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Rows of solar panels line the roof of the Knox Central Building as the first of 14 citywide solar panel installations.

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Turner ineligible to play for Tennessee Troy Provost-Heron Training Editor

Flipping the switch Knoxville officials jumpstart first solarpowered building Heidi Hill Assistant News Editor

Over 30 years ago, the Knox Central Building housed a three story Sears department store.

As of 10 a.m. Monday morning, the local government facility is now home to a slew of solar panels designed to cut utilities across the city in half.

Ameresco, a sustainable energy company with a local presence, showcased the first official power “switch” with partners

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Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and Knox County Schools Superintendent Jim McIntyre on a model panel before members of the press and a small gathering of Knoxville officials.

When Burchett announced the coming panel installations at the official press conference, he commented that environmental technology offered in an urban area such as Knoxville “just makes good business sense as technology continues to improve.”

As the latest project of the city’s 2014 solar initiative, Burchett highlighted that the installation will reduce utility bills and produce $14 million in “positive cash flow” over the next 30 years.

Regional Ameresco vice president Jeff Metcalf, who spoke at the panels’ debut, said the $12.45 million project aims to displace electric energy used by city facilities, like the Central Avenue complex, and reduce the carbon emissions created by traditional units

that power such structures.

The difference in the alternative energy switch, he said, is calculated to reduce the emissions by approximately 1,000 cars worth of carbon waste.

“When I talk about the equivalent of 1,000 cars being off the streets, what we’re doing is calculating what the emissions are locally from the power plants that generate power here,” Metcalf said. “We’ve calculated that, and by putting an emission-free system, we can predict how many CO2 emissions we have and how many these (panels) can take off the street.”

Though the panels are only the first installation out of 14 scheduled sites, McIntyre emphasized an educational component within the city collaboration with local schools as primary reason for his excitement.

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Incoming freshman point guard Lamonte Turner announced on Twitter that the NCAA has ruled him ineligible to play for Tennessee this season.

Turner, who was rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports Composite rankings, was expected to contend for the Vols’ starting point guard position.

Tennessee confirmed that Turner has been ruled ineligible by the NCAA and will be given a redshirt. He will not be allowed to compete or travel with the Vols, but he will be able to begin practicing with the team, which he was not able to do while waiting on a decision regarding his eligibility status.

Turner also tweeted that he “wouldn’t change a thing” about his commitment to the Vols in another tweet.

The 6-foot-2, 180-pound guard, who graduated from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., began attending classes at UT on Aug. 21 after missing the second session of summer school.

Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes has mentioned seniors Kevin Punter and Armani Moore as possible candidates to play at point guard for the Vols this season but said on Aug. 21 that a host of players will train to play the position.

“There is not one guy we don’t train to handle the basketball,” Barnes said. “We spend a lot of time on skill development … And it’s not just one guy (who will train to be the point guard) because I’ve been in this long enough to know that guys can get hurt and somebody has to fill in, so we have to train our guards to be guards.

“There is a lot of ways we can play this, so we aren’t going to get hung up on one guy has to be the point guard. We are going to do whatever we have to do.”

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DISPATCHES Obama, Putin meet amidst growing tensions President Barack Obama and Russian president Vladimir Putin met for the first time in two years Monday in a U.N. conference room amidst growing tensions between the two nations.

Before the meeting even began, disagreements from the two sides began to emerge, with both sides insisting that the other had expressed the initial desire for a meeting. Additionally, Obama’s aides maintained that the main talking point of the meeting would focus on crisis in Ukraine and Russia’s alleged arming of eastern Ukrainian rebels, while Putin’s aides maintained Russia’s growing military presence in Syria to assist the beleaguered Syrian president Bashar al-Assad against ISIS and other Syrian rebel forces. White House press secretary Josh Earnest expressed little optimism in the outcome of the meeting, pointing to Putin’s “now familiar pose of lessthan-perfect posture and unbuttoned jacket” as evidence of the leader’s disinterest with foreign leaders.

Carly Fiorina comes out in support of waterboarding Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina expressed her support for waterboarding, an interrogation technique utilized against terror suspects during the presidency of George W. Bush. The admission came from an interview with Yahoo News when Fiorina was asked of her cooperation with the National Security Agency while she was CEO of the global information technology company Hewlett Packard. “I believe that all of the evidence is very clear, that waterboarding was used in a very small handful of cases (and) was supervised by medical personnel in every one of those cases,”said Fiorina in the interview. Waterboarding, which simulates drowning, was criticized heavily by a Senate Intelligence Committee report last year which revealed both the brutality of the technique as well as how little useful and time-sensitive information its use yielded.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Mars appears to have flowing rivulets of water, at least in the summer, scientists reported Monday in a finding that boosts the odds of life on the red planet.

“Mars is not the dry, arid planet that we thought of in the past,” said Jim Green, director of planetary science for NASA. Scientists in 2008 confirmed the existence of frozen water on Mars. Now instruments aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have yielded what researchers said is the strongest evidence yet that water in liquid form trickles down certain Martian slopes.

And because liquid water is essential to life, the finding could have major implications for the possibility of microscopic life forms on Earth’s next-door neighbor.

“It suggests that it would be possible for there to be life today on Mars,” NASA’s science mission chief, John Grunsfeld, said at a Washington news conference.

The rivulets — if that’s what they are, since the evidence for their existence is indirect — are about 12 to 15 feet wide and 300 feet or more long, scientists said. They apparently consist of wet soil, not standing water.

The water is believed to contain certain salts — not ordinary table salt, but magnesium perchlorate, magnesium chlorate and sodium perchlorate. Like road salt used to melt ice and snow on Earth, such compounds can prevent water from freezing at extremely low temperatures.

That would explain how water could exist in liquid form on Mars, which has an average temperature of minus 85 degrees Fahrenheit.

The source of the briny water is a mystery.

Scientists said it could be melting ice, an underground aquifer, water vapor from the thin Martian atmosphere, or some combination.

The evidence of flowing water consists largely of dark, narrow streaks on the surface that tend to appear and grow during the warmest Martian months and fade the rest of the year. The streaks are in places where the temperature is as low as 10 below zero.

They were spotted by the Mars orbiter’s high-resolution, telescopic camera, and another on-board instrument detected the chemical signature of salt compounds combined with water.

McEwen said that there appears to be a “significant volume” of water, speculating it could fill many Olympic swimming pools, but that it is spread thin.

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Who’s who in Knoxville’s city election: The Daily Beacon guide to voting

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Heidi Hill Assistant News Editor

Tuesday, Sept. 29 is election day for both the City of Knoxville general election as well as for the Tennessee House of Representatives 14th district representative. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with the closest polling station to campus located in the Fort Sanders school in the Fort Sanders neighborhood off 22nd Street.

For those registered to vote in Knox County, below is a list of candidates and their respective platforms. To find out if you’re registered, visit the Knox County Elections page for more information.

Tennessee House of Representatives 14th District Representative: Jason Zachary (Republican, unopposed with write-in) Running unopposed with a write-in option, Jason Zachary opposes same-sex marriage and believes life begins at conception. Additionally, Zachary holds to a strict interpretation of the Constitution, and endorses allocating Tennessee’s $500 million 2015 surplus to infrastructure improvements rather than the “state for museums, sidewalks, community centers, etc.” across the state that would not be “in the best interest” of the people, according to his campaign website.

City of Knoxville Primary Election: Mayor Madeline Rogero (unopposed with write-in) Mayor Rogero will run unopposed as the sole democratic candidate for the 2015 election. The first female mayor in any of Tennessee’s four biggest cities, Rogero has endorsed the rights of the LGBT community and same-sex couples in Knoxville throughout her first term, as well as overseen the ongoing Cumberland Avenue Corridor Project. The Mayor hopes to invest in the overall quality of life for Knoxville’s many citizens, rather than simply focus on improvements to the scenic areas downtown.

City Council at Large Seat A George C. Wallace (unopposed with write-in) The current chairman of Knox Housing Partnership, Wallace hopes to foster success in Knoxville’s many neighborhoods by promoting home ownership. Running unopposed, Wallace is a native Knoxvillian and a 1981 graduate of The University of Tennessee.

City Council at Large Seat B Pete Drew A youth volunteer at Honey Rock Victorious Church, Drew is advocating for a state-wide program to unify historically black schools and universities, mainly the restoration of Knoxville College. “Restoring family” and education are bedrock issues for Drew’s campaign for the City Council seat which he has served three times prior to today’s election.

Marshall Stair Citing the revival of Knoxville’s downtown

area over the past 15 years, Stair hopes to expand that model to the plans for the South Knoxville Waterfront, Cumberland Avenue, the Central and Broadway Corridor and the Magnolia Avenue Corridor.

City Council at Large Seat C Kelly S. Absher Absher describes himself as someone “committed to commerce, city and to culture” and wants to serve as a voice for local business owners and small entrepreneurs within the city by creating a “no business left behind” mantra.

He serves as current president to the Market Square District Association and is a small business owner as well.

Paul Bonovich Citing the need for more reliable city services and greater neighborhood protection, Bonovich considers himself an “independent thinker” who wants a “more cost effective plan” for business owners and residents in Knoxville. He also wants to expand Knoxville tourism to create a system that reduces taxes for residents living in the city limits.

Finbarr Saunders A retired teacher from Oak Ridge, Saunders references continued city development on the waterfront, pension reform, increased reliability on city services and the expansion of the Urban Wilderness program as key points in his platform. He also wants to establish a new position titled “Chief Officer of Innovation” as a way to introduce new technology into Knoxville’s governance.

David Williams As current president of the Pond Gap Neighborhood Association, Williams is a 40 year math tutor with a passion for neighborhood activism. His platform is run largely on enhanced safety, repair and aesthetic appeal for Knoxville’s neighborhoods .

City Council District 5 Mark Campen The current executive director of the Tennessee Izaak Walton League, an organization that seeks to clean East Tennessee’s water supply, Campen supports sustainability efforts in his district, as well as non-motorized transportation efforts for the city through the Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization.

Jennifer Mirtes A veteran of Desert Storm, Mirtes is a resident of Inskip where she works part time for Smart Home Technologies as well as care for her father, who has Alzheimer’s disease. In an interview with shopper news now, Mirtes expressed her confidence in her ability to perform at a higher level than her opponent. “I have nothing against Mark. I think he’s a great guy. I just think I could do a better job.”

Municipal Judge John R. Rosson, Jr. (unopposed with write-in) A life master duplicate bridge player and member of the West End Church of Christ, John R. Rosson, Jr. has been Knoxville’s municipal judge since 1986 and has a law practice, John R. Rosson Jr., Attorney at Law.

Parts of Cumberland Avenue set to be closed this week Staff Report

Cumberland Avenue will be closed for construction between 20th and 22nd Street starting Monday night at 10 p.m., and will reopen at 6 a.m. The closures

will last four nights, from 10 p.m.-6 a.m. each night, beginning Monday and ending at 6 a.m. Friday morning.

Westbound motorists will be detoured right onto 20th Street, left onto Clinch Avenue and left onto 22nd Street to westbound Cumberland.

Eastbound motorists will be detoured right onto 22nd Street, left onto Terrace

Avenue and left onto 19th Street to eastbound Cumberland.

Southern Constructors Inc., in partnership with the Knoxville Utilities Board and the City of Knoxville, will be conducting the installations to connect the area to the new infrastructure. No service stoppages are currently planned.

The closures come as a result of

water line installations occurring on Cumberland Avenue as a part of the wider Cumberland Avenue Corridor Project. The $17 million reconstruction aims to beautify The Strip, update infrastructure and transform the existing four way street into a three-lane cross section with a raised median and left-turn lanes available at intersections.

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Clean Cycle helping keep India’s streets clean Altaf Nanavati Copy Editor

A team of undergraduate students is cleaning the streets of India with just a few bike rides, but as it turns out, it’s more complicated than that.

The team, which consists of students from a social entrepreneurship and service learning class at the Haslam College of Business, started a program called Clean Cycle to help clean up the large amounts of trash within India’s highly polluted villages.

The project was originally jump-started after Ernie Cadotte, the professor of the servicelearning class, paid a visit to India during the fall of 2014 for a training session at the Entrepreneurship Development Institute, a nonprofit center which holds training programs for those interested in entrepreneurship and business management.

While Cadotte mentioned that the campus itself was beautiful after taking a look outside

the campus, he couldn’t help but notice the large amounts of trash surrounding the perimeter of the institute.

“I started asking the faculty over there about it,” Cadotte said. “They explained that Indian people are very clean; however, in the public space, they don’t feel the trash is their responsibility but instead it is the government’s responsibility.”

After taking pictures of the waste surrounding the streets, Cadotte realized that he had to do something to change this mindset.

In the spring of 2015, Cadotte connected the UT students from his class with the students from Manav Rachna College of Engineering in Faridabad, India and their faculty leader professor Bindu Agrawal. Over Skype, the two parties connected and UT students pitched their idea for the Clean Cycle project which would first be implemented in Ankheer, a village with 5,000 residents in Faridabad.

The project itself consists of two collectors picking up trash using tricycles from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. every morning. The collectors are given

a place to dispose the trash, which is then hauled off to a recycling location.

Wilson Waller, who graduated from UT last spring with a degree in business administration, was the one from the team who had proposed the idea of Clean Cycle.

“The infrastructure in (India) is developing and they don’t quite have the waste management infrastructure there,” Waller said. “Also, the people don’t have the awareness or the understanding of proper waste management.”

After Agrawal and her students approved the project, then-seniors in business Wilson Waller, Katie Ruan, Manami Murphy, Jason Hinkle and Harmeet Batth, started a crowdfunding campaign on the Indiegogo website where they successfully raised $1,000 to get the project started.

Despite the work they put into the project, however, residents were initially unhappy about outsiders coming to their village and claiming that they wanted to help.

But it wasn’t until students handed out flyers door to door and explained the project in detail that the villagers began welcoming the team and

were willing to help.

“The villagers had initially thought that the team was just a couple of outsiders that would make a big show and then leave,” Cadotte said. “The students, who had canvassed a lot of homes in the village, were the ones who convinced them.”

To assist with the project’s initial launch last summer, Waller and Batth travelled to India where they toured Manav Rachna facility and met with Professor Agrawal and her students.

Batth claimed that even though the trip was not new to him, he still felt that going with Waller provided an insightful experience.

“I usually go to India every two years to visit family but this was a new experience,” Batth said. “I got to see India in a more professional setting, and learned about business practices.”

The project itself is still ongoing and, as pointed out by Cadotte, the team from India is currently determining ways to extend the program to other villages and how to sustain the project after initial funding is exhausted.

Humans of Knoxville Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and Knox County Schools Superintendent Jim McIntyre turn on the first panel’s power switch together.

Heidi Hill • The Daily Beacon

SOLAR POWER What’s your favorite part about being on the slackline?

“It’s just kinda like meditative, and you can just kind of stop thinking about everything for awhile.

Plus I rock climb so it’s nice to have good balance for that.” Brittany Jeffers, Senior, Sociology Alyssa White • The Daily Beacon

continued from Page 1 “This initiate really has economic, environmental and educational benefits, and one of the things I’m really excited about is how our students can understand what renewable energy really looks like,” he said.

Eleven of the 14 sites expected to receive solar panels by January 2016 are local schools such as Bearden Middle School, Central High School, Hardin Valley Academy, Karns High School, L&N STEM Academy and South Doyle Middle School.

L&N STEM Academy, specifically, will receive two solar panels that students can study as part of their education on environmental and energy conservation issues in a localized platform.

“There will be a kiosk where kids can be a

part of monitoring energy conservation and use, and it’s really a wonderful opportunity for our students and our teachers to use that as an educational tool,” McIntyre said.

Burchett said the city’s ability to implement these panels comes from a plethora of rooves and open spaces in city buildings, allowing such a project to “pay for itself” instead of relying solely on the city budget for funding.

As one of the project’s head officials, Burchett also commented that his visit to a smaller Tennessee elementary school with solar panels inspired the task ultimately undertaken

by Ameresco and McIntyre as an educational resource.

“It turns these kids on to science and they ask a lot of questions and it’s an ongoing scientific experiment for them,” Burchett said. “That’s really one of the aspects that drives this whole thing.”

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Join the fruvement: A new UT project focuses on healthy lifestyles

your health … but really all of that is under the big umbrella of changing behavior and changing the environment,” she said.

And even though Fruved is only targeting Side salad or fries, sleep or caffeine, exercise freshmen, Dahlman believes that everybody on or chill — no matter the ultimatum, it seems campus will benefit from these interventions. that we always have to make choices pertaining One way non-participants might benefit is to our health. This can be particularly chal- from an upcoming town hall meeting on Oct. lenging for young adults who are faced with 7 where anyone with ideas about how to make demanding schedules, limited options, lack of campus healthier can address key stakeholders knowledge and small budgets. and share their thoughts. The meeting will So what are you to do? Join the fruvement take place at 7 p.m. in the library auditorium. and get fruved.

Fruved is also utilizing social media chanIn a healthy nutshell, Fruved is a study nels, where they are sharing information about simultaneous to an intervention with a goal of nutrition and overall well-being. Additionally, facilitating healthier lifestyles across campus.

Fruved has a goal of having an impact that “We’re trying to identify things our campus extends beyond the universities that are a is doing well and have a discussion about what part of the program. The plan is to take the could make it healthier,” said Sarah Dahlman, a peer mentor concept and work downward –so public health nutrition graduate student. college students would mentor high school stuThe project, which is a collaborative multi- dents, and high school students would mentor state effort, began at UT with Sarah Colby, middle school students. associate professor in public health nutrition, “That’s how we want to make this project as the coordinating prisustainable over time,” mary investigator.

Dahlman said. “We’re Prior to starting starting at the university the project, a common level, but really where theme was identified. behavior change is Students wanted to going to happen is when make healthier choices they’re really young. So but often found that diffiwe’re going to try to take cult to do. Now, students this design and just go will hopefully be able to downward with it.” strive toward healthiness Fruved has also gained with greater ease. some national attention In preparation for from Comedy Central’s the fruvement and the Daily Show. And though health interventions takit may seem a bit comeing place across campus dic to see people dressed this academic year, classas fruits and vegetables es were offered during running around campus last spring semester to and doing yoga in open identify challenges and spaces, this lightheartKristin Riggsbee, Graduate Student formulate strategies and ed fun raises question solutions. marks that ultimately “We worked together on different teams help to facilitate a conversation about serious, and came up with interventions from students global issues pertaining to health. in the same classes across different states like “We have this huge issue, and it really South Dakota, West Virginia and Florida,” can be fixed if we target the young populaDahlman said. tion,” she added. “Then they grow up eating “We’ve empowered students who haven’t healthy because they got that education and been trained in research to assess availability these behavior changes when they were really and variety of foods on our campus,” added young.”

Kristin Riggsbee, public health nutrition gradBut right now, the fruvement starts here at uate student.

UT. Recruitment for the interventions lasts But Fruved isn’t just concerned with advo- until Sept. 30, so freshmen interested in parcating for healthier food choices and more ticipating are encouraged to get in contact and fruit and vegetable intake among students — to become involved. they’re also working to promote overall health For more information about recruitment and wellness across a multitude of spectrums. or the town hall meeting on Oct. 7, contact “We’re looking at sleep and hydration, sexual Fruved at fruved.utk@gmail.com, and be sure health, eating behaviors and patterns, fruit and to keep up with Fruved on social media to learn vegetable intake, healthy body image, sub- about other ways to get involved and maintain stance abuse, even safety and whatever effects a healthy lifestyle.

Michael Lipps

Assistant Arts & Culture Editor

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We’ve empowered students who haven’t been trained in research to assess availability and variety of foods on our campus. ”

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Local musician finding rhythm in electronica style Ana Tantaris Contributor

Electronica musicians don’t get enough credit.

Combining musical styles is a delicate task that requires expertise and patience as well as the guts to put something out there that audiences could either love or hate. As electronic music becomes more popular, finding what an audience likes and standing out as a DJ has become significantly more difficult.

Four years ago, when UT student Jonathan Edwards began writing his own blend of funk, house and livetronica, Boss Awesome was born.

“I think I spent probably more time freshman year learning how to make music on a computer than I did actually doing homework and studying,” Edwards said.

After living in Knoxville for 22 years and graduating from UT this summer, Boss Awesome moved to Nashville to further pursue his music career and expand it past the foundation he already built in Knoxville.

“I decided I’m going to dedicate a year or so in Nashville and bust my ass and try to make the music thing happen,” Edwards said. “This is ultimately what I would love to end up doing, and I feel like if I don’t try then I will regret that for the rest of my life.”

Edwards said that he wanted to take a break from school and see where his dedication to his music will take him while he’s young since he has his degree to fall back on.

“If it’s going to happen, it’s like now or never,” he said. “I’ve got my degree, I’ve got a backup plan, why not try this for a little bit and see where it goes?”

Edwards has been working on perfecting what he has already written in preparation for the Nashville music scene. He incorporates his guitarist background with electronic beats and synthesized sounds to make the funky rock house sound that is Boss Awesome.

“I try not to limit myself to one genre. It helps keep it interesting,” Edwards said.

His musical experiment in college has proven to be successful. The addition of live guitar Photo Courtesy of Boss Awesome at the center of his music has helped to set currently working on a single and a new EP. Edwards apart from most local DJs. Edwards said that in the near future he “People enjoy seeing an actual performance wants to start performing more frequently and from an electronic artist which doesn’t really to expand to more regional shows in addition happen,” he explained. “Adding the guitar to the local ones, but ultimately he wants to be brought a whole new dynamic to the music and able to support himself through music. the performance aspect too.”

“I just have fun and I love playing so any His solo project has been featured with artists chance I get, I’ll hop on it and try and play,” like Lotus, Adventure Club and Papadosio at Edwards said. “I’ve played to packed rooms venues and festivals across the southeast. before, and I’ve played to rooms that are totally Earlier this month, Boss Awesome released dead. I’ve always had fun no matter what an album called “Running Away From The because I’m up there doing it for myself. I’m Night” on Soundcloud and Bandcamp and is doing it because I love it.”

“Of Mice and Men” coming to Clarence Brown Abby Bower Contributor Starting Sept. 30, the Clarence Brown Carousel Theatre will be in action once again with its production of the stage adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic, “Of Mice and Men.” “Of Mice and Men” is the Great Depression era tale of two migrant farm workers, George Milton and Lennie Small, struggling to follow their dream of becoming landowners in desolate 1930’s California. It addresses themes of friendship, hardship and social expectation that carry modern relevance.

Producing Artistic Director Calvin MacLean spoke on this relevance in a promotional video found on the Clarence Brown Theatre’s Facebook page.

“One of the reasons why I wanted to do this play now is that it addresses some of the fundamental political questions of our time.

What responsibility do we have to each other … to those who are unable to take care of themselves?”

The play explores these issues through the complicated dynamic between the main characters George, played by master’s student in acting Steve Sherman, and Lennie, played by master’s

student in acting Kyle Maxwell. Audiences can expect a play that is true to the original work, which emphasizes this relationship between the quick-witted George and much slower but physically stronger Lennie.

“I researched about the time period … and (focused on) just really diving into the script,” said Sherman regarding preparing for his role.

Off stage, Sherman and Maxwell are both in their third and final year of UT’s Masters of Fine Arts in Theater program with concentrations in acting. Both have chosen to make this their thesis performance, so the characters and the play hold a double importance for each actor.

“Your thesis shows the role that you think best showcases the work that you’ve done over three years … so there’s a lot of pressure there to get that right and make it worthwhile for the department and for yourself,” said Maxwell.

The commitment to “get it right” extends deeper than personal interests. Both Maxwell and Sherman spoke of the entire cast and director Paul Barnes’ dedication to “tell the right story” — a story that, according to Maxwell, is “about lonely people just trying to find some slice of happiness.” “(Audiences should) anticipate a show that challenges them,” said Maxwell.

With a two hour and 25 minute run time, the

performance is definitely a long endeavor, but both actors hope the audience walks away with the lesson that “even when everyone is having a hard time, there are still certain people who rise above that and try to be decent.”

This production of Steinbeck’s American classic follows on the heels of an extremely successful run of “The 39 Steps” on the Main Stage. “The 39 Steps” actually ended up with an additional added performance due to popular demand.

“Of Mice and Men” is expected to have an impressive turnout as well. According to Robin Conklin, Marketing and Communications Director of Clarence Brown Theatre, four of the showings have already sold out.

The Carousel Theatre offers a more intimate setting than that of the Main Stage, seating about 310 patrons as opposed to the main stage’s 550 seats.

The show previews on Wednesday and Thursday of this week will be free to students, and all following performances will be $5 per ticket.

Conklin encouraged students and the general public to attend the event.

“It is a very cost effective way to see an American classic produced by a professional theatre right here on campus.”

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Church and state will never truly separate

Jarrod Nelson Socialized

They say Rome wasn’t built in a day.

Actually, it was built in 753 B.C.E., according to dead guys that believed Zeus could impregnate women in the form of a swan — turns out that was a thing guys who lived 2,768 years ago believed. It was founded by Romulus, a man raised by a wolf and descended from the God of War. He had a brother named Remus, who he probably killed to put his name on the city they just built. Romulus went on to capture some women, rape them and turn Rome into a wonderful little town that probably resembled Tortuga from Pirates of the Caribbean 2.

Romulus then died.

He was succeeded by Numa, who was the yin to Romulus’s yang, the sweet to his spicy. Numa didn’t go to war, he wasn’t raised by a wolf and he probably came out of the womb looking like Gandalf. He established the office of Pontifex Maximus, the high priest of Rome, because Numa was one of those guys who believed Zeus could impregnate women in the form of a swan.

Numa then died, and he probably didn’t even exist.

Rome went through a few more kings before getting sick of that, and adopting a more “Uncle Sam” approach to the whole governing thing. In 509 B.C.E., they overthrew their kings and established a republic.

Pontifex Maximus was still a pretty sweet gig without the kings, being used as a political stepping-stone for ambitious, swan-obsessed young Romans.

The Republic then got itself killed.

Out of the remains of the Republic emerged Caesar Augustus. If you’re lucky enough to be named “Gus,”

you owe it all to this guy. Well, we all owe much of our lovely Western Civilization to him. The name though, that really stuck. Augustus remade Rome (physically, spiritually and grammatically) around himself. He even took the title Pontifex Maximus because why the hell not.

Augustus then died, and he took pretty much forever to do it.

The title passed from emperor to emperor, all the way until Constantine decided that Zeus couldn’t impregnate women in the form of a swan, and instead said that the Jewish God of War could impregnate women in the form of ... well, it’s complicated.

Christianity was back from the dead, so to speak, and the new Christian emperors held on to the title because it sounded really awesome. What’s good Christian humility without an excuse to humble brag? However, Gratian got sick of all the pagan stuff (except Christmas, because it was a big excuse to get drunk) in 382 C.E., and ditched the title while dramatically burning an altar to Zeus.

Then Gratian died, and no one cared because, really, did you even know about Gratian until you read that sentence?

The title remained lost for a few years until a man named Leo decided to call himself Pope in 440 C.E., and become leader of the new Roman Catholic Church. The title has remained there, right up to when a Pope from a landmass the Romans didn’t even know existed addressed a new empire inspired by Roman ideals.

There are probably earlier examples, but religion

Ugly foods have feelings too

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Franco D’Aprile Two Treehuggers with an Ax

Franco: How can people waste so much food?

Erica: I don’t know. It’s like they don’t carrot all.

An NPR article on food waste caught our attention recently, and we agree — it’s time to get serious about this issue. The fact that one-third of food in our country is wasted is horrifying, yet not surprising in our throwaway society full of throwaway things and teeming with throwaway people.

While many of our social ills are related to this mentality of unending excess and human exceptionalism, our friends at the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have teamed up to set a realistic goal: reduce food waste by 50 percent by the year 2030. But for now, the fact remains that 133 billion pounds of food makes its way to the landfill instead of to the mouths of hungry consumers each year.

Most of the time, we don’t worry about wasting food because we know there will always be more out there—more to buy, more to eat. It’s easy to throw away that last piece of sushi or those pieces of cereal left in the bag. But if everyone threw away that last slice of sushi, just imagine how long that sushi roll would be. When you think about it that way, it’s easier to imagine how enough food gets wasted each year to fill the Sears Tower 44 times.

First of all, American portion sizes are ridiculous.

Because of subsidies, food is often so cheap that it doesn’t matter if excess is thrown away. Farms also

produce a lot of food waste, which seems horribly ironic. But these aren’t the only contributors; restaurants and grocery chains are extremely wasteful and hold high standards for the food they serve.

Not all of us grew up with a grandfather like Franco’s who, every time Franco didn’t finish his spaghetti, would guilt him into eating by telling stories about his friend having to steal peppers to not starve during World War II in Southern Italy (add “The Godfather” Italian accent for dramatic flare).

The problem lies in the cosmetic standards for fresh produce. So many fruits and vegetables get trucked off to the dump simply because they’re “ugly.” We’re here to say that an ugly carrot is a carrot too. Go ahead, look it up on YouTube. You’ll be super surprised at the standards grocery stores have for vegetables. It’s like Tots in Tiaras (tots like potatoes, hehe).

So, other than just being wasteful, what harm does this cause? Food that goes to the landfill can’t become nutritious soil like when it’s composted because it breaks down anaerobically and produces harmful methane, which is 72 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Wasting food is a cruel mockery to those suffering from hunger.

With almost 1 billion around the world, including 1 in 6 East Tennesseans, not having enough to eat, it’s time to take serious steps toward achieving that goal set out by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. We have enough

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has been involved in politics, explicitly, for 2,753 years at least, that we know of. It’s taken many forms. Pope or Pontifex Maximus. Emperor or Consul. Catholic or Protestant. Christian or Muslim. Religion is inextricably linked to power, and has been since the dawn of mankind.

We will never get religion out of politics. I want it out, some of you want it out, but it won’t happen. This is a pipe dream even Mario couldn’t entertain. It’s been around for nearly three millennia, which some Christians believe is literally half of the universe’s lifespan, and basically how long it takes me to beat a Mario game.

As I’m writing this, John Boehner, Speaker of the House, the third most powerful man in government, is announcing he will resign over religious issues, just a day after the Pope came and spoke to Congress. I’d write more about that, but the metaphor speaks for itself enough that it’s denying its right to an attorney.

Religion and politics have the same goals. Power.

Control. Accomplishing change through and in people. They’re like peanut butter and jelly. You can only like one, but you’re probably going to have people ask you why you’re not into the other.

We have a separation of church and state in this country. But peanut butter is really sticky and goes oh so well with jelly. When you get right down to it, Rome never really fell. And people will always eat PB&J’s.

Jarrod Nelson is a sophomore in public relations.

He can be reached at jnelso47@vols.utk.edu.

food to feed every hungry person in the world, but America’s consumption patterns prevent that from being a reality.

Fortunately, there are ways to get involved in the fight against food waste on campus at UT. The Food Recovery Network prevents food waste in the POD Markets as well as after football games, and you can contact them at frn@utk.edu to get involved. The Environment & Sustainability Committee, directed by yours truly (Erica) and Jackson Bogach is also working hard to establish a campus food pantry. Instead of throwing away excess or unwanted food, students, faculty and staff can donate it to fellow Vols in need.

You can expect to see Smokey’s Pantry in operation by January, and if you would like to hear more about this project, please contact Erica.

In the meantime, we encourage you to have a look around. Look at what people are throwing away in PCB or on the Student Union dining floors. Don’t let your friends throw away a half-eaten plate of food; tell them to put that in a box or eat the last four french fries for them. Even if they don’t want it, there’s surely someone out there who does.

Franco D’Aprile is a senior in political science and sustainability, and Erica Davis is a senior in environmental sociology. They can be reached at fradapr@ vols.utk.edu and spz839@vols.utk.edu, respectively.

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The Daily Beacon • Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Tyndall to volunteer as associate AD at NAIA school

Around Rocky Top

Associated Press ATHENS, Tenn.— Former Tennessee coach Donnie Tyndall has accepted an opportunity to work as a volunteer associate athletic director at NAIA school Tennessee Wesleyan.

Tennessee Wesleyan announced the addition of Tyndall on Monday and said his main role would involve attending athletic events and making sure they run smoothly. “I am thankful for this incredible opportunity,� Tyndall said in a school release.

CBS Sports first reported the news.

Tyndall went 16-16 in his lone season at Tennessee before being fired in March, four months before the NCAA released a notice of allegations detailing multiple infractions committed by Southern Mississippi during his two-year tenure at that school. Charges included arranging fraudulent academic credit, impermissible financial aid and obstructing the NCAA’s investigation.

When the notice of allegations was released, Tyndall issued a statement saying that he “did not knowingly violate NCAA rules, nor did I encourage or condone rules violations by anyone on the coaching staff� and that he

• Donnie Tyndall cooperated with the NCAA’s review.

Tyndall went 56-17 at Southern Miss, advancing to the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament in both seasons.

Tennessee Wesleyan athletic director Donny Mayfield said in a statement that Tyndall “has a servant’s heart.� Mayfield added that “I feel that his years of athletic experience at different collegiate levels will only enhance the department and our athletic offerings at TWC.�

Sophomore Aaron Medley kicks off to Florida during the second half of the Tennessee-Florida game on Sept. 26.

Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beaon/Tennessee Athletics

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Butch Jones addresses criticism about loss to Florida Jonathan Toye Sports Editor

Tennessee fans and national media members alike began asking questions after Florida beat Tennessee 28-27 last Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

Why did Tennessee coach Butch Jones decline a penalty when Florida was backed deep within its own territory? Why did the Vols only run four plays in their last offensive possession? Why was Tennessee so conservative on that third down call before Florida scored the eventual game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter?

And they asked perhaps the biggest question: “Did Tennessee’s coaching staff cost Tennessee the game?”

Vols head coach Butch Jones had an answer to all of these questions in his Monday press conference at the Ray and Lucy Hand Digital Studio.

Jones declined a penalty against the Gators in the first half when Florida had the ball at its own six-yard line, making it second-and-seven at the nine-yard line instead of first-and-13 at the three.

The Gators eventually punted later in the drive, but the decision was still puzzling at the time and wasn’t the first time Jones had declined such a penalty.

When asked about the decision, Jones said he valued the downs more than the distance, as penalties that occur within the 10 are half the distance to the goal.

“It is half the distance to the goal line, so a lot of times based on the type of offense you’re playing sometimes you’re willing to give up three or four yards for the down,” Jones said.

“That’s what happened in the Florida game.”

Jones also addressed Tennessee’s final offensive possession, which only contained four plays in the final 1:26 of game time. The Vols seemed out of sorts on the drive, having to call two timeouts to avoid a 10-second runoff.

Jones, however, thought his offense did a good job of moving the ball down the field, but did note that there were some communication problems during the drive.

“There’s a number of times where we thought the clock should have been stopped on first downs,” Jones said. “I think there was some of that going on, but again we put ourselves in position to where we had to to win the football game. It’s a very difficult kick. We understand that. Aaron (Medley) does a great job. He’s made those in practice and he will make those in his career.

“But you know I think there was some things from a communicative standpoint of stopping the clock, is he out of bounds (or)

was he in bounds? Some things like that.”

If the Vols had picked up a first down on the previous possession, there might not have been a need for the final scramble to get into field goal range. The Vols offense faced a thirdand-six on its second-to-last possession, holding a 27-21 lead with 4:09 remaining.

Instead of icing the game with a first down, the Vols went three-and-out. Junior quarterback Joshua Dobbs simply ran to the right side on third down, only to be met by a swarm of Gators for a four-yard loss.

The play was predicable at best and dangerous at worst. A play that called for Dobbs to throw would have increased the likelihood of getting the first down and a play call that handed the ball to sophomore running back Jalen Hurd would have decreased the risk of a fumble or an injury to the quarterback.

Jones, however, didn’t want to take the risk of stopping the clock and giving the ball back to Florida with more time remaining.

“If you throw the ball and it’s an incomplete pass, now it stops the clock,” Jones said. “We wanted them to use their timeout so that when they gained the ball back, they had very few timeouts left. There is a lot that goes into that.

We had great confidence in our run game if you look at what we were able to do.

“Unfortunately, we had three-and-out and had to punt the football, but we were also able to get them to chew up some of their timeouts and move the clock down as well.”

All these queries led to a much larger question: did the coaching staff coach well enough to win?

Jones seems to think so, but the thirdyear coach is also is aware of the criticism.

However, he would rather be the source of that criticism than have it directed at his players.

“I would say put it all on my shoulders,” Jones said. “I want it all on my shoulders. I want to free up our coaching staff to coach.

I want to free up our players to play. That is part of the responsibility here. We have been through this, but I see our progress.

“I am responsible; put it all on me, so our players can go play and our coaches can coach.

That’s the responsibility of being the head football coach.”

Injury Report: Tennessee senior receiver Pig Howard is day-to-day after suffering an ankle injury, Jones confirmed in his presser on Monday.

Howard, who only has three touches on the season, did not play in the Vols’ loss to Florida.

Howard wasn’t the only receiver battling an injury during the Florida game, as Jones said the Vols only played four healthy receivers during the game. The third-year head coach specifically mentioned Johnathon Johnson, saying the senior wideout didn’t play due to a hamstring injury.

The wide receivers, however, should be fine

(Top) Junior quarterback Josh Dobbs rushes the ball for a touchdown during the Tennessee-Florida game.

(Bottom) Sophomore tight end Ethan Wolf gains yards for the Tennessee Volunteers, bringing them closer to the goal line during the Tennessee-Florida game. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon/Tennessee Athletics for the game against Arkansas.

“We expect (the wide receivers) back,” Jones said. “We need to continue to get our health back there as well, because they are a big part of our offense and like we talked about we need to start utilizing them more.”

Tennessee junior cornerback Cam Sutton wasn’t on the field when Florida scored the

game-winning touchdown, which happened to be the Gators’ final offensive play.

Jones, however, said he expects that Sutton will be “ready to go” and went further to clarify that Sutton does not have a broken jaw, debunking rumors on message boards.

“That is absolutely false,” Jones said.

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Improving a lackluster passing game could be key to Vols success Taylor White Assistant Sports Editor With the all the hype surrounding the Tennessee wide receiving corps at the beginning of the season, the talented group caught just two passes in the Vols 28-27 loss at Florida.

Junior quarterback Josh Dobbs threw the ball just 17 times throughout the game, completing 10 of those passes for only 83 yards. Despite the coaching staff’s lack of effort to throw the ball down the field, Dobbs’ confidence in the passing game hasn’t been shaken.

“I always feel confident in this offense and in the game plan we have,” Dobbs said at a press conference on Monday. “It all just comes down to execution. We had a productive day, and obviously we didn’t get the outcome we wanted. It’s just constantly growing every week.”

This game wasn’t an isolated incident, however, but rather the latest installment of a struggling passing game throughout the season.

In Tennessee’s loss to Oklahoma, the receivers combined for 11 catches, struggling to get open against press coverage for much of the game and resulting in just 125 total yards. Tennessee has also yet to have a receiver break the 100 yard mark in a single game this season — freshman wide receiver Preston Williams being the closest

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with 98 yards against Western Carolina.

While receivers and quarterbacks appear to be the main components of the passing game on the outside, coach Butch Jones has been adamant throughout the season of the importance of all 11 players on the field coming together.

“It takes all 11 individuals working together,” Jones said. “You know sometimes we have those plays called, and we don’t get them off one way shape form or another.

It’s not just the offensive line, either; it’s 11 individuals working together as one.”

Injuries have also played a role in the offense’s struggles, as the receivers have been the group hit the hardest by injuries. Junior wide receiver Marquez North has been banged up throughout the season with a knee injury, and senior Pig Howard, Tennessee’s leading receiver from 2013, has missed two games now due to a suspension and an injury.

Senior Johnathon Johnson, one of Tennessee’s most productive receivers this season, also missed the Florida game with a hamstring injury.

“You know, we’re a little bit behind,” Jones said. “I believe we only played four wide receivers in the game with injuries, so I give those kids a lot of credit.

They had to suck it up, play a lot of plays, and play our style of play. But we do need to get the ball to them much more, and we’ll continue to work on that.”

Another aspect that has hurt the Butch Jones, head coach passing game is the run game.

Tennessee was able to grind out 254 yards on the ground against one of the best defenses in the country.

We take great pride in our passing game.

We want to be a receiver oriented offense. That’s if you look at our nature, if you look at our history, the receivers are a big part of it.”

Sophomore running back Jalen Hurd has 402 yards and seven touchdowns in just four games this season, while Dobbs has 243 yards rushing and two touchdowns of his own.

“Everybody trusts Dobbs and what he can do, and everybody trusts the wide receivers and how they can make plays,” redshirt senior offensive lineman Kyler Kerbyson said. “But right now, it’s just our running game is really working, so that’s why we’re using it. We had a 17 play drive where 80-90 percent of the plays were runs, and it worked.”

Even with the success of the run game, Jones knows his team will have to move the ball through the air consistently this season, and that means taking shots down field and letting receivers go up to make plays at some point.

“We want to be able to throw the ball more down the field, that’s really a big part of us offensively,” Jones said. “We take great pride in our passing game. We want to be a receiver oriented offense. That’s if you look at our nature, if you look at our history, the receivers are a big part of it.

“You’re talking to a head coach who’s a receiver coach, so I understand, you know, what they’re going through, I understand that. But, we’ll work to get better at it. We’ll continue to work on our throw game. We need to continue to improve on that so we’re well aware of that.”

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