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Issue 24, Volume 127
Treyvon Paulk dismissed from football program following accused assault Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB)
Tennessee Volunteers running back Treyvon Paulk was dismissed from the university after being accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend Saturday
night. According to a Knox County Sheriff Office report, the two began arguing and Paulk became âvery agitated and struck her in the mouth
with his fistâ while the two were attending a party at Quarry Trail Apartments. Tennessee head coach Butch Jones announced during his weekly press conference Monday that the freshman had been dismissed from the football program due to a âpersonal conduct issue.â
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âWe hold our players to have very high standard and expectation with being a member of our football family,â Jones added. The 18-year-old woman met with a Knox County Sherrif Office Family Crisis detective Sunday afternoon, but the victim has refused to prosecute or take out an order of pro-
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tection. With the victim refusing to prosecute, Paulk will not be charged. The report states that the victim had cuts to her lips, but refused medical treatment once authorities responded to the call of a domestic situation. See PAULK on Page 6
Sport enthusiast works to motivate emerging businesswomen Hanna Lustig Managing Editor This article was created for the UT Center for Sport, Peace and Society in partnership with the UT School of Journalism and Electronic Media.
Organization uses breasts as canvas to raise money for cancer patients Hannah Zechman
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Paint, wine and baring it all to save the ta-tas. Every year, âPaint the Ta-tasâ brings women together to use their bodies as a canvas. Sunday night, landscapes and various designs decorated not backs or faces, but breasts. BreastStrokes is a local non-profit organization that works to raise money for current or former female cancer patients. Women of all ages take off their shirts to aid the cause, even if it takes a glass of wine and a massage to get motivated. At this event, there are no men and no insecurities. Held at the Iron Wood Studios, the paintings are done strictly neck to navel, making the canvases completely anonymous. âThe goal is to raise money for women who have had cancer to take a trip to Jamaica or pay their medical bills or feed their kids,â said Adrienne Webster, BreastStrokesâ treasurer. âNot all of our recipients survive, so if they want to go to Germany,
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shirt off and get painted.
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then go to Germany.â No stipulations and no questions are asked when awarding money to the women. BreastStrokes wants to emphasize that it is more than paying the medical bills, help is needed for everyday things including groceries. âThe other half of what we do is empower women,â Webster said. âIt takes a lot to come in here and take your shirt off and get painted.â Julie Thurman, a breast cancer survivor and the first-ever recipient of the BreastStrokes donation, returns each year to support the cause that supported her through a double mastectomy. âI was diagnosed with stage two aggressive breast cancer when I was 33 years old,â said Thurman. âI
entered an 18 to 40 year old support group, and I was one of the oldest people in the group. Itâs terrifying.â As a victim of cancer, Thurman wants to emphasis the importance of being aware and getting your lumps and bumps checked, no matter how young you are. âThe thing about this particular group of people is that we can actually get to those people that we need to target, which are young adults,â Thurman said. It was these young ladies who flooded inside the warehouse, willing to wait however long it might take to get their ta-tas taken care of. SeeTA-TAS on Page 5
Spring brings wildflowers and nearly perfect weather to Lebanon, elegantly framed by ⢠Eva Turk distant, snowy peaks. But during Eva Aouad Turkâs childhood, spring also brought perennial turmoil, rooted in complex, ongoing civil war. Violence had a season in Lebanon, ushering in a predictable wave of casualties, car bombings and public unrest. The fighting, however, was only a backdrop to Turkâs early life. To avoid danger, Turkâs parents swept their five children away to the coast, taking refuge by the Mediterranean Sea. âFor me, it was like the war didnât exist,â says Turk. âOthers however, were not so lucky.â There, Turk and her siblings fell in love with the water, swimming and snorkeling every day. Now a mother of two, Turk, 41, still harbors that enthusiasm for sport. In fact, sheâs built her life around it. See TURK on Page 3
UT Symphony Orchestra kicks off season with Spanish-inspired concert Katrina Roberts Design Editor (@KatrinaRoberts_)
In a dark and silent auditorium, a lone oboe rang out. The rest of UTâs 70-piece symphony orchestra soon followed suit, tuning their instruments for the first performance of the semester Sunday night. Once the noise died down and the instruments were prepped, James Fellenbaum, associate professor of conducting and director of orchestras, took the podium at Cox Auditorium and launched directly into the first piece, âEspanaâ by Emmanuel Chabrier. Seven minutes later, the audience was hooked â not only on the pieceâs Spanish flare, but
also the promise of more to come. Coinciding with Hispanic Heritage Month, the show was titled after this first piece and featured songs inspired by Spanish culture and music, though none were written by Spanish composers. Grace Belt, sophomore double majoring in business and music, attends symphony performances regularly and appreciated the selection. âItâs interesting because thereâs a stereotypical Spanish sound that for whatever reason, composers love,â Belt said. âSpanish influence is definitely exciting, and I love themed shows like this.â And the Spanish flavor was never diluted. For the second piece, Associate Professor of Violin Miroslav Hristov
joined the stage as the violin soloist for Edouard Laloâs âSymphonie Espagnole, Op. 21.â Through five movements and 30 minutes, Hristov recreated all the melodies, movements and gusto of a Spanish dancer in the square. After a brief intermission from the driving energy of the first half, the symphony returned with âCapriccio Espagnol, Op. 34â by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, a renowned Russian composer. It was in these movements that Belt found her favorite piece. âAll of the flavor of this entire program was there in that movement,â Belt said. âIt was exciting and it really did feel like authentic Spanish movement.â See SYMPHONY on Page 5
Wade Jenkins, senior in music, plays the timpani on Sept. 21 during UT Symphony Orchestraâs concert. Olenka Galaska ⢠The Daily Beacon