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Issue 45, Volume 124

Students not sold on POD Market prices Daniel Viets

Contributor Such exorbitant prices could label the POD Markets either a savvy business, or an unscrupulous opportunist.

Each are readily available across campus, yet does the convenience of these stores outweigh the prices?

Freshman and psychology major Andrew Mikhael doesn’t seem to think so. Mikhael recounted an attempt to buy breakfast at the POD Market in Presidential Court.

“Everything was so expensive, so I ended up just buying a bag of chips for three and a half dollars,” Mikhael said.

He has not shopped at a POD Market since.

“In a way they’re taking advantage of [students],” Mikhael said. “They know students don’t have that much money to spend anyway, so they’re just taking their money for basic items that they could get a lot cheaper if they would walk to some other place.”

However, Naneeishia Barnes, an undeclared freshman, is will-

ing to sacrifice capital for convenience.

“I feel like some of the things that they offer are fairly priced compared to what you would find in a Pilot,” Barnes said.

“Obviously, at a grocery store you’re going to get things a little bit cheaper, but anything I buy from (a POD Market) is never a planned thing. It’s always something random.”

Even so, Barnes is not certain she can justify the extreme prices. “... It is kind of hurting my pockets,” Barnes said. “Just a little bit.”

Brianna Clemmons, a sports psychology and motor behavior graduate student, also shops at POD Markets, but only occasionally due to the prices.

“Some of the stuff is probably reasonably priced,” Clemmons said. “But with the Tide laundry detergent, you could get twice as much elsewhere.”

While students acknowledge the high cost, most continue to shop at POD Markets because of accessibility and the lack of alternatives.

• Graphic courtesy of Dillon Canfield

See POD MARKET on Page 2

Cereus Bright comes home to The Square Room UT names Hayley Brundige Staff Writer

Cereus Bright will have a homecoming of sorts to the band’s defining and pivotal musical performance on Saturday night: The Square Room.

A modern folk band, Cereus Bright’s core is comprised of Evan Ford, lead guitar and mandolin, and Tyler Anthony, lead vocals, guitar and piano.

Ford and Anthony are frequently

Powershift introduces sustainability awareness Jenna Butz

Staff Writer For four days, 6,000 young people gathered in Pittsburgh to unite as members of a grassroots movement to combat climate change, fight fracking and rally for social justice.

Members of UT student groups like Students Promoting Environmental Action in Knoxville and the Environment and Sustainability Student S ervices Committee packed their bags to meet and learn from their peers, returning with renewed commitment to furthering sustainability and environmental education on campus.

See POWERSHIFT on Page 3

joined by other members, including Luke Bowers on the drums, Matt Nelson on the bass, a violinist and a cellist.

“We’re coming back and we have a new song out, a new EP forthcoming and we just really want to up the ante,” Ford said. “We have a couple extra members joining us and some new songs that will be surprises for people to hear and a lot of new merchandise.”

The band’s new single, “Happier Than Me,” was released earlier this

legitimacy as a band, Anthony said, was marked by a sold-out performance at The Square Room to celebrate the release of the group’s first EP. “When I met Evan, he just really matched my ambition and we fit together well in terms of what we bring to the table,” Anthony said.

“We’ve grown a lot in the past year and I think we’re better able to communicate our message.”

See CEREUS BRIGHT on Page 5

Lady Vols remaining positive amid slump Cody Gross

Contributor After struggling to put the ball in the net in recent matches, the Lady Vols soccer team is aiming to make a late-season push in the SEC standings this weekend against the nationally-ranked Florida Gators and the Missouri Tigers.

The Lady Vols (7-6-3, 2-4-2 SEC) limp into this weekend’s games after tying Auburn, 1-1, in two overtimes and falling at Arkansas, 2-1, last week.

They have not won a match since Oct. 4.

But senior Caroline Brown asserted that this stretch of games without a win has not created a negative vibe in the locker room.

“We’re all on our toes, ready to fight, ready to go out there so we can win a game,” Brown said. “We’ve been fighting. We’ve been doing the things we need to do, and it just hasn’t been going our way. We’re pretty anxious to get out there and get the W.” That “W” the team has long been awaiting could come as early as tonight. The No. 7 Florida Gators (12-3-1, 6-2 SEC) will take the field at Regal Soccer Stadium, looking to stretch their winning streak to five games.

In their last four contests, they have scored 10 goals and posted four shutouts.

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week on iTunes, and an EP of the same name will follow Nov. 12. “‘Happier Than Me’ is a song about what happens after a relationship,” said Ford, a junior in philosophy and economics. “There’s really no way to get away from people.

We still see them every day through social media and all these things.

And it creates a sort of competition and lingering anger because it’s not like they’re out of your life.

“They’re still there, haunting you.”

The beginning of Cereus Bright’s

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Smedberg director of Greek Life Staff Reports

A newly created directorial position in UT’s department of Sorority and Fraternity Life has been filled from within, per an email sent to university staff Thursday by Associate Dean of Students Jeff Cathey.

Cathey wrote that Lindi Smedberg has been promoted to director of Sorority and Fraternity Life and that Jim Harrison has been promoted to assistant director.

Smedberg and Harrison both currently serve as advisors within the department. ”The director position has not existed in the past and represents a major step forward for this relatively new department,” Cathey wrote.

Two additional spots within Sorority and Fraternity Life are expected to be officially posted within next week.

Sally Parish, director of the Center for Leadership and Service, will serve as chair of the committee tasked with filling those positions.

“Once fully staffed, this department will bring us much more in line with the level of staffing found at comparable institutions,” Cathey wrote.

The office of Sorority and Fraternity Life is under the Division of Student Life at UT. A new vice chancellor for Student Life, Vincent Carilli, was named on Oct. 18.

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Kyle Riggs removes a plastic bag to empty its contents of compost on Tuesday. The student workers collect composted food from around campus and deliver it to the composting site near campus.

POD MARKET continued from Page 1 Senior Jessica McGuire, studying psychology and an ROTC Command Sergeant Major, reluctantly pays for the convenience POD Markets afford.

“I pay the prices because the convenience of it being located in the building makes up for the little bit of price difference,” McGuire said.

McGuire believes POD elevates their prices for this reason. Yet, she expects that prices will hit an upper limit, beyond which business will suffer.

“There’s this line where it

reaches ridiculousness and nobody’s going to pay that price,” McGuire said. “And I think they do play around with that area because it is convenient and they know that we’ll go to them before walking to a gas station.”

Although the market’s business practices are entirely legal, McGuire sees a fundamental problem with the way students are treated.

“I realize a business is a business but you also are specifically catering to college students who are a little more frivolous with their money,” McGuire said.

“That’s their consumer base and it’s easy to take advantage, but it’s not morally correct in my opinion.”

Girl Rising exposes discrimination, abuse against women on global scale Hollie Hughes

Contributor There are places where girls are thrown away and women are treated as secondclass citizens.

A screening of “Girl Rising,” a documentary directed by Richard Robbins, brought many students, staff and members of the community to the UC Auditorium on Wednesday evening to follow the lives of these young girls across the world.

Showcasing the lives of nine young women from nine

different countries, each story was narrated by a prominent celebrity figure.

As the film chronicles, the girls must overcome challenges to receive an education despite harrowing circumstance including experiences with human trafficking, arranged marriages and poverty.

Sam Gardner, a senior in biological sciences, said she thought raising awareness on behalf of girls around the world was a vital goal of the film.

“Many women in the developing world have many less rights than men do,” Gardner said. “Women have to get married when they do not necessarily want to, while boys are allowed to go to school. A

story in the film that really appealed to my emotions was a young girl from Peru who could still see the beauty in her life, even though she lived in extreme poverty and lost her father. She is an example of true perseverance.”

There are 33 million more girls than boys who lack educational rights, which translates to 66 million girls worldwide who will not receive an education. In addition, 80 percent of all human sex trafficking involves young women.

Most women in the United States are born with educational rights, negating the need to sacrifice their bodies or pay fees. By contrast, many young women abroad experience hunger, rape and beatings in exchange for the right

to attend primary school.

Alex Gardner, senior majoring in biological sciences and member of She’s the First organization, agreed with her sister Sam, saying the film has made her more appreciative of her constitutional rights and her education.

“Wadley, a girl from Haiti who is highlighted in the film for returning to school even after she was repeatedly turned away for inability to pay, was a very powerful example of determination,” Alex Gardner said.

“In America, women aren’t pressured to have children at the young age of 13. A lot of people in the United States are unaware of how women are treated in other countries outside of their own.”

Crime Log: Oct. 20-25 The Daily Beacon collected closed police reports from the University of Tennessee Police Department. The following accounts detail the crimes we found.

Oct. 17 12:18 a.m.: Officer responded to Humes Hall in reference to a welfare check. After completing the welfare check, one female subject was arrested for public intoxication and underage consumption of alcoholic beverages after she caused a disturbance at the conclusion of the welfare check.

ly fearful for her safety and ran from the suspect’s room. Victim was picked up by KPD at 16th and Cumberland after being seen running and yelling “rape” and was transported to Fort Sanders Hospital.

Oct 19 2:49 a.m.: Officer stopped the defendant for disregarding a stop sign.

Upon further investigation, it was determined the driver was under the influence of alcohol. When attempting to place the defendant under arrest for DUI, he began to flee on foot.

The defendant was apprehended and taken into custody. Defendant refused to take a chemical test.

Oct. 22 8:35 a.m.: Officer was dispatched to Haslam Music Building. Complainant stated that an unknown subject had called on the telephone and left a threatening message.

Oct. 21 6:15 p.m.: Officer was dispatched to UTPD lobby for a report of harass12:23 p.m.: Complainant reported ment via text messages. The reportthe theft of UT property. Complainant ing party stated he has been receiving stated that an Audio Technica and threatening text messages from his Sony video camera were missing from brother.

Hodges Library.

11:44 p.m.: Officer was dispatched Oct. 18 to Presidential Court in reference to 10:23 p.m.: Officer observed a sub- a suspicious person. Upon further ject stumbling down an alleyway investigation, it was found that the between Highland Ave. and Forest subject had been issued a criminal Ave. The subject was arrested for pub- trespass for UT property. An arrest lic intoxication. was made.

11:15 a.m.: Officer observed a white Dodge Caravan turn south onto 21st street which is for north bound traffic only. The driver was arrested for possession of unlawful drug parapher11:36 p.m.: Officer reported to a nalia, driving on a suspended license false fire alarm at the Sigma Alpha and simple possession of drugs.

Epsilon Fraternity House.

12:12 p.m.: Victim reported the theft Oct. 20 of his bicycle and bicycle cable from 7:25 a.m.: Victim reported meeting the bike rack between Presidential with an acquaintance in Presidential café and Reese Hall.

Court and proceeded to Reese Hall where both were drinking and tak5:15 p.m.: Officer responded to a ing drugs. Victim reported that even theft of property that occurred at the though the suspect never touched her Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. inappropriately, she became extreme-

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VolBlackout considered a Student creates clothing ‘badge of honor’ for students line, serves global economy Madison Eubanks Contributor

We all know someone who’s had one of those nights.

Whether it’s a best friend, a pledge brother or a stranger on the T-Link, the victims of VolBlackout walk among us every day.

Through Twitter and Instagram accounts, VolBlackout reaches almost 9,000 people. While many students remain indifferent, others relish the experience.

Thousands enjoy the resulting uploads to social media.

The pictures posted on the VolBlackout sites range from relatively-tame to embarrassing.

One student shared her experience anonymously.

“I got on the site the weekend of my birthday,” she said. “I drank a bottle of wine and took one too many shots. I ended up passing out in a Wendy’s bathroom, later on getting kicked out by the manager.”

Despite the seemingly distressing situations shown in

the photos, the reactions of the subjects are overwhelmingly positive.

“I think it’s funny. It’s my 15 minutes of fame,” said one featured student. “It’s like a badge of honor that lets people know you party hard. Too hard sometimes.”

Some students view the site as a memoir chronicling the life of a college student.

“I really don’t see it as a big deal or anything,” said one source. “It’s one of those things that could happen to anybody, it just so happened to be me this time.”

For other students, VolBlackout debuts have become a frequent occurrence.

“I’ve been on it five times,” one student said. “One or two is okay, but I’d rather not have gotten on (VolBlackout) five times.”

The response to VolBlackout social media sites begs the question: Why are UT students so fascinated by photos of their highly intoxicated peers?

“VolBlackout is kind of like having a Gossip Girl for the UT campus,” said a student. “My

friends and I always look at the pictures to see if we recognize anyone.”

“I think the biggest reason why people like it is the humor it provides when you wake up on a Saturday or Sunday and see people you know with sharpie mustaches drawn all over them,” another student said.

Some find the sites a common denominator among students, engendering solidarity on campus.

“For the most part everyone can relate to the time they were ‘that guy,’ and we like laughing at other people’s mistakes,” a source stated.

Mississippi State students, too, enjoy BulldogBlackout.

Likewise, Auburn students are entertained by Tiger Snooze, while students at MTSU turn to MT Blackout for their weekend amusement.

Students who appear on the site seem to accept their fates without much regret.

“I wouldn’t say I’m proud of it,” one student remarked, “but I’m most certainly not ashamed.”

•Photo courtesy of Ana Reboredo Segovia

Kenna Rewcastle, a UT senior, looks over a map of green economy projects across the country on Oct. 19.

POWERSHIFT continued from Page 1 “Powershift showed me that just knowing the facts and the science and having rational arguments is not going to be enough to win a divestment campaign or bring an end to fracking,” said Jake Rainey, a senior in journalism and electronic media.

“What we need to do is speak out and have well-planned, wellexecuted actions that use our power as students.”

UT students attending the conference were particularly concerned with ways to enhance their divestment campaign, through which students work to pressure the university to become a leader in sustainability among college campuses.

“The divestment workshop was one of the most heavily attended workshops of the weekend,” said Lindsey Huff, a fifth-year student in mechanical engineering. “Powershift helped give students access to success stories, giving them ideas on

how to work on the action in their own communities. Most importantly, it gave them a lot of energy and fire to really keep working on this initiative here at UTK.” Powershift encouraged attendees to use their influence as a social group to affect change.

“We know from our experiences with the civil rights movement that young people are necessary drivers of political change,” said Ana Reboredo, a senior in ecology and evolutionary biology. “They don’t have kids, they don’t have jobs, so they really have the flexibility to get out there and put themselves at risk for these causes. When older people see younger people getting really passionate about issues where they’re exercising civil disobedience, then they will get involved. They will wake up and see what’s happening.”

Among other topics, Powershift addressed issues of social justice. Students discussed the plight of communities being displaced by the work of fossil fuel companies. Reboredo was particularly moved by this prob-

lem.

“It’s really heartbreaking to see that,” she said. “For us, it’s making it about protecting people, not profit. There are other ways to generate power that is not through fossil fuels and that are not through hurting communities.”

“Because we live in cities, we don’t see where our water goes, where our trash goes. It’s really important to remember that there are people being sacrificed for our comfort.”

As students return to their regular schedules, Reboredo hopes that the concerns students were exposed to during Powershift will continue to spark progress.

“I hope students will bring back the energy and that passion and the drive to make changes here on campus, and that with the knowledge they gained at the workshops on how to be better leaders that they will apply that,” Reboredo said. “Not only to our campus campaign of fossil fuel divestment, but also to their personal lives in that this will help them become better people in the future as well.”

Hayley Brundige Staff Writer

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”

This quote from Mahatma Gandhi is the first line you read on the website for Style with Benefits.

Chelsea Padgham, a senior in economics, started Style with Benefits this summer, fulfilling a dream of helping people she has fostered her whole life.

“I guess I had a senior year crisis,” Padgham said. “I realized that I came into college thinking I was going to change the world and now I was about to go be an analyst for a bank or something. I had to do something.”

Style with Benefits has three main goals: support developing economies around the globe by purchasing their ethically created products, fund small non-profits with a portion of every purchase and act as a liason between charitable groups and those who want to help.

The current goal of the organization is to raise $10,000 by Nov. 30 through the sale of specially designed T-shirts and donations. A portion, specifically $5, from each product sold will go to the featured organization.

“A lot of smaller nonprofits tend to get left out when brands are collaborating because they want the marketing power of a bigger brand,” Padgham explained.

“But smaller movements are often more innovative and take an original approach to problems.”

Padgham is currently working with two small non-profits, Lava Mae and Kite Child.

Lava Mae, based in San Francisco, aims to provide homeless individuals with

access to showers and toilets by transforming old municipal buses into mobile showering facilities.

Kite Child is a projectbased organization helping to improve orphanages in places such as Liberia, India and Kenya.

Tom Graves, a lecturer and operations director of the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, gave Padgham business advice and supported her throughout the process.

“It’s probably no more difficult for a student to start a business when they’re in college than it is when they get out of college,” Graves said.

“In fact, sometimes it’s easier because of the opportunities and mentoring that is available on campus.”

UT offers several opportunities for prospective business-owners, such as the Boyd Venture Fund which provides seed money up to $20,000 to selected student-operated companies each semester.

Although about 80 percent of business start-ups

fail, Graves thinks students who heed expert advice and remain flexible can succeed.

“We’ve had students that started businesses in college, and they have 45 employees on four continents and they’re only 23 years old,” Graves said. “So there is potential for longevity in these companies.”

Using her own savings to start Style with Benefits, Padgham admits that finding the funds to support her project is difficult. However, she remains determined.

“I have the type of personality that I get an idea in my head and I go for it with full force until I hit success or utter failure,” she said.

Padgham hopes her project will make a positive difference in the world.

“People should support my campaign so they can be part of the beginning of something great,” she added.

To purchase items from Style with Benefits, visit www.igg.me/at/stylewithbenefits. Style with Benefits can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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Student vouchers a positive step for education reform To be Prosise by

Adam Prosise Suetonius’ “The Lives of the Caesars” was the tabloid of the Roman Empire. From Tiberius’ “little fishes” to Nero fiddling while Rome burned, Suetonius had access to all the dirt.

Today, people draw many parallels between the modern United States and our Roman counterparts. The debate about this comparison rages each and every day, but one aspect of America that is undoubtedly in decline is the quality of education.

Here are some facts: Since 1975, the inflation-adjusted amount of money we spend per student has doubled, while the average class size for public schools has decreased to 15.

Despite these efforts, and others, U.S. student achievement has remained flat. Meanwhile, other countries continue to improve and outpace us – while spending far less per student.

This creates several problems for the U.S. First, we risk falling behind in an increasingly global economy. Losing our competitive edge would reduce our standard of living.

Second, education is the key to social mobility. With a proper education, an individual gains the necessary tools to compete in this world, and to increase their quality of life.

Unfortunately, we’ve been treating the symptoms of poverty instead of the cause by heaping on one social initiative after another. Rather than creating more fiscally unsustainable entitlement programs that serve to lock people into poverty, we need to fix our elementary and secondary educational institutions to equip individuals to climb the ladder of social mobility.

If spending were the solution, then Washington, D.C. – which spends $18,475 per student – would far outperform Mississippi, which spends less than $7,928 per pupil. Instead, Mississippi boasts a higher high school graduation rate of 62 percent than the District of Columbia at 59 percent.

Clearly, indiscriminately throwing money at the problem isn’t the answer. Of the actions we can take, one is paramount: spending the money more effectively – exactly what other countries are doing to yield a superior quality of education.

Historically, the most successful government educational program is the G.I. Bill, which provides educational benefits to military veterans. The bill works by giving our service veterans vouchers redeemable for educational expenses. The recipient is free to spend the voucher at any educational institution they choose – provided certain criteria are met. What if we took the principles of the G.I. Bill and applied it to K-12 education?

By tethering the existing funding for individual student to the student rather than the school, we’d see an effect similar to that of the G.I. Bill. Rather the money being spent on public schools’ centralized educational bureaucracies, it could be spent on any school in the district. This would allow parents and students to seek out the best schools and incentivize teachers and administrators at underperforming schools to improve – or suffer the consequences.

This leaves the autonomy of private schools intact, while giving disadvantaged parents and children the freedom to choose the best school for their needs. In states such as Florida and Louisiana, where a voucher system has been instituted, the quality of education has increased dramatically.

Closer to home, magnet schools in inner-city Nashville have transformed academic slums into educational beacons, better preparing students for careers and further education that allows them to escape the government monopoly on education. Sadly, the Department of Justice has sued the state of Louisiana to put an end to educational mobility. Apparently the irony of locking minority children into failing schools in a southern state is lost on Attorney General Eric Holder.

In public policy there are no silver bullets, and no single policy will completely fix our educational system and reverse the decline of academic achievement. Someone who argues otherwise is peddling snake oil. While school vouchers are only a partial solution, they are a step in the right direction.

Let’s resolve not to be like Emperor Nero, who, according to Suetonius, fiddled on the roof while Rome burned around him. Condemning disadvantaged children to the educational machinery of the state is unconscionable, especially when solutions are in plain sight.

Let’s put our money where our mouth is by instituting common-sense reforms – and affording these students a shot at a better life.

Adam Prosise is a senior in economics. He can be reached at aprosise@utk.edu.

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Fulfillment: A sore-legged soliloquy Working Out Happiness by

Andrew Fleming No one should enjoy long-distance endurance sports.

Your body emits odors not dreamt of in recent human imagination. Your feet and toenails begin to shriek and wilt under the repetitive pounding against the Earth. You hit mile 7 and realize that there are, in fact, no more bathrooms within running distance.

Your breathing becomes a sickly monotonous rasp that could be placed somewhere between an asthmatic lawnmower and a Dementor from Azkaban. You realize your sweat-wicking, military-tested, well-reviewed pair of underwear has seams everywhere it shouldn’t.

But you can’t stop. You hit mile 8 and realize that 8 miles feels better than 7. Then you start seeing the 13.1 stickers on cars around you as you commute to work/class/ your niece’s ballet pageant, and you begin to formulate training plans and diet regimens and start googling whether or not “Whole Foods” is really a healthy grocery store or just a Kroger-owned hoax like Fresh Market.

What started as a failed attempt to skirt the

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pounds in days” (water weight aside). It takes burning 25,000 calories to lose a pound of fat. Lifting more weight than your muscles can handle at the moment is literally impossible. Bettering yourself physically takes work – deliberate, drawn-out, sweaty work.

But that’s what makes it so fantastic.

You can’t “iffy” your way into health. No, eating one unhealthy food does not make you unhealthy, but on the flipside, eating one salad doesn’t make you a healthy person either. You get what you make of yourself.

This idea of fulfillment need not apply simply to athletics; simply make the decision to do something with your life. Live deliberately. Want to enjoy the media? Don’t flip on reruns of a “reality” show you don’t care about. Be invested. Read an interesting article about a topic you enjoy rather than skimming a bullet-pointed list of gifs.

Recently, I started reading books again.

I hadn’t voluntarily read a book since high school. Rediscovering the greatness of books has made me realize that finishing a book is like crossing a finish line.

Try to be the best at something, and then try to be the best at something else. It doesn’t matter what you want to be. Be something, and be it hard.

Andrew Fleming is a junior in neuroscience. He can be reached at aflemin8@utk. edu.

Fall Break brings renewed dependence on forgiveness Searching for Serendipity by

Annie Blackwood The other day, I was thinking about what enabled me to get through college and I came to the following conclusion.

Coffee shops.

Whether it’s steamrolling in from the doors or the serene atmosphere, coffee shops have helped me make great strides in my life. In fact, I wrote this column in a coffee shop. And, in doing so, I made yet another great stride. I had a change of heart.

Whenever I write a column, I feel a fear inside me, whispering “What will people think about this?” or “I don’t want to be criticized.”

After six months, I still can’t conquer this fear. But let’s face it – I write an opinion column, and if I choose to abide by fear, then why write?

In that little coffee shop in Old City, I finally gathered my courage. At least, enough courage to write about faith – not religion – in spite of the controversy that tends to accompany this topic.

Last week, I was blessed and honored to attend The Cross Fall Break trip. The Cross is an organization for Greeks seeking to help the community through missions.

In a small town called Pineville, in the bottom of Kentucky, my life was changed for the better. I lost the superficial life I was living and found one of substance and genuine friendship. During this process, though, I had to overcome one challenge in particular.

I used to be a cookie-cutter “Christian” kid, trying so desperately to be the best version of myself that I lost my personal identity. I let others walk all over me because I thought that is “what Jesus would have done.”

I never saw this as an issue, believing that harboring bitterness and holding grudges was simply my version of “standing up for myself.”

Needless to say, college was a huge slap in the face for me.

Through making such a big transition, I realized that I have never been the person I wanted to be. Rather, I was living in extremity, failing to embody the love of Jesus.

On one side, I spent so much time pleasing others that I had no self-respect. For me, “being a good Christian” meant forgiving without consequence.

More recently, I have struggled with

constant disapproval for minor mistakes and wrongdoing against me.

What was I thinking?

After 20 years of life, I have only just discovered the dilemma and the advantage of forgiveness.

Neither of these mindsets represent what a Christian should be. I was allowing other people to control me by entertaining this anger in my heart.

God is sovereign. He knows my worries.

He knows my pain. And He will comfort me. I need only to have faith.

Forgiveness comes with a cost. But sometimes forgiving others doesn’t mean being their friend. It just means feeling nothing but love when you see them, whatever the relationship may be. Regardless of religion, faith allows you to let go and permit situations to work themselves out.

Forgiveness allows me to worry about myself and not let conflict control my life.

Having a chip on my shoulder only makes my day less enjoyable and my friendships less full. Although I don’t live everyday as I should, that is what I aspire to be: a forgiver.

Just some food for thought from my coffee shop on the corner.

Annie Blackwood is a junior in communications. She can be reached at ablackwo@utk.edu.

Get Fuzzy • Darby Conley

Non Sequitur • Wiley

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lines of un-fat has unraveled into this primal wanderlust for foot-powered mobility.

But maybe that’s just me.

For me, every goal boils down to a simple distinction: that of happiness versus fulfillment. Happiness is easy to enumerate on some level. Utilitarians quantify happiness as the maximum amount of pleasure and the absence of pain. Others have come along and redefined happiness as preferences filled, or as “humanity” respected.

The only problem is that happiness, devoid of substance, does not leave you fulfilled. The human body could be strapped to a table and pumped with opiates and maximum “happiness” could be achieved, but the experience would amount to nothing. A new car means more to the person who worked at the grocery around the corner for seven years to afford it that the one whose parents give it to them. A counterfeit diploma means far less at the end of the day than one that took four (or more) years to achieve.

This distinction is why I have found emotional profundity in the human body and exercising it. You cannot cheat the human body. It is a system of systems, a webwork compounded by fail-safes and tension sensors to a baffling degree. Our brain is so complicated it cannot understand itself. Because of its many complications, getting results from your body is fulfillment incarnate. There is no such thing as an easy way. You will not “shed

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THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

ARTS & CULTURE Big Fatty’s features ‘Queens of Poetry’ Poetry Claire is everywhere, even Dodson in theArtssouthern-fried & Culture Editoratmosphere of Big Fatty’s.

The restaurant on Kingston Pike will play host to a poetry series entitled “Po’ Boys and Poets,� a play on the local favorite’s specialty sandwich, on Saturday.

The first title in the series is entitled “Queens of Poetry� and will feature Marilyn Kallet, director of creative writing, Aisha Brown, Sincere and Tru Stori.

Black Atticus, the poet name of Joseph Woods, is a Knoxville slam poet who conceptualized the event. “The owner of Big Fatty’s called me, and she said, ‘I really want to do something with you, I keep hearing your name,’� Atticus said. “And I’d heard of Big Fatty’s as a good place to go eat. I love eating, so I was cool with that.�

The “Queens of Poetry� title stems from a need Atticus saw in the Knoxville community. “I decided to go with the ‘Queens of Poetry’ because I feel like the male poets in Knoxville are heard enough,�

Atticus said. “The women aren’t heard enough.�

Atticus collected this group of diverse poets after each profoundly impacted the way he looked at poetry. Each woman brings a unique style to the poetry table. “At some point in time, all of these ladies have blown my mind,� Atticus said. “Marilyn, just period. I heard her name for years before I actually got the chance to hear her. Once I did, I realized that she’s a very brazen writer. “You never know what you’re going to get with Marilyn, but you do know you’re going to get quality.�

While Kallet boasts extensive experience performing her poetry, this style of venue is one she said will challenge her.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve slammed,� Kallet said. “I try to be accessible and bring the audience in. I’m not going to pretend to be something I’m not. I’m not a rapper; I’m just not. “I want to try to be fun and funny and elegant and put some poems together that have some real feeling to them.�

Brown, a community organizer and social activist, said she does not perform her poetry often. “I’m old enough to have a second career and I’m focusing more on writing and creativity,� Brown said. “Even though people in my community know me as a writer, I haven’t really promoted that in a way of pursuing a career. “I am pursuing the more creative aspect of myself now more than I ever did.�

The location of the event is one of the more unique aspects of the event. The atmosphere Big Fatty’s creates is crucial to the event, Atticus said. “People have a great dining experience there,� Atticus said. “It has low ceilings; it gives a kind of intimacy with the crowd. Everybody feels more together.�

Atticus said he hopes people will come to the event and that it will challenge their previous notions of poetry. “If ‌ their idea of poetry is more not truly applicable to today’s world, I would challenge them to come and see what a sincere poet, what a real poet sounds like, feels like,â€? Atticus said. “All of these women can show (students) something about life. They’ve all seen it from different perspectives. “All really good poets show us how to use these things we use every day -- words -- and use them more efficiently.â€?

The event starts at 7 p.m., and there is an $8 cover charge at the door.

CEREUS BRIGHT continued from Page 1 Anthony, a creative consultant outside of the band, draws his songwriting inspiration from life experiences. “For me, music is often this processing agent,� Anthony said. “It’s how I filter through the things that I’m feeling or experiencing. My hope is that I can capture a story or an emotion and display it in a way that other

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attempts to stay true to the roots of the genre. “If you think about Appalachia, folk music was used as a means of escape,� Ford said. “People would get together at the end of the week or night or shift and they would play music. And that was their way of having a community and escaping. “Folk music is supposed to be very human and break down some of these walls between the listener and the singer.�

Ford hopes to make an impact on the audience at Saturday

people can connect with.�

Along with the standard themes of love and heartbreak, their song lyrics emphasize perspective. “One of the things about Knoxville that we love is this weird mix of young and old, conservative and progressive,� said Ford, whose musical influences include Damien Rice, Sufjan Stevens and Iron and Wine. “We get to encounter a lot of people who have very different perspectives here.�

As a folk band, Cereus Bright

night’s show. “We want you to come away feeling energized by music and feeling like you’re ready to fall in love again,� Ford said. “There’s something about going to a great show that makes your life better for like a week. “And we’re hoping to hit that week mark.�

Cereus Bright will perform at The Square Room this Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $7 for students. The song “Happier Than Me� is available on iTunes.

Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

Cereus Bright performs at Jig & Reel on July 12. The group’s first album premieres Nov. 12.

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Friday, October 25, 2013 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

ARTS & CULTURE UT becomes ‘spoofy’ with ‘Rocky Horror’ Michael Tremoulis Contributor

Just a week before Halloween, things are going to get spoofy – not spooky – on UT’s campus.

Central Programs Council’s Film Committee is bringing “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” to the UC Auditorium at 11 p.m. on Oct. 26th.

The show’s uniqueness lies in its presentation: the 1975 film plays on the screen while bizarrely costumed students shadow act it out on stage.

“The experience is so unique that it’s one of those experiences you just kind of have to see to get a feel for what it all is,” said LaSabra Williams, a sophomore in communications studies.

Williams is a part of the UT Film Committee and will be a member of the tech crew for the show.

“I actually ended up joining the UT film committee my freshman year because of my fascination of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’” Williams said.

While “Rocky Horror” isn’t supposed to make the audience cringe in fright, it does provide comedic value and interaction with the cast.

“It’s not so spooky, but instead spoofy,” said Rebecca Fechino, a sophomore in public relations who is a part of the shadow cast of the show. “The show

makes fun of the clichés in typical horror movies.”

The audience always gets a kick out of the show through “call backs,” in which a line is said during the film and the audience yells back in reply.

“It’s really crowd-orientated and fun, so you’re not going to just be sitting there not doing anything,” Williams said. “A lot of the comedy from the show comes from the ridiculousness of the crowd’s interaction.”

Not too many years after the 1975 film release, “Rocky Horror” became a cult classic. For the Film Committee, the show is the largest event of the year.

Rehearsal for the show began in August and each cast member makes their own costume and props.

A great deal of the pre-show games and activities focus on show-related subjects.

“You’re going to want to get there around 11 p.m. for pre-show games and activities the cast does with the audience,” Williams said.

Show performers even suggest watching the original film to gain further insight into the cult classic before the live performance.

“It’s an awesome experience,” said Fechino. “Just come. It’s fun.”

Students and non-students are welcome to attend and admission is free.

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Around Rocky Top

Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

Grant Ladd, left, and Ben Johnson voice opinions about self-satisfaction and how well UT meets those needs on Pedestrian Walkway on Wednesday.

Delta Zeta named champions of Lip Sync 2013 by storm in an epic competition of dancing in an effort to earn the title of 2013 Panhellenic Lip Sync Girls, glitter and glory. champion.

On Tuesday and Representing billboard Wednesday, over 600 girls hits from 2003, Delta Zeta representing each soror- secured the title of chamity’s pledge class took the pion, with runner-up Delta Alumni Memorial Building Gamma and Kappa Delta

Savannah Lucas Contributor

captuing third place.

Fr e s h m a n Ellie Sieverman, a member of the Delta Zeta pledge class majoring in advertising, said the key to the group’s win derived from her pledge class’ enjoyment during the performance.

“I think we won because we just got up there and had a blast,” Sieverman said.

“Sitting in the audience during judging, I wasn’t expecting to win, so the shock just made it that much more exciting.”

Through ticket and T-shirt sales, this philanthropy event raised money for the Junior Panhellenic’s charity, Habitat for Humanity. The competition requires each pledge class to choreograph a five-minute long dance and lip sync routine to a mash-up of songs relating to an overall theme.

The competition was held on two nights, Oct. 23 and 24, with the final judging and winners announced on the second night. A panel made up of four faculty members and students judged the competition, with a special guest judge appearance by UT football player Michael Palardy.

The winner was selected based upon several criteria, including creativity of the dance, facial expressions, overall energy, costumes and crowd excitement.

Director of Junior Panhellenic Christin Maxwell spearheaded the

event.

Her extensive planning included securing a location, designing the T-shirts and selecting the theme, which was Top 100 Billboard Hits, as each sorority was assigned a specific year from which to select the songs for their routines.

Maxwell said that the idea for the theme struck her out of the blue.

“Honestly, I’m obsessed with music,” Maxwell said.

“About a year ago, I thought that it would be cool to have a playlist on my computer of the top songs from each year and then I could go back and listen to all of them and it would kind of be like a little time machine.

I was listening to that playlist one day and it just hit me that it would be a great theme for lip sync.”

Freshman Jace McBride, a finance major, said he enjoyed Maxwell’s musical time machine.

“The music was really creative in its mixing and editing, and it was really nostalgic listening to the music that was big when I was a kid,” said McBride.

“By the end of the night I felt like an old dude.”

Chi Omega’s fundraising efforts earned the sorority this year’s new Philanthropic Award, sponsored by Habitat for Humanity. The sorority raised $1,356 for the charity through the sale of tickets and T-shirts.

By nomination, Delta

Delta Delta took the award for best costumes, stealing the show with their black tank tops and leggings, teased hair, and silver glitter eye makeup.

Taylor Bergstrom, a member of this year’s Alpha Chi Omega pledge class and a middle school education major, said a great deal of time and energy was invested in rehearsing for the competition.

“We rehearsed for about a month and a half, four or five times a week, for two to three hours each rehearsal,” Bergstrom said. “We had to know every single word to the songs, and also go over the top with it. You have to shake your head and move your face around. It’s basically whoever gets the most into it.

“It’s very entertaining to watch everyone go crazy.”

Erin Lewis, a freshman majoring in kinesiology and a member of the Delta Delta Delta pledge class, said that although the rehearsals were intensive, her experience was gratifying.

“We practiced for over a month, probably eight to 10 hours each week,” Lewis said. “My pledge class had a very positive experience throughout the entire lip sync process. We loved our coaches, we loved our costumes and our music, and we just had fun spending time together and getting to know each other over the past few months that we’ve

been practicing.”

Maxwell said the event attendance was at an alltime high, with both nights completely selling out.

“Tickets went for $8 each, and we sold out all 977 tickets both nights,” Maxwell said. “That may be the first time that we’ve ever done that. We had over $15,000 in ticket sales alone.”

With such high attendance, McBride said he wished the event venue were large enough to accommodate the overwhelming support.

“A lot of my pledge brothers that wanted to go weren’t able to because of how quickly both nights sold out,” McBride said. “I don’t know if it’s possible, but a bigger venue and more performance nights would be good.”

Reviving Lip Sync’s original purpose, Maxwell restored the event’s philanthropy component. Maxwell noted that, in past years, charity faded from the Lip Sync agenda.

“The main purpose of the event is to raise as much money as possible for our philanthropy, which is Habitat for Humanity,” Maxwell said. “That money isn’t just written and sent off in a check, it actually goes toward funding our annual All-Greek Build during Greek Week in the spring.

See LIP SYNC on Page 7

Friday, October 25, 2013

THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

ARTS & CULTURE

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Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Cortney Roark

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New Katy Perry album lacks organization, doesn’t quite ‘roar’ Jenna Butz

Staff Writer

• Photo courtesy of Katy Perry

“Prism” is the third album from pop star Katy Perry.

LIP SYNC continued from Page 6 “... One of the biggest reasons why I wanted this position was because I felt like lip sync had taken such a turn, and in the past few years, there’s been a lot of people who didn’t even know it was a philanthropy event. I love philanthropy, so that’s something that kind of broke my heart a little bit.”

If the constant buzz of excitement in the crowd was not enough of an indicator, the $16,873 raised for Habitat for Humanity proved Maxwell’s vision was realized.

Isaac Wyatt, a freshman majoring in supply chain management, said he observed a few different aspects contributing to the event’s success.

“This year’s lip sync proved to be an interesting mix of sex appeal and charitable work,” Wyatt said. “While each dance has its own individual style and vibe, each sorority was able to work together to raise a generous amount of money

for a respectable organization.

“I’m already anticipating what next year’s lip sync has in store.”

Maxwell said she was proud of how much effort and dedication this fall’s pledge classes contributed.

“In the past, it’s really gotten really catty, and obviously it’s a competition, but sometimes it got way too competitive and just hurtful,” Maxwell said. “I think that reminding people that Habitat for Humanity is why we’re really here just had such a positive effect on the event.

“From start to finish, I felt a much higher morale and such a great attitude from all the new members and I am so proud of them for that.”

The Junior Panhellenic has set a goal to raise $29,000 by the end of the year for Habitat for Humanity. Lip Sync 2013 Comfort Colors shirts are still available for sale, and a portion of each shirt sold goes directly toward this goal. T-shirts are available for $14.50 while tank tops are $13.50.

After listening to the entirety of “Prism,” Katy Perry’s third studio album, it is apparent why “Roar” was the first single off of this album.

Past that song, everything is just boring.

Perry’s first album held “I Kissed a Girl” and “Ur So Gay,” which presented her as a sassy, occasionally controversial songwriter who not only intrigued quirky, hipster girls but also captured pop radio as well.

Coming out of nowhere, Perry produced songs that made parents cover their children’s ears while humming along simultaneously.

After this breakout success, “Teenage Dream” solidified her as a pop queen. On that album, the songs were conventional but so catchy that no one complained. In 2010, “Teenage Dream” peaked as a summer anthem, leaving every guy wanting a few “California Gurls.”

Unfortunately, “Prism” contains neither of these attributes. Instead, a confusing list of songs replaces hit singles.

“Roar” is misleading.

This song is the fun, catchy, girl empowerment anthem that fans expected. Similar to “Firework,” the song is currently in iTunes’s top 10 most-downloaded songs across the globe.

“I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire/Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar,” Perry crooned, followed by a chorus of “oh’s.”

Artists change. Often, they find a new, more appealing sound and switch their next album to reflect that change. Perry missed that.

After “Roar,” a mash of songs reflecting an awkward mix of genres, that in no way mesh, fall one after another. The album’s second song, “Legendary Lovers,” is a strange mix of Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball” and tribal chants.

The album never recovers from that point. There is disco. There is something resembling dubstep with a Jeffrey Dahmer reference.

There is ‘80s pop.

Perry’s lack of cohesion is frustrating, especially from such a gifted entertainer. Individually, the songs are not terrible. They represent mediocre, yet solid pop songs that will likely do well on the radio with proper marketing. Yet, as a whole, the album does not make sense.

However, several of the songs echo the sadness of a heartbroken teenager. In a way, the confusion of the album could be viewed as a journey for Perry following her divorce from comedian Russell Brand.

“I wasn’t going to let love take me out,” Perry sings in “By the Grace of God.” Unless she confirms this assertion, though, fans may be left with their own interpretations.

Regardless, Perry’s latest album falls short of expectations for a pop superstar. Every artist has their slump, and Perry will, hopefully, recover.

Maybe, next time, try something a little less like a roar and more like a meow, Katy.

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Friday, October 25, 2013 Sports Editor David Cobb

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Crimson Tide boast ‘no weaknesses’ across the board Dargan Southard Copy Editor

Some call him unemotional and robotic.

With his systematic, all-work, no-play brand of football, others say he’s pathological and downright scary.

But no matter what negative label is pinned to Alabama head coach Nick Saban, there is consensus about the on-field product he’s created during his Alabama tenure.

It’s nearly flawless.

“There are no weaknesses,” UT head coach Butch Jones said. “They have depth everywhere across the board, from special teams to offense to defense. They are very physical.

They play with great effort. They are technically sound.”

With three national championships in four years and expectations for success nearly brushing against the heavens, many felt Saban’s seventh year at Alabama wouldn’t produce as many dominating performances that have seemingly become second nature to players donning the illustrious, cursive “A.” Wrong.

Through seven contests, the Crimson Tide have limited five straight opponents to single digits, amassed more than 400 yards of offense in all but two games and have trailed for a mere 13 minutes, none of which have come in the second half. “(The production) is very consistent with all the other championship teams,” UT defensive backs coach Willie Martinez said. “From a standpoint of how businesslike they are, fundamentally sound, how they execute, and they have a lot of playmakers.”

A cornerstone of Saban’s Alabama career, the Crimson Tide defense has finished top-five nationwide in total defense for five consecutive

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Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron drops back to pass against Tennessee on Oct. 20, 2012. seasons and is well on its way to adding season No. 6. Alabama currently ranks fifth in that category, allowing just 275 yards per game.

“They play with an attitude, and they play with great fundamentals,” UT center James Stone said. “They don’t make many mistakes at all.

They’re very physical football, and that allows them to play very sound defense.

“If you make mistakes, they’re going to exploit them.”

Through the likes of AllAmerican linebacker and team top-

tackler (58) C.J. Mosely as well as Tide sack leader (4) A’Shawn Robinson, the Crimson Tide have kept explosive plays and scoring opportunities to a minimum, limiting opponents to just 100 first downs and 11 red zone attempts, statistics that rank fourth and tied for first in the country, respectively.

An integral part of Alabama’s suffocating defense, though, won’t be in action Saturday versus Tennessee as junior safety Vinnie Sunseri was lost for the year last week against Arkansas. The

son of former Volunteer defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri injured his left knee on kickoff duties and had a season-ending operation on Tuesday.

“We’re all praying for him,” said sophomore Landon Collins, a former five star recruit and Sunseri’s replacement at strong safety. “We’re looking for him to come back soon.”

Offensively, the Tide’s success begins and ends with the play of veteran quarterback A.J. McCarron, who is 32-2 as a starter in his

Alabama career. The Mobile, Ala., native has evolved from a gamemanager relying heavily on other playmakers into a decisive offensive weapon who requires much preparation from opposing defenses.

Through seven games, the senior signal caller is near the top of many SEC statistical categories, ranking second in completion percentage, third in passing efficiency and tied for fourth in touchdowns passes. “(McCarron) has great poise in the pocket, knows where to go with the football, doesn’t panic, very patient, knows how to manage the game,” UT defensive coordinator John Jancek said. “Obviously he is a guy who has won a lot of football games, national championships. He is very poised back there. It looks like he has a really good pulse of the offense, leading their offense.”

“I have a lot of respect for him.

He’s a great player.”

An offensive mainstay throughout McCarron’s tenure has been a bruising, hard-nosed running back, and this season is no different. In his first year with full control over the Alabama backfield, sophomore T.J. Yeldon has carried the momentum from a productive 1,100-yard freshman campaign into 2013, compiling 657 rushing yards on 100 attempts with seven touchdowns.

In addition, backfield mate Kenyan Drake has made his presence known as well, co-leading the conference in yards per carry at 8.2.

“They are similar in terms of stature wise and they play with a high level of physicality,” Jones said. “They both have great speed.

I think the one thing they can say about their program is … it is based on competition. It is a competitive environment every day when you walk in there.

“I see a great football team that are extremely well-coached and well-disciplined.”

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Vols eager to ‘put it all out there’ against Alabama Troy Provost-Heron

Assistant Sports Editor When it comes to the TennesseeAlabama rivalry, the story lately has been the tale of two halves.

In the last three matchups spanning from 2010-12, the Vols have played the Tide fairly close in the first half, only being outscored 42-26.

The last 30 minutes, however, have been far from close. In the last three games, the Tide have outscored UT 70-3 in the second half.

If the Vols plan on upsetting the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide, they will have to compete for the entire 60 minutes to have any chance.

“You have to play 60 minutes,” junior running back Marlin Lane said. “We have to finish. This year we have to have a better half than last year. We (need) that killer instinct mind when we come out of halftime to continue doing it.”

The Third Saturday in October rivalry – which is played on the fourth Saturday this year – is a rivalry between the two schools that dates back to 1901 and has been played for 69 consecutive years.

Alabama leads the series 50-38 with seven ties.

With such a rich and deep tradition, the Vols are looking forward to laying it all on the line, especially since Alabama has been ranked in the top 10 the last five times the teams have met.

“I feel like this is a good game to put it all out there,” senior running back Rajion Neal said. “I wouldn’t mind either out-rushing everybody on the field and having a big game or just knocking myself completely out of the game. I want to go out on one of those two notes, either being

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Tennessee junior running back Marlin Lane powers through defenders on the South Carolina defensive unit at Neyland Stadium on Oct. 19. carried off of or ‘Neal had a crazy game.’”

It isn’t enough that the Vols will have to face the back-to-back national champions, but they’ll also have to do it on the road in Tuscaloosa, Ala., a place they haven’t won at since 2003.

“We talked to our team about taking the next step in the evolution of becoming a championship program, becoming a winning team, winning with consistency and to do that you

have to be able to win on the road in all the elements that you’ll face,” offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian said.

Quarterback Justin Worley’s performance in that hostile environment will be a major factor to whether or not the Vols are able to start a winning streak against ranked opponents for the first time since 2007.

The junior signal caller – who began his UT career in Tuscaloosa his freshman year – has not thrown

an interception in the previous two games against Georgia and South Carolina, and has only thrown two in four matchups against ranked teams this season.

“He’s playing with more confidence,” Bajakian said. “He’s making great decisions, but more than anything, he’s protecting the football.

When you protect the football, you’re going to give your team a chance to win.

“He’s managing the football game.

He’s done a good job of understanding the game plan and taking that approach to the field.”

Defensively, the Vols will be matched up against the definition of a pro-style offense.

The Crimson Tide rely heavily on their big offensive line and their running backs – T.J. Yeldon and Kenyan Drake have combined for 1,059 yards and both average over 6.5 yards per carry – to shoulder the load offensively, but are also led by senior quarterback A.J. McCarron who has dangerous receivers in Amari Cooper and Christion Jones who can create big plays fast.

“That is the game you like,” senior defensive lineman Marlon Walls said about Bama’s offense. “No trick plays; they are going to line up against you and see who is the bigger and better man. That is the kind of football that you love to play anyways as the defensive guy so we are just going to take it as a challenge, line up and go play ball.”

The Vols have talked all week about how big of a challenge this week is going to be, referring to Alabama as “the red team.” But senior defensive lineman Jacques Smith said this season differs from those in the past, mostly in part to head coach Butch Jones.

“This year is different just because of the way we’ve attacked the year,” Smith said. “Starting in January we knew this was going to be a different football team.

“Coach Jones and all the values that he’s established in us, 63 effort, relentless, everything that’s stuck with us this far, we’re not going to forget about them and we’re going to continue to play it out through our character and our gameplay.”

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Friday, October 25, 2013 Sports Editor David Cobb

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Associate Dean adds to Pick ‘Em rivalry

FIRST PLACE

Gage Arnold Copy Chief

Tennessee 14 - No. 1 Alabama 24 Vanderbilt - No. 16 Texas A&M No. 6 Stanford - No. 25 Oregon State No. 21 South Carolina - No. 5 Missouri No. 10 Texas Tech - No. 15 Oklahoma

This Year: 30-10

Ken Gassiot

SECOND PLACE

Troy Provost-Herron Asst. Sports Editor

Associate Dean of Students

Tennessee 28 - No. 1 Alabama 37 Vanderbilt - No. 16 Texas A&M No. 6 Stanford - No. 25 Oregon State No. 21 South Carolina - No. 5 Missouri No. 10 Texas Tech - No. 15 Oklahoma

The Pick ‘Ems Champion at the end of the season is far from decided. Five weeks remain in what will come down to a hard fought and hard thought guessfest as to which teams will win This Year: 29-11 on any given Saturday.

THIRD PLACE A “trophy” hasn’t been determined yet, but I want to be the Ken Gassiot Associate Dean of Students first to suggest it be a candy Tennessee 31 - No. 1 Alabama 28 corn crown. Keep following the Vanderbilt - No. 16 Texas A&M back page of the Beacon for No. 6 Stanford - No. 25 Oregon State how this soap opera unfolds.

No. 21 South Carolina - No. 5 Missouri No. 10 Texas Tech - No. 15 Oklahoma That evil and mean mean mean Stefano Dimera could still posThis Year: 28-12 sibly show his devious hand somewhere along the way FOURTH PLACE and sabotage the underdog’s Melodi Erdogan Managing Editor chance at glory, thus ruining the football pick ‘ems standTennessee 23 - No. 1 Alabama 42 ings.

Vanderbilt - No. 16 Texas A&M Speaking of sabotage. Two No. 6 Stanford - No. 25 Oregon State No. 21 South Carolina - No. 5 Missouri very “interesting” things have No. 10 Texas Tech - No. 15 Oklahoma happened in the past few weeks and are important for This Year: 28-12

FIFTH PLACE

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David Cobb Sports Editor

Tennessee 21 - No. 1 Alabama 37 Vanderbilt - No. 16 Texas A&M No. 6 Stanford - No. 25 Oregon State No. 21 South Carolina - No. 5 Missouri No. 10 Texas Tech - No. 15 Oklahoma

This Year: 27-13

DEAD STINKIN’ LAST

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Tennessee 17 - No. 1 Alabama 14 Vanderbilt - No. 16 Texas A&M No. 6 Stanford - No. 25 Oregon State No. 21 South Carolina - No. 5 Missouri No. 10 Texas Tech - No. 15 Oklahoma

This Year: 22-18

SOCCER continued from Page 1 The combination of a highscoring offense and a stealthy defense from the secondplace SEC team will be a challenge for the Lady Vols, but head coach Brian Pensky believes his team is capable of beating the Gators.

“They’re one of the best possession teams in the league, and they are one of the best attacking teams in the league,” Pensky said.

Beacon readers everywhere to be informed about. They relate to the motives by which the Beacon sports beat people and my rising ascension in the standings just to your left. I’ll make every attempt to be objective and let the readers decide.

Firstly, back in the Oct. 4 edition of the Beacon, I was noted as choosing Georgia to beat Tennessee 27-24. Email records from me indicated a Tennessee victory with the same score.

Beacon staff indicate it was a “printing error.”

Secondly, the October 16 edition of the Beacon was printed on Wednesday to account for Fall Break. As I opened the Beacon, to my surprise I see game picks had been done on my behalf. When considering the holiday, it made sense for it to be printed on Wednesday instead of the usual Friday.

No advance email notice of submitting weekly game picks was issued to the pick ‘ems crew, although everyone else seemed to have picks already done and I was the only one called out by Sports Editor David Cobb. Perhaps it was a printing error. Perhaps I should have known to submit my picks early for a student holiday that I am not used to at a school

(which I love…Go Vols!) for which I have been working for only 5 months.

Perhaps there is something more sinister going on here and your first, second, and fifth place clowns to the left are involved in it right up to their copy editing eyeballs. Maybe they know Stefano. Maybe they are Stefano. Perhaps.

Like I said, the objective and insightful Vol reader is the judge of said events chronicled above. Sinister or coincidental, let your voice be heard to Beacon Sports Editor David Cobb at @DavidWCobb on Twitter.

In keeping with tradition with the previous authors who have graced this spot in the paper, I provide a snapshot of your fellow pickers and give you a glimpse into their current situation in the standings.

Gage and Troy appear to be confused on what is first place and what is second place.

With that being said, so do David and Courtney with last and second-to-last places. Then there’s Melodi. Poor Melodi just wants to be a part of the reindeer pick ‘em games. She started out with a bright shiny nose ready to lead the team through the ‘T’. Now she sits

in the middle of the pack not knowing whether to chase the Stefanos who are in front of her or wander back with the others who seem to lose a lot of play money at horse races and aren’t very good at Monopoly.

So to end where I began: five games remain in the regular season and this week will provide a test for our always improving and fearless Volunteer football squad. In my short time at UT, I have learned quickly that those nasty elephants in Tuscaloosa are to be spoken of in short sentences, simple words and only in critical situations. Notice I haven’t even mentioned the school we’re playing tomorrow as I squint my eyes and purse my lips.

My Ph.D. might indicate I’m a smart guy or that I am crazy.

What I do know though is that I will give my all (and my picks) for Tennessee today, and tomorrow and the next day. See ya at 3:30 p.m. EST Saturday afternoon.

“We’re going to try to limit their dangerous possessions.”

Pensky also said he wants to keep Florida’s possessions in its back half, not allowing the Gators to penetrate through the Lady Vol defense.

For six Lady Vols, Friday will be a final chance to leave Regal Stadium with a win.

While senior night can be emotional for some, Brown believes this is an ideal senior night.

“There is nothing like playing under the lights on Friday night at this stadium,” Brown said. “It is incredible.”

After their final regular season game in Regal Stadium, the Lady Vols will take flight to Columbia, Mo., to battle the Missouri Tigers on Sunday.

The Tigers (7-7-2, 3-3-2 SEC), like the Lady Vols, have struggled to get the ball in the net. Since Sept. 27, Missouri has scored two or more goals in a game only once.

Hannah Wilkinson, a junior forward who typically starts for the Lady Vols, will not be with the team this weekend. A native of New Zealand

and a member of the national team, Wilkinson and her team will play two friendlies against the United States national team on Sunday and Wednesday.

The matchup against the Gators tonight will begin at 7 p.m. Tennessee is also hosting “Goal Pink” night where fans are encouraged to wear pink to help raise breast cancer awareness with the first 250 fans receiving a free “Goal Pink” T-shirt.

Tennessee’s match against the Missouri Tigers will be Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.

Dr. Ken Gassiot is the Associate Dean of Students and a forever faithful Vol fanatic.

He loves finishing in first place, Chuy’s salsa, and nacho cheese Doritos. He can be reached at kengassiot@utk.edu.