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INSIDE THE DAILY BEACON News Page 2 Arts & Culture Page 3, 5 Opinions Page 4 Sports Page 6
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Issue 24, Volume 124
Photographer urges cultural preservation Matt Reed Contributor
• Photo Courtesy of Sarah Kathryn Risen
The seniors of Delta Gamma prepare to jump in the pool at TRECS during the annual Anchor Games.
Delta Gamma makes a splash Sage Speaks Contributor Soaked sorority girls, volleyball and a male pageant. What do all of these have in common? Anchor Splash. Hosted by Delta Gamma, Anchor Splash seeks to raise money for their national philanthropy, Service for Sight, benefiting those who are blind or visually impaired.
Throughout last week, competitions were held to accumulate points for participating fraternities and sororities, eventually producing a winning fraternity and sorority. This year, the fraternity first place went to Beta Upsilon Chi, second place to Phi Sigma Kappa and the sorority first place was taken by Delta Zeta. The prize is a “megamixer” with Delta Gamma. The week of activities began with “Soak-a-DG Day,” in which Greek members splashed Delta Gamma ladies with
water bottles, water guns and water balloons. “I’ve heard crazy stories of poor chapter members getting cornered in the cafeteria by fraternity men with cups full of water,” said Natalie Procter, Delta Gamma president, “but it’s all in good fun.” On Wednesday, Delta Gamma sisterhood held a volleyball tournament on Fiji Island. “My Phi Sigma Kappa brothers are really competitive so we were definitely
really serious about trying to win,” said participant Connor Bennett, a freshman finance major. Thursday featured the Anchorman Pageant, which included a representative from each fraternity. The designated member competed in swimwear, formal wear and talent portions. Sororities designed the coolers to support the Service for Sight philanthropy. See ANCHOR SPLASH on Page 2
Lecture challenges Worley renamed starter after notions surrounding Peterman suffers hand injury David Cobb sexual orientations Sports Editor
Bradi Musil Contributor You might think you know them all: straight, gay or bisexual. But, in reality, sexuality is a spectrum, not confined to three categories alone. At Monday’s event, “Beyond Binaries: Supporting Bisexual, Pansexual, Fluid and Queer Students,” a webinar and group discussion explored the growth of mono-sexual identities, leaving behind the binaries of the past. In honor of Celebrate Bisexuality Day, two researchers spoke to UT students and faculty from a conference room in Washington D.C. Saby Labor, Women and LGBT student services coordinator at Metropolitan State University, and Christina Dolan, coordinator for LGBT Student Involvement and Leadership at Washington University, led this session based on their own research at the two major universities. Both studies involved per-
sonal interviews or phone calls with students who identify themselves as part of the LGBT community, who detailed positive and negative personal experiences, as well as how they explain their personal sexuality. “I came out in the 90s, a time when it was just an L and G, and then later you added the B or the T,” said Donna Braquet, director of Outreach LGBT and Ally Resource Center at UT. “It was extremely binary. So now it’s really great to see so many college students expanding the way they think of gender and sexuality on a spectrum instead of just one or the other.” It was this rigidity Labor and Dolan found most troubling in their research. College students, in particular, found it difficult to label themselves. The majority even preferred no label at all. “Labels are for jars, not people,” Labor said, quoting one of her subjects. “We found that students generally feel that applying labels only increases their limitations and uncertainty.” See BEYOND BINARIES on Page 2
One week after losing the starting quarterback job, Justin Worley is expected to be back in the Tennessee huddle when the Vols host South Alabama Saturday at 12:21 p.m. “As of right now, Justin Worley is the starter,” UT coach Butch Jones said Monday at his weekly press conference inside Neyland Stadium. Worley replaced struggling redshirt freshman Nathan Peterman late in the first half of UT’s 31-17 loss at Florida on Saturday and played the whole second half. Jones revealed that Peterman is expected to miss at least four weeks of action after undergoing surgery on Monday for a hand injury suffered against the Gators. Unless true freshmen Riley Ferguson and Joshua Dobbs emerge quickly, the job is once again Worley’s – as it was for UT’s first three games and the second half of the Florida game. The decision to grant Peterman the start against Florida came after an evaluation of UT’s practices leading up to the game and was met with disappointment by Worley, a junior with playing experience dating back to the 2011 season. “It hurts being the starter for the first three games and knowing that I wasn’t doing enough for their liking,” Worley said, following Saturday’s game. “But once again, I knew I had to be in it mentally.” Worley completed 10 of 23 attempts for 149 yards, one touchdown and a pair of late interceptions in his duty as Peterman’s replacement on Saturday.
Wade Rackley • Tennessee Athletics
Junior quarterback Justin Worley looks for an a receiver in the second half against the Florida at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 21. “It hurts when you’re not the starter,” Jones said of Worley’s reaction to his brief benching. “But the way he managed his business, he got his opportunity. He didn’t feel sorry for himself. He went in there and he was leading.” See QUARTERBACKS on Page 6
The eyes of a well-seasoned traveler appear as deep pools of wisdom to the keen observer. Flashes of mystical Machu Picchu and pristine New Guinea permeate the retina of one such traveler. The rhythmic pulse of the American Southwest and ethereal chants from the Tibetan mountains are nearly palpable emissions. These are the eyes of Chris Rainier, a “National Geographic” photographer leading the charge to document indigenous cultures before they disappear. Sunday, Rainier delivered a presentation of his global work to a reverent audience in McClung Museum. Ranging from the mountains of Peru, across Africa to the islands of Polynesia, his work has appeared in “Time,” “Life,” “Outside,” “Smithsonian” and “National Geographic,” among others. As the lights dimmed, Rainier stood relaxed behind the podium, humbly inviting his audience to join him “on a journey around the world.” Of course, there were no objections. Rainier cut his teeth working with the famous landscape imagery of Ansel Adams as his last photo assistant, and it shows. Images of tribal elders posed against backdrops of snow-capped mountains clearly demonstrate his knack for capturing the “essence” in which these disappearing groups reside. Most notably, perhaps, is his poignant ability to transmit sacred aspects of indigenous culture through still images. His crisp black and white stills portray ancient ceremonial rituals, leaving the viewer paralyzed with a familiar sense of connectedness. These cultures, in his words, still have “one foot in the Garden of Eden.” Rainier’s mantra is that of empowering ancient tradition through modern technology. His ongoing projects include the National Geographic Enduring Voices Project, which seeks to document and preserve endangered languages around the globe. He also pioneered a support effort, aptly named All Roads Photography Program, that provides funding and guidance for traditional groups seeking to learn photography. Ultimately, Rainier explained, the goal is enabling the groups to document themselves on their own terms. “Part of that project is to provide and archive this information,” Rainier explained. “First and foremost it’s (for) them, and if they choose, they can share that information. And many of them do want to.” See RAINIER on Page 3