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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-

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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.

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‘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.”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Thursday, August 29, 2013 News Editor Hanna Lustig

CAMPUS NEWS DISCOVERY continued from Page 1 What peeked through was a Latin inscription detailing who this fort was dedicated to and what infantry unit was stationed there, as well as decorating symbols of Roman victory.

Hilarie Zombek, a senior majoring in anthropology, was in the officer’s quarters, a few feet away, when the block had finally been cleared.

“All we heard was cheering and screaming,” Zombek said, “They had to cover it back up pretty quickly to protect it from the sun.”

After the block was completely removed, the team sent it to the American Center of Oriental Research in Amman, Jordan, to be further studied and analyzed.

Late Roman inscriptions have been found on forts in this region before, but this was the first inscription revealed through an archaeological team excava-

tion. The discovery brings to light new historical information about the late 200s to early 300s A.D. era and could lead to another archaeological excavation based on the evidence provided.

Although the block was a tremendous find, the expedition wasn’t over. For the remaining weeks in Jordan, the team concentrated their efforts on the ground floor.

“There were three meters of sand we had to dig through to reach occupation, which is basically the ground floor of the fort,” Zombek said. “Once you reach occupation, there are tons of artifacts to be found.”

“The site has already given us all kinds of things we weren’t expecting to find,” Darby said.

Students come from many different universities to participate in the expeditions, but the largest percentage represent the University of Missouri and UT. Those leading the digs are professors and expert archaeologists

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from all over the United States and Canada, allowing students to work with renowned leaders in their area of study.

“It’s a really great opportunity because students get to meet archaeologists from all over,” Darby said.

The next field study the Darby’s are planning on conducting will take place in the summer of 2015, and Zombek had only great things to say about the upcoming trip.

“Definitely check it out for 2015, even if you are not into archaeology,” Zombek said, “It is a once-in-a-lifetime, awesome experience and Jordan is amazing.”

For more information about joining the “Dig Jordan” 2015 team, check out the Programs Abroad office, or visit their website at http://studyabroad. utk.edu/. For more information about the inscription and ‘Ayn Gharandal, visit http://asorblog. org/?p=5244.

Frats enjoy new directors Destinee Dowdy Contributor

The institution of house directors on Fraternity Park Drive began this year in the houses of Beta Upsilon Chi and Phi Sigma Kappa.

Zach Ivey, one such house director, supervises the BYX fraternity that lives in the old Pi Kappa Alpha house.

“I’m very excited to be in the house,” Ivey said. “This is a huge opportunity that God has given us. It is an opportunity for us to get to know the other fraternities better as well.”

Down the street at the Phi Sig house, chapter president Ryan Vernich said the first week with a live-in house director has gone well.

“You can already tell in the first couple of weeks there’s been improvement,” Vernich, a senior in biosystems engineering, said.

“The house director is a very personable guy.”

The house director himself, Kevin Burdorf, said the transition into Phi Sig was the result

of some internet sleuthing. He was looking for a cheap place to live in Knoxville so he could be closer to his fiance.

“I found it on Craig’s List,” Burdorf said, “and I ended up getting a hold of the chapter’s [housing corporation] president, Dale Akins. One thing led to the next, and I was handed the job.”

Living with the fraternity, for Burdorf, has been a positive experience.

“I love it,” he said. “The guys are great.”

The Greek Task Force recommended the expanded supervision on Frat Row last spring.

In its executive report, the task force states that they studied the fads, history of substance-related infractions and the university judicial processes to fully understand the problem and improve the situation.

After several discussions, a majority of the task force felt that adult supervision on Frat Row would help stop negative behavior such as hazing and alcohol abuse. The goal of the suggested regulations is to pro-

vide a safer environment for UT students and to enforce a code of conduct among members of UT fraternities.

The plan was set in motion as school started this semester.

However, the Task Force recommendations were not followed precisely due to physical limitations in some of the houses.

As a result, only two fraternity houses and one sorority house have adopted the mandate.

Since not all fraternity houses are home to full-time house directors, the other houses have entered into an agreement to Ambre Stewart • The Daily Beacon pay off-duty police officers to Ray Morgan, zone director of Krystal, directs students to the concession table at supervise the row.

Patrols occur every Thursday, UNITE Tailgate on Aug. 28.

Friday and Saturday night.

“The cop walks through the main areas, but never the halls without probable cause,” said Davis Leach, a sophomore with a history interest and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. “They “It’s great. Great food,” said Austin Stanford, never walk through our rooms.

Emilee Lamb a freshman studying nuclear engineering. “I love The new regulations have not Assistant News Editor it so far.” affected us much, but they have “Just being here, and just meeting the occaaffected us in a good way.”

Football season is here, and like the rest of sional person who has got the same interests as you, and for the joy of the Tennessee Vols, that’s campus, UNITE has begun celebrating.

The organization, which boasts over 1,000 kind of cool,” Dixon said.

UNITE is a student organization dedicated members, hosted its first tailgate of the year Thursday afternoon, and approximately 700 stu- to boosting enthusiasm for and preserving the dents came out for free Krystal and fun and traditions of UT. “The goals of UNITE are to connect stugames.

“We host tailgates each Wednesday before dents and boost Volunteer morale through parhome football games at the Tyson Alumni House, ticipation of UT campus traditions,” Keny said. to get students excited for gameday,” said Kelsey “I would personally say that the goal of UNITE Keny, public relations chair for Student Alumni is to help make students find a true home here at Associates, UNITE’s parent organization. Rocky Top … to encourage them to enjoy all that “Tailgates consist of food from our sponsors, this university has to offer.”

The UNITE crowd is enthusiastic, so it’s no games such as cornhole, various minute-to-win-it surprise that students like Dixon and Stanford games, music and more.”

At the tailgates, members receive food pro- are easily drawn into the organization.

“We just walked up once, like the meeting. vided by local sponsors and also have the chance to claim the “Beat” t-shirts that UNITE offers for We didn’t hear much about it, and we came up, each game at home. The tailgates also offer an listened to them talk, and we’re like ‘$30 to be a opportunity for students, especially freshmen, to part of this? That’s not bad at all,’” Stanford said. get to know other UT undergraduates who share “You get to meet new people, tailgate, free food.

That’s not bad.” their school spirit.

UNITE became a campus organization in “It’s just kind of cool to be here and everyone has joined the same thing you have,” said Jacob the fall of 2008 and has quickly grown due to Dixon, freshman in civil engineering. “That kind its internal push to be a visible outlet for new of starts off (on) a (good) foot with all these students to get involved with their campus community. other people.”

“UNITE is one of the first things students can Keny, a junior majoring in journalism and elecjump in on at UT,” Keny said. “It’s an open memtronic media, echoed this sentiment.

“For many freshmen, this may be their first bership, so anyone who has a passion for UT and experience to go to a UT tailgate, and we want wants to participate in campus traditions can be to feel the Volunteer spirit in anticipation for a part of it.

“Through this, UNITE promotes and upholds Satuday’s game,” she said.

Thursday’s tailgate saw a large turnout, with the traditions of UT, big or small.”

For more information about UNITE and how students gathered at tables scattered across the to get involved, visit their website at www.web. lawn of the Tyson House. utk.edu/~saa/unite/.

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PETE’S continued from Page 1 The restaurant is open for breakfast and lunch hours only and closes on Sundays so Natour can spend time with his family.

“I wanted to do breakfast and lunch because I saw how little time my father spent with me and my brothers and sisters,” Natour said. “Whenever I did see him at home he was tired and asleep so I didn’t want that for my children. I was able to take them to practices and games, you know, just enjoy the time I have with them.

“Time flies. So I was happy and they appreciated that as well.”

Natour’s wife, Rita, works during lunch and their children have had their share of working time. Natour said it was important that his children know the value of a dollar and realize how hard their parents work.

The Pete’s staff has been there for 16 to 27 years and Natour said he was successful because he put good food on the tables, hired good people and knows his customers on a first name basis. “[Customers] come because it’s a mom and pop,” Natour said. “They see me, the owner, here every day fixing their sandwiches.

“They see hard working folks trying to make a living and I think they appreciate that.”

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Pete’s Coffee Shop, family owned and serving downtown for 27 years, is located on the corner of Union Avenue and Locust Street. The shop offers comfort food, fresh-prepared sandwiches, salads and homemade soups.

Georgia band channels eclectic sound to Barley’s Jenna Butz

Contributor Dank Sinatra, a band that experiments with new sounds, will perform at Barley’s Taproom and Pizzeria downtown tonight at 8 p.m.

Hailing from Athens, Ga., Dank Sinatra calls their style experimental and said audience members should expect to hear unique sounds throughout the show.

“Currently southern rock, electric blues and funk,” Gaines said.

“We love experimenting with new sounds.”

The band began playing together in college and found they

What: Dominic Gill in “One Man, One Tandem and 20,000 miles of possibilities” Where: Outdoor Knoxville Adventure Center When: 6-9 p.m.

Price: Free Cortney’s Take: Dominic Gill just may be the bike riding equivalent of Forrest Gump. Gill cycled more than 18,000 miles from Alaska to Argentina on a tandem bike (more than one seat). He traveled alone, allowing randoms to join him on his journey.

• Photo Courtesy of Megan Lange He has written a book about this titled “Take a Seat,” and will speak at Outdoor Knoxville Adventure Center on Volunteer Landing Lane. If you think biking around campus is hard, this is one story you What: Wendel Band won’t want to miss.

Where: Remedy Coffee in the Old City When: 7-9 p.m.

Price: Free Claire’s Take: When UT crushes Austin Peay, recover from the exciting day with a great cup of coffee and some sweet music. Saturday night brings Wendel Werner, director of UT Singers, and his band to Remedy for a night of incredible musicianship.

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had an interesting, experimental sound. The members’ musical influences are varied across music genres, but they find ways of combining them.

“Our influences are pretty open-ended, so we bring them all together,” Gaines and Henderson said.

Dank Sinatra has a late night Scrabble game to thank for their name, discussed by band members. The word “dank” appeared on the board, so they simply brainstormed from there.

Their last album, “Just Charlesin’,” came out in 2011.

Recently, they’ve recorded another album entitled “Strange” that

they’ve played songs from on their recent tour and will continue to play Thursday at Barley’s.

For some, the atmosphere of Barley’s alone is enough to bring people out.

“It’s a very casual atmosphere.

Great for events, or just a few friends,” said Elliot Greenlee, freshman in electrical engineering.

Jessie Hamby, a freshman studying linguistics, agrees.

“It’s like that dark bar setting that’s charming in its own way,” Hamby said. “You can sit upstairs, downstairs, around. There’s a lot of space.”

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What: 16/16 – A First Year Graduate Exhibition reception Where: UT Downtown Gallery When: 5-9 p.m.

Price: Free Cortney’s Take: If you’re feeling artsy going into the weekend, or just want to get to know the graduate students of your university, the 16/16 exhibit reception will be a refreshing way to begin the Labor Day break. The 16/16 exhibit features art

by UT’s 16 first-year graduate students. It includes printmaking, painting, drawings, sculpture, video and installations and is located at the UT down• File Photo town gallery on Gay Street, just a short walk from What: Boomsday Celebration campus.

Where: Neyland Drive/Volunteer Landing When: 1-10 p.m.

Price: Free Claire’s Take: Boomsday is well-known for its outstanding firework display, but all day long Knoxville’s Boomsday celebration will have activities, concerts, paddleboards and all sorts of fun things to do. Check out Soulfinger, a funk and R&B band playing at 2:30 p.m. This is a great, free opportunity to listen to music and see Knoxville come alive.

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Americans decrease our own news’ value Uncommon Sense by

Evan Ford Seen the news lately?

I bet you have. It’s been a good week for news outlets, with the Bat Affleck thing and the VMAs rocketing people to the Internet to check out videos, reactions and “What was she thinking?” articles, all handily provided by national news outlets.

Take CNN.com, “the Worldwide Leader in News.”

They gave Miley Cyrus a front-page headline for more than 12 hours and a picture on the front page for three full days. In the 36 hours from Sunday night till Tuesday morning, CNN published 10 articles about her performance.

You would almost think nothing else was going on.

You may forget that 160,000 acres are burning in California, raining ash into the water supply of 2.6 million San Franciscans and threatening two ancient Sequoia forests.

It may slip your mind that the Egyptian government okayed using live ammunition on anti-government protestors, killing more than a thousand activists since July.

Oh, and remember Syria? We’re about to start bombing them in response to their use of chemical weapons on civilians.

Add to this the whole NSA debacle, Chelsea Manning’s 35-year prison sentence and the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, and it’s been a pretty busy week.

Be careful, you might miss it.

I took some time to ask my friends and roommates if they’d heard of any of this national and international news. About the monumental California wildfire – “I had no idea that was going on.” On the slaughter of Egyptian protesters – “I haven’t heard about it.”

On Monday, the Beacon published a great editorial cartoon depicting a distraught family in war-torn Syria checking the news. “Any reaction from the west?,” asked the mother. “Yes… it seems Ben Affleck is a terrible choice to play ‘Batman,’” the father replies.

Why are we so unaware of the massive shifts happening in the world around us? How is it that a minute-long televised twerking session is far more publicized than thousands of lives being lost?

It’s easy to blame the news outlets – they are the ones publishing dozens of trash articles and gossip rags featuring a bit of news. We can lash out at MTV, or Fox News, or whomever you happen to hate in the media world.

But blaming journalism is not really reaching the core of the problem. It’s what we are reading.

On Tuesday, satire kings The Onion published a fantastic article called “Let Me Explain Why Miley Cyrus’ VMA Performance Was Our Top Story This Morning.”

While comedic, the article offers a terrific explanation of why news sources are focusing on celebrities: popularity – “You want to know how many more page views the Miley Cyrus thing got than our article on the wildfires ravaging Yosemite? Like 6 gazillion more.”

The front page of Huffington Post on Tuesday is a good example of this. The right sidebar, which features the most popular articles on the site, was stuffed with articles surrounding the VMAs. The top five articles on the site were each about Miley Cyrus, meaning that she was read more than five times as much as any other news story.

Online news sites, magazines and even the Beacon make a living through advertising. They tell advertisers that they get viewed x number of times per month, and then can get some money per viewer. This money is hard to come by – with giants like Newsweek going out of print and weekly magazines like US News going monthly.

When one naughty celebrity gets five times as many views than a hundred thousand murdered Syrians, that’s a pretty big incentive to write about celebrities.

That’s where we come in. We’re viewers and tweeters and sharers on the all-powerful Facebook. News sites are begging for us to care about the actual news – believe me when I say that journalists are not exactly itching to write about Lady Gaga’s thong.

The industry is pumping out trash not because they want to sell it, but because it sells. We’re buying it.

It’s only natural to be interested in the craziness of celebrities.

Their lives are fantastic and jilted and almost royal. But it’s inhumane to ignore the realities of the world we live in – to allow the fun stuff to cover up the ugly stuff. Our country is thinking about going to war in Syria, changing and ending thousands of lives. I think that’s worth a read.

I know it’s a big system, and we all can feel helpless to reverse these massive trends, but there are little things we can do.

Instead of defaulting to Facebook or Reddit, take a second to pop over to The New York Times or the Washington Post.

Heck, stay local and pick up a Beacon. Follow news sources on Twitter, or share your own real articles.

This is why we’re in college – to learn about the real world.

And I guarantee you the real world cannot be found on MTV. Evan Ford is a junior in philosophy. He can be reached at eford8@utk.edu.

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Recent murders deserve louder public outcry Dean’s List by

Katie Dean Barely two months after the controversial conclusion of the George Zimmerman trial, America is yet again rocked by shocking, senseless killing.

Those who have followed the stories of Christopher Lane and Delbert Belton are surely as disturbed as I am.

What alarms me almost more than the actual murders is the general lack of response from Americans, both ordinary and prominent. Lane was a 22-yearold Australian student living in the U.S. and going to school on a baseball scholarship. Always a lover of the classic American sport, Lane abandoned a promising athletic career in Australia to come to the U.S. While out for a run one night last week, Lane was shot in the back and killed by three teenagers who admittedly committed the crime out of sheer boredom.

Equally sickening was the news of Delbert Belton’s brutal murder in Spokane, Wash. last Thursday. Belton, an 88-year-old World War II veteran, was sitting in his car waiting on a friend when two young men savagely attacked him and beat him so viciously that he died shortly after.

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and striking up petitions just as they did for Trayvon. Last but certainly not least, the Obama administration should be just as passionate about justice for Lane and Belton as they were for Martin.

The difference with these murders is quite simple: they are not as socially contentious as the Trayvon Martin case. No one is screaming about racial profiling or social injustice, so neither the media nor the general public feel the need to discuss it excessively. It is truly saddening that there is such a lack of appreciation for veterans in this country that one can be beaten to death in a parking lot and it go largely unnoticed, while the accidental death of a teenager can spark so much controversy.

Not only is it unfortunate for us, but also embarrassing on an international level; the former Prime Minister of Australia warned people about traveling to America and stated that our violent gun culture is “corrupting the world.”

This statement is extreme, but given the lack of attention in the Lane case I don’t blame him for being so hostile.

Christopher Lane and Delbert Belton may not look the way President Obama’s son would, but these cases certainly deserve just as much attention as the Martin case.

Brutal murder should never go without scrutiny simply because it can’t be turned into a statement about race.

Katie Dean is a junior in political science and psychology. She can be reached at xvd541@utk.edu.

Failure serves as catalyst for future triumphs Knight Errant by

Victoria Knight Failure is scary.

According to a Gallup poll done in 2005, teenagers aged 13 to 17 listed failure, and fear of not succeeding in life, as one of their top fears.

It ranked as the fourth top fear, only trailing terrorist attacks, spiders and death. Even though this poll was done for teenagers and not college students, I think it still resonates the same.

In our society, failure is seen as unacceptable. Growing up, I believe a lot of people are put under pressure to be perfect and not allowed to make any mistakes. It is required that we have to make perfect grades, do volunteer work, be good athletes and excel at a myriad of other things.

Even if we struggled in a subject in school or at athletics or anything else, parents are quick to get a tutor for the subject, or get a personal coach and extra training. Once we grow up, however, the real world hits us with

the hard truth of failure. It’s hard to handle making mistakes in the big parts of our lives.

It seems like something that you can’t recover from, and so the best thing to do is just not to let it happen. But obviously, in life, that’s impossible.

What I’m proposing is an attitude change — to not be afraid of failure, but instead to embrace it. It helps you figure out who you really are, what you’re actually good at and how to really focus on what you’re passionate about.

Especially for younger students, the ongoing “application season” can discourage those who apply for things and face rejection. They can become afraid to try anything else.

I remember my own freshmen year so long ago. I applied for Freshmen Council and made it to the second round but did not make it any further.

Freshman me was devastated and unsure if I should apply for anything else.

Senior me is telling you now: get over that fear. Instead, accept your failure in not getting into what you wanted and use your energy to do something else. Apply for other things, or even start your own organization. And of course, try, try again — there is always next year to apply too.

Don’t be afraid of failure because it can also teach you what exactly you want to do with

your life. My roommate and I were talking about this, and we’ve both had several friends who ended up changing their major because they were not doing well in some of their classes. They realized that maybe the career path they had chosen were not the right ones for them.

They accepted their lack of success and moved on to something else.

Someone who was in charge of choosing students to participate in a competitive internship once told me that they didn’t consider any applications in which the student had a 4.0 GPA, because it 1) probably meant they did not have a life, and 2) that it meant they were probably very afraid to make mistakes.

Mistakes and failure are just a part of life – nothing to be afraid or ashamed of.

As cliché as it is, mistakes become part of who we are, and if we learn from them, hopefully help to shape us more into the people that we want to be.

I’m not saying that we should not strive for greatness, and make our utmost effort to do our very best in all the things that we do.

But failure is not the worst thing ever, and rather than seeing it as an end, let it instead serve as a catalyst for new beginnings.

Victoria Knight is a senior in microbiology. She can be reached at vknight4@utk.edu.

Get Fuzzy • Darby Conley

Non Sequitur • Wiley

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While you would think the public response to such despicable crimes would be incredibly vigorous, I have been disappointed thus far. As I listened to the news Monday morning, I heard more discussion about Miley Cyrus’s booty-shaking escapade at the VMAs than anything else.

Even though more than a year has passed since the tragic death of Trayvon Martin, we can all easily recall the overwhelming amount of media coverage and national attention the case attracted. Numerous influential people such as Reverends Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson publicly demanded justice for Trayvon. The hoodie quickly became a symbol for Trayvon and was worn as a statement by several professional athletes, including the entire Miami Heat team.

President Obama even weighed in on the situation, saying that if he had a son, he would look like Trayvon. Such a powerful demand for justice in the shooting of an unarmed teenager is undeniably necessary. Had it been my brother or friend who was killed that night, I would expect nothing less.

Regardless of race, age, nationality or any other characteristic, murders like these are entirely unacceptable.

Americans should be more concerned about the fact that suburban teenagers are driving around gunning people down out of boredom and less concerned with what’s happening at the VMAs. Prominent, influential people should be publicly demanding justice

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

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Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Cortney Roark

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Franz Ferdinand plays it safe with new album

College life circumstances provide opportunity to create new family

Cortney Roark Asst. Arts & Culture Editor I walked into my new college house at the beginning of this semester and was somewhat overwhelmed to begin this chapter of my life.

Move-in day was unbelievably stressful and incredibly exciting.

With the help of my entire family, we recreated what used to be a party house for boys into a cozy living space.

The experience was unreal at first, but I was unsure why. It was not until the first time I referred to my new place as “home� that I realized the reality of what my family had helped me achieve.

My parents moved my bed — the same bed I was too scared to sleep in until middle school, the bed my mom literally pulled me out of every morning of high school, the bed that had been in

one room my entire life — into an unknown house.

My sister painted the walls of my new room. The room that is no longer three steps away from hers. The room that she cannot walk into before school just to steal my clothes while I sleep. The room that will, hopefully, end up being her second home.

My grandparents moved their first grandchild into a house an hour away from theirs. The same grandchild that walked down the driveway almost every day to watch “Peter Pan� and “The Sound of Music� while growing up. This house is no longer a walk away.

The point I’m making is that my family was fully aware of what they were doing. They were moving me into my new life. The life where I gain three new family members.

One definition of family reads, “A social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for.� Another says a family is “A group of people who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and frequently, live together.�

I, unlike a lot of people, am fortunate to have both kinds of families. My house does not hold four different kinds of cereal sup-

DANK SINATRA continued from Page 3 Gaines said it is qualities like these that keep Dank Sinatra coming back for more. This will be their fourth time playing in Knoxville, and their second time at Barley’s. “Last time, we actually got caught in a blizzard on our way up in January,� recalled Dank Sinatra.

In a year, they typically hit around 67 cities, concentrating in the Southeastern states. The band is working their way to the Northeast and possibly Colorado. “We’re on the road as much as we can,� they said in regards to their intense touring schedule. “We’re trying to do as much as we can.�

Their long tours come with a rare performance, too. At their shows, bass player Clint Meadows has

plied by my mom, but one box of Hershey’s Cookies and Cream cereal that my roommate was so excited to buy for us. We have no milk, but it works dry, too. Instead of the pets I’ve had for years, we act as a park bench for the homeless Forest Avenue cat.

Mixing my family with my best friends has been the most fun I’ve ever had. I successfully made my mom’s chicken salad, wired the television and Comcast box – with only a little help from my dad – and live by my grandmother’s words, “When all else fails while cooking, add more butter.�

Even though my family is no longer as close in distance as they once were, I did not leave them behind. There does not have to be a clear cut line between my family and my friends. My old life and my new one work together to make me the person I am.

Growing up is an adventure.

Take what you’ve learned and use it towards the people that matter most. For me that is my family, old and new.

Cortney Roark is a junior in journalism and electronic media.

She can be reached at croark4@ utk.edu.

been known to fire dance, but said “it’s already hot enough in the summer.�

Henderson said the vibes the band puts off as they jam and discover new sounds together on stage produce a high-energy show. “We send it out to the crowd and receive it back at the same time,� Henderson said. “We experiment live. We’re all single except the drummer. We’ve also been known to crack a good joke or two at Barley’s.�

Hamby, who visits Barley’s but has never seen Dank Sinatra, is excited to experience their humor and liveliness on stage. “I’ve never been to a rock show at Barley’s, so I’m really looking forward to the energy,� Hamby said. “And I’m pumped to see Dank Sinatra live for the first time.�

It’s apparent that UT students are jumping on the “Dank Train,� and Dank Sinatra is more than excited to bring it to Knoxville.

For more information visit danksinatramusic.com.

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When a musician becomes relevant in the music industry, the piece of work that got them to that point, whether it is a single or an album, is remembered forever. Think Katy Perryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Kissed a Girl,â&#x20AC;? Vampire Weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;M79â&#x20AC;? and Franz Ferdinandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take Me Out.â&#x20AC;?

The catchy single that was released off Franz Ferdinandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s self-titled freshman album in 2004 not only broke them into the music industry, but also had the band topping charts in North America and their native country, the UK. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take Me Outâ&#x20AC;? was a new and original sound nearly 10 years ago. Indie rock was still a developing genre, and, at the time, college-aged students did not follow it like they do today. Franz Ferdinand released this single, along with an artsy music video that was featured on MTV for weeks, and they became â&#x20AC;&#x153;theâ&#x20AC;? indie rock band of the moment.

That album was a success and set the bar high, to say the least. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action,â&#x20AC;? Franz Ferdinandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest album released Aug. 27, falls below the bar of the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initial success. Their unique sound of 2004 is only duplicated, replicated and imitated on this album by, guess who, its own original creators.

The 10 tracks featured on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Actionâ&#x20AC;? could easily have fit into the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discography years ago, as it barely deviates from their usual sound.

In many ways, Franz Ferdinand is only playing it safe. Their last album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tonight: Franz Ferdinand,â&#x20AC;? released in 2009 and had mixed reviews all over the board. Although it did pretty well for an indie rock album, it did not do as well as the competition, i.e. fellow indie band peers like the aforementioned Vampire Weekend and

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The four years in which the band stayed quiet in the industry seemed to have left them afraid to reevaluate their sound. Songs like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Evil Eyeâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Universe Expandedâ&#x20AC;? are lazy and boring to any listener who is familiar with their previâ&#x20AC;˘ Photo Courtesy of Franzferdinand.com ous work. Instead of attempting to create After a four year hiatus, Franz something new, it Ferdinand released its fourth is almost as if the 4-man-band dug studio album â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right Thoughts, through their trash Right Words, Right Actionâ&#x20AC;? bins from previous released on Aug. 27. albums and cobbled together a few invested in the music and its usable tracks, uniting them with message. Additionally on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love a new album title.

Illuminationâ&#x20AC;? is the typical, riffed Most of the songs off â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right guitar whose tune stays steady Thoughts, Right Words, Right throughout all three minutes of Actionâ&#x20AC;? seem to blend in with the track. the rest of the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body of The other single off the work, but particular elements album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right Action,â&#x20AC;? and the stand out as being signature, track â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bulletâ&#x20AC;? are solid songs, go-to techniques for Franz yet they are expected of Franz Ferdinand. Lead singer Alex Ferdinand. They contain the two Kapranos has an interesting verses, a bridge and a chorus, voice, yet it falls flat and barely along with the formulaic guitar extends beyond one scale. Of riffs and the accompanying inviscourse, this is characteristic of ible drums that are barely heard. the band. But this album conThe rhythm Franz Ferdinand tains major themes of cynicism created has led to their ultimate and lovelorn heartbreak, while demise. They broke out onto the emotionless Kapranos gives the scene with something excitno credit to the crafted lyrics. ingly new not that long ago. Yet In the first single off the with their lack of work and their album â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love Illumination,â&#x20AC;? failure to remain relevant in the Kapranos dully sings â&#x20AC;&#x153;When time in between, their music has youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy from a dream / Is gotten stale, stagnant. Just like it hard to work out what is real a forgotten loaf of bread on the â&#x20AC;Ś Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a black pool, bright light kitchen counter. / Brighter than the light in your It is not unheard of for artists home,â&#x20AC;? leaving the song short of to fall criminal to this common its full potential. misdemeanor, but as proven by If a more animated range â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right Thoughts, Right Words, was in place of Kapranos, Right Action,â&#x20AC;? Franz Ferdinand there is no doubt that listeners is guilty of releasing a new album would feel more interested and without creating new music.

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Thursday, August 29, 2013 Sports Editor David Cobb

SPORTS

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Assistant Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron tprovost@utk.edu

Special teams strive to gain confidence Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer While most of the time it’s quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, or hard-hitting defenders receiving a majority of the attention in football, there is another portion of the game that can often be overlooked.

That mysterious area is special teams play.

In 2013, the newly-led Tennessee football team will rely heavily on a kicking unit that happens to be quite familiar with each other.

In fact, not a thing has changed from 2012 in the kicking game. Three seniors will retain the duties: placekicker Michael Palardy, holder Tyler Drummer and long snapper J.R. Carr.

“It all starts with confidence,” Palardy said. “As a specialist if you don’t have confidence you can’t really do your job to the fullest. So having J.R. and Tyler back for the second year in a row is a confidence booster. They are two of the best if not the best long snapper and holder in the country.”

Over the past year, the three have formed friendships that give them a group mentality and help them on the gridiron under the bright lights.

“We go out there and act as if each kick is its own,” Carr said. “We don’t think about previous kicks or future kicks and we don’t let previous mishaps effect future kicks as well.

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We’re all focused on that one kick.”

With most of the playmakers on offense for UT gone from a season ago, the trio said they expect their names to be called more often from the sideline by Jones this season in crucial scoring situations.

In the punting game – an area which first-year head coach Butch Jones harps on in practice – it will be important to pin opponents back in their own territory.

Carr said the unit’s mental approach is no different in 2013.

“I don’t feel like there’s pressure as far as us to feel like we need to come out of ourselves and do more than what we are already supposed to do,” Carr said. “When coach says ‘field goal alert,’ all of us lock in and we have that one and zero mentality. Whether or not it’s to win the game or kick the first field goal, I think everyone’s mentality in the unit is the same every time.”

Throughout fall camp, Jones made sure that special teams play got as much attention as possible.

“We’ve practiced every single special teams unit in practice every day,” Jones said.

“A lot of people don’t like to practice special teams live, but we’ve practiced every unit live including hands and onside.

The game of unknowns occurs in the special teams game the first game of the season.”

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The Vols run line drills to prepare for the team’s season opener against Austin Peay on Saturday at 6 p.m.

Students amp up for Saturday Matt Levine Contributor Football is back, and whether it is on campus or through social media, Saturday’s season opener for UT against Austin Peay is an unavoidable topic.

New UT head coach Butch Jones has turned heads in his nine months on the job, landing some highly-touted recruits that Volunteer fans could never imagine getting a year ago. UT students have taken notice, and excitement is high with kickoff just two days away.

Kevin McCreery, a senior finance major, has seen the ups and downs of the football program. Going into his fourth season as a student, Kevin is among those who were on campus for all of Derek Dooley’s tenure, but that doesn’t stop him from thinking UT could be bowl-eligible in 2013.

“I am feeling a bit optimistic about this season,” McCreery said. “With the new coach and losing many of our offensive weapons, a 6-6 or 7-5 season is what seems reasonable.”

For McCreery, Jones is a large factor in the optimism.

“He’s our guy, he seems in touch with both the team and the fan base,” McCreery said.

“He has brought back the excitement that was once more prevalent than past years.”

McCreery also spoke about his excitement for freshman wide receiver Marquez North and provided some analysis of the position.

“It seems he may have a huge impact this year because of the lack of depth at the receiver position,” McCreery said.

Some may think that pregame rituals are only used by players, but fans have their own.

McCreery said he usually tries to make it to the Vol Walk, a Tennessee tradition that

allows fans to watch and interact with the entire football team as it makes its way to Neyland Stadium.

Claire Nelson, a junior majoring in journalism and electronic media, is also ready for the season to begin, especially SEC play.

“I can’t wait until we play the likes of Florida, Alabama and South Carolina,” Nelson said. “I will be going to Gainesville to watch the Vols stomp on the Gators.”

She has also been encouraged by the new level of excitement Jones has brought to the Volunteer faithful.

“I really like him,” Nelson said. “He brings a spark to us fans, unlike Dooley.”

It is evident that Jones has already brought excitement to campus that many did not think possible when UT finished 2012 far below expectations.

The Vols are set to square off against Austin Peay at 6 p.m. in Neyland Stadium Saturday to officially begin the Jones era.

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SOCCER continued from Page 1 Lenz, on the other hand, is a relative newcomer to the Lady Vols. She spent her first two college years playing for West Virginia University, where she made 35 appearances for the Mountaineers before making the decision to transfer.

“When I was thinking about transferring, I was looking at places I might want to go,” Lenz said. “ I kind of wanted to go somewhere I knew someone.”

That is when she made the decision to call Brown about possibly joining the Lady Vols.

A few days later, she was on a plane to Tennessee, and the rest is history.

Lenz accredited her smooth transition between schools to her friendship with Brown. The two now try to use their familiarity with each others’ playing styles to pay dividends on the field.

“When we’re out there on

the field, I’ve been playing with her for so long, it’s natural,” Lenz said. “I know exactly where she’s going to be and she knows where I’m going to be.”

Pensky spoke high praise for the two senior forwards, calling it “a treat” to have the two at his disposal. He also believes their close relationship will bring added chemistry to the squad.

“Soccer is all about feeling the game, reading your teammates, being in sync with your teammates,” Pensky said.

“Oftentimes, the better the relationships off the field, the better they’re going to be on the field because you connect with that person.

“And I think you see some of that between these two.”

Brown, Lenz and the rest of the Lady Vols play Friday night at University of Central Florida before returning home for a match on Sunday at 1 p.m. against James Madison.

SPECIAL TEAMS continued from Page 6 While there will be an ongoing position battle at the kicker position throughout the season, a position that includes George Bullock and Derrick Brodus, Jones believes Palardy has earned his full rights as a starter in placekicking, punting and kickoff duties.

“Right now Mike has full grasp of both positions and the right to handle all the duties,” Jones said of Palardy, the former No. 1 high school kicker in the country according to Rivals.com. “He’s responded.

We challenged him with a high level of consistency and performance. That’s what you want out of your kicking game. He’s going to have to perform well for us.”

While Palardy put up the best numbers of his career last season, converting 9-of-12 on field goals and 43.1 yards per punt – good for sixth best in the SEC – he still feels like he has room for improvement.

“I think there’s another level I can hit and that’s what it’s all about,” Palardy said. “It’s reaching that level of consistency.”

Like his teammates Carr and Drummer, Palardy is just ready to get out there and perform.

“I’m really anticipating going out there knowing it’s my last go around,” he said.

“I want to get out there for all the seniors and do the best job that I can.”

Vols prepare to begin Jones era Garrett Ahmad Contributor Learning how to play is one thing, but learning how to prepare to play is different, and that’s where Tennessee found itself Tuesday during its second practice of the week.

In his first game week as head coach, Butch Jones is not letting his players off easy just because the grind of fall camp is behind them.

“Everything is a learning process with this football team,” Jones said. “I think the big thing is learning how to prepare now that it’s in season ... Every opportunity is sacred; every practice rep is critical.”

The players have taken Jones’ message to heart while staying focused on the task at hand despite playing Austin Peay on Saturday, a team that’s 2-9 FCS record last season portrays them as a walk-over.

“It’s just another game week,” junior linebacker A.J. Johnson said. “We’re all out here preparing for Austin Peay. We aren’t looking ahead and stuff. We’re just preparing for the team we got right now.

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Johnson has not noticed any signifi- Redshirt freshman Alden Hill, left, and junior running back Marlin Lane cant differences in this week compared practice rushing drills at open practice on Aug. 28. to game weeks under Derek Dooley, meaning the learning curve for him and along with junior Justin Coleman, while he’s prepared to back up or even start. a veteran group of linebackers has not He shows a lot of aggressiveness. He can Foreman will be Coleman’s backup. been too difficult.

The experienced Coleman believes tackle, he’s got ball skills, same as Cam.” “A game week is a game week,” the Since Coleman is one of the veteran preseason second-team All-SEC selection Sutton is deserving of his place in the startplayers on defense, the freshmen will be said. “We’re preparing just like we did last ing lineup.

“Cam’s been making plays from day looking to him for leadership. He knows year. We’re preparing each week, we’re preparing for the team, watching a lot of one,” Coleman said. “He’s been working they will make mistakes, but his belief in films, going over plays, we got our scouts hard. He’s been improving on everything the duo will not waver.

“I kind of build their confidence before doing a good job, so we’re just preparing he’s been doing.

“He’s got great ball skills. He knows how we even go out there,” Coleman said. “I like a regular game week.” to go up and get the ball when the ball is kind of encourage them, if anything hapin the air. He competes hard. He gives a pens to just get up and play another down.

COLEMAN’S BLESSING I tell them it’s going to happen, but just In addition to a whole new coaching lot of effort.”

Coleman also praised Foreman, say- keep playing and, of course, just go out staff, there will be several other new faces ing the Kingsport native will be ready to there and make plays.” on the field, specifically in the secondary.

Jones said the Vols would begin “to Cameron Sutton and Malik Foreman, play under the lights Saturday at Neyland taper off” their physicality in the upcoming Stadium. two true freshmen cornerbacks, are expect“Malik’s been progressing since day practices as they try to become game ready ed to play major roles for the Vols’ defense this year. Sutton will start at cornerback one,” Coleman said. “Malik, I feel like for his coaching debut.

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The enthusiasm surrounding the start of Butch Jones’ coaching tenure at Tennessee might not pack Neyland Stadium just yet.

Tennessee associate athletic director Chris Fuller said season ticket sales were at about 58,000 as of Wednesday morning. That represents a 2.8 percent decrease from last year, when about 59,700 had been sold at this point. Fuller says he still expects overall attendance to increase after it fell to its lowest level since 1979 last year.

Fuller said slightly over 90,000 tickets have been purchased for Saturday’s season opener with Austin Peay. Last year’s home

opener with Georgia State drew an announced crowd of 87,821.

“Clearly, (the season ticket sales) aren’t a referendum on our coach and the energy around our program,” Fuller said. “I think it probably is a little bit of a statement about our home schedule. Obviously we don’t have Alabama and Florida on our home schedule this year, and our non-conference schedule is not wildly attractive, so I’d say it’s probably pretty much in keeping with what we expected.”

Tennessee opens its schedule Saturday against Austin Peay, a Football Championship Subdivision program. The Volunteers’ other non-conference home games are against Sun Belt schools South Alabama and

Western Kentucky. Tennessee’s only two home sellouts last year came against Alabama and Florida, which aren’t included in this year’s home schedule.

The Volunteers’ lack of recent success on the field has led to fewer fans in the stands.

Tennessee has posted three straight losing seasons for the first time since 1909-11. After averaging over 100,000 fans per game every year from 1996-2008, Tennessee has been below that mark each of the last four seasons. Tennessee had an average attendance of 89,965 last year.

“It’s just because they haven’t been winning,” said season ticket holder Jim Conner of Brentwood, Tenn. “Winning produces everything.”

Fuller remains optimistic that Tennessee’s average attendance this season could reach 95,000, which would represent its highest total since 2010. Neyland Stadium’s seating capacity is 102,455.

“I think that’s a pretty ambitious target, but I think it’s also attainable,” Fuller said.

Fuller cited the increased sales Tennessee is getting in its three-game packages. Tennessee also is expecting more support from the student body. Last year, Tennessee’s average general student attendance was about 5,000, less than half its allocation of 11,700. Fuller said about 9,000 students have purchased tickets for the Austin Peay game.

The Vols drew a crowd of

61,076 for the Orange & White game - the second-highest total for a spring game in school history - and an open practice this month had an announced attendance of 39,000, though admission was free for both events.

Tennessee took one unusual step to improve its attendance by selling discounted tickets for 6,700 upper-deck seats in the south end zone. Those tickets are being sold for $20 for the Austin Peay, Western Kentucky and South Alabama games.

Those seats currently are selling for $80 each for the Georgia and South Carolina games, $70 for the Auburn game and $55 for the Vanderbilt game, though those prices may be adjusted as the season goes on.

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