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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Issue 44, Volume 124

A ‘TOXIC ENVIRONMENT’ Bradi Musil

Staff Writer It’s the most lethal psychiatric illness in the U.S., studies show, and yet one of the least reported. What is this growing phenomenom? Eating disorders. Even on college campuses, where anorexia is especially prevalent, the illness goes almost untreated. But the effects and prevalanece are quite the opposite. According to Mirasol Treatment

Center studies, without treatment, up to 20 percent of people with serious eating disorders will die from complications. With treatment, the mortality rate falls to 2 or 3 percent. “Before I opened this treatment center, I worked on a college campus, working with students with eating disorders and, from my perspective, it is the most significant health risk facing college students today,” Chase Bannister, vice president of Veritas Collaborative, a Durham, N.C., treatment and rehabilitation center, said.

LGBT seminar to address new vantage points Hayley Brundige Staff Writer Not simply exceptional, but outstanding. On Saturday, October 26, the OUTReach Center will hold its annual OUTstanding seminar. This year’s theme will be “Axes of Identity: Exploring Intersections of Diversity.” Created two years ago, the seminar has become a campus mainstay, growing in size and popularity. According to the seminar website, the event remains dedicated to its founding mission, “educating and exploring issues of LGBTIQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and questioning) identity and equality.” “OUTstanding will consist of 16 different presentations on LGBT topics,” said Abel Howard, a future graduate student in business administration. “We will explore topics covering homophobia in sports, gay youth in the bible belt, issues facing parents of transgender children, sexual minority identity among Middle Eastern and Arab Americans, plus games covering LGBT issues.” OUTstanding Chairperson, Cat Miller said the event will also feature a keynote address from bisexual activist, Robyn Ochs, and entertainment from slam poet Staceyann Chin. “I think events like this are a great way to talk to people who you may have not encountered otherwise,” Miller, also a senior in kinesiology, said. “We are provid-

ing a safe, inclusive atmosphere for students, faculty, and staff from UT to interact with students and community members outside of the university.” Roughly two dozen community representatives will be present during lunch to offer information and services. “UT is a place of learning so it is fitting that we would educate everyone in the area on LGBT issues,” Howard said. “The more people that are educated, the more they can do to help our community.” Afterward, a performance by the Knoxville Gay Men’s Chorus and a raffle furnished by local businesses to raise funding for the LGBT community’s campus organizations will follow. The seminar will focus on the unique perspectives that result from varying personal identities. Miller identifies with a variety of social classifications. “Some of the ways I identify are as a working-class student, feminist, genderqueer, transgender, white, Southern Appalachian queer,” Miller said, “My experiences are going to be very different from a black heterosexual transwoman from Chicago or a biracial, cisgender, radical lesbian. These varying experiences will be talked about and hopefully provide insight for others into how to find common ground between people of different walks of life.” See OUTREACH on Page 2

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“These eating disorders are the most lethal of all psychiatric illnesses and take the life of far too many young people across the country and around the world. “... The entire society, all of us, is impoverished when we lose a young person to any illness; particularly to an illness that we have evidence based treatment to intervene.” Although most colleges, like UT, provide student health centers equipped with professional counselors, most student to counselor ratios

are unbalanced. Bannister noted recently that George Washington University reported an average student to counselor ratio of roughly 1900:1, which is not unusual for most large universities. He added that universities rarely employ counselors with specialized eating disorder certification. “In order to treat this illness, it takes a multidisciplinary team of psychotherapists, physiatrists, medical practitioners or nurse practitioners

or primary care provider and a nutritionist,” Bannister said. “That is a minimum team of folks that need to be gathered.” At UT, counselors work with students individually, then refer them to treatment centers off campus that can provide necessary steps to recovery. Although treatment may not be provided on campus, universities tend to ensure a student receives care elsewhere. See EATING DISORDER on Page 2

Knoxville on hand for film pre-screening in UC Jenna Butz Staff Writer UT got a full “serving of Irving” Tuesday night, well before most of the country met this unlikely, and completely inappropriate, dynamic duo. In a pre-screening of Johnny Knoxville’s newest movie, “Bad Grandpa,” a limited num-

ber of students, along with personal friends and family of Knoxville, gathered in the UC Auditorium to watch the crudely humorous flick before its official premiere date of Oct. 25. Paramount Pictures contacted the Film Committee about doing a potential pre-screening on campus, reaching the col-

lege-aged demographic from the popular film and TV series “Jackass.” A limited number of these special events were presented in a few cities across the country, but Knoxville had its own reason for deserving the honor. “Bad Grandpa” was shot in locations across the country including the city of Knoxville,

Johnny Knoxville’s hometown. “Us being here at UT, it made it kind of cool that we got to see that,” Tyler Laughter, freshman in mechanical engineering, said. “I know the theater got kind of wild when Knoxville was shown, so it’s cool to be a part of that a little bit.” See BAD GRANDPA on Page 3

Lack of turnovers key for Worley’s offensive growth David Cobb Sports Editor

Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon

UT quarterback Justin Worley throws a pass against South Carolina at Neyland Stadium on Oct. 19. The Vols beat the Gamecocks 23-21 on a 19-yard Michael Palardy field goal as time expired.

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On Aug. 26, Butch Jones explained to the media his reasoning for naming Justin Worley the UT starting quarterback. While doing so, Jones recalled a conversation with Worley that took place the day before. “The mark of a great quarterback is leading your team to victory in the one-minute drill on the road and having that poise and that confidence that it takes to manage an entire offense,” Jones told the junior signal caller. In Saturday’s 23-21 win over No. 11 South Carolina, Worley embodied that criteria by directing the Vols on a late, game-clinching drive. But on Tuesday, Jones reiterated what the next step is for his squad as they prepare for a trip to No. 1 Alabama on Saturday, drawing from what he told Worley before the season. “The next evolution for this football team,” Jones said, “is learning how to win on the road.” In his first road action of the

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season, Worley threw an early touchdown to Jason Croom to put UT ahead of Oregon 7-0, surviving the game without throwing an interception. Yet, the offense consistently failed to move the ball and, consequently, Jones benched him for the Florida game in favor of redshirt freshman Nathan Peterman. Worley returned to action in the second half at Florida and tossed a touchdown and pair of picks in UT’s 31-17 loss. He regained quarterback status for the Vols’ 31-24 win over South Alabama, but threw three interceptions. Since October struck, though, the Rock Hill, S.C., native has avoided interceptions against a pair of highlyranked, defensively-capable opponents. In UT’s 34-31 overtime loss to Georgia, Worley finished interception-free, just like he did in the Vols’ upset of the Gamecocks. In that two-game stretch, the lone turnover committed by UT came on Alton “Pig” Howard’s dive for the end zone in overtime against the Bulldogs. See FOOTBALL on Page 6


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