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Top 25 slips farther away Bradi Musil

Assistant News Editor(@bradi4) The journey to Top 25 glory just got a little longer.

On Sept. 9, the U.S. News and World Report magazine released their annual “Best Colleges” report, on which UT ranked 50 among public universities and 106 in the nation.

Although UT ranked 47 among public universities and 101 nationally last year, specific programs demonstrated notable progress. UT’s College of Engineering now ranks 32 among public universities, a vast improvement from 57. In addi-

tion, the College of Business Administration’s supply chain management program now ranks third for public universities and fourth nationally.

UT was also ranked 24th nationally for its support of veterans returning to school. Additionally, UT’s undergraduate business program ranked 31st among public universities and 51st among all of U.S. business schools.

“I look at our overall journey as the most important thing that we are concentrating on,” Chancellor Jimmy Cheek said.

“We have a very ambitious goal to be a Top 25 research university, and in every metric we measure on this campus, we

each other’s colleges than say a chancellor or president or a provost knows about the whole univers i t y, ” Nichols said. “ Wi t h supply chain manage Among public undergraduate ment, there Engineering aren’t that and the College universities many programs, of Business so it’s not like there Administration to the fact that deans for the interdisci- are thousands like there are uniplinary colleges rank each other, versities.”

The report reflected UT’s giving them a fair assessment. ”(Deans) know more about efforts to raise freshman retenare making significant, positive progress.”

Margie Nichols, vice chancellor for communications, credits the rise in ranking for the College of

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tion rate and graduation rate.

However, UT received a low peer assessment score – only 3.1 out of 5.0.

One factor in the overall rank of a university is their “reputation ranking,” a score determined by a peer voting system including the chancellor or president, provost and admissions director at universities around the country.

“It’s very hard to change people’s opinions of an institution,” Cheek said. “We are working very hard at it, but it’s one thing that we’ve got to do a better job in marketing and branding ourselves.”

Nichols expressed concerns that the method for determining the peer assessment score can be

(Couch)Surfin’ USA Jenna Butz Arts and Culture Editor (@ butzjenna) Gas is expensive. Plane tickets are expensive. Hotels are expensive (unless they’re crawling with bedbugs).

For college students, travel expenses are a barrier to curing the wanderlust bug. Yet, more and more cheap travel alternatives are popping up worldwide, allowing those on even the tightest budgets to reach the city of their dreams.

Let’s go ride a bike In Knoxville, it’s not uncommon to see bikers cycling to class, work and home. Some, however, take this one step further and use their bicycles to tour the country.

Matthew Roelofs, senior in

public relations, joined with three other UT seniors to start The Freedom Cyclers.

To raise awareness for human trafficking, the group biked 3,200 miles from Los Angeles to Savannah, Georgia, in 45 days.

Although Roelofs’ journey wasn’t for leisure, he still recommended biking as an affordable form of transportation for college students.

Travel by bike, he said, lets the rider stay in shape and enjoy the scenery, but only if the trip will be “relatively short” and “you have the time.”

“The physical strain depended on the terrain, wind and distance traveled each day, but the first week to 10 days were the sorest for our legs, just getting acclimated to the high mileage,” Roelofs said. “It was

definitely very strenuous at times; there were very few days where we weren’t just exhausted after our daily rides.”

plishment from finishing a bike ride compared to driving or flying,” Roelof said. “The scenery is more enjoyable, too. Your senses paint a bet-

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hotel has its conviences, no doubt, but ‘surfing’ at a person’s home for a night or two is a great way to learn about people from different communities and backgrounds as well as listen to good stories.

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That strain can not only lead to a sore and tired body, but also a dampened spirit. A “tough day,” Roelofs recalled, could prove so draining that “getting back on the saddle” felt like a curse, even after adjusting to the physical exhaustion. Yet, he believes finishing the ride was worth the effort.

“You get a sense of accom-

ter picture of what’s going on around you than just flying or driving by places.”

Surf couches, not waves Once you get to your destination though, where do you stay?

For the average college student, shelling out $60 to $100 for one night in a hotel room may not be feasible, or even worthwhile. Eric

McAnly, senior in chemistry, found a free alternative for a 2011 trip to Washington, D.C. McAnly first joined couchsurfing.org when he traveled to the Capitol for “an act of civil disobedience” in front of the White House. He couchsurfed again for a simple weekend of museum tours with a friend. Both times, McAnly found his hosts were the “most friendly and hospital hosts we could ever ask for.”

While McAnly couchsurfed for financial reasons, he was also looking to see Washington, D.C., through the eyes of a local.

“A hotel has its conveniences, no doubt, but ‘surfing’ at a person’s home for a night or two is a great way to learn about people from different communities and backgrounds as well as listen to good stories,” McAnly said. “I sure hope to have the opportunity to either surf someone’s place who I’ve hosted or vice versa.”

See COUCH SURFING on Page 3

Opportunity Knocks Smith to start in place of Pearson for Vols contest against OU Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB)

After struggling throughout the 2013 season, Josh Smith will once again get the opportunity to start for the Tennessee Volunteers.

With Von Pearson out with a high ankle sprain against the No. 4 Oklahoma Sooners, Smith was listed as the Vols’ third wide receiver on UT’s Week 3 depth chart that was released on Tuesday.

“Josh has done a great job all training camp,” second-year head coach Butch Jones said.

“He’s had great consistency with everything he’s done and we’re going to rely more on him.

It’s just a greater opportunity for him.”

Smith will replace the production of Pearson, who amassed 98 yards and a touchdown on seven catches in the Vols’ first two contests.

In two games, primarily as a reserve wide out, the sophomore had five catches for 77 yards – two of which have gone for more than 20 yards – and a 12-yard carry that included a highlight-reel hurdle over ASU defender Rocky Hayes.

“He’s gone out there and made a lot of plays,” junior wide receiver Alton “Pig” Howard said. “I see that confidence and now he’s back to being Josh.

He’s put in the work in camp and during the offseason and he’s been stepping up big time for the receivers.”

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The Kerbyson slide: For the second consecutive week, the possibility of Kyler Kerbyson being moved over to left tackle is being discussed.

After Jacob Gilliam tore his ACL against Utah State, redshirt freshman Brett Kendrick stepped in to fill the void at left tackle versus Arkansas State.

But as the Vols prepare to face off against the Oklahoma Sooners, Jones and his coaching staff are looking for the “best five that can play winning football” to play offensive line.

No matter where he ends up on the line Saturday, Kerbyson’s versatility to play nearly any position up front is something that has and will continue to benefit the Vols throughout the season.

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Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon Sophomore wide receiver Josh Smith leaps over Rocky Hayes of Arkansas State during the Vols’ defeat of the Red Wolves on Sept. 6.

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subjective.

“If you’re at Montana State, you may not know anything about the University of Tennessee, just like we may not know very much about Montana State,” Nichols said. “Then, when the chancellor votes on it, how is he going to vote if he doesn’t know if they’re good or bad?”

UT is not the only public university that fell in rank this year. From the national rankings, the University of Wisconsin fell six spots, Pennsylvania State University fell 11 spots, Michigan State University fell 12 and Auburn University fell 12.

See UT RANKINGS on Page 3

Local band continues to celebrate youthful spirit Emma Evans Contributor Local indie-punk rock band CrumbSnatchers is making music for your inner rebel.

Formed two-and-a-half years ago, the group is composed of four members: Sam “Guetts” Guetterman, Philip Mosteller, Sam Burchfield and Rylan Bledsoe. For Guetterman, who does vocals, guitar and keyboard for the band, CrumbSnatcher’s music embodies a certain impulsivity usually lost with age.

“Overall, CrumbSnatchers is about celebration,” Guetterman said. “It’s about celebrating that freedom to act like the kid inside that got pent-up and wasn’t allowed to run wild and act crazy.”

In fact, the band’s unconventional name comes from Guetterman’s time in a teen correctional program.

“I got the name ‘CrumbSnatchers’ cause one of the staff members would often refer to us by that name,” Guetterman said. “I asked him what that meant, and he said ‘CrumbSnatchers are kids that are wild and rambunctious children that can’t behave right.’

The feeling we were getting from our music just kind of fit that description perfectly.”

With a variety of influences from artists such as Pixies and Modest Mouse, the band brings a melody of sounds to the Knoxville music scene.

Though the group is labeled as a ‘rock ‘n’ roll’ band on Facebook, the band’s music isn’t strictly defined by this genre.

“We’re not straightforward punk rock ‘n’ roll,” Guetterman said. “There’s definitely some indie rock ‘n’ roll in there. I’d say it’s not hard one way or the other.”

Bledsoe said this mix of genres is achieved by combining various aspects of punk.

“Punk has a lot of different eras,” Bledsoe said. “There is an era of punk that’s a little bit aggressive, and we’re taking that aggressiveness, but also combining it with the happier side of punk.”

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DISPATCHES Apple unveils new iPhones, smart watch After months of speculation, Apple introduced two new iPhone models, the iPhone 6 (4.7 inches) and iPhone 6 Plus (5.5 inches), as well as a smart watch called Apple Watch in a keynote address Tuesday afternoon. The iPhones will be available for presale on Sept.12 and include higher quality cameras and retina displays in addition to their bigger size. The watch is expected to go on sale in early 2015. The company has also discontinued its ubiquitous iPod Classic.

Medal of Honor recipients arrive in Knoxville The Medal of Honor convention began Tuesday as more than 50 recipients from across the country congregated in Neyland Stadium. The convention lasts through Sunday and includes many public and private events. Among the public events is a town hall discussion in the Cox Auditorium Friday at 10 a.m. moderated by UT students.

President Obama prepares to carry out anti-ISIS strategy Obama told Congress in a speech Tuesday he had authority to put strategies in place to fight against ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria. CNN reported that some in Congress want to vote on the decision, while others have argued that Obama already has the authority to increase attacks on the group. However, Obama encouraged Congress to support him in a united front as military steps are taken to eventually establish a stable government in Iraq.

Ravens terminate Ray Rice’s contract The Baltimore Ravens’ running back Ray Rice was released from his contract and suspended indefinitely from the NFL on Monday following a video that surfaced online. The video, which surfaced on TMZ, appears to show Rice punching then-fiancee Janay Rice hard enough to knock her to the ground.

Janay Rice has since spoken out in support of her husband, calling the situation a “nightmare” on Instagram.

Sheriff, slain Tenn. woman’s Appeals court reinstates Campfield defamation suit family address media The Associated Press

The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Dense woods where the remains of a Tennessee woman were discovered by two hunters had been searched by air and ground when she vanished three years ago but no signs of the nursing student were found, a sheriff said Tuesday.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on Monday confirmed that the skull that was found was that of Holly Bobo, who was 20 when she disappeared in 2011.

Her brother told police he saw a man dressed in camouflage leading her into the woods and she hadn’t been seen since.

Bobo’s abduction gained national attention and the family received strong support from the town of about 2,400 people located about 110 miles east of Memphis.

Hopes that Bobo would be found alive were dashed in March when Zachary Adams, whose family has property about 6 miles from where Bobo’s remains were found, was charged with murder and kidnapping.

Another man, Jason Autry, faces the same charges. Both men have pleaded not guilty.

“We will never understand the actions or the motives of those who took Holly from us, but we continue to pray that someone will have the courage to step forward and shed more light on this senseless tragedy,” said a statement from Bobo’s family read at the news conference by family lawyer Steve Farese.

In the days following her abduction on April 13, 2011, from her home in Parsons, authorities followed cellphone signals during the hunt, Decatur County Sheriff Keith Byrd said at a news conference.

He said aircraft fitted with infrared sensors could not get a good look during flyovers because of thick tree foliage, and ground searchers didn’t find evidence of Bobo’s remains in the rural Decatur County where they were eventually discovered Sunday.

“I would say that was probably an area for citizen’s searches,” Byrd said about the search on the ground.

Later, he added: “If there was

any indication to believe we needed a law enforcement (ground) search in that area, I never heard it. I never heard that one took place in that area.”

After Bobo disappeared, posters with her face on them and a reward offer were distributed throughout Tennessee and the South. TBI Director Mark Gwyn has said that the investigation has been the most exhaustive and expensive in the agency’s history.

Two men looking for ginseng on Sunday discovered the skull just a few feet from a log road some 400 yards from a cellphone tower.

Dental evidence confirmed it was Bobo’s, officials said.

Byrd said he did not know how long the remains had been there.

Forensic teams were investigating.

Byrd referred to the cellphone signals being followed by law enforcement as “pings.”

“To my knowledge, no information besides the pings ever came in for that particular area,” Byrd said. “Practically everything within a 20-, 25-mile radius was searched at one time or another.”

The state Court of Appeals on Monday reinstated a defamation lawsuit against Republican state Sen. Stacey Campfield for publishing false information on his blog about a Democratic candidate for the state House in 2008.

The panel found that the lower court erred in throwing out the $750,000 lawsuit filed by former candidate Roger Byrge last year, and that the case could result in a finding of “actual malice” by Campfield.

“Politics may be a rough and tumble endeavor, but, contrary to the vintage Cole Porter song, ‘anything goes’ will not suffice when it comes to publishing factual falsehoods about political rivals,” Judge D. Michael Swiney wrote in the opinion. “A public figure, even a politician, is neither totally immune from nor totally unprotected by the law of defamation.”

Campfield, who had a long history of provocative statements, was defeated in the Republican primary last month. His term doesn’t end until after the general election in November.

Campfield said in a deposition that he had relied on preliminary information from House Republican Caucus

Chairman Glen Casada of Franklin when he falsely wrote on his blog that Byrge had multiple drug arrests and that the mug shots were “gold.” It was later determined the arrest record belonged to Byrge’s son.

The elder Byrge lost the House race to Republican Chad Faulkner by fewer than 400 votes and later filed suit in Campbell County.

Casada said in court filings that he did not intend for Campfield to post the information on the blog before it was confirmed. But Campfield said his 2011 deposition that he didn’t feel a responsibility to verify what he had been told

by Casada, or to apologize for getting it wrong.

Jacksboro Circuit Judge John McAfee in throwing out the lawsuit last year acknowledged that Campfield had gotten it wrong on his blog, but agreed with defense attorneys that the lawmaker did not know the information provided by House GOP leadership was false when he posted it. McAfee chalked the disagreement up to the “dog-eat-dog world” of campaigns.

“Politics are politics, and it’s a big boys and big girls game,” McAfee said at the time. “That’s just the way it is.”

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Around Rocky Top

Contributor Leaders aren’t born.

They’re shaped.

Founded in 1986 by the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, The LeaderShape Institute is a national organization devoted to producing the next generation of local and global leaders. In 2011, a chapter of the organization was formed at the University of Tennessee.

Entering its fourth year, UT’s LeaderShape program has graduated 222 students.

“It changes students’ lives,” said Dean of Students Melissa Shivers, who has worked with the institute on a national level since 2006 as a lead facilitator. “It’s not something you join, it’s something you experience.”

Each year, LeaderShape organizes a six-day program for students to learn how to work in teams and accomplish their goals to improve the world. Out of hundreds of applications, only 60 people are chosen for the UT chapter.

Upon acceptance to the program, students meet their “family cluster,” a diverse group of eight to 12 other participants that students

Katie Mire • The Daily Beacon Megan Hatcher, junior, finance “I just got back from a tournament in North Carolina. We leave today (Tuesday) for a tournament in Indiana and don’t get back till 4 a.m. on Wednesday. Best part: I have an accounting exam on Wednesday.”

COUCH SURFING continued from Page 1 Within the Couchsurfing community, hosts and surfers each enjoy “easy company” during their stay. After his own Couchsurfing experiences, McAnly hosted fellow couch surfers, introducing him to characters he might not have met otherwise.

“I once hosted a new college grad from Britain who came to the States to travel for two months who provided more engaging conversation about the U.S. political system than I’d had with many of my friends,” McAnly said. “You never know where your conversation will go sometimes.”

Now a Couchsurfing veteran, McAnly advises sending a message requesting to stay somewhere at least a week in advance. He also recommends checking the person’s profile to see if they have undergone a background check, verified their location and joined any of Couchsurfing.org’s sub-communities.

“My advice to people thinking about Couchsurfing or hosting is to treat others how you wished others would treat you,” McAnly said. “It’s simple, really.”

Share a stranger’s house and pet their cat Then, for those seeking more than just a couch for a night, there’s Airbnb.com.

This site allows locals in cities

The site also offers background checks similar to couchsurfing.org, letting Poynter and Mackey rest easy about allowing guests in their home.

They are also happy to provide travelers with a cheaper alternative to Knoxville’s expensive downtown hotels which may not be well-located.

“If someone in Knoxville wanted to stay in North Knoxville, if they wanted to hang out at Hops and Hollers, there’s not really a hotel close by for them,” Mackey said.

“Staying in someone’s house, you could be more in different neighborhoods.”

Poynter agreed, saying, “It can make a city very walkable where it may not be otherwise.”

Finding a host on Airbnb can also give voyagers a chance to ask their hosts where the locals go.

“It’s fun to have people’s perspective. If you meet a local and are like, where should you go to eat, where should I go to drink, what should we do, they definitely know,” Poynter said.

“Where as a hotel goes, there’s an Applebee’s nearby or if you like Australian food, there’s an Outback. It’s weird. But if you know someone who lives there, they know what’s going on.”

The couple believes Airbnb is ideal for extroverted people looking to connect with their hosts — and their pets.

“And they don’t have cats in the hotels,” Poynter said. “We have cats in our house.”

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UT’s LeaderShape program continues to impact students Chris Salvemini

around the world to offer bed space in their homes for a fee that fits most budgets.

Dale Mackey and Shawn Poynter are North Knoxville residents who offer up their sleeper sofa, complete with a colorful quilt, for up to two people. The couple welcomed their first guests this summer and have since hosted an Olympic figure skater’s brother, two fraternity brothers, a couple that simply needed somewhere to stop and sleep, and another couple they have remained good friends with.

“But the second couple, we were actually buddies,” Poynter said. “They were nice.

They were funny. They bought us a cupcake with their dinner.

They bought us brunch the next morning. It was so nice.

They were like, ‘We just had a great time.’ We talked forever.

It was great.”

The couple first encountered Airbnb during a trip to Lexington, Kentucky. Poynter found that staying in a local’s home allowed him to show Mackey the area on a more personal level. After an excellent experience in the city, they decided to host through Airbnb themselves to make a little extra cash and meet new people.

“If you’re okay with other people in your space and you don’t mind chatting with people, it’s — for us — a really easy way to just make a little bit of extra money,” Mackey said.

Hayley Brundige @hayleybrundige

UT RANKING continued from Page 1 Nichols said the widespread losses may indicate a national trend, potentially related to systemic budget cuts for higher education and public universities.

“There is a shifting particularly of this group,” Cheek said.

Since the early 1990’s, Cheek explained, North Carolina State University has

spend most of their time with.

“Family clusters often become very close, lifelong friends,” said Shivers, who still goes to lunch and hangs out with her previous family clusters.

In these cohorts, students build their “breakthrough blueprint,” or vision to improve their community with the assistance of the cluster facilitators.

Through team-building exercises, deep discussions and workshops on self-improvement, students work on building their vision of what they want to do to improve the community. For some, a vision could mean refining the education system or helping the environment.

Cluster facilitators then work with the participants to develop ideas and create a plan of action to implement them.

“The program content of The LeaderShape Institute reflects key leadership issues of vision, partnerships, integrity and results,” said Kate Kennedy, assistant director of the Center for Leadership and Service.

Brianna Harris, sophomore in public relations, articipated in the LeaderShape summit during her freshman year.

Harris said her vision was to create a support system for

high school students, who often have lower self-esteem and self-image issues. Harris is now collaborating with the UT Medical Center to establish the program and still keeps in contact with her family cluster for resources and networking.

Since the non-profit’s founding, LeaderShape has challenged over 38,000 of its graduates to “lead with integrity,” the program’s motto.

Although the LeaderShape retreat only lasts six days, students are encouraged to treat the rest of their academic careers as the “seventh day” of the retreat. The “seventh day” challenges students to accomplish what they set out to do with their breakthrough blueprints, whether that’s speaking to high-ranking officials or working to gain community support for any improvement within society.

“I’ll never forget it,” Harris said. “I still have my manual.

It will always be a part of me.”

Online applications open Jan. 7 and close on Feb. 11.

Interested students will also need to sign up for a brief interview any day between Feb. 16 and 19. LeaderShape 2015 lasts from May 10 to May 15.

been pursuing goals similar to UT’s Top 25 benchmarks.

Only now has NC State begun to climb the rankings.

“It takes a long time for people to realize who you are and for you to overcome what you used to be,” Cheek said. “So it’s a hard number to move, quite frankly, and the more important numbers are the graduation rate and retention rate.”

Still, Cheek remains optimistic about the future of UT, citing the 9 percent increase in

graduation rate, the 3 percent increase in student retention, increased salaries for faculty and staff, progress in research and important relationships built with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. UT, Cheek believes, has improved more rapidly than any of its peer institutions.

“We are on the right path,” Cheek said. “We are making excellent progress and it’s going to take a while until that’s reflected in the rankings.”

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Major changes in your life can be a good thing Guest Column by

Kevin Ridder A year ago today, if you had told me that you would be reading an opinions column with my name on it, I would’ve called bull.

Then, I’d promptly go back to floundering my way through the disaster that was last fall. I had just entered junior year; the easy gen-ed classes were over, and I had begun to take the geology majorspecific classes that would define my career. With the ridiculous amount of nights I spent in the lab studying concepts I really did not care about while attempting (read: failing) to juggle my social life in the process, I hated every second of it.

Somehow, I managed to pull through and pass my classes (barely). Come spring semester, I walked into my next geology class.

Suddenly, I had a realization: I didn’t give a damn about anything the teachers were talking about. (I am not demeaning the geology department or students; it’s a fantastic program and a solid career choice.)

A huge weight was lifted off my shoulders as I realized what I had to do. If I hated my classes this much, how was I supposed to even remotely enjoy a career in that field?

So, right after my last class of the day, I brainstormed what I enjoyed most in my college career. The resounding conclusion, as you may have guessed, is that I love to write (It’s about the only way I can communicate. I’m much more socially awkward in person).

I walked into the Beacon office and asked if they had any positions open. Luckily, one had just opened up that week and they needed a copy editor right away. I took this as a sign, and my next stop was over to my adviser to make the switch official.

And I’m by no means unique in this realization.

National statistics say that 50 to 70 percent of students change their major at least once, often three times or more. This makes a whole lot of sense when you think about it.

Tell an 18-year-old they have to decide, right now, what they’re going to do with the rest of their lives.

Not going to work out too well, is it? Of course, there are always exceptions to the rule, but the majority of us take more time to make a decision. I still don’t know for sure what I’m going to do; I will soon, but not yet.

The only way we college students can know for sure what we want to do with the rest of our lives is to experience as much as possible. And on Rocky Top, it’s both very easy and very difficult -- easy in the sense that there is an abundance of activities, clubs and classes to choose from. It’s difficult in the sense that UT is a monstrous machine of a school, and it’s generally looked down upon if you can’t be pumped out of the system in four years (lest you damage their shot at Top 25).

Changing my major was an easy decision that was hard to make; it took confidence I didn’t even know I had. As many will tell you, I’m very (obnoxiously) indecisive. Luckily, I had a moment of clarity and the support of my girlfriend, friends and family.

So here I am, an environmental studies major with a concentration in journalism. Yes, I will likely not be able to get as high paying a job as with geology. Yes, I will have to take an extra year or two to make up for the extra credit hours, driving me even further into student loan debt (‘Merica). Yes, “environmental studies with a concentration in journalism” is much more annoying to say and explain than “geology.”

But you know what? I’m happy.

I’m doing a job that I love, I look forward to my classes in the morning and I have a much less vague idea of what I want to do with my life after graduation.

If you’re unhappy, you can fix it. Take a chance. Do something you enjoy. We only have a limited amount of time on this earth; you might as well make the most of it.

Kevin Ridder is a senior in environmental studies with a concentration in journalism (phew!). He is the Viewpoints Editor for The Daily Beacon and occasionally writes columns to remind himself how tremendous the other columnists are for doing this on a weekly basis. He can be reached at kridder2@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.

Sometimes it can be all about you Sacred and the City by

Merry-Reid Sheffer “Think about it. If you are single, after graduation, there isn’t one occasion where people celebrate you […] Hey, is it bad my life is filled with shoes and not children? When did we stop being free to be you and me?” [Sex in the City: Season 6, Episode 9, “A Woman’s Right to Shoes”] There’s something about spending money that is terrifying to me. Ever heard of buyer’s remorse? For me, it’s more like buyer’s dread.

My cousin, on the other hand, is not afraid of “treating herself” as some may call it. In the way of indulgent makeup and designer shoes, Genevieve* never skimps out on the good stuff. She always made sure I got a little something to get myself started, too -- blushes, mascara, lightly worn Uggs that she planned on throwing out. As an avid “thrifter,” the sound of it turned my stomach. How could someone spend so much money on themselves?

I pride myself these days on being a smart spender -- the less I spend on a cool article of clothing, a new bag,

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in for a visit with her baby showerthrowing friend, the woman offers to pay for the shoes until she hears the price. A disagreement ensues, in which the uppity mom shoe-shames Carrie and tells her that her life is centered on all the wrong things.

While I believe the price of Carrie’s shoes was ridiculous, I don’t blame her for loving them.

I know how it feels to work for something and provide it for yourself. I also believe that a life centered on purely inanimate objects is wholly unfulfilling.

I know these two beliefs can coexist.

Carrie loves shoes, and she loves herself by treating herself to these shoes.

She is fulfilled by the fact that she doesn’t need anyone to do this for her.

What Carrie does not love is being judged for loving herself. Our actions are not about our neighbor but about ourselves for just a few measly dollars. So as Carrie says, “The fact is, sometimes it’s hard to walk in a single woman’s shoes. That’s why we need really special ones now and then to make the walk a little more fun.”

Live and let live - for all the Genevieves out there who know how to worship their spiritual needs, even if it is a tube of mascara. *name changed for bourgeois effect Merry Reid Sheffer is a senior in English. She can be reached at msheffer@vols.utk.edu.

Buy your cake and bake it too City Cents by

Jonathan Martin If you are an avid reader of the Viewpoints section of The Daily Beacon, then you have undoubtedly seen several columns with advice geared specifically toward incoming freshmen. However, this week in “City Cents,” I want to cover something that becomes an immediate struggle for many students once they leave their freshman dorms and meal plans — buying your own food.

When I moved into my first apartment in fall of 2012, it became immediately clear that buying groceries requires discipline. After a long day of classes, the last thing I ever wanted to do was go buy groceries or take the time to cook my own meal. I just wanted to eat as soon as possible and in the most convenient way.

Lunch and dinner quickly became a series of events that culminated in me placing a call to Jimmy Johns or stopping by Moe’s (Sorry, Chipotle fans).

Naturally, these compromises did not bother me on a daily basis. After all, I was saving time in my day that I needed to do other, more important things.

However, I also quickly saw that this lifestyle wasn’t as gracious on my bank account as it was on my taste buds. Seven

dollars to $10 per meal just isn’t feasible for most of us on an everyday basis. The worst part about this process was that it slowly ate away at my bank account. This allowed my food expenses to go largely unnoticed until I actually looked back at my account statement and added up how much I had spent.

Given the same amount of money, you could buy a much larger amount of food at the grocery store than at restaurants.

Even though you have to prepare the food that you buy, it is well worth the amount you would overpay eating fast-food every night.

Despite the attention I am giving to grocery shopping, everyone in Knoxville knows we have an abundance of restaurants. Everyone also knows how hard it would be never to go out with friends and get something to eat at those restaurants.

In fact, most of the time when I hang out with friends in the evenings or on the weekends, it involves going out to eat. At first glance, this seems to throw a wrench in my “grocery store savings” philosophy that I’ve established, but this does not have to be the case.

My advice in this area is simple: look for daily deals at restaurants. Knoxville has plenty of ways to save money and enjoy great food or drinks, whether it’s on the Strip or on Gay Street. Everybody knows about drink deals such as Wine Wednesday at Sunspot or Pint Nights at Barley’s Taproom & Pizzeria. Yet, the deals on food can be overlooked:

for instance, $5 burger night at Copper Cellar. For me, the deals on food have become exponentially more valuable than any other. When we take this into account, it is clear there are avenues we can take to save money and still go out to eat. There is no reason to cook alone at home every night while your friends are enjoying a nice meal together.

I write these tips on being moneyconscious with our food purchases while simultaneously acknowledging that I will regularly ignore what I know is best for my bank account. Even so, that thought process brings me to my final piece of advice: don’t sweat it too much.

Allow yourself to splurge occasionally and spend more at a restaurant every now and then with friends. In the long run, we will have a few dollars less, but saving a few dollars should not completely replace our ability to go out and have a good time. So to those who are beginning to budget for groceries and restaurants for the first time, look at my previous advice as helpful information, not rigid absolutes.

The right balance will both save you money and still leave room for funding what will certainly be the best years of your college career.

Jonathan Martin is a junior in finance.

He can be reached at j92mart@gmail. com.

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some shoes or jewelry, the more I love it. What’s more, I love telling people about it. Someone says they like a certain something that I’ve dug from the depths of a Goodwill rack and I’m like, “Thanks!

Goodwill … $1 … still had the tags on it … previously owned by Shakira.”

You know, anything that makes the other person question everything they’ve ever purchased before.

I find license to love my things because I take pride in the fact that I’ve searched so diligently for them. Every time I shop, it’s an intricate game of waiting for things to hit the sale rack, making something worn in the ‘90s fashionable again, finding the coupon that pushes it to half price; so it’s justifiable that I love all my things. But I couldn’t help but wonder -- does that make me any better than Genevieve when it comes to valuing material goods?

We are told from an early age that filling up your life with things will get you nowhere. It is the commodities we can’t buy that will mean the most to us -- love, family, friends, careers, passions. This is true, and it is not with this concept that Carrie struggles, but that some (those with spouses and children) will have real, full lives, while others will just have expensive shoes.

After she is forced to leave her $480 shoes at the door of a baby shower, Carrie finds that her shoes have been stolen/gone missing. When Carrie drops

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but you’ve got to figure out the environment before you get successful shows in any given town,� Bledsoe said.

However, playing house shows remains crucial for the burgeoning group. “You’ve got to figure out who has the house shows,� Bledsoe said. “That’s how people get started anywhere, that’s how we got started here. You‘ve got to build up a smaller fan base from just that small room.�

But even as the band matures, they plan to retain their youthful sound. “Have a party, don’t just stand there,� Bledsoe said. “You want to be there for your life.�

Through performing with other local bands like Marina Orchestra, Theorizt and Buddy System, the band has built a strong Knoxville fan base. “A lot of people at our shows like to get a little rowdy and push each other around, but at the same time we’re playing at venues that are big enough now that there are places for people that don’t want to do that,�

Bledsoe said. “You can stand in the back or on the balcony.

Scruffy City Hall is that way.�

In addition to playing locally, the band has done a few “weekend warrior� style tours throughout the region – an

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French women bid topless sunbathing ‘adieu’ The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s summer is fast becoming a memory, and so is one of its iconic beach sights: the topless woman.

As few as 2 percent of French women under 35 now say they want to bare their breasts, according to an Elle magazine poll this summer. It’s a far cry from the once-ubiquitous scenes of semi-nudity on

the French Riviera, epitomized by 1960s blond bombshell Brigitte Bardot. “It’s seen as vulgar. People are more prudish these days,� explains 60-year old Muriel Trazie, keeping her breasts out of the public eye while sunning herself on Paris Plages, the French capital’s summer beach.

Sandra Riahi, 22, in a bikini, chimed in: “I’ve never done it.

I’d be too embarrassed.�

In the 1960s, it took a country like France to make femi-

nism sexy — and women did it by going topless on the beach.

Men don’t have to wear bikini tops, so why should we? the feminists cried. The boundary-breaking became risque trend-setting — when photos of La Bardot posing topless in the Cote d’Azur were beamed around the world.

The frisson of fun only increased when toplessness was denounced by the Vatican and condemned by the Spanish church.

When France stood up to

a conservative backlash and refused to ban topless bathing in the 1970s, wearing the “monokini� — the bikini bottom without the top — became a symbol of Gallic pride.

But times change, and so do bathing suits.

Some link the demise of “le topless� to a simple change in French fashion styles — with a recent trend for full swimsuits, and ones that accentuate the bottom. But sociologists claim that the trend should be taken more seriously, with some sug-

gesting that French women have forgotten the achievements of feminism. “French young women today are more conformist.

They’ve already attained freedom ... So they’ve gotten lazy and taken it for granted,� said Jean-Claude Kauffman, author of “Women’s Bodies, Men’s Gaze. Sociology of Naked Breasts.�

Scholars point to the aging of the Generation X in France and a step back to traditional values among the more conser-

vative “Millennial Generation.�

And where once authorities defended toplessness, there’s now an official push to restrict it.

In Paris, an official sign shows a faceless bikini-clad beauty posing on a pedestal. “In parks and gardens, we don’t forget to wear the TOP and the bottom,� says the sign recently put up in Paris’ Monceau Park, a popular sunbathing spot near the Arc de Triomphe.

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ARTS & CULTURE Singer-Songwriter Night returns to Square Room

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A lone piano rests on a dimly lit stage while musicians wait anxiously for the opportunity to live their dream. The floor is littered with guitar cases; the air is vibrating with the strumming and tuning of acoustic guitars. As two men approach the stage, the chatter and music quiets. Then, the showcase begins.

So begins a typical “SingerSongwriter Night” at the Square Room in Market Square.

The fourth season of the weekly showcase featuring performances by local singersongwriters began Monday night, opening with a performance by event coordinators and fellow musicians Adam Whipple and Greg Adkins.

The pair played an acoustic guitar and grand piano duet, embodying the kind of community Whipple hopes to inspire among fellow artists.

“Songwriting, especially, for some reason -- the people who do this are especially lonely or seem especially lonely, cause you sit in your closet or whatever and you create something that’s all about your feelings,” Whipple said. “And so it really helps to have people standing beside you in a safe place

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to have criticism. Not people, you know, standing in front of you yelling, ‘Play Free Bird!’”

The performers represented a variety of genres and lyrical styles, from songwriting veterans to fresh-faced youths taking their first leap into the musical community. That sense of community was evident, as every performance

received an equally encouraging round of applause.

Zach Miles, a 24-year-old IT support specialist from Harriman, Tennessee, claimed that his background in bluegrass music led to his interest in songwriting.

“I started writing music because I came from the bluegrass style,” Miles said. “It was

just constant everyday that we played. Drinking, drinking, bluegrass, go to sleep, wake up at like five in the afternoon and just do it again, just in a different place. And it was more of a, ‘What more is there than just drinking all the time and bluegrass music?’”

Miles said his participation in “Singer-Songwriter Night”

led him to many new friendships, including one with Rob Kronen, a 25-year-old musician from Syracuse, New York. After experiencing the difficulties of group dynamics in a band, Kronen began to explore solo singing and songwriting.

“I just started writing songs because it was where I was at

that moment,” Kronen said.

“They just kept coming, and they’re still coming.”

The work displayed Monday night was a testament to the performers’ diversity and determination. The night offered a gathering place for local songwriters looking for a creative outlet, a little extra cash or just some good conversation about songwriting.

However, this event is not exclusively for those who can write and sing. Friends, family or even curious, unaffiliated listeners are welcome to join this artist community.

For the next 10 Mondays, “Singer-Songwriter Night” will be holding an open competition for artists of all ages.

Weekly winners will not only move on to compete in the monthly competition, but also take home a crisp $25 check. The value of the prizes only increases from there: monthly winners will earn a place in the final competition and a check for $100, and the seasonal winner will find themselves $250 richer and set up to record a complete, produced single with Firelight Studios.

The doors open at 7 p.m. each week and shows begin at 7:30 p.m. For more information visit the Square Room website or the “SingerSongwriter Night” Facebook page for announcements and updates.

Around Rocky Top

Singer-Songwriter playlist Bob Dylan The Times They are a-Changin’ The Times They are a-Changin’

Ingrid Michaelson Be OK You and I

Ed Sheeran X (Deluxe Edition) I See Fire

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

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US beats Slovenia 119-76 Defensive commits eager to reach semis at worlds to benefit Vols in 2015 Nathanael Rutherford Staff Writer

The Tennessee Volunteers have a plethora of talented defensive prospects in their 2015 recruiting class, and a handful of those players are versatile and dynamic enough to make an immediate impact as freshmen.

Linebacker Cecil Cherry, defensive end Andrew Butcher and cornerback Darrell Miller are each poised for exciting senior high school seasons this year – seasons that will serve as launching pads for their Tennessee careers.

Although winning a state championship is a priority for Miller, his central goal is to simply improve.

“I want to work on my progression through the season, becoming a smarter player,” Miller said.

“Ultimately, I want to play like an SEC-caliber player.”

Butcher echoed Miller and his plans for the upcoming year.

“I want to lead my team to an undefeated season and a state championship,” Butcher said. “I’d also like to become a better vocal leader and lead my team a bit better. I want to get 100-plus tackles this season, and twenty or more sacks would be good too.”

One of the main draws for each of these prospects

is how well-connected the coaches and players are at UT. The family-like relationships head coach Butch Jones and his assistants have fostered stands out to Miller, and Butcher said it played a big part in his commitment to the Vols.

“What stood out to me was the family atmosphere,” Butcher said, “how all the recruits and players are already a family right now.”

Added Cherry: “It’s the type of environment I want to be in. Plus there’re no fans like UT fans.”

One of the main characteristics of the recruiting class of 2014 was how close the players were and how much they communicated.

That same aspect seems to be just as prevalent in the 2015 class, as recruits are already forming bonds before they even step on the field together.

“We talk to each other every day,” Cherry said.

“If we aren’t texting, we’re Snapchatting each other.”

Not only are these recruits drawn to UT and the other commitments, but Jones and his staff see playmaking potential in these three players and value them highly. One thing that separates them from other prospects is their versatility on the field.

All three players can play multiple positions on defense, and their flexibility opens up more playing time for them.

“I wouldn’t mind playing any position in the secondary,” said Miller, a former safety. “I think I’m that versatile. Hopefully I’ll come in and compete for a starting position.”

Butcher is just as eager to help out the Vols any way he can.

“I give my all every play,” Butcher said. “I’m a little bit crazy because I’ll do things other people won’t.

I’ll sacrifice for my team.

“If they need me early, I’m ready, but it won’t hurt my feelings if they want to redshirt me.”

Cherry has a close relationship with current UT linebacker A.J. Johnson, and he has taken Johnson’s play to heart in his desire to separate himself from other players. As a sophomore, Johnson was used as a short-yardage running back, scoring six touchdowns in the “Beast Package.”

The Vols may be getting another ‘beast’ in Cherry.

“I love to play running back,” said the 6-foot-1, 230-pound linebacker. “I asked coach to put in a special package when I get there.”

Each of these recruits will use their versatility to compete right away for their new Tennessee family, and they will look to play important roles as freshmen just as the 2014 recruits are this season.

VOLLEYBALL

Lady Vols snap four-game losing streak with 3-1 victory over Evansville Staff Report

In their fourth game in five days, the Tennessee Lady Volunteers volleyball team ended their fourgame losing streak, defeating the Evansville Purple Aces, 3-1, on Tuesday.

After winning the first set – something UT failed to do during their time in Ames, Iowa, for the Iowa State Challenge – the Lady Vols dropped the second set, pressuring the young team to bounce back and secure their first win since Aug. 30.

Led by sophomore Jamie Lea, who contributed a team-high 14 kills and a hit percentage of

.205, the Lady Vols did exactly that, clinching the third and fourth set in their first true road game of the season.

In total, 12 Lady Vols saw action in Tuesday night’s contest and helped UT outhit Evansville .124 to .093.

The Purple Aces were paced by Ashley Ring and Genesis Miranda, who had 15 and 13 kills, respectively.

Freshman Iesha Bryant, who came into the match ranked second in the SEC in blocks per set at 1.53, continued her hot stretch of play, recording six kills, two blocks and a dig.

Three Lady Vols recorded double - digit digs as Kanisha Jimenez, Bridgette Villano and

Claudia Coco each had 14, 11 and 10 respectively.

Having won, Tennessee will advance to 9-6 alltime against Mountain Valley Conference opponents and 2-1 under head coach Rob Patrick.

The contest was the fourth of seven games in nine days for the Lady Vols and the first inside the state of Indiana for UT since 2005 when they played Purdue in West Lafayette.

The Lady Vols will look to create a winning streak when they head to Conway, South Carolina, to play in the Coastal Carolina Tournament, where they will face Kennesaw State, Loyola Maryland and the host Coastal Carolina.

The Associated Press

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — James Harden and Stephen Curry went into halftime with no points and no panic.

“We just stick to the program. We know it’s tough for any team to run with us for 40 minutes because of how deep we are and how hard we work on the floor,” Curry said.

“I think we understand we didn’t make many shots in the first half but our defense was pretty solid and if we kept the pressure on them, things would open up.”

They did. Quickly.

Klay Thompson scored 20 points and Harden had 12 of his 14 in the third quarter, helping the U.S. turn a close game into a 119-76 rout of Slovenia on Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the World Cup. Kenneth Faried added 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Americans, who will play Lithuania on Thursday in Barcelona for a spot in Sunday’s gold-medal game in Madrid.

Lithuania beat Turkey 73-61 earlier Tuesday.

The U.S. led 49-42 at halftime despite shooting just 36 percent, with Harden and Curry, two of the NBA’s top seven scorers, combining to miss all 12 shots.

“I said, ‘I don’t think that’ll happen in the second half’ and it didn’t,” U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said.

Derrick Rose finished with 12 points after coming into the game shooting 8 for 37 in the World Cup. Anthony Davis had 13

points and 11 rebounds.

Goran Dragic of the Phoenix Suns led Slovenia with 13 points.

“We prepare but it’s easy to prepare on the paper,” Slovenia coach Zdovic Jure said. “Definitely they were so athletic, they were more aggressive second half and actually they punish every mistake.”

The Americans led by only five points early in the third quarter before tearing off a 27-10 run. That made it 76-54 with about two minutes left in the period, and the game turned altogether lopsided after the Americans scored the first 10 points of the fourth quarter to lead 96-64.

“I thought we played really hard the whole game and we just couldn’t finish in the first half some of those plays,” Krzyzewski said, “and then they stayed with it and then the floodgates opened in the second half.”

So the scoreboard ended up looking much like the Americans’ 101-71 exhibition rout the week the tournament opened, when they had huge advantages in points in the paint and at the free-throw line.

But it didn’t look that way for a while for a U.S. team that had been mostly unchallenged in the tournament while beating opponents by 31.5 points a game.

“We try hard but around 23 minutes it was like, close, the game,” Jure said.

“But the power that they have, you know, it was too much for us.”

The Americans shot poorly at the start, but that just gave them more opportunities to pad their rebound totals. They missed 21 shots in the first quarter

but grabbed 14 offensive boards and scored 15 second-chance points, though their lead was only 29-22 after one.

The U.S. lead grew to 12 in the second quarter, but the Americans managed only a 3-pointer by Rudy Gay over the final 2 1/2 minutes, and Zoran Dragic’s 3-pointer with 36 seconds remaining cut it to 49-42 at the break.

“They kind of slowed us down in that first half, dictated the tempo and Coach talked to us second half about playing our brand of basketball and how we like to play,” Harden said. “And we came out with that intensity.”

Harden was 0 for 8 in the half while Curry missed all four of his shots while being limited to eight minutes of playing time because of foul trouble.

That gave Rose extra time to get his shot going after struggling badly in the tournament, his first action after missing most of the last two seasons following a pair of knee operations.

“Coach K gave me the green light to be aggressive and play my type of game,” Rose said. “That eased me into the game and I tried to keep it going.”

The tenseness of the first half and the feistiness of the Slovenians seemed to fire up the Americans, who celebrated so wildly after a couple of their dunks that Krzyzewski had to back them up off the floor back toward the bench.

The U.S. finished at 50 percent after making 29 of 45 shots in the second half (64 percent). The Americans outrebounded the Slovenians 53-38.

8 • THE DAILY BEACON

Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

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Asst. Sports Editor Dargan Southard @dsouth16 msoutha1@vols.utk.edu

FOOTBALL

Vols hopeful that quickness enough to counter OU’s big offensive line

Taylor White

Staff Writer (@T_Dub98)

Facing an offensive line as experienced and talented as the Oklahoma Sooner’s is a daunting task, but the young Vols defensive line feels that they are up to the challenge.

The Sooners’ front five consists of three seniors and two juniors, and boasts an average weight of 321 pounds. This is in sharp contrast to a very young Tennessee defensive front who averages just over 270 pounds, and starts three underclassmen.

“They’re really big,” said sophomore defensive tackle Danny O’Brien. “But we also do play Alabama and Georgia every season, so it’s not anything we’re not used to. Size doesn’t matter, it’s the effort that you play with.”

Tennessee was forced to replace all four starters on its defensive line coming into the year, but the Vols are hoping that what their players lack in experience, they can make up for with their quickness off the ball.

For the past two seasons, Tennessee has had, arguably, one of the most talented offensive lines in the country, and facing off against that highly-touted group in practice every day has helped prepare the current Vols for the task at hand.

“As a freshman, I went against Zach Fulton and those guys all day long,” O’Brien said. “It’s really nothing new to me, but it might be a little bit of an adjustment for the younger guys who haven’t seen this kind of size, but I think they’re gonna be alright.”

Life on the road: Focus and discipline is a key aspect of being successful away from home, but at a venue like OU’s Memorial Stadium that is easier said than done.

For many players on this young Tennessee defense, it will be their first time playing away from the comforts of Neyland

Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon Redshirt sophomore nose tackle Danny O’Brien takes down Arkansas State’s Johnston White on Sept. 6.

Stadium, but the talented newcomers insist they are ready for the challenge.

“A lot of us older guys don’t even see those guys as young guys anymore,” sophomore linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin said. “We tested those guys all summer. It’s week three of the season now, so we look at those guys as part of us.”

Going to the No. 4 ranked team in the country is a tall task, and is made harder by the amount of youth that is on this team, but this challenge can also be a great learning experience for a young team.

“Over half (of the travel squad) will be making their first road trip ever for the University of Tennessee,” said head coach Butch Jones. “They have to learn what it takes to go on the road, and compete at a high level and play winning football, and block out all the clutter and distractions.”

Trying to remain calm, and not get too nervous is a big part of life on the road, but suppressing those nerves can be difficult taking on a team like the Sooners.

“I get nervous before every

game, ever since I was seven,” freshman safety Todd Kelly Jr. said. “Maybe as I mature and get older I’ll be able to start eating my food, and not be as nervous.

I always say it’s good to be nervous because you are anxious to get out there and make plays for your team.”

Officially starting: Even though LaDarrell McNeil has started 19 games during his time at Tennessee, the junior safety found himself in a battle for a starting position during fall camp.

In UT’s weekly depth chart, McNeil was listed as a starter for the first time this season despite starting in each of the Vols’ first two contests against Utah State and Arkansas State.

The Dallas, Texas, native is penciled in at the free safety position, opposite junior Brian Randolph, who did not start last week due to an ankle injury.

“LaDarrell has done a great job not only on the back end, but on special teams as well,” Jones said. “I think he’s really improved his game as he’s had more repetitions and more opportunities.

We need consistency and a sure tackler at that position.”

FOOTBALL continued from Page 1 “I love to be that guy,” Kerbyson said. “I like that the team can get on my shoulders and I can help them out. I take pride in that. I’ve been getting left snaps this week and I’ve really taken pride in working on my technique, making sure I’m ready to go in case they need me.”

But to determine how long it’s been since the redshirt junior played left tackle, you’d have think back to when coach Jones first assumed the position of Tennessee’s head coach.

“It’s been about a year and a half,” Kerbyson said. “It’s been awhile, but not much changes, the plays are just going the opposite way.”

If the Knoxville native were to move to left tackle this week, freshman Coleman Thomas would be asked to fill his shoes at right tackle.

Before the season, Thomas was originally slated to be the

Vols starting right tackle, but the emergence of freshman Jashon Robertson pushed the Max Meadows, Virginia, native out of the starting rotation.

Despite being forced to sit on the sidelines, Thomas has continued to work hard with Kerbyson’s encouragement.

“I’ve talked to Coleman a lot and I’ve told him about my situation and how I redshirted and how I was second team my whole first year and it’s really not that bad a thing to be redshirted,” Kerbyson said. “I just told him to keep his head up and now he has an opportunity to play and he’s really taken advantage of that.

“I’ve been keeping up with him and telling him ‘you got to get ready. Get in there and watch film, get your technique down and be ready to go.’”

Battle of the coaches: During Tuesday’s practice, an open challenge was issued between Jones and wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni involving Vic Wharton and Ryan Jenkins.

The premise was simple. The

winner’s player gets to travel to Oklahoma.

With Wharton representing Jones and Jenkins representing Azzanni, the players continued their individual drills. After every rep, however, Jones would shout the challenge’s updated score over Haslam Field’s speakers.

While the winner was never officially announced, Jones stated that the challenge served a greater purpose than securing a seat on the plane to Norman, Oklahoma.

“That’s just something for fun,” Jones clarified. “But our players have to understand that every time they step on the football field, it’s an opportunity to improve your craft and improve your skill set. It’s all about game speed repetitions, so we’ll continue to compete throughout the course of this week and every week throughout the bye week.

“When you split players up and you split sides, you take that personally because it’s all about competing to be the best that you can be.”

Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon Redshirt junior offensive lineman Kyler Kerbyson prepares to block Arkansas State’s Jonah Hill during the Vols’ 34-19 victory over the Red Wolves on Sept. 6.