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Thursday, November 11, 2010 Issue 59

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Homecoming spirit sweeps campus Students enjoy festivities leading up to featured performance by Big Boi together,” Catherine Skeens, All Campus Events chair, Homecoming alongside current students.” Thus far, various events have exhibited what is new said. “We’ve never held this concert before, but we hope to also adopt this as a UT tradition. Students can buy from Homecoming Weeks in the past, focusing certain This year’s Homecoming Week is being billed as an their tickets before Friday for $10 at activities.utk.edu, by events on helping those in the community. “There are many differences between this year,” Skeens event different from years past with an emphasis on col- Friday the price goes up to $20.” said. “We have really tried to revamp this year’s Anything The musical group Outkast’s very own Big Boi will be laboration and inclusiveness for all students. Goes by going big. We had inflatables, a cookout and even the headliner for Friday’s concert at the Knoxville Civic With a focus on collaboration, this year’s organizers a can castle competition that collected almost 3,200 Coliseum. have reached out across campus to maximize participation pounds of food for Second Harvest to help those in need This year’s selection of Big Boi precipitated from the and enjoyment for all. in our area. That was probably the neatest thing we have collaboration between Central Programming Council and “We have collaborated with the Black Cultural the Black Cultural Programming Committee’s joint effort done as far as changes go with Homecoming compared to to bring an entertainer with mass years past. We hope to keep this as UT tradition and help appeal to students and community out those in need every year.” Apart from members. the concert on “Big Boi was F r i d a y chosen in an effort evening, the to bring everyone Homecoming to the concert and parade, a Lady make the event Vol’s volleyappealing to as ball game and many people as UT Men’s baspossible,” Ruth ketball game Dyke, senior in will also take anthropology, said. place as a part Much effort has of the week’s been put into this activities. year’s Homecoming Saturday’s from all around to – Catherine Skeens, All Campus Events chair events will perpetuate a tradion the importance of Homecoming include the tion that is enjoyHomecoming able for all, organizfootball game, ers said. “A strong Homecoming can where Miss Homecoming will be crowned at halftime, as remind the whole university about well as various tailgate gatherings at Fiji Island, Circle Joy Hill • The Daily Beacon the traditions (we) have had for Park and the Black Cultural Center, which will be held Girls from Alpha Delta Pi sorority cheer on their sisters performing as part of years,” Skeens said. “The first prior to kickoff. the Smokey’s Howl competition on Tuesday, Nov. 9. The preliminary round Organizers are pleased with the support and success of of Smokey’s Howl featured dance teams competing for spots in the finals Homecoming was in 1916, so we of the annual Homecoming event, which will be held at Tom Black Track have had almost 100 years of events thus far and only hope to continue the positive Homecoming traditions here at UT. momentum. from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12. “We hope that everyone will get involved with this With the unity that is created durProgramming Council and other organizations to bring ing the week, it is a great reminder about the UT family year’s Homecoming,” Skeens said. “We have made many the first annual Homecoming concert: Big Boi. This is a that we are all a part of and will always be a part of. It is changes that we hope everyone will enjoy.” really neat opportunity for all students of UT to come neat to see the alumni come back and get to celebrate

Kyle Turner

News Editor

A strong Homecoming

can remind the whole university about the traditions (we) have had for years.

Lecture addresses nature of bestiality Criminology professor explains definition, criminality of bestiality Chris Bratta Staff Writer The word, even if viewable for only a split second, evokes thoughts and sentiments unlike most of the other words in the English language. The topic, some feel so far removed from, while some dedicate countless hours studying. Bestiality is the subject. The word itself has a strongly negative connotation. Piers Beirne’s speech entitled, “Is Bestiality a Crime?” nearly filled the Lindsay Young Auditorium in Hodges Library on Monday. Beirne serves as a professor of criminology at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine. Beirne’s speech detailed his journey in criminology to eventually lead to what he does not call bestiality; rather, he calls such implied actions as “animal sexual abuse.” He explained his eventual landing in this type of criminology was because of the intellectual outgrowth of his work, his everyday interactions with animals and his teaching. He noted two particular works involving animal sexual abuse: “Of Plymouth Plantation” and “Barnyard Love.” In the first work mentioned, William Bradford, the governor of Plymouth Plantation in 1642, described the conviction of Thomas Granger for “buggery with a mare, a cow, two goats, divers sheep, two calves and a turkey.” The second work is a German film that displays various sexual acts with human males and females, between cows, horses, dogs, hens and eels. “The large quadrupeds, such as cows, were seemingly indifferent ... while the mediumsized animals, such as dogs, seemed to energetically enjoy the attention given by the human females,” Beirne said. Beirne then confronted four different questions about bestiality: “What is it? How much of it is there? What are its forms? Is it wrong?” He explained that, although the actual origins and definitions have varied over the years, bestiality’s contemporary definition “denotes sexual relations between humans and animals — being anal, oral or genital.” He confronted the problems surrounding young, innocent children and the collection of semen from farm animals for profit.

Beirne explained that knowing the amounts of bestiality is hard to determine, because “one of the partners involved can’t report the abuse.” Furthermore, he said, as animals have been more removed from rural areas and because pets have been introduced into homes, “most forms of animal sexual abuse are at the home with companion animals, probably.” As he progressed down the road of this specific type of criminal activity, he created a typology for animal sexual abuse. Beirne’s four forms of animal sexual abuse are: zoophilia, adolescent sexual experimentation, aggravated cruelty and commodification. He notes that zoophilia is “someone whose preferred partner is an animal.” Adolescent sexual experimentation is defined in its own naming. Aggravated cruelty to animals typically takes place in the form of genital mutilation and other types of cruel behavior. Lastly, the commodification of animal sexual abuse is where money is made and paid for people to perform sexual act on animals. Beirne cited Tijuana, Mexico, as a place containing various establishments. Beirne also presented three ways to take care of the sexual animal abuse problems, but he felt that only one of them would work for contemporary times. He said that “compulsory humane education starting at kindergarten” would be problematic because the curriculum is often “business based” rather than focusing on humane treatment of animals. Changing this would be hard to do in a society that has a strong focus on finances. Restorative justice would not work because “nobody would represent the animals” and the animals would have a very hard time testifying against human perpetrators. Lastly, Beirne said criminalization is the only temporary fix right now. Even though the jails are overcrowded, Beirne said this seems to be the best option. This topic is not something that is easily talked about, but many UT students found the lecture intriguing. “I thought it was really interesting, very eye opening and something that needs to be talked about more,” Rhiannon Leebrick, a graduate in sociology, said.

Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon

Katie Woodby, junior in printmaking, browses through a selection of goods at the Pot and Print Sale in the Art and Architecture Building on Wednesday. The sale features pieces from undergraduate and graduate students from the printmaking and ceramics departments.


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