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Thursday, January 9, 2014
Zoe Yim Contributor UT’s campus workers were seen, but not heard. That is, until the university enacted a raise of the base pay of campus workers from $8.50 an hour to $9 on Jan. 1. After a 13-year campaign led by United Campus Workers, paychecks now meet the university’s standards for adequacy. On Dec. 3, 2013, the university announced base pay will be further raised to $9.50 an hour for all full- and part-time regular employees by June 2014. While UCW Union President Tom Anderson commends the university’s actions, he maintains the necessity of further reforms. “We’re glad they’ve listened to us,” Anderson said. “The truth of the matter is that $9.50 … is a good step, but there’s still ground to cover.”
Dining Dollars cause stir on the Strip Bradi Musil Staff Writer Cumberland Avenue, colloquially known as “the Strip,” is under threat. Confirmed by Jeff Maples, senior associate vice chancellor for finance and administration, two restaurant franchises, Panda Express and Raising Canes, will soon open on Cumberland Avenue. Both will be privately owned by Aramark and potentially accept student balances, as other Aramark locations do. This competitive advantage over other merchants on the Strip has sparked serious discussion between the Cumberland Avenue Merchants Association. Rob Wynkoop, owner of Gyrene Burger and member of CAMA, was determined to plant his company on the Strip due to its reputation within the community and the university area. But his research on the area was nothing short of discouraging. Recently, Penn Station Subs, a staple on Cumberland Avenue, was forced to relocate due to lost business. The effect of added competition could complicate an already growing problem. “When a couple of your friends want to get a Gyrene Burger, but one can’t go because all they have is money in their dining dollars left, it makes a difference,” Wynkoop said. To combat the problem, Maples
and other members of CAMA have started discussing a plan to help merchants and students maintain the Strip’s lively atmosphere by allowing university accounts, like Dining Dollars or AllStar balances, to be accepted at locations beyond campus boundaries. Still in the earliest stages of consideration, Wynkoop fears delays in approving the plans. “The turnover on the Strip with businesses opening and closing is much higher than other college towns; we don’t have any sort of integration with the university,” Wynkoop said. “Cumberland Avenue is very much a part of the university. When [students] see 20 vacant businesses, it doesn’t bode well for the university as a whole.” Maples cautioned that merchants have just begun exploring possibilities and a laid out plan is still “a long way off.” “I want to do it right,” Maples said. “I don’t want to rush into it.” Despite the potential financial cost of contracting with the university, Wynkoop and other CAMA merchants are willing to make the investment. Wynkoop acknowledged the likelihood of paying a commission to the university and indicated that the price would be worth the increased customer base. “We welcome that,” he said. “We just want to be included.” See STRIP on Page 3
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Merchants are on the hook as two new franchises, Panda Express and Raising Canes, will soon open on Cumberland Avenue. The restaurants will potentially partner with Aramark and accept Dining Dollars, which local businesses fear will lead to an unfair advantage for some.
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Artist program connects outsiders with UT
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Victoria Brown Staff Writer The 2014 Artist-inResidence boasts a unique spectrum of artists’ work, ranging from abstract to contemporary and modern pieces. The Opening Reception for the 2014 Artist-inResidence Biennial event will be held today at the UT Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture. The event focuses on four chosen artists who will be exhibiting work in the gallery from today through February 6. This year’s artists are Patricia Treib, Michael Berryhill, EJ Hauser and Jaya Howey. The Artist-in-Residence program was created by UT in 1982 in order to “enrich student’s experience further by regularly bringing new artists from outside the university who are active in the contemporary gallery and museum arenas,” according to the program’s website. See ARTIST on Page 6
Lady Vols plan to learn from early SEC struggles
Jimmy Cheek watches the Nov. 23 Tennessee game against Vanderbilt at Neyland Stadium next to his son Jeff, a local auto-repair shop owner. Chancellor since 2009, Cheek has so far defined his position as raising UT’s standing toward becoming a Top 25 public university.
Chancellor Cheek: the man behind the desk R.J. Vogt Editor-in-Chief The typical American occupation is descriptive in name; salesmen sale, servers serve, teachers teach. People rely on these indicative job titles as insights into the day-to-day lives of others. But when someone has a less obvious line of work – say, chancellor of a major state university – he or she becomes an enigma, one that operates in the complex anonymity of public scrutiny. It begs the question – what does Jimmy Cheek actually do? On Nov. 23, Jimmy Cheek is not eating at a tailgate for the UT vs. Vanderbilt game. Surrounded by savory meatballs, stuffed chicken tenders, and a wet bar with 10 different wines and 12 different beers,
Cheek holds only a plastic cup of water in his left hand, leaving his right hand free for shaking and his mouth free to chat. Unlike the tailgates outside in the cold, full of cornhole boards and contraband drinking, this gathering in the warm Tyson House has a purpose greater than the game – top administrators from UT have come to mingle with their counterparts from Oak Ridge National Lab. Cheek is too busy rubbing shoulders with the likes of Thom Mason, ORNL director, and A.C. Buchanan, III, a top ORNL chemical researcher, to enjoy the delicious spread before him. “Late in the third quarter you’ll see him sit down,” says David Golden, the president of faculty senate. Seamless and constant, the chancellor shifts from network-
ing with UT-Battelle board members to small talk about their families. Part-politician and part-CEO, he never stands in one place longer than a few minutes. As kickoff draws near, Cheek and his wife, Ileen, head for the Chancellor-mobile – a UT golf cart. Russ Swafford, manager of special projects, drives them both to a skybox in Neyland Stadium where even more food and people wait. Once inside, Cheek shakes hands with 14 different people within 10 minutes, despite a three minute break for the national anthem. Each handshake is followed by genuine conversation – Cheek calls students, administrators, alumni and trustees by name, thanks in part to the nametags offered upon entry to the skybox. See JIMMY CHEEK on Page 5
For the Lady Vols, the start of SEC play has been far from perfect. To open the conference schedule, the Lady Vols dropped an 80-77 decision to the LSU Tigers on Jan. 2, snapping a 16-game winning streak in SEC openers. They followed that up by building a lead as large as 28 against Georgia on Jan. 5 before allowing the Bulldogs to go on a 21-0 run late in the second half that brought the game within six. While UT was able to pull away at the end and escape with a victory, their “bounce back” game didn’t go as planned, even though the team was able to come away with an important lesson. “We definitely got lax,” junior center Isabelle Harrison said. “We saw the lead so I guess we were all just waiting for the time to expire, but you never know who’s going to come back and no team is going to quit playing us just because they’re down. “So that game gave us a lesson that we can’t take any team for granted, so I’m honestly glad it happened so it won’t happen in the future.” Cue the Ole Miss Rebels, the Lady Vols next SEC opponent and another opportunity to get back on track in a season filled with high expectations.
Tennessee will look to take advantage of the opportunity by focusing more on the defensive end and paying closer attention to their coaches’ scouting reports. “With all the teams in our conference, we need to pay attention to their strengths and when it comes to scouting reports, we can’t take those lightly,” Harrison said. “We can’t give people season-highs in games. “We have to really get down on defense and really make that our pride, and I think that will make the difference for this whole season.” When the Lady Vols check their scouting report on the Rebels, they’ll see a glaring need to take better care of the basketball. Ole Miss forces 16.5 turnovers a game, a category that Tennessee has committed 40 of in its previous two games. “I was okay with a lot of them because some of them were in transition or we were attacking,” Lady Vol Head Coach Holly Warlick said about the abundance of turnovers in their last couple of games. “I think we’ll just continue to work on them in practice. It does concern me, but I thought a lot of them were what we were wanting to do, such as get the ball inside and attack in transition, so those are things we have to keep working on to get better at.” See LADY VOLS on Page 8
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Jan. 8, 1975 In the 72nd issue of the 10th volume of The Daily Beacon, Andy Holt bus lanes were reported to be installed, after the street was made a one-way by City Council two months prior in efforts to alleviate campus traffic. The west-bound bus lane was to extend from 16th street to Volunteer Boulevard in order to speed up the service of buses and “decrease the conflict between buses and cars on the street,” said Henry Morse, UT direction of development at the time. Bike lanes were considered, but not implemented at the time, as the city and the university were working on creating a bike lane from downtown to connect with the bike lane on Kingston Pike. Tuesday evening, the Knoxville City Council approved a proposal to allow UT ownership of numerous city streets on campus. With this decision, UT will have the ability to close or redirect streets and the responsibility of cleaning the streets. City Council will no longer make decisions for campus streets. Also making the front page was an article by Jim Norvelle titled “Consumer Survey finds lowest text prices at FSB.” The article referred to a survey completed by the UT consumer’s union; the results showed that used textbooks were pricier at the Campus Book Store and the UT Bookstore, now known as the VolShop, than at other book stores. The survey only covered used textbooks because new textbooks, offered only at UT and Campus bookstores, have prices set for them automatically by the publisher according to Tennessee Fair Trade Law. Today, many students use online ordering services such as Amazon to get ready for class, but the VolShop has adapted to keep up with the times. Students can use the Internet to select every book that they will need for the next semester’s courses. After class has ended for the year, the
In the article “English professor honored by Modern Language Association” published in the Wednesday, Jan. 8 edition of The Daily Beacon, it was reported that “Thomas Heffernan, interim director of the UT Humanities Center and Kenneth Curry, professor of English, are being honored in Chicago, Ill., this weekend by the Modern Language Association committee.” Thomas Heffernan is a Kenneth Curry professor of Humanities and interim
direction of the UT Humanities Center and is being honored, alone. In the article, “UT journalism students continue to record untold stories through unique Medal of Honor Project,” Editorin-Chief R.J. Vogt erroneously reported that there were 52 living recipients of the Medal of Honor. There are, in fact, 77. Additionally, a reference to the “Hands of Hanoi” should have read “Hanoi Hilton.” The Hanoi Hilton was an infamous Vietnamese prisoner of war camp.
‘Jihad Jane’ gets 10 years for plot to murder artist Associated Press
VolShop accepts used books for resale. Still, prices trend cheaper if students are willing to search for textbooks off-campus, a fact the Beacon alluded to in 1975. “The union said the only way the UT Book and Supply Store will lower its prices,” the article concludes, “is if they see that the students are willing to sacrifice some energy to shop around for the lowest priced books.”
The article headlined “Computer works again after early breakdown” covered an event of technological breakthrough at the time. Registration was done via Computer (yes, that’s a capital C on Computer) even though it was broken for a few hours. The secondary computer, which was used as backup, was also broken. Although, with all programmers working to print
schedules for students, there was only a 30 minute delay for distribution. Today, registration still sees technological problems via Blackboard and myUTK, but computers have become a little more common in the process. The Beacon Flashback was compiled by Managing Editor, Melodi Erdogan.
PHILADELPHIA — A troubled Pennsylvania woman who called herself “Jihad Jane” online and plotted to kill a Swedish artist was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison after telling a judge she had been consumed by thoughts of a Muslim holy war. Colleen LaRose, 50, faced a potential life term. But Chief U.S. District Judge Petrese B. Tucker gave her credit for her guilty plea and her help in the indictment of two others. Prosecutors asked for decades in prison, fearing she remains highly vulnerable to manipulation. But LaRose told the judge, “I don’t want to be into jihad no more.” LaRose became obsessed with the cause after meeting a Muslim man on vacation in Amsterdam, when she was out one night after a fight with her boyfriend, her lawyer said. She pursued it online when she returned to her home in rural Pennsburg, Pa., where she cared for the boyfriend’s elderly father at home nearly full time. “That’s all I would think about is jihad, jihad, jihad,” LaRose said Monday, telling her story for the first time in court. “I was in a trance.” With her blond hair, blue eyes and U.S. passport, she forever changed the face of terrorism in the United States, prosecutors said. “It was scary for many people to think that Ms. LaRose could be radicalized, just online, in the United States. She was lonely. She was vulnerable,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. “There are other people like that out there in the country, and in the world.” Prosecutors said LaRose sought excitement through her shadow life and was flattered to be told to kill a foe of Islam. “He honored me,” LaRose said of her online handler in Pakistan. “I’m a sister. Sisters don’t get these assignments. But later on, I realized that he
may have taken advantage of me.” Defense lawyers called her the perfect target after a childhood marked by rape, incest, hunger and alcoholism at home. She was raped from the time she was 8, became a prostitute at 14 and lied about her age to marry a customer. Her marriages were marked by abuse, and she came to use crystal meth and other drugs, public defender Mark Wilson said. He attributed her radicalization to “carrying around the demons that she did, and wanting to feel good about herself.” LaRose, who said she is now medicated, could leave prison in a little over four years, given the more than four years she has already served and the potential for time off for good behavior. She also was ordered to spend five years on supervised release after prison. U.S. investigators say LaRose participated in a 2009 conspiracy to target artist Lars Vilks over his series of drawings depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a dog. Muslim extremists in Iraq had offered a $100,000 reward for anyone who killed Vilks, who was never attacked. The Justice Department has said that Ali Charaf Damache, who was living in Ireland, recruited LaRose and another U.S. woman via jihadist websites. Damache married the other woman, Jamie PaulinRamirez, in a Muslim ceremony on the day she arrived in Ireland from Colorado. LaRose left the terror cell in Ireland after about six weeks, frustrated that her co-conspirators weren’t ready to act, prosecutors said. Judge Tucker said she had no doubt LaRose, who stalked Vilks online, would have killed him had she had the chance. “The fact that out of boredom, or out of being housebound, she took to the computer and communicated with the people she communicated with, and hatched this mission, is just unbelievable,” Tucker said.
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CAMPUS NEWS continued from Page 1 Geoffrey Smith, a junior majoring in nutrition and food science, admitted he has witnessed a decline in the Strip’s atmosphere and service. “The Strip definitely isn’t what it used to be,” Smith said. “It’s not as much as a destination for students as it used to be. ... Maybe if they started taking student accounts and becoming more connected with the university and students, it could be less seemingly dead.” Given that other public universities, such as the University of Kentucky and the University of South Carolina, offer local
restaurants the ability to accept university accounts, freshman Alyssa Loveday did not anticipate the lack of partnership between community and school. “I basically assumed that restaurants on the Strip would take Dining Dollars,” Loveday, a freshman majoring in psychology, said. “Cumberland [Avenue] has a reputation like any college town’s core but at the same time, it’s obviously missing something. “... It’s never nice to feel like you’re limited in options, too.” Due to Papa John’s ability to accept university balances, other delivery services frequently encounter confusion. “People call or are confused all the time, and I have
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to explain that most restaurants, actually all restaurants on the Strip, don’t take Dining Dollars,” Kristina Sarten, a senior majoring in anthropology and psychology and an employee at Jimmy John’s, said. Despite the potential for financial ruin, Wynkoop expressed that his sole concern lies in restoring the Strip to its former glory and re-establishing Knoxville as the college town it once was. “It would allow Cumberland to thrive and become that vibrant college strip,” Wynkoop said. “With all the construction and everything that’s going on to make Cumberland a destination, I can only see this as being a positive impact on the university.”
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UK: Investigators study scene after ‘copter crash Associated Press LONDON — Authorities in England cordoned off flooded marshes Wednesday to investigate the crash of a military helicopter that killed four U.S. Air Force crewmembers. The Pave Hawk helicopter slammed into the eastern coast during a low-level training mission Tuesday evening. Teams combing the marshes have been hampered by bullets scattered across the scene and have not yet recovered the crew’s remains. “We have currently cordoned off about 400 square meters (500 square yards) of the marshland area,” said Chief Superintendent Bob Scully of Norfolk Police. “The crash site itself I would describe as an area of debris on difficult terrain on the marsh.”
Local authorities are carrying out a daylight investigation, and the bodies will be removed afterward. The aircraft was assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing. The U.S. Air Force identified the victims as Capt. Christopher S. Stover and Capt. Sean M. Ruane, who were piloting the plane, and Tech. Sgt. Dale E. Mathews, and SSgt Afton M. Ponce. We continue to think of the loved ones who are experiencing such a tragic, sudden loss,” said Col. Kyle Robinson, 48th Fighter Wing commander. The Pave Hawk copter assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing was based at the Royal Air Force station in Lakenheath. It was flying low at the time of the crash. Pave Hawks — a modified version of the better-known Black Hawks — are mostly
used for combat search-and-rescue missions, mainly to recover downed air crew members or other personnel during war and other hostile situations. They typically practice flying low and fast, often at altitudes of hundreds, rather than thousands, of feet. The choppers are highly regarded and have no known safety issues, said Peter Felstead, the editor of IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly. “It’s very difficult to know if there is a mechanical problem or something other than that,” he said, adding the flooded marshes will complicate the recovery of debris. The helicopter plummeted into the Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes Nature Reserve. The aircraft was based at the nearby Royal Air Force station in Lakenheath.
Caretaker hurt trying to save group home residents Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. — The caretaker at a California group home for developmentally disabled adults that burned to the ground tried to beat back the flames Wednesday with a blanket before dragging two residents outside but failing to rescue two others as the fire spread, authorities said. When the 71-year-old caretaker was finally rescued herself by firefighters, she was crying out for the two women she couldn’t save. The caretaker, who was severely burned on her face and arms, had such a close bond with residents of the home that they called her Mommy and she called them her kids, even though most were elderly, neighbors said. “Our firefighters went in and pulled her out. She was saying, ‘My kids, my kids,’” Orange County Fire Authority spokesman Steve Concialdi said. “It was an endearing term. She
loved the residents she cared for.” Two residents, 48 and 52, died and five people were injured, including a firefighter and the caretaker. None of their names were released. One of the people killed was found in her bed. The other was discovered on the floor next to a bed in a second bedroom. Three other women, between 30 and 60, were hospitalized with smoke inhalation and the firefighter was treated for burns to his hand, Concialdi said. Neighbor Julie Guzman awoke to sirens and looked out her window to see firefighters swarming. A few minutes later, she heard crying and looked out again to see an older resident of the home sitting in Guzman’s driveway and sobbing as paramedics tried to convince her to get into an ambulance. “She was panicked. She was crying and calling for her ‘Mommy.’ They said, ‘Let’s go with your Mommy, she’s in the ambulance,’” Guzman said. “She was scared, very scared.
She was flapping her hands.” The caretaker would often take the women for walks or pull a couch outside so they could sit in the sun, Guzman said. On July 4, she held a barbeque. The house had a smoke detector in every room and the ones that were not destroyed were functional, he said. Home administrator Gloria V. Uy told the Fire Authority at the scene that a fire drill had recently been conducted. Concialdi could not immediately verify that. State records show the facility, known as Mary’s Home, had been cited in the past two years for deficiencies including not conducting fire drills, broken stove burners and missing electrical outlet plates but had corrected all the problems to the state’s satisfaction five months ago. The home, which was licensed for six people, was last inspected in August and had no outside complaints in the past two years. The residents had mostly mental disabilities.
Campus worker David Collins cleans under a computer keyboard during his eight-hour night shift in the Commons of Hodges Library on Monday.
PSA continued from Page 1 The wage adjustment was calculated based on the study conducted by UT’s Faculty Senate in 2000, which identified $9.50 per hour, plus benefits, as the minimum wage a regular employee required to make ends meet. Karly Safar, a member of UCW and a UT administrative support assistant, said she believes the increase validates UCW’s efforts to eradicate poverty wages on campus. “There’s a long way to go to get everyone more than a check or two ahead of disaster,” Safar said. “Today, (campus workers) can be satisfied that their efforts are begin-
ning to pay off.” However, the pay increase remains beneath the living wage recommended by the UT Faculty Senate Living Wage Study in 2010, which pegged the most serviceable living wages for workers at a standard of $12.02 per hour, plus benefits. The study reported that a full-time campus employee should earn a wage that pays for the basic needs of a family living in modern America without resorting to needstested public benefits, crime or private charity. Students, too, aided UCW in their pursuit of living wages. Brandon Cartagena, liaison for the Progressive Student Alliance, an advocacy organization, recalls the injustice which previously isolated
workers from students. “There shouldn’t be this segregation - students on one side and workers on the other,” Cartagena, a sophomore in Spanish, said. “A learning environment where people are segregated is not a real learning environment.” Robert Naylor, junior in global studies and Progressive Student Alliance co-chair, said income security would enable campus workers to quit second jobs, provide better care for their families, and allow flexibility to invest time in the community. “The living wage campaign is not over,” Naylor said. “Its really just started. Even though this raise was really wonderful, there’s a lot of work to be done.”
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Make resolutions to satisfy yourself, not others, this year Staff Column by
Emilee Lamb Resolution. Webster’s Dictionary defines the word as “the act of finding an answer or solution to a conflict, problem, etc.” However, ask the average person to define the word and the answer will likely harken to an enthusiastic promise followed by repeated failures and resigned dissatisfaction. That seems a little backward. The celebration of a new year is rightly a time to examine the past, but for some, the red pen has gotten out of control. A year in review becomes difficult to see behind all the notes written in the margins. “I need to fix…” “If I replace this with…” “What were you thinking?” “Instead of that, this year…” The list of regrets goes on and on until we define our past year not by the experiences it yielded, but by the things we will do differently the next time around. Resolutions have become the disease, not the cure. Ironically, as we make our New Year’s resolutions, on some level we know sooner or later, that cheeseburger is going to become just too tempting to resist. When we make a resolution, are we dooming ourselves to another year’s end of regret and broken promises to ourselves? In the American vernacular, “resolution” has become synonymous with failure. Why does 45 percent of the nation make an annual commitment when only 8 percent of citizens, on average, keep it? Simply, resolutions comfort us. The phrase, “New Year, new you,” is a mantra repeated by millions each year as the shiny ball drops in Times Square. When the sun rises on Jan. 1, it shines on people hopeful for a second chance, or a third or a 13th. Stepping over an arbitrary line in time does not suddenly present the opportunity to become a completely new being. You will awake on Jan. 1 the same person who went to sleep on Dec. 31. There are times when we all wish for a reset button, and the changing of the calendar brings that chance every 365 days. It’s important to begin a year with hope and a mind open to change, but a fresh start does not necessitate the erasure of the past. According to a University of Scranton study, the most popular resolutions during the new year include goals like losing weight, finding love, quitting smoking and getting organized. Each of these resolutions seems intended to eliminate a source of unhappiness. If resolutions stem from a desire to change the things we don’t like, rather than ending a battle as the word is defined, we have begun a new one against ourselves. And that is a battle we lose either way. What if a New Year’s resolution were more representative of the opportunity it represents? What if a resolution brought enjoyment rather than frustration? If the goal is to make the new year better than the last, we should concentrate our efforts on finding the things that make us happy and repeating them. Take a look at your 2013. Instead of regretting what you didn’t do, be thankful for the things you did. Don’t make a promise to say, spend more time with family because you wasted too much of it in the past. Choose to relive the enjoyment of being with people you care about. Don’t decide to lose weight because you regret the way you look in last year’s pictures. Resolve to work out more because you like the way it makes you feel about yourself. At the start of 2013, I resolved to run 10 miles by the end of the year. On Dec.1, I ran my first half marathon, a 13.1 mile endeavor. It had no profound or lasting impact on my life, but when I crossed the finish line I felt happy and accomplished. The fact that I had completed my New Year’s resolution didn’t cross my mind until a day later. I made a resolution to do something I thought I would enjoy, not fight against something I didn’t, and now I have a sticker on my car window that reminds me every day what I’m capable of. As you make your resolutions, realize the problem you must resolve is not what went wrong last year, but making sure this year is filled with the things that went right. Emilee Lamb is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached a elamb1@utk.edu.
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Long live the Queen Bey: Why Beyoncé still rules the music world Knight Errant by
Victoria Knight On the night of Thursday Dec. 12, 2013, unsuspecting UT students drank and danced the night away after the last day of finals. Little did they know in the morning they would find an unimaginable, unthinkable and ultimately amazing thing had happened – they would wake up to a brand new Beyoncé album. There has been no other artist like Beyoncé. In our generation perhaps there will never be one again. And someday when our kids ask us who the greatest pop artist of our lifetime is, it is likely we will say Beyoncé. But the question remains – why? What is it about Queen Bey that makes her one of the most celebrated music artists of all time? Why exactly do we all fall down before her and declare her as the goddess of the musical realm? For one thing, in 2013 alone, she sold close to a million copies of the self-titled “Beyoncé” album in three days, flawlessly performed with Destiny’s Child at the Super Bowl, and casually sang at the President’s inauguration. But besides all of that, I have four simple reasons that seem to attribute to her huge success:
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For reference, let’s just remember back in 2008 when “Single Ladies” was released and everyone in the world pulled out their best interpretation of the dance at parties. We, along with Justin Timberlake on SNL, may have all tried, but no one can whip their hand back and forth quite like her. And of course, this woman is in shape – have you seen her legs? Enough said. 4) She’s consistent. Ever since the early days of Destiny’s Child, we’ve known that Beyoncé was the one. And every album released after the debut of her solo career has been highly successful. Think about it: “Crazy in Love,” “Irreplaceable,” “Halo,” “Single Ladies” and “Love on Top” are all some of the top hits from each of her solo albums and also some of the most iconic songs of the past 10 years. With each new album, Bey has not disappointed, and there is no reason to believe that she will not continue to be just as victorious in the future. Now, none of these four aforementioned traits of Beyoncé’s success are particularly crazy, and could without much difficulty be implemented into our own lives. They are fairly simple, and yet they are the real reason she is who she is. And so just maybe, if we could all take a few pointers from her, we could incorporate a little bit of Beyoncé (and her success) into each of our own lives. And with that, long live Queen Bey. Victoria Knight is a senior in microbiology. She can be reached at vknight4@utk. edu.
Sexy headlines distract citizens from relevant issues Dean’s List by
Katie Dean Some issues never seem to go away. Sometimes they go underground for a while only to resurface just when you start to forget about them. News outlets can exacerbate this. Typically, they discuss one current, trending topic until you would rather bang your head into a wall than hear about it again -- cough, cough Benghazi. But in the midst of hotly trending issues, it is so important to remember to pay attention to the ones that aren’t getting as much buzz anymore, as they could be the ones that end up affecting you the most. Considering all the upheaval we’ve had to endure this year with the government shutdown and oh-so efficient roll out of the Affordable Care Act, I’m starting to feel like people are losing focus of a few truly important issues that are still alive and kicking. How is immigration reform going to develop within the next year? Will immigration reform in the next year? What’s new on the abortion debate? And what the heck is going on in Syria and Egypt now? Three months ago that was practically the only thing people could talk about. Just because certain media sources have the attention span of a three year old does not mean we
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1) She is classy. Beyoncé talks, acts and performs with a finesse and an absence of ego, indicating she is aware of her roots and her long climb to the top. And though she has had her share of provocative performances and music videos, she has tact about it. For her it is not really about the shock factor of being sexual, but instead just a part of who she is and what her music is about. And that’s fine. Queen Bey also has a family whom she loves and takes care of while still managing to be, dare I say, one of the most successful women in her career field and quite possibly on the entire planet. That is class, y’all. 2) She cares about her fans. Beyoncé is said to have dropped her new album without any previous marketing before putting it directly on iTunes because she felt “there’s so much that gets between the music, the artist and the fans. I felt like I didn’t want anybody to give the message when my record is coming out. I just want this to come out when it’s ready and from me to my fans.” Though this could be seen as just another version of a clever marketing ploy, she also does things to show she cares, like personally singing “Survivor” to a terminally-ill child cancer patient and visiting concert attendees in the hospital who were injured by fireworks at her own concert. 3) She’s beautiful and can dance. Google “Beyoncé without makeup.” She’s still perfect. Plus nowadays when most pop stars leave the majority of the dance moves to their backup dancers, Yoncé does not – she is the main ruler of the dance floor.
should let really important discussions fall by the wayside. That being said, the abortion debate has reared its head once again, this time in Texas. This may not be as entertaining as watching the Obama administration scramble to get their act together (pun intended) while the GOP verbally smears them all over the place, but what is? And let’s face it, who really wants to keep talking about the abortion debate. It’s weird and gross and makes for some really awkward discussion, especially if the crazies are out on Pedestrian Walkway. But it is important, regardless of what stance you take. It’s one of the biggest issues for women today, and as Ken Cucinelli recently discovered, you can’t ignore the female vote. The Texas legislation stipulates, among other things, that abortion doctors must have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic, which opponents say presents a huge burden for both the doctors and women seeking the procedure. Potentially, this could cause many clinics to close their doors. This law supposedly serves the purpose of making the practice safer, but let’s be real. The purpose is to make it so cumbersome to have the procedure that many are unable to go through with it. After a Texas appeals court failed to overturn the law, critics took it to the Supreme Court in the hopes they would strike it down. Unfortunately for them, the divided justices decided the burden for overturning a law already upheld by a
federal appeals court is a heavy one, and it just wasn’t enough in this case. I can’t say this was a bad idea on their part and can see why they feel it might be beneficial to wait and see what happens. The case remains on appeal for the 5th Circuit and arguments will be heard in January 2015, so there is some time to see how the law plays out. Regardless, the 5th Circuit is widely viewed as one of the most conservative appeals courts, so the actual ramifications of the law may not even matter. Problematic to me is the idea that other states could follow this lead and create similar legislation, making it harder and harder for women to have this procedure. Even more worrisome is the idea that people, women especially, are not paying attention to what could be the biggest development in this debate since Roe vs. Wade. If the 5th Circuit upholds the law, which they most likely will, it will set a precedent for other states with conservative law makers who have similar agendas. We shouldn’t let the sexier, more entertaining news overshadow what’s going on. This case has the potential to take us three steps back from the precedent set by Roe. Hopefully this ruling will wake up women who don’t realize male-dominated legislative bodies want to relegate them back to the 50s. Katie Dean is a junior in political science. She can be reached at xvd541@utk. edu.
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6 things you may not know about Chancellor Cheek He is originally from Hico, Texas, a town with a population of less than 1,400 people in the 2010 Census.
Cheek is an avid gardener who feuds with the neighborhood rabbit, according to his wife.
As a young teacher, Cheek encouraged troublesome students to learn about responsibility by working on a farm. The two students spent an entire Winter Break taking care of baby pigs. It is not uncommon to see Cheek drink tea with 3-4 packets of Splenda. Chancellor Cheek and two members of the Student Alumni Associates help themselves to refreshments at the Tyson House before the Tennessee-Vanderbilt game on Nov. 23.
He is a big John Denver fan.
JIMMY CHEEK continued from Page 1 “He’s very prepared,� Swafford says, as Cheek moves on to chat with Rickey Hall, vice chancellor of diversity. “He always does his homework.� Cheek has demonstrated as much since taking the job on Feb. 1, 2009. As he approaches the five-year mark as Chancellor, UT continues to improve in many measurable categories. Incoming freshmen are smarter, buildings are newer and partnerships with multinational corporations are on the horizon. Even his controversial “15-in-4� tuition model has shown swift results; in fall 2013, freshmen averaged 15.1 hours, setting the class of 2017 on track to graduate in four years. And after discussions with SGA officials, tuition increases for current freshmen are expected to lock-in at 3 percent per year for the next four years. Despite all the progress UT has made during his reign as Chancellor, however, the university has failed to climb into the list of U.S. News and World Report’s Top 25 public universities. In 2013, UT actually dropped a spot, from 46th to 47th. In an address to the Faculty Senate on Sept. 12, Cheek explained that graduation and retention rates will be key to boosting the university’s ranking and the post-graduation futures of UT students. He
asked faculty to make strong personal efforts to help students negotiate their collegiate education; the logic goes that more help will expedite the graduation process. And the Chancellor is a case study in expedition. He says he starts his day at 6:30 a.m., eating breakfast at home before commuting to Andy Holt Tower, where he is typically slated for meetings from 7:30 a.m. until the day’s end. There’s the weekly meetings with his cabinet; the biweekly meetings with Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration Chris Cimino and Provost Susan Martin; the bimonthly meetings about faculty senate with Golden; the monthly meeting with UT President, Joe Dipietro. Spread throughout all the meetings are more meetings, such as one on Sept. 14 with Lee Reidinger, director of the Bredesen Center, to discuss the progress of the interdisciplinary research and graduate program. Always doing his homework, Cheek peruses a report on the Center before listening to Reidinger’s plans for increased recruitment and funding. Mid-meeting, Cheek reminds himself to talk to someone in two weeks. Later, he recalls a month-old conversation with someone interested in the Bredesen Center, passing the name along to Reidinger. When he’s not meeting, he’s eating. Almost every lunch is a lunch with someone else, and
eating four dinners at home is a good week. Travel is a big part of the job, with a weekend trip to the Time Magazine Higher Education Summit in New York City, N.Y., in September and a 12-day trip to China in October. The constant public appearances demand a wide wardrobe – Cheek estimates that he has 15 different suits and sports coats, though he admittes that he can’t be certain. On Nov. 23, the most important man at UT has opted for a power-T sweater instead of another suit. Contrary to Golden’s prediction, it’s actually the second quarter when the Chancellor finally takes his seat in the skybox, quietly watching the Vols lose next to his wife and son. Because it’s the season’s last home game, there is less traffic around Cheek. Inert, he looks uncomfortably comfortable. “He’s 67 years old,� his son Jeff says. “He could retire. But he loves the students. And Dad can’t leave work at work.� A few moments later, Cheek receives word that UT senior Lindsay Lee has won the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the world’s most prestigious scholarships. As he excitedly scurries across the skybox to celebrate with Provost Martin, Ileen leans over to me. “That’s his favorite part of the job,� she says, nodding at Cheek’s proud smile. “Students are much more interesting than professors or administrators.�
Though you may not see him at TRECs, Cheek works out five days a week on his in-home elliptical. He also does push-ups each morning.
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Thursday, January 9, 2014 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson
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Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Cortney Roark
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Scarves serve as trendy, cozy fashion addition for any season
Hannah Cather Staff Writer Scarves have been a fashionable accessory for thousands of years. From Egyptian queens to Queen Victoria to
modern day, these pieces of fabric have proved themselves worthy for the wardrobe time and time again. There are multiple types of scarves, each with its own purpose, floating around in today’s fashion industry. First is the dainty, silk scarf, which exists specifically as an accessory. This frail fabric would be no help in the dead of winter; the thin layers would flap in the wind, and all body heat would escape immediately. Light scarves
can add pizazz to an outfit or increase the modesty level of a low-cut shirt. Donned only when the temperature is above 60 degrees, the silk scarf is closer to a necklace than a cold weather necessity. Then there are the scarves that will keep you cozy. After spending the summer season tucked away in the back of the closet, moth balls protecting their integrity, warm scarves find freedom when temperatures begin to drop. From the classic cable knit to the full-on
throat blanket, these scarves can save the day – and a frozen neck. The Third Duke of Krakow is said to have invented the knit scarf in 1783. Women then adopted the hobby of knitting scarves. Thanks to the Duke, many beginning knitters are able turn to the scarf for practice with their pearl stitch. The variance in warm scarves is great; the width, length and density of the fabric affect the level of heat preservation. If the wind is barely
blowing, a six-inch wide scarf wrapped around the neck once should be satisfactory. Once the wind chill is face numbing, a thicker scarf is a must. The colder the weather, the more blanket-like the scarf should be. A chunky infinity scarf, made of wool, shines in the winter with its solid wind protection. It could be pulled up to the face to prevent frostbite or used in sticky situations when the owner wants to disappear by providing a perfect
hiding place. After the polar vortex hit the U.S., causing temperatures to drop to 51 degrees below zero in some places, everyone reached for a scarf – and gloves and hats and other obvious winter clothes. The scarf should always go on before the jacket for two reasons: to preserve heat and to prevent loss of scarf caused by wind. Some even wrapped multiple scarves around their necks and heads in hopes of increasing the scarves’ potential. Scarves will consistently be a wise and chic addition to an outfit. Considering their historical past and the almost unlimited options available to current scarf acquirers, this accessory will remain a necessity. Hannah Cather is a senior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at hcather@utk.edu.
ARTIST continued from Page 1 Each of these artists are experienced talents who have worked and lived, as well as had their work displayed, all over the country. For Patricia Treib, an artist who currently lives and works in Brooklyn, the Artistin-Residence Biennial gives her a chance to showcase her work to students, peers and anyone else interested in art. “I was an Artist-inResidence at UT in the fall of 2012,” Treib said. “My participation in the fall 2014 Biennial is part of my residency. The Biennial brings together the work of the four most recent resident artists.” Treib is a New York-based artist who got involved with UT’s program through a colleague who recommended her for the program in 2012. After applying, she was chosen to be an Artist-in-Residence. “I will be showing a group of abstract paintings from the last two years,” Treib said. “Abstractions that are based on perception and abstraction that comes out of perceptual experiences. “I’ll focus on the space between something and make painting out of that. Doing so creates a painting that is usually something people wouldn’t necessarily expect.” UT’s Artist-in-Residence program is utilized by the school to enrich student’s learning experience. It brings in artists from around the country to engage in a daily or weekly correspondence with UT students, giving them the opportunity to learn from experienced individuals. The organization has two Artists-in-Residence that are chosen per year, and the event is held every four artists. Sarah McFalls, model and exhibit preperator for UT’s Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, helps prepare and publicize the event. “The four artists whose work will be shown have been a part of the Artistin-Residence program in the School of Art,” McFalls said. “In the early 1980s, upon the retirement of a painting and drawing professor, the School of Art decided to create this program that would bring a different artist to work with graduate and undergraduate students instead of filling it traditionally with a single instructor.” Although attending the reception isn’t a requirement for those exhibiting work, Treib said she is looking forward to going and seeing some of her past students, as well as peers. The art exhibition will be available for anyone to stop by in the Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture starting tonight.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson
ARTS & CULTURE Cortney Roark Assistant Arts & Culture Jeff Dunham, along with his witty friends Peanut, Walter and the rest of the gang, will perform at the Civic Coliseum Saturday night. “We have a bunch of new material the folks in Knoxville can look forward to and some surprises as well,” Dunham said in an email interview. “In my show, there is a little something for everybody.” Dunham began performing at the age of eight. The world-famous ventriloquist said he did a book report on “Hansel and Gretel” that turned into a comedy act much like his shows today. “I did about 30 seconds on the book and then about 10 minutes picking on my classmates, our teacher and the school,” Dunham said. “That’s pretty much the formula I have for shows now: Give the audience a few minutes of meaningful stuff, then make fun of everyone and everything for an hour or two.” The ventriloquist holds Comedy Central’s record for the most-watched pro-
gram ever for his television event, “A Very Special Christmas Special,” according to Dunham’s website. “The Jeff Dunham Show” premiered as the highest rated series in Comedy Central history in 2010. Seven ventriloquist dummies, all of which were handcrafted by Dunham, accompany him in his shows. He said ventriloquism allows for jokes that might not be acceptable for humans. “People pay attention to the dummy and forget who you are and that you’re even there,” Dunham said. “There’s some sort of unwritten license that allows an inanimate object that becomes animate to get away with stuff that a mere mortal never could. All subjects are fair game for the little guys in the trunk.” Dunham said his shows are meant to be carefree. “You can pretty much leave your brain at the door,” he said. “It’s not brainless comedy, but at the same time, I’m not trying to make you think real hard. Just come in, leave your problems at the door and have a great time.”
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Acclaimed ventriloquist to perform Saturday
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Jeff Dunham and his pint-size gang will perform at the Civic Coliseum Saturday night. Dunham, a stand-up comedian who incorporates ventriloquism into his acts, hosted a show on Comedy Central in 2010.
Cortney Roark Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Grammy award-winning bluegrass group The Steep Canyon Rangers will perform at the Bijou Theatre with Sam Bush tonight. “(The audience) can expect an evening of good bluegrass music,” Woody Platt, guitarist and lead singer, said. “Original songs, high energy and some incredible instrumental work.” The Steep Canyon Rangers include Platt, Charles Humphrey III, Nicky Sanders, Mike Guggino, Graham Sharp and Michael Ashworth, according to the band’s website. The group won the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy Award for their album “Nobody Knows You” in 2012. Their latest album, “Tell The Ones I Love,” was made with producer Larry Campbell at the barn of the Midnight Ramble. Platt said this brought a new perspective, since Campbell is not
generally a bluegrass producer. It was also Campbell who encouraged the band to include all original songs on their new album. “We started this band a long time ago and the song writing has developed,” Platt said. “It’s not as formulaic as everyday bluegrass is. Not that that’s a bad thing, but the layout is unique to our band. We’ve developed it and enjoy it.” Performing with the Steep Canyon Rangers is Sam Bush, who Platt said the band looks up to. “A new experience for us is going to be playing with Sam Bush,” Platt said. “He is one of our musical heroes and he is going to collaborate with us. It’s not often a band gets to collaborate with one of its heroes.” The Steep Canyon Rangers have performed at the Tennessee Theatre and are excited to be back. “I love Knoxville,” Platt said. “…we have a long history with WDVX, so it’ll be nice to come back. It’s long overdue.”
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Bluegrass music returns in full force to Knoxville
Steep Canyon Rangers, a Grammy award-winning bluegrass group from Brevard, N.C, performs with Sam Bush tonight, Jan. 9, at the Bijou Theatre. The show will start at 8 p.m.
Social media clicks become big business Associated Press Celebrities, businesses and even the U.S. State Department have bought bogus Facebook likes, Twitter followers or YouTube viewers from offshore “click farms,” where workers tap, tap, tap the thumbs up button, view videos or retweet comments to inflate social media numbers. Since Facebook launched almost 10 years ago, users have sought to expand their social networks for financial gain, winning friends, bragging rights and professional clout. And social media companies cite the levels of engagement to tout their value. But an Associated Press examination has found a growing global marketplace for fake clicks, which tech companies struggle to police. Online records, industry studies and interviews show companies are capitalizing on the opportunity to make millions of dollars by duping social media. For as little as a half cent each click, websites hawk everything from LinkedIn connections to make members appear more employable to Soundcloud plays to influence record label interest. “Anytime there’s a monetary value added to clicks, there’s going to be people going to the dark side,” said Mitul Gandhi, CEO of seoClarity, a Des Plaines, Ill., social media marketing firm that weeds out phony online engagements. Italian security researchers and bloggers Andrea Stroppa and Carla De Micheli estimated in 2013 that sales of fake Twitter followers have the potential to bring in $40 million to $360 million to date, and that fake Facebook activities bring in $200 million a year. As a result, many firms, whose values are based on credibility, have entire teams doggedly pursuing the buyers and brokers of fake clicks. But each time they crack down on one, another, more creative scheme emerges. When software engineers wrote computer programs, for example, to generate lucrative fake clicks, tech giants fought back with software that screens out “bot-generated” clicks and began regularly sweeping user accounts. YouTube wiped out billions of music industry video views last December after auditors found some videos apparently had exaggerated numbers of views. Its parent-company, Google, is also constantly battling people who generate fake clicks on their ads. And Facebook, whose most recent quarterly report estimated as many as 14.1 million of its 1.18 billion active users are fraudulent accounts, does frequent purges. That’s particularly important for a company that was built on the principle that users are real people. Twitter’s Jim Prosser said there’s no upside. “In the end, their accounts are suspended, they’re out the money and they lose the followers,” he said. LinkedIn spokesman Doug Madey said buying connections “dilutes the member experience,” violates their user agreement and can also prompt account closures. Google and YouTube “take action against bad actors that seek
to game our systems,” said spokeswoman Andrea Faville. Dhaka, Bangladesh, a city of 7 million in South Asia, is an international hub for click farms. The CEO of Dhaka-based social media promotion firm Unique IT World said he has paid workers to manually click on clients’ social media pages, making it harder for Facebook, Google and others to catch them. “Those accounts are not fake, they were genuine,” Shaiful Islam said. A recent check on Facebook showed Dhaka was the most popular city for many, including soccer star Leo Messi, who has 51 million likes; Facebook’s own security page, which has 7.7 million likes; and Google’s Facebook page, which has 15.2 million likes. In 2013, the State Department, which has more than 400,000 likes and was recently most popular in Cairo, said it would stop buying Facebook fans after its inspector general criticized the agency for spending $630,000 to boost the numbers. In one case, its fan tally rose from about 10,000 to more than 2.5 million. Sometimes there are plausible explanations for click increases. For example, Burger King’s most popular city was, for a few weeks this year, Karachi, Pakistan, after the chain opened several restaurants there. While the Federal Trade Commission and several state attorney generals have cracked down on fake endorsements or reviews, they have not weighed in on clicks. Meanwhile, hundreds of online businesses sell clicks and social media accounts from around the world. BuyPlusFollowers sells 250 Google+ shares for $12.95. InstagramEngine sells 1,000 followers for $12. AuthenticHits sells 1,000 SoundCloud plays for $9. It’s a lucrative business, said the president and CEO of WeSellLikes. com. “The businesses buy the Facebook likes because they’re afraid that when people go to their Facebook page and they only see 12 or 15 likes, they’re going to lose potential customers,” he said. The company official spoke on condition of anonymity, saying he recently moved his company offshore to avoid litigation or cease-and-desist notices. In Indonesia, a social mediaobsessed country with some of the largest number of Facebook pages and Twitter users, click farms proliferate. Ali Hanafiah, 40, offers 1,000 Twitter followers for $10 and 1 million for $600. He owns his own server, and pays $1 per month per Internet Protocol address, which he uses to generate thousands of social media accounts. Those accounts, he said, “enable us to create many fake followers.” During an interview at a downtown Jakarta cafe, Hanafiah — wearing a Nike cap, blue jeans and a white T-shirt — said large social networks can boost a business’ public profile. “Today, we are living in a tight competition world that is forcing people to compete with many tricks,” he said.
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Thursday, January 9, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron
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Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor It’s the end of an era, and not one that came too soon. Monday night, when Heisman Trophy winner and Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston drove the length of the field and scored the game-winning touchdown to give the Seminoles their third national championship, college football took a turn for the best. In their celebration, the ‘Noles hoisted the crystal ball Coach’s Trophy – the BCS National Championship trophy – into retirement and ushered in the new era of the College Football Playoff. The relationship between the sport and the BCS, however, ended on good terms, delivering one of the best national championship games in its 16 year history (2005 Texas vs. USC still takes the cake). Even during their final goodbye, tears weren’t found in the eyes of any college football fan. While the BCS hasn’t been as terrible a system as it was sometimes made out to be – can anyone really think of a championship game where the participants weren’t deserving? – it certainly wasn’t perfect. And while the College Football Playoff probably won’t be perfect – well, until it gets expanded to eight games anyway – it should be a better fit to take care of our beloved sport. The reason for that, beyond the obvious math that four is better than two, is how exciting the possibility of having three champion-
ship-atmosphere games could be. Take this season for example. The 1-4 matchup would’ve been Florida State vs. Michigan State. The ‘Noles struggled mightily against a below average Auburn defense for 60 percent of the national title game. Imagine what could’ve happened against the Spartan defense, which was nationally acclaimed as the best in the country. Then there is the 2-3 clash, an Iron Bowl rematch between destiny’s team, the Auburn Tigers, and the vengeance-driven Alabama Crimson Tide. This contest would almost undoubtedly fall short of the miraculous finish that occurred only a few weeks prior, but when has the Iron Bowl ever let us down? The answer is never. And those four squads – no matter the combination – could produce a game as good as FSUAuburn delivered Monday. Most importantly, however, the new playoff system allows one last opportunity to weed out the pretenders from the contenders. The 2012-13 destruction of Notre Dame against the Tide could’ve been avoided had the Oregon Ducks gotten a crack to eliminate the Irish before getting embarrassed on national television. That scenario would’ve even provided us the Oregon-Alabama title game that everyone has been predicting for the majority of this past decade. The BCS served us admirably for 16 seasons and the memories will never be forgotten, but it’s finally time to move on and find something better. College Football Playoff, it’s now your time to win our hearts. Troy Provost-Heron is a sophomore studying journalism and electronic media. he can be followed on Twitter @TPro_UTDB and reached at tprovost@utk.edu.
Tennessee diving prepares for first home meet Jonathan Toye
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Contributor UT’s diving team has been active lately, participating in the Georgia Diving Invitational in Athens, Ga., this past weekend and currently preparing for a meet against Virginia Tech and Missouri this weekend in Knoxville. Redshirt senior Tori Lamp and sophomore Samantha Lera will both enter this weekend’s meet after impressive finishes in the Georgia Diving Invitational. Lamp finished third on the 1-meter, and Lera finished fourth in the 10-meter and 10th in the 3-meter. Both divers said they were pleased with their overall performance and acknowledged that the invitational helped prepare them for the SEC championship. “It was actually one of my best 1-meter performances of the season,” Lamp said. “My consistency throughout the entire competition I was really pleased with, and it was a good outlook for what our SEC is going to look like.” “I was pretty pleased being that we are just starting to get back into competition season,” Lera added. “There is a lot more to do during practice and stuff to get ready for SEC, but for now I am really happy with that (performance).” Tennessee Head Diving Coach Dave Parrington said he was also pleased with his two divers’ performances and praised Lamp for competing while nursing an injured shoulder. “As far as Tori goes, being
Lady Vol sophomore Samantha Lera prepares to dive during the women’s 3M NCAA Zone B Championships on March 13. third on 1-meter, given the lack of actual diving she has been able to do just because she has been recovering from a shoulder injury, is pretty remarkable,” Parrington said. “And that is just a testament to her competitive spirit and her level of talent.” Though Lamp has certainly done a good job dealing with her shoulder issues, she said the injury has still prevented her from doing the type of numbers she wishes to do. “We didn’t want to push (the shoulder injury) because the focus is definitely the SECs and the NCAAs,” Lamp said. Lamp and Lera won’t have much time to celebrate their accomplishments at the Georgia Diving Invitational. Women’s diving will be given another opportunity to prepare for the SECs and NCAAs this weekend at a meet against
Missouri and Virginia Tech. “We have just come off a pretty rigorous weekend this past weekend, and actually the level of competition this weekend is really tough.” Parrington said. “The University of Missouri have an outstanding squad, both men and women, as do Virginia Tech, and we do too. This is going to be a matchup of divers who are all ranked in the top 10 in the country coming from three different programs. It is really going to be an exciting meet.” Even though both Missouri and Virginia Tech have strong diving squads, Lera said she is confident about the next meet in Knoxville and excited about the opportunity to improve for the SECs and nationals. “I think coming off this past meet, this past weekend in Georgia going into this next meet, I feel really confident
being that we already have one under our belt after Christmas training,” Lera said. “This will be a good indicator for the SECs once again because we have Missouri, who is in the SEC. Virginia Tech is not, but they are really tough in good competition, so it is just one more step to SECs.” Lera said she is also excited about the meet being in Knoxville for the first time this season. “It is always fun competing at home,” Lera said. “You have all your fans that come out and support, and being in a more comfortable, familiar place with your team and everything, it is always good to compete at home rather than on the road.” The diving team will compete against Virginia Tech and Missouri this Saturday at noon at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center.
team in scoring (13.3 PPG) and first on the team in assists, averaging 6.3 per game. continued from Page 1 The floor general has been aggressively scoring the basketOffensively, the Lady Vols ball throughout the season, as will continue to lean on junior well as passing and generating point guard Ariel Massengale, a lot of space for the team’s leadwho is currently third on the ing scorers Meighan Simmons
and Isabelle Harrison. “I think it changes from game to game,” Massengale said of the offensive game plan. “Just being aggressive and doing what the defense gives me. I’ll do whatever it takes for the team to be successful. Some nights it’s going to be
Meighan’s night, some nights it’s going to be Izzy’s night. “My job is going to be to distribute the ball and put them in position to score.” The Lady Vols tip off their SEC home opener tonight inside Thompson-Boling Arena at 7 p.m.
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