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UT campaign organizes national debt discussion It is our responsibility to repair the national debt. The group behind UT’s Up to Us campaign is partnering with the Economics Honors Society to host a discussion panel tonight beginning at 5:15 p.m. in the Haslam Business Building room 201. The panel aims to educate attendees on the national debt and what it means for current and future generations of
Americans. Free food will be provided for the first 50 students to arrive. As part of the national competition Up to Us, students from UT’s economics club are organizing events spanning approximately five weeks. Tuesday night’s panel is one of many events designed to inform the campus population of its responsibilities concerning the nation’s financial troubles. Kayla McMurry, a senior in
Vols add new wrinkle with 1-3-1 defense Steven Cook Copy Editor Change isn’t something Tennessee basketball head coach Cuonzo Martin typically welcomes with open arms. But he proved just how necessary it can be during the Vols’ 76-59 win at Alabama on Saturday. After the Crimson Tide trimmed UT’s seven-point halftime lead to two, Martin switched his signature man-toman defense for a 1-3-1 zone. It was a look the Vols have never shown this season. Alabama would only make one field goal over the next four minutes after the defensive switch, looking confused and unable to generate its offense that had previously been gaining momentum. As the Vols began to pull away with an important SEC road win, one thing was apparent: Martin implemented change, and it worked wonders. “I’m a guy that, I don’t mind change but only if it’s right,” Martin said Monday during his
weekly press conference. “I’m not going to just change something to be changed.” The 1-3-1 the Vols defensively rode to victory features one guard handling the initial ball carrier and the other two guards out on the perimeter. The center joins them at the top of the key to complete the ‘3’ in the middle, and the power forward covers the rim and baseline. It sharply contrasted Tennessee’s typical man defense to the naked eye, but to Martin it was nothing more than a small tweak. “We will tweak certain things, but I don’t think you can just change,” Martin said. “For example, the 1-3-1 wasn’t just put in the day of the game. That’s been put in for a while, and that’s been studied as a staff before the season even started.” While spectators saw a new tactical side to Martin as a coach on Saturday night, all indications are that such changes won’t become permanent. See LUNCHEON on Page 6
economics and the Economics Club event manager, has headed up the effort to organize the discussion. “We took this idea of speaking with faculty that had extensive knowledge on the subject and changed it into a panel discussion where more students would be able to attend,” McMurry said. The featured panelists will be Don Bruce, a research professor in the Center for Business and Economic Research, and Scott Gilpatric,
an associate professor in the Department of Economics. Bruce and Gilpatric are expected to discuss questions concerning what UT students and their peers across the nation can do to affect the national debt. According to the Up to Us website, the national program “is an opportunity for students to build a movement to address America’s long-term fiscal and economic challenges.” Participating teams are
responsible for using a $2,000 budget to educate their campus on their role in raising awareness of the national debt. Jessica TenBroeck, a senior in economics and president of the Economics Leadership Team, said she believes the panel is a vital tool for UT’s team to achieve this goal. “The panel discussion fits perfectly into the larger goals of the Up to Us campaign,” TenBroeck said. Beyond simply informing
fellow students of the facts of the national debt, TenBroeck expressed a desire to inspire panel attendees to investigate what the nation’s climbing fiscal deficits mean for their futures. “We hope that through this panel discussion we are able to bring to light the huge impacts the national debt has and give students a greater understanding of how it impacts them,” TenBroeck said. See UP TO US on Page 3
Lady Vols rely on newcomers for 2014 Garrett Ahmad
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Contributor The Lady Vols softball team may have a No. 1 ranking partly due to last season’s runner-up finish in the Women’s College World series, but this year’s team will look a little different whey it takes the field Friday against Northern Coloradio in Statesboro, Ga. Tennessee has been tasked with replacing its top three hitters from last year’s lineup: Raven Chavanne, Kat Dotson and Lauren Gibson, all of whom garnered All-American honors during their time in Knoxville. However, co-head coach Ralph Weekly said he believes his team has the ability to replace the talented trio with three highly-rated freshmen from California: Megan Geer, Taylor Koenig and Annie Aldrete. Geer and Koenig were both team captains of their club team, the So Cal Athletics, who won the national championship each of the last three years. Geer was also Tennessee’s leading hitter in the fall with five home runs. Weekly had high praise for both players, referring to Geer as “special,” while comparing
Senior pitcher Ellen Renfroe tosses with a teammates during UT’s first softball practice on Jan. 8 at the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center. Koenig to former All-American Tonya Callahan. Aldrete, the niece of St. Louis Cardinals bench coach Mike Aldrete, is “a catcher and a hitter,” according to Weekly and is “a great addition to our team.” All three players are expected to play major roles this season. The batting lineup, however, is not the only place that was forced to make changes in the offseason. The pitching staff will be
forced to replace Ivy Renfroe, who appeared in 41 games last season. Sophomore Erin Gabriel, who was third in the rotation last season before getting injured after only nine appearances, will take the responsibility of replacing her. Senior All-American pitcher Ellen Renfroe is optimistic about what Gabriel can bring to the team. “I’m really excited to see what she can do for us this year,” Ellen Renfroe said dur-
ing Saturday’s softball Meet and Greet. “She has thrown a lot of innings for us in January. She was able to throw a little bit in the fall, but she was still recovering. I think she is going to be able to come out really strong for us.” Weekly also made the decision to add sophomore outfielder Rainey Gaffin to the pitching staff as a reliever in order to provide some cover for the starters. See SOFTBALL on Page 6
Staff Report When the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, open Feb. 7, UT alumna Stephanie Garant-Jones will be backstage, helping the extravaganza unfold before the world. Garant-Jones, who earned a master’s degree in sport management in 2007, is part of the crew orchestrating the opening and closing ceremonies. Her job is to ensure that the 3,000 cast members have the technology needed to communicate with producers throughout the show. “When the cauldron is lit, I will be backstage somewhere with goose bumps due to the sheer uniqueness of the moment,” she said in a university release. This is Garant-Jones’ third Olympics. She worked in the Olympic Village at the 2010
Winter Games in Vancouver. She managed the competition venues for road cycling, the marathon, race walking and the Paralympic marathon at the 2012 Summer Games in London. “When I was offered the chance to be involved in the opening and closing ceremonies in Sochi, I jumped at the opportunity,” she said. Garant-Jones has been in Sochi since November, and the experience has exceeded her highest expectations. “It is truly mesmerizing to see the ceremonies evolve to production,” she said. “My coworkers include people who have worked on the Super Bowl, the Oscars, the biggest rock tours in the world and Cirque du Soleil. Some of them come from the world’s top dance and ballet schools and theaters.” Garant-Jones is also assisted
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UT Alumna in Sochi, behind the scenes at Olympics
UT alumna Stephanie Garant-Jones will be backstage helping the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, when it opens on Feb. 7. by young Russian volunteers from a Sochi university. The road to Sochi Garant-Jones was born in Chandler, Quebec, Canada.
As a junior at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, she came to UT through an exchange program. She loved UT so much she stayed for
graduate school. “I come from a family who loved the great outdoors, loved sports and lived passionately,” Garant-Jones said. “My family has always been incredibly supportive of my decisions, including moving to Tennessee to attend an American university with an incredible athletic program.” During her final year of graduate school she traveled to Beijing, China, with a group of UT faculty, staff and students to teach in the Summer English Camp at Tsinghua University. There, she got to know several people who were going to be working at the 2008 Summer Games and was able to visit Olympic venues in Beijing. “My dream of working at the 2010 Winter Games had been alive well before my experience in Beijing,” she said. “When I got home, I started knocking
on doors. After a lot of emails, networking and after taking many chances, I was hired to help manage the Olympic Village at the Vancouver games. “My job was to help ensure the athletes had a home away from home and to make sure they didn’t have to worry about where to eat or how to travel to training so they could focus strictly on the competition.” Once the 2010 Winter Games were complete, GarantJones set her sights on London. “This time, I wanted to work in a sports venue,” she said. “I wanted to experience the Olympics from central London. I love the city. I love road cycling, big crowds and gutwrenching finish-line photos.” Thanks to the contacts she’d made in Vancouver, she was hired as venue operations manager for road events. See OLYMPICS on Page 3
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ICYMI: Top tweets of Super Bowl XLVIII Dry your eyes Vol fans. Super Bowl Sunday didn’t end quite the way many expected this year as former UT standout and 2013-14 NFL MVP Peyton Manning and his Denver Broncos were dominated by the Seattle Seahawks, 43-8, in Super Bowl XLVIII. Manning and the Broncos’ normally-potent offense couldn’t muster anything against a Seattle defense that forced a safety on the first play from scrimmage, returned a Manning interception for a touchdown and turned the Broncos over four times. However, as a silver lining for UT fans with broken hearts from Manning’s Super Bowl stumble, the Tennessee football team kicks off the 2014 football season in a mere 207 days against Utah State inside Neyland Stadium. As expected, UT students took to Twitter to sound off on Sunday’s performance.
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the eastern city of Strasbourg condemned France for taking too long to consider one woman’s legal effort over the Rwanda genocide. “Finally!” B ernard Kouchner, a humanitarian aid activist in Rwanda at the time and later French foreign minister, said of the Simbikangwa trial. “France played a bad role in this genocide. It didn’t allow justice to do its job, and investigate correctly, or bring to justice those responsible who had fled to France,” Kouchner said in a telephone interview. The case is steeped in historical symbolism: In a country whose Nazi collaborationist regime in World War II sent thousands of Jews to their deaths, a Justice Ministry spokeswoman said it is the first trial in France on charges of genocide. It may be the first of many such trials, made possible under 1990s laws allowing near-universal jurisdiction for exceptional crimes. Another 27 cases linked to Rwanda’s genocide await in
the Paris court’s war crimes and crimes against humanity unit, including one focusing on the widow of the Rwandan president, whose killing set off the genocide. “The message of this trial is also that France will no longer be a safe haven for Rwandan suspects of genocide, hopefully, after all these years,” said Clemence Bectarte, a lawyer with the International Federation of Human Rights, one of several civil parties to the state’s case. The story about why France has taken so long speaks in part to the era of “Francafrique,” a pejorative buzzword for the cushy personal ties that many French businessmen and officials had with African dictators in the postcolonial era. Under President Francois Mitterrand, France armed and trained Rwandan forces, ignored government abuses, and helped some genocide perpetrators flee the country, critics say. After the genocide, successive French governments and the
designed to get students thinking about financial issues in the short and long continued from Page 1 terms. “Right now students are McMurry echoed this sentiment, saying both the concerned about the shortpanel and the campaign are run, like ‘Where am I going to get a job after college?’”
McMurry said. “But this short-run perspective will come back to haunt us in 30 years. “It is important for students to understand that federal policy, like spending, will affect us in the future.”
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“I have embraced every moment I’ve spent in Russia. No matter the challenges, I would never trade this experience,” she continued. “While the Olympics are about sporting prowess and defining moments, they are, in a larger sense, about the world coming together.”
Associated Press PARIS — Through a ground-breaking trial, France is at last coming to terms with its much-criticized response to Rwanda’s genocide. Pascal Simbikangwa (SimBEE-kangh-wah), a Rwandan former intelligence chief, is to appear Tuesday in a Paris court for an expected sevenweek trial to face charges of complicity in genocide and complicity in crimes against humanity. France is playing catch-up to a U.N. tribunal and other courts that have convicted dozens and shed light on the genocide nearly two decades ago. Activists hope the Paris trial will remind French leaders of their role and responsibility in Africa — where French power is felt today in Mali and Central African Republic — and mark the end of an era in which France provided a haven for those who committed atrocities abroad. In 2004, the European Court for Human Rights based in
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continued from Page 1 “At UT, sport management students are taught time and time again that the most important thing one can do for their career is network,” she said. “That is the utmost truth.” The two-year job involved everything “from working with media and broadcast people – I got to have a meeting with Al Michaels! – to anti-doping, to spectator services, to transport and to the sport itself. “I got to present our operational plan at Buckingham Palace. I got to sit through meetings at Whitehall and at 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister’s office. I got to walk Prince Charles through to the start line of the men’s cycling race. “It was exciting but stressful work with long hours, challenging tasks and lastminute changes. “But when you see someone’s dream of winning an Olympic medal come (true) … it is indescribably incredible,” she said. Garant-Jones said she has hundreds of stories from London, but one is really special. “I was standing on the sidelines when one of the medal winners’ fathers jumped the fence to get as close as possible to the podium,” Garant-Jones said. “Normally, I would have had the spectator escorted away, but at this moment I was
standing with a very large Norwegian man, holding him as he cried while he watched his son receive the medal. “I still cry thinking about it.” Sochi Despite the great time she had in Vancouver and London, Garant-Jones was unsure if she wanted to work at the Winter Games in Sochi. She was concerned about safety and terrorism threats. She was uncomfortable with Russia’s laws and regulations regarding homosexuality and human rights. “I did a lot of soul searching and spoke to individuals whose advice I often heed, including Dr. Joy DeSensi at UT,” she said. DeSensi is associate dean of the Graduate School and a professor in the Department of Kinesiology, Recreation and Sport Studies. Now, as the games near, Garant-Jones said she is incredibly glad she decided to go to Sochi. “My Russian colleagues and volunteers are simply the kindest individuals I have ever met,” she said. “I have had the chance to talk to them about the serious topics surrounding these Olympics. It has been very interesting to hear their thoughts. I have learned that when you come to someone else’s country, and when you work in someone else’s city, you cannot expect things to change simply because you are there.
state apparatus repeatedly thwarted attempts to expose France’s role, while letting into France some suspected to have blood on their hands. France had close ties to the government of President Juvenal Habyarimana, an ethnic Hutu who died when his plane was shot down on April 6, 1994. His death set off a 100-day bloodbath of reprisal slayings of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus — leaving at least 500,000 people dead. It ended when Tutsi-led rebels under current President Paul Kagame defeated Hutu extremists. Simbikangwa, who is disabled because of a car accident in the 1980s and uses a wheelchair, was arrested in 2008 on France’s Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, where he had been living under an alias. He is accused of helping arm Hutu soldiers who manned roadway checkpoints in the capital, and instructing them about their part in the slaughter. If convicted, Simbikangwa, 54, could face a life sentence. In telephone interviews, his
lawyers said they will argue for an acquittal, and fear that the trial will be lopsided — in part because of the difficulty in finding anyone to speak in their client’s defense. More than 50 witnesses including journalists, historians, farmers, security guards, and former intelligence officials are expected to be called, nearly all by the prosecution. Several films are to be shown, including one whose title translates as “Kill Them All,” a 2004 documentary on the genocide. Unusually, and against defense lawyers’ wishes, the trial will be filmed by court officials for posterity. French courts refused to allow the extradition of Simbikangwa to Rwanda. “The government of Rwanda is able to influence the outcome of trials, particularly on political cases, or cases that are sensitive,” said Carina Tertsakian, a senior researcher in Human Rights Watch’s Africa division. The U.N. tribunal on the Rwanda genocide, based in Arusha, Tanzania, as well as
several Western countries — including Belgium, Rwanda’s former colonial overseer — have brought dozens of people to justice. The U.N. tribunal will close later this year. Over the years, France handed over three suspects to the tribunal, a dribble compared to the 27 cases now in the Paris court, tribunal documents show. Ties between France and Rwanda eroded after the genocide. A low point came in November 2006, when a French anti-terrorism magistrate delivered nine arrest warrants for people close to Kagame. Serious French casework resumed after a political thaw, when Kouchner was foreign minister. France, he said, “wasn’t accused of participating in the genocide, it was accused of making grave political errors.” “For many years, France prevented justice from being done — let’s be clear — blocked it for reasons of unease and bad memories of its behavior,” Kouchner said.
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Gloria Johnson stands for herself, not her district Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, defeated Gary Loe, R-Knoxville, by a margin of 296 votes in the 2012 election for State Representative for District 13. Her narrow victory in the 2012 State House race was not her first attempt at public office. Previously, Johnson ran in 2011 for the vacancy in the 6th Senate District following Jamie Woodson’s departure from the State Legislature for private sector opportunities. She was defeated by nearly 30 percent in the special election. On Jan. 14, Business Facilities named Tennessee its “State of the Year” for strides made in business. Gov. Bill Haslam has received several nationwide accolades for his pro-business approach to job growth, which has been incredibly successful. However, Johnson has vocally proclaimed that the Republican supermajorities have done very poorly in regards to job growth in Tennessee. Because the world of campaigning and winning elections never ends, Johnson has already been targeted as a seat that Republicans believe is vulnerable in 2014. Why? Because Johnson is a poor representative for her constituents, which includes most offcampus and some on-campus students. I’ve met Johnson twice. The first time was last April in Nashville while at the Tennessee State Legislature. I hoped to meet with certain legislators about the issues in the upcoming session. I planned to meet with three: Sen. Becky Duncan Massey, R-Knoxville, Rep. Ryan Haynes, R-Knoxville, and Rep. Johnson. I met with Sen. Massey and Rep. Haynes with no problems. I walked into Johnson’s office and waited for a minute; she glances out of her door and asks if she can help me. I inform her that I’m a constituent of hers who would like to speak to her about some issues. Her answer? That she didn’t have time for me if I had no appointment, regardless if I was a constituent. Now I appreciate how much our elected officials have to do but to not speak to a constituent who drove 200 miles to the Capitol is disrespectful and certainly an easy way to lose votes. Unfortunately, Rep. Johnson has shown a pattern of disrespect and disregard. Last October, the Student Government Association at UT sponsored a debate between UT College Republicans, UT College Democrats and Students for Liberty. I was fortunate enough to be one of the debaters as the president of College Republicans. About a quarter of the way through the debate, Rep. Johnson walks in and sits among the crowd. Throughout the rest of the night, she laughed, scoffed and rolled her eyes every time I, or the Students for Liberty, spoke. I understand different party ideologies and certainly respect that; however, to be rude and disrespectful to college students who are engaging in the political process and seeking to have a voice is indicative of a poor public official. Moreover, Rep. Johnson has spoken about her defense of education and higher education. Her showing up college students and not taking them seriously when they are her constituents shows one thing: she doesn’t view us as a demographic that matters to her. At this point, it is up to us to show her that her pattern for neglect and disregard to the college students of UT is unacceptable. I urge everyone on campus to engage in the political process we are fortunate enough to be a part of. Particularly those of us living inside District 13, please register to vote and prove Gloria Johnson wrong about the importance of the college vote. The University Center serves as our polling place for elections and I encourage everyone to register to vote in order to voice their opinion. Brandon Chrisman is a junior in political science and the president of College Republicans. He can be reached at bchrism1@utk.edu.
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Finding the ‘American way’ in our iPhone generation Turn of Phrase by
Sarah Hagaman I look at the black screen, habitually click the power button and stare with no avail. The scenario rarely happens, but when it does, I always get anxious when my phone dies. Along with most people my age, I have been raised in a world of constant information. The Internet, laptops, smartphones and forms of social media allow us to access a virtually endless stream of information. Most college kids scarcely remember a time without the convenience of Google or texting. This discussion of rapid technological advances receives much attention and truly isn’t anything new. “Generation Y,” or people born roughly between the 1980s and early 2000s, ushered in a new era of knowledge and access – and we know it. Yet, consistently, another assumption unfailingly accompanies the discussion of our generation. They call us the “Me Me Me” Generation – the generation defined by entitlement, self-indulgence, narcissism, impatience and dependency on virtual social constructs. Time magazine released a popular article about the nuances of today’s youth and cited studies describing large increases in narcissism and entitlement. Changes in the social culture of youth have sent adults scrambling to understand new avenues of communication.
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Feeling ill? Here are four ways to ward off winter sicknesses Lost in Communication by
Jan Urbano Mustering all your strength in your legs, you blast off. The frisbee descends towards the ground, destined to be embraced by the field of flowers instead of your hand. Just as you are about to grab it, you wake up. Delirious and soaked in sweat, your red, glossy eyes gaze through the darkness towards the ceiling – it’s going to be another long night. No one enjoys being sick or ill. At the very least, it’s cause for fever dreams (like the one above); at the worst, it can be fatal. It’s usually a messy and painful matter, with symptoms ranging from torrents of mucus running down your nose to coughing constantly. As much as we can, we’d like to avoid being that way. Here’s some advice to keep yourself healthy and keep your suffering to a minimum. 1. Stay warm. My parents had always told me that I should keep warm during the cold weather, but I never believed that the cold itself would suddenly give you the cold or flu, and it was true. The cold,
though, served as a pathway for getting sick. From your throat down to your lungs, a layer of mucus covers these parts of your body. This mucus traps any pathogens and particles that enter your body when you breathe. Cilia, which are microscopic hair-like structures, then move this mucus up from the lungs to the throat, where it becomes a substance commonly recognized as phlegm. In cold weather, the cilias’ clearing movements are slowed down, and mucus can dry and clump together, making it difficult to remove. If it stays in the lungs it can cause difficulty in breathing. Even worse, mucus itself can provide a nutritious environment for bacteria to grow in, which can lead to a bacterial infection within the lungs and eventually pneumonia. 2. Eat regularly and stay hydrated. For those who regularly skip breakfast or don’t eat enough, you put yourself at a higher risk of getting sick. You’re missing out on nutrients for your body to use to stay in fighting shape and ward off existing illnesses. Staying hydrated also makes it easier for your body to maintain fluid levels and clean out your body. Inadequate hydration can lead to the situation described in No. 1, as it means your mucus dries up quicker. It can also make it harder for your body to maintain body temperature; that high fever you had could have been worse if there wasn’t water to tamper it. Also, drinking
orange juice can help reduce how long your cold lasts. 3. Avoid high-density places. This is difficult, considering most of us have to go to class. Since a majority of common illnesses are spread by others, such as the flu and cold viruses, avoiding people or where they gather often can help reduce your own risk of getting sick. Campus isn’t the only place, though – shopping malls and even clubs are excellent places for disease to spread, either through skin contact or through the air. 4. Realize that no area is safe. No matter how prepared you are for the environment or how healthy you are, you are never truly invulnerable to illness. Last Wednesday, I did a 15-minute outdoor run on the track as part of my Physiology of Exercise class. I bundled up as much as possible to avoid being cold, and yet it still wasn’t enough; I coughed and struggled as I finished the curriculum. The next day, I came down with a burning fever and terrible cough. That was when I realized that I got myself sick for the reason described in No. 1. When it comes to your health, you’ve got to think ahead. Otherwise, there will be no one else to blame besides yourself. Don’t take it for granted. Jan Urbano is a senior in biological sciences. He can be reached at jurbano@utk.edu.
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to thrive in the U.S. to this day. However, the new frontier has come. Americans – and people around the world – continue to push and strive for new ways to expand and experience the “new frontier” and not all frontiers are geographic. Technology has unveiled new avenues of communication and interaction that were not previously possible. Young people have harnessed this new ability and created incredible varieties of information and collaboration. Naturally, the technical changes in a relatively short amount of time can be rather astonishing – but young people are well equipped to forge a new era of creative, virtual and technological expansion. Individualism can often blur with self-absorption; however, to pretend that Generation “Me Me Me” strays impossibly far from the previous American generations would be absolutely incorrect. Though the mechanisms are different, the innovative spirit remains the same. The letter has become the email; the notepad has become the laptop; the Polaroid has become the selfie. The precedent of our creative past demands no less of the future – and the avenue of technology has proven full of potential. Whenever I lose my phone, I nearly go into a panic. But when I find it I check my texts, check my inbox, scroll through missed calls, respond to the Snapchats and tuck it safely into my purse or pocket. And I’m never sorry it’s there.
The attack on the collective character of my generation – usually from older generations – sometimes carries validity. But frankly, the same individualism, which now receives such harsh criticism from older generations, cannot be disconnected from the same fierce desire for “natural rights” and independence that brought forth – and often defines – Western civilization. Psychologists have long studied the differences between individualist and collectivist cultures greatly and the subsequent effect on the mentality of the nation’s people. Naturally, the deeply independent and innovative threads that are so strongly valued in American culture didn’t simply emerge with the second millennium. Our country began with the decision of countless individuals to encounter the unknown and endeavor to create an entirely new life. New traditions formed, and a new culture – based on individual rights and freedom – began to underscore American ideals with unencumbered strength. Additionally, “Manifest Destiny,” a term frequently used to describe America’s geographic and idealistic expansion west – and ultimately around the world – remained rooted in cultural individualism. Each person could pursue one’s ideal life; dream-seekers from all parts of the globe migrated to the new land in search of independence and freedom. In the 18th and 19th centuries, innovations of business and transportation – the creative use of the machine and entrepreneurship – effectively propelled the United States to be the next world power. Industries began to boom and desire for riches, wealth, and prosperity opened doors to the shrewd. America rose to be a world power; creativity, innovation and opportunity continue
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great American novel, the story of a man ruined by his greed while the wealthy people who are somewhat to blame get off scott-free. And also, the parties. Luhrmann, who is famous for his stylized visions of extravagance, creates disturbingly gorgeous and enticing scenes in his film. The men, with their slicked-back hair, are gallantly charming. Jordan Baker is mysteriously glamorous, floating around the party with envy-inducing confidence. And Daisy Buchanan is, well, Daisy Buchanan. They consume with no consequences, giving themselves over to bacchanal revelry. And every weekend the people come to the Gatsby mansion and do it all over again. It does not seem unlike what Claire Dodson is a junior in happens on any given weekend in the Fort or in the various English. She can be reached at other student housing options. pdodson@utk.edu. Around 3 a.m. the night of
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Arts & Culture Editor The house is packed with dancing and laughing people. Music thumps from the sound system, and the alcohol flows freely. It is excess. It is America. It is Gatsby. It is also every good college party you’ve ever been to. The Fitzgeraldian world of the Roaring 20s in his novel “The Great Gatsby� has been inspiring parties since the time period itself with its emphasis on wealth and good liquor; more recently, Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation has been inspiring ragers in the Fort since its release in May. Last weekend I attended probably my third or fourth “Gatsby�-themed party this year, a birthday party for a close friend. You know the ones: cue the plastic champagne flutes, feathered headbands and fringed flapper dresses. While at the party, I overheard several girls commenting on each other’s attire – most had the 20s-style dresses already in their wardrobe for such an occasion as this, remnants of previous large parties. The fad warrants a comparison. “The Great Gatsby� is a
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my friend’s party, I prepared to leave. Taking one last glance around the room, I was struck by the wreckage and how much it reminded me of the film playing on mute on the flat screen TV. Glitter and confetti coated the floor, which was sticky with cheap liquor and the effects it produced. A couple people were passed out on couches. And still the music played on, though the Pandora station had been switched to something more melancholy. I’d had a great time – enjoying some much needed stress relief from the classes that had kicked into high gear. Yet the scene of the end of that party, once the set for a night of inhibition and great stories, still struck me as incredibly sad. There is no self-righteous moral to this story, no worstcase scenario to convince you of the errs of the partying lifestyle, no hypocritical critique of today’s young people. You are young. You are free. Go and make your mistakes and earn your success. Just remember that the party always ends.
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Students pose with members of Manthan UTK while wearing traditional Indian turbans and exhibiting a traditional Indian dance pose on Jan. 27 as part of the Indian World Showcase at the International House.
Dum Dum Girls merge 80s, beach sound in ‘Too True’ Staff Writer 80s pop rock, meet 2014 indie girl bands. Dum Dum Girls, America’s underground indie rock sweethearts, released the group’s fifth album last week entitled “Too True� that hints at retro influences while successfully maintaining the band’s riot girl edge. At first, the album catches the listener off-guard. As the first track, “Cult of Love,� cuts right into what feels like the middle of the beat; confusion is not an uncommon reaction. You may even restart the song once or twice just to make sure you did not miss anything. However, as you let it all sink in, you realize that you are listening to a revived 80s rock band that time traveled to present day – minus the perms, glitter and cheesy lyrics, though. Don’t worry. Instead, listeners are gifted with hints of the past decade’s underground scene’s dreamy
guitar riffs while lead singer Dee Dee Penny’s rough but wispy vocals call to mind an image of The Pretenders. This may seem like too strange a genre to sound good, but lately California has been pumping out bands with retro influences mixed with L.A. grunge or surf pop. And somehow, Dum Dum Girls has managed to mix all three. Beyond the 80s influence, there is something about these California girls that give them that angry, mean sound. Partially, it is simply the comparison between this album and the four previous. The drums are heavier. The bass is deeper. The guitar is dirtier. Formerly, the Dum Dum Girls’ music was more lightly punk, and now the group is delving further into the scene. Even the track titles evoke a darker image with “Evil Blooms� and “Rimbaud Eyes.� In “Rimbaud Eyes,� despite the poppy, Beach Boys-esque beat, lines such as “Truly, I have wept too much / In the dawns are heart breakers
/ Every moon is atrocious, every sun bitter / Sharp love has swollen me up,� paint pictures of angry girls in leather and ripped jeans contemplating the universe along the beach. The thing that stands out about this album is its imagery. Sometimes, you can hardly understand what Penny is singing, but the emotion in her voice creates the picture, and the best thing about when musicians are capable of that is the meaning that arises in a song. While maybe not the message intended by the artist, a mental visual helps connect listeners in a way they may not normally experience music. However, Dum Dum Girls did not forget the group’s roots. It is a trend among California bands to let at least one of their songs remind you that they are from California. In “Too True,� there is an underlying feel to nearly every song that reminds the listener if you just listen close enough.
Some tracks are reminiscent of electronic, dirty clubs. Others invoke surfer babes tanning on the beach. And some recall the Summer of Love with hippie lightheartedness. These seem like strange combinations to keep on one album. However, the dreamy 80s feel ties them neatly together. Somehow, Dum Dum Girls managed to revive the 80s without everything Dum Dum Girls, tabbed as America’s underground our parents ever claimed to indie rock sweethearts, released “Too True,� the group’s fifth album, on Jan. 22. hate about them.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron
SPORTS continued from Page 1 When the dust settles, Tennessee is a man-to-man team at heart. “If you’re constantly changing who you are every other week,” Martin asked, “then who are you at the end of the day?” Neither Martin nor the Vols could deny that the defensive switch made a big difference, but the victory may not have been possible without UT’s second-half scorching of the nets. Tennessee shot a shockingly efficient 15-for-21 (71.4 percent) in the final 20 minutes of Saturday’s road win, aided by another big second half from star Jordan McRae. The senior guard scored a
game-high 26 points on 8-of14 shooting. After missing his first four shots, he hit each of his next three — all 3-pointers — and carried that into a 17-point second half performance. Martin has been critical of McRae’s tendency to shoot off-balance “leaners” and “floaters” all season, preferring for him to square up and shoot jumpers. He had to remind his star player once again early in Saturday’s game, but like usual the message eventually got to McRae. “What happens is,” Martin said, “if he misses a couple, now he wants to drive, and he’s hanging in the air and he’s off-balance as opposed to one or two dribble, catching and shooting. “I just said, ‘The 3-point shot is still there, you still
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have to take it. And you gotta take that shot. If it presents itself, you gotta take it.’” Martin can’t be blamed for pushing McRae to keep pulling up from deep. He has a combined 11 3-pointers in his last two games, going 6-of-7 and 5-of-10 from downtown against Ole Miss and Alabama, respectively. McRae still prefers to attack the basket above all else, but his coach firmly believes the SEC’s third leading scorer needs to give himself a bit more credit on the perimeter. “He’s a better catch-andshoot guy than he gets credit for,” Martin said of McRae, “and also for what he allows himself to be. Because he wants to be able to put the ball on the floor and make plays.”
Gendron, Lady Vols make splash on senior day against Florida Jonathan Toye
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Contributor The No. 12 Tennessee women’s swimming and diving team went back and forth against No. 8 Florida last Saturday on senior day at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center. Both teams exchanged leads until late in the meet. It wasn’t until the final event – the 400-yard freestyle relay – that Tennessee pulled away for good, taking the podium at first and third. Fueled by senior Lindsay Gendron’s four event wins, UT defeated the Florida women’s swimming and diving team, 152148. “If you look at it historically, until two years ago we had never beaten Florida in a dual meet, and two years ago at the same meet we won,” swimming head coach Matt Kredich said. “The fact that we were able to win, it is a great thing for the seniors. It is a great thing for the underclassmen to watch the way they performed today. It is a big deal for us. “We now have an attitude of expecting to win or at least expecting to compete. We are not expecting to get beat anymore. To have that competitiveness and confidence, that is huge for the program.” For Gendron, the win on
SOFTBALL continued from Page 1 “I think Rainey is a tremendous athlete,” Weekly said. “She went to 5A high school in Colorado and pitched them to five straight state championships, so she’s not a novice. It’s just, we didn’t plan on her pitching here.” Junior Cheyanne Tarango, who has pitched 42 innings in her career, is expected to be third in the starting rotation while
Senior swimmer Lindsay Gendron powers through a heat in Saturday’s match against the Florida Gators at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center in Knoxville. senior day was even more special due to her four race victories that ultimately gave her team the edge. “I have seen this day (senior day) go on – this is my fourth year watching – and we kind of set a tradition here to win senior meets,” Gendron said, “so I just wanted to give everything I can in my last home meet here.” Senior day means so much more for the competitors competing in their final home event, but Gendron stated that this memory will be even more profound because of the effort the team as a whole put forth. “(It is) absolutely (something I’ll remember),” Grendon said, “and I think it is even better that it came down to last relay, and we really had a lot of girls step up. So it is pretty cool to end that way.” The No. 18 UT men’s swim-
ming and diving team, however, did not have the same result as the women as they fell to No. 2 Florida, 179-121. Despite the outcome, Kredich was still proud of the men’s team’s effort. “I thought our guys raced really tough,” Kredich said. “I mean, Florida is truly one of the top three teams in the country, and they are one of three teams I would give a real shot at winning a national championship. Our guys did not give them anything. “They were better, and they were deeper than we were today, but I am really proud of our men’s team for the way that we competed. I feel like that sets us up very well for the SEC championships.” The swimming and diving teams start the SEC championships Feb. 18 in Athens, Ga.
occasionally providing relief. Due to the lack of experience, Ellen Renfroe is expecting an increased workload this season, which she said she’s been training for all offseason. “(I’ve been) just really trying to prepare – as far as endurancewise – to really throw a lot of innings,” Renfroe said. “If I have to throw every game this year, I’ll try to do that as best as I can.” With the start of the season so close, Weekly said he is able to focus on the upcoming opponents now that he is confident in his lineup and his pitching staff.
“Probably the toughest team down there, Georgia Southern, won the Southern Conference last year and is a pretty darn good team,” Weekly said. “They split with Georgia during the fall, and they’ve got everybody back.” Senior left fielder Melissa Davin said Saturday she is excited to get the season underway. “It’s kind of fun to see all of us working together,” Davin said. “To see how close we got last year and (we’re going to) push and see how much further we can get this year.”