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FEATURES
SPORTS
OPINION
Causeway’s
One Table
Thanksgiving
Basketball:
McCall getting
players to buy in
Terror in
Paris sparks
empathy
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TUESDAY | NOVEMBER 17, 2015
Volume 110 | Issue 13
Football comes first in SoCon for third year in row
By John Mitchell &
Chandler Morrison
contributing report
The eighth-ranked Mocs
not only saved their 2015 season with a 31-23 victory over
The Citadel on Saturday, but
they accomplished a historic
feat that has been three years
in the making.
For the third s eas on in
a r o w, U T C c l a i m e d t h e
Southern Conference cham-
pionship. And
with it being the
last home regular
season game, it
was even more
special for the 13
members on the
Russ
Huesman senior day roster.
Especially the
quarterback.
“It was a must-win game.
We came out and did what we
needed to do to win,” Jacob
Huesman, Chattanooga, said.
“ That says a lot about our
football team and the fight
that we have and the will of
these guys to keep the season
going and keep grinding.
“This guaranteed a chance
to go and play in the playoffs,” Huesman added.
“Our long-time goal is a
national championship, and
this keeps those hopes alive.”
STAFF PHOTO BY CARVIS RUSSELL
see FOOTBALL page 5 The Mocs claim SoCon victory with their last regular-season game.
HOMELESS
ILLUSTRATION BY CAMERON MORGAN
by alina hunter grah
|
news assistant editor
Two months ago police were notified that a woman was found sleeping in a handicap stall in a UTC
women’s restroom. This was the first case like this for the 2015 - 2016 school year. But as winter
approaches, these incidents could be much more likely as people try to find ways to escape the cold.
In Chattanooga, 4,000 people are
reported to be homeless any given
year. About 670 of those are said to be
chronically homeless, which is defined
as someone who has been homeless
for more than a year or has had more
than four episodes of homelessness
and has a disability. Chattanooga has
been ranked nationally only 25 spots
away from Detroit, the city with the
largest amount of homelessness.
As winter approaches, another
danger becomes part of the list of
things to worry about for those without a home, hypothermia.
Hypothermia can set in at temperatures as high as 50 degrees Fahrenheit
or higher on windy or wet days. The
National Coalition for the Homeless
says that 700 homeless die of hypothermia each year. So as the evenings
get cooler, people begin to look for
MoSAIC program
highlights autism
on campus
By Sam Anderson
contributing writer
To celebrate their 25th Anniversary of the American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Disability
Resource Center (DRC) hosted
many events throughout October
in the attempt to raise awareness
of not only the struggles of those
Jamie
with different disabilities.
One of the many events was Butler
hosted by the DRC’s Mosaic
Program, a program specifically
for those with autism, called ASD
through Our Eyes. It was a chance
for students to learn about Autism
Spectrum Disorder from people at
different points in their academic
careers. The panel shared their Amy
see MOSAIC page 8
theutcecho.com
Rutherford
shelter that will keep them out of
the elements leading them to places
like UTC; especially considering the
campus is within three miles of several
homeless service organizations.
UTC police are well aware of their
presence, but are stuck in a difficult
place between letting these people
stay in certain places to avoid the cold
and keeping the community safe.
Police will oftentimes direct people
to homeless shelters or help make
arrangements for them to have a place
to stay. This, as explained by Police
Lieutenant John Boe, helps to serve
two purposes: it removes potential
issues on campus while also helping
the people in need.
“There’s a potential for a lot of
see HOMELESS page 8
Mock Trial team preparing to compete nationally
By Heather Newlin
staff writer
The Mock Trial Club
is gaining momentum as
a nationally recognized
team. The team has recently become recognized
as a competitive program
after winning regionals
and advancing to nationals in 2014. This year they
are continuing to achieve
excellence.
The team is extremely
well-rounded, winning
awards for both prosecution and defense at their
first competition this year.
“Halloween weekend
was our first competition
of the season at the John
Marshal School of Law,”
says Shyloah Bisi, Vice
President of the Mock
Trial Club from California
senior. “We did two trials
CONTRIBUTED BY SHILOH BISI
The Mock Trial team (not in full above) recently competed at
the John Marshal School of Law and place third overall out
of 16 teams.
and our A team won all
four of those ballots. We
placed third overall out of
16 teams.”
Pre p ar ing f or b o th
sides of the case is the
key to succeeding at Mock
Trial. The American Mock
Trial Association, AMDA,
decides the case that will
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be tried by Mock Trial
each year.
“ We a l l l e a r n t h a t
case,” says Hannah Thomas, President of the Mock
Trial Club and a senior
from Chattanooga. “When
we go to competitions,
in a given round, we’ll
draw, and one team will be
proscution and one team
will be defense. So you’ll
compete as prosecution
and then the next round
you may compete as defense. It’s the same case,
but we have to try it from
the other side.”
The team of 21 members and three coaches
meets four times in the
week before a competition, and normally
meets twice a week for
two or three hours at a
time to prepare.
“There’s a degree of
preparation because we
know what witnesses they
will have, but overall, it’s
also just a lot of on-yourfeet thinking,” Thomas
said. “We practice a lot,
but there’s always a lot
that’s not expected.
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News Editor Sarah Grace Battles
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Dr. Hampton highlights
Milton’s work in screenplay
By Carson Cook
staff writer
He specializes in the British Renaissance, mostly teaching courses on Milton
and Shakespeare.
“Dr. Bryan Hampton is a great professor, and he knows a lot about British
literature, and Shakespeare, and Milton,”
said Colin Rochelle, a senior who took
Hampton for British Literature.
Hampton has been published in
several journals, such as Studies in
English Literature, The Upstart Crow,
and Milton Studies. His book, Fleshly
Tabernacles: Milton and the Incarnational Poetics of Revolutionary England
examines how Milton’s theology affected
his poetics and politics.
Although Hampton has written several other works on Milton, this is the
first time he has written a screenplay.
“I just bought the software that does
all the formatting for you, and I read
a couple screenplays online and got a
sense for how you do it, and I just started
writing,” Hampton said.
Hampton said he had to learn to write
a movie, how to pace scenes in a way that
would keep audiences engaged.
For example, in his original draft the
story started in 1790, several years after
Milton’s death, and was told achronologically, but he realized that would be too
confusing. Such revisions were “the most
rewarding and the most frustrating”
part of writing, according to Hampton.
“The worst part of the writing process is thinking that there’s nothing left
to do, and then being confronted with
the possibility there is, which happens
all the time,” said Hampton.
In 1660, English poet John Milton
was imprisoned for denouncing the
monarchy during the English Civil War;
today, this is the setting for a screenplay
written by English professor Dr. Bryan
Hampton.
Hampton said he was
inspired to write this
screenplay three years
ago after coming across
an article about rediscovering Milton’s grave.
Th e s t o r y s h o w s
Milton thinking through Dr. Bryan
the events of his life and Hampton
how they informed his
later writings: Paradise Lost, Paradise
Regained, and Samson Agonistes. It also
explores what it was like to be blind in
the conditions of an 18th century prison,
said Hampton.
Hampton does not know what will
happen to his script, but said he would
like to see it win an Academy Award for
Best Original Screenplay. However, he
would mostly be happy if it inspired
people to read Milton’s works.
“I started writing the screenplay
really out of love and devotion for the
poem Paradise Lost,” said Hampton.
“Milton is probably as important as
Shakespeare, but he’s not as often as
read because he’s so difficult, so part of
my hope is getting a screenplay to get
people interested in reading the poem
honestly.”
Hampton has been a professor at
UTC since 2004. He received a Ph.D. in online
English from Northwestern University,
and before that MA in English studies For more on Dr. Hampton’s
from the University of Chicago.
screenplay, visit theutcecho.com
CRIME
LOG
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ompiled by
lina
unter-Grah
15-007397 Police went to Decosimo
apartments for an indecent exposure
incident. A student told police that as
she was leaving Decosimo she noticed
a male with his genitals hanging out of
his pants. The student went around the
corner to avoid the suspect and then
called UTC PD.
and asked the occupants if they had
been smoking. One of the students admitted to smoking. Police then searched
the vehicle and found a small amount of
marijuana found in and around the seat
the student who admitting to smoking
was sitting in. The two other occupants
of the car were given a warning and
the student who admitted was sent to
Student Development.
NOV. 10
NOV. 11
NOV. 9
15-007416 Police arrived at Stophel
to deal with an elevator entrapment.
Police were able to communicate with
the victim who said she was not injured.
Police asked the victim to jump up and
down in the elevator so that it would
settle on the floor. After that, the door
opened and the elevator began to work
properly.
15-007429 A student reported a suspicious message from the anonymous
social app, Yik Yak, that read “Would
a shooting threat be taken seriously
on here?” Later comments from the
poster said that he/she would see
them tomorrow. Police then contacted
the legal Yik Yak team in order to get
coordinates and the phone number of
the original poster. Once they were
received, police requested advice from
an attorney to make sure the police
were in legal bounds to approach the
individual, but since no straightforward
threat was made, no laws were broken.
15-007434 While on patrol, an officer saw a wreck at the intersection of
O’Neal and Oak Street. Both drivers
had injuries and both vehicles had damages. Both cars were towed and both
drivers were taken to receive medical
treatment.
15-007442 ARC employees called
police because a male appeared to
have arterial bleeding from the neck
and requested an ambulance. Police
noticed that the male had no blood on
him and was acting uncomfortably with
the police’s presence. Video footage
shows the male entering the building
through a partially opened back door.
The male also matched the description
of a reported suspicious person. The
male was trespassed from all campus
property.
15-007446 Police noticed a marijuana smell coming from a vehicle on East
5th Street. Police stopped the vehicle
MOCK TRIAL
continued from page 1
“A huge element of mock trial is
performance,” said Thomas.
“If you’re in a real trial, people
don’t care if you have notes, people
don’t care if you stutter, whereas in
mock trial they care about all the
legal aspects, but it’s also a performance.”
15-007474 Chattanooga police notified UTC police of an incident outside
of the Yellow Deli. A student had been
hit by a vehicle that then left the scene.
The student was taken to Erlanger for
further evaluation. The suspect vehicle
was stopped by Chattanooga Police and
cited for the incident.
15-007518 Police learned that the
Chattanooga fire department was with
a student in Lot 48 who had been hit by
a vehicle on her left side. The vehicle
left the scene immediately. The student
said she was experiencing some pain in
her left arm, but it was determined not
to be broken.The Chattanooga Police
Department will be investigating the
event further.
15-007520 A student repor ted
threats/intimidation that were coming
from her roommate. The roommate was
sending texts about wanting to fight the
student. All past incidents between the
two revolved around one talking about
the other. The student wanted to file a
report in case the roommate followed
through with her threats. The student
was advised contact police if she felt
threatened. Housing was already aware
of the situation and would attempt to
deal with the situation on Nov. 13.
NOV. 13
15-007521 Chattanooga police
department had a foot chase from
Champy’s to Lot 47-1 after they
spotted a male, later found to be
a student, selling marijuana. Chattanooga advised UTC police that
a felony amount of marijuana was
found in the student’s car. Consent
was then gathered by police to search
the student’s room where another
felony amount of mar ijuana was
found. Some of the marijuana was
wrapped in individual bags meant
for sale. A scale was also found. The
student was arrested and transported
to Hamilton County Jail.
The team practices to be able to
speak eloquently without notes, to
be able to think on their feet and
perform well, she explains.
At their first competition this
year, Zach Holcomb and Yonishka
Voorhees both were awarded Best
Witness with perfect scores and
Zeke Starr and Hannah Thomas
were awarded Best Attorney with
perfect scores.
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C O M M E N TA RY
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A good time
to support
Mocs sports
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University
Echo
By John Mitchell
FOLLOW US
sports editor
You know what I
realized last weekend? We couldn’t
have picked a better
time to be a student
at this university.
It all hit me last Saturday when
UTC quarterback Jacob Huesman
broke another school record; further
cementing the legend of the coach’s
son who also happens to be arguably
the greatest athlete to wear a Chattanooga uniform outside of that Terrell
Owens guy But let’s just take a closer
look at sports for a minute.
I’ve lived in Chattanooga my
entire life, and with it being the only
real sports team in town, I credit
a lot of my love of sports to UTC.
But to be real, by the time I could
walk, to the time I could drive, the
Mocs’ sports teams were viewed as
mediocre at best. Now look at this
past weekend.
The football team claimed their
third consecutive conference title
against The Citadel. The volleyball
team avenged last year ’s 13-19
record to win the SoCon with a
couple road wins.
First year head coach Matt McCall led his men’s basketball team
to an upset victory against Georgia,
and the women’s basketball team
cruised to a win in the first round
in one of the biggest tournaments in
the nation. Last weekend was just a
glimpse into how far Chattanooga
Athletics have come since the mid
90’s-2000’s where the opposing fans
outnumbered UTC’s at sporting
events more often than not.
The Mocs are achieving feats
that major schools like Tennessee
and Florida State fail to do by being successful in so many sports
at one time. A nd as student s,
what more could we ask for that
almost every one of them are free
to watch? To bring the non-sports
fans back . We have a beautiful
campus, a brand new librar y and
some of the best technolog y to
make our time here the most enjoyable that it can possibly be.
Take some time out of your dayto-day schedule to soak in how
lucky we are to be attending UTC
compared to prior generations who
have the same degree as you and I
will have.
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Terror in Paris sparks empathy
E ditorial
We at the Echo offer our deepest condolences to all those affected by the attacks in
Paris that occurred over the weekend.
It is deeply saddening to see a nation forced
to face what has been cited as violence deadlier than France has seen since World War II
when they are just beginning to recover from
the attack of Charlie Hebdo magazine that
occurred some 10 months ago.
According to Paris prosecutor, Francois
Molins, these acts of terror have claimed 129
lives and injured 352 more—99 of the injured
are in serious condition.
French President Francois Holland is calling the coordinated attacks that took place in
six locations throughout Paris “an act of war.”
The terrorist organization, ISIS, has
claimed responsibility in an online statement.
Incidents such as these nearly always lead to
a spike in Islamphobia.
It is important to remember that terrorism
does not have a religion. Islam is no more
related to ISIS than Christianity is to the Ku
Klux Klan. These extremists, the ones who
make headlines, unfairly represent the religion
they are associated with.
As a religion of peace, Muslims around the
world have held silent vigils to offer prayers
for those who have been affected by these
horrific attacks. Many have been advised to
not wear their headscarves in public out of
fear of retaliation.
Others are afraid to leave their homes.
“We’ve seen an outrageous attempt to
terrorize innocent civilians,” said U.S. President Barack Obama. That is just what these
attacks are—outrageous. They are not done
in the name of any god, only in the name of
outrageous men.
Times like these really reflect the goodness
in humanity. Following the attacks, millions offered their condolences through social media,
using the hashtag #prayforparis and changing
their profile pictures to reflect the colors of
the French flag to show their solidarity.
Monuments across the globe lit up in the
French colors to display their support. It’s
always reassuring to see that the kindness of
humans can shine through even in the darkest
of hours.
Paris, the world stands with you and so
does UTC.
C O M M E N TA RY
Four reasons being informed is necessary
By Alina
Hunter Grah
news assistant
Over the past
few weeks as I’ve
become
more
entangled with the
drama that UTC has so gracefully
become cultivating grounds for, I’ve
realized even more how important
the news actually is and how exciting
it can be.
I’ve also come to realize how
absolutely and excruciatingly
frustrating it is that more people
don’t read the news. So I’ve made
a list of the biggest four reasons
everyone should indulge themselves
in the world’s happenings.
IT’S ACTUALLY REALLY
IMPORTANT.
Journalism exists almost as
an unofficial part of government,
kind of like a part of the checks and
balances system. Without it, true
democracy could not exist.
In order for a true democracy
to exist, people have to be able to
make informed choices. And in
order for people to make informed
choices, they have to have unbiased
information, which is exactly what
journalists are called to do: present
the population with unbiased as
possible information.
Without journalism, we would
have never known about Watergate
or discovered how awful the
meatpacking plants were in
1906 that led to the founding of
the FDA. And if people had not
been reading the news, nothing
ever would have been fixed.
Journalism is what sparks change
in the world.
WHEN YOU READ THE
NEWS, YOU LEARN.
Not only will you increase
your score at jeopardy or trivia
games at Buffalo Wild Wings
when you learn about which city
has the most homeless people or
who the leaders of the senate are,
you will become a better citizen.
When you read the news, you
gain insight.
You can understand context as
to why certain problems need to
be fixed or why things are being
fixed in certain ways and you can
learn to help out the people around
you more appropriately. You will
know the what, who, when, where,
why, and so what to every problem
or situation out there if you read
enough.
THE WORLD IS LIKE
YOUR FAVORITE TV
SHOW, BUT BETTER.
You like the TV shows you
like because of the conflict.
That’s why they hold in you
in for so long and why bingewatching on Netflix is so
easy. You get caught up in the
drama of it all. The real world
revolves around the same kinds
of drama. As you read the news
more and more, you learn who
the characters are and you learn
how they operate and why.
You begin to notice patterns.
You see that why this person or
group reacted this way to that
situation is because they’re
trying to hide an issue to avoid
lawsuits they may not be able
to afford.
You see how the whole world
is connected and it sucks you in
the same way House of Cards
or Orange is the New Black or
Jane the Virgin sucks you in.
The world is essentially one big
drama.
YOU CAN CHANGE THE
WORLD.
This is why the world is better
than your favorite TV show.
You can have an impact on the
characters. You can start petitions
or protests against the sneaky
character that always screws
things up for the good guys. You
can support your heroes in ways
that you can’t in TV shows.
You can stand up for the
people who have unjustified
wrong done against them. You
can change the course of events.
But you can’t if you don’t know
what’s going on.
That’s why people have to
read the news. Nothing will
change if people don’t know what
to change or how.
The heroes in the world will
never succeed; the bad guys
will never be stopped; and the
helpless will never be helped.
So please, pick up a newspaper
and start.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
PHOTO BY CHATTANOOGA ATHLETICS
The men’s basketball team stands together to sing the alma mater after their win against Covenant on Nov. 6. The Mocs upset SEC opponent Georgia 92-90 on Friday night.
GAINING TRUST
Veteran Mocs team buying into their new coach’s philosophy
By Chris King
staff writer
The Mocs’ new head coach Matt
McCall is transitioning into his new
role after being under future Hall of
Fame coach Billy Donovan at Florida
for a decade.
“I learned a long time ago that it’s
not about the school that you coach
at, but it’s about the people you work
with every single day,” said McCall.
“The biggest influence for me coming
to Chattanooga from Florida were
the people and the way they made
me feel about the coaching situation.
They proved to me that UTC is a very
special place to be and that is what influenced me to come to Chattanooga.”
In the 10 years McCall spent at
Florida under coach Donovan, he
endured a couple responsibilities
outside of sitting on the bench. He
started out as team manager
During coach McCall’s
from 2003-2006 and then
four years as the assistant
transitioned into director of
at Florida, he helped aid
basketball operations for the
the Gators to a 107-39
2007 and 2008 seasons. Mcrecord, and played a big
Call then spent the next three
part in recruiting the
seasons at Florida Atlantic
players to help build for
as the assistant coach before
the future. He also helped
coming back to become the
coach the Gators to a
assistant coach at Florida
Four appearance
Matt McCall Final
from 2012-2015.
in 2014, along with three
“Coach Donovan gives everyone Elite Eight appearances.
the ability to grow as a coach, he
McCall became the head coach of
doesn’t label you and give you a specif- the Mocs in April when former coach
ic job,” said McCall. “He gives you the Will Wade returned to his stomping
chance to develop as a coach, which grounds at VCU. In Chattanooga,
has made me more prepared for the McCall has inherited a veteran group
transition into becoming a head coach. of players that consists of five seniors
Outside of the first couple of weeks, and five juniors.
I have never felt overwhelmed with
“This is their team, it is my job
being the head coach and it’s because to steer the ship and eliminate discoach Donovan really prepared me tractions throughout the season,”
for the job.”
said McCall. “These guys have been
through a lot and have tremendous
amounts of experience. There is no
question that we will rely on the their
leadership and we will go as far as our
veteran leaders take us.”
Coach Mc Call and the Mocs
tipped-off their regular season Friday
night with a huge upset victory in
overtime over SEC opponent Georgia
92-90. Being led by senior Casey Jones,
New Orleans, and junior Johnathan
Burroughs-Cook, Memphis, who both
had 23 points in the overtime win. The
two-point win marked UTC’s first
victory over an SEC program since
Dec. 5, 2004 at Tennessee.
“I have given full freedom to these
guys and I have told them over and
over again that this is their team and
they produce their own success,”
McCall said. “I am very excited to
embark on this journey with them
going forward.”
Women’s basketball living up to No. 24 ranking early
By John Mitchell
sports editor
As expected, the No. 24 ranked
Mocs posted a 2-0 record over the
weekend to begin the highly-anticipated 2015-16 season. Chattanooga
routed McNeese State in the opening
round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament on Friday, and
handled business 60-49 against Butler
on Sunday.
In the opening round of the WNIT
on Friday night, the Mocs hosted McNeese State to Chattanooga, and sent
the Cowgirls packing with a 68-53 win.
After starting all 33 games as a freshman and leading the team in victories
over Tennessee and Stanford, Keiana
Gilbert, Pulaski, Tenn., shined in her
sophomore debut, scoring 19 points
with six rebounds.
Gilbert may have led the game in
scoring, but it was Jasmine Joyner,
Southaven, Miss., who gave McNeese
State headaches all game. The six-foottwo junior recorded 15 points, but it
was her 13 rebounds and six blocks
that really changed the game in the
season-opener.
On Sunday, Chattanooga welcomed
another opponent to Mckenzie Arena.
This time, it was a familiar face in the
Butler Bulldogs. The Mocs traveled
to Indianapolis, Ind., last season, and
handed the Bulldogs their third-straight
loss with a convincing 76-47 win.
This time was not much different.
The shots were not falling early, as
evident by their 33 percent shooting
percentage in the first quarter, but
the Mocs methodically took and held
the lead thanks to junior guard Moses
Johnson, Atlanta, who had a key performance off the bench.
“We’ve got depth. With Moses it’s
very obvious when you look at the
stat sheet that she’s playing well, and
visually she’s playing well,” head coach
Jim Foster said. “We’ve worked very
diligently to develop our bench and
we’re very happy with our versatility.”
The Bulldogs made a push for the
lead by narrowing the margin to three
early in the fourth quarter. However,
an experienced group under their Hall
of Fame coach showed no panic while
they ballooned their lead back to a more
comfortable number.
“We play the schedule we play to
have situations like that,” Foster said.
“You don’t want to go and play a bunch
of people you’re going to win games by
30 and 40 points, and think you’re going
to know how good you are when a game
gets close. You need to be in those kind
of games. We’ve had two scrimmages
that were tough for us, and I think we
learned a lot about ourselves in these
two games now.”
Chattanooga will focus their attention back to the WNIT on Tuesday,
when they travel to historic Assembly
Hall to face Indiana. The tournament
is scheduled to continue through
Nov. 22.
PHOTO BY SARA SERKOWNEK
Moses Johnson, Atlanta, looks for a teammate during Sunday’s win against Butler.
NOTABLE NON-CONFERENCE GAMES
> At #4 Tennessee Nov. 23
7 p.m.
> Vs #1 Conneticut Nov. 30
6:30 p.m.
> At #20 South Florida Dec. 13
Noon
> At #16 Stanford Dec. 28
10 p.m.
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VOLLEYBALL
Mocs go from losing season to SoCon champs
T
PHOTO BY JENNA KALMON AND CHATTANOOGA ATHLETICS
he volleyball team clinched the Southern Conference championship outright
with a pair of road wins against ETSU and Western Carolina. It comes as
a remarkable achievement after the Mocs ended last season with a 13-19
overall record. They now set their sights on the SoCon tournament on Nov 21-23.
WRESTLING
Shakur becoming key
component for UTC
By Eric Sisson
staff writer
PHOTO BY CARVIS RUSSELL
The Mocs won their third-consecutive SoCon championship Saturday. With that comes another
trip to the FCS Playoffs in December. UTC lost in the quarterfinals last season to New Hampshire.
FOOTBALL
continued from page 1
With last week’s disappointing road loss
to Mercer, the Mocs were facing football
mortality if they had suffered a loss to the
Bulldogs. Making the prelude to Saturday
even more nerve-wracking for everyone
involved. Including sophomore defensive
back Lucas Webb, Northport, Ala., who
wanted to make sure the team had a good
game to make sure it was not the seniors’ last.
“Last week was a really big motivation for
us but Coach Huesman always says what’s in
the past is in the past,” Webb said. “One of
the things that he said for motivation was the
seniors and just how good of a job they’ve
done of setting an example. He really wanted
to win this one for the seniors and I’m glad
it worked out that way.”
With the return of UTC alumni Russ
Huesman in 2009 as the team’s head coach,
a winning culture has seemingly become
embedded at Chattanooga; making it hard
to think of a time when the titles and large
crowds were hard to come by.
But when these seniors took the field
for the first time, every win was a major
accomplishment.
“I remember when we first got here, I
think the culture was kind of hoping that we
could just win a certain game,” Jacob Huesman said. “We won, I think, six games the
first season, and people were pretty excited
about that. Now, I think the expectation is
what we produced today, and that’s big for
the culture to change like that. And it’s very
exciting because I saw it at the beginning
before it was like this.”
For the Mocs, the championship celebration will certaintly be short-lived, as next
week will come toe-to-toe with FBS power
Florida State as they go on the road. Kickoff
from Tallahassee, Fla., is set for 3 p.m.
After sitting out his first year with the wrestling program
due to a redshirt, Liburn, Ga. native Kamaal Shakur is ready
to have an impact for the Mocs.
While sitting out your first year on campus is sometimes
tough, it benefited Shakur greatly. It allowed him to get a feel
for the differences between high school and college as well as
take care of some nagging injuries.
“Last year coming into the season, I got hit with a couple of
injuries so that kind of forced the redshirt,” Shakur said. “But
it was good because the transition from high school wrestling
to college wrestling is pretty brutal. That kind of bye year is
good to get some experience.”
Shakur says the mental aspect of the game as well as the
matwork is the biggest and most glaring difference from the
high school ranks.
“The mindset and matwork,” Shakur answered when asked of
the biggest differences. “Top to bottom there is more exercise.
Guys are just tougher in every position. Every position you
have to win and guys never stop wrestling for seven minutes.
“I didn’t wrestle much last year, but in the practice room,
I think I had the most growth, and it is a lot about mentality
and mindset when you go out on the mat. That was the most
important thing about the redshirt.”
After the year off, Shakur began his collegiate career competing with fellow Moc Scottie Boykin in the NWCA All-Star
Classic in Atlanta. Despite losing to NC State’s Chad Pike by
a score of 7-6, the experience Shakur gained in the classic was
the biggest takeaway to prepare him for the regular season.
“It is always good to wrestle on a big stage and get your face
and name out there,” Shakur said. “Winning or losing those
things you always take something away. It is just good to wrestle
on a big stage because if you want to get on the NCAA podium,
you have to know what it feels like out there.”
As only a redshirt freshman, the future is bright for Shakur
with nearly four years of eligibility left to compete, and the
possibilities and goals for Shakur excite the youngster, who
has high expectations for himself.
“The overall goal is to be an NCAA All-American and an
NCAA champion,” Shakur said. “It is baby steps though. You
have to grow to get there. Nobody makes that leap over night.
“To be young and kind of support the team as much as I do
is different, but at the same time, that is why we are here. We
are students and we are athletes, but you have to develop a
little bit of leadership. It is good to know I have four years left.”
Shakur has worked his way into the starting lineup for the
SoCon favorite Mocs in just his first season competing. Shakur
has begun the year with a 3-2 record.
Shakur and the Mocs will hit the mat again Nov. 22 at the
Wolfpack Open in Raleigh, N.C.
PHOTO BY CARVIS RUSSELL
Jacob Huesman throws a
screen pass Saturday.
C H AT TA N O O G A’ S S E A S O N
AT F L O R I D A S TAT E
Sept. 12
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C O MHill
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G 44-34)
G A M E S , Record:
MONTH XX-XX
Sept. 19
8-2 (6-2 in the ACC)
at Samford (W 31-21)
Sept. 26
How they fared this week:
at PC (W 21-0)
Won versus NC State (34-17)
Oct. 10
vs Furman (W 31-3)
Head Coach:
Oct. 17
Jimbo Fisher (7th season)
at VMI (W 33-27)
Key to the game: The Mocs are facing an
Oct. 24
incredibly steep hill this week against
at Wofford (W 20-17)
the Seminoles who were in the national
Oct. 31
championship discussion out of the ACC
vs WCU (W 41-13)
prior to the season. With the playoffs
Nov. 7
looming, the key for Chattanooga
at Mercer (L 17-14)
should be putting up a good fight
Nov. 14
without getting anyone injured. If the
vs The Citadel (W 31-23)
Mocs have a shot, it’ll be due to Florida
Nov. 21
State looking ahead to next week’s
at Florida State
rivalry game against the Florida Gators.
PHOTO BY CHATTANOOGA ATHLETICS
Redshirt freshman Kamaal Shakur will be relied upon heavy in
his first season wrestling with the Mocs. The wrestling team wiil
compete in the Wolpack Open in Raleigh, N.C. on Sunday.
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features
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November 17, 2015
Features Editor Hayden Seay
[email protected]
Chattanooga residents come together
downtown to share Thanksgiving meal
WEEKLY
HIGHLIGHTS
November 17-22
Information compiled by
Anna Prater
ON CAMPUS
Tuesday, Nov. 17
What: By the Way, Meet
Vera Stark
Where: Dorothy Hackett
ward Theatre
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $10
Wednesday, Nov. 18
What: World Cafe
Where: UC Chattanooga
Room
When: 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 19
What: Diversity Dialogue
Where: Multicultural
Center
When: 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
The event promotes the idea that communities should join each other for Thanksgiving.
by grace stafford
staff writer
The second-annual One Table event, hosted by Causeway, is a city-wide
Thanksgiving potluck held in downtown Chattanooga.
The event does truly consist of a single table stretching Market Street where
everyone is welcome to attend and participate in the meal. The turkey and
dressing will be provided by Dish t’Pass and Causeway, and everyone is invited
to bring their own dish.
“One Table is about bringing people, who might not normally sit down
with each other, together to share a meal,” says James Chapman, Causeway’s
program director.
James Chapman continued that One Table is centered on community and
authentic conversation among those who otherwise would have no connection.
“The more we bring people together from different backgrounds, the more
they will be able to have a deeper understanding of each other. This is important
if we want to be a more talented and innovated city,” stated James Chapman
about the importance of One Table in the development of Chattanooga as an
up-and-coming city.
The event is open to the public and all are invited to bring a dish if they wish.
“Good music, good food, and good conversation” are to be expected of One
Table, and alongside the open invitation, draws a diverse crowd ranging from
students to business professionals.
Following great reception from the inaugural year of One Table, the event
returns for this year’s Thanksgiving on Monday, Nov. 23 from 11:30-1:30 pm.
One Table will be held in the block between Miller Park and Miller Plaza
at 850 Market St. This location is important to Causeway as this could unite
different demographics.
AROUND TOWN
Wednesday, Nov. 18
What: Sean McConnel
and David Mayfield
Where: The Camp House
When: 7 p.m.
Cost: $15
Sunday, Nov. 22
What: Thanksgiving
Market
Where: First Tennessee
Pavilion
When: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
*All events are free and
open to the public unless
otherwise noted
CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS FROM CAUSEWAY
Developer Treyarch evolves zombies game
mode from basic survival to complex puzzles
by hayden seay
features editor
You wake up in front of a crashed plane
in a dark misty field. You stumble in and
out of consciousness as figures emerge
in the distance. You continue stumbling
in and out until a zombie charges at you.
“Nazi Zombies” appears on the
screen, and you assume control of an
unnamed soldier in a dilapidated complex, armed only with a Colt 1911. This
is how it all began.
Treyarch caught many gamers who
had just finished the Call of Duty: World
at War campaign by surprise when the
“Nacht der Untoten” began, German for
night of the dead.
The objective is simple: Sur vive
against hordes of undead Nazis with an
arsenal of weapons available for purchase
from the walls and the mystery box,
which randomly gives you a weapon, or
a demonic teddy bear that laughs at you.
Since “World at War’s” launch in 2008,
the mini-game has expanded into something that is much bigger and complex.
Instead of following the formula of the
first map, the four downloadable contents, or DLCs, added more elements.
Consumable sodas called perks were
added, the first four being Juggernog,
Speed Cola, Quick Revive and Double
Tap, with each granting enhanced stats
such as more health and faster reloading.
In addition to the first wonder weapon, the futuristic Ray Gun, the Wunderwaffe DG-2, which arcs electricity from
zombie to zombie when fired and the
Monkey Bomb, a wind up monkey doll
strapped with dynamite, were added.
“BLACK OPS”
By the time “Black Ops” released, the
game follows the same basic formula of
survival, but Treyarch began adding more
and more.
The game initially included two maps,
“Kino der Untoten,” German for theater
of the undead, and “Five, which featured
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Richard Nixon,
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara
and Fidel Castro fighting the undead in
depths of the Pentagon.
With the release of the DLCs, everything was flipped on its head. In addition
to the introduction of actors such as Michael Rooker and Sarah Michelle Geller
as the characters of each map, tasks called
easter eggs were included.
Serving as a way to tell the story of
each DLC, easter eggs are multilayered
processes that involve completing tasks
of varying difficulty while surviving.
These range from being simple, such
as playing Simon Says while on the Moon,
to having to shift back and forth between
the present to the past in Shangri-La.
“BLACK OPS II”
The next installation of Treyarch’s
series, “Black Ops II,” further changed
the mode, placing you in the aftermath
of the Moon’s easter egg.
The first map, TranZit , shows the
ruins of America and added more supernatural elements, including the introduction of a being called Avogadro,
a being made of electricity and a part of
the map’s easter egg.
In the DLCs, the game showed the
ruins of skyscrapers in China, prisoners
trying to escape from Alcatraz, a long-forgotten old western town and a reimagined
World War I battlefield with giant robots.
From being able to transport from one
realm to another in the halls of Alcatraz
in “Mob of the Dead” to being chased
The Playlist:
The Power
of a Song
Music has always played
a huge part in the healing
p ro c es s o f i n d i v i d u a l s ,
c o m mu n i t i es a n d s o c ieties. In the wake of the
attacks in Paris, turning
to the songs of the past
a n d p r e s e n t c a n o f fe r
hope and encouragement,
and empower us to see a
better future.
1. We Shall Overcome –
Pete Seeger
2. We’re All In This Together – Old Crow Medicine
Show
PHOTO FROM ACTIVISION
by a ghost through a mansion in the old
West, many things were added to change
the way the game played.
“BLACK OPS III”
With the latest installment of Treyarch’s series release earlier this month,
zombies have been changed once again.
The first map, “Shadows of Evil,”
features Morg City, the locations of a
futuristic imagining of the 1940s, incorporating characters, posters, vehicles,
architecture and music that are reminiscent of the decade.
The four main characters, all of whom
are involved in things such as murder and
bribery, are gathered in one place by the
Shadow Man, who transports them to
a hellish realm filled with zombies and
other creatures.
Since the “World at War,” the formula
has been refined and redesigned with
each new title.
3. Blowin’ In The Wind –
Bob Dylan
4. Ain’t No Reason – Brett
Dennen
5. If I Had A Hammer –
Peter, Paul and Mary
6 . L i v i n g O f Love – T h e
Avett Brothers
7. A C h a n g e I s G o n n a
Come – Sam Cooke
8. This Land Is Your Land
– My Morning Jacket
9 . W h e r e H av e A l l T h e
Flowers Gone? – The
Kingston Trio
10. I Hear Them All – Old
Crow Medicine Show
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Brian Regan performs new
material at Tivoli Theatre
by anna prater
assistant features editor
Brian Regan, one of the country’s
most respected comedians, returns to
Chattanooga Friday, Nov. 20.
Regan tours non-stop, playing up
to 100 shows across the U.S. each year,
and selling out theaters consistently.
And even though he frequently passes
through Chattanooga, audiences will
see plenty of new material.
“I would say about 75 percent of what
I’m doing on stage is stuff that was not
in the special,” he said. “I’m dusting
some older stuff off. But I’m also doing
some newer stuff that people won’t be
familiar with.”
Regan has noticed one key difference
in the crowds here opposed to the rest
of the country.
“They’re completely the same as
everywhere else, except everyone in
the audience wears bib overalls,” he
said. “But people everywhere like to
laugh, and if you get your foot in the
door and get them laughing, they’ll go
along with your ride.”
Regan first got started with comedy in his college year s, wr iting
for the Heidelberg College campus
newspaper.
He had an advice column, which he
wrote all of the questions for, and a
cartoon strip called “The Adventures
of Ned Stickman.”
Though his first venture into comedy was unique, he has some advice for
budding comedians.
“Go find some club 1,000 miles away.
Drive there by yourself. Go do it. And
if it doesn’t go well, nobody needs to
know about it,” he said.
Regan will take the Tivoli stage at 8
p.m. on Nov. 20. Tickets are still available for $39.75.
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UTC
Bonfire
PHOTOS BY CARVIS RUSSELL
This year’s bonfire was held on Wed. November 11. The event offered students a
chance to relax and talk with each other.
Engineering student hopes to
use education to help others
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The Neighbourhood emotionally
navigates heartbreak, despair
by ashley barnes
staff writer
The Neighbourhood reveals the
hardest parts about a break up in their
newest release, “Wiped Out!”
The alternative rock band started out
back in 2013 with the release of their
first album “I Love You.” Last November
the American band decided to release a
mixtape called “#000000 & #FFFFFF.”
The Neighbourhood released their
new album “Wiped Out!” on October
30. “Wiped Out!” expresses the aftermath of a break up and what it is like to
have loved and lost. Lead singer Jesse
Rutherford allows listeners to feel his
depression throughout the album.
As if listeners need time to prepare,
the band quite wittedly proves their
artistic ability when they begin the
album with a moment of silence.
Rutherford sadly sings the lyrics,
“She was my baby girl, I might never
get her back” in the song “Single.” The
song voices the feeling of post break up
regret using strong lyrics and mellow
echoes fading in the background.
“Daddy Issues” shows the loneliness
after a break up with the lyrics, “I keep
on trying to let you go, I’m dying to let
you know, how I’m getting on.” Then
Rutherford gets personal in this song
when he sings, “I didn’t cry when you
left at first, but now that you’re dead
from Nov. 10 , Issue 12, Vol 110
Amanda Wade, a senior from Chattanooga, is majoring in chemical engineering and is pursing in a career to help
the community.
She said her major involves learning
a little bit about many different areas
of engineering so she can collaborate
with other disciplines to find solutions
to problems.
“I believe there is so much potential
for development in this world and especially with all the excitement in the
city of Chattanooga, and I want to be an
active part of creating a better future,”
said Wade.
She said she loves what she does and
does not do it for wealth or recognition
but to help the world.
“I aspire to continuously pursue
future explorations to not only help
the company I am with but also our
community,” said Wade. “This is my
vision for my professional life, to not
only go to work and go home but to be
an active part of change, development,
innovation, and connecting people in
these developments.”
She has also been the team captain for
the UTC ChemE Car team, which placed
second in the regional competition and
eighth in the national competition.
The teams build a car that can be
powered and stopped by a chemical reaction and that can fit inside a shoebox.
Then, an hour before the competition
takes place, a coin is flipped to determine
how much weight the car must carry
down the track.
The team then must calculate the
chemical process in which the car will
be able move as far down the track as
possible. The team closest to the bull’s
eye wins.
The team now has 18 members and
Wade said it has grown exponentially
over the last five years.
She also said when she first started
participating on the ChemE Car team,
she focused mainly on the construction
of the car.
ANSWERS
by ashley garcia
staff writer
it hurts, this time I gotta know, where
did my daddy go?”
The most upbeat song, “R.I.P. 2 My
Youth” is also the most dismal song in
the album. Rutherford sings, “Put me
in the dirt, let me dream with the stars,
throw me in a box with the oxygen off.”
It is unconventionally a suicide note in a
song, and yet simultaneously the lyrics
“R.I.P. to my youth, and you could call
this the funeral” make it a catchy tune
to sing along to.
Listeners can expect moving lyrics alongside slow soothing sounds
throughout the entire album. The
Neighbourhood pairs their usual melancholy music to Rutherford’s heartfelt
lyrics to create the band’s ultimate
break up album. “Wiped Out!” is the
kind of album to be admired in a ‘break
up’ playlist.
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MARTES
español
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NOVIEMBRE 17, 2015
Editora de Español Lily Sanchez
[email protected]
Celebración de día de los muertos La falta de
vivienda en
Chattanooga
Por Lily Sanchez
editora de español
El club de español de UTC organizó
una celebración de día de los muertos
en el salón Chickamauga del centro
universitario el jueves 12 de noviembre
a las siete de la noche.
Para el evento el club preparó varias
mesas en donde habían actividades
para que los estudiantes participaran y
aprendieran sobre la cultura que celebra
este día festivo.
Las actividades incluyeron una mesa
para decorar carabelas de azúcar con
suspiro, una mesa para pintar caras,
una mesa para crear banderas de papel
picado y una para colorear imágenes
de carabela.
Hubo una presentación de un video
sobre de qué se trata el día de los muertos y hablaron un poco sobre cómo se
celebra y qué se hace.
También tuvieron una mesa decorada para rendir homenaje a aquellos que
quisieran traer fotos de sus familiares
y amigos que han muerto.
Amanda Schwartz, la presidenta del
club de español, dijo que la celebración
no se dió más temprano porque querían
que hubiese tiempo para hacer publicidad.
Allison Cate, un miembro del club,
diseñó el cartel para el evento que incluye
una carabela, el símbolo primario del
día festivo.
Hilary Browder, profesora de español,
también fue importante en la organización del evento, dijo Schwartz.
«Si no fuese por [Cate] y la profesora
Browder, esto no hubiese sido posible»
dijo Schwartz.
Browder y demás miembros de la
facultad han estado organizando eventos para el club de español por varios
años, aunque la organización nunca
ha tenido una afiliación.
El día de muertos se celebra en
Por Alina Hunter-Grah
asistente de noticias
FOTOS POR KELSEY RODRIGUEZ
Browder y alumnos pintan sus caras (abajo) Erin Mitchell colorea una carabela.
partes de México y Centroamérica Suele durar desde el 31 hasta
el 2 de noviembre. Se dice que
se celebra para ayudar la jornada
espiritual de aquellos que han
muertos y recordar su presencia
en la tierra.
Las celebraciones incluyen
altares para los muertos y comida
tradicional de día de muertos, como
tamales, mole y dulces hecho con
calabaza.
En el evento tuvieron una hoja
de inscripción porque el club está
tratando de crear una afiliación
oficial con la posibilidad de un
evento de inducción para aquellos
miembros.
El club de español tiene planificado para el próximo semestre unos
eventos para recaudar fondos para
actividades en el futuro.
El club de español está abierta
a cualquier estudiante que está
interesado en conocer más sobre
las culturas hispanas y aprender el
idioma también como practicarlo
con otros estudiantes.
Hace dos meses la policía fueron
notificados de que una mujer fue encontrado durmiendo en un cubículo
para personas en el baño a UTC de
las mujeres.
Este fue el primer caso de este tipo
para el 2015 - año escolar 2016. Pero a
medida que se acerca el invierno, estos
incidentes podrían ser mucho más
probable que la gente trata de encontrar
la manera de escapar del frío.
En Chattanooga, 4000 personas
se comunican a estar sin hogar cada
año. 670 de los que se dice que son
crónicamente sin hogar, que se define
como alguien que ha estado sin hogar
durante más de un año o ha tenido más
de cuatro episodios de personas sin
hogar y tiene una discapacidad.
Chattanooga ha sido clasificado
a nivel nacional sólo 25 puntos por
encima de Detroit, la ciudad con la
mayor cantidad de personas sin hogar.
Al acercarse el invierno, otro peligro
se convierte en parte de la lista de cosas
que preocuparse por como alguien sin
un hogar, hipotermia. La hipotermia
puede establecer en a temperaturas de
hasta 50 grados Fahrenheit o más altos
en días de viento o mojados.
La Coalición Nacional para las Personas sin Hogar dice que 700 mueren
personas sin hogar de la hipotermia
cada año. Así como las noches se hacen
más frías, la gente comie=nza a bus-
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different people to traverse through our
campus any time, day or night,” said Boe.
“What we do is just tr y to be really
observant and be more or less proactive
to the types of individuals who are coming
on to campus. We try to be as helpful as
we can while protecting our best interest,
the students, faculty and staff at UTC. But
if we can help somebody in that process,
we’ll definitely do that as well.”
Chattanooga has made efforts to decrease the number of homeless in the city
through an act called “The Blueprint to
End Homelessness.”
The act was enacted in 2004 with a $7.3
million fund meant to work through the
following ten years.
The spending of the money was reevaluated in 2007 to better accommodate
Chattanooga’s needs.
The plan intends to instead of increasing the availability of temporary housing
for homeless, focusing on more permanent
alternatives by building 1400 new affordable housing units and improve shelters’
capacities to assess and place homeless.
Few organized efforts exist on UTC
campus to help those in need, and police
point out that there’s only so much that
they can do.
“We make a point to assist or help these
people as much as we can,” said Boe.
“But we’ve got a job to do. Either we’ve
got to get them some place or have them
move on to somewhere else. If there was
a student group here looking to make a
STAFF PHOTO BY KARA GLEAVES
The homeless population of Chattanooga has
increased in recent years.
change or a difference in someone’s life,
they could start right there.”
Those looking to donate their time,
money or canned goods can contact the
variety of existing homeless service organizations including the Chattanooga
Community Kitchen, the Chattanooga
Rescue Mission, The Salvation Army or
many of the other organizations.
own, personal stories and some
of the struggles they have in a
society created on the basis of
unspoken social standards.
“The students that we have
got accepted into the University
just like anyone else did,” said
MoSAIC’s External Program
Specialist, Jamie Butler. “They
had to pass all the requirements
such as GPA and SAT. They on
their own merits are intelligent
and capable. There’s this misconception that they are special needs, but the people we
are working with are brilliant.
They aren’t just smart they are
above average intelligence, for
the most part.”
“We actually had a Bill Gates
Scholar in our program for a
while,” said Assistant Director
Amy Rutherford. “There are
only 10 of those in the entire
United States and we had one
here in Hamilton County because of the MoSAIC program.”
One of the many services the
MoSAIC program has to offer
for students suffering from ASD
is the peer mentoring program.
Upperclassmen or graduate
students have the opportunity
to help plan social activities
for freshman and sophomore
MoSAIC participants that will
help them understand some of
the confusing social standards
society has.
“We ask that students on
campus contribute to this process,” said Butler. “[MoSAIC
par ticipants] meet one-onone with a peer mentor. As
they get to junior and senior
year they start to meet with
more faculty and more professionals to help them professionally.”
The MoSAIC program is
only one of 36 college programs
aimed specifically at those with
ASD. The founders of the program found that they had to go
as far as having to write their
own curriculum for teaching
their students.
“ I t ’s m a i n l y b e c a u s e
there’s not a lot out there for
high-functioning adults,” said
Rutherford. “A lot of it was very
elementary focused, very childish. It had markers and crayons.
Students didn’t really like it.”
How people handle and
think of people with mental
differences, especially autism,
has become a very prominent.
The CDC indicates that one
in 68 American children are
on the autism spectrum. Over
the next 10 years approximately
500,000 young people with autism will move into adulthood.
These people will be applying
for housing, work and starting
their own families.
“It’s things that we don’t
even think about,” said Butler.
“We don’t have to deal with
sensory overload, but they do.
We’re here to help them learn
how to communicate their
needs. Things that just come
naturally to us, they don’t have.
It doesn’t make them deficient,
it’s just how they process the
world differently.”
“Eventually we would like
to branch off from the DRC
and become our own thing,”
said Rutherford. “It’s a little
conf using , because you do
have to pay for ser vice in the
MoSAIC program, but that
fee allows us to go above and
beyond what the law requires
folks to do.”
Those looking to get inv o l v e d c a n e i t h e r c o n ta c t
Martin Davis to be a UTC peer
mentor for the MoSAIC program or donate to the Chattanooga Autism Center (CAC),
a resource that provides many
resources for those with ASD.
The CAC will be hosting a
two-mile walk for awareness
on Nov. 14 at 11 am. Those
interested in becoming a part
of the U TC team can contact either Amy Rutherford
([email protected])
or Jamie Butler ( [email protected]).
“The walk is what keeps
their doors open,” said Rutherford. “It’s what brings in a
large amount of their income.”