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Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Issue 35, Volume 124
Students brace for Volunteer Vengeance Madison Eubanks Contributor The carnage is coming. Will you survive? On Saturday, Oct. 12, at 1 p.m., that question will be answered as Lakeshore Park and All Campus Events host the first annual Volunteer Vengeance. This university-themed obstacle course event is sponsored by Campus Carnage, a company founded by UT alumnus Hassaan Stamps. Inspired by the crowd outside Olympic Park in London, Stamps sought to recreate this “shared life experience” with students across the country. As the team captain of two UT national championship track and field teams, Stamps was no stranger
to feats of athletic excellence. Rather, he found the environment beyond the stadium most compelling. “I knew at that moment I wanted to create an experience that created those cherished moments,” Stamps said. “Not to downplay the Olympics, but I have been to a million track meets ... But what I took away from the Olympic experience was the people I met from all over the world and their sheer enjoyment of conversation and community.” Although Volunteer Vengeance aims to promote active, healthy lifestyles among college students, community members are invited to sign up as well. See CARNAGE on Page 2
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Michael Porter, senior in political science, takes the risk and reaches into a trashcan of sludge on Aug. 23 as a part of Campus Carnage’s promotion.
Steven Cook Copy Editor Rawane “Pops” Ndiaye, the newest member of Tennessee’s basketball front court, shed 80 pounds off his frame before arriving as a junior college transfer in April. He wasn’t done there. The 6-foot-10 Senegal native immediately saw results upon entering the Vols’ summer training program under strength and conditioning coach Nicodemus Christopher. “Throughout the summer, we did a lot of speed and agility movement,” Ndiaye said Monday at UT’s basketball media day. “So it had me dropping weight and I was
coming onto the floor moving quicker. Now, I’m running a little better than I was when I first got here.” Through the early goings of preseason practice, third-year head coach Cuonzo Martin has taken notice of Ndiaye’s emergence and said he agrees with his much-improved quickness. “He plays hard, runs the floor well,” Martin said. “I think those are some of the things I didn’t see as much when I recruited him. But he runs the floor really well. “I like what I’m seeing from ‘Pops.’ ‘Pops’ has good energy. The guys like being around him.” See BASKETBALL on Page 6
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Jess Walters offers life advice and a sampling of his literature during Writers in the Library on Oct. 7.
Hodges hosts bestselling author Hollie Hughes “Don’t Eat Cat.” A tip from bestselling author Jess Walter. Writers in the Library featured Walter, who shared one of his short stories, “Don’t Eat Cat” from his first collection of short fiction, “We Live in Water.” The event, which took place Monday evening in the
Hodges Library auditorium, had Walter tackle controversial topics in his reading, from the transformational Miley Cyrus to futuristic apocalyptic zombie attacks. Students, staff, faculty and general members of the community came to support UT’s Writers in the Library events, a series that brings authors in to read and discuss their work on campus. “Don’t Eat Cat” is, accord-
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ing to Walter, a satire that uses zombies to unleash political correctness that also incorporates a love story. Walter got the fictional idea from his friend, who expressed that all his students ever turned in were zombie stories, and after a few drinks, he came up with this comical short story. See WRITERS on Page 5
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Center Rawane “Pops” Ndiaye participates in offensive drills during basketball practice at Pratt Pavilion on Oct. 1.
Eight percent of children from low-income communities graduate college by age 24, while 80 percent of their high-income counterparts achieve the same feat. Teach for America Corps is working to close that gap. Founded in 1989, Teach for America seeks to prepare young educators to better assist students attending school amid poverty and scarce resources. Corps members spend two years teaching in a low-income community while they continue to receive one-onone coaching, professional development and graduate level course work. Through a 7-week summer program, chosen members are trained to face challenges posed by lowincome schools. Though intimidating, campus coordinator Natalie Procter said she believes the process is worthwhile. “You’re definitely not alone in the process ...You may even be in the same school as another TFA teacher,” Procter said. “There’s also people whose job is to travel around and come in to your classroom and help you evaluate yourself and improve ... They’re not just coming to evaluate you. They’re there for support.” Upon completion of service, members are certified to teach, regardless of undergraduate degree focus. “It’s an excellent way to make an impact right out of college which is something that not a lot of people have the opportunity to do,” said Antonio Brkovik, UT’s second TFA coordinator. “Also, it’s an opportunity to gain invaluable leadership skills that, regardless of if you want to stay in education, will definitely help you be able to succeed in whatever you wanted to do afterwards.” See TEACH on Page 2
Foothills Fall Festival ‘a big reuinion’ for musicans, attendees Festival director, explained that the festival looked for acts based on requests from festival guests The Foothills Fall Festival in along with WIVK radio to recruit Maryville, Tenn. will broaden its artists that would attract maxitradition of country and southern mum attendance. “It’s primarily a country music rock artists to include more eclectic and local bands this weekend. and classic rock fan base, but we Jane Groff, Foothills Fall try to find bands that many people
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would like,” Groff said. “We have Blues Traveler this year along with Janelle Arthur of American Idol fame. We even have CNN Headline News anchor, Robin Meade. If you haven’t heard of the band before, chances are you will like it if they play the festival. Our performances have been
spectacular.” Black Lilies, a local band, will perform at the festival. Front man, Cruz Contreras, said he thinks the festival has grown to incorporate more unique sounds. He said he believes that they may not have been invited in previous years, and that it is excit-
ed to be a part of the growing sounds of Foothills. “I think it’s a pretty diverse lineup this year; we’re certainly a little more eclectic than bands they’ve had in the past,” Contreras said. “We do everything we can not to be categorized. We try to have musical
integrity and keep our options open. It’s kind of like a stew, but it has a lot of Appalachian roots. “What you hear in the first 30 minutes won’t have a lot in common with the next 30. You can hear traditional country to funk to rock in a show.” See FOOTHILLS on Page 3