Controversial sermons on South Patio this week stirred students’ emotions and invoked backlash against the preachers.

Street Evangelist John McGlone of Breeding, Ky., and fellow “open-air” evan-gelists drew crowds from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, shar-ing what they said were the “hard parts” of the Bible.

“As Christians, we be-lieve that, as Jesus taught, most people are on their way to hell fi re,” McGlone said.

Tech students gathered to listen to McGlone and oth-er preachers who visited the campus with him. Many took offense to the speakers’ proc-lamations about sin and hell.

“You drunkards, you li-ars,” one of the evangelists said to the crowd.

McGlone, who does “open air preaching” around the country, said his motive is to spread a message of love. But some of his methods, including singling out stu-dents, caused the listeners to question his intentions.

McGlone defended his

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Suzi VaughnStudents protest as Evangelist Jesse Morrell spreads his controversial message of biblical condemnation. Morrell is a member of PinPoint Evangelism, which travels the South.

approach by saying if he saw a student acting in a way that he felt was evidently sinful, he would bring it to atten-tion.

Essa Abbas, a freshman Muslim student, was among those who thought Mc-Glone’s method of preaching was extreme.

“He is trying to force his opinion and telling other people their opinions are wrong,” Abbas said. “He’s spreading hate.”

Angered students shout-ed back at the evangelists. Some made signs while oth-ers clapped and yelled in an effort to drown out preach-ing.

Senior Brantley Turner contested McGlone’s ideol-ogy during a sermon.

“I came in, and I asked him a question, and I said it loudly and clearly so he could hear me,” Turner said. “I asked him, ‘Can you judge?’ and he said, ‘Are you a homosexual?’”

Turner said when he asked McGlone why his sexuality was questioned, McGlone said it was because Turner had “feminine charac-teristics.”

“I felt like he was being disrespectful and offensive,

and by him asking me that question, he was basically calling me out,” Turner said.

Proclamations such as, “You’re preaching nothing but hate!” and threats of vio-lence against McGlone led to discomfort for some stu-dents.

Senior Alex Hutto be-lieves both McGlone and

Tech students acted offen-sively.

“It was a hostile environ-ment for sure,” Hutto said. “I mean, he egged it on. It wasn’t like just all of a sud-den students said they want-ed to fi ght him. He would talk down to people and tell them he didn’t want to hear what they had to say.”

Hutto said McGlone be-gan making negative com-ments about Tennessee Tech. It shocked Hutto that Univer-sity Police and Ed Boucher, dean of students, let Mc-Glone’s remarks go.

“He said the school was stupid and that it was point-less for us to be here, and I was really throttled that the

dean didn’t turn around andtell him to stop talking likethat,” Hutto said.

McGlone said the reasonfor his comments about Ten-nessee Tech was that studentsspend too much time study-ing “wordly” things insteadof the Bible.

Mark Ochsenbein, direc-tor of student activities, saidMcGlone had a legal rightto share his views on Tech’scampus and that he stayedwithin the parameters set forthose who register to speak atthe university.

Ochsenbein said if stu-dents didn’t want to listento the preaching, they couldhave walked away.

University Police offi cerMike Lambert said, “He hasgone through the correct le-gal channels to get the permitto be here, so we have to obeyit.”

McGlone won a caseagainst Tech in 2010 beforethe 6th U.S. Circuit Court ofAppeals after he was askedto leave for not giving twoweek’s notice before his ar-rival or disclosing what hewas going to speak about.McGlone said that he has

See “Preach,” page 6

Police continue to investigate information security breachBy JONATHAN KAULAYBeat Reporter

The personal informa-tion of some former and current Tech employees was stolen over the summer.

Up to 42 employees may have had their personal in-formation compromised. Campus Police Chief Gay Shepard said a former em-ployee gained unauthorized access to the personal infor-mation.

“One of the victims reported it to ‘Cookeville PD’,” Shepard said. “That’s how it got initiated. We ex-changed information, and we are helping with their in-vestigation.”

Campus police were in-formed of the situation July 5. Tech sent letters in early August informing the for-mer and current employees of the security breach.

“It’s a huge deal,” Shepard said. “We’ve had to do a lot of work on this end to get the email out and the letters, what have you, to get everybody up to speed and aware. Awareness was the most important part of this.”

Tech also plans to send out 11,000 additional letters to current and former em-

ployees with tips on how tospot and monitor signs ofidentity theft.

Shepard said the specifi cinformation that had beencompromised was confi den-tial as the investigation isongoing.

One of the 42 employ-ees, Kelly Monk, who is aprofessor at Tech, said theywere told very little infor-mation regarding the secu-rity breach.

“I got a form letter,”Monk said. “Not sure whatelse they could do. Theywere pretty generic about it.They said a former employ-ee had gotten access to someof my personal information.No real specifi cs.”

Monk expressed con-cern over something like thishappening again but alsounderstands that sometimesthings like this will happen.

“You have to give uppersonal information towork, to get paid,” Monksaid. “It is a shame that thereare people out there whowant to steal from you.”

The investigation iscurrently being conductedthrough a joint effort be-tween the Campus Policeand the Cookeville PoliceDepartment.

Tech football’s season opener two Thursdays ago was abuzz, as one would expect.

Students, faculty, football fans and community members alike piled into Turner Stadium on a warm night excited to watch football. However, every one of the 10,130 in attendance were energized for more than just the opening of a campaign for the reigning Ohio Valley Confernce champs.

Heard of Da’Rick Rogers?The former University of Tennes-

see wideout and All-SEC member Rogers transferred to Tech after he was suspended indefi nitely from UT. The reason for the suspension was not released until Rog-ers himself admitted to failing a drug test while enrolled at UT.

“There were a couple of drug tests,” Rogers said at a Tech press conference.

“And it was about me being a young, im-mature guy, and those are things that I’ve got to work on. I plan to do that.

“When it came to review my next school, and I met coach Brown, I most defi -nitely felt like he was a guy that could help me with all my things and the situation that I had going on.”

Brown admitted the situation was a new one for him but said that he saw Rogers as nothing but “fi rst-class.” Brown added that he has provided stipulations for Rogers’ behavior in order to keep him accountable.

“Would I say Da’Rick has got things that he’ll have to do more than just the reg-ular players on the team? Yes,” said Brown. “But I won’t go into those. That’s between he and I. That’s going to do nothing but help him. If this was my son that had got-ten into something that he regretted, then I would love him and be hard on him at the same time and say, ‘Let’s get through this together and get it corrected.’” See “Rogers,” page 5

By ROSS HARVEYSports Editor

Rogers said he knew he needed to change his attitude and felt that Tech was the right place to get on track.

“There were many different programs that I probably could have gone to,” Rog-ers said. “When I met Coach Brown, it was a done deal. I just fell in love with Tennes-see Tech. I most defi nitely felt like he was a guy that could help me with all my things and the situation that I had going on. All that’s behind me now, and I can say those problems won’t happen here at all.”

Rogers played at the same high school as Tech players Tre Lamb and Adam Ur-bano, who currently start at quarterback and running back, respectively. Lamb’s father coached Rogers at the Calhoun, Ga., school. Although Tech did not talk to cur-rent UT coach Derek Dooley about the sus-pension, Brown said the fact that so many people spoke well on Rogers’ behalf made the decision easier.

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With the new Arts and Media Village completion about a month away, students living in the Ellington/Warf residence halls are aggravated with construction workers.

“They are really loud, and sometimes they smoke,” freshman Alex Wilson said. “I live on the fourth fl oor and can’t open my window anymore because of the smoke com-ing up into our room.”

Construction has been underway on the bottom fl oor of Warf since the end of July to put in a classroom and offi ce for the Arts Vil-lage.

“We haven’t had a lot of complaints,” Andrew Moneymaker, area coordinator for Capital Quad and Crawford Hall, said. “We

did have some people throw up concerns around Great Move-In Day because students would be seeing the construction while mov-ing in.”

Moneymaker said Residential Life had stopped construction on Great Move-In Day, but construction is again underway because of a strenuous timeline for completion of the project.

“The biggest thing is they cannot start construction or working before 7 o’clock in the morning, and that’s kind of to help the students out,” Moneymaker said.

Freshman Corene Ledgerwood said, “I’m on the second fl oor, and they are liter-ally right below me. They wake me and my roommate up many times during the day, even during quiet hours.”

Ellington/Warf residents frustrated with intrusive construction workersBy SHELBY MCDONALDBeat Reporter

The American Diabetes Association is holding Step Out to raise money for diabe-tes research Sunday at 2 p.m. on the Quad.

According to the ADA website, walking is essential to those with diabetes because it helps control blood glucose levels. It also helps prevent Type 2 diabetes.

The fundraiser is essential because it is helping promote healthiness to those with and without diabetes while rais-ing money. The walk will be at Tech for those who have diabetes and could benefi t from participating and know-ing about this event.

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diabetes when I was a fresh-man in high school, and the biggest obstacle for me was probably learning how to manage my diabetes with my new schedule in college,” junior Krystal Looney said. “I have not heard anything about the diabetes walk here at Tech, but I would love to read and hear all about it if there is one.”

Greg Lessley, a member of Nashville’s division of ADA, said, “25.8 million Americans in the U.S. have diabetes. 79 million people in the U.S. are borderline diabetic. This Step Out walk is the fi rst one held in Cookeville. We have held the walk in Nashville for years. I am hoping the walk will get the word out to stu-dents and faculty to be aware in the future, if all goes well,

and come out to participate and support in fi nding a cure for diabetes.”

There are currently 12 teams and 73 participants reg-istered for the Step Out.

“I have had diabetes since about the seventh grade, and at fi rst I was in denial,” se-nior Sarah Daves said. “And still years later, I am trying to come to terms for what it means for me. Having dia-betes requires a complete change in lifestyle.”

According to the ADA website, more than 150,000 participants from more than 130 walk events across the country raised more than $20 million last year.

“If trends continue today, since 2000, one in every three people will have diabetes,” Lessley said. “By registering, you will be helping contrib-ute to the nine researchers with $2.6 million in researcher grants to fi nd a cure.

“We are fi ghting an epi-demic right now, and one day we will fi nd a cure,” Lessley said.

For more information, visit Cookeville’s Step Out website at www.main.diabe-tes.org/Cookeville.

Tech is implementing its fi rst campus-wide cohesive recycling program.

The fi rst buildings with plastic and aluminum re-cycling bins are Derryberry Hall and the RUC.

Lydia Brown, senior and administrator of the recycling program, said there would be recycling bins in the Library and the Engineering Quad by the end of the week, if not sooner.

“Before this semester ends, I would like to hit all the academic buildings, the Fit and the major administra-tive buildings with recycling bins,” Brown said.

Students pay a sustain-ability, or green, fee included

Tech students expand recycling program across campusBy SUZI VAUGHNBeat Reporter

in tuition to support the recy-cling program on campus.

“The green fee is in the range of $8 to $10 for each student per semester,” Brown said. This fee allows Brown to pioneer the mission for the recycling bins and general maintenance.

The recycling subcom-mittee proposed hiring stu-dent workers to engineer and implement a recycling plan.

“I was hired to admin-istrate the recycling plan be-cause facility felt strongly that since students are the only ones on campus paying for the program, a student should be hired for the job,” Brown said. She has a team of 10 student workers who help implement the recycling plan.

The Information Technol-ogy Services department can monitor what every student in a campus lab is printing.

The reason for the moni-toring is to see if the $25 quo-ta every student has will give a suffi cient amount of pages for academic purposes each semester.

“I can see the name of the job that is being printed, which I review periodically just to determine if there is a particular class, job or print required by an instructor that may be creating too large an impact on a student’s print quota,” Annette Littrell, man-ager of academic and client technologies, said. “If we see that the latter is the case, we can offer assistance to the professor to fi nd alternatives for printing to help students.”

Littrell said they are not invading anyone’s privacy.

The main concern is that all students have a suffi cient amount of printing for their academic needs.

This summer was the fi rst time the Pharos System, which tracks the print jobs, was implemented.

Throughout the summer semester, only 33 students exceeded the $25 quota, and 16 of those students exceeded

ITS monitoring student printing, reviewing quotaBy JORDAN KERLEYBeat Reporter

the quota by more than 50 pages.

Littrell said if the same few numbers of students are going over their quota, then they will know the quota is suffi cient.

If a signifi cant number of students exceed the quota, the ITS department will look back and make sure the rea-son they went over was be-cause of academic reasons rather than personal reasons.

Since the system has been put into place, Tech has seen a reduction of 25 percent of waste so far.

Approximately 150,000 pieces of paper were printed on this summer. Had the Pharos System not been in use, nearly 38,000 additional pages would have been auto-matically printed and gone to waste.

“We will monitor the system over time because we always want to balance the issue between conservation of resources and serving the needs of the students,” Curtis Armstrong, interim associate vice president of ITS, said.

If a student goes over the quota, the document will still print without interruption.

Once a month, any print-ing charges that have accu-mulated will be billed to the student’s account through the Bursar’s Offi ce.

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The TTU Memes Face-book page gained popular-ity quickly and is a way for students to bond over simi-lar problems in a humor-ous way.

Memes are forms of media, such as pictures or videos, which often ex-press Internet phenomena.

The TTU Memes page creators and operators de-cided to create the Face-book page to see what reac-tion students would have.

“We noticed UT had started a meme page, and we wanted to see how en-thusiastic Tech students would get if they had one,” Eric Moon, sophomore and co-creator, said. “We would always walk around campus and notice quirky things about campus that would make good memes.”

The memes page quick-ly became popular and continued to grow steadily after the page was created.

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Dierks Bentley will visit Tech as a re-placement for SOLO concert vote winner Eric Church.

Voting results last spring placed Church as the performer for the fall concert. However, Church will not be performing at Tech anytime soon. Bentley, students’ second choice, will be performing this semester in-stead.

“I am very upset that we are getting Di-erks Bentley instead of Eric Church,” senior Alex Brown said. “I don’t see the point in voting for something if we never get the per-former we vote for. Why don’t they just get somebody to perform instead of getting our hopes up and letting us down? I don’t see the need in the hassle.”

This is not the fi rst time the SOLO Com-mittee hasn’t been able to procure the stu-

dent-selected performer in the short history of the SOLO Bill. The fi rst performer to win the vote, Maroon 5, turned down the bid, leaving it up to the Goo Goo Dolls. LMFAO also did not perform, leaving the bid to rap-per B.o.B.

“When we originally put people in the selection process, Eric Church was in our price range,” SGA Vice President Roy West said. “As soon as the votes came out, his price tripled overnight, and so he was no longer in our price range, so we couldn’t afford to have him perform.”

The artist selection for student voters is comprised by a third party agent contracted by the SGA who compiles a list of perform-ers they believe can be obtained by the SOLO fund. Then, SGA members narrow down the list to fi t the next genre in the SOLO rotation.

“There is always a different reason ev-ery year why we don’t get performers,” West said.

Dierks Bentley to replace Eric Church as Fall SOLO concert series artistBy JODI LAWRENCEBeat Reporter

Country superstar Dierks Bentley is slated to perform at this semester’s SOLO concert. Bent-ley will replace Eric Church, who was to perform originally.

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The enrollment numbers continue to rise as Tech starts the Fall 2012 semester with more than 200 international students on campus.

The International Student Affairs offi ce started the semester with a rise in internation-al students on Tech’s campus. The numbers have increased the past fi ve years based on interest in the campus, what Tech can offer the students and what programs are available.

“The numbers for the semester is 60 ex-change students, 39 graduate students and 128 undergraduate students,” Charles Wilker-son, director of the International Student Af-fairs offi ce, said. “That’s not including the 100 ESL students.”

According to Amy Miller, study abroad coordinator, they have gained about 50 stu-dents each semester.

Wilkerson said one reason for the growth is from the recruiting.

“We have only been recruiting for the past three years,” Wilkerson said. “When we started recruiting, the students started show-ing up.”

Wilkerson said part of the recruiting pro-cess is going to different countries and attend-ing specifi c fairs to hand out information to students about Tech. He will be attending a fair at the U.S. Embassy this week to gain pro-spective students.

“I will have students fi ll out prospect cards so that I am able to contact them to see if they would like more information about Tech,” Wilkerson said.

Hiromi Kawamura, a Tech senior study-ing abroad from Japan, said that she found Tech by going online instead of being recruit-ed.

“It was just on my own,” Kawamura said.

“I just came across Tech randomly.”According to Wilkerson, the students

come from all over the globe. Some coun-tries include Iran, Peru, Thailand and Indone-sia, but the new trend is students from Asian countries.

“The largest group is Saudi Arabia,” Wilk-erson said. “However, the new students are coming from Asia. We have been getting a lot of students from the Middle East for the last few years because their government has been giving them scholarships and other forms of fi nancial aid.”

Kawamura said she didn’t want to go to a university that didn’t have too many Japanese students.

“I didn’t want to make friends with just Japanese students because I wouldn’t be able to use English as much as I would like to,” Kawamura said.

Wilkerson said another reason the under-graduate numbers have increased is because of the programs involved with Tech. Other reasons include traveling, learning the Eng-lish language and gaining a degree to pursue a job.

The numbers are growing based on the English as a Second Language program Tech offers to international students. Wilkerson said the program is based through the orga-nization FSL International, which teaches stu-dents how to speak English, so they can ad-vance and continue their education through Tech.

“Tennessee Tech is the only site in the South,” Wilkerson said.

Miller said the international students spend up to 30 hours a week working on the ESL program.

“When the students reach a certain level of English, they can integrate into the univer-sity classes,” Miller said.

International student enrollment continues to riseBy MICA BILBREYBeat Reporter

page,” Shawn Steffey, sophomore and co-creator, said. “We have about the same amount of people liking our page as the UT page has if you look at it in terms of how many people go here compared to how many go to UT.”

Matt Donovan, sopho-more and co-creator, said the page also gives new and current students an idea of what to expect on

campus.“Students form ex-

pectations when they see the page,” Donovan said. “They know when they see a meme that not just one person feels that way. If they see something on there that they’ve felt be-fore, then they know that they’re not the only ones that feel that way. ”

TTU Memes Facebook Page

TTU Memes offers revelent humor to students about general campus problems.

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“ What’s on your mind?

I am sure most of you have heard about or unfortu-nately seen the “South Patio Preacher.” I, as a Christian, am fi rst of all, saddened by this man and his followers and secondly, upset that he is blaspheming the Word of God.

When I fi rst heard about John McGlone, I was very cu-rious. I consider myself to be a child of God and a patriot and therefore support our right to freedom of speech. I think no matter what your view is on an issue, you have the right, as an American, to express it within the bounds of the law.

In the past, McGlone was asked to leave for violating Tech’s policy of giving two weeks notice of your inten-tion. That policy was not only in the interest of student safe-ty, but also so certain parts of campus were not double-booked for use. I understand why Tech had this policy in effect; however, McGlone and the Court of Appeals did not. McGlone fi lled a lawsuit against Tech and lost in trial but appealed the decision. The ruling was overturned in his favor by the Court of Appeals. Tech then changed its policy to a four day notice. McGlone took all steps legal-

ly to be on Tech’s campus this time.

I had the chance to in-terview the “South Patio Preacher.” I wanted to clear the air for myself as a Christian and fi nd out the rea-soning behind his hate. My fi ndings were not of Biblical backing.

I asked him several differ-ent questions to try and come to some understanding of his beliefs and from where in the Bible he was taking this ex-treme view. I told him that I had been on the patio the day before and heard one of the other followers say to some-one that he no longer sinned because he “picks up his cross every day and prays that God will deliver him from temp-tation.” I was shocked and very offended by this.

I feel like this man is making the rest of us who are trying to live a life pleasing to God look like a bunch of “crazies.”

When we are born into this world, we are born into a sinful nature. It goes all the way back to Adam and Eve. From that bite of forbidden fruit, sin entered the world.

The Bible teaches us in Romans 6:23, “The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through

Jesus Christ our Lord.” Does that mean we are all

going to Hell like the crazy man says? Yes and no. Yes, the wages of sin is death, but you do have a choice. The choice is whether to accept the gift mentioned in the scripture. The gift is the sac-rifi ce God gave us by send-ing his Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for our sins. It was through this that our sins were paid for, and if we choose to accept it, we will live eternal life in Heaven.

The “South Patio Preacher” also agrees that is the way to Heaven. However, if you sin again and fall short, you are going to spend life in eternal damnation. The prob-lem with this idea is that you are putting yourself into the equation of salvation. The Bible teaches, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God,” Ephesians 2:8. If I say, “Ok God, what you did was great and all, but that is not enough. I also have to do X, Y, and Z to spend eternal life in Heaven,” I would be putting myself into the for-mula of salvation and would be devaluing the ransom that was given by Jesus dying on the cross for atonement of my sins. The fact remains that the only thing that will get me to Heaven and make me worthy before my maker is to accept the price that was paid at Calvary so long ago.

JONATHAN KAULAY

Opinion Editor

HALEY MULLINS

Assistant Opinion Editor

Back in August, the Senate heard from the IPCC, the United Nations climate body. After facing a sum-mer fi lled with draughts and wildfi res, the IPCC warned that there is a direct link be-tween disasters such as those previously mentioned and climate change.

“It is critical to under-stand that the link between climate change and the kinds of extremes that lead to di-saster is clear,” Christopher Field, a lead author of the IPCC report, said when be-fore the Senate.

Yet the majority of re-publicans do not believe in manmade climate change. Many do not believe that climate change is happen-ing at all. Climate change even got called out during the Republican National Convention.

“President Obama has promised to slow the rise of the oceans and to heal the planet,” Mitt Romney quipped. He then paused to

allow some laughter.Meanwhile, the over-

whelmingly republican Tennessee General Assembly passed a bill that protects teachers from any wrongdo-ing when they are “helping students understand, ana-lyze, critique and review in an objective manner the sci-entifi c strengths and scientifi c weaknesses of existing scien-tifi c theories such as evolu-tion and global warming.”

The bill, which became law in April of this year, opens the door for a teacher to basically imply scientifi c controversy where scientifi c controversy does not exist, such as in the specifi cally mentioned subjects of evolu-tion and climate change.

It also allows for alterna-tive theories to be taught in classrooms. There are two disturbing aspects to this. First, the prevailing alterna-tive theory to climate change is to deny climate change. The second is the alterna-tive to evolution, which is a

glorifi ed version of creation-ism called intelligent design. This can now be discussed in Tennessee public schools as if it were true biology. Does anyone else see a separa-tion of church and state issue here?

Republicans in state leg-islatures across the country have tried to pass legislation such as this but have only succeeded in Tennessee and Louisiana.

Considering the anti-science atmosphere in the Republican Party, is it any wonder that we have a re-publican congressman, in Todd Akin, who understands so little about biology that he would suggest women have a biological mechanism, perhaps some sort of fairy, which can distinguish the difference between consensu-ally received genetic material and forcibly received genetic material?

Don’t get me wrong. Evolution and climate

change are controversial but not to scientists. These are controversial to politicians, particularly republicans. Republicans have done an ex-cellent job of creating an illu-sion of scientifi c doubt.

The fact that I feel it nec-essary to start presenting evidence that evolution and climate change are real things highlights how deep the illu-sion goes.

It is ridiculous that I feel compelled to do this. Evidence for both evolution and climate change is abun-dant. It has been exhibited and presented time and time again. Evolution is the guide-line that biologists use to study biology.

It is a scientifi c paradigm.There is not true scientifi c

debate on whether or not evo-lution is an actual thing. Nor is there debate in the scientifi c community as to whether or not the climate is changing. These are not scientifi c con-troversies. Instead, these are

political controversies.It is considered weak for

a republican to concede to a scientist. John Huntsman was the least relevant candi-date in the Republican presi-dential primaries. Despite his economic policies align-ing perfectly with conserva-tive principles, his belief in science got him labeled as a liberal in disguise.

It was not always like this. The Republicans used to offer solutions to climate change.

Cap and trade is a good example of this. Cap and trade is a market-based ap-proach to get a hold on cli-mate change. The idea is to provide economic incentives to businesses for achieving reductions in pollutants.

Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich and other prominent repub-licans used to support cap and trade. President Barrack Obama has also expressed support for cap and trade.

During this year’s repub-lican primaries, though, it be-came mudslinging fodder if a candidate voted or supported cutting greenhouse emissions and pollutants. Republicans have managed to make it a positive attribute to not want to limit the amount of chemicals we pump into the atmosphere.

Republicans have created an atmosphere in America where a passionate opinion is sacred no matter how much the opinion may go against logic and fact. This idea that “everyone is entitled to their opinion” and sometimes we “must agree to disagree” has paved the way for the notion that all opinions are equal when they are not. Some opinions are simply better than others, especially when one of said opinions is backed up by scientifi c fact.

An opinion alone does not and should not trump science.

LETTER TO THE EDITORIn the defense of Christianity

At fi rst the preachers on South Patio were re-ally offensive to me. Not even to me personally, but whenever I, as a Christian, try to reach out to others or even mention my faith, I am terrifi ed that other stu-dents might believe that what they were actually saying had anything to do

with the true message of Christianity.

Luckily, as I watched, many other Christians stood up to defend our-selves from that “preacher” who claimed to be sinless (I think there may have even been a warning in the Bible about people like him), but even many of my non-Christian friends re-alized the speakers were completely perverting the

message of Christ.But for anyone who

was offended by the speeches,

I want to truly apolo-gize and say that God re-ally does care about you and truly doesn’t enjoy sending college students to hell. Some people sim-ply abuse the right of Free Will.

Wade Seagravewade_seagrave@yahoo.com

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He’s really making a bad name for Christians everywhere. Beyond all of the ‘don’t force your religion on me’ stuff, which he has every actual right to be there preaching, what does he expect to gain? Yelling at people, making an ass of yourself and telling everyone they’re going to hell coverts nobody.

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How can Tech beat Or-egon?

The Calhoun, Ga., con-nection.

Maybe the news didn’t reach the Beaver state, but in Tennessee, this big news hit immediately: former University of Tennessee wide receiver Da’Rick Rog-ers transferred to Tech to play football with his high school teammates QB Tre Lamb and RB Adam Ur-bano.

The trio from Georgia has transformed Tech’s po-tent spread offense from a year ago into an unstoppa-ble force that has defenses around the nation cowering in fear.

Last season for UT, Rogers led the Southeastern Conference with 67 recep-tions and 1,040 yards and was named a fi rst-team All-SEC selection. Rogers is ex-plosive and athletic, and he does not lack in confi dence.

But why should he? In his fi rst two games (with-out the benefi t of spring practice at Tech), Rogers has eight catches for 163 yards and two scores – on 11 targets. That’s not all. Ur-bano has run for 140 yards/game and Lamb has added 317 yards/game in total of-fense. Add those staggering

numbers to copious other talented receivers, a bou-quet of tight ends and an offensive line that looks like they hit the Tech cafeteria four times a day, and you have a Tech offense that looks like they could out-score the NFL’s Miami Dol-phins.

Our defense, led by linebacker/defensive end Marcus Edwards, senior de-fensive back Will Johnson and sophomore Austin Tal-lant, is pretty good as well. They create turnovers and hit you with a big play just when they need it. We all know defense wins cham-pionships. This game may end up 114-98, but Tech’s defense will stand tough and stop Oregon when it needs to.

Don’t get me wrong. Oregon is good. They run

the spread as well, albeit, the teams run two very different offenses. Chip Kelly is an experienced, smart coach. Marcus Mari-ota, Kenjon Barner and De’Anthony Thomas are an excellent trio themselves.

But Tech head coach Watson Brown just came off an Ohio Valley Conference-winning season. He likes the success his team has experienced. And he knows how to keep it going.

Lamb TD pass to Rog-ers. Urbano TD run. Lamb TD pass to Urbano. Shoot, maybe even Urbano TD pass to Rogers. Rogers to Lamb on the end-around?

The Calhoun, Ga., con-nection. Ask their high school opponents. You know what’s coming. You just can’t stop it.

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Tech Football | 2012 ScheduleAug. 30 Hampton (W)Sep. 6 North Greenville (W)Sep. 15 at OregonSep. 22 at SE Mo. St. *Sep. 29 at Murray St. *Oct. 6 Jacksonville St. *

Oct. 20 Eastern Ky. *Oct. 27 at Tennessee St. *Nov. 3 Eastern Ill. *Nov. 10 Tenn.-Martin *Nov. 17 at Austin Peay *

* denotes Ohio Valley Conference game

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Jamal Ferguson

By DREW HASTONBeat Reporter

Tennessee Tech’s soccer team is looking to create a unique atmosphere with the creation of the new fan sec-tion, the Screaming Eagles.

The idea came from assistant coach Corey Boyd, who looked to profession-al teams for inspiration.

“Many soccer teams have support-ers groups,” Boyd said. “An example is Sam’s Army, the U.S. National Team’s supporters group.

“In Europe, these groups are called ultras. Fanatical groups that dress in the colors of their club and sing and chant from kick-off until the end of the match.”

The promotion of the new section led to an attendance of 400 at last Fri-day’s match against Middle Tennessee State University.

The big crowd was a welcome sight

to junior midfi elder Emily Homan. “We love when our stands are full,”

Homan said. “It makes us better to hear people cheering for us. Our level rises because of them.”

Boyd said, “Our players love our fans, so I wanted the fans to also feel that they are part of something, as well as being able to have a great time in the process.”

Homan said, “We are encouraging fans to dress up, cheer, sing and chant as long as it’s clean. We want the games to be fun not only for the players, but for the fans as well.”

Boyd also mentioned that the only restriction for the section is noisemak-ers, which are an NCAA violation.

The team’s next home match is Sept. 23 as they open conference play against Jackson State University. It will also be the team’s breast cancer aware-ness game. For more information, please visit TTUSports.com.

Tech soccer fans look on from the new fan section, the “Screaming Eagles.“ Assistant coach Corey Boyd came up with the idea in order to make Tech’s soccer experience a more professional atmosphere.

Tech soccer expects to get boost from new fan section

By CALLEN HARRELLBeat Reporter

Harvey: Why Tech will beat Oregon

Digital media outlets have made it possible for Tech students to keep up with tomorrow’s football game against the Uni-versity of Oregon.

Media outlets ranging from radio, Twitter, cell phones and laptops will give students a variety of ways to follow the ac-tion against the No. 4 ranked team in the nation.

“Magic 98.5 will streaming the Oregon game,” Magic 98.5 employee Zach Ledbet-ter said. “We also sent Tech student Taylor Jones to the game.”

Along with live streaming the game on the Internet and radio, Magic 98.5 held a contest during the recent caravan tour,

awarding one lucky listener airfare and two tickets to see the game in person. Tay-lor Jones, a junior multi-disciplinary stud-ies major, won the tickets.

Students can keep track of the game on their cell phones by using apps from ESPN, Fox Sports or Twitter. Twitter us-ers can follow Tech’s offi cial Twitter page, @TTUgoldeneagles, which will be live-tweeting during the game.

Students can also keep track of the game on ESPN or ESPN2’s ticker on TV.

Fans can stream the game online or check the score by using the free play-by-play tracker on the websites for ESPN and Fox Sports. Both websites offer up-to-the-minute results, showcasing who has the ball, what down they’re on and how much time is left in the game.

Expect to see Da’Rick Rogers, left, celebrating often this year.

Coach Polk, senior Maxwell lead Tech men’s golf into the 2012-2013 season

Head golf coach Polk Brown is in the process of getting his athletes ready to start the 2012-2013 season.

Brown is in his second season as Tech’s head golf coach and is a former Golden Eagle golfer from 2001-2006.

“It’s a lot of fun being on the other side of things,” Brown said. “I really ap-preciate the opportunity.”

Brown said his main goal for his golf-ers is to help them get their degrees and make golf as fun as possible for them.

The golf team’s fi rst tournament of the season is the Mason Rudolph Cham-pionship Sept. 21-23 at Vanderbilt Uni-versity.

The tournament has a large fi eld of Division-I schools such as Vanderbilt University, The University of Mississippi and Middle Tennessee State University.

Brown said that going to big tour-naments such as the Vanderbilt one is a great privilege. Normally, a team has to win the conference to get an invitation.

The tournaments at Vanderbilt and South Carolina the following weekend will be good for Tech’s program and for the golfers as individuals.

“Obviously I want guys that can play

good, consistent golf,” Brown said. “I want a player with high character and that puts a lot of stock into the opportu-nity and knows what a privilege it is.”

Team member and Cookeville native Lee Maxwell falls right into that category.

Maxwell was the only freshman golfer on the team four years ago. Now he’s the only senior.

“It’s fun taking on a leadership role and helping out the young-er guys,” Maxwell said. “Hopefully, I’ll leave a good mark here at Tech.”

Maxwell’s ultimate goal is for the team to win the Ohio Valley Conference championship.

He thinks there is a better chance of winning this season with the addition of four new golfers.

“It’s hard to be as motivated with three or four guys on the team, knowing that you will all get to be in the tourna-ments,” Maxwell said.

With the four extra golfers, there is a lot more in-house competition to push each other during qualifying. Only the top fi ve will get to participate in the tour-naments on the weekends.

Maxwell

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Magic 98.5 to stream Tech vs. Oregon

RogersCONTINUED from page 1

“I think we would’ve (talked to Dooley) if I had no background with Da’Rick whatsoever,” Brown said. “But I had enough folks that were talking to me about him and how they felt about him that I just didn’t think that I needed to do that.”

Despite his last cou-ple of weeks, Rogers is excited about his chance to play for the Golden Eagles. And he knows the impact he can have.

I’m excited to be in purple and gold,” Rogers said. “Hopefully every-body will be able to come

out dressed in purple and gold and watch our games. It’ll be exciting. I’m excited to be here and be with the team and have brand new camaraderie with these guys. It’ll be fun to watch us play.”

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Tie the Knot

Last Sunday night, Blake Lively of “Gossip Girl” and actor Ryan Reynolds got hitched in a secret wedding ceremony at the beautiful Boone Plantation in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. The two were mar-ried just two years after Reynolds’ split from ac-tress Scarlett Johansson. Lively and Reynolds have been dating almost a year since the two costarred in last summer’s “Green Lantern.” Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine is rumored to have performed at the reception, and Christian Louboutin is rumored to have been a guest at the ceremony and the designer of Lively’s cus-tom wedding shoes. The main house at the planta-tion was used as Rachel McAdams’ summer home in 2004’s hit love story “The Notebook.” How romantic!

Chris Brown Gets a Tattoo That Resembles Rihanna

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CELEBRITY GOSSIP OF THE WEEKTV REVIEW OF THE WEEK: “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo”

The Rise of the “Honey Boo Boo”

What is a “Honey Boo Boo” exactly? Most people would fi rst assume that it’s probably a phrase a child says after they fall and get a cut, but that’s not it. Is it an orangutan swooping from tree to tree in the rain forest? Is it a hot, new child’s toy on the market? Maybe a classier name for the women of the night? Unfortunately, the answer to all of those ques-tions is “no.”

Honey Boo Boo, occa-sionally known as Alana Thompson, is a 7-year-old girl starring in her own reali-ty show on TLC called “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.” Boo Boo is not alone in this fi ght to bring justice back to the typical, all-American family. Starring along with her is her mother June, father Mike, and sisters Anna, Jessica and Lauryn (respectively known as Mama June, Sugar Bear, Chickadee, Chubbs and Pumpkin). Yes, this regu-lar, 21st century version of the Kennedys shares its ev-ery moment with America. Whether it is a weight loss contest, burping contest, worst breath contest or just another day of going to the annual redneck games, this family is taking the world by storm, one cut of the cheese at a time!

If this family sounds fa-miliar, it’s not because it is your cousins from Muncie. It’s because they fi rst ap-peared on TLC’s “Toddlers and Tiaras.” Even then this family had captivated the American audience with its antics.

The new show mainly revolves around Honey Boo Boo and her quest to be-come America’s Next Top Pageant Queen. Boo Boo is a very sassy little girl with the mouth of a G-rated trucker. Her only goal in life is to be the best pageant contestant this side of the Mississippi. Honey Bo Boo does have one exceptional quality though. The girl knows how to strut her stuff!

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Boo Boo’s sisters never get jealous of their little sis-ter and are always watching her with an encouraging eye. All three of the girls play a signifi cant part in this show and make this family dy-namic that more compelling. Sugar Bear quietly stays out of the way during pageant preparation but watches his daughter proudly dur-ing the pageant. Sugar Bear doesn’t say much, but when he does it is like poetry. For example, when Mama June slips on a short blonde wig in episode 6, he says, “It makes me feel a little frisky, and I kind of wanted to jump some bones.” It’s a regular Hallmark type of moment.

When not traveling from competition to competition, the family enjoys spend-ing time with one another at home. Daily activities in-clude sleeping until noon, eating, couponing at the market, eating, going to the garbage dump to shop, eat-ing, feeding the pig, and did I mention eating? They are defi nitely not conventional in the sense of being man-nerly or cultured, but they are conventional in the sense that they love each other and

always put family fi rst.The show has been a rat-

ings success for TLC and is averaging more than 3 mil-lion viewers per episode. It has become the No. 1 show in its time slot in the extremely important 18-49 demograph-ic. This family has captivated the American television au-dience so much that the show beat the Republican Nation Convention in the ratings. It has yet to be determined if that shows a good qual-ity of the American people, but it does speak volumes for what the people actually care about. This family may be irrelevant, crass and un-refi ned, but if you overlook that, you will see realness about them. They do not pre-tend to be what they are not, and each one is always true to his or her character. “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” is pure entertainment, and that is why people like watch-ing it. No, it may not always be the most sophisticated show, and the family may not always be appealing, but two things can be promised from tuning in, and those are laughter and shock.

I urge people to watch this show with an open, clear mind and not go into it judgmentally. Do that and you will come away with a laugh, an appreciation of family, and ultimately you will thank God you don’t have Honey Boo Boo and her family living at home.

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is known for beating to near unconsciousness in 2009. His reps and the tattoo artist say that the tattoo was meant to be a combination of a sugar skull and a design from a MAC cosmetic design Brown picked out, but the fi nal product looks a lot more like a bruised wom-an. Is Brown low enough to get a neck tattoo of the ex-girlfriend he beat up? His moral character has been questionable ever since he beat up Rihanna in the fi rst place. You be the judge.

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“The Possession” is a dull, drawn out fi lm that painfully presents one predictable attempt of a scare after another along-side poor acting. “The Possession” begins with workaholic basketball coach Clyde (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Stephanie (Kyra Sedgwick), who are recently divorced and sharing custo-dy of their daughters, Emily (Natasha Calis) and Hannah (Madison Davenport). After visiting a yard sale where Emily is drawn to an odd box cov-ered in Hebrew engrav-ings, Emily begins acting unusual, violent and with-drawn from her family and schoolmates. Emily’s situation quickly wors-ens, and Clyde asks for help from Rabbi Tzadok (Matisyahu) after Clyde learns from a professor that the box contains a demon.

Produced by Sam Raimi (“Drag Me to Hell”) and directed by Ole Bornedal, “The Possession” is fi lled with scares that prove to be in-credibly predictable and overplayed or scares that the trailers spoiled en-tirely. The fi lm relies heav-ily on using Calis’ young age as an outlet for scares. Calis is becoming increas-ingly violent as the demon possesses her and still uses her childlike vocabulary, which includes calling her mother “Mommy.”

While “The Possession” has plenty of loud noises, creepy encounters and tension, many of the scares have

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The only solid per-formances come from Morgan and Calis. Morgan does a good job playing the distraught father and accurately portrays his emotion without overdo-ing it. Calis, who some-times overacts or comes across as unnatural, pres-ents her character’s creep-iness successfully. “The Possession” is the run-of-the-mill exorcism movie with the same, played out scares and poor acting. “The Possession” is rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving violent and disturbing sequences.

“The Possession” is in theaters now. Based on 59 reviews, it has garnered a 32 percent positive feedback on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Music Review of the Week:“We Are Never Getting Back Together”

The latest single from Taylor Swift is unsurpris-ingly about another boy and the relationship trou-bles between the two.

You may have heard it making its rounds on the radio or sought it out be-cause her catchy country-pop hits are just your type of guilty pleasure.

The song “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” is much more poppy and upbeat than some of her other singles. This song chronicles the classic break up/make up relationship Swift is so over, for real this time.

She narrates through-out the song that, “I mean, this is exhausting, you know?” and make jokes about her ex-boyfriend’s indie records in the cute verses about her failed relationship.

The lyrics certainly aren’t well written or deep by any means, but the song is lighthearted and fun enough to serve its

purpose as a late summer Top 40 hit.

Currently the No. 2 single on iTunes with her other single “Ronan” at No. 1, Swift seems to be doing pretty well. While some absolutely love the new song and will shame-lessly blast it in their cars,

others would rather neverhear it again.

Regardless of whichcategory you fall into,if you listen to “We AreNever Ever Getting BackTogether,” it will never,ever stop getting stuck inyour head.

The cover art for Taylor Swift’s new single, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.”

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An aging baseball scout named Gus Lobel (Eastwood) is given one last assignment to prove his worth to the organi-zation, which sees him as un-able to adapt to changes in the business. His boss, who does not want to see him let go, asks Gus’s daughter Mickey (Adams) to join him on the trip

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to make sure he’s okay, against Gus’s wishes. Together they scout a top new prospect in North Carolina, where Mickey begins to take an active role in her father’s work to make up for his failing vision. Along the way Gus reconnects with Johnny (Timberlake), a rival team’s scout who has a friend-ly history with Gus, as Gus was the man who scouted him when he was a baseball player, and who also takes an interest in Mickey. The movie will be released Sept. 21.Taken 2 - Starring Liam Neeson

A year after the events in Paris, on a trip to Istanbul, Bryan Mills (Neeson) gets a surprise visit from his daugh-ter Kim and his ex-wife Lenore. Their happy reunion turns sour after Lenore is kid-napped by gangsters serving Murad, the employer of the men in the Paris apartment (where Amanda was found dead) and the father of Marko Hoxha, whom Bryan killed in the fi rst fi lm. Mills must rely on his lethal skills to track down his ex-wife and elimi-nate all who stand in his way. This movie will be released Oct. 5. Pitch Perfect - Starring Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow & Rebel Wilson

The story follows an all-girl a cappella group who re-builds, so they can make their way to the championship and take on the boys. This leads to a competition, and new girl Beca is determined to revamp the set-list so it includes music that’s more up-to-date. This movie will be released Oct. 5.

Argo - StarringBen Affl eck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin & John Goodman

Based on true events, the fi lm chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis—the truth of which was un-known by the public for de-cades. Affl eck stars as Tony Mendez, the CIA exfi ltration expert who plots to get six Americans out of Tehran by disguising them as fi lmmak-ers out to produce a cheap sci-fi fl ick called Argo. Arkin and Goodman steal scenes as Hollywood types who help pull off the caper. But this is Affl eck’s show, and his direct-ing chops are full display. This movie will be released Oct. 12.Skyfall - Starring Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes & Judi Dench

After an operation in Istanbul ends in disaster, James Bond is missing and presumed to be dead, the identities of every active undercover MI6 agent are leaked onto the internet and M (Dench) becomes the sub-ject of a government review over her handling of the situ-ation. Bond’s sudden reap-pearance gives M the pretext she needs to seek out Raoul Silva (Bardem), a dangerous villain claiming a personal connection to both of them — but as he follows a trail from London to the South China Sea, Bond soon fi nds his loyalty to M challenged over secrets from her past. This movie will be released Nov. 9.

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“The Tech Facebook page doesn’t really talk about the more minor things on campus,” Dewar said. “I wanted to know what the students thought and not just what Tech wanted me to see.”

Rules were set to en-sure that the student-sub-mitted memes were not be-ing made at the expense of others.

“It says on the page that memes can’t make fun of faculty, staff or students,” Moon said. “If we see a meme has been posted that is making fun of someone, then we take it down im-mediately. We’re trying to be funny, not mean.”

The TTU Memes page can be found at www.face-book.com/TNTechMemes.

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before his arrival or dis-closing what he was going to speak about. McGlone said that he has the right to the First Amendment and was exercising his right to a “non-disruptive” pub-lic speech. Although the incident between Tech and McGlone happened April 6, 2009, McGlone did not fi le a lawsuit until 11

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