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Samantha Smoak • The Daily Beacon A.J. Johnson, senior, celebrates during UT’s game against Utah State on Sunday, Aug. 31.

Back in business Worley, Vols trounce Utah State, 38-7

Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB)

Heading into the Tennessee Volunteers’ contest against Utah State, it was Chuckie Keeton, the Heisman contending quarterback, who was expected to be the difference maker.

Sunday, however, it was the quarterback donning orange and white that graced ShieldsWatkins Field with a gamechanging performance.

In his first start under center since undergoing thumb surgery Oct. 29, Justin Worley completed a career high 27-of-

38 passes for 273 yards as he led the Vols to a 38-7 victory over the Aggies.

“I thought Justin played a very productive football game and played winning football at the quarterback position,” second-year head coach Butch Jones said. “He managed the offense. First game you always worry about turnovers regenerated force three and we didn’t turn the football over.

“He was calm and collected and he acted like he had been there before. He was kind of a calming presence on the sideline.”

Worley got the offense going early, as he piloted the Vols down the field on their second

possession, ultimately leading to a Pig Howard 8-yard rushing touchdown off an end-around.

On the ensuing kickoff, senior linebacker A.J. Johnson forced a fumble, and on the next play, Worley found tight end Brendan Downs for the first of his career-high-tying three touchdowns.

After that, though, the Vols offense went silent, only mustering three points and 120 yards in the next six drives leading up to halftime.

But then Worley delivered the highlight of his career night to wake up the offense, as the senior had a string of plays that saw him complete 13 passes in a row, a streak that ranks fourth on UT’s consecutive completion list.

“It was a game of unknowns,” Worley said. “They threw some different looks at us (in the first half) and it took some time to adjust to it. We did have more

success in the second half. We had some longer drives that we strung together, which ate up some clock and helped our defense out. It was all about adjustments tonight.”

During that stretch, Worley fired his second and third touchdowns of the night, the first a 14-yard screen to JUCO transfer Von Pearson and the second being a 15-yard dump off to freshman running back Jalen Hurd. Both were the first scores of their careers.

As for Keeton, his Heisman campaign took a stumble as the Vols held the senior quarterback to just 18-of-35 passing, 144 yards, while forcing him to throw two interceptions.

The Tennessee defense even managed to contain the dual-threat signal caller, a feat the 2013 version of the Vols defense struggled with.

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Sunflower Project inspires individuality, community Jenna Butz Arts & Culture Editor (@butzjenna)

From a distance, it appeared that a large sun was smiling over Krutch Park. A closer look, however, revealed the bright yellow sun to be hundreds of sunflowers, woven together by participants in this year’s Labor Day Sunflower Project.

Shelagh Leutwiler, a local gardener and artist, got involved with the Sunflower Project four years ago after crossing paths with Gerry Moll, one of the project’s co-founders. Leutwiler works as the gardener for the Consulate of Slovenia where many of the sunflowers used in Monday’s event were grown.

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it’s spreading throughout Knoxville.”

Leutwiler sees the focus on celebrating labor and community involvement as part of the project’s appeal. A temporary work of art, the structure will eventually be taken down. However, Leutwiler appreciates how even the public’s short exposure to the work can bring more participants the following year.

“It’s only up for a little while, but then next year, people who hear about it now or see it this year, they can come to the Farmer’s Market next year and get seeds and get flowers and get excited about helping out in the future,” Leutwiler emphasized. “The idea is a celebration of labor that everybody can participate in.”

Vine Middle Magnet School also shared their sunflower art at the event.

Dorothy Verbick, the school’s art teacher, wanted her school to have a more active presence in the community and contacted Moll about allowing some of her students’ art to be displayed on Monday.

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Samantha Smoak • The Daily Beacon Justin Worley looks to pass the ball during the game against Utah State.

Neyland Stadium hits capacity crowd Wes Tripp Staff Writer

For the first time in seven years, Neyland Stadium sold out a season opener.

Sunday night, a sellout crowd of 102,455 people filled the stands in Neyland Stadium to witness the Tennessee Volunteers football team defeat the Utah State Aggies 38-7. The game marked the first home opening sellout since 2007, when Tennessee defeated Southern Mississippi.

At the time, Tennessee was a Top 25 team and went on to play in the SEC Championship game.

“I would like to say thank you to our student body,” said UT football head coach Butch Jones in a press conference Saturday.

At many schools, Jones stated, student attendance and ticket sales are down. But at UT, things seem to be looking up – for the audience and the team.

“I believe that the level of enthusiasm in the audience made a visible impact on the score last night,” said Jones.

“It will be hard for any team in the SEC or NCAA to block out the noise that Tennessee Volunteer fans will be producing this year.”

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

SPORTS FOOTBALL

Johnson has career night to lead Vols defense Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer

The Tennessee Volunteer’s 38-7 season-opening victory over Utah State on Sunday proved to be a night that senior A.J. Johnson won’t ever forget.

The leading tackler from last season put forth a stat line that would have many talking about forming a Heisman Trophy campaign for him instead of Aggies’ quarterback Chuckie Keeton; recording nine tackles, a pass breakup and a forced fumble.

“This was my first last senior game, so it is a great feeling to get this win,” Johnson said. “We played as one team and we had amazing fans out there.”

The highlight of Johnson’s career night, however, came when the 6-foot-2, 245pound linebacker made his first career interception, picking off a Keeton pass in the fourth quarter and returning it 23 yards to Utah State’s 11-yard line.

“Just going by how we prepare in practice,” Johnson said. “In practice we have Maxim One and everyday we are working on turnovers, so going hard in that period is important. It’s about knowing what the offense is going to do. The interception happened from film study and my defensive lineman getting good pressure.”

The moment, however, was ruined by the fact that he couldn’t find the end zone, at least in Johnson’s eyes.

“I wanted to take it back to the house,” Johnson said.

“I had my mind set on the end zone. I struggled to get there. I was disappointed about it, but it was a nice catch.”

His teammates were even happier to see Johnson have his first career interception.

“Overall, it was a good feeling to see our leader get his first interception,” junior safety Brian Randolph said.

“It was a lot of fun.”

The interception, though, was far from the only highlight the Vols would get from Johnson.

Despite playing very limited repetitions on special teams last season, Tennessee head coach Butch Jones informed the preseason AllSEC player that he would serve as a regular on the kickoff unit.

After the Vols scored their first touchdown of the game, that decision immediately paid off.

Johnson stormed downfield and jarred the football loose from the Aggies returner, which then found the hands of freshman safety Todd Kelly Jr.

“Coach told me after last season he was going to put me on kickoffs,” Johnson said. “I told him I was ready for it. I love kickoff and special teams is one of my favorite parts of the game. You get to run down and go hit and I love that.”

And after a terrific performance on the field, the ‘electric’ Johnson capped his night by leading The Pride of the Southland Band in Rocky Top. “It was a great feeling,” Johnson said. “I have never done that before. For a second I was off beat, but then I was on beat and it was fun.

Coach Jones made us get up there and I was all for it.”

Finding pay dirt for the first time: The proverbial monkey has already been lifted off the back of true freshman running back Jalen Hurd and junior newcomer wide receiver Von Pearson, who both scored touchdowns in the first game of their Tennessee careers.

While Hurd only had 45 total yards on 13 offensive touches, his breakout play of the night came when he took a 15-yard pass in for a touchdown.

On that play he made several defenders miss and showed his passion for the game in his end zone celebration.

“I went crazy,” Hurd said.

“All my emotions came out right there. I was so excited, and it was something I’ll always remember.”

Pearson’s highlight of the night was a 14-yard touchdown reception that came after senior quarterback Justin Worley swung him a screen near the sideline.

“The game was very electric and it was fun being out in front of the crowd,” Pearson said. “I was so excited and I didn’t even know how to cheer. I didn’t know whether to point to the sky or hold the ball. I had a great time and it was a great experience scoring a touchdown.”

Trust in Medley: While freshman kicker Aaron Medley missed his first field goal attempt from 41-yards away, he didn’t put his head down.

Instead, he reassured his coach.

“He started a little slow and missed his first field goal, but came right over to me and said ‘I’ve got it coach,’” Jones said.

Three drives later, Medley came through on his promise as he connected on a 36-yard field goal that put the Vols up 17-0 going into halftime.

“At that stage of the game when he hit that field goal from the right-hash that was great to see,” Jones said, “because we needed that at that stage of the game.”

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GRADING THE VOLS Sports Editor Troy-Provost-Heron and Assistant Sports Editor Dargan Southard covered UT’s game against Utah State on Sunday.

They assessed grades for each position based on the group’s performance in the Vols’ 38-7 win over the Aggies.

Quarterbacks

A-

Running Backs

C Wide Receivers

AOffensive Line

C Defensive Line

A+ Linebackers

A+ Secondary

B+ Special Teams

B-

Call me a tough evaluator, but this is a just grade. Justin Worley was masterful as UT’s opening day quarterback for the majority of Sunday night, completing 27 of his 38 passes for 273 yards, while throwing for three touchdowns and not committing a single turnover. A lull in the second quarter in which the senior went 4-of-12, though, is the reason why he falls short of an ‘A+.’ - Troy Provost-Heron Whether it was Marlin Lane frivolously trying to find open space or Jalen Hurd repeatedly failing to reach the second level of defenders, Tennessee’s ground game was less than spectacular Sunday night. Both Lane and Hurd did reach the end zone, but the duo combined for just 70 yards on 22 touches — an unimpressive 3.18 yard per carry average. - Dargan Southard

The wide out and tight end positions showed that they have drastically improved since last year, as the Vols passing attack looked much more dangerous, especially the combination of Von Pearson and Alton “Pig” Howard. However, the pass catching unit did have their fair share of drops and it was odd to not see Marquez North be an integral part of the offense. - TPH

Given the inordinate amount of inexperience up front, it’s hard to fully judge the line’s effectiveness after just one game. But in addition to the ineffective running game, the O-line unit racked up four false start penalties — two of which came from right tackle Kyler Kerbyson on back-to-back plays — and Worley was flattened twice in the pocket. - DS For a defensive line that was making its first start as a cohesive group, they played a marvelous game. Not only did they record four tackles for a loss and a sack, they also contained Chuckie Keeton in the pocket, causing Utah State’s offense to be a lot less explosive than it usually is. TPH

Take your pick. In his first career start, Jalen Reeves-Maybin led the Vols with 10 tackles.

Newcomers Chris Weatherd and Dillon Bates were anything but defensive liabilities, and ball-hawking senior A.J. Johnson emphatically left his mark on Utah State with nine tackles, a forced fumble and his first-career interception. - DS

Cameron Sutton’s first-half interception was a microcosm of Keeton’s frustrating night as the UT secondary held the Aggies’ signal caller in check for the better part of four quarters.

Justin Coleman did get burned for a late touchdown, but aside from the game where he got hurt last year, Keeton’s 144 passing yards Sunday night were his lowest since Nov. 24, 2012, vs. Idaho. - DS Johnson’s forced fumble on the Vols first kickoff of the night saved an otherwise mediocre special teams performance. Aaron Medley butchered his first field goal attempt of the day – albeit he did come back to strike one right down the middle later in the game – and Devrin Young looked atrocious returning kickoffs, failing to get past the 20 yard line on either of his two returns. Credit to Sutton though for being the best fair catcher I’ve ever seen. - TPH

Week 1 GPA: The Vols keep their Hope Scholarship this week with a cumulative GPA of 3.21 for their performance against Utah State.

FOOTBALL continued from Page 1 Saturday, he rushed for only 12 yards on eight carries.

“That was most important,” redshirt junior linebacker Curt Maggitt said.

“That was the first thing on our list on our quarterback points was keeping him in

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the pocket. He slipped out a couple of times, but overall as a defense we did a good job, especially with pressure.”

For 32 of the 71 players who lined up against the Aggies, Sunday meant a little bit more due to the fact that it was their first taste of Neyland’s gameday atmosphere.

“It started at the Vol Walk, just seeing the look

on 45 percent of the players who played their first game tonight in a Tennessee uniform,” Jones said. “About half of them have already come up to me and said, ‘Coach, now I get what you’ve been preaching. This place is special.’ We set the temperament of the state of Tennessee.”

With a week-one victory in the books, the Vols now turn their attention to the

Arkansas State Red Wolves, who come to Knoxville to play in the Vols’ 2014 Saturday debut.

“The next evolution of this young football team is how we handle this,” Jones said.

“Put it to rest, and then come to work tomorrow with a short work week (preparing) for a very good quality opponent, a very good football team that knows how to win is Arkansas State.”

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Editor-in-Chief

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DISPATCHES Israel claims 1,000 acres of West Bank land

Celebrity nudes leaked The FBI is investigating after alleged nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Victoria Justice, Mary E. Winstead and other female celebrities appeared on sites such as Perez Hilton, Reddit, Twitter and Tumblr, potentially leaked through Apple’s iCloud backup system. While Justice said on Twitter the photos of her were fake, Lawrence’s publicist seemed to suggest otherwise by calling the photos a “flagrant violation of privacy.”

NEYLAND continued from Page 1 The team reveled in that energetic atmosphere, Jones added – especially the Vol’s 32 new freshmen football players. ”It started at the Vol Walk, just seeing the look on 45 percent of the players who played their first game tonight in a Tennessee uniform,” said Jones. “About half of them have already come up to me and said, ‘Coach, now I get what you’ve been preaching that this place is special.’”

For many fans, the sellout promises a great year for Tennessee Football.

“With the stadium being sold out for the first time in several seasons, it shows that there is a large amount of excitement and faith in Coach Jones’ ability to transform the previous lackluster decade of University

Israel announced Sunday that the land in and around the Wadi Fukin valley on Palestine’s West Bank will become “state land.” The UN and international community have so far condemned the decision, with UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon calling it “illegal under international law and run(ning) totally counter to the pursuit of a two-state solution.” Israel and Palestinian organization Hamas declared a cease-fire last week, but have had difficulty maintaining peaceful relations.

President Obama speaks posiNATO to form “high-readiness force” in face of Ukrainian conflict tively about U.S. economy NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday that members meeting in Wales this week are expected to develop a defense-minded group focused on dealing with the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.

This comes after NATO released satellite imagery of armed Russians crossing the Ukrainian border, the latest incident in months of violence between the two countries.

The Kremlin has continued to deny Russian involvement in Ukraine.

Obama spoke in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Labor Day about the economy’s growth since he took office in 2009. He cited recent figures that showed a drop of one percent in the unemployment rate and a 4.2 percent increase in GDP as proof that his fiscal measures have improved the quality of life of Americans. He also said he was committed to protecting the right to equal pay for women and re-emphasized his determination to raise the minimum wage.

of Tennessee football into a powerhouse program,” said Cody Thornburgh, a senior majoring in Food Science.

But for some, the sellout brought consequences.

“By the time I realized they were available on Big Orange Tix, they had already sold out,” said Lucy Phillips, junior in psychology. “I tailgated with some friends before the game and it wasn’t until I left that I felt like I was missing out. Hearing ‘Rocky Top’ and seeing the sea of orange really made me want to stay and cheer on the Vols.”

After the game, Jones challenged students to fill the stadium again for next Saturday’s game against Arkansas State. Last week’s fever pitch, after all, “set the temperature” for this season.

“Now we need to make this a regularity within Neyland Stadium,” Jones said.

Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon The mass of orange takes over Neyland Stadium at the sold out football game against Utah State on Sunday, Aug. 31.

Fans react to the Vols’ 38-7 win over Utah State

Grant Parker

@GrantParker15

102,455 strong! Go vols!! Great win making a good team look bad!

Dylan Parker

@dcparker658

Watching the game again because go vols.

Brad Russell

@therealbrussell

The Vols looked good, best in years. No Utah State is not a top 35 team. Hoping for a good year but I’m predicting an 8 win season

David McDaniel™ @DmoneyLong32 Absolutely great game. Very pleased with the start. Let’s go vols #Road2ABowl

Sierra Gillis

@SierraNicole_95

Some girl told me that the Vols were going to lose to Utah. I laughed and walked off. #ButchPlease

Jennifer

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Being woken up to by rocky top is a great way to wake up #gbo #vols #gameday

San Whitson

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Happy to see everybody braving the rain to see the vols! #gbo #vfl

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Two touchdowns back to back. My Vols. #volsohard #volnation

Melina Jansen @melinajoyjansen It’s been a beautiful weekend on Rocky Top!! Proud of the vols!

Jay Hageman @JayHageman There isn’t going to be anymore #ChuckieForHeisman talk #GBO #Vols #ThirdDownForWhat

Laura Cutter

@LauraJCutter

I can never have too many Vols game day pics in my feed. They never get old. It’s the same pic a million times & I love every second of it!

Evin Edens

@evinedens

This was the best weekend ever. Football games rock, my friends are the best, and the Vols won. Life’s a blast.

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The streets talk, so look around Gettin’ Scruffy by

R.J. Vogt

In the shadows cast by dumpsters and overgrowth, a man identified as “Outspoken” drops a nondescript bag onto the pavement.

A cigarette lies smashed at his feet, joining the insolvable litter that inevitably peppers an alleyway at 2 a.m. Smoke from the ash leaks into the early morning stillness.

“I like this spot right here,” he calls over his shoulder, gesturing at a blank concrete wall.

With that, he unholsters a spray canister from his bag, a vandal John Wayne, quick on the draw. Stepping back slightly and glancing furtively both ways, he holds the can about 6 inches from his chosen canvas.

Renegade; criminal; artistic. Outspoken begins to paint.

Nervous and fidgety, I scan both ends of the alley for cops every few seconds – Outspoken focuses only on his strokes.

Curved letters emerge from the sweeping motion of his right arm, practiced but not perfected penmanship in black spray paint. The letters run together, intentionally.

Within 30 seconds, he’s done.

Bending down, he slides the can back into his bag, then slips the bag back over his shoulder. A few long strides later, he’s standing in the slight light of a street lamp on 16th Street.

During his hour-long journey through Fort Sanders, Outspoken leaves one other signature, this one adorned with white shading on a brown fence several blocks away from the one by 16th Street. But Outspoken is not limited to signatures – later, he stencils an image of a man walking his dog in three more locations. In several spots, Outspoken points to red outlines of Nintendo’s Mario, evidence of his early work.

Outspoken is not the first Knoxvillian to paint public art, and he probably won’t be the last. In the Armstrong/Strong Alley behind Market Square, a city collective called the Artist Alley Revamp Project has claimed the space for artistic expression. They began in 2012, and this summer they painted over some of the older work to make room for new pieces. Pedestrian traffic through the alley - formerly populated only by graffiti taggers and waiters on smoke breaks - has grown since the project started. Tourists walk past trashcans to look at the paintings behind them. Over by Old City Java, the same collective has enlivened a similarly dull pair of walls.

In Fort Sanders, however, there is no art project working to increase tourism or promote artistic expression. We’ve got Solo Cups and homeless guys in our alleys – not coffee-sipping art purveyors.

To the City of Knoxville Public Service Department, graffiti outside designated areas isn’t art at all. It’s vandalism.

In a June 18 press release, Director of Public Service David Brace said, “We understand it’s frustrating to have to spend time and money cleaning up damaged signs and buildings from spray paint and markers, but that’s really the best long-term solution.” According to the statement, the City recently purchased a water-sand pressure washer with money from Central Business Improvement District and the downtown capital improvements fund to clean up the “damage.”

Walking along The Fort’s uneven sidewalks, I see the markings that so frustrate the City. Outspoken points them out – symbols, letters and even crude language; street talk. The tags convey only the tagger’s desire to leave his or her mark. These hasty scribbles on dumpsters and corners are not art; they are physical manifestations of vanity.

Outspoken’s work is different, closer to the paintings behind Cafe 4 than the curse words that decorate so many Fort Sanders alleys. New to the street art scene, Outspoken is still developing his style. But, already, more politically minded stencils - like one involving Chancellor Cheek and our ever-rising tuition – are sketched out in his mind.

“What I really want to do is bring more of a street art to it,” my guide explains as we pass a dumpster covered in another artist’s loopy scrawl. “I want to try to send a message, talk about topical things, make someone’s walk to class better.”

We stop, abruptly, for Outspoken has spotted a clean stretch of concrete. He bends down, whips out a paper stencil, and flashes his spray paint over the page. When he removes the stencil, a man remains, perfectly silhouetted on the wall. He repeats the process, this time leaving a dog to trot eternally at the man’s heels.

It’s a sweetly simple picture, and somehow, I doubt the City will come along with its new pressure washer.

In the gasp between early morning and sunrise, we go separate ways, Outspoken disappearing like his art someday will. I haven’t seen him since, but there’s a boy floating away on red balloons near my apartment, stenciled just like the man and his dog.

I see you Outspoken. I hear your streets talking.

R.J. Vogt is a senior in College Scholars. He thinks UT art students should start an artist collective in Fort Sanders like the one in Market Square and can be reached at rvogt@vols. utk.edu.

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

G.D.I. Survival Guide School of Sarcasm by

Kaila Curry It only takes a minute on UT’s campus to recognize the swarm of Greek letters through the orange sea and come to the conclusion that Greek life is a prominent aspect of our school.

The benefits of Greek life are numerous; ranging from enriching community service activities, intramural sports, academic help, social activities and the eternal bond of “brotherhood or sisterhood.” The cost of membership, however, can be daunting.

The price per semester for non-residential membership (excluding new member fees) can range anywhere from $600-$850, and for those invited to live in a chapter’s house, it can range from $2,500-$2,700, according to Tennessee’s Panhellenic Affairs website.

Not all students have the ability or the desire to pay these high prices.

Others may be cut from recruitment, and therefore unable to join a fraternity or sorority. Some students just don’t want to be a part of your cookie-cutter world, okay

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need the comfort of your social club to make us feel popular.

Greek life at times does seem like the key to instant popularity, but this popularity can become burdensome when, for example, one is late for economics because of the requirement to greet everyone in their chapter. What could have been a five minute walk instantly becomes fifteen when a sorority girl yells, “Hi Jessica M.!” “Hey Jessica C.!” and “Hey, (dramatic pause for forgetting ‘sister’s’ name) girl!”

Another pro and con to not being Greek affiliated is individual clothing style.

I greatly sympathize with the fraternity pledges, who are required to wear blazers and khakis in this blistering summer heat.

As a girl, I try to dress fashionably, but this becomes a rarity as the semester pushes on.

Those boots are not made for walking these hills, but Chacos, Nike shorts and oversize T-shirts (while hideous) are undeniably comfortable. I slightly envy all the T-shirts sorority girls receive, but only slightly.

But if you are rejected from a sorority or fraternity, you can always become a bitter and complacent columnist for The Daily Beacon. I did.

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

Mastering the art of trading Fantasy Football Corner by

Austin Pirkle It’s almost here -- NFL football season is just a few days away.

I hope all of you had a successful draft and feel confident going into the season. Before the games get started, let’s talk about one of the most important aspects of fantasy football: trading.

Trading players is a key strategy that separates the champions from the bench warmers. Your team on draft day will never be exactly the same as it will be at the end of the season. From waiver wire pickups to trading, your team will have an ever-changing lineup as the season goes on.

Oftentimes, your team will change drastically as you adapt to injuries and players’ performances. It will be a recipe for disaster if you keep your roster stagnant throughout the season, no matter how well you think you drafted. Making timely trades will be vital to long-term success.

Trading players is all about timing and persuading your trading partner to believe their team will be more competitive after the trade. For this to happen, you will always need to keep tabs on the roster structure of the other teams in the league, know who has a deficiency at a certain position, as well as a

surplus at another. For example, you notice someone only has one good running back with a huge drop off at the second running back starting position. This would be an intriguing trading opportunity for if you had a bench full of solid running backs. Then, let’s say you don’t really have a strong wide receiver corps and are looking for a stud wide receiver that will take your roster to the next level -- a perfect trading scenario.

Once you identify a good trading partner; take it slow. Don’t wildly send them trade offers that have little thought behind them.

Be patient and wait for the right time. Wait until that great wide receiver they have has a down week and one or two of your bench running backs really break out. This is the time to make your move.

Get in contact with the potential trade target and begin by asking if they are looking to improve their running backs. Always start by offering to improve their team, not your team. It will keep them interested in the conversation. Once you identify a running back that isn’t vital to your team but still producing, offer that and one of your starting receivers for the receiver you’ve been eyeing. Keep in mind you will not need that starting receiver because you are getting one in return; offering your wide receiver greatly boosts the trade offer. If they decline, don’t freak out and cave in. You can play with a few different players to try and get a bite, but don’t do any trades that will harm your team in the long term. It isn’t worth it to trade a good running back just because

you’ve wanted their receiver for a long time.

Leave the negotiations and wait for them to become more desperate for an running back as the weeks go by.

Also, continue to look for other owners in your league that could be future trading partners.

The most important part to successful trading is quality over quantity. Always be the person trading more players to get a certain superstar. It is always easier to replace marginally good players than a toptier player. It may seem intriguing to trade your top running back because you lack in depth at other positions, but do not pull the trigger. You should constantly be looking at the waiver wire to improve your depth and gain trade assets.

Strive to acquire a top-tier player every time you make a transaction. If you remember to stay patient and put quality over quantity, you will dominate trades in your league and put your team in the best position to win week in and week out.

Good luck with your first fantasy football matchup this week, and remember: don’t get cute when composing your lineup. Don’t over think it with matchups or other variables, especially in the first week. Start the best players at each position.

May the odds be ever in your favor this week and throughout the year.

Austin Pirkle is a freshman in recreation and sports management. He can be reached at pirkleaustin@gmail.com.

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This leaves the group of “everyone else” -the dot outside of the “circle of trust.” They are known as “God Damn Independents,” often abbreviated to “GDIs” or “geeds.” So to my fellow geeds out there, here is the survival guide you have been waiting for.

First off, learn some of the Greek alphabet and be prepared to throw them together when approached by someone at a frat party. Going to parties in The Fort can be tricky as a geed, especially as a guy.

Girls are welcomed into frat parties and flourished with free, uh...“beverages.” Guys, however, will be immediately questioned, and answering “I came for your free drinks and to flirt with girls,” is sure to get you kicked out immediately.

House parties are the best possible outcome for you. In fact, they are a non-Greek essential for weekend socializing. House parties do not have to be dreadfully pricey if you charge at the door and screen entrants, allowing you to maintain some control of the atmosphere.

Secondly, convince yourself that you do not need to “pay for your friends” after being rejected from the fraternity or sorority you were pledging to. Greeks use this terminology insultingly, but if you think about it, it actually makes us sound rather awesome. We are so independent we don’t

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All the world’s a stage – including the UT College of Law, where associate professor Joy Radice is redefining the phrase “courtroom drama.�

When Radice joined UT’s faculty in 2012, she left behind her job at the New York University School of Law. There, actors and theater students were routinely used in class – a unique approach she now replicates in her Criminal Law class.

During the first 12 weeks of class, students primarily read and discuss cases from textbooks. The last two weeks, however, are a little different.

Using real (though slightly altered) case files from the UT Advocacy Clinic, Radice’s students simulate the legal process as mock prosecutors and defense attorneys. With funding provided by UT’s Teaching and Learning Center, Radice employs actors to play police officers or suspects in the case, giving her students actual subjects to interview and crossexamine. The result? A not-somock trial. “Professor Radice is incredibly intentional in making sure her students connect the theoretical with the real life aspects of practice that we will encounter after law school,â€? said AlĂŠ Dalton, a 2nd year law student. “The actors were in character at all times, reciting the details of the night in ques-

tion effortlessly which allowed us to truly treat him as a client and as him in-depth questions that ultimately helped us resolve his case�

On the last day of class, prosecutors and attorneys are paired up and must agree on a plea bargain. Because 90 percent of trials are resolved through plea bargains, Radice believes students should practice working through the tension that accompanies them. Some students could not reach agreement on a plea bargain and opted to go to court instead.

Others agreed on terms for community service or supervised probation. Only a few pairs convinced the suspect to admit to their crimes. “We had this really great conversation, not just about the law but about how it actually works in the real world,�

Radice said. “I think it was just a nice way to wrap up everything we were doing from the textbook over the course of the year.�

Heartened by the project’s success, Radice asked UT theater students to create another simulation, this time for the College’s Advocacy Clinic, a semester long course for third year law students.

By the second day of class in the clinic, students begin receiving real clients and cases.

Radice wanted to create a mandatory boot camp to preface this course, hopefully preparing third year students for the challenges to come. �Working with the actors from UT during the boot camp

portion of the course was one of the experiences which was really out of my comfort zone,� said Rebekah Pykosh, a third year law student who went through the boot camp this fall. “I thought it was going to be hard to “play along � with them but actually it felt totally real. . .I actually forgot I was working with an actor because it felt so real.�

Currently, Radice is researching how well simulation works as a method for teaching law. Using results from the Criminal Law final exam, for example, Radice plans to compare student performance on questions pulled from the text books with their performance on questions pertaining to the simulation. “I know it won’t be a fullproof conclusion, but it will allow me to say that I think this teaching method, which is pretty unique in this big class, is just as effective if not more effective than the teaching that we’re used to,� Radice said.

Statistics aside, Radice’s simulations are already becoming a favorite activity for students– even those who do not plan to pursue criminal law. �As someone who does not plan to practice in the criminal law field, I still found Professor Radice’s efforts at making the class more tangible invaluable in understanding how great lawyers interact with their clients and work to solve their clients’ problems,� Dalton said. “That’s something every law student will use in the future.�

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Democracy is the keystone of American society. But according to Sambuddha Ghatak, professor of political science, it is also a gateway to terrorism.

Ghatak introduced this concept Aug. 29. through a lecture titled “Minority Economic Discrimination, Democracy and Domestic Terrorism,� marking the beginning of this year’s Becker Seminar Series, sponsored by the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center.

Bhatak, a native of India, became interested in the causes of terrorism while studying ongoing discrimination against the Dalits, a group historically considered the lowest social class in India.

By analyzing successful terrorist attacks, Ghatak found that the majority were domestic, not international, and had their roots in deliberate discrimination by the government. He claimed that democracy, while the best system of government, should not be the sole long-term answer to preventing terrorism. “Instead of blindly supporting democracy, we need to look at the situation,� Ghatak said, arguing that responsive and inclusive governments are better equipped to fight terrorism.

Using Iraq as an example, Ghatak said a rapid transition into democracy after years of discrimination against minority groups has created an opportunity for terrorism used as a form of retribution. With a sudden

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shift to more freedom, Ghatak said, individuals have greater ability to carry out terrorist attacks, an opportunity they may take advantage of if the discrimination is not immediately addressed.

The Islamic State terror organization, which has seized large swathes of land in Iraq and Syria, claims they are trying to establish a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;caliphateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in the country and was partly inspired by the discrimination Sunni Muslims faced under the Shiite Islam government of Nouri al-Maliki.

In his lecture, Ghatak also noted that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;matureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; democracies like the United Kingdom and Spain experienced high levels of terrorism, compared to countries with less freedom. He stated that democracy and freedom also exposes the country to certain risks and greater potential for terrorism.

After the lecture, however, Curtis Bell, assistant professor of political science, noted that it is hard to draw conclusions from such results, as repressive countries with less freedom are also unlikely to publicize terrorist incidents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whenever weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re comparing these countries we have to be careful, events in democracies are being over reported relative to events in nondemocratic states,â&#x20AC;? Bell said.

While Bell said that the findings are noteworthy, more study on the subject is needed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over time, these (theories) evolve as more and more people study the subject and study different facets of it,â&#x20AC;? Bell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a step in the right direction, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the final word.â&#x20AC;?

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Arts & Culture Editor Jenna Butz @butzjenna

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A classic meal from the new burger joint BurgerFi, located on Cumberland Avenue.

Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

New burger joint puts modern twist on American classic

Front left, Gerry Mall, is one of the Sunflower Project founders.

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Bringing sunflowers from her personal garden into her classroom, Verbick talked to her students about how Vincent van Gogh could take something right in front of him and express his interpretation of what he was seeing on a page, encouraging the students to do the same.

Verbick wanted each artwork to be “different and unique like every sunflower,” and gave the middle schoolers free artistic range.

At noon, the Circle Modern Dance organization gathered in the center of Krutch Park to perform a structured, improvisational dance about the planting, harvesting and weaving of

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If eating is one of America’s favorite pastimes, then it should come as no surprise that burger joints–an affordable favorite for college students– have been popping up all over Knoxville.

Exhibit A: the new burger restaurant next to Firehouse Subs on the Strip.

When you walk into BurgerFi, it looks like any other casual burger restaurant, but with a modern twist. There are chrome details and a Coca-Cola Freestyle drink machine, which allows you to make hundreds of drink combinations featuring more than 100 different Coke products and flavors to pair with them.

Despite BurgerFi’s somewhat “standard” decor,

the restaurant offers something other burger places don’t--fresh ingredients and innovative menu options.

With the option to build your own burger, you have the power to be the master of your burger destiny. There is a plethora of unique ingredients and toppings to add, such as garlic aioli, white cheddar cheese and a fried egg. The burgers are perfectly seasoned without the overly greasy aftertaste most burgers leave. The restaurant advertises their beef as locally grown, and the taste would affirm that claim. BurgerFi’s fries are delicious and crisped to perfection. Ask for herbs and Parmesan on those fries to add a touch of sophistication to your meal. If you aren’t a meat lover, BurgerFi also has a veggie burger option made with quinoa.

Other options on the menu include an interesting dessert choice--frozen

custard in a variety of flavors. With a light, delicate texture and a creamy, sweet flavor, the custard straddles the line between frozen yogurt and ice cream while retaining components of both. You can also make what employees call a “concrete,” which includes various toppings or cake layered along with the custard.

Getting frozen custard is the perfect way to end a meal at BurgerFi, so if you are feeling more adventurous, try a purple cow or an orange cow float. A purple cow is grape soda mixed with vanilla frozen custard while an orange cow has orange soda.

Overall, BurgerFi brings something new to the Strip, giving a degree of healthiness to an otherwise unhealthy fast food option. The cost of a meal at BurgerFi will run you more than $10 if you get a burger, fries and dessert. But rest assured– it’s worth it.

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the sunflowers that characterized the event. Each group member created a movement inspired by the three actions and improvised these motions within the structure of the dance.

Mary Alford, core member of Circle Modern Dance, found herself tearing up as she talked about how it feels to belong to a “pretty unique and wonderful community” following the dance.

“I grew up with dirt under my fingernails, so this kind of stuff is huge to me — community and planting,” Aflord said. “It feels great. It makes me so happy despite the tears.

They’re tears of joy. Anytime you have community and growing and the fact that these sunflower seeds were handed out year after year and people bring the sunflowers that they

grew from the seeds that were harvested the year before. It’s like a continuing thing.”

An artist herself, Leutwiler does printmaking and puppetry, which she says is for the public and is supposed to be fun. She stressed the importance of public art, particularly art with audience participation, and how such work celebrates the part each community member plays in supporting the whole group.

“It’s culmination of all the work that we’ve all done together to grow these sunflowers and to harvest them,” Leutwiler said. “I think it’s just a beautiful culmination of gardening, art, public participation, celebration of labor and just a culmination of a whole season worth of work.”

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Mary Alford, right, dances as a part of the Circle Modern Dance company.

Photography exhibit displays intimate side of Knoxville Hannah Cather Photo Editor @hannahcather

“Have you been to the KMA yet?” they asked. “You have to see the new photography exhibit.”

On the first day of school, the two people most likely to suggest visiting an art museum (both photography teachers) made a point to mention the Danny Lyon exhibition at the Knoxville Museum of Art. I shook my head no in response to each of their inquiries. I’d only been back in the country for three weeks, and during that time, I’d been occupied with resident assistant duties and responsibilities. Although my days were packed with training sessions in preparation the students’ return, the idea of art museums had been floating around in the back of my mind.

After two strong recommendations, I moved “visit the Knoxville Museum of Art” closer to the top of my to-do list.

A week and a half later, the opportunity arose.

On Saturday, I cycled to the museum to check out the photographs. Outside, the banners hanging from the roof caught my eye – mostly because the museum’s re-branded look is lovely and sleek, but also because the name of Lyon’s

exhibit, “This World Is Not My Home” made me ponder as I locked my bike to a pole.

As a young adult who spent six months in Europe, I currently feel (perhaps a bit naively) like the entire world is my home. Did Lyon feel detached from the world around him?

Did he mean the pictures he took to represent something other than his home? Did he even pick the name of the exhibition or was that a decision the curators made? My ignorance about Lyon’s work prevented me from making assumptions about the exhibit, but it also hindered my initial understanding of the title.

Lyon’s work is spread between both galleries on the street-level of the museum, with an introduction hanging on a wall outside. The first line reads “I started out trying to become a documentary photographer, but then something else happened.” I wondered if “something else” was synonymous with “I got attached/involved.” The brief biography explained that Lyon covered Civil Rights activities in addition to investing his time in artistic projects. He also intended “to destroy Life magazine.”

Black and white framed 8x10 photographs lined the walls of the gallery. The classic size is easy to approach, but requires closer examination. Therein lies the power of Lyon’s work; as you lean

in to investigate the subjects, you realize how close he must have stood while making the image. Lyon did not shy away from the action. Instead, he stepped right up to it, like in the pictures he took while marching against segregation with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Two of Lyon’s more famous projects, which depict biker gangs from Texas and Chicago, further illustrate this desire to stay close to the action, enabling better narration.

Lyon obviously spent a lot of time with each group, because neither seem to notice or care that a camera was present, allowing greater authenticity.

While Lyon’s work is great, I particularly favored the selection of his photographs featuring Knoxville. Lyon stopped here on his way from New York to Texas with the intention of seeing James Agee’s former living place. It had, unfortunately, been demolished before he arrived, but Lyon decided to wander through the city and shoot anyway. In his journal, he wrote “There are now 14 rolls of film to develop.

The most I’ve ever done in such a short period, five days.”

Although his style did not falter during his visit, the images seem somehow more humble and intimate.

Perhaps it’s because I share that same unexpected adoration for this scruffy place.

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Rugby players lock into a scrum while playing.

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Lady Vols take two of three in Appalachian Invitational with 10 digs.

“Kanisha is really coming into @UTKBeaconSports her own, learning what collegiate volleyball is all about,” Patrick said. “Coming from Puerto Rico, The Tennessee Lady she’s doing a fantastic job of Volunteers volleyball team kicked adapting. She emphasized her off their 2014 season taking 2-of- defense today and played really 3 in this weekend’s Appalachian hard on defense. She was one of the catalysts that really turned Invitational.

Friday, the Lady Vols swept the this match around in the second Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles, set because of some great defen3-0, to secure their first victory sive plays she made.”

But UT’s early success came of the season, moving Tennessee head coach Rob Patrick’s overall record in season openers to 14-4.

Sophomore Jamie Lea paced the attack for UT, posting a match-high 17 kills and doing so at a .344 clip. Lea nearly had a double-double in the opener, finishing with nine total digs.

Meanwhile, setter Lexi Dempsey handed out 32 assists – another match-high – and Bridgette Villano, who got the start at libero, scooped up a career-best 16 digs.

For the match, the Lady Vols out-hit the Golden Eagles 0.242 to -0.121. UT finished with 14 total blocks and finished with 49 to an abrupt stop on Sunday digs compared to 33 from TTU. when the Lady Vols ran into the “I was very pleased with this Appalachian State Mountaineers, first match of the year,” Patrick who strolled to a 3-0 sweep.

Appalachian State (3-0) saw said. “The thing I was very, very two players reach double-digits happy about was our defense.

Bridgette (Villano) and Megan in kills and swung .351 as a team (Hatcher), our defensive spe- for the match. The Lady Vols cialists, did a wonderful job in (2-1), on the other hand, were the backcourt along with Lexi limited to an attack percentage Dempsey and Jamie Lea. They of just .147.

Heading the Mountaineer’s really did a fantastic job digging balls. When you out-dig somebody by 15 balls, you can be very happy with that performance.”

Friday also marked the debut of a pair of Tennessee freshmen as Iesha Bryant and Kanisha Jimenez each got starting nods.

Saturday’s contest saw UT drop their first set of the season, but the Lady Vols still cruised to a 3-1 victory over Cleveland State.

Two Lady Vols recorded double-doubles in the contest as Jimenez had 11 kills and 20 digs – her first career double-double – while Dempsey assisted on a match-high 37 points to go along

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attack was Emily Corrigan, who tallied a match-high 16 kills at a 0.351 clip, and teammate Jess Keller, who recorded 13 at an impressive 0.407 mark.

Appalachian State also bested Tennessee in total digs at 56 to 47 and in total assists at 48 to 31.

“We ran into a buzz saw tonight,” Patrick said.

“Appalachian State played an absolutely great match. Our experience level didn’t match up with theirs. Their tough serving

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absolutely great match. Our experience level didn’t match up with theirs.

Senior forward Hannah Wilkinson dribbles the ball on the field in a game against BYU on Aug. 29.

Lady Vols fall to BYU after McClung’s shot goes begging Jonathan Toye Contributor

It is said that all sports are games of inches.

The Tennessee Lady Volunteer soccer team learned this lesson the hard way Friday evening against the No. 23 BYU Cougars.

After BYU went on top in the 17th minute thanks to an Elena Medeiros goal, the Lady Vols immediately responded as sophomore forward Anna McClung was given the perfect opportunity to provide the equalizer just two minutes later.

And for the briefest of moments, it looked as if she was going to accomplish that feat.

But then, the ball clanged off the right goalpost, leaving the crowd of around 1,600 inside Regal Stadium groaning.

It would be the closest the Lady Vols would get to knotting the contest up as they dropped their home opener to the Cougars, 1-0.

“I wish that went in,” said McClung on the near miss. “We really needed a goal at that point, we just went down 1-0. But we had chances after that and it is unlucky that we didn’t finish.”

The Lady Vols (1-2-0) played their home opener in front of a raucous crowd, with an estimated 600 students arriving for the game.

All throughout the game, the students started classic soccer chants such as “I believe that we will win” and classic Tennessee chants such as “It’s great to be a Tennessee Vol.”

“I thought it was amazing,” senior forward Hannah Wilkinson said. “It was so good to hear. So many voices out there, hearing the drum out there and all the chants, it was awesome. I loved it.”

The students’ enthusiasm, however, did not prevent the Lady Vols from getting off to a sloppy start. In the first 10 minutes of the game, Tennessee struggled to keep possession and continually turned the ball over to BYU (1-1-2).

“Maybe it was a little nerves, adjustment to the speed of it, first home game in front of our home crowd,” head coach Brian Pensky said. “But again, I think it is also just being used to their pressure. That is the fastest game we played since last fall against the most athletic team we played against last fall.

“While we try to mimic that in training, it is sometimes hard to do. I think the first five to ten minutes took us a little while to settle down in the urgency and the transition.”

Once Tennessee fell behind midway through the first half, the Lady Vols almost immediately reduced their turnovers and became more efficient in their attack.

“I thought that (the team’s response) was pretty good,” Pensky said. “That is always the ultimate measurement: our backs are against the wall. You can either hang your head, or you can bear down and fight and compete. I am very proud of our team’s response. We got angry.

We felt like we were wronged.”

Tennessee’s back line also did everything in their power

to ensure the game never got out of hand. With the exception of one poor defensive play that led to the game’s lone goal, Tennessee’s back line continually stifled opposing attacks.

Defender Gabby Santorio made several impacts to the back line, clearing multiple balls that lingered dangerously close to the goals.

Despite falling to under .500, the Lady Vols will has a chance to rebound next Friday when they play Western Kentucky.

“We can’t let this get us down, and keep us down,” Pensky said.

“We need to feel good about ourselves and who we are as a team.”

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put us into one-hitter situations quite a bit and their defense was able to dig that ball up and they were able to run their offense.

They have a very, very quick offense to the pins and we just weren’t able to catch up to it.”

The Lady Vols now turn their attention to Ames, Iowa where they will play in the Iowa State Challenge this upcoming weekend.