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NOT-SO-PRIVATE PHONE CALL United Campus Workers, TN lawmakers hold conference call update on privatization Tanner Hancock News Editor

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Michael Lipps Assistant Arts & Culture Editor

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Since you’re reading the A&C section of your Daily Beacon, I’ll roll the dice again and assume you’re a fan, at least somewhat, of good music. If so, read on.

So what if I told you that you have the opportunity to go to Rhythm N’ Blooms in 2016 for free?

Well, I am. I am telling you that. Except, there’s a catch.

Heidi Hill Assistant News Editor Late Tuesday night, members of United Campus Workers held a telephone conference to discuss the developing case against the proposed outsourcing of UT’s Facilities Services employees to third party companies.

United Campus Workers member Jessica Buttermore proctored the call as three state representatives expressed their dissatisfaction with Haslam’s privatization plan. Their complaints ranged from a lack of transparency from the governor to fears of lower service quality should state facilities be outsourced to a private company.

Sen. Richard Briggs of Knoxville called attention to what he said he views as a lack of transparency from Governor Haslam’s plans,

stating that he couldn’t speak on what the governor has planned.

In talking with UT Chancellor Jimmy Cheek, Briggs said he believes the idea for privatization was not initiated by UT administration.

Briggs explained to his listeners that Cheek expressed overall satisfaction with UT’s facilities workers, drawing particular attention to the ice storm that struck UT’s campus last winter, forcing Facilities Services workers to perform their duties despite the dangerous conditions.

State Rep. John Ray Clemmons echoed those sentiments, indicating the lack of specificity Gov. Haslam has provided to interested parties within Tennessee. Clemmons said he plans to attend a roundtable discussion Nov. 3 at UT Chattanooga to better gauge what he called a misstep in the state’s agenda.

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Michael Williams trial pushed back one week Tanner Hancock News Editor The trial of Michael Williams, the former Tennessee football player involved in a rape scandal last November, has been delayed another week. Williams, who was to stand trial in Knox County Criminal Court on two charges of aggravated rape, will instead face trial next Monday, Nov. 2. The decision was reportedly made due to witness rescheduling issues.

Williams, along with former star linebacker A.J. Johnson, were accused of raping a female athlete at a post-game party last November at Johnson’s apartment in South Knoxville. Specifically, Williams is accused of both vaginally and orally rap-

Humans of Knoxville What has been the biggest surprise coming to UT? “Well honestly I didn’t think that I would like coming here. It was not my first choice of a school, it was my last choice, but money became a thing. I was like ‘Oh yeah I have to pay for college that’s a thing, so I’m going to go where it’s cheap.’

So at orientation I was like ‘I still don’t want to go here;’ I was really upset. So what really surprised me was when I got here, I had a ton of fun, and I really enjoyed the atmosphere of the school. I really liked the classes and stuff when I didn’t think that I would. That’s just what surprised me is like classes were easier than what I thought they would be. I actually enjoyed my experience here, unlike how I thought I would be like in my room sulking, but I’m happy that I’m here now and that’s probably what surprised me most.”- Maria Malchow, freshman in chemistry Alyssa White • The Daily Beacon

ing the former Tennessee athlete, who no longer attends the university. Both former players deny guilt and are being tried separately. A.J. Johnson’s trial was likewise delayed earlier in the year and will be held June 27.

Williams’ trial has experienced several delays since the incident occurred last November. In August, Williams’ trial was pushed back after his attorney requested a delay in order to further examine the victims’ social media accounts and phone records. The trial was delayed twice in September for similar reasons.

Johnson, who received his degree from UT in December following the incident, was originally invited to the NFL draft combine, yet that invitation was rejected in the aftermath of the rape allegations.

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PRIVATIZATION continued from Page 1 “What happens in Nashville doesn’t stay in Nashville,” Clemmons said of Haslam’s efforts. “When you privatize services, the first thing that goes out the window is quality of services.”

Sen. Sarah Kyle, (D-District 30) also vocalized Memphis opposition to Haslam’s outsourcing plan, citing the secretive nature of the process and that “no official plan (was) presented to the legislature.”

Like Briggs, Kyle said she and her fellow legislators were informed of Haslam’s Request for Information only after press and in house emails leaked the details of the outsourcing plan.

“Governor Haslam has told us that he will not go forward with anything until he gathers all the information, but the bonding agencies told us that he would be moving forward,” Kyle said. “That’s why we need everyone’s support.

“If the governor is focusing on outsourcing, then he will hurt the state’s economy and for those on a living wage who have to support their families.”

A UT facilities worker who chose to remain anonymous on the line, made it clear that if privatization became a reality,

the resulting minimum wage and lack of benefits would be disastrous for him and his family.

“This is the Volunteer State and this is not how you treat your workers,” he said, his voice quivering with emotion. “They often don’t see the things we sacrifice, but we come back to work ... and we put our heart and souls in our jobs. And that’s why some Tennessee schools are some of the best schools.”

Diana Moyer, president of United Campus Workers, closed the “Town Hall Call In” with several invitations for United Campus Workers members, state employees and interested citizens to participate in a “Week of Action” across the state beginning on Friday.

Moyer also said she and members of the United Campus Workers are organizing a bus trip to the Capitol in Nashville to deliver a petition against Gov. Haslam’s outsourcing, and, more importantly, to approach the Tennessee legislature with a physical, human form of protest.

“We won’t let up the pressure one bit,” Moyer said. “We’ve been heard, but we have to keep the message going that we know that the (privatization) process is much further along than he’s letting on.”

For more information on the gathering, visit ucw-cwa.org or the Facebook page www.facebook.com/tnisnotforsale.

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Q&A: Greek life leaders explore consequences, benefits of new judiciary system Heidi Hill Assistant News Editor On the Oct. 9 Board of Trustees meeting, executive members and UT President Joe DiPietro announced, following a presentation by Vice Chancellor of Student Life Vince Carilli, that the proposed changes to a 40-year-old Student Code of Conduct were approved and ready to be implemented by January.

Though the changes mostly focus on the existing board’s structure, the elimination of a separate Greek judicial board prompted a slew of opposition from fraternity and sorority leaders in the university’s Greek community. When a “STOP TAKING OUR RIGHTS” message to Carilli appeared on the Rock in late September, it was clear that resistance was rooted in more than a handful of upset fraternity members.

Carilli explained in last month’s meeting that the creation of a single Student Conduct Board would forge a better student-faculty-administrator relationship while also eliminating “unnecessary boundaries” within the student body.

To gauge the reaction and perspec-

tive from the affected leaders, The Daily Beacon spoke with UT Greek life about the elimination of the Greek Judicial Board as next semester’s changes edge closer.

The Daily Beacon: How do you feel about the elimination of the Greek Judicial Board from the new Student Code of Conduct? Do you think it is a fair change to a code that is over 40 years old?

Coble Whitaker, senior in finance: “The thing that stands out to me that makes this a negative for the Greek community is the fact that this board will consist of administrators and more likely non-Greek students, which will likely entail harsher punishments due to the stigma that comes with Greek life. There is no denying a baseless, fallacious stereotype exists against the Greek community by a portion of the student base and a majority of the administration. I think any individual Greek student should be sent to the same board as any other non-Greek student, but I think the organizations as a whole shouldn’t just be thrown in there with all the other students.”

Kenan Smith, senior in human resource management: “My biggest issues with the change

There is no denying a baseless, fallacious stereotype exists against the Greek community by a portion of the student base and a majority of the administration.”

Coble Whitaker, senior in finance

was that I think it could have been more clearly and efficiently communicated to Greek organizations. The Greek Judicial Board is the only change that is affecting

a group of students so directly, and I think it’s the only one that’s removing a say for such a large group of students. The morale of Greek life is very, very low for multiple reasons, and a lot of students felt this was an attack on the Greek community. That’s why it got so much angst around it. But once we saw the administration was willing to talk about it, I think everyone is feeling a bit better about it. Overall, I think this is a really good opportunity for Greek students not to be seen as a separate community within the school — because that definitely contributes to the stereotype.”

Andrew Berry, senior in accounting: “I really haven’t been paying much attention to it. I guess I see why it would make campus more unified and not so divided.

I think that can be a good thing to where there’s not as much separation between Greeks and non-Greeks. I didn’t have any prior knowledge about the Greek Judicial Board, so I didn’t know what kind of policies governed us and what the (Board) really did until some of these changes were brought to public knowledge.”

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Abby Powell, Panhellenic president: “Honestly, I’m OK with the changes they’ve proposed so far. I think it’s going to be a more positive change to the Greek system.

At first, I really didn’t understand it, and it caused a lot of negative interactions. But after talking to Vince Carilli and Provost (Susan) Martin, they really do have the students’ best interests, and I think it will be an overall positive thing for the Greek system.

Our group is in a big transition period, and I can definitely see where people thought this was an attack on the Greek system.

But I think it’s our job as a council to outline exactly what this new judicial board means and what the benefits will be for our community. It’s really our job as leaders to make sure this carries through and is understood by our community at large.”

Alex Clark, IFC president: “40 years ago, it was OK to

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The Daily Beacon • Tuesday, October 27, 2015 have a Greek Judicial Board because, with the makeup of the university, that’s how it all worked out. In today’s society, you can’t crucify or be partial to any one party over the other. I think the changes are due, but to my constituents and as member of the fraternity, what we have been used to for those 40 years is having a place with people that are familiar with our operations. That judicial board is made up of folks that are interested Greek members and are crystal clear on what fraternities are.

With that Greek judicial board gone, there’s simply going to be an almost biased involvement because there is, unfortunately, a negative stigma attached to fraternities that we’re all aware of. While we can combat that, some greater national issues (like sexual assault) fuel a real dislike for Greek life. If you’re going to eliminate the Greek Judicial Board, it certainly shouldn’t be right now. We’ve been working for the past three years to rebuild our reputation, and I think we need more time to do that.”

Roman fort reveals history of presence in Israel Tanner Hancock News Editor Hundreds of years after the life of Jesus and amidst cataclysmic change in the Roman Empire, a small Roman fort stood in what is present Israel — now abandoned, but certainly not forgotten.

Gwyn Davies, an expert on Roman siege warfare and an associate professor of history at Florida International University, will deliver a lecture titled “The Late Roman Fort at Yotvata, Israel” concerning his excavation of the fort of the same name. Davies will provide historical context and insight into life as it was in the fort during its construction in the fourth century C.E. on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the McClung Museum of Natural History.

Robert Darby, lecturer in ancient Greek and Roman art, currently acts as co-director of the ‘Ayn Gharandal archaeological project at UT, a location he describes as “basically the next Roman fort down the road” from Yotvata. In his work at Yotvata and later at ‘Ayn Gharandal, Darby gained immense insight to what he sees as a pivotal point in human history. After a tumultuous period of disruption nearly saw the end of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century, the reign of Diocletian brought about a large scale reorganization within the Roman empire.

“Diocletian takes what looks like the inevitable destruction of the Roman empire and probably

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extends its life by a few 100 years,” explained Erin Darby, assistant professor in religious studies at UT. Also co-director of UT’s ‘Ayn Gharandal archaeological project, Erin sees her work — in conjunction with the work at Yotvata — as integral to understanding the late Roman empire and the forts’ important roles in guarding trade routes to the Red Sea in the fourth century. “(It) gives us so much more information about not just what happened at one site, but what the entire change in the empire looked like in the fourth century,” said Erin of the twin Roman fort excavations.

At a time when Middle Eastern cultural treasures are experiencing widespread destruction and black market exploitation by terrorist groups such as ISIS, Darby continues to see the vast historical importance areas, such as Israel and the surrounding Middle East, offer to archeologists and regular citizens alike.

“We have sites like this one from the beginning of the fourth century A.D. that circle all the way back to the stone age, and there are just so many of them,” Darby said of Israeli archaeology.“It’s a region with a rich, diverse and very long history, so that makes for fascinating archaeological discoveries.”

Tuesday’s lecture marks the third in the series organized by the East Tennessee Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the McClung Museum. The next lecture “Dressed to Impress: Art and Haute Couture in the Aegean Bronze Age” will take place Tuesday, Nov. 10 in McClung Museum auditorium.

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Humans of Knoxville

What picture on your phone makes you the happiest?

“There is this picture, which is actually my phone background, of the Joe Strummer mural in Notting Hill in London. I love the Clash; they are one of my favorite bands, and it kind of represents a perfect afternoon with my family in my favorite city, and then that day getting to go back to where I was staying and be with my friends. It was a person I loved, with people I love, in a city I loved and that is what I remember every time I see it.” - -Abby Keith, junior in cinema studies Alyssa White • The Daily Beacon

Contributor Since 2006, the REEL ROCK film tour has been captivating audiences with its climbing and adventure films. Tonight, the 10th annual REEL ROCK Film Festival will be coming to UT. Each year, several short films are produced for the tour and cover outdoor endeavors in the vein of slacklining, highlining, rock climbing and ice climbing.

REEL ROCK partners with outdoor gear retailers, university outdoor clubs and climbing gyms around the world to organize screening events for each year’s selections. In Knoxville, UT’s Outdoor Program has been hosting showings for several years now.

In a recent National Geographic interview, REEL ROCK co-founders and filmmakers Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer discussed the epic viewing experience that the tour has become known for creating. “People come to REEL ROCK for a cinematic experience, not just some cool-looking action footage,” said Lowell.

Mortimer shared this sentiment. “I never want people sitting in a theater paying money to watch something that they saw on YouTube,” said Mortimer.

continued from Page 1 Which leads me to my third and final assumption. I don’t know you that well, but I think it’s safe to say — especially given my 2-0 track record if you’re still with me here — that as Homo sapiens we can all appreciate the thrill of a good hunt.

You must. You’re hunting for the point of this strange article.

So here’s the point and the catch: You can go to Rhythm N Blooms for free, you just have to find your weekend pass via a scavenger hunt.

Project manger Garrett Thomson underscored the reasoning behind the scavenger hunt giveaways, explaining that Rhythm N’ Blooms really wanted to give back to the festival’s fans.

“We’ve focused a lot of our efforts this fall on new ways to give back to our festival’s fans and create fun opportunities to engage in Rhythm N’ Blooms outside of just the weekend of the event,” Thomson said.

Each week, two clues will be given out that will lead participants to a general location. Come Friday at 11 a.m. if you figure out the general location; there you will find the fourth and final clue that will help you locate the exact locale of the passes.

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Many students, who are also outdoor sport enthusiasts, look forward to each year’s tour and attend the screenings religiously.

“I love watching the outdoor themed shorts with a group of equally enthusiastic friends,” said Xan Pitzer, senior in French. “The films are always exceptionally produced, and the atmosphere at the film showing is always electric.”

Robert Fischman, senior in nutrition, has also seen several years of the film tour and says that each installation brings something different — but always inspiring — to the table.

“Every year I walk out of REEL ROCK feeling inspired to work harder, not only in climbing, but in all aspects of life,” Fischman said.

“These films always fill you with energy for life, adventure and exploration; they’re world class outdoor athletes being shot by amazing filmmakers.”

REEL ROCK 10 features athletes Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson, Alex Honnold, Jimmy Webb and Daniel Woods; it also includes a tribute to the late Dean Potter — a renowned free climber, alpinist, BASE jumper and highliner.

The screening will start at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Room 109 of the Art and Architecture Building. Tickets are $10 and can be bought at the door.

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Last week marked the first scavenger hunt, and winners Maryssa Thompson and Stewart Creswell found their passes at Nothing Too Fancy near Market Square.

This week, The Daily Beacon has received the first clue to pass along, and here it is: “It’s a good thing construction cones are orange and white…”

Now that you’ve got the first clue to prime the juices and get the wheels spinning in your head as to where the next location might be, be sure to keep checking Rhythm N’ Blooms socials to get hints two, three and four that will better position you to guess the exact location and to hopefully find the passes!

Beyond that, you’ll want to stay tuned to get updates about artists who will be performing as well as other new aspects planned for the 2016 year.

“This year’s festival has plenty of new things we are excited to share about, and this scavenger hunt was an easy way to share some of those highlights,” Thomson said.

And from one Vol to another, think long and hard (but not too hard, nothing good ever comes from overthinking things) about the whole orange and white part of that first hint, and be aware that there could be more than just passes to be found.

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Student debt is one thing that affects us all

Jarrod Nelson Socialized

Have you ever thought about what it means to be a shameless plug?

Just kidding, I wouldn’t actually use that metaphor to start this off. But this is going to be a shameless plug. Here’s why.

Guess how much it costed to go to UC Berkeley in 1970? You don’t have to, I’ll just tell you. $700.

“Oh, but Jarrod,” you say, “you should adjust that for inflation.” I’m sure that looks much more reasonable.

Thing is I did that. They paid $700. Adjusted for inflation. A UT Resident Assistant could go to Berkeley for two years in 1970, with just two months salary, and have a good chunk of change left over.

Today, Berkeley students pay around $15,000 in tuition per year. “Oh, but Jarrod,” you say, “you should adjust that for inflation.” Oh but you, I say, have no idea how inflation works.

The point is that’s a 2,000 percent increase in tuition cost. The average student leaving the California school system is saddled with around $20,000 in loans and debt by the time they graduate. That’s around 15 months’ salary for an RA. In debt. That doesn’t count what they’ve already paid out. I wish I could name you other things that have increased 2,000 percent that aren’t debt related or incredibly soul crushing, but when I googled it, I found a bunch of articles on mass shootings, student debt and autism diagnoses. Don’t read too much into those, but 2,000 percent seems to be tied to negatives.

This isn’t just in California either. The national average is around 1,120 percent. I’m also too scared to google what else has increased 1,120 percent. So basically, we can’t just all go San Andreas and say screw California, they suck. We all suck at this. Nationally. It’s a big old fault line running underneath out country’s future.

See, I couldn’t go a whole column without using a metaphor.

Student loan debt is bigger than credit card debt now. It’s the San Andreas to that weird fault line that I know runs underneath Tennessee and cannot think of right now (Editor’s note: It’s the New Madrid Seismic Zone). I also don’t feel like googling it because that’s been a pretty scary proposition for me so far. But the metaphor does fall apart, because student loan debt is not natural. We did it ourselves, and The Rock can’t save us.

Why has this happened? What caused the fission?

Like most issues, it’s a combination of things I can’t describe in glorious detail within 600 words or so. It’s safe to say though that it is largely a result of spending cuts, ballooning administrations and unsound policy that looks good on paper, sort of in that order.

States have slashed education budgets like crazy in the past two decades. To be fair, they’ve slashed budgets in general, but education goes along with that.

Administrations have grown larger at the same time, compounding a problem of rising costs with decreas-

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If you look up the definition of ‘crisis’, this pretty much fits itself in there. It’s scary and features a long explanation of a negatively spiraling circular structure.”

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ing revenue. I’m in Accounting 200; that doesn’t look so good. So to make up more revenue, administrations look for more money from their students — thus the increase in tuition. And increase in room and board.

And a myriad of different fees that you probably can’t even name. And the stupid Flex Plan.

To pay for this, students take out loans. The federal government, looking at the symptom rather than the problem, says, “Wow, there are a lot of kids taking loans out. We should back their loans and guarantee them.” While this is nice and good on paper, and helps out millions of students needing to go to college, it also allows universities and states to ignore the problem because hey, they’re still getting paid, and the feds spend more money addressing the tremors than filling in the fault line.

If you look up the definition of “crisis,” this pretty much fits itself in there. It’s scary and features a long explanation of a negatively spiraling circular structure.

I can’t solve it for us. I have no pronouncements.

But this column is a shameless plug. The Central Programming Council is bringing Natalia Abrams, an expert on these issues, to campus today, Tuesday Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. in the International House. She’s a lot smarter than me. Go listen and learn about something that affects all of us.

Don’t stop there though. Do research; understand the structure of loans and how they work. Never stop learning, because it’s what we’re here for. Whether our major is engineering or English, let’s try not to major in debt.

Jarrod Nelson is a sophomore in public relations. He can be reached at jnelso47@vols.utk.edu.

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The dream of the white picket fence and yard full of kids is still present in the minds of many people.

For many, this is the ultimate end goal, the proof of success.

To me, that sounds like the worst. All I see is a long daily commute to and from work, taking care of a yard, having to drive long distances for groceries; and for what? To say I’ve “made it” because I own a house?

Sure, everyone has different tastes, and there’s nothing wrong with wanting a house in Suburbia.

However, Suburbia is not sustainable. At its very core, modern Suburbia is the enemy of the environment.

Let’s start with the fact that those who live there often drive to the city to work. With the exception of cities like New York, which have rail lines that connect suburbs to the city center, most American suburban dwellers have long commutes to work every day. Not only is this tiring, which produces more inefficient workers, it consumes huge amounts of fuel.

The idea of living and working near the same place was lost when personal vehicular travel became more accessible to a large number of people. Longer commutes not only demand more fuel consumption, but they generate more consumption in general.

Suburban families end up having multiple cars since that is their only means of transportation in their area

Educate yourself Emily Moore Day to Day

Ever heard of the Darwin Awards?

It’s an award given to those who contribute to Charles Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest, and by removing themselves from the gene pool, they increase the rate of evolution for the rest of us.

For example: a guy used a lighter to see if there was gasoline in his tank.

Yeah, I’m not kidding, and I’m sure you shook your head in disbelief at this moronic act, but riddle me this: how did you know fire and gasoline don’t mix? Really try to think about the first time this knowledge was bestowed upon you. Personally, I don’t ever remember specifically being told gasoline is flammable. It’s information that just kind of materialized one day. So, if you take a step back, maybe this guy had no clue gas is flammable.

Once again, that is a hard concept to grasp since the majority of people are well aware of this. But here is another piece of information to mull over. In a study where more than 35,000 Texas Tech students were asked a simple U.S. history question such as “Who won the Civil War?” most of the students had no clue, yet when asked “What show is Snooki on?” no one hesitated with the answer.

The simple fact is that information is not being distributed as it should be. We grow up brainwashed with the idea that school is a place where we learn everything we absolutely need to know and not question it. All the way to sophomore year in college, there are required courses almost all of us have to take. There is always that one general education class that has nothing to do with your major or career, but

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of the city. These cars get worn out more quickly and require more maintenance, because they are used more than the car of a city dweller. Someone in the city may not even own a car at all.

The habits of suburbanites tend to be rather unsustainable as well, usually following the trend of idolizing bigger and larger things as a status symbol.

Even simple things like going to the supermarket become unsustainable. Unlike someone in the city that may go to buy groceries around the corner or on the walk home, suburbanites tend to drive miles to get food. And because they carry their food in cars, they tend to buy bigger amounts, since they don’t have to worry about carrying it by hand.

Again, consumption seems to be kind of secondhand for these people. They can, so why wouldn’t they? Those big houses require more maintenance, more cleaning supplies, more water, more everything. For them, the idea of living in an apartment in the city seems gross and dirty.

But most modern cities have beautiful neighborhoods with parks and lovely apartments that are only a short public transport ride away from work.

Suburbia seems like tiresome work compared to city living. People move there for the “tranquility” but instead seem to be unstimulated. They end up getting stimulation from consuming more: the latest model

the university believes it is just so important you cannot graduate, nay, survive in the world, without knowing this useless information.

Yet, nowadays, what is seen as necessary information is even debatable depending on where you go to school. The article “Texas Students Don’t Know Who Won the Civil War, But They Know Who Snooki Is” by John Prager stated, “This, unfortunately, is unsurprising given Texas’ penchant for dumbing down the state’s children through revisionist history classes that deemphasize slavery and the civil war in general and push a clearly conservative agenda.”

Who is to dictate what information triumphs over everything else? Yes, everyone should learn to read and write and add 2+2. But why do the majority of us college students know that mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, yet have no clue how to balance a checkbook? Why do we know how to find the mean, median and mode, yet when it comes to writing a resume to begin our careers, the majority of us have no clue where to even begin? Public schooling is a messed up system that teaches a great deal of things that are of no substance or importance.

The most important things you learn in life, you don’t learn in school. Cliché or not, it’s sad to say since we spend about 17 years in school. While talking to friends and family members who have already done their time in the system and graduated college, I became aware of just how serious the situation is and continues to grow to be as school districts rewrite history and waste years on teaching

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car, the most expensive organic food from the chicest supermarket, the biggest house on the block with the biggest pool, the greenest lawn that soaks up the most water, most trips to the mall; the list goes on and on.

In the end, what I see is lonely people with a lack of stimulation and human contact. Instead of getting a beer at the pub on the corner after work with their friends or meeting new people while walking their dog in the park across the street from their building, they come home tired to a big house that is not only expensive but also has a huge carbon footprint. They consume more electricity and water and produce more carbon dioxide than almost all city-dwellers.

The dream of the white picket fence comes from a time when cities were highly polluted and dirty.

People wanted to get away to live “ideal” lives. But cities are now the ones that are friendlier towards the environment, and Suburbia has a huge environmental footprint. Living in a bubble of unsatisfying consumption is not the dream; it is exactly what everyone should try to avoid.

Franco D’Aprile is a senior in political science and sustainability, and Erica Davis is a senior in environmental sociology. They can be reached at fradapr@vols.utk.edu and spz839@vols.utk.edu, respectively.

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We grow up brainwashed with the idea that school is a place where we learn everything we absolutely need to know and not queston it.”

us whimsical nonsense.

I hope to see the day where classes about selfawareness, reasoning, finances, (actual) sex education, etc. are taught. Getting an education is the best thing you could possibly do for yourself.

But can the jacked up public school system really be called part of getting an education?

Emily Moore is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at emoore52@ vols.utk.edu.

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Business woman and junior in college

Humans of Knoxville

Elyse Kolbaba Contributor As a student, classes may be difficult, homework may be tiring and it may seem like there are never enough hours in the day. However, one UT student found room in her day to start her own business.

In addition to the everyday tasks as a fulltime student, Sydney Pashley, junior in retail and consumer sciences, recently launched her own jewelry line Sydney Pashley Designs. The jewelry line contains various styles of necklaces and bracelets ranging from $15 to $35 handmade

by Pashley.

In order to create the jewelry, Pashley works with local Knoxville artists and suppliers as well as sellers in California, Oregon, the UK, South Korea and Turkey to acquire the materials needed for her bracelets and necklaces and is already looking for better products to enhance her jewelry line.

Pashley says her inspiration for creating her own business came from her passion for the fashion and retail industry. “I’ve always been inspired by those entrepreneurs who will do anything and everything to get their name out there,� Pashley said. “The ones who aren’t afraid to really put themselves out there and be vulnerable in order to make people see their work.�

With a minor in business, Pashley is aware of

What is something not many people know about you? “I guess not many people know that I am Brazilian.

Sometimes I talk to them and they look at me and they don’t realize I am an international student or an exchange student. Then I start talking to them and they hear my accent and they ask me where I am from and they are always like ‘Awesome!’â€? Lucas Deliberador, senior in industrial engineering Alyssa White • The Daily Beacon

the essentials when starting your own business and has already gotten her jewelry into her first store, Val’s Boutique. Val’s Boutique is a popular local Knoxville clothing store located on Kingston Pike just before West Town Mall. Valerie Guess, the owner of Val’s Boutique, has nothing but positivity for Pashley’s business. “When Sydney came to me about her bracelets, I was super impressed by her goals and preparation,� Guess said.

Similar to Pashley’s goals, Guess started as a small business owner and developed a customer base before moving forward with the business.

She is impressed by Pashley’s preparation and enjoys seeing Pashley learn through her experiences. “Sydney has unlimited opportunity to expand her designs, and I know she will continue to get better and better,� said Guess.

As for the future, Pashley will be graduating in December 2016, and while striving to be realistic about the future, Pashley is hopeful she can turn her jewelry line into a full-time business. “Of course I want my business to continue growing and be super successful, but what I want the most is to always feel passionate about my work and love what I do,� Pashley said. “I’m constantly looking for new opportunities with my business and, in the meantime, I’m just working as hard as I possibly can.�

Sydney Pashley Designs can be found online at sydneypashley.com or at Val’s Boutique on Kingston Pike. The jewelry line can also be found on Instagram at SydneyPashleyDesigns.

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Hypnotist Chris Jones comes to Knoxville Sam Kennedy Contributor Everyone experiences hypnosis in one form or another. The job of a hypnotist is simply to help guide people into a hypnotic state.

People on average fall under hypnosis at least twice a day. If you have ever been driving and suddenly reached your destination, even though you completely forgot how exactly you got there, you have been under hypnosis.

In some ways, the history of hypnosis is as old as humans, because it is a natural trait that is experienced by everyone. Hypnosis is said to have been used as far back as 3,000 years ago in ancient cultures, such as the Ancient Egyptians and Greeks, to communicate with the gods.

In more recent years, hypnosis has been used by counselors and doctors in a type of therapy known as Hypnotherapy. Hypnosis can also be used to channel someone’s innermost thoughts and feelings that he or she may have hidden from their conscious mind.

Chris Jones, the most booked hypnotist in the college market, will be coming to Knoxville on Wednesday to entertain and perform hypnosis on students at UT.

Hypnotist Chris Jones, known for his performance on America’s Got Talent, will perform at the Cox Auditorium on Oct. 28 at 7 p.m.

• Photo Courtesy of Chris Jones Jones originally started off as a magician in college where he studied sociology and psychology. He became interested in hypnosis when a hypnotist visited and performed at his school. After learning about it for two years in graduate school, Jones decided to become a professional hypnotist.

He now travels around the country, visiting universities and putting on about 180 shows a year. This year, Jones was also on the season

premiere of America’s Got Talent during the summer, where he hypnotized Howie Mandel into shaking hands with him and the other judges.

“I say it’s a job, but its not really a job because it’s so much fun,” Jones said. “I think the hardest part is definitely traveling alone and being by yourself constantly.”

After hearing about Jones’s upcoming performance at UT, Kiana Thomas, freshman in communication studies, quickly decided to go.

“I’ve never seen a hypnotist before,” Thomas said. “I’m excited for the show, and I’m ready for my mind to be manipulated and tried.”

While the main root of hypnosis (hypnos) means sleep, you are not actually asleep when you are hypnotized. Instead the art of hypnosis is bringing someone’s subconscious mind out front, putting him or her in a state of deep relaxation.

“Being hypnotized kind of feels like being drunk,” Jones explained. “It’s like you know what’s going on, but you don’t care. Everything just feels like a good idea.”

Hypnosis also does not involve mind control, magic or unconsciousness. One common misconception about hypnosis is that hypnotized people are helpless. However, all your senses are wide awake and alert, and you are still in

touch with all your morals and normal standards of behavior.

At no point is the hypnotist “in control of your mind.” The hypnotist will give you suggestions, but if you hear a suggestion you do not agree with or understand, your subconscious will automatically reject it.

“I don’t know much about hypnosis, but the idea of hypnosis being able to help someone physically and emotionally is really awesome,” Thomas said.

Jones will perform in Cox Auditorium in the Alumni Memorial Building on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m.

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Vols’ receiving corps battling through injuries Taylor White Assistant Sports Editor For the second consecutive year, Tennessee’s highly touted receiving corps has seen its numbers dwindle over the course of the football season.

Head coach Butch Jones has maintained that he wants to be able to rotate at least 10 receivers throughout a game due to the Vols fast-paced offense. At the beginning of the season it looked like Jones finally had the depth he wanted.

On paper, Tennessee had 10 wide outs that looked to play a key role in the offense at the beginning of the season, but just over halfway through the season that number has fallen to six.

“We have just been very limited at the wide receiver position,” Jones said at Monday’s press conference. “But I give our receivers a lot of credit. They have been warriors. They’re giving great effort…

“With an up-tempo offense like we’re running, you’re going to be hard-pressed in the country to find any offense that only plays six wide receivers.”

Senior Pig Howard, Tennessee’s leading receiver from last season, was dismissed from the team due to a “violation of team rules” on Oct. 7.

Even before the dismissal, however, Howard only appeared in two of the team’s five games, catching just one pass for eight yards.

Jason Croom caught 21 passes for 305 yards and four touchdowns last season before injuring his knee in Tennessee’s bowl practices in December. That injury carried over as the redshirt junior is yet to see the field this season after complications in the pre-season.

Vincent Perry appeared ready to contribute in fall camp, but the freshman injured his knee in a non-contact injury before the season began and will miss the whole season.

After tearing his ACL in his senior year of high school, freshman receiver Preston Williams played a limited role early in the season. When it looked like he was hitting his stride, he became the latest wide out to fall victim to injury.

Williams tweaked his hamstring in practice last week, missing the Alabama game and leaving his status for the next few weeks uncertain.

“It’s been frustrating just watching my brothers,” sophomore wide receiver Josh Malone said.

“I know it’s been frustrating for them that they haven’t been able to get out there and play with us. I also know that we’ve been in this situation before.

“All we can do is play for them and just do what we have to do on the field and try to put our team in the best position to win.”

Even the Vols’ receivers who are able to play have battled injuries throughout the year. Senior Johnathon Johnson and junior Marquez North have both missed two games with various injuries.

Both players were back on the field for the first time in three weeks in the Vols’ 19-14 loss at Alabama, despite not being fully healthy, but neither had a big impact. Johnson caught one pass for 18 yards, while North caught one pass for eight yards.

“Marquez North isn’t 100 percent healthy right now, and he’s giving everything that he has,” Jones said. “I’ve been really, really proud of our wide receiver position, just like all of our positions. They’re giving everything they have.”

With the absence of many of the Vols’ most reliable wide receivers, it’s been Malone and redshirt sophomore Josh Smith who have stepped up when needed.

Smith is coming off an ankle injury that ended his season after just three games last year and is just starting to find his rhythm again. He has caught 13 passes for 182 yards and two touchdowns this season.

Malone struggled as a freshman, but has become the team’s most productive wide receiver this season, catching 19 passes for 212 yards and a touchdown.

“I’m just focusing on the assignment and detail,” Malone said. “I’m just coming out every day to practice and focusing on getting better and just working on a certain skill set.”

No kicking controversy: Despite place kicker Aaron Medley’s sophomore slump, Jones was quick to defend his kicker on Monday.

Medley is 9-of-17 on the year, including 0-of-3 with all three kicks from 40 yards or more, in Saturday’s loss to the Crimson Tide. He has a long of 45 on the season and is just 1-of-7 in kicks of 40 yards or more.

“Aaron Medley is our kicker,” Jones said. “We have great confidence in Aaron. He makes those kicks in practice, and he’ll get it corrected. He’ll get the detail corrected.”

Injury update: Along with Preston Williams, sophomore offensive guard Jashon Robertson (ankle) and redshirt sophomore offensive tackle Brett Kendrick (elbow and knee) sat out during Saturday’s game.

Jones went into great detail on the prospects of the three playing in this Saturday’s match-up at Kentucky but did give an idea on where the players are at.

“We anticipate Jashon Robertson being able to play,” Jones said. “I’ll know a little bit more today and when we go out in pads tomorrow. Preston Williams is doing everything he can to get back.

We’ve been told he’ll practice on Tuesday, so we’ll know a little bit more then.”

Reports began to surface Monday afternoon that Kendrick has been ruled out for the season due to his knee injury, but those reports contradict what Jones said on Monday.

“It’s more of the knee that’s limiting him now than the elbow,” Jones said. “Brett has done a good job in showing the toughness … I would anticipate all three players being available, but I’ll know more later in the week.”

Sophomore Josh Malone catches a pass down the field during the TennesseeAlabama game. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon/Tennessee Athletics

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Tennessee taking season one game at a time Jonathan Toye Sports Editor Most Tennessee fans expected the Vols to compete for the SEC East in 2015.

The more optimistic ones went a step further and declared Tennessee a dark horse contender for a New Year’s Six Bowl.

A New Year’s Six Bowl is out of the equation seven games into the season for Tennessee (3-4, 1-3 SEC). Even winning the East remains a long shot at this point.

But those were the goals of the fan base.

The Tennessee football team set different goals for themselves at the beginning of the season, Tennessee head coach Butch Jones explained on Monday.

Jones and select Tennessee players said Monday, in the weekly presser at the Ray and Lucy Hand Digital Studio, that – despite being a game under .500 – the Vols’ season goals are still intact.

“We have only had one goal in our football program since the season started,” Jones said. “That one goal is to be a better team and a better football program each

and every day. Those goals are still in place. I believe if you have that goal and accomplish that goal, it provides positive momentum and energy, and the rest takes care of itself.”

That goal should lead to wins. While Tennessee’s first seven opponents have a combined record of 38-13, the Vols’ remaining five opponents are only 14-22.

Tennessee should be favored in all five remaining games.

If the Vols win out, they will have the most wins (eight) since 2007. They won’t be playing in a New Year’s Six Bowl, but they will probably be playing on New Year’s Day in the postseason. Most fans would consider that season a success.

Winning out is something just for the fans to think about. Tennessee players said they are only focused on their next game at Kentucky (TV: SEC Network, 7:30 p.m.).

“We are just taking it one game at a time,” junior quarterback Josh Dobbs said.

“You know, just focus on the task at hand and each opponent that comes up. All our focus is on Kentucky right now, so we are not really looking ahead to anything. (We

are) just focused at the task at hand and trying to get better every day.”

Added freshman linebacker Darrin Kirkland: “It’s really just getting better.

This is a really motivated bunch. We got Kentucky next week, and that’s all we are focused on right now — just being better and getting another SEC win.”

It may sound like lip service, but the “one game at a time” mentality is probably the best approach entering the showdown against the Wildcats. Kentucky (4-3, 2-3) might be the best team remaining on the Vols’ schedule. Kentucky is not dominant in any statistical category but has a dangerous quarterback in Patrick Towles, who ranks fourth in the SEC in total passing yards (1730).

“They are a great football team,” Jones said. “It’s going to be a challenge in and of itself, going over to Lexington. It’s going to be a great environment with a 7:30 kickoff.

I have a lot of respect for what Mark (Stoops) is building at Kentucky. He has done a very good job there. They are very explosive on offense. They can score any time they get the football. They can score

from anywhere on the field. They do a great job of distributing and running the football.

I am very familiar with Patrick Towles, being from right outside Cincinnati. We recruited him at Cincinnati, and he was our number one target. We have a lot of respect for him. He is a winner.”

Towles and the rest of the Wildcats will have all of Tennessee’s attention this week.

While fans have the luxury of speculating on the rest of the season, Jones and his football team can only focus on the next week.

And in that week, they have the chance to accomplish one of their goals: improvement.

“It’s a week-to-week season. We are getting better as a football team, and we are getting better as a football program each and every day,” Jones said. “I am only interested in a one-game winning streak, and then you move on there and continue to build on it.

“The only thing we are concerned with is being a better football team today. … That’s simply the goal.”