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Haslam Scholars earn finalist interviews for prestigious scholarships Staff Report The best are getting better.

Founded in 2008 through a gift from Knoxville’s own Haslam family, the Haslam Scholars Program (HSP) is a highly competitive program that admits 15 students from every incoming class. The scholarship program pays for all tuition, fees and books and also provides funds for research, study abroad and technology.

In only its third graduating class, two Scholars are primed to earn international prestige for the HSP. Brianna Rader has earned finalist status for the Marshall Scholarship and semi-finalist status for the Mitchell Scholarship, and classmate Lindsay Lee has earned finalist status for the Rhodes Scholarship.

Although both seniors still face rigorous interviews, Rader said the HSP prepared her.

“We are expected to excel in our classes, complete research and an honors thesis, and apply for nationally competitive opportunities,” Rader, a senior in the College Scholars program, said.

Rader, who has spearheaded the UT Sex Week movement, plans to work in public health and explained the international opportunities afforded by the potential scholarships.

“The Marshall Scholarship would allow me to study for two years in the UK to get an master’s degree in global health at UCL (University College London) and a master’s degree in health systems & public policy at The University of Edinburgh,” she said.

Lindsay Lee, a member of the HSP senior class majoring in math and Spanish, will interview in late November in hopes of becoming only the third Rhodes Scholar from UT in the last 85 years. The scholarship funds two years of graduate education at the University of Oxford.

“It’s a total honor and complete surprise to be chosen even as just a finalist for this award,” Lee said. “To think that I’m in the same situation as people like Bill Clinton and Rachel Maddow once were is astounding.”

Before either Rader or Lee ever competed for scholarships like the Rhodes or the Marshall, they competed for the Haslam Scholarship.

Acceptance is a lengthy process, as a selection committee narrows UT’s best applicants into a pool of 60 students. Only 30 finalists are invited to campus for personal interviews, where they must prove their potential to earn a place in the program.

“The weekend consisted of interviews, dinners, a particularly nerve-wracking session where you were asked one question in front of the entire committee and all the other finalists, and even a game night,” Bryson Lype, a freshman Haslam Scholar in political science, said.

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Siriano brings artistic styles, designs to campus Former ‘Project Runway’ winner shares advice, anecdotes from A-list celebrities Melodi Erdogan Managing Editor A ball gown - if deserted on an island with only one outfit choice, Christian Siriano would wear a ball gown.

“It’s breezy under there, it’s easy. And if you’re on an island you don’t have to wear shoes,” Siriano said, earning laughs from the audience of 350 people.

“But not strapless, because I don’t have shoulders for that.”

The 27-year-old designer, known for his asymmetrical haircut and his thick, angular glasses, gave an Art Talk lecture Tuesday sponsored by the Visual Arts Committee of the Central Programming Council.

As the VAC’s keynote speaker this semester, Siriano is the first fashion designer to give an Art Talk lecture.

In his lecture, Siriano narrated his career as a fashion designer, revisited a few of his older pieces worn by A-list celebrities and took questions from the audience, including the island outfit question.

Two microphones were

placed between the two aisles of the auditorium, and Siriano answered questions along the lines of possibly designing menswear (not happening), what trends irk him the most (being underdressed) and his favor-

ite Halloween party to attend (Heidi Klum’s annual soiree).

“I loved when he was answering the questions that were presented to him because he didn’t even have to think about it, he just always knew

the best answer,” said Nicky Hackenbrack, a junior in biochemistry and molecular biology who waited in line for two hours to see Siriano.

“He is so personable and fierce and he had such great

inspirational things to say,” Hackenbrack added. “It felt like he didn’t even try to do it, it was just natural.”

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Meal plan proposal provokes students Fashion Emilee Lamb Assistant News Editor Dining Services has a “Big Idea.”

Representatives from UT administration and executives of campus food service provider Aramark attended Tuesday’s Student Government Association assembly to brief students on proposed amendments to the

current meal plan system.

If the plan goes forward, all UT undergraduates would be required to enroll in a meal plan that places a minimum of $300 into their Dining Dollars account each semester.

Following an October meeting between an SGA committee and dining services, Senior Associate Vice-Chancellor of

Finance and Administration Jeff Maples presented UT’s proposal to the Student Senate with the goal of gauging student response. “(The) First group we talked to were devastated,” Maples said. “I don’t want to say devastated: surprised.”

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Palardy does ‘complete 180’ under Jones David Cobb

Sports Editor It seems to happen every week.

At some point in his weekly 35-minute press luncheon, Butch Jones winds up illustrating his vision for the UT football program by sharing success stories from his previous stops as a head coach.

Monday was no different.

Except this time, Jones called himself on it and took an unsolicited opportunity to rave on one UT player who is actively exemplifying what Jones is striving to evoke from his entire team.

“I can sit here and tell you John Hughes illustrations and Derek Wolfe stories,” Jones said, referencing two current NFL players that he coached while at Cincinnati. “But let’s talk about our players.”

The first one he mentioned?

Michael Palardy.

Though already publicized

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for his game-winning heroics, Palardy is continuing to catch the eye of UT’s first-year head coach with his consistency.

A senior kicker from Coral Springs, Fla., Palardy is 10-of-12 on the season as a placekicker – his only misses are from 46 and 52 yards – and he put the cap on UT’s 23-21 win against South Carolina by kicking a 19-yarder as time expired.

More than just a stellar campaign for Palardy, 2013 represents the righting of a previously rocky career after he entered Tennessee in 2010 as the No. 2 overall kicker in his class, according to Rivals.com.

He lost his job to walk-on Derrick Brodus for three games last season after missing extra points in UT’s first two games.

During his first two years, Palardy converted on just 14-of21 field goals while handling kickoff and punting duties only sporadically.

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Tennessee senior kicker Michael Palardy boots a19-yard field goal as time expires against South Carolina at Neyland Stadium on Oct. 19.

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faux pas no more: ‘Sacos’ warming toes at UT

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The University of Tennessee: a living Chacos advertisement.

It could be unique to UT or a fashion choice made by college students everywhere, but either way, Chacos dominate the feet walking down Pedestrian Walkway every day.

Whether you wear them or not, you know what Chacos are. Chances are that your roommate, boyfriend or professor owns a pair and shares their love for the shoes almost daily.

But, what does anyone so dedicated to their versatile sandals do when the wind is sure to pick up and the temperature will drop in the upcoming winter months?

Wear them with socks, of course.

A fashion faux pas to some and a necessary statement to others, “socks and chacs” is no stranger to this college campus.

At UT, where sometimes sprinting across campus to make it to class on time is your only option, students often seek to combine fashion and warm toes to make it through the day in comfort.

“When people question this stylish trend, I usually reciprocate with the fact that I’m wearing my comfiest socks with my comfiest shoes,” Cat Traylor, freshman in biological sciences, said. “There no need to pull out some different shoes when the weather changes for a few days.

It’s the best of both worlds, as some say.”

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Nobel laureate set to visit UT, lecture on economic impacts Kendall Basham Contributor UT students will have the opportunity to hear from a scholar on par with Albert Einstein and Marie Curie.

The annual Knoxville Economics Forum, a nonprofit event established in 2010, will host Peter Diamond – a Nobel Prize laureate – on Friday to discuss and explore various economic concerns impacting today’s younger generations.

The first of two seminars will commence at 7:30 a.m. inside the First Tennessee Plaza downtown, while the second will begin at noon in the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy.

Peter Diamond has been researching and analyzing separate facets of the economic system since he began his education at Yale in 1958. But it was not always easy to develop a sense of passion for something that had never crossed his mind.

SCHOLARS continued from Page 1 The 15 students chosen as Haslam Scholars receive a personal invitation to the program from a member of the Haslam family before embarking on their collegiate career.

For their first four semesters, these students take a core curriculum together, studying Research for Nationally Competitive Scholarships, Foundations of Modernity, Energy in the Modern World and Perspectives on Globalization. During the summer after their sophomore

Diamond, a respected scholar, has presented lectures for many years in an attempt to enlighten the public about problems they may face in today’s economy.

“Teaching a younger generation is an important part of what drives me to forums,” Diamond said. “My focus is as much on showing how to approach analyzing problems as my particular answers to dealing with the particular problems.”

During his own university years, Diamond found it difficult to choose an area of study that suited his desire for a fulfilling profession.

Under the guidance of mentors like Charles Berry or Shizuo Kakutani, two prolific economists, Diamond began to develop a sense of purpose.

Kasey Fleenor, an undecided freshman, said she relates to Diamond’s struggle to find and develop a passion for any one subject.

“Forums like this one help students like me in search of

a major,” Fleenor said. “It’s a great opportunity to explore new fields.”

Boasting tenure as an economics instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1966 to 2011, Diamond elevates the caliber of visiting lecturers for the forum.

“He brings a new level of expertise to the forum and the UT campus,” said Marianne Wanamaker, assistant professor of economics. “He is an academic like all persons on campus and can relate much better than those speakers of the past.”

An expert on unemployment, Wanamaker said she believes this year’s forum is especially relevant for students.

Wanamaker added: “Students who graduate college today will encounter a sour job market and a national debt that will fall onto the shoulders of the younger generations like UT students.”

year, the classmates travel to another country. Last year’s class spent three weeks in Costa Rica studying biodiversity, and this year the class of 2016 will travel to Scotland.

“These classes are meant to orient us to the world,” Rader said. “The classes focus on what it means to be a part of our globalized society.”

Rader said she was able to study at Yale University’s Summer Institute for Bioethics and research concussions and Hepatitis B thanks to connections and perks from the HSP. In addition to academic pursuits, HSP students are required to complete a service-

learning project during their third year.

“Service is also a component to the HSP because we are expected to give back to the community that gave each of us so much,” Rader said.

Lee said that her involvement with the program has also impacted her personal life.

“Most important, I think, is the fact that HSP has allowed me to form long-lasting relationships with the other scholars in the program, who are all amazingly brilliant and driven,” Lee said. “They’re some of my best friends and will be for the rest of my life.”

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Fraternity BBQ to benefit ALS cure Victoria Brown Contributor Brothers for life, and even in death.

Phi Delta Theta fraternity will host its first BBQ benefit for the ALS Association Saturday as a part of homecoming festivities. The benefit recognizes the life of Lou Gehrig, famed baseball player and late member of the fraternity. The event will be held in the Humanities Plaza prior to kick-off of the homecoming game against Auburn.

Gehrig suffered from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, now colloquially known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, that is described on the ALS Association is a “progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.”

Chucky Blalock, senior in business analytics and member of Phi Delta Theta,

said the benefit means more to his fraternity than service.

“Lou Gehrig is a brother in the bond of Phi Delta Theta, and one of our foundations is, “Be your brother’s keeper,’” Blalock said. “This is why we have selected the ALS Association as our national philanthropy.”

“We were looking for an opportunity to have an event on campus, and we thought there was no better time to do this than homecoming.”

The members of Phi Delta Theta plan to use the tailgate to raise money and awareness for Lou Gehrig’s disease while entertaining attendees.

“I am really excited to help spread the word about ALS, and the effect it has on people with the disease,” Frank Unger, president of Phi Delta Theta and senior in political science, said. “We are hoping to make this a yearly event as we continue

to raise awareness in the area.”

Blalock said the benefit also fulfills a key initiative for Greek organizations.

“Philanthropy is one of the most important aspects of any fraternity,” he said.

“The reason we have worked so hard on putting this together is because we made a pledge to ‘transmit the fraternity to those who may follow after, not only not less, but greater than it was transmitted to [us],’ and philanthropy is one of the essential ways to strengthen brotherhood and the fraternity.”

Tickets for the tailgate can be purchased for $8 from a member of Phi Delta Theta or online at www.phi-delta-theta. ticketleap.com/benefit-bbq/. Tickets will be $10 at the door and the tailgate begins at 8 a.m.

The event is sponsored by the CocaCola Corporation and food will be provided by Calhoun’s.

DINING DOLLARS continued from Page 1 Blake Roller, a junior in journalism and electronic media, participated in the conference and said the student group was eventually able to see the proposal in a different light.

“The benefits of actually initiating this mandatory $300 meal plan per semester outweighed the cons of not going through with it,” Roller said.

“We were initially shocked, but in the end we kind of came to a subtle agreement that this would be OK at some point and in some ways that we could work through.”

The revenue generated from meal plan purchases is intended to subsidize the costs of UT’s current and future construction projects, many of which would not be possible without financial contributions from Aramark.

“Basically, if they wanted to, they could pull their money from the new student union and we would have a huge hole,” Roller said.

When broken down over a 16-week semester, the proposed amount of $300 averages $18.75 per week. When viewed on a daily basis, the plan allows $3.75 per day for a 5-day week.

Proponents of the mandate claim students are spending that much or more on campus without a meal plan.

“You’re buying food that you’re buying anyway,” Maples said.

Any Dining Dollars left after the spring semester would be funneled into the student’s AllStar account. At the end of the academic year, these funds can translate into a refund from the university.

Following the presentation of UT’s proposed changes, the floor was opened to questions and feedback from students.

Many comments centered on the logistics involved with implementing a program like the suggested mandate.

“Currently the proposed

plan does not exempt Greek students who are already required to buy meal plans, which presents a major concern,” said Paige Atchley, SGA vice-president and a senior in marketing.

There are no final decisions on how dining services would handle students already enrolled in other meal plans.

Some student senators expressed concern that Aramark’s prices in on-campus locations are exorbitant, arguing students might prefer to avoid locations like P.O.D. markets.

Aramark Vice-President of Operations Tim Vandermeersch denied allegations of price-gouging, and defended his company’s attempt to provide items to students at fair market value.

“We’re not Walmart,” Vandermeersch said. “We’re a convenience store.”

Senators also voiced the opinion that requiring students to invest money in Dining Dollars pushes them to buy provisions from an Aramark location, rather than an outlet unrelated to the university.

“That’s one way of looking at it,” Maples responded.

Details of how the mandatory meal plan would be implemented have not been finalized. However, the universitywide policy will potentially begin with the class of 2017.

The administration hopes to make a decision regarding the proposal by Dec. 1, 2013.

Because the proposal is recognized as a change in university policy, it will not be subjected to a vote by SGA. Roller expressed doubts regarding the response of the student body to the proposed changes.

“It took two and a half hours for about four of our students to actually sit there and take the time, listening to the top executives explain it,” Roller said. “Honestly, I don’t feel that all of the student body will ever fully understand it, nor will they ever want to fully understand it.”

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Debunking the war between freedom and fairness Uncommon Sense by

Evan Ford What is freedom, and is it fair?

This question is monumental. It lays the foundation for whether our laws should leave us alone or intervene for the sake of fairness. Economically, it challenges us to think of what regulations, if any, we need. It shifts the way we look at our world.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. What’s going on between freedom and fairness?

An example: Jake and Holly are hiking on the Grand Canyon, and Holly wants to buy Jake’s (awesome) safari hat.

Normally, Holly would ride her burro over to Jake and offer him $100 to buy the hat then and there.

Unfortunately, Jake’s burro gets terrified by a snake-like shadow in the path, tossing Jake off while bolting down the trail. Jake nearly falls into the canyon, but manages to cling to the cliff by his fingertips. Holly rushes to help him up, but then realizes her situation has improved. She makes him a shrewd, if heartless, offer — if he wants her to rescue him, Jake has to cough up the safari hat for a measly $5.

The original trade exemplifies a classic free decision: Jake can make the trade if it’s worth it to him, and saying no has no consequences. The second example is much trickier — Jake technically could say no, but at the cost of maybe falling to his death, in which case he can’t really enjoy the hat. We feel he has no freedom to choose.

More importantly, we feel Holly is being deeply unfair.

She is exploiting Jake’s situation, trading against his bad luck in order to get ahead. So while she gives him a “choice” — his hat or his life — we don’t think of it as free or fair at all.

These examples can be interpreted to include a shocking number of more realistic scenarios. When a mugger demands, “Your wallet or your life,” is that a free choice?

What about a cancer patient who can either walk away from treatment or bankrupt himself with a $10,000 medical bill?

Or parents who choose between slaving away at minimumwage jobs and not being able to feed their children?

These questions point at an uncanny relationship between freedom and fairness. Jake’s decision is not made freely, so we hesitate to say it’s a fair deal. Similarly, we don’t want to say Jake is free to choose because his choices are not fair.

There is no battle between fairness and freedom; they depend on each other.

This may come as a surprise to many conservatives, including fellow columnist Mr. Adam Prosise, who has written challenging arguments against redistribution and reducing inequality in recent weeks.

The issue with several of these arguments is that they falsely claim we are “all better off” with “more freedom.”

They take the mythical war of freedom over fairness to be not only a moral prerogative, but a factual necessity.

In truth, “freedom at all costs” is a terrible doctrine to follow both ideologically and factually. If we are perfectly free, we are free to be murdered, stolen from and extorted. I know these are extreme examples, but why are laws against these moral tragedies allowed in the libertarian ethos when other similar laws are seen as morally wrong?

Take, for instance, policies to limit income and wealth inequality, which are strikingly high.

If a corporation makes $1 billion a year, can its bartering with an unemployed person about to lose his home really be free or fair? Millions of Americans are clinging to the edge of the metaphorical Grand Canyon of homelessness and debt, and libertarians claim their choice to work at minimum wage or part time is “free.”

Unequal incomes are not rewards for better workers, and they are not accessible to all Americans. According to the New York Times and PEW research, 65 percent of people born poor stay poor, and 62 percent of people born rich stay rich. Do we honestly think children of the poor are naturally inferior workers than children of the rich?

Systemic inequality and unfairness is not an unfortunate byproduct of freedom – it’s a threat to it.

If you care about freedom, you should never view “fairness” and “equality” as dirty words. Freedom can’t live without fairness.

Evan Ford is a junior in philosophy and economics. He can be reached at eford6@utk.edu.

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Facilities services workers deserve student support Dean’s List by

Katie Dean Anyone that has had the pleasure of waiting tables would probably agree that, at times, it can be a mentally tiring and even dehumanizing experience.

Sure, the restaurant gossip is salacious and the crazy customers can be entertaining sometimes, but overall it tends to be a massive pain. This is the reason I sometimes dread going back to my summer job in Chattanooga; while I’m here at school I feel on top, like an active, important member of the community.

This is my safe haven, where I feel comfortable and confident, and no one can demean me or make me feel unworthy.

I wish I could say UT is such a safe haven for everyone, including the people that work here.

For those of you who have followed the living wage campaign being promoted on campus, you know this is definitely not the case. The living wage campaign is a push by a coalition of several student organizations to increase the wages of UT’s facility services workers and give them a safer, more comfortable work environment.

I was truly shocked when I heard about this campaign. I never would have guessed my beloved UT, where we are constantly

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Given that UT employs hundreds of Facilities Services personnel, this may seem like a lot of money. However, this increase would – if the administration would actually get on board – only account for 1 percent of the UT systems total payroll.

Alternatively, if the cost of this increase were to be put entirely on students, it would average out to about an extra $60 every semester.

I guess what I’m having trouble understanding is the dark irony in this situation.

Here we are at UT, a school sending kids to do service in Jamaica for alternative spring break, and we can’t even pay the people who keep campus clean and beautiful a decent amount of money.

Obviously I can’t speak for anyone else, but I have to imagine there are other students out there who wouldn’t mind paying a little bit extra (or at least skimping on Jimmy Cheek’s annual raises) to make these people’s lives a whole lot better.

If you haven’t looked into this campaign so far, definitely take the time to do so. This isn’t just about hourly wages; it’s about the fact that none of us are too good to wait a table or scrub a toilet, and no one should feel too scared of retribution to stand up for themselves in the workplace.

It’s time to speak up as a student body and make it clear that we expect better for our fellow volunteers.

Katie Dean is a junior in political science and psychology. She can be reached at xvd541@utk.edu.

Stop trying to look normal; be beautiful instead Knight Errant by

Victoria Knight Ever heard of a thigh gap?

I hadn’t until scrolling through my Twitter feed and seeing a picture retweeted of an unhealthy looking girl, with an unseemly space between her thighs, and a caption reading, “thigh gap, I wish #perfect.”

Immediately, I was alarmed – was this the new standard of beauty? Quickly googling the term “thigh gap,” I found this was not an isolated incident – girls everywhere were aspiring to become skinny enough to live up to this abnormal standard.

Whole Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, Pinterest boards and even blogs have been devoted to the thigh gap “thinspiration” trend.

Just last week, “plus-sized” model Robyn Lawley, spoke out about a picture of hers which was criticized across the Internet for not having a big enough thigh gap. She responded to her critics with a statement denouncing the thigh gap and promoting

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immersed in a culture of volunteerism and service, would treat employees so badly that a campaign like this would become necessary. Unfortunately, reports of harassment, verbal abuse and a general lack of consideration from university administration demonstrate the need for this movement.

Right now, the Facilities Services employees make $8.50 per hour, often doing difficult manual labor and working alone in empty buildings in the middle of the night. Aside from the fact that this is in itself a tough job, it also has a huge stigma attached to it.

Facilities Services workers are encouraged to stay out of sight of students when working and not to engage us in conversation. They are trained with a culture of isolation in mind, so they remain almost invisible to us as we go about our business on campus.

The goal of the living wage campaign, which is being promoted largely by the Progressive Student Alliance, is not only to raise the wages for Facilities Services employees, but also to battle this culture of isolation and classism on campus.

Kayla Frye, a sophomore at UT and an active member of PSA, said these people are essential to UT’s campus life.

“Facilities Services is the backbone of this campus,” Frye said. “To say that this abuse is not a student issue would be very near-sighted.”

When I asked Frye what the next step for the campaign was, she said raising awareness in the community and getting the hourly wage up from $8.50 to $12.50 with benefits were the most direct goals.

more healthy body images in the media, as well as in our own minds.

Weighing in at a little more than 100 pounds, I’ve always been skinny. My friends – whom I love to death – sometimes even tend to complain about how thin I am in comparison to them.

From my early high school days, I have consistently been asked if I eat, how much I eat and if I’d like another serving of food (no thanks, I’m actually full, not starving myself).

My own father even asked me once if I had an eating disorder because he thought I looked thinner than usual, even though I had just eaten a huge dinner with him the week before. I ate normally and exercised somewhat regularly, but I felt like I wasn’t normal – too small, too short, too thin.

Even as a society-proclaimed “thin person,” I have body image issues too.

Pants don’t always fit me – perfect in the legs but too loose in the waist. I can’t pull off certain styles (I’m looking at you strapless dresses) and I have occasionally been mistaken for a 16-year-old because of my size.

Being skinny does not automatically mean the end of all of your problems.

Almost everyone seems to have this different idealized version of themselves in their mind – a perfect weight, height, skin tone, etc. Nobody is ever happy with what they

have. There is a constant striving towards a different, more ideal and, might I even say, “normal” versions of ourselves.

But the thing is, beauty should not be normalized. Defining a standard of normal for beauty is like trying to say everyone should also have the exact same major or car or cell phone. It’s silly and unrealistic.

We’ve ascribed to this notion of “normal” since the early days of middle school, when we all got braces to straighten our teeth and took acne medication to clear up our skin.

Based on pure genetics alone, it’s impossible for everyone to be able to be the same size and look the same. The genes we inherit from our parents determine what we are going to look like for the rest of our lives.

Though there are things we can do to somewhat change our appearance, for the most part we’re pretty much stuck with the way we look.

Wash away this unattainable, perfect image of yourself in your head, whether it involves thigh gaps, straight hair or bigger muscles. Replace it with another image: yourself exactly as you are right now.

If we all looked “normal,” how boring would that be?

Victoria Knight is a senior in microbiology. She can be reached at knight4@utk.edu.

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SIRIANO continued from Page 1 Through his idiosyncrasies, like the pacing back and forth on the UC Auditorium stage and his unique catchphrases “let’s talk about it� and “fabulous,� the Maryland native shared his journey from attending a magnet high school focusing on visual art to quitting a job at Marc Jacobs because he didn’t know any better.

Siriano shared an anecdote in which he graduated from the American InterContinental University in London and moved to New York City with hardly any money and only a small walk-up apartment to call home. Siriano later

found out the walk-up, located in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, was eerily located in the same area Madonna had lived when she first moved to the Big Apple. “I still swear that I lived in her apartment,� Siriano said.

Press secretary for VAC Morgan Hardy said she thought Siriano was a guest that supported the committee’s purpose to promote appreciation of visual arts by exposing students to a variety of artistic ventures. “He talked about working with material like you would talk about working with paint and creating texture,� Hardy said after the event. “And he did open up some minds about that kind of thing, and he did expose us to the more artistic aspect

of fashion.�

Having seen many seasons of “Project Runway,� which Siriano won in 2008, Hackenbrack said his lecture allowed her to take a glimpse into his growth from an amateur on a reality show competition to a professional in the industry. “I guess my expectations were to understand where he’s coming from and how the process of making an outfit, even a collection of a dozen outfits, works,� Hackenbrack said, “and I now know about that.� “I now know about his childhood and his past history, and it now all seems like I’m not just a crazy fan,� she added, “but I’m someone who understands where he’s coming from.�

Famous puppeteer to deliver Art Talk Michael Tremoulis Contributor Puppeteer. Set designer for “Pee Wee’s Playhouse.� Emmy winner.

These are just a few titles critically claimed artist Wayne White has held that make him qualified to give the Visual Arts Committee’s second Art Talk of the year Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the UC Auditorium.

White is a Tennessean who graduated from MTSU in 1979. From there, he traveled to New York City and worked his career up to a famous puppeteer, where he eventually won three Emmy awards for his set design in the television program “Pee Wee’s Playhouse.� But that’s not all White does in terms of his artistic ability. Among other things, he has established himself as an art director for a good deal of music videos, a notable example being the video for The Smashing Pumpkin’s song “Tonight, Tonight.�

White is also an acclaimed paint-

“A big influence on my work is Red Grooms, a fellow Tennessean,�

White said. “My giant puppets and installations are in the same tradition as his.�

The VAC, in conjunction with the School of Art, organized Thursday’s lecture and selects artists to bring to campus each semester. Members of the committee can nominate artists and then decide based on the majority. “We usually have a pretty good turnout at our lectures,� said Marta Lee, chair of the committee and a senior majoring in two-dimensional art with a concentration in painting.

Lee said the lectures are typically held in the Art & Architecture Building, but because of the interest Wayne’s visit has generated, the venue has been switched to the UC Auditorium in order to seat more people.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

er. He has received praise for his unique medium of taking a regular ordinary painting, such as a beautiful landscape, and then painting a three-dimensional word or phrase over it. The phrases or words he uses are often quite humorous and “thought-provoking� for the audience to interpret. “When I sit down to work on my art, I mutter my own personal good voodoo mantra. It’s a secret,� White said in regards to his routine when he approaches his artwork.

White’s eccentricity and creativity are exemplified in the large beard he sports across his face.

A lot of the work White produces displays roots of his Southern background, as he grew up just south of Knoxville in Chattanooga. White’s puppets typically tend to be large scaled and with very large heads in comparison to rest of their body.

The puppets are also often overdramatized in the structural features of the human face, such as the nose.

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6 • THE DAILY BEACON

Thursday, November 7, 2013 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

ARTS & CULTURE

pdodson@utk.edu

Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Cortney Roark

croark4@utk.edu

Trove of art discovered in Germany spurs sleuthing Associated Press LONDON — Finding the treasure hoard was just the start of the hunt.

Phones in the cramped London offices of the Art Loss Register have been ringing off the hook since German prosecutors announced what the register’s chairman, Julian Radcliffe, calls “the biggest cache of illegally stored art since the end of the war.”

“People who are registered with us have been ringing to say, ‘You’re on the case, aren’t you?’” Radcliffe said Wednesday.

The flurry of activity follows the discovery in Germany of more than 1,400 artworks — some by modern masters such as Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso — stacked in the Munich apartment of an elderly man. For families whose treasures were stolen

by Germany’s Nazi regime, the discovery has raised hopes — but also stirred frustration.

Citing an ongoing tax probe into the apartment’s resident, German authorities have not revealed many details about the vast majority of the paintings, drawings, engravings, woodcuts and prints they have found. At a news conference Tuesday, officials described only a fraction of the spectacular find, including — tantalizingly — previously unknown paintings by Matisse, Chagall and German artist Otto Dix. That has sparked a clamor for information from art hunters, museums and the lawyers of those seeking to recover looted art.

On Wednesday, a lawyer for the family of the late Parisian art dealer Paul Rosenberg said he was “in the process of submitting a claim” for one of the most spectacular works, a Matisse painting of a seated woman.

“I fully expect when they get my claim letter they will invite me to Munich” to negotiate its return, Chris Marinello, director of the London-based Art Recovery International, told The Associated Press.

Rosenberg lost hundreds of artworks when the Nazis invaded France in 1940. His relatives, including granddaughter Anne Sinclair — the French journalist and ex-wife of

former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss Kahn — have sought for decades to retrieve them.

The Munich trove was found in early 2012 at the home of a man whom German officials didn’t name but who has been identified in media reports as 80-year-old Cornelius Gurlitt.

His father, Hildebrand Gurlitt, was an art dealer who acted for the Nazis in the 1930s to sell art considered “degenerate” by the regime — including Impressionist and modern masterpieces — outside of Germany in return for cash.

Some of the works were seized from museums, while others were stolen or bought for a pittance from Jewish collectors who were forced to sell.

Gerhard Finckh, director of the Von der Heydt-Museum in Wuppertal, western Germany, called for an inventory of the Gurlitt trove to be published online quickly so museums can find out whether their stolen works are among them.

“If our works are among the discovered art, we will do everything to get them back,” said Finckh, whose museum lost pieces by Dix, Paul Klee, Vassily Kandinsky and many others.

Jewish groups also have called for the works to be made public immediately.

Spokesman Steffen Seibert said Wednesday that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government favored releasing information about works that “may have been confiscated from people persecuted by the Nazis.” But he gave no details or timeframe for that to happen.

That leaves people seeking the return of artworks with no quick path to restitution.

Imke Gielen, a Berlin lawyer specializing in restitution claims, said prospective claimants should approach the Bavarian prosecutors with queries about specific works. She said it was vital to prove ownership of the artwork until Jan. 30, 1933, the day the Nazis seized power. Any art lost after that is presumed to have been sold under pressure or seized, boosting the chances of restitution.

For the moment, many mysteries remain.

Thursday, November 7

Saturday, November 9 What: Gungor with K.S Rhoads Where: The Square Room When: 8 p.m.

Price: $20 - $30 Claire’s Take: Hailing from Wisconsin, singer-songwriter Michael Gungor and his band are bringing the group’s indie collective to Knoxville. The Grammy-nominated band has been likened to artists like Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver and Arcade Fire. The Square Room provides an intimate musical space, and you won’t want to miss this collective playing its hit, “Beautiful Things,” as well as songs from the group’s new album, “I Am Mountain.”

• Photo Courtesy of Oh No Fiasco

What: Oh No Fiasco Where: NV Nightclub When: 8 p.m.

Price: $7 - $10 Cortney’s Take: Oh No Fiasco is a local indie-rock band whose Facebook biography simply states, “Oh No Fiasco likes to rock.” The group will celebrate the release of its latest EP, “No One’s Gotta Know,” at NV Nightclub. This show is sure to be a good one.

Plan your Thursday night around Oh No Fiasco this week.

Friday, November 8

• Photo Courtesy of Gungor

Sunday, November 10 What: Steve Vai Where: Bijou Theatre When: 8 p.m.

Price: $34 Claire’s Take: Steve Vai is a classic who will bring his guitar expertise and experience playing with Frank Zappa to the Bijou Theatre. Vai’s rock combines an alchemic mix of old and new for a thrilling show you won’t want to miss.

• Photo Courtesy of The Black Cadillacs

What: The Black Cadillacs Where: Bijou Theatre When: 8 p.m.

Price: $12 - $14 Cortney’s Take: If you know anything about the Knoxville music scene, chances are you know The Black Cadillacs. This “blues-based,” indie-rock band is influenced by performers from the Rolling Stones to Jack White. The band’s show at the Bijou is sure to be a good time.

• Photo Courtesy of Steve Vai

Esther Choo • The Daily Beacon

Sophomore Hayden Zelem, right, sits with Gracyn Garrett, junior in psychology, outside of AMB on Wednesday afternoon. Zelem wears grey socks with his orange and brown Chacos as part of his comfortable attire for the day. “It’s the perfect weather to wear them and more people should be supporting the look,” Zelem said.

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is not planning on giving them up when the weather turns a little nippy. continued from Page 1 “I wear them because they Adam Hamby, sophomore are very comfortable, quite in public relations, said he sees easy to get on and off quickly practicality in his Chacos and and I think they are stylish,”

Hamby said. “I will wear them in the winter. It just depends on how cold it is if I will wear them.”

However, he is not willing to add socks to maintain a year-round relationship with

his shoes.

“I think [socks and Chacos] looks bad and would make the adjustable straps not fit the correct way while wearing socks,” Hamby said. “But I guess to answer the question simply, no. I wouldn’t rock the socks and Chacs.”

However, McKenzie Martin, junior in journalism and electronic media, has chosen to rock the socks and chacs and has a comeback to the naysayers of the style.

“Chacs with socks is really more of a fashion statement,” Martin said. “It’s a lot different than just plain sandals and Chacos. It’s a trend. I enjoy it because it allows me to show off my love of different themed socks with my love of Chacos.

I get tired of tennis shoes.”

To some, the trend could be reminiscent of retired men in Florida or athletes with their Nike slide-on’s and high socks.

No matter the reasoning or similarities though, socks and chacs are a staple in many wardrobes.

But, what about those students that simply cannot stand Chacos on anyone with or without socks?

Brandon Darr, junior in linguistics, has the answer: “At least they’re not Crocs.”

Thursday, November 7, 2013

THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Sports Editor David Cobb

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Assistant Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron tprovost@utk.edu

Days Left Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer With one senior on the Lady Vols 2013-14 roster, second-year head coach Holly Warlick will look for other players to expand their leadership roles this season as the team prepares to embark on their grind for the program’s ninth national championship.

One player who appears ready to fit the bill is 6-foot-3 junior center Isabelle Harrison.

Despite missing nine games last season due to knee injuries, the Nashville, Tenn., native managed to put up solid numbers, with an average of 9.5 points per game, and finished second on the team with 7.5 rebounds a game.

With her healthy return, she will look to lead a deep frontcourt that could be the team’s greatest strength.

“I want to lead by example and play my hardest, whether it’s rebounding or running the length of the court to block a shot to show the post under me what is expected of them,” Harrison said. “I want to be vocal as well, since I’m going to be one of the main posts on the team.”

Alongside the former Hillsboro High School standout down low this year will be returning SEC Freshman of the Year Bashaara Graves, sophomore Nia Moore and elite newcomer Mercedes Russell.

This preseason, her head coach has seen the development

Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon

Tennessee junior center Isabelle Harrison attempts a layup during Monday’s exhibition game against the Carson-Newman Lady Eagles at Thompson-Boling Arena. in her leadership abilities.

“Isabelle has been a great leader for the post inside,” Warlick said. “She went through the same thing with Vicki Baugh helping her out when she was a freshman. I think she feels a responsibility of taking those players under her wing, especially Mercedes.”

As a mentor and the eldest of the group, Harrison said she

wants her three other counterparts to embrace consistency as the most important aspect of their game.

“Post players carry a large load on how the games go and the outcomes,” she said. “We have to hold our standards high and have good games no matter what the guards do, (and) just to keep the game steady. We are very talented down low this year and

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Harrison ready to anchor Lady Vols’ frontcourt if we can stay consistent we will be very tough to beat.”

Despite possessing a great deal of talent, Harrison said increased communication among the group has brought a quiet confidence to all of UT’s post players heading into the season.

“Not only are we all athletic but every one of us is vocal with one another,” she said. “It helps us with communication and I think we are all very confident in our roles as a post group. We know what we can do we just need to go out there and take care of business now.”

With the Lady Vols first game of the season set to tip-off Friday at Middle Tennessee, the team’s leading shot blocker from last season is excited to start a journey she hopes will end in her hometown, as Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena will host the 2014 Final Four.

“Having the Final Four in Nashville this year is a huge motivator for me, especially since I grew up there,” she said. “I have passed that arena many times growing up and just to know I could win a national championship somewhere I’ve grown up is amazing.

“We have to take every opportunity and everyday to get better in order to get there. This year is really going to test us to see how mentally and physically strong we can be.”

• The career-high for Isabelle Harrison in blocks set against South Carolina on Jan. 3, 2013 • The number of games out of 33 that Jordan McRae did not hit a three pointer last year • The number of games played by Andraya Carter before her right shoulder injury last season • The number of rebounds Jeronne Maymon had in his return this season in the exhibition against Florida Southern on Nov. 2.

• Florida’s ranking when the Vols defeated the Gators inside the O’Connell Center on Feb. 11, 2012 • The number of non-conference home games the Lady Vols have this season.

Sleeve of success: McRae’s streaky scoring attributed to his secret weapon Troy Provost-Heron Assistant Sports Editor It’s safe to say last season was senior guard Jordan McRae’s breakout year.

It was a season that saw the 6-foot-6 scorer compile nine 20-point games in SEC play, finish runner-up in the race for SEC Player of the Year and most importantly, become the catalyst behind a second half turnaround of the Tennessee Volunteer basketball team which fell just short of an NCAA Tournament bid.

The Orange Mamba – a nickname that surfaced during McRae’s showcase in the second half of the season – however, had an injury that coincided with his hot streak.

It also may have been an injury that led to the addition of a mystical orange shooting sleeve McRae wore on his right arm for the rest of the season.

“I dove on the floor during practice and hurt my elbow, so I started wearing it because anytime it would get hit, it would hurt, so I was just wearing it to protect my elbow throughout the year,” McRae said. “I wasn’t thinking about the points or anything like that, it just kind of happened like that.”

McRae averaged 13.7 points per game prior to that elbow injury, but once the game against South Carolina on Feb. 10 – the debut of the sleeve – happened, a new McRae was born.

Through 11 games with the sleeve, the Midway, Ga., native averaged 19.7 points per game, including a five game stretch where the

then-junior scored more than 20 points.

That stretch also contained 34 and 35-point performances against Kentucky and Florida – Tennessee’s biggest rivals – respectively.

“Yeah, there was a huge difference,” senior forward Jeronne Maymon said about the difference between a sleeved McRae and a nonsleeved one.

“The circumstances were different as well because Jordan had to do what he did last year, so I think the sleeve just kind of worked its way in, I don’t think it had anything to do with it.”

Junior guard Josh Richardson

added: “I didn’t know that happened, but I’m glad it happened because he saved us in a lot of games,” junior guard Josh Richardson said.

Richardson is one of the few other players on the Vols roster that sports a shooting sleeve on the court, and for him, the combination of nylon and spandex on his arm has become a natural feeling.

• Photo courtesy of Tennessee Athletics

“In my junior year of high school, I actually broke my elbow, so I just

started wearing a sleeve,” Richardson said. “I didn’t wear one my freshman year, but coming into my sophomore year I said, ‘Man, I got to get my mojo back.’ It’s just comfortable for me, I’ve gotten so used to shooting with and playing with it.”

Even with all the success of bearing that orange Adidas shooting sleeve, McRae said he wouldn’t be wearing the sleeve to start the season.

Richardson said he isn’t worried the preseason All-SEC guard won’t be adorning the spandex sleeve.

“I’m not worried about anything with that dude because he can score sleeve, no sleeve, headband, no shoes, whatever, that dude can score the ball,” Richardson said.

Maymon, however, is a little more superstitious in regards to the sleeve than his fellow teammates.

“If I was him, I’d stick with the sleeve and still be Mamba and still be who he is,” Maymon said.

Sophomore guard Galen Campbell added: “It might be his little superpower a little bit, you know, Orange Mamba and what-not.

He might need to wear that sleeve.”

Campbell even ushered a prediction, adding, “He’ll probably end up wearing it again.”

McRae, however, did acknowledge the stat and said he’s got it in on the shelf if it’s needed.

“Well,” McRae said, “if I’m having a slump, I’ll wear the sleeve and see if I can get out of it.”

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Matt Levine Contributor As the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships approach on Friday, junior tennis standouts Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese will look to continue to proving their legitimacy as two of the best in college tennis.

The Libietis and Reese doubles pairing is ranked No. 1 in the country and won the ITA All-American Championships earlier this year. It was the first collegiate national title for the duo and the third ITA All-American title in school history.

The USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships will be the last for the pair in the fall before they get into team tennis in the spring.

“This last tournament in the fall, (we’re) just trying to go out there and have fun,” Libietis said. “The spring is totally different. I’m looking forward to the spring because of the environment and competing for a team and going team against team.”

After dealing with injuries and even sickness this fall, Libietis is looking to gain his strength back and test his abilities at the highest level during the tournament, which begins today and runs through Sunday in Flushing, N.Y. “I got a little injured in my past tournament,” Libietis said. “So I just want to know how I feel on the court when I play a competitive match and go from there; (I’ll) see how I feel and hope that it gets better.”

While Reese and Libietis are arguably two of the best tennis players in the country, they both understand the talent level in New York will be

steep.

“We will be playing against the best teams in the country, which is kind of how our SEC season is like,” Reese said.

“Week in and week out we have ranked teams, ranked doubles teams and ranked singles players.”

On the singles side, both are continuing to develop. Reese became the first Volunteer to win the singles championship at the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships this fall, actually beating his teammate Libietis on his way to the title.

Reese and Libietis are trying to repeat their first and second place finishes in this tournament considering singles competition has not been a strength over their career.

“It would be huge,” Reese said. “We haven’t had the greatest individual success the past couple years, so another tournament win would give the whole team some confidence moving forward.”

The tournament is another huge opportunity for Libietis and Reese, but they also pointed to what a good showing could mean from a university standpoint.

“A tournament like that would mean a lot,” Libietis said. “(In a) national indoor tournament all the best guys are there, all the best singles players, some of the best doubles teams. It would be huge, for the future, for recruiting plans and it’s going to help our university a lot if we could win.”

Reese and Libietis’ No. 1 seeding in the tournament though is nothing new to the two players.

“I think that if we just take it one at a time,” Reese said, “I think that’s all we can do.”

Although the Lady Vols soccer team failed to qualify for the SEC tournament, hope has not faded for receiving an at-large bid for this year’s NCAA tournament.

The Tennessee women’s soccer team finished 11th in its conference, leaving the squad one spot short of the SEC tournament, which takes the top 10 teams in the conference each year and is currently taking place in Orange Beach, Ala. “You can look at three or four games within the league, where if we get one point, all we needed was one more point,” head coach Brian Pensky said. “The fact that we’re not going to Orange Beach is going to sit with us until next fall.”

Senior forward Caroline Brown is looking at the positives of missing out on the SEC tournament instead of hanging her head as the team awaits word on its postseason fate.

“As a positive, it gives us rest,” Brown said. “I think it’s a good chance to get our bodies regenerated and really be ready to go

PALARDY continued from Page 1 But under Jones, Palardy is handling all three kicking duties – averaging 44.4 yards per punt – and is 28-of-28 on extra points while 35 percent of his kickoffs are going for touchbacks.

Each is a career-best for the rejuvenated kicker.

“I would say it is a complete 180 on opposite ends of the spectrum,” Palardy said. “My confidence while going out on the field was the biggest thing for me.”

In UT’s loss to Missouri, Palardy’s performance also illustrated another necessity Jones preaches: the ability to play through adversity.

Palardy’s back locked up two days before the game, making it painful to stand up or lie down,

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Tennessee senior forward Katie Lenz fights past Florida defenders in a match against the Gators at Regal Soccer Stadium on Oct. 25. when we get that NCAA bid.”

Without making the conference tournament, the Lady Vols have a chance to be invited to participate in the NCAA tournament’s 64-team field, which will be announced Monday night.

“I have complete faith that we are going to make the NCAA tournament,” junior midfielder Cheyenne Spade said. “And I also have complete faith that we are going to do very well once we get there.”

Tennessee is ranked 50th in the country, according to the NCAA RPI rankings, and has registered strong wins against teams RPI top-25 teams Central Florida

and Texas A&M. The Lady Vols need these teams to continue winning to increase their chance at a tournament berth.

“We’re now just sitting,” Pensky said. “We’re obviously very hopeful that we have done enough, over the course of the season, to be in consideration for an NCAA at-large bid.”

Even with the possibility of the NCAA tournament, Pensky knows not qualifying for the SEC tournament is unacceptable.

“It leaves us with an enormous source of motivation,” Pensky said.

The Lady Vols got off to a fast start in conference play —

let alone kick footballs in full pads.

The pain got so bad that he thought he wouldn’t be able to play against the Tigers.

“You talk about the stress and the life of a head football coach,” Jones said. “He comes to practice on Thursday with major back spasms. He couldn’t even walk.”

Jones and Palardy played it by ear Friday when the team flew to Columbia, Mo. “I just kind of tried to get as much treatment as possible to get ready for Saturday,” Palardy said.

He took it one step at a time Saturday after waking up with the muscle still tight.

“I was hoping,” Palardy said, “That when I went to warm up that my adrenaline would take over and I wouldn’t think about it, and it wouldn’t feel as bad.”

Whether adrenaline, new found confidence or a combina-

tion of both, Palardy registered another stellar performance despite the uncertainty prior to the game.

“Any pain or discomfort, I just kind of had to play through it if I had any,” he said. “I think we did alright.”

Palardy blasted a 51-yard field goal for UT’s only points of the game, and four of his seven punts stopped inside the Missouri 20-yard line.

His 42.7 yard per punt average included a shanked 25-yard effort that gifted Missouri with good field position.

But that too turned into a microcosm of Jones’ teachings.

Players are taught to “snapand-clear” under Jones and forget previous mistakes by focusing solely on the future.

Eight minutes later, Palardy punted the ball 51 yards and long

beating nationally-ranked Texas A&M — but then faltered late in the season. They finished 1-4-2 over their last seven games, many of which were decided by just one goal.

“There are just a ton of different scenarios where our fate could have been different,” Pensky said.

For Brown, her SEC career has come to an end, but she has many fond memories of the conference and its members.

“I mean, it’s just great,” Brown said. “It’s just one of those conferences where every game is a battle, it’s a blood bath sometimes.

You don’t want to go somewhere where it’s a walk in the park on Sundays. That’s what I love about the SEC.” Now all the Lady Vols can do is sit and hope as they have a week off before the NCAA tournament field is announced Monday.

But regardless of the outcome, Pensky said this team will be more determined to improve.

“Once this season does finish out and the selection is complete,” Pensky said, “this bad taste isn’t going to go away until we get a chance to redeem ourselves.” snapper J.R. Carr downed it on the 1-yard line.

“He comes up to me and says, ‘I got your back. That was for that missed punt the previous snap,’” Jones said. “He’s playing with a lot of confidence and belief right now.

“And that’s a great illustration for every player in our football program, that development process.”

Though admittedly more confident than in previous seasons, Palardy stressed that a season, which is unfolding as a storybook ending to an otherwise tumultuous career, is not yet over.

He is staying away from any reflective overviews of his career, at least for a few more weeks.

“I appreciate all the praise and whatnot,” Palardy said. “But at the same time, I’ve still got a job to do for three more games.”