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Tech’s Residence Hall Association is hosting Tech for Tots, a Toys for Tots cam-paign, Nov. 11 through Dec. 3.

Lauren Johnson, assis-tant coordinator of Pinkerton Quad, said the Residential Life service committee is planning and coordinating the event.

“We wanted something for the Christmas season,” Johnson said. “We decided to do Toys for Tots, but we are doing a change drive instead

of a toy drop.”Johnson said the cam-

paign will involve all resi-dence halls but is open to students across campus.

“There will be donation tins in each of the RAs’ offi c-es for students to drop loose change in,” said Johnson. “There will also be booths in the RUC lobby where stu-dents can donate.”

Resident assistant offi ces are open from 7 p.m. to mid-night. The donation box is available in the RUC during class hours.

Johnson said the ser-vice committee chose to do

a change drop rather than a toy donation to both encour-age participation and help Toys for Tots complete wish lists.

“When I spoke with the area Toys for Tots coordina-tor, Freddy Duncan, he said there are two age groups that seem to get covered the least,” Johnson said. “By do-nating change, he can take that money and buy the toys and things they are missing to fi ll the wish lists.”

Duncan has been the Putnam County Toys for Tots coordinator for four years. He said Tech organizations

have participated every year but this is the fi rst change drop to be organized.

“Babies and teenage girls are the two age groups that we have trouble fi lling the wish lists for,” Duncan said. “A change drop helps us cov-er those areas.”

Johnson said the RHA has set a goal for the campaign.

“We want to raise $1000,” Johnson said. “We have over 2,000 students living in resi-dence halls. Our goal is 50 cents per student.”

“That much money could go a long way,” said Duncan.

Duncan said he encour-

ages students to become involved and volunteer out-side of Tech for Tots.

“We will be hosting sev-eral donation days at Wal-Mart and we need students to help us raise awareness and gather toys,” Duncan said. “If students want to help us, that would be icing on the cake. We have plenty of need for volunteers.”

Those interested in vol-unteering with Toys for Tots this holiday season can con-tact Freddy Duncan by phone at 931-526-9500 or by email at duncanfreddy@gmail.com.

A season for change: Residential Life hosts Tech for Tots By SARAH REESEBeat Reporter

Advisers said students should not stress if they do not get the classes they need during their allotted registration time during the week of Nov. 11, but this has not curbed student concern.

Due to previous experiences, several students said they are concerned with registration diffi culty.

Rising senior Chelsea Watkins is one student who voiced her concern.

“I’m an exercise and physical wellness major and my biggest concern, especially when I was an underclassman, was not being able to get into the classes that I needed,” Watkins said. “When you’re a freshman and sophomore, everyone is required to take certain classes, and these core classes only have a certain number of available time slots. When there are only so many spots, it can seem overwhelming, but everyone is more than likely to get into the classes they need.”

James Alexander is a freshman computer engineering major who

experienced a graduation setback because of restricted registration.

“One of the classes I needed was only offered in the fall,” Alexander said. “It set me back a semester or two.”

If students do not get all the courses they need during registration, they should set up an appointment with their adviser to see alternative options for classes they need.

Russ Witcher is an adviser for communications students.

“My advice is the student should have a couple of back-up courses to take in case they can’t get all their

courses,” Witcher said. “If a course has more than one section, they need to be willing to take an alternate section of the course that is still open.”

Harrison Hinton said he worries about the alternative options he might be forced to take, instead.

“[Registration] was terrible,” Hinton said. “I have to be let into physics or take it online and cry myself to sleep because I don’t know physics.”

Registration began Monday at 8 a.m.

By RACHEL KERR & CASEY WOODARDBeat Reporter

Advisers say not to worry about registration issues Freshman Senate leads charge for progress

Two freshman senators are not leaving the proposals solely to upperclassmen this semester. Nick Russell and Will Gabelman proposed extensive bills with campus-changing potential at Tuesday’s SGA meeting.

Deemed the “Volpe Library Standing Desk Act of 2013”, freshman senator Nick Russell proposed the bill in response to the health risks students may face associated with sitting for long periods of time while they study.

“Sitting for a long time can cause cardiac disease. A study was done by Johns Hopkins Medicine showing that people who sit for long periods of time have higher chances of obesity or cardiac problems,” Russell said.

He also mentioned research regarding how standing affects the habits and moods of individuals as they study.

“There was another psychological study done. Whenever you stand up, you have more confi dence and you’re more involved. Standing has been scientifi cally proven to change your physiology and increase study effectiveness,” he said.

A model currently retailed by Focal Upright Furniture infl uenced his proposal for the desk’s design.

After further discussion, the bill passed unanimously.

Students can expect the library to implement at least four standing desk stations equipped with a white board and motorized height adjustments by next semester.

Senator Gabelman’s proposal of the “Utilization of the Information Access Act of 2013” did not pass.

His bill would have required professors to use either the available technology such as iLearn and Dropbox rather than requiring students to pay extra fees for alternative software programs.

Professors would still be able to use the outside technology such as Tophat Monocle, OWL and My Math Lab but would have to make a note of this fee prior to student registration.

“Some of these hidden fees were up to $300” Gabelman said, “Students plan for buying expensive books but access fees cannot be avoided if they’re needed to take tests.”

Gabelman is currently working on a similar follow-up bill with necessary adjustments.

By SARAH TOWNSEND, CAITLIN JARED, AND MELISSA EDWARDSBeat Reporters

Students will be able to vote Nov. 18 through Nov. 20 to accept or decline the $100 fee Tech would add to stu-dent bills to fund a new fi t-ness center.

SGA unanimously passed the “New Fitness/ Intramural Facility Act of 2013” Monday, Nov. 11.

With the bill enacted, a student referendum will take place next week on the Tech voting server. There are in-formational locations in the RUC from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and all day inside the Fit to help students understand the fee and its purpose.

The building project is designed to accommodate for the student enrollment that has been steadily outgrow-ing the current facility every semester. Because the intra-mural programs are growing, there is also a need for more room.

“I think it’s great,” Kimberley Knotts, graduate assistant for the Fitness cen-ter, said. “We are ever ex-panding, constantly getting new students in and we’re running out of room. If the building goes through, we can be more versatile, add more programs and accom-modate every student, not

just certain types.” Samuel Foster, a mechan-

ical engineering major, said, “The idea of updating the fi t is a good idea but I don’t feel like we need to build an en-tirely new facility. The Fit has everything has everything that we need and there are enough places on campus to play sports. “

The construction of the new facility will either be on the corner of 7th Street and Willow Avenue, where the GI Depot is currently located, or University Drive and Willow Avenue, where Tech Village is located nearest Sherlock Park. If accepted, the University will charge freshmen and sophomores $100 a semester

until it’s fi nished. Alumni will be able to pay a similar fee for its use after gradua-tion. Students that paid but did not get to use the facility by its projected completion can use the complex for free.

Chandler Pecora, a se-nior journalism major, is un-decided about the new facil-ity. Pecora said he thinks it’s good for students that use the Fit but thinks students should not be forced to pay for it in their tuition.

Tyler Crow, a junior hu-man ecology major, said, “I support it because the current Fit is too small for the campus population, but there are a lot of students that don’t use the fi tness center compared to

people that do.”Director of the Fit David

Mullinax think the new com-plex would add value to campus.

“I think it will be a good shining star for Tech and will be good for recruitment be-cause students come for more than education,” Mullinax

said. “There’s a life outside the classroom.”

For more information about the new Fit plans, visit http://www.tntech.edu/rec-reation. The website features a 3-D walkthrough, blueprint overview and images of what the building would look like once complete.

Michael Brady Inc.Michael Brady Inc. was contracted to design the new sports and fi tness facility potentially coming to Tech’s campus if the stu-dent body votes for a fee increase during the student referendum Nov. 18-20.

New fitness facility could cost students more than just sweat

By WILLIAM SHECKLERBeat Reporter

The addition of a new Intramural Sports and Fitness Facility to campus could raise student fees $100 per semester. A student vote is to occur Nov. 18-20 to decide if the fee will be implemented.

Will ShecklerLeon Nurmomade lifts weights at the Fit Thursday night. Nur-momade could have a larger weight room to occupy if the student vote passes.

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21217:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. The University OrchestraWattenbarger Auditorium, Bryan Fine Arts Building

19197:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. TTU Percussion Ensem-bles Concert Wattenbarger Auditorium, Bryan Fine Arts Building

18187:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. TTU Fall Trumpet Festival Wattenbarger Auditorium, Bryan Fine Arts Building

17171 p.m. - 5 p.m. Santa’s Workshop Hyder Burks Ag Pavilion

1 p.m. - 2 p.m. Amy Reid, fl ute, Senior Student RecitalWattenbarger Auditorium, Bryan Fine Arts Building

2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Damian Cheek, saxophone, Senior Student Recital Wattenbarger Auditorium, Bryan Fine Arts Building

3 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. TTU Flute Choir and Studio Recital Wattenbarger Auditorium, Bryan Fine Arts Building

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November

CRIME BRIEFS:- Nov. 8- 2:00 Classifi cation: Liquor Law Violation Location: Jere Whitson Building Disposition: Closed. Subject arrested. Notes: None.

- Nov. 1- 3:00 Classifi cation: Open theft Location: Foster Hall Disposition: Open case. Notes: Theft of banner.

- Nov. 1 - 7:15 Classifi cation: Destruction/Damage/Vandalism Location: Evins Disposition: Open case. Notes: Pellet gun shot through the small window above the emergency door. No known subjects or witnesses.

- Nov. 1 - 8:40 Classifi cation: Disorderly conduct Location: West stadium Disposition: Closed. No further action. Notes: Altercations on fi eld and in stands during high school game.

Campus Stache is back on campus to supply stu-dents with customized cloth-ing and accessories and well as make a contribution to charity.

Brittnee and Andrew Robinson, a brother-sister-duo, started the brand a little over a year ago right in their own home. The pair came up with the idea at the be-ginning of last summer and launched the website Aug. 8 of the same year.

“We just thought it would be a cool thing to do, we had never seen it before,” said Brittnee Robinson, creator of Campus Stache custom pock-ets. “We just thought about idea of completely custom-izing your front pocket, why not, you know?”

Brittnee said the idea of the pocket came from visits to the fabric store where she saw different sample fabrics that she liked.

It was the start of a busi-ness. Campus Stache released 20 different types of pockets. Brittnee makes all pockets by hand, as well as the compa-ny’s other customized items. She has also designed some of the patterns the company uses for their pockets, mak-ing the designs exclusive to Campus Stache.

“At fi rst, we just thought T-shirts,” said Brittnee Robinson. “Then we ex-panded that to tank tops and sweatshirts. Now, we have a children’s line along with a

golf line.”Along with T-shirts and

their children’s line, the pair has also created a line of bow ties, backpacks, key chains and hats.

“Our over-reaching goal from the get-go, kinda go-ing along with the name ‘Campus Stache’ is to meet your campus needs,” said student Andrew Robinson, co-creator to Campus Stache. “Tablet cases, make-up bags, phone cases, things like that. We are just trying to branch out to meet all the needs of students.”

Andrew said they are currently trying to expand their “Campus Woof” col-lection also by adding dog leashes.

Campus Stache has also partnered with the Blood: Water Mission in order to help others who are in des-perate need of help cleaning and purifying their water supply.

“When we were deciding what organization to partner with, it was between two,” said Brittnee Robinson. “We picked Blood: Water Mission because they give all the their donations to those who need them, not keeping any for themselves.”

They chose this organiza-tion due to the fact they are locally based in Nashville, which is near where the sib-lings’ hometown.

“There is so much they can do with just little amounts that we given to them,” said Andrew Robinson. “I heard on the radio that only $1 will

provide fresh water to a fam-ily for a month. That is just incredible.”

For every purchase that is made, Campus Stache do-nates 15 percent of the profi ts to the Blood: Water Mission in hopes of impacting as many people as they can with their donations.

“Further along, we hope we can one day make some face to face contact,” said Andrew Robinson. “We hope that eventually down the road, we can actually go to Africa and help dig a well and meet some of the people we have helped over the years.”

The pair has linked their company website the Blood: Water Mission for anyone who may be interested in donating or learning more about the Blood: Water Mission. All Campus Stache products are available online at campusstache.com.

Campus Stache shaves profits for charityBy SARA SHANKS Beat Reporter

15159 a.m. - 8 p.m. Santa’s Workshop Hyder Burks Ag Pavilion

6 p.m. - 8 p.m. FAB Friday for Kids& Families: The Amazing Human Body STEM Center

7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Trombone Studio Recital Wattenbarger Auditorium, Bryan Fine Arts Building

16169 a.m. - 7 p.m. Santa’s Workshop Hyder Burks Ag Pavilion

2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Gretchen Demonbreun, horn, Senior Student Recital Wattenbarger Auditorium, Bryan Fine Arts Building

3 p.m. - 4 p.m. Erin Bandle, bassoon, Senior Student Recital Wattenbarger Auditorium, Bryan Fine Arts Building

By WILL SHECKLERBeat Reporter

Runway project celebrates fi fth year

Kim BiggsMustachioed students gather in the Tech Pride Room Monday night for Campus Stache’s fi rst Stache Bash. Guests at the event were asked to purchase a $2 mustache before gaining entry to the event.

The Women’s Center original Project Reality Runway event returns Tuesday for its fifth annual celebration of Love Your Body Day.

Students and faculty will model in clothes that express their individuality as veteran WTTU DJs Ariel Marlow and Drake Fenlon emcee the show. The emcees will give factoids and introduce each model.

“I like taking people who aren’t really happy with the idea of doing the runway but want to do it because they want to make a statement,” Diana Lalani, secretary of the Women’s Center, said. “Then, after they do it, I like watching them light up and feel empowered by the experience.”

Audience members are encouraged to wear things that make them feel best, as well. Lalani said the audience’s important role is supporting the PRR runway models.

“We all have something we give ourselves grief about, but the truth is we’re all miracles and this is just a way to help us

realize that,” Lalani said. “We incorporate not only feeling good about yourself and your body, but also we incorporate diversity and recognize the beauty in everyone. People are more than their bodies.”

Erica Dial is a Women’s Center student worker. She said the show has changed her perspective.

“I enjoy getting to show off my body and the things I love about it, as well as realizing that the parts I’m not so fond of are beautiful, too,” Dial said. “Project Reality Runway has definitely enabled me to see the beauty not only in myself, but in the people I am surrounded by.”

The event starts at 11 a.m. Nov. 19 in the RUC. Audience members are invited to come earlier to enjoy snacks, listen to music and read the informational displays offered by the Women’s Center. At the end of the event, there will be a group shot with all the models and audience members that will be used on the BE-You-Tiful display outside the Women’s Center in Pennebaker, a portable display in the RUC and on Facebook.

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Miley Cyrus continues her fall from grace

By JAKE THREETEntertainment Editor

By HANNAH BENJAMINEntertainment Critic

By KIMMY MANNINGEntertainment Critic

‘Thor: The Dark World’ smashes into theaters‘The Neighbors’ is a hidden hit

“The Neighbors” currently averages 4 million viewers an episode, down from over 6 million last season.

Courtesy of Awkward Geeks

I love an u n d e r r a t e d t e l e v i s i o n show. I love it maybe more than anything else on TV. C u r r e n t l y airing on

Friday nights on ABC, ‘The Neighbors’, is the most underrated show on television. It’s a show that many aren’t watching, though they should be, and that’s not their fault but I will touch on that later. It is a strongly written show, even brilliantly written at times. The series provides as many laughs, sometimes more, than most of the big-name comedies on TV right now. It is the perfect mesh of two very different families bonding, building a relationship, and learning from one another in ways that are out of this world funny, pun intended.

Now, why is it so underrated and not given the acclaim and credit it is due? Well, fi rst, viewers may be inclined to eye roll the basis of the show, which is about Marty (Lenny Venito) and Debbie (Jamie Gertz) Weaver who move their family to a wealthy gated community composed entirely of aliens in human form. They move next door to Larry Bird (Simon Templeman) and Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Toks Olagandoye), the Bird-Kersee family who have all taken on the names famous sports players. The show revolves around the Weavers and the Bird-Kersee family, along each family’s children, as they face life in their newly formed relationship.

‘The Neighbors’ did an excellent job of detailing how the aliens learn to be more human and the Weavers learning to accept their new neighbors for whom they are during the

In the aftermath of the wildly s u c c e s s f u l “ T h e Avengers” and “Iron Man 3”, “Thor: The

Dark World” holds up to the rest of the Marvel universe and gives audiences exactly what they pay for. Following the incidents of New York in “The Avengers”, “The Dark World” picks up with Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and his Asgardian friends restoring balance to the nine realms while his brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) sits in a prison cell.

An evil presence called the “aether”, an anti-matter substance capable of great destruction, awakens the evil Malekith (Chris Eccleston) and possesses Thor’s love interest, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman). Malekith wants to use the aether to destroy the universe and return it to the darkness that it once was.

“The Dark World” is heavy in mythological backstory, and seems a little too complex for its demographic at fi rst. But as the fi lm progresses, the storyline makes much more sense and becomes the riveting superhero movie as expected. The fi lm seems to have something for everyone, with some sci-fi intricacies about quantum physics and portals to new dimensions, a reunited romance with Thor and Jane, some witty humor, and brilliant sass from everyone’s favorite villain, Loki.

The detailed effects in 3D are impressive, especially in the Asgardian realm. The entire cast shares such a chemistry that no lines or actions seem out of place and the scenes fl ow together really well. The best example of this is when Thor

and friends are attempting to sneak Jane Foster out of Asgard, and the action cuts back and forth from planning and executing the escape seamlessly.

“The Dark World” handles much like every other Marvel fi lm with some predictability, but still manages to keep fresh and tell a new story. However, it still follows the archetype of CGI action fi ght scenes and an epic fi nal battle complete with a race against time. Like “Iron Man 3,” the fi lm acknowledges the incidents of New York and The Avengers incredibly well without letting it overshadow the fi lm, giving the audience subtle references to appreciate.

The fi lm moves slowly at fi rst, but once Loki is introduced, the ball really gets rolling. Hiddleston

delivers completely, portraying the misguidedbrother with the same witand precision that we knowand love.

“The Dark World” isa respectable sequel to theoriginal Thor, and a decentfollow up to the rest of theMarvel universe. There ISa scene at the end of thecredits, along with a promisethat Thor will return.

The fi lm was releasedin other countries a coupleof weeks before it arrivedto American theaters. “TheDark World” has since mademore than $240 million atthe worldwide box offi ceand more than $345 millionall together.

“Thor: The DarkWorld” is rated PG-13 forsome intense sci-fi actionand violence, and some suggestive content.

shows fi rst season. The entire fi rst season was a fun time. It was the perfect combination of laugh-out-loud fun and moments that really tugged on the heart.

Now into its second, the two families are still learning from one another, but now they are doing it as friends. The chemistry between the four main leads is impeccable. It has never faltered. It is really something special when it all clicks and this becomes a special show.

Another reason people are missing out on the show is because of ABC’s bad scheduling with its comedies. After a show fi nds its niche and groove in a timeslot, the network decides to move it, i.e. ‘Happy Endings,’ which I have yet to forgive them for. Last season, ratings for ‘The Neighbors’ did much better when airing after ‘Modern Family’. This season it airs on Fridays after Tim Allen’s ‘Last Man Standing’. The two shows just do not feel right together and the combo

is odd. Reba’s ‘Malibu Country’ was a much better fi t, but they cancelled that. Whatever.

ABC has completely screwed up the two-hour comedy block on Wednesdays. The correct solution and perfect schedule would be to air ‘The Goldbergs’ and ‘Trophy Wife’ in the 7 o’clock hour followed by ‘Modern Family’ and ‘The Neighbors’ in the 8 o’clock. Bring ‘Suburgatory’ back and put it and ‘The Middle’ on Tuesday nights. Now, they didn’t ask me for my opinion, but there it is and they should take note.

I love this show and I will watch to the end, whenever that shall be. I hope people get around to watching it on Fridays or ABC fi nally realizes its mistake. This show is too well written, too well acted, and too damn funny to be cancelled. I can only hope viewers and the network will feel the same.

‘The Neighbors’ airs Friday nights at 8:30/7:30 central on ABC.

“Thor: The Dark World” opened in fi rst place at the weekend box offi ce, taking in over $85.7 million domestically.

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E x c u s e me while you’re still w a s h i n g your eyes clean of Miley Cyrus’ “ Wre c k i n g

Ball” video, but I think you may want some extra soap. Cyrus is continuing to release her teen angst as she revolts all social norms.

Last Sunday night, Miley publically smoked what appeared to be a joint on stage after her accepting her award for Best Video. “I couldn’t fi t this award in my bag, but I did fi nd this,” she said, seconds before pulling a supposed joint from her bag. After her performance, Cyrus tweeted, “’Sometimes in life you just gotta decide to not give AF,’ presumably in response to all the attention following her controversial acceptance speech,” said Entertainment News the next day.

Though Amsterdam was not only the host of this awards of event, but the originators of the mari juana-dispensing coffee shop, Cyrus does not have a good enough

reason to be lighting one up on stage. No matter how outrageous and independent of a mold she’s trying to recreate, she is always going to have the Disney stigma of 12-year-old girls aspiring to be her.

Cyrus’s angst was said to be so controversial according to “MTV bosses that it was edited out of the show when it was aired in America,” said Daily Mail, a UK daily news magazine. However, “a 35-second clip of Miley lighting up later appeared on YouTube, giving US

fans a chance to see the controversial moment.”

Not only did Cyrus walk away with Video of the Year, she also performed twice during the telecast. She opened the show with “We Can’t Stop” and later in the show performed “Wrecking Ball”. During her latter performance, she caused quite a stir with her risqué outfi t choice. Cyrus was nominated for only one other award that night, Best Female Artist. She ended up losing to Katy Perry.

Courtesy of Music Mafi a

Miley Cyrus smokes a joint after winning the Video of the Year for “Wrecking Ball.” Cyrus’ daring outfi t was the same one she wore for her performance of the song.

Contrary to popular belief, her fan base was not as supportive this time. Regarding her ambition to be too controversial, the majority of her Twitter fans were, “lambasting her for the decision to light up on stage.”

Cyrus has received continuous negative feedback this week from fans and followers that are disproving her lack of class. Just when we thought Miley’s bag of tricks were empty, she continues to pull out more, unfortunately.

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A salute to our veterans

This week is very spe-cial to me. This week we celebrate our veterans. It is an honor to be able to celebrate the freedoms for which they fi ght and it is, especially, an honor to sa-lute them.

My family is fi lled with veterans, beginning with my grandfathers and my great uncles and now with my own brother, Chris. I have been given the hon-or of singing every year on Memorial Day for the Overton County Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion since 2002. My heart is with the veterans.

It makes me sad, how-ever, to see the govern-ment take away the free-doms for which these men and women fought. They fought for freedom from oppression, freedom to speak freely, and, most of all, for the freedom of re-ligion. I hate seeing what our leaders in this coun-try are doing to the free-doms the pilgrims came to America to have.

These freedoms have

Believe it or not, I am not inherently anti-Republican. I’m anti-Tea Party and fi rmly against neo-liberal economics, two imports that have taken the Republican Party hos-tage (Eisenhower would be aghast). So, far be it from me to suggest that Republican ideals do not equal progress. Color me pleasantly surprised when I learned it is a Republican member of the Tennessee state Senate who is for-mulating a bill to legalize hemp.

Rep. Frank Niceley (R), from Strawberry Plains, TN, is currently formulat-ing a bill to legalize the growth and industrial-ization of Hemp. Niceley believes it would revital-ize the Tennessee agricul-tural industry: by grow-ing hemp, farmers would be able to diversify their crops and crop products,

Raking in the green: Legalize hemp in Tennessee

been fought for since the day America became a British colony. Our found-ing fathers wrote a consti-tution, a bill of rights, and a declaration, declaring us free from tyranny, taxation without representation, and one nation under God.

From the American Revolution to the Civil War, freedom was fought for and won at a costly price. Men died for the right to be free. World War I was fought to free countries being overrun by other countries greedy for wealth and power. The U.S. entered World War II to give the Japanese a “what for” for killing innocent soldiers on our home turf, Hawaii.

Multiple wars and ru-mors of wars were fought in the last 50 to 60 years because of freedom. In the last 10 to 12 years alone, one war, the war on Terrorism, has been fought and many have died, including a dis-

tant family member. Our men and women fi ght for freedom still today.

But what are we doing to preserve these freedoms they die for? Nothing.

We are asleep as a nation and our govern-ment is taking our free-doms away one at a time. I am not playing the blame game between the political parties here; I am blaming all of us.

We were and still are a nation framed on the basis of C h r i s t i a n i t y and now we are throwing away the very thing that start-ed this nation, freedom of re-ligion, freedom to worship

God how they saw fi t. We took prayer out of schools because of one complain-ing Jezebel and now we are taking God out of this country.

WAKE UP, America! We are losing ourselves in this “let’s make people feel good” stupidity and we

aren’t taking up our fl ag of freedom. We are toss-ing aside the very rights so many people died for and are still dying for today.

This is a call to arms, wake up and look at the reality of what our nation is going through. This is our sign to get up and do something. We need to stand up and fi ght. Fight with prayer, fi ght with your votes, fi ght and don’t give up.

If we sit and do noth-ing, we void the sacrifi ce these men and women made. We sell ourselves short and, in the end, we will be no better than com-munist East Germany be-fore the wall came down. We will be no better than communist China.

Honor the men and women who have died in the 200 plus years we have been a nation by not giving up. Don’t take a back seat

and rest on your laurels. It is time to do as Lee

Greenwood once sang,“I am proud to be anAmerican, where at least Iknow I’m free. And I won’tforget the men who diedand gave that right to me.And I proudly STAND UPnext to you and defend herstill today, cause there ain’tno doubt I love this land,God bless the U.S.A.”

Stand up and don’tquit standing.

Sarah DingwallThe TTU R.O.T.C. Cadets honor our nation by training for the military while in college.

as well as grow a plant highly suited to the acidic soil and high water table of Tennessee.

YES. I cannot agree more emphatically. Growing in-dustrial hemp is a great idea for Tennessee farmers. Hemp is one of the single most productive crops known to man. Hemp can naturally produce paper, plastic, and dietary protein. It’s been used for cordage, food, fuel and paper since its discovery, and, starting in the 1980s, French scien-tists learned how to make building blocks out of it -- Hempcrete!

Its carbon footprint is NEGATIVE, and it involves minimal pesticide usage. It also requires signifi cantly less water and time to grow than timber, producing four times as much pulp per acre, per year, than a full-growth acre of timber.

Currently, products

made from hemp are im-ported into the United States from China and Europe, and now Tennessee can import hemp products from the 10 states that le-gally raise hemp -- against federal regulation. As the Tennessean quotes Nicely, hemp products are com-monly found throughout the country, and “it’s only illegal for a farmer to raise it.”

I’m inclined to agree that this regulation is unfair. It discriminates

against farmers, and it hurts Tennessee’s overall productivity.

In fact, one could ar-gue that the law against hemp -- not even marijua-na, but hemp -- is oppres-sive against farmers. Hemp was fi rst targeted by the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 (that’s right, Marihuana with an H), because Cannabis sativa, the plant species that includes both marijuana and hemp, was a threat to the economic sta-tus quo. Pharmaceuticals,

lumber, and even the bur-geoning nylon hose in-dustry felt threatened by a plant. Hemp has such a variety of uses that farmers could know their crop is going to be used, and most likely in an innovative way.

Niceley admits that there will be trouble con-vincing his colleagues to vote for his bill. My fa-vorite of his given quotes, as reported by WBIR, is “Their biggest fear is…peo-ple will think they support marijuana…that’s a cousin of hemp, but cornbread is a cousin of moonshine.” Good temperate Christians haven’t stopped eating cornbread because of its relations, have they? Didn’t think so. There’s also concern about align-ing with federal regula-tions, which still prohibit the growing of C. sativa. It hasn’t stopped marijuana growers in California or Colorado, or hemp farms in Kentucky or North Dakota. If enough states pass laws legalizing the production of hemp, it is entirely possible that can-nabis products would be exempted from the Controlled Substances Act, the law that incorporated the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937. Already, Washington exhibits support for chang-ing federal laws, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, whose

home state of Kentucky is one of the states in whichhemp is already legal.

What does this billmean for Tennesseans,and why should it pass?A simple answer: JOBS.According to the TennesseeDepartment of Labour,as of August of this year,Tennessee had an unem-ployment rate of 8.5%- 1.2% higher than the na-tional average. I agree, wehave markedly improved over rates from the heightof the recession in 2009 and2010, but there is still roomto grow.

I fervently believe thatif we legalize the produc-tion of hemp, we will seegrowth in the industrializa-tion of hemp and our state employment opportuni-ties. Hemp can be made into many different things,but who’s to do the makingonce the product is grown?This bill is not just good forfarmers who grow the crop,but also for the industrial-ists who will make it intosomething. Hire people towork the land, hire peopleto work in the factory – allworking around a sustain-able, high-yielding crop.

The legalization ofhemp underscores the idea of the triple-bottom line:good for people, good forbusiness, and good forthe environment. Green isgood, and it’s time to rakeit in.

Stock PhotoHemp is illegal in 39 states and Tennessee imports it to pro-duce products.

“And I proudly STAND UP next to you and defend her

still today, cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land, God

bless the U.S.A.”

For the fi rst time this season, the Tennessee Tech (4-7/1-5 OVC) foot-ball team notched an OVC win. The Golden Eagles de-feated Southeast Missouri University (2-8/1-5 OVC) 41 – 16 Saturday. The win snapped Tech’s six game los-ing skid in the conference.

“It gives us some confi -dence,” head coach Watson Brown said. “We looked like we did earlier in the year be-fore Darian got hurt.”

Junior quarterback Darian Stone had his best game of the season thus far on Saturday. Stone rushed for 162 yards on 29 carries, including three touchdowns. Stone also was 13 – 22 pass-ing for 135 yards.

To go along with his out-

standing performance on Saturday, Stone was named OVC Offensive Player of the Week by College Sports Madness.

Stone and the Tech of-fense wasted no time getting things on track Saturday. Stone scored his fi rst of three rushing touchdowns from 2-yard line. The drive was highlighted by a 36 yard scramble by Stone on second and 16.

On the fi rst play of the second quarter, the Redhawks attempted a 29-yard fi eld goal. Junior cor-nerback Tevin McDermott gave the ball back to the Tech offense at the 20-yard line when he blocked the attempt.

Tech took advantage of the opportunity, taking the ball 80 yards in fi ve plays and fi nding the end zone again. Stone scored from four yards

out, giving the Golden Eagles a 14 – 0 lead.

On the second play of SEMO’s next series, sopho-more linebacker Jay Rudwall picked off SEMO’s quarter-back. Rudwall returned the ball 38 yards before he was tackled at the 2-yard line. Junior running back Stephen Bush plunged into the end zone on fi rst down for the Golden Eagles giving them a 21 – 0 lead with just over 13 minutes to play in the second quarter.

The Tech defense surren-dered a fi eld goal on SEMO’s next possession. The Golden Eagle offense responded with a 14 play, 71-yard drive. Bush again found his way into the end zone, this time from sev-en yards out, giving Tech a 28 – 3 advantage with four min-utes to go before halftime.

Tech and SEMO traded

punts and turnovers to endthe half. Junior linebackerTra’Darius Goff tipped apass in the air which was in-tercepted by redshirt juniorMarty Jones. Goff leads theOVC in tackles with 96 andis followed closely by Joneswho has tallied 91.

Jones racked up fi vetackles, a forced fumble, andan interception for the game.For his efforts, Jones wasawarded the OVC DefensivePlayer of the Week by theconference.

Each team scored 13points in the second halfmaking the fi nal score 41 – 16in favor of the Golden Eagles.Tech has a much needed byeweek coming up this week-end before hosting in-state ri-val Austin Peay on Saturday,Nov. 23.

The Golden Eagles foot-ball team will honor veter-ans in its fi nal home game with camoufl age uniforms on Military Appreciation Day Nov. 23.

Tech will wear the uni-forms when the team hosts Austin Peay. Kickoff is set at 1:30 p.m.

“I am so excited to have this day,” said head coach Watson Brown. “I don’t know that there’s enough to say or do for the people who fi ght for us. I don’t know that words do it. We are go-ing to wear our uniforms in honor of them.”

“It’s a small tribute to our military, and it’s one

that everyone in the pro-gram is excited about do-ing,” Brown said.

All active and retired members of the U.S. military and their families are invited guests of the Golden Eagles. Those who work in public safety fi elds and as fi rst re-sponders are also invited by Tech Athletics to attend.

Brown said the players are also excited about the uniforms.

“They love it,” Brown said. “They think it’s awe-some and they’re ready to wear them.”

The head coach said the uniforms have become a tra-dition for the Golden Eagles.

“We will do this ev-ery year,” Brown said. “As long as we have Military

Appreciation Day, we will wear these uniforms.”

Brown said the players are ready for every aspect of the game Nov. 23.

“It’s also Senior Day and Scout Day, as well as Military Appreciation Day,” said Brown. “[Austin Peay] is an in-state school, which makes it a pride game. We’ll win it. .”

The Golden Eagles will recognize the team’s 12 se-nior players in pregame introductions.

Leveda Dexter, director of corporate sales and mar-keting, said Tech Athletics is making special arrange-ments for Nov. 23.

“We are currently work-ing with the ROTC depart-ment on campus for unique

items to be displayed in the 98.5 Kiss FM Tailgate Park,” said Dexter. “The tailgate park opens at 10:30, and our Golden Eagle Football team will continue its newest tra-dition of the Golden Eagle Walk at 11:15. We have a few tailgating spaces open and would encourage ev-eryone to come out to tail-gate with us.”

Dexter said there is also a ticket special being offered to fans.

“Each individual with a ticket to the football game on Nov. 23rd also gets a free ticket into the basketball game that night when our men’s team host Milwaukee at 7:00 p.m.,” Dexter said.

First half struggles cost women’s

basketball at Akron

For the second season in a row, the Golden Eagles women’s basketball team (1-1) suffered the season’s fi rst loss at the hands of the Akron Lady Zips (2-0), 118-71.

The Golden Eagles trav-eled to the James A. Rhodes Arena, home of the Lady Zips, Nov. 12 for their fi rst road test of the 2013-2014 campaign and as if it were déjà vu the match up ended with Akron at 2-0 and the Golden Eagles at 1-1.

Tech kept the game close, even leading at the 17:06 mark 8-7 after a made fi eld goal by junior Diamond Henderson, but the Lady Zips pulled away with some help from foul shots and limiting the Golden Eagles’ second chance points. They were almost on fi re from be-hind the arc, going 7-11. They would fi nish the fi rst half with 60 points.

Tech struggled to fi nd its

shot in the fi rst half, shoot-ing 28 percent from the fi eld and 58 percent from the foul line. The team also turned the ball over 13 times. Tech fi n-ished the fi rst half with just 26 points.

The Golden Eagles did not lie down in the second half. Henderson fi nished with 20 points. Williams had 10 second half points, 4-5 from the stripe, fi nish-ing with 15 and 7 rebounds and the team’s only block. Goolsby started the second and contributed with nine points giving her 14 total.

The Golden Eagles’ schedule doesn’t get any eas-ier for its next contest as they head to Starkville, Miss. Nov. 21 to face the Lady Bulldogs of Mississippi State.

Volleyball still looking to fi nish sets

The Tennessee Tech vol-leyball team played Ohio Valley Conference rival Jacksonville State Tuesday night, falling short of a win in all three matches.

The Golden Eagles (5-20/1-14 OVC) led all three matches until the fi nal sec-onds of each match when

the Gamecocks (12-18/5-10 OVC) scored the winning points. The fi nal scores were 25-22, 26-24, 25-22.

Tech led by four points several times in the fi rst set, leading 18-17 until JSU took off with a 5-1 point streak, re-fl ecting four errors Tech.

Kills by Madison Keyes, Ellen Conti and Elise Robertson tied the fi rst match 22-22 shortly before the Gamecocks scored the fi nal three points for a win, two of which Tech gave up in errors.

The Golden Eagles would drop the remaining sets in similar fashion.

Tech has one match left this season. Saturday the Golden Eagles will take on Southeast Missouri at 2 p.m. Saturday is Senior Day and the team will honor play-ers Natalie Penrod, Ashleigh Hancock and Elise Robertson.

“I have mixed emo-tions about having one game left, I am excited and sad at the same time,” said senior Ashleigh Hancock. “I hope to have infl uenced the team positively and passionately.”

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Weekly RoundupThis week’s sports stories at a glance

Football throttles SEMO for fi rst OVC win

Ladon Carter throws down an alley-oop dunk during the fi rst half of the Golden Eagles’ home opener against Loyola. Carter would fi nish with 12 points in the 74-69 win.

Camouflage jerseys for Military Appreciation Day

Junior Darian Stone accounted for 297 yards in the Golden Eagles’ 41-16 win over Southeast Missouri. Stone also earned College Sports Madness’ OVC Offensive player of the Week honors after his perfomance.

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Men’s basketball wins home opener against Loyola

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The Golden Eagles men’s basketball team defeated the Loyola Chicago Nov. 12 for its fi rst win of the season.

“The game itself was a big game because we needed to get a win and couldn’t start the season 0-2,” said senior guard Jeremiah Samarrippas.

Senior Dennis Ogbe would lead Tech with 13 points and nine rebounds. Samarrippas contributed with 10 points of his own along with a key assist to Ogbe in the fi nal two min-utes to stretch the lead and clinch the win. There was also strong play for the Tech bench by JC transfers Ladon Carter and Ty Allen, both fi n-ishing with double fi gures

in points. Carter fi nished with 12 points and seven re-bounds. Allen added his 11 points going 7-8 from the free throw line in the 32 minutes he picked up off the bench.

“Shirmane (Thomas) and Josiah (Moore) came in the game and picked up pressure on the on the ball and provid-ed late energy to keep us in the game,” said Samarrippas.

The Golden Eagles won the battle on the boards out-rebounding Loyola by double digits. On the of-fensive glass, Tech was out-rebounded by six but what was pulled down on offense was cashed in for 18 points. Defensively, Tech’s 24 boards limited the opposition to just six second chance points and was almost more than Loyola totaled for the entire game.

Loyola turned the ball over 14 times, eight of which were caused by steals, which led to 10 points for the Golden Eagles.

Though the Golden Eagles did not lead many cat-egories offensively, they did lead in free throw percent-age and attempts and also in bench points. Tech’s bench racked up 45 points to coun-ter the performance from the Loyola starters, who put up 64 points in the contest.

The Golden Eagles will travel to Texas for a weekend tournament Nov. 15 and re-turn home Nov. 21 for a four game home stand to close out November.

“The best teams go un-defeated at home, so that a team’s goal this year,” said Samarrippas.

This week’s Weekly Roundup features stories from Sports Editor Jamal Ferguson and Beat Reporter Linsday Blakely.

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The Yung J and Big Smo Concert at Cowboys on Nov. 13 brought in a crowd of over 400 people.

The majority of the fans arrived around 7:30 p.m. and Yung J opened for Big Smo around 9:00 p.m. Big Smo’s girlfriend made a quest ap-pearance on stage as he got down on one knee and pro-posed during the middle of the concert, receiving many cheers from the audience.

Tiffany Jones, a Cookeville resident and Big Smo fan, said she was brought to tears when he proposed.

“When Big Smo pro-posed, I literally cried,” Jones said. “It was so sweet that he did that on stage in front of everybody. It really set the mood for the whole night and seemed to make the crowd celebrate even more. Big Smo was amazing. I had a great time and I even bought

a shirt.” Jeremy Raider, a

Cookeville residents and at-tendee, said he thought that the night was a like a big red-neck, backwoods party.

“It was getting rowdy,” Raider said. “I think all the rednecks from the Upper Cumberland came out to drink and watch Big Smo. Big Smo’s songs are all about whiskey, girls, the country and partying it up. How could you not have a hell of a time?”

Morgan Scott, the mem-ber of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity who set up the event, said he was very pleased with the outcome of the night.

“This was a lot bigger turnout than I expected,” Scott said. “I thought that it would be mostly teenagers but there was more of an old-er crowd here tonight. I am really excited that this event was so successful. It has been great working with Cowboys

and the artists to put on this concert and everyone whocame out seemed to have agood time. I think Big Smoshould have opened for YungJ, though. Yung J was gettingit.”

Miranda Godwin, afreshmen student and friendof Yung J, agrees with Scottand said she thinks Yung J’sperformance was better.

“I was getting prettyhype,” Godwin said. “It was getting crazy up there. I know Yung J really well andhe did so good.”

Jonathan Ramsey, an older Cookeville Resident,didn’t particularly like eitherartist.

“Yung J was just plainterrible,” Ramsey said. “I feltlike he was out of breath orhe forgot his words half the time and Big Smo’s songs allsound the same - loud andin-your-face. Good thing I amonly here for the drinks. Thebeer fl ows no matter who isup there playing.”

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