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Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Issue 40, Volume 127

NOT A WALK IN THE ‘PARK’

Local hike provides quick autumn retreat

The season of crisp air, colAnd what better way to do it orful leaves and pumpkin-spice than heading to the mountains? everything is upon UT once Witnessing the peak color again, beckoning students to change in the fresh mountain revel in the autumn weather. air is appealing to many, but

Nicole Hedger

Contributor

carving out the time to do it can be difficult, even over fall break. Luckily, there’s a hike that offers the same benefits as those in the Smokies, but is a quarter of the drive and doesn’t take the entire day to complete. The House Mountain trail is

Students work to expand voter awareness on campus

Percentage of World Muslim Population by Region 61.9% Asia-Pacific 20.1% Middle East-North Africa

Altaf Nanavati

15.3% Sub-Saharan Africa

Contributor

2.4% Europe

In 2009, 23% of the global population was Muslim.

3 3, 609

See HARVARD on Page 2

Congregations

Adherents

0.7% 1.5%

Source: Pew Research; City-Data.com

Breaking Muslim stereotypes through education, dialogue Hannah Marley Contributor

Girls wearing multicolored hijabs in various styles, or no hijabs at all, travel from class to class, just more fish in a sea of college students. Men in jeans and t-shirts study for exams or hang out on The Strip, indistinguishable from the masses

Lady Vols hit the road in search of first SEC win

0.3% Americas

Estimate of Knoxville Population Affiliated with an Islamic Congregation • Diana Howell

See HIKING on Page 3

Contributor

• Morgan Chance

Registration Committee for the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, attended a conference hosted by The Institute of Politics at Harvard University for the National Campaign for Political and Civic Engagement from Sept. 27 to Sept. 28. This project unites 25 different colleges and universities in the hope of encouraging students to be proactive in their societies through political involvement. In preparation for this conference, the students representing their schools were asked to generate a project proposal surrounding a specific issue. Chance and Howell chose to work on voting rights and accessibility with a plan to set up voter registration booths across campus and Market Square. Howell said this project yielded great success. “We were able to register 120 people to vote and inform them on where they can vote, absentee ballot information and show them a sample ballot,” Howell said. After completing their projects, students were able to meet with each other in Boston for two days to receive constructive feedback on the issues that they presented in each of their proposals, and to learn how to promote them back home. “We learned many different skills from the different talks and workshops,” Chance explained, “such as how to work across party lines and how to effectively speak to a large group of people.”

grade that makes you feel like you’re climbing a ladder,” Caleb Batchelor said, a senior in nursing. Although it’s only a 2-mile (4-mile round trip) hike, it’s a challenging one.

Trenton Duffer

Katrina Roberts • The Daily Beacon

Morgan Chance and Diana Howell want you -- to vote, that is. Chance and Howell, both sophomores in political science and heads of the Voter

located in the House Mountain State Natural Area near Corryton, about a 20-minute drive from campus, making it an idyllic escape into nature without sacrificing an entire day to the escapade. “(It’s) a short hike but a

save for their occasional transition from English to Arabic. All students, all Knoxvillians and all Muslims. Each of these individuals must face the realities of living in a post-9/11 world filled with fear and misunderstanding. Knoxville native Abdalla Husain is one such individual. As a teenager, he was one of only two or three

Muslims at his local high school, with the exception of his sisters. While he played sports, hung out with friends and graduated as the valedictorian of his class, pervasive stereotypes followed him in the form of questions both benign and aggressive, from friends and strangers alike. See MUSLIM on Page 2

With their four-game homestand now over, the Lady Vols hit the road and head to Starkville, Mississippi, and Athens, Georgia, this weekend to take on two different sets of Bulldogs. The Lady Vols (7-13, 0-6 SEC) are coming off two tough losses to Kentucky and LSU. Although both matches were losses, head coach Rob Patrick feels confident in his team’s ability. “I was actually very happy with the first two sets of Kentucky,” Patrick said. “We did some very good things. When we passed the ball, we ran an offense that they couldn’t even stop … We fell apart in the third set, but I was very pleased on how we played in the first two sets. “Against LSU, we got unorganized. Unfortunately, these things happen. We played hard. We just got unorganized. If we can get more organized and take care of the first and second contacts, we’ll be okay.” Tennessee will first focus their attention on stopping the Mississippi State Bulldogs (5-16, 0-6 SEC), and while the hype in Starkville has been mainly directed at the football program, the Lady Vols can’t overlook their opponent and risk getting upended. “We can watch some film, scout them and stick to the game plan,” sophomore hitter Jamie Lea said. “We have to get more consistent and not give up so many errors.” See VOLLEYBALL on Page 8

Vols announce 2015 football schedule Sept. 5 against UAB at Nashville’s LP Field. It will be the first time Tennessee Tuesday the Tennessee Volunteers opens a season at a neutral site for the announced the entirety of their 2015 first time since 2012, when the Vols football schedule, which kicks off on faced off against NC State inside the

Staff Report

Front Row Review: Opposites attract in “Grace and Glorie” ARTS & CULTURE >>pg. 5

Georgia Dome. The matchup between the Vols and the Blazers will be the fifth all-time meeting between the two programs. The Volunteers have played at LP Field on four prior occasions, having

“I felt my skin crawl immediately.” VIEWPOINTS >>pg. 4

previously faced Vanderbilt there in 2000 and 2002, Wyoming in 2002 – the only other time the Vols kicked off a season at LP Field – and North Carolina in the 2010 Music City Bowl. See SCHEDULE on Page 8

Tennessee and Ole Miss will go head-to-head Saturday SPORTS >>pg. 6


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