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UT gets early edge over Kentucky in food drive Christian Madison Eubanks Contributor The showdown between the University of Kentucky and UT has already begun.

In late October, UK’s recreation department challenged UT RecSports to a canned food drive competition lasting through the the end of November. The cans collected at UT will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank, and those gathered at UK will be given to God’s Pantry Food Bank in Lexington, Kentucky.

Heading up the food drive is Yusof Al-Wadei, a graduate student in public health.

“Not only are we going to have a food drive, but the competition itself might spark some interest from individuals and groups,” Al-Wadei said.

“It’s just a friendly competition to do some good in our community before the football game.”

Also heading up the program is Sean McCall, a graduate student in sports management. McCall said UT is leading the race with 128 cans to UK’s 21.

“So we’re winning by over a hundred, which we’re pretty excited about,” McCall said. “Every Monday we’re going to be doing counts, that

way the student population can keep track of where we are.”

McCall said promoting the food drive among students has been a challenge of its own. He and Al-Wadei have tried to gain participation from residence halls and various campus organizations.

“It’s been hard to get the ball rolling outside of RecSports,” McCall said.

“We’ve also reached out to sororities and fraternities to try to get them involved as well,” Al-Wadei said.

McCall said the RecSports office staff is carrying UT in the competition thus far. Rex Pringle, RecSports director, is bringing in more donations than students.

“We’re reaching out to all of campus. We’re not trying to keep it as a RecSports thing,” McCall said. “It’s a UT thing. It’s a student thing.

“It’s a Volunteer thing.”

Donation bins are located in TRECS, the Student Aquatic Center, Hodges Library, the UC and inside all residence halls.

McCall and Al-Wadei say they are planning to turn the canned goods over to Second Harvest before Thanksgiving, in case the donations are needed for the holidays.

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UT artist’s work featured New tuition at Gallery 1010 showcase model receives mixed reviews Cortney Roark

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Zoe Yim

Contributor This fall, students embarked on a different kind of “freshman 15.”

All first-year students are now required to pay for 15 course hours, regardless of the actual hours taken per semester. This action reflects UT’s new 15-4 tuition model.

The 15-4 tuition model pushes freshmen, transfer and readmitted students to enroll for 15 class credits each semester, raising the likelihood of graduation in four years.

But this initiative has not been met without resistance.

“This semester I had to take less hours, because I have to take the hardest class I’ll ever have to take for my degree. I really wanted a lighter load, so if I was forced to pay for 15 hours I really wouldn’t want to pay for that,” said Ameena Stanley, a junior in nursing. “I would have felt obligated to take more hours, but that would really risk my GPA and possibly have me failing a class that was really important.”

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“Have no fear of perfection. You’ll never reach it.”

These are the words of Salvador Dali, but for this weekend’s featured artist at Gallery 1010, Aaron Inklebarger, they are much more than that. They directly relate to the inspiration for his solo show titled, “Expressions.”

“The technique used in all these pieces was an accident,” said Inklebarger, a junior in two-dimensional drawing and art education. “I was about to throw away the drawing, but just kind of started messing with it, and I really enjoyed the way it was looking.

“That piece itself is probably my favorite just because it was one of those happy accidents that turned into this whole show.”

The technique used to create this piece, titled “Letting Go,” as well every piece in “Expressions,” is called graphite pointillism. Pointillism is art made completely of dots. These dots are only recognizable as the viewer approaches each piece.

Inklebarger used graphite pencils to create large self-portraits with exaggerated expressions through pointillism. Most of the pieces are 2 feet by 3 feet and took eight to 10 hours each to complete. Although these are selfportraits, Inklebarger said he tried not to make it obvious.

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“Letting Go” is a graphic pointillism drawing. Inklebarger created the piece by using only dots of graphite pencil.

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UT tennis alumni finish strong in Knoxville Challenger tournament Brian Canever Contributor Tennis fans came out in droves last week as the ATP Challenger Tour came to the Goodfriend Indoor Tennis Center on campus.

One of the most popular stops on the tour, the $50,000 Knoxville Challenger drew crowds of more than 4,000 as players ranked within the top 500 in the world competed in both singles and doubles competition. Among the title hopefuls in both categories were three former Vols — Rhyne Williams, Tennys Sandgren and John-Patrick Smith — who

the competition to the delight of the home crowd.

Sandgren, ranked No. 243 in the world, defeated tough opposition in No. 105 Ryan Harrison and No. 96 Michael Russell en route to the singles semifinals on Saturday. In a back-and-forth contest, he lost to the tournament’s top seed, Tim Smyczek, by a score of 7-5, 7-6 (3).

Despite falling behind 5-3 in Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon the first set, Sandgren broke UT alumnus Tennys Sandgren returns a volley with the world No. 82’s serve and a backhand during the Knoxville Challenger at the eventually evened the score at 5-5. Smyczek held his next Goodfriend Tennis Center on Nov. 5. serve and then broke his oppohave since gone on to profes- a single stroke at the Challenger. nent to win the opening set 7-5.

The other former Tennessee sional careers.

Williams was forced out with All-Americans took the reins, See CHALLENGER on Page 6 a shoulder injury before hitting however, and advanced deep in

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organization holds public worship on the Strip Emily Thompson Contributor For the first time, a public night of worship was held in a bar on Cumberland Avenue.

Jon Lawler, key founder of Christian organization Cumberland Worship, held the group’s latest worship service on the balcony of The Outlook.

It was the first time the group met on campus, Lawler said, “and definitely the first time there’s been a public night of worship on Cumberland Avenue...”

With the help of Rick Coleman, director of Knoxville Fellows, and Colton Thomas, Cumberland Worship was born. Despite skepticism, Lawler saw The Outlook was the ideal place to hold a religious event.

“A better question is: Why not a bar?” Lawler said. “We want to worship God in all we do, whether it’s through our work, our relationships or our actual praise and worship. If anything, places like this bar, which is regularly consumed by darkness, are the places that desperately need God more than ever, and those are the places we followers of Jesus choose to be.

“Also, the bar is a neutral zone. It’s a place where anyone can come, and as we desire to see the losthearted people step into a heart relationship with God. I believe this location – a bar – to actually be a prime location for such an event.”

Owner of the building that houses Stefano’s Chicago Style Pizza and The Outlook, Coleman permitted the group to use the space for free.

“It is the first time Cumberland Worship has been held on campus and definitely the first time there’s been a public night of worship on Cumberland Avenue,” Lawler said. “We felt it to be absolutely imperative that we be outside, on a balcony over the Cumberland strip. Despite the cold, our hearts’ desire was that we would be able to stand above the UT Cumberland strip and freely proclaim the goodness and the glory of God for all of UT to hear.”

Alex Robinson, a sophomore in religious studies, agreed.

“This kind of stuff is right up my ally,” Robinson said.

“I love going to church, and worshiping is my favorite part, so a full night of worship is everything I could ask for.”

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Beacon Correction ‘Interfaith Panel’ begins Islamic Awareness Week

In Tuesday’s issue of The Daily Beacon, the article titled “Fast-a-thon combines with Islam Awareness Week on campus” reported the event would take place on Thursday, Nov. 13. This was a mistake; the event is actually occurring on Thursday, Nov. 14.

For more information on the Fast-a-thon event, visit www.msautk.wordpress.com.

standing.

“It is quite challenging to describe something that is 3,000 years old and has a diversity of traditions,” Ferency said. “A historic misconception is that Judaism is very legalistic, that we care more about how you do things than what you do. I think there’s a value to action, there’s also a value to understanding your action.”

Fels followed, highlighting the contradictions between Christian doctrine and society’s view of Christianity.

“Our starting point for a meaningful life is to love God with all your heart, your mind, and your soul and to love your neighbor as yourself,” Fels said.

“National surveys tell us this, that Christians are narrow-minded, judgmental, holier-than-thou and hypocrites.”

The final member of the panel to speak, Mahdi, addressed the definition of Islam and post-9/11 assumptions.

“Islam is an Arabic term that means submission, and the Muslim is the one whom is trying to submit their will to the will of the Creator,” Mahdi said.

“Muslims are not terrorists.

The same thing can happen

to Christianity, to Judaism, to any religion, just right now it seems to be more our turn.”

Following introductions, the floor was opened to the audience for questions, which ranged from general doctrinal questions about each faith such as the beliefs about an afterlife and meanings of the different names for God. Concluding the event, the panel was asked to explain why their faith was “true.”

Each panelist answered similarly, asserting that religion is a matter of personal experience.

“I don’t say that my faith is right,” Ferency said, “but it certainly is right for me.”

Mahdi chimed in next with his response to his faith’s validity.

“Everyone’s faith is indeed personal,” Mahdi said, “It’s a condition of heart. It’s what I feel in my heart.”

Fels concluded the panel with his take on the question.

“My own view on the interrelationship between Christianity and other faith traditions is quite simple,” Fels said, “One light, many windows. These are other windows, and I share their quest for the mystery called God.”

“I think it did good for anybody that was there with an open heart to experience continued from Page 1 everything that was going Cumberland Worship on,” Robinson said. “I think partnered with Sweet anybody who walked by was Aroma Coffee, a nonprofit impacted by it. I watched organization that provided a stranger get invited and coffee and hot chocolate at then come and experience the event and let students it all. pay as little or as much as “For all I know, this could they wanted. The money have been the first time this earned will go toward non- guy ever heard about Jesus.” profit organizations.

Heidi Wurster, sophomore in public relations, enjoyed the night’s unique approach to spirituality.

“I’ve gone to things similar, but this had a little bit of a different feel,” Wurster said. “I would definitely do it again. I am not a super religious person, but I am extremely open-minded and love to experience things like worship.”

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from last year, the descent is primarily attributed to a 59.8 percent graduation rate.

Despite widespread discontent, Krishen Gosine, a freshman in computer science, said the new tuition model could be beneficial.

“The 15 and 4 model is a good model to promote taking a good number of credit hours per semester and obtaining your credit hours for your degree,” Gosine said. “I know throughout college, sometimes people struggle to finish in their typical four-year plan and the 15 and 4 segments (put) it in a good, unique, organized plan to get a lot of people set on that track of the four-year undergraduate degree.”

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Physicist to investigate specifics on time travel Taylor Gray Contributor Perhaps time travel doesn’t require a Dolorean or a flux capacitor after all.

UT will be opening its doors to Michio Kaku, Ph.D. and American theoretical physicist, this Thursday.

Sponsored by the UT Issues Committee, Kaku, a professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York, will be presenting a lecture focused on time travel. Titled “Physics of the Impossible,” the lecture will explore topics from Kaku’s New York Times best-selling novel of the same name.

Hannah Bailey, chair of the UT Issues Committee, believes Kaku will bring hard science to this ubiquitous pop culture mainstay.

“All of us have thought about time travel at some

point in our lives,” Bailey said. “Whether it was that we wish we could go back and change something we did, or maybe didn’t do, or how the actual physics of time travel would work.

Time travel is a trope is so many popular films, TV shows and songs today, you really can’t get away from the idea.

“The Issues Committee felt that Kaku would be one of the most capable people we could bring to discuss this topic.”

After receiving his bachelors degree from Harvard University in 1968, Kaku pursued his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley.

Boasting a presence in radio, television, film and print, Kaku has has hosted a number of TV specials on the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, BBC and the Science Channel, in

addition to authoring two best-selling novels.

“Getting to go to this lecture for free is no doubt a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Bailey said. “Students will get an unusual viewpoint on time travel that they may have never heard and will definitely come away entertained and having learned more about an exciting topic.”

Ashleigh Moyer, director of the office of Student Activities, said the goal of the Student Activities office is to provide students with opportunities such as this.

“Student engagement and student development are core values of the office,” Moyer said, “which is committed to presenting students with opportunities to learn, lead and grow.”

The speaking events begins at 7:30 p.m. in the UC Auditorium.

Islam, Judaism and Christianity. Seemingly at odds, these religions found common ground Monday night, kicking off Islamic Awareness Week with an “interfaith panel” in the UC. Sponsored by the Muslim Student Association, the panel featured the Rev. Charles Fels, Rabbi Alon Ferency and Imam Rafiq Mahdi who discussed each of their religions – Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

“Today’s event is meant to focus on understanding each other a little bit better,” Abdelrahman Murphy, UT’s Muslim campus chaplain, said, “and to dig a bit deeper than we’re used to.”

Each religious leader gave an introduction of his religion and addressed some of the misconceptions the general public might have about each.

“A lot of times Muslims are seen as the ‘foreign’ or the ‘other,’” Murphy said.

“One of the goals we had was not to convert, not to preach, but to simply enlighten and educate people about our faith.”

Ferency empathized with Murphy, saying Judaism, too, suffers from misunder-

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continued from Page 1 According to the website for One Stop, UT’s hub for financial aid, registration and records assistance, the change emerged due to many scholarships ending after four years.

An extra year at UT adds $24,000 more in overall cost for a degree, based on the estimated cost of attendance from 2012-13.

Maximizing class hours is meant to help students complete their degree without an added financial burden, propelling graduates into the workforce without the weight of loans.

Julian Kahann, a sopho-

more in computer science, is not so sure. After an experience with a mobility-limiting injury, Kahann said she feels requiring 15 hours is too farreaching.

“It was kind of actually nice to have a lighter class load, so I’m generally all for freedoms and having the option to take as much as whatever I want to, but as long as it doesn’t cause too much of a detriment to the university,” Kahann said. “So personally I feel like it should be encouraged, but not required.”

Although the 15-4 tuition model is part of UT’s Top 25 initiative, UT was recently ranked 47th among all public universities, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2014 rankings. Falling one spot

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Aerial arts take flight through dance studio Dasha Tammark Contributor Staying physically healthy benefits many aspects of an individual’s life, from boosting confidence to becoming physically stronger.

Aerial arts, also known as aerial dance, can be an alternative to the traditional workout at the gym.

Aerial arts is a sub-genre of modern dance that started in the ‘70s. It involves an apparatus that hangs from the ceiling in order for the dancer to explore moves in all dimensions, said Christy Muecke, aerial dance instructor and performer.

Dragonfly Aerial Arts Studio is a nonprofit business, co-owned and started in Knoxville by six aerial dance enthusiasts. Four of them are certified aerial dance instructors, Muecke being one of them. Aerial apparatuses can include trapezes, silks, poles, cordoleises and Spanish Webb ladders, Muecke said.

The organization has aerial fitness classes to help promote progress to the different types of aerial dance that Dragonfly Aerial Arts provides.

Silks, or fabrics, is one form of aerial arts that can be learned.

Evelyn McClarnon, a licensed massage therapist, is a student at Dragonfly Aerial Arts Studio and started on silks five weeks ago.

“I would tell someone who is interested in silks without a doubt you should try it out,” McClarnon said. “It’s an amazing, beautiful art form, and if you are wanting to exercise, it’s one of my favorite ways to exercise. Even if you don’t think you are strong enough, don’t worry.

Once you start taking classes, you will become strong, very strong. Silks are amazing. I love it.”

Muecke learned aerial arts

1010 continued from Page 1 Inklebarger used graphite pencils to create large self-portraits with exaggerated expressions through pointillism. Most of the pieces are 2 feet by 3 feet and took eight to 10 hours each to complete. Although these are self-portraits, Inklebarger said he tried not to make it obvious.

“I used myself more as a model than I wanted it to look just like me,” Inklebarger said. “That way, I was in control of my subject matter. If I wanted to evoke a certain emotion while the viewer was looking at it, I could make that expression and go from there.”

This newfound technique only adds to the variety of techniques Inklebarger is passionate about, such as hyperrealism, which is the ability to copy a photograph and make a drawing look just like it.

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Dragonfly Aerial Arts Studio offers an opportunity for novices to test their acrobatic skills. when a friend needed a spot filled last minute. She had weeks to learn the art form and routine to fill in the spot.

With her fitness background, Muecke immediately took the offer and has continued to pursue all aspects of aerial dance, focusing mainly on dance trapeze.

“We do it so we can do it,” Muecke said. “The reason we teach is so we can continue to feed our aerial addiction. We don’t get paid. We do this so that we can have the studio, so we can have it to continue (practicing). (Aerial dance) is the best form of exercise that I’ve ever done, ever. It’s completely low impact. It’s weight bearing so it helps your bones. It’s a full body weight exercise.”

Irena Spassova, graduate of Rutgers University and a swing dancing enthusiast, was introduced to aerial arts by a trapeze artist friend. She added another benefit she saw from going to the silk fitness

classes besides the gained core strength.

“I don’t like exercise, so I needed to trick myself into something fun, so I decided (aerial dance) would be neat, and this would build up different muscles than swing dancing does,” Spassova said. “(The silk fitness class) teaches me a lot of stretches that I’ve picked up and do before and after swing dancing.”

Besides teaching through the nonprofit organization, the Dragonfly Aerial Arts instructors are also booked to put on shows at various venues throughout the year. If a student really becomes dedicated to aerial dance, there are different outlets for them to perform at if they choose to.

“Anybody can try it,” Muecke said. “It doesn’t matter how strong you are. It doesn’t matter what size you are or what your flexibility level is. It’s for everybody.”

alism,” Inklebarger said. “A lot of my hyperrealistic portraits I would do kind of got overlooked in comparison to some of the more conceptual pieces … I appreciate the skill involved and the craft in hyperrealism and the time and effort it takes.”

This skill is one noticed from the first day of high school art class by Lesley Sexton, one of Inklebarger’s role models.

Sexton’s first assignment to students is a self-portrait and a drawing of a hand. She said when she saw Inklebarger’s drawings, she knew he would be wonderful.

“I noticed a few things,” Sexton said. “One was his natural ability. Second was that he was truly studying what he saw … He really captured himself through his eyes, adding reflection of light, detail through the nose, etc. Things that most of my students never see.”

Inklebarger said Sexton saw his potential and took an extra interest in his art, as well as his general education. Sexton said this interest was because

Inklebarger was “just that good.”

“I really can’t say enough about what a great talent Aaron was,” Sexton said. “He was not only an excellent student, but a wonderful role model to all students.

“He goes down in my book as unforgettable.”

As an art major, Inklebarger said doing his own work keeps him from getting burnt out on art in class. “(Art) is an escape for me,” he said. “It always has been. I can pick up a pencil, put it down and look at the clock and it will have been hours and hours later. You can just get lost in it. It’s a good way to relieve stress.

“To put down on paper what you can’t express or would otherwise be ashamed of expressing.”

Inklebarger’s show opens at the student gallery on Gay Street at Gallery 1010 tomorrow, and the reception will be held Friday from 6-9 p.m. For more information, like his Facebook page “Aaron ‘Inky’ Art.”

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Acclaimed author offers writing insight Corinne Smith Contributor Award-winning novelist and past writer-in-residence for UT, Pamela Schoenewaldt, read from her new book “Swimming in the Moon” Monday night for Hodge’s Writers in the Library.

Schoenewaldt spoke about the genre of historical fiction and how she enjoys researching history in a way that allows her to see things the way people living at the time would have seen them.

She explained how this process allows her to create characters that fit into history, but that the story “has to first be about the journey of those people you can identify with.”

“I like the way that the journey as a writer in creating a character goes along with the journey as a researcher in finding out their world,” Schoenewaldt said.

“What they saw, how they ate, how they moved, what opportunities were available to them, what limits were placed on them.”

For this novel, Schoenewaldt had to explore the lives of immigrants living in Cleveland during the early 1900s, where her main characters – Lucia and Teresa – would have lived after moving from Naples, Italy.

Schoenewaldt discussed this

topic at length and included her own views of what an immigrant novel is.

“For me,” Schoenewaldt said, “the immigrant story is really about moving from one place where you know the rules to some place else where you are the stranger.”

Charles Maland, professor in the English department, enjoyed the immigration aspects of “Swimming in the Moon.”

“I appreciate Pamela’s novels, and I include ‘Swimming in the Moon’ … because I especially appreciate stories about the travails of immigrant experience — stories about the struggle for social justice,” Maland said, “... the struggle to gain a foothold in the new world.”

In Schoenewaldt’s novel, this struggle lies on the backs of a young mother fighting mental illness and her daughter as they flee from Italy. As the mother’s condition worsens, roles switch and it becomes the daughter’s job to care for her mother who is in her 30s at the time.

This idea of switching the roles was one thing Schoenewaldt was attracted to when writing her novel.

“One of the things I was interested in was teasing apart what was historically true at that time,” Schoenewaldt said, “... and what

is true of the human condition … and one of those things true of the human condition is that many of us will at some point become parents of our parents.”

This mother-daughter relationship is the root for much of the conflict in the novel, and Schoenewaldt discussed her writing process and how she determines how much drama to include in a scene.

“You calibrate it,” Schoenewaldt said. “You read it over and over again, and what seems like a really great idea at 11 o’clock one night, you read in the morning and say, ‘Let’s try again.’”

Austin Williams, a senior in English, enjoyed the way Schoenewaldt let the audience into her writing methods.

“I enjoyed her comments on her writing process,” Williams said. “She’s actually one of the first authors I’ve heard talk about it.”

“Swimming in the Moon” explores the three main points she originally had in mind for the novel.

“The idea of a mother and a daughter having two different talents and not understanding each other...” Schoenewaldt said. “The struggle for worker justice, and what happens when the mind breaks.”

Jiu-jitsu offers physical, personal self-improvements Jessica Karsten Contributor Changing the lives of many, both physically and mentally, Brazilian jiu-jitsu is a martial art, combat sport and self-defense system that promotes physical fitness and character building with an emphasis on grappling and ground fighting.

UT’s Clube da Língua Portuguesa is sponsoring a Brazilian jiu-jitsu presentation with Samuel Braga, a black belt and six-time world champion in the sport, for International Education Week at UT. The purpose of CLIP is to promote within the community in both its local and international aspects, the Portuguese language and the cultural aspects expressed through it. The organization has the goal of sponsoring, organizing and recommending cultural activities to benefit the community.

“The objective of the club is to promote Portuguese culture, with an emphasis on Brazil because it is the closest with this culture to us geographically,” Desarae Goldsby, president of CLIP, said.

“That is why this presentation with Samuel Braga is so important to us.”

Not only is Braga an intense competitor, he is also an instructor at the Gracie Barra School in Knoxville, where he is able to teach others the skills he has

gained through Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

“He is extremely talented,” Goldsby said, “I take jiu-jitsu with him as my instructor, and he exudes this confidence that is 100 percent solid. When he demonstrates techniques, there is a very clear amount of skill.”

Esther Choo • The Daily Beacon As Braga continues the martial Josh Elliott, left, and Sarah Beck art after 13 years practice jiu-jitsu inside the TRECS of training and center on Nov. 11. competing, he believes the sport presentation, as they feel it is an has affected his life in numerous important aspect of Portuguese ways. culture to promote to UT stu“Jiu-jitsu, for me, goes beyond dents and the Knoxville commujust being a sport,” Braga said, nity.

“Since I started, it has changed “Expect to be given informamy whole life in every aspect.” tion on the art of self-defense As an instructor, Braga is able itself and every aspect of what jiuto work with young children that jitsu can do for you,” Braga said. are 4 years old, up to 62-year-old “It is a great opportunity to learn adults, teaching them the proper about the sport and the ideas techniques for self-defense. beyond the art of self-defense in “It has been amazing,” Braga general. It is a way to demonsaid. “I have a chance to change strate the most efficient martial people’s lives by improving their art out there.” lifestyles, physically and menCLIP’s Brazilian jiu-jitsu pretally. I am able to improve their sentation will be held Thursday bodies while boosting their self- at 9:30 a.m. in the HPER buildconfidence.” ing, along with other numerCLIP is excited and thankful ous presentations throughout Braga will be joining them for this International Education Week.

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Reaction to kindness exposes society’s deeper ugliness Crossing Cues by

Melissa Lee There’s no denying that ever since he entered the international stage with his assumption to the papacy, Pope Francis has been making waves.

He has washed the feet of prisoners, criticized the Catholic Church for putting moral doctrine over service, hinted at redemption even for atheists (well, kind of) and has chosen to live in the Vatican guesthouse rather than the opulent papal apartments.

His latest newsworthy event occurred last Wednesday, Nov. 6, when, after his general audience at St. Peter’s Square, he kissed and blessed a man with what is believed to be neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that, in this case, caused unsightly tumors to grow all over the man’s face. It is often accompanied by hearing and vision loss, learning impairment and cardiovascular dysfunction.

The world has responded to the viral photographs with all sorts of praise. People have been “moved to tears.”

Others allege the Pope is living up to his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi. For this single gesture, he has received overwhelming amounts of reverent applause.

I think Pope Francis is a pretty cool guy. Though he may not really be as liberal as the media has made him out to be, he appears truly dedicated to what he sees as the mission of the church — humble service to the poor and the marginalized.

This most recent action is consistent with that mission, and this deserves some admiration.

But is it seriously applause-worthy that the leader of the Catholic Church, supposedly the person with the closest human connection to the Christian god, embraced a man with a noncontagious disorder that causes him extreme disfiguration? Is this really how we define mercy now — daring to touch the disabled and the ugly?

Coupled with the ovation for the Pope has been an unspoken message of revulsion towards the man Pope Francis was embracing. We praised the Pope, because his actions were apparently extraordinary — somehow above and beyond what we expect, not just of normal human beings, but even of someone who is purportedly Holy. It appears if we were confronted with someone disfigured and disabled, we would react differently.

This isn’t a statement about the depth of the Pope’s compassion. It’s a statement about the shallowness of ours.

One headline this week shouted, “Pope Francis Embraces a Modern Leper and the World is Drawn to its Knees.”

This title, albeit accidentally, is entirely too accurate. The disabled, the disfigured, they are our modern lepers—stigmatized and cast off from the rest of society as a burden we do not wish to bear. At least with leprosy we had the excuse of a perceived threat of contagion; the only pretext we have now is our own discomfort.

Pope Francis’s actions on Wednesday were only an example of his continued ministry to the marginalized, because we continue to marginalize the disabled and disfigured.

Though the U.S. Department of Education consistently rates disabled workers as average or above average in work performance, quality, quantity, flexibility and attendance, only 65 percent of working-age adults with disabilities are employed, with approximately one-third of these adults earning an income below the poverty level. Indeed, an individual with a disability is twice as likely to live under the poverty line than an individual without a disability.

The disabled remain the largest minority group that remains acceptable to segregate from the rest of society.

We do not like to see them. We do not like to think about them. They are given separate places to sit, separate paths to get there and separate places to live. Even at UT, not all dorms are wheelchair-accessible. The few rooms that are accessible are usually grouped together, apart from the rest of the students. Students with disabilities are often not even allowed to choose their own roommates.

Last Wednesday, Pope Francis cradled a man. The sickness that day was not in the man’s face, but in the way we responded to it then and in the way we respond to it everyday — by reducing people to nothing more than their disfigurements or disabilities and by discarding them in everyday life, pulling them back in only when they become convenient to use as symbols.

Melissa Lee is a senior in College Scholars. She can be reached at mlee48@utk.edu.

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Change it up and To-Do list your way through November In Rare Forum by

Julie Mrozinski We are wallowing in what I call “The November Lull,” a pre-hibernation period that includes: snack napping (snacking followed by napping), energy conserving, working hard at doing nothing and a general aura of laziness.

This November’s hiatus proves to be nothing new. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the poetic personification of November has continuously been refereed to as grey, gloomy and foggy.

The Lull has proven to be a very ineffective condition. The semester foreshadows a tail-spinning end, and I’m going to be left unprepared for the crash landing. November is the beginning of the end. 2014 is just around the corner. This is no honorable way to end the year — not with a bang, but a whimper.

Inspirational words are understandably not cutting it anymore, so here are what the ‘experts’ are saying about increasing productivity through a common method: to-do lists.

According to LinkedIn.com, only 11 percent of professionals were able to accomplish everything on their do-to list on an average workday. Since to-do lists are not functioning

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This effect can cause our mental and physical health to suffer too. To alleviate your mind from this draining symptom, simply finish all your tasks.

Mental energy is something to keep in mind when you head out to cross off your list’s contents. Mental energy is cycled throughout the day, and when we are making lots of decisions, we are left with decision fatigue.

In attempt to cut corners around this problem, try laying out your clothes the night before. It will defuse the groggy tension of early morning decision-making, which we all suck at. Big projects should be done on days when you don’t have to make lots of other decisions.

Brian Dosal wrote on a productivity blog about something he realized while traveling. Being on an airplane equals hours of forced productivity. While on an airplane you cannot receive texts, emails or get up and distract yourself. Now he dedicates one day a week to pre-planning his ‘flight’ and turning off all media devices. He forces x-amount of productivity on himself.

My final advice is coffee and the library.

Coffee is an acceptable, useful drug, my friends – get addicted. And the library is a wonderful place of community and productivity. When you see others being productive, it’s inspiring. Let’s be honest – being at home just yields snack-napping.

Julie Mrozinski is a junior in English. She can be reached at jmrozins@utk.edu.

Culture yourself by branching out internationally on campus What the World by

Rebecca Butcher Did you know this week marks UT’s International Education Week? I didn’t know for sure until this morning.

When I arrived off the elevator to find Andy Holt’s lobby decked out in orange and red colors and an impressive image of a conquistador, I had a suspicion some international celebration was in action.

UT’s campus has more than 1,000 international students from more than 100 countries that include the Bahamas, Japan, India and Saudi Arabia. With so many students walking around from other cultures and perspectives, it’s a shame to not to hold a conversation with an international student.

A girl in my economics class offered to study with me. We walked to class together.

While speaking, I found out her name, Hui, and that she was a transfer student from China. Studying later that week with her and another Chinese transfer, they began to tell me about the poverty and their home university.

Hui described that the children in some

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in the way we need them, consider altering them.

Start with writing them down on a simple thing. “What gets written down gets done,” is a common expression for a reason. Write your list on something ordinary, such as a note card, post-it note or a page in your notebook. Reinforce the average lifespan of your to-do list — one day.

Follow the 1-3-5 rule. Assume that on any given day, you can accomplish one big mission, three medium tasks and five small things. Although having nine things to do in a day might sound daunting, my attempt with this strategy was actually incredibly helpful.

Everything I wanted to do in a day could be compressed into nine lines, including the personal things like people, naps and me time.

A further step for visual people like me could be accomplished by making my No. 1 the largest, followed by smaller and smaller font sizes complete with little check boxes next to all of them.

Every to-do list action should also include a verb. “Make appointment,” “write paper” and “go on a run.” A frequent problem with to-do lists is sometimes writing down everything we need to do feels like we have already accomplished it. By writing your to-do list down with two things in mind — future and action — this problem can be ceased.

Another cognition hiccup is known as the Ziegarnik Effect. Bluma Zeigarnik, a psychologist and psychiatrist, recognized people are more attached to unfinished actions, and the mind will suffer from denying it completion.

parts of China cannot afford clothing. They can be seen hugging the pavement to find warmth. That’s right, the road. The image of that has stayed with me. In fact it now reminds me of the thousands of homeless here in Knoxville.

If you’ve passed by the Fort or downtown, you know what I’m talking about.

Many of the poor can be seen below the underpass on Broadway Street. I have never seen so many struggling in one location before – hundreds gather there during the day and some spend their night in the general area.

My new global friend also discussed what her university back in China was like and how it compared to UT. Simply put, she loved it. Yet, her friend who attended another university in rural China told a different story. She complained that they did not have showers in their dorms and had to walk to a separate building to do so. The lack of funding for his school and overcrowding isn’t too much unlike our own UT campus.

Everyone knows parking is a daily nightmare that never concludes. If you are not swift, the consequences find you in the form of a $32 hold on your account or another late appearance to class. In a way, campus is overcrowded with cars. Now, it seems hard to imagine because of the sheer size of this place. Yet, a lack of proper adequate

planning is the problem.

I began to relate to the problems of these two to the issues we face on Rocky Top and in Knoxville.

That is what much of this week is about in the first place. I realize we have a lot of awareness weeks on our campus, with Sex Week garnering the most of it, but don’t forget the others though. Taking some time to adequately think about the diversity International Education Week celebrates is still important.

You can even learn to cook authentic Brazilian meals. Truth is, the monotonous choices of Chick-fil-A or Subway is getting old on my side of campus, and something exotic would spice up my day. Whether you attend any of I-House’s free events or not, at least acknowledge they are available. And if you can’t fit it into your schedule, educate yourself on international items through a few of the students we pass by every day.

It would do us all a bit of good to color our perspective. Get cultured, and it won’t just last for a week but a lifetime. What other chance will we have to strike up a conversation with students originating from 100 other countries?

Rebecca Butcher is a junior in journalism & electronic media. She can be reached at rbutche2@utk.edu.

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UT freshman class begins season with high expectations, potential Dargan Southard Copy Editor First came the highly-touted, five-star recruit; the so-called prodigy set to guide UT back to the latter rounds of the NCAA Tournament.

Shortly thereafter, the son of a 13-year NBA vet arrived; his confident yet humble temperament instantly permeating through the ranks of his teammates.

Finally came the coveted instate prospect, who – after being wrestled away in a tough recruiting battle – became the Vols’ first true freshman to start at point guard in nearly three years.

Together the three — Robert Hubbs III, A.J. Davis and Darius Thompson — form the 2013 UT freshman class, a group that, according to senior Jordan McRae, has eagerly soaked up all knowledge and advice sent their direction since the trio arrived in Knoxville. “I think these freshmen, it’s a great class,â€? McRae said at UT’s basketball media day on Oct. 7. “They’re all willing to learn. They work really hard. You can’t ask any more from just those two statements alone ‌ That’s what you need from a freshman.â€?

A unanimous, top-5 shooting guard who chose the Vols over powerhouses Duke and Kentucky, Hubbs credited his UT love affair to head coach Cuonzo Martin’s messages in the recruitment process, specifically those that had little to do with basketball. “He talks about outside of basketball and what’s going to happen 30 years down your life,�

Hubbs said. “How are you going

to prepare yourself and just things like that. It’s not always about basketball. “At the end of the day, you’re still going to be a young man, and you got to learn how to take things as a young man.�

Labeled as the missing ingredient in the Vols’ recently unsuccessful Big Dance recipes, the Newbern, Tenn., native has dominated basketball conversations since his September 2012 commitment. That buzz has only continued since Hubbs’ arrival in Knoxville following his March enrollment. “I’ve been approached a couple times, you know, if I go out and get something to eat or something,� Hubbs said. “Someone will say something to me every once in a while. “It definitely feels good just to know that (people) know who you are and that you play for Tennessee, things like that.�

In UT’s two exhibition games, the former McDonald’s AllAmerican nominee led the team in minutes and was third in scoring, something Martin sees transferring into regular season play. “One thing Robert always can depend on is shooting the ball, and around the rim, he is explosive,� Martin said after the Vols’ exhibition win over Florida Southern on Nov. 2. “He is a guy that just plays the game. He plays within himself. He understands his role. He knows what he needs to do to be successful.�

Davis, whose commitment was announced only hours after his freshman counterpart, arrived on campus in late May after his senior season at Buford (Ga.) High School, one that included a

25-7 record and a state semifinal appearance.

He also brought in an advanced understanding of effort and accountability on the court, a lesson his father stressed in the early stages of his basketball career. “My dad, he made a living off just really playing hard, so that’s his biggest thing,� Davis said of his father Antonio, a former second-round pick by the Indiana Pacers. “He always just told me that skills and all that can be taught, but no one can teach you how to play hard.�

Those attributes shined through in Davis’ collegiate debut as the first-year small forward helped hold Florida Southern to under 38 percent shooting, while grabbing a freshman-high three rebounds in 22 minutes. “I had no idea how much I was going to play,� Davis said after the 105-80 win over the Mocs. “I was gonna trust coach, whatever he felt was best if I need to be in the game or not. If I wasn’t gonna be in the game, I was just gonna cheer for my team and encourage everybody else.�

While Davis and Hubbs solidified their spots on the UT roster early in the fall, the case wasn’t the same for Darius Thompson, who signed with the Vols this past spring after initially pledging to don the black and gold of Vanderbilt.

The Murfreesboro, Tenn., native credits a persistent Martin for the change of heart. “Coach Martin was recruiting me. Vanderbilt was recruiting me, and I committed to Vanderbilt,�

Thompson said. “But then I just pulled out from (my commitment), and I just kept talking

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with Tennessee, and I really liked it here. “I used to come to Tennessee camps every year and just dreamed of coming here ‌ I got that call from coach Martin, and it was a dream come true.â€?

Amid the SEC recruiting battle that dragged on until mid-April 2013, Thompson was busy leading Blackman High School to a perfect 30-0 record entering the Tennessee State Basketball Tournament, averaging more than 16 points and six assists along the way.

Despite the success, the locker room message — as expected — was one that stressed humility. “Our coach, he just told us to keep an even-keel mindset,�

Thompson said. “Don’t get overexcited about being No. 1 in the state ‌ Don’t overlook anybody, or don’t think you’re better than them because you’re ranked higher.â€?

The end result, however, was an unfavorable one as the Blaze fell to Brentwood in the state quarterfinals, 52-49. “We played a team we’d already beat by 30 points,� Thompson said. “We overlooked them, and we ended up losing to them.�

Now at UT and equipped with an important lesson, the onceClass AAA Mr. Basketball finalist is ready to move forward as an integral part of Martin’s game plan, focusing more than ever on the minute details on both sides of ball. “The little details, you’ve got to do on offense and defense,�

Thompson said. “Like where you’re supposed to be at certain times ‌ just little things like that, just the little details.â€?

The No. 4 Lady Vols used hot shooting from 3-point range to rout No. 12 North Carolina, 81-65, on Monday night at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Lady Vols (2-0) shot a sizzling 8-of-19 on 3-pointers led by Ariel Massengale’s career-best five treys. The junior guard tallied a careerhigh 20 points, while grabbing a career-high tying six rebounds and handing out Donald Page • UT Athletics seven assists.

Junior forward Isabelle Tennessee junior point Harrison netted 14 points guard Ariel Massengale as she was nearly perfect dribbles up court in the Lady on the evening (4-of-5 from Vols’ 81-65 victory over the the floor and 6-of-6 from the line). Redshirt freshman North Carolina Tar Heels in guard Andraya Carter tal- Chapel Hill, N.C., on Nov. 11.

Massengale finished with a lied 10 points.

Cierra Burdick led the career-high 20 points.

Lady Vols’ glass game with limiting UNC to just 30.4 pernine rebounds as Tennessee cent from the floor. out-rebounded UNC, 49-44.

The Tar Heels missed their The Lady Vols came out hot, specifically from behind the first eight shots from the field 3-point line, going 7-of-15 from in the second half and were held without a field goal for more beyond the arc in the first half.

Of Massengale’s five trifectas, than eight minutes bridging the four came in the first half and halves (0-of-12).

Even with Tennessee playing Carter added two to the total as the Lady Vols went into halftime well on both sides of the ball, North Carolina managed to cut up 40-28.

Massengale (12) and Carter the deficit to 11 points with 5:46 (10) combined for more than left, but Tennessee regrouped half of the Lady Vols’ first-half to get the margin back to a 15-point lead minutes later and point total.

The second half was more of held it for the remainder of the the same for Tennessee as the game.

The Lady Vols return home Lady Vols continued to hit from to play their regular-season beyond the arc.

Shooting wasn’t the only rea- home opener on Thursday son for the Lady Vols 16-point night as Chattanooga comes to rout, however, as Tennessee’s Thompson-Boling Arena. Tipoff defense also played lights out, is set for 7 p.m.

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Sports Editor David Cobb

SPORTS Path to bowl looks eerily similar to recent history

Troy ProvostHeron Assistant Sports Editor

A 4-6 record with Vanderbilt and Kentucky left on the schedule has become a sight Vol fans have been getting used to seeing.

For the fourth consecutive season, the Vols have perched themselves in this oddly familiar situation en route to a bowl game.

Last season, Tennessee lost a heartbreaker in four overtimes to Missouri to set up the Vandy-Kentucky door-die scenario.

The Vols didn’t get far.

An embarrassing second half performance in Vanderbilt Stadium led to an eventual butchering from the Commodores followed shortly by the firing of head coach Derek Dooley.

The ending to the 2011 season is also well-documented as Kentucky snapped a 26-year losing streak to the Vols, and in turn, shattered UT’s almost-guaranteed bowl game dreams.

The 2010 season, however, went in the Vols favor.

In the first year under Dooley’s reign of terror, Tennessee started off 2-6 but managed to rattle off two victories against Memphis and Ole Miss with freshman quarterback Tyler Bray at the helm.

The Kingsburg, Calif., native then led the Vols to the two necessary wins against the school’s in-state and bluegrass rival, respectively, and gifted the program a Music City Bowl berth for Christmas.

A gift freshman quarterback Josh Dobbs hopes to give as well.

The road to that gift also seems to be easier for the Vols than previous years.

Kentucky is basically a guaranteed win (knock on wood). The Wildcats have one win over FBS competition in the last two years.

With that said, the largest task becomes getting past Vanderbilt, whom the Vols have a bye week to prepare for.

If Austyn Carta-Samuels was suiting up for the Commodores in two weeks, UT’s cause for concern would rise due to CartaSaumels’ running ability and the Vols’ ineptitude towards stopping dual-threat quarterbacks.

UT has still only played one true pocket passer from a BCS conference: AJ McCarron, who torched UT to the tune of 275 yards and two touchdowns, and it would’ve been a lot worse had the game not been sealed by the second quarter.

With freshman Patton Robinette in, however, the Commodores’ most dangerous weapon, wide receiver Jordan Matthews, has faded into non-existence, making the Vols task of getting the job done at home even easier.

Then again, if these games were played the same way they are evaluated – on

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paper – then UT would be striving for the fourth consecutive bowl game appearance, not trying to snap a two-year drought.

The old saying goes “history repeats itself,” and the Volunteer faithful can only hope this year’s “history” will be reminiscent of 2010 and not the past two seasons.

Upset of the Week Last week: Pittsburgh over Notre Dame This week: Ball State over No. 15 Northern Illinois, 42-41 Let’s be honest, “MACtion” may be the the greatest thing ever.

A matchup between the two best teams in the MidAmerican West for an opportunity to play in the conference championship makes it even better.

Northern Illinois’ senior quarterback Jordan Lynch is the Johnny Manziel of the Mid-American Conference – take that for what you will – and he is an absolute statistical freak.

With that said, Ball State’s Keith Wenning – currently fourth in the nation in passing yards – may be having the best season as a quarterback for the Cardinals since 2008 when Nate Davis was under center.

Expect a shootout on Wednesday, and believe in Wenning and his Cardinals squad.

Troy Provost-Heron is a sophomore in journalism & electronic media. He can be reached at tprovost@utk. edu and followed on Twitter @TPro_UTDB.

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John-Patrick Smith returns a volley during the Knoxville Challenger at the Goodfriend Tennis Center on Nov. 5.

CHALLENGER continued from Page 1 Sandgren went ahead 2-0 in the second set thanks to an early break, but eventually lost an exasperating tiebreaker 7-3 to end his run at the tournament.

“He didn’t give me an inch,” Sandgren said after the match.

“In the second set, I had multiple chances on multiple service games to go up another break, and he hung in there well. It just wasn’t my day.”

Nevertheless, Sandgren was still pleased with his overall performance and the opportunity to play in front of the same crowds that supported him throughout his two-year career at UT. He also reached the doubles semifinals with partner Austin Kracijek, where the pair lost to Peter Polansky and Carsten Ball.

“I love playing here, and I love having crowd support with the guys on the current team coming to watch my matches,” Sandgren said.” I feel like I’ve got a family here, and it’s really fun to play in front of them.”Smyczek, who reached the third round of the U.S. Open this summer, defeated Polansky 6-4, 6-2 in the singles

final on Sunday.

“I knew going in that I haven’t played my best tennis this week, and Pete has,” Smyczek said.

“He’s won 13 of his last 15 matches. So, I had to disrupt his rhythm a little bit.”

The third highest-ranked American in professional tennis, Smyczek will enter the top 75 in the world when the updated rankings are calculated. The Knoxville victory also secured automatic entry into the Australian Open, the first of the Grand Slam tournaments.

The Milwaukee, Wis., native is finishing the 2013 season this week at the Champaign Challenger in Champaign, Ill. He shared his thoughts on playing Sandgren in the semifinal.

“You get some mixed emotions,” Smyczek said. “There’s no doubt that I wanted to win.

I’ve had to play matches before where I was playing against the hometown favorite, so I knew what to expect going in.

“It was a relief to get through.

Tennys is playing really well, and I think he is going to have a good Champaign and a good start to 2014.”

JP Smith, one of only two players in the history of college tennis to be named an All-American

in both singles and doubles for each of his four years at UT, won the doubles title alongside fellow Australian Samuel Groth.

The pair defeated Polansky/ Ball 6-7 (6), 6-2, 10-7 (super tiebreaker) in an exhilarating final.

“We beat a great team today,” Smith said. “They played really well today and last week.”

The former Vol had the chance to serve for the match in the third set. On the first match point, he made no mistake and rifled a serve that Polansky could only return into the net.

Afterward, Smith was nostalgic about his time at UT and the opportunity to play as a professional on courts he won accolades on as a collegian.

“I don’t really count this as a tournament,” Smith said. “I feel like it’s at home. It’s almost like a training [session]. So, I’ve really enjoyed it.”

“I’ll always have Tennessee in my heart and Knoxville, as well,” he added.

Over the past five years, the Knoxville Challenger has partnered with the Helen Ross McNabb Center to put on the tournament. This year more than $125,000 was raised to benefit the behavioral health service center.