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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Issue 1, Volume 121

Published since 1906

Lauren Kittrell Editor-in-Chief (Summer)

Wesley Mills News Editor

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A six to eight percent tuition raise was approved for all University of Tennessee campuses at the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees meeting this past summer.

Gov. Bill Haslam, chair of the board, said that while over a 30year period the contributions from the state to the University have diminished, putting more pressure on students and parents, he is concerned that the University and state not add to the burden.

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“I hope you find this to be an exciting and challenging time,” Haslam said. “This is a critical time around higher education.

The status quo will not hold. ... It won’t look the same 10 years from now.”

Haslam addressed the board, saying that the decision is part of an effort to increase graduation rates in the state.

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Editor’sNote Stay up to speed with The Daily Beacon Blair Kuykendall Editor-in-Chief I don’t want you to blink and miss it.

College is a funny thing: it tends to sneak up on you. At first, four years can seem like an eternity of time. Likely (you would think) enough time to participate in many clubs and activities, field a demanding social life, and even become a stellar student on the side.

With proper planning, you can definitely manage to fit most of that in. If that’s your goal, though, be prepared for some chaos. Time in college seems to flow in blurs instead of minutes. One day you’ll turn around, and suddenly be a senior.

I have come to realize that college happens when we aren’t looking. We tend to fixate on major goals for our “college experience,” but it really is the smallest moments you take with you.

Right now, those of you on campus for the first time are in a rush to unpack, finalize schedules, and figure out where you need to be and when. I shared these concerns as a freshman, but the specifics have grown fuzzy. What I do remember clearly is standing outside of the UC, after spending an hour looking for the bookstore. There was a huge crowd of students around the money wall and travelling up and down the street. I hadn’t slept at all the night before, tossing and turning in my new dorm room, and I can still feel the overwhelming sensation of nervous queasiness.

Two guys saw me holding a map, and asked if they could help me find something. I must have looked a little terrified. When I told them I was looking for the UC, they pointed to the doors about ten feet away from me. Instead of laughing at my obliviousness, they wished me luck as I scurried away blushing. I was so grateful for their kindness.

I hope you will take time to look beyond the chaos this week, and to properly soak up your first few days on campus. College is not a trite timeline of hallmark occasions, but an infinite

string of small experiences that shape you into an entirely new person.

Freshmen year is a rollercoaster ride. You will have the highest highs and lowest lows you’ve yet experienced in life. Your life is going to get even more complicated than it was in high school. That’s where we come in.

Keeping track of the swarm of activities, meetings, and events that take place at UT on a daily basis can be daunting. Even so, there is a great deal of information you will want and need to maximize your time on campus. At The Daily Beacon, we’ve got your back.

My dedicated staff and our team of writers are on the ground everyday keeping track of the students, events, clubs, organizations, and activities that keep this campus abuzz. Daily, we spend hours previewing, recapping, and compiling all of this information for you to have at your fingertips. We also throw in student commentary, campus history, and perspectives on UT’s culture that you can’t find anywhere else.

If you're smart, you will use our experience and admittedly tedious hours of legwork to your advantage. I can promise you, The Daily Beacon staff will be handing it to you straight.

It helps that we're an immensely entertaining group as well (sometimes unintentionally).

As you settle in, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to The Daily Beacon, the EDITORALLY INDEPENDENT newspaper of the University of Tennessee. By editorially independent, we don’t only mean that the content in the Daily Beacon is planned, written, and presented completely autonomously. Our staff also produces this paper as students for students.

We have experienced Neyland on game days, passed (or failed) organic chemistry, seen campus lit up at night from the top of Ayers, taken a bowling elective just to graduate, and worn a disproportionate amount of orange. The Daily Beacon, since 1906, has been dedicated to shedding light on the triumphs and trials of student life at UT. I hope you will trust it to do the same for you.

— Blair Kuykendall is a senior in the College Scholars Program. She can be reached at bkuykend@utk.edu.

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Study emphasizes four-year rates the most important finding in this study was the average income that four-year college graduates received over those who Six years in college is better than no graduated in more than four years.

“There was a significant difference of years in college. However, four years is earnings shortly after college between stubetter than six.

A recent study done by UT’s Center for dents who finished in four years and stuBusiness and Economic Research shows dents who took a little bit longer but still that those who graduate in four years are got a bachelor’s degree,” Carruthers said. much more likely to earn a higher income “The reasoning behind that is unless you than those who graduate in more than four are going to work for your mother, the people looking at your resume might not years or not at all.

In October, a team comprised of CBER know a lot about you. They don’t know members started a rough draft of what how motivated you are, how hard working they wanted the study to look like. In you are, so they try to look for signals in January, they presented their findings to your résumé or interview.”

The study found out that students who the Tennessee Higher Education Committee and received positive feed- complete their bachelor’s degree within four years earn around $12,000 more than back. those who attend but fail Looking back to to complete it.

2002, the study used Carruthers said that administrative data to “ hose who receiving a bachelor’s research how long it degree is a good signal to graduate in four took students to comthe labor market of your plete a degree, if they years show they have knowledge and expericompleted one, and ence, but it’s also imporwhere they went more motivation and tant to look at the shortly after college. are harder working timetable to see how long Assistant Professor it took to complete colof CBER Celeste than those who lege.

Carruthers said that graduate later.”

Chandler Vannoy, sophthe study’s main goal omore in marketing, said is to show differences -Chandler Vannoy, that he is trying to finish between those who sophomore in marketing in four years. complete college and “Those who graduate those who don’t.

“We used administrative data on stu- in four years show they have more motivadents who appeared to be first-time fresh- tion and are harder working than those man in 2002,” Carruthers said. “So that who graduate later,” he said. “Plus, those we could track them over a number of who spend more time in college probably years and see if they completed a degree at do not have as good of a résumé as those their first institution or elsewhere, and who graduate in four years.”

According to the study, there are certhen after they finished their degree or left tain monetary advantages for those who college if they ended up working in a graduate on time, but that’s not the only Tennessee county.”

According to the study, achieving a advantage students see.

Getting a job straight out of college or bachelor’s degree in four years was the best option, while not ever going to col- simply getting out earlier than others still lege was the worst option. Those who in college are big incentives to graduate in went to college but didn’t finish were earn- four years.

“Being able to get a steady job earlier, ing nearly $10,000 less than degree recipibeing promoted earlier and establishing ents seven years after entering college.

Non-completers had lower ACT scores work relationships are just some big than degree recipients, and lower ACT advantages for graduating on time,” scores were associated with lower earn- Vannoy said. ings after college.

Not surprisingly, Carruthers said that See GRAD STUDY on Page 4A

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TUITION INCREASE

more and more expensive each year I’ve been here. I wouldn’t be in so much debt if everything cost the same as it did when I was a continued from Page 1A freshman.

“I would say the tuition has probably “Academically, it’s shown that the longer increased every year I’ve been here,” Edwards you’re in school the less chance you have of said. “I think it’s excessive, but I know it does graduating,” Haslam said. “If we can keep require a lot of money to provide students people on that four-year schedule to get out, I with all of the opportunities UT does. It takes think our graduation rates will go up, which is a lot of money to run a University. I’ve had to one of our big goals.” take out between 20,000 and 30,000 dollars in Haslam added that the four-year schedule student loans. That’s going to take several for students is part of a plan to decrease the years of working hard to pay off. A decent unemployment rate in Tennessee. He is con- amount of those loans I’ve had to take out cerned by the low percentage of Tennesseans because tuition and other expenditures have with a college degree and hopes to see gotten more and more expensive each year improvement in this area.

I’ve been here. I wouldn’t be in so much debt “We can’t have the cost of higher ed keep if everything cost the same as it did when I going up,” Haslam said. “Right now 21 per- was a freshman.” cent of Tennesseans have a degree. That’s Ammar Fakhar, an incoming freshman way too low. We have to make it so it’s more planning to study chemical engineering, said accessible for more people.” he was unaware of the upcoming increase, but While other changes will affect only incom- that having the Hope Scholarship made ing and transfer students in the fall of 2013, tuition increase more bearable for him. While the tuition increase will be effective for all ignorance is bliss for some, Fakhar said he students starting in fall 2012. Haslam told the would like to know the reasons behind the Daily Beacon that there will be a tuition rise increase. for current students, but that the ultimate “I’m sure they must have their reasons for goal is to end tuition increases in the future. doing it,” Fakhar said. “They should have “It will mean ultimateinformed us and let us ly tuition for (current stuknow what those reasons dents) and their family are, but you just have to increasing,” Haslam said. trust them. I do feel a little “ e have a “Our main focus is two irritated, but it is your eduthings. One: to stop the cation, so I feel it’s worth it strategic plan to tuition increases on a in the end.” guide the way, a going-forward basis.

Chancellor of UT Second: We always have Jimmy Cheek said efficiencommitment to to look at what the net cy is one of the main reatuition charged after all lead the process sons tuition is going up. the scholarships are “The proposed tuition and expectations given. Fortunately that model that we are talking net number hasn’t gone about would create about 6 for success.” up that much.” million dollars in new revAlex Edwards, fifth-Chancellor Jimmy Cheek enue in year one,” he said. year senior in animal sci“The students would take ence, said the tuition 15 hours, and the students increase is overwhelming, but he understands would pay for 15 hours. It would go for coursthat the University has clear reasons for this es and laboratories needed for graduation. We decision. Unfortunately, Edwards’ student have huge bottlenecks on this campus where loans make each tuition increase a greater you do not have the capacity to take the challenge. courses that you need to take.”

“I would say the tuition has probably Cheek also said that some money will go increased every year I’ve been here,” Edwards to additional tutors as well as their new plan, said. “I think its excessive, but I know it does View Track, which will be implemented in require a lot of money to provide students 2013. This plan seeks to do a better job at with all of the opportunities UT does. It takes advising students and not allowing them to a lot of money to run a University. I’ve had to register at all for classes if they have not taken take out between 20,000 and 30,000 in stu- the necessary requirements up to that point. dent loans. That’s going to take several years In 2002, UT was 22 percent below the top of working hard to pay off. A decent amount 25 institutions in tuition. In 2011, they were of those loans I’ve had to take out because 43 percent below, and last year they were 40 tuition and other expenditures have gotten percent below.

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“As you look at the top 25 institutions, they made significant increases in tuition, much greater than ours,” Cheek said. “In 2000, we were closer to being a top 25 than we are today, and part of that is resource driven. I’m not saying we have to get where they (the top 25 schools) are, but we have to get closer to where they are.”

Along with the tuition increase, incoming freshmen and transfer students will be charged 15 hours for each semester as a full time student, regardless of Preston Peeden • The Daily Beacon whether they enroll in all 15 hours of The Brusar’s office will become a popular place before classclass time. This is es start as students make their payments to keep their part of a five-year schedules for the semester. program the University hopes will $578 a year more for in-state undergraduates produce a more qualified and diverse group of ($7,802 a year total) and $668 a year more for graduates as part of their top-25 initiative. in-state graduate students ($9,000 a year The plan is called “Defining the Future,” total) and focuses on helping the UT System UT Martin — 6 percent increase or $338 Administration achieve its goals. The a year more for in-state undergraduates Complete College Tennessee Act, which ($5,978 a year total) and $405 a year more for hopes to (among other objectives) increase in-state graduate students ($7,130 a year enrollment and graduation rates, is a chief total) part of the administration’s plan.

UT Health Science Center — 4 percent for “This is a moment of great opportunity. in-state and out-of-state tuition for all colleges Our challenges are identified. The roles, UT Veterinary Medicine — 10 percent responsibilities and accountability are agreed increase or $1,941 a year more for in-state upon,” UT President Joe DiPietro told the students and $4,326 a year more for out-ofboard. “We have a strategic plan to guide the state students. way, a commitment to lead the process and While the tuition increase continues to be expectations for success.” overwhelming for current and incoming stuDiPietro discussed the proposed plan by dents, DiPietro said a broad view of the matstating that it was not just another document. ter helped make the decision more under“It’s a plan for the future of the University standable. of Tennessee,” DiPietro said. “It will help our “We understand the reality of increasingly units move in the right direction to achieve limited state resources, and the result has their goals and advance their reputations.” been that universities have experienced a draThe tuition increase for UT campuses is as matic decline in public funding in the last 10 follows: years,” DiPietro said. “Even as the amount of UT Chattanooga — 6 percent increase or tuition has increased in that time, the cost per $324 a year more for in-state undergraduates student remains stable, and tuition at the ($5,722 a year total) and $388 a year more for University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and at UT in-state graduate students ($6,860 a year Martin and UT Chattanooga compared to total) peer institutions remains a value.”

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Lane named new police chief Wesley Mills News Editor It was as simple as seeing an advertisement on the International Association of Campus Law Administrators website for someone to fill the chief of police position.

Troy Lane felt he was qualified and applied.

A few weeks later, UT felt the same.

Having served as the chief of police for nearly five years at the University of Wyoming, Lane said that he inherited somewhat of a misguided program and in that way he has tried to lead them in the right direction.

Along with his military time, Lane is a 23-year veteran in law enforcement, and 16 of those years have been in campus law enforcement.

Lane said that a lot of people who work on campus love it. He puts himself in that group.

“Most people work at a university because that is the demographic that they love working with and I am one of those people,” Lane said. “I got into campus law enforcement not really knowing if I would enjoy it, and seventeen years later, I enjoy it and I am not leaving.”

Over the years, Lane has learned that the best ways to tackle certain campus crises

is an undertaking for any police chief wanting to avoid mishaps and disturbances.

Lane is ready to take on the challenge, and he feels like his experiences elsewhere have prepared him for this job.

“It would • Photo courtesy of Tennessee Today behoove me to that come up — one of the rely very heavily on those who issues being underage drink- have much more experience ing and DUIs. than I do here,” he said. “Even While at UW, Lane dealt management itself doesn’t with a lot of different cases change a whole lot from that involved alcohol, and said venue to venue. It has mainly the campus police and the city to deal with the number of police had to learn to work people attending the venue well together. and the number of people you “We teamed up with the have to respond to issues. city county highway patrol And then assigning those peoand I think we made some sig- ple where they can do the nificant improvements in DUI most good.” enforcements,” Lane said.

Over the years, Lane has “It’s just as common to see of worked several presidential my guys downtown on patrol events and sees the demoduring the DUI saturation graphic, and the problems enforcement as it is to see, they may present, as the only probably more common, than major difference between it is to see a city police officer those events and college footon campus. But it just illus- ball games. trated that we are working Student Government together quite effectively.”

President Adam Roddy first Policing alcohol use and met Lane back in April when abuse isn’t the only job of he came to UT for an intercampus police. Crowd control view.

“I was really impressed with the fact that he was trained in a lot of different ways,” he said. “He mentioned first-hand responders, he mentioned homeland security and he was mentioning defense training.”

Roddy hopes that Lane can get the University of Tennessee Police Department to work well with students, because in the past he’s felt like UTPD and students are put at odds against one another.

Roddy said that more open forums and discussions would be better for both students and officers. Instead of talking past each other, they can talk to each other.

“I’d love to see more working together, more open forums where students can go to the Shiloh Room and talk to the campus police,” he said. “I would love for that communication and dialogue to be open a lot more.”

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GRAD STUDY continued from Page 2A Abbey Ellis, senior in mathematics, is also trying to graduate in four years, and is glad she is on the path to complete her degree on time.

“It makes me feel more accomplished, and it makes me feel better financially as well,” she said. “Sure, some of us take a victory lap due to trying to get in-state tuition, changing majors and transferring schools, but I’m proud to say I’ve stuck with my major to the end even through my doubts.”

Ellis said she knew going in that she would be there for four years, but doesn’t look down on those who may take longer.

“Sometimes things don’t work out the way they should, and you have to sacrifice not graduating in four years,” she said. “That doesn’t make them any less of a graduate though.”

The figures don’t surprise Ellis, but she said it makes the fact that she’s graduating on time that much sweeter.

Carruthers said it was surprising to see that those who go to college longer, but don’t finish their degree, still tend to

make more than those who never attend in the first place.

“One surprise is that for students who did not finish a degree, we used regression analysis to see what the effect on staying in college a little bit longer was on their later earnings,” Carruthers said. “It turned out that students who stay in college a little bit longer, even if they didn’t finish a degree, end up having higher earnings shortly after they did leave college without a degree than those who didn’t go. We thought that was interesting that even if you leave without a degree, the fact that you stayed a little while might be a good signal.”

From all the stats and numbers the CBER compiled, there was one major item that stuck out.

“The takeaway advice for students would be to get your ducks in order, meet with your advisors and stay on track to graduate on time,” Carruthers said. “But if you’re not going to make it to a degree within four years, don’t give up hope because a degree itself is still a really important signal in the labor market.”

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UT branding puts name out Wesley Mills News Editor

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Examples of Sarah Brobst’s jewelry.

Local makes salvaged jewelry Morgan McConnell Assistant News Editor Knoxville resident Sarah Brobst turns the old into the delightfully new again with her one-of-akind salvage jewelry.

Brobst, who has been making jewelry since high school, repurposes elements like vintage watches, elaborate brooches and antique knick-knacks into her work. She scours thrift stores, flea markets and eBay in order to select the antique curios that she will transform into quirky and unique creations.

From there, the 31year-old entrepreneur hits the drawing board and waits for the right inspiration to seize her.

“I just look at all the pieces that I lay out on my art table and start picking through,” she said.

“Eventually the puzzle comes together into a beautiful piece.”

This can sometimes be a time consuming process.

“It takes a lot of rearranging and going back to the drawing board because sometimes the ideas don’t work,” she said.

Brobst then takes her finished hoard of bangles, necklaces, pins, rings and earrings to the Farmers Market held in Market Square every Saturday morning. Her whimsically arranged booth draws a sizable throng of admirers.

“Her work is very unique, it looks sort of upcycled,” said customer Caroline Broady as she fingered a bracelet that may have served as a belt buckle in a previous life.

“It’s clean, it’s wearable and it’s interesting.”

Her younger brother, Adam Broady, chimes in.

“It reminds me of a time when there weren’t really big businesses that mass produced stuff,” he said. “Things were handcrafted by artisans, one thing at a time, and things were made to last.”

Prices run the gamut from $2 up to $500 for the large, intricate brooch bouquets Brobst fashions for brides.

Besides the Farmers Market booth, Brobst supports herself by working full time at Ijams Nature Center, where she coteaches a class called the “Eco Make and Take Workshop.” The class, held the first Sunday of every month and costing participants a reasonable $10, provides students with the opportunity to make their own heirlooms akin to Brobst’s wares.

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The University of Tennessee is trying to draw attention to what it’s doing.

There has been much talk about the new branding slogan “Big Orange Big Ideas” this past year.

Chancellor Jimmy Cheek said that “Big Orange Big Ideas” is a tagline that represents the overall goal of the university. The purpose of the branding issue is communicating what UT is doing much more than a catchy slogan Cheek said.

One of the issues Cheek recognizes is the lack of national positive exposure that UT receives. He even noted that

faculty members don’t like to admit they’re from UT. “We have faculty members that go to conferences that don’t put the University of Tennessee Knoxville down,” he said. “How can you make us a better institution if people don’t know where you are from.”

Cheek has served on the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, the nation’s oldest higher education association.

Serving with the UCLA chancellor and other high-ranking educational officers, Cheek’s goal is to get the name of UT out as much as possible so that other universities can see what UT is doing.

But it’s not just about the national stage. He wants to put fences around the

border of Tennessee as well.

“The idea about branding is to get across this state in particular that the University of Tennessee is a major asset for this state,” Cheek said. “When I go to Memphis and sit down with business leaders, and one of them said, ‘What are you over here for other than to raise money?’ I said the major reason I’m over here is I want you to know that I’m just interested in Memphis as I am in Knoxville. Because the University of Tennessee Knoxville is a statewide resource.”

Vice Chancellor of Communications Margie Nichols said the whole point of branding is to sell UT. See BIG IDEAS on Page 6A

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BIG IDEAS continued from Page 5A “This is the way to sell what we do,” she said. “We have a whole campaign now that involves every college.

We’re going to have a billboard at the airport that says ‘Big Orange Big Ideas.’ This is the way to brand all the great things we are doing. If you put a brand around it, it draws more attention to it rather than just putting it out there.”

One of the ways UT has tried to serve the students is to have various committees consisting of students, faculty, staff and alumni to represent as many parties as possible, because it’s practically impossible to go out and ask 27,000 people, Nichols said.

Short-term goals include the construction going on around campus, new facilities in buildings like Humanities and Social Sciences and the One Stop Center being built in the library starting this fall.

But long term, they want

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to be among the top 25 research universities, and they want to be recognized for their accomplishments in areas such as research and superior masters’ programs.

“In 10 years, I hope and believe that we will be among the top 25 research universities,” Cheek said. “I hope that more and more people understand the high quality institution that we are. I hope that we have students graduating more rapidly, and more students staying around for a master’s degree.”

Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon Jimmy Cheek discusses topics from “Big Orange Big Ideas” to his communication with students during an hour-long interview with Daily Beacon editorial staff on The “Big Orange Big Ideas” sign hangs outside Hodges on Aug. 8. The sign was July 25. placed for the announcment of the branding of UT.

JEWELRY continued from Page 5A “It’s a way to find ways to repurpose, reuse, transform and make new old things that people have laying around the house,” Brobst said.

“Everyone has that junk drawer or closet filled with old shirts, broken jewelry, worn books and more, and it all just sits there.”

Brobst helps her students see new potential

in old things.

“People can see how their old, crummy stuff can be new and fun again,” she said. “Plus there is a huge sense of social fun because everyone can become a teacher and help each other out. There is always food and drinks.

Sometimes it’s just nice to craft and chat with friends or neighbors.”

Brobst, who comes from an artistic background of painting and sculpting, has a few new creative and business ventures lined up in

the near future.

“I am working on some bigger sculpture pieces out of old clocks and I’m making ‘I Spy’ table tops out of jewelry and other found objects, so I am working on bigger scale items,” she said. “Plus as far as deals go, I am coming out with frequent buyer cards so that those who buy my things regularly can get free stuff.”

The ambitious craftswoman hopes to get to the point one day where she can take her unique merchandise on the road.

“I would love to travel to different shows and festivals, and then do the market as well as sell to shops around the country,” she said. “I already have my stuff in six stores locally, one in Asheville, and another in Wisconsin, so I feel like I am well on my way.”

In the meantime, Brobst finds fulfillment in the love of her craft and dedication of her fans.

“I just love creating. I have always been the one who loves transforming things,” she said.

“And I like walking down the street and being able to see one of my pieces on someone and know that I made that and someone else is enjoying it. I couldn’t do this without my fans.”

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Erin Kennedy, sophomore in English, looks over some jewlery altered by Sarah Brobst on July 14.

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UT dorms lose secretary positions Wesley Mills News Editor As of this month, the campus hall secretary position, or ASA, on the campus of the University of Tennessee has been eliminated.

There were nine total people working as hall secretaries in campus housing, and eight of them have been relocated to other positions on campus, while one decided to retire.

Executive Director of Campus Housing Frank Cuevas said that efficiency with technology was one of the key reasons they decided to do away with the position.

“Because of technology, many of their positions and duties were being rolled over to much more efficient ways of being done with technology,” he said.

Cuevas said that lock changes, swipe cards and hall check-ins

could be more efficiently handled with the use of technology, and that they would be able to save money this way.

Some of the duties that had been previously performed by hall secretaries were being replaced with the new technologies.

“Many of the other duties, as we were introducing new systems technologies, were already being centralized and being done by folks up in the central office and those technologies,” he said.

Cuevas said that he didn't want to just lay off the workers, but rather give them other job opportunities on campus, and campus housing was willing to help place them in other positions.

“A year ago we notified all the campus housing hall secretaries that their positions were being eliminated,” he said. “So we gave them all 10 months notice. We actually placed them in other positions on campus.”

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A position that has recently been removed from UT is the dorm hall secretary. The majority of the secretaries occuping those positions were moved else where on campus.

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CAMPUS HALL continued from Page 8A Since the position is now gone, some have speculated that the RAs will have to take on a much bigger role in manning the front desk throughout the day. This will make for tougher studying times with more job responsibilities on the list, as well as a class schedule to work around.

Sophomore Cole Adams lived in Reese Hall last year and said he loved talking to the secretary at the front desk.

“She was always super outgoing and always very willing to help in any way possible,” he said.

“Usually going out of her way to do so.”

Adams said that he saw her help residents numerous times and never with a sad or frustrated look on her face. She would even help him look for his VolCard at times when he had lost it and was looking for it in the lobby.

“She definitely seemed to have an interest in me, as well as my roommates and suitemates,” he said.

Efficiency via technology was a main contributor to the position being eliminated. But not everyone is so excited about technology taking over personal touch.

“I don’t know how an iPad will be able to do the job she did,” Adams said.

“That’s not much of a replacement if you ask me. It’s sad to hear. I think that almost everyone would rather have human interaction for help than to have to type in a question on an iPad or something similar.”

Technology can do many things, but the personality side of it will be a tough aspect to replace.

This has some people thinking that parents will be worried that there will be no secretary stationed at the desk during the day.

However, Cusick said she doesn’t think it will affect the parents too much, because they already assume a lot.

“I think a lot of parents assume that it’s the RAs that are working the desks anyway because on move-in day, it’s the time that parents come in the building the most,” she said. “And generally, during those times, the desks are staffed by the secretaries as well as the RAs to help check people out.

I think parents assume that the RAs are always at the desk or always working the desk so I don’t think that will affect it too much.”

When parents do come in with problems or complaints, the RAs are not allowed to assess the situation; rather they have to go to the hall director for assistance, and it was the same thing with the secretaries at the desk.

Adams is hopeful that the absence of the secretaries will release enough backlash, and students will miss them and need them so much that they’ll come back.

“I think they will miss them greatly,” Adams said. “I know the RAs enjoyed having them around and I know I did as well. Maybe they will bring them back.

Hopefully.”

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Laurel Hall resident assistances participate in a campus resource scavenger hunt on Aug. 8 as a part of training before the students move into the residence halls for the semester.

Vinyl making local comeback Morgan McConnell Assistant News Editor A good thing never truly dies is an adage that is being groovily illustrated by the resurgence of vinyl records in young people’s music collections the nation over.

With so much focus-obsession, even placed on technology these days, the younger set’s return to tried and true LPs is contextually unexpected and refreshing.

“We sell records to young kids almost every day,” said Nostalgia vendor Deana Hill. “It’s really remarkable. They’re buying everything from Rick Springfield, to Bob Dylan, to heavy metal.”

Nostalgia, while more predominantly a purveyor of vintage decor and Americana kitsch than vinyl, has nevertheless seen increasing numbers of college-aged people perusing their vinyl selection over the last few years. Hill has even seen the vinyl virus extend into her own family.

“I have five kids and we've

discussed what they will want to inherit when I’m gone,” she said. “They all agreed they would fight each other for my record collection.”

Far from being faddish artifacts of hippie folklore, vinyl is returning to the music scene as much for its sound quality as for its nostalgia.

“It’s an interesting phenomenon, the records are definitely drawing a younger crowd,” said John Eezis, CEO of Disc Exchange located off Chapman Highway. “They’re digging the

sound again, especially when compared to electronic sound.”

Eezis, who even goes so far as to say his popular establishment “wouldn’t be here if not for their record selection,” describes the tone of vinyl records as “richer” and “warmer” than electronically heard music. He claims the difference is especially significant when applied to new vinyl, something the Disc Exchange specializes in.

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Cafe offers French experience, food Morgan McConnell Assistant News Editor The French Market in downtown Knoxville offers UT students a side of European culture and authentic Parisian flair with their meal.

The Market opened on Gay Street in 2008. Since that time, owners Allen and Susan Tate have seen their dream evolve into one of Knoxville's premier restaurants. Allen marvels at how far they’ve progressed from their unassuming beginnings.

“My wife wanted to open a little art, décor and flower shop and she suggested we do crepes on the side for fun,” he said.

“We didn’t have one table or chair when we first opened,” he said. “Little by little, we've grown into a full blown restaurant.”

Today, the Tate’s crepes attract substantial crowds.

“On any given weekend, we will serve over a thousand customers in here,” he calculated. “That’s certainly not bad for a restaurant with only 30 chairs.”

With numbers like these, it would seem the hype generated by the couple's artfully selected menu is well merited. Crepes are available in both sweet and savory, with numerous options available in each category. Savory crepes come filled with fresh, hearty ingredients such as organic baby spinach, Roma tomatoes, marinated artichokes, sautéed mushrooms and smoked salmon. For customers with a craving for something sweet, the Nutella, Strawberries and Crème crepe is one of the most popular on the menu.

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VINYL continued from Page 10A “A lot of modern bands are releasing LPs with an electronically downloadable component. We carry all of that,” he said. “Young people are really gravitating toward that, partly because new vinyl is just such high quality sound.

When Passion Pit’s new album came out, for instance, we sold more of that on vinyl than we did on CDs.”

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Corey Cowden, senior in political science, was one such purchaser of said album.

“It’s just spectacular, really,” he said.

“I enjoy listening to it on my Crosley more than I do on my iPod.” Cowden chalks this up in part to the overall “experience” of listening to music via vinyl.

“There’s just something about listening to records, setting the needle on the album and sitting back, that’s special,” he said. “It somehow makes

music listening more of an event. Like you’re listening to the music the way artists intended for it to be heard.”

And growing numbers of modern musical acts are wishing for their work to be heard and appreciated this way.

“We sell a lot of the Black Keys, Purity Ring, Wilco, and the Dirty Projectors all on vinyl,” said Eezis.

“And Jack White, of course.”

White, who owns his own Nashvillebased vinyl pressing company, Third Man, is a notoriously die hard record enthusiast, who in the past has described it as a living sound.

Eezis is of the same mindset.

“Young people are definitely loving it again, but it’s not just a fad,” he said. “It’s not going away because it was a standard before.

I think it’s here to stay.”

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The University of Tennessee’s Morgan Hill is about to welcome its first residents as it opens up Sorority Village for the fall semester.

While all the houses and all the chapters won’t be in fully ready until 2013, Sorority Village hopes to house as many as 270 women by the end of the fall semester.

The houses opening at the first phase are Delta Zeta, Alpha Chi Omega, Kappa Delta, Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Delta Pi, Sigma Kappa and Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Jeff Maples said that they are hopeful between two to four houses will be built by the beginning of the semester so that students can start moving in.

The dilemma becomes what happens to those students who will move in during the fall semester but not until after school starts.

“Some of the students have made arrangements outside the university,” Maples said. “The university has offered up early on temporary housing for those students. Many of the students are moving into residence halls and once their house is finished, we will allow them to move out and move to the new house.”

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SORORITY VILLAGE continued from Page 12A Maples said that the university will allow students to cancel the contract of living in the residence hall temporarily once their house is finished, but because they didn’t see this coming, they have made the appropriate accommodations.

Assistant Vice President of Recruitment on the Panhellenic Council Morgan Owens said that she is most looking forward to the shared community that the sorority students will experience.

“I’m looking forward to a different sense of community that comes with having to do life next to each other,” she said.

Owens said that the numbers in each house range from housing 30 members to 40 or 50 members, but that the houses were different in style and staff. She also said that it’s up to each sorority if they want to staff extra people to help them with their house. Most of the sororities will have a house mom that they will use for different purposes, and some have even hired a cook.

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With the location being off campus, commuting has become a much bigger issue than when students lived in university housing.

The development will become part of the university’s “T” bus service routes, where UT students can ride free with their UT ID. Owens said that she hopes that a lot of students utilize the bus route, but said driving may be the most predominant option.

“It’s not that far that people think it is,” she said. “I won’t be surprised if we still have people walk or ride a bike. But I know we are hoping that people start using that the bus route.”

Students that are driving will be able to use the GS permit to park in noncommuter parking areas. This GS permit is only allowed in the parking area at Sorority Village and in campus unreserved staff and commuter areas between 5:00 p.m and 3:00 a.m.

Aside from transportation, the other major concern is security, but Owens said she isn’t worried because there isn’t a reason to be.

“The university has taken some great steps to making sure, just because we are off campus, we’ll still have our security guard or community service officer,” she said. “The whole village is fenced with swipe card access. It’s a pretty secure area.”

Maples said that security is as tight as it can be, and they are prepared for students to move in.

“Security has been a priority since day one in planning for that,” he said.

“There’s a lot of things in place, lots of different components in place that we think will make it a very secure site.”

Along with swipe access, blue light emergency phones and security cameras are also security assets of the village.

Similar to the houses in Fraternity Park, Sorority Village houses hold a land lease agreement with the university and UT is managing the contracts for the building projects.

Owens said that the meal plans are significantly lower than university housing meal plans, but the rent accommodations are very compatible to living on campus.

The whole project is scheduled to be done by fall of 2013.

FRENCH CAFE continued from Page 12A Frequent customer and upcoming UT sophomore Lola Reinke describes her choice of savory crepe as “incredible.”

“It’s delicious,” she said. “It’s definitely a treat to have this kind of flavor right here in Knoxville.”

But to say that the fanciful fare is the only draw of the French Market is to leave out an important part of its appeal. The elegant décor and atmosphere is largely Susan’s vision.

She gathered inspiration during the couple’s two-year stay in Paris.

Most of the ornamentation and furniture right down to the tables and chairs were imported from France, and genuine Parisian touches abound.

“The paint on the walls is the exact shade used in Paris on all the windowpanes,” Susan said, gesturing toward the frothy, sea foam green hue.

The many framed prints adorning the walls hail originally from France, as well. These include vintage advertisements of French

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women in their finery, a framed Laduree bag, and colorful maps of Paris.

“On one of our trips to Paris, we brought them back,” she said. “Just rolled them up in a tube and framed them when we got here."

Any artwork not imported from France is the creation of Susan and Allen themselves.

“I took some of the photographs while in Paris as did my husband,” she said. “Then I printed on them on watercolor paper and painted them.”

Décor is not the only authentically Parisian element of the bistro.

Even the flour, both traditional and buckwheat, used to make the crepes is imported regularly from France, as are the dainty macaroons and petit-fours. Attention to detail is what helps lend the French Market some of its distinctive European charm.

“It is very reminiscent of what I would like to feel if I was going to spend an afternoon in Paris,” said Reinke, who has visited the City of Lights herself. “Eating here truly feels as though you were in France, or in a fairytale. It has that way of taking you away, which is nice.”

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Sun powers bus stop Lauren Kittrell Editor-in-Chief (Summer) “It’s not life changing or anything, but it is kinda cool.”

Wayne Davis, dean of the college of engineering discussed the new Solar Secure SunStation bus station located outside Perkins Hall on the Hill. The station was unveiled July 12, the first of its kind housed on a university campus.

Not your average bus stop, the SunStation provides shelter, seating, 24/7 lighting and Wi-Fi connection, as well as a charging station for laptops and cell phones.

While Solar Secure is a company based out of Seattle, the university agreed to act as a host for the shelter as a way to encourage local businesses. Davis said two local companies were involved in the production and design of the station.

“The idea is that we are cooperating with local companies that are building the system and a national company that’s marketing it,” Davis said. “It’s the kind of thing that we like to do.”

With hopes to market college campuses, the station is a part of a nationwide marketing stragedy. Davis said with permission from associate vice chancellor for facilities Dave Irvin, the unit was placed on UT’s campus as a kind of prototype, with changes being made according to feedback from stu-

dents and staff, including Davis himself.

“It’s kinda the first one so what they’re doing is they’re using it to get feedback from students and us as far as how they can improve it,” Davis said. “We’ve already made some suggestions.”

Some of the suggestions are already being put into place as local companies work to redesign some of the issues brought to their attention.

“They’re going back right now and redesigning and when they get that designed, they’ll run over here and install it,” Davis said. “Ours will be the one that they always put the new modification on so it’s kinda the working model.”

Powered entirely by solar power through solar cells placed at the top of the structure, the unit is completely self-sustained. Davis said even though the bus line is not currently connected to the unit, he frequently sees students taking advantage of the space, even eating meals under the shelter.

“It has lighting all the time because the solar panels create electricity which charges the light,” Davis said. “It has a receptacle on it so you can walk out there if you have your laptop or your cell phone and plug your charger in and sit there and charge your cell phone while you’re sitting there if you want to because it’s all self contained.”

Though the bus line is not

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UT non-profit, students fight world poverty Wesley Mills News Editor Poverty is a hot-button issue in today’s world. While poverty exists in the United States, it can be difficult to see poverty out in the larger world if not exposed to it Preston Peeden • The Daily Beacon constantly.

Nourish International, a A new solar-powered charging station has been built in front of Perkins Hall on the hill. The structure has light- non-profit chapter at UT, ing and a wifi connection, as well as outlest to charge was able to help start erasing poverty in a small communilaptops and cell phones. ty in Peru this past summer. currently running to the sta- seemed to be stopping at this Nourish International tion, plans are in place to fancy new bus stop,” Darby started in Chapel Hill, N.C. make it stop in the near said. “After checking the T’s in 2003 and came to UT in future. Davis said that con- website, I found out why. 2010 when five students struction has been a key There were no buses passing came together for the purissue, but that the changes through that area. It is a relief pose of stopping poverty. should be in place during the to know that the route will be The mission of the compafall semester. changing to include this ny is to empower people “My understanding is that stop.” while engaging in communithey’re going to open that Though Darby finds the ties to eradicate poverty back up around the time that idea of a bus stop where she across the globe. classes start and then the bus can stop to charge her elecChief Operating Officer of will come back around the tronics or even do homework Nouish International Allie normal way and it would on the built in desk appeal- Treske said that the non-profactually be in a place where ing, she is skeptical of availpeople could sit out there ability as more and more peoand wait on a bus,” Davis ple discover the convensaid. iences of the stop. For Darby, Kaitlyn Darby, a sopho- the station is far more than more in material science and just a bus stop; it’s a stepping engineering said she noticed stone to the future.

“I like the idea of a bus the bus stop prior to learning what it was all about. Darby stop closer to most of my witnessed the unit as it was classes, and a stop with a installed and tested and place to sit will be great,” curiosity brought her and a Darby said. “I also love the idea outdoor desks with friend to the site to inspect.

“The idea is fairly appeal- power. The two ideas are ing,” Darby said. “Solar awesome but may be better power always sounds good. A off separated. This seems like place to sit in the shade a step in a good direction; I just think there is much to be sounds even better.”

The biggest issue for done before it affects very Darby was that the stop was many students. The quantity not currently on the bus line. is my main concern. Again, I She even went to far as to don’t know about the technipost a meme regarding the cal stuff behind all this, but maybe an outdoor (solarissue.

“One of the first things I powered) commons is the noticed was that buses never next step.”

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it focuses more on villages and towns than countries at large.

“We actually don’t do it based on a country, but based on community,” she said.

“We work in some countries where the country could be considered more developed, but the community that we work with has needs for their development.”

Across the world, poverty is considered to include those living on less than $2 per day. This past summer, UT was planning a trip to Peru but was unable to go because of a last minute change. They therefore sent $2,000 to a partner in Peru.

Moche, an anthropological research organization with a humanitarians focus, builds portable water systems and assists in the formation of a town water committee.

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The process in picking out which communities to help is intense. The chapter goes through a rigorous process of doing background checks of companies they are working with in these communities, and ensures that the money is going where it’s supposed to be going.

It’s the job of the project leader to do a great amount of research to find organizations that they can partner with that will both effectively serve the interests of students and the needs of the community.

“The UT chapter went through the process that all our chapters go through, which is an intensive international development curriculum that helps them decide which communities they would have the most impact in based on their skills and their finances,” Treske said. “The UT chapter looks at the skills and interests of students at large and saw they had Spanish teachers and those interested in public health and they went to try and find projects and organizations that were interested in that type of work where they could have the highest impact and so that’s when they decided to partner with Moche in Peru.”

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Recent graduate Jennifer Smith was on the original team that helped Nourish International to become a chapter at UT. The chapter started in 2010 with Aaron Groh as the founder. Smith and five others got together and helped formulate the team to launch it.

Smith said that throughout the year, individuals in the chapter run small business ventures around the local campus and communities that go toward helping the development projects abroad over the summer.

One of the reasons they’re able to do this effectively is because of the motivation they get from knowing that it’s all student run, and if they don’t come up with the money, they can’t help stop poverty.

Smith said it started out slow because they weren’t sure what they were doing, but it has picked up.

“How the chapters get started is people apply to found them and the national office will give you $500 to start up and you can use that money however you want to do your ventures,” Smith said. “The first year we did not really know what we were doing at all, and so we tried doing a couple different ventures around but it usually ended up trying to sell pancakes at the library. The ventures weren’t very successful but we man-

aged to make enough to send $1500 to Uganda and send four people to help start the vegetable garden over there.”

The chapter chose communities in Peru because of the ability of the students to speak Spanish and their desire to work with water sanitation and similar issues.

“In the beginning we thought we were going down there to work with the water filtration system, and during the year while we were planning it, the community actually managed to fix the water filtration system on their own, and they contacted us and said they had several projects that they wanted us to work on and they thought the ones they needed most were latrines,” Smith said.

The houses in the community don’t have their own latrines, and so the team sent the money to Moche with expectations that they would start building latrines in the city.

Last year, Smith was one of the four students that went to Uganda.

Her experience there has changed her life.

She works with Grassroots Uganda, a company, separate from Nourish International, she met while she was in Uganda which she decided to pursue and has been working with them since, and will continue to work with them in the future.

VolsTeach trains new teachers Morgan Mcconnell Assistant News Editor UT’s VolsTeach program aims to direct math and science majors into filling the high need, high demand jobs of elementary and high school teachers.

According to coach and recruiter Jada Johnson, the program is an ideal way for students to try teaching on for size sans commitment.

“VolsTeach is noteworthy for being the only program that lets students have field experience as early as their freshman

year,” she stated. “This way, whether you’ve always dreamt of teaching or are simply trying to figure out what you want to do, you can get a feel for it without having to first earn the degree.”

The program allows for students to receive their bachelor's degree in a math or science-based field as well as their secondary teaching license in only four years.

Multiple steps are involved.

“You have the ability to take a Step One class, which is the first course in VolsTeach,” said Johnson. “It’s worth one credit hour. In it, you get to teach a class

at the elementary school level.”

Step Two involves teaching a middle school class. All other steps within the program provide field experience at the high school level.

“It’s a great way for anyone who has ever even remotely considered teaching to get some real world experience under their belt and base their future career decisions off that,” Johnson said.

The program is a replication of one suc-

cessfully implemented at the University of Texas, Austin beginning in 1997. It was created as a prospective solution to the United States’ dire, nationwide shortage of elementary and high school teachers in the mathematic and scientific fields.

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VolsTEACH continued from Page 16A “No Child Left Behind placed a predominant focus on literacy rates and raising those scores,” she said. “Science and math were comparatively neglected.”

This fact, according to Newsom, has left the United States significantly behind in the quickening race of technological and scientific progression against other growing world powers.

“Today as a country, we are importing most of our scientists from countries like India, China, North Korea and Ireland,” she said. “The evidence is clear. While other countries have been bumping up their workforce in mathematical and scientific fields since the late 1990s, we have been ignoring these areas for far too long.”

This concept makes the rec-

tification of an older generation's mishaps by the current generation of college goers extremely vital.

“It will be a struggle for this generation to build up positions of prominence in this field alongside more scientifically centered countries,” said Newsom.

If the United States wishes to maintain any competitive edge in the modern era, it is imperative that the quality and quantity of science and math majors improve. In order to accomplish this, both subjects must be presented to students in a favorable way at an early age.

“We were so focused on the literary component of children’s education that we are now having to look at new ways of teaching science,” explained Johnson.

VolsTeach sweetens the deal for prospective scientists and mathematicians with the offer-

NEWS ing of tuition rebates and scholarships.

“Scholarships are available to be applied for by juniors and seniors,” said Johnson. “You apply your sophomore year and can receive up to $12,000 for both their junior and senior years. Students may also be granted a $10,000 stipend.”

In retribution for their financial assistance, students must spend two years for every year's worth of aid they received teaching in a high need school. Internships paying rates of $15 per hour are yet another mode of encouraging students to take up the scientific gauntlet.

“If we want our state and our country to get ahead, science is the way to succeed,” finished Johnson.

Those interested to learn more can visit VolsTeach’s Open House on August 20th from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Greve Hall.

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Wesley Mills News Editor If the ongoing construction on campus wasn’t enough to get you to redirect your paths, the upcoming construction will.

Knoxville city officials have announced an updated timeline for the redesigning of Cumberland Avenue.

Construction will start along 17th Street and go to Volunteer Boulevard and is expected to begin late next fall, after the 2013 football season. The plan includes two lanes of traffic, along with grassy medians and left-turn lanes.

Knoxville City Council approved the original reconstruction contract with Vaughn and Melton Consulting Engineers, Inc. on Sept. 23, 2008 with a completion date of Dec. 31, 2011. However, before they could proceed with the project, some additional coordination and studies were required to fulfill different aspects, thus delaying the start of the project.

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UT attempts to simplify students’ lives with new ‘One Stop’ center Center combines parking, tuition, financial aid that window at which you stand in that line to get your answer,” she said. “There will be a News Editor more modern feel to it, if you will. The counIt can be draining to pay your parking ticket selors will be roving, the students will be comat one location, your tuition at second location, fortable.”

According to UT, the financial aid office and and go grab your financial aid at yet another the bursar's office will continue to stay open location.

In fact, for some, not only is it taxing on the once One Stop opens, assisting One Stop in perbody, it's also hard to remember exactly where forming existing functions as well as aiding in any counseling help, as well as in scheduling you pay for and register for everything.

In their attempt to be in the top-25 list of pub- and payment issues.

Anna King, junior in human resources manlic universities, UT will start building a One Stop student services center that will cater to agement, says the scattering of all the different the needs of students, all in one place. Starting payment locations and information desks causes unnecessary stress. in the summer of 2013, One “I try to be a very organStop will be open for use. ized person, so the lack The goal of the center is to thereof causes confusion and create a wireless network makes simple tasks much where one can have everylonger than they should,” thing from financial aid to she said. “I can imagine UT tuition, common enrollment employees are being bomand payment services readily barded with unnecessary available. phone calls and questions all Wireless as it may be, the day, taking away from time ground level of Hodges they need to complete job Library will be the physical, duties.” central location where the King said that this could One Stop will be stationed. be a positive step for the uniWhile One Stop may be a Photo courtesy of University of versity because it would critical component for stuTennessee• allow for UT staff to focus dents to access information, more on their primary pay for college, and check duties rather than taking needless questions one’s DARS, it's also vital in helping UT obtain that could be better answered in a more efficient its top-25 public university goal.

“This is important for us in the top-25 list of way.

Many students end up rushing last minute to public universities because it will increase the friendliness and the welcoming quality of the pay their tuition, only to realize long lines await student experience coming right in the door,” them. One Stop plans to decrease the lines and Provost Susan Martin said in an interview with increase the wireless, paperless system.

“I have overheard many frazzled students UT. “We know that students, particularly in that first year of their college experience, need to talking about how much of a pain the system is, learn how to negotiate the university, and the and always seems to be slowed down especially retention of our students, especially our first when registering for classes,” King said.

In their reach to achieve being on the list of and second year retention, is a critical component of our top-25 plan as we seek to improve top-25 public universities, UT continues to make changes to try and enhance their status as time to graduation and graduation rates.”

Martin said that one of the goals is to have a elite.

However, King doesn’t think this will bump more welcoming, friendly environment that is easier to maneuver and results in less time up UT’s status that much.

“To be honest, I’m not really sure if this up’s standing around. their status to get on the list,” she said. “I would “Our idea is to have a very fluid, customerservice friendly space where there will not be have to say that I would not be more drawn to a

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Cars drive along Cumberland Ave on June 28.

Construction on The Strip is projected to start after the football season in 2013.

While not on campus, many students still frequent Cumberland Avenue on a weekly basis and some are worried that the construction will make traffic even more complicated than it is currently.

Sierra Peak, junior in psychology, said she visits the strip a few times a week and thinks the traffic is already bad enough.

“I think it will probably slow things down a bit,” Peak said. “Especially on the weekends since that is when most activity takes place and people traveling back home. It’s already congested enough and I think the construction will definitely make things worse.”

The city of Knoxville is trying to make life easier for commuters by installing a turn lane so traffic won't be stalled due to turning cars.

Peak likes the idea and says the traffic flow would benefit greatly.

“I think that having one would be really beneficial so cars aren’t stuck waiting behind someone trying to turn holding up traffic,” she said.

Zachary Royster, sophomore in political science, said it is important to make traffic go smoothly at all times, but it will be especially challenging when they are doing construction during the football season.

The plan is to start after the 2013 season, but chances are good that this 24month process will go all the way through the 2014 season and 2015 seasons as well.

Royster said with as much construction happening on campus as there is right now, they will have succeeded if the traffic is kept at the status quo.

“I mean, it already takes people an hour or so to get out of the parking garage and onto the street if they don’t leave before the clock hits zero,” Royster said. “So I feel like as long as they don’t let the traffic get any worse than it already is, they will have done a good job.”

Some students haven’t had a big problem waiting to turn, however. More pertinent agenda items include making the road look more inviting.

In a press release earlier this week, it was stated that grassy medians would be put in place as well as a reconfiguration of electrical supply lines.

Knoxville Utilities Board talked with Knoxville officials and came to the conclusion that they could bury the electrical transmission line under Cumberland Avenue and eliminate some of the overhead power lines.

“I just feel like they could make it a lit-

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tle bit nicer-looking and more appealing Third Creek Greenway that will house for people to walk up and down the strip,” more students to participate in intramural Royster said. sports.

Jacob Haskew, recent graduate in jourAnd of course, one of the most noticenalism, said the better Cumberland able construction projects happening on Avenue looks, the more people it will campus is the new Student Union being draw. built. A new bookstore, Career Services “I think this new look is good for it,” office space and dining facilities are part Haskew said. “I like it being more pedes- of Phase One that will complete in the trian-friendly. It’s going to be a bear for summer of 2014. cars, but great for people walking. Making One of the most heavily populated these two lanes would limit who needs to buildings on campus is the Humanities be there.” and Social Sciences building. Just less Haskew said he’s heard of other than 20 percent of the student population schools doing similar things, and likes the uses the building, and those that do will direction of this reconfiguration. find new high-tech facilities, new furni“I mean, I think it’s good,” he said. “But ture and advanced classrooms where the bad at the same time because traffic will front of the classroom could be one of four be a nightmare. But I think in the long walls with chairs on a swivel. The hallrun, it could improve the look of the strip ways become a study place in and of tremendously, because you could have themselves with benches, boards, and things like more trees and other more electrical outlets. Students will also enjoy appealing things to look at besides wires two new food vendors and an outdoor hanging over your head.” seating plaza on the east side of HSS that Cumberland Avenue isn’t the only will be completed in the early fall. place getting a makeover. A total of $16.5 million will be spent to cover the roofing costs of over 100 roofs that have incurred since the hailstorm in April 2011.

As many as 10 buildings need to have some sort of structural repair done including Andy Holt Tower, Pasqua Nuclear Engineering and the Hesler Biology building.

Hodge’s Library Commons will also be experiencing some new renovation funded by student library fees that will include more group study areas, updated furnishings and a relocation of the Research Assistance Desk to a more visible location just inside the main entrance. This should be ready at the beginning of September.

This upcoming Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon spring, students will be able to use the new Construction continues along Phillip Fulmer Way on intramural fields, The June 28. A portion of Middle Way Drive is now being fields are part of a 38- used in the construction and a detour has been put acre complex, part of in place off Cumberland Ave.

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UTK Memes gives humor to campus life Wesley Mills News Editor

Student sparks Internet sensation Wesley Mills News Editor Singing in the shower isn’t new to most people. In fact, if you’re honest, it’s probably something that you do regularly, and you can probably remember the last high C-note that you belted out in “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

The only difference between you and Fadi Saleh is his shower serenading has become an international sensation.

UT’s pre-med student has created a name for himself by manipulating President Barack Obama’s speeches into “Call Me Maybe” hits.

Started off as a fun hobby has now become something of a side job for the sophomore. Although he’s not making millions off these hits, he is making a little money off some videos.

Each video takes around two weeks to make and Saleh said that he’s gone

to “Good Morning America” to MTV, Saleh has received celebrity treatment by some of the bigger shows on national • Photo courtesy of youtube.com/baracksdubs TV. through hundreds of speechBut it’s not just TV. It’s es to try and find the right Twitter. words to put with the songs.

“Justin Bieber tweeted it The speeches are on the to 21 million followers,” White House website for Saleh said. “Carly Rae public consumption and Jepsen tweeted the ‘Call Me downloadable. Though like- Maybe’ video, and I think a ly used for educational pur- mother of one of the band poses, Saleh said that they members tweeted the ‘What are begging people to do Makes You Beautiful’ video these pop song renditions from One Direction.” with all this content availBeing recognized on able. national TV and celebrities With “Call Me Maybe” tweeting out your product having 21 million hits, and boosts the self-esteem with his YouTube channel with a friends as well. total of 35 million views, it’s “When I first showed it to no surprise that Saleh has one of my friends, I never received some media atten- told her it was me and she tion. was like, ‘Oh, ok,’” Saleh From the “Today Show” said. “A week later, she finds

out it was me after seeing it on the “Today Show” and she said, ‘Oh my gosh, that was interesting because you made it.’ At first it was a dumb video, and then they liked it.”

Another friend of Saleh’s went to China and said his video mash-up of “Sexy and I Know It” was playing in a club.

Saleh said that his family is supportive of what he’s doing and it gives them a chance to brag on him every so often.

Kelsey McMurry, undecided sophomore, said that she likes the Saleh’s idea of politics and pop culture.

“I haven’t seen that many mash-ups floating around on the Internet,” she said. “I’m not a big YouTuber, so I don’t really have much to compare these videos to.

However, I think combining politics and pop culture in this way is something fresh and it works really well.”

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Facebook is the great connector. Students send messages.

Businesses check backgrounds. And people from different walks of life are brought together and connected through a common thread.

UTK Memes is one of those threads. From 40year-old graduates to freshman enrollees, it’s not uncommon for different people to cross paths and find a s h a r e d bond with pictures a n d w o r d s meshed together for humor purposes on the UTK Memes page.

The page itself is designed to provide humor and insight into the life of a UT college student’s life and mind.

MBA graduate student Kylie Pearse said that the humor is based on people’s thoughts.

“They put thoughts everyone has, usually based on stereotypes or common university lore, into one short, hilarious sentence with picture,” Pearse said.

Pearse found out about the page through a friend,

but said she isn’t creative enough to make a meme of her own.

“Even if I could come up with one, I don’t have the tech skills to make one,” she said.

Many people are able to make pictures of their own and post them onto the wall.

Steven Stull, senior in accounting, said that while he hasn’t posted a lot, he hears some of his friends talk about the pictures they have made and posted and said some of them are p r e t t y clever.

“A friend posted one on my wall that I thought was funny because it was a professor I had who was really hard and the class was impossible,” Stull said. “It said, ‘Oh you think you’re graduating....See you next semester.’”

Stull said it was funny because he and his friends had joked around about it, and with finals coming up it was very applicable.

Stull found the page through Facebook, and said that humor is the main reason he likes it.

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UT nuclear students receive national award Wesley Mills News Editor Two nuclear Ph.D. students at UT have just received high honors in the “Innovation and Fuel Cycle Research” award from the US Department of Energy, Fuel Cycle and Research Development.

A few years back, Nathan George received an internship with Oak Ridge National Laboratory. George met with professors and really liked working in the lab, so much so that he applied to UT’s graduate school and was accepted.

Now the school is funding him to do research.

His award-winning research paper was titled “Neutronics Studies of Uranium-Based Fully Ceramic Micro-Encapsulated Fuel for PWR’s.”

PWR’s are pressurized water reactors. In essence, these reactors pump water under high pressure to the core of the reactor where it is heated by energy. Once it is heated, it transfers thermal energy where steam is produced and flows to turbines that spin the generator.

George and his lab team demonstrated in their project that they had a new design that could be just as efficient.

“None of them have the design that I simulated in them, but they have a similar design and we were just trying to show that they would work in those,” he said.

George said that he didn’t formulate the idea, but not many people have done anything like this before, and so in some ways it was an innovation.

“The fact that this is a study just shows it is what it is,” he said. “It’s not industry work, it’s just research. I might do all this work, and nothing may come of this. It could, however, eventually be commercialized and put in reactors that obtain power. We don’t know.”

For over a year George has worked on this paper, and now he is seeing the results.

Early on, George really didn’t think he had much of a chance to win; rather, he felt that he should submit the paper and see what would come of it. As it turned out, some major recognition and a cash prize of $1,500 came of it.

“Not many people won, so I guess it was kind of a shot in the dark,” he said of his paper.

“I mean, I knew I wrote a quality paper. I knew

that a lot of really smart minds went in to help formulate this work. So I knew that the lab having its name on there helped me know that it was a possibility that I could win. When the ‘Oak Ridge National Lab’ is on a paper it gets more credibility.”

Like George, Cole Gentry is also a Ph.D. student at UT and he also received an award.

Sometimes teachers will send out emails or letters letting students know when contests arrive, and it was no different this time.

Gentry received an email about contests for conference papers and submitted one.

The topic of Gentry’s paper was “Application of Fully Ceramic MicroEncapsulated Fuel for Transuranic Waste Recycling in PWR’s.”

Gentry’s paper was centered on water reactors for recycling plutonium.

This paper was Gentry’s master’s thesis and said that he spent a moderate amount of research on it.

Sitting in a meeting one day, Gentry received a phone call.

“At first, I was thinking to myself, what is this again, I couldn’t even remember what Kathy Dixon (one of the coordinators for the

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contest) was talking about,” he said. “I had lost track of when the date was when they were supposed to announce it.”

Gentry feels privileged to have won this award, and said it’s important because it shows people value your work.

“It’s just a recognition of doing your work,” he said. “What I do is significant and people value it.”

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UTK MEMES continued from Page 5B “I suppose it has to do with their everyday routine and is a little comic relief to the difficult college life,” he said. “And it’s much funnier when it's true and usually the memes are pretty accurate.”

Memes on the page are not excluded to just poking fun of teachers or other students. Black bears are just the latest to be the bud of the jokes.

Junior Kylann Scheidt, who’s transferring in the fall to American University in Washington, D.C., said that her favorite meme had to do with the summer’s bear incident, and that college students like the page so much because they are all thinking it.

“I think that everyone is so infatuated with it because they all know that they are thinking everything that is on those memes,” she said.

“Just seeing it on a funny picture just makes everyone connect with it.”

But not only does it relate to many student’s thoughts, according to some students; humor

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Morgan McConnell Assistant News Editor For UT graduate Trillia Newbell, life postdegree may not have gone in the direction her college-aged self envisioned, but it certainly keeps her busy.

“I always thought I’d be in Washington,” Newbell, a political science graduate, recalled. “I saw myself being crazy active on Capital Hill. I was a part of student government while in school and I really thought that was something I wanted to progress with.”

But according to Newbell, who graduated in 2001, God had other plans for her.

“The Lord changed my heart,” she said. “I got involved with UT’s youth ministry, Volunteers for Christ, and it was then that I realized I really felt called to be a mom.”

These days, Newbell considers her two children, son Weston, aged 6, and daughter Sydney, aged 2, to be her “real priority.”

“My children are my success,” she said. “I view my true job as being ‘Mom.’” While motherhood may be her self-proclaimed most important profession, it is by no means her only one. Once out of college, Newbell directed her efforts at opening her own fitness firm, Trill Fitness — a deceptively disjointed choice for a political science major. According to Newbell, however, the move to fitness made sense.

“I have always been extremely active,” she said. “I ran track in high school and was a cheerleader. For me, it was a very natural progression

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is what drives the product.

“I just think that it brings a little bit of happiness and joy to people when they see something they can relate to,” Scheidt said.

Valentino Constantinou, junior in ecxonomics, said that the fact most of the pictures combined with words were funny is what drives traffic to the page.

“People are drawn into it because it injects humor into aspects of their everyday annoyances,” he said.

Constantinou found it out through Facebook’s news feed and says it’s good because it’s a quick laugh without taking away too much time from productivity.

With every posted picture getting multiple likes, comments and shares, it’s not surprising that just five months into creation the page has already accumulated nearly 10,000 likes.

UT grad’s life takes unexpected turns into the fitness industry.”

Initially, Newbell owned a studio where she did consulting and taught classes.

“It was something I enjoyed doing because health and fitness are vital for life,” she said. “I believe that my body is a temple, and therefore I want to take care of it. It’s important to have a healthy focus on health and fitness — you can become obsessed.”

Christie Stilwill, kineseology graduate from UT, said Newbell exemplifies her beliefs.

“She’s an amazing woman who uses Gods giftings on her life to their full potential,” Stilwill said. “She seems to do such a wonderful job of balancing her career while maintaining a steadfast joy to love and serve her family. Her smile and laughter for life permeate the room when one is around her.”

Trill Fitness was eventually closed after Newbell decided that being a leader in the fitness industry was demanding “way too much” of her time and forcing her away from her motherly duties. Today, Newbell keeps her interest in fitness satisfied by writing for various fitness publications, including “American Fitness” magazine.

Newbell’s writing resume doesn’t end there.

Working as a freelance writer from home in order to be near her kids, she frequently pens pieces for religious periodicals, including “Christianity Today” and “The Gospel Coalition.” She is also involved with the production of the online magazine for females, “Women of God.”

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McMurry thinks that there is some money to be made in YouTube just because of all the advertisements and amount of clicks that come in every minute.

“I definitely think there's huge potential to make money in the YouTube business,” she said. “It's a great way for talented individuals to showcase a variety of skills.”

Amazed by the time and patience that it takes, McMurry said that this detailed of a work could only come from someone who has a creative and impressive mind.

People may not be interested forever, but it’s something that, if done sparingly, carries a lot of interest.

“Will people be interested forever? Probably not,” Saleh said. I’n 2005, they made one for President Bush. But, in the

comment section, people have said the video I’ve done was better. People comment stuff like, ‘I used to hate this kind of stuff but you finally got me.’”

But still, pre-med is on top of the list for Saleh. He doesn’t to get distracted from his goal of pediatric oncology.

“Pre-med is kind of important,” he said. “That’s where the stable income’s going to come and that’s what I really want to do with my life. I’ll have to make sure that it doesn’t distract me too much so I can focus on what’s really important.”

Still, this Internet sensation is taking some time to reflect on what he’s done. He knows that in a year or two people may not care about the video, or if Obama’s not reelected, then it won’t really matter. So he’s taking it all in stride.

“I appreciate the attention that it has gotten, but I don’t expect it to last forever,” he said. “I’m not going to let it change anything.”

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Blair Kuykendall Editor-in-Chief The Daily Beacon sat down with Provost Susan Martin on Wednesday, Aug. 8 for questions regarding student life, the new 4x15 plan and how classrooms are drastically changing to improve the enhancement of the learning experience. These are selected questions and responses from the entirety of the interview.

Will there be any changes in the curriculum that will come from the 4x15 plan?

shortfalls are in instruction and targeting investment towards that. Only faculty can really change the curriculum.”

With the new 4x15 plan, there seems to be more growing emphasis on summer classes, how have attendance levels looked so far at this stage?

“We’re up this summer. We've tried to target our summer offering to areas where students will be materially assisted to either catching up to or staying on track to graduation. It’s a work in progress, but I think we have seen some improvement there.”

What are your thoughts on the admissions standards at UT? “Out of all our top 25 metrics, the one area where we are already at the average of our top 25 peers is in profile of the freshman class every year. It has gone up dramatically over the last 10 years. We do continue to see marginal increases in the profile.

Quite frankly, I think we’ve done really well. We are really pleased with the quality of the students that we have admitted to the university. And we’ve worked really hard to maintain access to the university for people who economically can’t foot the bill through the pledge and the promise scholarships, through institutional merit scholarships as well. I’m not sure we’re looking toward strategies that move those numbers really sharply higher. We are pretty happy with the classes that we have.

You always want to improve, but certainly as a long-time faculty member here and talking with other faculty members, I think we all are very appreciative of the quality of students that we have and enjoy working with them.”

“If this is going to work, we have to have the courses in place and we have to know where those courses are. In the last two years, we have taken most of the discretionary money that we’ve had available through the chancellor’s budgeting process and invested that in academics. The first year we had some money to invest, we invested mostly in faculty, both tenure line and non-tenure line and advising. This last year we actually had more to invest and so we invested in tenure line faculty and we created what we are calling the strategic instructural fund.

The strategic instructural fund is targeted towards freeing up bottlenecks. So we’ve spent all summer working with associate’s deans and deans, especially in Arts and Sciences college, because that’s where most of the Is there a certain level first and second year programthat you want to cap the ming is done, to identify the botHonors Program, and tleneck areas and then target that Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon what is your vision for money towards instruction to free Provost Dr. Susan Martin discusses the changes to the that program? up those bottlenecks. This has freshman class of 2013, where they will pay for 15 been a priority of several years “I don’t see us targeting a now. We’ve also invested in advi- hours for full-time status to encourage students to big increase in numbers in graduate in a timely manner. sors as well. We’ve added 19 new the future. I think what we professional advisors on campus would like to see the next director do is work on ways to make — both through funding through Chancellor Cheek that he has sure we are providing the quality of honors experience that our allocated to us for that purpose, but also some of the differential students want, and that satisfies our students. That’s where I see tuitions have been used for those purposes, so we’ve really beefed this going. We will be starting that search momentarily. I’m very up advising and that will help students plan correctly and get pleased with the honors program at this point, and I look forward what they need. But this instructural fund also is allowing us to to talking with honors students about the future direction as we target funding where we believe it is needed to free up bottlemove through the search process and into a new directorship.” necks.”

“But I don’t think there will be necessarily any curricular changes. I think it’s more of a question of analyzing where the

What are some of the effects that construction will have on campus in regards to student life, specifically at Humanities and Social Sciences?

“I’m personally happy to undergo some short-term pain because we are going to have some long-term gain. But in fact, some of these things are coming to fruition right now. For example, the renovation on the second floor of the library to accommodate the new phase of the commons. I think everyone will be pleased with that project when it's completed, and I believe it will be completed in September so that should be a real enhancement. I also think you will like the Humanities project a lot. The point there is to renovate a certain number of classrooms to accommodate more flexible teaching style. All those rooms will be very capable of being flexibly adapted to group work, or not to group work, or a whole variety of different styles. I think you will see tremendous benefit from that. A group of students from the College of Architecture and Design were involved in designing those phases and that was a great learning opportunity for them and they did excellent work.”

The technology is upgraded, but how do you think the construction of HSS will enhance the learning experience in the classroom?

“I think that a lot of faculty now are making much greater use of technology, but also the classroom style is much more interactive than it used to be. I do think this will allow the faculty to mix up what happens. It probably won’t be so much the faculty member standing in front of you and lecturing, although I think there is a place for that. Even in the kind of teaching I’ve done in my career, having that more flexible classroom allows you to interact with students as a group, but also for you to work. You are more apt to sit in groups and brainstorm, and then you can come back together. It just allows for much more flexibility in how you want to mix up the delivery of instruction for the given hour.”

In creating a more engaged student body in the classes, is that something that you hope will carry over into things like second year retention?

“Absolutely. Anything we can do to enhance engagement and particularly as students come in the door, is something we will pursue. We’ve had any number of people working on the issue of student retention and starting to see the improvement that we have seen over the last ten years. How have those things manifested themselves? We’ve completely redone orientation. This was an initiative that actually came from the Provost Student Advisory Council. I asked them, ‘What can we do to help students make a successful entry into the university?’ They said that orientation doesn’t really get us where we need to be in terms of feeling comfortable and secure that we can actually perform the functions that we need to to get into our classes and to be successful.

We actually had completely reconfigured how time was spent at orientation to focus on preparation for academic planning. I think that has yielded a lot of really positive results. The whole Welcome Week has also been completely reformulated to emphasize engagement, the Life of the Mind program with the welcome leaders, grouping students by majors and then connecting them with older students who can be a friendly face and a good connection in those small groups. All those things help students feel welcome on the way in. The universal tracking system that we are putting in place that will guide students into majors, and flag them if they are not making good progress, that will help us ensure that students don’t just get lost somehow.”

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Local band making most of opportunity Hoskins on bass and guitar, Aaron Hoskins on drums, Chris Doody on piano, Cozmo Holloway on guitar and Michael Jenkins on If it hadn’t had been for the mysterious guitar, they would have three albums and fes“Guv’nah,” one of Knoxville’s most beloved tival slots at Bonnaroo, SXSW and Wakarusa and acclaimed bands might not have existed. under their belts.

“The Guv’nah helped us all get to know Because, for the members of the Southern rock outfit The Dirty Guv’nahs (The Dirty each other and we had an opportunity to play Guvs for short), their path towards a musical a show…” said Trimble, who, like all of the career was one made possible at first by other members of the band, had career goals outside of music (his goal being medicine, chance, and then forged through hard work.

Six years ago, the members of the band more specifically pediatrics). “He suggested were nothing more than acquaintances some more guys for us to play with as a band through a mutual friend (the aptly named and, me, thinking this was a one-time thing, Guv’nah), brought together to play a one-time said ‘Great, bring them on.’ And to this day, gig at a benefit concert. They had no idea that it’s almost the exact same line-up from that in only a few short years, with the line-up of beginning stage.

At first, they had a surplus of guitarists, no James Trimble on vocals and guitar, Justin bassist or bass (they eventually went out and purchased one) and no drummer. But from those initial practices at a home in the West Hills neighborhood, the Dirty Guvs started to take shape.

“The first couple years, we played five to ten concerts a year,” Trimble said. “Most of us were still in school, or had just graduated and were working different side-jobs. But we just kept at.”

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2009, when the band performed for the first impressive, however, is that it was paid for time at Bonnaroo. solely through fan donations at “I had been to Bonnaroo as a festival Kickstarter.com. attendee before, but I had no idea what to “I remember when we set up the site and expect as an artist,” Trimble said. “We just set the goal at $20,000,” Trimble said. “And had such a good time, getting to play and get with Kickstarter, if you don’t meet your goal, to know other artists… I really came out of you don’t get any money… We were thinking that experience knowing it would just be so embarthat I was going to do rassing if we didn’t raise a whatever it took to lot of money. But we made make a career out of it, and it was like that show “ t wasn’t this. I felt a sense of purat Bonnarroo, it was proof pose.” that this music and this art written and And with that sense that we were creating has of purpose, the band has really connected with peorecorded in soldiered on, releasing ple.” between classes three albums: “The One of those people that Dirty Guv’nahs” (which the band has connected with and day jobs.. was released before is Kathleen Carlson, a senior their show at in history.

It’s a more Bonnaroo), “Youth Is In “I think they’re a great mature sound.”

Our Blood,” and local band,” Carlson said.

“Somewhere Beneath “They opened Bonnaroo -James Trimble discussing These Southern Skies.” this year and they’re going the band’s new album With each album, the up... band’s sound has pro“I just want more people gresses, as they have grown and evolved as to listen to them, because I know, like me, that musicians, with their most recent release as they’ll love them.” the penultimate example of that change.

No matter how far the band goes, Trimble “We took more time with this album, and his bandmates will never forget that first because it’s what we do full-time now,” show, and how different their lives are now Trimble said. “It wasn’t written and recorded because of it. in between classes and day jobs… It’s a more “We were really just thinking that this mature sound. We keep our Southern roots, would be an amazing story for later in life, you but we put a lot more thought into each of the know, the one time we played a rock show,” songs.”

Trimble said. “But now, after 150 stories like What makes the Dirty Guvs’ new album so that later, we’re doing this for a living.”

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Student accepts prestigious Haslam Scholarship Bearden High School graduate endures to earn coveted UT scholarship Wesley Mills News Editor Some days have a different feel than others.

Last fall was one of those for freshman Tor Vorhees.

He went into school extra early for some unfinished business regarding scheduling.

Vorhees was doing senior experience, a program that Bearden High School offers to students who want to utilize and improve their independent research, problemsolving, creative thinking and other skills.

He wanted to take it as a class, but because he was unsure at the time, he didn’t put it down while making his schedule. He went in early to see if the guidance office at BHS could help alter his schedule to what he wanted.

One of the guidance counselors in the room mentioned the Haslam Scholarship, the most prestigious merit scholarship available for UT students, to Vorhees and said that he should apply.

He did.

It was rather taxing on him. After a self-nomination, an application, being one of the 60 semifinalists to interview with then Associate Provost and Director of the Chancellor’s Honors and Haslam Scholars program Steve Dandaneau, partaking in finalist’s weekend with 30 others where there was a group interview, a one-onone interview and a discussion of the book “The

Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” — in which he had to write an essay on and return it - then, and only then, could he finally relax and wait for the phone call.

For Vorhees, it came after a long day of anticipating and twiddling of thumbs.

“There was a time frame you would most likely be called if you got it and if you didn’t get it,” he said. “It was very stressful to wait during that because I was just sitting next to my phone waiting, basically holding my breath.”

For a high school senior, there’s not much he hasn’t done.

This past summer he hopped across the pond to tour Europe with some fellow seniors and Connie Francis, a teacher at BHS. Every year, Francis organizes some type of international trip for mostly seniors and those that want to go can go. This year, they hit Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria and Hungary in 18 days.

The BHS graduate plans to start UT in the fall, but it wasn’t before he experienced a vast array of cultures beforehand.

Vorhees is one of 15 students to receive the Haslam Scholarship, a four-year scholarship that includes a total estimated cost of instate tuition and fees, the average cost of an on-campus room and board, books and other financial benefits exclusive to Haslam Scholars.

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UT students accept grant, create company Wesley Mills News Editor Two skylines dominate Cincinnati, Ohio. The first is more of a 10-second glimpse of spectacularly aligned buildings that drivers see after coming up and over I-71.

The second is their Skyline Chili.

Scattered over and around the city, this specially made chili is decorated onto spaghetti, hot dogs and sandwiches. This chili is unique to Cincinnati, but it gave life to an idea junior Jake Rheude had.

A major in entrepreneurship, Rheude is no stranger to starting up his own business.

Before he came to UT, he ran an exotic car detailing business in Cincinnati where he would go to client’s houses and detail their show cars or exotic cars.

Now he’s cooking up a buffalo chicken dip.

SummerSett Foods is the company that Rheude and Cedric Brown, junior in accounting and finance at UT, have

started and have just received $10,000 from the Boyd Venture Fund to start investing in their company.

The recipe for the dip is simple enough that a high-schooler could make it, yet no business has found any sort of cornerstone on the market for this snack pal.

“A product that my friends and I always used to make from scratch in

high school was a buffalo chicken dip,” he said. “It’s similar in the fact that it’s a cream cheese base, but it’s usually got chicken and some sort of buffalo sauce and cheese.”

Thinking this was something unique to Cincinnati, Rheude came down to Knoxville only to be pleasantly surprised to find everyone on football Saturdays making his or her own buffalo chicken dip.

Rheude ventured to Kroger one weekday afternoon to find a couple packs of frozen dip that he could stick in his dorm room refrigerator.

They didn’t have any, nor were there really any in existence after Rheude researched it. And so the idea was formed.

“It’s about 30 percent cream cheese,” he said. “It’s got a little bit of ranch and blue cheese in it, and then it’s just shredded up chicken breasts and a special sauce that we’ve developed. It’ll be served in the frozen aisles of grocery stores in a 12 oz. container, and you’ll just be able to put in the microwave for 2-3 minutes, add cheese to it and you’ll be good to go.”

Rheude and Brown think that SummerSett Foods, and this buffalo chicken dip, have a real shot at getting some legs and making headway as soon as this December.

But they are not alone. Graduate of Chef ’s Academy in Indianapolis, Indiad;af., Marcie Douglass is the brains behind the bowl.

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Cheek to focus on better communication Wesley Mills News Editor

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Jimmy Cheek discusses Big Orange Big Ideas with Daily Beacon editorial staff members Wesley Mills, Blair Kuykendall, and Preston Peeden during an interview on July 27.

SUMMERSETT FOODS continued from Page 10B Last spring, SummerSett Foods hosted a recipe contest for the students of Chef’s Academy. Students signed up on their website, and SummerSett Foods would narrow down the recipes till they felt confident in one.

But Douglass said they felt like her recipe was superior to the rest.

“They were primarily looking for a buffalo chicken dip,” she said. “They were going to do a taste testing, but when they read they my recipe, this is the way I understand it, compared to the rest of the recipes, it was far superior to the other recipes so they just declared me the winner.”

Douglass had previously been making a version of this buffalo chicken dip using bottled sauces, but when the recipe contest came around, she made her own version of the hot sauce from scratch.

Rheude said that the money they received from the Boyd Venture Fund is now the launching pad for success of SummerSett Foods and their snack dip delight.

“That money is going to go towards the packaging design, the nutrition label and trade marking some of the different things that are going to go on our actual packaging,” he said.

In December, Rheude’s goals it is to travel through some different states to see which grocery stores would be interested in their snack dip.

Rheude attributes much of the success of winning the Boyd Venture competition to Randall Mitchell, president of Smoky Mountain Cheese

Dip, who really propelled them with some ideas and strategies.

“He was able to give us a streamline checklist of what we need to do, where we need to do it, who we need to do it with and how much it’s going to cost us to be able to start selling this to grocery stores,” Rheude said. “I think going into Boyd having such backed up numbers, and knowing exactly how much money we needed and where we needed it really helped us get the financing in order for that competition.”

Now that a plan has been set and the money has been provided, the steps are in order for SummerSett Foods to move into their next phase of business.

Douglass thinks that before long, this could be smash hit.

“I have a feeling Jake’s company is going to be a household name if this lands in the right hands,” she said. “I think it’s going to be really big. Every party I’ve ever gone to and anytime I’ve ever made it, people love it. People always want me to bring it, people always want a recipe.”

Rheude has done some studying of the product of Goldstar Chili and thinks after seeing what they have done, this buffalo chicken dip could really take off.

In comparison, Rheude said that Goldstar Chili produces revenue of $15 million a year just from their grocery store sells, only selling in the greater Cincinnati area, and in extremely high competition with Skyline Chili.

“So there’s a lot of money to be made by making 60 cents per units sold times several million units if you can sell that many,” Rheude said.

“Our goal is to have a product that sits on the grocery shelves around $3.40.”

Chancellor Jimmy Cheek wants to communicate with students, and he wants to do it better. He made that clear to The Daily Beacon in an hour-long sit down he did recently with the paper.

Cheek said that one of the primary goals for the upcoming year is to communicate effectively with students and to listen to what they have to say.

The chancellor said he is willing and able to meet with any student who wants to voice their concerns or has questions in person.

“From my perspective, I feel like I have very good communication with any student I get to interact with,” Cheek said. “My issue is I don’t get to interact with many different students and I’d like to interact with more.”

Coming back from spring break, Cheek said that one parent told him that her daughter was shocked to find that the University Center parking garage was being tore down. “’She always parked at that garage and you all took it down and nobody told her,’” Cheek said quoting the mother.

Cheek said that UT has sent out items on cone zones as well as multiple public relation statements to let students know that demolition of the UC garage would be underway after spring break.

It’s not just construction issues, but a variety of other areas where Cheek said that he felt like him and his administration have done a good job in communicating with students, but still need to do better.

“I’m not satisfied with the way that we communicate with students, but it is a priority for us,” Cheek said. “We’ve certainly spent a lot of time with student leadership, we’ve had much more difficulty communicating with the whole student body.”

Senator Cason Hewgley, Director of Public Relations for SGA and Arts and Sciences, and senior in political science, said that there is frequent interaction between student government and the chancellor.

“We eat lunch with the chancellors and other members of the administration at least once a month, which provides a great opportunity for dialogue,” Hewgley said. “Also, members of the executive branch have a weekly meeting with the chancellor and the rest of the administration to discuss current campus issues.”

Hewgley admits that he feels he may have a stronger pull than the average student towards the chancellor, but he said that the SGA is a pretty good representation of the student population as a whole.

“As far as SGA being truly representative of the student body, the annual elections are fairly held in a democratic fashion, so the elected body accurately represents the preferences of those who voted,” Hewgley said.

In the meetings that Cheek has had with student leadership, he’s agreed that communication with students is more necessary than it’s ever been.

One of the tactics he’s used to communicate with students is setting up lunches with those who reach out to him with questions and concerns.

“Anything students have asked me to go to I’ve gone to,” Cheek said. “We try to have some meetings with students, sometimes that’s successful and sometimes that’s not.”

A self-proclaimed student-oriented person, Cheek knows that the challenge is trying to effectively reach 20,000 students.

Hewgley said he believes the perception of students is that Cheek is out of touch with students’ interests.

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Jimmy Cheek explains about how he hopes to open communication with UT students during an interview on July 25.

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HASLAM continued from Page 10B But there’s much more to Vorhees than a smart brain and a free ride.

While at BHS, Vorhees was a member of the Science Olympiad team, a science-based that that competes in competitions with more than 6,200 teams from 50 U.S. states. Teams competed in 23 events that spanned the science field from life science to physical science to earth science.

Karen Jones was Vorhees’ coach all through middle and high school. Jones said that Vorhees seemed inquistive when she first met him and then began to realize how hard of a worker he was.

“He has participated in Science Olympiad in fields from life sciences like food science all the way into the engineering sciences like robotics,” she said. “Anything that he tried he was successful at and he was very persistent. If something wasn’t going well, he would continue to work at till he got it the way that it needed to be.”

Jones said Vorhees being a member of the team is going to help when he gets into college and is already steering him towards his directed goals.

“I think that was probably one of the most important things towards his choice of career,” she said.

“I think he’s extremely deserving of the Haslam Scholarship. I think he exemplifies everything the scholarship stands for.”

This past summer, Vorhees went to Guatemala with the Sunlight Puppeteers of Central Baptist Church of Bearden. While there, they ministered to impoverished children and their families.

“The puppets are really good for that,” he said.

“They will attract the children and then the parents

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Along with puppets, the team put in stoves and chicken coups as well as donating items likes shoes and clothing to families in need.

An undecided engineering student, Vorhees hopes that college helps him flesh out some ideas as to what he wants to do once he graduates.

An ex-intern with UT’s Department of Animal Science, he is still very much interested in the natural sciences and biology, although he feels the tug towards either mechanical or electrical engineering.

Grateful for the opportunity, Vorhees said that it’s a great feeling when the love is mutual.

“It’s a real humbling experience when the institution you’ve grown to love shows that it loves you back in that way,” he said.

Many incoming freshman will experience new things in the fall. Bigger classes, much more freedom and orange-clad Saturdays are on the top of the to-do list.

And like those freshman, Vorhees is glad to be out of the high school shadow and breaking into the college light.

“I’m really just ready for the college atmosphere,” he said. “I’m looking forward to the classes, the dorms, the experience in general; but I’m also looking forward to catching back up with all the friends that I made at the orientation weekend, both Haslam Scholar and other friends. And, of course, I’m looking forward to game day at UT.” The other Haslam Scholar recipients that will be joining him are Summer Awad, Chris Barnes, Benjamin Brock, Franco D’Aprile, Sharvari Desai, Sarah Hagaman, Macy Harrison, Craig Jones, Ben Miller, Grayson Mynatt, Andrea Richardson, Kati Lou Rogers, Sahba Seddighi and Elizabeth Stanfield.

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The Tennessee Theatre is one of the landmark buildings on Gay Street.

Students await football season Austin Bornheim Assistant Sports Editor There is a lot of speculation surrounding the Tennessee football program this season.

Will Derek Dooley keep his job? Will the trio of Tyler Bray, Justin Hunter and Da’Rick Rogets produce the way fans hope? Will they be in Knoxville after this season? But in the wake of all of the debates, students on Rocky Top are optimistic that this season will be different than the past two.

“I think we’ll be a lot better than the past two years,” said Jeff Tulham, junior in architecture. “In Dooley’s first year the team had to learn a new system then last year injuries put the

team in a tough position. If they are healthy this year we’ll be a force.”

The Volunteers are coming off their first back-to-back losing season since the Taft administration, but fans are hopeful for what All-American receiver Rogers and star wideout Hunter can do against defenses.

“I love watching Da’Rick. He is a fun player who makes big plays when it comes to him,” said Jessica Stevens, sophomore in business. “The SEC has some of the best defenses around but Da’Rick was able to do a whole lot even without Justin on the other side.”

Though students in Knoxville are hoping for the best, the SEC Media picked the

Vols to finish fourth in the SEC East this year, behind Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.

“We’ll have some really tough games, but you always do when you play in the SEC,” said Heath Avery, junior in geography. “We lost to Kentucky last season so hopefully the guys will have a chip on their shoulder with something to prove this year.”

The Volunteers will host Alabama, Florida and SEC newcomer Missouri this season, which should make for exciting weekends this fall.

“I can’t wait for gameday.

There is nothing like it, especially in the SEC. It doesn’t get any better,” said Tulham.

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Bray plays like he did before his injury we will be fine.”

The season is only a few weeks away and hopes are high in Knoxville for 2012.

There are high hopes for the Volunteers this year and students are ready for the Big Orange to take to the field once more.

“There is nothing like seeing the team sprint out of the ‘T’ before the first home game. It is one of the best tradition in sports,” said Tulham.

“Of course hosting the defending National Champion will be very exciting and Florida is always fun, but I think I’m most excited to see Missouri for the first time,” said Stevens. “They don’t really know what it’s like to be in the SEC yet, so as a Tennessee fan I want to give them a warm welcoming to Neyland.”

With Dooley’s job in apparent danger, fans will be watching the decision-making and outcome of every game with even more intent than usual.

“I like Dooley, he seems like a really nice guy, but we haven’t won a single important game under him since he came,” said Avery. “It’s going to take him eight wins to keep his job.

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Beatles tribute band to play Knoxville Morgan McConnell Assistant News Editor Beatles fans are in for a treat this month with the Knoxville arrival of 1964 “A Tribute,” arguably the closest one can get to seeing those four lovable lads from Liverpool present day.

The band, which has been hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest Beatles tribute band of all time, will play at the Tennessee Theater the evening of August 10th. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are still available at the box office, costing $27.

The group first formed in 1984, making their longevity as an active, touring band three times that of the original Fab Four. Mark Benson, the “John” of the quartet, founded the act. Striking out on his own after playing for a previous Beatles tribute, he roped his pal, the recently late Gary Grimes, into joining him as Paul. James Pou and Greg George rounded out the group as George and Ringo, respectively, later on.

The act is well noted for their commitment to authenticity, although a few differences between

the original and replication do exist, one being Junior pyschology major Jordana Dunn, a selfsound quality. proclaimed “Paul girl,” is hoping that Yesterday is “People will come up to us and say, ‘I saw the one such prospective song.

“I’m crossing my Beatles in 1964 and the fingers that they play only difference is I can hear you,’” said Benson. it,” she said. “It is the A second difference is most covered song of length of sets. Early in all time for good reason.” their career, when the Dunn expects to Beatles still played live see a turn out of shows pre-Sgt. Pepper, the lads performed two Beatles fans spansets lasting 30 minutes ning all ages at the apiece with no encore. event.

“I’m really hoping Today, 1964 plays 45 I get to meet some minute sets.

• Photo courtesy of 1964 the Tribute “We tried playing the people who saw the original 30, but people actual Beatles play in weren’t happy with that,” said Benson. the 60s,” she said. “That would just be the coolest Sets consist of mainly the band’s early work, thing.”

A younger crowd will also be present for the including hits like “She Loves You,” “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”, and “A Hard Day’s Night.” A experience, she thinks. few selections from the middle period of the “I have some friends who will be going and I’m group’s career are thrown into the mix. sure we won't be the only college-aged kids there,” she said. “The Beatles music resonates with multiple generations. There’s just some-

thing about the Beatles that make them so timeless.”

The tribute helps provide eagerly anticipatory fans like Dunn with as realistic of an experience as possible by honing the small details.

Beatles boots are worn, cheeky on-stage asides by band members made, and vintage costumes and equipment used.

Alistair Taylor, former president of Apple Records, was amazed upon seeing the tribute.

“The resemblance was uncanny,” he said. “It sent shivers down my spine. It was just like the boys. Never have I seen another group go to such detail... It’s like the born-again Beatles.”

Such acclaim from such exalted places has led to the group performing prestigious gigs, including at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool. The group also carries the unique distinction of being the only tribute officially approved by a Beatles’ relative.

Louise Harrison, sister to the late great George, was so moved after seeing a ‘64 performance that she threw a party at her home in their honor.

No matter their age, audience members can expect an entertaining, authentic Beatles experience with 1964.

Nursing professor receives award Wesley Mills News Editor Tami Wyatt grew up around nurses. She baby-sat for them. She had them for relatives.

She knew a lot about them. It made sense then that she was destined to become one of them.

Wyatt’s first experience in nursing came when she went straight into the neonatal intensive care unit in 1988.

From there, however, she realized that she wanted to teach.

After receiving her doctorate degree from the University of Virginia, Wyatt traveled west to UT to teach at the College of Nursing.

During the eight years she’s been at UT, she has earned plenty of awards to show for it. She is a 2012 Harvard Macy Health Education Professions Educator Scholar, Tennessee Nurses Association Nursing Teaching Excellence recipient, and recipient of many other awards.

But Wyatt has never received an award like the one she will receive on Sept. 21, when she will be inducted into the Academy of Nursing

Education Fellows, part of the National League of Nursing’s Academy of Nursing Education.

“This is just recognition for contributions to nursing education,” Wyatt said.

The award does not just recognize professors for doing their job, but instead for doing more than what was expected from them at their job.

“The key to receiving an award like this is that I must demonstrate ways that I’ve gone above and beyond my duties as a professor to expand nursing education,” Wyatt said.

“Not just how I meet my job responsibility, but what I’ve done above and beyond that.”

Wyatt’s education specialty is technology.

She has a degree in instructional design, and she uses a lot of different technologies to try and enhance educational experiences.

Along with some others, Wyatt just recently built an application that is used for educational purposes and sold it to an international publishing company.

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‘Accidental Asian’ to spark discussion on ethnic identity Morgan McConnell Assistant News Editor UT’s Life of the Mind book selection, “The Accidental Asian,” is set to spark discussion amongst freshmen about ethnic identification and what it means to be American, among other themes.

The collection of essays and short memoirs, published by author Eric Liu in 1998, has been critically praised by major reviewers from the “New York Times” Book Review and “Time” magazine.

The work has also been generally well received by the newest crop of fledgling Vols.

Freshman Nate Choi found himself identifying with some of the work’s themes.

“It’s a good book and I like it,” he said. “Being a second generation Asian-American myself, I can relate to a couple things the author writes about.”

Choi believes the work may have been chosen due to its unique providing of a cultural perspective that can admittedly be underrepresented in the South.

“Being in Knoxville, the Asian population is a bit low.

Maybe that’s why they chose it?” he speculated. “Or to bring awareness of discrimination and racism, not just of Asians, but other cultures as well? I’m not sure.”

Fellow Freshman Sarah Walden thinks the book was chosen introduce students to concepts of diversity.

“I think UT chose this book because they wanted to open up dialogue about people being different from each other and that being totally okay,”

she said. “I think college is going to be a lot different from high school because not only are the things that set you apart and make you different accepted here, they're celebrated. I think people are going to be a lot more open minded in college than maybe some where in school — they should be!”

Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan Martin hopes the Life of the Mind committee's selection will get students talking about what it means to be a member of the stars and stripes.

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“In what President John F. Kennedy once called a nation of immigrants, questions remain: Is ‘Americaness’ something one is or does? What do our multicultural identities — African-American, AsianAmerican, Chinese-American, etc. say about how we make sense of ourselves and the world around us?”

Although Choi, like many freshman, could understand and appreciate the importance of the themes in the book, he nevertheless questioned its

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status as a mandatory read for all Freshmen.

“I think freshmen should not have to read a summer reading book,” he said. “I thought I was done with summer reading when I graduated.”

Choi can admittedly understand the school's rationale for assigning the book, however.

“They want to keep our minds in a state where they when classes start our brains won't be completely mush,” he said.

Freshman nursing major Savannah Cox thinks UT had other intentions when mandating the reading of the “Accidental Asian.”

“I think they wanted everyone to have something in common right off the bat,” she said. “They wanted everyone to have a common interest, if you can call it that.”

Cox doesn’t believe she will make any fast friends with people solely over shared opinions of Liu’s writing.

“That’s a bit silly, but I suppose they will break us up into discussion groups,” she said.

“It’s such a big school, it’s a good thing to let people get to know each other on a smaller, more personal basis.”

Whatever UT’s intention in assigning the work, it is sure to be a platform for discussion amongst freshmen as school returns this month.

“I teach how to use it, I teach with it, I build it, and I research it,” she said.

But Wyatt’s colleagues don’t exclusively know her as a professor with high IQ, innovative technology and awards to back it up. Rather, she’s known as personable, patient and peaceful.

“Dr. Wyatt is a great listener and encourager,” Sandy Mixer, assistant professor in the College of Nursing, said. “She is a master at assisting others with problem solving and examining options.

She helps people become the best they can be.”

Mixer said Wyatt’s door is always open for students and faculty to come in and talk with her about anything.

Mixer met Wyatt four years ago, and the impression Wyatt made on Mixer has been lasting.

“Dr. Wyatt lives by faith,” Mixer said. “Her principles, integrity, and character demonstrate this strong foundation.”

Mixer says that her devotion to excellence and her willingness to think beyond the here and now puts her ahead of those in her field.

“Everything Dr. Wyatt does demonstrates excellence — whether teaching, engaging in scholarship, or service,” Mixer said. “She is a visionary. She sees the world of education and

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educational technology and envisions what it can become, then she invests the creative energy and hard work to make it happen.”

But it’s the small things — the impromptu meetings with students, the time to mentor colleagues, and the desire to always learn — that make her who she is today.

“As she is teaching, she is learning and as she is learning, she is teaching,” Mixer said. “That is an example of a master educator.”

This is the NLN’s sixth class of fellows, but the first ever class to award a UT professor. When Wyatt first got news that she received this award, she was flooded with humility.

“For me, it’s always important to reflect how you received that type of recognition,” she said.

“I always feel very humbled when things like this happen because what I know is no one can accomplish these type of goals without a great deal of support and encouragement from your fellow colleagues, from your university and from your administration. I’ve always received that.”

In some cases, people have to go through obstacles and climb mountains and cut down trees to get to their reward. In the case of Wyatt, her support is what enabled this achievement.

“I’ve never been told no,” she said. “I’ve never been told I couldn’t explore the things I wanted to do. I’ve always been fully supported. When I receive awards and recognitions, it really makes me feel quite humbled, and certain that I am at UT, where I am supposed to be.”

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Preston Peeden Arts and Culture Editor “So what is there to do in this town?”

This question has been asked by countless new arrivals to this campus, who on their first true weekend in college are left wondering how to enjoy their newfound freedom and their new home for the next several years.

With any new surrounding, there is certain level of comfort that needs to be obtained. For most people, the search begins with where to

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eat, then where to hang out and finally where to spend a night out. For Knoxville, one of the oldest cities in the state, the options are nearly endless.

For campus life, however, the scope of activities rarely goes past the downtown bubble of the Cumberland Avenue, campus, Downtown, the Old City and Market Square. But in this short radius, more than four years worth of Knoxville’s and to a greater extent a global fare of entertainment, food arts and culture can be found.

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Fall movies season offers diverse selection Sylvester Stallone’s 90s film “Judge Dredd,” are Arts and Culture Editor destined to be overlymacho clunkers.

August is upon us, which in the movie Following world means that the days of blockbusters are September, the movie gone, and what replaces it is considered by season starts to get many to be a slow period in the industry for back in gear in October, releases. with several big movies To label the fall as a slow season is not an on slate. The first unfair judgment. Box office sales numbers are release of note is usually less as studios shift focus away from “Frankenweenie,” a the huge money making projects (superhero Tim Burton remake of movies anyone?) and instead start making his own 1984 short film the more Oscar-worthy pictures that will of the same name. The draw in more critical acclaim and less “Sold film follows a young Out” notices. boy trying to desperateThe fall’s label as slow, however, is not ly to revive his beloved completely deserved. It just has the great mispooch, and the fallout fortune of being sandwiched between the two of when he actually sucbiggest windows for movie releases with the ceeds. The movie • Photo courtesy of rottentomatoes.com summer and winter holidays. Regardless of it brings Burton back to a being overshadowed, this year’s fall is filled opens September 28. The film’s premise is medium that he is essentially king of, stopwith movies that (like all good movies) interesting (though also a little lame if you motion animated films, but this time around should delight, entrance, and entertain. think about it too much), essentially whenev- the film is shot entirely in black-and-white The first weekend of the fall movie season er the mob wants someone dead, they send (making it the first IMAX 3D film to be done starts usually after Labor Day weekend, a day them back 30 years in the past, where a hired as such). With a talented cast of voice actors, that film studio executives try and cram the gun is waiting. Gordon-Levitt is one of those Burton is sure to delight. The next big release last drop of over-the-top action movies into hired men, but he is forced into a difficult sit- will be “Taken 2,” which will pick up the story the waining light of the summer uation when one of his targets turns out to be from the hugely popular “Taken,” which sur(“Expendables 2” for example). So in that his future self, prised almost everyone with its performance played by Willis. at the box offices. The story is simple for this, The film employs the haggard and yet never aging Liam Neeson some impressive will punch a lot of people in the throat and make-up work, so speak in a gruff voice. So essentially, its as to make Gordon- assured to be worth the price of admission.

Levitt look more And following that, “Argo,” the new Ben like a younger Affleck film, is sure to entertain with its largWillis, and (judging er-than-life true story of six hostages in the from the trailer) 1979 Iran hostage crisis. they have succeedFinishing off the fall season will be the ed. Also the last penultimate month of November, where there time Gordon-Levitt will be more than enough Oscar-bait to go and director Rain around. The month opens with the Robert Johnson teamed up Zemeckis directed and Denzel Washington was in 2005’s led film “Flight,” which will live and die by “Brick,” which was Washington’s ability to act within Zemeckis’ a surprisingly good occasionaly overly-cheesy vehicles, and the movie, so expecta- Disney animated picture “Wreck-It Ralph,” • Photo courtesy of rottentomatoes.com tions are high. But which seems to be the most original idea out besides “Looper,” the month of September of Hollywood in years. From there, the vein, September is usually a schizophrenic seems to have problems with being able to month’s biggest release weekend is November month, in that it is torn between the artclassify itself. Films like “How to Survive a 9, where not only the Stephen Spielberg film housey ways of the fall and the feeling of Plague,” a powerful documentary about “Lincoln” opens (with Daniel Day-Lewis as excess and heavy-handedness of the summer.

HIV/AIDS activist groups, scream of the more the titular role, it’s hard to go wrong), but so The first big release of that month is thought out movies that are synonymous with too does “Skyfall,” the new Bond film, and “Looper,” the time-traveling action/sci-fi the fall season, but other movies like “Dredd,” “Anna Karenia.” All three films will be in conmovie that star Bruce Willis and the seemingthe completely unnecessary remake of sideration for major awards, “Lincoln” and ly ever-present Joseph Gordon-Levitt, which

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“Anna Karenia” for directing, writing and acting, and “Skyfall” for its special-effects, makeup work and soundtrack. From there, November closes out the pre-Thanksgiving rush (a holiday generally considered to be the boundary between the fall and winter movie seasons) with two big releases. The first being the conclusion to the “Twilight Saga,” which will be sure to send almost every preteen girl in this country into a Robert Pattinson-fueled tizzy, and “Life of Pi,” the Ang Lee directed adaptation of Yann Martel’s 2001 novel of the same name. Both will do well at the box office, but “Life of Pi” will receive more critical acclaim.

The fall movie season is anything but a downtime. But rather, this fall is a period of the occasional summer-esque blockbuster action flick, mixed with strong character dramas like “Lincoln” and other uniue film ideas like “Argo” and “Wreck-it Ralph.” Overall, this fall should be anything but dissapointing at the box offices.

— Preston Peeden is a senior in history. He can be reached at ppeeden@utk.edu.

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Staff Writer The University of Tennessee is well-known for a multitude of reasons: Neyland Stadium and its large capacity, the Fort, Pat Summitt, but not for its beauty. Around every corner, construction looms; orange cones dot every roadway. Within this concrete jungle, students often feel trapped and restricted.

Whenever the Hill just is not enough to climb, students should embrace the nearby mountains.The Great Smoky Mountains National Park provides a meaningful escape from the hustle and bustle of Knoxville.

The west entrance of the neighboring national park lies only an hour away down Highway 129 from the agricultural campus. The Smokies house thousands of species and is the most biodiverse place north of the Equator. With almost 900 miles of trails, 2000 miles of streams, and countless opportunities, students can find a home somewhere within the 520,000 acre preserved area.

After a few days of cramped up city life, students are dying to experience the sheer awe and unadulterated beauty that can only be found outside of campus.

Welcome back outside.

Historically rich and wildlife abundant, Cades Cove sees well over four million visitors annually alone. Cades Cove is not an ideal place to go to escape people. This area of the park lies low within a valley housing several old homesites dating back to the early 1800s.

Trails within this area remain steady in terms of elevation gain for the most part. A great day hike that most can manage is Abrams Falls. Abrams Falls is a five mile roundtrip hike that leads to the most powerful waterfall in the Smokies.

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Cades Cove

Big Creek Swimming holes, waterfalls and a quiet frontcountry campground makes Big Creek a good escape from any sort of distraction. Big Creek is a local favorite and often an undervisited and lesser appreciated area of the Smokies.

On the Big Creek Trail, visitors have the potential of seeing and playing in two waterfalls. The Midnight Hole and Mouse Creek Falls are a hop, skip and a jump down a horse trail with a level gradient.

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OUTSIDE continued from Page 3C Greenbrier Located near the middle of the Smokies, Greenbrier successfully manages to avoid being insanely busy like the Sugarlands or Roaring Fork areas while providing an even better outlet for recreational fun. Greenbrier, much like Cades Cove, is an old community from the 1800s and 1900s. Hundreds of people claimed this area to be home.

Visitors are still able to find old homesites of these past residents. Greenbrier is also one of the few areas people are able to locate virgin forest. Before the creation of the national park in 1934, logging was prevalent with this area. Over 75% of the now existing national park was logged at one time or another.

Greenbrier successfully survived the logging era because of its difficult to maneuver mountains. A great trail to hike to see not only the tallest waterfall in

the park but some of the largest trees located in Appalachia is Ramsey Cascades. Ramsey Cascades proves time and time again to be an extremely challenging trail but nonetheless rewarding.

Newfound Gap Some students may feel inclined to head for the hills and escape the lower elevation heat. Newfound Gap rises at 5,046 feet. The Appalachian Trail crosses Highway 441, otherwise known as Newfound Gap Road, at this location.

Four miles in on the Appalachian Trail from Newfound Gap, people can find one of the best views in the Smokies called Charlies Bunion.

Newfound Gap itself occurs right before the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Clingmans Dome. Clingmans Dome is a short half a mile walk from the parking lot to the actual observation tower. The temperatures at the higher elevations, such as Newfound Gap and Clingmans

Dome, are anywhere from ten to twenty degrees cooler than the lower elevations.

Cataloochee The megafauna of the Smokies are most commonly found in Cataloochee.

This remote area of the park resembles Cades Cove. Like Greenbrier and other areas, Cataloochee is an old community residing within this national park.

Cataloochee has plenty of opportunities with scenic beauty as well as wildlife viewing.

The elk was recently reintroduced to the Smokies back in 2001 and 2002.

Since then, the populations have resurfaced and Cataloochee has an active herd. Cataloochee is considerably more remote than Cades Cove. Cataloochee involves a minimum of a two hour drive from Knoxville, if not more. Cataloochee gives visitors an opportunity to escape the excitement and traffic of Cades Cove while still enjoying very similar scenic beauty.

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First Friday offers diverse experience for all types of students Emily Delanzo Staff Writer As a student, Fridays can mean a lot of things to different students. Some enjoy a night out on the town; others prefer a quiet night catching up in the library. But if you are looking for an artful adventure, seek no further than the Old City and other areas of downtown Knoxville.

Once a month on the first Friday of the calender, businesses and galleries downtown host local artists to highlight and provide a cultural and artistic escape from the norm. Starting around four o’clock, galleries highlight local artists.

These galleries often utilize the University of Tennessee's art program to invite student artists to show their work. These artists are able to sell work and show their best

and brightest to interested eyes. First Friday keeps Knoxville alive combining culture and fun.

“I love First Friday; I think it is a really great way to expose the Knoxville community and student population to art,” said Marigrace Angelo, a senior in studio art and Spanish. “A lot of times students don’t really know where to go to find and view art besides the Ewing Gallery and Knoxville Museum of Art.” Angelo continued, “With First Friday, it’s so much easier because you see other people going into galleries on Gay Street and usually you can just go taste test the different galleries and their vibes.”

Studios alongside Gay Street and all through downtown such as 501 Arthur, 8 Shooters Studio, Art Gallery of Knoxville, the Balcony Gallery,

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The 100 block of Gay Street is a popular place for people visiting First Friday. There are several galleries and eateries to choose from.

Fluorescent Gallery and the UT Downtown Gallery. All listings can be found online at knoxvillefirstfriday.com.

“I like the Ten Ten Gallery because it’s only students so you can see what your peers are working on,” said Angelo.

“Also, the UT Downtown Gallery is really cool because you get to see the works of your professors or the works of other professors in other disciplines that you wouldn't normally interact with.”

Also during these festivities, local venues also host bands. Downtown Knoxville’s excitement picks up for a few hours.

The galleries are normally open to around 10 p.m., but the excitement does not stop there. Be sure to peruse the downtown area or local bars to use your Friday to its fullest extent.

Emily Morin, a first year graduate student in biomedical engineering, encourages non-art students to go check out First Friday and its festivities.

“Go with a group of your friends and get to know some people. Don’t feel intimidated by being downtown,” said Morin.

“It’s a really good opportunity to explore more than just campus.”

Whether you go to get off campus or just to experience a change in mindset, go and be inspired by local artists.

“It’s always fun to see the stuff that the local artists come up with,” said Morin. And as an artist myself, it helps with my inspiration.”

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Downtown Gallery, one of UT’s off-site galleries, hosts a First Friday evening on Aug. 3 with artwork from current professors and some work from their permanent collection including Keith Haring and Chuck Close.

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The Emporium Center for Arts and Crafts is another popular gallery for First Friday on Aug. 8. The Emporium has two main areas for art and typically has finger foods and beverages.

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Friday, August 17 What: The Dirty Guv’nahs Where: Market Square When: N/A Price: FREE! Preston’s take: To say thank you for the support the band has received through their Kickstarter campain, the Guvs are hosting a free show in Market Square. The openers have yet to be announced, but this is the first time the band has been back in town since February. The show will fea• Photo courtesy of Dirty Guv’nahs ture fan-favorites from their previous two albums, as well as new material from their recent release, “Somewhere Beneath These Southern Skies.” This is sure to be a fun night. The Guvs are a great live band, and frontman James Trimble’s energy and stage presence is endless.

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What: Midnight Voyage Life presents Samples, Govinda and SubSqwad Where: The Ciderhouse When: 8 p.m.

Price: $8 in advance, $10 at the door Preston’s take: “Samples is a DJ/producer out of Denver who is known for his bass-heavy remixes of club and hip hop tracks with glitch hop, soulful dub step and almost any other style that is out there to be honest. He has risen to becoming one of the most well-known glitch-hop artists in the genre right now, with a sound that works at festivals and dance floors. Govinda has an almost similar story to Andrew Bird, but instead of making alt-rock indie tunes, this classically-trained violinist now spends his time making beats and remixes that have landed him spots at festivals like Coachella and SXSW. And SubSqwad is an upand-coming name on the dubstep/electronic music circuit. If you are a fan of the genre, than this is the place to be.

What: Summer Movie Magic presents “A Star is Born” Where: The Historic Tennessee Theatre When: 8 p.m.

Price: $8 Preston’s take: George Cukor’s classic musical follows a down-andout actor, Norman Maine (played by James Mason), who through a drunkenly coincidental run-in meets Esther Blodgett, an extremely talented showgirl (played by a rejuvenated post-“Wizard of Ox” Judy Garland). The pair form a friendship that eventually turns into a romance, but Esther’s rising fame and Maine’s fast plummeting one creates a tenuous strain on the pair. Garland received mass critical acclaim for her role in the film, with one critic from “Time” going as far as saying that her performance was “one of the best one-woman shows in modern movie history.” The film is a classic and well worth the price of admission. There will also be another showing on Sunday, August 19 at 2 p.m.

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What: Bubbly Mommy Gun with Wasted Youth Party Where: Pilot Light When: 10 p.m.

Price: $5 Preston’s take: Bubbly Mommy gun are a band out of Athens, GA with a whole lot of personality, an experimental feel and a great name. Wasted Youth is also a good band, with a nice feel to them. It should be a nice night overall.

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What: The “Master of FUNK” World Tour presents The Bar-Kays with ConFunkShun and the original Lakeside Where: World’s Fair Park When: 6 p.m Price: $35.50 Preston’s take: For those familiar with funk, these three groups are no strangers. The Bar-Kays have been kicking around since the mid60s and are probably best known for their songs “Soul Finger” and “Son of Shaft,” ConFunkShun topped the charts in the 70s with “Ffun” and Lakeside’s original members created hits like “Fantastic Voyage,” and “Outrageous.” This is a night that is for seasoned funk fans, and even new initiates. The price is steep but the groups make up for it. Also, World’s Fair Park is a great venue for any concert, well worth a trip.

What: Paleface Where: Barley’s Pizzeria and Taproom When: 10 p.m.

Price: FREE Preston’s take: Paleface is an accomplished indie-folk musician who has been kicking around the industry since the late 1980s, and his current lineup features himself and his partner in crime Monica “Mo” Samalot on drums and vocals.

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What: Soft Opening with Smoking Nurse Where: Pilot Light When: 10 p.m.

Price: $5 Preston’s take: Soft Opening is a heavily psychedelic band out of Asheville with a good sound and a good stage presence, while the Smoking Nurses are a • Photo courtesy of Soft Opening bluegrass/hardcore mix out of Ontario with an incredible name. It’s a good price and a good venue, so definitely worth going to see just to say that you saw something different for a change.

Monday, August 20 What: Ted Nugent’s Great White Buffalo Tour with Laura Wilde Where: The Historic Tennessee Theatre When: 8 p.m.

Price: $35-$57 Preston’s take: A man, a myth, a legend, Ted Nugent is all of these things and more. The Motor City Madman is one of the greatest guitarists to ever pick up an ax. He and his Gibson have made such classics as “Cat Scratch Fever,” “Stranglehold,” and “Journey to the Center of the Mind” over a career spanning nearly fifty years. Though currently, Nugent may be better known by the younger generation for his conservative politics, views on gun rights, and his recent inflammatory comments towards President Obama (something that earned him scrutiny from the Secret Service), few can play a guitar like this man can. He is touring here with Laura Wilde, a femme fatale, who is a self-described mix of Motorhead with the appeal of Blondie. The tickets are steep, but come on, it’s Ted Nugent. No more arguments are necessary.

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Central and Jackson Avenues, or even Gay Street, where comfy cafes are nestled near a multiplex movie theatre and continued from Page 1C large stage venues, there are nights where downtown can offer more than For some students, like Sarah Mixon, even campus’ combined. a senior in Chemistry, the crux of their “As a freshman I looked for unique freshman year was spent near campus places that I wouldn’t have been able to on Cumberland Avenue, also known as experience when I was in high school,” “the Strip.” said Nick Love, a senior in Marketing.

“You can walk to just so many places “So I turned towards downtown and on the Stirp,” she said. “Copper Cellar, that’s where I found the Moe’s, almost everywhere is Knoxville Pearl. It’s a cereal bar, within walking distance and it was a very unique place from the dorms.” for me to hang out with friends Mixon is not alone with in a fun environment.” her fond memories, as for For Love, the downtown area many reminiscing upperhas actually allowed him to conclassmen, the Strip provides tinue to grow and expand his fond flashbacks. nighttime horizons.

“I didn’t really go any“I always try and go somewhere past the Strip until where knew at least once a my second year here,” said week,” he said. “Whether it’s a Trevor Guydon, a senior in restaurant or anywhere, I’m Industrial and Information looking for a new place and Engineering. “It’s affordable, Knoxville’s downtown has convenient and it was in allowed me to do that. walking distance, which was “Knoxville surprised me my great because I didn’t have a Preston Peeden • The Daily Beacon freshman year.” car.”

Like its student body, One of the Strip’s main The corner of Central Street and Jackson Avenue is appeals is that convenience considered to be the crux of the Old City. Located on Knoxville’s nightlife scene is not its location and businesses both of these streets are some of the areas most done evolving. In the ever-changpopular places, such as The Knoxville Pearl and ing landscape of locally-owned offer to its guests. bars, clubs and restaurants and “Everything is in a small Barley’s Pizzeria. the ever-present introduction of location and there’s so many Knoxville’s entertainment side does national chains, the face of this city’s options,” said Zach Valenti, a senior in Accounting. “You don’t really need to not just stay close to campus, but entertainment and culture is a diverse have an idea about where you’re going instead it radiates out and towards and growing entity.

“I feel like the city has grown a lot to begin the night, but still end up going downtown as well.

From Market Square, and its cornu- since I was a freshman,” said Love. somewhere... Anything you want is copia of food choices and venues, to the “And with that it’s become a much more there.”

But the Strip is more than just a four Old City, located at the intersection of fun place to live… And it has definitely

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lane road with restaurants, several competing bookstores and a couple bars thro-wn haphazardly along it, it is also one of the student body’s biggest meeting places.

“The thing about the Strip is that it’s a social place too,” Guydon said. “I used to go there sometimes just to meet people, or I’d go for food for myself and just run into someone I knew and hang out with them instead.”

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Gay Street is a central hub of downtown. There are many iconic Knoxville locations here including The Tennessee Theatre, the Bijou Theatre, as well as Mast General Store.

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Many things happen in Market Square during the year, much like the Shakespeare on the Square’s performance of “As You Like It” on Aug. 3. Other things like concerts and farmers markets will happen throughout the year.

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Cumberland Avenue, better known as the Strip, is one of the most common meeting grounds for students due to its diverse choices and convenient location.

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UT galleries offers diverse display Gabe Quistorff Staff Writer There is a menagerie of UT-sponsored galleries and exhibitions up and running as this fall semester begins.

An exhibit titled “The Owl and the Woodpecker” is currently running in the Frank H. McClung museum, showcasing the photography of Washington native, Paul Bannick.

The exhibit is based on Paul’s book of the same title and features photographs of the various species of owl and woodpecker throughout North America while explaining their importance to the ecosystems they inhabit.

“One of the things that surprised me while doing research for this book was how many new discoveries I made,” Paul said. “Each of us has the opportunity to be an explorer.”

Paul’s love of nature while artistically inspiring also drives his advocacy for environmental

do well to check out the exhibit and come out protection.

“The primary goal of my photography is to to the presentation.

Also on display is the Annual Alumni Art inspire conservation,” said Bannick. “I do exhibit, just one of believe that in order the many showcasto inspire conservaes on the VAC’s tion people need to figure out what it (Visual Arts means to them.”

Committee) proBannick made a gram for this compresentation on ing year.

August 12, at 2 The exhibition p.m. in McClung features the work of Museum demonsix graduates in the Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon strating various UC. bird calls and show- Work of Kelly Hider hangs in the UC con“It just goes to ing over 100 photo- course on June 28. Several UT alumni have show the UT comgraphs that are not their artwork hanging in the UC until Aug 31. munity extends in the exhibit. beyond gradua“I don’t mean to be boastful,” he said, “but I tion,” said David Brown, junior in communicaput on a good show.” tions said of the exhibit.

Any outdoors enthusiast or anyone interestThe gallery ranges from materials art to ed in forest preservation or photography would impressionist paintings to a series on the Urban

Land Scouts, a group dedicated to environmental stewardship in Eastern Tennessee. It’s convenient location and flexible hours (the same as the University Center’s) make the exhibition easy for anyone to enjoy.

James Ballard, member of the Central Programming Council and vice president of the Cultural Attractions Committee said of his organizations’ synergy with the Visual Arts Committee.

“We are excited to work with fellow programming committees this year,” Ballard said.

“We are gearing up for a lot of collaboration to bring some cool and interesting things to campus this fall.”

UT’s downtown Ewing Gallery on Gay Street is currently showcasing an exhibit titled Figurative Works on Paper and will be featuring new galleries as the school year progresses. In short, this fall will definitely present a diverse and unique display of the visual arts available to students and the general public.

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Gretchen Bundy, graduate student in sculpture, walks around the Ewing Gallery examining Amy Hand’s MFA thesis show on April 23. Ewing Gallery is an on-campus art gallery dedicated often to visiting artists as well as the MFA thesis shows. Ewing Gallery is located on the first floor of the Art and Architecture building.

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A part of the Egypt exhibit is shown in McClung Museum on July 7, 2010.

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Contreras finds voice, different role with new Americana band Preston Peeden Arts and Culture Editor For the Americana/folk/counrty band the Black Lillies, all of their success can be traced back to one show at the lifelong goal of his; he needed to make a band.

Preservation Pub in 2009.

After a year of searching for the right musicians, Contreras It was there in that Market Square haunt, that Cruz Contreras approached a microphone with a new intention. For assembled the first incarnation of The Black Lillies in his livthe first time he took the stage front and center, instead of in ing room and recorded an album. Their work, which was the background playing. He was the face and the voice of his dubbed “Whiskey Angel,” was released to a warm fan reception locally, and garnered the band a spot at Bonnaroo and own show.

For those who are well versed in Knoxville’s music scene, Tennessee Shines at the Bijou.

“We just kept going from there, and today, we just keep Contreras’ name is not a new one. But rather, while this former bandleader for Robinella and the CCstringband — a going,” Contreras said.

Following a national tour, Contreras and the Black Lillies folk/Americana band that always seemed to be on the cusp of “making it big” — has a familiar name, it is his newfound voice returned to the studio to record their second album “100 Miles of Wreckage,” which spent months on the Americana charts, that is making waves. and was in the running for Best Americana “I booked the gig out of the Album from the Independent Music Awards. It Preservation Pub, and I thought that I was during this time that the band’s current would do this one time and my friends locally-themed line-up was forged with would tell me it sucked,” Contreras e just kept Contreras at the lead, Trisha Gene Brady on mused. “But it didn’t. And from there backing vocals (also a former employee UT it kept going on and on.” going from there, library employee), Tom Pryor on guitar, Jamie For Contreras, however, his relaCook on drums and bassist Robert Richards. tionship with music hasn’t always and today, we All members of the band are local, and been that easy. Following the break-up together their sound has created a potent mixjust keep going. ” of Robinella and the CCstringband, ture. and ultimately his marriage “I really love their music...,” said Roxanna (Robinella and Contreras were marShohadaee, a Spring 2011 graduate in Studio ried) over five years ago, Contreras -Cruz Contreras Arts. “I worked with Trisha at the studio (at took time off from music. Using the UT) and she would tell me ‘I have a band, come skills he had garnered from his early check them out.’ And one day she got me tickdays as Robinella’s tour bus driver, he eventually became a truck driver for a local stone company so ets to see them at the Bijou and I was just blown away.”

The band’s sophomore album received a lot of attention as to stay close to his son.

“It was a big gut-check,” Contreras said. “There was a from the country music scene, but Contreras is quick to disminute where I thought that music had ruined my life… But suade any attempts to label his band’s sound.

“It’s unfortunate that you have to describe the music you once I started driving, I started listening again to the music that had gotten my fire going when I was younger. And I was play,” Contreras said. “We say ‘Americana,’ so that we have the freedom to play whatever the heck we want. It’s a conversation like ‘Man, I love this stuff...” And I started playing again.”

Following the success of his show at Preservation Pub, everyday for us, whatever we are... I really don’t want to limit Contreras became convinced that he needed to accomplish a musically what we do… We like to have options.”

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Those ‘options’ are something that fans like Shohadaee view as one of the highlights of the band’s appeal.

“Their music is such an interesting mix of folk, country and Americana,” she said. “But there’s also jazz in it and it is definitely one of my favorite parts of the flavor of their music.”

Despite the success of the band’s first two albums, Contreras is not happy with simply resting on his laurels. But rather, the band is already working on a third album, as of yet unnamed, which will not only consist of material similar to the first two albums, but also some new content that will push them into different musical boundaries.

Unlike most bands, however, the Black Lillies are using fan support and donations through Pledgemusic.com, to try and fund the entire album without having to be attached to a record company.

“I haven’t had any interest in doing a record deal with this thing,” Contreras said. “Robinella and I tried the deal with Columbia records back in the day… This allows us to reach out to fans more and find people that like our music.”

Contreras’ and the Black Lillies path has not been a linear one, but that doesn’t seem to matter.

“How would I know what I know now if I hadn’t been where I’ve been,” Contreras said. “It’s a little weird to be 30 years old and singing for the first time… I used to have dreams of grandeur of singing at the head of a band, and I grew up and was like ‘That’s not going to happen.’ But one day, for me, it did happen.”

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Matt Dixon Sports Editor Like a bad Chevy commercial, the Tennessee athletic department in 2007 was “solid as a rock.”

Football coach Phillip Fulmer roamed the sidelines of Shields-Watkins Field in same manner he had for over a decade. Women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt glared stoically from the Thompson-Boling Arena courtside. Athletic directors Mike Hamilton and Joan Cronan were in charge of the future of the respective programs under their leadership.

But how quickly things changed. And changed in a bad way for the Volunteers.

“We’ve had a tough four or five years prior to this year, and again, that’s well-documented but that’s in the rear-view mirror,” current athletic director Dave Hart told The Daily Beacon. “I think we’re definitely coming out of those problem times and I think the foundations are being built for us to now move in a very positive direction.

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NEW COACHES continued from Page 1D “We’ve done an exhaustive comprehensive assessment of how we can get better.

We’ve had to make some tough decisions relative to that effort as we move forward in that effort. I think we’re just in perpetual pursuit of comprehensive excellence and to arrive at that destination, it takes a lot of people pulling in the same direction and it takes time, it takes resources. You can’t arrive at that destination without a meaningful mission and vision and resources.

We’re constantly evaluation all of those resources in terms of the direction that we set."

Third-year football coach Derek Dooley is now considered a veteran among UT coaches. Men’s basketball coach Cuonzo Martin and baseball coach Dave Serrano will begin their second season this year.

Holly Warlick has the daunting task of replacing the legendary Pat Summitt, who stepped down in April as the winningest coach in NCAA basketball history.

For Serrano, a former assistant from Rod Delmonico’s 90s teams, the opportunity to coach at UT has been a longtime ambition.

“For me, it’s like a dream come true,” he said.

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SPORTS a head coaching position at UT was a long time coming.

“I’ve coached under a legend for 27 years. I love it,” Warlick said. “It’s a great challenge for me, and I can’t wait to get started.”

“My greatest hope would be that Pat Summitt would still be our women’s basketball coach, but that wasn’t possible,” UTK Chancellor Jimmy Cheek told The Daily Beacon. “We aren’t trying to go from a clean slate, we’re trying to build on what we have here and make us a much better athletic program for the next period of time.”

Even Hart was only hired last September.

“I wanted someone like Dave Hart who had been an athletic director at major institutions,” Cheek said. “He had done that, and we convinced him to come here. He’s done a superb job. We are rebuilding the total athletic program. We have certainly had success in some sports; and we’ve certainly had a rich history. We’ve had national championships in football in the 30s, 50s and back in ‘98, and someday we’re looking forward to another one. It’s a very competitive league, the SEC, and I voted to make it even more competitive with adding Texas A&M and Missouri. We are definitely on the right path, but it takes a long time to rebuild in some sports the things that we need to rebuild.”

Tyler Summitt ready for new challenges at Marquette Matthew Keylon Staff Writer

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Derek Dooley cheers on the team during pre-game warm up drills on Sept.

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Dave Serrano shares a laugh with the audience of a press conference in Lindsey Nelson Stadium on Thursday, June 16.

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Dave Hart speaks with Matt Dixon and Clay Seal for an exclusive interview with The Daily Beacon on Friday, April 27.

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Cuonzo Martin speaks with a member of the media at his introductory Holly Warlick talks during a Lady Vols media day in 2011. press conference in Thompson-Boling Arena on Thursday, March 28.

Tyler Summitt is learning how to adapt to life away from his mom, Pat Summitt, after accepting an assistant coaching position with Marquette’s women’s basketball team on April 19.

“Now we realize we have to have more quality time rather than quantity time,” he told The Daily Beacon. “We talk at least twice a day on the phone every day.”

Tyler is looking forward to his future at Marquette. He thinks the opportunity is perfect for him.

“Teri Mitchell, the head coach (at Marquette), is very strong in her faith,” he said.

“And like my mom, she has always done things the right way. So I think those values and priorities, that’s what you have to stick to when making these job decisions not the pay or where it is at or whatever.”

For Mitchell, the decision to hire the son of the all-time winningest NCAA basketball coach was an easy one.

“It only took me about 10 minutes for me to figure out I wanted to bring him in for an interview,” Mitchell said.

“The way he summed it up he said, ‘I’ll bring a championship environment to your program every day.’ That’s what he knows, what he's been grown up in and I love that. I love his enthusiasm and the passion he has for the game.”

Tyler is pleased with how the new job has been going so far.

“Right now, they are giving me a lot of freedom,” he said.

“So as far as it goes at Marquette, she (Mitchell) has given me the freedom to help run the offense, I’m kind of the offensive coordinator if you will. I’m in charge of the

point guards. I’m not the recruiting coordinator, but I do have a lot of recruiting areas that I take care of for recruiting that I'm in charge of. They don’t care how young I am. Coach Mitchell really trusts me. She’s incredible to do that.”

Summitt certainly thinks his playing days at UT will help him with his new job. He was a practice squad player for the Lady Vols his freshman year, then a walk-on under Bruce Pearl his sophomore season and Cuonzo Martin his junior year.

“It was great,” Tyler said.

“I was there three years and every year I learned from a different head coach. There were different philosophies, different styles, different Xs and Os, different off the court things. There’s so many different ways.

“I don’t think I’m going to coach exactly like my mom, Coach Pearl or Coach Martin.

I’m going to have my own style and take the best from each.”

Summitt isn’t sure what the future brings, but a return to Rocky Top could be on the horizon.

“Would I happily accept the head coaching job of the Tennessee Lady Vols?

Absolutely. I mean who wouldn’t?” he said.

“But at the same time, it’s not up to me. It’s wherever God wants me and I’m also gonna put my family first.

Even if the Tennessee job is open, maybe I’m not meant to be there. The one thing I have always wanted to be is a head coach. That’s always burned inside of me.”

In the meantime, Tyler is still working on “the stare"”his mom is so famous for.

“People tell me that I have the eyes,” he said, “but I don’t know if I have that piercing stare just yet.”

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Receivers ‘have high expectations’ Austin Bornheim Assistant Sports Editor With one key member returning and another piece on the outside, the Volunteers receiving core is feeling comfortable and confident about the upcoming season.

“It’s so much more fun because you don’t have to think as much,” said Da’Rick Rogers, who was a first-team AllSEC selection last year.

With Justin Hunter back and junior college transfer Cordarelle Patterson now in orange and white, Rogers believes Tennessee is poised for a big year on offense.

“Not only are people looking down on us, we’ve got low expectations, but we have high expectations for ourselves,” Rogers said. “We really want to go out there and compete against the top talent in the country as everybody knows about.”

Hunter and the coaching staff believe the 6-foot-4, 200pound Hunter is back to 100 percent for this year.

“My knee feels real good right now. I think it’s 100 percent. I’ve been out there running with the team and everything with no pain, no tweaks or anything like that,” said Hunter.

His season was cut short when he went down with an ACL injury against Florida last September. Hunter had 314 receiving yards on the year, which was still good for the third most on the team at the end of the season behind

Rogers and tight end Mychal Rivera.

“He’s looking better than ever,” quarterback Tyler Bray said of Hunter.

In addition to Rogers and Hunter, Bray has Patterson to throw to as well. With practice starting, Vols players and coaches get to see what Patterson can do with their own eyes.

“His knowledge of the game, his speed, his uphill speed, his vertical speed is really good,” Rogers said. “He is my size, he's a big receiver and he just adds to our core.”

Hunter seconded Rogers' statement about Patterson.

“He’s real fast, he’s real big too,” Hunter said. “He’s not like me or Da’Rick, he’s his own person. He can go out there and do things that we can’t do, but at the same time, he’s real good.”

The Vols had the third most passing yards last season in the SEC and with more weapons than last year, the receiving core also hopes they can help the rest of the Volunteer offense become more explosive.

“It’s just when you have so many weapons you have to respect every weapon so it opens up more opportunities for our entire offense,” said Rogers.

The Vols will have their first opportunity to show everyone how the new receiving core can do against North Carolina State Aug. 31 in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game.

“We think we have a really good receiving core, we know they have a really good DB core so we really want to go against them,” Rogers said.

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Cordarrelle Patterson slaps hands with his fellow receivers after making a one-handed catch during a drill on Aug. 6.

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Justin Hunter streaks past a defender in a drill dur- Wide reciever Da’Rick Rogers dodges Vandy’s Sean ing practice Aug. 8.

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Mychal Rivera squares up for contact after catching a pass in the Georgia game at Neyland Stadium on Oct. 8, 2011.

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Former Vols weigh in on program progress Preston Peeden Managing Editor There are several benchmarks that tell the story of a program’s development and progress, the most obvious being wins and losses, but that isn’t the whole story.

One constantly overlooked area is the views that alumni have about the program.

Going into this pivotal season, several former Volunteers weighed-in and shared their opinon of the Vols’ progress toward returning to the normality of Tennessee’s winning tradition.

Entering coach Derek Dooley's third season, the Vols’ record under his tenure is less than stellar. With only 11 wins to 14 losses, including a controversial bowl game loss to North Carolina in Dooley’s first season, former Vols would seem to have every reason to be pessimistic about the future. But oddly enough, most are excited for the possibility the 2012 season can hold.

“With the tradition that Tennessee is used to, we’re looking for them to get back on track and win some ball games,” said former All-American linebacker Al Wilson. “I’m hoping that they can get eight-to-10 wins this year and get us back to what we know and love here.”

Wilson was not alone in his feelings about the future.

“I got to talk to coach today and I’m excited,” Jonathan Crompton, UT’s starting quarterback from 2008-09 and a current member of the Washington Redskins, said. “It looks like we’re about to turn the tide on where we’re heading.”

One main area of optimism was the new 3-4 scheme that first-year defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri is implementing.

“I think it’s going to take some time to get used to that 3-4, but they have the players to fit that scheme,” said former defensive end Chris Walker. “So I think they’ll be great.”

Walker singled out rising junior Jacques Smith, his former teammate, as a player to watch this coming fall.

“I’ve always been a fan of Jacques Smith,” Walker said. “He was my little brother when I was here. I am just excited for him to be at his natural position at the 3-4 linebacker, and

I think he’s going to play very well.”

Along with Walker, Wilson and former cornerback Inky Johnson singled out the defense as a bright spot for next season.

“I think the 3-4 is great,” Johnson said.

“It’s the defense for beasts. They’re going to get it in and play well. They got a lot of good players on defense.”

In the new scheme, Wilson put emphasis on this year’s linebacker corps which returns Freshman All-American A.J. Johnson, sophomore Curt Maggitt and the vocal leader of the defense Herman Lathers.

“The 3-4 is a definite change-up for what we at the University of Tennessee are used to,” Wilson said. “... The linebackers are the key for the defense. If they can step up, which I know they will, and make plays, then it will make it a lot easier for the defensive line and the secondary.”

The defense wasn’t the only talking point among UT alumni, however. The offense grabbed attention as well, especially a receiving corps which with returning starters Da’Rick Rogers and Justin Hunter, and Junior College infusion Cordarelle Patterson will rank among the nation’s best.

“The abilities those two (rising juniors Justin Hunter and Da’Rick Rogers) have is off the charts,” said Tennessee’s all-time leading receiver Joey Kent. “They can be the biggest combination of two wide receivers in the nation.

“They can be a force in the SEC. Hunter and Rogers have the ability to be whatever they want to be.”

Kent also heaped praise on rising junior quarterback Tyler Bray.

“He can make all of the throws,” Kent said. “And he has the athleticism to move around in the pocket.”

One feeling that all the former players in attendance seemed to share was the return of stability to a program that has seen nothing but chaos and turnover for the past five years.

“This year, we have 18 returning starters on offense and defense, and there aren’t a lot of excuses anymore,” Kent said. “There’s a lot of promise for this year for them to get Tennessee back to where it needs to be.”

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Former All-American linebacker Al Wilson watches on during the Orange and White Game on April 21. Wilson made particular note of UT’s current linebacker corps as a high note of the game.

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U.S. Olympic team swims on campus Lauren Kittrell Editor-in-Chief (Summer) Locals woke up before daybreak on July 12 to witness an event that hadn’t occurred in Knoxville since 1996.

Arriving as early as 4 a.m., spectators, including many Tennessee students, waited in the rain outside the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center to watch the U.S. Olympic swim team train for the upcoming London Olympics. The team arrived in Knoxville on July 8 and practiced on campus until leaving for France on July 14. The U.S. squad previously trained in Knoxville before the Atlanta Summer Games 16 years ago.

The day was the only opportunity for the public to watch the team before the Games.

The first 1,200 people in line were able to watch inside the aquatic center from 8-9 a.m., while the outdoor pool was open from 8-10 a.m. to those who couldn't get a seat inside.

For Kristy Myers, a junior in microbiology, not even the inclement weather of that July morning could dampen here experience.

“When I heard that the Olympic team would be coming to Knoxville, I thought it was crazy that they would come here of all cities in America,” Myers said. “I mean,

Knoxville is awesome. I was just excited I might have the chance to run into (Michael) Phelps or (Ryan) Lochte at Walgreens.”

Though Myers was disappointed in her hopes for a chance meeting with an Olympian, she managed to console herself with the knowledge she had witnessed something few people see in person.

“Seeing them at the open practice was a little anticlimactic because I wanted them to be more crowd interactive,” Myers said.

“But it was still exciting that we got to see something that most Americans don’t get the chance to see.”

With the Olympics looming, swimmers like Phelps and Lochte prepared to represent the U.S. and looking for more gold medals. Phelps said his focus was on the end achievement and nothing more.

“For me right now, the only thing I’m worried about is myself and preparing myself to go out and represent my country and step up wearing the stars and stripes and try to swim as fast as I can,” he said.

And swim fast he did. Phelps, who before the Olympics already held the all-time record for most gold medals with 14, walked away from London with four more gold medals and two silver ones as well. For his career, Phelps leaves the lanes with another all-time record of 22 career Olympic medals.

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Michael Phelps perfects his butterfly stroke at Allan Jones Aquatic Center on July 12. Phelps and the rest of the US Olympic swim team have practiced on-campus for a week before heading to France then to London.

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An Olympic swimmer showcases his tattoo during practice on July 12. Many of the swimmers on the Davis Tarwater dives into the pool during practice on July 12. team have a tattoo of the Olympic rings.

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Swimming continued from Page 6D Regardless of Phelps’ pedigree, he and the other swimmers couldn’t help but notice the energy the fans brought to the pool. Phelps said that while the facilities at UT are amazing, he was impressed with the amount of encouragement the fans brought to the equation when they were in Knoxville.

“We haven’t had a crowd like this or a day like this in the last three Olympics for me so it's definitely pretty cool to come out and hear these guys cheering us on,” Phelps said.

Lochte was unable to resist a little shout-out to the fans during the open practice, as he grabbed a micrphone from Knoxville native and Webb School graduate Davis Tarwater. Lochte later said that though he’d participated in two previous Olympics, this was the first time where he’d had such a huge crowd watching practice.

Though competing with some of the best swimmers in the world,

Lochte didn’t appear overly concerned. His rivalry with Phelps only spurred him on.

“What makes sports is great rivalries. What me and Michael have created in the past eight years has been tremendous for this sport,” Lochte said. “It’s just making the sports bigger and that’s what we really want to do. At the end of the day, we want to make the sports of swimming what it was eight years ago. Going into this Olympics, I think this is gonna be the biggest rivalry since (Michael) Jordan and Magic (Johnson in the NBA). It’s huge and I’m just happy to be on the same team as him. We’re definitely gonna put on a show.”

The results of the hotly contested Lochte vs. Phelps swim-off came out as a draw as both won one race headto-head, Lochte in the 400 meter IM and Phelps in the 200 meter IM. Lochte and Phelps weren’t the only big names in the pool on that day, as Natalie Coughlin, a threetime Olympian, who is also an 12time medalist in the Games, including winning gold three times, swam at Allen Jones. She said the reception the team received from UT and

the community was more than welcoming.

“We’ve gotten so much support from all the fans that showed up at 4 a.m. that I still think is crazy, but more power to them,” she said. “I hope the people know how much we really appreciate that. Whether it’s just a smile or a wave or a ‘Go U.S.A.,’ It means a lot.”

As one of the older swimmers, Coughlin, who took home one bronze medal in the 4 X 100 meter free relay, saw herself in more of a mentor role this go-around.

“In ‘04 I was a rookie and in ‘08 I was somewhere in the middle experience-wise,” she said. “On this team, I’m definitely a veteran. I’m trying to take that leadership role and realize how important it is and help out all the younger kids as much as possible.

“There’s a lot of emotions with the Olympics and it’s hard to describe it unless you’ve been there.

There’s anxiety, but there’s also so much pride and honor and excitement, but the only way to describe it is overwhelming. It’s overwhelming in every sense of the word.”

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Micheal Phelps swims laps with other Olympic swimmers at Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center on July 12.

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Ryan Lochte spreads some UT love when he interruptTia Patron • The Daily Beacon ed Davis Tarwater’s speech to say "Go Vols" while the USA Olympic swim team was rehearsing at UT on July Spectators wait outside Allan Jones Aquatic Center July 12 with hopes to be some of the lucky 1200 people allowed inside the center to watch the USA Olympic swimming team practice.

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Vols, Dooley need to win in third year Matt Dixon Sports Editor For the first time with Derek Dooley as coach, Tennessee passes the football eye test.

Just look at 6-foot-6, 332-pound left tackle Antonio “Tiny” Richardson and nose tackle Daniel McCullers, who stands 6-foot-6 and weighs 377 pounds.

Does that guarantee the Volunteers will be better on the field this fall?

No. But there’s no excuse for this Tennessee team to come close to having a third consecutive losing season.

“It’s been a tough four years in Tennessee,” Dooley said. “I know the SEC has enjoyed tak-

ing advantage of our tough times, but there’s a nice mood on our team right now that you’re not going to have Tennessee to kick around anymore.

“I feel like we got a team that can go toe-totoe for four quarters with all the teams in our league.”

The Vols return 19 starters, including 10 on offense, and should have one of the best passing games in the country led by junior quarterback Tyler Bray.

If Tennessee has any semblance of a running game (the Vols finished last in the SEC running the ball in each of the past two years) and new coordinator Sal Sunseri’s aggressive defense can generate big-plays and keep opponents out of the end zone, a 10-win season and

eastern division title are well within striking distance.

Of course, having a successful ground game and relying on a first-year defensive system in the toughest conference in America are far from idle question marks.

Those two unknowns are big reasons why Tennessee was picked to finish 5th in the east by the media at SEC Media Days in July. The Vols had four votes to win the division.

(Journalism transparency: I wonder who the other three votes were from.)

Tennessee received three points in the USA TODAY coaches’ preseason poll. That was good for a 44th-place tie alongside Florida International and new conference member Missouri. The SEC had seven schools in the top 25, five in the top 10 and the No. 1 and No. 2 teams: LSU and Alabama.

“Not only are people looking down on us — we’ve got low expectations — but we have high expectations for ourselves,” junior AllSEC wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers said. “We really want to go out there and compete

against the top talent in the country.”

Tennessee hasn’t been ranked since the first week of the 2008 campaign. Even worse, the Vols haven’t won a game outside the state of Tennessee in two seasons.

The first game this year against North Carolina State in the Georgia Dome gives Tennessee a chance to change that.

It’s the biggest season-opener for the Vols since hosting California in 2006, and arguably the most important game Tennessee has played since the 2007 SEC Championship Game.

A win against the Wolfpack gives the Vols a much-needed win over a quality opponent. A loss could be a crippling blow to the season and Dooley’s future in Knoxville.

In recent years, Tennessee essentially laid down when adversity struck. Whether it was giving up a big play early in the second half or an injury to a key player, the Vols haven’t found a way to respond when momentum goes against them.

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Antonio Richardson lines up during a drill at a team workout on Aug. 6.

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Derek Dooley calls for a halt to a drill during an open practice on Aug. 6.

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win consistently at Tennessee through his first 24 games as coach, he beat the teams he was supposed to beat and lost to the continued from Page 8D teams he was supposed to lose to.

“We’re going to try and get them comThen came that November afternoon in fortable being uncomfortable so that they Lexington where the Vols lost to a horriare ready for this season to handle all of ble Kentucky team that had no business the adversity that you are going to face winning. over the course of 12 games,” Dooley For the first time under Dooley, said. “No matter how hard you train, how Tennessee lost a game is shouldn’t have. good you are or how experienced you are, But not just any game. Not just a game what makes this sport special is that you that took away a bowl bid. Not just a are going to get knocked on your tail. You game that ended a 26-game winning are going to have times when you are streak. struggling, it's hard.”

It’s arguably the worst loss in Losing to N.C. State would be demor- Tennessee football history, in terms of the alizing to the Vols, especially the fan base. aftermath of destruction it caused.

Fair or not, many of the Vol Nation’s high The perception of the Vols program aspirations for the season would be out under Dooley changed. Seven assistant the windows similar to how they were last coaches left in the offseason. year when star wide receiver Justin Before the Kentucky loss, Dooley was Hunter suffered a season-ending knee given patience in his rebuilding job. Based injury against Florida early in the third on the lack of overall talent and quality game. depth on the roster he took over in Speaking of the January 2010, it was — Gators, who have won and still is fair — to wait seven straight meeting until at least Dooley's against the Vols, the fourth season to evaluate Dooley isn’t Sept. 15 showdown in his job security.

Neyland Stadium sets But losing to coaching the Vols up as the perfect Kentucky was never in to beat up on midopportunity for the back of anyone’s Tennessee to win a big major schools. He’s mind.

SEC game and become The loss to the at Tennessee to a factor in the eastern Wildcats made year three division race. Florida a make-or-break season compete for and returns a very talented for Dooley. Meaning the win defense, but its offense Vols better win some has few proven playgames this fall they championships” makers. The Gators haven’t in recent years or also play at Texas new athletic director A&M the week before Dave Hart has his first in the Aggies’ first SEC league game. important football coaching decision to The rest of the schedule also favors make.

Tennessee. Including Florida, seven of the Barring major injures or bad luck, both Vols’ eight SEC opponents play a key con- of which have plagued Dooley and the ference road game the week before play- Vols, I expect Tennessee to win at least ing Tennessee. eight games this year.

With the margin for error so small in I also predict the Vols will play in the college football, playing teams at the right Georgia Dome twice this season. time can take a six or seven-win team and The first is the opening game against turn it into an eight or nine win squad.

N.C. State.

In addition to N.C. State, the rest of The second? That’ll be decided on the Tennessee’s out-of-conference schedule is field. The SEC Championship Game and homes games against Georgia State, the Chick-Fil-A Bowl are both also played Akron and Troy. All potential blowout vic- in the Georgia Dome. What separates tories for the Vols. those two games is likely an eight-win seaBut Dooley isn’t coaching the Vols to son or a 10-win season. beat up on mid-major schools.

This season, Tennessee at least looks He’s at Tennessee to compete for and like an SEC title contending team, accordwin championships. ing to the winning guest head coach in Dooley is 11-14 in his two years in April’s Orange and White Game.

Knoxville. Another losing season would Some think the Vols can be an SEC most likely be his last. National media has Championship contender.

Dooley at or near the top of the coaching “Tiny” is one of them, and a large reahot seat. son why.

Everyone has an idea of the mess his “We know how much talent we have, inherited in 2010. Realistically, this is the and we know that we can do some good first season in Dooley’s tenure where the things, it’s just coming together and just Vols have enough talent, depth and expe- making it happen,” Richardson said. “Just rience to compete with the top teams in practicing, coming together as a unit and the SEC. believing in each other, I believe we can While Dooley had yet to prove he could do some special things.”

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Search for leaders key to Vols’ success Preston Peeden Managing Editor At the close of the 2011 football season, there were many areas of concern for the Volunteers.

While a porous offensive line, an anemic running game and an ineffective pass defense were certainly major issues, no area of worry was more obvious in their stunning defeat to Kentucky than a lack of leadership.

In that 10-7 loss, the team had few available options to stand up and fill that need.

This year, however, the teams seems to be heading in a better direction, with leadership being a key emphasis of the summer workouts.

“I never been around a good football team, a championship team that always didn’t say we just had great team chemistry, we had great leadership, we have had tremendous unity,” said head coach Derek Dooley.

“I think that, combined with the fact that it was pretty apparent we didn’t have what we needed last year from that standpoint, is probably why there’s a bigger emphasis on it.”

With Dooley’s added emphasis on leadership, several players on both sides of the ball have taken it upon themselves to step up into that much-needed role.

Once such leader has been senior linebacker Herman Lathers, who has not only battled through a bout with cancer in his youth, but is also returning this season from an ankle injury that robbed him of his last.

“Herman is such a great presence for our football team for a lot of reasons,” Dooley said. “But not just overcoming those injuries, it’s the level of commitment that he showed to be the best player he could be, and also be a great team leader. He’s

extremely committed to having a great season, but also this team to have a great season. That has permeated throughout the team. I think guys like Herman, they have an ability to affect others and create more leadership on the team.”

Lathers himself does not shrug off his responsibility, as he says that the coaches have viewed him as a leader since the end of last season.

“They evaluated me and knew I had a lot of playing experience and injuries, so I took the job to step up and be a leader of this team,” he said. “I’m going to step up and lead this team where we need to go.”

Another such leader for the Vols has been junior quarterback Tyler Bray, who has gained a commanding role with not only his offensive line, but also his receivers.

“At first it was kind of hard, cause you don't want to scream at the guys who are a hundred pounds bigger than you. And if you say the wrong thing, they might knock you out” Bray quipped. “But they’re all starting to listen to me a little more and we're all working a lot harder than we have... Last year (if he had tried to correct a receiver’s route) the receivers would have looked at me like ‘What are you telling me to do, shut up, you’re not running routes.’ But this year I can pretty much say whatever and they will listen.”

Bray’s development will remain a key story line of the fall, though disturbing offthe-field incidents would lead many to question his newfound maturity.

Regardless of who leads the team, the most important thing, especially to junior receiver Da’Rick Rogers, is that the Vols simply find one consistent source of it.

“No matter how talented we are, we have to have leaders so I feel like that’s one thing that’s been prevalent in practice,” he said.

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A.J. Johnson and Herman Lathers take a rest during pre-fall camp on Aug. 7.

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