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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Issue 20, Volume 124
Food truck frenzy hits Knoxville
Upperclassmen’s absence opens door for backups
Hayley Brundige Staff Writer Swarming the farmers market on weekends, the rise of the food truck has been swift and undeniably impressive. But for traditional, stationary eateries, that popularity could also be lethal. This is the dilemma currently facing local restaurateurs as city officials decide whether food truck vendors should be allowed to set up shop on downtown streets. Twenty-one downtown restaurants, including Trio Café, Soccer Taco and Coolato Gelato, have hired a lawyer to represent their concerns. “Would any city planner let 30 different restaurants open up within a four-block radius? That’s an unsustainable amount of competition,” said Maggie Cole, co-owner and operater of Steamboat Sandwiches on Market Square with her sister, Rita Anderson. “I think restaurant owners are nervous that once food trucks get the green light we’re just going to be overwhelmed.” Restaurant owners like Cole and Anderson object to food trucks claiming a prime location downtown without having to pay any permanent overhead costs. “We are in business, which means that competition is always going to be an issue,” Anderson said. “The real concern here is that the food trucks are held to the same standards that we’re held to financially and with the health depart-
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the table, it just stuck.” Community support has been vital to the success of the fundraiser, aptly titled “The Wounded Walk.” “I remember we got our first donation that day,” Shatarsky said. “It was ten dollars … and I called him (Senopole) and said ‘ok, one person believes in what we are doing, so now we have to go.’” Maj. Michael Edwards of the 800 detachment of UT’s AFROTC and assistant professor of aerospace studies, emphasized how supportive communities have been toward Shatarsky and Senopole. “They do not have any support vehicles or anything,” Edwards said. “Just the two of them with the U.S. Flag and Marine Flag, walking across the country. As they go from town to town, people have been very supportive and working things about for them.”
From the beginning of his tenure as the UT head coach in December, Butch Jones has remained adamant. Whether the audience is a hoard of reporters and a live ESPN feed at SEC Media Days or a small group of student leaders, he preaches that Tennessee will be defined by how it handles adversity. The Vols finally encountered some of that adversity on Saturday in their loss to Oregon, and Jones was not thrilled with the reaction of his team. “I thought that the game became fast, we suffered some adversity,” Jones said. “And we had some individuals make some uncharacteristic mistakes and mental errors.” Some of the adversity the Vols are encountering in the early season is beyond their control, however. Injuries are seeping through an already-thin depth chart and forcing players like linebackers John Propst and Christian Harris into consistent action. Along the defensive line, Corey Vereen is yet to play in 2013, Trevarris Saulsberry is out three to six weeks and Maurice Couch remains out indefinitely, pending the results of a possible impermissible benefits situation. Jacques Smith played Saturday but is still on the mend from a broken hand. Saulsberry injured his knee against the Ducks Saturday, and Jones said Monday the results of an MRI on the sophomore from Gainesville, Fla. are pending. “He was probably playing the best of anyone that we had up front,” Jones said. “So losing him was a major, major setback for the interior of our defense.” Daniel Hood shared the story of Saulsberry’s emergence, saying that he responded and stepped up following a meeting where teammates challenged him to become an asset along the line. “He was starting to really improve his game a lot,” Hood said. Saulsberry’s injury along with the other missing links along the front figure to push freshman Jason Carr into action when the Vols visit Florida for a 3:30 p.m. matchup on Saturday. “It is what it is,” Jones said. “He (Carr) is going to have to grow up in a hurry. He will gain some valuable repetitions in practice and he has to be game ready to go for the Gators.”
See WOUNDED WALK on Page 3
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Workers at Cruze Farm’s Milk Bar serve milk and ice cream from a food truck on Union Ave. during the Farmers Market on Sept. 14. ment.” Knoxville Mobile Restaurant Association was formed by a group of food truck owners looking to fight for their right to sell their wares downtown. Hoof Knoxville, Savory and Sweet, Mr. Canteen and Tootsie Truck are among the members of the coalition. In a letter sent in late August to the city of Knoxville’s business liaison, Patricia Robledo,
KMRA outlined the many benefits of having food trucks in the downtown area, including “speed and convenience, culture and increased business activity,” as well as bringing “young, smart, educated and idealistic entrepreneurs to our area.” Byron Sambat, who runs Savory and Sweet Food Truck with his wife, said allowing food trucks to set up downtown
would benefit all surrounding businesses. “All the research we’ve done shows that the more food trucks you have, the more people come into the downtown area which will bring more tax payers and more money to all the shops down here,” Sambat said from the window of his truck parked on Union Avenue for the Saturday farmers market. But Sambat is not the only
owner to hold this belief. “I’m having a hard time seeing the restaurant view because we do not have enough restaurants downtown,” Michele Purcell, owner of the Recycled Rock and Cork stand at the Saturday market, said. “Friday nights, you can’t get a table anywhere, so there obviously needs to be more options for the public.” See FOOD TRUCK on Page 3
Getting in the Swing Transcontinental
marines visit UT, support veterans
Students flock to Laurel Theatre for weekly swing dance lessons Liv McConnell
Samantha Smoak
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Grab your dancing slippers – or sneakers. The Historic Laurel Theater will be opening its doors Wednesday evenings to house swing dancing lessons, courtesy of the Knoxville Swing Dance Association. For a $2 cover charge, beginner level Astaire and Rogers-aspirants will be instructed how to dance the 6-count while slightly more experienced jitterbugs can work toward mastering the Lindy Hop. “I was nervous at first,” said Celvin Fouse, freshman in biomedical engineering who attended last week’s tutorial. “There are a lot of spins and twirls but they showed us the basic steps first, which were actually very simple. It’s surprisingly really easy to learn.” While the idea of “a night out dancing” for many university students is more apt to conjure up images of friction-filled clubbing than perfecting their jive, Fouse found the twerk-free atmosphere of the lessons to be endlessly refreshing. “It’s a nice dance style and a great way to connect with older music,” he said. “They play all
Seldom does walking leave an impact beyond a footprint in the dirt. In June 2013, Adam Shatarsky and Chris Senopole decided to walk across America to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project. Knoxville was one stop on the tandem’s 2,700 mile journey from Camp Pendleton in California to Washington, D.C. Seven pairs of shoes and more than $50,000 later, the two veteran Marines were welcomed on Monday by UT’s Air Force ROTC detachment at the East Tennessee Veterans Memorial with a $500 check from the detachment and Bailey International LLC. “We started this idea about four and half years ago in a booth at an Outback Steakhouse,” Shatarsky said. “I really can’t honestly tell you which one of us came up with the idea, but once it was on
• Photo courtesy of the Knoxville Swing Dance Association
older stuff, mostly jazz. It’s cool to dance to music that isn’t solely club-sounding or electronic.” Starting at 7 p.m., students assemble in two large circles and spend the first hour learning nifty moves with an alternating succession of partners. The last two hours are spent in a “free dance,” where participants can try out their newly acquired footwork, such as aerials and “Jumpin’ Joe’s” with partners of their choosing. “The instructors were great and really enthusiastic,” said Megan Patterson, freshman in history. “They encouraged everyone, regardless of your competence level, to stay after for the free dance.” After seeing members of the Swing Dancers Association
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perform at the Student InVOLvement Fair on Pedestrian Walkway, Patterson chose to give lessons a swing for herself. “A friend and I were impressed,” she said. “We decided we wanted to learn how to really dance.” Patterson also thought the whimsy of the event was altogether enlivening. “Swing dancing is a fun, fulfilling dance experience,” she said. “It provides ample opportunity to socialize with your partner while imparting the satisfactory feeling of truly performing a skill. “It’s definitely refreshing to participate in a dance that adapts to every new song.” See SWING DANCE on Page 2
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