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Issue 7, Volume 124
Professors unearth Middle Eastern fort Bradi Musil Contributor While some were relaxing over the summer vacation, UT archaeologists made a monumental discovery in the deserts of the Middle East. In early June, UT professors Robert and Erin Darby embarked with their team of 20 students – including 12 students from UT – on a five-week digging expedition in southern Jordan. The sand dunes surrounding the ‘Ayn Gharandal site have kept the area well-preserved, making it a prime location for an archaeological excavation. Robert and Erin Darby began excavating the region when they heard that the site was being destroyed by locals. Since then, the two have been traveling to Jordan every other summer, spending their years in the States analyzing and publishing their findings. When digging resumed at the site in June, the expedition, which was co-directed by both the religious studies and art departments, uncovered ancient bathhouses and the collapsed gate of an ancient Roman fort. After these discoveries, the team concentrated their digging in the area of the gate. “By the end of the second week a giant block began to emerge,” said Erin Darby, an assistant professor in the depart-
Emily Gregg Contributor
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UT students take a break from excavating the Roman fort at ‘Ayn Gharandal to represent Rocky Top. ment of Religious Studies. Four years of digging and research seemed to pay off when the 500-pound block was uncovered, potentially revealing details of the site they had been exploring since 2009. Unfortunately,
the block was face down, and the team had no way of knowing the true significance of the discovery. “It would take several days before we could flip it over and the team was very anxious,”
Darby said. Once the block was finally righted, excitement overruled reason as one student began brushing sand from the surface with his bare hand. Although this is technically considered
‘breaking the rules’ in archaeology, after he had cleared some of the sand away, the team caught a glimpse of the red, painted inscription. Please see DISCOVERY on Page 2
‘Mom and pop’ local restaurant focuses on family Cortney Roark Assistant Arts & Culture Editor When a customer walks into Pete’s Coffee Shop and Restaurant downtown, they will see none other than Pete himself working the grill. Pete’s, located on Union Avenue, is a restaurant started for family and run by family, said Pete Natour, owner of the “mom and pop” restaurant. “So many restaurants you go to now, they’re all the same and a lot of people going in don’t get the service they’re supposed to,” Natour said. “A mom and pop takes more respect in their business. We want to treat our customers as we want to be treated.” This attitude is shown through the service at Pete’s, according to Rachel Wooliver, graduate student in ecology and evolutionary biology. Wooliver said her first experience at Pete’s was enough to keep her coming back for years. “I actually remember this,” Wooliver said. “Pete personally told us ‘good morning,’ and asked us how our food was and I said it was amazing, because it was. Then he gave me a T-shirt. It was a pretty memorable experience.” Natour has worked in the restaurant industry since he started at his dad’s restaurant at age 13. Pete’s opened in 1986 and Natour said his intention going into it was “to get a job.” He was young with a baby on the way and opened a business knowing there was a market for it. “They say it takes about two
or three years to become successful,” Natour said. “I couldn’t wait that long. I was poor and newly married.” The menu includes homecooked meals prepared by Natour’s mother, as well as other breakfast and lunch items at a quality that is hard to find, Wooliver said. She takes her friends to Pete’s whenever she can. “The food is so good,” Wooliver said. “It’s not like your normal sit-down restaurant food. I mean, Pete basically cooks everything, so the table next to you gets food that’s cooked by the same guy. He does a really good job.” Natour said he puts good food on the table, makes customers feel like family and caters to the working person with reasonable prices. “My motto is ‘have reasonable prices and do the volume,’” Natour said. “I would rather stay in business and make less money than make more money and not be in business for so long.” Wooliver, who has worked in Market Square throughout college, said that the importance of family is apparent while visiting Pete’s. “A lot of times you forget how important family really is and you go into Pete’s and you see them working together,” Wooliver said. “They trust each other, they rely on each other and they work hard, so it’s really good to see that.” Please see PETE’S on Page 3
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Katie Lenz, No. 9, and Caroline Brown, No. 25, comprise the “Hershey connection” on the Lady Vols soccer team, a name the duo received from head coach Brian Pensky referencing their shared hometown of Hershey, PA.
Pennsylvanians bring ‘Hershey connection’ to Regal Stadium Greg Raucoules Contributor At a youth soccer tournament in Southern Pennsylvania more than a decade ago, a young Katie Lenz willed her team to victory with a pair of goals in the championship game, leaving her good friend and opponent in the match, Caroline Brown, to take home a second place medal. Little did they know they would eventually reunite as collegiate teammates hundreds of
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miles from home. “I played against her when I was little, and then when I was 12 I joined her team,” Lenz said. In an improbable crossing of paths, Brown and Lenz now suit up as teammates at the University of Tennessee, 552 miles from their native Hershey, Pa. “The Hershey Connection,” as they are affectionately called by their head coach Brian Pensky, Brown and Lenz said their friendship and competi-
tive natures allowed them to push each other to improve at a young age. “I would say we both have that competitive spirit that pushes each other a little bit further,” said Brown, a senior member of the Lady Volunteer’s soccer team. Brown boasts an impressive 12 career game-winning goals, putting her second all-time in school history in the category. Please see SOCCER on Page 7
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Saturday marks Tennessee’s first annual Traditional Marriage Day, a holiday commemorating legislation passed earlier this year. The bill, which legislates that state government would only recognize marriage “between a man and a wife,” drew outrage and support in equal measure across the state. On Pedestrian Walkway this Friday, College Democrats will be holding a photo-protest against Traditional Marriage Day entitled “The Real Tradition of Marriage Is Love.” “We’re not looking to redefine marriage,” College Democrats Vice President Mitch Thompson said. “It has been and always will be a union founded on love between two consenting adults. We’re asking people to come out to show their support for same-sex couples everywhere and the constitutionality of their marriages.” However, not all students are eager to see such changes. Brandon Chrisman, speaker of the house for the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature, would prefer to keep classically religious institutions separate from legal documentation. “I believe in traditional marriage and am a staunch defender of it,” Chrisman, a senior in political science, said. “However, I am a proponent of civil unions. I think that the word ‘marriage’ is inherently religious, and as a result, things get messy in the legal sense. “I have always thought that word should be completely removed from our legal system and replaced with civil unions, which would be open to both homosexuals and heterosexuals, and if a couple wanted to get a ‘marriage’ they could very well do so through their church, but for all governmental purposes; it would be a civil union.” During the College Democrats’ protest of the new holiday, students and faculty may arrange cut-outs depicting grooms and brides into any monogamous arrangement they wish. Then, participants will be invited to put their heads through the cut-out, and pose as the marriageable couple. Photos will be taken complementary of College Democrats and will available for download through their Facebook page. As July saw the Defense of Marriage Act struck down by the Supreme Court, the tension between advocates and opponents of same-sex marriage has mounted. Tennessee remains firm in its traditional interpretation of the institution. Designated by the Senate of the 108th General Assembly for Tennessee, Traditional Marriage Day became law through Joint Resolution 134. The bill was sponsored by Senator Jack Johnson of District 23, an area covering Williamson County. Johnson can be emailed at sen.jack.johnson@capitol. tn.gov.