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Florida-Georgia Line ‘cruises’ through show at Knoxville’s Civic

Slimmer Stokes ready to hit the paint hungry for 2013-14 season

Stomp Fest brings dancers from around the Southeast

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Power UT: Grad student creates open forum on mandatory meal plans

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NEWS >>pg. 3

Monday, November 11, 2013

Issue 56, Volume 124

Student groups unite in meal plan protest Bradi Musil Staff Writer “Don’t force feed us.” This is the mantra coined by the Coalition Against Mandatory Meal Plans. Comprised of club representatives and everyday students, the coalition was formed in reaction to UT administration’s recent proposal to require all undergraduates to purchase a $300 minimum Dining Dollar balance. The coalition is rallying the student voice, protesting any plans of enacting this required fee. Nica Lee Ables, a sophomore in political science and executive board member of College Democrats, organized the coalition on Nov. 6. Ables called a few of her fellow classmates and club representatives together to think of a way to fight the plan. Ables said the movement garnered 500 fans within its first 12 hours, and approximately 1,100 within the first two days. “We started a Facebook page at about 1 or 2 a.m. that Wednesday night/Thursday morning,” Ables said. “We stayed up all night long in the library working on it.” The page’s popularity has continued to grow exponentially. Students post comments hourly and UT organizations have joined the page in a collaborative effort. The coalition’s immediate goal is to assemble a petition with enough student signatures to show the administration how serious UT students are about having their voice heard. “We represent such a wide variety of interests in this thing,” Tyler Latham, a founding coalitionist and sophomore in political science, said. “We’ve got people who are starting off from this end saying, ‘We are tired of what Aramark is doing. How they’re price gouging and so on, and now we are essentially paying $300 to Aramark each semester,’ to the end of people attacking UT, saying, ‘We are tired of having add on to add on to construction projects that we didn’t even have a voice in and now we are paying the price for it,’ and everywhere in between.” The coalition also hopes to have a booth set up on Pedestrian Walkway where students can physically sign the petition and become involved. “If the university does not listen to the student voice,” Ables said, “there will be growing dissatisfaction with everything the university has done.” Because the proposal is a change in university policy, it is not required that SGA be allowed to vote on it. See COALITION on Page 2

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Will Horton of The Black Cadillacs sings in front of a sold-out audience at the Bijou Theatre on Saturday. Nearly 700 fans came out for the band’s first local performance in more than a year.

The Black Cadillacs revisit Knoxville roots after a year of touring. The concert was opened by The Delta Saints, a five-member rock band from Nashville. The two-hour show was preceded by an intimate sound check party for the first 50 fans who bought tickets to the concert. “We always try to find ways that we can give back to the Knoxville community,” Ari Solomon, manager of The Black Cadillacs, said. “Unfortunately we can’t do a sound check party for all 700 people, but for the first Hayley Brundige 50 people we really wanted to say thank you.” Staff Writer The other 650 fans at the concert could purchase a special 7-inch record made available only in Knoxville. The Black Cadillacs came home Friday. “We’ve been out touring for so long that we haven’t “Don’t get us wrong, we love Nashville,” lead singer really had a chance to catch up with everyone,” Horton Will Horton said to a sold out crowd of 700 fans. “But said at the sound check party. “This gave us a chance this is home.” to see fans face-to-face and thank them personally.” Playing its first headlining show at the Bijou Lauren Green, who attended the sound check and Theatre, The Black Cadillacs returned to Knoxville

Blues-rock band wows Bijou crowd, says, ‘This is home’

the show, appreciated the opportunity to get to know the band better. “It’s special to get to see some of their new stuff first,” Green said. “We love having the opportunity to hang out with them and relax and get to know them as people and not just some band up on stage.” Green has been attending The Black Cadillac’s concerts since she saw them with her husband and two kids at Sundown at the City, a retired summer music series in Market Square, two years ago. “We love the Knoxville local music scene and we love supporting local establishments,” Green said. “My husband and I think it’s a great chance for our kids to have fun and connect with the city.” Daryn, Green’s 13-year-old son, is an avid fan of the band, claiming “Fade to Gray” as his favorite song. See BLACK CADILLACS on Page 5

Tigers zoom past Vols in UT’s third straight loss Troy Provost-Heron Assistant Sports Editor For one quarter it seemed as if the Vols were in for another Neyland Stadium nail-biter against a top-15 team. Then, within minutes, the No. 9 Auburn Tigers struck. With the Vols leading 13-6 heading into the second quarter, Auburn put together a 45-second scoring drive that lasted two plays – a 62-yard run by quarterback Nick Marshall and a 13-yard touchdown by running back Tre Mason. The next time the Tigers touched the football, defensive back Chris Davis returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown, and Auburn never looked back as the Vols fell 55-23 on Saturday. Both scores were only a glimpse of what the Tigers did as the Vols allowed Auburn to burn them for big play after big play, showing a glaring weakness for UT as whole: team speed. “I think you all saw the speed differential out there,” head coach Butch Jones said. “You see it on film, but when you see it in person, for me, it’s a great measuring stick, a tool, of where we need to go with this football program, how we need to recruit, how we need to develop our players. That

exploited. “They had two explosive runners in the backfield, the quarterback and the running back, so we had to honor both,” sophomore safety Brian Randolph said. “The quarterback did a good job of carrying out the space and we just didn’t get the job done.” Stopping the run wasn’t the only consistent struggle the Vols had throughout the game however, as the special teams unit also suffered from a lack of ability to make plays in the open field. UT’s special teams allowed not only the Davis punt return, but also a 90-yard Corey Grant kickoff return touchdown and numerous other long returns. Jones was not happy with the failures of the special teams squad given how much the Vols work with the unit in practice. “Well, obviously it’s a return A.J. Hall • The Daily Beacon on your investment, but regardTennessee senior running back Rajion Neal high steps less of that, we take great pride into the end zone to cap off his 17-yard touchdown in playing special teams and run during the 55-23 loss to Auburn at Neyland it’s unacceptable,” Jones said. “A kickoff return to start the Stadium on Saturday. second half and everything is about momentum and gaining momentum, that’s unacstill doesn’t excuse what just for more than 20 yards. Combine Marshall’s per- ceptable. A punt return for a occurred.” The majority of the big plays formance with Mason’s – 117 touchdown, it’s unacceptable. the Vols allowed came from yards and three touchdowns It’s players getting off blocks Marshall, who ran for 214 on 20 carries – and it was and making a play in space.” yards and two touchdowns on apparent that Tennessee’s 14 carries, four of which went inability to stop the run was See VOLS on Page 8

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VolsTeach program granted addition to curriculum Destinee Dowdy Contributor VolsTeach is here to stay. Although the VolsTeach program has been running under experimental approval for three years, it was recently recommended for sanction by the Tennessee Department of Education. Providing science, technology, engineering and math students the opportunity to translate their skills into secondary teaching, VolsTeach offers a degree in a chosen STEM field, as well as a minor in secondary education. “We really want to expand the number of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) majors who are willing to explore and consider teaching as a career, so we developed VolsTeach as a way to do that,” said Susan Benner, Ph.D., co-director of VolsTeach and associate dean for Professional Licensure, in a phone interview on Nov. 5. See VOLSTEACH on Page 2

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