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Friday, September 19, 2014

Issue 19, Volume 127

ANSWERING THE CALL Student attendance soars to new heights in Vols first two contests

Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB)

Prior to the Volunteers’ season opener, Butch Jones challenged the student body.

Following Tennessee’s victory over Utah State – a contest which housed a sold-out student section – the secondyear head coach issued yet another challenge to the newly named “Rocky Top Rowdies.”

Suffice it to say, Jones believes in the importance of student presence.

And so far this year, the students have not let him down.

Through UT’s first two home games, less than 200 students have been a “no-

show” – people who claimed a football ticket but did not show up to the game – when the Vols played host inside Neyland Stadium.

“It’s phenomenal,” Jones said. “We are very indebted to our student body. We love them. We are very appreciative, and we are going to need them as the season continues to progress.

“That’s a source of pride, and that’s something that I talk to our team all about. We’re all ‘One Tennessee,’ and we’re all one family that competes on gameday and makes Neyland Stadium a great home field advantage. I really believe college football is part of the collegiate experience and getting the student body actively involved. So, I’m really appre-

Average Number of Students per year in the Student Section

2014 - 10, 741*

ciative, and I’m looking forward to the continuance of not having any no-shows.”

The lowly amount of no-shows, however, would not be as a big a deal if the student section were as empty as it has been in past years.

In total, the UT Ticket Office sold out its allotment of student tickets for the home opener against Utah State with 10,886 students attending the game – the largest non-conference attendance since the Sept. 3, 2011 game against Montana. The student section followed that up with an attendance number of 10,595 for the Vols following contest versus Arkansas State.

2009 - 7, 402 2013 - 7, 190 2010 - 6, 977 2011 - 6, 792 2012 - 4, 922

*average based on student attendance from first two home games Source:Office of Media and Internal Relations

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Cultural fair to bring everyday perspective on Middle East

National Geographic explorers hope to spark interest in adventure Hayley Brundige News Editor (@hayleybrundige)

An adventure awaits you.

This Saturday, the National Geographic Society will sponsor two events to promote the Young Explorers Grant program at the University of Tennessee. Awarded to budding researchers, journalists and conservationists between the ages of 18 and 25, the Young Explorers Grant helps cover field project and international travel costs.

Registered students will participate in a grant writing workshop with National Geographic Society staff from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the University Center Shiloh Room. Two National Geographic explorers, Kenny Broad and Mark Synnott, will share their experiences and prepare students to write the two page proposal that can put their project ideas in motion.

Broad, whose documentary film expeditions have taken him into some of the world’s deepest caves, and Synnott, who has climbed to some of the world’s highest peaks, will describe their experiences as explorers at 7 p.m. in the UC Auditorium.

Hearing about their exploration will move students to have adventures of their own, said Carol Harden, a professor in the Department of Geography.

“Even for students who don’t have a plan in mind, I think they’ll be really inspired to look at the world in terms of, ‘What could I do? What could I learn?’” Harden said.

So far, only two UT students have received money from the Young Explorers Grant.

Yanan “Nancy” Li, a graduate student studying geography, applied for funding to research glaciers in her hometown in northwestern China in 2012.

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Nancy Li, a National Geographic Young Explorers grantee, researched glaciers in Northwestern China in the summer of 2012.

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Sophomore donates blood marrow to cancer patient Chris Salvemini Contributor This year, Tyler Kennel saved a life.

Donating bone marrow can be a daunting task, but when Kennel, a sophomore in electrical engineering and brother in the Beta Upsilon Chi fraternity, was presented with a request to donate, he didn’t hesitate.

After attending a bone marrow drive last year that familiarized him with the blood cancer leukemia, Kennel discov-

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ered that, as of 2011, there were approximately 302,000 people living with • Tyler Kennel the disease in the United States. Of these people, only about half are expected to survive beyond five years with the disease.

Inspired, Kennel quickly registered in the Be the Match registry, a national database of

willing donors for bone marrow and blood.

After having his cheeks swabbed for sample cells, he promptly forgot about the registration. However, a call from the Be the Match organization a few months later was a sharp reminder of the commitment when Keller was told a young boy with a severe blood disease needed his help.

When he got the call, Kennel said there was no question of what to do.

“I just tried to put myself in his shoes,” Kennel said. “If

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there was someone out there that could save my life, I would want that.”

Leukemia affects a person’s bone marrow, causing it to create more white blood cells than red. These new white blood cells can’t fight infection or stop growing. They eventually crowd out normal blood cells and build up in essential lymph nodes, the liver and the spleen, creating a dangerous imbalance of a person’s blood cells and causing possibly fatal symptoms.

As part of the Be the Match’s

confidentiality policy, protecting a donor and recipient’s privacy right, Kennel was only allowed to know the patient’s need: a donation of his bone marrow.

“It wasn’t a hard decision because I could save his life,” Kennel said.

When he shared his decision with friends and loved ones, everyone around him was supportive, even his professors excused his absences for surgery and recovery.

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The sands and smells of the Middle East are drifting to Rocky Top. Starting at 3 p.m. Friday, Professors Robert and Erin Darby, directors of UT’s Dig Jordan study abroad program, will head “Engaging Arabia,” a weekend-long series of lectures, presentations and cultural events based off the Arabian culture.

The Arab Cultural Fair will take place as a complement to the lectures, exposing both UT students and Knoxvillians to Arabic music, food, crafts and dance demonstrations

by Dendarah Middle Eastern Dance Company.

“If you want to understand the region, you have start with understanding that these are human beings. ...

They eat, they sleep, they rejoice, they mourn. They react to their government in different ways, they react to each other in different ways,” Erin Darby said. “Anybody who isn’t presenting a picture of the Middle East as a complicated picture isn’t presenting the truth.”

In partnership with UT’s Ready for the World initiative, the academic symposium will span a slew of topics, including a keynote lecture from North Carolina State professor Thomas Parker, who will discuss the under-researched relationship between the Roman military and the Arabic community during the Late Empire.

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CAMPUS NEWS BYX continued from Page 1 His family, fraternity brothers and instructors realized it was essential for him to help the young boy.

After extensive blood work and examinations, it was time for surgery. In the end, he donated an approximate liter of bone marrow and blood.

“It’s something I had the opportunity to do and I would have been stupid not to do it,” Kennel said.

So far, his recovery has been smooth.

Kennel’s surgery is one in 61,000 transplants facilitated by Be the Match organization. The Be the Match registry is managed by the National Marrow Donor Program founded in 1986. It works to conduct drives and match donors with recipients. There are 520 transplants a month from donors

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who match with those suffering from leukemia, hurler syndrome, multiple myeloma and many other blood illnesses.

“I’m just one person, but if I can inspire more people to sign up then that’ll be awesome,” Kennel said. “Maybe I can make a difference.”

People who want to donate can inquire through Be the Match’s website, bethematch.org or by discussing it at the UT Medical Center.

Dean of College of Law Doug Blaze, center, hosts a discussion between former Governor Phil Bredesen (left) and Governor Bill Haslam (right) Sept. 18.

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Amendment 2 voting to commence in October Altaf Nanavati Carol Harden, geography professor, left, works with villagers and a portable rainfall simulator in the Ecuadorian Andes during her National Geographic Society grantee trip in 1993.

“In terms of people looking at your research and publicity and connecting science with the public, these are huge,” Harden said. continued from Page 1 When applying for the Young Explorers Grant, students who do not have a science background should Todd Pierson, graduate student in ecology and not be discouraged, Harden said. Opportunities environmental biology, received two Young Explorers are available for journalists, photographers, cultural Grants: one to search for a population of the Chinese anthropologists and conservationists. giant salamander on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in “Most people think right away about the biologist, 2012, and one to develop an investigative procedure but (National Geographic) actually wants more appliusing environmental DNA for characterizing sala- cations in the social sciences,” Harden said. “They mander communities in the Appalachians. want students to document the current conditions For both Pierson and Li, the grant money signifi- and events and convey that to the rest of the world.” cantly impacted their ability to carry out research in Li, who will be presenting her research at the remote locations. workshop on Saturday, hopes to encourage students “Not only have these grants funded projects that to take advantage of the opportunities that the Young I otherwise wouldn’t have been able to conduct, Explorers Grant presents. but they’ve also enabled me to connect with col“I think young people shouldn’t just be staying leagues across the world,” Pierson said. “The (Young home, reading papers, they should go out and explore Explorer Grants) have been critical for making my the world,” Li said. “(Being an explorer) means keepresearch successful.” ing an open mind always.

Harden, who was a Young Explorer grantee in 1993, “You have to open your eyes to the world, not just now serves on National Geographic’s Committee for your own city, your own country.“ Research and Exploration. She reads about 80 to The event in the UC Auditorium on Saturday 100 grant proposals, when the committee meets five night is free and open to the public. To register for times per year. Although Harden said the grant is not the workshop on Saturday morning, visit http://www. “huge in terms of money,” the National Geographic nationalgeographic.com/explorers/grants-programs/ name itself can open doors for researchers. yeg-workshop.

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Contributor To amend or not to amend: that’s what’s on the ballot Nov. 4.

The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy hosted a round table discussion Wednesday between Governor Bill Haslam and former governor, Phil Bredesen, to celebrate the 227th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution.

Moderated by Dean of College of Law Doug Blaze, the discussion focused on Amendment 2, a proposed change to the Tennessee Constitution up for a vote this November. If passed, the amendment would allow the governor to appoint supreme court judges and other state appellate court judges, after they are confirmed by the general assembly.

Currently, the text of the constitution gives the power to appoint judges to the public through popular election.

However, since 1994 Tennessee

has used a Judicial Nominating Commission to select candidates, with appointments made by the governor and position retention voted on by the general public.

Bredesen, who appointed four of the five current supreme court justices, expressed his approval of the amendment.

“I just personally feel that it would be a terrible mistake to politicize those appellate level positions in a way that would be inevitable if they were elected state-wide,” Bredesen said.

Haslam and Bredesen expressed similar concerns that appointed judges would make decisions for their political party rather than acting as an independent judiciary.

“I think people want to make certain we have a judicial system that is not just making decisions on a political basis, but is acting like a referee or umpire and calling things the way they really are,” Haslam said.

At the end of the panel, the discussion was opened up to the audience. Some audience members presented concerns

the amendment would infringe on the rights of citizens, working under the assumption the average Tennessean is not capable of informed voting.

In response, Bredesen argued it takes time and a concentrated effort to make these influential appointments.

“You have to respect the fact that most people have other things to do than worry about elections coming up and that having 29 appellate judges come on a ballot is just asking way too much in terms of the information,” Bredesen said.

Finbarr Saunders, a member of the Knoxville City Council and attendee of the discussion said the governors made a convincing argument in favor of the amendment.

“It was all self-evident that this is what should be done,” Saunders said. “And, it is probably one of the least controversial amendments on the Nov. 4 ballot.”

Early voting for Amendment 2 starts Oct. 15, and election day will be held Nov. 4.

Friday, September 19, 2014

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ARTS & CULTURE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Engaging Arabia Arab Culture Fair 3-7:30 p.m. Engaging Arabia: From Arabia/Palestina to the Modern Middle East Academic Symposium

3- 10 p.m. McClung Museum displays of Arab arts and crafts with live music and dance

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Engaging Arabia Arab Culture Fair 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Academic Symposium continues

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Arab Culture Fair continues

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 2 p.m. Movie screening of “Microphone” All events take place at the McClung Museum.

FESTIVAL continued from Page 1 Though this display will take place with UT as the backdrop, it was a 6,000 mile trip to the Jordanian desert at ‘Ayn Gharandal,’ the site of an ancient Roman fort, that inspired students like Kirby Trovillo, senior in anthropology, to bring her experience with Arabian culture back to the United States.

“One the biggest cultural differences was as girls we weren’t supposed to go out without a guy in our group,” Trovillo said. “There is, I guess, some stereotypes about Western women in the Middle East … that we might be a little more promiscuous, possibly. I think when we were walking around town, some of the girls got a pinch on the bum.”

Yet, the plethora of discoveries at the site such as a bronze makeup applique, almost-whole pottery vessels and a Latin inscription on the site’s archway keystone, only enhanced Trovillo’s five-week experience with the warmth and diversity present in Jordanian society.

“I really liked the whole sense of community,” Trovillo said. “I feel like a lot of times we are very dissociated from one another because of all our technology that we have now. But there was a lot of family and communication over there and a lot of that has to do with the religion, but I think we can take note of that.”

But after the discovery-rich season in Jordan and a small reunion for the dig’s attendees, Erin Darby still noticed the difficulties students faced when communicating the impact of their experience with Arab culture with their family and friends. For

Erin Darby, whose work in archaeology requires frequent travel to the Middle East, such a reaction is not unusual.

“Often times, what you know is only the most sensational aspects. It’s when something bad happens or something that’s really different occurs,” she said. “But how often to you hear people talk about, say, what people in Jordan eat for dinner, or what their weddings are like? Most of the stuff of daily living we never hear about because it’s not horrible or graphic.

“It’s just people living their lives.”

And so it became Erin Darby’s mission to shorten the distance between the student and the studied.

After a positive reception from the Archeological Institute of America at a student-presented lecture last fall, Erin Darby and her students decided to apply for a grant through university funds to launch the Arabic-centered event.

They were not disappointed.

Contributors for the event soon lined up to support the event including the Department of History, Classics, Anthropology, Religious Studies, Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy, College of Arts & Sciences in addition to the Arab American Club of Knoxville, a sponsor who will head the cultural component of this weekend’s event.

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Art fair showcases local creativity Faith Schweikert Copy Editor (@got_2haveFaith)

Museums, masks and motorcycles.

All these elements make up the Knoxville Museum of Art’s Art Fair presented by the Guild of the Knoxville Museum of Art. The fair consists of three separate events Sept. 14, Sept.

19 and Sept. 20 to raise money and awareness for the museum.

Events include a preview brunch, an art auction and a masked gala.

ArtScapes, the art auction fundraiser, has been around since the 90s, but this is first year the museum will be including Saturday’s festival.

“KMA added the art festival this year as an outreach tool, as a way to expand the demographic the museum reaches,” Denise Stewart-Sanabria, chair of ArtScapes 2014, said.

Events began Sunday with a brunch and preview auction before tonight’s main event.

“The brunch Sunday was a success,” Stewart-Sanabria said.

“We’ve already sold 15 pieces and have another 80 ready to go for the gala.”

Friday’s event is the masked ball, which includes an auction and dinner intended for art patrons who each paid $150 to be there, either looking to purchase art or enjoy a good meal. All proceeds will benefit the Knoxville Museum of Art. “There’s no set financial goal, it just depends on people’s generosity,” co-chair Susan Arbital said.

“Art is such an important part of humanity and culture and to expose it to the community as best we can is all we can hope for.”

All art was bought wholesale from primarily Tennessee artists. Any leftover pieces go to the museum’s gallery. This, according to Stewart-Sanabria, is a way to not exploit the artists who she said already don’t have much to work with.

“I’m an artist so it’s exciting for me to sell because it’s people

I know. It’s my friends,” StewartSanabria said.

Following the conclusion of the gala Friday night, the Art Fair staff will convert the entire space from a formal area to a family-friendly event by Saturday morning. While the task is daunting, the staff is looking forward to completing the event.

“I’m actually surprised,” Arbital said. “We’ve been thinking through each detail so carefully.

There will be glitches but we’re not frantic, or not as nuts-o as we were a month ago.”

Saturday’s event is a full day of free activities from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. including art demonstrations, interactive scavenger hunts, food trucks and a motorcycle display and parade by the Time Warp Vintage Motorcycle Club. The parade will commence at 1 p.m.

“We wanted to include the motorcycles because the owners consider them art, and they’re not usually here,” Arbital said. “This way others can see them as the owners do.”

Both Arbital and Stewart-

Sanabria emphasized their desire for community engagement with the museum, both hoping it will start at the fair.

“Museums are places where we have accumulated the highest level of culture by human beings in a given time,” Stewart-Sanabria said. “Access (to art) perpetuates community involvement -- museums are important because then the art belongs to everybody.”

The fundraiser is hoping to raise a good deal of money to cover the museum’s operating expenses so they can continue to provide free service to Knoxville, while the festival will provide a chance for those who hadn’t previously known about the museum to take a better look.

“This is our friend of dreams -- build it and they will come, you know? We just hope people will come out for this way big day on our block of Knoxville,” Arbital said. “Besides raising money, we just want to see the joy and happiness on the kids’ faces.”

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prices to increase significantly, hurting the international economy and American economic interests.

Transnational terrorism always looms as a possible risk to American national security, but ISIS has the resources and will to kill a significant number of people in the homeland. Some have argued this is a spurious claim because ISIS’s pontificates are empty rhetoric.

Consider, though, previous acts of transnational terrorism. The “Underwear Bomber,” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, did not fail due to U.S. counterterrorism efforts; his attack failed because he failed to construct the bomb properly.

This attack happened despite minimal infrastructure and training by AQAP, a far weaker organization than ISIS. What’s worse, ISIS has enough funds to carry out an operation of extraordinary magnitude. “Experts” also ignored Osama bin Laden because his claims were “empty rhetoric” or “impossible,” yet 9/11 only cost $500,000, a sixth of what ISIS makes every day.

The videos of ISIS beheading two American journalists and a British captive may give visual representation to their brutality, but this is not the end to their cruelty. Militants have sought the elimination of other religions and sects in Iraq, including the Yazidi and Shias. In August they killed all the men of Kojo, a Yazidi village, where several of the victims were buried alive. After they kill the men, they kidnap the women and children and sell them into slavery. ISIS guards will sexually abuse the women and force them to tell their families what has happened for their amusement. When ISIS has captured Shia soldiers, they commit mass executions, killing hundreds at a time. ISIS has tried to murder thousands more Yazidi by isolating them from food and water. The conflict has caused at least 130,000 Iraq refugees to flee the region for safety.

President Obama has clearly chosen the wiser path by going after ISIS through airpower and supporting local allies. ISIS threatens regional stability, American economic interests, American homeland security and genocide of minority religions. It is within America’s national interest and moral obligation to destroy, decimate and neutralize this evil.

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Sept. 10, 2014, President Obama spoke to the country and the world declaring that the United States would actively seek the destruction of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS). Obama laid out a strategy of using air power to interdict and mitigate ISIS’s advances, support the Kurdish Peshmerga, promote a more inclusive Iraqi government, send military advisors, bolster the moderate opposition in Syria and give foreign aid to refugees in need. A military and political response has become necessary, as ISIS poses a threat to the United States and our interests in the region.

ISIS is primarily a significant risk to regional stability. They have already committed violence in Iraq and Syria, but the battles will not be limited there if they continue to successfully fight the Iraqi military. For instance, there are several ISIS cells already operating in Lebanon which could bring the country into the conflict.

In addition, Iran may very well attempt to intervene against ISIS because the organization actively seeks the death of Shias, who are heretics according to ISIS; this is essentially a spillover effect from the internecine conflict. ISIS, a revolutionary army of approximately 31,000 members, is a revisionist substate actor that wants to abrogate states and their borders in a strategically and economically important region.

Besides threatening regional stability, ISIS also threatens the global oil market, which would have extremely detrimental effects on international economy.

The organization controls oil fields in Syria and Iraq, most significantly the Omar, Ajeel and Hamrin 2 fields. All of their fields together yield enough oil to sell on the black market for roughly $3 million a day ($1.4 million from just Ajeel and Hamrin 2). The amount they sell is negligible when compared to the global market. However, a stated goal of ISIS is to take over Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula. If they are not pushed back, it is entirely possible they could, as evidenced by how they have already routed the Iraqi military. This would Treston Wheat is a Ph.D. student in give them enormous oil reserves which political science in international relawould severely disrupt the markets, as tions.

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and bullets so much as it does in caution.

ISIS’s violence has isolated itself, costing it support from virtually all Muslims around the world. Once its money dries up, the group may splinter apart. Chelsea Manning, the imprisoned U.S. Army private convicted of leaking documents to WikiLeaks, was also an intelligence analyst during the height of the last war. In a column for “The Guardian,” she wrote that not engaging alQaeda in Iraq, the predecessor to ISIS, after a bombing showed the locals just how barbaric the group was and isolated them further. In contrast, when the US struck back, it was not uncommon for us to hit civilians, planting doubt about our true motives.

Perhaps the U.S. should consider its role as less of what we should do, but rather create a list of things we shouldn’t do.

Immediately following 9/11, Congress gave former president, George W. Bush the authority to go to war in the form of the Authorization for Use of Military Force, a legal blank check to go after whomever he decided was associated with the terrorist attacks. Since then, the joint resolution has been the legal authority for the president to conduct drone strikes around the world, even against targets who had nothing to do with 9/11.

It is time for a frank assessment over whether the president should be allowed to wage war without being checked by Congress.

The Authorization for Use of Military Force sets a dangerous legal precedent. A law passed to track down those who destroyed the twin towers is still being used 13 years later against very different terrorists.

The powers the president has under the AUMF are so broad, that even Obama, who in some ways has surpassed his predecessor in covert military actions using the law as support, called for its repeal as recently as last year.

And yet, now Obama has decided he does not even need Congress’ approval to go to war against ISIS, saying the very law he promised to repeal gives him authority to launch a years long conflict with no clear end.

The director of homeland security said before Congress there is no direct threat from the group, and the clear enemy is alQaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Perhaps we should use our luxury of insulation from much of the world’s problems to think more rationally about how best to counteract ISIS without risking civilian lives, and threatening our own freedom and governmental checks and balances in the process.

McCord Pagan Social Media Editor For the past few months, the world has been captivated by the brutality and inhumanity of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria terrorist organization. The slaughter at the hands of these monsters is by no standard justifiable. However, if the United States follows President Obama’s lead, we run the risk of only intensifying and prolonging the conflict.

Despite what television pundits may say, ISIS does not pose an immediate, direct threat to the Unites States. Some fear ISIS will directly strike, even invade, the U.S. To that I would ask, how would a terrorist organization trapped in a desert with no air or naval force be able to attack the U.S.? Even Jeh C. Johnson, the Secretary of Homeland Security, was quoted in “The New York Times” saying ISIS has no plans to attack the U.S. So why then should we run headlong into a potentially years-long conflict against a group that seems only to be egging the country on, like a child seeking to provoke a response?

ISIS is so violent and reviled that it was denounced and spurned by al-Qaeda, the organization with which it was previously aligned. What this means is the organization is so hated by and despised by the Middle East it was scorned by even the West’s best known enemy. With this in mind, is it not possible, or even likely, the organization will simply sputter out on its own?

As an economic and military superpower, the United States has a responsibility to be active in world affairs. However, while we have the responsibility to lead, simply invading out of a vague threat of terrorism will create more problems than solutions.

Before we venture any further into Iraq, lets remember our all-too-recent history there and what caused the fighting in the first place.

In the Middle East, tensions between the Sunni and Shiite sects of Islam still run high. The split was a major part of the civil war in Iraq in the mid-2000s. Before the U.S. inserts itself into another civil war, the government must ensure the impetus of the Sunni-based ISIS’s rise to power is no more.

Nouri al-Maliki, the oppressive Shiite former prime minister, was largely hated for using the government to oppress the Sunnis in his country, only deepening the divide. Iraq will hold scars from the past decade for generations. In fact, ISIS’s initial march across Northern Iraq this summer was largely successful due to Sunnis with no allegiance to the oppressive Maliki government abandoning their post and not fighting.

Perhaps the answer doesn’t lie in bombs

McCord Pagan is a senior in journalism and electronic media, and the social media editor for The Daily Beacon. He can be reached at mcccpaga@vols.utk.edu and followed on Twitter at @McCordPagan.

Junk food is junk food, with or without gluten Turn of Phrase by

Sarah Hagaman For the first time this summer, I baked glutenfree muffins.

The girls I babysat followed a gluten-free diet, and I had meticulously prepared breakfast without a trace of wheat protein.

As I peered into the oven, looking at these pumpkin-flavored bits of culinary innovation, I felt a thrill of achievement. These were potentially the healthiest muffins I had ever made — I could almost feel the glowing approval of the health-conscious community.

I possessed an (admittedly) limited knowledge of the trend. Within the past few years, glutenfree items from bread to chocolate bars abruptly appeared in the health food aisles; I’d always felt more than comfortable eating wheat products and foods chock-full of gluten.

Unfortunately, the girls weren’t the only ones interested in a gluten-free lifestyle. The family owned a large German shepherd with a sharp mind, and an even sharper eye for deserted food.

I stepped out of the kitchen as my gluten-free masterpieces cooled on the counter. Three minutes later, I reentered; an empty pan greeted me.

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The pumpkin muffins had disappeared. So had the dog.

Perhaps the German shepherd made a nutritious choice, one consistent with the new health phenomenon sweeping across much of America and the developed world: the gluten-free diet.

“Gluten” refers to a protein present in cereal grains and exists in essentially all wheat products including most types of bread, cereals, alcohol, pastas and candies.

The global marketplace has experienced a major surge in this particular sector. Since 2007, twice as many gluten-free items now grace our supermarket shelves. In an article in “The Wall Street Journal” titled, “The Gluten-Free Craze: Is It Healthy?” statisticians estimated gluten-free sales in America totaled approximately $11.5 billion in 2010, and rose to about $23 billion in 2014.

(Link: http://online.wsj.com/articles/how-we-eatthe-gluten-free-craze-is-it-healthy-1403491041) Originally, the gluten-free market targeted a particular segment of the population — specifically, those diagnosed with Celiac disease. This genetically linked disease prevents the body from properly digesting gluten, and results in severe digestive issues. An estimated one percent of the population has Celiac disease, with no pharmaceutical cure, according to celiaccentral.org. (LINK: http://www.celiaccentral.org/celiac-disease/factsand-figures/) Gluten-free diets ease (and often eliminate) symptoms of Celiac disease; those with gluten intolerance follow a similar regimen.

Despite the legitimate roots of a gluten-free lifestyle, Americans have taken the trend to a whole new level. Most humans have no trouble digesting gluten. In a “New York Times” article titled, “A Big Bet on Gluten-Free,” consumer strategist Virginia Morris said, “There are truly people out there who need gluten-free foods for health reasons, but they are not the majority of consumers who are driving this market.” (LINK: http://www.nytimes. com/2014/02/18/business/food-industry-wagersbig-on-gluten-free.html?_r=0) The gluten-free lifestyle may appear, at first glance, beneficial. Followers adhere to a wholesome diet and often increase nutritional awareness. Foods contain fewer extraneous ingredients, and undergo less processing. Regardless, an overwhelming majority of humans remain extremely capable of digesting gluten; the diet does not possess any exceptional health benefits for the majority of the population.

Customers also pay a hefty price to follow the trend. Gluten-free spenders shell out more money per basket of food, averaging about $100 per basket, as opposed to $33 paid by average customers, according to the WSJ article mentioned above.

(LINK: http://online.wsj.com/articles/how-we-eatthe-gluten-free-craze-is-it-healthy-1403491041) Unfortunately, the extra cost doesn’t result in more nutritious fare. Recent studies reveal glutenfree food has negligible nutritional benefits and often contains higher amounts of sugar, fewer vitamins and less fiber.

Eliminating traditionally calorie-dense options,

like cakes and carb-heavy food, usually results in weight and health benefits, but gluten-free recipes have reintroduced old favorites. In WSJ’s “The Gluten-Free Craze: Is it Healthy?” Margo Wootan, director of a nutrition advocacy group in D.C. said, “Ten years ago a gluten-free diet would have helped you lose weight because you’d have cut out a lot of products like muffins and bread ... now there are gluten-free varieties of all that junk food.

Whether your doughnut is gluten-free or not, it’s still a doughnut.” (LINK: http://online.wsj.com/ articles/how-we-eat-the-gluten-free-craze-is-ithealthy-1403491041) My beautiful muffins had disappeared, but I refused to let the dog best my culinary expertise. Luckily, the shelves of Whole Foods teemed with gluten-free muffin mixes. Ten dollars and two hours later, my gluten-free baking adventure ended.

I currently remain very receptive to all forms of wheat protein in my food.

Many Americans, for the meantime, enthusiastically follow the trend. Projections indicate sales of gluten-free products will continue to rise, and manufacturers will most certainly keep up with the demand. With a few recipe maneuvers, excessively high prices and questionable health benefits, the masses really can have their cake — and eat it too.

As long as it’s gluten-free.

Sarah Hagaman is a junior in English. She can be reached at shagama1@vols.utk.edu.

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Lady Vols falter in home opener, lose to Govs, 3-0 Wes Tripp Staff Writer (@wes_tripp)

The Tennessee Lady Volunteer volleyball team had won 11 of their last 12 home openers, but was unable to secure a victory in its first match inside ThompsonBoling Arena Thursday against Austin Peay.

The in-state rival Governors swept the Lady Vols three sets to none (2518, 25-17, 25-13).

After running out to a 5-0 lead in the first set, the Lady Vols did not have another lead in the match until the third set.

Head coach Rob Patrick was dismayed by the team’s loss. “I’m disappointed in how we played,� Patrick said. “We started off really strong doing nothing special and just playing our game. The story of the match was we could not sustain momentum. Whenever we created any momentum we either had a net error, we missed a serve, or we had overpasses and eventually Austin Peay got some momentum and we weren’t able to stop them. We couldn’t sustain any momentum in the match and volleyball is a huge momentum game.�

Patrick was at a loss to understand why his team played without passion in their home-opening game. “I wish I knew,� Patrick said. “We had great practices this week. We really did some good things last weekend (at Coastal Carolina) in the matches that we played. So, I was actually feeling really good about where we were at

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Patrick attributed the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struggles with inconsistency to over-passing on the offensive side of the ball. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overpassed that many balls all year and obviously Austin Peay took advantage of that,â&#x20AC;? Patrick said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our passing broke down, we got unorganized a little bit and we got a little tight because of it, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the worst thing we can do.â&#x20AC;?

Freshman Kanisha Jimenez led the team with 13 kills and a 0.414 hitting percentage.

She stressed the importance of moving on from last nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just have to focus and have more passion on the court and more energy,â&#x20AC;? said Jimenez. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to go out there and play Tennessee Volleyball. We just have to mentally forget about all the games that we lost, including today, and go out tomorrow and crush the other teams.â&#x20AC;?

Tennessee is hosting the DISH Lady Vol Classic this weekend and will have a quick turnaround before their next match. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get ready,â&#x20AC;? Patrick said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really about our state of mind and our focus going in. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to just take care of being organized. We have to be able to play better than that.â&#x20AC;?

The Lady Vols will play Freshman outside hitter Kanisha Jimenez attempts a spike during another in-state rival when they take on the Memphis the Lady Volsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; loss to Austin Peay on Sept. 18.

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While heavy rainfall poured onto Ellis Field during the first half of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers SEC opener in College Station, Texas, it was Texas A&Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shea Groom who rained on UTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense, as the senior forward recorded a hat trick to propel the Aggies to a 3-0 victory Thursday.

Texas A&M (7-1-1, 1-0 SEC) struck first in the 20th minute when Groom connected on a header in the sixyard box on a free kick by Karlie Mueller.

Tennesseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best look at a first-half goal was in the 24th minute when senior forward Hannah Wilkinson made a run up the left side and sent a low cross into the box. Texas A&M goalkeeper Renee McDermott dove for the ball, but the ball just missed sophomore forward Anna McClung for a shot on an open net.

UT (4-4-0, 0-1) had another good look at a goal in the 33rd minute when sophomore midfielder Michele Christy had a shot hit the crossbar, but as they went into halftime the Groomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal proved to be the only one of the half.

Texas A&M had a 13-2 shot advantage in the first half with Groom and senior Kelley Monogue taking three each before the break.

From there, it was all Groom and the Aggies.

In the 59th minute, Groom put her second goal in the back of the net as she knocked in a bouncing ball inside the six-yard box off a header assist by Janae Cousineau.

Her third and final goal of the contest came in the 89th minute as she fired a shot past a diving Jamie Simmons, UTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior goalkeeper, for a score on the left side of the net.

Simmons, who had nine saves in the loss, prevented Groom from having a four-goal night, keeping her penalty kick in the 69th minute from finding the net.

All in all, the Aggies had a 26-5 shot advantage over the Lady Vols.

Tennesseeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next opponent will be ETSU, who they will face on Sunday in Johnson City, Tenn., at 7 p.m.

The Lady Vols will return to Regal Soccer Stadium on Sept. 26 to host the Alabama Crimson Tide.

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Friday, September 19, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

2014

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BASEBALL

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No. 22 Clemson at No. 1 Florida State Florida at No. 3 Alabama Miami (FL) at No. 24 Nebraska Virginia at No. 21 BYU Utah State at Arkansas State

This Year: 11-4

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No. 22 Clemson at No. 1 Florida State Florida at No. 3 Alabama Miami (FL) at No. 24 Nebraska Virginia at No. 21 BYU Utah State at Arkansas State

This Year: 11-4

THIRD PLACE

Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor No. 22 Clemson at No. 1 Florida State Florida at No. 3 Alabama Miami (FL) at No. 24 Nebraska Virginia at No. 21 BYU Utah State at Arkansas State

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No. 22 Clemson at No. 1 Florida State Florida at No. 3 Alabama Miami (FL) at No. 24 Nebraska Virginia at No. 21 BYU Utah State at Arkansas State

FIFTH PLACE

This Year: 11-4

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No. 22 Clemson at No. 1 Florida State Florida at No. 3 Alabama Miami (FL) at No. 24 Nebraska Virginia at No. 21 BYU Utah State at Arkansas State

This Year: 10-5

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No. 22 Clemson at No. 1 Florida State Florida at No. 3 Alabama Miami (FL) at No. 24 Nebraska Virginia at No. 21 BYU Utah State at Arkansas State

This Year: 10-5

Junior Andy Cox prepares to throw a pitch during UT’s game against Auburn University March 21, 2014.

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Vols ‘excited for future’ as fall camp nears Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor (@dsouth16)

Similar to the countless orange construction cones that currently dot the Tennessee campus, Volunteer head baseball coach Dave Serrano has been headlining a renovation job ever since his 2011 arrival.

But now, as his Knoxville tenure enters its fourth season, the man in charge of reviving a once-storied program believes the multi-year project is entering its final stages as the Vols prepare to start fall workouts Sept. 29.

“It’s exciting to know that we basically have built this team now,” Serrano said Tuesday, “and it’s exciting to see what the future will bring. There’s a lot of hard work out in front of us still, but it’s a group that each and every day we’re going to be excited to work with.”

Although far from the final product that will ultimately roam UT’s dugout for the season open-

er, the Vols’ current fall roster is undoubtedly veteran heavy as 18 of 37 players listed are upperclassmen.

And after ‘the best summer in this program in many years,’ which saw 19 Vols participate in summer ball and five win championships in their respective leagues, UT’s fourth-year head coach had no problem throwing down the gauntlet early.

“I’m not going to hide from it — we have an Omaha sign up now,” Serrano said. “… I feel as a program now that is our goal.

That’s why I’m in this job is to see kids prosper academically, socially and to get teams to Omaha.

“Why can’t we start thinking that? If we can’t think that, we’ll never do it.”

And unsurprisingly, that College World Series-or-bust mindset has quickly trickled down the ranks of those in charge of making that locker room sign a reality.

“Not getting to Omaha this year would be a disappointment for me,” sophomore pitcher Andy Cox said. “I know this team feels

ATTENDANCE continued from Page 1 Throughout the 2013 season, the student section never filled more than 9,500 seats, a difference Jones has noticed while pacing the Vols’ sideline.

“Enthusiasm and excitement – and some of that is the ‘Third Down For What’ – but just the

the same way because we’re coming out with a different mentality.”

Part of that can be attributed to a newfound discussion topic that has now resurfaced after a sevenyear hiatus. For the first time since 2007, the Vols’ pre-fall workout chatter now includes vivid memories of a recent postseason appearance.

And although UT’s 2014 run was short-lived — the Vols lost their SEC tournament opener to eventual College World Series champion Vanderbilt — the Hoover, Ala., experience could have a large hand in achieving 2015’s much loftier goals.

“This year we want to go to Omaha, and I think reaching Hoover was a little taste of that,” sophomore hurler Kyle Serrano said. “It was a lot of fun, and I definitely want to go back and go even further than that.

“I think this team’s hungry to get back. Last year, it was good to get that experience to go to Hoover, but we didn’t reach our goal of last year making it to the regionals.”

Dates of interest: Once the Vols begin workouts, the fall schedule will consist of numerous intersquad scrimmages — all of which will be free and open to the public.

UT will hold their annual Scout Day on Oct. 15, which opens up Lindsey Nelson Stadium to all professional scouts to watch and take note of the Vols’ draft eligible players.

Two weeks later, though, UT will put on a program first with its Oct. 30 “Halloween extravaganza”. This event, which Serrano said he’s done at some of his previous coaching stops, will include an scrimmage full of costumeladen players as well as other members of the baseball program.

“You may even see the coaching staff dressed up,” Serrano said. “I don’t need any hints of what I should be.”

Finally, the last noteworthy fall event will be Family Day, where Serrano and company will hold an open house of UT’s baseball facilities and a free clinic afterwards for any kids that decide to stick around.

overall, genuine passion and our players feed off of that,” said Jones about the difference he has seen in the student section this year. “The students really help create a lively in-game experience, and that’s what its all about.

“They are very, very important to our gamedays and very important to our football team.”

The student presence for the Utah State game was the largest

of the decade, beating out ESPN College Gameday’s edition of the UT-Florida rivalry which had 10,648 students take part back Sept. 15, 2012.

In fact, the student section has only broken the 10,000-mark three times since 2009 – the aforementioned Florida game, Georgia Oct. 8, 2011, and another contest against the Gators back Sept. 18, 2010.

And the increase in student participation has done more than just fuel the Vols on ShieldsWatkins Field. It has also drawn athletes to play on it.

With the likes of highly-touted recruits Shy Tuttle and Kyle Phillips already paying visits to Tennessee this season, as well as the 23 known commitments for the class of 2015, the heightened energy of Neyland is helping attract some of the best players in the country.

“They’re big in recruiting because even the prospective students that come on campus and go to the game,” Jones said. “The first thing they talk about is our great student section.”

Ticket requests for the Vols next home game against Florida begin Sept. 24.