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Victories elude women’s soccer team Trenton Duffer Copy Editor Tennessee’s women’s soccer team finds themselves in strange company this week. The Vols and the Cal Poly Mustangs are the only two schools in Division 1 soccer that have five ties this season.

After picking up two draws last weekend against Mississippi State and Vanderbilt, 0-0 and 1-1 respectively, Brian Pensky’s squad is trying to find a way to close out key games as the season progresses.

“The thing that’s missing for us right now is a little bit of offensive production,” Pensky said before his team’s practice on Wednesday. “I think we would all be more discouraged if we weren’t playing good soccer. I feel like we’re playing well, but we just have to keep grinding.”

Tennessee (5-1-5) missed beating the Bulldogs on Friday by just a few inches, as a 15-yard shot from Gabby Santorio hit off the crossbar in the 56th minute of play. Ariel Kupritz’s team-high of three shots were close, but they just didn’t cut it in the end. Mississippi State’s scrappy style of play kept the Vols from taking a large amount of shots on goal during the game, holding Pensky’s squad to only three.

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UT student suspected in slew of car burglaries Staff Report UTPD has named a primary suspect in the vehicle burglaries that occurred in UT parking garages on or around Sep. 24.

Jalen Fish, a UT freshman on the exploratory track, is the primary suspect in the case. Fish currently has 20 felony and 14 misdemeanor warrants for his arrest.

On Sep. 29, Fish was expected to turn himself in to answer for the alleged burglaries, but he never appeared at the allotted time to the UTPD station.

Had he followed this protocol, a official list of outstanding warrants would have been served that day.

UTPD Lieutenant Mike

Richardson said that there are no developments in this case so far.

Richardson also commented that until UTPD locates Fish or until Fish turns himself in, the case will remain an active investigation.

The Daily Beacon reached out for more information on Fish’s criminal history, but Richardson was unable to give an immediate comment.

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DISPATCHES Congress averts last minute government shutdown Only seven hours before the federal government was set to run out of funds, The House of Representatives passed a bill funding the government until Dec. 11. The vote passed 277 to 151, with mostly House Democrats voting in favor. Many Republican members of Congress had hoped to use the threat of a government shut down to further efforts to defund Planned Parenthood after edited videos released by an anti-abortion group allegedly show employees discussing the sale of fetal tissue. White House officials released a statement expressing their support for the bipartisan effort to keep the government funded. “With today’s bipartisan vote, Congress has taken a step away from the brink — and the President will sign the bill into law once he receives it,” said the statement.

Hurricane Joaquin heads for landfall at Bahamas Joaquin strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday morning and is expected to hit the central Bahamas later today. Heavy rain and storm surges are predicted to bound the islands. While it is unknown which course the storm cell will take, the eastern coast of the United States can expect flooding conditions. The latest reports measure Joaquin’s center spinning 175 miles northeast of the Bahamas. The storm’s winds are sustaining 85 mph, categorizing the storm as mid-range Category 1 storm with the possibility of growing in size and power. The storm’s center is expected to be near or over the island by this afternoon before turning north.

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“I’ve moved around a lot, and there are definitely times where I wish I had just given things more time and not had just a knee-jerk reaction just to leave. I think something I’ve discovered lately is there’s something really worth while in putting down roots and making sure you have a home somewhere. So yeah, I guess the times I’ve moved around, I think I would’ve waiting a little longer.” - Caitlin Myers, junior in political ecology Alyssa White • The Daily Beacon

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BAGHDAD — Sixteen Turkish workers kidnapped from a construction site in Baghdad and held for nearly a month were released on Wednesday, Turkey’s prime minister and Iraqi officials said.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said through his Twitter account that the workers were handed over to the Turkish ambassador in Iraq and that they were all in good health.

He did not provide information on the circumstances of the release.

In Baghdad, the spokesman for the city’s military command, Brig. Gen. Saad Maan confirmed the release and said the Turkish workers were now inside the Turkish Embassy.

The men, employed by Turkish construction company Nurol Insaat, were part of a group of 18 Turkish workers snatched in Baghdad’s Shiite-dominated Sadr City on Sept. 2. After their abduction, a video from a previously unknown militant group showed the hostages and demanded that Turkey halt the flow of militants into Iraq, stop the passage of oil from Iraq’s northern Kurdish region via Turkish territory and lift what was described as a “siege” on Syrian cities.

The brazen abduction laid bare serious security gaps in the heavily guarded Iraqi

capital. Two of the workers were released later in September in the southern Shiite city of Basra.

Davutoglu thanked “Iraqi friends” who had worked toward the men’s release, without elaborating. “Preparations are underway to ensure their return home as soon as possible,” he said.

Maan told The Associated Press that the 16 workers were found Wednesday in the town of Musayyib, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of Baghdad.

Turkish Ambassador Faruk Keymakci thanked Iraqi authorities and Shiite clerics who called for the release of the hostages.

With the 16 freed hostages alongside him, Keymakci told reporters in Baghdad on Wednesday that the incident “will not weaken bilateral relations...and Turkish investments in Iraq.”

An Iraqi national was kidnapped along with the Turks. Gunmen stormed the site on Sept. 2 as the workers were sleeping in caravans, breaking down doors and disarming the guards before taking the workers away.

Baghdad has been torn by violence for over a decade now, with roadside bombs, suicide attacks and assassinations occurring almost daily. While kidnapping for ransom has continued, large-scale abductions have been almost unheard of in the past few years.

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FISH continued from Page 1 Fish is a white male, age 18, 5’ 9” in height, 150 pounds with brown hair, hazel eyes and little facial hair.

UTPD encourages anyone with information on Fish’s whereabouts to contact the UTPD Office.

The following are car burglaries that occurred on Sep. 24: • Sept. 24th, 3:32 p.m. at G-11 – vehicle damaged and burglarized • Sept. 24th, 4:29 p.m. at G-12 – vehicle burglarized and damaged • Sept. 24th, 10:40 p.m. at G-11- numerous items from vehicle • Sept. 24th, 10:40 p.m. at G-11 – numerous items from vehicle • Sept. 24th, 10:51 p.m. at G-11 – vandalism and damage to vehicle • Sept. 24th, 11:20 p.m. at G-11 – multiple vehicles damaged • Sept. 24th, 11:20 p.m. at G-11 – multiple vehicles noticed to be damaged and burglarized • Sept. 24th, 11:26 p.m. at 3rd level G-7 – vehicle damaged and burglarized • Sept. 24th, 11:45 p.m. at N-8 – two items missing UTPD did not confirm that Fish was responsible for all these burglaries, but it is likely that he is responsible for some.

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Local professor investigates psychology in relationships Tanner Hancock News Editor Late last August, millions of individuals had their private user information from Ashley Madison, a dating website that specializes in marital infidelity, hacked and made public across the internet. The incident, which has gained widespread media attention and even led a New Orleans pastor to suicide, raises the question of just how troubled relationships are becoming in our culture.

For UT psychology professor Kristina Gordon, the psychology behind infidelity and relationship troubles in general has always been both a fascination and the main subject of her research.

“I was more interested in general in the idea of forgiveness. How do people forgive major betrayals?” Gordon said of her fascination with infidelity.

In examining relationship problems both in married and pre-marital couples, Gordon has found that in most cases sex outside of marriage is a result of many variables, ranging from narcissism to attachment issues in couples. These conditions create “a perfect

storm” for cheating to occur.

What most people fail to realize, however, is that sex outside a relationship fails to mend the problems between couples, creating “a solution to a problem that’s not a good solution,” as Gordon sees it.

In addition to her research and an appearance on Minnesota Public Radio, Gordon helps to mentor graduate students at UT’s Gordon Couples Research Lab, which focuses on clinical studies of couples’ relationship problems. The clinic offers a range of counseling techniques to participating couples, ranging from primary to tertiary to address both growing and severe difficulties within couples’ relationships.

Originally, Gordon began her research into relationship problems due to the lack of psychological study she believed was being invested into the issue. However, today most of her research is drawn from past studies, due mostly to what she sees as the “dismal” state of funding for her type of work. While the majority of her past funding came from the National Health Institute, one of the country’s leading biomedical research facilities, that funding was essentially cut off after the National Health Institute cut ties with Gordon’s research.

For the thousands of students in rela-

tionships across UT’s campus, dealing with couples’ problems is often just another part of the college experience. Ashlin Fox, a sophomore in architecture, has been in a relationship with her current boyfriend since junior year of high school, despite the fact that he is now stationed in Texas with the U.S. Air Force. Rather than relying on tricks or gimmicks to make things work, Fox maintains that at the end of the day, forming a trusting friendship with your partner is what what matters most.

“Friendship is more important than a relationship,” Fox said. “If you’re not friends with your partner, then why are you with them?”

While Gordon spends a great deal of her time studying broken relationships, much of her work goes into maintaining healthy relationships through preventative therapy.

Through a system of “marriage check ups,” Gordon hopes to prevent the often traumatic issues that arise between couples in a relationship before they’re ever allowed to occur.

“Just like you would go to the dentist hopefully before a cavity occurs, or your primary care physician before a mole probably turns into cancer, you would get a checkup for your relationship to sort of figure out strategies to keep yourself healthy,” Gordon said.

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Big Orange Bus rolls across Tennessee Altaf Nanavati Copy Editor

UT is spreading love and orange all across Tennessee’s high schools.

As a part of the Big Orange Bus Tour, Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and fellow administrators Provost Susan Martin, Vice Chancellor for Student Life Vincent Carilli, Vice Chancellor for Communications Margie Nichols and Director of Undergraduate Admissions Kari Alldredge have visited various high schools within seven different cities.

The tour’s main initiative aims to encourage prospective students by showing them what UT has to offer.

Carol Ryan, college advisor at University School of Jackson, believed that the event was well-planned and full of high energy.

“UT’s Chancellor’s office and admissions office were so organized in their communication with us, and they did a great job in getting the students pumped up,” Ryan said.

Amid throwing shirts out to the audience and along with other free merchandise, Cheek and his team brought a special surprise unbeknownst to students but anticipated by teachers.

A handful of students who submitted their applications to UT were awarded with early acceptance letters from Chancellor Cheek himself at several schools visited by the Big Orange Bus. Christy Walker, school counselor at Mount Juliet High School, explained how this type of visit from a university provided more of a genuine experience to the students and helped prompt deeper thinking about their college options.

“Everybody thought that it was just an awesome experience for students to see a college come in and show how important that they think the students are to them,” Walker said. “We’ve seen a big increase in the number of transcript requests to be sent to UT, along with other schools.”

With the tour, the UT administrators will reaffirm connections with approximately 2,000 prospective students and alumni from Tennessee.

The bus will also make stops at West High School and Farragut High School this week.

While promoting the UT culture and an educational environment was a major component to these pep rally-esque events, Cheek also discussed the university’s mission to join the ranks of the country’s Top 25 public research universities and the results of the university’s $1 billion campus construction.

Ryan also explained how Cheek’s presence at the high school visit operated as a showcase for the university’s values.

“I think his presence showed all of the great educational opportunities that are at the school and how UT can take you from the student experience to the professional world,” Ryan said.

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Seminar takes comedic approach to sex-ed Connor Barnhill Contributor In college, it may seem like sexual knowledge is as common as knowing how to tie one’s shoes.

But how much do most students, many of whom received abstinence-only sexual education in high school, really know about sex?

The Female Orgasm seminar this Tuesday sought to answer this question by teaching college students about sex in an uncensored, largely comedic manner.

The lecture primarily focused on educating women on how to achieve orgasms. For sexual educators Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller, the lecture served as a supplement to the often incomplete sexual education common in Tennessee.

While high school students are often strictly taught the anatomy and repercussions of sex, very little emphasis is placed on explaining how healthy and enjoyable sex should feel for women. While a tamer version of sexual education could be justi-

fied for high school minors, it can lead to misconceptions and myths about sex when women finally do begin to explore their sexuality.

“College students are adults,” Miller explained of the necessity for this type of college education. “We really believe that adults should feel empowered to learn about sex and get more information about the topics they’re interested in. If you’re better informed, you’re going to make healthier decisions and have more satisfying sex for the rest of your life.”

As students lined the walls and sat on the floor of the lecture hall, Solot and Miller took questions about common misconceptions and myths pertaining to sex.

Dispelling each one in turn, they went on to give specific details on how to induce orgasms for women, explaining preferred techniques and pointing out key locations.

“When we’re taught from the beginning that sexuality is something we aren’t supposed to talk about, it makes it difficult for us to even know when or where to start these conversations,” Solot said.

For many of the the students in atten-

dance, the direct approach Solot and Miller took with sexual education served as both an informative and accessible approach to an often marginalized topic.

“A lot of people are embarrassed or selfconscious about talking about sex, and I think that stems from a lack of understanding or education on the topic,”Alex Plaster, a freshman in math who attended the seminar, said. “I hope programs like this help make them comfortable with talking about such a natural part of everyone’s existence.”

Abigail Hemenway, sophomore in music, serves as secretary for the Center For Student Engagement that helped to organize the event. Taking into account the importance of sexual health in relationships, Hemenway believes an approach to sexual education must by necessity consider a woman’s needs.

“This kind of education gives power to both women and men by allowing them to understand what women want during sex, how to achieve that and how to have a healthy sexual relationship,” Hemenway said.

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Only woman on Georgia’s death row executed; 1st in 70 years Associated Press

JACKSON, Ga. — The only woman on Georgia’s death row was executed early Wednesday, despite a flurry of last minute legal appeals and pleas for mercy from her children and the pope.

Kelly Renee Gissendaner, who was the first woman put to death by the state in seven decades, was pronounced dead by injection of pentobarbital at 12:21 a.m. at the state prison in Jackson. She was convicted of murder in the February 1997 slaying of her husband after she conspired with her lover, who stabbed Douglas Gissendaner to death.

Kelly Gissendaner, 47, sobbed as she said she loved her children and apologized to Douglas Gissendaner’s family, saying she hopes they can find some peace and happiness. She also addressed her lawyer, Susan Casey, and a pastor, Sally Purvis, who were among the witnesses.

“I love you Sally, I love you, Susan. You let my kids know I went out singing ‘Amazing Grace,’” Gissendaner said.

Prison Warden Bruce Chatman left the execution chamber at 12:11 a.m. Records from previ-

ous executions indicate that the lethal drug is administered within about a minute of the warden leaving the room.

Gissendaner sang “Amazing Grace” before taking several deep breaths and then becoming still.

The Department of Corrections on Wednesday released a transcript of a recorded statement Gissendaner made before she was led into the execution chamber.

“I just want my kids to know that love still beats out hate. And I want the Gissendaner family to know that I’m sorry and because of me a good man lost his life. And I want to tell my kids I love them so much and I am so proud of them,” the transcript says.

More than 100 people gathered in rainy conditions outside the prison to support Gissendaner.

Among them was the Rev. Della Bacote, who said she is a chaplain at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville and who spent several hours with Gissendaner on Tuesday afternoon, talking and praying.

“She was at peace with whatever was to come,” Bacote said.

Gissendaner’s three children visited with her Monday but weren’t able to see her Tuesday because they were at a meeting of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, Bacote said. The

parole board is the only entity authorized to commute a death sentence in Georgia.

“Kelly embraced that the children were going to talk to the Board of Pardons and Paroles,” Bacote said, adding that Gissendaner was able to speak to her children by phone Tuesday.

Two of Gissendaner’s three children had previously addressed the board and put out a video earlier this month pleading for their mother’s life and talking about their own difficult path to forgiveness. Her oldest son had not previously addressed the board.

Various courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, denied multiple last-ditch efforts to stop her execution Tuesday, and the parole board stood by its February decision to deny clemency.

The board didn’t give a reason for the denial, but said it had carefully considered her request for reconsideration.

Gissendaner was previously scheduled for execution Feb. 25, but that was delayed because of a threat of winter weather. Her execution was reset for March 2, but corrections officials postponed that execution “out of an abundance of caution” because the execution drug appeared “cloudy.”

Pope Francis’ diplomatic representative in the U.S., Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, on Tuesday sent a letter to the parole board on

behalf of the pontiff asking for a commutation of Gissendaner’s sentence “to one that would better express both justice and mercy.” He cited an address the pope made to a joint session of Congress last week in which he called for the abolition of the death penalty.

Gissendaner’s lawyers submitted a statement from former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Norman Fletcher to the parole board.

Fletcher argued that Gissendaner’s death sentence was not proportionate to her role in the crime. Her lover, Gregory Owen, who did the killing, is serving a life prison sentence and will become eligible for parole in 2022. He also noted that Georgia hadn’t executed a person who didn’t actually carry out a killing since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.

Gissendaner’s lawyers also said she was a seriously damaged woman who has undergone a spiritual transformation in prison and has been a model prisoner who has shown remorse and provided hope to other inmates in their personal struggles. They gave the parole board testimonials from several women who were locked up as teens and who said Gissendaner counseled them through moments when they felt scared, lost or on the verge of giving up hope.

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Bands unite for symphonic performance

Courtney Anderson Contributor

Symphony: something regarded, typically favorably, as a composition of different elements.

Although only one UT band contains this word in its title, a symphony is what will occur in the concert between the UT Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble and Concert Band in their first performance of the year Thursday night.

These campus bands have performed at festivals, conferences and major music halls all across the country. Each group has practiced and performed sets of major works ranging from the 16th century to the 20th century since the university’s band program was started.

A large number of students, including both undergraduate and graduate performers, can be expected to contribute to the rich sounds of each ensemble’s performance. At times, there can be more than 120 students between the three groups due to the Wind Ensemble’s “player pool” concept — where the number of players is in constant fluctuation — in combination with the Symphonic Band and Concert Band 60-piece ensembles.

These groups have been working rigorously to polish select pieces they want to showcase to the community in Thursday’s performance.

Donald Ryder, director of the bands and conductor for the Symphonic Band, certainly can attest to the level of preparation each group has taken

for this particular concert season.

“The groups have been preparing since the beginning of the semester,” Ryder said. “The goals for each group are basically to support and improve music fundamentals while refining performance techniques.”

Ryder will be joined by Gary Sousa, conductor for the Wind Ensemble, Michael Stewart, conductor for the Concert Band and Bryan Daniels, the guest conductor for the Concert Band, to lead the groups in performing pieces with a wide variety of themes.

One piece by the Concert Band called “Sundance,” by composer Frank Ticheli is intended to evoke feelings of joy and happiness, but there are much more somber pieces on the program as well. “American Elegy” by Ticheli is a memorial piece played by the Concert Band that is dedicated to the victims and survivors of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, and the Wind Ensemble’s piece “Music for Prague 1968” by composer Karel Husa was penned to lament the invasion of the city of Prague by Soviet Troops.

Sousa is particularly excited about performing “Music for Prague 1968” as he considers it the most significant piece the Wind Ensemble has in its three-piece set. Sousa feels the piece represents many issues that are still prevalent in throughout the world.

“It is a landmark piece in the wind band repertoire,” Sousa said. “The piece was written in reaction to the USSR’s invasion of Prague in 1968, Karl Husa’s home. It is full of symbolism

Former music student, Wade Jenkins, plays the timpani September 21st during UT Symphony Orchestra’s concert. •File photo representing the cry of Czechoslovakian people for freedom ... Today’s events in the Ukraine are very similar.”

UT Symphonic Band, along with the Wind Ensemble and Concert Band, perform today,

Thursday, Oct. 1, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Cox Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public. More information about upcoming performances from the UT musical ensembles can be found on the School of Music’s website.

Calling all Muggles: Local bookstore hosts Mugglecon Abby Bower Contributor Ever since the release of part two of the Deathly Hallows films, Harry Potter fans have been, well, rather sad.

This Saturday, fans of the Boy Who Lived finally have something to look forward to again.

The Barnes and Noble on Kingston Pike will be holding its first ever Mugglecon, a weekend long celebration of “all things Harry Potter.”

The celebration marks the release of the new illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which will be available for purchase this upcoming Tuesday. According to Amanda Smith, the Community Business Development Director at the Barnes and Noble, the event was also an excuse to indulge in a bit of nostalgia.

“When I found out that J.K. Rowling was releasing the books but illustrated, I thought …

this is our release party all over again,” Smith said.

While many members of the Harry Potter generation may remember the parties Smith mentioned, she says this one will be on an even larger scale, with more activities than strictly a costume contest available.

“All weekend long we’re going to have potions classes available in the café … a wizard photo booth … a Horcrux scavenger hunt,” Smith listed. “Specifically on Saturday from 9-12, the Knoxville Zoo is providing Harry Potter animals for us.”

The University of Tennessee will have some representatives present as well.

“At four on Sunday we’re going to have members of the UT Quidditch Team (The Time Turners) in to teach us to play quidditch.” Smith continued.

Alison Meadows, social media head (and chaser) for the Time Turners expressed her excitement about this demonstration with a passion indicative of Potter fans.

“So many people don’t know about the Time Turners, and most don’t know that muggle quidditch is even a thing,” Meadows said. “I love being able to share it with others.”

While there is no cost for attending the Mugglecon, it will still serve as a fundraiser for the Knoxville-based charity Transfiguring Adoptions, a partner in the event.

Transfiguring Adoptions is an up-and-coming 501c3 non-profit organization founded by Darren and Margie Fink at the beginning of this year. The idea for the non-profit group was born when the family read the Harry Potter books for the first time in preparation for a trip to Universal Studios in Orlando.

“All of the sudden, my 12 year old is crying and says, ‘I can relate to how Harry feels,’” said adoptive parent and Transfiguring Adoptions founder Darren Fink. “And then he was able to start talking more about his story and his past because of that.”

This moment inspired the Finks to start developing online discussion guides based

around Harry Potter and providing resources for adoptive and foster families.

“You don’t want to talk about the negative things that happen in your life,” Fink explained.

“What happens with the books, and the discussion questions that we see, is that kids are able to relate to the characters … and then they can talk about the characters instead of talking about themselves.”

Today the Transfiguring Adoptions website receives national attention along with some international views, and it has extended beyond the Harry Potter series to include other books and movies.

At Mugglecon, they will be raising money to put together “Emergency Kits” of resources for foster families who do not have the luxury of having time to prepare in advance on how to welcome new members, who are often experiencing symptoms of PTSD, into their homes.

The event starts Saturday, Oct. 3 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and continues on Sunday, Oct. 4 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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Hookah, Line, and Sinker: Why hookah isn’t so healthy

Katie Scot Vol Well

When figuring out Friday night plans, the question frequently comes up: “Do you smoke hookah?”

My answer is always no, and the response is usually, “Do you want to try it?”

I will respond, “No, thanks,” and then it is time for me to answer the question “Why?” I mentally sigh and prepare for my elevator speech on the risks of smoking hookah. More often than not, people are genuinely surprised when they find out that hookah can, in fact, be as risky as smoking cigarettes. I blame this on lack of education initiatives regarding the threats of smoking hookah, as well as its unquestioned acceptance as a part of collegiate culture.

For those who aren’t familiar with the practice, a hookah is a water pipe that heats a tobacco mixture by burning charcoal and pulling air through the mixture and into a water filled chamber. The water then filters the smoke, which is inhaled by the user through a mouthpiece at the end of a tube pipe. The tobacco is often flavored with candy or fruit flavorings, which is part of the appeal of the practice.

Hookah usage is most common among young adults, particularly college students. The Center of Disease Control’s Hookah Fact Sheet notes the past year’s use of hookah among college students at 22-40 percent. It’s not hard to believe that hookah smoking is in high demand when one looks at the number of hookah bars near our campus.

On Cumberland Avenue, there are multiple hookah

lounges and stores. Hookah businesses purposefully choose locations near college campuses because they know it is a viable consumer base. The problem is that we are a product of our environment. When our environment has numerous hookah bars being frequented, we might accept it as normal without thinking to question whether or not the practice is dangerous.

By all means, if you enjoy smoking hookah, it is not my place to tell you to stop. As adults, we are capable of making our own decisions. However, it is important that we make informed decisions. We need to be educated on the products that we are putting into our bodies. So, here are the facts about what you are putting into your body when you choose to smoke hookah.

Smoking hookah is at least as dangerous as smoking cigarettes, if not more so. This is due to the content of the smoke being inhaled as well as the method of smoking hookah.

There is a myth that hookah does not contain nicotine. This is false. Not only does it contain nicotine, but it also contains other toxic agents and carcinogens. Additionally, the charcoal that is used to heat the tobacco produces high levels of carbon monoxide. Like smoking cigarettes, smoking hookah increases one’s risk of clogged arteries, cancer and heart disease.

Still not convinced? The social setting in which one smokes hookah also heightens its toxicity. Those

What’s fishy about Tinder Summer Awad Quite Contrary

I’ve written for the past couple weeks about some heavy issues, including language politics and salary equity, but this week I want to talk about what really matters: fish pics. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you’re probably older than 30, in a relationship or think that “swiping right” is what the masked fox did to Dora the Explorer.

I am, of course, referring to Tinder, the mobile app that is billed as “a fun way to connect with new and interesting people around you” but which has developed a reputation for facilitating casual sexual encounters.

The concept is simple. You create a profile consisting of pictures from your Facebook account, and write a short description. You specify whether you’re into men, women or both, and you set a geographical radius from 0-100 miles. Tinder then uses your location to show you potential matches within your area.

After having been off the market for a couple years, I decided to get Tinder to see what the fuss was about. I was almost immediately addicted. The genius of Tinder lies in its anonymity; you only “match” with people who like you back, so you never feel rejection.

As I accumulated matches, I started to feel sexy, confident and desired.

I met people within 50 miles of me that I never would have met otherwise — people from different socioeconomic, racial and educational backgrounds. I went on fun dates and had stimulating conversations,

but what struck me most about Tinder was the representation of traditional gender roles in this virtual environment.

And this is where fish pics come in.

When I talk to people about Tinder, I almost always show them my fish pic gallery. In Knoxville alone, I have collected over 50 screenshots of young men holding fish they have caught. If I had to guess, I would say at least 30 percent of male Tinder users in Knoxville have at least one picture featuring a fish.

Seems odd, right?

But wait. If I counted all male Tinder users in Knoxville that have either a fish, a dead deer, a dead duck or turkey, a car a truck,or a motorcycle in their profile, I would probably be looking at a solid 60 percent of the demographic. What do all these things have in common? They are symbols of masculinity.

When I questioned one a-fish-ionado about his fish pic, he told me that he wanted to appear “outdoorsy” and show that he is “a provider.” This conjures up images of a grunting caveman bringing his catch back home for me to wash and prepare over the fire.

Men are still trying to attract women by proving their strength and ruggedness and ability to bring home the bacon. We are in 2015, right?

If men are posting fish pics on Tinder, what are women doing? On this question, I’ve turned to my male friends who use the app.

Apparently, women frequently state in their pro-

who smoke hookah tend to smoke for an hour or longer. According to the CDC’s fact sheet, a one-hour long hookah session is the equivalent of 200 puffs of smoke. Comparatively, an average session smoking a cigarette is only 20 puffs long.

Those who are smoking hookah inhale approximately 90,000 milliliters of smoke in an average session, compared to 500–600 milliliters in an average cigarette smoking session. Secondhand smoke is still risky when one is around hookah smoke, especially considering the exposure to carbon monoxide from the charcoal heat source.

Finally, consider that when visiting a hookah bar, you are sharing a mouthpiece not only with the group you’re visiting with, but also anyone who used the pipe before you. There is no guarantee a shared mouthpiece has been adequately sanitized between smoking sessions, and it is fairly easy to contract an infection from a contaminated mouthpiece.

So, next Friday night, consider milkshakes at Cook Out or bubble tea from The Knoxville Pearl rather than a trip to the hookah lounge. It’s your body; be aware of what you’re putting in it.

Katie Scott is a junior in communication studies and a Vols 2 Vols Peer Health Educator for the Center for Health Education and Wellness. She can be reached at katdscot@vols.utk.edu

files that they are not looking for hookups, even though they must be aware of Tinder’s reputation as a hookup app. Seems like a contradiction, right? But it makes sense. While men are socialized as sexual beings who need to prove their virility, women are taught to be nonsexual. Women, we’re told, don’t like sex as much as men, and we need to protect our sacred bodies from ravenous men at all costs. We have to make men chase us and work hard for the chance to sleep with us. Hence the Tinder profile statements.

These ideas are harmful to both men and women.

From my many conversations with men, I have gathered that it is exponentially more difficult for them to find sexual partners on Tinder. This is because women are protecting themselves socially by trying not to appear “easy.”

I’ll tell you a secret. Women want sex too. But we’re not allowed to be frank about it. So there’s this weird disconnect between what men and women seem to want, and it results in confusion, bad sex or no sex.

Everyone loses. So when people tell me we don’t need feminism anymore, I point them to Tinder. Strict gender roles and repression of female sexual desire?

The evidence is just a swipe away.

Summer Awad is a senior in College Scholars. She can be reached at sawad@vols.utk.edu

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Trebel the rebel: New music app is changing the game Michael Lipps

Assistant Arts & Culture Editor

Remember LimeWire? If that conjures up bad memories of computer viruses, questions of legality and debates about if you could really get in trouble for illegally downloading music — well, sorry.

Since then, you’ve evolved into the young adult that you are and have surely become accustomed to a host of — hopefully legal — ways to enjoy your music. But, have you heard of the latest?

Trebel is a new app that offers legal music downloads, for free. Yes, the words free, legal and download just appeared in the same sentence.

This is not a drill, and there’s really no catch. “We’re big believers in the value of music, but there’s a gap in the market for a reliable service that delivers on-demand, mobile music to college students who can least afford to pay,� said Corey Jones, Chief of Product at M&M Media, Inc., the company behind Trebel. “Trebel is for the student on a budget who deserves more than shuffled radio but cannot afford a premium subscription. We’re legitimizing free downloads in a way that’s never been done.�

So, how does it work? Users earn virtual currency while searching, previewing and downloading music. They are even jump-started with a good amount of virtual currency, or coins, after simply downloading the app.

From there, users rack up coins each time they preview a song.

Trebel is by millennials for millennials.

Having young folks helm the app’s design was important to us.�

Juliette Mekikian, co-founder of Trebel

Download a track and watch your balance increase, rather than decrease, as you earn coins for watching a couple of ads at the bottom of your screen as the song downloads.

Trebel CEO Gary Mekikian launched the company with his two daughters and cofounders, Juliette and Grace. He said they identified a number of frustrations when trying to obtain and listen to music from various apps on mobile devices. Working to solve these frustrations, the Trebel team managed to create an app that seems to satisfy on all levels –beginning with design. “Trebel is by millennials for millennials.

Having young folks helm the app’s design was important to us,� Juliette Mekikian said.

Users who launch the app are greeted with a bright and cheerful yellow color scheme.

Near the top of the app, users can search for artists, songs or albums, or peruse top songs and albums, new releases, genres or even trending music at a specific university.

In the top left corner, adjacent to the coin total at the top right, is the navigation menu.

Here, users can access their downloaded music, control settings and explore the social element of Trebel. Users can also use their profile to easily share and discover music with friends and followers, as well as transfer virtual

currency to one another.

The functionality of the app is also noteworthy, offering users the ability to listen to most songs without a data or Wi-Fi connection.

Trebel also provides a tab to quickly and easily view lyrics without disturbing the listening experience for users who want to accurately sing along to their favorite tunes and decipher what in the world an artist is actually singing or post a verse or two from a particular song. There’s also a tab that allows users to watch the music video as a song plays.

While listening to a song, users who stay on the main screen without tabbing over to the view the lyrics or the music video will enjoy a screen view that is reminiscent of a record player as the album image is displayed in a circular, spinning frame.

Trebel is also highly functional, allowing users to fast-forward or rewind a track. One need only spin the image with their finger to find a desired place in a song.

Aside from the space the app itself will take on a phone, Trebel also allows users to enjoy unlimited space as they download content.

Overall, Trebel seems to strike some good chords.

You can find Trebel for free at the App Store.

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SPORTS

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FOOTBALL

Wolf playing big role in passing game

Jonathan Toye

Sports Editor Since sophomore tight end Ethan Wolf’s physique and grasp of the offense have vastly improved this year, it shouldn’t come as that big of a surprise that Wolf has been the most productive player in the passing game.

The stats don’t lie. Wolf leads the Vols in receptions (11) and reception yards (126) through four games this season. He is also tied with freshman Preston Williams for the most touchdown receptions with two.

“As a freshman last year, you are just worried about knowing what to do on a play,” Wolf said.

“Now that I have the offense and the scheme ingrained in my head, I can just look at it from a more dynamic perspective on coverages and fronts.”

Tennessee’s latest game — a devastating 28-27 loss to Florida — also offered evidence of Wolf’s impact on Tennessee’s offense.

The Vols’ offense was far from perfect in the game against Florida, but it had some bright spots. The majority of those moments featured plays from the running backs and tight ends.

“We said going (into the Florida game) that this was going to be more of a running back and tight end reception type game because of mismatches,” Tennessee offensive coordinator

Mike DeBord said after Tuesday’s practice.

“Everybody wants to talk about match-ups, well we got the ball to guys in match-up situations and won. You look at match-ups and you look at leverage — that’s a big thing — and the leverage was in that game to get the ball to our backs and tight ends that way.”

Wolf elaborated on DeBord’s comments on Wednesday at the Lucy and Ray Hand Digital Studio, explaining in detail how he got his opportunities for receptions.

According to Wolf, Florida ran a cover-three and played man coverage to smother the Vols wide receivers. The Gators also sent their linebackers close to the line of scrimmage to help stop the run game, leaving the middle of field open for Wolf.

He capitalized.

Wolf only had four receptions for 55-yards, but all his catches came at important moments in the game. He caught a 24-yard jump pass from running Alvin Kamara on fourth-and-two in the first half to extend a drive that culminated in a touchdown and snagged a pass from Joshua Dobbs on a third-and-13 in the fourth quarter to prolong another touchdown drive.

He also had two catches on Tennessee’s final drive, helping the Vols move into field goal range to attempt the game-winning field goal that sailed wide right.

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Sophomore Ethan Wolf catches and churns for more yards during the Tennessee-Florida game.

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Tennessee softball ready to build on No. 2 recruiting class David Bradford Contributor In sports, every team has the same aspiration: Finish the season as the No. 1 team in the country.

The UT softball team has come close to this goal numerous times by advancing to the Women’s College World Series seven times, but they have failed to win the tournament outright. Co-head coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly are hoping their No. 2 recruiting class, along with a plethora of returning starters, can help the team get over the hump and achieve the ultimate goal of winning the College World Series.

FANTASTIC FRESHMEN: When asked which specific player from the new recruiting class will make the largest impact this season, Ralph Weekly made it clear that it’s not about individuals.

“We think the class will make an impact,”

Ralph said in a press conference Wednesday in the Ray and Lucy Hand Digital Studio.

It’s not difficult to agree with that assessment, as the Vols nabbed the most Hot 100 players ranked inside the Top 75 with six.

Overall, only Oklahoma had a better recruiting class.

Of the six highly touted recruits, three are pitchers, who each bring their own unique skill set to an already talented Volunteer pitching staff.

“We have a freshmen Matty Moss who’s a real hard thrower,” Karen said. “She throws in the upper 60’s, has some good movement.”

The praise continued, as Karen Weekly described the skill sets of the two additional freshmen pitchers.

“We have another freshmen Bria Bush, who doesn’t throw quite as hard, but really hits her spots well,” Karen said, “… and then another girl Kelsey Morrison, who’s really a pitcher and a player. She’s gonna play in the field and hit for us too, but she’s more of a spin pitcher.

RETURNING RINGLEADERS: In addition to the incoming freshman, the upcoming season will also feature a number of returning starters from last season’s College World Series appearance.

“We’re excited about the upcoming season,” Ralph said. “We have eight of ten players back who started in the college world series.”

With so many key starters returning, the Weekly’s believe that the chemistry of the team will stay intact and that there is no shortage of leadership.

“I think Meghan Gregg, as great of a freshmen season as she had, I think she’s stepped up in her leadership,” coach Karen Weekly said, “Just her maturity on the field and her comfort level, which is somewhat to be expected from freshmen to sophomore year, but we’re raising the bar for her every day in terms of the leadership of the team.”

PITCHING BY COMMITTEE: Despite the return of three of their four starting pitchers from last season, who accounted for 43 of the

47 Volunteer victories last season, the Weekly’s plan on continuing their emphasis on a pitching-by-committee strategy, which they see as a developing trend nationwide.

“We’re gonna see that across the country because hitting has become so dominant in our game,” Karen said, “I think we’re still gonna pitch by committee. It’ll just be a little bit bigger committee this year and a couple new faces on that committee.”

CLOSING THE DEAL: Despite the consistent regular season and recruiting success, the Vols are still without a College World Series title. However, the Weekly’s stressed the importance of having a winning mentality along with setting the bar high in terms of goals for the upcoming season.

“One thing with us, we only have two goals: to excel in the SEC and to get to the World Series and win it. We’ve gotten there seven times, probably more than all but a couple of teams in the country over the last ten years … we need to close.” Ralph said.

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“All-around I have gotten better from year one to year two,” Wolf said. “I am happy with the way I am playing right now, but there is always room for improvement.”

He also has an opportunity to improve the much maligned-passing game. Plus the extra-attention Wolf might receive from defenses would free up wide receivers to make plays.

“They’re going to start looking at Ethan (Wolf) more and Jalen (Hurd) obviously more,” Junior wide receiver Josh Smith said. “That means the wide receivers are going to have to step up and start making plays. That’s complementary football, we’ve got to make that happen.”

INJURY REPORT: Freshman linebacker Quart’e Sapp will miss an extended period of time with a stress fracture, Tennessee coach Butch Jones said on Wednesday in his press conference.

Sapp has played in all four games this season and has recorded three tackles.

Jones said the coaching staff will learn more about Pig Howard’s status at practice at Wednesday. Howard missed the Florida game and only has three touches on the season.

“Going on the road in this league is tough,” Pensky said. “Mississippi State turned around and tied a very good Missouri team on Sunday … (I’m) disappointed, certainly, that we didn’t get at least three points in at least one of the games.”

The Vols took a, 1-0, lead early in the Vanderbilt game courtesy of freshman Katie Cousins’ first college goal in the 22nd minute.

However, the Commodores (5-5-2) held strong, and Jamie Kator blasted in the equalizer goal on an outside box free kick in the second half.

Neither team would score again as the clock ran down, and the Vols were credited with their fifth tie of the season.

Junior captain Anna McClung says that last weekend’s ties may feel like losses to the team, but she is confident in her team’s ability to bounce back.

“The energy and positivity on this team is great,” McClung said. “We haven’t really broken out. Yeah, we had an eight goal game, but I think that our best is still yet to come.”

The Vols, who now have the most singleseason ties in program history, have also pulled out ties against Lipscomb, Liberty, and Virginia Tech this season. Both teams have scored a combined two goals in those games, with both instances being at Virginia Tech and Vanderbilt.

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Head Coach Brian Pensky speaks to UT soccer fans that came to the 2015 Soccer Meet & Greet on Aug. 7.

Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon/Tennessee Athletics Pensky admits that he and his team can’t and won’t be content with tying.

“It’s a glass half-full, glass half-empty thing,” Pensky said. “I definitely find solace in the fact that we’ve played 11 games, and we’ve only lost

one game. That’s pretty good … Between overtimes, these kids are dying to win.”

The Vols will look for their sixth win this Friday against Georgia at Regal Stadium. The game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

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