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On Saturday, Oct. 18 around 3 a.m., Tennessee Tech student Mohammed R. Albadi was killed at the Magnolia Court apartments af-ter he was struck by a car driven by Marwan Hanawi.

Albadi, a Saudi Arabian fi -nance major, and Hanawi, another Saudi Arabian who was a former fi nance major, drove together to the Magnolia Court apartments in Hanawi’s car.

According to the police re-port, Hanawi, 20, left his parking space, drove to the other end of the parking lot and turned his vehicle around. Albadi, 22, stood in the middle of the road and waved his hands at Hanawi before he was hit by Hanawi’s Mustang. After hitting Albadi, Hanawi left the parking lot traveling west on 10th Street, turned around in the Regions Bank parking

lot and returned to the apartments. Offi cer Jimmy Blankenship

was fi rst to respond, answering a call about the hit-and-run.

“Upon my arrival, I ob-served a red Ford Mustang sitting in the entrance to the apartment complex facing south bound direc-

tion,” Blankenship wrote in his po-lice report. “The car had substantial front end damage.”

Blankenship’s report said he saw someone lying on the pave-ment in front of the car and that two men were restraining Hanawi.

“As I approached them, they let the subject go and he got up

to run away, I quickly gained con-trol of the subject and then hand-cuffed him behind his back,” said Blankenship.

Blankenship called both Detective Sgt. Tim Terry and Cookeville Police Department traffi c division for assistance. Hanawi was

arrested and placed in Blankenship’s squad car.

Albadi was rushed to Cookeville Regional Medical Center and was pro-nounced dead upon arrival. Hanawi was also taken to CRMC for a blood alcohol con-tent test after Blankenship report-ed smelling alcohol on Hanawi’s breath. After the test was complet-ed, Blankenship took him to the Cookeville Police Department.

Hanawi was charged with crimi-nally negligent ho-micide. According to tncrimlaw.com, a person acts with criminal negligence when the person ought to be aware of a substantial and unjustifi able risk that the al-leged victim will be killed.

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Student Government Association subcommittee presses for modifi cation and clarifi cations in SGA constitution

Freshman student warned for window tint violation and a citation for the possession of marijuana pipes and a marijuana grinder in his personal vehicle.

Golden Eagles win 39-31 over previously undefeated Eastern Kentucky in Blackout game at Tucker Stadium

SGA takes action to revise constitution

Pre-Law student cited for drug paraphernalia

Under the Lights: Golden Eagles upset No. 12 EKU

A Student Government Association committee start-ed major revisions on their constitution over fall break.

SGA’s constitution is a document that lays out the duties and responsibilities of SGA and all of its offi cers. The constitution also has in-formation on the procedures that SGA has to follow on and off campus. The com-mittee revising the constitu-tions is made up of fi ve SGA senators that volunteered to revise the document, with in-put from the SGA, as well as the general student body.

“It is important that the SGA constitution states the correct procedures and

guidelines that SGA must fol-low and uphold,” said Emily McDonald, SGA president. “Therefore it is important that the constitution be revised so that SGA can effectively rep-resent the students.”

The last revision to SGA’s constitution was in 2010 when the Student Organization Life Opportunity (S.O.L.O.) bill was added. Since then, other bills have been ap-proved by SGA but have not been approved by the Administrative Council and a two-thirds majority of the student body, as is necessary by the current constitution.

“As an SGA we have evolved to best meet the needs of the TTU students,

Eastern Kentucky University led Tennessee Tech 31-10 as the clock read 12 minutes, 51 seconds left to play in the fourth quarter last Saturday night at Tucker Stadium. By most accounts, the game is over. The fat lady has sung and the unhatched chickens have already been counted for EKU. The game is seemingly theirs for the taking. Furthermore, the Colonels have all but sealed their seventh-straight win, moving one game closer to a potentially perfect, undefeat-ed season.

The Golden Eagles had other plans, however. Not going down without a fi ght, the home team rallied and scored 29 unanswered points off four forced turnovers and upset the No. 12 team in the nation 39-31.

In similar fashion to the Oct. 4 thrilling win at home over Murray State, the Golden Eagles made a late fourth-quarter push to come from behind and beat a team that had, for the most part, had their way with Tech’s de-fense through the fi rst three quarters.

During the postgame news conference, head coach Watson Brown expressed that while the defense strug-gled throughout the majority of the game, his team hung in there and made plays at opportune times to steal an

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New Homecoming election rules enacted

The Student Government Association has adopted a set of rules involving the elec-tion of Homecoming candi-dates. The new rules allow for students to actively cam-paign prior to election day. Active campaigning involves the distribution of campaign material (handouts and post-ers), advertisement in cam-pus news and radio, and setting up booths and tables on campus to promote the candidate.

Active campaigning will begin after yesterday’s can-didate meeting. Candidates may only post material on the ground fl oor of the RUC and in other campus build-ings, provided University policies are followed.

“Instead of coming on the day of elections and try-ing to get as many people to vote as possible, we are wanting to see a creative style of campaigning,” said Roy West, SGA chief of staff and Homecoming chair. “We would like for the candidates to get to know the students better.”

Another rule added this year is a limit of campaign

funds. Each campaign willbe limited to $750 and musthave a budget submitted to the SGA treasurer before anycampaigning begins.

“If we did not have abudget, it would leave a dis-advantage to small organiza-tions that do not have a large income,” said West. “We real-ly would like everyone to be on a level playing fi eld.”

An addi-tional rule will not allow can-didates, nor their agents, to pass out electronic devices that enable students to voteon the day of the election. Bribes and coercion will alsobe banned.

“We really want the can-didates to be the ones whoare getting students to vote,”said West. “We want it tobe an unbiased election; we do not want students to feelpressured because a personis offering them a reward for their vote.”

Homecoming election day will be Oct. 30, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For additional rules and information re-garding Homecoming, visit the Tech SGA website.

Tennessee Tech student Joshua Murner was pulled over Oct. 16 at 9:27 p.m. for a violation of window tint. Offi cer Brandon Tayes pulled over Murner, who was unable to pro-vide proof of insurance.

According to reports, Murner seemed very nervous when Offi cer Tayes approached the car. When Tayes proceeded to ask Murner if he had anything illegal on him, Murner admit-ted to having a pipe in his pocket and something in his back-

pack located in the fl oorboard. Tayes found the pipe where Murner said it would be during a pat down search.

Murner gave the offi cers verbal consent to search the vehicle. Assisting Offi cer Lintz searched the vehicle and re-trieved a marijuana grinder and a second pipe from Murner’s backpack where he told offi cers it would be.

Murner walked away with a warning for the window tint and a citation in lieu of continued custody for drug paraphernalia.

Murner, of Crossville, is a re-admitted freshman currently studying pre-law.

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David McMinn | The OracleSCENE OF CRIME & EVIDENCE - Left: Orange markings cover the parking lot of Magnolia Court after Moham-med Albadi was struck and killed Saturday night. Right: Marwan Hanawi’s 2005 red Ford Mustang sits at the Cookeville Police Department impound lot Wednesday as the investigation continues.

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upset win from the highest ranked offense and defense in the OVC.

“The kids that can make plays on this team made plays,” said Brown. “I thought that was the big dif-ference for us tonight.”

While some would call it a miracle, Brown attributes perseverance as the source behind his team’s comeback win.

“Ever since I’ve been here (knocks on wood), I haven’t seen ‘em quit. They just don’t. They fi ght to the bitter end no matter what the score is,” said Brown. “We’re not real pretty at times, but we just don’t quit.”

The 29 unanswered point turnaround for the Golden Eagles began after EKU de-fensive back Stanley Absanon blocked a 32-yard fi eld goal and returned it 75 yards for a Colonel touchdown.

During that play is when Brown admitted it would have been the time to hang it up, roll over and accept defeat.

“That would have been easy, as I tell our kids all the time, to throw in the white fl ag,” said Brown. “We just don’t have a white fl ag.”

On the ensuing drive, Tech quarterback Darian Stone found receiver Brock McCoin on three catches for 36 yards including a 14-yard touchdown, a career fi rst for the redshirt freshman from Livingston, Tenn. McCoin, who fi nished Saturday’s game with 11 catches for 128 yards and two touchdowns, became the team’s fi rst re-ceiver to haul in over 100 re-ceiving yards in a game this season.

The touchdown proved to be the initial spark that lit the team’s fi re of unanswered

scoring. What kept the fi re alive, however, were key stops and turnovers made by a defense that appeared to be absent in the fi rst three quarters.

During the fourth quar-ter alone, EKU quarterback Jared McClain forked over two fumbles and an intercep-tion with quarterback Bennie Coney giving up a pick of his own.

The Golden Eagles re-sponded to the EKU turn-overs with touchdowns, two of which were in the skies on a 3-yard catch by Cody Matthews and another Brock McCoin touchdown, this time for 27 yards to put the score at 31-30, EKU with three minutes, 41 seconds re-maining in the game.

Jim Dillon | Guest Contributor FLY LIKE AN EAGLE - Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle free safety Marty Jones (top) soars into the end zone for a game changing two-point conversion as Eastern Kentucky defensive back Kiante Northington unsuccessfully attempts to block the play.

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The Jobe and Murphy residence halls will be closing at the end of the semester in preparation for renovations, causing the students staying there to fi nd a new place to live.

The halls will be up-graded with new plumb-ing, air conditioning units, paint, fl ooring and furniture. Ellington and Warf Halls and M.S. Cooper and Pinkerton Halls have all been renovated and met with praise.

Instead of starting reno-vations at the beginning of the fall semester, work will begin during winter break when students have gone home. According to Andrew Moneymaker, Residential Life coordinator, there are fewer students in the resi-dence halls during the spring semester than the fall.

“Usually we lose any-where from 200 to 300 stu-dents for various reasons,” said Moneymaker. “It’s easi-er to take the students out of

that building and place them in the open spaces we have in the other buildings.”

The renovations typi-cally take six to eight months

to complete, but because Jobe and Murphy is a larger build-ing, this will be a year-long project. One hall, unknown as of now, will

open up in the fall while the other will open Spring 2016.

All 296 students living in Jobe or Murphy Hall are dealing with moving out of their rooms before winter break for the renovations.

“I think it’s a little incon-venient,” said Murphy Hall resident James Stackhouse, a freshman mechanical engi-neer major. “As long as I can fi nd a place to live that’s not a hotel, it’s just a part of deal-ing with renovations.”

Stackhouse said he doesn’t think he received any email stating he would have

to move out of his room and found out through hearing other students talk. However, he said he wants to go back to Murphy when it reopens.

“Ellington and Warf look really nice, so I’m defi nitely going back,” said Stackhouse.

According to Moneymaker, the names of returning Jobe Hall and Murphy Hall residents will be put on a randomized list and assigned a number. Whichever number they are given will be their wait-list number for a new room assignment.

At the start of the semes-ter, 115 students were placed in temporary housing at the Cookeville Motel 6 and Days Inn because of the lack of available rooms in the resi-dence halls. Senior interdisci-plinary studies major Lauren Roach said she stayed in Motel 6 for one week.

“It wasn’t horrendous, but it wasn’t pleasant,” said Roach, who now lives in Crawford Hall. “I was mostly frustrated that, as a senior, I wasn’t allowed into the dorm

right away and bypass the hotel completely.”

Roach said when she was placed in temporary hous-ing in 2009, she was told she would be there all semester but was put into a residence hall two weeks later.

All 115 students were placed in residence halls within the fi rst month of classes as the room assign-ments of students who didn’t show up or have dropped out get fi lled.

A kitchen will also be added to the upgraded residence halls, as well. According to Moneymaker, pots and pans are provided and can be used as long as they are brought back clean.

“Our goal is to get stu-dents to think of it as their home,” said Moneymaker of the residence halls. “As they leave for Christmas break, or leave for the summer, when they come back to campus, they’re telling their parents that they’re coming home rather than just coming back to school.”

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The Women’s Center will play fi lms in RUC Room 342 twice this November. Both screenings will cov-er topics that are often overlooked by society. “Latching On: The Politics of Breastfeeding in America” will play at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 for 40 minutes, and “In the Name of the Family” will play at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 18 for 60 min-utes. Both fi lms will be followed by a short discussion.

“We don’t normally show mov-ies, but last year we found that it’s fun to show a short, provocative fi lm and then follow up with discussion,” said Angela Jones, a Women’s Center

student worker. “A group of students and Women’s Center staff chose the movies.”

“Latching On: The Politics of Breastfeeding in America” is about fi lmmaker Katja Esson’s sister who gave birth in Germany and could breast-feed her newborn anywhere. Upon her arrival back to New York, she realized this simple act was hardly used. The documentary ana-lyzes all different sides of the act of a child being breast-fed. Information from doctors and specialists as well as opinions from a diverse group of mothers are all provided in this fi lm. Throughout the movie, current practices in the United States are compared with the standard in other

countries. “They chose this movie because

it’s educational while being interest-ing,” said Jones. This fi lm provides the audience with graphic scenes fi lled with specifi c statistics and di-verse situations. The viewers will then be able to analyze the facts and come up with individual opinions.

“In the Name of the Family” por-trays a different situation. Jones had more to explain.

“It brings attention to a specifi c kind of domestic violence called ‘honor killings.’ This topic, for the most part, is unknown to most Americans,” said Jones.

This fi lm shows a situation that often occurs without anyone bring-

ing attention to the subject. Told in the perspective of four teenage North American girls, this movie shares the treatment young women faced.

“This behavior was a remnant of patriarchal tribal cultures,” said Diana Lalani, administrative associ-ate in the Women’s Center. When the women would not respond accord-ingly to male authority, the women faced cruel treatment.

“The choice of movies refl ects the Women’s Center’s desire to promote the education, encouragement and advancement of women,” said Jones.

The TTU Women’s Center Facebook page has more information regarding upcoming events.

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Women’s Center to show movies on unaddressed issues

Residence halls Jobe and Murphy will close for renovations at the end of the Fall 2014 semester. 296 students will be required to move out of the halls before leaving for December break.

The old tennis courts on campus were aging quickly and, with a renovation in mind, Tech decided to make the courts the next big tackle.

Tennessee Tech is about to fi nish resurfacing the ten-nis courts, a project that has been ongoing for the past few months.

“The renovation of the tennis courts is a resurfac-ing and recoating project to enhance the surface for the Tennessee Tech tennis team as well as general University use,” said Mark Wilson, di-rector of Athletics. “The reno-vation was to fi x the existing cracks, and the asphalt over-lay should prevent immedi-ate cracking.”

The old courts were a sol-id green color with no brand-ing of any type, but this time around will be much differ-ent from before.

“We took this opportuni-ty to add some Purple Pride to the facility with purple court areas and the wind-screen to be installed at the conclusion of the project will be Tennessee Tech branded,” said Wilson.

According to Wilson, the courts will be opened as soon as the project is completed, whether that takes a month or just two weeks.

The new tennis courts will be a unique stand out point for the University and will be a great place once again to show off your awesomeness.

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Tennis courts remodeling project still underway

RESURFACED - Tech’s tennis courts were resurfaced and are in the process of having “Purple Pride” added to the new and improved look.

POP, LOCK AND DROP IT- Renovations on the tennis courts are still ongoing and have yet to open for students.

The requirement of criminal negligence is also established if it is shown the defendant acted intention-ally, knowingly or recklessly, according to the Tennessee Code Annotated. Criminally negligent homicide is a Class E felony, punishable by im-prisonment of no less than one year and no more than six years, as well as pos-sible mone-tary fi nes of up to $3,000.

“It is defi nitely an incident that I never expected to hear about, but the situation was handled very well,” said Courtney Smith, resident of Magnolia Court. “And our small neighborhood does not feel unsafe because of it.”

The TTU Saudi Club shared their thoughts on the club’s Facebook page in a memorial post for Albadi.

“We offer our deepest condolences and heartfelt

sympathy to the people of the late and herewith,” the post said.

Naif Alharbi, presi-dent of the Saudi Club, said he will visit Hanawi this weekend because of obliga-tory measures as club presi-dent despite Hanawi not be-ing a member of the club.

“We all as Saudis here in Cookeville feel sorry for both of them,” Naif said in an email. “This rare kind of incident happening to young kids makes it harder on us.”

Albadi and Hanawi met each other three weeks prior to the murder.

“I will always remember his smile in my class,” said Jennifer Rideout, professor of English, in a comment on the post. Rideout said she had Albadi in one of her English composition classes in the past and remembered he always had a “pleasant personality in class.”

Hanawi is currently in custody at the Putnam County Justice Center with-out bond. He made his fi rst appearance in court on Oct. 20.

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needs of the TTU students, our constitution has not,” said Nick Russell, SGA mem-ber. “It is important that we revise the constitution so that it most accurately meets the needs of the TTU student body and matches what we as an SGA do. With a revised constitution, we will be a stronger SGA for Tennessee Tech.”

The revisions made to the constitution were sub-stantial, for it had been a while since the document had been revised. With Tech constantly growing, evolv-ing and changing, SGA had to adapt the constitution to better fi t our current needs.

“I hope the revisions that we make will be relevant for-ever. A more clean and im-pactful constitution will al-ways be a good thing,” said Russell. “I also hope that going forward, as an SGA, we will visit the constitu-tion more frequently, making sure that it is in line with the needs of the student body.”

Holiday Features << LIVINGCOOKEVILLE, TN || THE ORACLE || Page 3Friday, October 24, 2014

With Halloween just a week away, a popular activity is to visit haunted houses. However, local folklore suggests our very own campus may be home to a few ghosts and ghouls.

Derryberry Hall is said to be haunted by one of Tech’s most well-known presidents.

“President Derryberry’s funeral was held in Derryberry Hall Auditorium. Some say that President Derryberry himself may be seen walking the halls from time to time,” said Graham Kash, professor of English.

Legend suggests President Derryberry is not the only ghost lurking around Tech’s campus.

The Backdoor Playhouse, located in the basement of Jere Whitson Building, is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former student.

“His name is Michael. He was a student about 15 years ago. He was very active in the theater program, but he had some problems and he committed suicide,” said Mark Creter, Backdoor Playhouse artistic director.

After Michael died, his mother told Creter that Michael had always been a prankster and not to be

surprised if he haunts the Playhouse.

“It grew from that. There are times light cues happen at the wrong time or something wonky happens with the machines for no apparent reason, so we say that it was Michael who was the culprit,” said Creter.

According to Creter, Michael is a friendly ghost committing only playful pranks.

“Michael is our ghost and he is a good one. I certainly don’t do anything to dissuade the stories. I think it’s fun. Most theaters do have a ghost. We turn a ghost light on when we leave the theater;

that’s a theater tradition,” said Creter.

The Phi Delta Theta fraternity house just off campus has a ghost of its own, based on the fraternity’s lore.

Legend has it that decades ago, a brother died in one of the upstairs bedrooms.

“It had been some time since that happened and a brother was at the house alone. He thought he heard somebody, so he started calling for someone. That’s when he heard from upstairs somebody say ‘howdy.’ He looked for who the voice could have come from but no one was home,” said Phi Delta

Theta President Austin Long.

After that incident, the house ghost was nicknamed Howdy.

“I lived here for a year and I would wake up and my blanket would be thrown off my bed completely across the room, or something that I put on the table would be placed somewhere else,” said Long. “It’s small stuff, but you definitely notice it.”

The Phi Delta Theta house has belonged to the fraternity since 1969. Before that it was the home of the Crawford family, one of the founding families of Tech. According to the

brothers, the house’s ageand creaky floors add tothe eeriness of the legendof Howdy.

“The only realexperience I had with himwas when I heard him runup the stairs; it was clearthat somebody had run upthe stairs, but no one wasthere,” said Phi Delta Thetamember Jacob Marlett.

Some people believethe ghostly legends andstories surrounding Tech,while others choose tochalk up the stories tomade-up lore.

“Whether you believeit to be true or not, it is funto hear the stories,” saidKash.

By CHARLI BRAY Beat Reporter

Where are there ghosts on campus?

Around this time of year is when goblins, ghosts and ghouls come out to play. It’s also when folks want to get scared or scare their friends. This year, the Upper Cumberland has many happy haunting places for people of all ages. Some scarier than others and some more centered on the kiddies. This October, The Oracle has provided some information on a few attractions sure to get any Halloween lover in the spirit of the holiday.

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Hidden Hollow just off Mount Pleasant Road is fi lled with spooky adventures. A scary hayride takes you through a forest and stops at creepy scenes fi lled with skeletons, ghosts, blood and ghouls. There are things lurking and waiting to jump out at you to make you squeal.

“Ninety percent of our decorations are homemade,” said Vince Taylor, Owner of Hidden Hollow. “We buy a few things like the hanging masks, or we will buy a mask and then make the body.”

As you go up the hill on the back of a trailer, there are scenes lit with strobe lights. The scenes are fi lled with fake blood, skeleton bones, missing limbs, spiders and turn back signs. The people who work there make many of the decorations.

“We get the yellow gloves and we spray them with foam and that kind of makes hands,” said Taylor. “Or we get the latex gloves, spray that insulation foam in there and it hardens so it makes a hand and then you just paint it red. It’s just little tricks like that make the scenes.”

After the hayride, participants get off and walk to a shed splattered with bloody tarp where they’re met with a scene of a torture chamber with a man covered in his own blood begging for someone to help him.

“Our chain saw broke,” said Brandon Hunter. “It got caught on one of the volunteer’s shirts so when the y’alls came up, we had to come up with something.”

Hunter has been working at places like this for 11 years but has worked at Hidden Hollow the longest.

“I practiced on my mom,” said Calvin Medley, who portrayed a guy in a wheelchair covered in blood. “My favorite part is entertaining people.”

It’s not all just scaring the guests with this ghostly crew. Everyone pitches in and has a good time even if it’s just getting the jump on each other.

“We’re all the time trying to spook a spook. Trying to scare your help, they’re all macho, and say ‘You can’t scare me,’ then you step out and they squeal like a little baby,” said Taylor.

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The next stop on our ghostly tour brings us a little

farther out of town. Past the city of Gainesboro, in Jackson County, lies a small community by the name of Flynn’s Lick. This is the home of Flynn’s Lick Spooky Hollow Haunted House and Hayride.

A drive of roughly 30 minutes beginning at Tech will bring you to the small community center. After paying for your ticket, you will be given a ticket stub with a number, so relaxing is a highly recommended suggestion. Once your number is called, it’s time to load up. You take a seat on the trailer with more daring souls before entering the ride of your life; or afterlife if you prefer.

Flynn’s Lick Spooky Hollow Haunted House and Hayride consists of a fi ve-mile hayride with a haunted walk-through at the end. Participants make a stop at four different spots on the hayride, which are set up and acted out by members of the community.

“It’s a lot better this year. There’s one more extra stop,” said Travis Agee, volunteer truck driver for the event.

“This is our 26th year. It started as just a community thing for the children in the community,” saud Tyler Smith, director of the haunted house. “A couple of years into it, it looked like it was something that was going to continue to grow, so we started off with $3 a person and a tractor trailer, and that’s grown into 3400 people a year, even people from surrounding states. Still keeping eight dollars a person for the last 12 years.”

All proceeds from the haunted house go to both the fi re department of Flynn’s Lick and to the Jackson County Rescue Squad.

“It really impacts our entire county, it’s a really great fundraiser,” said Smith.

This haunted adventure

even has a few secrets behind the scenes. There are four stops to make on the wagon before you get to the house at the end of the road.

“The fi rst stop is the Jackson County hydro Coalition, the second is the Flynn’s Lick Fire Department and the next two are kind of a coalition of just everybody in the county,” said Smith.

It takes a lot of people to put on this big of a show, and when asked about the number of actors within the production, Smith said, “At the house we have approximately 12 to 15 on a given night but throughout the hollow, close to 100.”

The fi rst scene is a party where a teenage girl is drinking and her friend, who is not drinking, is trying to convince her not to drive. The scene ends as you pull off to head into the hollow. On your way back, you encounter another scene with these two actresses but now it’s later on, after the party. The non-drinking teen has been involved in a crash caused by the drinking girl. The sober girl lies on the ground and recites a poem before two mock paramedics place a sheet over her and the scene goes dark.

The Haunted Hollow is big for their messages against drinking and driving. A scene always plays out the message, but half of it is the beginning of this ride.

“Lot of young kids need to see that and adults,” said the Ribera Family, a group of riders on the fi rst wagon of the night, with a few who were reoccurring participants for the past two years.

For the thrills and chills of the Halloween theme, Flynn’s Lick seems to be doing something right. Opening night, Oct. 17, gave them a record of 451 willing victims to climb aboard. Are you brave enough to join them for the rest of the

month?

>> Scary: >> Cost: $$$>>Family:

For those with smaller children and a sense of ad-venture, there is a new at-traction to behold just off Cookeville’s U.S. Highway 111. Right across from 111 Flea Market on West Netherland Road sits a menacing looking trailer with the words Fear Farm.

In this brand new, unique attraction, fi ght the outbreak of zombies as you arm yourself with paintball guns and climb aboard a spe-cially made zombie-hunting vehicle.

“It’s just the zombie trucks are just so neat. Just watching the bullets go in and it’s just fun. And every-one just feels like they’re the terminator,” said Charles Roberson, director of events at Fear Farm.

While there is no age lim-it on the Zombie Hunt, pa-rental discretion is advised. Your adventure begins with practice shooting and then it’s on to the real deal. Have no fear about contracting the zombie virus, the zombies do not climb aboard with pas-sengers, but they will stum-ble within shooting range of paintball guns.

For the sensitive survi-vor, no zombies were hurt in the making of this produc-tion. All zombie actors are fi tted with the utmost protec-tion against paintballs.

“They have full paint-ball helmets. That’s front and back protection and then they have a mesh that goes over the top. Then they wear layers, we got catcher’s mitts, we’ve got layers, pad guards. And probably two or three

suits,” said Roberson. The price of the Zombie

Outbreak Hunt is $25 but thisalso includes a trip into thehaunted corn maze.

Visitors are given a lightand sent into the rows of cornto make their own way out.More actors are hidden in thecorn maze waiting to giveunsuspecting victims a real treat for their dollar.

The maze includes dead ends, zombie babies, clowns,blow horns, body parts, sound effects and a lot more spook-tacular fun.

“I started with somechurch groups. I knewsome college church groupsand went from there,” saidRoberson about his actors. “And then I needed more. I have over 100 employeesthat have worked here at one point or another. There’s a lot going on behind the scenes.”

The Fear Farm is fun forthe whole family, both youngand old.

“I let the last one [zom-bie] have it,” said Bailer Davis, with his parents Kevin and Rebecca Davis.

“Great family fun. We’ll probably be back again thisyear,” said Rebecca Davis.

These are only threeof the many attractions found around the Upper Cumberland, but many moreawait daring souls. Will you be brave enough to take up the challenge of these haunt-ed Halloween adventures?

HALLOWEEN HORRORS- Above: The sign to the Zombie Hunt Paintball Adventure at Fear Farm warns of the dangers of the upcoming zombie invasion you experience on the attraction. Right: A ghoulish employee at Hidden Hollow sits in a wheel-chair covered in blood in attempts to scare guests. Kelly Mills | The Oracle

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By KELLY MILLSBeat Reporter

& BRITTANY LYNCHBeat Reporter

Hidden Hollow Haunted House and Hay Ride

Flynn’s Lick Spooky Hollow House and

Hayride

Fear Farm

Area haunted attractions bring fun,horror to all ages

Be sure to visit these attractions before it

becomes too late

Happy Haunting

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Blues and Brews was a huge success. I have attended another, much larger craft beer festival in Chattanooga, called the Southern Brewers Festival, both as a teen and as an adult. Blues and Brews has all the elements that make the Southern Brewers Festival so popular, right in our backyard. I was absolutely blown away with the size and quality of this festival for being in a place like Cookeville.

There was a multitude of craft beers to try, and some of them were brews I had never even heard of. The home brewers that showed up had several fantastic, creative brews to try, including one with ghost peppers in it. All of the brewers and volunteers were very polite and just happy to be there, which made for a wonderful atmosphere.

The weather was perfect for an outdoor festival like this, and the live music was great. Overall this event was a big hit, and I personally loved it. If Blues and Brews returns to Dogwood Park next year, I will defi -nitely be there.

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Awesome Eagle hits Smashville as guest mascot at Thursday’s Predators game

Craft beer festival brews up good times in Dogwood Park

Dogwood Park played host to Blues and Brews, Cookeville’s fi rst Craft Beer Festival, last Saturday. The event showcased over 50 different craft beers from brewing companies across the country, as well as sev-eral home brewing groups from around Tennessee and live music from Carissia and Company and Jonell Mosser.

Blues and Brews started seven years ago as a fund-raiser for WCTE, Cookeville’s Public Broadcasting Service station, and has been held in locations such as Southern Hills Golf and Country Club, the Cookeville Golf Club and the Leslie Town Center. However, after hitting the maximum capacity at these previous venues and the interest for attending still rising, the event needed to be moved to a more fi tting location.

“With the increase in popularity among a young-er demographic for Craft Beer Festivals, we felt that the event had matured to a point to grow the event,” said Becky Magura, CEO of WCTE. “The event was de-signed to partner with the city and University to help build a diverse group that enjoys Craft Beer.”

The Calfkiller Brewing Company, a popular legal brewing company based in Sparta since 2010, has been showcasing their many craft beers at Blues and Brews for the past fi ve years.

“The layout was differ-ent the last four years, so this is the fi rst year for a full-on beer festival atmosphere,” said Dave Sergio, one of the two brothers that started the company. “We enjoyed it very much. It is nice to get out in front of the people of our community and show them what we do.”

Hosting Blues and Brews in a completely new outdoor location did not come with-out its issues. The event grew exponentially this year in both size and attendance.

“It was unchartered ter-

ritory for us as a station and for the community,” said Jodie Pitts, the assistant event coordinator. “We had to think about all the logistics of the event while trying to utilize the venue to the fullest of its capabilities. We also had to secure a committee and several volunteers from the community.”

Dogwood Park ended up being a great place for the event, with ample space for the breweries and all the pa-trons in attendance.

The many breweries in attendance were not the only highlight of Blues and Brews. Many small groups of home brewers came out to show-case their creations, and to educate the public about the near endless possibilities of making beer in your own home. Local home brewer Jim Patten was an integral part of organizing the home brewers at the event.

“She [Magura] knew that I and a lot of other people in the area brew, so it was a great opportunity to expose the art of home brewing to the gen-eral public,” said Patten.

Some of the home brew-ing groups included Caney Fork Brew Works and the Backwoods Carboys out of Tullahoma.

Blues and Brews ran from noon until 5 p.m. Saturday and was fairly packed the en-tire time. The weather man-aged to stay clear, and the event seemed to go without a hitch.

“All in all, our planning paid off and we were very pleased with the fl ow of the event and how well every-thing came together,” said Pitts. “We hope the festival will continue to grow and be something the community can enjoy, while continuing to raise funding for our pro-gramming here at WCTE.”

By BEN CRAVEN Beat Reporter

LAST CALL FOR ALCOHOL- Above: Crowds gathered at the Blues and Brews Fes-tival to see beers showcased from different brewing companies. Below: 50 different craft beers were showcased at the Blues and Brews Festival.

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Tech’s Awesome Eagle took to the ice and fi lled in for the injured Nashville Predators mascot, Gnash, Thursday night.

Gnash suffered a broken fi bula in his left leg during “his rigorous offseason training regimen” and called out to some of his fel-low mascot friends, including Awesome, to help him cheer on the Predators in his place. While the injury to Gnash was unfortunate, Awesome Eagle and Tech were able to ben-efi t from the time the Predators mascot will be recovering.

“Gnash and I have been friends for quite a while now,” said Awesome. “So when he called asking for my help, it was a no-brainer. I told him I would be glad to help him in his time of need.”

“I found out a few weeks ago that Awesome would receive this opportunity [to fi ll in for Gnash],” said Andrew Halford, Spirit Squad interim head coach. “We are re-ally excited Awesome got in there and got rec-ognition on a national level.”

A news release sent out by the Predators on Sept. 24 announcing Gnash’s injury said, “Well-known for his daring stunts that in-clude rappelling from the Bridgestone Arena ceiling, using a sled to slide down the lower bowl stairs and more, Gnash’s injury came in the midst of his rigorous offseason training regimen.”

The injury is expected to keep Gnash out for an extended amount of time. Predators

Senior Vice President of Communications Gerry Helper said on the Predator’s website, “Predators mascot Gnash suffered a bro-ken fi bula in his left leg and is being treated by a team of physicians and trainers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Nashville Predators. We expect him to make a full recovery in six-to-eight weeks.”

“When I heard of Gnash’s injury, I felt terrible for him,” Awesome said. “I know how hard he works to bring the spirit and the energy it takes to get the fans pumped up in Smashville.”

The fi ll-in will be a great spotlight not only for Awesome but for the University as well. Awesome Eagle is an experienced mas-cot that won the open mascot division of the 2014 Universal Cheerleaders Association na-tional competition in Orlando, Fla. in January of this year. Filling in for Gnash, while big shoes to fi ll, should be a doable task for the eagle.

“It was an incredible ordeal not only for Awesome to get the recognition but also an opportunity for Tennessee Tech to be repre-sented,” said Halford. “Everyone in the spirit program works really hard all over the cam-pus and Cookeville; it’s very exciting we can spread out and represent our school and town in different places.”

When asked who accompanied Awesome to the Predators game, Halford said, “Only Awesome got the opportunity to go, but I hope we talked everything up enough that our student body traveled to support Awesome and Tennessee Tech.”

By TYLER RANDOLPH Beat Reporter

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Predators mascot, Gnash, suffered a broken fi bula in his left leg and is being treated by a team of physicians and trainers from Vanderbilt

University Medical Center and the Nashville Predators. —Gerry Helper,

Predators Senior Vice President of Communications

UNLEASH YOUR AWESOME, GNASH- Left: Awesome Eagle and Gnash pose before hit-ting the ice at Thursday night’s game. Right: Awesome Eagle sits back in the stands to refl ect on the high number of people in Bridgestone Arena during Thurday’s game.

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Pre-season injury causes Tennessee Tech mascot, Awesome Eagle also, to assist injured Nashville Predators mascot, Gnash at Thursday night’s Predators game in Bridgestone Arena.

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Two weekend trips to Kentucky were successful for the Tennessee Tech volleyball team. Tech began last week-end with a win at Morehead State Oct. 17. The victory was the fi rst time the Golden Eagles defeated Morehead on their court since Oct. 17 2009. Outside hitters Cody Dodd and Kellie Williams dominated, combining for 29 kills.

Williams shined again Saturday against Eastern Kentucky with 22 kills, which lead the team and was a game high. Tech had to endure fi ve sets with EKU, who is ranked second in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Golden Eagles fi nally put them away 15-6 in the fi nal set. Nov. 11, 2011 was the last time Tech defeated the Colonels in Richmond prior to Saturday’s match up. The match was also the third straight conference win for the Golden Eagles who are now 5-3 in OVC play. Coach Dave Zelenock highlights consistency as the reason for

the team’s recent success. “We have hit a little

stride here where we are fair-ly consistent,” says Zelenock. “Our passing is pretty good. Our setting is pretty good. We are fairly low in hitting errors while still being ag-gressive. I think that has been the key.”

The team’s confi dence has also received a boost fol-lowing their early success. Last year, the team fi nished with only one conference win. During this year’s cam-paign, the Golden Eagles are halfway through the confer-ence schedule and already own fi ve victories.

Young talent has made an impact early this season. Freshman middle blocker Jordan Wachowiak leads the team with a .217 hitting percentage and averages the most blocks per set with 1.19.

“It [confi dence] is defi -nitely high, especially com-ing off of what they had been used to in years past and knowing that our class is really making a difference here,” said Wachowiak.

A bizarre schedule has the Golden Eagles fac-ing EKU and Morehead

again this weekend at the Hooper Eblen Center. Senior Courtney Smith is expect-ing to see an EKU team with some extra motivation.

“I think its exciting to play them back to back be-cause it will really show our character and their charac-ter,” said Smith. “They are defi nitely going to come back mad and come into our home court and want to beat us the same way we did to them.”

The play at the libero po-sition will be key in today’s match up. Smith is ranked second in the OVC in digs while EKU’s libero, Dena Ott, is ranked fi rst.

Tech will face a talented but struggling Morehead State team Saturday. Morehead is currently 0-22 and sitting at last place in the OVC.

“I do not know how they are 0-22,” said Zelenock. “Their middles and rights can score pretty much at will. They have got very aggres-sive outsides.”

Today’s contest with the Colonels begins at 7 p.m., and Saturday’s match against Morehead State will start at 4 p.m.

The Tennessee Tech Quidditch team left North Carolina undefeated after they crushed 12 teams in the Gold Rush Cup II Saturday Oct. 18.

The Golden Hippogriffs competed against several teams from the South and Mid-Atlantic regions includ-ing Virginia Tech, University of South Carolina, Duke University and University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Tech fi rst fl attened the three teams in the fi rst round of pool play and then moved on to beat the University of South Carolina 120 to 70 in the semifi nals. They fi nished the tournament Saturday with a 140 to 20 win over Virginia Tech in the fi nals.

According to team co-founder and chaser Kellie Davis, the victory was due, in large part, to the well-pre-pared defense.

“Our defense was ex-ceptional this weekend. Our

team played a tight man-to-man defense and our beat-ers focused on stopping the quaffl e very well,” said Davis. “Beaters are our best line of defense and are a great asset when used wisely.”

Quidditch is a sport that was invented in J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” se-ries. It has since been adapted for muggles, or non-magic folk. A team consists of sev-en players: one keeper, three chasers, two beaters and a seeker. The object of the game is to score the most points by putting the quaffl e (usually a volleyball) through one of the three goal hoops.

The Golden Hippogriffs are currently ranked 21st in the nation.

“We fi nished last season ranked 26th in the world and hope to be ranked even high-er this year,” said Davis.

Before the team can make the trip to Florida to com-pete in the World Cup, they must fi rst place high enough in their region to qualify. Tennessee Tech competes in the South region, which re-

ceives nine bids for the WorldCup.

“We still need to workon our snitch catching con-sistency and getting gooddrives and shots on offense,”said Davis.

Chaser and senior chem-istry major Alex Ewton sug-gests getting more physicalin their defensive approach.

“Some of the other teamshit really hard; that’s some-thing I think we could workon,” said Ewton. “Whetherthat means we all go to thegym together or not, or justpracticing getting good formdown, if we could become abit more physical, that wouldhelp.”

Even with the acknowl-edgement that the team stillhas work to do, Ewton is cer-tain the Golden Hippogriffswill return to the World Cupplaying fi eld.

“I will say with 100 per-cent confi dence that we willgo to the World Cup thisyear,” said Ewton. “I wouldsay that we are among thetop four teams in our region.At this point, it’s just a fact.”

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During the routine extra point kick to tie the game, longtime placeholder and 6-year senior free safety Marty Jones botched the snap. Jones quickly recov-ered the drop, rolled out left and dove into the end zone, fl ipping over EKU defensive back Kiante Northington for the 2-point conversion and a 32-31 lead. It was the fi rst Tech lead of the night.

Jones, who says he’s never botched a snap since his place kick holding career began in junior high, took full responsibility for the mishap.

“I’ve never botched a snap in a game in my life,” said Jones. “It handcuffed me a little bit and I just dropped it. I picked it up and I just started rolling out.”

Jones said kicker John Arnold told him he was “throwing up blocks” for the free safety as Jones dashed for the end zone on the 2-point conversion try, but said he’d have to see the fi lm to believe the kicker. Watson

Brown jokingly added “it wasn’t pretty.”

On the following drive, Tech’s defense forced a three and out on an EKU offense that had previously convert-ed 18 fi rst downs. Tech run-ning back Ladarius Vanlier fair caught the punt at his team’s own 37-yard line, and on the following play, took the ball, cut outside to the left and ran untouched along the sidelines for 63 yards for a Golden Eagle touchdown. The one-play, 63-yard scoring drive took all of 10 seconds and resulted in the game’s fi -nal score.

With only two minutes remaining, EKU needed to drive the ball 75 yards for a touchdown and covert a 2-point conversion if they had any hopes of surviving the upset.

The Golden Eagles had other plans. Marty Jones, who gave his team the fi rst lead of the night after what could have been a costly mis-take, intercepted EKU quar-terback Bennie Coney with just over a minute left to play. The Golden Eagles, however, came up empty on their ef-fort to run the clock out and were forced to punt.

The fi nal dagger to the Colonels was then deliv-ered as Jones intercepted his fourth pass of the night, this time from EKU quarterback Jared McClain. The four-interception performance

broke a Tech record while tying an OVC record for the most in a game.

Although happy with his individual performance, Jones credits his opportuni-ties to his team’s offense for forcing their opponent to throw the ball and make a comeback of their own.

“You get into that situa-tion [on defense] because the offense kept us in the game up to that point,” said Jones. “When they have to throw, that puts us where we can really pin our ears back and rush the quarterback. It really makes my job a lot easier.”

Jones left Tucker Stadium Saturday night with video game-type numbers grab-bing four interceptions and 12 tackles. He also took home a handful of accolades for his career performance. Jones was named the OVC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time in his career. The College Football Performance Awards and the Sports Network also rec-ognized him nationally as the FCS National Defensive Performer of the Week.

A pair of other Golden Eagles received honors for Saturday night’s win as well.

Senior quarterback Darian Stone was named OVC Offensive Player of the Week after throwing three touch-downs in the fourth quarter to lead his offense over EKU.

Junior running back Ladarius Vanlier received several awards for his OVC season-best 264 all-purpose yards as he was named the OVC Special Teams Player of the Week for the sec-ond time this season. Like teammate Marty Jones, Vanlier was also recognized by the College Football Performance Awards. Vanlier was named the FCS National Punt Returner of the Week by CFPA for the second time this season for his 79-yard punt return for a touchdown on the fi rst play of the second quarter against EKU. It was his second punt return for a touchdown in 2014.

“When I saw the ball in the air I just took the oppor-tunity,” said Vanlier. “The punt return team made great blocks. I looked for a crease and when I got it, I just ran to the end zone.”

Although Brown has stated before that his all-pur-pose, all-OVC running back has come a long way from dropping kicks last season, he says Vanlier has been the best running back for Tech this season.

“The thing I like about him is he’s not very big, but he doesn’t play small,” said

Brown. “When he gets loose,good luck, because you’renot going to catch him. That ain’t gon’ happen.”

Saturday night’s homewin was the fi rst for Brown against EKU at Tucker Stadium since his arrivalin 2007. It was also the fi rst“Blackout” win for Tech since the tradition began in2012. The “Blackout” promo-tion is to encourage fans to wear black clothing while theGolden Eagles wear their all-black uniforms.

The Golden Eagles are now 3-4 overall, 2-2 in OVC play and rank fi fth in the con-ference. They move forwardfrom last week’s upset winover the No. 12 FCS team to face No. 6 Jacksonville State.

The Gamecocks will bethe fi fth nationally ranked opponent Tech has faced this season. While Brown admitshis team’s schedule has been tough to say the least, he alsosays he’d be surprised if his team traveled to Jacksonville and didn’t put up a similar fi ght as Saturday night.

“I don’t know if any-body’s had a schedule like this. It’s just been brutal,”said Brown. “The big-gest positive to me is that through this tough sched-ule, these kids don’t quit. Iwould be shocked if we go to Jacksonville State and lay an egg. I think we’ll play ourhearts out.”

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CONFLICTED - Citizens of the state of Tennessee get the opportunity to vote on Nov. 4 on whether or not they would like Amendment 1 to be changed. Changing this amendment will result in changing guidelines statewide regarding abortions.

PINK - Now not only is the NFL wearing pink in honor of breast cancer awareness month, but college footbal is as well. This is a picture of the current footbals in the NFL.

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Over the past few years October has become Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Professional sports associa-tions like the NFL have tak-en to wearing pink gloves, shoes, and using pink tow-els on the sidelines. Now college athletes are wearing pink themed apparel and I feel that the pink has run its course.

I do want to be clear, I have no issues with players, coaches or fans who want to wear a pink jersey or pink hat. I do think it’s great that a male dominated sport can show support for a disease that mainly affects women, however I think it’s unfair that the NFL does promo-tion for breast cancer and yet completely ignores prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer aware-ness month is supposed to be in September, but you’d be hard pressed to fi nd that

out if you only hear about the different cancers from watching sports on televi-sion. I don’t understand that if the NFL and now NCAA have time to make special pink gear for players and coaches to wear during the month of October, is it re-ally that diffi cult to make

light blue trim to support prostate cancer? I’ve heard the argument that prostate cancer isn’t as marketable as breast cancer and while I do understand this aspect of it I still think it’s unfair of the leagues to only show sup-port for breast cancer.

Even then prostate and breast cancer dont claim as

many lives as heart disease does in this country yet we have an ice bucket chal-lenge for ALS. Again noth-ing against the fi ne folks that created the Ice Bucket Challenge, that was a fun and interesting way to raise funds for research and it was very successful but still ALS does not take as many lives

as heart disease. Another thing that both-

ers me about all this aware-ness is that I feel the Susan G. Komen benefi ts a lot from it. The American Cancer Society is the offi cial partner with the NFL to raise aware-ness but I always think of Susan G. Komen as the fi rst organization of breast cancer research and awareness. So long as that organization re-mains out of the equation, I think it’s for the better.

The CEO of Susan G. Komen, Nancy Brinker, makes over close to $700,000 a year and the organization has been shown to not give all their donations to re-search. I think it’s a stretch to call to the foundation “evil” as I’ve heard some people say, but I think get-ting a six fi gure paycheck when you’re the CEO of a foundation based around the death of your sister makes me sick to my stomach.

I understand the pink apparel is eye-catching and it’s supposed to make female fans relate, but the NFL has been doing this for years.

The MLB even uses pink batson Mother’s Day to promotebreast cancer awareness. I dothink that the pink trim andthe gloves and the pink batsare very eye-catching andremind me of breast cancereverytime I see them but Ireally don’t think it’s neces-sary. I’d say by now if youaren’t aware of breast cancer,you probably don’t need toworry about breast cancer.

In the end I like thatprofessional and college ath-letics are trying to reach awider audience and to helpfi ght this disease, but to me I think their efforts could be put to use for more than justthis issue.

I hope someday we cansee pink gear in conjunctionwith light blue to get both sides of the spectrum. And as for those who want tosupport the Susan G. Komenfoundation all I ask is: Thinkbefore you pink.

Where does Susan G. Komen money really go?

We have a voice. Let’s use it. We have a choice. Let’s use it. We have a life. It’s debatable.

Well, at least that’s how our nation views the value of human life, and that’s cur-rently the political situation Tennessee is in.

Come Nov. 4, the state of Tennessee has a right to vote yes on Amendment 1 being upheld. This will “open the door for informed consent for women and girls consid-ering abortion, inspection or regulation of abortion fa-cilities, and hospitalization requirement for later term abortions,” according to YesOn1TN.org.

Seems like a lot of gibber-ish, right? I spent about four hours just trying to under-stand what “no” really meant and what “yes” stood for. So here I am to try to break it down.

The state of Tennessee houses many out-of-state abortions because of our cur-rent regulations. “Yes on 1” claims that this amendment change will make out-of-state abortions cease to exist. Yet, parallel to this, “No on 1” citizens say that abortions in general will cease to ex-ist, not only for out-of-state people, but also to residents of Tennessee.

This situation is tricky. I believe everyone has a

right to make decisions—in-cluding the baby. That baby, whether made from love, abuse, incest or rape, is still a baby. We can agree on that

fact, right? I bet if that baby could make a decision it would choose life. Why? It’s a basic human right.

However, I still have a problem with the “Yes on 1” campaign. This campaign de-mands the government inter-cedes on our behalf to make decisions for us. To choose when life is given. Whoa now that is just too much power for them.

I would love if every baby conceived was born, raised by loving parents, re-ceived education, met the spouse of their dreams and became president—but that’s not guaranteed if they don’t

have life. Ideally I wish those con-

sidering abortions made this conscious decision, not the big guys at the Capitol.

If you’ve read my articles before, you know how pas-sionate I am about equality. And if you’ve stayed up-to-date on the news you have probably seen the campaign running with the United Nations right now called HeForShe. In the campaign’s opening speech by actress Emma Watson, she states the actual and true defi nition of the word feminist; but its na-ture has a different meaning than what we are used to.

Stereotypically, feminists are known to be “men hat-ers” and violently liberal, which could not be further from the truth. According to the Merriam-Webster dic-tionary, feminism is “the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.”

That’s it—equality.So as a human being and

a woman of my word, I desire equality for men and women of all ages. Catch word: ALL ages. With that being said, this would include babies, even those unborn.

In essence, by taking away the rights of a human

and letting the government or another human choose whether it gets the chance to survive in this world is not equality. You are treating the baby as less than human.

This issue becomes a matter on the value of human life and whether equality is ever attainable.

We can’t preach femi-nism and demand for equal-ity between both genders, yet neglect those who can’t speak for themselves. We’re running in a vicious cycle when we ask for equality for everyone and then pretend that everyone isn’t even a someone.

So if you’re still stuckon what exactly this voteentails, here are the mainpoints: If you believe excep-tions should be guaranteedand abortions made pos-sible, then vote “no” onAmendment 1. If you believein equality in its rawest form,not only highlighting therights of women, but all hu-mans, vote “yes.”

It’s time for us to makedecisions just for ourselves.

By KIMMY MANNINGOpinion Editor

By ADAM WEBBStaff Writer

Early fall TV impressions

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KILL THE NAZIS- Brad Pitt (above) stars as an army sergeant who commands a tank and a fi ve-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines during World War II.

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IT’S MURDER- Viola Davis (above) stars in the new hit ABC show “How to Get Away with Murder”. She pushes her fi ve law interns to their limits as they assist with cases at her fi rm.

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HIGHWAY TO WHERE?- AC/DC’s new album “Rock or Bust” is set to be released on November 28th.

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A l m o s t two months into the new TV season, there are some clear winners. I already have

my favorite, and below I have listed my favor-ite new drama, com-edy and most surpris-ing new show. Granted, there are a few shows that have yet to air, but I have full confi -dence that they would not have made my list anyways.

Best New Drama“How to Get Away With Murder”

Viola Davis lured me here, and she has not disappointed. Actually, the whole cast has not disappointed. Of the fi ve episodes that have aired, not a single one of them has failed to make me gasp, think intuitively and crave more. Getting back to the cast, Viola Davis simply does not disap-point in her role as pro-fessor Annalise Keating. She joined the show because she wanted a meaty, juicy role that fi lm was not necessar-ily offering her. Well, she got that and more. She absolutely kills it in this leading role. She is so commanding when she is on screen, and her take on her character is intimidating. Come award season time, if she’s not nominated for Lead Actress in a Drama, well, it’ll be a travesty.

Her supporting cast excels at driving the show toward great-ness. Jack Falahee’s por-trayal as Connor, one of Annalise’s students, is particularly captivat-ing. Falahee’s dark, wit-ty and sneaky portrayal of the character easily steals a lot of scenes. It’s refreshing that creator Peter Nowalk and the show’s writers are not afraid to “go there” with Connor’s personal life and endeavors. I’m not sure a broadcast series has ever fully ex-plored a character like this before. He is not the only fascinating charac-ter though. Every other cast member portrays their role extremely well and can also poten-tially steal a scene when least expected. Side note, can I say it’s such a pleasure to see Liza Weil on television every week again. That being said, every week the show ups the intensity more than the previous episode.

The series has al-ready been picked up for a full season, but it will be just 15 episodes. I suspect’s Davis’s fi lm career obligations probably intervene. Nonetheless, the show dares to push the lim-its each week with so-phisticated writing, top-notch drama and one hell of an ensemble cast. As the ABC tag-line for Thursday night goes, “Thank God It’s Thursday.” But also thank god for Shonda Rhimes. “How to Get

Away with Murder” airs Thursday nights at 10/9 CDT on ABC.

Best New Comedy“Marry Me”

Have I mentioned I miss “Happy Endings”? Yeah, ABC, that’s still not sitting well. Thank goodness for NBC, though, because they have brought me the next best thing. Starring in this hilarious new show is “Happy Endings” alum Casey Wilson. Her, along with co-star Ken Marino, are such fun to watch to-gether. It’s only aired for two episodes, but the chemistry is undeniable. Over two episodes I have cackled a lot, and I do mean a lot. The writ-ing is sharp, extremely funny and the entire cast gives the dialogue such justice.

It’s been awhile since NBC has produced a re-ally good comedy, mi-nus last year’s “About a Boy” which is amazing and you should watch it and love it. Of all the comedy shows in the past years, that one and this new one feel right to me and are great starting points for the network to build upon. Good thing they both air on the same night, in the same hour. “Marry Me” airs Tuesday nights at 9/8 CDT on NBC.

Biggest Surprise“The Mysteries of Laura”

Yes, I said it. Everybody was such a hater with this show coming into the new TV season, and most of them still are. I saw com-plaints calling it “mom-cop show,” “Debra Messing deserves bet-ter,” and that “it’s so old-school.” I believed the hype in the beginning, but it’s Grace Adler, uh, I mean Debra Messing, and I was going to give it a shot no matter. So I did, and guess what? I loved it. So what if it’s a little bit old school? I love old school, and to me, this is a perfect fi t for the 7 p.m. hour on Wednesdays. And to say

Debra Messing deserves better, well wouldn’t Debra Messing know when something was not a good fi t for her? This is a great role and her portrayal is goofy, at times poignant and just plain hilarious. The show itself is a fun time and the supporting cast makes it even more en-joyable. It’s doing well in the ratings, averag-ing almost 9 million to-tal viewers an episode, which for any network other than CBS is stel-lar. The all-so-important 18-40 age demographic is averaging around a 1.5, which for NBC is rather good. I’m with this show for the long haul. So if it’s just me and a bunch of 60-year-old people watching, I don’t care. I like what I like, and, in my opinion, this is a great show that has the potential to last some time, if the ratings hold. “The Mysteries of Laura” airs Wednesday nights at 8/7 CDT on NBC.

Honorable Mention“Scorpion”

I really do love this show. It’s smart, funny and fast-paced. I have been really impressed with it every week. The odd-ball cast meshes to-gether extremely well and creates an exciting atmosphere. There is a great element of mys-tery to the show, which makes it even better. “Scorpion” airs Monday nights at 9/8 CDT on CBS.

These new shows are great additions to each respective net-work. I expect them all to continue to be suc-cessful as the season progresses. The TV sea-son is still young, and a lot can happen between now and then. Keep an eye out for trailers, com-mercials and other ads for new shows because there are a lot of new shows still set to pre-miere during the mid-season. Both broadcast and cable channels are offering up some great new things.

Rounding out of the box offi ce in the #1 spot, this intense World War II action movie de-

livers an emotional kick to audiences. The star-studded cast of Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Peña, and Jon Bernthal com-mand a tank past enemy lines into the heart of the war. Set in April 1945, in the height of the German invasion, the team loses their assistant driver and young, inexperienced Norman (Lerman) is thrust in his place. The crew faces overwhelm-ing odds in their at-tempts to take out as many Nazis as possible.

“Fury” is a hard, gritty look at the hor-rors of war. Mud coats every scene and nothing is too bold or disgust-ing for this fi lm to tack-le. Lerman’s character Norman is young and innocent, and the fi lm documents his struggle to keep his humanity in tact while becoming a coldhearted soldier. Some of the scenes in the fi lm are grotesque and defi nitely worth the R rating. Nothing is glam-ourized or sugar coated, and the actors give a gravely realistic por-trayal of “shell-shock” (PTSD). Though Brad Pitt has a history of por-traying Army generals in World War II movies, he is able to defi ne his char-acter away from his per-formance in “Inglorious Basterds”. Shia LaBeouf

is outstanding and worth watching alone. After a brief crazy stint, it ap-pears that he is in fact still famous and needs some work. His charac-ter is deeply religious, signifi cantly contrast-ing with the brutality of murdering hundreds of German soldiers.

The fi lm is over-whelmingly dark and suspenseful. The emo-tional roller coaster of the fi nal few scenes puts the audience on edge, patriotism and all. The only thing comical about the fi lm was the depic-tion of fi refi ght. In or-

der to distinguish theammunition, the effects team made the bulletsand tankfi re light up like lasers. The “Star Wars”effects detract from theentire fi lm and lose seri-ousness in otherwise in-tense moments.

Overall, “Fury” is nota disappointment by anymeans and a perfect ac-tion movie for any his-tory buff. The acting issuperb, the story is raw,and the themes are real.“Fury” is rated R for orstrong sequences of warviolence, some grisly images, and languagethroughout.

“Fury” a raw, powerful film

Of all the albums be-ing released in the com-ing months, these are the ones to look-out for:

Taylor SwiftSwift’s debut pop al-

bum “1989,” named after the her birth year, comes after her 2012 album “Red,” which blurred the lines between pop and country. Swift’s lead single, “Shake it Off” has proven that she can make a pop hit, albeit unorigi-nal. The rest of the album will show whether or not she has the pop chops to carry an album and sepa-rate herself from the pack. “1989” drops Oct. 27.

Foo FightersFoo Fighters new al-

bum “Sonic Highways” features the band try-ing to keep it fresh while retaining their sound. The album was recorded in eight different cities across the country, in-cluding Nashville, and should show us a side we have yet to see from the aging rockers. “Sonic Highways” will be in stores Nov. 10.

Pink Floyd Pink Floyd hasn’t

released an album in over 20 years, and there’s some

speculation “The Endless River” will be their last. The band has described the sound of the LP as ambient and instrumen-tal songs. Pink Floyd has been known for their long, trance-inducing songs, so it will be interesting to hear if they have kept things groovy over the last 20 years or if they’ve run their course. “The Endless River” drops Nov. 7.

AC/DCAfter the highly

publicized departure of Malcom Young from the band, AC/DC is trucking on with their new album “Rock or Bust,” the fi rst album without the found-ing member. The album is the shortest the band has made in years and could make or break them. If Aussies can survive the

death of Bon Scott in1980, maybe they can rockthrough the departure oftheir rhythm guitarist. “Rock or Bust” will be re-leased on Nov. 28.

Lil’ WayneIn what he claims will

be his fi nal album, “Tha Carter V” has a lot to liveup to. “Tha Carter III”was considered by manyto be Lil’ Wayne’s best al-bum ever. Lately the rap-per has been trying to fi nd that kind of success be-fore he tried to “reinvent” himself as a rock star with “Rebirth” in 2010.This album comes hot offthe heels of his 2013 al-bum, “I’m Not a Human Being II,” and will show if Weezy still has what it takes in in the rap scene.“Tha Carter V” drops Oct.28.

The cease and desist order placed on Tennessee Tech’s Iota Theta chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity Sept.12 of this year has been lifted, allowing the fraternity to resume normal operation under a few sanctions. While under cease and desist, fra-ternities must stop all op-erations outside of manda-tory hearings and chapter meetings.

Pi Kappa Phi was origi-nally given the cease and de-sist order by Tech’s Offi ce of Greek Life after allegations that an unregistered social event occurred on chapter property. Greek organiza-tions are required to regis-ter all social events with the proper authority. The chap-ter’s Archon (president), Matthew Perry, claims the whole thing was due to a

miscommunication.Perry said he had previ-

ously been told by both the city of Cookeville and the Offi ce of Greek Life that his home was not recognized as a fraternity house. In fact, he was threatened with a fi ne for displaying letters. However, after having a “small get-together” at the property, al-legations of an unregistered event on chapter property were raised.

“At some point they de-cided ‘We are recognizing it as your fraternity house, and you had an event,’” said Perry. “It’s a lot of red tape. Evidently when the re-gime changed, the opinion changed. So on one side I can now use it for events, which is nice. On the other hand, it would’ve been nice for that to have been clear.”

Aside from a basic dis-agreement with the allega-tions, Perry also expressed

frustration with the way the case was handled.

“I told Katie (Katie Williams, Greek Life coordi-nator) the day after the judi-cial hearing I didn’t appreci-ate how the kangaroo court was run,” said Perry. “There is a set standard in our by-laws for judicial proceedings. They didn’t follow it. They never do. Which is com-mon—it’s not court. With court , that is their career; they know how to do it.”

“These men are in a vol-unteer position just like I’m in a volunteer position. So, yes, they may not do things to the book. But, especially when you’re handling some-thing as serious as having the power of removing someone from campus, it needs to be taken not lightly. I’ve been in several where we weren’t in trouble where I felt things were taken very lightly.”

Now that the cease and

desist has ended, Perry and the rest of Pi Kappa Phi are ready to get back to normal operations.

“We’re effectively on probationary standing with Greek life. We’re completely free to operate the chapter. We have certain sanctions that we have to meet, such as alcohol awareness, which is something our national organization does on a per-semester basis anyhow, so that’s not different from how we would normally operate. The only thing that hit home was that they mandated that our house be dry until 2018,” Perry said. “I’m really proud of my guys that, coming out of effectively a month of suf-focation, we hit the ground running.”

Attempts made to reach the Offi ce of Greek Life were not immediately returned as of press time.

Earlier this month, Tennessee Tech sent emails to all students, faculty and staff warning them about travel-ing to areas affected with the Ebola virus, like the West African nations of Liberia and Sierra Leone.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a level three notice, which asks people to avoid countries like Liberia and Sierra Leone for non-essen-tial travel.

According to webmd.com, Ebola in not as conta-gious as illnesses like the fl u or the common cold. The only way to contract Ebola is through contact with an in-

fected person or animal, notcontact with a contaminatedobject or surface. The virus cannot be spread through air,food or water.

Symptoms of Ebola in-clude high fever, weakness,lack of appetite, sore throatand joint and muscle aches.There is no vaccine or cure forEbola. The virus is managedwith blood transfusions, oxy-gen and fl uids. Tech HealthServices claims it is preparedto deal with Ebola if any cas-es are discovered.

To report travel plans,fi ll out the form using thisaddress https://newcms.tn-tech.edu/machform/view.php?id=54992

If you have felt any symptoms of Ebola call TTU Health Services (931)372-3320.

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