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UT partnership educated Croatians on primaries Maria Amalla
Contributor Through a collaboration that spans nearly 5,000 miles, UT has partnered with a team of Croatian students to produce an insightful documentary about the March 1 primary elections in Tennessee. Leading the two-week workshop, Sam Swan, professor of Journalism, welcomed four students and a faculty member from the University of Zagreb in Croatia. The program was made possible by a $6,000 grant funded from the U.S Department of State. Lana Bene, a Croatian student, stressed the importance of funding cultural exchanges that serve to educate international students. “I think in Croatia very few people know how the (U.S. primaries) work and I think we should show them how things look,” Bene said. Jozo Jozipovic, one of the four Croatian students, admits that before the workshop, he had no prior knowledge about the American political process. “I didn’t even know anything about primaries, about caucuses, about state election or
electoral votes,” Jozipovic said. In the heat of election season, news outlets have been highlighting how complicated the election process is in the U.S. From an outsider’s perspective, the intricacies of the American election system can often be difficult to comprehend. “It is important to see the other side. People in Croatia think it’s (primaries) complicated and don’t want to know anything about it (primaries),” Jozipovic said. The majority of the visiting Croatian students agreed that the U.S primaries seemed more complicated in comparison to Croatia’s primaries. “Our (Croatia’s) political system is much cheaper and easier for the people. You just have to pick which party you want to vote for and it’s done in one day,” Bene said. Swan says that although the Croatian political system is fast, it does not necessarily elect leaders by popular vote. “They (Croatians) vote for political parties and then parties form coalitions whom select prime minsters,” Swan said. Based on a parliamentary system, Croatia held its own elections late last year with neither of the country’s two leading parties gain-
ing a majority presence in the house. Being selected for this program was not only a rigorous process, but also a waiting game. International students interested in applying had to send a C.D., motivational letter and statement describing exactly how they would produce the documentary explaining American elections for a Croatian audience. Bene also stated that her group had been waiting more than 8 months just for security clearance and funding. For UT students, working with Croatian students has served to further expand their knowledge of people from different cultures. “Actually, we have different ways of looking at certain things because we are different, but also because Croatia is a really small country in comparison to United States,” Bene said. Despite that this is only UT’s second time going through with a program similar to this one, Jozipovic feels continuation of such workshops is a necessity for the school. “It is really important to feel the culture of your country and to present it to other countries and start more exchanges, more summer schools, and everything like that,” Jozipovic said.
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Route Talks: UT’s Transit system Alex Harward
Contributor UT’s transit system, better known as “The T,” provides students and staff with fare-free, campus-wide transportation. As the university’s transit system states, “Each bus incorporates clean design and interactive technology. Some features include: USB charging stations, real-time GPS, front-of-vehicle bike racks and are accessible to passengers with disabilities.” The T operates on a total of seven different routes. The system services all of the UT campus and select portions of the Fort Sanders neighborhood. There are four fixed routes and two on-demand routes, and the seventh route is only available to passengers with the appropriate credentials. In addition, the bus route serving UT, Pellissippi State Community College and Oak Ridge National Laboratory operates only Monday through Friday. Transit services also offers the T: Access. Communications and customer service manager of parking and transit services, Moira Bindner, explained that T: Access is a demand response service available to handicapped students. The T: Access operates weekdays on a point-
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to-point service system on UT’s main campus, agricultural campus and facilities in Fort Sanders. Students or staff with a disability or handicap must have an Access ID card issued by the Office of Disability Services to utilize T: Access. “It doesn’t operate for 22 hours, but there are 168 hours in a week and we run full service for 146 of them,” Bindner said. Director of Parking and Transit Services, Mark Hairr, explained that the lack of service on the weekends has been part of the norm for years and is unlikely to change anytime soon. “No transit service of any kind is operated during the daytime hours on the weekends. This has been Students escape the rain on a T-Link bus in front of the Alumni Memorial Building. the case for decades,” Hairr said. •File Photo Bindner explained that there has been little or no demonstrated demand for the service on night. We want to be out there serving people,” transit system. The app includes GPS, route the weekends. Binders said when talking about the need for late stop information, updates on routes, and service “It’s not something that we just don’t have,” night transportation. changes. Bindner said. “It’s just something that we haven’t Bindner explained that because the app is Although the T: Link operates through the had any demand for and this has been a trend night, the weekends are consistently busy with somewhat new, it was being tested in the fall but in the past.” students going from place to place. The phone is now currently active. During the week, the T: Access buses are sta- lines often tend to get backed up. “We have the service so we want the students tioned by the aquatic center and are available at “We have a new solution but there is a chal- to use it,” Bindner said. “If there is a ton of a moment’s notice to be dispatched to students lenge because it is not widely known,” Bindner demand we will work with students to make the who are in need of the service. said. “For the service at night when the T: Link service accessible.” The only UT transit that operates fully at is operating there is a an app available where you For more information on transit and parking night on the weekends is the T: Link, which can request the bus’s assistance.” services and to see the full bus routes, visit the operates nightly between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. The UT mobile app has integrated the T website at ridethet.utk.edu, or call 865-974-8474. “We want to be out there, especially late at
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ARTS&CULTURE
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Opera brings fairytale to stage Hanna Roznowski Contributor
Sitting in the beautiful Tennessee Theatre and looking around, I noticed our Scruffy City cleaned up well. Last Friday night, well-dressed Knoxvillians congregated to see the Knoxville Opera’s production of “Hansel and Gretel.” The opera, written in 1893 by Engel Humperdinck, retells the Brothers Grimm classic fairy tale: the story of two curious children who get lost in the woods and are nearly eaten by a witch and their many misadventures along the way. This production in particular gathered those from all backgrounds; some families with younger children, couples on date nights and the seasoned opera expert. The varied crowd was relevant for this enchanting performance that young and old alike could enjoy. The cast truly succeeded in bringing this children’s story to life. I found myself transported to the magical world of witches and fairies. The nineteen-foot-tall candy house looked like something out of my childhood dreams come true and definitely would have enticed me to fall into a witch’s trap as a child. Though the set was well-designed and the acting was enticing, the music stood above all else. Humperdinck’s melody told a story in itself, featuring triumphant and ominous arias. The incredible orchestra was the most alluring part of the show, with a string section that carried motifs to move the plot along.
The show opened with a beautiful overture that introduced light melodies which would be repeated throughout the production. Although it presented a children’s story, the opera was not without dark and frightening moments. The cellos and violins, along with the chorus of angels, were my favorite parts of the entire production, providing light and pleasant harmonies. Lindsay Russel, as Gretel, and Chrystal Williams, as Hansel, were incredibly talented musicians. Not only were they both amazing vocalists but they also did a fantastic job portraying children without being trite or contrived. The dynamism in both characters was also apparent, each being developed to have their own personalities and quirks. The only thing that took the magic away in the slightest was the fact the show was performed in English. Although English is a Germanic language, like the original German production, there is something about operas being performed in romance languages that is transcendent. However, being performed in English with the text projected above the stage made sense, as it was easier for younger opera-goers to understand, but my personal preference is not to be guided by the language of the opera and let only the music tell the story. Though it was lighter and less moving than other operas like “Pagliacci” or “Madame Butterfly,” it was nice to see a production other than “La Boheme” that contained such remarkable music with truly gifted vocalists. The production truly did contain elements for all ages and walks of life.
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“The Witch” finds new ways to shock Nathan Smith Contributor
When I was a kid, my dad worked in a library that specialized in rare books. One of the most impressive items was a book from the 16th or 17th century. It was fairly ordinary, except for what appeared on the last page: a blood pact with Satan. For me, this contract was a novelty, but for whoever inked the deal, the devil was real. That’s perhaps the best parallel I can draw to The Witch, the debut movie from director Robert Eggers. It’s a horror film that communicates just how fervently our Puritan forefathers felt the presence of Satan. The Witch takes evil, which might seem more abstract to today’s viewers, and makes it unquestionably real. Based off of old New England folktales, The Witch introduces us to a family in the early 17th century who, following their excommunication, attempts to survive in the New England wilderness. After their newborn child is abducted • Photo courtesy of IMDb and sacrificed by a witch, the family falls apart and Satan finds his way into their on the hay, voices on the wind, evil stirring in the trees. Although The Witch’s home. Surprisingly, what The Witch draws elliptical style might disappoint viewers much of its strength from is empathy; we who like their terror more direct, the film ourselves might not choose to dance with still upholds some of mainstream horror’s the devil, but we begin to understand most trusted traditions. Horror films (particularly those of the why some, particularly women, would do slasher ilk) have long maintained a strict in this unbearably bleak time. Life is painful for the Puritans: every sense of morality. If you sin, you’re puninstinct is repressed, comfort is nearly ished. If you don’t, you still might be non-existent, and girls are sold off as swept up in the flood, but your odds look property at the first sign of puberty. a little better. For all the talk of “atmosphere,” The The female body is almost as despised as the dark lord himself, and guilt is as Witch is just as much about action and real as the hunger gnawing away at your consequence. First comes sin, then comes divine (and demonic) retribution. By stomach. For Puritans, the only way to find placing the conflict between the holy and pleasure is through Satan, but then life the hellish in a context where religious with him means butchering babies and and moral concerns are concrete, *The bathing yourself in blood. Neither path is Witch* makes explicit the cosmology that other horror films only hint at. particularly attractive. While it might alienate some viewers To communicate just how depressing this world is, Eggers employs natural with its lack of conventional scares, The light, which sucks every ounce of color Witch is one of the most uncomfortably out of the landscape, even though the effective horror films in recent memory. It’s the cinematic equivalent of a DMX light itself does at times become too bright. The only shade that stands out in album; hell isn’t just dark and hot, it’s all Eggers’s muted frame is red — the color around us. For these characters, evil isn’t a novelty. It envelops them, and by film’s of sin and blood. Most of the “scares” in The Witch are end, it has enveloped us too. almost like something out of the horror version of a Hou Hsiao-Hsien film: blood
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A guide to choosing your presidential candidate Mustafa Sadiq Aljumaily Guest Column
Before coming to the United States about a year ago, I was one of a lot of others who believed the USA was this big united supreme thing that was homogeneous in every aspect of its components. But then with time, I started to realize that my idea was wrong and America is like any other country around the world: full of contradictions, debates, conflicts and disagreements on all levels. As a democracy torch bearer, people tend to think America’s democratic system is optimal, complete and stable, but it seems that like every other human-made system, it is not that optimal or complete. Democracy, as the rule of people, is not complete anywhere in the universe, but people are still trying to reach that goal. And for this country (which I respect for its continuous quest to improve every aspect of its people’s lives), democracy is more than a process of selecting the president or the congressmen. It is a core concept around which this country was established from the beginning with its ideas on free will, free choice and eventually free country. So, when I see all this grouped together in one country, I get motivated to comment on what I have seen since I came here, with respect to the presidential elections specifically. First, I know most people here are aware of this, but I know there are some people who still do not take the following into consideration and I hope UT students, as a leading force in the society, will be able to transfer this message to those who did not think about it before. What do we need to know and consider in order to
elect a president wisely? People should be asking themselves this before they give their vote to someone either on Tuesday or in the public elections. In order to address this, I believe the first thing the people should say is, “Well, the leader of this nation should have some (or all) of these features:” strong personality, character, leadership skills, strength, diplomacy, soft heart, wisdom, good reputation, clean history, clear position about specific issues, etc. Of course, these are just some examples of what different people could think of as main features the president should have, and different people will have different priorities for sure. For me, I would look for a strong but fair leader and wise problem solver. I saw for years in my country (Iraq) how a strong leader with no fairness or mercy can become a monster like Saddam Hussein and how weak leaders can lead the country to a civil war. After knowing what we need in the president, then we should search for the candidate (or candidates) that have these skills. It is also necessary to study the current situation of the nation to determine what the biggest problems are and which one of the candidates is addressing these problems with reasonable solutions in their policies. Then, after finding those candidates who have these qualifications, the final question will come about: who should I choose to make sure they will be honest in applying their programs and not just forget about all of that and do whatever they like once they get into office?
I admit that answering this question is a little harder than the other ones, but as we know, each person has a history that can reveal their personality and the probability of them being honest and trustworthy, which should help in deciding which one is more honest. I just hope the people of this great nation will depend on such criteria in selecting the president and not just follow blindly their family, friends, emotions or even Republican/Democrat loyalty. And especially party loyalty, because I saw countries full of corruption (like my country, which classified recently as the worst place to live in the world) just because the majority of people voted based on their denomination parties or for the tribal candidates or the family-related candidates. This made things worse and worse with each election. The normal people got poorer and poorer, and the politicians got richer and richer, and the country infrastructure got destroyed and neglected more and more. Finally, what made me write this article is that I am sure that such a great country like the USA has more aware people to get rid of the inherited loyalty to a political party and vote for the best choice according to the above criteria. It is not just about the future of this country, but also about the future of too many people around the world, and we should all remember that “with great power comes great responsibility.” Mustafa Sadiq Aljumaily is an international student from Iraq and a PhD student in computer engineering. He can be reached at mlatief@vols.utk.edu.
Going against the system doesn’t exactly fix the system
Thomas Carpenter
The Workshop
Conservatives, who seem to be the loudest advocates for smaller government and individual autonomy as it relates to the government, have recently made decisions at the state level that appear to be closer to tyranny than any form of democracy I’ve experienced in America. State legislatures in Alabama, Michigan, Tennessee and elsewhere have passed legislation that flies in the face of our Constitutional democratic rights. Last week, the city council of Birmingham, Alabama passed a law that raised the minimum wage to $10.10. This stunned everyone since Alabama is, you know, not really known for its progressive policies. However, within days of that happening, the Republicancontrolled state legislature decided to step in and pass a law (http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ birmingham-raises-minimum-wage-alabama-takes-itaway-n526806) that prohibits municipalities to raise the minimum wage. In one of the poorest states in the country, Alabama’s own government has decided that the poor need to stay poor. Citing the worn out argument of “we need to help businesses!” rather than protecting its citizens from working for poverty wages, Republicans have once again placed the interests of the wealthy over the poor working class, all while disregarding local autonomy. In Michigan, the root cause of the Flint water crisis doesn’t seem to be talked about that much. While we
know the Flint city administration failed to follow basic practices when they switched their water source from Detroit to the Flint River, what most people don’t know is that the city officials directly responsible were not democratically elected by the city of Flint. The individuals at fault were actually appointees of Governor Rick Snyder. The governor, as a result of a law passed by that Republican-controlled state legislature, was essentially able to undermine the democratic process in Flint and replace their democratically elected officials with his own cronies. To save money, these state officials recklessly went ahead with the decision to switch water sources without taking any precautions against lead and other contaminants that are now making children and adults sicker every day in Flint. We are no strangers to Republican overreach at the state level here in Tennessee. Ever since my freshman year, I’ve seen our state legislature introduce ridiculous legislation ranging all the way from the banning of speakers on campus to prohibiting school teachers from saying the word gay. What sounds like a fascist’s fantasy is in fact a constant reality in our state legislature where the Republican Party currently holds the all-powerful super majority. Their deliberate attempts to take away first amendment rights from students and turn our university into a lily white institution through their anti-diversity efforts is frankly embarrassing. How
is any reasonable person expected to look at the work our state legislature does and say they are truly representing the people of Tennessee? What is happening across our country in the presidential race reflects a growing sentiment of antiestablishment leadership on both sides of the political spectrum, with Bernie Sanders on the left and Donald Trump on the, well, he really doesn’t fit anywhere on the spectrum. Both parties are splitting apart at the seams and I believe this is for the better. The Republicans are just bad at governing and the Democrats are terrible organizers at the state and local levels. This has left us with isolated pockets of Democratic power, and widespread control of state legislatures by the Republicans. What we need are anti-establishment voices that are actually committed to representing the poor and marginalized, like Bernie Sanders. The system is rigged and we all know it, and because we live in a Democracy and not a fascist state, we have the power to change the situation for the better. So please, vote tomorrow in the primary, and continue to vote and participate in the democratic process, otherwise it won’t work like it’s supposed to.
Thomas Carpenter is a senior in Classics. He can be reached at ThomasCarpenter@utk.edu.
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We need to talk more openly about sexual assault Kimberley Bress
Real World Problem Solving
It is nearly six o’clock in the morning, and it is dark in my room. Everything is still and quiet, the only sound being the slow breathing of a person enjoying their last few minutes of sleep. As soon as the clock hits the hour, the silence is shattered by a piercing, percussive alarm clock. My eyes open, begrudgingly, and I stare at the ceiling. There is nothing more that I want to do than to shut off my alarm and fall back asleep. I would give anything to forget about the responsibilities that lay on the other side of that terrible, obnoxious noise. However, just like every morning before, I let my feet hit the carpeted floor. The alarm ends, and my day begins. Over the past few semesters, UT has found itself involved in various social controversies. The Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s statements regarding gender pronouns and holiday parties drew national attention. Challenges to the university’s diversity funding have ignited protests and motions in student government. Even action from the state capitol, such as the governor’s privatization plan, has put UT in a place of social conflict. Recently, a new front of controversy has emerged on campus: the university athletic department’s response to sexual assault allegations. Drawing attention from networks such as CNN, ESPN and Sports Illustrated, commentary concerning the alleged “culture of sexual assault” in our football program has thrust the university into the national spotlight. Last Monday, I wrote a column which discussed the reasons which may prevent victims from reporting sexual assault. My opinions, and the research that I used to justify them, were met with controversy of their own. “The Department of Justice has done credible research
and found that sexual assault on college campuses is 1 in 52, not 1 in 5,” one critic said, citing sampling error and the unclear definition of sexual assault as reasons for the exaggerated statistic. My article was called the “journalistic equivalent of the disgusted feminist eye roll.” My thinking was labeled as “elitist.” At first, I saw the controversy in my inbox as a threat. However, as I read through each strongly worded email, I realized that they were not threats, but alarms. “Wake up, Kimberly!” they said. “Your eyes are closed to the true issue at hand.” The problem of sexual assault is not legal or political. By the time a sexual assault case arrives in court, both parties have lost. With the word of the victim against the word of the perpetrator, there is no way to know if there was consent. Without conclusive physical evidence, fair or valid convictions cannot be made. The true problem underlying sexual assault lurks in our lack of productive dialogue concerning consent and sexual health. Without open discussions about sex, we cannot even begin to engage in productive narratives on sexual assault. There are students walking around campus who do not know the distinction between sexual consent and sexual coercion. “What constitutes a sexual assault?” some ask. It is an aggressive comment? An unwanted touch? When do these instances become worthy of a report? And where do I report them? Who is to blame if both parties are drunk? As long as these kinds of questions stand unanswered, there will be no way to resolve the issue of sexual assault in the university environment. The solution for preventing sexual assault at UT isn’t in Butch Jones’ playbook. It’s not on Jimmy Cheek’s desk, and it’s not in Bill Ramsey’s lawyerly
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briefcase. Instead, it is in the actions of students like Colleen Ryan and Elizabeth Stanfield, the co-chairs of Sexual Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee and organizers of the annual UT Sex Week. It is in the actions of Summer Watson, the President of the “Vols Help Vols” peer education program for relational and sexual health. The solution is in every effort made by students, faculty and community members to promote education about sexual health, safety and consent. The more agency these programs have and the more students that they are able to reach, the more capable we will be of preventing sexual assault on our campus. Controversy is a social alarm clock. It sounds off, blaring in our news feeds and conversations, enveloping our campus and our consciousness. However, this isn’t an alarm we can shut off. The only way we can prevent sexual assault is by establishing an informed student body and safe campus environment. Now is the time to put our feet on the floor and wake up to the real roots of the controversy which is engulfing our university. After a two week streak of discussions on sexual assault, I do plan to return the focus of my column to lighter topics (such as skateboards made from recycled materials and the science of fish urine). However, I appreciate the opportunity to engage in critical discussion of this sensitive issue, and I welcome your thoughts on our university’s response to this important controversy. Kimberly Bress is a sophomore in neuroscience. She can be reached at kbress@vols.utk.edu
“Pretty Curious” fails to address inequality in STEM
David Garcia
Public Scientist
EDF Energy was recently involved in a bit of a kerfuffle when a competition it sponsored, aimed at promoting the participation of young women in STEM, was won by a 13-year-old boy. As one might imagine, this made the Internet collectively lose its cool. EDF Energy claimed the competition was gender neutral and could therefore be won by any gender, so long as the idea the winner proposed was truly the best. This seems perfectly reasonable, so clearly all of the angry feminists were just taking their daily trip to the complaint store. But it’s never that easy. EDF’s “Pretty Curious” campaign was designed to promote women working in STEM-related fields. With it came a competition to push those ideals. Originally open to only girls, EDF claimed that in the interest of fairness they would open the competition to everyone, so long as they were 11 to 16 years old. This seems perfectly reasonable, but the branding and marketing for the competition never really changed. Anyone on their site could have easily mistaken it for a competition meant only for girls. That’s really the issue here. Why EDF changed their competition is beyond me. What is clear is that they claimed to have an agenda towards encouraging women in STEM, but decided
not to bear the responsibility of it while keeping the facade. There are certainly many people arguing that women will always have to compete with men, so creating female-only competitions just babies them. The reality is more nuanced though, as the purpose of these types of competitions is not entirely to compete, but to catch up to a point where the competitions are actually fair. Yes, X-group only competitions are inherently unfair, but their point is not to be fair; it is to support a particular agenda. Their purpose is to bolster efforts that help women in STEM gain a foothold and drive the field towards some sort of equality. In the real world, especially in science, this is done constantly to create a sometimes illusionary, but very powerful perception that women are welcome and encouraged to join the STEM fields. There are dozens of fellowships, grants and even conferences (one here at UT in April) offered specifically to women to help correct the skewed gender policies of the past. A less esoteric example can be found by looking at the Oscars, where there are clear and accepted men’s and women’s categories. Yes, it is inherently unfair that a man can’t win best actress, but let’s face it, if there was only a best all-around actor award, the nominees
would, for a lot of reasons, be mostly male. What EDF did was wrong, not because a boy won, but because their competition, while marketed to girls, ultimately doesn’t support the goal it set out to achieve. Competitions like EDF’s are obviously not going to solve the problems of gender disparity, but they offer a symbol and a prominent role model to aspire to in the form of the competition’s winner. Boys don’t need new role models. We have more male role models in STEM than we know what to do with. By switching the competition’s rules but not its marketing material, EDF showed that they are only paying lip service to the issue. Likely no real damage was done to aspiring female scientists, but it shows the fundamental misunderstanding still held regarding the issue of gender inequality in STEM. In might go away someday, but for now it’s here to stay. Getting there may seem unfair, but getting an equation to balance will always force us to work one side more than the other. David Garcia is a first-year graduate student in energy science. He can be reached at dgarcia8@vols. utk.edu.
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Vols suffer 75-65 home loss to Arkansas Troy Provost-Heron Training Editor
Tennessee had not lost at home in more than a month, and Arkansas entered with just one win away from its home, Bud Walton Arena, in 11 chances. A poor defensive effort by the Vols in the second half, though, made both of those stats meaningless. UT allowed the Razorbacks to shoot 59.1 percent from the floor in the final period en route to a 75-65 defeat inside Thompson-Boling Arena, the Vols’ third home loss of the season, on Saturday. “In the second half, we looked like a team that was trying to hold on as opposed to a team that was really trying to win a game,� Head coach Barnes said. “Our defense wasn’t very good in the second half. When you look down and someone shots 59 percent, nothing else really needs to be said.� After exiting the locker room trailing 34-33,
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figures. Schofield and Phillips joined fellow freshman Kyle Alexander in the starting lineup, marking the first time the Vols have started three true freshmen since Wayne Chism, Ramar Smith and Josh Tabb started against Florida on Feb. 3, 2007. The youth of UT’s starting five showed early in transition as the Razorbacks drilled three fastbreak threes for their first baskets of the game. In total, Arkansas outscored the Vols 21-2 in fastbreak points after scoring eight in their first meeting on Feb. 6. “It’s a matter of mental toughness,� Barnes said. “It’s not like its nothing (Arkansas) hasn’t done all year. We’ve shown it to them enough to where they know Arkansas trails one of their shooters at times and it’s a matter of getting back with a sense of urgency and knowing that is something they are looking for.� The trio, though, contributed in a lot of different ways. Schofield finished a rebound short of a double-double and Phillips continued playing solid perimeter defense. Alexander tallied four blocks
and eight rebounds while also helping limit Moses Kingsley, who came in averaging 16.3 points per game, to nine points. All three combined for 32 points, which accounted for 49.2 percent of UT’s total points. “One of the things (all three of us emphasized) when we got here was we have to be ready when our number is called,� Schofield said. “As a freshman unit, we’re building upon something for next year, but right now we have to finish out the season.� With the loss and Mississippi State’s win over South Carolina, the Vols are now tied for 11th in the SEC heading into the final week of the regular season. The Vols take their current two-game losing streak to Nashville to take on Vanderbilt on Tuesday (TV: SEC Network, 7 p.m.) inside Memorial Gym. “I don’t feel like we have anybody on this team that will lay down no matter who we play, and no matter what the adversity may be looking like right now,� Moore said. “No matter what our record looks like I feel like we will always be playing for something.�
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BOXINGWEEKEND
Rock’em sock’em This past weekend, fraternity members laced up their gloves and put on their game faces for the annual Ace Miller Memorial Boxing Tournament. Sixty-five amateur boxers competed from 11 fraternities to claim victory in their weight bracket and raise money for the Golden Gloves of America, Inc.- Knoxville Chapter.
Eleven fraternities competed this weekend in the Ace Miller Memorial Boxing Tournament at the Knoxville Expo Center. All photos by Akshata Dusa • The Daily Beacon
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Lady Vols easily defeat Georgia on senior night Jonathan Toye
Sports Editor Bashaara Graves lingered on the court moments after the final horn sounded to share an embrace with her teammates. Shortly afterwards, a collection of Tennessee fans gave her a standing ovation as she jogged off her home court for the final time as a player. It’s been a disappointing senior season for Graves. Tennessee has fallen short of living up to preseason expectations and has broken the school record for most losses in a season. But there was nothing disappointing about the way Graves and her teammates played on Sunday. Tennessee led by as many as 25 in an almost wire-to-wire 80-60 victory against Georgia on senior day at Thompson-Boling Arena before a crowd of 12,466 for over 38 minutes. “We just had great effort and stayed focused,” Tennessee coach Holly Warlick said. “I am just really proud of all these kids and the time they put in. They played really well together and when we do that and we have the talent that we have, we are going to get the result that we got tonight.”
The Lady Vols enter the SEC Tournament next week in Jacksonville as the No. 7 seed and will play Arkansas on Thursday (TV: SEC Network, 6 p.m). “If we take the energy we played with (today) and bring it into the tournament, I think we can make things happen in the tournament,” Warlick said. Graves made things happen against Georgia. She secured her eighth doubledouble of the season in her final home game, scoring 12 points and snagging 10 rebounds. She scored 10 of her points in the opening five minutes to propel Tennessee to a 22-4 first quarter lead. Fellow senior Nia Moore added eight points and six rebounds. Senior Jasmine Jones, whose career at Tennessee has been hampered by injuries, entered in the final seconds to celebrate the victory. Diamond DeShields, after going scoreless in two of the past three games, scored a game-high 22 points. Te’a Cooper poured in 21 on 10-of-14 shooting. The result was quite different the previous two. Tennessee (17-12, 8-8 SEC) entered the game against Georgia (21-8, 9-7) on a two-game losing streak to two of the worst teams in the SEC (LSU and Alabama).
But the problems that plagued the Lady Vols in the past two losses were absent on Sunday. The main problem present in all Lady Vols’ losses has been a lack of energy. There was no shortage of energy on Sunday. The Lady Vols scored their highest point total in SEC play and held their first doubledigit lead since their win against Vanderbilt on Feb. 11. They outrebounded the Lady Bulldogs 44 to 31 and scored 16 secondchance points. The Lady Vols also increased their intensity on defense. They forced 22 turnovers, which led to easy baskets on the other end. “I think we all just needed to wake up and go back to playing basketball and having fun,” Cooper said. “We knew this was senior night and Bashaara, Nia (Moore), and Jasmine (Jones) mean a lot to us and we just played for them.” The Lady Vols were at their best in the first quarter. After Georgia scored the first basket to take its only lead of the game, Tennessee responded with a 10-0 run. Andraya Carter forced a steal and tossed an outlet pass to DeShields, who scored a layup on the other end to end the first quarter. Georgia never got closer than 13 after the first quarter.
“We were just out there attacking and playing defense,” Graves said. “We were just out there having fun. You could tell we were bringing energy and getting energy from the fans. It was awesome. “We have been kind of stressed out and stressing ourselves out just because we know what we can do and what we are capable of and we haven’t been living up to those expectations. Today just going in, we knew that if we went out there and brought the energy and had fun just playing basketball we would do great.” Tennessee held a comfortable lead for the remaining three quarters. The Lady Vols led by 16 at halftime and by 17 after the third quarter. After Graves attacked the paint in the first quarter, Cooper and DeShields consistently beat their defender off the dribble to create easy shots in the last three quarters. All three were smiling after the game, as the Lady Vols gave Graves and the rest of her senior class a victory in their final home game. “I can’t say enough about Bashaara’s career here,” Warlick said. “You’re talking about an undersized post player who has a big heart. She is an example of what a Lady Vol should be.”
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Questions surround Lady Vols as they enter SEC Tournament Trenton Duffer Copy Editor
As the Lady Vols head into the SEC Tournament this week, a slew of questions floats around the team. Which Lady Vols team will show up in Jacksonville? Will it be the Lady Vols that lost two straight games to LSU and Alabama — teams that have a combined seven conference wins? Or will it be the Lady Vols that beat No. 7 Oregon State 53-50 on the road in December and crushed the conference’s fourth place Georgia Lady Bulldogs 80-60 on Sunday? Will the team even make the NCAA Tournament? All questions that won’t be known until later this week. With the Lady Vols’ season being so up and down, Georgia head coach Joni Taylor admitted after the game that the Lady Bulldogs (218, 9-7 SEC) prepared for the Lady Vols team that played well this year and not the team that struggled against LSU and Alabama.
“We were fully prepared for them to look the way they did today,” Taylor said. “Tennessee’s an extremely talented team.” Dancing solo?: Whatever beast decides to show its face in Florida this week, the team’s season overall has been the worst season record-wise in franchise history. Tennessee’s 12 losses are not only its combined number of losses over the past two seasons, but also are the most losses in a single season in program history. Even the team’s ticket to the NCAA Tournament isn’t punched yet, as head coach Holly Warlick’s squad remains on the bubble for the Big Dance. It’s hard to imagine a Lady Vol-less NCAA Tournament – mainly because it’s never happened. Since 1982, when the tournament began, Tennessee has been in every single NCAA Tournament. What’s even more impressive is the fact that the lowest seed the Lady Vols ever earned is a No. 5 seed in 2009. As of this weekend, many bracketology experts have the Lady Vols squeezing into an eight or a nine seed in the Big Dance. This is thanks to the team’s four wins over top-50
schools and the No. 1 strength of schedule in women’s basketball. But a slip-up in the SEC Tournament could boot the team right out of the tournament and into the danger zone. Warlick, though, remained ever vigilant after the team’s win on Sunday, admitting that she thinks her team is good enough to be a part of the NCAA Tournament. “I coach a team that I know have a lot left in us,” Warlick said. “Our focus is going to be the SEC Tournament and whoever we play on Thursday.” Starting five shakeup: To go along with their 12 losses, the Lady Vols (17-12, 8-8) have used 12 different starting lineups this year. Sunday’s starting five didn’t feature Te’a Cooper or Andraya Carter. One, if not both, of these ladies have been in every lineup this season. The team’s fifth different lineup has shown to be the most used this year. The five consist of Bashaara Graves, Jaime Nared, Mercedes Russell, Carter and Diamond DeShields. The Lady Vols are 3-5 this season when using that lineup.
DeShields saw her first start since Jan. 25 on Sunday. DeShields is coming off a loss against Alabama where she scored zero points on 0-7 shooting. Warlick explained that the team “needed a change” on Sunday. “We all had an awful game against Alabama, but (DeShields) had two solid, solid practices,” Warlick said. “I talk a lot about people who practice hard, and she practiced hard the last two days. I feel that she needed that opportunity, and I think starting helped her get going early. The team’s ninth different lineup of Nared, Russell, Jordan Reynolds, Cooper and Carter has the best record at 3-1. Up Next: The Lady Vols clinched the No. 7 seed in the SEC Tournament after Auburn lost to Florida on Sunday. Therefore, the Lady Vols will go up against Arkansas on Thursday at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast on the SEC Network. The Lady Vols went 1-1 against Arkansas this year, winning in Knoxville 75-57 on Feb. 4 and losing in Fayetteville 64-59 on Jan. 14.
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Notebook: Hubbs, Punter sit out loss to Arkansas Taylor White
Asst. Sports Editor When Rick Barnes was asked about Robert Hubbs’s knee after the Vols lost at South Carolina on Wednesday, the coach played it off, saying he wasn’t going to play whether he was healthy or not due to a lackluster performance. On Saturday, the junior was dressed and went through pre-game warm-ups before eventually sitting out all of Tennessee’s 75-65 loss to Arkansas in Thompson-Boling Arena. After the game, Barnes wasn’t impressed by the Newbern native’s stint on the bench. “I don’t know,” Barnes said. “He says something is wrong with his knee. I didn’t expect him to play at all, just the way he walks around, I didn’t expect him at all. I’ve learned not to have any great expectations there.” After a torrential start to the year, Hubbs battled knee problems early in the season, missing back-to-back games in December. Since then, his production has been up-and-down and Barnes has taken every opportunity with reporters to remind the former five-star prospect how much room he has to improve. He had scored just six total points in the previous two games before exploding for 19 in a win last Saturday against LSU. Then on Wednesday he was back down, scoring three points in the first half before being put on the bench due to injury or lack of production, or a combination of the two. The more noticeable player missing from Tennessee’s (13-16, 6-10 SEC) loss to the Razorbacks (15-14, 8-8) was Kevin Punter. The team’s leading scorer sat out his third consecutive game with a stress fracture in his right foot, and his 22.2 points per game were sorely missed. Barnes has called the senior “day-to-day” over the last week, and reiterated after the game that Punter would be on the court if at all possible. “If he could play today then he would,” Barnes said. “If it were up to him then he would probably play today. He doesn’t have the full range of
Guard Shembari Phillips #25 scored 12 points in a 75-65 loss to Arkansas at ThompsonBoling Arena Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon/ Tennessee Athletics motion with what he’s doing, but he’s a kid that if he could just help in anyway, he would do it. “He just wants to do whatever he can, but we’re not going to let him do something that’s not going to help him going forward and we’re not going to put him a situation where he wouldn’t be successful. He would play on one foot if we would let them.” Veterans stepping up: Barnes has said throughout the season that the Vols’ other players need to help take the weight off of Punter’s shoulders. Now that Punter has been forced to the sideline, attention has turned to Armani Moore. The senior scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to complete his sixth double-double of the season. He added five assists, but could have been flirting with a triple-double if his teammates had converted shots he set up. “I know it’s a lot (on my shoulders),” Moore said. “Especially with a lot of guys being out, I
just have to come out and be a leader like I’m expected to do anyways. This was a tough one tonight, but we just have to focus on coming back in the next game.” Moore was able to get to the basket throughout the game, finding open players for easy shots, but on several occasions his teammates just couldn’t finish the play. “We had a couple of opportunities where we just turned the ball over because guys weren’t ready to catch the ball,” Barnes said. “Armani found Kyle (Alexander) and he wasn’t even ready. He just lost the ball.” Two names Barnes mentioned were Devon Baulkman and Detrick Mostella, two capable scorers who couldn’t find a rhythm on Saturday night. Both players were 1-of-6 from behind the 3-point line, and the majority of those shots were clean looks. Those looks just didn’t fall, and other guys weren’t able to take some of that pressure off of
Moore’s shoulders. “I think tonight, a lot of guys were just thinking about it too much,” Moore said. “I was telling them, y’all have to just shoot the ball. You’re know as shooters, that’s what you do … I think those guys did a great job taking some of the shots that they took, but we just have to be ready for the next game.” Outside the box score: Armani Moore became the 38th UT player to log at least 10 doubledoubles in his career. By the numbers: 9: Tennessee out-rebounded the Razorbacks 42-33, as its record falls to 9-3 in games that the Vols have out-rebounded their opponent. 5: The Vols had five players log at least 25 minutes in the game, and only played eight players compared to 10 for Arkansas. 59.1: Tennessee allowed Arkansas to shoot 59.1 percent from the field in the second half, and 50 percent from beyond the 3-point line.