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Issue 30, Volume 124

Government shutdown has local impact Hanna Lustig News Editor

Emilee Lamb Assistant News Editor For the 18th time in American history, the U.S. federal government encountered a shutdown on Tuesday. Prior to each new fiscal year, the House of Representatives, the Senate and the President must unite to appropriate and prioritize federal funding to government-owned agencies as well as set spending limits.

Passed by Congress and signed by the President, the budget requires majority agreement on proposed government spending in the coming year. Alternatively, a “continuing resolution” may be passed, which maintains the same operational spending limits as the previous year. But neither happened. The primarily-Democratic Senate and the heavily-Republican House of Representatives could not agree on the terms of a continuing resolution. The House added an initiative to the resolution that

would prevent the Affordable Care Act from taking effect for another year and repealed a tax on medical devices. The Senate could not condone this delay. Eventually, time ran out. As it became increasingly clear that no such compromises would be reached, the Office of Management and Budget asked federal agencies to form contingency plans in the event of a shutdown, splitting staff into “essential” and “non-essential” employees. Both groups do not receive pay during the shutdown period,

but essential employees must continue to work. Without a continuing resolution or a finalized budget, many departments of the federal government cannot receive the money they need to function and must close down until a budget emerges. The Affordable Care Act, however, draws from mandatory spending, meaning it takes effect this month despite the shutdown. Kenneth Baker, a senior lecturer in the department of economics, said that vital civil services have ground to a halt.

“The National Institute of Health stops research on new drugs,” Baker said, “the Center for Disease Control and Prevention stops their flu program, the Department of Housing and Urban Development will cut down on housing assistance ... the Commodity Future Trading Commission, which oversees trillions of dollars of futures derivatives trading will shut down, the Department of Agriculture will cut off its support for the Women, Infants and Children program that helps some nine million low income

pregnant mothers buy food, and so on and so on.” Some programs will continue to function: American embassies, air traffic control, emergency medical care, border patrol, federal prisons, law enforcement, emergency and disaster assistance. Others, such as immigration, parks and museums and regulatory agencies, will not. Independently funded institutions, like the U.S. Postal Service and the Federal Reserve, will not be affected. See SHUTDOWN on Page 3

Vice chancellor candidate No. 3 lobbies for position Bradi Musil Staff Writer

Zoe Yim • The Daily Beacon

A dancer twirls with a pot perched atop her head during the Mongolian Dance and Music performances at the UC on Sept. 30.

UT is coming close to the end of its search for a new vice chancellor of Student Life. The third of four public forums took place Tuesday in the Ray Mears Room at Thompson-Boling Arena. These public forums are presented by a running candidate for the vice chancellor of Student Life position and are attended by students and faculty of UT. Tuesday’s forum was hosted by C. Renee Romano. Romano is the current vice chancellor of Student Affairs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has a doctorate in higher education from Iowa State University and a master’s degree in higher education and bachelor’s degree in art from Southern Illinois University. “I’ve only gotten more excited about the possibility

of becoming the vice chancellor for Student Life here at the University of Tennessee,” Romano said. “I feel that all the pieces are in place to move student life forward in a way that really integrates into the mission of the university and really helps the University of Tennessee become a Top 25 institution. “This institution knows where it’s going, and I would like to be a part of that.” Vice chancellor of Student Life is a position described as being the student’s main advocate. Their responsibilities entail providing leadership from student judicial affairs and student publications to Greek life and student counseling. Candidates center their presentations on one recurring theme; emphasizing why they are the best choice for the position. See VC CANDIDATE on Page 3

‘Pure’ Mongolian culture infiltrates to UT Zoe Yim Contributor The Confucius Institute at UT invited students and Knoxville locals to listen to fiddle tunes and the bristling, resonant singing representative of Mongolian culture as students of the Art College of Inner Mongolia University performed in the UC Auditorium Monday, Sept. 30. Last April, the Confucius Institute extended itself to UT students and the Knoxville community by providing courses in Chinese. Monday night’s

event furthered the institute’s initiative. This is the IMU students’ first time performing at UT and is part of their 16-day visit to the U.S. Traditional Mongolian cultural performances commonly include a Mongolian fiddle, throat singing and bowl dancing. Xiao Yan Sun, the academic administrator who is chaperoning the Mongolian performers, attributes the success of the group to an interesting source. Many of the performers have won top accolades in the cat-

egories of music, dance and singing. “Many grew up on horses,” Sun said. “Mongolia is known as a nation that grew up on horses’ backs. That’s why they do art well.” This connection is carried into their art because of the way the nomadic Mongolians develop a close connection with the horse and learn the spirit of the animal, according to Sun. Morin khuur, the Mongolian fiddle, has two strings topped by a horsehead. Many believe the fiddle sounds like the human voice. The horsehead

tops all the fiddles and hints to the Mongolian dependency on horses not only as ways of transportation, but also as an integral part of their life. Not only does the morin khuur center around horses, but embodies the same spirit as Mongol dance and throat singing. A horse headdress-capped dancer stomped and leaped briskly, shaking his shoulders. The singers performed a steady half-chant/half-song that recalled a mystic and ancient culture. See MONGOLIAN on Page 5

Hudson Forrister • The Daily Beacon

Renee Romano, a candidate for the vice chancellor of Student Life position, explains her plan for improving student affairs Monday, Sept. 30, at the Ray Mears Room in Thompson-Boling Arena.

Lady Vol strikes balance with golf, cultural transition Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer The United States is often called the “land of opportunity,” and such is the case for one UT student-athlete in particular. Born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Lucia Polo, a freshman on the Lady Vol golf team, decided

to move to the U.S. two years ago to continue her pursuit of one day playing on the LPGA Tour. She thought the jump was necessary when considering the limitations that staying in her home country would place on her golf career. “Playing back home was difficult,” Polo said. “There were only about five girls that played against

each other. We only had about six golf courses and they were all private so there weren’t many options like there are in America. The universities didn’t have any sports, so I decided to move here to improve my game and get better.” From an early age, she knew golf was one of her true passions, especially when considering how important the sport is throughout

her family’s history. “While growing up, me and my brothers would always play golf together and compete against one another,” Polo said. “It has always been a tradition in my family. My grandfather was a professional golfer and he has always been our role model.” The remembrance of Hilario Polo serves as an inspiration for

her every time she takes to the links. All Polo has to do is look down at her grandfather’s initials on her golf ball to remain calm and play to the best of her potential. “Before I was born my grandfather passed away from cancer,” she said. “I always put his initials on my golf ball so I always have him in mind. All the people back home would come to me and

ask me what my relationship was with him. It was great to hear the stories and to know how much people appreciated him.” This season, Polo has been an asset for her team, especially in the Mercedes-Benz Classic that was held in Knoxville two weekends ago where the Lady Vols placed fourth overall. See WOMEN’S GOLF on Page 6


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