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A s author David Sedaris took the B i j o u Theatre’s s t a ge Thursday night, he • David Sedaris appeared to be wearing a skirt. However, he hastily clarified to the sold out audience he was actually wearing culottes before beginning his readings.

Known for his dry wit and sarcastic humor, Sedaris is a writer who has published several books and essay collections. He chronicles his middle-class, family-life growing up, as well as his drug use and obsessive behaviors in a self-deprecating manner.

Riddled with profanity and dripping with sarcasm, Sedaris offered up excerpts from his essays and diary entries.

For longtime fans and new readers alike, he did not disappoint.

The topics of his readings included conversations he had with strangers while traveling to places like Australia and Paris, his life growing up with six siblings, memories of his beach house named the “SeaSection” or analyzing the suicide of his sister Tiffany.

Sedaris also shared little bits of advice with audience members like “no straight men would share a dessert, especially one with cream.”

Closing with pieces from his diary, Sedaris included one anecdote about how he would like to buried.

“When I die, I want my body taken to an ice cream emporium,” Sedaris said, “and then it should proceed with a traditional ‘Sunday’ service.”

Always making a point to endorse the work of another author while on tour, Sedaris recommended “This is the Story of A Happy Marriage” to the audience, a collection of essays by Nashville native Ann Patchett.

“It’s the best essay collection I’ve read in a while,” Sedaris said.

Sedaris concluded with one more gem of wisdom, reminding the audience to vote in the upcoming November midterm election.

“I blame everything on what’s wrong with the world on people who don’t vote,” Sedaris said. “There is one reason to vote, if not just to feel superior to others.”

All hail the kings and queens of volOUT. VolOUT and Sexual Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee sponsored the “HalloQueen Drag Show” to raise funds to support each organization’s upcoming events while spreading a message of gender acceptance and empowerment in a fun and exciting way Thursday night.

“The drag show we sponsor with volOUT is always one of the most popular events during Sex Week, so we’re doing this as a fundraising activity for both SEAT and volOUT,” said Colleen Ryan, member of the S.E.A.T. Executive Board and volunteer at the event.

The show consisted of 12 talent performances by LGBTQ students dressed in drag, including singing, lip-synching, dancing and stand-up comedy. Each of the contestants had their own hashtags that audience members used to vote for their favorite acts.

Coming in first place was “Lady Godiva,” who did an impression of Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi,” white tights and fake blood included.

While the technical purpose of the event was to raise funds, Kolt Free, a senior in college scholars, claimed that dressing in drag is “not just about putting on a dress and makeup.” To Free, and several other performers and volunteers, drag is about defying gender stereotypes through a theatrical exaggeration of those norms.

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Drowned in Crimson Tide Vols’ comeback bid derailed by Alabama as UT falls 34-20 Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor (@TPro_UTDB) Neyland Stadium was raucous as all the momentum shifted in Tennessee’s favor.

Despite falling into an early 27-0 hole, the Volunteers, led by quarterback Joshua Dobbs, rattled off 17 unanswered points and had a second half comeback on their mind.

Alabama had other plans.

Leading 27-17, the Crimson Tide put together a 13-play, 76-yard drive – capped off by sophomore running back Derrick Henry’s 28-yard touchdown – that put an end to the comeback hopes and sealed a 34-20 victory.

“I feel like as a defense, we let the offense down,” redshirt junior linebacker Curt Maggitt said. “We’ve got to take pride in that, and we have to take responsibility for that.”

Tennessee’s (3-5, 0-4 SEC) comeback bid began shortly after Alabama quarterback Blake Sims broke free for a 28-yard touchdown run to extend the Crimson Tide’s (7-1, 4-1) lead to 27.

On the ensuing drive, Dobbs, who came in for starter Nathan Peterman on the Vols’ third offensive drive midway through the first quarter, drove UT 84 yards down the field and found freshman wide receiver Josh Malone for a 9-yard touchdown.

After freshman kicker Aaron Medley made a 27-yard field goal on their following drive, the Vols were once again able to stop Alabama’s offense and get the ball back to their offense.

And just like he had done on the two drives prior, Dobbs led the offense down the field, eventually finding junior wide receiver Von Pearson for a 9-yard touchdown to make it a two possession game.

In total, the sophomore quarterback went 19-for-32 passing with 192 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He also recorded 75 rushing yards – the most by a UT quarterback since Tee Martin rushed for 81 against Syracuse in 1998 – on 19 carries.

“He (Dobbs) adds another element in terms of the run game,” Tennessee head coach Butch Jones said.

“Whenever you have a running quarterback, that poses another threat to the defense.

“I thought he was in command and I thought Josh showed some very good poise.”

Quarterback Josh Dobbs makes a break during the game against Alabama on Saturday.

Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon Dobbs’ effort, however, wasn’t enough to erase Alabama’s early production, which was highlighted by the play of All-American wide receiver Amari Cooper.

The junior wideout recorded five catches for 185 yards in the first quarter and was on the receiving end of the Crimson Tide’s first two touchdowns – one for 80 yards on their first play from scrimmage and a 41-yard score on their second drive.

“He’s a great receiver,” sophomore cornerback Cameron Sutton said. “He does it all for them.

The offense works around him. They find matchups around the field, whether he’s inside or outside and he does a lot of damage after the catch as well. It makes him a great receiver when he gets the ball in his hands, because he can do exceptional things after the catch.”

The contest also marked the return of Lane Kiffin, who was the head coach at Tennessee for the 2009 season.

The return of the former Southern California head coach and current Alabama offensive coordinator,

however, proved to be a non-issue.

“He’s really a good coach and I think why all the people in Tennessee are pissed off at him is because they knew he’s a good coach and they were upset when he left,” Alabama head coach Nick Saban said.

“I get that, I understand that, but I know that there are a lot of really good fans here.

“I can understand why they would get upset. I understood why they burnt me at the stake in Baton Rouge the first time I went back there after going to the Miami Dolphins and then coming back to Alabama. I get it. We all have fans that are that way, but I think we all have a lot of fans that really appreciate when people do a quality job.”

Tennessee will look to crack the SEC win column when they travel to play the South Carolina Gamecocks in Columbia on Saturday.

“We just have to keep chipping away,” Jones said.

“We’re getting closer and closer. We’re nowhere where we need to be, but I’m proud of our players.”

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Front Row Review: Wilco wows Knoxville crowd ing his merry band of misfits to their instruments to play genre-busting melodies for the next two hours.

All in all, it goes in the books as a The lights were dimmed. The crowd Wilco show. And what a show it was. grew louder.

The band’s first appearance in Out came a man with long hair, lead- Knoxville since 2009, and the third

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show of its 20th Anniversary Tour, was played to a raucous sellout crowd at the Tennessee Theatre Thursday night.

“When I saw the announcement that they would be coming to Knoxville, I was stunned,” said David Berry, senior in architecture. “I was really hoping

Wilco would come to Knoxville before I graduated. I got lucky.”

While the crowd took some time to pile in completely for the 8 p.m. start, the theater was filled with passionate fans by the time the band finished its opening song, “At Least That’s What You Said”

“We’ve got everything to lose and nothing to gain from refusing to vote.”

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from 2004’s album “A Ghost Is Born.”

From there, the band roared through its 30-song set, which featured crowd favorites like “Jesus, etc.” and “I am trying to break your heart.”

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Former U.S. Solicitor General shares insights with law students Hannah Marley Staff Writer

From DOMA to Hobby Lobby, Paul Clement knows what it’s like to argue in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Clement, former U.S. solicitor general who argued many notable cases including Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and United States v. Windsor, spoke on Friday about the particular challenges he faced during his legal career involving 75 cases in front of the Supreme Court.

These challenges included presenting cases in front of nine justices who each took a unique approach to the interpretation of the constitution. Clement struggled to

• Paul Clement argue on behalf of his client when the primary focus of the court is to set the law for the rest of the nation to follow.

“If you can combine these two concepts, then I think you can start to understand the relatively unique dynamic of arguing in front of the Supreme Court,” Clement said. “Because you have to get to five (votes), and you

have to do it with nine justices who may view these issues entirely through distinct lenses.”

This, combined with the Supreme Court’s lack of interest in the individual client, poses a particularly difficult challenge for a lawyer whose primary job is to advocate in the best interests of the client, Clement said.

“At the end of the day, they really don’t care about your case or your client,” he said.

“They are really using your case as a vehicle to develop a broader rule on an issue of importance, and I think that is something that one always has to keep in mind.”

However, despite this disconnect between the court’s objective and the advocate’s

responsibility, as well as the broad implications of the court’s decisions, Clement said that the best place to start when formulating an argument is with the interests of the client, especially if that client happens to be the United States government.

“To me, at least, the key to doing the job right is to start with where are the interests of the U.S.? Where are the interests of the U.S. government?” he asked. “That really ought to constrain what you do.”

Clement said this holds true even in widely publicized and controversial cases.

“Governments are the takers of property, they are not the ‘takees’ of property,” he said. “Governments are

potential establishers of religion, not objectors to the establishment of religion. ...

You (have to) come at it from that perspective.”

Regardless of his experience, Clement admitted that he “absolutely” gets nervous every time he comes before the Supreme Court. For Clement, nerves keep him from becoming complacent and force him to continue preparing up until the day he appears before the justices.

“And if I ever stop getting nervous, I’m gonna start doing something else,” he said, “because I don’t think that you can argue in front of the SCOTUS, those justices with all their different jurisprudence and all their incredibly impressive and thought-

ful and probing questions. I don’t think you could do it if you weren’t nervous.”

Wayne Dillingham, a UT College of Law alumni from the Class of 1983 and former lawyer for the FBI, said he hopes the law students present at the lecture come away with a more human perspective of what it’s like to practice law at the highest level.

“In a forum like this, talking to law students, a question like ‘Were you nervous?’ brings a certain humanity to the question,” Dillingham said. “They need to know what the practice of law is at an extremely high level, and they need to know a little bit more about the practice of law from a human perspective.”

Live music highlights environmental event Victoria Brown Staff Writer Veggie burgers, live bands and zero waste.

UT held its annual “Sustainability Day Celebration” on Thursday from 3 - 8 p.m. as a part of the campus-wide “Sustainability Week.”

The event hosted a number of student-run and local organizations that set up booths to hand out flyers and pamphlets exhibiting environmental campaigns ranging from recycling awareness to energy-saving programs.

Elizabeth Boehmer, outreach coordinator for the Office of Sustainability, said the university decided to try something different this year by hosting the event in the Presidential Courtyard and including live bands, such as Staying for the Weekend, Griff’s Room Band and Tame and the Strange, to play a “Green Concert.”

Boehmer said she thought these changes brought a new energy and excitement to the event.

“It’s been a really a good day,” Boehmer said. “I’m pretty excited to hear all the bands play. They’re all pretty good, so it should be fun.”

Boehmer said the Office of Sustainability organizes the majority of the event but

DRAG SHOW continued from Page 1 Katie White, a sophomore in architecture and stage manager of the event, agreed, emphasizing the personal freedom she said she feels to express her sexuality while watching drag performances.

“I find it very liberating to see, lets say, a guy go on stage and perform super feminine,” she said.

“For him to be totally okay with doing that makes me feel like it would be more okay for me to present the way I want to no matter what.”

For James Anderson, known by the stage name “Rayne Bow,” performing in drag, as either

Tame and the Strange plays during the “Green Concert” as part of the “Sustainability Day Celebration” Thursday in Presidential Courtyard. Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

also has help from campus organizations like Students Promoting Environmental Action in Knoxville and EcoVols.

“There are a bunch of great community organizations that are here talking to students about getting more involved,” Boehmer said, stating that she was thankful for all the students who came out and practice sustainability in their everyday lives.

John Brown, marketing coordinator for UT Recycling, said his organization participated in Sustainability Day to educate students on everything from gameday recycling to an upcoming art show UT Recycling is working on, all in the hopes of promoting the idea of “zero waste.”

Brown said he enjoyed being a part of the event and being surrounded by people who

are part of the initiative to improve the environment.

“I’ve loved it, it’s been great,” he said. “I’ve been able to meet a lot of great people.”

Logan Terheggen, co-president of S.P.E.A.K. and junior in chemical engineering, said the organization wanted to give back to the community and promote equality of food for everyone. S.P.E.A.K. members provided freshly made organic veggie burgers and refreshments along with information about how students can become more environmentally conscious.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” Terheggen said. “The weather’s been perfect, the people have been great and the band’s been pretty great. ... So, I can’t complain at all.”

Sustainability Week concluded Friday. The Office of Sustainability will be hosting “Earth Month” in April.

a male or female, is a fun way to express their sexuality while doing what they love.

“I found that expressing my gender and my sexuality through dancing with the drag show was the greatest thing that had ever happened to me,” Anderson, a junior in Hispanic studies, said.

“Every year I look forward to the drag show.”

While drag shows are commonly associated with transgender males, White said that dressing in drag is not exclusive to homosexual males or transgender people.

“To do drag is to not be a transgender person,” White said.

“They are two entirely different things.”

Anderson said that volOUT,

as well as the performers, who ranged the spectrum of LGBTQ individuals, hopes to dispel these myths and spread the word that drag is for anyone who wants to play with gender norms in a dramatic way, regardless of sexual orientation.

“Anyone can do drag. It’s not complicated, it’s not hard,” Anderson said.

Christie Thiessen, senior in communication studies and member of the volOUT executive board, added that the only primary qualification for participating in drag shows is a desire to have fun.

“This is really just an opportunity for students to just come and show off and just be whoever they are and have fun and for other people to encourage that.”

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Cortney Roark Copy Chief Moviegoers of UT will get the chance to personally pick the brain of a film critic and director this week.

Gerald Peary will be on campus for a screening of his documentary “For the Love of Movies” Monday and an open discussion Tuesday.

As a film critic of more than 30 years, Peary set out to create a documentary that would inspire audiences to read more film criticism. However, “For the Love of Movies” was made throughout the course of many years, and because of the rise of the internet, things changed.

“Suddenly there were hundreds of critics,” Peary said.

“Everyone is a critic (on the internet). Newspapers started shutting down and firing critics. Now (the documentary) is more of a eulogy to the end of film criticism. It still has all the critics, but it becomes clear that film criticism is dying out.”

The fall of newspaper critics is something Peary can personally attest to. His newspaper, the Boston Phoenix, “died” and now his voice of criticism is online at The Arts Fuse, an online, Boston-based arts magazine.

Although Peary agreed that it is nice that everyone is able to have a voice online, he said the voice of credibility is virtually gone. He said it now requires much more research to find a professional critic, and most people are not willing to do that research. Chuck Maland, head of UT’s cinema studies program, however, does his research and sees the internet as a helpful tool.

“With Rotten Tomatos and Metacritic.com, you can go to see, in a very general, broad sense, how positive the reviews of certain films have been by newspaper reviewers,” Maland said. “Not only that, but you can go to the reviews of certain people. All the way through my career I’ve usually tried to find some reviewers whose work I like and trust.”

On the list of Maland’s reviewers is Peary. Maland pointed out that Peary’s documentary chronologically discusses American film criticism and the way it has shaped American film, which is something a reviewer must understand to fully critique a film.

“Every critic is a reviewer. Only some reviewers are critics,” Peary said. “Reviewers talk about plot and actors.

Is it good or not? That’s where criticism starts. A critic contextualizes, knows how to put it next to other films of the time, films in history, knows theme, philosophy, history, literature.”

This distinction is something Peary hopes to leave with viewers of “For the Love of Movies.” Among the film critics highlighted in the film are Robert E. Sherwood, Otis Ferguson and Knoxville’s own James Agee.

“When I was 16, I read one of Agee’s reviews and it completely changed my life,” Peary said. “I was moved by how beautiful film criticism can be.”

The screening of “For the Love of Movies” starts Monday at 3:30 p.m. in Hodges Library Auditorium. The open discussion with Peary is Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. in the Mary Greer Room on the second floor of Hodges.

WILCO continued from Page 1 Lead singer Jeff Tweedy kept the crowd guessing as to what was coming next with a varied set list.

“We’re going to play songs from all our albums.

Some you have, some you might not,” Tweedy said, to which the audience members replied that they had every record. “That’s impossible, other people own some too.”

The band surprisingly played four songs from its 1995 debut album “A.M.,” which Tweedy remarked was an album “you could go anywhere in 1995 and not hear it” and was answered by a chorus of laughter from the crowd.

As the show wound down, the band closed out its first run of songs, 26 in total, with 1999’s “A Shot in the Arm” from “Summerteeth.”

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STS9, hosted by WUTK, performs at the Tennessee Theatre on Friday. Sterling Martin • The Daily Beacon

‘The Tribe’ rocks sold out show at Tennessee Theatre

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Sound Tribe Sector Nine, the electronic instrumental band abbreviated simply as STS9, played to a sold out crowd Friday night at the historic Tennessee Theatre. Fans and newcomers of all ages packed into the venue for a taste of what ‘The Tribe’ has to offer for its Autumn Tour 2014.

The band draws heavily from psychedelic, electronic and jazz elements while encompassing its own unique flavor. Accompanied by a breathtaking light show utilizing lasers and even disco-balls, the live setting for this band is truly one of a kind.

As Wilco waltzed off the stage to waves of screams and cheers, the demand for an encore grew louder.

After a minute, Tweedy and his pals returned to the stage playing “Impossible Germany” and “The Lonely 1.”

Then came a second encore.

Back for one last blast of fun together, Wilco came out for its final two songs with no electric instruments – just acoustic guitars, a small, muted snare drum, a shaker and collective voices.

Closing an evening to remember at the Tennessee Theatre with “California Stars,” it felt as if the beautiful, blue ceiling of the venue provided Wilco with its own soundtrack to mix with the band’s.

Twenty years in, the stars from Chicago no longer look red-eyed and blue.

They look like one of the best bands performing today, with hopefully many more years ahead of them.

and UT alumae, asked Sedaris’ views on the Ebola epidemic to which he answered, “I’ve continued from Page 1 noticed a lot of people wearing In a post-reading question- masks in the airport, and it’s and-answer session, Jackie just not going to do them any Palmer, a Knoxville resident good.”

After the night was over,

Palmer said she was excited to see one of her favorite authors speak.

“He is so funny,” Palmer gushed. “I’ve been wanting to come for a long time and I’m thrilled to be here.”

An opening set from Colorado producer Late Night Radio started the night in proper fashion.

His chilled-out and funk infused beats got the audience grooving and perfectly set the stage for the headlining act STS9 took the stage for two hour-long sets, separated by a short intermission. The audience’s deafening roar at the end of the night brought about the final encore, which still left the crowd begging for more.

Since the band’s creation in the late ‘90s, STS9 has played festivals, concerts and venues around the world. Needless to say, the group is no stranger to wrecking dance floors wherever it goes.

After a falling out in January, it was announced that founding member and bassist

David Murphy would no longer be part of the band. This caused criticism and speculation from a devoted fan-base and music lovers alike because the group was forced to cancel a tour.

With the future of the band in question, many rumors surfaced regarding the band’s sustainability.

Only two months later, however, the group reappeared on stage with current bassist and guitar player Alana Rocklin. The newly added female presence on stage has been widely accepted and is even preferred now by some over the original five members.

This week, the band continues its string of all-ages shows across the South, allowing anyone and everyone to see what the hype is about.

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Vote now or forever hold your peace Life Under the Microscope by

Kenna Rewcastle I saw a sign in the Howard H. Baker Center for Public Policy earlier this week advertising an event to “make voting popular.” The poster was pink, and the background depicted a scene from “Mean Girls.” To be honest, seeing the poster made me angry. My anger was not in any way directed towards the Baker Center’s efforts to increase voter turnout among students but stemmed from the fact that such an event is necessary to begin with.

My Facebook and Twitter feeds are filled with people making statements about politics, discussing both the candidates running and the issues that are being debated in the upcoming midterm elections. I’ve been wondering what fraction of the students that make these kinds of posts actually casts a shadow on a voting booth. This skepticism is rooted in my experience that too many outwardly-opinionated students don’t voice their opinions where it counts: on a ballot.

The past few weeks have held debates about the proposed Amendment 1 to the Tennessee constitution, compared the candidates vying for state Senate seats and have held parties celebrating the end of Stacey Campfield’s absurd stunts on the Senate floor. Just for the sake of curiosity, I try to end said conversations by asking my acquaintance if he or she is registered to vote, and the number of “No” answers I’ve received in response is disheartening. There used to be time for me to encourage non-voters to register immediately, but those deadlines have passed. Maybe I should just stop asking now to preserve my own sanity.

Why wouldn’t you vote? University students seem to be more exposed to the current political events and their implications more than the general population, simply as a result of being on a campus where there’s an entire department and center for public policy dedicated to starting and moderating political discussions. Informed voters are the ones we want filling up our state’s ballot boxes, and yet it seems as if the efforts of those raising political awareness in this population are wasted.

Quite frankly, when you give up the opportunity to vote, you give up the right to complain about anything that happens in your political jurisdiction. Voting is the one chance you get to choose the representatives and legal issues that best serve your needs. It’s the gateway to political involvement, the next step being communicating with your elected representatives on issues that are important to you. Voting is not only a right associated with being a U.S. citizen, it’s a duty that we all owe to our country. The only hope we have of improving our government, of improving the political process and of fully benefiting from being a citizen of our respective city, county, state and nation is to make our needs known.

Students of a public, state-funded university should feel a heightened sense of the importance of voting, as our state legislators hold the purse strings of an increasingly smaller chunk of UT’s budget. These issues and more are being discussed at every election, and by refusing to vote, one forfeits the opportunity to take part in that discussion. In this election alone, the autonomy of the individual in decisions related to personal health with the proposed Amendment 1, the gubernatorial election and the status of state and national representative seats are on the ballot.

We’ve got everything to lose and nothing to gain from refusing to vote. To do so would be an act of sheer laziness, ignorance and would forfeit your right to complain about the decisions of a governmental body that you had no hand in shaping. Vote now, and claim your voice in developing the future of your government.

Kenna Rewcastle is a senior in college scholars.

She can be reached at kenerewc@vols.utk.edu.

Columns of The Daily Beacon are reflections of the individual columnist, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or its editorial staff.

Old College lost to history Brick

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Tor Voorhees Ayres Hall serves as the symbol of our university. However, that has not always been the case. Before Ayres was completed in 1921, the University of Tennessee had the likes of Science Hall, Estabrook Hall and a set of four sister “college” buildings that resided where Ayres Hall stands today.

While only two of these six iconic structures still stand, they were all revolutionary in their own time. Furthermore, one of these structures was actually the first built on The Hill and the first to usher in the beginnings of our modern concept of the University of Tennessee.

The University of Tennessee began as Blount College in 1794, originally occupying an unremarkable building located in downtown Knoxville on the corner of present day Gay Street and Clinch Avenue, Blount College survived solely on tuition and fees, as it received no state support. Needless to say, the college floundered in its early years.

In 1806, the institution was given a grant of public lands from the state, and the college was subsequently renamed East Tennessee College. While at the time this seemed like an uptick in university proceedings, the college actually closed following the death of its

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abandonment of once foundational structures. The move was not without opposition, however, as students, alumni and faculty resisted any changes to Old College or its sister buildings. Only a few years prior (in a form of ultimate irony) then-President Brown Ayres stated that Old College would stand for years to come undisturbed and unchanged. The pleas to preserve the building fell on deaf ears, however, and Old College was demolished in 1919 to make way for Ayres Hall.

John Staub, a UT alumnus, penned the following plea in what amounted to a last ditch effort to save Old College: “This old building is a beautiful heritage from our forefathers and belongs not only to us, but to those who come after us. … I feel that we will be condemned if we sanction by silence the destruction of Old College.”

Today, no university student can see Old College; it is forever lost to the blind eye of progress. One can, however, see South College still standing stalwart as the oldest building of the university. It was one of the original four Barbara Hill buildings that defined our modern day University of Tennessee and is the last to survive.

As Staub stated so eloquently -- tearing down foundational structures does not only affect us, but also all who follow us. It is then all the more so our responsibility to preserve our university treasures for those Volunteers who will follow in our footsteps.

Tor Voorhees is a junior in mechanical engineering. He can be reached at vvoorhe1@vols.utk.edu.

Oscar de la Renta leaves a legacy The Workshop by

Thomas Carpenter “Did y’all hear that Oscar de la Renta died?” I had not. I looked up slowly to my friend who had just spoken. I sat there for a few seconds, not knowing exactly how I felt. I had to think about it for a minute, not because I’m particularly knowledgeable about the icons of the fashion industry (I’m not), but because he was a family member.

We were not close in any way, and I would be surprised if he even knew who I was. He was a cousin of my great-grandmother on my mother’s side, which is half-Dominican.

Another friend noticed my half blank stare and asked what was wrong. I told them of how I was related to him, and they asked if I was OK. There was no reason for me to not be OK; I didn’t even know the guy. Still

though, it was a strange feeling.

If, like me, you don’t closely follow high fashion, you might not know much about Oscar de la Renta. I’ve known that we were related for several years now, but I’ve never taken the time to try to learn about him. He’s a distant cousin who just happened to be famous, and I certainly was in no place to care about high fashion.

Since his death, however, I’ve had a certain curiosity about him, so I decided I would learn a little about him. Born in 1932, he first became prominent in the ‘60s when he was one of the couturiers of Jacqueline Kennedy.

He went on to become one of the most prominent fashion designers in the industry.

His clothes have been worn by presidents, celebrities and even royalty. His name has become synonymous with awards shows like the Oscars, and he was the go-to designer for many of the who’s who in Hollywood.

One thing many people don’t realize is how unique his style was. His clothes, although mostly for women, are not outrageous or abstract compared to many other modern designers, as they always assumed a more

traditional and classic style. It’s clear that he was not so concerned with making a statement as an artist, but instead focused more on the actual person, which is both rare and refreshing for fashion.

From what I’ve read, Oscar seemed to be a gentleman of a different era. In an NPR article, fashion critic Robin Givhan recalls an interview where he apologized for taking his tie off. This seems a little ridiculous at first, but when you think of de la Renta compared to a painter or classical musician, it’s easy to see how one can be so passionate about something that affects all clothes-wearing humans.

I can only hope that his selflessness in his work corresponded to his personal life as well.

His career certainly leaves a legacy both in the fashion industry and in popular culture.

I may not have strong feelings towards his passing, but I am certainly proud of him as a family member.

Thomas Carpenter is a junior in classics.

He can be reached at tcarpe11@vols.utk.edu.

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The young university was reborn in 1820 when several progressive individuals again saw the necessity of an institution near the bustling urban center of Knoxville. After quickly outgrowing the single building the original Blount College had called home, the college trustees began searching for a new campus that could foster a proper university.

After rejecting a site near Parkridge as being too remote, college leaders turned their attention to a 40-acre tract of land known as Barbara Hill.

At the time, officials noted that the area offered many advantages that the new university could utilize. These included dominance over the surrounding skyline and relative seclusion from the downtown Knoxville area in which the original Blount College building had been stuck for so many years.

In 1826, college trustees purchased Barbara Hill for $600 and made plans to spend an additional $13,000 on a new college building. While seemingly low when compared to today’s $59 million Fred D. Brown Jr. Residence Hall, the sum was astronomical at the time and included an allotment for a $2,726 cupola (a roof structure similar to a small tower) that did not serve any substantial role beyond mere aesthetics.

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Old College remained a beloved university structure for more than 90 years until 1919 when questions began to be raised about its future. State officials had begun the push for a modernized university that called for the

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THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

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Third down struggles critical in Vols’ 34-20 loss to Alabama Patrick MacCoon

Staff Writer (@PatrickMacCoon) Throughout the first seven games of the season, the Vols prided themselves on their notorious third down defense.

Blake Sims and Amari Cooper, however, had an answer against a defense that entered the game holding its opponents to a 28 percent conversion rate on third downs. “Third Down For What� did not work as well as it usually does in Tennessee’s 34-20 loss to Alabama, as the Crimson Tide offense was 11-of-15 (.733) on third down opportunities. “We pride ourselves and our identity in getting off the field on third down,� head coach Butch Jones said. “We weren’t able to do that.�

After the Vols rattled off 17 consecutive points to make it a two-possession game, Alabama put together a crucial 13-play drive that saw the Crimson Tide convert on four different third downs. “We lost our identity when we didn’t play to our capability, our level,� redshirt junior defensive end Curt Maggitt said. “Third downs is where we’re known for getting off the field and that’s where we let the team down.�

After the game, the Vols’ leader on defense gathered his troops and put forth a “motivational speech� to his teammates, according to his coach. “I told them, ‘Guys, we’ve got to be critical of ourselves and correct that,’�

Maggitt said. “I feel like I’ve got a lot of respect from the guys on the team. I feel like as a defense, we let the offense down. We’ve got to take pride in that, and we’ve got to take responsibility in that.�

The 469 total yards of offense by Lane Kiffin’s offense were the most that the Tennessee defense had surrendered all season, with 253 of those coming in the first quarter of play that saw Alabama take a 20-0 lead.

Miscommunications on the field while going up against a Heisman contender in Cooper put the score too far out of reach for UT’s Joshua Dobbsfueled comeback. “We just have to get off the field on third down and cause more turnovers,� said Cameron Sutton, sophomore defensive back, who leads the team with three interceptions. “We’ve just got to keep our points on the quarterback and scrambling with the receivers down field once he gets out of the pocket.�

Sutton, who recorded five solo tackles and forced a fumble, said he believes that the defense can regain its identity. “As a defense we know what we

need to correct in ourselves,� Sutton said. “We know we didn’t play to our standards, especially third down percentage wise. That’s just not like us on defense. We have to get back and watch film and prepare for South Carolina.�

Offensive line improvement: Despite having two starting offensive lineman out due to injury, the front five for the Vols played their best game of the season.

Not only did they help pave the way for a season-high 181 rushing yards, but they also only gave up a season-low two sacks after having let up 4.29 sacks per game coming into the night. “Being down two offensive lineman, I thought we came off the ball well,�

Jones said. “We were able to establish a run game.�

Jalen Hurd totaled 76 yards on the night on 22 touches, while Dobbs ran for 75 yards and Marlin Lane tacked on a 44-yard scamper. “I thought Hurd ran exceptionally hard,� Jones said. “Having the depth that we all know about and being down two offensive linemen, I thought we did some good things. Some great building blocks in moving forward for the rest of the season.�

Dobbs seemed to play well behind the line throughout the night. His longest play from scrimmage was a 30-yard run that could have gone for more if he was not tripped up near the Vols’ sideline.

The only times he lost significant yardage was on a miscommunication on a hand off that left him out to dry in the red zone and a sack late in the fourth quarter in Tennessee’s final drive. “Our line did a good job of making holes for me, and when they do that we also have Hurd and Lane,� Dobbs said. “Everyone was ready to play, everyone was ready to fight.�

Feels like spring: After being held without a touchdown in their two previous SEC contests, Dobbs finally got the Vols on the board again in conference play when he found freshman wide receiver Josh Malone for a nine-yard touchdown on a back shoulder throw. “We practiced that play throughout the week and we’ve obviously practiced it throughout the season,� Dobbs said. “So, we knew when we got that look we both were on the same page there.

Malone did a great job of coming down with the ball.�

The connection between the two was not built overnight, as they found a great deal of success with each other in the “Orange and White Game� this past spring when they united for a pair of scores – one of 49 yards and the other going for 79.

Sophomore middle hitter Ashley Mariani, in purple headband, hugs junior defensive specialist Megan Hatcher after beating Ole Miss on Sunday at Thompson-Boling Arena.

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Lady Vols earn first SEC win with 3-0 sweep of Ole Miss Lucas Hunter Contributor When Ole Miss arrived in Knoxville, the team was 0-4 in SEC games with an attacking percentage below .200.

The Rebels would then proceed to have a .128 attacking percentage against the Lady Vols on Sunday in ThompsonBoling Arena, and get swept (25-19, 25-20, 25-22) on the way to Tennessee’s first SEC victory.

Ashley Mariani helped propel the Lady Vols on a 10-2 run in the second set to take a 12-6 lead, putting the game just out of reach for Ole Miss in what felt like the most consistent volleyball the team had played all season. “We haven’t been able to play consistently for long periods of time,�

Tennessee head coach Rob Patrick said. “Being able to have a sweep against a very, very good team that has some great athletes on it was very great for us.�

The legion of Mariani, Kanisha Jimenez, Kelsey Bawcombe and Shealyn Kolosky combined for 39 kills

on the day, but the offensive orchestra was conducted by junior Lexi Dempsey, who hummed to the tune of 41 assists on the day, eight more than the entire Rebel team combined for.

Not only was she a maestro on offense, but Dempsey stuffed the stat sheet in a variety of ways, finishing with seven digs, four blocks and a .333 attacking percentage with zero errors. “I thought Lexi was a catalyst in terms of how we ran our offense today,�

Patrick said.

There were moments of worry, however, such as when Ole Miss put together an 8-2 run at the tail of the second set. The experience and guile of Kolosky came through, however, as she delivered a cunning veteran move to put UT up 24-19 and sucked the wind out of the Rebel’s sails. “I think a lot of it is provide energy and organization on the court, so for the most part I did that,� Kolosky said on her role in the win. “Everyone really stepped up today and played their parts well.�

Though the win can be attributed

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Rebel junior Nakeyta Clair was second in the SEC in hitting percentage, but was held to a minor .077 by the Lady Vols defense, her lowest of the season.

The win marked the first victory for the Lady Vols since Sept. 20 and their first win over Ole Miss since Nov. 9, 2012, when they went into Oxford and swept the Rebels to win their ninth straight.

The Lady Vols will look to keep up the success when they travel to Lexington, Kentucky, on Oct. 29 to face the Wildcats in a match that will be aired on ESPNU.

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Monday, October 27, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron @TPro_UTDB

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GRADING THE VOLS Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron covered UT’s game against Alabama on Saturday. He assessed grades for each position based on the group’s performance in the Vols’ 34-20 loss to the Crimson Tide.

For the second consecutive year, Joshua Dobbs made his season debut against Alabama. This appearance, however, was much more impressive, as the sophomore signal caller took command of a struggling offense and made it look dynamic against one of the better defenses in the SEC. Dobbs finished the game 19-for-32 with 192 yards passing. He also added 75 yards rushing on 19 carries. Two turnovers that made a difference in the game, though, hurt an otherwise stellar performance.

UT’s defensive performance poor enough to wipe away moral victories

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For the first time since the Georgia game, the Vols’ backfield had a productive showing on the ground. Freshman Jalen Hurd amassed 86 yards on 22 touches – leading the Vols with six catches – while Marlin Lane looked much better with a healthy ankle underneath him. The senior finished the day with 48 rushing yards, 44 of which came on his longest run of the season in the second quarter.

Von Pearson and Josh Malone each registered 9-yard touchdown passes, but aside from that, the Vols’ receiving corps let down Dobbs on numerous occasions. Sophomore Marquez North dropped a sure touchdown in the end zone early in the fourth quarter, which ultimately forced the Vols to settle for a field goal. Freshman Ethan Wolf also dropped a pair of balls thrown his way early in the game. North and Alton “Pig” Howard led the way for this group, each catching four passes for a combined 105 yards.

Offensive Line

The grade may be a little high, but given its past performances, the offensive line was mighty impressive on Saturday. The unit only gave up two sacks, which ties a season-low and the first time it hasn’t given 5-plus sacks since playing the Bulldogs. Overall, the offensive line opened up holes for UT’s zone-read play-calling to work and gave Dobbs enough time to move around in – and out – of the pocket to find open receivers.

Defensive Line

For only the second time this year, the Vols’ defensive line was unable to contain the opposing quarterback in the pocket. Alabama’s Blake Sims only rushed for 42 yards, but many of those were picked for crucial third down conversions. They also allowed Sims to break off a 28-yard touchdown that gave the Crimson Tide a 27-0 lead. Derek Barnett was able to add to his terrific freshman campaign as he recorded six tackles, 1.5 of which were for a loss.

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Senior A.J. Johnson led the team in tackles – again – with eight, and redshirt junior Curt Maggitt recorded his fourth sack of the season. But a number of communication issues from this group were a big reason why Alabama was able to jump out to big lead early in the ballgame.

Johnson also failed to record a first down on third-and-short out of ‘The Beast’ package.

It has been this secondary that the UT defense has leaned upon this season, but on Saturday, the group let them down. Nobody had an answer for Alabama’s Amari Cooper, who had 155 yards after one quarter. Cooper was much less dynamic in the final three quarters, but, by then, he had already done enough damage. The Heisman Trophy candidate finished the day with 224 yards on nine catches, which set a new Alabama record for most receiving yards in a single game.

Freshman kicker Aaron Medley nailed each of his two field goal attempts, pushing his season total to 12-for-15. Senior punter Matt Darr had another quality outing, averaging 41.8 yards per punt and pinning the Crimson Tide inside their own 20 on two of his five punts. Freshman Evan Berry fixed his fumble problem but only averaged 21 yards a return. The only flaw from this unit was Cam Sutton’s muffed punt that Tennessee fortunately recovered.

Week 8 GPA: The Vols earn a football GPA of 2.54 for their performance in a 34-20 loss to Alabama. Cumulative GPA: Through eight games, UT holds a cumulative GPA of 2.69.

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The unit played its worst game of the season, and it’s easy to push aside the implications that has on the rest of UT’s season to instead bask in the hope-inspiring play of quarterback Joshua Dobbs and the potential revitalization of a previously anemic UT offense.

“We lost our identity,” Maggitt answered when a reporter asked him about his postgame speech to the defense. “We didn’t play to our capability, our level. Third downs is where we’re known for getting off the field, and that’s where we let the team down.

“I told them, ‘Guys, we’ve got to be critical of ourselves and correct that.’”

It wasn’t just third downs that made a previously apt defense look clueless, either.

Entering the game, Tennessee defensive backs and coaches pretended they knew who Amari Cooper was.

Apparently they had no idea.

At least a few players should have remembered his coming out party in 2012 at Neyland Stadium when he burned the Vols with 162 receiving yards and two touchdowns as a true freshman.

Now, he’s a serious Heisman Trophy contender because UT once again rolled out the crimson carpet for him.

Cooper finished with two touchdowns and an Alabama-record 224 receiving yards. He burned every UT defender that lined up against him, including star sophomore cornerback Cameron Sutton, who is not invincible after all.

Tennessee’s offense found the spark it needed with Dobbs and a re-arranged offensive line. It looked like an offense with an identity.

But Maggitt is right. The defense lost its identity on Saturday.

That should be enough to dampen the moral victory of not getting blown out by Alabama.

A chant off“It’s great to be a Tennessee Vol,” rang through Neyland Stadium at the end of UT’s 34-20 loss to Alabama on Saturday night, and it felt like the Vols had just blown out Chattanooga, not lost to a major rival.

It was certainly a lot better to be a Tennessee Vol in the second half than in the first when the Crimson Tide rolled up 27 quick points to silence a sellout crowd.

The Vols rallied; they showed some life, and the fans who stayed until the end seemed to respect that.

Even UT head coach Butch Jones opened his postgame remarks on a gleeful note by commending his team for its resiliency.

The prevailing postgame vibe in the stadium and in Jones’ press conference felt something like, “well, we lost, but (thanks to a couple of clumsy Alabama fumbles in the second half) the score ended up looking respectable so we can leave smiling and feeling OK about ourselves.”

To be clear, Jones didn’t say that, and he did address the issues that cost UT the game. But his postgame remarks and the general feeling in the stadium painted a picture that showed appeasement with a moral victory.

However, where it matters most – in the locker room -- and to the player who it matters most to, there was nothing acceptable about what transpired on the field.

UT’s emotional leader, redshirt junior defensive end Curt Maggitt, David Cobb is a senior in jouroffered a reality check to the Vols’ nalism and electronic media. He defense that gave up 23 first downs, can be reached at dcobb3@vols.

469 yards and allowed Alabama to utk.edu convert on 11-of-15 third downs.