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Tenn. ranked most dangerous state Crime reporting system varies across US, incident-based reporting in effect for 15 states Bradi Musil Assistant News Editor

You live in the most dangerous state in America.

Or, maybe not.

When HomeShield Security, a company that sells security alarms, released their rankings of the most dangerous cities by using data from the 2012 Uniform Crime Report compiled annually by the FBI, they titled Knoxville as the fifth most dangerous city in Tennessee, following Crossville as number one and Memphis as number three.

“If you just look at the list, its laughable,” said Darrell Debusk, Knoxville Police Department’s public information officer. “You’ve got to remember who is doing this … How do you sell alarms?

You make people scared.”

While this list may be laughable, these rankings underscore a decade-old debate about the way crime statistics are reported in the U.S. In 1999, the FBI announced they were switching to an entirely new system for law enforcement agencies to report their crime statistics. They had originally been using Uniform Crime Reports to consolidate crime report numbers, but

decided to transition into a more detailed, comprehensive methodology known as the National Incident-Based Reporting System, or NIBRS. While the UCR categorizes crime into eight indexes, NIBRS is more detailed, with 22 categories including information on the victim, offender and specific location. For example, while rape is one category under the UCR, it is split into three, more specified categories in NIBRS. Since 1999, 15 states have transferred to the NIBRS system, including Tennessee. Of the 15, three were ranked in the top 10 most dangerous states in America by the Law Street Journal. Delaware was ranked number six, South

Carolina number five and Tennessee number one.

Since Tennessee switched to incident-based reporting in 2001, it has been consistently at the top of these rankings.

“When you’re just comparing these raw numbers, you see any number of organizations trying to determine where is safe and where isn’t,” said Marshall Stone, supervisory special agent for FBI Knoxville. “We take it for what it is with raw numbers. You wouldn’t compare a state that reports with more detailed information to one that’s not … It’s not apples to apples.”

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The smells of fried tortillas and spices permeated the air in Market Square as the 15th annual HoLa Festival kicked off this weekend.

The event invited people of all ages who were excited to learn about the Hispanic culture and try the edible delicacies that were made by the various cooks. Different booths represented different Latin American countries and their cuisine such as Bolivia, Columbia, El Salvador, Honduras and Puerto Rico. A menu from Bolivia included sizzling cheese empanadas and moist tres leches cake. The Columbia booth’s menu consisted of choribread and bratwurst and pinchos while the El Salvador booth had a menu of pupusas, taquitos dorados and tamales.

“The food is amazing, very authentic, and had much flavor put into it,” Rodolpho Cortez, an event attendee, said. “I believe the festival is doing its best at capturing the Hispanic culture and is succeeding at it.”

Live entertainment was also in view and included dancers and bands. Groups such as the Sambos Grupo de Baile Boliviano kept the crowd excited with their choreographed dancing while displaying the cultural significance of their dance. Next, the Marcel Portilla Band performed whose latin rhythms gained a good portion of the audience’s attention.

The Parade of Nations drew the most attention though as people dressed up in the clothing and color of their country of origin paraded through downtown. The participants made their way to the stage as one by one each country was introduced.

The event was also family-friendly. Children’s faces were painted while a bounce house, magic tricks and trivia about the various countries on display kept them entertained.

“The festival is very informative and has really represented the Hispanic culture 100 percent,” Miss Tennessee Latina Ana Maria Castaneda said. “Everyone should attend this because not only of the informative part but of how much fun you can have.”

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linebackers A.J. Johnson and Jalen Reeves-Maybin — two players that Jones unhappily reported are still “playing in the 80-to-90 snap range.”

With Bates now absent from that role, Jones offered up some potential replacements in that department, specifically noting one individual who’s following in Reeves-Maybin’s footsteps of special teams starturned-impactful linebacker.

“Cortez McDowell is a young man who continues to progress,” Jones said. “He is kind of following the progression of Jalen last year, where he continues to get better and better and better in his football intelligence.

“Every special teams play, he’d come up to me and tell me exactly what he saw and what was going on ... (McDowell) is able to tell you everything. He’s an individual that Freshman linebacker Dillon Bates runs drills during the Vols’ open practrice on Aug. needs to step up now at linebacker.”

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Dillon Bates out for season with torn shoulder labrum A little more than four weeks after it began, Dillon Bates’ freshman season is abruptly finished.

At Monday’s press luncheon, Tennessee head coach Butch Jones announced that the 6-foot-3, 222pound linebacker had suffered a torn labrum in his shoulder and will not return to the field in 2014.

“He will undergo surgery, and he will miss the rest of the season,” Jones said. “We will apply for a redshirt, which should go through.

Then we will have him back for spring football.”

While Bates had been mainly used as a special teams contributor — he’s made just six tackles in four games — this season, his primary defensive role was to spell starting

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Mariell Utsman works the Panama booth at the 2014 Hola Festival.

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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.

This traditional Bondei proverb is what holds the UT African Student Association together. ASA is an organization working to spread the knowledge of African culture across campus while fostering a sense of community between its members. With a mission to “bridge the gap between Africa, UT and the greater Knoxville Community,” the association consists of both native Africans as well as students simply interested in the continent’s culture.

Kelvin Mbugua, president of ASA and junior in mechanical engineering, said he is proud to represent a group that is open to people of all nationalities.

With the association consisting of 50 percent African students, Mbugua noted the club’s diverse membership.

“That just shows you that the group invites anyone who wants to learn more about Africa and wants to interact with Africa,” Mbugua said.

Spending the first 15 years of his life in Nakuru, Kenya, Mbugua said he has battled the many misconceptions that surround his homeland since his move to the United States.

“A lot of people think about Kenya and they think of a place where poverty is the main thing,” he said. “I was actually raised in a suburban area. When I came to America, it actually felt like we downgraded a little bit.”

Cindy Anku, secretary of ASA and junior in nutrition, is a originally from Ghana and expressed pride in the values and way of life of her native country.

“It’s a lot simpler there, and everyone is more open,” Anku said. “With all the electronics and technology (in the U.S.), it makes people more closed off.”

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Science uncovers story of slaves on zoo property Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — They were relatively young people of African descent, worn down by years of hard labor.

Six of them had arthritis. One man walked with a limp, and a woman endured fractured vertebrae in her lower spine. A young, probably heavyset man had a damaged hip — and maybe sickle cell anemia, too.

They were almost certainly slaves on the old Grassmere farm, a large tract of land in South Nashville that’s now used for a different purpose: the home of the Nashville Zoo. Remains that were dug up at the zoo to make way for a bigger, $6.8 million “entry village” appear to have belonged to African-Americans buried in a slave cemetery at Grassmere, DNA and skeletal evidence has revealed.

Shannon Hodge, an archaeologist at Middle Tennessee State University, and her students looked at the remains of nine people in May. Evidence showed all nine were under the age of 50 when they died, and seven “had traits of the skull that suggest African ancestry,” Hodge wrote in a blog post for the Tennessee Council for Professional Archaeology’s website.

Archaeologist Larry McKee of TRC Companies Inc., which excavated the graves last winter and found full, well-preserved skeletons and numerous buttons, beads and other artifacts, had already determined that the people in them were buried between the 1820s and 1850 before Hodge went to work. That finding, combined with the skeletal and DNA evidence, shows that the once-forgotten cemetery near the zoo’s ticket booths “almost certainly represents a community of enslaved African-Americans in the last decades of American slavery,” Hodge wrote.

Before the digging started in late February, McKee said his instincts told him the people in the graves were tenant farmers buried sometime after the Civil War, though he wasn’t sure exactly why.

The science told a different story.

“It really changed my thinking on the history,” McKee said Thursday. “I’m thoroughly certain that what we’ve got now is part of the enslaved community

using that as a burial ground.”

Tori Mason, the zoo’s historic site manager, said the discovery “gives us another piece of our puzzle” to help explain the history of Grassmere.

In June, McKee’s team reburied all of the recovered remains not far from the family cemetery near Croft House, the approximately 200-year-old home west of the zoo’s carousel. Mason said the zoo hopes to host a dedication ceremony this fall.

The archaeologists dug up 19 graves, finding remains in most of them. The adults tended to be tall for the time — 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet 1 inch — and had very good teeth. They appeared to have been well-fed, and they were buried in clothes, whereas some slaves at other sites were simply wrapped in a shroud, Mason said.

But their circumstances, of course, were far from ideal.

Hodge wrote that six of the nine adults whose remains she studied “had arthritis of the knee and/or spine, suggesting demanding workloads.”

One of them, possibly ground down by the life of a slave, never even got a chance to grow up properly.

“The youngest of the adults was an exceptionally tall and robust young man in his late teens or early twenties,” Hodge wrote. “He had a slipped capital femoral epiphysis — meaning that the ‘ball’ part of the ball-andsocket joint that makes up the hip was damaged before he finished growing. In modern times, this condition is most commonly found in African-American teenagers, particularly boys, and especially ones who are tall and heavy. In this case, it might have also resulted from heavy workloads and stress on the hip joint at too young an age.”

But the “respectful” way the slaves were buried suggests that the owners “thought enough of the people working for them that they allowed their loved ones to honor them that way,” Mason said.

Although zoo officials and the archaeologists still don’t know any of the slaves’ names, they’ve started working on exhibits “to tell exactly who these people were, to what extent that we know,” Mason said.

“It gives us another part that we’re going to be able to interpret now that we’ve never been able to do before,” she said. “We do know that the family had slaves.”

The 2014 Global Sports Mentoring Program participants met with Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Evan Ryan. • Photo Courtesy of Global Sports Mentoring Program

Outreach program fosters sports diplomacy regional program director of Africa Outreach USA, a program that seeks to empower girls from poor areas through basketball.

“Women are 50 percent of the population, so if you’re not going to empower them, you’re actually operating at half strength,” Zibowa says.

The inadequacies, Zibowa explains, are striking.

Imagine 30 girls showing up for a clinic barefoot, ill-prepared to run up and down a concrete court. They do not own sneakers or sports bras, and there are only two basketballs at their disposal. When they run, they hold their hands over their chests– a painfully embarrassing experience.

“It just takes one cruel child saying ‘Oh my gosh, look at her.’ Laughing at her.

And then she never wants to come back again.”

For these girls, Zibowa says, basketball is not just a sport– it is a chance to rise above the poverty, unemployment and gender inequality rampant throughout the country. It is an opportunity, she explains, for education, travel and fulfilling career dreams.

Luckily, Zibowa has not given up on her dream: a program in which there is enough equipment for every girl to play on a decent court. A program where girls can find friendship, motivation and solace. A program that gives girls a chance to travel and learn.

“Then let’s see how much they fly,” Zibowa says. “Just give them that opportunity to have the most basic things and then see where they go from there.”

Zibowa is still invited to give the occasional talk, and she always asks that same question.

Hands are still not flying up. But perhaps they will one day.

“Everyone has a part to play,” Zibowa says. “If we are able to improve a girl’s performance in class and improve her performance in life through sports, then, look, lets just run with it, man. It can only get better.”

“We are not accurately tracking crime in this country,” Debusk said, who expressed irritation with the FBI for not better enforcing a change-over to NIBRS reporting. Until all states change over, he called the UCR numbers “useless.”

“This (system) puts any state reporting incident based crimes automatically at a disadvantage.”

Debusk said if he responds to a situation where a perpetrator has broken into a house, raped a victim, stolen a TV and car before fleeing the scene, a Tennessee agency would report four crimes.

Another state, not reporting to an incident-based system, would report one crime: the rape.

“These numbers across states should not be com-

pared; they can’t be and they shouldn’t be,” Debusk said.

“Until (states) switch over, there are always gong to be these problems ... It’s just not fair to the agencies that are doing the incident based reporting system.”

UCR data is currently available for the 2012 year, while NIBRS data is available for the first half of 2013. To view the data, visit www.fbi.gov.

out and find out where I came from as an AfricanAmerican,” Nolen said, “but also just get into their culture altogether.”

While promoting African culture, ASA holds various charitable and social events within the community.

Participating in UT’s 29th International Festival Friday, the association provided Kenyan chapatti, mango juice and other traditional dishes to interested attend-

ees. The club also hosts an annual retreat in Gatlinburg where members are invited to socialize and relax outside Knoxville’s bustle.

Nolen described her experiences with ASA as enlightening and multi-faceted, having participated in a now defunct African dance team that showcased the Ghanaian Azonto dance style. She discourages people from assuming a stereotypical, negative view of Africa.

“I would really encourage people to get away from the mindset that (Africa is) just animals and people roaming around with lions,” she said.

“Everything that we have, they have … they’re real people with real things they’re really thriving.”

The African Student Association holds meetings at the International House every other Monday and can be contacted at asautk@utk. edu

Hanna Lustig Managing Editor

“Whose mother goes to the gym? Whose mother exercises?”

Belia Zibowa looks out at the crowd of high school girls as the question hangs in the air. No one raises their hand. When Zibowa tells them how much she loves basketball, they don’t believe her – she seems too feminine to play sports. In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, girls are not encouraged to shoot hoops, a consequence of confined gender roles handed down through generations.

“We’ve got to show them just how amazing sport can be for their daughters,” Zibowa says. “I want them to be able to nurture that talent.

“They just don’t know how beneficial it is.”

That stereotype prevents scores of girls from thriving, Zibowa herself included.

A very tall child, Zibowa slouched to blend in among her shorter friends. Until, of course, she joined the basketball team her first year of

CRIME continued from Page 1 While the divide exists between states who report generic numbers to the UCR and others report more detailed information to NIBRS, fairly comparing crime across states and cities is impossible.

ASA continued from Page 1 Vice president of ASA Alesha Nolen, a senior in kinesiology, represents the portion of the club not holding African origin. Drawn to the association as a freshman, the Memphis native joined in an effort to discover her own ethnic roots.

“I just wanted to reach

Belia Zibowa high school.

Suddenly, being tall was no longer a source of embarrassment. It was a competitive edge, and Zibowa immediately demonstrated natural talent. The team became a second family, traveling to tournaments and experiencing life outside Bulawayo together.

And soon, Zibowa’s posture changed.

“I lifted my body, put my shoulders back and stood tall,” she says. “Basketball changed the way I felt about myself.”

Zibowa never forgot what basketball brought to her life, and today she is the

This article was created for the UT Center for Sport, Peace and Society in partnership with the UT School of Journalism and Electronic Media.

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Students find ease, convenience in biking Nicole Hedger

Zoo, Harper’s, Bearden Bike and Trail or River Sports Outfitters as well as from sellers on Craigslist.

For those looking for less of a commitment, bikes can be rented Barely a day goes by without from UTOP. Current UT students, talking about it. Everyone hates it. faculty and staff can rent mountain Parking on campus. and road bikes by the day or But, there’s an alternative. weekend or commuter bikes for an Students and Knoxvillians alike are entire semester. trading in the parking woes for Knoxville also provides several some pedal power. outlets for scenic or convenient It might be time to start biking. rides, be it for pleasure or “It’s by far the fastest way exercise. The most prominent around campus,” Zach outlet is the Knoxville Tyree, a recent UT Greenway system. The * Bicyclists on the road are subject to the same laws as anyone driving a graduate, said. “I greenway has a slue motor vehicle.That applies to one-ways, stop signs and red lights. never had pressure of paved paths to get to class on running through * Bikes are allowed on both the sidewalks and the streets but when they time. I’d have and around are on a sidewalk pedestrians have the right of way and the rider must classes on Knoxville give audible warnings before passing. the ag as well * Vehicles must give 3 feet of space when passing a biker a s Contributor

and physical benefits, biking for pleasure is a popular activity and pass time within Knoxville’s city limits. “ R i d i n g is extremely enjoyable because it makes me put down m y p h o n e a n d s e e the

Knoxville Bike Laws

* Bikers can take an entire lane, although they should ride to the side to allow faster vehicles to pass safely. * Every bicycle when used at night must be equipped with a front white headlight visible at a distance of 500 feet, and a red rear reflector visible at a distance of 50 feet. campus * Bicycles must also be equipped with brakes that allow the bicyclist to and then stop within 25 feet at 10 mph on dry pavement surrounding the hill, and I areas and could get there * With regard to any bicycle operated on any highway,street or sidewalk, Knoxville Area in less than 15 all bicyclists under the age of 16 must wear a protective bicycle helmet.

Transit buses allow minutes when that’s bike transportation at like a 30-minute walk and no extra cost. A convenient parking isn’t an issue at all. entrance to the greenway for I never even bought a parking bikers coming from campus is pass.” located in Tyson Park.

There is a variety of benefits For the more adventurous souls, that come along with commuting Urban Wilderness has fostered a by bike, on top of the ability to park series of off-road and mountain virtually anywhere, provided you campus… biking trails just across the river have a sturdy lock. riding on a good day from downtown Knoxville. There’s “My legs are getting stronger,” is always a great stress a variety of areas to park to get Jacob Howell, a sophomore in reliever.” Mike Zaczyk, senior in on the connecting trails but the engineering and a regular bike communication studies, said. “Once most centrally located access can commuter, said. “Biking as much as you ride a bike for long enough, you be found at Ijams Nature Center or I do helps me stay in shape. I can don’t want to get off and you take Mead’s Quarry. get everywhere in one-fifth of the Whether you’re looking to bike for every chance to ride.” time and have fun riding, and I like Those looking to bike can pleasure, exercise or convenience, the way it feels when the wind blows purchase their ride at the various the switch is made easier by through my goatee.” local bike shops such as the Bike Knoxville’s undying bike culture.

Apart from the time convenience

The HoLa Festival showcases many different aspects of Hispanic culture such as the arts Sept. 27-28. Hannah Marley • The Daily Beacon

HOLA FEST continued from Page 1 Besides education and food, the Hola Festival also had vendors set up selling items found in the different Hispanic countries. Angela Grussing, a street merchant at the festival, has sold her authentic Guatemalan wares at the festival for two years. Her shop sells jewelry, wallets and

bags and all the proceeds benefit service work done in Guatemala. Liliana Genua has been a vendor at the festival for four years sells her own handcrafted jewelry.

For Christy Hendrickson, a first year attender, it was all about the “fabulous” turnout though.

“I can’t believe the turnout the festival is having,” Hendrickson said. “It definitely is a nice event for Knoxville to have.”

Monday night was Derek Jeter’s last game in professional baseball. The former Yankees shortstop played for 20 seasons, while earning the respect of nearly everyone who follows the sport.

Steve Winfree

@KnoxSportsGuy

I can’t get over the way the @RedSox have treated the @Yankees Derek Jeter. Class, respect, & sportsmanship. #WhyIWhyILoveBaseball

Jim Boofer

@YankeefaninTenn

I guess the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is no more. Red Sox fans chanting “Derek Jeter” and “Bernie Williams” in Fenway! #Surprised #DerekJeter

Wes Rucker

@wesrucker247

There’s only one thing left for Derek Jeter to do now: Grow a beard. #ManStuff

Lucian Godwin

@LucianGodwin

Thank you Derek Jeter. My favorite player growing up. I’ve enjoyed watching you play and a true model. #TheCaptain #ThankYouJeter #2

Bikes line the racks on campus.

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Letter

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Dear Editor, In the past several weeks, the campus community has become more aware of incidences of sexual assault in our university environment. Every week, we receive alerts from UT campus police that women on campus have been subjected to assault, rape, forced fondling and stalking to name a few; and those are just the incidents that get reported.

This is a threat to everyone on campus, and by no means is the threat limited to women. Men are subjected to sexual assault in our society as well, whether it is reported or not. Sexual violence is real, and it’s happening here - a lot.

So why do some of my students think this is funny?

In my class, I use an online tool called “Poll Everywhere” to encourage discussion. I pose a question to the class and students can submit answers to the question via text message or online, and I can display those answers to everyone in a chart or graph. It’s a great tool for generating discussion and encouraging students to speak out in class, who otherwise may feel uncomfortable speaking aloud in a class of more than 100 students.

This week, however, a fatal flaw was unveiled in the tool: because I use the free version of the software (which I am hoping to change very soon), all of the answers remain anonymous. Occasionally, people will send in jokes. Some I can overlook or even laugh about myself, but this week a student sent in a specific reference to one of those safety messages as a joke for the whole class to see. I was absolutely mortified.

How is this funny? We don’t know who that woman is. For all we know, she could have been sitting in my class that morning. I chided my class, asking them to think about how that would make them feel. What if it happened to you? What if it happens to you in the future? Would you want your moment of crisis to suddenly be laughed at by potentially thousands of people?

I’m writing this letter because I know all too well that experiencing sexual assault is one of the most horrifying, alienating and damaging experiences a person can go through. Some of the women who have reported assaults on campus have reported that their attacker was a “non-stranger,” someone they know. So not only were they completely violated, they are very likely to encounter their attacker again. Even when the attack remains secret from your friends, like the attacks I faced in the past with an intimate partner, it is torture to look that person in the eyes again and see them as anything other than your rapist, as someone who violated your trust, your body and your sense of safety.

So, to everyone in the university community, I implore you: before you chuckle at the language you read in those text messages, as awkward as it might be for you to read “digital penetration” or “forced fondling,” keep in mind that this isn’t just a text message or an email. This isn’t fiction. This is a report of a real person, who you might actually know, whose sense of safety has been violently stolen by someone who didn’t see their victim as a human, but as an object whose body could be used for selfish gain.

We need to be supportive of all victims of sexual assault; not only if we know them personally, but also in the way we talk about their experiences in classrooms and in our everyday lives. You never know what the person you’re sitting next to has been through. You also never know what the person you’re sitting next to is capable of. If we allow these incidents to be jokes on campus, then we’re giving permission to sexual predators to continue inflicting violence.

We all need to stand together and build a community where rape is not a joke, and where sexual violence is recognized as the horrible crime that it is. Let’s work together as a community to make UT a safe place for victims, not a safe place for rapists.

Melanie Barron is a PhD student in geography.

She can be reached at mbarron7@vols.utk.edu.

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Helping the homeless requires more than spare change School of School by

Kaila Curry Heading to the Farmer’s Market one Saturday, I pass a familiar homeless woman. I know little about her, other than the fact that she has been panhandling around Gay Street for quite some time. The woman approaches me, asking for some change in a raspy voice, when she is interrupted mid-sentence by the booming, raucous voice of a man standing behind me.

“How can you take any more money?” He practically screams. “In the last two weeks, I have given you $40. Walk your lazy (butt) up to McDonalds, which is hiring, and get a job!”

Now he is in-fact repeatedly yelling, “Get a job! Get a job!”

The homeless woman simply says, “God bless you.” She looks at me, and feeling sympathetic to her situation I say, “I’m sorry, that was unnecessary.” She begins telling me about how she only wanted money to buy a bottle of water. I listen to her story, but by the end I only apologize and walk off.

This encounter got me thinking; I share mixed feelings about giving handouts to the homeless, as do others. I believe they need our help, but giving them change on the

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than these guys have a chance to earn money, for me it’s that these guys need to be reengaged in a human way.”

In the U.S., more than 3.5 million people experience homelessness each year. The number of people without a home exploded in the 1980s, as federal funds were withdrawn from low-income housing and social assistance programs for underprivileged families and the mentally ill. Thanks Reaganomics.

My grandparents live in New York City which, according to Coalition for the Homeless, has seen homelessness climb to more than 56,000 since 2004, a 60 percent increase in only ten years.

Visits with them have led to various encounters with the homeless. I have taken note that my grandparents hardly ever give money to the beggars, but instead periodically brought them food or the occasional conversation.

Perhaps, instead of giving money to panhandlers, we should donate money to charities that help the homeless by training them in the work force and helping them to secure permanent housing. If you have a dollar to give, try giving The Amplifier a read. Lastly, if you feel the desire to help the homeless, try taking the time to converse with them; it may benefit them more than your loose change.

Kaila Curry is a journalism and electronic media major. She would like to hear your opinions on this issue at kcurry6@vols.utk. edu

It’s time to let some things go Fantasy Football Corner by

Austin Pirkle We’re going to switch up the format for this week’s article. I’d like to dive into conversation about some big names who haven’t lived up to expectations this year, and wonder if it’s time to bench or even cut them from your roster. On the contrary, there are some great players with subpar numbers that you should still have faith in and stick with for the remainder of the year.

We can get one thing out of the way to start off: Larry Donnell is legit, and should be picked up in every league. While there’s no way he can replicate his most recent performance on a regular basis, I’m confident Donnell will finish the year as a top five tight end in fantasy football. Now that that’s been established, let’s talk about the rest of the league.

Time to Move On Larry Fitzgerald Yikes. People use the phrase over the hill to describe a player past his prime, but this future hall of fame wide receiver is free falling down that hill. He’s obviously lost his step which is reasonable for a veteran, but he

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street doesn’t solve any problems.

Encounters with the homeless are far from rare in Knoxville. There are around 1,500 homeless persons in our area in any given month, and with a 50 percent increase over the last decade, it is a major issue rarely addressed.

Many people believe that homeless people only panhandle to support their drug/alcohol addictions. For some, this stereotype is unfortunately all too true.

For many others, however, their homelessness is circumstantial. Through a tragic chain of events, they have found themselves on the street, and the charitable handouts they receive are bringing them closer to stability.

Saying they should just get a job is not a suitable solution; many employers do not wish to hire persons without a residence.

To really fix the problem, we need to fix the social issues first: the break-up of families, mental health and disability support, alcohol and drug addiction, and proper benefits for our physically and mentally wounded veterans.

This is something The Amplifier aims to bring. You may have noticed Knoxville’s own homeless newspaper being sold on the way to class. (a.k.a. that adorable old man near the UC baring a newspaper asking you how your day is going). The Amplifier provides the homeless with an outlet to express themselves through writing, and it provides a slight income of $1 per paper.

In a Metro Pulse article, The Amplifier founder Eddie Young expressed, “Even more

is just not productive any more. Fitzgerald only has had nine catches in three full games, and doesn’t seem to be a primary option any more. When I watch the Cardinals play, Larry is mainly deployed as a glorified decoy to open up space for the other wide receivers.

Unless Fitzgerald finds the fountain of youth, he is a droppable player in most leagues.

Tom Brady So far, the golden boy has been more of a dull bronze this year. Yes, the offensive line is horrendous and he still doesn’t have a true No. 1 wide receiver to throw the ball to, but it’s been bad so far. The offense has not been clicking at the rate the Patriots are used to.

I understand you may not have many better options, but Brady should not be counted on to win any fantasy games. My advice is to be scouring the waiver wire or putting a trade package together to land a top 10 quarterback.

Eddie Lacy This one hurts to write. After buying low on Lacy, I was sure he’d return to top 10 running back status. That hasn’t transpired so far. Even after putting up double digit points for the first time this week, it still doesn’t look promising. Lacy only had 59 total yards against the Bears’ poor rush defense. The Packers had a great day on offense, and yet it seemed everyone had a great game but Lacy.

While I wouldn’t drop him yet, it may be time to look for other options at running back.

Hold On Tight LeSean McCoy Well, this shouldn’t be happening. McCoy has had 3 points combined in the past two weeks, which is strange for one of the most explosive players in the league. But, I’m personally not too worried about it. McCoy had a tough matchup against the 49ners this week, and last week against the Redskins was a fluke. The Eagles lost Sunday and will see they need to get the ball in their best player’s hands more often. For now, there’s nothing to be too worried about unless this continues for the next few games.

Cordarrelle Patterson After a great week one, the hype around the big play wide receiver grew tremendously. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been able to live up to it as of yet, recording subpar numbers. Most people will rush to the conclusion that he is just a great athlete who only gets his points by breaking a big scoring play, which he hasn’t had in the past few games.

However, while he does get the majority of his points off those explosive plays, he will continue to get an increase in targets as the Vikings realize they need to get the ball in the hands of one of the most athletic players in the league.

Austin Pirkle is a freshman in sports management. He can be reached at apirkle1@vols.utk.edu.

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Society of Media Arts uses A thank you to Greek Fest technology as paint brush Cortney Roark Copy Chief

Technology is used for communication, work and relaxation. The Society of Media Arts takes that one step further.

Members of SOMA use technology as a way to express creativity, from video and performance to audio, said Allan Namiotkiewicz, president of the society. “You think of the different media that artists use to create artwork, whether it be a painter’s brush or an angle grinder a sculptor might use, you think of the media for 4D art - a program like Pro Tools or Premiere video editing software,� Namiotkiewicz, senior in 4D art, said. “I find it fascinating that that is the tool we use to make our art.�

Alanna Wilkinson,senior in 4D art, is a member of SOMA and says right now the society is focused on increasing the number of members. “There’s already an art club and a film club,� Wilkinson

said. “We’re trying to be more toward the media aspect of it.

It’s not the most traditional thing out there.�

The International Show and Tell Annual Media Festival is one step SOMA has taken to increase interest in 4D art. The second INSTA Media Festival was held in September and had about 200 entries from around the world. 4D artists from countries including Russia, Denmark and Spain sent in their work, and SOMA selected the entries that were shown at the festival. “With INSTA basically what we do is advertise across the world to create awareness,�

Namiotkiewicz said. “You would be surprised how many sound artists and video artists there are out there.�

These artists are a part of a relatively new form of artwork, said Wilkinson. She says the main difference in a typical film and a media arts project is the narrative aspect. Although the two may be extremely similar, there does not have to be a narrative in a video art project. “It’s so different (from other

art forms), but also so versatile,� Wilkinson said. “It is taking technology and using that in a creative way that is different from the mainstream.�

The most recent project Wilkinson is creating is a sound project. Through this project, she hopes to share what sounds “feel like home� to her through having only a sound in a space off campus.

Projects like this is what initially drew Namiotkiewicz to media art. He was required to take a foundations class on time based art and found his niche. “We had to do a self portrait and we weren’t supposed to show ourselves in the video,�

Namiotkiewicz explained. “I enjoy painting and sculpture as well, but this had the aspect of technology, which I found fascinating being coordinated into art.�

SOMA is a small organization as of now, but Wilkinson hopes it will grow in number as events continue to be held. Ideas for these events are discussed at meetings. Membership is free and the society is open to anyone interested in 4D art.

Many people took part in celebrating Greekfest held Sept. 23 - 25.

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Hannah Zechman Contributor

Performers during the 35th Annual Greek Fest held at St. George Greek Orthodox Church Saturday, Sept. 27. Nicholas Rhodes • The Daily Beacon

There was a cute little German lady dancing around Greek Fest this weekend.

Grandma twirled around with her hands in the air, gesturing for me to join. My father laughed and pushed me forward. I fell in rhythm with a sound that has become familiar over time.

It’s been six years of visiting the Saint George Greek Orthodox Church on Sutherland Avenue. And six attempts to park illegally and form a seemingly brilliant plan to trick the police officer monitoring the parking lot.

Dad and Grandma started taking me to be Greek for a day when I was still a fledgling who was confused about how so many different cultures can coexist in one world. I am Native American and German – the idea of learning about other cultures seemed irrelevant and strange to little Hannah.

However, as the years have flown by, I have learned.

And this festival is a huge reason why.

The food got me hooked right off the bat. The gyro and chicken pitas are the size of your head and the homemade pizzas let out an otherworldly aroma. The food is made from scratch and the recipes are those of the Saint George church, passed down in Greek authenticity.

You haven’t really lived until you’ve experienced the drippy, syrupy and crumbly baklava that promises to always ruin whatever outfit you planned for that day. Sweet and crunchy, you will most definitely fall in love anyways.

The music stretches on as you wet wipe your post-baklava mouth. A continual Greek party with dancing and live music never seems to end. Different groups dance their own unique style known to the Greek culture. It’s contagious. I have no choice but to join in with my adorable Grandma.

At some point during the day, you will sit through a church service in the actual Greek Orthodox Church. Even though you probably won’t understand a word they are saying, you will be so distracted by the beautiful tile art that you will barely notice.

It is enchanting in ways I do

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Of course, you have to make time to shop. Little Greek women laugh and bargain in the makeshift market. You try on jingly headbands and beautiful dresses. There is jewelry and pottery and knickknacks galore.

Then, it is time to leave. I have to run to keep up with my still dancing Grandma who is surprisingly fast at jigging across the street through traffic.

Loaded down with bags and a full tummy, another year at Greek Fest is under you belt, having influenced you in ways you will not understand until you are a college student writing about your experiences and realizing how different your life could have been without this random festival.

Whatever the reason we started attending this event, I am eternally grateful to my grandmother and father. This one day out of the year began to shape me. It planted the seed for what I hope is a long career in writing about different cultures and people and how we really can coexist in one world.

I will forever hold a place in my heart for such a wonderful part of my childhood.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

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Tennessee-Florida: a matter of job security

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out of love with.

Florida’s first loss to UT in 10 years would likely constitute a fireable offense in their eyes.

After all, the last UF coach to lose the Tennessee game didn’t make it through October.

In 2004, James Wilhoit kicked a 51-yard field goal with 13 seconds left to lift the Vols to a 30-28 win over Florida in front of 109,061, the largest crowd ever at Neyland Stadium.

Five weeks later, UF canned Ron Zook as coach and wound up hiring some guy named Urban Meyer.

Meyer – on his way to a national championship – helped get Phillip Fulmer fired from UT in 2008 when Florida wrecked the Vols, 30-6.

That makes three of the last five UT-Florida games at Neyland Stadium in which the losing coach was fired before the season ended.

The Vols would love nothing more than to make it four out of six.

And they’re capable of doing it.

Tennessee could have beaten Florida on the road last year and the Vols have only improved since then, as evidenced by their nearupset of Georgia last week.

With a checkerboard crowd imploring the UT to end a decade of Gator-beholden frustration, Saturday could be the start of a new tradition.

If the Vols manage to win, pandemonium will reign - like legendary UT radio voice John Ward exclaimed after Tennessee defeated Florida in overtime in 1998.

It’ll also be safe to expect another checkerboard crowd at Neyland Stadium when Florida returns in 2016.

Either way, Jones might want to go ahead and circle that game on his calendar as one he really shouldn’t lose.

Pandemonium and piercing pain.

A Tennessee upset victory over South Carolina and a postseasondashing loss to Vanderbilt a few weeks later took Vols fans close to experiencing both extremes in 2013.

But by 4 p.m. Saturday, one of those two feelings will reign on this campus in a way that neither has yet during the Butch Jones era.

And if it’s pandemonium, Florida fans might join the celebration.

Though its days as a nationally relevant rivalry are long gone, UT-Florida games played at Neyland Stadium in the last decade have proved important to the job security of head coaches at both schools.

Saturday’s game could be the latest example.

The Gators are coming to town and UT has a chance to do the same favor for Florida that UF did for Tennessee the last time the teams met in Knoxville.

With ESPN’s “College Gameday” on campus and the Derek Dooley regime at its peak in 2012, Florida beat UT 37-20 and sent the Vols on a downward spiral that resulted in Dooley’s firing.

It might have been Will Muschamp’s finest day as Florida’s head coach.

Now, coming off a, 4-8, seaDavid Cobb is a senior in jourson, Muschamp faces an angry mob of Gator fans searching for nalism and electronic media. He another reason to rid themselves can be reached at dcobb3@vols. of a leader they’ve quickly fallen utk.edu.

BATES continued from Page 1 Jones added that German freshman Jakob Johnson is “going to more demanded from him” at linebacker, while ReevesMaybin added Elliot Berry to the list of potential candidates.

Still, with the magnitude of a season-ending injury so early in his career, veteran teammates have reached out to the freshman Bates, offering up alternative ways to stay connected without being on the field.

“My advice to him was everything happens for a reason, embrace the process,” said redshirt junior Curt Maggitt, who missed the final two games of 2012 and all of 2013 with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. “He’s got a lot of time left. He’s still a freshman. So, don’t look down on himself and figure out a way he can still be a positive influence to the team.”

Legitimate Maggitt: On Monday, Jones’ heavily praised Maggitt’s performance versus Georgia, stating that the redshirt junior “matched up excep-

tionally well” and “gained great confidence.”

In the loss, Maggitt racked up a season-high five tackles, sacked quarterback Hutson Mason twice and forced a fumble late in the third quarter.

“He played more Sam linebacker,” Jones said. “He was a nine technique. I thought he really did some great things, was extremely productive.

When we talk about impactful plays, he had a lot of those. It was really the first game where we could really feel his presence on the football field.”

In an off-season headlined by a position switch to defensive end and his impending return after a nearly two-year hiatus, Maggitt’s 2014 campaign began a bit slower than the build-up originally indicated. The West Palm Beach, Florida, native started only one of UT’s first two home games and racked up just six combined tackles in wins over Utah State and Arkansas State.

But back starting at his traditional linebacker spot for the second consecutive game, Maggitt provided a constantly disruptive presence throughout

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Pearson ‘ahead of schedule’ as Vols receiving corps looks to get healthy

Junior Von Pearson runs the ball during the game against Arkansas State on Sept. 6.

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Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB) When Von Pearson went down with a high ankle sprain in Tennessee’s victory over Arkansas State, it was Josh Smith who was asked to step up in absence.

Instead, Smith followed Pearson’s footsteps to the sidelines when he too suffered a high ankle sprain just a week later.

Since then, the Volunteers’ receiving depth has been tested, but with a contest against the Florida Gators looming, it seems that at least one of the downed wideouts has a possible return on the horizon.

“Right now, Von Pearson is a little bit ahead of schedule,” second-year head coach Butch Jones said during his weekly Monday press conference. “He’s ahead of Josh Smith at this particular time ... The last couple weeks, we put them in protective casts just

Saturday’s three-point loss to the Bulldogs.

“I had a job to do, and I did my job,” Maggitt said. “Previous games, there wasn’t as many opportunities to play in base personnel. If I’m out on the field, I’m going to do my best no matter what position I’m at.”

An unhappy A.J.: Despite having a team-high 17 tackles against the Bulldogs, senior linebacker A.J. Johnson pegged Saturday’s loss as “probably one of my worst games” in his UT career.

His justification was simple.

“I just need to play inside the system,” Johnson said. “I feel like this last game, I was playing with more emotion instead of playing inside a system and playing with my keys and reads and stuff like that. I got away from my technique and stuff like that.

“Seventeen tackles really don’t mean anything. It’s about production. I can get that many tackles, but I played outside the system. So, it’s probably one of my worst games. I’m going to correct that and have that right this week for Florida.”

to make sure they didn’t tweak it. Now, they’re heavy into their rehabilitation, so I’ll know a little bit more as the week progresses.”

Before going out with their respective ankle injuries, the receiving duo combined to catch 17 passes for 233 yards and two touchdowns.

In their absence, Josh Malone, Jason Croom and Johnathon Johnson – all receivers who played alongside regulars Marquez North and Alton “Pig” Howard in Saturday’s contest against Georgia – combined for 10 catches and 127 yards.

Dobbs seeing red: When Justin Worley was pulled in garbage time during Tennessee’s season-opening victory over Utah State, the winner of the Vols’ backup quarterback competition seemed to be answered when Nathan Peterman trotted onto the field.

Any doubt was erased on Saturday when Peterman, once again, stepped under center after Worley was forced out of the

contest with a numb right elbow.

The reasoning, however, for why Jones has turned to Peterman over Joshua Dobbs, who started UT’s final four games in 2013, could be in the form of a potential redshirt for the sophomore from Alpharetta, Georgia.

“We’ll see,” said Jones about the possibility of redshirting Dobbs. “In a perfect world, yes, (he would be redshirted), but Josh is prepared to play each and every week. As we’ve come to know around here, you’re one snap away. Sometimes, you’re two snaps away.”

And for the foreseeable future, Dobbs will be two snaps away from seeing the field as Jones announced that Worley would be 100 percent against the Gators on Saturday.

Bring on the checkerboard: It’s been the talk of the Tennessee Twitterverse for weeks, and with Saturday’s scheduled contest being the most anticipated home game of the season, it appears the

“#CheckerNeyland” movement may become a reality, much to the delight of Jones and the Vols.

“To have a fan initiative of checker-boarding Neyland, I think it speaks volumes,” Jones said. “Most places, they have to manufacture that, where our fans come out, and it’s on them ...

They have been extremely supportive, and Saturday afternoon at noon should be a great, great college football environment. It should be the best environment in the country.”

For the players, just seeing pictures on social media has been enough to get them excited for Saturday’s “epic” new-look crowd.

“I know the environment is going to be crazy,” senior linebacker A.J. Johnson said. “I’ve just seen the pictures and stuff on Instagram and everything and just looking at the pictures makes you want to play in the stadium.

I know the fans are going to have their emotions high and have the environment real ‘turnt’ up.”

VOLLEYBALL

Lady Vols drop two in SEC-opening weekend Staff Report Although the Lady Vols opened up SEC play this past weekend, the results were not promising for Tennessee as Rob Patrick’s squad lost in straight sets to both Arkansas and Missouri.

Friday, UT fell to the Lady Razorbacks, 25-20, 25-15, 25-19, and Sunday, Missouri swept the Lady Vols, 25-19, 25-15, 25-16.

“Some things that we can control, but we didn’t control as well as we could this weekend were our serving, our passing, and our digging,” Patrick said Sunday. “If we can clean up those three areas – and I think our players are seeing how they affect each match – I think we’ll take a big step forward in being more competitive in some of these matches.”

In Friday’s opener, the Lady Vols (7-8, 0-2 SEC) were headlined by Kendra Turner’s nine kills and Lexi Dempsey’s 29

assists. Claudia Coco, who made her first career start Friday night, registered a teamhigh nine digs.

Friday’s loss was Arkansas’ first sweep of UT since 2003 and marked the first time since 2007 the Lady Vols were swept in an SEC-opening match.

“We’ve been playing lowerror volleyball and controlling the ball well on our side over the last few matches, but we didn’t do a good job of that tonight,” Patrick said Friday. “For some reason we didn’t hit our serving spots to get Arkansas off balance. We didn’t pass the ball very well, and that affected a lot of what we were and weren’t able to do in terms of our sideout offense.”

Sunday didn’t get much better for Patrick’s squad. Against the defending SEC champion Lady Tigers, UT faltered as Missouri finished higher in all but one major statistical category.

For the second straight match, Turner led UT in kills with eight, and Jamie Lea

chimed in with six.

As a team, the Lady Vols posted an attack percentage of just 0.099. The Tigers countered with a 0.281 attack percentage and had five players with five kills or more. UT falls to 0-3 all-time against Missouri at the Hearnes Center, while the Lady Tigers has now won 20 consecutive SEC matches dating back to last season.

“We actually did some very good things in terms of our play at the net today,” Patrick said after the Missouri loss. “I was pleased with our effort along the net both in blocking and the attack. We played very uneven in the digging part of the game and in our ball control. We need to get more consistent on those fronts.”

The Lady Vols now return to Knoxville for a four-game homestand - their longest of the season. The SEC home opener is slated for 7 p.m. Friday night against Texas A&M, and Alabama will be on hand for a Sunday afternoon tilt.