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Commission for Women heads controversial conversation for change Hannah Marley Staff Writer
On this campus, the Commission for Women is a girl’s best friend. The commission, an advisory commission that regularly meets with Vice Chancellor for Diversity Rickey Hall, is responsible for communicating the needs of women on campus to the administration and assisting in crafting legislation and initiatives that address their needs. Jennifer Dobbins, law student at UT and the graduate assistant for the Commission for Women, said by advocating for women on campus, the Commission plays a vital role in ensuring that the status of women at UT will continue to improve. “I think overall, looking back across the decade, that the status of women has significantly improved on campus, but I think we still have pressing issues to address,” Dobbins said. “The commission serves a very important role in addressing these issues.” A few of the recent issues on the Commission’s docket include sexual assault policy on campus, lactation facilities, maternity leave for mothers and pay inequality
based on gender. For Joanne Hall, faculty Senate representative in the Commission for Women, the most pressing of these issues is sexual assault. “We need to be constantly, I think, at the chancellor’s ear with issues that affect women,” Hall said. “And I would say now, the issue that most affects women is the number of sexual assaults, that here, and on other campuses as well, go unreported.” In order to address these issues, the commission is currently working on revising current sexual assault policy, including how the university responds to these claims as well as proactive and educational initiatives to change students’ perspective on sexual assault from the first days of first-year orientation. Dobbins said she thinks the current policy revisions, while a step in the right direction, will not be enough to change the social stigma surrounding sexual assault. “If you look at the news and recent events that are going on, it is clear that we need a culture change regarding sexual assault and sexual violence,” Dobbins said. Adams said the reason the commission is choosing to focus more on sexual assault is because she and the caucus, as students,
understand how this particular problem is affecting the student body. “We see what’s going on around campus, because we are able to get a really handson approach,” Devon Adams, member of the Commission for Women student caucus, said. “Students are more comfortable telling their friends about it than faculty or staff, so we hear more about it.” Aside from sexual assault, the commission will conduct studies on pay inequality to assess what changes need to be made to faculty salaries as well as hosting a symposium featuring prominent women from STEM fields to come and speak on campus this coming April.
“(We are) looking at the pay gap for faculty and staff, making sure that the pay gap between male and female employees decreases and that pay equity increases,” Dobbins said. Despite the negative stigma which often comes attached to the word, Dobbins, Hall and Adams, all said they consider themselves and their organization feminist in that their purpose is to empower women and promote equality between -Joanne Hall genders. “A feminist is someone who believes that women should be treated equally,” Adams said. “If that is the definition, then I think the C for W is definitely a feminist organization, because that’s what we’re striving for.”
“I would say now, the issue that most affects women is the number of sexual assaults, that here, and on other campuses as well, go unreported.”
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Central Program Council ranks among best in South Chris Salvemini Staff Writer
Funding speakers, movie screenings, organizations and Volapalooza — UT’s Central Program Council has been deemed one of the best in the South. Providing quality programming to UT’s vast and diverse student body, however, comes at no small price. CPC acts as a curator for various subcommittees responsible for organizing university programs. The subcommittees include the Issues Committee, which hosts speakers who reflect the diversity of values in the student body; the Film Committee, which is is responsible for film screenings; and the Campus Entertainment Board, which is responsible for organizing programs to emphasize the community in the student body. The funding for these committees and organizations come primarily from the Student Programs and Services Fee, currently at $19.46 for fulltime students who opted-in at the beginning of the semester. Organizations can also earn money through approved fundraisers or by submitting a request for funds to the Student Programming Allocation Committee. The SPAC is the entity which every committee and organizations goes to in order to request funds. Members include students and non-university employees selected by the chancellor. The vice chancellor for student life selects the students, who make up about 40 percent of the committee. Ashleigh Moyer, CPC advisor, said how funds are allocated and budgets are prepared depends on the foresight and intuition of CPC’s members and advisors. “CPC depends on these individuals to estimate student interest, account for prices of marketing and promotional items, consider logistical costs and weigh these numbers within the sphere of their own programs,” Moyer said. To determine which committee requests
should receive funding, SPAC considers a variety of factors like funds available, the amount of the request, what the money will be used for and how it may advance the university’s educational mission. “This distribution takes place after (CPC) as a whole has discussed their applicability to our campus community and furthering of our mission,” Moyer said. This discussion consists of gains and losses for committees and their programs. This is measured in a variety of factors, which don’t directly connect to profit. Every subcommittee must submit a post-event report which is read and discussed. The committee looks at factors like attendance and cost per head when deciding whether it should be funded again. Merry Reid Sheffer, president of CPC, said the Center for Student Engagement, the office presiding over CPC, also conducts a campus-wide needs assessment survey which offers incentives for students to give their input on student programming. Sheffer said the results of which are referred to frequently when planning. --Merry Reid Sheffer In the 2014 fiscal year, the Central Programming Council was given $570,000. The entirety of that money went to subcommittees and then to student programs and events, since the CPC has no discretionary fund. UTK student programming is one of the defining components of campus culture, Sheffer maintained. Clubs, lecturers and events spur dialogue between students to fulfill their college experience. While funding this is done through many sources, most of the money comes from the students themselves when they pay their tuition and fees. “Our key to success is the well-informed and driven students that give so much of their time and energy to CPC,” Sheffer said. “Much of our success can also be attributed to our advisors, provided to each of our committees from the Center for Student Engagement.” More information can be found at the Center for Student Engagement website, http://go.utk. edu/.
“Our key to success is the well-informed and driven students that give so much of their time and energy to CPC.”
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Snowy scenes across campus When the weather outside was frightful classes were cancelled for two days. Students seized the opportunity of the unexpected snow day to frolick in the winter wonderland or stay cozy inside.
Photo by Colette Telatko, sophomore, supply chain management
Troy Provost-Heron, left, junior in journalism and Andreas Montano, right, junior in chemical engineering Photo by Hayley Brundige
Photo by Lauren Ratliff, sophomore, anthropology Cortney Roark, senior, journalism Photo by Hayley Brantley, senior, animal science
Justin Keyes and Shubhekshya Bhandari, both freshmen in architecture Photo by Justin Keyes
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A Year of Accomplishment, 2014 The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, boasts a productive and distinguished faculty with a proud record of research, scholarship, and creative achievement. We honor a selection of those many faculty whose accomplishments received recognition widely in 2014.
Faculty Recognized for External Accomplishments AIR FORCE OSR YOUNG INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM AWARD Brian Long Assistant Professor of Chemistry FELLOWS THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE David G. Anderson Professor of Anthropology Taylor Eighmy Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering Vice Chancellor for Research & Engagement Elizabeth H. Howell Professor of Biochemistry & Cellular & Molecular Biology John Z. Larese Professor of Chemistry Melanie Mayes Joint Faculty with the Climate Change Science Institute and the Environmental Sciences Division at ORNL Daniel M. Roberts Department Head and Professor of Biochemistry & Cellular & Molecular Biology
SHORT-TERM FELLOWSHIP AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY Katy Chiles Associate Professor of English FELLOWSHIP AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES Monica Black Associate Professor of History AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY Hashem Hashemian Adjunct Professor of Nuclear Engineering Professional Achievement Award FELLOW AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY Thomas Papenbrock Professor of Physics and Astronomy BERLIN PRIZE FELLOWSHIP AMERICAN ACADEMY IN BERLIN Monica Black Associate Professor of History FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS Peter Krawczel Assistant Professor of Animal Science Croatia Chunlei Su Associate Professor of Microbiology Brazil Asafa Jalata Professor of Sociology Botswana
Gerard Cohen-Vrignaud Assistant Professor of English Monaco Ben Barton Distinguished Professor of Law Slovenia FULBRIGHT SPECIALIST AWARD Amy Mundorff Assistant Professor of Anthropology Colombia FELLOW NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INVENTORS Mark Dean Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science NEWBERRY LIBRARY SHORT TERM FELLOWSHIP Katy Chiles Associate Professor of English OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH YOUNG INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM AWARD Stephanie TerMaath Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering FELLOW ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION Tami Wyatt Associate Professor of Nursing
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50 Shades of hey, it doesn’t have to be this problematic
Alexandra Chiasson Guest Column
E. L. James’ “50 Shades” trilogy and the recent movie adaptation have been making the news for years now. Lately, the dialogue surrounding the franchise has taken a rather frustrating and unproductive turn. In the beginning, when I first read the series, the think pieces were generally positive and few and far between, and it was good. There were always critics who took issue with its XXX content and some who (at times, rightly) didn’t approve of its portrayal of BDSM culture and conventional protocol, but frequently “50 Shades” was celebrated for opening so many average American women’s eyes to the wonders of naughty things that don’t happen while in the missionary position. “50 Shades of Grey” was just something to read without thought, to enjoy, to joke about, to make lunch breaks less boring and to hide from vanilla people. The book wasn’t something intended to be thought long and hard about — unless you were thinking about something long and hard. But now, I really can’t help but notice people, particularly of the intellectual variety, aren’t so keen on “50 Shades of Grey” anymore. Commentators have
“The book wasn’t something intended to be thought long and hard about — unless you were thinking about something long and hard.”
argued that much of the franchise’s content is “problematic.” The characters’ “adherence to traditional gender roles” comes up a lot. So does the idea that the film contains domestic abuse masquerading as something erotic, that the power imbalance between Anastasia and Christian implies a lack of informed consent. And, in case you didn’t know, there are no fewer than 100 other movies that do sex better than “50 Shades.” Frankly, “50 Shades of Grey” is a series of titillating and kinky sex scenes bound together by a weak plot few people care about. The point of erotica — especially poorly written erotica — is not to tell a story: it’s to get people off. That’s why people read it. I’m willing to bet the family farm quite a few people just skip ahead to the “50 Shades” playroom scenes half the time. I know a book doesn’t have to be good to be important — I doubt anyone will contest the incredible influence of such pulp titles as “The Da Vinci Code” or “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” — so the dominant conversation about “50 Shades” should not be about the “relationship” between Anastasia and Christian. It should be about using this fantastically popular franchise as a tool and platform to inspire conversations about sex and sexuality with women who might not have them otherwise. The people most likely to be influenced by the previously discussed bad parts are equally likely to be influenced by the good parts of “50 Shades” — the discussions of consent, the existence female pleasure and making first edition 19th Century novels seem like sexy gifts — if given the chance. Is “50 Shades”-shaming really the best way to address the societal ills that are reflected in a mediocre piece of writing that happens to have widespread erotic appeal? This kind of attitude, especially the call for boycotts, is just a form of policing feminism that is distracting, harmful and puts even more distance between those who are frequently left out of the discussion anyway. Alexandra Chiasson is a senior in English. She can be reached at achiasso@vols.utk.edu.
For the students who chose to brave the cold and ice to get to class yesterday, sidewalk conditions did not seem to meet approval. Many tweeted their displeasure, airing grievances with UT administration for not closing the university. Vivian Butler
@vivianbutler1
We have nothing to fear but fear itself, and also snakes, spiders and hitting black ice on our way to class and crashing to our death #GBO
Brandon Horn @brandonghorn Sidewalks completely covered in ice. UT should do something about this or be constant and cancel class because conditions haven’t improved.
Spencer Miller @SpencerMiller__ If you’re going to make us go to class, is it too much to ask to open restaurants and salt the ice-covered walkways?
Lauren Woods @lauren_mmarie Come to the University of Tennessee where it is very possible you will catch hypothermia and break limbs while walking to class on ice :-)
Jamarius
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The huge ice sheet surrounding hss isn’t cool in the slightest bit @UTKprobs @UTKnoxville
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The color of terrorism
Hawa Henderson
Real Reflections
In the past week, there have been at least two terrorist attacks in the United States alone. On Tuesday, Feb. 10 Craig Hicks, a 46-year-old white man, murdered three Muslim students by shooting them “execution style” in the back of the head in their home. Their names were Deah Barakat, 23, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21 and Razan Abu-Salha, 19. Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha had just been married six weeks earlier and Razan Abu-Salha, Yusor’s sister, was visiting them. All of them were American citizens, born and raised here. If you have heard anything about this incident, you’ve probably heard it referred to as a “Parking Dispute.” When the media finally deemed the story important enough to report, headlines read, “Three killed over parking dispute” or “Man shoots three over parking dispute.” Man, not terrorist. I want you to use your imagination for a minute. Imagine a Muslim. Take that image that popped into your head and imagine that he walked into the home of three white students, age 23, 21 and 19-years-old and imagine that he shot them all in the head at point blank range, killing them on site. Would the media call him a “troublemaker” like Craig Hicks? Would they vouch for his character by saying that “he advocated for
the rights of others on his Facebook page”? Would they say he killed these students over a parking spot? Be honest with your answer. Apparently in American mainstream
“Why is it so easy for people to get away with the dehumanization of Muslims through platforms such as film and media?”
media, you’re not considered a terrorist unless you’re Muslim, brown or a combination of both. The media has said some crazy stuff in the past about Muslims, but to dismiss the murders of these three young people as nothing but an unfortunate event
resulting from a parking dispute is a vicious insult. Muslims all over the country and the world have been urging the media to call it what it is — a hate crime. If Deah, Yusor and Razan (who both wore the hijab) were not easily identifiable as Muslims, then they might still be alive today. I will try not to go into a long tangent on the amount of hate crimes and threats on Muslims across the country that have occurred since this attack, some even on this campus. This isn’t what I want this column to be about. We are at an institution of higher education, right? We are supposed to be learning to utilize our intellect. We are supposed to be able to ask the tough questions. So here’s mine: Why is it so easy for people to get away with the dehumanization of Muslims through platforms such as film and media? When said dehumanization and Islamophobia begins to be internalized and expressed why are people so quick to dismiss it when Muslims end up dead in their homes? Hawa Henderson is a senior in microbiology. She can be reached at hhender7@vols. utk.edu.
Eating your way through the ice storm
Jonathan Burkhalter Kinda-Gourmet
Sometimes you don’t receive the eight inches that you hope for, and sometimes you do. Even though we all laugh at the worry-warts that flock to bread aisles in grocery stores after the slightest prediction of snow, I think they laugh harder at us when our whole city is hit with an ice storm that shuts down pretty much every other source of food. If you were in the Fort for the past few days, then you surely noticed the empty shelves of chips and beer in Sam’s and the Corner Market on 13th that had been raided by Fort-dwellers without a stocked pantry. Honestly, we are mostly college students. We do well to afford food for the week, much less keeping a full fridge. Also, many students usually eat out, order delivery or bring food home from work. What do we do then when things like ice storms cut us off from food sources? Sure, we can resort to chips, but they are not sustainable for multiple snow days, or even appetizing after one. There are better options. I’ve collected some tips for how to survive during an ice storm that might prove useful if we find ourselves in this situation again (like on Friday). Staple Foods: There are certain items
that your college kitchen should always have, such as canned soup, pasta noodles and sauce, and spices. If nothing else, this will keep you from going hungry. Different spices can change the entire meal, such as eating split pea soup by itself (rather bland) or with curry added (yumm). Cook with Friends: Let everyone bring something small and inexpensive. If all you have is cheese, bring it to someone’s house who is making chili and share the meal. Food is always better with friends anyway. Forage: This sounds crazy. There are no patches of berry bushes, no trees ripe with fruit and generally nothing that looks safe to eat lying around in the Fort. However, there are places within walking distance that do have food, such as the Ag campus. Get creative: In the end, this is Knoxville, which means the snow won’t usually last long, or at least that restaurants will be open again in a few days. So if all you have is some Oskar Blues Old Chub and vanilla ice cream, then make a beer float and call that a snack. Don’t be afraid to throw together some pretty odd combinations (like fried mayonnaise). You might end up finding
“If all you have is some Oskar Blues Old Chub and vanilla ice cream, then make a beer float and call that a snack.” something you like or can work into another recipe another time. The biggest way to ensure you have enough to eat is by preparing beforehand. Stock up on foods that will keep, freeze foods and leftovers that might spoil before use and if you hear there might be snow, at least grab some eggs and bread. Jonathan Burkhalter is a senior in history and can be reached at jburkhal@vols. utk.edu.
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Powering through the storm
Some face difficulties attending class, administration calls students responsible for own actions Bradi Musil
Assistant News Editor
When Katherine McBride woke up Wednesday morning, she knew getting to campus wasn’t going to be easy. With a math test at 10 a.m., she started clearing the ice off her car around 8:30 a.m. “It took me 45 minutes or so to get it to a point where I could drive,� McBride, junior in microbiology, said. “During this time, I slipped twice in my parking lot, bruised my hip and cut my finger trying to pry ice off my windshield.� McBride said she drove to campus at an average speed of 25 mph trying hard to keep her tires on the “small slivers of the roads that weren’t covered in ice.� When she arrived on campus, McBride said every sidewalk, walkway and staircase was covered in ice. When she finally got to the Humanities and Social Sciences Building from her class, slipping multiple times, she said there were only six other people there and ten minutes before class started, she received an email from her professor that the class was cancelled. “I was in tears at that point, as feeling had slowly returned to my hand and I could feel the
pain in my sliced open finger,� McBride said. “I went to the POD and got soup and left.� On her drive home, McBride passed one car that had slid into a ditch just five minutes away from her apartment. “I had to keep reminding myself to not freak out and just to focus on the road,� she said, “which can be hard to do when there’s a blizzard coming at you.� With temperatures averaging in the low 20s and precipitation and high wind chill a constant factor of Wednesday’s forecast, many UT students found the university’s decision not to cancel or delay classes a sign of negligence. Mariah Reliford, sophomore in finance, said she decided not to attend her classes after stepping outside Wednesday morning to an iced-over parking lot and icicles hanging from her car. “I got an email that the (apartment) shuttle wasn’t running, and I decided not to risk a trip to campus, which should have been closed,� Reliford said. “I had perfect attendance in all my classes until today and had to take a zero on a Chinese quiz I studied for because of something out of my control. So, I’m not the happiest of campers.� UT’s policy states, “the university will remain open except in the most severe weather conditions. The chancellor or an appointed
representative may officially close or suspend selected activities of the university because of extreme weather conditions.� Director of Media and Internal Relations Karen Simsen explained the process behind the chancellor’s decision to remain open. “We monitor the weather radar hour by hour and make decisions based on the forecast, the severity of conditions in the area and on our campus, specifically campus roads, parking and pedestrian routes of travel,� Simsen said. Even when the campus remains open, Simsen said it is a student and faculty member’s decision whether or not to risk traveling to campus. “Students, faculty and staff should not undertake undue risk in getting to campus,� Simsen said. “Students, faculty and staff should make their own decisions about traveling safely based on the conditions in their area.� Reliford and McBride said as conditions worsened some of their professors sent out emails with accommodations for student-commuters unable to make it to campus. Making these kinds of calls, Simsen said, are the responsibility of the professor and the administration encourages them to be accommodating. “Our faculty members are asked to work with our students who must miss class due to weather conditions,� Simsen said. “We encour-
age students to let the faculty know if they cannot attend class due to the weather.� With classes and basic campus facilities open Wednesday, however, many UT dining locations remained closed. ARAMARK Marketing Director Mary Patterson said these locations were unable to open due employees’ inability to travel to campus. “Our employees can’t get here,� Patterson said. Since the storm started on Monday, Patterson said PCB and Southern Kitchen managers have been spending the night in campus residence halls like Volunteer Hall to allow the dining halls to keep their regular hours. “Housing helps with lodging,� Patterson said. “So, they can be here around the clock.� For students who can’t be on campus 24/7, McBride said one day of school is not worth the risks that students were put at Wednesday. “If someone had been seriously injured trying to get to school in such hazardous conditions, (the administration) would be the ones at fault,� McBride said. “I understand education is important but when it comes down to shutting down for one day or putting students at risk, I would expect the administration to make a rational decision. Unfortunately that was not the case today.�
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Timtation Creation • Timothy Brunson
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ARTS&CULTURE
The Daily Beacon • Thursday, February 19, 2015
NEW MUSIC THURSDAYS
“True Romance”
“Terraplane”
Estelle
Steve Earle & The Dukes
“Smoke + Mirrors” Imagine Dragons
Estelle is back. And she brought passion and courage back to R&B music as post-Valentine’s love lingers in the air. The British soul singer-songwriter returns to the game with “True Romance,” released this past Tuesday. Her fourth studio album is comprised of her rediscovering herself and coming out on top of a painful break-up. The project is a compilation of heartbreak, bravery, lust and true love. If the recent Hallmark holiday brought disappointment in one of these areas, “Time After Time,” “I Don’t Wanna Stay” and “Be in Love” can be played to defend your sadness. “True Romance” also contains several reassuring tracks that will help you put down the half-priced candy and end up on top, like Estelle. The second half of the album brings messages of new-found strength and happiness. “Conqueror,” the album’s first single and most popular track, is a triumphant anthem of resilience. Conversely, “Make Her Say (Beat It Up)” celebrates sexuality accompanied by raunchy lyrics and a flashy music video. An upbeat melody in her interlude “Something Good/Devotion” is a danceable jam that will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. The three explicit tracks do not detract from the message or the flow of the album. Instead, they are cohesively placed in the middle, as they would have been on Estelle’s journey to finding herself again. Whether you relate to the beginning, middle or end of the saga, there is a relatable moment for everyone. Estelle’s powerful female vocals and unique style are still unmatched in the world of funky soul music. Her beats distinctively reflect her sound, one she has been trying to identify herself for the past three years. The “American Boy” singer does not collaborate with Kanye West, but a few other popular artists make an appearance. Her features include Jim Jones and Jeremih. Estelle has returned with a healthy dose of female empowerment. Turn it up.
I want to like Steve Earle & The Dukes’ new record. Honest. But at this point, does anyone else feel like Steve Earle is still making music just because he still wants to be relevant? Which might work if his fifth album, “Terraplane,” with his band was even … good. And good by Steve Earle standards. It’s still a fine blues, country album. There’s nothing technically wrong. It’s not sloppy; it’s executed well. But, it’s boring. God, it’s so boring. The first two tracks were so monotonous and repetitive that I almost closed Spotify (except I carried on for the sake of this review). Where it’s not repetitive, it’s so slow that I want to fall asleep. It took until the sixth track, “The Usual Time,” for me to even kind of enjoy listening to the record. One song isn’t worth the pain though. It’s like when your mom makes you clean your room when you don’t want to and you ball in the floor in literal agony. That’s what listening to this album feels like. Look. Steve Earle has been doing his thing for a long, long time, and he has served as an icon of outlaw country for a long time. But, maybe it’s time for him to take a step back and work on something new. How cool would it be if Steve Earle came out with an amped-up, new and improved version of his iconic sound? At least he hasn’t became an AARP spokesperson yet (eh-hem, Bob Dylan).
Off the road from a recent tour and straight into the studio, more than 120 demos were in the running for a spot on Las Vegas-originated Imagine Dragons’ most recent album, “Smoke + Mirrors.” Thirteen out of 120+ were chosen to near perfection. All 13 songs on the album seem to have been influenced by separate genres of music while still holding onto that combination of pop, rock and electro that Imagine Dragons is associated with. Singles “Gold,” “I Bet My Life,” “Polaroid” and “Friction” are the best songs on the album though the rest come in at a close second. “Polaroid” could be classified as one of those “happy sounding” songs with its catchy beat despite its melancholy lyrics. “Friction” hints at a metal influence but with what seems to contain some slight sitar. “I Bet My Life” has a gospel-like rhythm which will have you wanting to stomp and clap to the beat of the song; however, the busy background sounds made it hard to concentrate on the spiritual movement in the forefront. It is somewhat distracting but not enough to annoy while listening. “Smoke + Mirrors” is the latest but not the last of Imagine Dragons’ diverse style. Wanting to let go of the reigns and just create music after the success of “Night Visions,” the band did not want their fans to expect the same sound. After listening to the album, it’s easy to see the members of Imagine Dragons are not one-trick ponies. Instead, each song keeps you interested enough to want to listen to the album on repeat for hours. They hook you with the beat, pull you in with the lyrics and keep you there to enjoy the rest of their music.
--Melissa Croft, Contributor
--Jenna Butz, Arts & Culture Editor
--Tiuana Brown, Contributor
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 • The Daily Beacon
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Play offers timeless love, magic Victoria Brown Staff Writer
A classic Shakespearean play that focuses on love and magic will make its way to University of Tennessee this month. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” one of Shakespeare’s most comical plays, focuses on the love and events surrounding four Athenians. The play also includes a group of mechanicals, who work to put on a show for the Duke throughout the play. Neil Friedman, Clarence Brown Theatre’s artist-in-residence, plays two different characters in the play. The first, Egeus, is a man who tries to stop his daughter, Hermia, from marrying someone he dislikes, though she eventually follows her own heart. “He is kind of stern and wants his daughter to do what he says,” Friedman said. “He wants her to love who he approves of. The Duke says if she doesn’t do what her father says, she can be killed.”
“For people who have never seen the play, this is the best way to introduce yourself to Shakespeare, no doubt about it.” —David Kortemeier
Friedman also play Francis Flute, a bellows-mender in the play. Friedman said the cast has been rehearsing the play for the past few weeks and have recently started their dress rehearsals in the Alumni Memorial Building. Friedman said “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is one of his favorite plays to perform, and he credits “love and magic” as to why the play is so timeless, even after all of these years.
“I love the play. I love Shakespeare,” Friedman said. “It’s 400 years old, but I love this because there’s a lot of magic involved.” Friedman said the play is funny and touching and for anyone who just wants to enjoy a love story. “It’s about love and people just wanting to get together with the people they love,” Friedman said. “It gives a glimpse into the real world and also the fairy world. It’s just magical and quite beautiful and I really love that part of it.” David Kortemeier is a visiting actor who plays Nick Bottom, one of the mechanicals, whose storyline is a play inside a play as he rehearses and prepares his part to perform for the Duke. He called the mechanicals the “clowns of the play” and said they provide most of the comedic release. For Kortemeier, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is nothing new, as he’s acted in the play before. He has performed the play five times in different roles but said this is probably the best one yet. He encourages everyone to see the play. “It has great costumes, lights, dancing and singing. It always sells well, and is probably Shakespeare’s greatest play,” Kortemeier said. “For people who have never seen the play, this is the best way to introduce yourself to Shakespeare, no doubt about it.” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will show at the Clarence Brown Lab Theatre starting Friday, Feb. 20 and running through Sunday, Mar. 8. Tickets are available at knoxvilletickets.com and are $5 for students who have opted-in.
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The Daily Beacon • Thursday, February 19, 2015
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
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Lady Vols look to loss of Harrison as they play host to Crimson Tide Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer
When the No. 6 Lady Vols step on the hardwood Thursday night against Alabama, thier 19-game winning streak against SEC opponents will be on the line as they are forced to play without forward Isabelle Harrison for the remainder of the season. Harrison suffered an excruciating blow to her right knee with 19:01 left in the second half of a 72-58 win at home over No. 10 Kentucky on Feb. 15. The injury would end her season, as she tore her anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee while battling for a rebound. Instead of letting the injury take the wind out of their sails, Harrison’s teammates will use the loss to help motivate them to achieve a trip to the Final Four for the first time since 2008 while still taking the season one game at a time. “Isabelle has been there for us since day one,” senior teammate and starting forward Cierra Burdick said. “We are going to play our best and get to Tampa for her. That’s been our goal since day one, but now we have even more motivation to reach the Final Four with her out. She doesn’t want us to fall off at all and we are going to come out and compete hard for her.” Through the past nine SEC contests, Tennessee’s 6-foot-3 senior center has been hard to stop even despite attracting double teams down low, as Harrison averaged a double-double with 16.1 PPG (53.3 FG%) and 10 Rebounds while improving her field goal percentage by 0.063 points on the campaign to 0.471. Despite her departure from the Lady Vols seventh top-10 matchup of the season, in which they are 5-2, Harrison’s teammates stepped up in her absence and outscored a highly touted Kentucky team 39-27 after she had been helped off the court. “You have to rally around the injury and her,” senior point guard Ariel Massengale said. “I think the second half of the Kentucky game was a great step for us. We got behind each other and we
came together as a team and now we are closer and tighter than we have ever been before.” Playing without Harrison is nothing new to Tennessee (22-3, 12-0 SEC), as they went 3-2 in games without her earlier in the season when she sat out due to an MCL injury in her right knee. “This conference has been very physical,” Burdick said. “We’ve taken some hits, but great teams take those hits and they keep moving forward and bounce back. We have to continue to persevere and march towards our goals.” Junior Bashaara Graves is expected to make her first start at center instead of at power forward against the Crimson Tide (13-14, 2-10 SEC) while Burdick (6.8 rpg) is expected to start at power forward and Nia Moore will play a larger role in Harrison’s absence off the bench. Graves has scored in double figures in four of her past five games and ranks first on the team this season shooting 52.4 percent (88-of-168) from the field while tied for second in minutes per game (28.3). “I don’t want Bashaara to feel any pressure, but I think the opportunities for her to get the ball will be more,” third year head coach Holly Warlick said. “If she works to get the ball we will get it to her. She’s not just going to get it because Izzy is out. The last couple of games she’s worked for the ball and played great defense and rebounded well. Her all around game has picked up.” With four regular season games remaining, the Lady Vols will look to rally together and find success without their leading scorer and rebounder, who will encourage her team from the sideline. “It’s all about having that resiliency and being mentally tough,” Warlick said. “We have to understand to pull together as a team and to fight as a group. That’s what we did after Izzy went down on Sunday and I don’t see it changing. I think they are prepared for it and we’ve been through it. The goals don’t change.” Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET at ThompsonBoling Arena, which averages the second largest home attendance (12,106) in conference games. Tennessee holds a 47-2 record all-time against Alabama and has won 41 straight matchups.
Senior forward Cierra Burdick shoots for three during the Lady Vols’ game against Kentucky on Sunday. Justin Keyes • The Daily Beacon