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NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s immigration order sowed more chaos and outrage across the country Sunday, with travelers detained at airports, panicked families searching for relatives and protesters registering opposition to the sweeping measure that was blocked by several federal courts. Attorneys struggled to determine how many people had been affected so far by the rules, which Trump said Saturday were “working out very nicely.” But critics described widespread confu-
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sion, with an untold number of travelers being held in legal limbo because of ill-defined procedures. Lawyers manned tables at New York’s Kennedy Airport to offer help to families whose loved ones had been detained, and some 150 Chicago-area lawyers showed up at O’Hare Airport after getting an email asking for legal assistance on behalf of travelers. “We just simply don’t know how many people there are and where they are,” said Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Immigrants’ Rights Project. Advocates for travelers say the chaos is likely to continue. The executive director of National Immigration Law Center, Marielena
Hincapie, said “this is just the beginning.” “We’re really in a crisis mode, a constitutional crisis mode in our country, and we’re going to need everyone,” she said. “This is definitely one of those all-hands-on-deck moments.” Meanwhile, protests continued across the country Sunday. Demonstrations first erupted Saturday, a day after Trump signed the order banning travel to the U.S. by citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen. The president also suspended the U.S. refugee program for four months. In Washington D.C., hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the White House, some holding signs that read, “We are all
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immigrants in America.” More than 100 protesters also gathered at the international terminal at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, cheering people arriving from Muslim countries. At the main Dallas-Fort Worth airport, some 200 people held signs and chanted, “Let them go!” They awaited word on nine people detained at the airport, most of them Iranian, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Demonstrations also unfolded at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport and Detroit Metropolitan Airport and in suburban Chicago, where a Jewish group organized a protest to support Muslims. See TRAVEL BAN on Page 2
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DISPATCHES takes 1. “La LatopLand” prize
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On Saturday, Jan. 28, “La La Land” continued its march towards gaining an Oscar by winning the top award from the Producers Guild of America, one of the three industry groups whose prizes often heavily predict Oscar wins. “La La Land” has been nominated for 14 Oscars, including best picture, and the Producers Guild Award winner often ends up collecting the top Oscar, too. The organization also awarded its best documentary honor to Ezra Edelman, whose “O.J.: Made in America” has also been collecting awards all season long. Best animated feature went to “Zootopia,” another favorite in the race.
TRAVEL BAN continued from Page 1 Lawyers in Chicago crowded into a food court Saturday at O’Hare, some walking around with signs offering legal help. One volunteer attorney, Julia Schlozman, jumped on a subway train and headed to O’Hare even though she is a criminal attorney, not an immigration lawyer. “I just felt like I had to do something,” she told the Chicago Tribune. A federal judge in New York issued an order Saturday temporarily blocking the government from deporting people with valid visas who arrived after Trump’s travel ban took effect. But confusion remained about who could stay and who will be kept out of the country. Federal courts in Virginia, Massachusetts and Washington state took similar action. A more decisive ruling on the legality of the Trump action by U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly will probably take at least several weeks. Opponents and government attorneys will get a chance to lay out their arguments in filings and possibly in oral arguments in court, Gelernt said. Activists said their goal was to have Trump’s order overturned entirely. Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, known for usually tempering his public comments, did not hold back in a statement Sunday about Trump’s measures: “Their design and implementation have been rushed, chaotic, cruel and oblivious to the realities” of security. They had, he added, ushered in “a dark moment in U.S. history.” University presidents criticized the ban and cautioned students and professors from the seven listed countries to beware of traveling
A U.S. service military member was killed Sunday during a raid against Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen that also left nearly 30 dead. The loss of the service member was the firstknown combat death of a member of the U.S. military under President Donald Trump. The U.S. has been striking Al-Qaeda in Yemen from the air for 15 years, mostly using drones, and Sunday’s surprise pre-dawn raid could signal a new escalation against extremist groups in the Arab world. Three others were wounded during the firefight.
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The well-respected travel destination website, TripAdvisor, has named Pigeon Forge as the eighth best travel destination in the United States. The ranking is the result of the city’s wide variety of activities tourists can partake in. The ranking’s potential impact on Pigeon Forge is yet to be seen, but it will most likely result in the continued explosion of popularity which only benefits the small businesses and tourists who visit the town. The ranking comes after a series of wildfires scorched much of the surrounding area.
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If it stands, it will over time diminish the scope and strength of the educational and research efforts of American universities. We respectfully urge the president to rescind this order.” Father John I. Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame
outside the U.S. for now The president of the University of Notre Dame, Father John I. Jenkins, was among the sharp critics of the ban. “If it stands, it will over time diminish the scope and strength of the educational and research efforts of American universities,” he said Sunday in a statement. And he added: “We respectfully urge the president to rescind this order.” There was no sign the Trump administration might heed such calls. The Department Of Homeland Security said in a statement issued Sunday that “prohibited travel will remain prohibited.” An official with the Department of Homeland Security who briefed reporters by phone on Saturday said 109 people who were in transit on airplanes had been denied entry and 173 had not been allowed to get on their planes overseas. No green-card holders were turned away from entering the U.S. as of Saturday, the official said, though several spent hours in detention before being allowed in. Hameed Khalid Darweesh, a translator and
assistant for the U.S. military in Iraq for 10 years now fleeing death threats, was among at least a dozen people detained at Kennedy Airport. He walked free after his lawyers, two members of Congress and as many as 2,000 demonstrators went to the airport to seek his release. After an appeal from civil liberties lawyers, Judge Donnelly issued an emergency order Saturday barring the U.S. from summarily deporting people who arrived with valid visas or an approved refugee application, saying it would likely violate their legal rights. Before Trump signed the order, more than 67,000 refugees had been approved by the federal government to enter the U.S., said Jen Smyers, refugee policy director for Church World Service. More than 6,400 had already been booked on flights, including 15 families that had been expected over the next few weeks in the Chicago area from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iran, Syria and Uganda. The bulk of refugees entering the U.S. are settled by religious groups. All that work ground to a halt after Trump signed the order.
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Project donates books to children, students affected by wildfires Shelby Whitehead Staff Writer
A love of reading burns on in Sevier County after the recent wildfires this past December. While many irreplaceable belongings were lost to the fires, the UT School of Information Sciences (SIS) is working to replace books for children in the affected area. The Wildfire Kids Book Relief Project started at the Sevier County Public Library System after a 5-year-old child in Sevierville told her teacher that her books were what she missed most from the wildfires. On their Facebook page, the Sevier County Public Library System said, “Now, as a library system, our focus will change so that we can put new books back in the hands of all our communities’ children and students who lost everything in the fires, so they can enjoy reading again, with books they can call their own.” Donna Silvey, media specialist at UT, brought the Wildfire Kids project to Knoxville. Silvey and her family traveled to the Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg area
over the holidays, noticing for the first time the scope of the damage caused by the wildfires. Silvey was attracted to the Wildfire Kids project because of her first-hand view of the devastation and her experience with HABIT Dogs, a program through which elementary school students can practice reading to dogs. “Every now and then, one of these opportunities comes around, and it just touches your heart and says, ‘There’s a problem I can help fix,’” Silvey said. “(The SIS) people are really excited to contribute and be a part of this.” With a history of library training at the SIS, it was easy to get support for the Wildfire Kids project in Knoxville and work together with Sevier County. “We all share a love of what books and libraries can do for people’s lives, and we feel this is a perfect way to celebrate and honor that in a real and meaningful way,” Sevier County Public Library Systems Director Rhonda Tippitt said. Books are being collected for all ages. The Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature at UT has lists of recommended books to help donors choose the right one. Books are being collected at UT until
The Wildfire Kids Book Relief Project supplies books for children and students. Matthew Young • The Daily Beacon Feb. 3. Afterwards, they will distribute them to the children of Sevier County. Donations can be dropped off in the School of Information Sciences or the
Communications Building in suite 413. Alternatively, the books can be sent directly to the Sevier County Public Library System.
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String quartet delivers intriguing performance Emily Dembrak Contributor
TORCHBEARER NOMINATIONS The Torchbearer is the highest student honor conferred by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Torchbearers are seniors who have served their alma mater with overall excellence. It is awarded for academic achievement and outstanding commitment to others as demonstrated by the student’s various activities and significant contributions to the university and the community. Students chosen for this award embody the Volunteer spirit, displaying initiative and service in the best interest of both the university and their fellow students. Recognition as a Torchbearer reminds all students that those who bear the Torch of Enlightenment shadow themselves to give light to others.
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Blending classical string music and modern Latin inspired sounds, the Dali String Quartet entertained the audience with their intense sound Friday, Jan. 27, at the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall. The Philadelphia-based group has varying backgrounds, which they use to create their signature blend of Latin American and Romantic repertoire. The Dali String Quartet is made up of Domenic Salerni on violin, Carlos Rubio on violin, Adriana Linare on viola and Jesús Morales on cello. According to their website, the group is “devoted to audience development and to reaching communities of all kinds,” and has traveled to noteworthy chamber music and cultural center series in the U.S., Canada and South America. From the beginning of the show, the performers showed enthusiasm for their music by physically moving along with the rhythm as they performed. The first half of the show centered around what most people would recognize as traditional string music, but by the second half, the music was composed by all Latin artists. The arrangements they played varied from Joseph Haydn’s “String Quartet in G Major” to Paquito D’Rivera’s “Wapango,” a more modern piece written in 1975. This performance was part of the annual chamber music quartet residency program from the UT School of Music,
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helping to bring innovative sounds to Knoxville. The audience was made up of music lovers of all ages, every viewer interested in the performance. Jenny Freeman, a resident of Oak Ridge, said that the “The combination of the classical and Latin music was intriguing…” to her because her and her husband “both enjoy traveling to Central and Latin America,” which was one of the biggest appeals to her with this performance. The performance itself was very laidback and simple, featuring just the quartet center stage. No unnecessary lighting or effects were used which made the performers the center of attention. Rachel Peña and José Ramos, a graduate assistant and musician, respectively, were drawn to the performance because of their Puerto Rican backgrounds and said that the performance was “amazing, very high-level world class music.” Per the performance program, the quartet’s passionate energy is poured into everything they do, which generates critical and audience acclaim. Also, the group is commonly sought after for master-classes and professional development workshops for students at schools such as Michigan State, the University of Wisconsin and the University of Iowa. Throughout the show, it was apparent that it was hard for the audience to stay in their seats between pieces, as the music moved everyone. Overall, the performance left the audience on their feet, even drawing a second standing ovation after the group left the stage.
The combination of the classical and Latin music was intriguing...” to her because her and her husband “both enjoy traveling to Central and Latin America,” which was one of the biggest appeals to her with this performance. Jenny Freeman, resident of Oak Ridge
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Abstracting the interior: “Outside In” Steven Sampson Copy Editor
Contemporary artist and UT School of Art professor, Jered Sprecher, debuted his first solo museum exhibition “Outside In” at the Knoxville Museum of Art on Thursday, Jan. 26. The exhibit consists of more than 20 abstract paintings, all featuring explosions of geometric shapes and colors, full of dichotomies and contrasting forces — juxtaposing natural imagery and artificial color to create a manmade interior landscape.
The central gallery space is segmented into three areas with six inward facing paintings hanging in the middle, creating a square room-within-a-room, highlighting the theme of interior and exterior space evident in both the paintings themselves and their physical arrangement. The back of these six pieces, facing outward towards the rest of the gallery space, hold small, potentially overlooked scraps of magazine clippings, sketches, color theory notes and other unassuming collected objects reminiscent of what may be found in the artist’s personal studio.
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Actor John Hurt Dies at 77 Associated Press
The versatile actor Sir John Hurt, who could move audiences to tears in “The Elephant Man,” terrify them in “Alien,” and spoof that very same scene in “Spaceballs,” has died. He was 77. Hurt, who battled pancreatic cancer, died Friday in London according to his agent Charles McDonald. Twice nominated for an Oscar for playing the tortured John Merrick in David Lynch’s “The Elephant Man” and for his role as the heroin addict Max in “Midnight Express,” Hurt’s career spanned over 50 years. After minor television and film appearances, his breakout came in 1966 as Richard Rich in Fred Zinnemann’s “A Man For All Seasons,” followed by his portrayal of Caligula in the BBC miniseries “I, Claudius” in 1976. The wiry Hurt brought gravitas to Alan Parker’s 1978 film “Midnight Express,” for which he received a supporting actor Oscar nomination (he lost to Christopher Walken for “The Deer Hunter”) and an uneasy humor to Kane in Ridley Scott’s “Alien,” immortalized by his disturbing death scene, which Mel Brooks later poked fun at with Hurt’s help in “Spaceballs.” “It was terribly sad today to learn of John Hurt’s passing,” Mel Brooks wrote on Twitter. “He was a truly magnificent talent.” Hurt is unrecognizable in perhaps his most memorable role as the lead in David Lynch’s “The Elephant Man.” He endured eight hours in the makeup chair daily to transform into John Merrick. The elaborate mask prohibited him from sleeping lying down or even eating while it was on. His would eat his last meal midmorning as the mask was being applied — usually raw eggs mixed in orange juice — and not again until
after midnight. “To be quite honest, the film was misery to make because of the physical problems, so if it’s working I’m jumping for joy,” Hurt said in a 1980 interview. Hurt did score a lead actor Oscar nomination for the role, but lost out to Robert De Niro’s performance in “Raging Bull.” Hurt was also a prolific voice actor, appearing as Hazel in the animated “Watership Down,” and as Aragorn in Ralph Bakshi’s “The Lord of the Rings.” He also voiced The Horned King in “The Black Cauldron” and provided the narration for “Dogville.” In the “Harry Potter” films, Hurt played the wand-maker Mr. Ollivander. In recent years, he appeared in notable fare such as “Melancholia,” ‘’Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” ‘’Only Lovers Left Alive” and “Snowpiercer.” “We’re all just passing time, and occupy our chair very briefly,” Hurt said in a 2015 interview while undergoing treatments for the early stage cancer. As prolific as ever, Hurt recently appeared alongside his “V for Vendetta” co-star Natalie Portman in the Oscar-nominated film “Jackie” as a priest who consoles and advises the recently widowed first lady. Hurt leaves behind a few in production credits, including Joe Wright’s “Darkest Hour” which is listed as still filming. Hurt plays Neville Chamberlain in the film about Winston Churchill’s charge against Hitler. Gary Oldman plays Churchill. “I have lots of favorite memories but I can’t say that I have a favorite film. I have favorite parts which are not in particularly successful films,” Hurt told The Guardian in 2000. “I’ve worked with people from Fred Zinnemann, John Huston, through to Richard Fleischer, all of those boys from Hollywood and so on and Sam Peckinpah and then the Mike Radfords... I’ve been incredibly lucky with the directors I’ve worked with.
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Weekend Spotlight We explored Knoxville’s unique culture and the lifestyles of its people. From the wandering musicians in Market Square that fill the area with music and give residents a beat to march to as they go through their day to the gleaming ball of yellow light that shines on the entire city, we photographed as much as we could. While the city may be small, it is a little pocket of beauty tucked away beside small-town America.
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Top row, left to right: A view of World’s Fair Park and its surrounding buildings taken from the Knoxville Museum of Art. A local musician entertains visitors in Market Square. Market Square, a home to many shops and restaurants. Bottom, left to right: A visitor walks through the galleries of the Knoxville Museum of Art. A visitor watches the groups of people that pass through Market Square. Art found in the park by Market Square attracts Knoxvillians to view local pieces. One of Knoxville’s most distinct buildings, the Sunsphere, located right by Worlds Fair Park. All photos by Kristin Dehkordi • The Daily Beacon
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OUTSIDE IN continued from Page 5 Like a puzzle, it is here that the pieces themselves come together and begin to make sense — Sprecher leaving behind subtle traces of inspiration and references. There is an underlying fabric weaving the pieces together, and walking around the room, you feel them connect as one cohesive body. One guest in attendance, Robert Downey, who has been taking painting classes at O’Connor Senior Center in Knoxville, came to view “Outside Inâ€? to draw inspiration and look at techniques. “I’m not real acquainted with abstract ‌ it frustrates me very much. I’m more impressionistic,â€? Downey said. “You see what you do.â€? The paintings are busy, complex and overwhelming at times. Pulling subject and thematic matter from such disparate visual areas, they seem to convey so much. Yet, to some, nothing at all at the
same time. “I like how it’s all just abstract, and it’s not supposed to be anything,â€? 9-year-old Rilke Beinko said. Looking towards a piece titled “Trees Walkingâ€? with its subtle blues, pinks and yellows under discordant black and brown markings, Beinko added, “I like the colors — you don’t think about them going together.â€? It is in this consistent dissonance of color and imagery, that the artist finds collective harmony. Whether abstract art frustrates you, you enjoy it for its purely visual aspect or you enjoy searching for that elusive hidden meaning, “Outside Inâ€? is an impressive and beautiful body of work. The exhibit will be viewable until April 16, and Knoxville Museum of Art admission is always free. Pieces hang in the center of the room to create a smaller space within the main gallery. Emily Gowder • The Daily Beacon
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OPINIONS
Alternative facts in Trump’s alternate reality
Hancen Sale As it Stands
America has entered a post-fact age. Sean Spicer, Press Secretary and Communication Director for President Donald J. Trump, took his own inaccuracy directly to the media — claiming Donald J. Trump’s swearing in as the largest attended inauguration to date. Of course, with some simple fact checking, this does not seem to tell the correct story. According to Politifact, the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama garnered almost three times the attendance of the Trump inauguration, estimated at 1.8 million compared to Trump’s 600 thousand. Even after vigorous press-back on this issue, Spicer continued to stand by his quotes. He provided a couple “alternative facts” for the encroaching journalists. Fortunately, after some deep consideration, he came to his senses, proclaiming himself congruous to “a weatherman who got it wrong.” He continued that analogy in a conversation with Fox News Anchor Sean Hannity saying that no weather report ever gets it wrong, but instead “it just means you interpreted the data in a way that you felt got you to a conclusion.” While Spicer’s change in attitude regarding his remarks certainly suggests some vague sign of humility, it poses a few very real questions: Is it not our government’s job to get the facts right? Is it not the moral and ethical responsibility of the executive branch
With the Trump victory, America seems to have lost its shared affinity for truth — the objective, non-relative truth. Instead, we are living in Trump’s alternate reality.”
to take all the interpretations – whether they like them or not — in account? Is it not negligent fraudulence to take an interpretation, unconfirmed but advantageous, and profess it as undeniable truth? It remains to be seen whether Spicer did just that— misinterpret data — or if the pressure of a White House press room is reason enough for the Trump Administration to provide false information. However, it is certain this present administration does not
share the reverence for honesty held by academia — or America for that matter. On the campaign trail, the truth has been consistently embellished, unless America builds a wall and Mexico miraculously pays for it. The same man behind these promises, which borderline deceit, is the man who compares the American media to that of Nazi Germany. It is a fact that the bias in today’s media is real, but, ironically, the Trump administration is toeing the line of propaganda. With “alternative facts” being a Trump reality and fact-checking labeled as simply “unfair,” there is certainly a very strong case for the parallel to Nazi Germany. George Orwell once warned us of “the horrors of emotional nationalism and a tendency to disbelieve in the existence of objective truth because all the facts have to fit in with the words and prophecies of some infallible fuhrer.” Right now, these horrors are so incredibly tangible. With the Trump victory, America seems to have lost its shared affinity for truth — the objective, non-relative truth. Instead, we are living in Trump’s alternate reality. All hail thy King! Hancen Sale is a freshman in business management and can be reached at hsale@ vols.utk.edu.
The forces, impact of migration
Kimberley Bress Real World Problem Solving
Have you heard of Abraham? He was a 75-year-old refugee who fled from home with his wife and nephew in order to escape severe famine. His legacy would come to serve as the foundation for three major world religions. Have you heard of Squanto? He was the Patuxet Native American who acted as a liaison to the early Mayflower settlers. His translation, advice and guidance ensured the survival of Cape Cod’s first immigrants. Have you heard of Harriet Tubman? She guided slaves across the Mason-Dixon line into the land where they could be considered free. Abolitionists and sympathizers established a network of safe houses called the Underground Railroad in order to assist her efforts. Have you heard of Albert Einstein? He was a German Jew, persecuted by the Third Reich for his outspoken support for pacifism. After being granted asylum in the United States, his warnings to President Roosevelt about Germany’s nuclear weapons program inspired the creation of the atomic bomb.
Have you heard of Anne Frank? You may have even read her diary – it’s a national bestseller and standard piece of literature in high schools across the country. She was just an average teenage girl before being forced into hiding by the Nazi Regime. Her family was denied entrance into the United States and would later be killed in a German concentration camp. I think we all get the point. From the epoch of Abraham to the era of Albert and Anne, people have been on the move. Persecution, conflict and disaster drive masses across regional and international borders. The forces of migration – whether they be the push of oppression or the pull of freedom – are timeless. However, as our societies become more complicated, the process of human movement takes on new forms. Now, immigration is accompanied by quotas, criteria and volumes upon volumes of paperwork. These systems (as arduous and inefficient as they may be) are important and necessary. They are the mechanisms through which our country welcomes the tired, poor
and huddled masses. On Friday, President Trump signed an executive order to temporarily suspend the admission of refugees from seven different countries. Where we once provided asylum for some, we will now provide asylum for none. In the days that come, we will turn away Abraham, Harriet, Albert, Anne and all of the people in between. The world is scary place – it is natural to be afraid of things that we do not understand. There are many questions which must be asked, and I do not know the answers. But what I do know is this: to succumb to the fear of the “other” is to forget the pilgrim, puritan, pacifist, protester or pioneer which resides inside my own past. In the pursuit of greatness, I hope that our nation will find enough courage to be the gracious and generous place which it claims to be. Kimberly Bress is a junior in college scholars and can be reached at kbress@vols.utk. edu.
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SPORTS
Monday, January 30, 2017 • The Daily Beacon
MEN’S TENNIS
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Men’s tennis rises, falls Vols hire MLB legend
Staff Report
This weekend the University of Tennessee men’s tennis team played in Massachusetts on Saturday. The Vols went head to head with Harvard and outdid themselves with a 4-0 match. Singles competition appeared to be the dominating factor for the Vols since three out of four points came from it, but the team also had a decent showing in doubles, winning two of their three matches. Junior Luis Valero and senior Jack Schipanski defeated Brian Yeung and Kenny Tao of Harvard in doubles to show a successful bounce back after Christopher Morrow and Logan Weber of Harvard defeated sophomore Srdjan Jakovljevic and Freshman Luca Wiedenmann. Following the bounce back, sophomore Timo Stodder and freshman Scott Jones put the Vols on the board, winning 6-4. Following the doubles matches, the Vols had an amazing showing for singles, as Wiedenmann set the first win of the
singles round in less than 35 minutes against Logan Weber. Wiedenmann did not give Weber one point on the board, as the score was 6-0 in both set one and two. Jones, Schipanski and Jakovljevic also clenched wins, following Wiedenmann’s lead to give the Vols a 4-0 win over Harvard day one. On Sunday, the Vols struggled against Cornell at Harvard’s Murr Center. The Volunteers showed promise starting in doubles, as Jakovljevic and Wiedenmann took down Cornell’s Lev Kazakov and Dylan Brown, and Stodder and Jones also clenched a victory against Colin Sinclair and Rohan Sikka of Cornell. However, the Vols could not match up to Cornell in singles. Cornell won 4-2 in singles as the only wins showed on courts one and two. While Stodder and Valero successfully clenched wins, Wiedenmann, Schipanski, Jakovljevic and Jones were defeated. The Volunteers will continue to press on this season to face Tennessee Tech at home on Feb. 5 at 1:30 p.m.
Damichael Cole Contributor
The Tennessee baseball program decided to add one of the best players to come through the program to its staff. The Vols added former Tennessee, All-American and Major League Baseball star Todd Helton to the baseball staff. He will join as the director of player development. “It’s an honor to have one of Tennessee’s best players coming back to be with our program,” Head coach Serrano said. “Our players and coaching staff will benefit from having Todd Helton’s presence around the ball field.” Helton will be responsible for maintaining alumni relations, assisting with on-campus recruiting and helping current players make informed decisions about pursuing a professional baseball career. While at Tennessee, Helton received several honors. He was a consensus Freshman All-American, First Team AllSEC and Third Team All-American as a
freshman. In 1994, he earned First Team All-American honors by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. In 1995, he was the National Collegiate Player of the Year. In addition to baseball, Helton also played football and was a quarterback from 1992-1994. He appeared in 13 games, making three starts in 1994. For his career, he completed 41 of 75 passes for 484 yards with four touchdowns and three interceptions. Helton was selected in the first round (8th overall) of the MLB draft out of Tennessee. He went on to have an illustrious career with the Colorado Rockies, batting .316 with 369 home runs and 1,406 RBI’s. At the time of his retirement in 2013, Helton held Rockies career records for games played, runs, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI, walks and extra-base hits. “After spending three years at Tennessee and 17 years in the major leagues with the Colorado Rockies, I really wanted to give back to this program any way that I can,” Helton said.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Defense shines through as Vols polish tournament resume Trenton Duffer
Sports Editor
Entering Saturday’s game against the Kansas State Wildcats, the Vols defense was a bit of an enigma. The team originally allowed opponents to score 74.3 points per game, which ranked 11th in the SEC and 239th in the nation. But the Wildcats had no such luck on offense. The Vols held KSU to a seasonlow 58 points en route to a 70-58 win in this season’s Big 12/SEC challenge. “They just run some really good stuff, and we just felt like we could defend them early if we got them into some ball screens,” head coach Rick Barnes said after the win. “We’ve worked on that a lot the past couple of days … We won a game today against a really good basketball team.” A tight defensive press from the Vols (12-9, 4-4 SEC) kept the Wildcats at bay for a large majority of the day. The 58 points scored by the Wildcats were the lowest total Kansas State has had since Jan. 5, 2016 against, ironically enough, Texas – Vols head coach Rick Barnes old coaching grounds. Kansas State isn’t a slouch on offense, either. The Wildcats were scoring 75.9 points per game, a 48.5 shooting percentage and had a scoring margin of +11.2, which ranked 34th in the nation. But head coach Bruce Weber said after the game that his team just couldn’t find their stride against the Vols toughness. “They play hard, and they’re good defensively,” Weber said about the Vols. “You just don’t go beat Kentucky and beat Mississippi State without being a pretty good team. I think they’ve made improvement … They took it to us right from the start.” Evans emerging: Lew Evans isn’t a starter for Tennessee. Nor is he a sixth man. But the graduate transfer is still emerging as a fan favorite in his lone year in Knoxville. Despite only shooting 2-7 from the field and racking up nine points in the 19 minutes he played, the crowd erupted in a low-pitched chant of Evans’ name any time the fifth-year senior touched the ball. Evans received the loudest cheer of the day when he had a powerful twohanded slam with a little over five minutes left in the game. “I love it (the Lew chants),” sophomore forward Kyle Alexander said. “He’s
Lew Evans, forward #21 of the Tennessee Volunteers against TTU at Thompson-Boling Arena on December 13, 2016. Adrien Terricabras • The Daily Beacon struggled some games and has had some good games. I like to see him get some recognition when he does thinks well.” Evans rise to fame seemingly opened over the course of the Vols’ last three games against Mississippi State, Kentucky and now Kansas State (15-6, 4-4 Big 12). Not only were all of these games wins, but they saw Evans minutes rise up to 25, 23 and 18 minutes, respectively. In those games, Evans has a combined 20 points after only racking up a combined 20 in the seven games prior to Tennessee’s current three-game winning streak. Barnes joked after the game that he does not have that “love affair” that Evans has with the fans but that Evans’ play on the court has improved drastically. “Lew’s had a lot to do with where we are now,” Barnes said. “He knows what we’re trying to get down as a team …
Where’s he’s helped us is defensively. He’s a guy that switched out tonight and did a pretty good job for the most part.” Exceeding expectations: Tennessee has seemingly been a surprise in the SEC this year. In the preseason, the Vols were expected to finish 13th in the SEC – next to dead last. Although they are not dropping any jaws by sitting tied for seventh with Georgia, the Vols season is not going as poorly as some thought. Some media outlets have even considered the Vols a dark-horse favorite to make the NCAA Tournament and participate in March Madness. However, coach Barnes isn’t putting Tennessee at the top of his bracket just yet. “I don’t know. All I know is that these guys have played one of the toughest schedules in the country, and it’s separation month. You can talk about bubble teams. You can talk about NCAA teams.
Right now, there are no pencil-in teams,” Barnes said. “There’s a lot of basketball left to play, and there’s probably around 150 teams or so, who are in position to make a push and move into postseason play.” By the Numbers: 34: The amount of points in the paint Tennessee had against KSU. The Wildcats only had 20. 2nd: The Vols current strength-ofschedule ranking, according to statistical analyst Jeff Sagarin. 23: Tennessee’s total second-chance points on Saturday compared to six from the Wildcats. The high total was due in part to Tennessee’s 16 offensive rebounds. Up Next: The Vols will travel to Auburn on Jan. 31 to take on former coach Bruce Pearl’s Tigers with tipoff scheduled for 9 p.m. ET. Tennessee will not have another home game until Feb. 8 against Ole Miss. That game is slated to start at 6:30 p.m.