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Sousa, UT march to different beat on band petition David Cobb Sports Editor Instruments down, eyes up, more than 300 members of the Pride of the Southland Band sat Indian style in a semi-circle around their director Gary Sousa after completing a rehearsal of the Circle Drill at the intramural field on Wednesday.

Brief and stern, Sousa’s message to the band rendered the group’s full attention.

“I have a statement and a question,” Sousa told the band. “The statement is this: You guys are the best, the best and we are all so very proud. The question is this, will you sing the alma mater with me?”

Responding with according jubilance, the Pride of the Southland Band stood and belted the alma mater, finishing it off with a shout of “Forever, Pride” and a fist pump from Sousa.

“When you attack our students, we’re going to step up,” Sousa said just moments later, “because that’s what we have always been about.”

Since 2011, when Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Dave Hart began his tenure at Tennessee, Sousa feels like the band has indeed been under attack.

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Immediately following the “Alma Mater,” led by band director Gary Sousa, the Pride of the Southland Band exclaims “Forever Pride” after Wednesday’s practice on the intramural fields.

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Tennis duo overcomes illnesses to claim championship Garrett Ahmad Contributor Less than two hours before his first doubles match at the ITA All-American Championships, Mikelis Libietis was receiving an IV at the hospital while his partner, Hunter Reese, was fighting illness in his consolation singles match.

Four days later, the tandem was posing with national championship trophies signifying victory in the doubles division.

Upon arriving in Tulsa, Okla., on Wednesday for the tournament, Libietis – the top-ranked collegiate singles player in the country – was feeling fine until the night before his first matches.

“I woke up during the night Thursday morning, around four or five, and I couldn’t sleep well and I didn’t know what was wrong,” Libietis said. “Then I was just trying to sleep, and I couldn’t fall asleep.

“Then I woke up at seven when we

Grassroots campaign brings sustainability Liv McConnell Staff Writer An eclectic assortment of live music ranging from jazz to opera to eco-conscious hip-hop will take over Market Square this Saturday for the fourth annual Knoxville Music Harvest.

Hosted by the Knoxvillebased nonprofit SEEED, Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development, performances begin at 4 p.m. and continue until 10 p.m.

“We try to mix-up the lineup as much as possible every year,” Stan Johnson, SEEED executive director, said. “Our organization is very multi-cultural and multifaceted, so we like to reflect that through a diverse mix of genres. There will be something for everybody.”

In addition to live music, raffle tickets will be sold for weekend stays for two at Marriott locations in Ohio, Georgia and Mexico, as well as a donation booth.

All proceeds from the event will go toward SEEED’s aim of enrolling eight young people in their upcoming pre-apprentice-

ship program.

“Our goal is to host a 12-week educational program for youth teaching them life skills, such as how to properly interview,” Johnson said.

Started in 2009, SEEED is a community-oriented nonprofit focused on creating jobs for Knoxville’s urban youth and ensuring that clean energy and conservation technologies are available for low income residents. The program was conceptualized by Johnson, Josh Outsey, Jarius Bush and Jerome Johnson, who each saw a need for an organization melding green jobs with urban youth empowerment.

“I was approached by these three young men who wanted to start up a program that could serve as a continuation of organizations like the Boys and Girls Club and AA,” Johnson said.

“Basically, they felt that a lot of programs have this ‘okay, you’re cured now’ mentality and send kids on their way. But these people wanted something more.”

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needed to wake up and my stomach was really upset and I felt kind of (nauseous).”

Things only got worse for Libietis once he started playing.

“I started to play my match, and everything was coming up,” Libietis said. “I started to throw up. You know, it was a bad day.

“I couldn’t focus at all,” he continued.

“After every point I played more than six shots, I got dizzy. I was running and I had to stop because I couldn’t run side to side.

I was thinking all the time about how to survive that day.”

Despite feeling under the weather, Libietis still managed to win his first round singles match, but lost his second round match in three sets.

After his second match, Libietis went to the hospital where he received “two big bags” of IV fluid.

Thursday was not much better for Reese.

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Lecture explores energy independence Madison Eubanks Contributor The world is split between those countries that have oil, and those that want it.

On Tuesday, Oct. 8, Lorna Greening presented her lecture “US Petroleum Renaissance: A Holistic View,” at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy.

As the co-editor of “Energy Policy,” an international peerreviewed journal exploring the policy implications of energy supply and use, Greening also acts as an economic consultant and researcher.

With more than 30 years of experience in the field of energy policy, Greening discussed several different aspects of energy, including its economic, environmental, planning and social effects.

Alyssa Green, a freshman in political science, said she wished the lecture had focused more on the affects of the fossil fuel.

“I thought it would involve more policy making, especially about oil,” Green said. “It was more about the technical aspects surrounding oil.”

Greening’s idea of a “petroleum renaissance,” denotes her belief that the nation will eventually become energy-

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62 percent to 40 percent,” “Since 2008, U.S. oil pro- Greening said. duction has increased by approximately 25 percent and See PETROLEUM on Page 2

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Eco-friendly fair connects students with potential jobs Emily Thompson Contributor Sometimes an email just does not suffice to get involved.

On Wednesday afternoon, tables with representatives from various companies and institutions lined the UC Ballroom for UT’s fifth annual Social and Environmental Impact Fair. The event was hosted

by Career Service’s Center for Impact Careers and the Center for Leadership and Service.

Shawna Hembree, cocoordinator for the fair and assistant director of Career Services, explained its goal.

“I think the purpose of the fair is to bring together both our outside community, regional and even some international organizations along with our campus groups that focus on service in the capacity of social and environmental sustainability,” Hembree said.

Fifty-two campus and Knoxville area organizations were present, offering volunteer, internship, service corps and career opportunities.

Antonio Brkovic, senior in geography and Teach For America’s representative at the fair, explained what his organization represents and how it benefits society both socially and economically.

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CAMPUS NEWS PRIDE continued from Page 1 That sentiment rose to a new level on Saturday at Neyland Stadium during Tennessee’s 34-31 overtime loss to Georgia when Sousa alleges that the band was told not to play UT’s unofficial fight song, “Rocky Top.” “They decided it was time for them to play the pre-recorded canned music and dictated to the band that this would happen and that the band was not supposed to play,” Sousa told The Daily Beacon. “We’ve never been told not to play ‘Rocky Top’ and we were told, ‘you do not play ‘Rocky Top.’’” A petition posted online by Pride of the Southland Band drum major Jessica Henderson circulated online Wednesday morning and sparked what evolved into a battle of dueling statements from the band and the UT athletic department on Wednesday.

According to the petition, “The University of Tennessee’s athletic department has been slowly but surely chipping away at the Pride’s traditions for quite some time now.”

Specifically, the petition cites a “new rule” that the band no longer play UT’s official fight song, “Down the Field,” a difficulty in traveling to road games and an increased usage of non-live music played over the public address system at Neyland Stadium.

“Everyone needs to stand together now and clearly state, ‘We will not take this. We know what we stand for, and we will hold true to our traditions,’” the petition reads.

Wednesday afternoon, a response statement was posted on utsports.com labeled as “UT Statement on Gameday Atmosphere.”

The UT statement addressed the petition and specifically refuted the band’s claim of being told not to play “Down the Field.”

“Several claims made in a petition circulated Wednesday morning have limited or no basis in fact,” the UT statement read.

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“The University of Tennessee Pride of the Southland Marching Band is a much valued and integral part of the university and the game day experience,” the statement read. “Their pregame and halftime performances are outstanding and are part of the fabric of our great football traditions here at Tennessee. Once the game begins, the band is essential to achieving our goal of an electric atmosphere in Neyland Stadium.”

UT’s matchup with Georgia specifically garnered mention from the UT statement as “one of the best atmospheres in Neyland Stadium that we have experienced in a very long time.”

“We applaud our coaches, student-athletes, fans, students, the band and our marketing staff for their collective efforts that resulted in a true home-field advantage,” the statement continued.

From Sousa’s perspective, however, the Georgia game stands as the most obvious manifestation to date of the issues the band is facing, specifically an instance that occurred while the Bulldogs warmed up on the field prior to the game.

“At the end of their warm-up, they turned and put their helmets in the air and started walking in a straight line, slowly across the field, which is unbelievably disrespectful to the University of Tennessee,” Sousa said. “It’s an ‘in your face’ kind of situation, and traditionally, what would have happened is that the band would have played ‘Rocky Top’ as loud as they could have played it, and the fans would have erupted and they would have shut them down, but we were about to play ‘Rocky Top’ and they were playing the rap music from the D.J., and we were told specifically ‘do not play.’”

Instances like that, Sousa said, signify that Neyland Stadium is becoming closer to an NFL atmosphere.

“That started it,” Sousa said.

“But it happened many different times throughout the course of the game and it’s just one of those things where you can only get pushed so long and then the students just said, ‘We’ve had

PETROLEUM continued from Page 1 Greening said she believes the U.S. holds the potential to become energy independent through new technologies like horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing – better known as ‘fracking’ – and the utilization of shale or tight oil.

These new methods of drilling and usage of oil are less expensive and more efficient than standard strategies for obtaining oil.

Horizontal drilling, for example, allows the drill to turn at a 90-degree angle in the ground so multiple wells can be created from a single rigging site.

This is ideal for offshore drilling and is much more economically efficient than previous methods of oil extraction.

“Potentially, world energy balances can be altered as a result of the technology revolution in the U.S.,” Greening said.

Despite recent economic and political messages, Greening asserted that the country is not lacking energy.

“The U.S. has been driven by a crisis mentality that we’re running out of oil,” she said. “No, we’re not.”

Green, though, agreed with Greening’s opinion of the the nation’s energy resources.

“We’ve got a lot of oil and its potential is great if we use it correctly,” Green said.

In Greening’s opinion, the U.S. could become a leading exporter of crude oil by 2030.

“We’ve got a lot of energy, but the thing is we’ve got to take a look at what we do have and use it wisely,” Greening said. “I strongly believe that renewable energy and energy efficiency need to be expanded.”

enough, why are we killing ourselves to be out here when we’re basically being pushed out.’”

A statement provided to The Daily Beacon by band members claims that “the band has been locked in a bitter battle with athletics since Dave Hart, athletic director, arrived in 2011 regarding the travel of the band and gameday atmosphere and marketing in Neyland Stadium.”

Sousa views Hart’s role in the debate simply.

“Not as a villain, just that this is his decision,” Sousa said before describing the band’s relationship with Hart as “non-existent.”

“Our relationship has been one of being dictated to,” Sousa said.

As for a possible mediator in the debate, Sousa, who has held his current title as director of bands since 1997, is hopeful that UT chancellor Jimmy Cheek can help find a solution.

“I’m sure he (Cheek) will sit down and work out what is best for the university, and I think what’s best for the university will be what’s best for these students,” Sousa said. “And that’s what we want, we want what is best for the students, what is best for future students and that’s what we’re looking for. Because if it wasn’t for you guys, we wouldn’t be here and sometimes people at this university forget that, but we never do.

“It’s always been about the students, and I think some people lose track of that. When there is money involved, people lose track of that.”

According to the UT statement, the Pride of the Southland Band’s operating budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year is $1,125,169, down $9,000 – or close to 1 percent – from a figure of $1,134,669 for the 2011-12 fiscal year.

The statement asserts those numbers as “attesting to the continued priority placed on investment in the band” in light of budget cuts affecting UT’s other sports.

“Our band will always play a major role in the Tennessee football game day experience,” the statement read, “and any insinuation to the contrary is inaccurate.”

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Smokey celebrates his 60th birthday with cheerleaders and students Oct. 4 on Pedestrian Walkway. Smokey became UT’s official mascot on Oct. 3, 1953.

Students make splash at green conference Ana Reboredo Segovia Contributor As many UT students recovered from the emotional Georgia game, others prepared for a different sort of excitement: the Association for the Advancement of Sustainable Education’s student summit and conference in Nashville, Tenn.

This conference is the largest campus sustainability gathering in North America, with attendees from several other countries including the U.K. and Canada.

UT students attended workshops that imparted leadership skills and explored the careers students can make out of their passion for building sustainable futures. The workshops also informed students about national student-led initiatives, such as the Real Food Challenge and Fossil Free campaigns.

These campaigns involve moving to allocate university funds to “Real Food,” and divesting higher education’s endowments

from fossil fuels.

“The conference was a great opportunity to learn about environmental movements going on at other universities,” Julianna Burchett, junior in environmental studies, said. “It’s nice to hear that schools across the country are experiencing success with campaigns, such as divestment from fossil fuels and pushing for local foods in the dining halls.”

AASHE also allowed for students to make connections with others that held similar interests and goals, learn from similar experiences and share tips on how to make campus organizations more effective.

Brian Conlon, recipient of the Udall scholarship, an award given to students who demonstrate a commitment to pursue careers related to the environment, and a fifth-year senior in environmental studies and German, presented at the conference on Tuesday.

“My research is on develop-

ing coastal adaptation policy in Australia,” Conlon said, “which seems to not fit in at a conference about sustainability. But it’s a really good opportunity to be able to apply this research in such a different context.”

Markese Bryant delivered the keynote address.

Bryant is a 2012 Echoing Green Black Male Achievement Fellow and co-founder/managing partner of Fight for Light, a nonprofit social enterprise dedicated to transforming historically black colleges and universities into centers for environmental sustainability and social innovation.

Bryant addressed students about the state of the environmental movement itself.

He said the movement of this time period is analogous to the civil rights movement of the ‘60s.

Their movement was stagnating, and required the direct action of forward-looking young people to make a desperately-

needed change. According to Bryant, young people have the power and ability to demand change in our social system.

Bryant claimed this is the “make or break” generation for the environmental movement, and is the deciding factor in whether or not the environmental movement succeeds.

UT’s environmental organization, Students Promoting Environmental Action in Knoxville, plans to take another trip on Oct. 18 for a threeday conference known as Power Shift 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Power Shift is the largest convergence of young student activists fighting for action on climate change, with 8,000 to 10,000 students in attendance.

The 30 students from Knoxville who attend will participate in leadership workshops, attend speeches by prominent leaders in the environmental movement and make connections with student activists from across the country.

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SOCIAL IMPACT continued from Page 1 “Teach For America is a non-profit organization seeking college graduates to teach in a low-income community for two years in hopes of closing the opportunity gap that exists in our country between kids who grow up in low-income communities and their peers in more affluent communities,” Brkovic said. “Our organization is here to work towards ending this issue of education inequality.”

After the fair, Career Services received feedback from the organizations regarding the number of students they gained as a direct result from the fair.

The expected attendance was around 300 people, but Hembree said marketing and advertising for the event could always improve.

Hembree emphasized that area organizations are excited to attend, but the fair’s biggest concern is how to make the event more appealing to students.

Recognizing the growing difficulty students have with face-to-face contact in today’s electronic age, Hembree stressed the importance and value of the fair to gain contacts with future employers.

“Networking has always proved one of the hardest things for our students to do and this is what this fair is about,” Hembree said.

“Even if an organization here only has a volunteer opportunity and you are a senior and need a job, you can still learn more about the professional standing behind that table and how they got their job.”

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Greg Akins screen prints a T-shirt Oct. 9. at Borderland Tees, a community organization specializing in custom T-shirts for churches, clubs and businesses.

Knoxville company fosters second chances Bradi Musil Staff Writer “Capitalism for the Common Good.”

This is the slogan for Borderland Tees, a company that gives the homeless and formerly incarcerated an opportunity at employment.

Not only the production house for made-to-order T-shirts, Borderland Tees also serves a sanctuary for Knoxville residents in search of a job and stability.

For the past 45 years, Bob Riehl has been successfully printing custom made T-shirts for group and individual sale.

In 2008, however, Riehl and business partner Reverend Jenny Arthur decided to transform their corporation.

“Mostly, we help them get jobs in the community,” Riehl said. “We will let them work here some if they need too, but that’s the last resort. You help them get food stamps, ID cards, Social Security cards; a lot of these guys lose

everything on the street and no one will talk to them without their cards.

So, the first thing we do is drive them downtown or give them a bus ticket.”

Arthur, a minister at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, also helps employees find small jobs by offering their services to friends from church.

The idea behind Borderland Tees first emerged when a young homeless man stumbled into Arthur’s church roughly five years ago.

After it became evident that he would not survive on the streets, Riehl, a friend of Arthur’s, offered the young man a job at his printing company. After this simple act of friendship, Riehl recalls a marked change in the man.

Inspired, Riehl and Arthur set out to institutionalize this system.

“We felt called,” Riehl said. “We felt religiously called to do this.”

Today, Riehl uses his printing shop to foster relationships within the community.

“More than anything they need to get away from an old situation into a new situation,” Riehl said. “We have a program and a process that’s dependent on the individual and what their needs are and we try to help them for them.

“We try not to do anything for somebody that they can do for themselves.”

Currently, the largest market for Borderland Tees is souvenir shopping in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, but they also receive orders from UT’s chemistry department, governor’s school programs, Camp Koinonia and Sex Week.

“It’s kind of incredible,” Caroline Norris, an undecided freshman pursuing a career in community ministry, said. “This business is purely run on the idea of helping people. I mean, that’s kind of the opposite of what we usually see, isn’t it?”

Riehl and Arthur receive no salary from the shop’s revenue, instead using all proceeds to improve efficiency and

the lives of their staff.

This for-profit social enterprise, Riehl claims, is the most effective way to help the community.

“This is the best way,” Riehl said.

“Without the risk of losing everything, it’s hard to stay motivated. If an order doesn’t go out, I feel personally responsible and without that drive, I’ve realized, it’s hard to keep a business going.

“You have to have that sense of urgency, some kind of entrepreneurial spirit.”

Riehl said he hopes to eventually funnel profits from Borderland Tees into a non-profit organization capable of endeavors, such as providing housing and job training opportunities.

For now, though, Riehl and Arthur are content.

“At first we thought we knew what we were doing and had it all figured out, but now ... we just do what’s necessary today.”

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Stories hold potential to transform perspective Uncommon Sense by

Evan Ford We had quite a showdown this past weekend.

In one corner, we have “Gravity,” a stunning 3D spectacle exploring the perils of humanity in space, which set records as the strongest October opening ever. It received a 98 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and has singlehandedly reversed the trend of 3D-hate in cinema.

Fighting against “Gravity” is ‘science,’ represented by internet-darling Neil deGrasse Tyson, who ranted against the film via Twitter all weekend in a series called “Mysteries of Gravity.”

Here’s a couple: “Mysteries of Gravity: Nearly all satellites orbit Earth west to east yet all satellite debris portrayed orbited east to west.” And, “Mysteries of Gravity: Why Bullock’s hair, in otherwise convincing zero-G sequences, did not float freely on her head.”

The best, most cutting criticism was this: “Mysteries of Gravity: why we enjoy a SciFi film set in make-believe space more than we enjoy actual people set in real space.”

Following harsh cuts to NASA spending and more science tragedy in this current shutdown, the question is at the heart of many thinkers and educators: why do we like watching science, but not science itself?

Why is reality consistently overshadowed by story?

As someone who studies and loves philosophy and economics, I love to argue. I love facts. Thus, I’ve been confused by this story-over-argument phenomenon. That was until my friend told me a story.

Her dad, who owns commercial real estate, grew up in the South. He never felt comfortable around other races and was pretty much racist. Then he started renting to a Hispanic family who ran a grocery store, and they were the best renters he ever had. This changed him, and he no longer holds prejudice against Hispanics.

What may seem just another guilty anecdote about a white man getting unstuck from his backwards ways cuts to a sharper point; argument did not change her dad’s mind. What convinced him was a story. It was his own story.

Every time we learn something, it’s a story. Whether we’re becoming more accepting of other races, or changing our minds politically, or even making some scientific discovery, this is our story. We start out in some way, then some plot action happens, and we become someone else — we learn something.

In fact, story makes us human. We can’t help but view ourselves as the protagonist of our own stories. Our memories and plans and senses meld together into an unavoidably self-centered narrative.

When you tell your friends what happened that one time at prom, or why your day isn’t going well, you tell a story. When you reach back into memory to remember where you left your keys, you see a story.

And somehow, when we hear other stories, our own narrative disappears. We slip into another protagonist’s perspective to feel, think and learn like they do.

When we melt into the world of Gravity, we, in a monumental way, lose ourselves.

That’s what makes them so important to hear, watch and tell. Facts confront you through your perspective; stories replace that perspective.

So, what I’d say to Neil deGrasse Tyson is this: try a different story. Think about the thousands of 13-yearolds, sitting between their parents in a dark theater, transported into space for 91 minutes. They don’t care which direction debris should orbit, or zero-G hair. They care about space, and will go home and spend hours learning about orbits and gravity because, thanks to a story, they love “science” now.

Think about the millions of people, including myself, who are reminded this weekend of the value of conserving our planet, or the smallness of one person in the vastness of space. Sure, maybe we could have spouted statistics and scientific papers, and elicited a few responses of “wow” and “I didn’t know that.”

But then we would have been left in our own minds, our feet on the ground. That brings us no closer to NASA funding, or better public scientific knowledge. If we want to get people more involved with their universe, and to fall in love with science, we have to start telling great stories about it, unrealistic hair or not.

Evan Ford is a junior in College Scholars. He can be reached at eford6@utk.edu.

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Smartphones create ‘social shackles’ with immediacy Guest Column by

Marianela D’ Aprile

By now, it has become pretty selfevident that our generation and the Internet have grown up together.

It follows that the devices through which we connect to the Internet have also developed alongside us.

Since 2007, we have seen the release of seven generations of the iPhone, and with each one, growing criticism against becoming too connected.

Images of users with eyes glued to their smartphone screens appear as warnings against something that seems to control us – the lure of the world that exists at the touch of a finger to a screen.

While this connection fascinates us, it also scares us. This past June, Fast Company published a series of articles featuring Baratunde Thurston, New York Times best-selling author and CEO of Cultivated Wit, who “unplugged” for 25 days in order to free himself from the digital shackles

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Through the screens of our iPhones, we can see everything happening in real time – Facebook posts, tweets, text messages, emails – without any sort of hierarchy.

Everything gets the same little white number inside a little red circle. iPhones do not give us a way to distinguish between what’s important and what isn’t, and because they deliver all information as soon as it happens, everything gains a sense of urgency.

This immediacy is what is really stressing us out. Our smartphones constantly bombard us, and we easily lose sight of what actually matters when a tweet and an email from a professor arrive at our hands with the same sound. Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible to teach our iPhones to distinguish between what’s important and what isn’t.

This distinction is up to us.

If we are going to continue to grow alongside technology, we must learn to appreciate the connectivity it brings us while separating ourselves from its immediacy.

Marianela D’Aprile is a senior in architecture. She can be reached at mdaprile@utk.edu.

Roommates see it all, accept your vulnerabilities Knight Errand by

Victoria Knight The words bedfellow, bunkmate, roomie and, if you’re British, flatmate, all describe some of the most important people who share our lives in college – roommates.

Along with inhabiting a small space with us, our roommates are the people who get to – or maybe have to – see us at our most vulnerable.

Choosing roommates in college can be a tricky process, especially during your freshman year.

Random roommates tend to run the gamut for compatibility; some may immediately become best friends, others only cordially civil, and still others abhor each other. After freshman year, most students choose who they will live with next from their newlyestablished friend groups, and that’s when the real fun begins.

Living together either ruins your friendship or strengthens it, but most don’t really seem to give thought as to why this relationship is a make or break deal, they just know it.

The real reason is that they are allowed not just a window into our lives, but a view of the

full spectrum of our lives.

Roommates see our true selves.

Before college, being roommates is something that’s only reserved for our parents, siblings and someday far in the future, a spouse. Our bleary-eyed, coffee-deprived and pajama-clad selves are very different from the one who walks into class and whom the rest of the world sees.

Self consciousness ceases to become an option, as roommates are privy to all of our personal habits. Quirks and idiosyncrasies can no longer be hidden – the way we like to brush our teeth for at least five minutes, or insist on drinking only the mini-size Sprite cans.

Witness our phone conversations, our holey socks, our faces without makeup.

Whether we are obsessive about sweeping the kitchen and scrubbing the shower regularly, or choose to let dishes sit in the sink and laundry to ferment in our rooms, they know.

Food – whether we embarrassingly subsist upon only frozen dinners and peanut butter sandwiches or eat a full-fledged eggs, bacon and grits breakfast every morning. There’s really not a lot we can hide from our roommates – we’re kind of stuck with letting them really see us and at the same time seeing them too.

All of these little habits and oddities, we notice them, accept them and they stack up, one upon the other, until we know them all by heart – sometimes they even become a part of our own routine.

And we are vulnerable with our roommates. Whether we tell them or not, they observe our day-in, day-out struggles. They know things that not even our closest friends may know.

They are there for both the days that we come home upset and crying, as well as our triumphant, on-top-of-the-world days. When we live somewhere long enough, our deepest dreams and darkest fears, they live there too.

Roommates also share in the parade of people we choose to bring into our home.

They see the embarrassing family members, crazy friends, faithful boyfriends/girlfriends and even possibly the random hookup.

People become another kind of fixture in the apartment.

Scientifically, the roommate bond is even close; the small quarters and joined spaces, same toilet, shower and sink, all lend themselves to an extreme microbial level of sharing. The dining table chairs we sat on in our underwear, the forks put into all of our mouths, and the skin cells, hair and germs littering the apartment, more a combination of all, than one.

Roommates see the you that walks out into the world; they open the door for the you who comes back. And if they can love both, they’re more than roommates – they’re keepers.

Victoria Knight is a senior in microbiology.

She can be reached at vknight6@utk.edu.

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that caused him so much stress.

The series not only told the story of Thurston’s “digital detox,” but also featured articles with tips and tricks on “how to unplug” and even a “complete, printable guide” to doing so.

All through this series, catalogued on the “Fast Company” website with the tag “unplug,”, authors cited connectivity as the main culprit of the stress caused by smartphones.

They refer to Thurston as “the world’s most connected man” and compare bringing one’s phone to bed to being constantly “on call.” It is undeniable that the Internet and its growing availability have increased our interconnectedness, but it is less clear whether connectivity is the true source of “smartphone stress.”

In fact, connectivity is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, benefits of the smartphone.

We have the entire world available to us at our fingertips – a notion we’ve heard over and over. The real problem lies in the way in which we are connected; more specifically, the way in which smartphones deliver information to us.

With the iPhone, everything is instant and automatic.

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Josh Outsey was one of those people. “At the time that we got the idea for SEEED, I was 23 and my living situation was not the best,� Outsey said. “I found myself seeking self-improvement and internal changes while at the same time realizing that my external community also needed change.�

His solution is to help Knoxville residents live environmentally sound lifestyles while simultaneously giving young people like himself a positive direction and the power to make a change. “I came to Knoxville from Birmingham and felt this community quickly becoming the place I could call home,� Outsey said. “Knoxville was already better off than a lot of places I’ve been, but I still felt I could see potential that perhaps some natives couldn’t. I felt like we could tie together the environmental efforts already underway and help improve people’s living conditions.�

SEEED aims to improve the weatherization and sustainability of homes in especially low income communities. “We have two big problems – poverty and nonrenewable energy,� Johnson said. “A lot of energy is being wasted in homes due to their old age.�

Outsey expressed frustration over the tendency of low-income Knoxville residents to pay more for utilities due to antiquated heating and water systems. “We saw that these communities have lower incomes, yet higher prices on bills,� Outsey said. “It’s totally disproportionate. Instead of just complaining, we questioned how we could improve this.

Clean energy and sustainability is the way to go.�

SEEED then began enlisting young people for help in their mission.

Under the guidance of mentors, youth from primarily Knoxville’s urban areas update old homes by weather stripping, adding sustainable insulation and switching light bulbs to energy efficient ones.

Currently, 22 young people between the ages of 16-28 are enrolled. “We always start off by referring to these young adults as our ‘kids’, but it becomes harder to keep calling them kids as the process goes on,� Outsey said. “These are young adults undergoing the process into adulthood and seeking self-improvement and positive motivation through us. You get to see them evolve through social responsibility and selfdiscovery into educated and empowered adults.�

Strip eatery boasts giant burgers, speedy delivery Matt Levine Contributor “A burger the size of your head.�

As one of the Strip’s newest restaurants, located next door to Studio X and University Liquors, Gyrene Burger Company brings a much-needed alternative to the fast food burger places that pervade the area.

The start of a brand new franchise, Gyrene Burger was founded by former Domino’s owner Thomas Monaghan. After selling the restaurant in 1999, Thomas moved to philanthropy, focusing on raising funds for charities, before jumping back into building restaurants.

The burgers are made with fresh Angus beef. All burgers are served with two strips of bacon, a slice of American cheese and a sesame seed bun with two patties and fries on the side.

The infamous triple burger inspired the name created by Rob Wynkoop, store franchisee. “I couldn’t describe it and when I was looking at it, I was like, ‘Wow, this thing is the size of your head,’� Wynkoop said.

Wynkoop said he saw Monaghan’s advertisement in the paper and applied for the job after meeting a specific qualification: only Marine officers need apply.

Monaghan, a retired Marine, wanted to give his restaurant a military vibe. “He came upon the idea to create a military-themed restaurant that would

empower veterans to become business owners,� Wynkoop said. “He wanted to create a company to give back to those guys.�

The military theme takes shape through the outfits of the employees through camouflaged shirts and fast delivery service.

This delivery is result of their transportation strategy: a scooter. “They allow us to move in tight places and not have to spend 10 minutes to find a place to park,� Wynkoop said. “We’re going to be the fastest delivery place on the Strip.

That is our goal.�

Jake Willis, sophomore in logistics, had nothing but high praise for the new establishment. “Their timely delivery is nearly as exceptional as the burger itself,� Willis said. “The fries were on point and the customer service was outstanding, overall a great experience. You can’t beat a free delivery service.�

The choice of Gyrene in Knoxville came from Monaghan’s successful experience with Domino’s Pizza. “Knoxville has a lot of great stuff to offer,�

Monaghan said. “Domino’s was built on the edges of college campuses, and we are using that same blueprint but in Knoxville.�

The Strip and its assortment of places to eat and drink has lacked a restaurant focused solely on burgers, Gyrene owners said. “We are providing quality,� Wynkoop said. “We are providing value and speedy service.�

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Rob Wynkoop, owner and franchisee of Gyrene Burger, a military-themed restaurant, delivers the restaurant’s signature burgers via scooters Oct. 9. The eatery delivers food rain or shine via their scooters and electric bikes.

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Thursday, October 10, 2013 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

ARTS & CULTURE Thursday, October 10

Saturday, October 12

What: Kevin Carter Where: Wild Wing Cafe When: 9 p.m.

Price: Free Cortney’s Take: Chicken wings and country music. What else would you want on a Thursday night on Rocky Top? Country singer Kevin Carter will be at Wild Wing Cafe sharing his stories through song.

Sunday, October 13

Friday, October 11

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Panic! at the Disco shocks with new style Jenna Butz

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What: Green River Ordinance with Elenowen Where: Square Room When: 8 p.m.

Price: Free Cortney’s Take: Friday nights are great for concerts. This one is free and features rock band Green River Ordinance and duo Elenowen. This combination of rock and folk is sure to be a good night for music lovers of all kinds.

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What: Oktoberfest Where: Restaurant Linderhoff in Farragut, Tenn.

When: 12 p.m.

Price: $5, all ages Claire’s Take: What better to celebrate October and German culture than with Oktoberfest? This festival will feature delicious food, craft beer and good music as Knoxville embraces the turning of the leaves and the transition into fall.

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What: Host with the Most Where: Side Splitters Comedy Club When: 6 p.m.

Price: $15 Claire’s Take: This event features local media personalities performing stand-up routines and competing to win audience votes. Ninety percent of ticket sales will be donated to the winner’s choice charity.

This event combines humor and a good cause for maximum laughs and good feelings.

Without Brandon Urie’s distinct voice, Panic! at the Disco’s newest effort, “Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!” would be nearly unrecognizable.

Bringing back the exclamation point, Panic! at the Disco once again sounds like an entirely new band — possibly because the only original member left is Urie, the dramatic front man known to draw crowds and live in the spotlight.

However, he has no interest in this album being considered a solo effort, despite his massive creative input through both writing and producing.

What once began as a risqué, carnival-esque show, Panic! at the Disco has now morphed into a dirtier, alternative dance sound.

The band also stated to draw from hip-hop in that “there are no rules” to experiment with.

Influences for this album range from Depeche Mode to mentors Fall Out Boy, which explains the unexpected, yet totally expected, new sound.

The “no rules” mantra becomes apparent throughout the album.

Each song could be placed into many different genres, yet they all seem to somehow mesh in their eclectic mash-up.

The opener, “This is Gospel,” could remind listeners of a Bon Iver flare masticated with a power ballad chorus. The rest of the album seems to alternate between underground dance hits to hints of old school R&B, a sound Urie reveals is a mix of new and old Las Vegas.

Urie has mentioned this album to be a sort of confession of his former lifestyle and experiences in Sin City.

Originally from Las Vegas, he drew inspiration from his encounters with dangerous promiscuity and wild nights out. Urie even wrote many of the lyrics in the city itself.

The song “Vegas Lights” is meant to reflect the city’s party scene with lines such as “The Vegas lights/The lies and affection/Sensation/We’re winning ‘til the curtain’s coming down.”

There is also the album’s lead single, “Miss Jackson,” where the risqué nature of the metropolis

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is explored in Urie’s bed-hopping with the city’s ladies.

Like the group’s last album, “Vices &Virtues,” this album was produced by legend Butch Walker, which is fitting considering his involvement in the transformation of many other artists of the early 2000s.

Somehow, Walker has a capability of leading bands into impressive experimental projects, and he has clearly done it again with this album.

When Panic! at the Disco first arrived on the scene, many saw them as another band making it big through the emo, pop-punk scene which was wildly popular around 2005. Instead, they have solidified themselves as a rock staple matching another hometown hero, The Killers, in their take off.

Some bad boy edge – reminiscent of the band’s freshman album “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” – can be found in the song “Nicotine” for those hoping for a rebirth of the Panic! at the Disco where the exclamation mark was a fan girl favorite across MySpace.

However, their audience better be ready to morph with them because Panic! at the Disco appears to always be ready for the next big, creative surprise.

Author speaks on storytelling Hannah Moulton Contributor Ruta Sepetys, historical fiction author, is a firm believer that everyone has a story worth telling.

“If you have a story to tell, tell it,” Sepetys said at the Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature lecture Tuesday night.

Sepetys’ story is told in her best-selling novel “Between Shades of Gray” about her family’s experience of the Soviet Union.

During the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, Sepetys’ family found themselves on Stalin’s execution list.

Thanks to a favor from a family friend, they were able to escape and flee to a refugee camp.

Nine years later, Sepetys’ father left Europe and arrived in Brooklyn, N.Y. “That’s what I thought my family’s story was,” Sepetys said.

However, this was only the partial truth.

Before she began her writing career, Sepetys spent 20 years working in the music industry.

She said she realized – through a conversation with a client – she had spent years helping musicians tell their story, but she had never really thought much about her own.

Sepetys soon went on a jour-

ney to Lithuania to uncover the truth about her family’s history.

She soon learned the majority of her father’s close relatives had been deported to Siberia, where only one survived.

Sepetys said she wanted to share this story with the world, and decided to do so through historical fiction.

Thus, “Between Shades of Gray” was born.

The novel’s plot centers around the story of a fictional Lithuanian girl who is transported with her family to a refugee camp in Siberia.

“The story is shedding much needed light on this part of history,” said Miranda Clark, director of the Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature.

The novel, which was extremely successful and was published in 46 countries, was translated into 26 languages and placed on The New York Times best-seller list.

Sepetys was praised for her eye-opening story of courage, identity and love.

She was asked to give a speech in front of the European Parliament and was knighted with the Lithuanian Cross of the Knight of the Order.

While interviewing immigrants that came to America in the 1950s, Sepetys got the idea for her second novel, “Out of the Easy.”

It tells the story of a young girl in the 1950s whose story is far from the typical ‘Happy Days’ usually associated with the decade.

But Sepetys’ success did not come without its challenges.

In the beginning, publishers were wary of publishing the book for young adults, which is what the author originally wanted.

However, Sepetys had written the book with too much brutality, and was told to rewrite it 16 times. She also faced publishers who thought the story was not important enough to be told.

Despite these setbacks, Sepetys persevered and her story was finally published.

“She didn’t let the fact that the publishers turned her book down for so long distract her and discourage her from continuing to try to get it published,” said Kayla Curbow, sophomore in child and family studies.

Sepetys stressed the importance of storytelling.

She talked about a letter her grandfather wrote to a priest when Sepetys was just a girl in pigtails. At the end of the letter, Sepetys’ grandfather expressed his hope that a writer would share his story.

Sepetys asked: “What are the chances that that writer was me?”

Thursday, October 10, 2013

THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Sports Editor David Cobb

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Vols still shuffling for answers in secondary David Cobb Sports Editor The UT football preseason depth chart released on July 30 pitted freshman cornerback Cameron Sutton as a backup to junior college transfer Riyahd Jones.

A calf injury Jones suffered during fall camp then vaulted Sutton to a starting role for UT’s seasonopener against Austin Peay.

Through six games, Sutton is thriving at a position of need, racking up 21 tackles, five pass breakups and an interception, which he returned for a touchdown.

But with Jones now back at practice, it’s unclear how or if the Vols’ secondary will adjust.

One position that could use a boost, according to defensive coordinator John Jancek, is the nickel back position that manned by freshman walk-on Devaun Swafford and former running back JaRon Toney.

“Trying to find consistent play,” Jancek said of the nickel back position. “Guys go out there and they’re making mistakes, so we’re looking for a level of consistency from that position and it’s hard.”

In Jancek’s defensive system, the nickel back is generally used in passing situations instead of a third linebacker in order to give the defense an extra defensive back to aid in covering wide receivers.

“You can’t just go base people and throw a linebacker out there when you’re playing these teams that are playing three or four wide receivers,” Jancek said. “You’re at a strategic disadvantage and a disadvantage in space. We’re trying to get some-

one to come alive at that position.”

With all the inconsistencies at nickel back, Jancek has exhausted most of his viable options, even trying out players unfamiliar with the position.

“We had (Geraldo) Orta there at one point in the spring and even early in camp and that didn’t look that was going to pan out,“ Jancek said.

Veteran safety Byron Moore and starting corner Justin Coleman were also possibilities, but their inexperience, as well as the lack of secondary depth on the defensive unit, nixed that decision.

“We don’t have any safeties so we can’t really take from that position to put him in that nickel,” Jancek said.

“When we got Riyahd back, we wanted to move Coleman to look at him at nickel,” he added. “That hasn’t come to fruition at this point, so we are what we are and we’ve just got to keep getting better and focus on us each week and improving and that’s been the message to our guys.”

Jones’ return comes at a crucial point in the season where snaps have started to build up on some of the more important defenders on the team.

“Every time we get somebody new it always changes things and we really need everybody to play for us and with Riyahd and a lot injured people coming back,” Coleman said. “They’re going to help us get a breather and probably make some plays for us.

“I feel like we need everyone. Everyone is a huge part of the team. Freshman have been making big plays that have been helping us throughout the year.”

Assistant Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron and Copy Editor Dargan Southard contributed to this story.

TENNIS continued from Page 1 Reese was already feeling unwell before leaving for the tournament, and his symptoms worsened Thursday.

“The mornings were always the toughest,” Reese said. “My throat was pretty sore. I just had a pretty good cough. So the mornings were a little bit tough, but then as the morning progressed, I thought I was feeling a little bit better.

“Then we started to play, and I felt terrible. I thought I was going to throw up.”

Reese lost his first singles match on Thursday, but ended up winning his consolation match.

Libietis returned from the hospital about 45 minutes before the pair’s first doubles match, however, and was still feeling the effects of his virus.

“I felt a little bit better, but didn’t feel great at all,” Libietis said. “I was really tired. I was getting dizzy a lot. We just knew that we needed to fight for today and make it through today.”

The pair then joined forces to come back from two breaks to win 8-6 in their first doubles match, one of the last played that night.

After an evening’s rest, Libietis was feeling better, but still felt weak, while Reese had fully recovered.

On Friday, the duo won its second round match 8-3 and advanced to the semifinals with an 8-4 victory over Florida’s Elliot Orkin and Gordon Watson.

Their spot in the semifinals qualified them for the National Indoor Intercollegiate Champions in New York in November, however, Libietis said he was not satisfied and remained focused on winning the tournament.

“I was like, ‘If we finally got to semifinals, I really wanted to win the tournament,’” Libietis said. “I don’t really care about ...

New York or not. I felt like that’s sometimes a problem for us that we lost so many second or third rounds in the big tournaments.”

In the semifinals on Saturday, Libietis and Reese faced the 19thranked collegiate doubles team from TCU.

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Juniors Mikelis Libietis, left, and Hunter Reese hold their doubles national championship trophies after claiming victory during the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla. on Oct. 6.

The Vols pulled it out in a tiebreaker, winning 8-7.

Following the victory against the TCU partners, they were matched up against a skilled team from UCLA in a best two out of three set match.

In an up and down match that needed another tiebreaker to separate the two teams, the Vols came out on top 2-6, 6-1, 7-6.

“After we lost the first set, we kind of changed the strategy,” Reese said. “And it worked really well. We were crossing a lot of serves and just controlling the middle. It kind of took them out of their rhythm whereas in the first set, they were just ripping balls by us.”

They became just the third

team from Tennessee to win the doubles draw at this tournament, joining John-Patrick Smith and Boris Conkic in 2009 and Byron Talbot and Shelby Cannon in 1986.

As for how the two both managed to get sick, one after the other, Reese said he did not seem to think staying in the same hotel room had to do with it.

“I hope not because I was sick first, so that would mean I gave it to him,” Reese said. “I don’t know. I guess it’s a possibility.”

The Vols will compete in their first home tournament of the year this weekend at the indoor facility at Goodfriend Tennis Center in the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships.

Defense will be key for Lady Vols Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer Before the Lady Vols basketball team starts their 2013-14 season on Nov. 4 in a preseason opener against Carson-Newman, one of the primary focuses for the squad will be continuing their intensity on defense.

This will be nothing new for ESPN’s preseason No. 3-ranked team, as their relentless approach on defense has been the cornerstone of the program for quite some time.

“Every workout we’ve focused on the defensive end of the ball,” head coach Holly Warlick said. “We’re trying to spend a lot of time trying to get to the basics of the foundation for us.”

While the upperclassmen know their roles, they are placing it upon themselves to help two incoming freshman, point guard Jordan Reynolds and center Mercedes Russell, understand what being a Lady Vol is all about.

“For Jordan and Mercedes it’s going to be a teaching thing,” senior shooting guard Meighan Simmons said of the team’s two highly-touted freshman. “They are picking up quickly so far, but they still have to learn the ins-andouts of the game. It’s all about letting them understand what the foundation is and learning their roles out on the court.”

On defense, the Lady Vols have specifically focused on creating more turnovers this year.

In order for a defense to create turnovers, two team strengths must be speed and quick hands.

With the return of a healthy roster and five of their six players from last season that averaged at least one steal per game, it appears that Tennessee will at least hold its own this season.

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Senior shooting guard Meighan Simmons touches a layup off the backboard against Oral Roberts University at Thompson-Boling Arena on March 23.

The Lady Vols begin play Nov. 4.

“I feel like our helpside defense is a lot better and our communication is there, but it can always get better,” Simmons said. “With this team our legs and power will give us the extra spark on the court.

“Mercedes is going to be a key for us down low and overall I think our defense is really developed. We have a lot of great things to come as far as our defense goes.”

With an experienced group around them, Reynolds and Russell, both Oregon natives, are well on their way to making an impact for the Lady Vols this season.

“They have been listening to us and the coaches,” junior forward Cierra Burdick said. “I think they are above the curve compared to other freshman around the coun-

try. I think that is going to help us out great and I can’t wait to play with them. They are going to do some special things for us.”

Others are also noticing Tennessee’s strength this year.

On Tuesday, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association released its 201314 “Wade Watch” list of 25 candidates who are considered the top players in all of the country.

Tennessee was just one of five schools to have two players make the list with Meighan Simmons and sophomore forward Bashaara Graves making the cut.

Simmons returns as the defending SEC Co-Player of the Year, while Graves was the 2013 SEC Freshman of the Year.

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