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Currie returns to good ‘ole Rocky Top John Currie ready to lead UT athletics despite critical fan base Trenton Duffer Sports Editor Within moments of the announcement of John Currie’s hiring as the new athletic director at the University of Tennessee, Vol fans made it known exactly how they felt about the new hire. Whether it was Twitter, Facebook, radio shows or hand-written letters, Currie’s reappearance in Knoxville left certain fans of the program disgruntled. But Currie welcomes the opinions – even the
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critical ones. “We’d always rather have passion, regardless of whether it’s up or down that day, than apathy and people that don’t care,” Currie said in his introductory program on Thursday, March 2. Currie should be used to that “passion.” After working as assistant athletics director at Wake Forest in 1998 and 1999, Currie returned to UT in 2000 as the assistant athletics director for development and was later promoted to associate athletics director for development in 2002. However, Currie got off to a fast and successful start while working at UT. While providing
oversight for the men’s basketball program, Currie was in direct management of fundraising, marketing, ticketing, media and public relations and the internet and broadcast offices, all of which raked in $84 million a year in revenue and gifts. In 2006, he helped secure a $50 million gift to the university for academic and athletic needs, the largest individual monetary gift in Tennessee history. Giving to the athletic program at Tennessee more than doubled while Currie was here, going from $19.5 million in 2003 to $41.6 million in 2008. Currie also helped mastermind the $200 million plan to make renovations to Neyland Stadium and helped implement new student season-ticket football sales in 2008. In 2004, regular-season football sales implemented by Currie helped the Vols to a single-game attendance record of 109,061. Renovations to multiple athletic buildings at UT were also due largely in part to Currie’s
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leadership. Spearheading the construction project of the Pratt Pavilion basketball practice facility and the $36 million renovation to Thompson-Boling Arena, Currie implemented revenue models to fund both of the projects without any outside funding from state or local government, university-derived support or tax dollars. Individual-named gifts that included the $4 million aquatic center, $2 million softball stadium, $1.5 million soccer stadium and $2 million baseball renovations were also received while Currie was at UT. The Day Golf Practice Facility was also planned in Currie’s last year. But in 2009, Currie left Tennessee to become the new director of athletics at Kansas State University. The hiring of Currie almost came out of the blue, but it’s a decision that new UT chancellor, Beverly Davenport, is completely in favor of. See ATHLETIC DIRECTOR on Page 8
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Transmission to space failed, students remain optimistic Gabriela Szymanowska Staff Writer The sound of radio static filled the auditorium –– then, for a brief second, the voice of an astronaut breached the waves, only to disappear back into radio silence. On Wednesday, March 1, UT and students from three surrounding high schools were offered the chance to speak with astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). Unfortunately, they were only able to connect with the ISS for a brief moment. After winning NASA’s Amateur Radio contest and a year of preparation, the students coordinated with NASA and teamed up with The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation to contact the ISS using ham radios at 2:08 p.m. Students were preselected to ask Mission Commander Shane Kimbrough questions in a 10-minute window as the ISS did a flyby over Knoxville. Though radio contact was brief due to connection problems on the ISS, many
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I’m excited that we were able to get that smidge of contact. It wasn’t exactly what we were hoping for, but we still made some kind of contact, which is special in my eyes.”
students expressed their excitement for the contact that was made. “I’m excited that we were able to get that smidge of contact. It wasn’t exactly what we were hoping for, but we still made some kind of contact, which is special in my eyes. I feel like we disappointed the high school students, but at least we gave them the opportunity to come to the school and see what it’s about,” Nathan Webb, senior in physics and president of the Student Space Technology Association, said.
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Nathan Webb, senior in physics Among the high schoolers attending was Autymn Corum, a senior at L&N Stem Academy, who had been selected to ask the commander a question. “I’m a little bummed about it, obviously. It was cool –– the little bit that we got to see, though. I mean, I’m still glad I was able to participate in something like this,” Corum said. Though the connection with the ISS did not go as planned, the audience heard from Sean Lindsay, professor of astronomy and physics, during his lecture.
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The Jamaican sprinter may lose one of his gold medals after teammate Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance. When asked about his reaction, Bolt said he has, “no hard feelings,” towards Carter but is unsure how he’ll react once he sees him. If the medal is stripped, Bolt can no longer claim to have completed the “triple triple,” of nine successive Olympic sprint titles.
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Lindsay spoke about the origins of the first ISS, the Zarya module, and its launch on Nov. 20, 1998 and consequent orbit of 18 years, three months and nine days. The module has been livable for 16 years, three months and 27 days. However, he focused on the knowledge gained from experiments done on the station, such as the effects of microgravity on growing plants and on human life. Lindsay used UT alumnus Scott Kelly and the “Twin Studies” to explain the effects of space on humans. Effects such as his spine extending by two inches and his eyesight worsening due to the lack of gravity. Lindsay also spoke on how the outreach programs with the ISS (Amateur Radio being a prime example) can inspire new students. He concluded his presentation with images which had been taken from the ISS. “I’m still a little disappointed,” Skylar Jordan, sophomore in aerospace engineering and member of the Student Space Technology Association, said. “Everyone’s going to learn something. I think everybody here probably learned something already.”
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McDonald’s to expand business using mobile app McDonald’s announced that it plans to implement an app used for online orders and curbside pickup. Similar ordering apps have already been popularized by restaurant chains such as Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, Taco Bell and Chipotle. McDonald’s also plans on expanding its already popular delivery program in China and other international locations as well as bringing the program to the United States.
After revealing that Beyonce will not be headlining this year’s Coachella, the music festival has announced that Lady Gaga will take her place. Due to her pregnancy, Beyonce had to cancel her appearance, but she will be headlining in 2018 to make up for her absence this year. Coachella will take place the weekend of April 15 as well as the weekend of April 22.
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Talks with Russian Ambassador not revealed by Sessions Attorney General Jeff Sessions, while a Senator and advisor to then presidential candidate Donald Trump, spoke to the Russian ambassador twice, according to an unnamed source. These talks were not revealed by Sessions during his confirmation hearing prior to being appointed as attorney general, and Sessions said he had no “communications with Russia.”
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Hydeia Broadbent discusses HIV/ Study aids transparency in supply chain AIDS, dismisses misconceptions Libby Dayhuff Staff Report
Hydeia Broadbent, an HIV/AIDS awareness advocate, visited campus Tuesday, Feb. 28, to speak about 32 years of living with the virus. In 1984, Broadbent was abandoned at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas after being taken from her birth mother, who was an IV drug user and deemed an unfit parent. In 1987, after Broadbent had been adopted by Patricia and Loren Broadbent, she tested positive for HIV. Broadbent said her adoptive mother had to fight for her care from day one, with doctors telling the family she would not live past five. Broadbent said she became a “human guinea pig” for the National Institute of Health. She began attending conferences and joined the fight to advocate and educate others on the realities of living with HIV. Soon, Broadbent was speaking on national TV on programs like Oprah. Broadbent claims it was the ignorance and stigma surrounding the virus that motivated her to speak out. She recalled moments such
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as when her kindergarten teacher sprayed her with bleach. Through her adoptive mother’s support, Broadbent said she found the strength to become her own advocate. “She protected me from ignorance,” Broadbent said. “She said there were two types of people in the world: ignorant people and stupid people. An ignorant person you can educate, but a stupid person you’re just going to have to let be stupid.” Because of her high profile as a young advocate when she entered high school, many of her peers already knew she had AIDS. She struggled daily with bullying and people who appeared to be afraid of her. Instead of reciprocating their resentment, Broadbent learned to respond with kindness in the hope of dispelling some of their fear. Broadbent went on to say that sexual education is not as educational as it should be; parents need to talk about sex with their children to get around the awkward stigma that surrounds it. “We have to come from a place of love and understanding, and that’s the best way to educate,” Broadbent said. “Nobody is going to advocate for your health like you are.”
The UT Global Supply Chain Institute has published a study providing businesses with feasible economic options to be more environmentally-friendly and promote integrity with their products. The study, “Creating a Transparent Supply Chain Best Practices,” is one of a series of papers published by the institute that focuses on vital areas of supply chain management. Included is research by supply chain professors John Bell and Diane Mollenkopf, both of which extensively study sustainability in supply chains. The study also features interviews with executives of multiple business corporations. The study combines two major components to create a list of business practices that allow transparency for consumers and better communication of details pertaining to a product and its origin. The study concluded that businesses must embrace sustainability to improve its supply chain. The second is to develop a culture of transparency, and the third is to partner with established sustainable suppliers. The fourth is to ensure products can be easily traced back through the supply chain. The fifth is to find the transparency “sweet spot,” meaning to find a
balance between the safety and potential danger of a product. “The important thing is not that things are good or bad. It’s the context in which you are in, you have to be able to communicate with consumers that every chemical you have can be dangerous if you have too much of it,” Associate Director of the Global Supply Chain Institute Mike Burnette said. The last practice is to “dance with experts,” meaning to conduct research before employing partners and ensuring they are prioritizing sustainability. While the study’s main audience consists of the businesses partnered with the Global Supply Chain Institute, supply chain students will also find it very beneficial. “I use these as some of our readings that we then have discussion in class on, so students get exposed to this,” Diane Mollenkopf, a co-author of the study, said. However, anyone interested in learning about the topic of transparency is encouraged to read the report on the Global Supply Chain Institute’s website. “I think that these concepts in here … are really applied to the supply system, but they can be applied to more than just that. You can apply them to different aspects of your life,” Burnette said.
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The Growlers: Complete with strangeness, delights
Rrita Hashani
Photographer The slinky synths, popping bass lines and singer Brooks Nielsen’s psychedelic vocals kept the crowd happy and dancing, while the Growlers’ weird gimmicks and awkward dancing enthralled those in attendance for their performance on Wednesday night. This was my third time seeing the Growlers, and it seemed to be enjoyable for everyone in attendance, including the band themselves. However, the crowd seemed unusually small, but each person was still bouncing and swaying nonetheless. No one was in the mood to mosh, although there were many –– and I mean many –– passionate attempts by the guys near me. Although Nielsen rolled in on a hoverboard, he transported the audience to the past with the Growlers’ fun, ‘60s-style songs such as “Pet Shop Eyes.” The weirdness continued with Nielsen putting on his hat and jacket and leaving mid-song, letting the spotlight fall on his guitarist, who sang with the microphone set on a high-pitch. Odd antics like this kept the crowd enthused during the whole of the two-hour set. Their set list kept the audience swaying and bopping with their older surf rock hits and their newer synth jams. Ex-Gold, the opener and a local band from Knoxville, introduced the abnormally high amount of strangeness Wednesday night. With loud punk rock anthems, the singer Chris Rusk
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came out shirtless in a ski-mask and kissed his fellow bandmates. The band was a fun, loud mess that had everyone head-banging. While many of the crowd members came for softer psychedelic sounds, the audience was still energized for the appearance of the local band. The Growlers released their first album, “Are You In or Out?” in 2009 and have released four more since then. The most recent, “City Club,” was produced by The Strokes front man Julian Casablancas on his label, Cult Records. The band’s move from the Beach Goth label to Cult Records is telling in their music. They began as a surf, garage rock band, inventing the genre “beach goth,” and matured into a funky rock band with a lot less reverb, resulting in wonderful success.
UT Downtown Gallery to feature films Staff Report
Every first Friday of the month, numerous events take place throughout downtown Knoxville to celebrate art, whether it be paintings, sculptures, photography or film. This Friday, March 3, the UT Downtown Gallery will present “Open Ended: Films by Kevin Jerome Everson” from 5-9 p.m. The films focus on working-class African Americans and the gestures and daily tasks that are influenced by the conditions in which they live and work. Everson works to abstract everyday life and combines moments that are scripted with documentary elements, giving the daily gestures and speeches of regular people a theatrical quality that defamiliar-
izes their actions and words. Through this technique, Everson hopes to highlight both the relentlessness and the beauty of everyday life, especially for African Americans. Everson has a BFA from the University of Akron and a MFA from Ohio University, and he is currently an associate professor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. His films have been screened at numerous film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival and the AFI Film Festival. His other artwork has been featured in New York’s Museum of Modern Art and multiple other art institutions. Trailers for all his films can be found at http://people.virginia.edu/~ke5d/films. htm. The UT Downtown Gallery is located at 106 South Gay St., and the event is free to the public.
The Growlers entertains fans at The Mill and Mine with their funky music. All photos by Laura Altawil • The Daily Beacon
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Quidditch tournament flies into Knoxville Eric Bailes
Staff Writer While most people know quidditch as Harry Potter’s favorite sport, some might be surprised to know that Muggles at UT play it, too –– in fact, some of them love it almost as much as Harry Potter himself. This weekend the UT Quidditch Club will host The Rocky Top Rumble, Knoxville’s first quidditch tournament. Five teams total will duke it out to become the victor. Since magical broomsticks and quidditch supplies are not available at the Muggle institution of UT, PVC pipes, volleyballs, dodgeballs and a person in yellow take the place of brooms, quaffles, bludgers and the golden snitch, respectively. Comparable to basketball, dodgeball and some aspects of rugby, quidditch falls in line with other full-contact sports, which means that players must be fit and trained to work as a team. Knoxville teams include the UT Quidditch Club (also known as the Time Turners) and Nox Quidditch, a Knoxville-based community team. Out-of-town competitors include: inTENNsity, a Cookeville-based community team; the Blue Thestrals from MTSU; and Lions’ Quidditch from the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. To play in the tournament, teams had to fill out an interest form before being invited. As most teams in the region keep in touch with each other, the Time Turners’ coach Caleb Heffner said finding participants was not difficult. After this process, Heffner communicated with the interested teams and worked out all the logistical tasks associated with hosting a tournament, such as setting up a schedule, gameplay and determining the awards, which will include a first place and sportsmanship award. The idea of a quidditch team at UT originated from club founder Karissa Kirsch, who started the club three years ago. Previously known as the Time Turners, the team had to rename itself to the Quidditch Club because it has recently become officially recognized as a sport by RecSports. Even though the team has only been around for a short time, the general consensus from team members is that this tournament has been a long time coming. “This whole thing has been a team effort,” Darcy Phinney, president of the team, said. Phinney claims the idea for a tournament came about last semester as they worked to improve the organizational structure of the club. Eventually, she realized that the team had the ability to set up a tournament in the spring semester. Phinney applauds the whole team for helping set it up, especially the executive board. Megan McCarty, a sophomore in animal science and chaser, is excited to be able to host
(Top) Members of the UT Quidditch Team pose for a group photo. (Bottom) Members of the UT Quidditch Team walk the field in spring of 2016. • Both photos courtesy of UT Quidditch Team UT’s first Quidditch tournament. “Hosting a tournament has been a goal for not only our founder, Karissa, but also the rest of the executive board,” McCarty said. “We have been to many tournaments as a team; and, while they’re fun, I suppose hosting one is a different kind of fun on it’s own.” Despite how ridiculous a Muggle version of quidditch might sound, the players are serious about it. Stories of broken bones, concussions and long chases after the snitch are readily told. However, like most sports that struggle to establish legitimacy, Heffner said he is most excited to show the Knoxville area that quidditch is a real sport. “It’s more than just nerds running around cosplaying,” Heffner said. While various members admitted to being “Harry Potter nerds,” the one commonly repeated phrase was that, “quidditch is definitely a sport for us.” The tournament, as the first of its kind in the area, will allow the competing teams to introduce a new way for people to be active. Rocky Top Rumble will start on Saturday, March 4, at 8 a.m. and go until 5 p.m. It will be held at RecSports Fields on Sutherland Avenue. It is a family-friendly event and spectators can come and go as they please. There is no fee for admission.
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Defense a concern for Vols
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If there were any questions on what the Tennessee men’s basketball team had to do to make the NCAA tournament, they were answered Wednesday night in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Vols lost 92-82 to LSU on Wednesday night, causing them to drop to a 15-15 record for the year. If that loss wasn’t bad enough, LSU had only nine wins on the season and a 15-game losing streak dating back to Jan. 4. In the game, defense was the big issue for the Vols as they gave up 92 points to a team who averaged a measly 75 points per game. “From our end, just very disappointing in the way that we defended tonight,� head coach Rick Barnes said after the loss. “We knew they had the ability to score a lot of points, and we didn’t defend. Even in the first half, we had the lead, and we didn’t feel like we had guarded the way we wanted to guard.� Freshman Grant Williams was the bright spot for the Vols in the game as he totaled a double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds. However, despite his effort, the defense never showed up for the Vols and it cost them. “Our defense let us down both halves,� Williams said. “We let them create transition points on offense. On defense, we just didn’t guard them whatsoever. They blew by us, shot over us, and we had our hands
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The Daily Beacon • Friday, March 3, 2017
BASEBALL
Baseball prepping for home-opening series Damichael Cole Contributor After seven games away from Knoxville, the baseball team will be returning to Lindsey Nelson Stadium this weekend, as they prepare for a three-game home opening series against the Norfolk State Spartans. The Vols are off to a 6-1 start and will be coming off a long two-week road trip. In the first week of competition, the Vols took two out of three in Memphis against the Tigers. Then, the Vols went to the West Coast to participate in the Tony Gwynn Classic. The team went undefeated in the tournament but had a second-place finish due to a smaller run differential than the co-host team, the University of San Diego. Freshmen Justin Ammons and Pete Derkay both made the all-tournament team with Ammons becoming the first Vol since 2009 to receive SEC Freshman of the Week. Ammons hit .471 with a team-leading five doubles over the four games in California. With the wins in California, the Vols are coming off a five-game winning streak and are now looking for the team’s best start since a 31-win campaign in 2014. In each of the five wins, the team has scored eight or more runs. The offense has been strong to this point, but the strength of this team may end up being pitching. The pitching staff has a lot of depth this season with much of it yet to be released. Right
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR continued from Page 1 “This really was a time, an effort and a common goal, from the beginning, to find the best person for Tennessee, and we truly believe we found someone who meets all of those criteria that we were looking for,” Davenport said. Davenport added that her first impression of Currie was that he was “honest, transparent and high energy” and that he has a “strong history” with UT. “He thrived in that role,” Davenport said. “When John picked me up at the airport, he had – in his front seat – the state of Tennessee and what does it say? ‘I will give my all for Tennessee today.’ So today, and always, we are going to give all for Tennessee. “He served me out of a Tennessee glass, he had orange all over his house, and I said, ‘Wow, this guy really loves Tennessee,’ and it reassured me that we had found the right person.” While at Kansas State, Currie had multitudes of success in the financing department. In
now, Hunter Martin, Will Neely and Zach Warren will get the nods this weekend, but there are opinions galore. Garrett Stallings and Zach Linginfelter have proven to head coach Dave Serrano that they’re SEC caliber starting pitchers. Not to mention, the team will also receive a boost once Kyle Serrano and Jacob Westphal return. Despite the depth, the pitching staff hasn’t gotten off to the best start, giving up 3.98 runs per game. However, this weekend could be encouraging for the pitching staff given that their opponent Norfolk State only averages 4.25 runs per game. “I don’t think we have pitched like we can pitch yet,” Dave Serrano said. “The pitching is what’s going to carry us throughout this whole year.” On the other hand, things have started to unravel for the Spartans. After starting the season with three consecutive wins, Norfolk State has sputtered to a five-game losing streak. This will be the first time as well that fans get to see the team play in Lindsey-Nelson since the stadium received some upgrades. The upgrades include a new scoreboard, new fencing and new MVP seats. It will also be interesting to see how the young team responds to playing at home. With 17 newcomers on the team this year, some youngsters may get the chance to play a prominent role in this weekend’s series. “I want to see how we adapt to playing in our own stadium now,” Dave Serrano said. “In years Currie’s eight years at Kansas State, the university raised more than $200 million in cash contributions for athletics – more money in that period of time than the previous 48 years combined. Kansas State’s $46 million in cash contributions raised in the 2014 fiscal year nearly quadrupled the annual total prior to Currie’s arrival. “One of the things we did in that process was just get out there with the fans,” Currie said. “There’s some similarities. Tennessee’s got the Big Orange Caravan and K-State’s got the Catbacker Tour (promoters of university athletics), so we got out and about and really worked, and we also had to re-earn trust … One of the ways we did that was being transparent, being very accessible.” Currie also hinted at some possible changes coming in the near future for Tennessee. “We’ll do some things here over the next little bit from an athletics’ perspective to ensure that the Tennessee faithful and the whole Tennessee family feel like they have a good opportunity to share their personal feelings,” Currie said. Although his past successes are impressive, Currie’s newest stint in Knoxville won’t be an easy one. One of the criticisms fans have of for-
Coach of the UT baseball team, Dave Serrano, spoke at a press conference on March 1, 2017. Alex Phillips • The Daily Beacon past, as a coach, when you go on the road, your team seems to bond a little more because it’s kind of you against the world to some extent.” This will be the first time ever that Tennessee or Dave Serrano has ever played against Norfolk State. Norfolk State will be looking to regain its 2016 form, a season that saw them finish 29-21 and win their second consecutive MEAC Northern Division regular-season title. The games will be Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 3 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. Hunter Martin (2-0, 4.50 ERA) is scheduled to take the mound mer athletic director Dave Hart was the dissolving of the “Lady Vols” namesake for all women’s athletics programs at UT except the women’s basketball team. Although Currie didn’t outright come out and say changes were coming, his past acknowledgement of the importance of women’s athletics on campuses could be a good sign for protesters of the name change. “I do passionately believe in how the University of Tennessee under Joan (Cronan) and others has been setting the example for intercollegiate athletics through the years,” Currie said. Currie will take over as athletic director on April 1, 2017 – which also happens to be his 46th birthday. With energy and a plethora of past successes, Currie’s reign could be monumental for Tennessee. “This is an unbelievable day for the Currie family,” Currie said. “When the chancellor pulled out that piece of paper after a few hours (of meeting), and all I could think about was (General Neyland’s) Maxim No. 2 … Play for and make the breaks, and when one comes your way – score. “So I pulled out a pen and signed that thing as fast as I could.”
Friday and will be followed by Zach Warren (0-1, 6.14 ERA) and Will Neely (1-0, 5.40 ERA), respectively.