Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Issue 30, Volume 122
Winning streak continues for Vols Matt Gray Staff Writer The red-hot Volunteers, behind a career day from Jordan McRae, extended their win streak to four games with an 82-72 win over the Louisiana State University Tigers (15-9, 6-7 SEC) on Tuesday night. Tennessee (15-10, 7-6 SEC), coming off Saturday’s 30-point win over Kentucky, was led by McRae’s career-high 34 points. Head coach Cuonzo Martin said he liked the way McRae didn’t force up any shots and took what the defense gave him. “I thought he did a good job scoring the basketball. The way (LSU) plays is they space you out, give you opportunities to make plays,” Martin said. “But one thing about those guys is when they get down 10 or 15, they are still in the ball game. We felt like the backside of their press was the opportunity for us to score, and Jordan did a great job.” Junior guard Trae Golden, who has played with McRae since they were in
middle school and chipped in 20 points of his own, said it was hard not to just sit back and watch him take over the game. “I’ve played with Jordan since we were 12 or 13 years-old, so I kind of know when he gets in this mode, so I just give him the ball,” Golden said. “Coach Martin was getting mad at me. I was just standing there at half court because I knew he was going to make a play.” Golden has been a big reason why the Vols are on their current four-game winning streak, averaging 18.7 points per game since coming back from a hamstring injury he suffered on January 29th. Golden missed two games, forcing McRae to pitch in minutes at the point guard position. McRae said he’s glad that Golden is back and that he doesn’t have to bring the ball up the court anymore. “Trae is really the floor general on our team,” McRae said. “He makes plays for everybody else, and when Trae is playing like this and Jarnell (Stokes) is playing how he is, it lets me get my shots up.”
McRae isn’t the only Vol getting his shots up and hitting them. Over the past two games, Tennessee is 15-20 from beyond the arc. Coach Martin gives credit to Stokes’ improved play, freeing up shooters to fire up the three. “This is the team we thought we could be offensively, but I think it started when Jarnell ‘identified’ himself as the go-to guy,” Martin said. “When he made his presence known around the rim being aggressive, looking for the ball, everything falls in line. ... We have to go through Jarnell in order to have success and I think that’s the reason we are doing what we are doing.” The Vols are still on the outside looking in when it comes to the NCAA Tournament, but more wins like this one could help Tennessee’s resume. Martin said he still has confidence in his team to keep competing. “I think we are playing good basketball, Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon but there is still progress to be made,” Martin said. “Hopefully we’ll continue to Junior guard Jordan McRae goes up for a dunk against LSU in Thompson-Boling Arena on Feb. 19. score the ball and compete.”
Tenn. governors to speak at UT Lecturers discuss Justin Joo Staff Writer Not one, but three Tennessee governors past and present will be visiting UT to give a lecture on civility. Governors Bill Haslam, Phil Bredesen and Don Sundquist will have a panel discussion on “Balancing Civility & Free Expression ... For Effective Governance” at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Baker Center’s Toyota Auditorium. The discussion will be the third and final part of the “Balancing Civility & Free Expression” initiative, which has seen two other presentations on civility across the state. The Tennessee Bar Association has been the primary organizer for each event. For Thursday’s panel, TBA was responsible for coordinating with the gov-
ernors and working with the Baker Center to set up the location. Nissa Dahlin-Brown, the Baker Center’s associate director, said that the location of the Baker Center was chosen because Senator Howard Baker’s political career was a prime example of civility in politics. “It made perfect sense to have it here at the Baker Center because of Sen. Baker’s own record and reputation as someone who exemplifies civility in his own work,” Dahlin-Brown said. Dahlin-Brown said that the Baker Center is prepared for a large crowd to attend the event. She said that they are ready to have sound in the Rotunda and open up additional class space to provide more room in case the Toyota Auditorium is not enough. The panel of governors will be moder-
ated by Bill Haltom, a Memphis attorney and UT alumnus. Haltom will ask the governors a variety of questions on their opinion on civility in politics, how they dealt with controversy as governors, and what they might have learned from those situations when they didn’t agree with a fellow politician. The governors are also expected to relate their discussion on civility back to Baker’s career. For Dahlin-Brown and the Baker Center, this discussion will be particularly relevant given the apparent deadlock and bickering in politics seen on the national level. Dahlin-Brown hopes that the governors will be able to show how good governance can only come from civil discussion and debate.
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Dr. Mark Browne and Jim VanderSteeg of Covenant Health will discuss the effects of the controversial ‘Obamacare’ legislation in Tennessee at 7 p.m. in the Baker Center on Feb. 20.
David Cobb Assistant News Editor On President Barack Obama’s website, healthcare is listed at No. 6 on the issues page. But at 7 p.m. in the Baker Center, it will be the No. 1 topic of discussion as Dr. Mark Browne and Jim VanderSteeg of Covenant Health present a lecture and discussion titled “Healthcare in America: Today and Tomorrow.” In light of the recent passing of Obama’s Affordable Care Act, the event will provide attendees with a chance to catch up on the ever-evolving trends and issues that are affecting the healthcare field. “The reason why we’re doing this is because of what’s going on in the federal government, the state government, and elsewhere. Healthcare is changing at a rate so fast, that many of us cannot keep up with it,” said Bruce Wheeler, the interim director of the Chancellor’s Honors program, which is hosting the event. “While we’re interested in having pre-healthcare people come to this to get an idea of • Photo courtesy of Rebecca Drobis what’s coming up in healthGovernor Bill Haslam introduces speakers during the NGA Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 26. Haslam care, the clients themselves, will be joined by former Tennessee governors Phil Bredesen and Don Sundquist on the topic “Balancing Civility being all our students and and Free Expression” at 5:30 p.m. in the Baker Center’s Toyota Auditorium on Feb. 21.
faculty should be interested in this as well.” Browne is the chief medical officer for Covenant Health and actively practices medicine, while VanderSteeg works as the executive vice president of hospital operations for the company, meaning that the duo will be offering information from two separate areas within the healthcare industry. “We’ll have a better overall perspective of what the current healthcare legislation means,” said Sylvia Turner, assistant director of the honor’s program, “because we’ll have two perspectives, one from a more business minded end, and one from an actual medical caregiver.” Following the lecture, a Q-and-A will occur between the speakers and the audience. “This topic itself lends itself to a very rich dialogue in terms of what’s happening in healthcare,” Turner said. “I want everyone to come out with questions,” she said, “and be prepared for a very engaging lecture and hopefully discussion.” Light refreshments will be served prior to the event at 6 p.m. in the Rotunda of the Baker Center. See HEALTH CARE on Page 2
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 News Editor RJ Vogt
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But Turner is optimistic that the event can provide more than just a snack and engaging lecture. “With the Honors Program, we like to provide our students with a variety of extracurricular activities, but also with a variety of internship placement options,” Turner said. “And as we are building this relationship with Covenant Health, hopefully the students will be able to not only gain from the lecture tomorrow, but also benefit from the new relationship that we are forging with them.” Turner agreed with Wheeler that even those uninterested in a career in medicine will benefit from hearing professionals discuss the ever-changing issues surrounding healthcare in the country. “As the healthcare costs
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“The way you do come to decisions and good policy is by communicating and discussing with one another,” Dahlin-Brown explained. “The yelling or the ‘I’m-rightyou’re-wrong’ attitude does not end up getting any kind of quality policy designed or implemented at all. “So I think this is a really neat opportunity to see three governors discuss this issue of civility and being able to agree to disagree, and also to compromise and to collaborate and to listen to one another, which is critical.” Fortunately, it would seem that Tennessee’s political scene has been relatively civil in recent years. Distinguished lecturer Jim Gilchrist, who teaches a class on Tennessee politics, said that at least during Haslam and Bredesen’s terms Tennessee government has been peaceful. “Tennessee politics generally has been civil,” Gilchrist said. “Both governors Bredesen and Haslam have emphasized that in their State of the State addresses, so in that respect we’ve been fairly calm and civil if you want to put it that way.” Gilchrist cited a particular example of civility in Tennessee politics when Bredesen called a special
continue to rise in the United States, everyone should be concerned,” Turner said. “And from that perspective, students should want to attend.” Tennessee governor Bill Haslam has expressed skepticism with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act within the Volunteer state. The state Senate is currently comprised of a Republican supermajority, meaning that advances with government provided healthcare will probably be met with opposition in Nashville. “There is a move in the state legislature to stop that program from growing. What is that going to mean, or is that really going to happen?” Wheeler asked rhetorically while alluding to the topics that will be discussed at the event. “I don’t know the answer to those things,” he said, “so I’ll be there.”
session with the Tennessee Legislature to revamp the education system. This was particularly interesting because Bredesen was nearing the end of his final term. “When you figure when someone right at the end of their term in office — and he was at the end of his term and wasn’t running again — the fact that he could bring the legislature together and approve a major overhaul of the state’s education shows how well they were working together,” Gilchrist recalled. In terms of Thursday’s panel, Gilchrist is most intrigued by what Haslam will have to say, especially now that Haslam has had three years of experience as governor and now has a GOP supermajority, with Republicans controlling both the Tennessee House and Senate. Despite the Republican dominance, Gilchrist said that today’s politics in Tennessee have still been relatively calm. However, he noted that there could be some trouble ahead after several Democrats didn’t receive certain committee appointments that they were expecting. “There’s already starting to be a little bit of fraying, but it hasn’t spilled over into acid being thrown at each other yet,” he joked.
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Xavier Ransome, junior in BCMB, attempts a pass during an intramural basketball game in HPER on Feb. 16.
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Dr. Mark Littmann, professor in science writing, begins the UT Science Forum at Thompson-Boling Arena on Feb. 15. Ken Walker, associate professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences, lectured about NASA Curiosity Rover’s mission.
BCC brings African-American exhibit Bethany O’Banion Contributor Stories from the past are waiting to be told as the Sankofa African-American Museum on Wheels continues its display today at the Black Cultural Center. The traveling museum came to UT on Tuesday morning. The museum was brought to UT by creator Angela Jennings, who describes herself as a traveling curator. She has brought together artifacts from the time of American slavery to that of the civil rights movement and all the way up to the present day. She collects the artifacts to spread awareness and appreciation of the rich culture found throughout African-American history. She does so by opening her exhibit to those eager to hear. The Sankofa display is
more than just expensive antiques and collectibles. It is a collection pulled together by Jennings to include artifacts, photographs, historical documents and stories. Through the effort and handiwork of Jennings, Sankofa weaves together events in history in order to bring AfricanAmerican history back to life. Marlon Johnson, a master’s student in mental health counseling as well as a graduate adviser for the Black Cultural Programming Committee, explained that the different pieces in the collection each allow for representation of various characteristics of the African-American culture. “The collection is full of different artifacts that each have presence on where African-Americans are today,” Johnson said. He added that, in order to understand America as a
country, students must be able to look at history from all sides. Additionally, by learning through the Sankofa African-American Museum on Wheels, students are guaranteed to not get bored. “I believe every student should take a chance to look at history from different perspectives,” Johnson said. “The Museum on Wheels gives a perspective that is fresh and innovative.” The collection takes students on a journey through time, exposing them to real people. Museumgoers do not just take a walk around the room, but instead are taken back to see people throughout the past: how they lived, what they loved and who they were. The Museum on Wheels’ ability to be more than just an exhibit is how Jennings opens students to her passion toward diversity.
Students can expect to see many artifacts pertaining to events they have studied throughout their school career; however, Jennings does an excellent job of highlighting the more obscure and unknown events as well. Mariah Moore, a senior in child and family studies, agrees. Her appreciation and interest in the Sankofa exhibit is more than just a curiosity. “The Museum is full of artifacts that date back from slavery to the present day,” Moore said. “It is a part of American history and we all should be interested in seeing that.” The Sankofa AfricanAmerican Museum on Wheels will continue today from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Black Cultural Center. Jennings will also be available during the visit to lead tours and answer questions.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
THE DAILY BEACON • 3 Arts & Culture Editor Victoria Wright
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Reel Rock Film Tour showcases adventure films to local audiences. Reel Rock Film Tour will be showing locally in Atlanta, Ga., and Charlotte, N.C., on Feb. 21.
Mountain climbing documentary rocks UT Melodi Erdogan Assistant Arts and Culture Editor Featuring world-class mountain and rock climbing athletes and their inspiring stories of achievement and record-breaking success, “Reel Rock 7” stopped at the UC Auditorium on Monday as part of their national tour. “Reel Rock 7” is a compilation of four mini-documentaries, each about 30 minutes long, that focuses on professional athletes in the rock and mountain climbing sports. Revolving around achieving high goals at even higher elevations and inspiring fellow and future athletes interested in the challenging and thrilling sport, “Reel Rock 7” correctly portrays the advantages and difficulties of climbing, said Knoxville resident and rock climber Madison Jones. “The frustration and to watch the people get so angry, to express their emotions that way, but I understand because I’ve been there,” Jones said. “Just to see yourself improve and get better and to experience failure and then success,
you continue on.” The film has been on tour since last autumn, drawing large crowds from around the nation and even overseas. Usually stopping at college campuses, “Reel Rock 7” partnered with the Eastern Tennessee Climbers Coalition and the UT Outdoor Program (UTOP). Ryan Worth, graduate assistant at UTOP, said he appreciated the different groups coming together to promote the compilation of films. “This is their seventh year on this series and they always come out with some really nice stuff,” Worth said. Featured are some of the sport’s most famous names, including up-and-coming young athlete from the Czech Republic, Adam Ondra and his older, American-living-in-Spain training pal, Chris Sharma. The documentary follows both of their goals to climb La Dura Dura. Located in Catalonia, Spain, this steep smooth rock is a challenge to even the most experienced climbers. Jones said her favorite part was seeing these two characters compare as athletes.
“It was really fun and done well in ‘La Dura Dura,’” Jones said. “I saw last years’ ‘Reel Rock Tour’ and I think this years’ is much more exciting.” Independent adventure film promoter and “Reel Rock 7” promoter Garry Harrington said the films accurately show the lives of rock and mountain climbers. “I can’t imagine any more amazing films than these four that really capture the spirit of climbing so well, from alpine mountaineering to regular rock climbing,” Harrington said. The premiere of “Reel Rock 7” is timely for UTOP’s tenth annual event, the “All-Access Outdoor Festival.” Starting on Feb. 22 and going on until Feb. 24, the event will feature outdoor and nature based films, a bouldering competition, wall climbing and more. Worth said the film shows the best of the best in rock and mountain climbing. “The ‘Reel Rock’ shows the precipice of the story,” he said. “In essence for what we do with university students that we take on trips, the skills that those professionals that we see in the
films use, we’ll be able to teach.” Harrington said that the Presidents’ Day holiday did not help with event turnout. “I first saw this film at Colorado College at Colorado Springs and it was a packed house, the place was going crazy. I would have loved to bring that energy here to UT but I think we had a short time to promote and it is (on) a holiday,” he said. Considering the large interest in climbing around the Knoxville community, Jones said she expected to be among a larger crowd. “I would think that more people would have turned out because in the Knoxville area there are quite a few climbers, but considering, I think this is a good number,” she said. Harrington, who is a mountaineer himself, said that he hopes all that attended are inspired by the stories “Reel Rock 7” featured. “I know everybody is not going to go solo climb Al Capitan, but they can apply that to different areas of their life, whether it be climbing or just any area of their life,” he said.
Indie rock, shoegaze and dream pop band Widowspeak released its second album, “Almanac,” on Jan. 22. Band members Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas create a fine contrast between light and dark tones, which attributes to what captivates listeners to their unique sound in “Almanac.” Widowspeak is notorious for its whimsical, western flare on rock ‘n’ roll. The Tacoma, Wash., natives formed and signed with Brooklyn label Captured Tracks in 2010, releasing two singles (“Harsh Realm” and “Gun Shy”) in addition to their first, self-titled album the following summer. Windowspeak features Hamilton on vocals and rhythm guitar and Thomas on lead guitar. “Almanac” was recorded by Kevin McMahon, producer of bands Swans and Real Estate, in a century-old barn in the Hudson River Valley of upstate New York in the seasonal transition of early autumn. Thomas experimented with layers of guitar, Rhodes piano, organ and harmonium. Deriving from their common love of Neil Young, Thomas and Hamilton created a nostalgic masterpiece comprised of longing for the past, yet
hopeful resignation. The album is influenced by 1950s pop ballads and 1970s psych submitting to call-and-response melodies that result from the mixture of the two. Widowspeak began working on “Almanac” at the beginning of last year when the then hysteria concerning the coming apocalypse began. Originally the album echoed the Mayan prophecy that coincided with the apocalypse, such as darkness and death. As Hamilton and Thomas progressed in recording “Almanac” they switched the focus from the apocalypse to the birth and death of the seasons. It now concentrates on youth, adoration and the beauty of nature. Widowspeak’s sound closely resembles that of Mazzy Star, a ‘90s postpunk band that exhibits an antiquated psychedelic style. Similar artists include Seapony, The Raveonettes and The Fresh & Onlys. Widowspeak recently played in the Converse Rubber Tracks show at the Hall of Williamsburg in New York City, where they were accompanied by headliners Vivian Girls, Eternal Summers and Hellotropes. On March 17, the band will embark on the month-long North American tour beginning in Dallas and concluding in Brooklyn.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Editor-in-Chief Blair Kuykendall
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Editor’sNote Cheerful story to distract from midterms
Blair Kuykendall Editor-in-Chief The dark and dreary depths of February drive my spirit weary. To reclaim some cheer, I aim to delight you with the happiest story my short life has known. The story’s not my own, but I have been blessed enough to spend some time in it. It’s a tale that belongs to the ages, our decades, and hopefully one day, to mine. I’m honestly not sure if stories like this one still happen, but I do know this one did. It is a story of faithfulness -- chance, enamorment, and above all else, loyalty. A snowy day, some count of years ago, in the bustling metropolis, or hole, we know of as Chicago, grace met chivalry in a collision that would alter forever. People wake up everyday hoping for one like it. She was everything you can imagine, but above all else, real: in all its clarity. So terrifying a virtue to those who have heard of it, but chance to encounter it. She had the face that begs attention while at the same time easing the whole being. Chancing to see it, he was struck with the awe that springs in the eyes of those who see the sun straight-on, with the fortitude to keep their eyes open. Of course they were married, the fairy tale ending that follows the Vietnam veteran, a medic no less, finding his nurse. She was one, actually. As you can see, the tale spins out so perfectly, it seems to write itself. He was at her service in a way that made selflessness look selfish, but she would have never had the power to abuse it. If you were the type to take wagers, you might bet they had two children, and of course, you would be right. A girl came along, then a boy. The entire family shared the same translucent, almost hypnotizing, set of blue eyes that
could, at a glance, understand the soul. Consistent with the subtle magic that passed before, the years ran in chorus. As the children’s year book photos slowly wound their way around the memory frames, their love was not victim to the usual onslaught of staleness and resentment. Rather, the partnership grew and flourished until the children found their way into marriages of their own — in the same year no less. Time ran a bit further, until one day the graceful, aged man was startled by a toothless seven-year-old while gardening his front lawn. She wanted to know if he had any children; he said he had some, but they were grown and far away. He laid down his tools and took some time to talk to the little girl. As life often goes, distance, finances and smoke had robbed her of her own grandparents. Fate sometimes has a way of answering such small tragedies, and the transcendent couple took the toothless child under their wing. The lady spent hours attempting to teach the girl piano, though she was a child with no natural talent. She tried to impart the art of sewing, but that was met with little success as well. The lady cut out paper-dolls for hours, methodically, so the edges would be straight. More valuable than lessons, though, the couple spent hours listening. They attended her school events and carried her around town, always listening to the small tales and tradgies she would spin. They showed her the best life has to offer by simply existing as they did and had: together. It is a rare thing in life to meet people who care for the sake of caring. Today we are miles apart, but for ten years of my life they were my family’s neighbors. The term “neighbor,” though, seems hollow. They are family. I was reminded again of their love over Christmas in Amsterdam, where the still-majestic pair offered their advice on law school and life. — Blair Kuykendall is senior in College Scholars and economics. She can be reached at bkuykend@utk.edu.
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Hunter Tipton Oftentimes you hear people say that college is the best time of their life. I hope this isn’t true, but I’m sure college could give just about any four years a run for its money. As a senior in my last semester, I’ve been fairly reminiscent lately when it comes to my time here as UT. Obviously, college is first and foremost about receiving an education that will benefit you the rest of your life, but there’s a lot you learn and experience in school that’s not picked up in the classroom. I attended Tennessee’s 88-58 drubbing of Kentucky on Saturday. I sat there at the end of the game as people were filing out, thinking that it was moments like these that really defined a college experience. I’ll forget the majority of what I learned in statistics and Spanish, but I’ll remember the beat down we laid on our top rival about as vividly as I’ll remember walking out into the parking lot of the Mellow Mushroom in March of 2010 and releasing a primal yell after UT advanced past Ohio State in the NCAA tournament to make it to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history. I’ll remember the hard snow my freshman year when my assistant hall director let me onto the roof of my dorm so that we could throw snowballs down onto the students in Presidential Court long after I’ve forgotten how to take derivatives and analyze European colonization of Africa. I’m sure I’ll remember the hilarity of all that is “butt-chugging” far longer than I’ll be able to balance electrons in a redox reaction. Will any of these experiences at face value really benefit me in the long run? Probably
not. I’m not sure how much there is to gain from simply watching a basketball game. But I’m also not really sure the academic counterparts listed will be all that helpful either. It’s easy to point to my academic education and show, factually, what I’ve learned from it. However, the long-term benefits of the experiences that come simply from being a college student are far more important. I’ve learned how to cook, do laundry, appreciate free (or nearly free) sporting events, take joy in life’s simple pleasures, and appreciate doing all of this with friends. I’ve learned how to organize a schedule, work effectively with others, and for most intents and purposes, live on my own. However, I think more than anything, I’ve learned when to take life seriously and when to step back and enjoy it a little. I don’t think picking up on this in college is the be-all and end-all of maturation in life, but I think it can heavily define our futures. We commonly look at those who have too much fun in college and see how they have issues adapting to the work environment, but we don’t seem to address those at the opposite end of the spectrum. I have worked around too many people in my life who seem to hate their jobs due to the fact that they have donated the entirety of their life to it. They have made it the central point of their existence, and have missed out on all there is to enjoy in this world. I can’t help but imagine that this starts in college. Maybe it’s a gross oversimplification, but I always imagine that they didn’t attend enough basketball games. I’ve taken the necessary steps to make sure that this doesn’t happen to me, and I highly recommend you do the same. I would hate for the beating we’re going to lay on Florida on Feb. 26 to go to waste. — Hunter Tipton is a senior in microbiology. He can be reached at jtipto10@utk.edu.
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Choosing a major is perhaps the most important decision college students make. Maybe we declare it once, maybe multiple times. Once you find the right one though, it’ll feel as though you have settled in and found your home. Some agonize over finding a major, because nothing seems right or they realize that everything they thought about their major was wrong. There are others though, the ones you don’t hear about: the people who find their major right away, almost like it was ingrained into their identity. My friend, Kate, is in the perfect major, without a doubt -- I knew that from my first conversation with her as she lit up talking about Abraham Lincoln. She’s a history major and has found her home. It’s difficult to explain, but you can tell through the most basic conversation with her that everything she thinks of is through a lens of a historian. Events are not just a moment; they are small fragments of a much bigger historical context. She can endlessly rattle off dates and names from European history without blinking an eye. She is confident in her passion for history, and it’s clear from having been in a history class with her that she has found a major, the major for her mindset. Another friend of mine is a computer engineering major. Firstly, he’s like a computer, constantly processing information and attempting to make the correct associations. Secondly, he’s crazy smart, so for that alone he should automatically be involved in engineering. The thing that is most surprising though is that although he is not an English major, he can make more English references
than many English majors. You can tell that almost everything he says has been processed like a computer processes data, constructing it carefully into patterns and formulas. He is a computer and an engineer, proving he found his perfect major. Finally, there’s me. For as long as I can remember I have been obsessed with the mind and interpreting everything from it. The only books I read are based on thoughts instead of actions. I frequently talk about Freud and the stages of mental and emotional development. I see everything through the lens of the mind. I would rather sit quietly, watching ... observing what everyone around me is doing. Most of all, I want to understand motives, thoughts and actions. It’s a complicated thing to try and explain, but it is like these characteristics are ingrained into us. We do not choose our majors; they are already chosen for us in a way, providing us with the skills and interests we need. We are not who we are because of the majors we have adopted; we adopted our majors because they are representations of us. Now, for all of you who haven’t found that lens that clearly tells you that you have found your home, there is still hope. What is it that you love? Are you a thinker, a creator or a processor? Do you pride yourself on your ability to listen to others or your ability to make connections? Some people are comfortable making connections and processing, others want to know how others feel and how to relate. Each of these little traits in our personalities guide us in a direction. College is about exploring options, and finding the major that fits you is just about finding that door. All the doors of majors are open to us, but only a few truly represent us, building on skills and interests that are ingrained in us. — Samantha Warchol is a sophomore in psychology. She can be reached at swarchol@ utk.edu.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
THE DAILY BEACON • 5 Arts & Culture Editor Victoria Wright
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Assistant Arts & Culture Editor Melodi Erdogan
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‘Safe Haven’ trite, repetitive Jessica Traugher Staff Writer Based on the Nicholas Sparks novel, “Safe Havenâ€? combines the repetitive elements of beach, bro and babe found in countless Sparks’ romance movies. “Safe Havenâ€? spotlights the suspenseful and affirming story of a young woman’s difficult journey to love again. Director Lasse HallstrĂśm delivers a predictable and melodramatic movie that reveals a plot twist at the end, making for an embarrassing Sparks adaptation. Julianne Hough plays the part of Erin Tierney, the female protagonist trying to escape her dark past by starting afresh in small-town Southport, N.C. In the beginning, Erin is reluctant to join the tightly bound community. She buys a house deep in the woods and adopts the identity of “Katie Feldman.â€? Almost instantly, Erin makes her first acquaintance with nosy neighbor Jo (Cobie Smulders). The pair share a bond of mysterious sadness throughout the movie. Hot on her trail is Officer Tierney (David Lyons), Erin’s abusive, psychotic husband. Tierney carries a water bottle full of vodka at all times, breaks into old ladies’ houses, and has a constant sheen of sweat. It’s no surprise that Erin is running from this crazed man. It doesn’t help that Tierney has distributed a fake statewide document say-
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ing Erin is wanted for murder. Though her crazy husband hopes his stalking will result in happily ever after, he drives her right into the arms of another man instead. The romance blossoms when Erin arrives in Southport and buys a coffee from Alex (Josh Duhamel), a widowed store owner. The two predictably get caught in a whirlwind of romance from this point on, starting with Alex giving Erin a bicycle and ending in love. Their love story is rather mellowprobably because neither have much of a personality. “Safe Haven� mirrors Sparks’ biggest hit, “The Notebook.� The audience gets a romantic canoe ride, the sudden rainstorm, a goofy first dance and several shots of the heroine being hoisted in the air. However, it’s missing the angry passion that made “The Notebook� so successful. Erin and Alex aren’t violently, fiercely in love. Once Alex learns that Erin is wanted for murder, he’s about as angry as someone gets when they get a parking
ticket. He pleads with her to stay and she does, and it appears that everything is peachy after all. “Safe Haven� strays from typical Sparks’ romance movies in that it has a more realistic element to it. The heroine doesn’t traipse around in expensive high heels and gaudy jewelry. Instead, Southport is a working community filled with realistic country characters. Unfortunately, the last five minutes of “Safe Haven� slaps the realistic romance right out of the movie. Sparks delivers a nutty twist that’s a bit out there, even for him. SPOILERS AHEAD: After Katie and Alex share their last big kiss, he gives her a note from his dead wife, written before she died of cancer. It’s then that she realizes her clingy neighbor Jo is actually the ghost of Alex’s dead wife. It gets better. As expected, she adores Katie and totally supports her love shared with Alex. In flashbacks, Katie realizes that all her walks in the woods with Jo were really just her walking along, chatting with herself. Does this mean Katie is insane, or did Jo seek Katie out when she arrived in town because she knew Katie was destined for Alex? It’s hard to tell, but one thing is sure: “Safe Haven� is a lackluster adaptation of Sparks’ novel combined with certain cheesy scenes featured in “The Notebook.� In one word, “Safe Haven� may be described as disappointing.
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Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon
Staples and screws punched into the paintings of Michael Zansky show variety in the Ewing Gallery. Zansky’s work uses lenses, imaginary creatures, wire and wood. His gallery will be exhibited through Feb. 26.
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6 • THE DAILY BEACON
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Sports Editor Lauren Kittrell
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lkittre1@utk.edu
Assistant Sports Editor Austin Bornheim abornhei@utk.edu
Jones discusses future of program, UT family Lauren Kittrell Sports Editor
Austin Bornheim Assistant Sports Editor
able to win with. I think it’s a step-by-step process. I think people always want to focus on the end result and in terms we have to focus on the journey and that’s day by day by day, and it becomes a body of work.
itself down the road and I think we’re able to address some of our needs. ... Recruiting is ongoing and next year’s class, obviously, will be critical as we continue to build the program.
On the field, off the field, when you’re a competitor you want to compete against the best each and every day and that’s what the SEC brings.
that supports the football program? A: I can tell you this, I’m not gonna take my shirt off. I was watching ESPN the other night and they had it on TV again. ... You’re going to see me around. I’m a part of the community and I’m one of them and they’re one of us. You’re going to see me around, you’re going see me visible. I think that’s what makes this place unique. ... There isn’t a pedestal or anything like that that we sit on. You’re going to see me out, you’re going to see me interact with our fans, our student body, because again, they’re what make this place very special. They’re a part of what I call the football family.
Q: How do you see yourOn Feb. 19, head coach Q: How confident are you self reaching out to fans and Butch Jones sat down with Q: How excited are you in your ability to compete in students and getting them The Daily Beacon’s sports edithe SEC? more involved in helping the tor and assistant sports editor about your signing class? A: I’m excited about the class A: Football is football. program succeed? to discuss the future state of because, first of all, we had a Everyone wants to make things A: They’re one of us and I’m UT football. recruiting profile. The world of out about the SEC, but you a part of them. I think that’s Q: Where do you see the college football and the world look at some of the greatest big. It’s the pride of who we program going in the short of recruiting has changed so coaches that have coached in are. We’re one Tennessee, we’re much because of the media this conference had zero SEC Tennessee football and that’s term? A: You always go into a situ- scrutiny. A lot of times the experience. People forget. Even why I’ve embraced our fans ation where you expect to win. media blows 17-year-old indi- in the building of Alabama’s and our student body. They We expect to win champion- viduals up who ships and we expect to compete have never played at the highest level. Everything a down of college we do in our program is based football. You look off of excellence, from academ- at the National ics in the classroom, to how we Football League perform in the community, to and they invest Q: You talk a how we perform on the field. millions and millot about recruits. ... Everything is about compet- lions and millions How are you investing on a day-to-day basis in all of dollars in their ing in the players that we do. Do we have some industry of evaluyou already have at work to do? Absolutely, we ation and they’re UT? have a lot of work to do, but not always right. A: I never view I’m extremely encouraged by When you’re dealthem as this coach’s what I’ve seen. ... Winning is ing with 17- and players or their a process. It’s a journey. That’s 18-year-old indiplayers or our playwhy you have to take one day viduals like we are, ers. They represent we have a recruitat a time. Tennessee. They’re ing profile. We felt Tennessee players. Q: Next season. Let’s talk like we were able I think that’s the about short term goals. What to attract individufirst thing. They are als here in a very are you working toward? our players, they’re A: Right now, our team is short period of Tennessee. It’s just being born. It’s team 117. It’s time, a challenging like anything. We’re the 117th edition of Tennessee 31 days, because in the educational football. No two teams are ever recruiting is relabusiness so we eduthe same. Each team is differ- tionships. That’s cate them on everyent because one third of your what it’s based thing. How you presplayers are different from year off of ... I think ent yourself. That’s to year with college football. we were able to Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon why VOLympics I think the big thing is devel- attract individuals Butch Jones answers questions about Tennessee football during an (Jones’ split his team oping our identity right now. that have very high into 10 teams with We’re developing our personal- character, they were interview on Feb. 19. two captains each; ity by the way we train in this champions not only off-season. Now when we go on the field, but off the field program, they forget the grow- are special. Our fans, our stu- the teams gain and lose points to spring football, we’re also in their high schools and they ing process that that program dent body, our media, every- based on on-field performance, developing our personality showed a passion and a com- went (through) under Coach thing that’s associated with our classroom performance, comon the field, our identity by mitment to want to be at (UT). Saban when he first started the program, that’s what makes us munity service and team-buildthe way we’re gonna play, the I think they’re going to serve program there. ... You can go who we are: Tennessee. That’s ing events) that we’re going style of play, but also evaluat- to be the foundation of this on and on about the individuals what makes this a very special through right now, our offing who our playmakers are. football team for many years to that had zero SEC experience, place, because of the passion. season competition, is critical. We’ve graduated, especially come. ... Out of those 21 sign- football is football. We’re in You want to be at a place where You try to teach them, coach offensively, a lot of production ees, five are already enrolled in a development business. It’s football is important and obvi- them, mentor them, everything so who are those playmakers school right now taking classes about the program that devel- ously it’s very important here. you can. What we’re trying to do right now is develop gonna be? I think that’s the big and going through spring. I’m ops their players to meet their Q: Former basketball head these relationships and trust, thing. Really identifying who excited. Anytime you have an fullest potential and then it’s the individuals are that can opportunity to sign the two about recruiting. You win with coach Bruce Pearl really and trust is earned over time. help us win come next fall. quarterbacks that we signed players. It’s a whole deal ... I’m engaged with the students As much as we’re developing, That’s why spring football is with their talent and their skill excited about it. ... It’s a league and built their team spirit. it’s like I told every individual critical. We’re identifying the set and their leadership, they’re that challenges, not only week- How are you hoping to inter- football player, they’re in the players that we’re gonna be winners, that’s going to lend in and week-out, but every day. act with students in a way process of building their own
identity. They’re building their identity by their actions both on and off the field. They’re building their personal brand. I’m a big believer in production and what you are doing to represent the (UT) football program. You keep hearing me say both on the field and off the field. Our theme right now is, ‘be a champion.’ Before we can ever think of being a champion football team, our team has to be comprised of individual champions. ... When you have a team comprised of individual champions then that lends itself to being able to compete for championships on Saturday. ... I’ve been really encourage by what I’ve seen so far. Q: How do you make a team out of recruits coming in and players that have been passed on to you from another season and another coach? A: It’s the most challenging thing. Everyone thinks you just assemble a group of guys and you go out there and play football and there’s just so much more to it. The great teams win with great team chemistry. I’ve never seen a team win championships that were a team comprised of individuals. It’s a team game and everyone is critical. ... Everyone in our football program has a role. Some may have a larger role than others, but everyone has a role. ... That’s the biggest challenge in all of sports, especially in football, where you have 100-plus individuals. Getting them to think like (a team), to act like one, to be like one. That’s all part of being a team and that’s the most challenging thing. That’s why I go back to VOLympics and dividing the team up into ten individual teams and each team has two captains. It’s also a part of our peer-intervention program of developing leaders. I know as a coach, if these two individuals can’t lead a group of ten, they sure aren’t going to be able to lead a group of 100plus. Everything we do in our programs has a purpose. It’s little things that add up to the big things. You win with team chemistry. ... You can win a lot of football games that way.
Lady Vols look to keep focus Austin Bornheim Assistant Sports Editor With 10 games in the books for the Lady Vols softball team, spirits are high as they head to their third tournament of the season with an unblemished record. Tennessee has rolled through the competition at the Red Desert Classic and the USF 4 Team Tournament. They have run ruled four teams and notched five shutouts — two games were both a run rule and a shutout. Freshman Rainey Gaffin was excited that they were able to win her first tournament as a Lady Vol. “It was awesome,” Gaffin said. “It was good to be out there on the field with everybody and get to be in the games, getting to see all the stuff we have been working on coming to play. The best part was seeing well we work together as a team.” Though the team has yet to face a real test, co-head coach Ralph Weekly is keeping his team in attack mode. “Our biggest challenge is to stay on task and not get
too enchanted with ourselves,” Weekly said. The closest a team has come to defeating Tennessee in the early stages of the season was Costal Carolina who tied the Lady Vols at 3-all in the top of the fourth. Tennessee then put five runs on the Chanticleers in the fifth. “When you’re in the games where it comes head-to-head you really see what your team is made of,” Rainey said. “It was good to see we have that ability to push on when teams come back.” The first five hitters in the Lady Vols’ lineup have been too much for opponents so far this season. In the championship game of the USF 4 Team Tournament, the group of ladies were a combined 12-19, six runs and six RBIs. “Those first five hitters are pretty amazing,” Ralph Weekly said. The five — Raven Chavanne, Kat Dotson, Madison Shipman, Lauren Gibson and Cheyanne Tarango — are hardly comparable to anyone in the country. “I don’t think there is another lineup like it in the nation,” Ralph Weekly said. “There might be one
or two but I doubt it. When you consider that there are six players on this team on the USA National Team, that speaks for yourself.” Pitcher Ellen Renfroe enjoys going to the circle knowing that she has those five on her team at the plate and in the field. “I never do want to give up a run and put the pressure on them, but knowing the lineup that we have behind you on defense and offense is a relief,” Renfroe said. “I have to remind myself of that sometimes so I don’t put too much pressure on myself.” This weekend the Lady Vols travel to California to play in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. All the teams, besides Tennessee, are from the Golden State. In the field will be eight time national champion UCLA, who has hit over 20 home runs on the year. “I went on UCLA’s website today and saw they hit 20 home runs over the week and we hit just three,” Ralph Weekly said. “That concerns me a little. They will be FIle Photo • The Daily Beacon tough though. We have beaten Tennessee softball players huddle after winning the game against Mississippi State them two of the last three times on April 23, 2011. so they will be out for blood.”