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THE DAILY BEACON STAFF EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief: Alex Holcomb Managing Editor: Rob Harvey Chief Copy Editor: Olivia Leftwich Engagement Editor: Alec Apostoaei News Editor: Annie Tieu Asst. News Editor: Kylie Hubbard Sports Editor: Tyler Wombles Asst. Sports Editor: Damichael Cole Arts & Culture Editor: Neeley Moore Digital Producer: Mary Hallie Sterling Asst. Digital Producer: Leann Daniel Opinons Editor: Jarrod Nelson Special Projects Editor: Jenna Butz Photo Editors: Emily Gowder, Adrien Terricabras Design Editors: Laurel Cooper, Lauren Mayo Production Artists: Kelly Alley, Grace Atter, Mia Haq, Kyla Johnson, Caroline Littel
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New vice chancellor looks to future, research Heiler Meek
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UT’s newest vice chancellor for research already has “some Big Orange in his heart.” Appointed by Chancellor Beverly Davenport, Victor McCrary will begin serving in the position on March 5, 2018. “When I got the call, I have to tell you, I was shocked,” McCrary said. “The ability to be able to come here to work with students to continue on with undergraduate research and do some things here to build our research enterprise is really exciting.” McCrary currently serves as vice president for research and economic development at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. As an undergraduate, McCrary earned his degree in chemistry from the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. McCrary received his doctorate in physical chemistry at Howard University. McCrary has held administrative positions with research and scientific development company AT&T Bell Labs, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory. Conrad Plaut, professor and head of UT’s mathematics department, said McCrary’s impressive background adds to his qualifications for the position. “It’s really important for us to have (someone who is) an accomplished researcher as well as a good administrator,” Plaut said. “I think a lot
of students don’t realize that about half of what their professors do is research, in addition to teaching, and it’s important to have good people in the Office of Research to support us in our efforts.” At UT, McCrary hopes to be a catalyst for new ideas among faculty, undergraduate and graduate students and said he wants to transform UT into a “premier research institution.” “Premier means being a cut above,” McCrary said. “Premier means that at all levels of the DNA in this institution, we have research, down to the undergraduate level.” To do this, McCrary said he planned to take a hands-on approach to connecting with undergraduates and encouraging their research endeavors. Erin Chapin, director of UT research communications, said former vice chancellors of research have even gotten involved with the research on UT’s campus themselves. “Historically, the vice chancellor participates in things like Research Week, EUR CA (Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement) and various other undergraduate research events throughout the year,” Chapin said. “It’s been a way for research to really be embedded in the process at the university, starting with that younger generation.” McCrary said he also wishes to resolve an answer to what he called “the question of lifelong learning.” He said he would like to focus on resources for those that work in STEM and non-STEM research fields without a four-year degree. The end goal would be individuals that would thrive by current educational systems.
Courtesy of Erin Chapin With research through university outreach events, McCrary wants to engage with the Knoxville community to help foster the love for research. In the end, McCrary said all research is equally important and vital to human understanding and UT. “Whether it’s curiosity-inspired, ‘I’ve just got to know,’ or whether it’s user-inspired, ‘We’ve got to solve a problem,’” McCrary said. “We’ve got to do that kind of research to make things happen.”
Argentine tango club seeks to promote culture to students Natalia Capella Staff Writer
For UT’s Vol Tango student organization, there’s a strong love for dancing a special type of tango. In spring 2014, Caroline Rempe, founder and first president of Vol Tango, realized UT needed a successful student tango club like those that many universities already had made available to their communities. Argentine tango is a social dance with characteristic dance elements, like types of embraces, walks and figures. Professor in the entomology and plant pathology department and Vol Tango advisor Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes equated it to an improvised conversation rather than a prepared speech. Although there are certain patterns of movement, the dance is largely improvised and is determined by the lead dancer. Because of these unique aspects of Argentine tango, the dancers must hone different skills and focus on their partners.
“It (Argentine tango) requires more body selfawareness and expressiveness,” Jurat-Fuentes said. “The energy in social Argentine tango is more focused on the partner, the music and the rest of the couples sharing the dance floor with you.” The physical and social nature of Argentine tango pushes its dancers to further their emotional, physical and social developments. The dance has even been used by some for mental and physical therapy. Nevertheless, despite the intimacy required, the Argentine tango maintains every dancer’s comfort and deserved respect. “(They) promote utmost respect and generosity among all the tango dancers in a social dance,” Jurat-Fuentes said. Participants are also able to gain self-confidence and poise while learning within a supportive environment. Jurat-Fuentes said these benefits, in turn, help the UT community. “As an advisor, I think that students who are confident in their abilities and who have a sense of community are more successful and contribute to a healthier campus at (UT),” JuratFuentes said.
Mateos Hayes, sophomore in history and philosophy, said the club allowed him to get involved on campus and meet new people. “This society provides a social atmosphere for interaction with students and other people in the surrounding community and is a great way to come together and learn about aspects of different cultures and interact with each other,” Hayes said. “For me, it was really helpful to adjust to life here on campus. It was a place where I met a lot of good friends.” The weekly classes host instructors from the U.S., Canada and Argentina. Along with practices, the organization participates in social dances — milongas — as well as coordinated events with the Knoxville Argentine Tango Society (KATS) to cultivate student wellbeing, cultural awareness and diversity. “I think (students) value the friendly environment, learning about a different culture, learning to dance and sharing tango with others,” JuratFuentes said. Interested students can attend Vol Tango’s meetings on Mondays from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Hollingsworth Auditorium located on the Agriculture Campus.
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‘Troublesome’ flu season expected to extend Kylie Hubbard
Asst. News Editor The flu is sweeping across the nation and across UT’s campus. Beginning in October, this year’s flu season has caused 53 pediatric deaths, and 48 states and Puerto Rico have reported widespread influenza. At the start of February, Oregon and Hawaii were the only states to report low flurelated activity levels. “The flu season this year has been particularly troublesome nationwide,” Spencer Gregg, Student Health Center director, said. “As with most of the country, in the state of Tennessee, we have been seeing issues with both influenza and influenza-like illnesses (ILI).” Gregg said that in the month of January alone, 196 patients have been tested for influenza, with 66 positive results. Reflecting on the past month, Gregg said January saw a 33 percent increase in demand for influenza and ILI testing and care, and this trend is “reflective of what is happening across the country.” The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has tracked flu seasons since 2010, and the most troubling strain of flu has proven to be H3N2, Wellness Coordinator for the Center for Health
Education and Wellness Billie Amatus-Salaam said. Based on certain patterns between years, the CDC creates a flu vaccine for the strain or strains they believe will be the most prevalent. The vaccine this year seems to be less preventative than vaccines in the past, which Amatus-Salaam said could be because of an H3N2 strain. However, it is still too early for the CDC to be certain. Charlee Ownby, junior in English who currently has the illness, said she knew she had the flu when her body showed signs of severe pain. “I knew I had the flu when my entire spine and legs were on fire, especially my lower back, and I was running a fever and feeling extremely nauseous,” Ownby said. “I couldn’t even sit through one 75-minute class without having to get up and leave because it was too painful to sit up in a plastic chair.” Body aches and fever are just two symptoms of the flu. Gregg said other symptoms can include coughs, sore throats, runny or stuffy noses, headaches, chills or fatigue. More isolated symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea. Amatus-Salaam said most of the symptoms associated with the flu are similar to those of a cold, but the flu will impact those infected much more severely. “Generally speaking, if you have a cold, you can still get up and go about your day,” Amatus-
Salaam said. “Whereas the flu tends to knock people out. So you might wake up one morning and kind of feel like you’ve been hit by a truck.” The flu has made Ownby feel as though she has been awake for more than 24 hours. “Your whole body is exhausted and sore. You don’t feel like yourself, and you just want to curl up in bed for days,” Ownby said. Amatus-Salaam said there are some conventional ways to prevent getting the flu, including washing your hands, not touching your face often, cleaning common surfaces and frequently washing dishes. These techniques are especially important if a roommate, friend or significant other contracts the flu. Ownby said that anyone that gets the flu should consider staying at home to rest for at least 48 to 72 hours while drinking water and Gatorade and also eating soup or foods of the same thin consistency. “It can get so boring, but your body needs rest, especially when your immune system has been compromised so much,” Ownby said. In relation to other flu seasons, the CDC has warned that 2018’s peak flu season could last up to an additional 12 weeks. Gregg said that, on UT’s campus, January and February have historically been peak flu months, but this could easily extend into March and April. “If you’re thinking, ‘Flu season will be over; I
Emily Gowder / The Daily Beacon don’t really need one (a flu shot),’ I would suggest going and getting one just in case,” AmatusSalaam said. The UT Pharmacy, which can be found on the first floor of the Student Health Center, provides flu shots for students and can work with private insurance companies to cover vaccine fees. Places such as Walgreens, CVS and Kroger’s The Little Clinic also offer free flu vaccines under certain insurances.
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The Phoenix magazine
Emily Lewellyn Staff Writer
For decades, The Phoenix has curated the literary voice of UT. After a long legacy, the magazine is arriving upon the deadline of submissions for the last in-print hard copy publication. UT’s literary and arts magazine accepts work from students each semester, selecting pieces to compile into an appealing booklet. The Phoenix seeks to reflect the attitudes, trends and cultures from the student body and has done so since 1959. In doing so, it has inadvertently became a cataloged source for the changes in thoughts and interpretations UT students have had over the decades. Michaela Roach, editor-in-chief of The Phoenix, explained how the magazine began. Originally, the magazine started as a literary supplement to The Tennessean. “Originally we were just like a smaller newspaper in a newspaper that people could take out,” Roach said. “People kept submitting, and then we started being The Phoenix, publishing three times a year, sometimes four. Sometimes they would do a summer edition, but it wasn’t really a consistent thing.” Roach has been with The Phoenix for two years. She began as a support staff member and took on the role of editor-in-chief in August 2016. The process of creating the magazine changes each semester from the design to the content. The magazine has varied, constantly growing in the type of work submitted and the way it is presented on page. “We’ve published in just about every way possible … We like playing with design,” Roach said. “We try to keep it a little interesting, so we’ve been focusing on getting different types of content. Last spring, we had someone who wrote in Japanese and translated and then translated again ... We’ve been able to really focus on outreach and diverse submissions.” Looking at an array of interesting publications that The Phoenix has created, there is a
no common pattern or theme. An issue from 2001 was printed on wax paper and bound. A white, detached piece of paper with a depiction of Sigmund Freud entitled “Freudian Slip” is used as a contrast behind the wax pages to view the words and artwork. In 2009, the magazine took the form of a folder. Poetry submissions were their own booklets, and each photograph of an art piece has its own individual fold-out page. “This is our third edition, from 1960, and this is where Cormac McCarthy was published when he came here,” Roach. “He had a two- to four-page short story called “The Drowning Incident.” That’s the only one he is in as far as we know. I don’t think he has anything in any other publication at UT as far as anyone can find.” Emme Marshall, a senior in creative writing with a focus in poetry, is the poetry editor for The Phoenix. For Marshall, her role is to recruit poets and encourage people to submit work. “People are either shy or not confident in their work, or they don’t feel as if they could be published somewhere, and I definitely think that’s false,” Marshall said. “So I try to talk to as many people as I can that write poetry on campus to convince them to submit. After that, I’ll edit it — I’ll take everything and pick what works best with the issue.” Working with the people and their poetry is Marshall’s highlight. Giving people a place to display their work is a job she loves. “As the poetry editor, this is my first position of being able to take other people’s work and put it in a place where it can be memorialized forever,” Marshall said. “For me, it’s a really big deal, it’s a really important job, and it’s a job that I love. I want to do it forever — I want to be able to give people a place where they can express themselves and put their ideas, what they love or what they hate or anything that they’re feeling.” When putting together the magazine for each semester, sometimes an overarching theme naturally emerges from the submissions for the semester.
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“Sometimes it’s not a concise or definite theme — it’s lucky if it is. It goes semester by semester, year by year,” Marshall said. “People are making art about different things that inspire them. It depends on what is happening in the world. The Phoenix is one of the most solid places on campus to represent what’s going on in people’s minds at the current moment.” Marshall’s takeaway from her work at the magazine is an enlightening one. Through her time at the Phoenix, she has learned to appreciate different forms of poetry and art. “Because before The Phoenix, I wasn’t necessarily reading all the different kinds of poetry that we get,” Marshall said. “I’ve learned to appreciate what there is to offer in the poetry world and the poetry community. When you’re just reading what you want to read, you’re not necessarily reading what you should read.” Roach explained the process of moving solely to a digitial format for all publications following the spring of 2018. “So we’re working on going fully digital now, which is a little scary to transition,” Roach said. “We’re mostly English people, so we’re like: Paper, books, write with pens. But we’re really looking forward to having the website in the sense that since we’re not going back and forth with printers, we can do rolling submissions
and features.” Some of the benefits of a digital format include more opportunities. The magazine will be more to date and active with an online format. Staff will be able to put original content out regularly and digital formats will have a place in The Phoenix. “We’re really excited about getting music submissions, multimedia short films, things like that. Roach said. “There are people who do concept, visual art that’s multimedia. They’re artists, but because they have work in that format we can’t print it. So we’re opening up whole new sections.” “We’re still going to have a place for people to share their art, just in a different medium.” Another change the Phoenix staff has decided upon is an open and casual hangout. In the future, an open mic night for any student wanting to share work will be scheduled. “We’re organizing a more casual open mic reading right now, so we’re trying to get the date settled for that,” Roach said. “That will be something where whether someone has submitted something or not, they’ll be able to come to that meeting and share their work.” The Phoenix is currently in their submission process for their last edition, which will continue until late February. When people get
accepted, the staff sets up an edit- ing process with them “People who are accepted for poetry and prose, they can come in, and they meet with our section editors oneon-one and talk a little bit about what’s working in the poem, what the strengths are, how they can play off of that,” Roach said. “And then people who are accepted for visual art, we give them an opportunity to bring their art in, and we’ll reshoot it in a studio with a background and good lighting. If we’re going to showcase their work, we want it to be represented well.” Final work will be presented at a showcase in April where all the artists bring in their physical artwork. People who submit prose and poetry have the option to read and can answer questions. The event will be on April 10 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
No.18 Vols go wire to wire in lopsided win over Rebels Cory Sanning,
Copy Editor Dating back to the beginning of SEC play, Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes has been strongly adamant that the Volunteers are a more effective team when all players are locked in. Hosting the Ole Miss Rebels on Saturday, the Vols left little doubt in front of another jampacked Thompson-Boling Arena. Sophomores Grant Williams and Lamonte Turner each scored 17 points and juniors Admiral Schofield and Kyle Alexander recorded 15 and 14 points respectively as Tennessee came away with a dominant 94-61 victory over the Rebels. Jordan Bowden tallied 10 points and five assists despite being 0-of-4 from three-point range as 11 players were able to put the ball in the basket. “We do think we have guys that can make shots,” Barnes said. “When everyone does what they do best, we’re at our best.” Bruce Stevens led Ole Miss with 16 points and six rebounds as the Rebels have now fallen to 4-6 in league play. The win gives UT a season-high five-game win streak and fourth consecutive conference
win, temporarily giving the Volunteers sole possession of second place in the SEC standings, something Barnes says doesn’t even make it to the whiteboard in the locker room. “We’ve never posted the standings, we don’t have them up on the board,” Barnes said. “We don’t talk about it. We just focus on what we can do to get better.” Five Vols finished in double figures on the night, including a 59-point second half in which Tennessee shot 71 percent from the floor. Now at 7-3 in the SEC coming off of three consecutive 20-point routs, the Volunteers have surely silenced their preseason critics heading into the season’s final stretch. Fastbreak, points off turnovers provide boost In basketball, turnovers can completely derail a team at any given moment. Allowing points off those can prove even more lethal. Overwhelmed by Tennessee’s swarming defensive effort, the Rebels turned the ball over 17 times. 11 of those turnovers came by way of a steal, and the Vols would make Ole Miss pay dearly for their miscues, scoring 23 points-offturnovers and holding a 9-0 advantage in fast break points. One of Barnes’s key focuses all year, he was quick to shoot down praise of his team’s defense
following the game. “We keep asking, ‘can we get better defensively?’ Because there’s nights when we won’t make these shots,” Barnes said. “We just want to see if we can get more consistent on that end.” Alexander steps up again One of the team’s elder statesmen, Alexander has long been heralded as a defense-first type of player, but if Saturday was any indication, he’s far more than that. Having scored just 122 points on the year, the 6’11 junior impacted the game on both ends of the floor on Saturday. In the first half alone, Alexander had eight points, six rebounds and a block in just 12 minutes. By the time the second half buzzer sounded, he had totaled six additional points to go along with six total rebounds and four total blocks. “I think Kyle did a lot of little things that don’t show up on the stat sheet,” Barnes said. “Everybody had a pretty good day, to be honest.” Turner feels that when Alexander is active, it completely changes the dynamic of their team. “When Kyle’s doing things like that, it always helps us guards out,” Turner said. “You always want to know that someone has your back if you get beat.”
Grant Williams, #2, during the game against Ole Miss at Thompson-Boling Arena on Feb 3, 2018. Caleb Jones / Contributor
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WOMEN’S TENNIS
Momentum continues for Lady Vols in doubleheader wins Quinton Douglas Contributor
The Tennessee women’s tennis team was back in action on Friday, looking to improve on an already-impressive start to the season. Coming in with a 4-0 record after dominating wins against Memphis and ETSU, the Lady Vols faced off against in-state opponent UT Martin at the Goodfriend Tennis Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, in a doubleheader. Tennessee cruised past the Skyhawks, besting them 4-0 to go to 6-0 on the year. “I was incredibly proud for the way the girls came out during the second match today,” head coach Alison Ojeda said. “There’s a lot to learn from a doubleheader. In my opinion, I didn’t feel like we executed very well in doubles the first time around. I give credit to UT Martin. They did a heck of a job. They were all over the net and took it to us on first serves and volleys. “I don’t think we responded well during the match, but we were able to make some adjustments afterwards. To our team’s credit, they did a fantastic job. We were a completely different team the second time around.”
The Lady Vols came out firing from the first serve. The doubles team of Ariadna Riley and Kaitlin Staines defeated Jumamukhambetova/ Potter 6-2 to put the Vols up 1-0. Shortly after, the team of Tenika McGiffin and Elizabeth Profit picked up a 6-3 victory over Sakurai/Streif for the Lady Vols’ second point. In singles action, Gabby Schuck cruised to a third win for the Lady Vols with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Julie Strief. On Court 4, Johanna Silva also kept her opponent, Amelia Campbell, scoreless 6-0, 6-0. To seal the match for the Lady Vols, Kaitlin Staines defeated Mizuki Sakurai, 6-2,6-0. In the second match, both teams agreed to play out six singles courts. Tennessee won the doubles point and then completed the sweep by gaining victories on all six courts for a 4-0 win and its third shutout of the season. On Court 2, Staines and Riley defeated the doubles team of Campbell/Plantada 6-0. Schuck and Silva beat the team of Burak/Geut convincingly, 6-0. In singles, Elizabeth Profit, Ariadna Riley, Johanna Silva, Gabby Schuck, Tenika McGiffin and Chelsea Sawyer all defeated their opponents handily. “Everyone on the team is stepping up and playing solid tennis,” Ojeda said. “Everyone
Ariadna Riley and Elizabeth Profit after her match against UT Martin at Goodfriend Tennis Center on Feb 2, 2018. Caleb Jones / Contributor is stepping up and helping out, and that’s not always the case for teams. We have a squad of eight players who are ready to compete and push each other in practice. The next thing you know, you start getting better.” The next nine matches for the Lady Vols
will be played away from Knoxville. That road stretch begins next Friday, when the Lady Vols take on Cleveland State and Akron in a doubleheader before going back on the road to face Indiana on Sunday.