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The Daily Beacon • Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Scruffy City hits a growth spurt Jenna Butz
Arts & Culture Editor (@butzjenna)
Ladies and gentlemen, Knoxville is growing. At this point, you’ve probably drunk a million lattes at Old City Java and spent hundreds of dollars at both of The Tomato Head locations. Lucky you, though, because the openings of new businesses throughout the city are here to help end your rut. For the foodies, the downtown and UT area has seen the addition of restaurants for a range of taste buds. FLOW: A Brew Parlor, a coffee shop and beer garden on Main Street downtown, combines craft beer and espresso drinks with other local eateries, often pairing with Farm-to-Griddle Crepes and Savory and Sweet food trucks to satisfy their guests’ culinary needs. Alan Sims, also known as the Knoxville Urban Guy and the founder of popular blog Inside of Knoxville, sees the business’s arrival as a catalyst to expanding where people hang out downtown. “FLOW stretches the downtown retail, hospitality footprint by placing a very good coffee shop/beer pub on Main Street,” Sims said. “Main Street has had very little in the way of businesses for many years, and I think it is critical to downtown’s success going forward that people begin to think of downtown as more than Market Square.” Then, OliBea, a breakfast spot focusing on local and organic food, has sprouted in Old City. Chef Jeffrey DeAlejandro, the man behind neighboring The Crowne & Goose, did a complete turnaround, looking to focus on a new cuisine style. Eventually set to offer late night options, right now OliBea is proving local, organic food can be prepared quickly and well. “It is one of three or so restaurants downtown offering that quality and at a low price,” Sims said. “Breakfast has been a missing meal downtown with the exception of Pete’s and Tupelo Honey, neither of which offer food of that quality.” Fresh to Order has also opened its doors below Publix at University Commons. Claiming to serve “fine fast” food, the quick eatery has an extensive menu ranging from tuna and black bean burgers to calamari and coconut curry salmon. For UT students, this stop is a short walk or bus ride from the bustle of campus for a casual meal before or after class.
Then, for the pizza aficionados, regional brick oven pizza chain Brenz Pizza Co. has made its way to the Strip next to Chipotle for those looking for an alternative to Mellow Mushroom or Brixx. Arrays of shops are also littering the city’s geography. Home interior shops James Freeman Interiors on the 100 block of Gay Street and Mango Decors & Co. in Old City are offering furniture and home décor, a niche long excluded in local shops besides Bliss Home. For those looking for unexpected antiques can search through Mid Mod Collective, a vintage store and bookshop specializing in mid-century furniture. The
bility model and is eager to see its impact in Knoxville and her own food needs. “I would say Whole Foods has a larger selection than a lot of other health food stores,” Prosise said. “They certainly charge a premium, but they have very unique offerings. For example, they incorporate ready-made food bars, offer cooking classes and work with local growers to offer a larger selection than, say, Trader Joe’s.” Though Sims admits to focusing heavily on downtown on his blog, he agrees with Prosise. Whole Foods has the ability “to alter the foodscape in a good way,” as Sims observes Knoxville embracing mainstream health food trends. However, he is worried about its impact on smaller grocers. “It seems Knoxville may finally be ready for organic, nonGMO foods and that the competition for that business may be about to get more intense,” -Alan Sims Sims said. “I’m glad for that, but hope it doesn’t hurt our local Three Rivers Market.” This growth is due to an increase in marketing through local tourist agencies as well as residents becoming more partial to the downtown area. Sims sees this local and national attention as a trail on funds, helping these businesses flourish. “I also think Knoxville residents are slowly catching up with the national trend toward moving back to urban centers and are gradually coming to appreciate our downtown more,” Sims said. The next step for Knoxville’s expansion? Sims hopes to see more independent bookstores, world-class restaurants, a large boutique hotel, a pharmacy, a computer store, more men’s and conventional clothing stores and the coveted IKEA. “It would help if we had additional stores that attracted people to come downtown and shop,” Sims said. “So really, we need more businesses that fit several needs: attracting out-of-town visitors, bringing in more people from the suburbs and businesses that better fulfill the needs of downtown residents.”
“I think it is critical to downtown’s success going forward that people begin to think of downtown as more than Market Square.” specialty store has come to reside in a massive, renovated industrial space in Happy Holler. Also on the 100 block of Gay Street, Bootleg Betty and Bula Boutique both opened in the fall. Sims believes these shops “help solidify that area for retail, as well as serving fashion niches previously not attended to.” Other additions include the Pretentious Beer Glass Company in Old City, selling their handmade beer glasses to residents looking for a personal vessel for their brews, and Rock, Paper Hair Studio, adding an upscale salon option to Gay Street. Massive beauty department store Ulta has found its home alongside outdoor store REI and the much-anticipated Whole Foods Market. It is expected to open this spring, saving students the 30-minute drive to Turkey Creek, which used to be the closest chain location to campus. Whole Foods has generated much buzz surrounding its Bearden opening, scheduled for early spring. Amy Prosise, a senior in human resource management, has studied its corporate social responsi-
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Tyndall hopes new lineup will spark Vols’ offense “I think we’ll get better at the Troy Provost-Heron Staff Writer offense end, but with the makeup of our team there are going to be After a stagnant 38-point performance some nights... when it’s going to against Alabama on Saturday, Donnie Tyndall made it clear that it may not get any better. –Donnie Tyndall be ugly.”
How they match up Tennessee
Arkansas 83.9
Scoring Offense
63.9
69.8
Scoring Defense
62.4
.471
Field Goal %
.434
.389
3-Point %
.343
+5.1
Rebound Margin
+1.7
18
Assists Per Game
11.2
4
Blocks Per Game
3.9
8.7
Steals Per Game
7.7
+4.9
Turnover Margin
+2.4
“Offensively, we’ve struggled, and I just don’t see that changing,” Tyndall said during his weekly media luncheon Monday. “I think we’ll get better at the offensive end, but with the makeup of our team there are going to be some nights — for lack of a better term — when it’s going to be ugly.” With a short turnaround heading into the Volunteers’ contest against the No. 19 Arkansas Razorbacks on Tuesday, the first year head coach is hoping another starting lineup — which will be UT’s eighth different lineup in 15 games — will be a short-term fix for the struggling offense. Tyndall announced that if the game were to be played Monday he would start Josh Richardson, Devon Baulkman, Robert Hubbs III, Armani Moore and Derek Reese, marking the first time this season that junior college
Who to watch for
Last Meeting
PPG RPG APG FG% #10 F Bobby Points
18.1 7.1
0.8
.582
#24 G Michael Qualls
15.8 5.3
1.6
.468
#00 G Rashad Madden
9.5
2.6
5.3
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Jan. 22, 2014 in Knoxville, Tenn. Vols 81-74
transfer Kevin Punter will be absent from the starting lineup. The biggest reason for the lineup change is to put some more scorers around Richardson, who scored 17 points against Alabama and has scored at least 15 points in 11 of UT’s 14 games this season. “Guys have certainly improved since the beginning of the season, but the problem is outside of Josh (Richardson) — and other teams know this,” Tyndall said. “We really don’t have a playmaker … But that’s the team we have and that’s why the ball is in Josh’s hands so much.” And while their offensive focus has been on finding a helping hand for Richardson, the Vols’ defensive game plan has honed in on Arkansas sophomore forward Bobby Portis, who leads the SEC in scoring at 18.1 points per game. “He reminds me a lot of Kenneth Faried as a young guy,” Tyndall said. “He’s bigger, he runs the floor, he challenges shots, he rebounds out
of his area — he’s more skilled on the perimeter than Kenneth ever was — but he’s a lottery pick. He’s a top-15 pick whether it’s this year or next year. “The biggest thing that impresses me about him is that his talent level is off the charts, but he plays extremely hard.” The Razorbacks will be looking to change a long history of losing in Knoxville, where they are 2-10 and currently hold a six-game losing streak — their last win coming on Feb. 25, 2006. “This is Mike’s fourth year, so he has his type of guys,” Tyndall said. “He’s had his program in place for four seasons and as teams grow and mature, struggles on the road go away a little bit, especially if you are a quality team.” The Vols’ matchup against Arkansas is scheduled to tip off at 7:00 p.m. EST inside Thompson-Boling Arena.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Defensive-minded Carter finding her stride offensively Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer
This season, redshirt sophomore guard Andraya Carter’s grit and energy on the court have led her coaches and teammates to refer to her as a defensive stopper. Her intensity on the court and her vocal leadership have contributed to the Lady Vols’ 14-2 start and a 4-0 record in SEC play. Carter’s instincts, quick hands, leaping ability, and speed on the court have made her one of the best on-ball defenders in college basketball, and her 40 steals (2.67 per game) rank second in the SEC. Carter recorded six steals in her first two games of the season. She has registered a steal in every game she
“With the new year, I wasn’t happy with my offense the first half of the season so I got in the gym extra and really worked with Holly and Dean (Lockwood)” -Andraya Carter has played, while grabbing at least two steals in 12 games. “Draya has a drive that is unmatched,” assistant coach Jolette Law said. “There are some things that you can’t teach. I wish as coaches we could take that credit, but that’s something that is in her DNA. She’s a perfectionist. She constantly wants to get better. She has that internal drive and you don’t have to motivate her. She does it herself.” Despite being the second shortest girl on the roster, she has done her best to block shots and snatch rebounds. She has the same amount of blocks (8) this season as 6-foot-2 forward Bashaara Graves and ranks fourth on the team in offensive rebounds. In the Lady Vols’ 60-51 win at Arkansas on Sunday, Carter set a new
career mark with three blocks to help spark a second half comeback. “I definitely love my role as defensive hustle first,” Carter said. “I think that’s something I can bring. My high school coach always labels defense and hustle as controllable factors. So no matter how I’m shooting the ball or how my offense is like, I’m going to bring those elements to the game as my role.” While Carter prides herself on her defense, she has focused more time on the offensive side of the ball to start 2015. In four conference games this month the defensive-minded Carter has averaged 10.8 points per game while accounting for five of her seven
3-pointers this season. “She has gotten confident and has h worked on her game,” head coach Holly c
Warlick said. “When you do that, you see your shots go in and you shoot them over and over. It’s repetition.” She led Tennessee’s offense in a 57-49 win Jan. 5 over Vanderbilt with a careerhigh 19 points while shooting 6-of-10 from the field. “With the new year, I wasn’t happy with my offense the first half of the season so I got in the gym extra and really worked with Holly and Dean (Lockwood),” Carter said. “I’ve really focused on my form and technique instead of the amount of shots that I’m taking extra. I’ve focused on the little things.” With the Lady Vols in search of their first Final Four appearance since 2008, the all-around guard looks to play a major role in helping her team achieve that goal. “I definitely want to be more of a threat on offense,” she said. “I think that helps the team. I want to be more of a complete player. I’ve learned over my career that whatever comes my way I just have to take it and run with it.”
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UT’s cheerleading squad performs during the Lady Vols game against Texas A&M on Jan. 8. The squad will be in Orlando competing at the UCA/UDA National Championships from Jan. 16 to Jan. 18. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon
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Appropriate force is key point of training for UTPD Chris Salvemini Staff Writer
Police officers vow “to protect and serve,” a promise which safeguards citizens from excessive force. The methods of police officers have been widely discussed in the wake of the highlypublicized deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Locally, UT Police Department Chief of Police Troy Lane said a code of ‘sensible discretion’ is used to maintain peace in the department’s jurisdiction regardless of how heated situations can become. Although departments also operate on a caseby-case basis when considering the use of force, Lane said there is an internal dialogue between officers, criticizing anyone who may be tempted to exploit their position of power. He said police work is not simply a job, it’s a community of law enforcement. “We see a lot of things in law enforcement and we say ‘Gosh, we wouldn’t approach that situation in that manner,’” Lane said. Additionally, there is an extensive process of describing incidents to superiors when force has to be used. Whenever an officer is required to use force, such as bringing someone down to the ground, he or she must fill out a “Use of Force Report” as well as the standard police report, which is then reviewed by three entities. Lastly, the report ends up on Chief Lane’s desk to determine whether or not aggressive action was necessary. Paperwork and policy aside, there are many other psychological factors which affect an officer’s decision to use force and determine how much force to use. If a smaller policewoman is faced with a large and violent suspect, she may decide to threaten him with her weapon rather than face him unarmed. Lane said the decision is largely based on an officer’s own comfort, need for safety and the tools available to them. “The Supreme Court has said they will judge the force based on the crime at hand,” Lane explained. “That’s not the crime that brought you to my attention, it’s the crime that causes the force I use.” UTPD allows officers to carry pepper spray, batons and firearms for their own safety. They are also annually trained in custody and control techniques, or training for facing any multitude of situations unarmed. Lt. Donnie Ross, an instructor in custody and control techniques, said officers in the training course discuss how to handle different situations while keeping their own safety in mind. “They’ll go through a scenario … try to test them as far as how a belligerent person typically acts,” Ross said.
Lane confirmed he has also personally attempted to lessen the use of police force in his own department. As soon as he began his position as chief of police, Lane instituted many training programs to help his deputies understand where a person may be coming from mentally when the police show up on the scene. Nearly half of UTPD’s officers and several dispatchers have also been trained in a Crisis Intervention Team’s program designed to improve the way police handle people experiencing a mental health crisis. Officers also go through drug recognition training so police can identify the type of drug a person may be under the influence of before approaching. Included in the annual training are courses concerning domestic violence, bias-based policing and cultural awareness.
“We see a lot of things in law enforcement and we say ‘Gosh, we wouldn’t approach that situation in that manner.’” -Troy Lane When officers begin their annual training on custody and control techniques, court decisions that have shaped the ‘hard’ policies about how police use force are the first things reviewed. Policies regarding the use of force come primarily as a result from two main court cases: Tennessee v. Garner and Graham v. Connor. In 1985, Tennessee v. Garner allowed officers to use deadly force on a fleeing suspect assuming that the suspect is considered to be dangerous to the officer and others. In 1989, however, Graham v. Connor set a standard of objective reasonableness which determines whether or not actions are excessive on a case-by-case basis. Ultimately, when an officer tells a suspect they are under arrest, that officer is legally obligated to make every effort to arrest them. When this results in explosive situations, officers rely on discretion and training rather than policy to avoid the endangerment of innocent lives. The department will undergo re-accreditation in March. For more information, visit utpolice. utk.edu.
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A BREAKDOWN OF FACULTY DEMOGRAPHICS
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CAMPUSNEWS While the Office of Equity and Diversity strives to increase the diversity of UT’s faculty, the data in this graphic show there is still much progress to be made. Overall, white males dominate the makeup of UT’s academic staff. Women fill the ranks of departments such as nursing and education but are largely absent from engineering, agricultural sciences and natural sciences.
Information compiled through the efforts of Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence. Graphic by Dillon Canfield • The Daily Beacon
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UT still striving to expand diversity in faculty, staff Hannah Marley Staff Writer
Last year, 79.6 percent of UT professors were male and 83.4 percent were white. Outlined in the same staff demographics for the 2013 fall semester, women accounted for 20.4 percent of professor positions and African-American, Asian and Hispanic individuals made up 15.6 percent of faculty combined. The Office of Equity and Diversity is the administrative branch responsible for ensuring that UT’s academic departments take diversity into account during the recruitment and hiring process. While its staff is making strides to improve faculty diversity, these statistics reflect a largely homogenous university community. For Jenny Richter, the interim director of the Office of Equity and Diversity, improving these statistics means focusing on a more rigorous and mindful recruitment process. “From the outset of the hiring process, you’re trying to make sure that you can frame it so that it’s going to be a job that you want to fill, that has the qualifications and the qualities that you need, but that it’s not going to discriminate, or favor one group over the other,” Richter said. Richter added the ultimate goal is to have a wide variety of candidates to choose from when considering an open position but job offers do not always go as planned. “There are times when candidates who would bring in diversity take positions elsewhere, and there are times when candidates who would fit in the majority category take positions elsewhere,” Richter said. “Each job search is a different opportunity, and it’s coming from a different department and it involves different people.” In order to attract the broad selection necessary to diversify UT faculty, Vice Chancellor for Diversity Rickey Hall said faculty and department heads need to be proactive in their search for potential candidates while keeping the value of a gender and racially diverse faculty in mind. For Hall, some of the benefits of having a diverse faculty include preparing students to function in a diverse workplace while challenging students to consider different perspectives and encouraging creative thought. “New approaches to knowledge are more likely to be discovered when scholars from a wide variety of backgrounds and different experiences are brought together to interact with and challenge one another,” Hall said. “In an academic community, diversity leads
“In an academic community, diversity leads to intellectual and creative progress and contributes directly to academic excellene.” –Rickey Hall to intellectual and creative progress and contributes directly to academic excellence.” Richter agreed exposure to diverse viewpoints allows students to gain a more full and nuanced understanding of the subject matter. “If you want to teach the students the same topics the same way from the same perspective, you can do that,” she said, “but I think students are better off if they can hear and see diverse perspectives on virtually everything. It makes you think. It’s a part of critical thinking.” Patricia Freeland, chair of the Department of Women’s Studies, said hiring more female faculty has the potential to inspire women to pursue careers in male-dominated disciplines. “Research shows that female instructors may play a central role in encouraging female students, especially in science, technology, engineering and math disciplines to remain in these fields,” Freeland said. Reinforcing Hall’s, Freeland’s and Richter’s assertions about the value of having a gender and racially diverse faculty, Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence is a group of faculty working to research and educate fellow faculty members about the importance of diversity. By using peer-to-peer instruction based on academic research about bias and diversity, Hall said this faculty-led effort is revitalizing UT’s efforts to hire and retain a diverse faculty. With organizations like S.T.R.I.D.E. at the helm, UT may soon get on track toward a more diverse future.
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Our brother, our pet, our pig
R.J. Vogt
Open Letters
Once upon a time, in a house on Fraternity Park Drive, there lived a pig named Bedford— this is his story. I’ll never forget the first time I met Bedford the pig. The year was 2013. While discussing classes and schoolwork within the basement of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house, the sounds of pandemonium began in the halls above us. Shrieks, laughter and outraged voices drifted downstairs, followed swiftly by one of our new pledges. Swinging open the door, he took a gulp of air and looked at us, “There’s a pig upstairs.” What followed would have made good footage for a “The Three Stooges” skit: various young men clad in an assortment of brightly colored tank-tops and shorts, whooping and hollering as they chased a very terrified black pig in and around the house. There were near misses and squealing tackles—I think a few of us dove for the tail—and eventually, he was caught and relocated to the very basement in which this column began. Exhausted, and at this point, traumatized, the once elusive pig accepted his captivity swiftly. Curled in a corner and penned in by overturned bandstands, he resigned himself to what must be every pig’s second line of defense against mankind—undeniable,
unequivocal cuteness. Immediately, debate broke out. The few, more sensible among us argued we should take him to a farm or a pet store, that we absolutely should not (even consider!) keeping him. It was, after all, against school rules to have a pet pig. Others savagely smelled future bacon or imagined other dark futures for the little guy. The majority of the pledges themselves saw something more in that black pig: a new pet. After all... since when had rules stopped us from making poor decisions? Like children begging for puppies, they pleaded, “We’ll feed him! We’ll build a pen! We’ll protect him from the world and raise him as our own!” The brotherhood weighed their earnest against the multitude of problems he would inevitably bring, and in the end, we decided—he’s your pig, and your responsibility. They named him Bedford. Hay bales followed, and soon after, a pen sprouted out of an unused pit in the back patio. Almost immediately, the entire house got sick, but the swine flu passed and fraternal love for the pig began to grow. Like us, he ate everything; like us, he smelled bad; like us, he won over girls with some peculiar and entirely
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inexplicable charm that may or may not have directly related to his immense stupidity. Bedford began to answer to his own name and roll over for belly scratches. The pledges adored him and kept him, well, as happy as a pig. Even after our chapter was shut down, that class remains tightly knit and steadfast friends. Undoubtedly, raising a pig together contributed to their bond. Unfortunately, this story has no happy ending, no whee all the way home. Other fraternities, insane with rage and jealousy, threatened to steal Bedford during Homecoming Week; despite posted guards and a fortified shelter, someone managed to pig-nap our sweet Bedford. Rumors and accusations flew and someone left an ironic pack of turkey bacon on our door, but we never could pin the crime on any other houses. Some said he was stolen as a prank but injured in the heist and put down out of mercy; allegedly, a nearby vet had examined a pig the morning after his disappearance. Whoever took him never returned him—to this day, Bedford has not been seen again. Without our pig, Pong unraveled. A few weeks after his disappearance, we were disbanded. I’d like to imagine that he lives, wallowing in his own filth as happily as he ever did, but I know he’s probably left this world for a greater sty in the sky. What remains in the heart of every Pong, beside the touching memories, is a reminder: men can be real pigs, but pigs can be real men, too. R.J. Vogt is a senior in College Scholars studying literary journalism. He can be reached at rvogt@utk.edu.
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The most important seconds of your semester
Julie Mrozinski In Rare Forum
The first days of class have passed and you already know your heroes as well as your nemeses. It takes seconds. On those syllabus days, you’re sitting in your seat, glancing around, checking out all the people in your class when your professor walks in. In less than 10 seconds, you conjure up how you feel about both your peers and your teacher. A combination of factors ranging from posture, shoes, facial expressions and even type of backpack all play a part in creating a first impression, according to the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. The ability to create impressions so quickly is known as “thin slicing.” We use narrow windows of experience to deduce information from what is in front of us. Students have even been known to drop a class based on their first impression of their teacher. Turns out, dropping that calculus class because the teacher mispronounced your name may not be as crazy as it sounds. Psychologist Nalini Ambady found students are remarkably adept at predicting a teacher’s compatibility with their own learning style, simply based on first impressions. Ambady studied this phenomenon by
showing students pictures of 13 professors for 10 seconds each. The students rated the teachers on 13 variables such as “accepting and competent,” then they
“Be yourself, let those first seconds wash over you without pressure and listen to your thin slices.” correlated the student’s viewpoints with other student’s end-of-semester evaluations. The correlation was .76—shockingly high. She did the studies over and over again. She shortened the number of seconds the students looked at the pictures of the professors and asked more in-depth questions about their viewpoints. The studies continued to show high correlation accuracy. This skill of predicting our teachers’ abilities and personalities is exceptional, but we meet more than our teachers every
day on campus. College students are social animals. Finding, making and keeping friends is a common extracurricular activity, as is dating. College demands we use “thin slicing” to save time and effort since the conclusions we make remain even after the first second has long since passed. Michael Sunnafrank studied college students’ abilities to determine whether a relationship will flourish after a moment’s notice. He reported his conclusion in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships: “We found that if two people take an immediate liking to each other, the relationship will most likely grow over time. It happens very rapidly.” The saying “you never get a second chance to make a first impression,” rings true. And while it might not be the most comforting reality, I urge you to take this information as a blessing rather than a curse. Be yourself, let those first seconds wash over you without pressure and listen to your thin slices. Julie Mrozinski is a senior studying English. She can be reached at jmrozins@ utk.edu.
Knoxville’s hottest after party is the UT emergency room
Kaila Curry School of Sarcasm
On any given weekend, if you are to find yourself at the UT emergency room, you are in fact entering Knoxville’s hottest after party. On more than one occasion I have found myself driving a friend to the UT emergency room. This particular weekend a friend “coherently” tripped headfirst into a bush and awoke with an unsightly rash covering most of his body. What was thought to be a dull day of waiting for a doctor to see him actually turned out to be mildly amusing. The cover charge for the ER is only $2, and party masks are presented at the front door. A man dressed in a camo T-shirt, who has been repeatedly asked to stop spitting his chewing tobacco into a cup, will be the first to notify you that the masks prevent Ebola. He then went on to say he doesn’t like Ebola crossing the borders and that he is tired of illegals. Upon checking in, you immediately wonder if you stumbled into the set of a hospital-based soap opera, because the doctors and nurses are all unnaturally
attractive. A frat boy is the first to loudly announce to his buddies that after the nurse injected a shot in his butt he turned to her and said, “At least take me to dinner.” The waiting room of the ER is where the fun begins. It is a zoo of college students’ incoherent mistakes. One side of the room sits about twelve girls squealing, “I love you Britney!” Britney sits in the middle of all of them feeling a patch on her head, where her blonde hair is missing. From across the room someone asks Britney how she hit her head; Britney replies that she fell head first on the sidewalk. The group of girls then surrounds Britney with hugs and Snapchat selfies. On another side of the room are the concerned faces of some freshmen. They state their friend, “like totally threw up, a lot, and she must have alcohol poisoning.” Another murmured concern is whether the doctors will notify their parents for the underage drinking. When the nurse asks for their names, one scrambles to conceal his identify by blurting out,
“My name’s Jon Don!” When the Blake Lively of nurses finally
“The waiting room of the ER is where the fun begins. It is a zoo of college students’ incoherent mistakes.” called my friend into the room, he was given the magical cure of Benadryl for his rash. So we may have not needed to go to the ER that time, but I’m totally looking forward to the next visit. Kaila Curry is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at kcurry6@vols.utk.edu.
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Golden Globes: the funny, the wrong and the right Faith Schweikert
Copy Editor (@got_2haveFaith) The 2015 Golden Globes were all about friendship. Sure, it may seem contradictory since the entire event pits celebrities against each other, but trust me. First, hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are BFFs. Though, besides an incredibly shocking, too soon joke about Bill Cosby, I might’ve forgotten they were even there. Sorry, I said it! They were forgettable, but at least they had each other. And an unnecessarily placed North Korean actor. Yay, friendship?
Then, Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig briefly owned the night’s comedy in their mere minute and a half of screen time as presenters, making me laugh harder than I had all night. One couldn’t help but reminisce of their Saturday Night Live days as they expertly made fun of both famous movie lines and themselves. It’s hard to choose what was funnier, Hader and Wiig or watching every nominee seated in the very back of the room, winning an award unexpectedly, arrive to the mic breathless from running to the stage before the music cut off his or her novel of thank you’s. What wasn’t unexpected, though: John Legend and Common’s “Glory� from the film “Selma� winning best original song or Richard Linklater as best director for “Boyhood.� Though
confident, I still breathed a sigh of relief when my dear Eddie Redmayne won best actor in a drama for his role as Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything,� arguably the most difficult category of the night. What should’ve been a sure win for “The LEGO Movie� as best animated film was completely ripped from it when the less creative “How to Train Your Dragon 2� took the award. Best drama film was all wrong as well. Though paired against some quality films, the timeliness paired with the overall poignancy of “Selma� should’ve ensured its win over “Boyhood.� As per usual with award shows, the speeches ran long and the people were dressed to the nines. As not per usual, however, were the words these people spoke in those speeches. The
secret, it seemed, to a standing ovation Sunday night was to highlight the freedom of journalists and the arts in light of recent events. Actors and actresses took their allotted 45 seconds (and more) of rushed thank you time and instead used it to call attention to Paris, to North Korea and to the people who “will not walk in fear� as DeMille Award recipient George Clooney put it. In that, despite 80 percent of the room having lost an award to the other 20 percent, they were united. Their voices made the night more than a celebration of good film and TV, but a call to action in a common goal. And with that, they became friends. #JeSuisCharlie
Local locomotive brings Knoxville history to life Eric Gibson
Contributor
All aboard for a blast from Knoxville’s past. This spring, the University Commons complex will look, and sound, a little different on Saturdays as the Three Rivers Rambler, an 1800s-era steam engine, rumbles and smokes its way into town during its 11-mile journey alongside the Tennessee River. Scott Ogle, a general manager for the Knoxville and Holston River Railroad, began operating the engine in 2000 after undergoing renovations. “I guess we started running in 1999 with diesel locomotives as the main source of power,� Ogle explained. “All the while our steam engine, No. 203, was undergoing restoration. It came into service in 2000.� Dedicating his blood, sweat and tears to the project, Ogle admits the current running engine, No. 154 from the 1890s, took a bit of work, a
confession backed by the train’s manager, Karen Bishop. “We got his steam engine, and then we got this boxcar full of parts, none of them were labeled which if you got a steam engine is not a good deal,� Bishop said. “It’s worse than a Lego. It’s much heavier and of course, most of the parts have to be manufactured.� Managing the Three Rivers Rambler is a labor of love for Bishop. She was raised in the industry, as her father had a “driving passion� for trains. “It feels like I spent my entire childhood going to look at railroads with my dad,� Bishop said. “It’s something very integral in my life.� Bishop has seen the train develop into a popular tourist attraction. She even had a man ride a bus from New York City once, arriving in Knoxville at 4 a.m. because “he was bound and determined to be on the train.� Though its attraction to out-of-towners has grown, Bishop has made personal connections with the locomotive’s regular riders. “I have riders ... that have faithfully been rid-
ing the train for 10 years,� Bishop said. “They watched me get married, name my kids and my kids are old now. Admittedly we were only together two hours every year, but every year we see each other again.� Back in October, the Rambler saw the first of many changes to come, now residing at its new depot beside University Commons. Though the switch originally rose from the need for more parking, Bishop also sees it as an improvement to the landscape. “There was always going to be a train running through here, so we might as well make it something that is aesthetically pleasing to the people that are going to visit their shops,� Bishop said. Each season, the Three Rivers Rambler has a different focus. In the spring and summer, vintage baseball rides will take passengers to watch a vintage baseball game. Autumn will host bluegrass acts, and the popular Christmas train returns each winter with local celebrities reading classic Christmas tales. “We are a unique feature in time,� Bishop said, smiling. “It was really fun to watch people
•Photo courtesy of Chris Starnes at Christmastime to turn their heads and be confused as to how this train suddenly appeared before them.� The Three Rivers Rambler will introduce their newest schedule in February. Adult tickets are $26.50 for a 90-minute trip.
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