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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Issue 47, Volume 124
Student spurs donation drive for soldiers Destinee Dowdy Contributor One UT student is making an impact in the lives of soldiers more than 7,500 miles away. Jazmin Witherspoon, a freshman journalism and electronic media major, is currently sponsoring a Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon military donation drive to Cris Patterson, left, and Jordan Tallent, middle, listen to Rachel Wanyoike explain the benefits of seed saving and herb drying on Oct. 26 at support the 1st Theater the Beardsley Farm Fall Harvest Festival. The festival returned this year after a three-year hiatus and boasted locally-sourced food from Sustainment Command vendors for the celebration. as they serve in Kabul, Afghanistan. After hearing that soldiers in the 1st TSC never receive care packages, Mary Green, a junior in special edu- cream made from local produce and to try. Witherspoon’s donation Liz Wood Though family-friendly, the festival drive began. cation, and Claire McGrail, a sopho- donations by local businesses were Contributor more in public relations, helped chil- served at the festival, including The included attractions for adults as well, “My dad gets a collection Against a vibrant backdrop of fall dren craft using seeds collected from Plaid Apron, Tomato Head, Earth such as composting, seed saving and box from my family, but quick pickling. Fare and Cruze Farms. Beardsley Farms while gaining credit foliage, Beardsley Farms resurrected Red Shoes and Rosin and Daniel a lot of the soldiers never “We really love that it’s for the comin a geology class. Several members its annual Fall Festival. The festival, now re-emerging after of Sigma Phi Epsilon worked the munity and it’s really promoted by the McBride were two of the bands who receive care packages,” years of absence, took place from corn stalk ring toss station, and some community,” said Americorps volun- volunteered to perform at the festival. Witherspoon said. “I could “I like the music and the free food,” not imagine sitting over2-6 p.m. on Saturday. Free for all in other UT students lent a hand by teer Julianne O’Connell, a year-long said Knoxville local Kurt Mundruff. worker with Beardsley Farms. attendance, the event included several serving food. seas and not ever receiving Other than arts and crafts and “It’s a good way to spend time with In accordance with Beardsley activity stations, locally grown food a care package.” Farms’ usual operations, the event music, the festival included activities my daughter, and it’s a fun crowd.” and live music. such as digging for sweet potatoes was funded through private donaMany of the activity stations were and searching for a needle in a hayoperated by UT students logging ser- tions. See MILITARY on Page 2 Tea, cider, cornbread, chili and ice stack, a game few were bold enough See BEARDSLEY FARMS on Page 2 vice hours.
Fall Festival ushers in autumn spirit
QB battle ‘could go all week’ Transferring to Troy Provost-Heron Assistant Sports Editor Reminiscent of the Vols’ week of preparation before the Florida game on Sept. 21, all the talk heading into UT’s Saturday contest against Missouri is about who will be under center at 7 p.m. when the Vols take on the No. 9 Tigers. Unlike the Florida game, this week’s battle is due in part to junior signal caller Justin Worley’s injured thumb that forced him out of the Alabama game at halftime. “Could he have gone in the game? Yes,” UT coach Butch Jones said Monday. “But we wanted to make sure that we tried to see what it was and not do anything to further the injury itself. So there were a lot of things and a lot of thought process that went behind that. “Right now he is day-to-day, and we will know more about where he is at later on down the road.” Worley’s absence caused true freshman Josh Dobbs to lead the Vols’ offense for the entirety of the second half in the 45-10 loss to the Crimson Tide. The freshman finished the game for the Vols on a high note, putting together two scoring drives – something the offense couldn’t muster in the first 30 minutes of play. “For a young man, a true freshman coming into that environment against that type
of opponent, he was poised, he was calm, he was disciplined, he was able to get us in the right plays offensively and he had a command about himself,” Jones said. “He walked around to the position groups and he was confident. Now we need to continue to have that with the week of preparation, playing against a great opponent.” The competition, however, won’t just be between the two quarterbacks that were under center Saturday. Redshirt freshman Nathan Peterman, who started the game against Florida, got the cast off his right hand prior to the Alabama matchup and could be an option this week if his health is in good standing. “Nate’s cast is off, he is back, and now he is rehabbing the strength and we will see how he progresses,” Jones said. “There is a possibility by the end of the week he may be available as well. But you never know with the body and how it heals.” Jones added that freshman Riley Ferguson will be “part of the mix” in this week’s practices, but said that he doesn’t have a timetable for announcing starter. “It could go all week,” Jones said. “I never put a time frame on anything. It is how they develop. We are going to play the individual who gives us Donald Page • Tennessee Athletics the best opportunity to win on Tennessee quarterback Justin Worley runs for a first Saturday.” down against South Carolina at Neyland Stadium on Oct. 19. See FOOTBALL on Page 6
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UT more difficult than anticipated Destinee Dowdy Contributor
New Vols come from everywhere, even from other universities. Yet, the transfer process is frequently marred by frustration. Beyond the application process itself, problems arise when students attempt to transfer credits between institutions. Frequently, UT does not accept seemingly equivalent credits from other schools, as in the case of Drew Baird, a transfer student from Carson-Newman University. “I lost 23 credit hours,” said Baird, now a business student at UT. At Carson-Newman University, Baird was a declared finance major, but, since transferring to the University of Tennessee, he has been labeled “business exploratory.” Baird’s case is not the only example of this incident. Leslie Bensman, sophomore in business, lost more than 30 credit hours upon transferring to UT. “You don’t know what classes transfer until you get here,” Bensman said. “I knew before the spring of 2013 I was coming to UT in the fall, so I called to see what classes would transfer and tried to set
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up my schedule with classes that would get me credit at UT, but they won’t tell you unless you have already been accepted and enrolled.” According to the bursar’s office, this delay is due to potential policy changes from semester to semester and logistical protocol. “There is a really high volume of students,” said a bursar’s office representative, who asked the office be quoted on her behalf. “Until you’ve taken the course and passed the course, and are a student or have been admitted to UT, we can’t run a transfer evaluation.” As the bursar’s office explained, many people call for a transfer evaluation who are only considering coming to UT. “If we did that for every student, we would be doing thousands of evaluations for people who never intend to come to the university,” the office representative said, “and that would give a significant handicap to the students that are planning on coming to the university.” Although many credit hours do not transfer proportionately, students can complete an appeal process to potentially gain credit for a class. See TRANSFER on Page 2