game.” Despite making that open practice “as chaotic as possible,” Jones is right. A large percentage of this Volunteer roster remains unfamiliar with what they will face on Sunday, especially with tickets for the game expected to be sold out. “ There’s probably always going to be a little bit of nerves,” sophomore wide receiver Marquez North said. “Just com-
ing in from high school, it’s a big step playing in front of probably about 1,000 people at the most at my school, to 102,455. There are going to be a little nerves, but we’ve just got to prepare the same way each practice, and then hopefully we’ll handle it.” Handling the moment will be especially important for the Vols, as the Chuckie Keeton-led Aggies have already proven their ability to play in hostile environments. See FOOTBALL on Page 6
People Who Stutter,” a program meeting on the last Thursday of every month. “You figure that there (are) about three million people in the world and 1,800 people in Knoxville who stutter,” said Tricia Hedinger, clinical assistant professor at the UT Hearing and Speech Center. “The odds of someone who stutters running into another person that they know stutters is pretty small.” Noting the absence of such “Support Group for People Who a group in Tennessee, the Stutter” with the association’s National Stuttering Association financial support. Currently the group consists contacted Hedinger who started
Editorially independent student newspaper of the Unversity of Tennessee since 1906
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frustrations. Group members are also encouraged to invite their families or loved ones to attend. “Just the fact of people who stutter coming together and meeting other people who stutter and sharing their stories or practicing techniques without being scrutinized, they have that feeling of commonality and solidarity and that you’re not the - Tricia Hedinger only person in the world that stutters,” Hedinger said. “That’s of three to 10 adults who gather what’s most helpful for them, to in the conference room of the be able to feel less guarded.” UT Hearing and Speech Center to share their experiences and See SUPPORT GROUP on Page 2
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stutters running into another person that they know stutters is pretty small.
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The words are on the tip of your tongue, but you can’t say them. Literally. When affected by stuttering, a neurological disorder suffered by 1 percent of the world’s population, a person’s speech is constantly interrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolonged sounds. Since March 2013, the UT Hearing and Speech Center has held “Support Group for
Washed Out gives Bijou stage fresh vibe Copy Editor (@melodierdogan)
Stutter support group offers reassurance Assistant News Editor (@bradi4)
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ties voted in 2006 to ban gay marriage. The will of the people, Chrisman said, should be the “guiding light” in government. The decision, he believes, should lie with Tennesseans. While gay marriage is just one of many issues facing the LGBT community, Stanfield expressed her appreciation for the mayor’s open support. “When important people put themselves out there like that, it empowers others to do the same,” Stanfield said.
Despite graduating from the University of Georgia with a degree in library and information science, Ernest Greene couldn’t find a job as a librarian. Instead, his career path took an unanticipated turn when he began producing songs in his bedroom while living with his parents. By 2009, Greene had become “Washed Out”: a lead singer, songwriter and producer. Accompanied by his band of four musicians, Greene performed on the U.S. Cellular Stage at the Bijou Theatre on Monday evening as a part of Washed Out’s North American tour. Performing songs from both his freshman and sophomore albums, “Within and Without” and “Paracosm” respectively, Washed Out brought life to downtown Knoxville on an otherwise dreary day. “It was a lot different from what you’d expect,” Smith Anders Vaughn, junior in geography, said after the concert. “A lot of his first stuff was really sample-based and mashed, but he really knows how to make something more groovy.” The hour-and-a-half long set was energized, yet harmonious. Bodies were swaying and heads were bobbing with each song, even the ballads. The audience was quite rowdy for a weekday evening as Washed Out filled the room with music and light. Throughout the performance, blue and purple shadows danced across the Bijou’s walls. Small Black, a band from Brooklyn, New York, opened the show as the crowd filed in. Despite audience disruptions, the band created a nice atmosphere for Washed Out. After her first Washed Out concert, Madeline Miller, sophomore in animal science, said the show exceeded her expectations, though she imagined a larger turnout. “He had a good energy,” Miller said. “He really seemed like he knew what he was doing.” See WASHED OUT on Page 5
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