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UT still near bottom of sexual health rankings Bradi Musil

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Let’s talk about sex, baby.

For the second year in a row, UT ranked in the bottom 25 on Trojan’s annual Sexual Health Report Card, sparking conversation about what a sexually healthy campus looks like and why UT is falling short.

The Trojan Annual Report Card ranks schools based on 11 categories concerned with the sexual health resources and educational programs provided for students on campus.

Ashley Blamey, director of the Safety, Environment and Education Center, said sexual health is a topic the university is passionate about.

However, some student and

faculty members beg to differ.

“We have a lack of resources in the sense of our mindset and in the culture we have,” said Brianna Rader, a senior in College Scholars and co-founder of Sexual Empowerment at Tennessee, the organizational committee behind Sex Week.

“Everything from the administration to the students, and everyone in between, they are not placing emphasis on this issue. We have a lack of resources in that people are not willing to talk about this.”

Campus resources for sexual health include a Student Health Center, a Women’s Clinic and the SEE Center, which provide students with medical assistance, STD testing, sexual

Senior forward Jordan McRae fires a three-point jumper in the Vols’ 86-60 win over The Citadel Bulldogs on Monday. McRae scored 20 points off of 7-for-12 shooting (3-5 3PT) from the field.

assault counseling and general health information.

Condoms are made available to students at the Student Health Center. Blamey said students were provided over 6,000 free condoms in 2012.

The university also provides peer-led educational programs called “Vols2Vols” upon request.

Blamey pointed out the work of Rosa Thomas, a wellness coordinator, who has provided more than 75 sexual healthrelated presentations last year for the campus community and health-related courses.

“Vols2Vols provides peer-led education and the current commitment is for sexual health and healthy relationship educa-

tion,” Blamey said.

Rader said she feels this approach is a ridiculous notion of educating students properly.

“How realistic is it that we are expecting students to print off the program themselves and educate themselves?” Rader said. “That’s not happening.

We need to do more.”

Many of the universities ranking higher than UT on Trojan’s scale have sexual wellness websites that provide a wide range of information related to sexual health.

“If you look at Brown University’s sexuality center and their website, it has everything on how to have a female orgasm to where to go if you’re raped,” Rader said. “It covers

everything, and it is out there in the open, so if a student needs to know, it’s there.”

Often, students on UT’s campus aren’t aware of the resources available to them, Rader said.

Colette Telatko, freshman in supply chain management, said if something happened to him or a friend, he would not know where to go to get help.

“They did like a 15-minute spiel at orientation about not putting yourself in a bad situation, but I haven’t really heard anything about it since,” Telatko said. “I see that as a problem.”

Rader and fellow student Jacob Clark founded SEAT in response to a student sur-

UT flies past Citadel Steven Cook

Copy Editor Many of Tennessee’s early-season problem areas—turnovers, free throws, shooting slumps— came to the surface yet again.

And the Vols still won by 26 points.

Spurred by a hot start and a runaway second half, UT cruised to an 86-60 win over The Citadel on Monday night in ThompsonBoling Arena.

“Good win for our guys,” head coach Cuonzo Martin said. “We were able to accomplish what we wanted to do as far as getting out of the gates good, shooting the ball well from the field, but also getting those key guys rested.”

Two nights removed from a nail-biting, come-from-behind win over USC Upstate, the Vols (2-1) put Monday’s win on cruise control in the early minutes. They started off 11-for-14 from the field and took it to the undersized Bulldogs’ frontcourt

off the bat.

The Vols weren’t familiar with starting off strong in this young season, trailing at half in each of their first two games. Enjoying a 20-point cushion midway through the first half, lethargy then struck as UT missed six of its next seven shots.

Senior guard Jordan McRae led the Vols with 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting, and summed up how himself and his experienced teammates can keep the streaky play at a minimum.

“It’s tough,” McRae said, “but as an older team, we all have to make sure we stay on everybody.

We have to make sure we stay on ourselves, and keep our foot on the gas for the whole game.”

That message reverberated with one of UT’s touted freshman. Robert Hubbs III saved his best for last, securing 13 points—11 of which came in the second half.

After failing to score against Xavier and making a minimal

impact against USC Upstate, Hubbs acknowledged some early anger but insisted his mind is focused on being a complete player.

“It was definitely frustrating not putting up the points you want to,” Hubbs said. “But I’m not worried about that right now.

I’m just worried about getting better on the defensive end and staying aggressive.”

With excitement slipping from the game as fast as the minutes ticked off the clock, Hubbs’ two high-flying dunks—including an alley-oop from fellow freshman Darius Thompson—injected life into the crowd of 13,394 on hand.

McRae, Hubbs’ biggest mentor on the team, shot up off the bench and let out his signature shriek after the freshman’s emphatic dunk. But he still had words of advice for Hubbs afterward.

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Square Room offers old-school feel for local artists The Square Room, which has been generating buzz around town for its intimate atmosphere and support of local artists, is a venue that believes in thinking outside of the box when it comes to booking entertainment.

Nestled down a cobbled alley in Market Square, the venue’s lit sign, reminiscent of what might have highlighted the entrance to a 1940’s night club, hints at the old-school charm awaiting inside.

Dark curtains flank a stage whose grand piano serves as focal point; large linen-clad tables dot the dance floor; a bar offering beer and wine borders the back of the room. A bygone audience of dapper dans and dames, puffing on cigars and pinching cigarette hold-

you to wake up in the morning and think, ‘Wow, that was one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to.’”

The range of performances seen on The Square Room’s main stage run an impressive array of genres.

“We try to create programming that is consistently excellent and reaches a diverse audience,” Woodhall said. “Our audience demographic runs the gamut from UT students, to people in their mid-20s and 30s, to alternative folks, the The Square Room, located behind Cafe 4, is an intimate venue that hosts a jazz community and classivariety of diverse artists and performers. cal enthusiasts. In addition to musical diversity, we’ve ers between gloved fingers, mate,” said Kenny Woodhall, Square Room, where the art- also hosted storytelling and director of public shows and ist on stage is clearly the small theater productions. easily could fit in here.

It is exactly this cozy and ticketed events. “We really focus, Woodhall said.

“We have an eclectic nostalgic charm that The strive to create a listening “Some clubs you go to nature to our programming, Square Room, which shares environment. Other small for the night and it’s a cool but the common thread is a mutual building and owner rooms have more of a bar thing, but you wake up in quality and the listening with Café 4, prides itself on. scene, and the music can the morning and don’t real- environment.”

“One thing that’s unique become second priority.” ly remember the band you That’s not the case at The heard,” he said. “We want See SQUARE ROOM on Page 3 is that it is smaller and intiJanie Prathammavong • The Daily Beacon

Liv McConnell Staff Writer

vey submitted two years ago, on which students requested more information about sex.

This demand was evident in the response to last year’s inaugural Sex Week event.

“Students were given the opportunity to meet with a health professional at one of the sessions last year, so if they had issues that they wanted to talk about they could talk about them, and I think those sessions were full,” said Joan Heminway, a professor of law and faculty advisor for SEAT. “We needed more of them.

They had nurses that just saw people constantly, booked through the whole thing.”

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Crime reporting app further connects students, police Zoe Yim Contributor Fighting crime doesn’t necessarily require a cape – in fact, now it just takes a smartphone.

UT Police Department announced recently that students will now have access to an app, UTPDTips, that allows the public to partner with police by sending anonymous crime tips.

The service also permits police to have bilateral communication with the individual who sent the tip.

UTPDTips will aid pre-existing text and phone services and also allow photos to be uploaded. Individuals can download this app on both iPhone and Android devices.

However, some students fear the app’s easy access might have negative consequences.

“People might (text) more flippantly,” said Logan Nester, a junior in environmental and mechanical engineering. “It increases the likelihood for false report without any consequences.”

Addressing these concerns, Cedric Roach, sergeant in the Community Relations Unit, said app users could make false police reports before the app was introduced.

“Most people use this technology in the correct way it was intended,” Roach said. “The benefits outweigh the potential negative consequences.”

When submitting a tip, app users are identified to the police by a number assigned to their anonymous tip. If false information is received repeatedly from a sender, police can track the number and ignore the report.

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what college would be like, what I would feel, or even their past experiences,” Shields said. “I kind of dove in college blind and head first.

“If I call my dad with a problem I’m having in school, he can only give advice to a certain extent, because he hasn’t been in my shoes.”

Emma Ferraro, a junior in mathematics, said first generation college students often feel additional pressure from family to obtain a degree.

“I feel incredibly pressured to get a college degree,” Ferraro said.

“Sometimes, I feel as though my parents are pressuring me, because they want me to do better than they did, but even without college, I feel like I could be just as successful.”

In Shields’ opinion, these pressures come from all sides.

“Everyone has eyes on you, critiques you and just adds so much pressure,” Sheilds said. “That can be tough, especially when you’re already dealing with the pressures of college itself.”

According to the Department of Education, 68 percent of first generation college students are burdened by loans.

Ferraro said an unsteady job market and growing interest rates make choosing to pursue higher education a stressful business.

“My parents wanted me to get a college degree because they thought it would help me live a better life than they did,” Ferraro said. “Honestly, I don’t think that with all of the student loans I have, that will be possible.”

While there are significant challenges to the firstgeneration college student, Kaitlyn Smith, a junior in communication studies, pointed out the advantages it brings as well.

“There are definitely more financial aid awards, like scholarships for firstgeneration college students,” Smith said. “But at the same time, being the first person in your family to go to college is hard. “... Some of your family won’t understand the challenges you face everyday, because they haven’t faced these similar experiences.”

back if they knew that their identity was protected,” Murillo said. “For example, continued from Page 1 someone who would endanStudents like Fatima ger somebody, like someMurillo, a senior in bio- one with a weapon. People systems engineering, said wouldn’t want to say anyhe believes the anonymity thing about it, because pergranted by the app will help sonal safety would be at risk.” it work successfully.

Other anonymous “I think people would be more inclined to give feed- reporting apps are help-

ing aid police, including the Suspicious Activity Reporting Application, which the state of West Virginia uses.

The app tip service will not replace dialing 911 in case of emergency. Anonymous text messages can be sent to the UTPD by texting a message to 847411 (tip411) with the keyword UTPD.

Hollie Hughes Contributor There’s a first for everything.

According to a recent study by the Department of Education, around 50 percent of the college population is composed of first-generation college students, or those whose parents did not receive education beyond high school.

Although minority groups comprise more than half of the first generation college student population, this trend shows higher university attendance from all American demographics.

But university life presents unique challenges to its students.

“One advantage is not knowing what to expect, which can be scary,” said Tony Sheilds, a sophomore in supply chain management, “But very exciting because you learn so many new things and grow as a person.”

Shields said this generational gap did pose challenges upon first entering UT. “I didn’t have that talk with my parents about

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Five-week economic campaign to educate on national debt effects Mica Stephens Contributor It’s Up to Us to combat the national debt.

From Jan. 21 through Feb. 21, 2014, Up to Us, a nationwide non-partisan campaign, will continue its fight against the national debt crisis kicking off its second year of advocacy, education and competition.

Working to increase awareness among college students, Up to Us seeks to create unity and resolution through education.

Andrew Valk, head of finance for UT’s Up to Us chapter, explained the campaign’s goals.

“Our goal is really basically a universal goal of the program: increase awareness of our federal government’s long-term debt, increase the ability of students to draw personal connections to the federal budget and debt and increase engagement around the issue of our federal government’s long-term debt,” Valk said.

Twenty-five universities participate in the Up to Us national campaign. These 25 student teams were carefully chosen through a competitive application process.

After the five-week campaign, a panel of distinguished judges will asses each team and decide who most effectively raised awareness, increased personal connections and inspired action on campus. The winner of the competition will receive a $10,000 cash prize, in addi-

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tion to recognition by President Clinton at the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative University.

Many students involved, like Chelsea Padgham, head of multimedia production, found Up to Us through the economics club.

“Every semester the economics club looks for a national event to compete in,” Padgham said. “For example, last year, we were the winning team in the national iOme challenge.

When looking through potential competitions this year, Up to Us really resonated with our group, and we felt we make a great impact on the student body by participating.”

Samuel Rule, the deputy team leader and head of marketing for Up to Us, mentioned several ways students can join the movement, including “contributing to the campaign through a partnered campus organization,” and stopping by the Up to Us table on Pedestrian Walkway or Presidential Court during the campaign.

“Here, we will be asking students to complete a small survey or use social media to help create some buzz about the campaign,” Rule said.

“Students in return will be receiving different types of swag and also be entered in to win cash prizes.”

The campaign’s primary components include a five week Lift the Debt project and a discussion panel. In partnership with TRECS, Lift the Debt

the university’s responsibility to prepare its students to deal with those challenges. continued from Page 1 “Campuses can be risky.

In Heminway’s opinion, col- Risky behavior happens on lege is a complicated and trying campuses,” Heminway said. time for young adults, and it’s “If we’re not treating our stu-

asks students to track their workouts in terms of weight lifted or calories burned with the intention of reaching 17 trillion, the country’s current debt.

Rule said students are not likely to break a billion.

“But we want students to realize how much $17 trillion really is in perspective,” Rule added. “Any student can get involved and track the metrics on any given day. They don’t have to commit for the five weeks; they can just enter in once. We are looking to have an easy-to-use website up and running to track these metrics.

This event will also include drawings for cash prizes, gift cards and other pending prizes.”

The panel, which will include College Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians and knowledgeable faculty, will explore long-term debt and deficit issues, bipartisan solutions and a keynote speaker in Cox Auditorium.

Kayla McMurry, team leader and head of event, said now is the time to begin understing the impact neglecting the national debt will have on the U.S. in the future. “(We want to bring) a better understanding of what the debt means to our generation,” McMurry said. “We will ultimately be paying the price of the debt right now through things like higher taxes and Social Security cuts, so we need to start getting involved.”

dents with respect and protecting them all equally — men, women, gay, not gay, transgender — we have to protect everybody. We have to do more than protect them, we have to educate them.”

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Savannah Lucas Contributor It’s no secret that Knoxville has been working to cultivate its art scene.

Events like First Friday and various farmer’s markets have allowed local artists to show off their creations and share their work with the city.

Amidst the growing artist community, Amy E. Hand, a local sculptor and potter, has been creating bowls and figures and sharing them with Knoxville for the past few years.

Originally from Wellsville, N.Y., Hand earned a bachelor’s degree from Houghton College in 2003 and received her MFA in Ceramics from the University of Tennessee in 2012.

Hand originally started her education with the intent of becoming a teacher before realizing her true passion.

“I started working with clay in undergrad,” Hand said. “I was supposed to be an education major, but I ended up taking a painting class, which then led to a ceramics class, and immediately I fell in love with hand building and figurative art.”

Hand had the unique opportunity to study ceramics in Cyprus and Egypt through an undergraduate study abroad program. In addition to cultivating her zeal for pottery and sculpture, Hand said she believes that her experience overseas solidified her future career aspirations.

“I got to go to Egypt and around Cyprus and see the figures that I had only ever seen in books before,” Hand said. “Because of the lack of restrictions in those areas, especially at that time — it was in 2004 — if you wanted to, you could reach right out and touch them, which is a huge no-no, but I got to do it anyway. There’s something about picking up a piece of pottery and knowing that it’s really old and that somebody’s touched it and made it and put this energy into it.

“It gives me chills. I think that’s when I really realized that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.”

Most of Hand’s bowls, dishes and vases feature a technique that allows images to be transferred to clay from newsprint.

Although she enjoys making these pieces, Hand’s creative spark flairs when she is handbuilding her signature wide-eyed, cartoon-like human sculptures.

“I love making pots, and

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Artist Amy Hand’s signature wide-eyed, cartoonlike human sculpture sits waiting to be heated into its final form. they’re very special to me, but they’re to pay the bills,” Hand said. “When I get the opportunity to make a person, that’s when I’m in the zone.

“Some people call it the ‘god-factor,’ the need to create people. The human figure is so universal that, on some level, everybody’s going to get it.”

In ninth grade, while her family briefly lived with her grandparents awaiting the completion of their new house, Hand stayed in a room where her grandmother kept her porcelain doll collection in a closet.

The eerie band of figurines struck a chord of inspiration within Hand’s imagination.

“If I left my closet door open, the light from the hall would just hit their eyes in the most creepy, but intriguing way,” Hand said. “I think that’s what I’m hoping for with my figures. There’s a childlike quality to them.

They’re kind of cute, but they’re kind of rude, or kind of strange or potentially creepy. There’s a Japanese term for it: ‘kawaii.’ It’s creepy-cute.”

In addition to her own work, Hand teaches handbuilding, sculpture and throwing classes at Mighty Mud, a locally owned and

operated studio and ceramics supply store. Hand said she believes she’s found a place where she can combine her passion for her craft and her love of teaching.

“I love seeing people, whether they’re 8 years old or — I actually just had an 80 year old woman in my class — getting it,” Hand said. “It’s really cool to see somebody else take that excitement and that knowledge and then move forward with it.”

Ultimately, Hand said she believes in sharing her artwork with others.

“When you’re an artist, you can make a lot of work, and it can sit on your shelf in your studio,” Hand said.

“You might put a picture of it on your web page, but it collects dust. If people can’t enjoy it, then it’s just for you. Art is for sharing, ideas are for sharing, and techniques are for sharing.

“If you’re going to sit in a closed studio all day and nobody sees what you’re doing or how you’re doing it, then the joy is just your own, and it’s smaller because of that.”

To see more of Hand’s work or receive more information about her classes, visit amyehand.com.

For Tyler Anthony, a 2011 psychology grad and lead singer of local band Cereus Bright, that “listening environment” proves beneficial both on and off the stage.

“From the beginning, the mission behind The Square Room really was to facilitate listening,” Anthony said. “The art isn’t background entertainment.

It’s about the music when you go there. As a musician, that’s really important.”

Anthony can attest to this importance first-hand after taking the stage at the Square Room last month.

“We’d been traveling a lot and came back to play The Square Room two weeks ago,” he said.

“It was so nice to be in a place where you don’t have to fight for the audience’s attention.”

After having experienced the struggles bands often face when trying to take off on the local level, Anthony partnered with The Square Room to find a way

to facilitate the careers of his fellow Knoxville artists. On the first Wednesday of every month, the Square Room Showcase will feature up-and-coming local acts.

“When we first started Cereus Bright, we found that the road to grow and develop a local fan base for certain kinds of music was not best served in bars,” Anthony said. “Kenny gave us The Square Room as a place to dream. It will be a kind of stepping stone for local bands to play bigger gigs, including at The Square Room.”

The venue also seeks to cultivate the local music scene through its weekly SingerSongwriter Night.

“On Thursdays, we recognize local singer-songwriters through a friendly competition,” Woodhall said. “Weekly winners get $50, while monthly winners get $100 and a chance to compete for the $250 Best of Season spot. Whoever is identified as the best will go on to the national competition and the chance to work with music producer Ed Cash.”

While listening to local and nationally touring artists alike, audience members at the Square Room can reap the culinary rewards of the venue’s unique partnership with Café 4.

“We’re not just The Square Room, we’re the Square Room in Café 4,” said Woodhall.

“Because of this, we’re able to do so many unique things with food and beverage and offer special combinations of food and entertainment, like our lunches with the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra.”

On the first Wednesday of every month, the KJO Jazz Lunch features Vance Thompson leading the jazz orchestra in a Café 4 catered luncheon for the cost of a $15 ticket. This is just one example of the Square Room’s commitment to providing a platform for Knoxville’s musicians, Anthony said.

“The vibe is incredible and the kinds of bands just keep getting better and better,” he said.

“In terms of size, it’s definitely the best venue in Knoxville. You won’t be disappointed.”

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Finding foreign language appreciation from awkward silence The Taboo Parlor by

Chase Parker

I hate uncomfortable silences.

Uma Thurman said it best in “Pulp Fiction” when she and John Travolta’s iconic Vincent Vega shared one of the longest uncomfortable silences in cinema history.

They sat in a cheesy diner with a fabricated 1920s mood and ran out of equally cheesy and disingenuous small talk.

“Don’t you hate that?” she uttered simply.

Of course we do.

Normally when we encounter an uncomfortable silence, such as the one Tarantino masterfully orchestrated on the silver screen, we usually give a courteous goodbye and walk away. The more charismatic among us find something to fill the conversation with, or as Uma so eloquently put, “…yak about bull----.”

However, this weekend I ran into a situation where I could no longer walk away or fill the void with inane small talk. All the normal uncomfortable silence conventions were there: people I had never met before, a dimly lit bar room, a difference in age and the social impediment of being entirely too sober. But the two things I use to remove myself from, or at least to alleviate, such situations were both sorely absent: a way to gracefully leave and the English language.

One of my friends had invited me to go to Cool Beans on Friday night, which sounds like a typical Knoxville Friday night. However, she had invited me to go and practice Spanish with members of the Spanish department who reserved a few tables for students to come in and practice their Spanish in a setting with slightly more social lubricant than your typical HSS classroom.

I was thrilled to finally be testing all I had learned during the four years I have been studying Spanish.

But, as soon as my hand met the professor’s and we exchanged “mucho gusto’s,” all four years of Spanish flew out of my head faster than a Kiffin private jet out of Knoxville.

Everything I knew and was completely confident of my ability in immediately left me. Conjugation, formality, correct use of tenses, vocabulary, you name it – I messed it up. I was mortified. I felt like I had gone from an eager student to an affront to the language itself all in the matter of a handshake.

Obviously red and embarrassed, I began to clam up and leave myself out of most of the discussions for a while. Noticing my diffidence, one of the professors began making an effort to bring me back in. I slowly, but surely, piped back up and began finding my confidence and four years of classes again, and I enjoyed myself more than I could have possibly imagined.

While the professor was giving me my training wheels to get back into the conversation, I remembered there is a reason I am still studying Spanish, and there is a reason all of these faculty members took time out of their busy schedules to listen to barely coherent students fumble their way through any conversation more complex than “Cómo se llama?”

Those faculty members love Spanish. I do too, even if I am still terrible at it.

I love listening to the flow and beauty of it. How the vowels roll right off the tongue and everything has a nearly musical quality, unlike our guttural Germanic prattling. I love immersing myself in new viewpoints and new cultures and even finding how similar they are to our American ones (do you think Southern English is the only regional accent that gets made fun of?). I love the food, the music and the history.

Most importantly, I love Spanish enough to get over feeling awkward speaking it. I love it enough to not feel silly when I forget to accentuate my words correctly and display exactly how much of a gringo I am. And, I love it enough to be able to drive through uncomfortable silences, even without my usual crutch of the English language.

Chase Parker is a junior in biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology. He can be reached at sparke23@ utk.edu.

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Leave room in healthcare to value life’s brevity Turn of Phrase by

Sarah Hagaman I remember thinking I would never reach the fifth grade.

Through my 6-year-old eyes, living to the ripe old age of 11 seemed absolutely impossible. Yet, in the seeming second, I am not only far beyond fifth grade; I’m in the middle of my sophomore year in college.

Sometimes, when the phone goes quiet and the rain dribbles down the windowpane, the whirlwind of life slows down. A moment like this occurred earlier this week.

Life seemed to pause just long enough for me to reflect briefly on the scope of where I’d been, where I was and where I thought I’d be going. I realized that, no matter what I thought, one thing is unceasingly true: I am getting older. Each moment, in the passing of time, marks a moment of my life — and it is always moving forward, regardless of how I’m feeling or what I prefer.

I don’t like to think about that.

Graduation seems far enough away; old age barely seems to exist.

I like living, and I’m not alone. Thanks to innovations in healthcare, Americans and many modern people have drastically increased lifespans.

The art of medicine goes back into the depths of humanity and created an enormous part of human civilization with the

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for its beauty and brevity does not signal weakness or “giving in.” Appreciation embraces the true scope of human life and death and focuses on preserving quality of life, rather than quantity. Failing to see the end of life as an end ignores the importance of dignity for the elderly.

As Callahan explains, “No matter how much is spent, the ultimate problem will still remain: people age and die. Worse still, by pretending that old age can be turned into a kind of endless middle age, we rob it of meaning and significance for the elderly themselves. It is a way of saying that old age can be acceptable only to the extent that it can mimic the vitality of the younger years.”

Life is precious, and healthcare has effectively created opportunities for young and old alike to flourish and extend their lives.

Death, however, should not be seen as a “last frontier” to be conquered and won.

Rather, life should be celebrated for what it is and acknowledged for its exquisite fragility.

I am no longer 6 years old, and I am no longer in fifth grade. My life will continue to move forward, and I want to embrace all the years to come. There is no cure for old age, but valuing every stage of life is important for the healthcare industry and the economy at large.

Remembering that life is a journey, not a destination, will help us all to embrace every year of the way.

Sarah Hagaman is a sophomore in English. She can be reached at shagama1@utk.edu.

History reveals chance to improve upon past blunders Lost in Communication by

Jan Urbano History repeats itself.

We all know this specific idiom. We’ve heard and seen it throughout our lives, recited by those who have lived in the past, including our parents and peers. When we look at history, it’s hard to deny there’s a pattern in how humans have acted and behaved. You could even say that, within our own lives, there are certain events and themes that repeat.

When we say history repeats itself, though, we also use it in the sense that we have a prior record to reflect on. It provides a template for us to learn from the blunders of our past selves and make better, more insightful decisions. When we have evidence that we can use to learn from and change the future for the better, it’s expected that we should use it. After all, we don’t want to make the same mistakes others did.

This past weekend, a friend of mine brought up what the goal of history is. I replied that it was a way for us later generations to learn from the mistakes of gen-

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Greco-Roman empire. The aim to improve quality of life has proven extremely effective since antiquity; advances in the health field have created cures and aids for all types of ailments, like polio, fevers and a vast array of other calamities.

In the midst of economically-based healthcare issues, the handling of medical aid for the elderly has become increasingly relevant. Our culture’s perspective on the issue of healthcare for the elderly is more important than ever; funding for the elderly and medical aid for those who have passed middle-age pose enormous economic and ethical consideration.

Questions concerning the ethics of using all medical techniques possible to save an elderly woman or man can no longer be ignored — but in order to fully answer these questions, our culture’s perspective must be considered.

Daniel Callahan, a renowned biomedical ethicist, asked the hard question.

“Just what is it that we want medicine to do for us as we age? Earlier cultures believed that aging should be accepted. Our culture seems increasingly to reject that view, preferring instead, it often seems, to think of aging as hardly more than another disease, to be fought and rejected.”

Our lives do not last forever, no matter what we would like to think, and the attempts to prolong human life through costs in Medicare and Medicaid will tally up to a projected $114 billion or more in the oncoming decade.

Although preserving good health for as long as possible remains a basic human right, the importance of appreciating life

erations that came before us and examine the ideals of different societies and cultures.

After further discussion, we arrived at the same question: Do we, as humans, actually learn from our past digressions? Or are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past?

There are numerous historic examples of how we fail to learn from past mistakes.

When Hitler tried to invade Russia, he did it during the winter months. Not surprisingly, he failed. However, Napoleon had attempted the same maneuver as well; Hitler made the same disastrous strategic blunder Napoleon did.

Prior to World War I, the world had seen enough bloodshed and damage in dozens of previous wars. Then-president Woodrow Wilson said WWI was “the war to end all wars.” He never would have suspected that World War II was lurking around the corner, nor the wars that have occurred through the world since then. The Vietnam War, especially, is one that still resonates today as one of America’s most costly mistakes.

The mistakes aren’t exclusively about wars, though. Today, we look back and see how wrong people were in discriminating and holding prejudice against different ethnicities and cultures. We quickly express disapproval of the treatment of Africans as an “inferior race” by Europeans and Americans and the heavy prejudice against women throughout the 19th and 20th century, vow-

ing to ourselves that such unjust things will not happen again. And yet, here we are, again, still battling racism and other issues, such as gay rights.

You’d think we would have learned and spared others from the pain and damage that comes from such actions; you’d think we would have changed and learned from the past.

I’m not saying all of us are inherently bad people. What I am saying, however, is that we do have a tendency to repeat history. It’s not that certain events or themes are reoccurring throughout human history. It’s that we don’t seem to learn as much as we should from our past mistakes – we keep repeating to fail to learn.

When we apply this to our own lives, we can establish a similar theme. We all know the feeling of cramming the night before an exam, and I know I’ve vowed to study earlier next time. When time comes for the next exam, though, we inadvertently find ourselves making the same mistake.

If we want to change anything, we must do more than look at the mistakes of the past.

We must recognize our own antipathy and prove we are indeed different. Otherwise, we are just as bad as the past we criticize.

Jan Urbano is a senior in biological sciences. He can be reached at jurbano@utk.edu.

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Gamers face Xbox One, PS4 console decision over holidays Contributor With the holidays approaching, students are beginning to decide exactly what they should put on their holiday gift wish list.

Arguably the biggest decision this year for students is deciding to get Sony’s Playstation 4 or Microsoft’s Xbox One. “Personally, I’m going to go with the Xbox One,� said Benjamin Reynolds, a local employee at Packard’s Games & Movies.

Reynolds said what attracts him the most to the Xbox One is the variety of things you can do besides just simply gaming.

The PS4 tends to be for people who typically care just about the gaming experience, whereas the Xbox One supporters love the entertainment of media apps along with their gameplay. Xbox’s online community was also much larger for the 360 compared to the Playstation 3.

What’s new for both of these systems is the new feature of voice control. A person can simply turn on their system by telling it aloud to turn on, in addition to telling it other tasks. The Xbox One goes even further, as a user can use hand

motions to go through the system’s menu. “This voice control system might be scary for people who are a little paranoid,�

Reynolds said. “But if it really bothers someone, they can always unplug it.�

In terms of graphics, the Xbox One and PS4 are essentially equal. Reynolds said the PS4 does have a better processing system, which allows for higher quality graphics, but game developers probably will not create games Xbox One and Playstation 4 battle as the next best that live up to PS4 potential, generation consoles. The Xbox One will be released simply due to the fact that the on Nov. 22 software game companies use “I’ve been an Xbox guy my is not working on that level of due to the cheaper price.

But it’s important for gam- entire life,� said George Butler, quality yet.

Initially, the Xbox One had ers to know this year, online a senior in biochemical and a terrible reputation when play will not be free for the cellular and molecular biolnews about it first leaked. PS4. Users will have to pur- ogy, “and I have no reason Developers had the idea that chase a subscription for online to change my satisfaction and loyalty.� once a person bought the use, just like the Xbox.

The PS4’s recent release Students on campus tend game, it could only be shared on their system. However, had a successful launch at to be more supportive of the after gamers heard this, many Reynolds’ store – after just one Xbox One, simply because complained, and Xbox One hour of the store being open, of the large online community Xbox has had in previous threw that idea out the win- the PS4 completely sold out. “There’s definitely going to years. Some students, such as dow, which has led people to be a strong demand for both David Novinger, a senior in return to the Xbox.

As far as pricing goes, the systems around the holidays finance, pledged their loyalty to the Xbox.

Xbox One will be run around this year,� Reynolds said.

The Xbox One will be “If my parents got me a PS4 $500, whereas the PS4 will run for about $400. Reynolds released on Nov. 22, and the when I asked them for a Xbox,� predicted the PS4 will actually customers who camp out will Novinger said. “I would still do be sold more this year in com- be just as intense as for the everything possible just to get an Xbox One.� parison with the Xbox, simply PS4’s release, Reynolds said.

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Megan Lange Contributor Opera and college students are two things that typically wouldn’t mix together.

Head to a performance by the University of Tennessee Opera Theatre, however, and you might think otherwise.

This past weekend, the University of Tennessee Opera Theatre put on a production of Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,� a hilariously heart-warming story of love, jealousy and the and musician.

Performed at the Bijou Theatre in downtown Knoxville, both cast and crew were composed of students from the University of Tennessee.

James Marvel, opera director and UT professor, is in his third season with the UTOT and said he was excited to produce a comedy this year. The production, set in the 17th century, was full of slapstick humor, inside jokes and the occasional modern-day reference. “The experience was so different,� Marvel said. “Last year, we performed two tragedies, but this year we chose comedy instead. The process of discovery involved in this is unique. If you do it safely, it’s just not funny. It’s about being bold and taking risks.�

Although the show was performed in Italian, the cast managed to convey the humor well, pulling in elements of Elvis Presley in addition to neon lights, risquĂŠ innuendos and modern-day dance moves.

The audience appreciated this, with laughter filling the theater multiple times during the show.

Madelyn Pierce, junior in vocal music education, has been to several performances

Google, Microsoft block child abuse search results Associated Press LONDON — Google and Microsoft have introduced software that makes it harder for users to search for child abuse material online, the companies said in a joint announcement Monday.

Writing ahead of a British summit on Internet safety, Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt said his company has fine-tuned Google Search to clean up results for over 100,000 search terms.

When users type in queries that may be related to child sexual abuse, they will find no results

that link to illegal content. “We will soon roll out these changes in more than 150 languages, so the impact will be truly global,� Schmidt wrote in the Daily Mail newspaper.

The restrictions are being launched in Britain and other English-speaking countries first. Similar changes are being brought out on Microsoft’s Bing search engine.

The two companies are sharing picture detection technology to identify child abuse photographs whenever they appear on their systems, and Google is also testing technology to identify and

remove illegal videos.

Other measures include warnings at the top of Google search for more than 13,000 queries to make it clear that child abuse is illegal.

Schmidt acknowledged that no algorithm is perfect and Google cannot prevent pedophiles adding new images to the web.

Campaigners welcomed the move but doubted how much impact the changes would bring.

Pedophiles tend to share images away from public search engines, they say. “They don’t go on to Google to search for images,� said Jim

Gamble, the former chief of Britain’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center. “They go on to the dark corners of the Internet on peer-to-peer websites.�

British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed there is more to be done, and said the next step was to go after the “dark net,� where people secretly share images away from the public search engines.

His government announced Monday that its National Crime Agency is joining forces with the FBI to target pedophiles who use encrypted networks online.

of UT Opera Theatre and was impressed by how accessible the opera was to all generations of audience members. “This is the best opera I’ve seen,� Pierce said. “It was so accessible – it definitely appeals to a wider audience, and the cast was so talented.

I’m really proud of them.�

Each vocalist displayed phenomenal talent, ranging from the highest soprano to the lowest bass. Each member of the cast showed exceptional ability as they raced around on the stage while singing.

Talent wasn’t just limited to what could be seen onstage, however. Conducted by Kevin Class, an orchestra made up of 23 different UT students provided the musical soundtrack for the evening.

Ashton Williams, a junior in studio music and jazz and double bass performance who served as principal bassist for the show, said he was impressed by the high caliber of both vocalists and orchestra musicians. “These are some of the best collegiate performers in the state,� Williams said. “The dedication they brought to the table is incredible, and Kevin Class is world-class.�

The success of any show depends on how the cast and crew work together, and Will Sliger, senior in vocal performance and playing the role of Fiorello, said he felt this was key to “The Barber of Seville’s� success. “The cast had a great vibe,�

Sliger said. “Everything was so smooth. We just clicked.�

Although this semester’s production is over, the UT Opera Theatre puts on two productions per year and will be producing Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte� this upcoming April.

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 Sports Editor David Cobb

SPORTS BASKETBALL continued from Page 1 “He’s just a freshman,” McRae said of Hubbs, who shot 5-for-11.

“At this stage, sometimes when he has it he doesn’t take it, and when he doesn’t have it, he takes it. That just takes time for him to learn.”

Through two games, UT’s starting five of Antonio Barton, McRae, Josh Richardson, Jeronne Maymon and Jarnell Stokes had combined for 124 of

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the team’s 137 points. With the win over The Citadel on ice early, the bench players got more of a chance to make an impact.

In Monday’s win, the bench totaled 31 points—most of which came from a trio of freshman. Hubbs’ 13 points led bench players, followed by six apiece from Thompson and A.J. Davis.

“We still have to get our bench stronger,” Martin said. “I think those guys made some strides tonight, but we’ve got a ways to go so we can solidify those minutes coming off the bench.”

Vandy will determine more than just bowl eligibility for Jones, UT

David Cobb Sports Editor In case you missed it, Monday was the one-year anniversary of Derek Dooley’s firing as the Tennessee football coach.

Hooray, right?

Fittingly, Butch Jones took a step back on Monday to purvey the time elapsed since.

“We’ve taken monumental strides of where we’re at right now than when we walked in here on Dec. 7,” Jones said at his press luncheon. “ Sometimes, the progress isn’t measured in wins, but I see the small victories each and every day.”

The unfortunate truth for Jones, however, is that on Saturday, UT fans should and probably will measure the progress of the football program by what happens on the field against Vanderbilt.

UT is 28-2 in its last 30 games against the Commodores. If, heaven forbid, the Vols lose to Vandy for a second straight year on Saturday, it will be a fourth straight loss on the year and eliminate the possibility of a bowl game.

That should never be okay at Tennessee. It shouldn’t matter if Nick Saban is coaching at Vanderbilt and the Vols are playing at West High School because of structural failure at Neyland Stadium.

Any UT supporter who takes even the slightest amount of pride in the Tennessee football program should shudder in disgust at the idea of losing consecutive games to the in-state little brother that essentially does play in a high school stadium in Nashville.

If that loss eliminates UT from the postseason, it should sting even more.

That’s not to say Vanderbilt hasn’t made great strides under James Franklin. Obviously, it has.

And UT is not what it was in the 1990s.

To no avail, a loss to Vanderbilt ought to hurt. It apparently hurt Michael Palardy last season when the Vols dropped a 41-18 decision at Vanderbilt Stadium and capped Dooley’s demise.

“I try not to remember it,” Palardy said Monday. “It was kind of a disappointing season on all accounts. For me personally, I just wanted to make sure that something like that never happened ever again.”

If the Vols win they are likely to make a bowl game. That onfield success combined with a remarkable 2014 recruiting class will make for jubilant UT fans who remain in the honeymoon stage of their infatuation with the post-Dooley era.

But a loss on Saturday gives fans reasonable privilege to put Jones under the microscope for year two.

It should not give fans a reason to panic yet, just reason to view things through a more critical eye in 2014 once some of the talent Jones is missing starts arriving.

“We aren’t dealing with robots, we are dealing with 17-to-22 year old individuals,” Jones said of his players Monday.

UT supporters are not robots, either. While the Vanderbilt game to Jones is “a critical game because it is the next game on our schedule,” it should be critical game to UT fans if for no other reason than losing to the Commodores should be embarrassing.

Saturday is more than just the next game. It determines if the year-long honeymoon continues David Cobb is a junior in journalism & electronic media.

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Tennessee freshman outside hitter Jamie Lea spikes the ball over two LSU defenders in a match against the Tigers at Thompson-Boling Arena on Sunday.

Notebook: Richardson slams, Vols ram Bulldogs Dargan Southard Copy Editor In Tennessee’s second matchup in three days versus a South Carolina-based midmajor school, the Volunteers ran away with things early, limiting The Citadel to just 5-of-20 shooting through the game’s first 17 minutes en route to a 86-60 victory over the Bulldogs. UT forced nine first half turnovers and reeled off a 13-3 over a nearly 8-minute stretch, pushing their lead to 19 with 5:56 until the break.

“I think we came out more aggressively on the defensive end,” Antonio Barton said. “I think we came out and played good as a whole team.”

Head coach Cuonzo Martin rested many of the starters in the second half as the bench was emptied late in the game.

Hot topic: A solid compliment to the early defensive

pressure, Martin’s squad drained four 3-pointers by the 12-minute mark in the first half as Jordan McRae and Antonio Barton each started 2-of-2 from behind the arc.

“We have guys that can make shots,” Martin said.

“We have four to five legitimate guys that can make shots from the 3-point line.”

UT finished 56.6 percent from downtown and currently ranks third in the SEC in that category.

Spotlight: Known primarily as one of UT’s most trusted defenders, Josh Richardson took on more of a non-traditional role Monday night as he showed off his athleticism and flare with two charismatic dunks.

With three minutes remaining in the first half and the Vols leading by 18, the junior guard pickpocketed a Bulldog defender at mid-court and followed with a left-handed jam; a rarity for the right-handed

Richardson.

“Just being with the left (hand), the way he got somebody trailing him,” McRae said. “To be able to dunk with your left hand like that being right handed (was impressive).”

The Edmond, Okla., native wasn’t finished, though, as he answered his initial showing with some assistance from Darius Thompson. The freshman point guard tossed up a perfectly-placed lob, and Richardson did the rest, throwing down the alleyoop jam which pushed UT’s second half lead to 53-33.

As for which one McRae thought was better? “(The alley-oop) all was cool, but I think his lefthanded dunk was better.”

The other guys: Matt Van Scyoc led the Bulldogs with 19 points as the 26-point loss snapped The Citadel’s two-game winning streak.

Outside the box score: Senior D’Montre Edwards

and sophomore Galen Campbell made their regular season debuts Monday night, combining for eight minutes, four points and one rebound.

Say something: When asked about the current rotation, Martin said, “I think right now we’ve got a solid seven-and-a-half …

If we can stretch that to a strong eight or possibly nine — it sounds like I’m playing cards or something — we’ll be alright.”

By the numbers 0: The Citadel had zero fast break points compared to UT’s 15.

38: Martin’s squad doubled up the Bulldogs, outscoring them in the paint 38-16.

2: The Citadel only scored two points off turnovers in the second half after posting 13 in the first.

Up next: The Vols host Tennessee State on Friday Nov. 22. Tip-off is slated for 7:00 p.m.

Emotional Senior Night looms for Vols with bowl hopes at stake Troy Provost-Heron Assistant Sports Editor Running through the “T” has been a tradition that has flowed through the veins of the Tennessee football program since 1964, but for one game every season, the pre-game ritual takes on an added significance.

Every Senior Night, the Vols honor those who are playing their last game inside Neyland Stadium by allowing those individuals to run through the iconic band formation one-by-one.

For 28 members of Team 117, that experience will be theirs on Saturday when the Vols play the Vanderbilt Commodores.

“It should be a great opportunity for our seniors on senior night in Neyland,” head coach Butch Jones said. “This is a game you always remember – your last game at home.”

But the game is more than just an experience for the seniors;

it’s also an opportunity for the group to end their careers on a strong note and continue to lay the ground work for what Jones wants the future to hold.

“It is not as tough as it seems, because when you see someone leading you like Coach Jones, you see what he is trying to institute into a program that you love,” senior offensive lineman James Stone said. “You take pride in that, and you take pride in trying to build what he is trying to build.

It is something special.”

On a night like Saturday, however, it wouldn’t be difficult for these players to let their emotions get the best of them, something Jones knows he has to help his guys prepare for during the week.

“You always guard against the emotional factor as a coach,” he said. “We don’t want an emotional football team, we want a passionate, energetic football team.

I think sometimes seniors plan their last home game forgetting

the task at hand.

“They’ll be able to reflect back when it comes February. So right now, we have a great challenge ahead of us.”

For Stone, he understands the upcoming emotion-filled night could be a potential distraction, but the Nashville, Tenn., native plans on keeping himself busy to avoid being sidetracked.

“It can be (a distraction) when you are off campus, but once you get into the complex, you see everyone else focused on the game,” Stone said. “This makes it easier for me to get focused when I am around the team. I am trying to spend as much of my time in the complex and school to keep myself busy and be ready to go.”

Senior Night isn’t the only reason why Saturday is important, however.

Sitting at 4-6, the Vols need to win out to be eligible for a bowl berth, so a UT defeat of the Commodores is necessary if

UT plans on snapping a two-year bowl drought.

“We can’t get to a bowl game if we don’t win game No. 5, and that’s kind of the biggest focus right now is taking it one game at a time,” senior kicker Michael Palardy said. “We obviously have an ultimate goal, and we want to reach that goal, but there’s different steps you have to take to get there.”

Even with so much on the line in terms of how his first year as Tennessee’s head football coach is viewed, Jones wants his seniors to enjoy the moment, because they may never know when their last snap in this game can come.

“They mean everything, and we always talk about in our football program and here at Tennessee,” Jones said. “It’s very special to be a senior. You only get the opportunity one time in your life to be a senior.”