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Issue 34, Volume 127

Big Orange Give increases goal to $250,000

Comedy club management ‘splits’ Eric Gibson Contributor

Joshua Burton Contributor

Five hundred thousand in five days.

The time has come for the Big Orange Give, a yearly fundraising campaign held by the University of Tennessee through the Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.

Started in 2013, Big Orange Give is held each fall during Homecoming week with the purpose of raising money for specific colleges and causes within the university while encouraging alumni involvement through donation.

Last year’s inaugural Big Orange Give saw the university double its initial goal of $125,000 and raise a total of more than $250,00.

This year, the goal has been increased to $250,000.

The pressure to meet this year’s goal is particularly acute, as Alan Wilson, former UT Alumni Board of Directors president and president and CEO of spicegiant McCormick, will match the $250,000 if the goal is met by the end of the week, bringing the grand total to half a million dollars. In light of this, Big Orange Give is emphasizing the importance of each contribution, no matter how small.

Within the $250,000 goal, different UT colleges, libraries and other stakeholders on campus have individual funding benchmarks. For example, the College of Business has a final goal of $100,000, while the College of Social Work aims to raise $3,500.

Lance Taylor, the director of annual giving and student philanthropy, said funding goals are set by members of each college or program, often creating a large disparity.

“The fundraising goals are based on goals set by the development offices of the colleges,” Taylor said.

Taylor said the Big Orange Give is not meant to solely raise a large amount of money, but to increase the act of giving and interacting with alumni. Last year, 44 percent of the donors were new or had not given in years.

Knoxville’s last bastion of comedy has shut down once before.

And now Side Splitters’ new management has bailed out after the first week. Even with a close knit group of supporters and comedians rallying to keep the laughs coming, Side Splitters faces a bleak future.

Side Splitters, Knoxville’s biggest comedy venue, closed briefly at the begin-

ning of September citing low attendance but was reopened by new management under Steve Hofstetter and his Comedy, LLC. The new management took over for a week before they withdrew interest, and now the club is back in the previous owner’s hands. With numbers still low, management and comedians are looking for ways to draw crowds in to keep the doors open.

Bridgette Martin, one of Side Splitters’ managers, was thrown a curveball when she was given short notice

that Hofstetter would be pulling his support. Several shows were cancelled during the opening week, even though Saturday held two sold out shows.

“It’s not enough,” Martin said. “Attendance was good, but we’re not getting enough numbers.”

While Hofstetter wasn’t available for comment before his management team pulled out, he did write this tweet late Sunday night: “Side Splitters did not change hands after all.

Unfortunately it didn’t work

out.”

Under the new management, plans were made to revamp the club, change the food and continue to bring in big names. The sudden change in plans has left many at Side Splitters worried, especially comedian and UT alum, Sam King.

“I sold out two shows on a Saturday, but then I heard they cancelled the show on Friday. And then a show Thursday. I really don’t know what happened,” King said. “All I want to do is make people laugh, that’s

why I do what I do.”

King started acting as a theater major with David Alley but was told to be “more serious, not be funny.” This led King into acting and eventually a role in a yet to be released feature. He found his way back to comedy at the discretion of his director at an open mic night at Side Splitters.

“That’s where comics are made,” King said. “No comedian has ever just been ‘Hey, I wanna be a comedian.’”

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Cosplay Club brings characters to life, allows student expression Kendall Thompson Contributor With a wig, a smidge of makeup and a themed costume, Kristian Lewis can blur the boundaries between reality and fiction.

“I think my favorite part is seeing how the whole costume comes together,” Lewis, sophomore in anthropology, said. “Once you finally put on the final details and you see yourself in the mirror, it’s just like, I am that character.”

Lewis is a cosplayer: a person who uses ‘costume play’ to show their admiration for their favorite fictional character from a variety of media, whether TV shows, movies or even video games no matter their age. They often display their creations at conventions such as Comic Con. Children can be seen perfectly portraying a mini Spider-man, or a middle-aged adult will have an amazingly accurate Iron Man costume. Lewis herself started when she was young.

“The first time I cosplayed, I think I was 10,” Lewis recalled. “I saw an ad about the Middle Tennessee Anime Convention, which is about a 5-mile drive from my house. I dressed up as Sophie from ‘Howl’s Moving Castle.’”

Over the years, Lewis has portrayed a number of characters, but she finds she’s always drawn to the same traits.

“I don’t mean to, but I tend to pick sidekicks or younger, happier charac-

ters. I don’t know why, I just always do the hero girl or the sidekick girl who’s always peppy,” Lewis said. “Which ...

I’m kind of quiet actually.”

This is one of the great appeals of cosplaying. Cosplayers don’t just put on a costume; the strengths they admire about the character become their own. Also, simply choosing to become that character forms a connection between the cosplayer and the character’s other fans.

“I think it’s kind of empowering,” Lewis said. “If you’re (dressed as) their favorite character, they freak out.

One time I did Fiona from Adventure Time, and this little girl -- I don’t think she could’ve been more than seven -- came up to me and was like, ‘You’re my hero!’ She gave me a big hug.”

That is why she cosplays. Lewis smiled as she remembered how excited this little girl had been to meet one of her favorite fictional people, even if it was indirectly.

“I like making other people happy, and I think a lot of times you do,” Lewis revealed. “I just love that other people can be happy about something I made. It’s a warm feeling.”

This eclectic form of expression isn’t as unattainable as people may think. In fact, UT even has a club dedicated to the art of cosplay.

Matthew Serago, the cosplay club’s president, caught the cosplay bug when he attended an event with Kristen Lewis, a sophomore in Anthropology, poses with Boo while dressed a friend where everyone else was up as Wonder Woman. Many people cosplay, or “costume play,” in order to show their dedication to a variety of media forms. dressed up.

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Despite criticism, ‘nothing’s changed’ on Vols’ young O-line Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor (@dsouth16)

Junior left guard Marcus Jackson blocks an opposing Florida defensive lineman in the Vols’ contest against the Gators on Oct. 4. Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

The story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan lives on at CBT ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 5

Another game together.

Another sack-riddled performance.

Another week where quarterback Justin Worley became well acquainted with the stadium grass.

For Tennessee’s current offensive line — left tackle Kyler Kerbyson, left guard Marcus Jackson, center Mack Crowder, right guard Jashon Robertson and right tackle Coleman Thomas — its last three outings have generated an avalanche of criticism.

Headlined by Saturday’s six sacks allowed during the Volunteers’ 10-9 loss to Florida, this fledging unit has given up 13 quarterback takedowns in only 12 quarters of football.

But even so, Tennessee head coach Butch Jones insisted that nobody’s heading to a backup role anytime soon.

“It is what it is,” he said at his Monday press luncheon. “Those are the five that we have. Those are the five we feel gives us the best opportunity on Saturdays, and we’re sticking with those five.”

Amidst that collection, the youth has been well documented.

Zero seniors, and a pair of true freshmen on the right side continue to stand out for the inexperienced unit, which ranks 118th in sacks allowed per game (3.60) “Are there some players playing before their time? Maybe,” Jones said Monday, “but I think they’re doing a fairly decent job.

We have to continue to get better.

They’re all that we have. Like I told you Saturday, nothing’s

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changed. I believe in them.”

Assurances like that, however, haven’t squashed all curiosity.

Peppered with questions about potential replacements, Jones dusted off scouting reports on a handful of reserves, including sophomore Dylan Wiseman, junior-college transfer Dontavius Blair and redshirt freshman Brett Kendrick.

All three “continue to progress.”

“It’s on those other individuals at the offensive line to continue to work themselves to be in that conversation through the week of preparation and throughout the course of the week,” Jones said.

“We’re down two full recruiting classes in the offensive line. That’s just the reality of where we’re at in our football program.”

‘Totally unacceptable’: As the final seconds ticked off Saturday’s loss, the checker-

boarded student section decided to give the Gators one last parting shot.

In unison, the Rocky Top Rowdies’ repetitive chant was loud and clear.

“F*** you, Florida. F*** you, Florida.”

On Monday, Jones addressed the late-game profanity.

“I think it’s just the emotion of the game and the want to win,” he said. “That appetite for winning, which I spoke about earlier. That’s the passion our fan base has.

“That’s what makes them very, very special. It’s something that, when I get a chance, I’ll speak to them about. I love them to death because they’ve been there for us, and we’re going to need them as the season continues to progress.”

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DISPATCHES Number of states permitting same sex marriage increases On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same sex marriage would be legal in five more states: Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin. Within just hours of the decision, same sex couples in the five states began applying for marriage licenses.

After refusing to hear cases from the five states who were seeking to keep their same-sex marriage bans in place, experts speculated that the six states with similar same-sex marriage bans -- Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kansas, West Virginia and Wyoming -- could soon be legalizing same sex marriage too. If that happens, the number of states permitting samesex marriage would rise from 19 to 30.

Hewlett-Packard to split into two companies The information technology corporation Hewlett-Packard confirmed Monday that it plans to divide into two companies. Considered a major cornerstone of Silicon Valley, HewlettPackard will now break into a company focused on business technology, such as software and data storage equipment, and a separate company selling personal computers and printers.

HP has been going through multi-year restructuring due to sagging sales and tough competition from companies like IBM. The two new companies, HewlettPackard Enterprise and HP Inc. are on the market to be publicly traded. The transaction is expected to be completed

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Passenger screenings increase after Spain Ebola diagnosis A nurse from Barcelona, Spain has become the first person to be infected with Ebola outside of West Africa. Spain’s health ministry announced Monday that the woman contracted the virus while treating a missionary who died in a Madrid hospital. The unidentified nurse was tested for Ebola twice and came back positive for the disease on both occasions. She began developing symptoms on Sept. 30, but was not hospitalized until this week. Health officials in Spain have isolated the nurse and are compiling a list of people she came into contact with. In response, President Barack Obama said the Ebola outbreak was a top national priority and called for increased passenger screenings for airlines traveling to West Africa.

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Michael Phelps, 22-time Olympic medalist, was suspended Monday, Oct. 6, from USA Swimming following charges for driving under the influence of alcohol, excessive speeding and crossing double lines in Maryland on Tuesday of last week. Phelps has been suspended for six months, and said he won’t be on next year’s U.S. team at the world championships and will not be paid his monthly stipend from USA Swimming.

Phelps addressed the matter on his Twitter account Sunday, writing: “I’m going to take some time away to attend a program that will provide the help I need to better understand myself.”

Tenn. voters to decide on abortion amendment Associated Press

“I’ve been doing magic since I could read. Those were the books I was reading; I didn’t really get into fiction.” - Harley Chapeau

Phelps suspended, will not compete in world championships

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee voters will have a chance this November to decide whether they want to give the state Legislature more power to regulate abortions.

In 2000, the Tennessee Supreme Court struck down laws requiring a two-day waiting period and mandatory physician-only counseling and preventing second-trimester abortions from taking place anywhere but in a hospital.

The court wrote that because the provisions were not narrowly tailored to promote maternal health, they violated a woman’s fundamental right to privacy as guaranteed in the Tennessee Constitution.

Abortion opponents immediately began planning to change the Constitution. The result is an amendment that reads, in part, “Nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of an abortion.” It will be before voters on Nov. 4.

Brian Harris, president of Tennessee Right to Life, has been working to overturn the Supreme Court’s 2000 decision for the past 14 years.

“Really, the success of Amendment 1 is a credit and testimony to long years of hard work, sacrificial giving and prayers by the pro-life citizens of a pro-life state,” he said.

From Harris’ perspective, the 2000 decision has taken away the people’s right to weigh in on the abortion issue through their elected representatives.

He believes that if the amendment fails, Tennessee’s remaining abortion restrictions will be challenged in court and struck down. And he believes it will open the way for additional pro-abortion rulings and could lead to taxpayer funding of abortions in Tennessee.

Jeff Teague, president and CEO at Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee, disagrees.

“I don’t think there’s any likelihood that would happen,” he said, noting that some abortion restrictions have been in place for years. Instead, he warns of a slippery slope in the opposite direction.

“If we grant the General Assembly unlimited constitutional authority to be able to pass any regulation or restriction, it’s going to create a situation, we’re afraid, where abortion is technically legal in Tennessee, but it is virtually impossible for women here to obtain safe, legal abortions.”

Teague points to neighboring states that have enacted severe restrictions on abortion as an example of what could happen here. In Mississippi, for example, the state’s only abortion clinic faces closure over a 2012 state law that is currently in the appeals process.

Abortion opponents say Tennessee should be more like its neighbors. Citing Tennessee Department of Health statistics that in 2013, about 23 percent of the abortions performed in Tennessee were on women from other states, they argue that women are flocking here because of the state’s relatively easy access to abortions.

But a closer review of the numbers makes it seem more likely that the women coming to Tennessee for abortions are the same women who come to Tennessee to shop, those living in small towns and suburbs near larger Tennessee border cities.

In 2000, the number of outof-state women who got abortions in Tennessee was 3,225.

The Supreme Court’s ruling did not come until mid-September of that year. Thirteen years later, the number of outof-state women getting abortions in Tennessee had risen by just 20 to 3,245.

Even taking into account

the small rise in out-of-state women, the total number of abortions in Tennessee has dropped since 2000 from 17,479 to 14,216 in 2013, a decrease of about 19 percent.

While the state Supreme Court’s 2000 decision has curtailed the legislature’s ability to regulate abortion, it has not shut down that ability entirely. For example, in 2012 the General Assembly enacted a requirement for physicians performing abortions to hold hospital privileges in either the home county of the woman seeking an abortion or an adjacent county.

The law caused two Tennessee clinics that provided abortion services to close, Teague said.

Tennessee also has a law requiring minors to obtain parental consent before an abortion, among other restrictions.

Abortion opponents would like to put in place a requirement that the offices of private physicians providing first-trimester abortions be licensed and inspected in the same manner as outpatient surgical centers. While it may seem like a common-sense rule, a law requiring licenses for physicians providing a “substantial number” of first-trimester abortions was struck down in 2002.

That’s because the rule was an exception that did not apply to other private physicians who provided surgical services in their offices.

The state Appeals Court wrote that there was “no medical justification for treating abortions differently from other medical procedures of similar complexity and risk.”

It noted that a tonsillectomy “carries a risk of death twice as high as that of a legal abortion.”

In the run-up to the Nov. 4 election, both sides are campaigning hard, bringing out celebrities and religious leaders and hosting rallies and concerts.

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CAMPUS NEWS UTPD officer empowers students, makes police ‘approachable’ Bradi Musil Assistant News Editor Kelly Mihalik is extremely disarming.

As she sat by a small, circular table in the corner of The Golden Roast, fully equipped in her UTPD, community relations uniform, gun included, Officer Kelly blended casually with the students sipping coffee around her. Being in the police field for four years now, Kelly said she still doesn’t see herself as a police officer.

“I’m a normal person,” Kelly said, laughing. “I think when I meet somebody for the first time, and they ask me what I do, nine out of 10 would not guess police officer. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing, but that’s just been my experience with it.”

Growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania with two parents in the military, Kelly said working with criminal justice just made sense to her, and she knew her style and personality would fit the job.

“I never really had the look before you leap gene, and police officers are the people you call when there’s danger happening,” Kelly said. “A normal person runs away from it but police officers have to run towards it, and I was like I can totally do that.”

After graduating from UT in 2008 with a degree in sociology, Kelly worked security jobs in Atlanta, Ga. But, just a year later, she found herself back on UT’s campus applying for a patrol position with UTPD. She worked mostly night shifts from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. and commented how many nights just a slight alteration in events could have changed the course of her life. Kelly noted that police officers aren’t afforded the luxury of being off their game.

“When you’re on patrol and you know that, not only the people that you work with, but also a whole community counting on you to have your best day when they need you, that’s a great responsibility,” she said.

When a position opened in October 2010 in the community relations unit, Kelly got the job.

Still averaging about 40 hours a month on patrol, her main responsibilities now include keeping up with the UTPD website and social media accounts, putting on programming and outreach in the community and giving a face to UTPD. Having transitioned from patrol work to the community relations unit, Kelly said she appreciates building relationships with students and faculty and being the one who gets stopped on the street rather than the one doing the stopping.

“I feel like I’m far more approachable just because people see me more …” Kelly said.

“I find little tiny rewards pretty much every day, whether it’s just a person that comes up to me and says hi or you did a great program or or if it’s just someone who is not bummed to be talking to me.”

Kelly also teaches the Rape Aggression Defense class twice a week to students enrolled in the one credit hour course and once a month to interested community members.

“There are so many victories in that, empowering people and

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“At other universities, this sort of fundraiser is referred to as a money bomb,” said Taylor.

While Big Orange Give is run through the Office of Alumni Affairs and Development, it is not limited to alumni or faculty. Students can also contribute to the push for $250,000 dollars.

Kelly Mihalik having survivors say they felt empowered and can protect themselves … that’s priceless to me,” Kelly said.

Laura Bryant, the associate director for the Center for Healthy Education & Wellness, works closely with Kelly in providing education and programming around campus. She said working with Kelly has changed her entire perception of the police field.

“Before working at UT, I never thought of police as being approachable,” Bryant said. “As a result of my relationship with Kelly, and really all of UTPD, I now realize that police officers are just people with guns and bullet proof vests. They are here to protect and serve, and they are also people like everyone else.”

Bryant said Kelly shines brightest during the Be Smart, Be Safe, Be a VOL presentation at the beginning of the year for new and transfer student orientation. Her job is to present the services and functions of UTPD, but Bryant said she is able to keep the demonstration light, interesting and fun for students, interweaving her own jokes that put students, and Bryant, at ease.

“After presenting with her for three years, I still find myself laughing every time,” Bryant said.

Kelly said her home life is pretty standard, and she enjoys getting to take off her “heavy duty belt,” and hang out with friends or watch TV. As a selfidentified nerd, one of Kelly’s favorite things to do is read, and she once challenged herself to read a book every day throughout the month of March, reading 31 books in 31 days.

“I missed talking to people,” she joked, “but it was fun and I said I wanted to do and I did …

I didn’t get to watch anything on Netflix or read magazines, or do anything else really, but I read 31 books … and that’s something no one can ever take away from me.”

Bryant said Kelly is an incredible person all around and she considers herself lucky to have her as a colleague. Last year, the incoming class of 2017 voted Kelly their favorite orientation speaker and New Student and Family programs invited Bryant to come with them to present the award.

Bryant recalled fondly the moment she got to give Kelly an honor she said was well deserved.

“We walked in and Kelly had no idea what was going on. As Emily Parker presented the award, Kelly turned bright red and was holding back tears,” Bryant said. “It was such a sweet moment to see her receive the award and be a part of celebrating the great work she does at the University of Tennessee.”

“Student giving is absolutely encouraged,” said Daniel Richter, a senior student in business analytics.

“Big Orange Give matters to students because it gives everyone the ability to give.”

Richter said the idea of donating money in addition to paying tuition and other fees may seem unappealing to most students, but contributing to the Big Orange Give is more than just another payment to the university.

“Big Orange Give means philanthropy,” Richter said.

“It means that future students that come through can have a better experience because of us … it means that our degrees will be that much more meaningful.”

Hayley Brundige @hayleybrundige hbrundig@vols.utk.edu

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Bradi Musil @bradi4 bmusil@vols.utk.edu

Muslim Student Association kicks off Islam Awareness Week Bradi Musil

Assistant News Editor

This week is all about acceptance.

Alongside the LGBTQ community’s national Coming Out Week, the UTK Muslim Student Association kicked off Islam Awareness Week yesterday by handing out pancakes and “vol juice” on Pedestrian Walkway. Faatin Salekin, MSA co-president and sophomore in biology, said they hope to show how inclusive the week is to all students and campus community members while encouraging a high turn out for events.

“Islam is a faith of just being welcome to everyone,” Salekin said. “If you want to learn, learn. No one is stopping you.”

In coordination with the National MSA’s recognition of Islamic students on campuses around the U.S. this week, UT’s

chapter will host a series of lectures and events leading up to the fast-a-thon dinner Thursday night.

Salekin said he hopes UT students will be encouraged to learn more about the Muslim religion and set aside any judgments or negative perceptions they may have developed of the faith and learn the truth.

“We hope to show them the real side, not the good side, the real side,” Salekin said.“We need to notice these things and cope with them, figure out how to not only diminish it but also take the whole idea of racism out and learn to individualize the human being without looking at their color or race.”

Tuesday, Oct. 7: Professor Hassan Lechheb, former Arabic professor for UT, and local Imam Rafiq Mahdi will present the discussion, “MLK to Malcom X: The State of Race in America,” in room 226 of the UC at 7:30 p.m. The

two speakers will expose how racism exists in society today and the best ways to overcome and avoid being incidentally racist.

“You may think you don’t see much racism here anymore, but there’s indirect racism you see here and there,” Salekin said.

Wednesday, Oct. 8: UTK Muslim Student Association Chaplain Abdelrahman Murphy will present on, “Generation i: The Social Effects of Vanity and Narcissism,” in room 226 of the University Center at 7:30 p.m.

Murphy will discuss how the current generation of college students use “selfies” as coping mechanisms and how social media has become a point of obsession.

Thursday, Oct. 9: Islam Awareness Week concludes Thursday with the “#UTKHungry4change: Fastathon and Discussion on Hunger” dinner in the UC

Ballroom from 6:30 p.m to 9 p.m. Zaynab Ansari from the Tayseer Foundation will discuss her experiences fasting as traditional dishes are served to students and community members who participated in the fast-a-thon that begins earlier that day. The event is meant to celebrate broken fast and cultural diversity.

Throughout the week, MSA is asking students to pledge to fast Thursday. Every student who participates will have their Volcard swiped and a local business or donor will give one dollar to the local Love Kitchen for campus participants.

Students choose what they will give up for the day, either food or an item of their choice.

“It opens up your mind to see different views,” Salekin said of the event. “When you look at the world with an open mind, the world opens up to you.”

Wellness coordinator aims to increase sexual health awareness Heidi Hill Contributor

Libby Hicks has dedicated her life to improving sexual health on college campuses, and she’s brought her dedication to UT. As the new wellness coordinator at the Center for Health Education and Wellness, Hicks knows what it’s like to confront issues that people shy away from discussing and hopes to encourage students to do the same.

“It takes practice, especially if you’ve been raised with this mindset to turn the other cheek or just smile and nod,” Hicks said. “It takes practice to recognize that initial reaction you have, that gut feeling, when you feel like something isn’t right and then acting on it.”

After graduating from San Diego State University with a degree in biology, Hicks returned to her Missouri home and accepted a position at the State Public Health Laboratory.

Though this piqued her interest in public health, she said running samples in a lab coat just wasn’t enough.

“I was missing that component of working with people and educating them about health, missing that interface with the patients,” Hicks said. “I was just

Libby Hicks in that weird gray area where I had nothing to do with treatment, but I also nothing to do with education either.”

Inspired to make an impact on sexual health policy, Hicks decided to pursue a master’s degree of public health at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Hicks, mentored by Heather Eastman-Mueller, a health educator at Missouri’s Public Health program, arranged a campus campaign for sexually transmitted infection testing, combining resources from the state of Missouri and RAIN of Central Missouri, a non-profit, community testing agency.

“Libby worked really well with the students in the (Sexual Health Advocate Peer Education) program,” EastmanMuller said. “As the outreach

coordinator, she changed the climate and culture specifically related to dispelling myths and improving access to sexually transmitted infections.”

Last spring, Hick’s campaign at Missouri tested 333 individuals for gonorrhea and chlamydia during the course of five consecutive weeks of Monday screenings. As part of a referendum, this campaign will continue on the University of Missouri’s campus and provide free treatment for individuals testing positive for sexually transmitted disease.

According to Hick’s latest report, 300 individuals were tested in September.

Now as an official Volunteer, Hicks hopes to foster the “community of care” attitude on a campus and is working to launch a similar STI screening campaign on UT’s campus in spring semester.

She hopes to increase awareness for sexual health on campus by collaborating with several groups such as Sexual Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee, Sexual Health Advocacy Group and the OutReach Center, in addition to “Get Yourself Tested,” a national campaign geared toward STI testing for men.

Just a month into her position, Hicks has focused on sexual health and sexual violence prevention through student-target-

ed programming like Volunteers Speak Up and Vols 2 Vols, a program provided by the Peer Health Educators.

She is also helping to develop 20 new programs, including the center’s “Healthy Relationships” which will focus on the qualities of healthy versus unhealthy relationships and the proper communication tools necessary for productive dialogue between couples.

“It’s really looking more at all relationships and practicing assertive communication,” Hicks said. “How you participate as a person in relationship, how do prefer to be communicated with, what kind of needs to you have and how does that vary from relationship to relationship?”

Hick also oversees SPEAKologist training for interested members of the UT community, equipping the program’s participants as active bystanders and instilling in them the confidence to “Speak Up” when they witness any threat or danger to another student’s safety.

“For campus to be safe, we need to recognize that even though we’re strangers, we’re still volunteers and we’re still on this campus together,” Hicks said. “It’s this whole mantra of Vols help Vols, regardless of who you are, who am I, we’re still a part of this campus community and we care about each other.”

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Escape October misery with (literary) traditions Gettin’ Scruffy by

R.J. Vogt This week’s homecoming theme: “Tennessee Traditions.”

As easy as it may be to cry crocodile tears of anguish after the Vols’ 10th straight loss to the Florida Gators, I’d like to focus on a different tradition in Knoxville. Let’s try to forget the fact that our losing streak has reached a decade – a span of time defined by a word that encompasses entire childhoods – and look past UT football traditions entirely.

Just a few days after UT had itself a premature erection of Butch Jones on Neyland Stadium, let’s focus on the history and famous figures of a completely different building: the library.

It could be that you’re reading this column as you stand in the line at Starbucks or study amidst the stacks of John C. Hodges Library, named for the long-time UT English professor. Hodges passed away in 1967, but not before authoring a little textbook called the Harbrace Handbook.

First published in 1941 as a pocket-sized maroon hardback, the legendary grammar textbook has now been published in 17 editions. The university says the book is “possibly the most widely used college text in the country,” and the book’s publisher says it’s the top-selling textbook ever.

If you took English 101 and 102 at UT (or any other school, really), you used Hodges’ book. And if you bought it, some of your money went to a fund for the good ole stacks; Hodges assigned 75 percent of future royalties from the sale of the textbook to fund the library. Today, Hodges Library employs more than 211 people, ranking as the 50th most expensive, big-deal library in American academia.

Knoxville’s other literary sons – the ones who didn’t leave a ton of money to the university – receive less recognition, but in the murmurs of Hodges’ first floor, you can find their statues. Dim hallway fluorescence illuminates the busts of several famous writers, including James Agee and Cormac McCarthy.

Agee grew up in a house on 15th Street and Highland Avenue in our very own Fort Sanders. Times were different – the opening chapter of his Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, “A Death in the Family,” describes the yards we now litter with solo cups and bad decisions: “The houses corresponded: middlesized gracefully fretted wood houses built in the late ‘90s and early 1900s, with small front and side and more spacious back yards, and trees in the yards.”

Though his Pulitzer was posthumous, Agee found success in other fields; most notably movie reviewing. In the 1940s, he pioneered the modern movie review, legitimizing film’s entrance into the art world by the wit and intensity of his critiques. And when he endeavored to write his own films, he wrote good ones: His 1951 screenplay for “The African Queen” helped secure Humphrey Bogart’s only Academy Award, and his 1955 screenplay for “The Night of the Hunter” has influenced the likes of Martin Scorsese, David Lynch and the Coen brothers.

As Agee’s life drew to an untimely close in the mid1950s, another Knoxville writer was just getting started.

After originally leaving UT to serve in the Air Force, a young Cormac McCarthy returned in 1957 to publish two short stories in the Phoenix literary arts magazine and study liberal arts. He left again – never graduating – and launched a significant literary career that continues today. “The Road,” “No Country for Old Men” and “All the Pretty Horses” have each won awards and earned film adaptations, and “The Road” even scored him an interview with Oprah.

We won’t see Butch Jones following McCarthy to a guest spot on Oprah anytime soon. Despite UT’s premature erection, I don’t think he’ll have a building named after him just yet. At this rate, forget buildings – he may not even get a dog park.

But in a scruffy little city often consumed and defined by football, there is a dog park named for a legendary figure: James Agee Park, on the corner of 15th Street and Laurel Avenue.

If you get a chance, examine the lasting legacy of one of Knoxville’s non-football heroes. Bring a book (maybe Cormac McCarthy’s “Suttree,” based in Knoxville) and a Pumpkin Spiced Latte (or something) and have a moment.

As homecoming calls us to reflect on our Tennessee Traditions, let’s put Butch Jones and the Vols aside for a few days. Let’s enjoy the fall beyond football.

Neyland knows we need to.

R.J. Vogt is a senior in College Scholars. He can be reached at rvogt@utk.edu.

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Week 5 and why the Titans are pathetic Fantasy

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Austin Pirkle I’m not a big Titans fan by any stretch of the imagination. However, since I follow the NFL religiously I see them play most Sundays, and it’s just awful. Not only can’t they seem to win any games, they are the most boring team in the NFL. After Sunday’s choke fest I began to realize how terrible of a situation this franchise is in.

The league is run by high profile quarterbacks, and Jake Locker can’t hit water from a boat right now. The team doesn’t have any players well known around the league or young stars that have much promise. The Titans are just swirling in mediocrity, and we have to watch this dumpster fire of a football team every week due to local TV deals. They could have infused some excitement this spring by drafting Johnny Manziel, but no, the organization decided on an offensive lineman. Awesome. The Titans either need to get better, or get off of CBS and FOX so we can watch actual professional football.

But hey, at least we have fantasy football to enjoy. Let’s get started.

Waiver Wire Pickups Brandon Oliver (Owned in 0.3% per-

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I still hold my position that he will continue to have a big game followed by dud performances. If you missed out last time trying to sell him, you get another chance.

Gates is touchdown dependent, but he will have a lot of value on the trade market. I’d look to trade him for a more consistent tight end.

Buy Low Martellus Bennett The first subpar game by the Chicago tight end came on Sunday. I look at this as a blip on the radar rather than a trend. He has been stellar this year, one of the few tight ends that you should feel confident in getting double digit fantasy points on a regular basis. For instance, I’d much rather have Bennett than Gates for the rest of the year.

Brandon Marshall I guess I’m a believer in the Bears’ offense. Marshall has struggled the past few weeks as he has been battling through a few injuries. There’s no doubt Marshall is one of the most talented receivers in the league, and Jay Cutler loves him. It’s always good to have a great relationship with your quarterback. Marshall will be back to a no. 1 wide receiver very soon. If an owner has low patience, this would be a great time to buy low on a top talent in the league.

Austin Pirkle is a freshman in sports management. He can be reached at pirkleaustin@gmail.com.

Well, this is awkward...

School of Sarcasm by

Kaila Curry Oh hi, you’re reading this? That’s so cool, I mean uh ... hi. Uhm, wait I already said hi.

You probably know how to “function” in society. You know how to talk to new people and not to quote movies when you don’t know what to say. You know how to complain about unpleasant situations, what time to show up at a party and how to brush an awkward situation off (as opposed to over analyzing the event for hours).

You go Glen Coco.

I am here to inform you about the separate subset of people who lack all these things, known as the socially awkward.

We exist, and today I would like to be the ambassador, and my favorite color is green -- no, YELLOW! Oh god, you readers are not going to judge me based on my favorite color, are you? This is too stressful. I’m going to take a nap.

Alright, I’m back.

Socially awkward people typically do not fit into a specific social class,

although they may try to define themselves and their social standing. A normal person would say, “I don’t know,” or, “I’m not really sure,” when one asks what clique they belong to; others, like me, say, “What clique?…I don’t know what are you? I don’t fit into a perfect box, OKAY?!”

As if anyone ever fits into a perfect box. That’s the problem with us socially awkward people, we imagine that things come naturally, as if conversations are supposed to be as fluent as Leonardo DiCaprio and Morgan Freeman reading off of a well written script. When in reality, people without anxiety are able to hold conversations without worries, which gives them the ability to speak fluently.

Becoming non-awkward is like looking for nirvana; it cannot be done by looking for it.

Once you realize this and embrace it, it gets better. Which is odd that I’m saying that, because I haven’t taken my own advice. You know, I’m doing it -- I’m going outside.

Alright, I’m back, I went outside and a homeless man asked me for change. I consider those two minutes a success.

My awkwardness comes in waves. I may have a full day where I can hold a conversation with people; a day where my chair does not make that weird farting noise, which I then feel compelled to

reenact to ensure people know it wasn’t me.

Those days are rare.

On a typical day, I get out of bed after a night of little to no sleep. This lack of sleep is due to me laying in bed, overanalyzing every conversation I had the day before and thinking about how the conversations could have been more adequate.

I may put on a dress but then change, avoiding the risk of my backpack pulling my dress up on the walk to class.

I may try to talk to the person sitting next to me. After failing, I’ll wonder if the act of blushing will send more oxygen to my face.

For dinner, I may order something, realize I’m allergic, feel awkward about sending it back, and then eat it to be polite.

In fact, it just happened, and I’m being rushed to the hospital…

Alright I’m back.

But remember, if you are as awkward as I am, you can always become a writer for The Daily Beacon.

Kaila Curry is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at kcurry6@vols.utk.edu.

However, she may take three to five months to respond. Actually, forget I said anything.

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cent of NFL.com leagues) Is that you, Darren Sproles? Oliver sure looked like the former Chargers running back on Sunday. He may be small in stature, but he makes up for it in speed and quickness. He tallied up 182 total yards and two touchdown’s last Sunday.

After starter Donald Brown left with a concussion, Oliver took his chance by the horns, securing his spot as the starter for the foreseeable future. A must add in all leagues.

Sell High Pierre Thomas Thomas had a great game on Sunday that was reminiscent of last year’s good season. Two touchdowns to go along with over 100 total yards was what we’ve been looking for since Mark Ingram’s injury.

That’s the problem, though. He’s only had this one really good game. I would be looking to get some value for Thomas, especially with Ingram coming back in the next few weeks Kendall Wright Ouch. The first two players on my sell high list are guys I said were underrated in the pre-draft articles. Well, I can’t always be right. Wright had a great game Sunday by getting in the end zone twice, but the consistency hasn’t been there unlike last year. Also, he plays for the Titans, and we know how well their season is going so far.

Antonio Gates Hey, Gates has been on this list before.

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‘Miracle Worker’ tells Helen Keller, mentor’s story beautifully Hannah Zechman Contributor

On a Friday night before one of the biggest games on the University of Tennessee’s campus, an audience jumped to their feet to applaud an outstanding, riveting performance. “The Miracle Worker� brought in a packed house during the already busy weekend. Audience members were taken on a journey through the early childhood of Helen Keller, a woman who turned deaf and blind at the age of 19 months.

The play is centered around Keller’s teacher, Anne Sullivan, who moves in with the Keller family and takes on the task of teaching the unruly child Keller has become.

Language must be learned, and Anne is the one determined to teach it.

Angela Church played Sullivan and delivered a beautiful performance.

Patience, love and perseverance existed in every move she made. Church portrayed a wonderful depiction of such a brilliant character.

Giving a difficult and well-done performance of Keller was Rachel Finney who accomplished leaps and bounds in her character. The strange and almost inhumane behaviors of Helen Keller were delivered with passion.

The entire cast contributed to a fantastic performance on such a dark subject. There was consistent humor, well-played by every actor.

This allowed for the audience to be completely intrigued around every corner. What came next was a mystery. The crowd found themselves laughing at unexpected moments, hanging on every word the characters delivered.

The humor intertwined with the heart-wrenching story, making the

whole performance balanced.

Further contributing to the brilliance of “The Miracle Worker� performance was the set. A skeletal frame of the Keller’s house served as the major set piece for the majority of the show.

Like watching dolls move throughout a dollhouse, the sets created the image of an actual family moving about their home.

Strangely relatable and surprisingly humorous, the Clarence Brown Theatre hosted quite an amazing play.

The hard work and determination this cast and crew has put into the show paid off.

If anything, the audience walked away with a new found hope.

If you ever want to step out of the box, take a break from the typical weekend shenanigans and go experience something different, then there’s always the opportunity to see the “Miracle Worker.�

COSPLAY continued from Page 1 Inspired, he decided to try it himself. “When I came to UT, I wanted to find other friends who like to cosplay,�

Serago, an undecided sophomore, said. “So, I set up an appointment to start up the cosplay club here on campus.�

The club approaches cosplay in a variety of ways. They hold workshops to teach attendees how to make costumes and accent pieces, play video games to draw inspiration for their next costume and attend cosplay events together. “We try to help beginners, because we have people that have never cosplayed before,� Serago explained.

Making a costume may seem like a daunting task, especially for the firsttime cosplayer, but both Serago and Lewis pointed out the costumes don’t necessarily have to come from scratch. “We teach people to make alterations on clothes they already have instead of just fabricating something from the beginning,� Serago said.

Lewis finds altering not only easier than making a costume from scratch but also much cheaper. Often, she’ll buy clothes from Goodwill, Target or Wal-Mart then modify the pieces. “It makes it a lot easier for me because I’m not the best sewer in the world, but it really depends on the character,� Lewis said. “Put off more complex costumes until you have the

A student paints intricate marks as part of learning to cosplay.

Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon funds or skills, but it really is doable.�

UT’s cosplay club used this DIY approach when creating a group costume to attend a convention at ETSU. Costume of choice?

The Fairly OddParents.

So how does one choose one character to portray out of thousands? “I really go by characters I like and identify with first,� Lewis explained. “I am currently working on Wonder Girl from DC Universe. A friend and I are planning to do the Eleventh Doctor, and I would be Clara Oswald.�

Though Serago doesn’t have a favorite character, he has a few projects in the works as well. “The one I’m currently working on I have to say is my favorite one I’ve done so far,� Serago excitedly

revealed. “It’s Robin, from ‘Batman and Robin.’�

Both Serago and Lewis pointed out that cosplay, like the club itself, is open to anyone. As long as you love a character, you can cosplay. It doesn’t matter if your fandom’s medium is TV, movies, comics or video games. If you love it, do it. “Just because it seems nerdy, you don’t have to be afraid of it,� Lewis said. “Even if it’s for Halloween, or a costume party, don’t go into Party City to get something. If you figure out what you’re favorite character is and you make it yourself, you’ll be surprised how much fun you end up having.�

The Cosplay Club meets every other Friday at 6 p.m. in UC 225.

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Curious Dog puts Amish spin on traditional hot dogs, sandwiches Hannah Zechman Contributor

Two brothers and one dream: to run a killer food market.

Curious Dog, formally the Jackson Avenue Market, has been perched in the heart of the Old City, serving newbies and regulars for several years now.

The store’s founding fathers are two brothers, Todd and Matt Weidenhamer, who opened the Jackson Avenue Market in 2011 with a purpose to make a hub that provides good food and good beer.

However, a transformation happened in 2014.

The Jackson Avenue Market changed its name to Curious Dog: Hot Dog and Sandwich Shop. Todd Weidenhamer explained that the change of name was a result of getting fed up with people coming in asking for eggs and bread. “We want to be known as the best sandwiches in town,� Todd said.

The brothers explained that this desire is finally starting to happen. Not only are they getting new clientele but gaining an abun-

SIDE SPLITTERS continued from Page 1 King also emphasized how important smaller clubs are for new comics. Up-andcoming comedians are given the opportunity to network with larger names in the industry and learn from them. King sees the knowledge obtained from a local clubs as invaluable to new comics and is worried about losing this scene. “If they take this away from me ... it’s hurting me,�

King said. “I can’t afford to be in New York and L.A. on a weekly basis but when they come here to make their stops to go somewhere else

dance of regulars as well. “A lot of people come in, and they just start at the top of the menu and go down,�

Matt Weidenhamer said.

The menu offers multiple choices for sandwiches and hotdogs, including the “Curious dog� which has potato salad on it. The Amish ingredients add to the curiosity of the shop.

Hormone-free, free-range, grass-fed and healthy food is what the Curious Dog strives to offer.

To wash down a dog, customers can grab a beer in a bottle, can or on draft, including a special Curious Dog brew made by a local home brewer only available at the market.

The Curious Dog also has a dozen old-school arcade games. For 25 cents customers can play the original PacMan while eating a hot dog and drinking a PBR. According to the brothers, many couples come in for date night to play arcade games and enjoy the food and relaxed environment.

Allison Benner, a freshman in special education, enjoys going to the store with her boyfriend to grab a bite to eat and socialize with the staff. She explained that her

favorite dog is definitely the Hawaiian. “Because who doesn’t like a hot dog with ham, pineapple and honey on it?�

Benner said.

If you still have room for dessert, Curious Dog offers vegan cupcakes made especially by Matt Weidenhamer’s 9-year-old daughter, Madeline. She has become an essential part of the market as she learns to bake and work with the business.

Despite the excitement the brothers have generated with their up-and-coming restaurant, there are still more additions to come.

With more than 50 ideas for new hot dogs and sandwiches, the Weidenhamers are looking forward to expanding their menu even further, even entertaining the idea of getting a vendor’s license and maybe starting a food truck for festivals and events around the Knoxville area.

Todd and Matt are excited for what is to come for the Curious Dog in the Old City and the crowd the food is starting to draw in. “We want to give them the best food they can eat downtown,� Matt Weidenhamer said.

it’s helping me. I’m absorbing everything they’re telling me.�

The Knoxville Side Splitters has a sister club in Tampa, Florida. The Tampa location has a packed schedule each weekend including popular names such as Comedy Central comedian Maz Jobrani and sold out shows each month.

King hasn’t given up hope for the club yet, nor has Martin. Both know that the only way for the club to survive is to bring people in. “What I realize is people don’t know a lot about this place. People didn’t know this place existed,� King said. “People want to go to clubs and they wanna do this and do that and this

place is right here. And at times you’re getting free tickets, you’re getting $3 tickets, you’re getting whatever it is to come here and have a good time and be ready to laugh.�

With shows still booked through next weekend, Side Splitters will remain open for now, but the club will need to attract bigger names and more people if it plans to stay open past Oct. 11.

As King went to mingle with the crowd that was filling in before his show, he turned back and said, “Because laughter is the greatest medicine in the world. “That’s why I wanna keep this club here so bad.�

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37 Hoboâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accessory 38 Home located in the sticks?

41 Batting helmet feature

43 Naive young woman 45 Not homo46 â&#x20AC;&#x153;___ upon a time â&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;?

48 Card tricks, e.g.

49 Smart-alecky 52 Fortuneteller 53 â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be,â&#x20AC;? in Latin 54 Headgear often worn backward 55 Minerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s find 56 Appomattox surrenderer 57 Barely manage, with â&#x20AC;&#x153;outâ&#x20AC;?

58 Crossed (out) 59 Groups of cops: Abbr.

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Tuesday, October 7, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Patiently prepared

MEN’S BASKETBALL

After suffering season-ending concussion, Ariel Massengale ready to play in 2014-15 Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer (@PatrickMacCoon) In the midst of her best season as a Tennessee Lady Volunteer, Ariel Massengale suffered a concussion Jan. 23 that would sideline her for the rest of the year.

On Monday, the senior point guard returned to her team’s first official practice of the 2014-15 campaign with no setbacks and acknowledged that she has felt fully recovered for nearly a month.

“I’m 100 percent and feeling great,” Massengale said.

“The doctor at Vanderbilt, along with one of the best specialists in the country, said I was ready to go. I’m excited to be back out on the court with my teammates.”

The concussion, which resulted from a collision with an opposing player during a conference win against Florida, was not the first of her career. Therefore, the injury’s sevirty held her out for the final two months of the season – including Tennessee’s Sweet 16 run.

In her time away from the action, however, she still remained confident she could overcome her injury.

“I’ve always been pretty confident with my injuries,” Massengale said. “I have a strong faith in God and know that everything does happen for a reason. I know at the end of the day he knows the desires of my heart and will take care of me.”

While her injury took away her ability to produce on the court, Massengale was able to respect the game she loves even more and learn more about her teammates from seeing them play.

“We can’t take this game for granted,” she said.

“Everyday we step on the court it’s an opportunity, because in a matter of seconds you never know when that opportunity can be taken away from you. There’s nothing better than being

FOOTBALL continued from Page 1 Less than two hours after the conclusion of Monday’s press conference, an email was sent student-wide regarding the chants and the use of profanity as a whole.

Signed by UT Chancellor Jimmy Cheek, Athletic Director Dave Hart and Vice Chancellor for Student Life Vince Carilli, the message read: “We all know that it’s great to be a Tennessee Vol, but our behavior should always reflect the Volunteer spirit. That spirit is about civility and respect. At Saturday’s game against Florida,

Senior Ariel Massengale blocks a pass during a game against Ole Miss on Jan. 9, 2014.

Matthew DeMaria • Tennessee Athletics

here.”

Last season, the 5-foot-7 point guard started all 19 of her games and averaged a career-high in points (12.5), three -point percentage (0.385), free throw percentage (0.838), rebounds (3.2) and assists (5.8).

Her teammates believe that she can come right back in and provide a strong impact, once again, at a position that has plenty of depth.

“I’ve got all the confidence in Ariel,” senior forward Cierra Burdick said. “It’s always good to have your teammates back on the court healthy. She will always be a great point guard and a great leader. I think we are going to have a competitive run for that point guard spot.”

So far, leadership has been at a premium from the Lady Vols point guard position, which accounted for 71 of its 160 made three-point baskets last season.

“We are getting great leadership from Andraya Carter, Jordan Reynolds and with Ariel Massengale coming back, it’s been awesome,” third-year Tennessee head coach Holly Warlick said.

“They’ve all stepped up. All Ariel needs to do now is get back in basketball shape.”

With the first exhibition game nearly a month away and the Lady Vols’ home opener set for Nov. 14 against Penn, Massengale is focused on her progression towards game speed and is ready to make the most of her final season at Tennessee.

“It’s gone by so fast,” Massengale said. “When you get here, you really don’t think about how fast time will go by. The girls tell you just to enjoy the game because time does go by really fast. We are trying to make the most of this year and leave a legacy in this program and leave no regrets.”

there were chants from the student section that were totally unacceptable.

“Win or lose, we must respect our opponents, demonstrate class and always show pride for our great university. As Volunteers, we are better than that, and our expectation is that this kind of behavior will never happen again.”

Injury front: After stating that Jalen Hurd’s second-half absence was attributed to a “dinged up shoulder,” Jones provided an update Monday on the heralded freshman running back.

“We anticipate him being at practice today,” Jones said. “He had a little bit of a shoulder ding in the game, but he went back in.

He’s received treatments, and we

fully anticipate him being ready for Chattanooga.”

Meanwhile, Jones indicated that neither freshman tight end Daniel Helm nor senior defensive tackle Jordan Williams, wh both exited with injuries on Saturday, were seriously injured, saying “they’ll be fine.”

“Both of those will be practicing today,” the second-year head coach added.

Lastly, cornerback Michael Williams is expected to return to practice this week as well after Jones said much of his time out on Saturday was “precautionary.” The redshirt sophomore, who was replaced by freshman Emmanuel Moseley exited in the second quarter and never returned to the UT secondary.

Junior Kevin Punter dribbles the ball during practice. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon

Punter continuing to adapt after position change Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB)

Coming from The Bronx, Kevin Punter plays with a lot of flare.

“Where I’m from, a lot of people are fancy (with the ball),” Punter said. “I try not to be too fancy – I try to keep it simple – but it can get a little hard sometimes.”

All that on-court “swag” as senior guard Josh Richardson described it, hasn’t always been beneficial for Punter though.

One instance saw the 6-foot4, 180-pound guard attempt – and successfully pull off – a no-look shovel pass to freshman Tariq Owens.

The pretty pass, however, didn’t go over well with Donnie Tyndall, drawing a scorn from the first-year head coach.

Chalk up yet another lesson that the newcomer has to learn as he tries to adapt to playing point guard for the first time in his career.

“It’s been a challenge, but I think I’ve done a pretty good job,” said Punter on the position change. “My teammates have been great, and they’ve helped me since I got here.

“I’ve kind of made that posi-

tion my own. It’s still not my natural position, but I think I’m getting a lot better with it.”

In Punter’s two years at State Fair C.C. in Sedalia, Missouri, he played primarily as a twoguard, averaging 20.3 points per game as he led the Roadrunners to the NJCAA Division I National Championship for the first time since 1976.

With that said, one of the biggest obstacles Punter has dealt with since the position change has been changing his mentality from being the go-to scorer to being the facilitator on the offensive end.

The junior’s unselfish mindset, however, has helped make that transition a little easier.

“I’m so used to catching and just going to the basket or shooting and just having more tunnel vision,” Punter said. “Now, I have to look more for the open player and set things up, but I think I’ve been doing a great job of that since the summer time.”

But even with an increased awareness on making the extra pass, Punter still has the goahead to do what he does best: put the ball in the hoop.

“I wouldn’t say I have the freedom,” Punter said, “but they still give me the ability to create, get on the wing, shoot the ball and do what I did in

junior college.”

While Punter is far from polished at his new position, his coaches have faith he’ll be ready come November.

The reason? His tremendous work ethic and willingness to learn.

“One thing about Kevin, he’s a sponge,” Tyndall said. “He tries to absorb everything you tell him. He has a great attitude and he works extremely hard.”

The Vols are hoping that work ethic pays off, as Tyndall currently doesn’t have the trust in the guards behind Punter, specifically freshman Ian Chiles, to be able to step up when needed.

“Ian Chiles has really struggled the last few weeks,” Tyndall said. “If we were playing a game today, I’d probably just move Josh (Richardson) to the back up point just because I think he’d at least be safe and protect the ball. Thus far, Ian has really been turnover prone.”

And although Punter is honored to get the first crack at being the Vols’ primary ball handler, he also knows a strong finish to this offseason is crucial to becoming the best he can be before the season tips off.

“I don’t want to learn the hard way,” Punter said. “I want to get it right, right now.”