Chinese hacker steals professor’s ‘personality’ >>See page 3
Photo Essay: Sororities follow yellow brick road, take home Carnicus gold >>See page 4-5
36 and counting: Lady Vols triumph over Miss. State Bulldogs >>See page 12
Volume 128 Issue 17
The front face of Colonel Alexander Ramsey’s house was hewn from pink marble and Tennessee limestone by South Carolina architect Thomas Hope in 1797. Heidi Hill • The Daily Beacon
East Tenn. historic homes offer clues to region’s past Heidi Hill
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Victor Fleming’s iconic film “Gone With the Wind” described the antebellum South as a “civilization gone with the wind.” From acres of cotton and ladies’ hoopskirts to the sugary-sweet drawls and blistering heat, the 1939 epic captured the imagination of global audiences with its romanticized version of the Southern plantation. However, this ideal is far from reality. Judy LaRose, executive director for the Historic Ramsey House in East Knoxville, explained how Colonel Alexander Ramsey’s stone mansion fits only the most basic definition of “plantation,” referring to the acreage used for sustenance farming. “We rebranded the name from Ramsey House Plantation to Historic Ramsey House, because, in the modern vernacular, people come here expecting to see Scarlett O’Hara and the big white pillars and the porches across the top, and that is not what this house is or any houses in area (are like),” LaRose said. In his lifetime, Col. Ramsey sat on the first Board of Trustees for Blount
College, the predecessor institution for the University of Tennessee. His oldest son, J.G.M. Ramsey, would also pen the Annals of Tennessee and found the East Tennessee Historical Society. LaRose explained that the Ramsey family’s 1797 home, constructed from nearby marble outcroppings, largely existed to feed the 35 to 40 individuals that lived and worked on the property at any given time. For the Ramsey family, this consisted of the head of the house, his wife, children, slaves, guests in the home and the sharecroppers employed by the family. “If you go to Middle and West Tennessee, there were many more plantations there, but the land here just wasn’t conducive to planting,” LaRose said. But rocky soil wasn’t the only feature that distinguished an East Tennessee home like the Ramsey’s from other southern agricultural communities. Because of the area’s limited food production, slavery did not take root as strongly as in neighboring states, painting a much different picture than other plantations. See HISTORIC HOMES on Page 3
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Insure Tennessee to be explained in special session Altaf Nanavati
Insure Tennessee would: Start as a two-year pilot program Provide over 200,000 Tennesseans with health insurance Be available to Tennesseans currently earning up to $16,000 for an individual and $33,000 for a family of four THE DAILY BEACON STAFF EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief: Claire Dodson Managing Editor: Hanna Lustig Chief Copy Editor: Emilee Lamb, Cortney Roark News Editor: Hayley Brundige Asst. News Editor: Bradi Musil Special Projects Editor: Liv McConnell Sports Editor: Jonathan Toye Asst. Sports Editor: Taylor White Arts & Culture Editor: Jenna Butz Online Editor: Kevin Ridder Asst. Online Editor: Cara Sanders Photo Editor: Hannah Cather, Esther Choo Design Editor: Katrina Roberts, Lauren Ratliff Social Media Editor: McCord Pagan Copy Editors: Melodi Erdogan, Tanner Hancock, Alexis Lawrence, Hannah Moulton, Faith Schweikert Editorial Production: Eric Gibson, Reid Hartsell, Justin Keyes, Teron Nunley, Steven Woods Training Editor: R.J. Vogt
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Giving back to the university just got a little more personalized. VOLstarter is a newly-established crowdfunding site that allows students and departments to promote projects in need of funding while also providing UT donors the option to choose exactly where their money goes. Organized by the Office of Alumni Affairs, the website is currently supporting 23 projects, ranging from traveling opportunities for aspiring student artists to helping improve adult literacy rates across Tennessee. Kristen Watt, a UT alumni aide, said VOLstarter as a more efficient alternative to past mediums for university donations. “We wanted to establish a platform that was user friendly and really try crowdfunding again this year in a much more engaging way,” Watt said. She also said that VOLstarter was partially inspired by the site Kickstarter and its ability to easily fund specific projects. In addition to adding a more engaging element to the donation process, Watt said that each project includes a short video explaining its objective and monetary goals. “(The videos) give kind of a personal feel to the project, and a face to it and really get their idea across for what they want to accomplish,” she said. Jessica Boles, a senior in electrical engi-
neering, is currently seeking funding for the organization Systers: Women in EECS through VOLstarter. Boles said she hopes to increase the presence of women engineers on campus with the help of alumni funding. “A lot of times with our society today, (women) feel like (engineering) is just a boy thing, even though they may be really good at it and might not understand exactly what it is,” Boles said. “We didn’t know where we were going to get our funding, and so when we saw the opportunity for VOLstarter, we were pretty excited.” Boles has currently received $217 of her $800 goal to create a viral video promoting female engineers. Brooks Clark, project manager of alumni communications, said he hopes the site will help to expand the number of donors to the university even if their contributions are small. “It’s the power of the numbers,” Clark said. “If you can only give $5, that is important.” In coordination with the national effort “Giving Tuesday,” Clark hopes that potential donors will choose to spend for the benefit of others in the wake of the commercial holidays Black Friday and Cyber Monday. “Here’s an opportunity to give back, even a small amount,” Clark said. “One of the goals of VOLstarter is to increase the number of our donors ... It’s not about the size of gifts, it’s about the number of people involved with investment at UT.”
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Patriots beat Seahawks 28-24 for fourth Super Bowl win Altaf Nanavati Staff Writer
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Tom Brady threw for four touchdowns and Malcolm Butler intercepted Russell Wilson’s pass in the end zone with 20 seconds left, helping the New England Patriots hold on to beat the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 Sunday night for their fourth Super Bowl title. The Patriots had lost three straight Super Bowls since winning three in four years a decade ago. The 37-year-old Brady led them back,
hitting Julian Edelman with 2:02 left for his 12th career Super Bowl touchdown pass, breaking Joe Montana’s record. The Seahawks pulled off a miraculous rally to beat Green Bay in the NFC Championship game and were in position for another improbable victory when Jermaine Kearse made a juggling, 33-yard catch while on his back. With the ball on New England’s 1, Seattle appeared to be headed toward a second straight Super Bowl title. Butler spoiled the Seahawks’ bid, stepping in front of Ricardo Lockette for the interception.
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Professor’s invention victim of Chinese fraud Tanner Hancock Copy Editor
When Professor Ryann Aoukar developed an idea for an innovative new strainer bowl, his invention caught the eye of admirers and investors alike. Unfortunately, his idea was also the subject of a very different kind of attention: fraud. Late last year, Aoukar, a designer and associate professor in the College of Architecture and Design, saw his innovative cooking strainer become the victim of a blatant rip-off at the hands of vendors operating through Taobao, a Chinese crowdfunding site owned by the multi-bil-
“He didn’t even steal the product itself, he stole my personality.”
-- Ryann Aoukar lion dollar e-commerce company Alibaba. Ryann’s brainchild, the Anton strainer bowl, utilizes a built-in handle to drain water used to wash the food in a more efficient and water conserving manner. Without Aoukar’s permission, a vendor operating through the site had successfully taken information from Aoukar’s kickstarter site for the product and translated it for a Chinese audience. “He didn’t even steal the product itself, he stole my personality,” Aoukar said of the “hacker,” who took the text, videos and pictures from Aoukar’s crowdfunding site and subsequently posted them to Taobao. To those viewing the Chinese site, it appeared as if an Italian designer “Jacob”
Aoukar was appealing for funds to finance his new invention, when in reality Aoukar, who is actually a Lebanese-born Canadian, had zero involvement with the copycat effort. What followed was a seemingly fruitless legal effort in which Aoukar, with the help of his lawyer, desperately tried to convince Alibaba to take down the fraudulent site. Attempts to convince Alibaba representatives of Aoukar’s identity as the creator of the strainer yielded few results, as weeks went by with little progress and the Chinese crowdfunder site still operating. For all his misfortune, Aoukar is by no means the only victim of fraudulent practices perpetrated through Alibaba. Chinese government officials released a less than flattering report on the e-commerce firm earlier last week, stating that it was “far too lax” in its regulation of counterfeit goods sold and funded through the site. It has been speculated that the report wasn’t released earlier for fear of damaging the emerging company’s financial future. The company broke all previous Wall Street records with its massive September initial public offering valued at $25 billion. In a statement made to The Daily Beacon, an international representative from the Alibaba Group claimed that the company was currently cooperating with Chinese state regulators in an “agreement to tackle fakes and boost consumer protection online.” Taobao has a “zero tolerance policy towards counterfeits” on any of its online platforms. For all Aoukar’s legal efforts and attempts to solve the problem through Alibaba, it wasn’t until a Canadian journalist publicized the story that true progress was made. Nathan Vanderklippe, writing for the Toronto-based paper The Globe and Mail, spoke with Alibaba employees, Aoukar and briefly with the “hacker” responsible for stealing Aoukar’s kickstarter platform. After the article’s publication, the Taobao protection team took down the fraudulent crowdfunder from its platform. “They started listening to me because of the journalist,” Aoukar said of those working with Alibaba. “They stopped it, they drove me crazy before they did, they didn’t do it easily, but it happened.” Aoukar said he is now in negotiations with several retailers in the hopes of making his product available to a mass audience.
HISTORIC HOMES continued from Page 1 “This was more of a business kind of community,” LaRose said. “Certainly there was farming here, but it was more on a local basis. So slavery in this area was totally different.” While this 101.5 acre home sits off the beaten path, another influential Tennesseean erected his own mansion near the heart of Knoxville’s downtown -- just few years before the Ramsey family settled on the frontier. Set to undergo the second phase of a $2 million restoration, William Blount’s 1797 mansion remains a more visible part of Knoxville’s history. A land surveyor like Ramsey, Blount and his family are considered one of the founding families of the city, mostly due to Blount’s long-time association and representation of the area as one of Tennessee’s first congressmen, senator and role as “Superintendent of Indian Affairs” under President George Washington. Unique from the surrounding log cabins of the time, Blount Mansion still attracts a crop of local visitors, out-of-towners and school groups every year. Megan Stromer, a fifth year senior in history and psychology, who works at the site as a docent, noted that while many are surprised to learn the property did not operate as plan-
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tation, its slave force totaled 27 domestic and field workers. “We definitely don’t push (slavery) under the carpet,” Stromer said. “Yes, the Blounts did own slaves. And the Blounts actually, for whatever reason, were pretty progressive ... they ended up freeing most of their slaves so the slaves could marry. It was legal at the time for slaves to be taught to read and write. We don’t know if any of the Blount slaves knew how to, but they could have, and the Blounts went to pains to keep families together.” This home, noted for its exquisite hillside view of the Henley Bridge and the Tennessee River, was almost lost in a haze of construction frenzy. Originally scheduled to be flattened in the ‘20s, the efforts of Mary Boyce Temple, one of Knoxville’s most vocal activists, stopped the motion to tear down the land for a new parking garage by the Andrew Johnson Hotel. “I don’t think a lot of people knew — or maybe didn’t care — at the time, that this was the Blount home or the significance of the family,” Stromer said. “She recognized the value of this home and together with the mayor and some UT professors and said, ‘Hey, this house is important and it’s important that we preserve this. “Just because we’re in this age were we are building stuff and modernizing doesn’t mean history has stopped being important.’”
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Alpha Omicron Phi and Chi Omega (Winners)
CARNICUS Glitter, lipgloss and homemade costumes. Yes, we’re talking about Carnicus -- where Greek organizations across campus show UT what they’re made of. The skits and “Glee”-esque performances have been a campus staple for decades. Missed the beloved tradition? The Daily Beacon can catch you up. All photos by Katie Truppo • The Daily Beacon
Kappa Delta and Delta Tau Delta
Beta Upsilon Chi and Pi Beta Phi
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The play that changed how I thought about rape
Thomas Carpenter The Workshop
This weekend Sexual Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee put on the play “Extremities” in the Clarence Brown Lab Theatre. Walking in without any notion of what the play was about, it was clear from the first scene that it was going to be tough to watch. This was an understatement. The play is about a woman who has her house broken into by a man who assaults and attempts to rape her. She is able to overpower him, however, and ties him up in the fireplace. What follows is the dilemma her and her roommates face in deciding what to do. Should they call the cops? Should they kill him? It seems unrealistic in writing, but the portrayal makes it seem very real. It raises questions like “What would you do?”and “Is she justified in her actions?” But these are the questions that exist on the surface: it’s what lies beneath the obvious that really shakes you to your core. When the rapist enters her home and refuses to leave, it feels like a nightmare. Ever since I’ve come to college, sexual assault has been at the forefront of many campus issues and conversations. I have lived my entire life at a distance from problems like these. I have been lucky to live a life free from discrimination.
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uncomfortable to the point of making me nauseated, but it was exactly what I needed to see— what all UT students need to see.”
I know that racism, sexism and other forms of oppression exist, but it’s so hard to fully grasp what they do to people until you see it happen firsthand — and even more so, have it happen to you. I’ve never experienced the latter. I’ve never experienced the issues that people of color face every day. I’ve never been raped or sexually assaulted. I cannot even attempt to know what it is like to have these things happen to me. What this play did was bring me closer to this issue than I’ve ever been. It was uncomfortable to the point of making me nauseated, but it was exactly what I needed to see—what all UT students need to see. My fear is that the people who needed to see it the most were probably at a party Friday night, or at the basketball game on Saturday. I know many men who need to take a closer looks at these problems: men who are good people yet dangerously misinformed, resulting in victim-blaming and slut-shaming. This came to a tipping point for me when A.J. Johnson was accused of sexual assault. Some of my friends joined in with the throng of Tennessee fans proclaiming the football player’s innocence, and they completely disregarded the victim in the situation. (Daily Beacon Editor-in-Chief Claire Dodson did a phenomenal job writing about this subject in her column titled, “Stop the sexual assault shame,” and I don’t want to simply reiterate what she said.) But I cannot emphasize enough how important it was for me to see this play, and I can only encourage my fellow students to do the same when similar opportunities arise in the future. I came in thinking that I was pretty knowledgeable about the subject of sexual assault. What I realized is that looking at issues in unique way — like in an art form — offers the chance to take in the emotional and human side of an issue that is usually smothered in faceless statistics. Thomas Carpenter is a junior in classics. He can be reached at ThomasCarpenter@utk.edu.
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The Super Bowl, one of the biggest TV events each year, has become a cultural holiday for many Americans. Parker Guernsey @parker_guernsey Can the Super Bowl be watched online? Gonna be in the library all night and don’t want to miss Brady crying at the end.
Austin Conn
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Definitely the worst two weeks media-wise leading up to Super Bowl Sunday ever.
Mike Hammond @MHammondMedia First Lady Vols then the Super Bowl. Gonna be a great afternoon/evening
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Also just watched the new Budweiser Super Bowl commercial andddd now I’m crying. #BestBuds
Katherine Tatum @KatNastyy I wish I had a Seahawks jersey or at least a Skittles shirt for the Super Bowl
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Toeing the line between scientific ingenuity and arrogance This spring, the Florida Keys will likely become guinea pigs in the next battle of the war against tropical disease-carrying mosquitoes. Residents of Key West have historically combated these flying pest populations by spraying chemical pesticides, but the nature of chemical pesticide application and the innately fast breeding times of mosquitoes inevitably became an evolutionary laboratory. Many species of mosquito, especially the non-native species Aedes aegypti, have largely become resistant to these pesticides, meaning that the Florida Keys are Kenna Rewcastle Life Under the Microscope threatened once more by outbreaks of dengue fever or chikungunya, tropical diseases carried on the wings of the notorious pest. Never fear, the British company Oxitec is here with genetically modified mosquitoes to wrest the Keys back from the buzzing tyranny of the mosquitoes. Many people may not be familiar with genetic modification of organisms outside of some crops like corn. Oxitec has managed to insert destructive genes into the DNA of male A. aegypti mosquitoes so that the eggs that result from mating between a GMO mosquito and a natural female will never hatch. Releasing these GMO male mosquitoes into the wild will cause a crash in mosquito populations, as much as a 90% reduction in the number of mosquitoes according to trials carried
“Show me any remaining natural system on Key West, and I’ll show you the real invasive species here: humans.” out in Malaysia, Brazil and the Cayman Islands. While the FDA seems likely to approve the use of these bioengineered mosquitoes, residents of Key West seem more than hesitant to jump on the bandwagon. Residents have expressed frustration at the proposal’s relevance considering the last outbreak of dengue fever occurred in 2009, the first outbreak reported in 75 years. Public health administrators, however, see the release of bioengineered mosquitoes as a preventative measure that should be taken to prevent future outbreaks that could be brought to the islands by the swarms of tourists that visit every year. Besides, Oxitec says, this mosquito is an invasive species and has no
place in the natural ecosystem of the Keys. To release populations of insects that have humantinkered genomes, or to let nature run its course? That seems to be the question at hand, and I personally have an answer that will likely be rather unpopular. I say leave the Frankenstein mosquitoes in the laboratories. Five years of dengue-free populations do not warrant the release of man’s “just in case” solution. I find it insulting that marketing reps are pitching themselves as environmental allies, trying to restore the natural order of things by removing an invasive species on a concrete jungle like Key West. Show me any remaining natural system on Key West, and I’ll show you the real invasive species here: humans. To attempt to further synthesize a chain of unique islands by replacing yet another natural component with a mosquito species that bears the trademark of our scientific tampering is to beat the dead horse. Key West’s nature has long since expired. Maybe these mosquitoes are a ghost that has come back to haunt the island’s human invaders, and perhaps out of cynicism and nostalgia for what was once wild, I’m siding with one of the world’s most unpopular insects. Kenna Rewcastle is a senior in College Scholars. She can be reached at kenerewc@vols.utk.edu.
Moving Forward: The Rise of a Student Union The Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center — an aging hub of student activity situated in the looming shadow of its future replacement — holds a history that will soon be forever lost. After serving the university for more than 60 years, the University Center will be demolished to make way for the second phase of the new student union. As
Tor Voorhees Brick by Brick
“I will forever be thankful for John Brown and his original donation that ... left a legacy as a memorial for his wife in the hearts and minds of all the scholars who crossed its threshold within 60 years of service.”
the core of student life for so many years, the history of the complex has been fascinating ever since its construction. Built in 1952, the current University Center was made possible through an unlikely donation from one John Scruggs Brown. In 1946, the University of Tennessee received word from a bank in New York explaining that Brown appeared to have made appropriations for a part of his estate to go directly to the university. Interestingly, although Brown’s will did list the university as a possible recipient of his estate, the University of Tennessee was actually his second choice to receive the money. Brown had written his will in the mid-20s and had ultimately invested $1.5 million to be used for the future support of his wife and granddaughter. However, Brown further stipulated that if the sum ever reached a total of $25 million that it should additionally be used to establish a girl’s school in Knoxville. By 1947, Brown, his wife, and his granddaughter had all passed away without the sum ever reaching the $25 million goal. Luckily in his foresight, Brown had allotted for such an event and had specified that any remaining amount should go the University of Tennessee so as to establish a memorial for his wife. Although this was Brown’s will, his estate holdings in Tennessee and North Carolina attempted to obtain at least a portion of the New York trust. In addition, the husband of the now deceased daughter claimed that the income from the fund should continue to
him. After all of the dust settled and terms had been signed, the University of Tennessee obtained approximately $1.5 million. These funds were consequently invested in a new complex later named the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center after Brown’s deceased wife. Now in 2015, the University Center faces its final days as a part of the university landscape. Rising next to it is the first phase of a new student union that will overshadow the old complex in both size and features. At an estimated $160 million, the new facility will host a 50,000 square-foot bookstore, 10 dining establishments, a 10,000 square-foot auditorium and a 12,000 square-foot ballroom all of which dwarf the present University Center’s amenities. In the end, the new student union will be a reported 50 percent larger than the old University Center. Although I often bemoan the loss of any university building, I cannot deny that UT has outgrown the University Center that has served it so well in the past. I will forever be thankful for John Brown and his original donation that, although it did not establish a girls’ school, left a legacy as a memorial for his wife in the hearts and minds of all the scholars who crossed its threshold within 60 years of service. Now, the university must expand and progress so as to prepare itself for yet another 60 years of Volunteers. Tor Voorhees is a junior in Mechanical Engineering. He can be reached at vvoorhe1@vols. utk.edu.
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Rhett lights up Cotton Eyed Joe, brings ‘twang’ to sold out crowd Marina Waters Copy Editor
Chatter, smoke and guitar riffs mixed in the smoky air of The Cotton Eyed Joe Saturday night as one of country music’s most popular artists took the stage. Thomas Rhett brought his sold out show to Knoxville along with his twangy country lyrics and genre jumping sound. Along for the ride was country newcomer Chris Lane. Lane performed a number of cover songs, his debut single “Broken Windshield View� and gave the crowd a short preview of the sort of liveliness Rhett also possessed in his performance. Once he took the stage, Rhett displayed a steady energy as he jumped, danced and climbed upon various platforms throughout the night. As the first few lyrics to Rhett’s most popular songs spilled from the speakers, the Georgia native’s energy seemed infectious. Rhett’s catchy country pop hit “Get Me Some of That� and his singer-songwriter love song “It Goes Like This� turned the place into a true dance club as the sound hit the air. Throughout his slew of songs also came a few tunes that didn’t seem so country; from J-Kwon’s “Tipsy� to Shaggy and Weezer, the country star mixed snippets of various rap and pop songs with his trademark country songs throughout the night. Rhett even appeared on stage in a white fedora, sunglasses and the dance moves to match as he performed his rendition of “Uptown Funk� by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars.
But then, the country crooner also introduced the other portion of his show by referring to it as the “more songwriter-y side of Thomas Rhett.� Not only has Rhett penned a handful of hit songs of his own, but he’s also written numerous songs for some of country’s biggest artists. He performed songs he had written such as Lee Brice’s tailgate anthem “Parking Lot Party� and Florida-Georgia Line’s mega-hit “Round Here.� However, Rhett wasn’t the only songwriter to hit the stage Saturday night. The young country star introduced his father Rhett Akins as the best songwriter ever as he joined him on stage. After Akins sang his 1993 hit “That Ain’t My Truck� acoustically, Akins and Rhett joined forces on Blake Shelton’s “Boys ‘Round Here,� which was a tune Akins wrote. Though many songs were filled with typical country music themes (see “tailgate� and “moneymaker�), Rhett switched up the tempo when he played his first single “Beer with Jesus.� The slow country tune slowed the pulse of the evening as the audience displayed every cell phone flashlight and lighter on hand to accompany the Jesus-centered ballad. Accompanied by a long list of country hits, hints of various other genres and a knack for selling out Knoxville shows, Rhett will likely be having these sort of nights for a while. In fact, the country star plans to come back to the Scruffy City on Feb. 6 for an encore performance due to an overwhelming response to his previous shows at The Joe.
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Umphrey’s McGee tranform Tenn. Theatre, keep Jam Culture alive Sterling Martin Contributor
A venue packed with smiling faces, dancing bodies and addicting “improg� tunes, the melding of progressive rock and improvisation. This is only a glimpse of what the Tennessee Theatre transformed into Thursday evening. With flyers and ads around campus and restaurants throughout the city to promote the event, Umphrey’s Mcgee and their “Similar Skin Tour� took Knoxville by storm. Together since 1997, the band has taken the time to grow and build a strong fanbase of dedicated followers. They draw huge crowds and are a staple every year in the summer during festival season. They opened the night with “Educated Guess,� played classics like “In the Kitchen� and even jammed to a cover of the famous “Baba O’Riley� by none other than The Who. The final encore titled “Conduit� closed out the night and left every witness content. Not to be overshadowed were the guys also on the “Similar Skin Tour� who refer to themselves as TAUK. “We’re always looking to find new ways to incorporate new styles and ideas into our music,� said Alric ‘A.C.’ Carter, keyboard and organ specialist for TAUK. The multi-genre quartet from New York has gained praise and recognition fairly quickly, blending elements of jazz, funk, rock and blues with a touch of every other style that exists. Touring with the likes of Dopapod and Umphrey’s have lead to TAUK being booked for festivals such as Counterpoint and Wakarusa.
At the official after-party came an extra surprise as well. Matt Jalbert, guitarist for TAUK, and Carter both took stage to join The Mantras in a special jam session for the dedicated fans still trekking at the end of the night. “The best part has been seeing our fan base grow one show at a time. It feels great to know that our music has been resonating with listeners and it only encourages us to work harder and keep creating,â€? Carter said. “We all listen to such different music and we aim to find a happy medium that complements TAUK’s style.â€? In line with the Umphrey’s McGee style, TAUK and many other similar and emerging bands are responsible for keeping the “jamband cultureâ€? alive that originally began with the Grateful Dead. They have also spawned the hard core fan and family atmosphere that can almost be felt in the air at one of these shows. “The jam community is amazing. You’re able to spend time and get to know all of these people that you share a single common interest with,â€? commented senior Trey Shuler. “I’ve spent so much time and money traveling to see these guys and being able to walk to the show from my house to a hometown venue makes the experience that much better.â€? With Thursday’s show, he’s now seen Umphrey’s perform “almost 50 ‌ let’s just say 45 timesâ€? and strongly suggested it wouldn’t be his last. ‘“Everyone is so unique and their paths are so different,â€? Shuler said. “But everyone makes an effort to truly know someone and have a conversation with them just based off of this one similarity—music.â€?
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Vols down Auburn, 71-63 Sports Editor Donnie Tyndall tried his best to downplay Bruce Pearl’s return, but Josh Richardson understood the significance of Saturday’s contest. “Being a new coach at a new school and playing against an old coach that did so much for the school — that the fans love so much — if he felt any pressure, I think he did a good job of not letting us see it,” the senior guard said. “I just know it meant a lot to him.” In the end, the Volunteers stepped up for theirw first-year head coach, outscoring Auburn 22-11 over the final 10:50 of the game en route to a 71-63 victory over the Tigers inside Thompson-Boling Arena. “Obviously, tonight was a big game in terms of Bruce Pearl returning,” Tyndall said. “I never talked about it with my team, though. I would like to say how much I respect him. Their team was picked eighth or ninth in the preseason SEC poll, but he has them playing like an upper-tier team in regards to toughness and how they are playing. “Tonight was certainly a 40-minute battle that could have went either way.” Despite six previous lead changes and nine different scoring ties, the real battle began as soon as Auburn’s Antoine Mason drained a three to give the Tigers a 52-49 lead with 10:50 remaining. Shortly after, though, Tennessee (13-7, 5-3 SEC) reversed the deficit into a lead of its own and began to pull away. Junior forward Derek Reese made a layup to trim the Tiger’s lead back down to one, and after a Tahj Shamsid-Deen turnover, Richardson turned a foul into a pair of made free throws to put UT ahead. From there, the Vols scored seven unanswered points to cap off an 11-0 run that turned an once Former head coach Bruce Pearl speaks to media after the Auburn lead into a 60-52 UT advantage. UT game against Auburn on Saturday. “We just stayed with it,” said junior guard Kevin Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon Punter, who finished with 17 points. “Those guys made a few shots, but you can’t back down when teams start doing that. We stayed the course, conwith a tip-in dunk late in the first half and a weak-side block tinued to run our offense, continued to do what we do, and in the second half. most importantly, we played defense.” “The thing about Armani is that he is consistent in his Auburn (10-11, 2-6), however, quickly answered, reeling off effort, not just on game night but in practice,” Tyndall a 6-2 run of their own to cut the lead down to three. said. “There is a reason he puts on the numbers that he does But that was as close as the Tigers got, as the Vols slammed because he does it everyday in practice just like today.” the door with a Reese 3-pointer and six free throws to close Ultimately, though, it was the ghost of the past wandering the game out. the sidelines that demanded at least a share of the spotlight. “Once we got a little bit of a lead, we started playing to win, But that didn’t detract Tyndall, and it didn’t sidetrack the instead of other games where we’ve kind of been playing not to four returning players who had to deal with last year’s petition. lose at the end,” said Richardson, who finished with 15 points. Instead, they focused on winning. But while Tennessee and Auburn juggled the lead around And the future. numerous times, the one constant on Saturday was Armani “To be honest, I don’t look into all of that,” Moore said. “I Moore. don’t pay attention to the whole Bruce Pearl thing or the petiIn 34 minutes of action, the junior guard scored a game-high tion of last year. I feel like this is a new year and a new season 19 points — a career-best — and corralled a game-high 13 for us to do some great things, so as long as me and my teamrebounds, while also providing a pair of highlight-reel efforts mates keep working hard, I feel like we will be OK.”
Pearl’s return full of mixed emotions
Assistant Sports Editor As the game turned: With 10:50 remaining in the game, Bruce Pearl looked poised to lead his Auburn team to victory against Tennessee. The former Tennessee head coach had just witnessed Antoine Mason knock down a triple to temporarily silence the crowd and give Auburn a 52-49 lead. At the time, the Tigers were 7-of-12 from the 3-point line, were showing no signs of intimidation playing in front of a raucous crowd at Thompson-Boling-announced at 18439and were exuding confidence during every possession. In the following minutes, however, Tennessee ensured that Pearl’s return to Knoxville would not result in triumphant victory. After Mason’s triple, the Vols went on an 11-0 run in a three-minute span that gave them the necessary separation to outlast the Tigers 71-63 Saturday in Knoxville. “We just started playing harder,” Josh Richardson said. “We started playing like we know how to and pressuring them a little bit more and it swung in our favor.” Tennessee’s run began with defense and an offensive rebound. Junior college transfer Kevin Punter started the run with a steal, and while that play led to a missed layup from Richardson, junior forward Derek Reese snatched the offensive rebound and put the ball off the glass to cut the Auburn lead to one. Free throws from Richardson and Tariq Owens gave Tennessee a 55-52 lead with 9:52 to go. Later, Punter nailed a trey from the corner that gave the Vols their first twopossession lead since early in the second half. While Auburn never allowed Tennessee to run away after the 11-0 run, the Vols made just enough plays to prevent the Tigers from threatening to retake the lead. Hot Topic: It only took one glance towards Auburn’s bench to see the significance of Saturday’s contest. As Bruce Pearl traveresed the same sidelines he once had for six seasons — this time in a navy blue blazer, not an orange one — for the first time since 2011, a stir of emotions brewed within Thompson-Boling Arena. Some fans booed, but most cheered. “We lived here for nine years, and I think it was a really special time in Tennessee basketball history and the vast majority of what we did was really good,” Pearl said. “It was great. It was a nice reception.” After the Tigers were downed by the Vols, Pearl had watery eyes in his postgame television interview with ESPN as the Tennessee Waltz played in the background. His son, Steven, had tears flowing outside the Auburn locker room. But for Pearl, it could have been much worse. “I am really glad it was an early game and I didn’t have all day to sit around and think about it,” Pearl said. “Next thing you know it was here, so I think God blessed us with that.” UTDAILYBEACON.COM For the full story, check out utdailybeacon.com!
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Pearl’s return reminiscent of typical Taylor Swift song David Cobb Senior Columnist (@DavidWCobb)
The sideshow at Tennessee’s 71-63 victory over Auburn on Saturday was like a song Taylor Swift will write in 20 years when her lyrics have evolved to reflect her status as a middle-aged woman. Until she writes it though, UT’s recent basketball coaching saga can be understood through a compilation of her current works. Bruce Pearl is Tennessee basketball’s exlover who screwed up a nearly perfect marriage with a stupid mistake that resulted in an emotional divorce for everyone involved. He should’ve said no when Aaron Craft showed up at his Knoxville home for a barbeque. He really should have thought twice before he let it all go. Instead he ended up begging for forgiveness at the feet of UT and the NCAA. It was too little too late and his relationship with UT faded into history as a beautiful tragic love affair. And because of trust issuess stemming from the gut-wrenching end of the Pearl era, the Vols rebounded with Cuonzo Martin, a cliché “safe guy” incapable of the mistakes Pearl committed. But Tennessee and its family members – the fans in this case – struggled to embrace Martin like they did Pearl. Martin was fine. He never did a thing wrong. Sure, he didn’t come in riding a white horse, but those who arranged the marriage knew he would never leave teardrops on the banjos that played “Rocky Top” when the Vols made the Elite Eight with Pearl in 2010. But the UT family missed Pearl and the screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain that he brought. So even though the team was content with Martin, 36,000 or so family members staged an awkward intervention at Thanksgiving by openly petitioning the Vols to give Pearl another chance. Though athletic director Dave Hart did not publicly declare his loyalty to Martin in the wake of the petition, the tune he spun in regards to a potential Pearl return sounded a lot like Swift’s 2012 hit, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.” But soon, the athletic department and
fans were left going back to December all the time and wishing they had realized what they had when Martin was theirs. Martin never said it – he was too nice – but he probably wondered why UT fans had to be so mean. And when push came to shove, the chauvinistic gesture of a contract extension and raise was not enough to keep him with a program had been rather cold towards him for three seasons. The photo of Hart hugging Martin after the Vols defeated Mercer to advance to the Sweet 16 became just another picture for Martin to burn as he departed for California. Tennessee was left with a blank space in its head coaching slot and chose to write Donnie Tyndall’s name in it. Ironically though, Tyndall reminds everyone of Pearl, and perhaps a little bit too much because of the current NCAA investigation into Tyndall’s former program at Southern Mississippi. But Tennessee seemed convinced that it could make this (allegedly) bad guy good for more than just a weekend. You can tell me when it’s over if the high was worth the pain. David Cobb is a senior in journalism and electronic media. Contact him at dcobb3@ vols.utk.edu.
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Graves reaches 1,000 points as Lady Vols top Mississippi State Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer
As the game turned: Bashaara Graves caMe into the Lady Vols ninth contest against a top-25 opponent hoping to play the type of basketball she was capable of playing. The 6-foot-2 junior forward did that and more in a game where she reached her career 1,000 point milestone. Graves helped spark a 13-3 run for Tennessee in the second half in which she scored 11 of her 17 points. The Lady Vols scored nine straight points over 3:13, and Graves’ layup gave her sixth-ranked team a 59-44 lead it wouldn’t surrender over the final 13:03. “I told her if she plays like that she can’t be stopped,” head coach Holly Warlick said. “She really worked hard to get the ball and she has extended her game. She can shoot from the outside along with being in. She is very difficult to defend.” Tennessee hit 11-of-12 shots to open the final period of play and shot a season-high 56.9 percent (29-of-51) from the field. “We can shoot the ball,” Graves said. “We just shared the ball and played very good team offense. We moved the ball and got it inside.” Not only did the three-year starter contribute in the points column, as she was 5-of-6 on field goal attempts and 7-of-7 from the free-throw line, but she kept an eye out for her open teammates as well. Graves tied her career-high with five assists in the Lady Vols seventh win against a ranked opponent this season. “Five assists, she had a complete game today,” Warlick said. “I was really proud of her and what she did for the team.” Hot topic: After three straight wins against ranked opponents, The Lady Vols will now get a week off before they play their final seven regular season contests. “We will give them off tomorrow and give them off Thursday and just try to keep them in shape,” Warlick said. “This time of the season is a grind. We are going to take advantage of the week off.”
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Spotlight: With 16.3 seconds remaining, Graves hit two free throws that extended her streak to 14 straight at the charity stripe over the past four games. The streak wasn’t the most significant part, however. Her first made free-throw in the closing moments gave her 1,000 points in her Tennessee career and brought a massive cheer from her entire family in attendance. “It’s great that I got to 1,000 points with my family here,” Graves said. “I was told that I could reach it today, but I didn’t know exactly how many I needed. I just wanted to come in the game and play like Bashaara really.” The milestone followed the game where her teammate Isabelle Harrison reached the 1K club, which now features 40 members. Another could be added when the Lady Vols take on Florida on Feb. 8, as Ariel Massengale has 991 total points Senior forward Cierra Burdick celebrates during the Lady Vols game against in her career. Mississippi State. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon The other guys: Freshman Mississippi State guard Victoria Vivians scored 13 of her team’s fist 17 points to give the Bulldogs a three-point lead early. She surpassed her season average of 14.5 points with a team-high 17 points, but was just 1-of-4 shooting in the second hal Say something: Mississippi State head coach transition looks and we got down the floor. We Vic Schaefer on Tennesse’s good looks on field Taylor White got the ball inside, we had 42 points in the paint. Assistant Sports Editor goal attempts: “You’re going to lose the HORSE We talked a lot at halftime about getting the ball game every single time in this league. Everybody down and getting the rebound, getting stops.” makes open jump shots and Tennessee made The Lady Vols had never lost to Mississippi Graves finished with 17 points, making her State, holding a perfect 35-0 record against the the 40th Lady Vol to reach 1,000 points in her every one of them they got.” Bulldogs, coming into Sunday’s matchup. career. The junior also added four rebounds and Cierra Burdick made sure that didn’t change. five assists. By the numbers: The senior forward scored a career-high 24 Freshman Victoria Vivians got off to a quick 66.7: Tennessee shot 66.7 percent from points, as No. 6 Tennessee defeated No. 18 start for Mississippi State (22-3, 7-3), scoring Mississippi State, 79-67, extending the Lady 13 of her 17 points in the first half, but the 3-point range Vols’ dominance of the Bulldogs to 36 games Tennessee defense adjusted after the break while giving Tennessee its best start in confer- as Vivians made only field goal in the second 20-10: UT’s held a 20-10 rebounding advanence play since the 2010-2011 season. period. tage in second half Burdick’s impact went beyond scoring, how“I think part of it was (Tennessee),” Bulldog ever, as she recorded eight rebounds, six assists head coach Vic Schaefer said. “She wasn’t able 17: The Lady Vols have won 17 consecutive and three steals in a complete performance. to get to the rim as much, and when she did she games at Thompson-Boling Arena “I feel like I’m capable of doing multiple didn’t finish a couple things.” things on the offensive end,” Burdick said. “I Turnovers became a factor late in the think what got me rolling is I was able to get game, as the Bulldogs scored 21 points off 15 some assists early to my teammates, and when Tennessee turnovers. they’re hitting that helps me. And I’ve just been Mississippi State was able to battle back, and playing with a lot of passion and energy.” Kendra Grant hit a pull-up jumper off of an outAfter taking a five-point lead into the locker of-bounds play, capping off a 9-0 run with 3:19 room, Tennessee (19-3, 9-0 SEC) was able to left in the game, and cutting the Lady Vols’ lead take control of the game early in the second half, to just five points. out scoring the Bulldogs 23-13 over the first Harrison quickly answered with a layup, and seven minutes of the second period. then it was Burdick again who was able to ice Burdick and forward Bashaara Graves played the game, as the senior hit four consecutive key roles in that span, scoring 19 of those 23 free throws to push the Lady Vols lead back to points by themselves as the Lady Vols hit 11 of double-digits. their first 12 shots in the second half. “I thought today we showed great maturity,” Graves went on a personal 9-0 run during Warlick said. “We could have gotten folded and that stretch that allowed Tennessee to extend its felt sorry for ourselves. We missed two free lead to 15, thanks in large part to an increased throws and we missed some layups, but you can effort on the defensive end. always go back and get stops on the other end “I think we started playing defense,” head and so I thought we were pretty positive and we coach Holly Warlick said. “And we got some stayed pretty focused on what we needed to do.”
Burdick’s game pushes Lady Vols past Mississippi State 79-67