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Issue 21, Volume 125

FORT SANDERS SHOOTING UPDATE:

KPD identifies suspect; one victim from UT Gage Arnold Copy Chief

R.J. Vogt Editor-in-Chief Just half a day after a shooting in Fort Sanders, the Knoxville Police Department released information on the suspect and victims, one of whom is listed as a UT student.

KPD said Wednesday that a Knoxville man with a history of criminal activity has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the shooting at the Highland Terrace Apartment

found Brandon Middlebrook, 25, near the corner of 21st Street and Highland, about eight blocks from the crime scene.

He had at least one gunshot wound.

Knoxville police stated that once Middlebrook is released from the University of Tennessee Medical Center he will be charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, one count of aggravated robbery and possession of a firearm during commission of a dangerous felony. Middlebrook’s bail has been set at $1,015,000.

Past charges for Middlebrook include: aggravated rape, aggravated burglary,

A search warrant was obtained and carried out by Knoxville police at the apartment where the shots were fired.

Reported seized items included: 2 oz. of marijuana, a multitude of plastic baggies, digital scales, a marijuana grinder, a marijuana pipe, three boxes of ammunition, a loaded magazine for a handgun and multiple shell casings.

A handgun was discovered in the parking lot, which KPD officials believe was used during the shooting.

A fourth person, a female, was reported to be in the apartment at the time of the shooting. She was not injured.

theft, aggravated assault, vandalism and attempted robbery.

KPD did not immediately release the condition of the two victims, both 21 and identified as Aundre Bufond and Macee Peterkin, but the release said the two are expected to survive their injuries.

The release also said KPD is working in conjunction with University of Tennessee officials to determine whether Bufond or Peterkin are university students. The UT campus directory lists Peterkin as a senior in food science and technology.

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Snow storm reveals questions over class cancellation

complex Tu e s d a y night. The shooting left three wounded, including the suspect.

After re s p o n d Brandon Middlebrook, ing at 8:11 suspect in Tuesday’s p.m. to a shooting. re p o r t e d shooting at 13th Street and Highland Avenue, KPD

Jenna Butz Staff Writer

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Meet UT football’s 2014 signees on pages 6 and 7

Davis brings spirited speech Zoe Yim Contributor A line of hopefuls looped around the entrance of the Alumni Memorial Building Tuesday night before doors opened at 6:15 p.m. for the highly-anticipated speaker, activist Angela Davis.

Hosted by UT’s Issues Committee, more than 600 locals, students and professors gathered in the Cox Auditorium to listen to Davis, an American activist, scholar and author whose work was highly publicized in the 60s, speak about the injustices of the penal system and a different definition of slavery.

While the predominantly young audience may not have known the full extent of Davis’ activism as a Communist party leader or of her close ties with the Black Panther party during the Civil Rights movement, many students, like Jacquelyn Wilson, a senior in biochemistry, understood the generational gap and said it didn’t stop them from hearing Davis’ message.

“I asked my dad if he knew who she was because I didn’t … and he said that she was part of the Black Panthers,” Wilson said. “Anyone who has anything positive and uplifting to say to the young black youth is valuable because there’s a lot of us in prison or in trouble.”

Davis brought a unique perspective to issues like slavery.

According to Davis, the era we call “Jim Crow” should be renamed as the age of “Neoslavery.”

She argued that even though the 13th amendment brought the legal freedom of black men, slavery continues under a clause that enslaves African Americans under a different name: the convictlease system.

Prior to the Civil War, Davis noted prisons were occupied by 90 percent white inmates, with a marginal 10 percent of blacks. However, in antebellum America, this statistic flipped, with a popuPolitical activist and author Angela Davis speaks lation of 90 percent black and 10 percent white imprisoned. to a crowd of more than 600 attendees at Cox Auditorium on Tuesday.

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As snow blanketed the ground last Tuesday, many believed class cancellation on Wed. Jan. 29, was inevitable.

But, on Wednesday morning, the university granted only a delayed opening until 10 a.m. via an email from Chris Cimino, vice chancellor of finance and administration.

Following the announcement, #CancelUTK appeared on Twitter, with a Cancel Classes UTK account (@ CancelUTK) garnering almost 2,000 followers.

Independently, many professors cancelled their classes or did not count Wednesday absences.

Cimino said he believes the university acted in accordance with the accessibility of major roads surrounding UT, like Neyland Drive, Kingston Pike, Interstate-40 and I-74.

“Because we cannot ensure all secondary roads and those in residential areas are clear, everyone has to make a decision as to their own ability to make it to campus safely,” Cimino said through public relations representative Amy Blakely. “Our decision to remain open or delay is based on what we believe road conditions are for the majority of travelers.”

Blaire Hamilton, senior in American studies and religious studies, left for class Tuesday not long after the snow began to fall. On the way, her car slid and hit a tree.

Although a friend arrived and took her to class, the professor soon cancelled anyway.

“I understand the desire to not upset the academic schedule by canceling class, but I feel that the university put many commuter students in a dangerous situation,” Hamilton said. “Although the main roads are quickly cleared after snow, the side streets that many students have to drive are not.

Vols fall at Vandy, 64-60 Steven Cook Copy Editor N A S H V I L L E , Tenn. — Tennessee entered Wednesday’s game with six more scholarship players on roster than its opponent. But it was the Vols who were out-hustled and ran out of gas late.

The shorthanded Vanderbilt Commodores ousted Tennessee, 64-60 on Wednesday night in Memorial Gymnasium after building an early doubledigit lead and weathering a late, vicious UT storm.

“Hard fought game,” third-year Vols head coach Cuonzo Martin said after the demoralizing loss. “Vandy did a good job of setting the tone early, playing hard and playing with energy.”

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UT study: Domestic violence linked with alcohol, marijuana Victoria Brown Staff Writer A research study conducted recently by members of the UT community has highlighted a link between domestic violence cases and abuse of alcohol and marijuana.

The study was conducted

by Gregory Stuart, a political psychology professor at UT, Ryan Shorey, a political psychology doctoral student at UT, Todd Moore, an associate psychology professor at UT, and James McNulty, an associate professor of social psychology at Florida State University.

The study aimed to uncover correlations between substance abuse and its effects on aggression in both men and women. After noting that one of the first studies on dating violence was conducted in 1985, the researchers became curious about the evolution of the trend in college students and young adults.

“We know that college students that are dating experience a lot of physical and emotional violence when dating,” Shorey said.

“And we also know college students drink a lot. There are few studies that show whether or not alcohol increases violence within students.

“Dating violence is really prevalent, and this was one of the first attempts at seeing if alcohol would increase violence happenings.”

After two years of recruit-

ing research subjects, studies were conducted on 173 women and 63 men. Each participant took an online survey, received via email, for 90 days.

“They were asked if they saw their partner, whether violence happened if they did, if they drank alcohol that day and did violence occur, if so,” Shorey said.

“We asked how much they drank, how many beers or glasses of wine, specifically.”

The results of the research study varied between women and men. Women were found two to three times more likely to exhibit physical and psychological aggression after drinking, both on days when they drank minimally or heavily (four or more drinks).

Women also tended to become psychologically abusive toward partners after smoking marijuana.

In contrast, the study determined that marijuana has little to no bearing on male aggression. With alcohol, however, the risk of sexual, physical and psychological violence by men to their partners increased.

“We might need more studies to define men,” Shorey said. “No studies have shown that marijuana increases aggression, but it might affect women more.

It kind of raises eyebrows a little bit.”

While a small amount of research demonstrates a correlation between alcohol and aggression, the link between marijuana

and aggression is even less defined.

“I think it is too early to make definitive conclusions regarding the role of marijuana and intimate partner violence perpetration, as the research in this area is quite young and, to date, studies have provided conflicting evidence regarding its role in increasing the odds for violence,” Stuart said. “However, we now have numerous studies suggesting alcohol use does increase the odds for violence between partners.”

Stuart has also researched the abuse of other drugs, such as cocaine and opiates. In women arrested for domestic violence, Stuart found cocaine increased the likelihood of violent behavior. His study reflected that opiates are unrelated to, or decrease, violent behavior.

Shorey said he hopes that such research studies will elucidate risks associated with drinking or smoking.

“Alcohol doesn’t excuse the violence,” Shorey said.

“People make a choice to drink, and if people do that, they should know they’re increasing violence risk. It’s important for both students and the community to know that.

“Overall, the chances that someone is going to be aggressive will increase when they drink. If we know that, we might be able to prevent or reduce the risk of violence in relationships by drinking less or not at all.”

WEATHER continued from Page 1 “Tuesday put me in the unnecessarily difficult situation of having to choose between risking my safety and getting to class.”

The decision to cancel class is ultimately the Chancellor’s, but he receives feedback from various sources. Cimino collects input from UTPD, the Emergency Management Office, Facilities Services and other Cabinet members including the Provost, who solicits input from deans and faculty. Cimino also looks at local and regional reports, TDOT warnings and live cameras on campus. The vice chancellor is usually on campus before 5 a.m. to assess conditions. After Cimino’s recommendation, Chancellor Cheek makes the final decision.

“Our policy is to remain open except for the most severe weather conditions,” Cimino said. “For the campus to be completely closed, roadways into and out of campus would have to be impassable and campus operations impacted to the point we could not serve students.”

As a public research institute, UT believes halting operations for a day could negatively impact a plethora of activities.

To prepare for events like the

#utksnowpocalypse, a name bestowed upon the weather through Twitter, road surfaces and sidewalks are treated anywhere from 24 to 48 hours prior to the anticipated weather, with crews working overnight to prepare campus.

“Public safety is always a top priority,” Cimino said, “and while the campus may be prepared to accept faculty, staff, and students, everyone must ultimately make a personal decision as to their own safety in traveling to and from campus.”

In July 2012, the Knoxville News Sentinel recounted the story of a blizzard in 1965 during which, despite the university remaining in session, many students skipped class to throw snowballs at passing cars along Cumberland Avenue.

After a snowball hit one trucker’s window, the driver shot and killed an 18-year-old student.

The article, tweeted last week in honor of the weather, suggests an underlying connection to the strict weather policy. The university denies the impact of previous events in determining cases of inclement weather.

“The university feels it made the correct decision based on campus conditions, major arteries being open and passable, and the majority of employees and students being able to travel safely to the campus,” Cimino

said.

Following his shift at a nearby Target location, one UT student — who wanted to remain anonymous — was offered the option to spend the night at the store last Tuesday evening for safety reasons. Due to his fear of missing class the next day, the student made his way home.

In retrospect, the student agreed that most roads were manageable by 10 a.m.

However, he said he was frustrated by what he perceived to be the prioritization of reputation over safety.

“UT believes that all of its students are on campus or within walking distance of it,” the student said, “but the fact of the matter is that many of us are not, and the university’s choice to risk the minority’s lives for some facade of ‘we care so much about education that weather doesn’t scare us’ is ill-advised and, in this case, slightly reckless.”

Predicting continued tuition spikes and recalling instances of “sub-par instructors,” the student questioned the motives that potentially informed the administration’s choice.

“I can’t help but think that worrying about what others think of UT’s canceling of classes due to inclement weather,” the student said, “is the least of the concerns UT should be worrying about.”

Fort residents rethink safety after shooting R.J. Vogt Editor-in-Chief A few minutes after 8 p.m.

Tuesday, many UT students received a text or email alert concerning a shooter in the Fort Sanders neighborhood.

Macee Peterkin knew about the shooting already – she had been shot.

A senior in food science and technology, Peterkin was one of two victims found wounded at the Highland Terrace Apartments complex on 13th Street and Highland Avenue, according to a release Wednesday from the Knoxville Police Department.

She is also the first UT student shot in the Fort since University of Tennessee Police Department Chief Troy Lane took office in July 2012.

KPD spokesman Darrell DeBusk said Peterkin, 21, and the other victim, Aundre Bufond, 21, are expected to survive their injuries.

The suspected shooter, Brandon Middlebrook, a 25-year-old Knoxville man, was discovered a few minutes later near the corner of 21st Street and Highland, eight blocks from the crime scene. No motive is clear yet, but KPD did report the discovery of 2 oz. of marijuana, a multitude of plastic bags and digital scales in the apartment where shots

were fired.

Though nobody died in the shooting, the local violence had many students discussing the safety of living in Fort Sanders, a neighborhood infamous for seedy activity.

Judd Cowan, a senior in mechanical engineering, lives in Grand Forest Apartments on 17th Street, an outside-access apartment complex in the Fort.

In 2011, two residents of the same complex were shot; one of them, a former UT student, was found dead at the scene.

Despite last night’s shooting and the history of his apartment complex, Cowan said he doesn’t worry about living in the Fort.

“I actually feel pretty safe living in the Fort because I am not a drug dealer and I partake in the Second Amendment,” Cowan said.

The University of Tennessee Police Department has made a mission of spreading Cowan’s feeling of safety.

Notable initiatives include: a 16th Street Safety Corridor with added streetlights, emergency Blue Phones, additional cameras and residence hall patrols; the T-Link late night shuttle service, which provides free rides to stranded students; and the UT Alert text messaging system.

UTPD also posts crime logs

to Twitter using the handle @ UTPolice. Tuesday, when one student criticized the department for sending an email about the shooter alert an hour after it happened, the account responded within six minutes, explaining that the emailed “Safety Notice” is received by all UT NetID holders, while the “UT Alert” only goes to those who opt in.

Despite all of UTPD’s safety precautions, Chief Lane acknowledges the presence of danger around campus on the UTPD website.

“The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is a relatively safe campus,” he writes in his Chief’s Message. “However, we are just like every other campus in the nation, and are not immune to criminal activity.”

Criminal activity like Tuesday’s shooting has Leslie Cox, a senior in journalism and electronic media, second-guessing her residential options for next fall. She said that, although she believes danger can occur at any time or any place, the shooting decreased her interest in a housing location near Tuesday’s crime scene.

“My friend that lives in that apartment complex of the shootings has blood outside his front porch,” she said. “That’s scary and wild to think about.”

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Broken Bells’ new release features mimicked sound Jenna Butz Staff Writer

Brock Ward, right, a junior in College Scholars and the playwright of “Homebound: A Play for Nobody,” speaks to the production’s lead actress, Bridget Sellers after rehearsal Tuesday night.

Student builds play around mental illness he compares this to his personal struggle with the discovery of his own illness.

“Something you’ll see in ‘Homebound’ is that coming to terms with a mental illAsk a typical UT student what their ness doesn’t necessarily mean accepting it,” major is and common answers may include Ward said. “A lot of it is fighting it, so I was business, engineering and nursing. able to sort of fight back against what I was However, junior Brock Ward is paving going through with ‘Homebound.’ his own way at UT through the College Scholars program.

As a playwright and College Scholar, Ward is making his mark on campus and When: Feb. 7, 8, 14 and the Knoxville community with the creation of his play “Homebound: A Play for 15 at 8pm and Feb. 8, 9, Nobody.”

15 and 16 at 2:30 p.m.

Casey Sams, director of undergraduate studies for theater and College Scholars advisor to Ward, said she is impressed with Where: The Clarence his recent accomplishments.

Brown Lab Theatre “His greatest strength and also his greatest weakness is that he wants to do everything,” Sams said. “He has a limitless How Much: Tickets are capacity to imagine different options or alternatives for himself.” free for students and Through his personalized interdisciplin$5 for faculty and nonary major, Ward is working on investigating students what it means to create a character from both a performance and writing perspective.

“It involves not just creating fiction, but finding ways to base that fiction on what we know about human psychology,” Sams said.

“We can understand the characters as real people instead of just play-pretend.”

“It gave me a way to fight the problems Ward has tackled this concept through I was having and provide a physical arguthe creation of “Homebound” and the lead ment against the negative mindset that I character, Nobody, who struggles with com- was having.” ing to terms with her mental illness; he said After a successful staged reading for

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“Homebound” last year, Ward said numerous attendees in the Knoxville community were thankful for his work and the hope it gave them. Now, Ward’s play will open for its first full production run this weekend. “‘Homebound’ quickly grew to be something bigger than me,” Ward said. “When you find out that words you typed up on a laptop and handed to some actors saved a kid’s life and touched so many people, you can’t really stop.

“There’s a sense of duty.”

Bridget Sellers, freshman in English, will perform the leading role of Nobody in the production.

“For me, it’s a greatly humbling thing to have this opportunity,” Sellers said. “I highly respect Brock as an artist and that he has entrusted this character to me is a great honor.

“I’m certain that this show will go a long way and speak to a lot of people, and that I get to be a part of it is so exciting.”

Sellers believes that connecting herself to this character has been a therapeutic experience and has made her more emotionally sound.

“She’s allowed me to open up to a part of myself I had previously closed off,” Sellers said. “I feel stronger and more able to face my own issues with my self-image with her experiences at my back.”

Ward said his work through the College Scholars program and a playwright has been an overall rewarding experience.

“Really, he’s an inspiration,” Sellers said.

“He has a drive to write to help other people, which is something to be admired.”

It’s all been done before.

Broken Bells released its sophomore album, “After the Disco,” Tuesday. With it, the band also unveiled its version of pure indie electronic rock ... plagiarism?

The duo, consisting of Brian Burton of Danger Mouse fame and The Shin’s vocalist and guitarist James Mercer, brought their backgrounds together again for grooving beats and melancholy lyrics.

However, it sounds like they also brought back other artists’ songs for too much inspiration.

The first track, “Perfect World,” and the single, “Holding On For Life,” actually sound like semi-original, intentional songs, but besides those two, it is all mediocre attempts at artistry.

“After the Disco” sounds like Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” with more teen angst. “Lazy Wonderland” acts like an electronic attempt at “Strawberry Fields Forever.” “The Angel and the Fool” may as well be rock’s version of the beat from Macklemore’s “Neon Cathedral.”

As gifted as musicians as Burton and Mercer are, this could be one of the most frustrating albums of alternative, indie, electronic rock and R&B to be produced. It sounds more like they are trying to leave the disco and a drunk girl is physically trying to pull them back into the club.

Yet, despite the copycatting and unfathomable genre, it is an entertaining album as a whole.

Audiences don’t often get to hear grown men reach for their falsetto unless they’re singing smooth pop or piano ridden melancholia. And they hardly ever get to hear experimentation in

such high quality. Normally, we are stuck with scratchy tracks recorded on 2007 Macs in someone’s parent’s basement.

This is a puzzling dilemma.

On one hand, it is addictive. On the other, frustrating.

Their first self-titled album sounded like a playground where the duo ran rampant doing whatever their hearts desired. Still an indie success, the band’s new album comes with a message and cohesion their first one lacked, which may be the cause for the higher sense of appreciation.

“After the Disco” grew from the idea of wondering what happens after we grow up, or what happens after the disco — a fitting topic for weary college students. Through lyrics as in “Holding On For Life,” Mercer expresses the fear we experience in growing up, singing, “You’re trying not to look so / Young and miserable / You gotta get your kicks / While you can.”

Relateable lyrics are hard to ignore. Like when every hipster high schooler tried to hate Taylor Swift, and they were all secretly singing “Teardrops on My Guitar.” “After the Disco” is no different.

The record is loaded with lines that release the inner wary, uncertain adult in all of us.

“Leave it alone,” Mercer pleads in “Leave It Alone.” Short, simple, but a nearly daily thought by many of us, and at least “Broken Bells” is capable of providing us with lyrics we just seem to get.

At first, this album seems brilliant. Then, it kind of sucks. But, upon a third, good, long listen, it makes sense. Waste your time on this. Just listen to it with headphones on.

The sound difference is insane.

Promise.

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Name-changing traditions still remain in maiden stages Knight Errant by

Victoria Knight “I think I want to keep my last name when I get married,” I said to a group of my friends who immediately began to laugh at me.

It was freshmen year, around the end of finals when we were sitting around and having those delirium-induced kind of conversations that are fueled by sleep deprivation.

My boyfriend at the time teasingly told me it was a deal-breaker if I continued to pursue my non-namechanging ways. Though I eventually changed his mind on the issue (even if I only found out after we broke up), his initial viewpoint still haunts me. And with good reason, because he is not alone in his original opinion.

Heterosexual women are faced with this dilemma constantly, and it is a topic that is getting more and more dialogue around it. Our world declares every day that men and women are becoming more equal, but the namechange statistics don’t agree.

In a recent Men’s Health poll, 63.3 percent of men said they would be upset if their wife kept her maiden name.

Meanwhile a whopping 96.3 percent of men polled said they would not take the woman’s last name if she asked him to.

So let’s just look at the ramifications here – men can expect women to take their last name, but women should not expect men to take their last name?

Poll takers cited reasons such as “doubt that she was committed to the relationship,” “wanting to keep my family name” and “feeling a loss of identity if she did change their name.”

Ironically, those with this viewpoint seemed to miss the fact that asking women to change their names was imposing the very things they themselves wanted to avoid.

While the readers of Men’s Health may be a biased population, the fact remains that many women agree. A poll done in partnership with Facebook and The Daily Beast found that 65 percent of women in their 20s and 30s had decided to take their husband’s name in marriage. Of women in their 40s, 50s and 60s, the stats were even higher, with 75 to 80 percent taking their husband’s name.

This trend has disappointed the many independent women’s groups who have rallied for maintaining maiden names, hyphenations or even name blending. It’s been in constant decline since the early 1990s, when 23 percent of married women kept their maiden name.

I myself remember being a shocked freshman when I discovered my women’s studies professor’s wife had proposed to him, and he had taken her name. Naively, I felt uncomfortable at the thought of gender roles being reversed.

But feeling uncomfortable about it does not mean accepting the norm and moving on. When we feel uncomfortable, we need to keep pushing on the sore spot and exploring deeper until we uncover the reason behind our discomfort. And oftentimes, that reason is just as irrational as the discomfort itself – we just never took the time to really look.

Maybe it’s just my ironic watching of “The Bachelor” on Monday nights and talk of weddings that’s gotten me thinking about this — but with graduation impending, I’ve started to realize real life is coming, and coming fast.

It is likely I’ll find the person who will be my partner for life within the next 10 or 15 years. That seems like a long time, but just look at how fast the four years of college have gone.

We need to have those conversations with ourselves about exactly what we want in a partner and relationship so that when we go into it, we can have those important conversations honestly with them as well.

I’m not saying if you do decide to change your name, you are a submissive and suppressed woman. I’m just saying it is something you should think about before you commit to it; really analyze why it is you are doing so.

Is it because you are conforming to an antiquated tradition? Or because you truly don’t want to deal with the confusion of having two names? Whatever the reason may be, just please don’t do it because you feel you’re supposed to or your boyfriend insists.

That’s just old school.

Victoria Knight is a senior in microbiology. She can be reached at vknight4@utk.edu.

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We’ve seen the Pussy Riot, but are we even listening?

Crossing Cues by

Marianela D’Aprile Feb. 21, 2012: five young women wearing tights, dresses and balaclavas in odd combinations of bright colors perform an intense “punk prayer” at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.

They sing in protest of Vladimir Putin, of the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, and of the church’s treatment of their country and their people.

After a highly-publicized and wildly-unfair trial, three of the members of Pussy Riot are imprisoned.

Fast-forward two years, and the last two imprisoned members of Pussy Riot are free, now choosing more conventional political activism over the protest songs that garnered them so much attention. But Russian women are making headlines again, this time for a different kind of rebellion – terrorism. These so-called “black widows,” usually women whose husbands have died at the hands of government security forces, have threatened to start their own protest — one driven by,

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headlines and more screen time in the past month than almost any single Olympic athlete, is the contrast between her and our mental image of the average 22-year-old woman.

We can’t imagine a fourth-year college student strapping on a bomb to prove a point.

We can’t imagine her frenetically performing a protest song in a cathedral. So, when these things do happen, we take notice. The words “black widow” hiss venomously from the headlines of most newspapers. Americans are scared; even Vladimir Putin is scared.

But once these words have gotten our attention, once they have instilled in us sufficient fear, anger or dismay, are we looking beyond the face that embodies them? Do we know the circumstances that might have driven Ruzanna Ibragimova to become a suicide bomber?

Beyond the many images of Pussy Riot — in bright balaclavas, in handcuffs, behind bars — are we paying attention to what they were saying, what they are still saying?

All of these women have gotten us to look at them so we may consider their message.

Have we really heard it?

Marianela D’Aprile is a fourth year in architecture. She can be reached at mdaprile@utk.edu.

Enter into arguments aiming for empathy Uncommon Sense by

Evan Ford We’re pretty bad at arguing.

Look at last week’s State of the Union address, or the entirety of Congress, or religious or political discussions at every family dinner. Americans treat arguments like fights to the death, pulling out all the stops to “win” – but what does winning even look like?

A great example is in the excellent 2005 movie “Thank You For Smoking,” in which Aaron Eckhart plays someone who is paid to argue — Nick Naylor, a lobbyist for the tobacco industry.

At one point, Naylor is demonstrating to his son Joey how to argue by asking Joey to try to convince him, a chocolate-lover, that vanilla is the best flavor of ice cream. Naylor ends up winning the argument by calling his son un-American, but Joey is unconvinced, and tells his father he never argued for chocolate as the best flavor.

“I don’t have to,” Naylor responds. “I proved that you’re wrong. And if you’re wrong, I’m right.”

Naylor goes even further, saying it was never the son he was trying to convince, but “them” — whoever’s watching. The battle isn’t fought for the person you’re arguing with, but for an impartial observer.

Think about the way political debates go.

Obama passes some law, or pursues policy

that brings the unemployment rate down to the lowest it’s been since before the recession. The response from the right is never a congratulations, or a pat on the back, but always an attack. That’s how all politicians, Democractic and Republican alike, make their money — they’re only elected and financed if they can convince people the other guy is screwing it all up.

This has created a ruthless political culture.

We have people yelling at us from all directions about who’s ruining America today, and we feel like the only option is to either turn into a crazy zealot or to check out of politics altogether. Not surprisingly, most people just choose to abstain from the whole thing.

Many of us are like that. We “don’t watch the news” or “don’t follow politics.” This is lamented by the higher-ups in politics — they say us “young people” don’t care about the state of our country, or our own future.

But that’s totally untrue.

Take the Affordable Care Act, which is pretty much fully operational as of last month. It’s been almost four years since the bill passed, and yet many of us — myself included — are in the dark about what that really means.

We don’t have an opinion not because we don’t care, but because we don’t know.

The reason we don’t know is not because there isn’t information. There are hundreds of columns and YouTube videos “explaining” Obamacare, but all of them are yelling at us just like the talking heads on MSNBC and Fox News. They aren’t explaining, they’re talking about death panels and illegal immigrants and millions of kids dying of inadequate healthcare.

Maybe us “young people” aren’t obsessed with politics because we care more about being friendly and accepting of our neighbors than joining the gladiatorial fights on CNN. Staying out of these arguments can save our friendships and families. Maybe we’re just doing our best to remember the “United” part of the U.S.A. So we’re in a bind, but not a new one. And like most age-old problems, there’s an age-old answer. 2,300 years old, actually.

Socrates (the ancient Greek philosopher) really knew how to argue. He wasn’t trying to win some argument and high five his togawearing friends. He was trying to find the truth. As such, he used what we now call the “Socratic Method” of learning — he just asked questions to figure out what the truth was.

This was the strategy of Phil Neisser and Jacob Hess when they wrote “You’re Not as Crazy as I Thought,” a book about the national political divide and how to argue without making enemies. They have one piece of advice — really try to figure out what the other person thinks and believes. Don’t try to convince them, try to understand.

While this may not make enough controversy to sell ads on Fox News and Huffington Post, it can work in our everyday lives. Be it in discussions about politics or just conversations about favorite movies or music, being curious is probably a better strategy than being aggressive.

Maybe then we can start learning from our arguments.

Evan Ford is a junior in philosophy. He can be reached at eford6@utk.edu.

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and with, violence.

Leaflets in hotels around the city warn of three potential suicide bombers, “black widows” seeking to avenge the death of their husbands, purportedly trained to kill.

The threat is considered to be so great that Vladimir Putin has created what Time Magazine called “the sixth ring” of the Olympics — a security cordon of 40,000 armed soldiers circling the city of Sochi.

Among the possible bombers are 26-yearold Zaira Aliyeva and 34-year-old Dzhannet Tsakhayeva, both of whom are believed to have been trained to “perpetrate acts of terrorism.” The most notable, though, is Ruzanna Ibragimova, the widow of a terrorist supposedly killed last year in a shootout with police.

Security forces know that Ibragimova goes by the nickname Salima, has a four-inch scar below her left cheekbone, walks with a limp and that her left arm doesn’t bend at the elbow. They suspect she has already bypassed the “ring of steel” and is currently at large in Sochi.

Ibragimova is merely 22-years-old.

The average age of the athletes on the United States Olympic team is 26, but we could hardly consider Ibragimova and another 22-year-old, figure skater Ashley Wagner, peers. The thing about Ibragimova that traps our attention, that has garnered her more

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THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Claire Dodson

ARTS & CULTURE ‘Fiction’ to expose truth behind secret-keeping in onstage production What would you do if your spouse of 20 years was given just three weeks to live? What if their last request was to read your private journals and, in return, they will leave you theirs to read when they are gone? “Fiction� delves into the lives of two criticallyacclaimed authors to explore the depth of human emotions.

All the flaws we try to hide far from the sight of even those closest to us are shown on the bright lights of the stage.

Yellow Rose Productions presents “Fiction,� written by Steven Dietz and directed by Danielle Roos, at Feb. 7 and 8 in the Square Room at 7:30 p.m.. “I chose this play because Steven Dietz did such an amazing job with the characters,� Roos said. “From the very beginning of the play you start to fall in love with each character, but they are presented in a way that you can still see their flaws.�

During rehearsal, it is clear Roos is right.

The play opens with Michael and Linda Waterman having a lively debate in a small cafÊ. Linda, played by Kerri Koczen, and Michael, played by Erik Schiller, are infectiously happy. Their quick-witted statements and lighthearted jabs are so playful, you don’t realize you are grinning along with them.

Koczen and Schiller made no bones about the work they have put into truly bringing the Watermans to life.

Koczen, an actress from New York who sparks life into

her character, gives all the credit to Deitz. “Steven didn’t write any of the characters to be flawless.�

Koczen said. “Each character has downfalls, and it really allows you to understand their part. Linda’s cancer is presented so early in the play that all of the other parts of her character can develop without that being the main focus.�

Schiller played in a comedy last year called “All in the Timing.� While his role then was a comedic one, he said he is “up to the challenge� presented by “Fiction� and ready to show his deeper emotions.

Koczen and Schiller gave each other credit for their ability to play off one another and said they are ready to show everyone the deep-seated emotions that come bubbling up.

This play has many different depths and the audience is left with the heavy task of plot-sifting to find out what is really happening. None of the tasks are quite so difficult as sorting out the role of the play’s last character, Abby Drake.

Played by Lizzie Wouters, Abby plays side-by-side with Linda and Michael to provide depth to their marriage.

This play will force the audience to reevaluate the characters and raises many questions throughout the show. “The playwright trusts the audience enough to make a script that doesn’t answer all the questions,� Roos said. “Steven allows the audience to figure out the plot on their own.�

Tickets can be purchased for $10 in advance at thesquareroom.com or for $13 at the door. Ticket price includes a $5 food voucher.

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Joey Santoro, a freshman with a double major in math and jazz guitar, performs an original song “Girl of My Dreams� at the Clement Cultural Cafe on Wednesday. The open mic night in Clement Hall was one of a series of events hosted by the United Residence Hall Council as a part of the campus-wide Diversity Week.

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NOTE: 3-star linebacker Jerome Dews will attend prep school in the summer and greyshirt for the Vols. * All rankings are courtesy of Rivals.com. All photos are courtesy of Rivals.com and 247Sports.com

Thursday, February 6, 2014

THE DAILY BEACON • 7 Sports Editor Troy Provost-Heron

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SIGNING DAY

Troy Provost-Heron • The Daily Beacon

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Tennessee head coach Butch Jones stands on Shields-Watkins Field with the 14 early enrollees of the 2014 recruiting class following his National Signing Day press conference on Wednesday.

Vols add 18 to 2014 class Recruiting haul helps UT finishes 5th in Rivals’ rankings it feel like ‘98 again Troy Provost-Heron Sports Editor Around the country, there are very few coaches that are adored as much as Tennessee head coach Butch Jones.

There’s probably even fewer that are loved at all following a 5-7 season.

For Jones, however, his case is a little different.

During a season filled with ups and downs on the gridiron, Jones blazed a consistent trail of recruiting success from the moment he stepped onto campus in January of 2013.

The long hours and hard work on the recruiting trail appeared to pay off for the UT staff on Wednesday’s National Signing Day. The Vols and Jones officially welcomed 18 new signees to the Tennessee football program, moving UT to 5th in Rivals’ team recruiting rankings.

The 18 new signees will join the 14 early enrollees already on UT’s campus, putting UT’s total additions from this year’s class at 32.

“We feel this class will represent Tennessee in a very positive manner on and off the field,” Jones said in his National Signing Day press conference on Wednesday. “One of the things that we looked at is size and speed.

“Make no mistake about it, a few months ago I sat up here and told you in order for us to move this program forward, we needed to create depth, we needed to create competition and we needed to improve our overall team speed, our size, our quickness, our explosiveness. I believe we were able to do that.”

The class Jones envisioned began to formulate back in 2012 when he left the University of

Cincinnati and took the job at UT. It wasn’t long after Jones arrived in Knoxville that four-star wide receiver Vic Wharton, who was previously being recruited

by Jones’ staff at Cincinnati, committed to the Vols.

Shortly after his Dec. 25, 2012 commitment, the Nashville, Tenn., native was given the task of leading this recruiting class and it didn’t take long for others to follow.

“The process started with Vic Wharton,” Jones said. “Vic was an individual we had a tremendous relationship with. We had offered him at the other school that we were at, we had him in camp at that other school, and we came to a number of games, so we knew everything about him and his family. We challenged him to champion this recruiting class.

“I knew it was going to be a special class right from the getgo, and then when we would lose a game or two, they would call me and say, `Coach, we’ve got your back. We’re not going anywhere. We’re committed to getting this done...’ That’s what I liked about all of these individuals. When we had some setbacks this season, they didn’t flinch one bit.”

Headlining the 2014 class are the recruits hailing from the state of Tennessee.

The Vols signed nine of the state’s top 13 recruits, including both five-star prospects, Josh Malone and Jalen Hurd.

“We spoke about wanting to own our state,” Jones said. “This is the state institution. We wanted individuals from this state to represent Tennessee. ... Every great program starts with securing its home state, and we have to do that each and every year.”

With a top-five recruiting class, however, comes a high

level of expectation, something Jones believes should be curbed.

“However, I want to guard against all of the expectations that are going to come with this recruiting class,” Jones said. “We have to still remember that these are 17-18 year old individuals. ... I just think it is very unfair to put a lot on the shoulders of this recruiting class, as we know this class will probably be judged 2-3 years down the line.”

And while the coaching staff may want the soaring expectations of this class to be reigned in a bit, that does not signify the coaching staff doesn’t see members of this year’s class being able to come in and make an impact in the upcoming season.

“Yeah, (there is) no question,” said defensive coordinator John Jancek regarding whether or not the newcomers could earn early playing time. “I told them all to come in ready to compete and ready to play. The thing that it’ll do is it’ll create some lumps for us early, we know that, we understand that but we’re building for the future here. This is a long term process; there is no quick fix.”

While all of those stars may be attached to a players’ name and a high-ranking number may be given to a recruiting class, Jones said he realizes that off-the-field accolades do not necessarily translate to on-the-field success.

These players will get that opportunity to perform when they open up the 2014 season inside Neyland Stadium on Aug. 30 against the Utah State.

“These were highly recruited individuals, but that doesn’t make them any better football players,” Jones said. “For use to get back to the elite level in the SEC, we have to be able to go toe-to-toe with anyone in the country. I felt that we were able to do that this year.”

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“I want to guard against all of the expectations that are going to come with this recruiting class,” Jones said at his press conference Wednesday addressing the additions. “We have to still remember these are 17-18 year old individuals. “… I just think it is very unfair to put a lot on the shoulders of this recruiting class, as we know this class will probably be judged 2-3 years down the line.”

Fair or not, lofty expectations for this class are on their way.

And while Jones walked the line by attempting to simmer the hype surrounding the arrivals, he doesn’t need to.

It’s time to let the guard of tempered expectation down. For the first time in years, maybe even since 2007 when UT brought in the No. 3 recruiting class, there’s excitement surrounding the Tennessee football program.

What’s even better is that much of that excitement is realistic.

When Jones’ UT squad narrowly fell against Georgia, coming up inches (literally) short of a monumental upset, and proceeded to take down a ranked South Carolina team two weeks later, it was evident he could coach in the SEC. His only glaring need appeared to be talent, never becoming more obvious than when Auburn, Alabama and Missouri torched the Vols for an average 486.67 yards per game.

But the talent barrier is slowly being erased; adding an influx of talented players can usually have that effect on a team.

If recruits are buying what Jones and his staff are selling now, it’s hard not to imagine how much stronger that pitch might become once UT heads to a bowl game or wins an SEC title.

College football is a sport of ebbs and flows.

After coming off a 6-6 campaign that included a loss to Minnesota in the 2004 Music City Bowl, the Alabama Crimson Tide ranked at No. 24 in that year’s Rivals team rankings.

Ten years later? The Tide managed to pull in their fourth-straight No. 1 class Wednesday.

Though it can’t be determined whether UT will follow in the footsteps of Saban and his Crimson Tide, Tennessee will remember the 2014 signing day as the moment it hopped back on the path of national legitimacy.

And that’s something worth getting excited over.

A tweet from Tennessee football signee Todd Kelly Jr. summed up Wednesday’s National Signing Day for UT in a neat, concise 36 characters.

“It’s starting to feel like ‘98 again,” the tweet read.

And although Kelly’s tweet came in December, it proved prophetic – Wednesday, it did feel like 1998 again in Knoxville.

On the one day college football fans are likely more intrigued by stars than most astrologers, head coach Butch Jones landed 18 more signees for his 2014 class.

When added to UT’s 14 early enrollees, today’s crop of talent pushed the team’s total incoming class to 32 for the year, placing the Vols at No. 5 overall, according to Rivals’ 2014 rankings.

Of those 32 additions, 16 were rated as fourstar prospects; that’s more than any team in the country.

If you just tuned in for Wednesday, you’d think UT fit the mold of a team reaping the recruiting rewards of a BCS Bowl berth and an SEC title run.

But they’re not. In cased you missed it, UT just trudged through a 5-7 record that included a demeaning, home loss against Vanderbilt in November.

So why the buzz? If you’re looking at recent history, Tennessee football shouldn’t be on the rise or near the top of any rankings.

Last time I checked, high school athletes usually don’t flock to programs with losing seasons in five of the past six years or programs that feature three coaches in a five-year span.

But UT coach Butch Jones sold it.

If anything, it appeared the depletion of Tennessee’s roster served as inspiration for the Gage Arnold is a senior in journalism and class, providing a proverbial blank canvas upon which the class could etch itself into Volunteer electronic media. He can be reached at garnold@utk.edu. history.

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Bubble talk returns after UT slips against Vandy Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As the game turned: After Tennessee trailed by 10 at the break and just 12 minutes into the second half, forward Jerrone Maymon eventually erased the Vanderbilt advantage late in the final period.

The UT senior’s layup tied the score at 53 with 6:35 left in game, but in a matter of minutes, the Commodores abruptly seized back the momentum with a series of dynamic plays.

With a little more than four minutes to play, Vanderbilt freshman Damian Jones ran the baseline and threw down a riveting one-handed alley-oop from teammate James Siakam.

Those donning black and gold roared with approval as the dunk upped the Commodore lead to 59-54.

“Sometimes we knew the alley-oop was coming,” said UT forward Jarnell Stokes, “and there was nothing we could do about it. Their play-calling was great.”

Siakam would keep that Commodore crowd noisy as the junior forward swatted Maymon’s layup attempt into the front row on the ensuing UT possession.

The Vols would have two chances to tie in the final minutes as Vanderbilt missed the front end of two straight oneand-one’s; UT, however, couldn’t capitalize.

Hot topic: After two straight wins in rather convincing fashion, UT appeared to be gaining NCAA Tournament momentum as conference play approached the halfway point.

But Wednesday night’s loss will seemingly drum up the bubble talk again as the Vols failed to notch their first three-game winning streak inside SEC play.

Stokes admitted the seesawing postseason outlook is hard to ignore.

“It’s impossible not to think about (being on the bubble and not making the tournament),” Stokes said. “We know that we’re on the bubble, and we have to make a statement to get in the (NCAA) tournament.

“Back to the drawing boards I guess.”

Spotlight: The Vols delivered another strong glass work showing as UT out-rebounded the Commodores by 15, 41-26.

“We allowed our big guys to fill in and be ready to rebound,” said UT head coach Cuonzo Martin.

“We got where we needed to be and did a great job rebounding.”

That rebounding advantage, however, didn’t translate into low-post domination as the Commodores outscored Martin’s squad 34-22 in the paint.

Big men Stokes and Maymon struggled early, teaming up for just seven points on 3-of-9 shooting in the first half. The duo finished just 7-of-19 from the field combined.

“We got off to a slow start,” Martin said. “It was an energy thing.”

The other guys: Rod Odom and Kyle Fuller combined for 38 points on 14-of-23 shooting as Vanderbilt notched its fourth straight conference victory.

“When a team’s shooting as well as they did today,” Stokes said, “it’s hard to stop them, take them out of their rhythm.”

Say something: Stokes on Vanderbilt having just seven scholarship players: “We knew they didn’t have as much depth, but a lot of their players play 40 minutes a game, so they’re in great shape.”

By the numbers: 2: The Commodores had just two bench points, including none in the opening period.

0: The Vols had zero points off turnovers in the first half.

15: UT had 15 offensive rebounds in the second half, compared to just five in the opening period.

GAME RECAP continued from Page 1 Vandy led by as many as 12 while the Commodores led for much of the contest and dictated the tempo on both ends of the floor. But aided by a noticeably large contingency of road Vol fans among the 10,733 in attendance, UT made its surge.

The Vols (14-8, 5-4 SEC) clawed back and finally knotted the score at 53 apiece with 6:35 left. But Vanderbilt (13-8, 5-4) quickly sprinted back out in front to take a commanding lead into the final minute.

Rod Odom, who had a gamehigh 26 points, hit what looked to be the proverbial dagger by nailing a 3-pointer that put Vandy up 62-56 with 49 seconds left. A missed Jordan McRae shot to follow up seemed to be the end of UT’s comeback bid.

It wasn’t. The Vols forced a late turnover and took advantage of some missed Vanderbilt free throws to make it Tennessee’s ball, down 62-60 with 16 seconds left.

Josh Richardson drove the lane on UT’s final possession and absorbed contact from a Vanderbilt defender with the clock ticking under 5 seconds.

Martin got the look he wanted. But Richardson missed the shot, and the referee swallowed his whistle in controversial fashion.

“I mean, it looks like contact, but it was a no-call,” Martin said.

“It’s part of it. It’s tough. I was

locked in right on it, as close as you can get I would imagine, but it’s tough. It’s part of the game.

“But that doesn’t win or lose a ball game.”

Richardson’s late miss didn’t lose UT the game, but Vandy’s hot shooting may as well have.

The Commodores shot 60 percent in the opening half to build their 10-point halftime lead, and finished 24-for-46 (52.2 percent) from the field.

Kyle Fuller fueled that performance. Fuller, the Commodores’ starting point guard, notched 12 points and 10 assists while keeping the Vols’ defenders on their toes all game long.

“I thought Fuller did a great job of constantly penetrating and attacking the lane to make stuff happen,” Martin said. “He got his head up early, and never let up.”

Jarnell Stokes, who notched his 31st career double-double with 14 points and 11 boards, practically couldn’t believe the Commodores’ offensive flow and Odom’s 6-for-6 start.

“The way they shot the ball and ran their offense,” Stokes said, “it was amazing. Odom hit some tough shots, Fuller kept getting into the lane, and they ran some plays that during the game that we felt like there was nothing we could do about.”

Richardson (14) and Jordan McRae (16) led the Vols back late, combining for five 3-pointers as the ‘Dores packed it in and dared UT to shoot from deep.

But McRae missed each of his last two 3-point attempts

— both of which came in the final two minutes. Along with Richardson’s late runner that failed to tie the game, the missed opportunities proved costly.

“It’s frustrating for us,” McRae said. “But our main thing is trying to learn from this and trying not to do the same thing in the next game.”

Lately, the Vols haven’t been doing much of the same thing from game to game, at all. UT was able to break a win-losswin-loss drag on Saturday with a road win at Alabama, but Wednesday’s loss continues the Vols’ identity crisis.

It could also loom large come March, when UT will hope for an at-large NCAA Tournament bid — something that has eluded

the Vols in each of Martin’s first two seasons.

Stokes, who has been in Knoxville for both of those narrow misses, conceded that as much as players try to block it out, they know exactly what is at stake.

“It’s impossible not to think about (making the NCAA tournament),” Stokes said. “The last two years, we felt like we should have gotten in. My first year here, we finished No. 2 in the SEC and then the second year, we beat some really good teams.

“This year, we feel like we are going to pull it out in the end. We know that we’re on the bubble, and that we have to make a statement to get into the tournament.”

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Field Goals

24-46 (.522)

7-23 (.304)

3-pointers

6-15 (.400)

7-11 (.636)

Free Throws

10-17 (.588)

41-20

Rebounds-Off

26-7

8

Turnovers

6

15

Fouls

16

3

Largest Lead

12

Individual Leaders J. McRae 16

Points

R. Odom 26

J. Stokes 14

Rebounds

D. Parker 7

D. Thompson 5

Assists

K. Fuller 10

D. Thompson 2

Steals

K. Fuller 2

A. Davis 2

Blocks

D. Jones 3

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Lady Vols find spark despite Massengale’s injury Tennessee (18-4, 7-2 SEC) will visit the C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum just a game behind When the No. 8 Lady Vols conference leader Texas A&M. However, while the Vols look tip off against Ole Miss on Thursday night, Tennessee will positioned well enough to finish be searching for its fifth straight the year strong and win the win overall and sixth straight in SEC regular season title, just last month the team was in the conference play. midst of an identity crisis.

After losing four contests in a span of eight games, a cold stretch that lasted from mid-December to mid-January, Tennessee has returned to its winning ways thanks in large part to the team coming together around the loss of one of their leaders, Ariel Massengale.

In the Lady Vols Jan. 23 victory over Florida, the junior guard suffered a facial injury of which she has yet to recover.

Instead of potentially excusing poor play with the team’s third-leading scorer out on injury, the squad went on to outscore opponents in their last three games by a margin of 41 points.

“With (Massengale) not here, we’ve had to have people step up, and they’ve done just that,” Lady Vols head coach Holly Warlick said at Tuesday’s media availability at Pratt Pavilion. “I think it has brought them closer, because with her leadership gone, somebody had to hold this team together and accountable, and that’s what Cierra (Burdick) has done.”

The junior forward has filled Massengale’s void, scoring 37 points in her last two contests.

Massengale’s understudies have also filled in well.

In the past three games, redshirt freshman Andraya Carter has averaged nine points per game, 4.3 assists, and 2.3 steals.

True freshman Jordan Reynolds has also taken on the

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Redshirt freshman point guard Andraya Carter advances the ball past Arkansas defenders in the Lady Vols’ 70-60 win over the Razorbacks at Thompson-Boling Arena on Jan. 30. responsibility and even hit her biggest 3-pointer of the season just before the half against Arkansas, which gave her team the lead and momentum that would carry the Lady Vols to victory in the second half.

“Andraya and Jordan’s leadership have both helped us on the floor as well,” Warlick said. “I think the past few games we have really played the leadership role by committee, and it has worked and we have been playing some of our best basketball.”

With the Lady Vols continuing to climb back up into the national spotlight, the team, who has been tested at extreme

measures with their floor leader out, has found a spark.

“I think we are noticing our potential, but we also have to notice that things aren’t just going to be given to us because Tennessee is across our chest,” junior center Isabelle Harrison said. “We have to work hard just like the previous teams did when they were here.”

“Nothing was given to them.

I think we are really starting to realize what we have to do on game days to get the job done.”

Tennessee tips off against the Rebels (10-13, 1-8) at 9 p.m. tonight. The game will be broadcasted by CSS.