Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Issue 43, Volume 125
UT couple joins TN same-sex marriage lawsuit On the same day New Jersey became the 14th state to allow same-sex marriage, four same-sex Tennessee couples filed a federal lawsuit against the Volunteer state in hopes of gaining legal recognition of their marriages. The four couples taking part in this lawsuit were married in New York or California before relocating
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to Tennessee. Sophy Jesty and Valeria Tanco, one of the couples filing the lawsuit, are both professors at UT’s College of Veterinary Medicine. “We met in Ithaca, N.Y., and got married in 2011,” Jesty said. “After we got married, we were offered jobs here at UT’s vet school. While we were aware of Tennessee’s laws against gay marriage, overall we decided it was a good professional move for us and that it was worth it.”
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“Every day that goes by that the state does not recognize our marriage, it’s a little bit of a slur against same-sex couples from same-sex families who exist in every state in this country. “It’s a hurtful thing.” The lawsuit comes on the heels of Senate Bill 2566, Tennessee’s version of Arizona’s “Turn Away the Gays” bill. The bill was rejected in a senate committee earlier this year. “There was thankfully such
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Return to your youth with today’s Spotify playlist – it’s a Disney thing NEWS >>pg. 2 Melissa Lee, left, Alex Houck, middle, and Ellen Ford, who all study neuroscience in the College Scholars program, promote UT’s second annual Brain Awareness Week at a table on Pedestrian Walkway on Monday.
Beacon Day Trips: Neuroscience Club welcomes second annual Brain Awareness Week Cooper from psychology and Neuroscience Club, explained College of Arts and Sciences. Victoria Brown see our itinerary “It’s a celebration of the brain neuroscience, David Palmer Brain Awareness Week is an Staff Writer campaign created for people of all ages,” said Alex from philosophy, Ed Smith, for Spring Breakers It is the most complex, most international by the Dana Foundation to dem- Houck, senior in College Ph.D., from psychiatry and Bruce mysterious device on the planet. onstrate the importance of the Scholars and co-founder of the MacLennan from computer sciin Music City Neuroscience Club. “This year, ence — will discuss how neurobrain and related research. And it weighs about 3 pounds.
Sex Week reports a second annual successful promo of sex-positivity
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Vols look to fix their MTSU woes with Owenby on the mound SPORTS >>pg. 6
“Society is figuring out more and more how important it is to learn about this organ,” Lee said, “and as students figuring out what we want to do for the rest of our lives, it’s important to be exposed to that.” Brain Awareness Week is funded with the help of the Haines-Morris Grant from the
our general theme is ethics of cognitive enhancers, such as Adderall.” The week-long series includes a panel discussion, “Neuroscience and Society,” hosted in partnership with the Philosophy Club, to take place Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in the Min Kao building. The panelists — Matthew
science can inform understandings of the law, cognitive enhancers and notions of free will and consciousness. The week will also include a free screening of the film, “Fight Club,” with free pizza in Hodges Library on Thursday night. See BRAIN WEEK on Page 3
Martin: Richardson an ‘elite’ defender Steven Cook Copy Editor In Cuonzo Martin’s system, there are expectations for regular players, and then there are expectations for the team’s lockdown defender. Josh Richardson has learned that the hard way in his time at Tennessee. An easy-going guy in any setting off the court, the junior UT guard has become one of the conference’s marquee defenders on it. Being given the responsibility of shutting down the opponent’s star scorer on any given night, though, doesn’t correlate too well with Richardson’s personality. So Martin found a way to light a fire under his happygo-lucky perimeter defender. “Everybody knows I’m a goofy guy or whatever,” Richardson said at Martin’s weekly press conference Monday. “But I mean, (coach Martin) said I wasn’t approaching the game as serious (as) I could be, because I kind of joke
around in warm-ups or whatever like that. “And I kind of took heed to it, so I sort of started approaching practice a lot more serious, approaching games a lot more serious and just keeping guys focused. Ever since I’ve been doing that, the results have been showing, so I feel like that was good advice he gave me.” Martin told Richardson to up his intensity on the court at the end of February, and since, the Vols have held their last three opponents to less than 46 points per game on 31 percent shooting. The change the third-year coach has seen in a player who was already his best defensive stopper has trickled over onto his teammates. “Now you see him in huddles saying certain things to certain guys and they respond to it,” Martin said. “But probably he needed the reassurance from me as a coach that ‘I can lead,’ because he has it in him, and I think he’s doing a great job with it.”
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From March 10-14, UT’s Neuroscience Club will host its second annual Brain Awareness Week, a week of events intended to spread information regarding the brain and UT’s new neuroscience major. Melissa Lee, a senior in the college scholars program and vice president of the UT
Junior guard Josh Richardson contests a shot by Missouri guard Jabari Brown during UT’s 72-45 Senior Day win over the Tigers at Thompson-Boling Arena on Saturday.
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a response to it; in this day and age, to consider passing a bill that allows for discrimination against any group of people is absolutely appalling,” Jesty said. “The oddest thing to me is the impression that other people are losing if we gain rights. I don’t understand what another person is losing if I gain rights with a family. I’m not taking away their rights; their legal rights aren’t changing.” See BENEFITS on Page 3
Guy Marshall steps forward with addition to Rhythm N’ Blooms Jenna Butz Staff Writer Influenced by family, Guy Marshall, a Knoxville-based singer-songwriter folk band, seeks to tell stories through its songs. Named after vocalist and songwriter Adam McNulty’s grandfather, Guy Marshall performs “songs of a time in which family and honor meant more.” Writing songs long before Guy Marshall was formed, Adam McNulty was formerly “playing out of the bedroom.” However, through connections made at their local church, Adam McNulty and his wife Sarrenna McNulty played their first show August 2011 at Vienna Coffee House in Maryville. “We enjoyed that people enjoyed that (show) to whatever degree. People that played with us in the church got together, and two and a half years ago, we started practicing as a band,” Adam McNulty said. “We wanted to start doing something different. We played for six to eight months before we got a gig, and then we started playing shows and having fun.” To continue getting booked, the band recorded a four-song demo to give to venues. That demo, while intended to be temporary, morphed into the band’s official EP. “We didn’t intend for it to be our album, but it turned out pretty darn good,” Sarrenna McNulty said. “Jamie Atkins did a great job recording it. It’s worked out OK that we haven’t recorded another album.” Finished in December 2011, the EP was recorded in nearly one take minus the overlay of the vocals. Gathering in a room, the band recorded what Adam McNulty calls “almost a live EP in a way.” “So, it was done pretty raw and pretty fast,” he added. “We just knocked them out quick.” Guy Marshall is currently working on its first full-length album. The album will include eight studio songs along with possible live recordings. Hoping to release it by summer, Sarrenna McNulty said the band has been “plugging away at that.” Playing off sounds from times past, Guy Marshall often hears that they sound like The Band. Also influenced by Bob Dylan, Adam McNulty’s earlier songs hint at his folk sound. Lately though, Adam McNulty has listened to older country such as Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson and has translated their sounds into Guy Marshall’s music. See GUY MARSHALL on Page 5
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Stolen passports probed in Malaysian plane mystery Associated Press PATTAYA, Thailand — Authorities questioned travel agents Monday at a beach resort in Thailand about two men who boarded the vanished Malaysia Airlines plane with stolen passports, part of a growing international investigation into what they were doing on the flight. Nearly three days after the Boeing 777 with 239 people on board disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, no debris has been seen in Southeast Asian waters. Five passengers who checked in for Flight MH370 didn’t board the plane, and their luggage was removed from it, Malaysian authorities said. Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said this also was being investigated, but he didn’t say whether this was suspicious. The search effort, involving at least 34 aircraft and 40 ships from several countries, was being widened to a 100-nautical mile (115-mile, 185-kilometer) radius from the point the plane vanished from radar screens between Malaysia and Vietnam early Saturday with no distress signal.
Two of the passengers were traveling on passports stolen in Thailand and had onward tickets to Europe, but it’s not known whether the two men had anything to do with the plane’s disappearance. Criminals and illegal migrants regularly travel on fake or stolen documents. Hishammuddin said biometric information and CCTV footage of the men has been shared with Chinese and U.S. intelligence agencies, which were helping with the investigation. Almost two-thirds of the passengers on the flight were from China. The stolen passports, one belonging to Christian Kozel of Austria and the other to Luigi Maraldi of Italy, were entered into Interpol’s database after they were taken in Thailand in 2012 and 2013, the police organization said. Electronic booking records show that one-way tickets with those names were issued Thursday from a travel agency in the beach resort of Pattaya in eastern Thailand. Thai police Col. Supachai Phuykaeokam said those reservations were placed with the agency by a second travel agency in Pattaya, Grand Horizon.
ICYMI: Spring Break is Coming With Spring Break just four days away, students are amped up for a week of freedom from classes and homework. Check out their tweets about heading south for some fun in the sun or their plans to go home and do nothing. Whatever they’re up to, it’s more fun than sitting in Hodges studying.
Thai police and Interpol officers questioned the owners. Officials at Grand Horizon refused to talk to The Associated Press. Police Lt. Col. Ratchthapong Tia-sood said the travel agency was contacted by an Iranian man known only as “Mr. Ali” to book the tickets for the two men. “We have to look further into this Mr. Ali’s identity because it’s almost a tradition to use an alias when doing business around here,” he said. The travel agency’s owner, Benjaporn Krutnait, told The Financial Times she believed Mr. Ali was not connected to terrorism because he had asked for cheapest tickets to Europe and did not specify the Kuala Lumpur to Beijing flight. Malaysia’s police chief was quoted by local media as saying that one of the two men had been identified — something that could speed up the investigation. Civil aviation chief Azharuddin Abdul Rahman declined to confirm this, but said they were of “non-Asian” appearance, adding that authorities were looking at the possibility the men were connected to a stolen passport syndicate.
More choices, more rides bring transit renaissance Associated Press LOS ANGELES — With more trains and buses to take, and the appeal of using travel time for pursuits other than dodging traffic, Americans are taking greater advantage of a renaissance in public transit, according to a report released Monday. The number of rides taken on
public buses, trains and subways has fully recovered from a dip during the Great Recession. And with services restored following economy-driven cutbacks, ridership appears set to resume what had been a steady increase. In 2013, the number of trips stood at nearly 10.7 billion, the highest since 1956, according to data compiled by the American Public Transportation Association.
Of course, the nation’s population has been expanding, so there are more people to ride the rails and buses. The association’s numbers don’t mean that the average U.S. resident is taking public transit more often than the 1950s, when investments in highways and a growth in car ownership began enticing Americans to move away from cities and heralded a decline in mass transit. But even accounting for population growth, the transportation association argues, a wider segment of Americans are using mass transit. And they have more options to choose from. Since 1995, transit ridership is up 37 percent. During that time, the US population has increased about 20 percent, and vehicle miles traveled are up about 23 percent. “People are making a fundamental shift to having options” aside from a car in how they get around, said Michael Melaniphy, president and CEO of the public transportation association. “This is a long-term trend. This isn’t just a blip.” Transit advocates argue that the public increasingly values the ability to get around without a car. As evidence, they cite a widespread return to urban centers and the movement to concentrate new development around transit hubs. and housing are all moving along those corridors.”
Pump up your playlist Like “A Spoonful of Sugar,” Disney songs have sweetened “A Whole New World” of imagination for kids and adults alike. So “Hakuna Matata,” The Daily Beacon has all of your favorite Disney songs in one place. “Be Our Guest” and check out our Disney Classics playlist on Spotify.
“I’ll Make a Man Out of You” “Mulan” 1998
“Rumbly In My Tumbly” “Winnie the Pooh” 2011
“Colors of the Wind” “Pocahontas” 1995
“Hakuna Matata” “The Lion King” 1994
“A Whole New World” “Aladdin” 1992
“Be Our Guest” “Beauty and the Beast” 1991
“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” “Mary Poppins” 1964
“Heigh Ho” “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” 1937
“Circle of Life” “The Lion King” 1994
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Sex Week sees steady trend in attendance, interest in 2014 Bradi Musil Staff Writer
nature after last year’s funding crisis. Taormino, in fact, spoke at Yale during Harden’s time there. Harden stated that Taormino makes and sells porn in addition to her career as a speaker. Before her speaking engagement at Yale, Harden recalls Taormino selling porn DVDs and merchandise out of her car to his classmates. “She has nothing to say to a student that’s worth paying to hear,” Harden said. “... She is part of an industry that proudly makes money by sexually exploiting and objectifying women, thereby demeaning all of us. “These people are out for a
profit; they aren’t educators.” Ryan, however, remained firm in Taormino’s value as an invited guest. “I don’t feel that any of our events crossed ethical or moral lines,” Ryan said. “I believe all of our events were educational in some manner, albeit not in the traditional sense.” Although Taormino is not an accredited sexologist, Sex Week at UT hosted a number of events instructed by professors, Planned Parenthood representatives and certified sexologists like Andelloux and Dr. Lindsey Doe, another of Sex Week’s speakers. Sexologists are accredited by the American Association of
Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, the American College of Sexologists or the American Board of Sexology among others. “We only allow professionals in sexuality education to answer questions about sexuality from positions of authority,” Awad said. Despite also hosting events addressing safety, abstinence, long-term intimacy and religion, Harden found fault with Sex Week’s “one-sided, extremely liberal view of sex” which posits the idea that “if you aren’t having it as often as possible, with as many people as possible, in as many bizarre ways as possible, there is something wrong
with you.” But out of Sex Week, there may come a major shift in UT education. Awad confirmed that SEAT is in the process of creating a comprehensive sexual assault course that would be mandatory for all freshmen. “We are trying to change the conversation surrounding this so that people begin talking about sexual assault in the context of rape culture and sexual repression and so that we may begin pointing out when things are not working rather than maintaining the status quo,” Awad said. “I think this cultural shift is where we have the potential to make the biggest impact.” All photos by Thomas Carpenter • The Daily Beacon
As the smoke clears after Sex Week 2014, reflection and assessment has begun. Only its second year on campus, Sex Week has made its impact felt since being introduced in spring 2013. Similarly to last year, the “Lip Sync for Your Life: Drag Show,” co-sponsored with Lambda Student Union, was the most popular event, boasting more than 500 attendees. Summer Awad, executive board member of SEAT and sophomore studying sociology, said approximately 60 people
had to be turned away at the door. Events with speakers like Megan Andelloux, who brought in more than 200 attendees, were also popular. Colleen Ryan, member of the SEAT executive board and freshman global studies, said Tristan Taormino, a sex educator and pornographic film director, was another favorite. However, he noted, it is typically the edgier events that draw fire from the public and the legislature. Nathan Harden, author of “Sex & God at Yale: Porn, Political Correctness, and a Good Education Gone Bad,” was critical of Sex Week’s decision to retain events of this
Reid Mihalko talks about communication, consent and sexual assault during Sex Week's "Don’t Blame It On the Alcohol: Communication, Consent, & Sexual Assault Prevention" lecture on March 3 in the UC Auditorium.
Megan Andelloux answers questions from students regarding sexuality, from being asexual to pansexual, in a lecture put on during Sex Week entitled "Sexploration" in the UC Ballroom on March 4.
Renowned journalist to deliver Hill lecture McCord Pagan Copy Editor Science writing is not just for scientists. Ron Winslow, an acclaimed science journalist for the Wall Street Journal, is a testament to this fact. An author of more than 1,400 articles and the 2011 winner of the Victor Cohn Prize for medical writing, Winslow will serve as the guest lecturer for the 22nd annual Hill Lecture series, which spotlights quality media communication with the public regarding science. Titled “Covering Science: Worst of Times, Best of Times,” Winslow will present his lecture at the McClung Museum Auditorium tonight at 8 p.m. Mark Littmann, the Julia G. & Alfred G. Hill Chair of Excellence in Science, Technology and Medical Writing, worked to bring Winslow to campus. As the director of the Science Communication Program in the College of Communication and
Information, Littman is keenly familiar with Winslow’s field. But science writing, Littman “quietly” confessed, is not so different from other areas of writing. Rather, he said, it is the language and public perception of science that make it intimidating for an average reader. Lauren Gregg, senior in advertising with a minor in journalism and electronic media and business administration, is currently an intern at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in communications and media relations – a position she credits to Littmann’s introduction to science writing. At ORNL, Gregg helps cutting-edge researchers convey their research to the public and explain how their projects relate to real-world issues. “After taking (Littman’s class) I think I fell in love with the science.” Gregg said. “... He showed us science in a way you can understand it and the public can understand it.” Part of the challenge, Gregg
stated, lies in translating scientific terminology into plain speech. After federal budget cuts to scientific institutions like NASA and the National Institute of Health, she said it is now even more crucial that the public grasp the value of research. “Their ultimate goal is to inform the public and in an entertaining way,” Gregg said. Politics, Littman argues, is not enough to develop and progress a nation. “What has driven the success of America is scientific and technological innovation,” he said. Not everyone will become a scientist, Littman acknowledged, but he added it is important to view the field as an asset rather than “an aggravation.” “It’s a way of providing useful information,” Littman said, “but also information that I think that makes life richer, makes you appreciate our moment in the universe, and what people can do to make one another’s lives better.”
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even more crucial. “We’re finally at the point in human history where we get to try to answer through science continued from Page 1 by looking directly at the brain,” Lee said. “And we’re doing it through a new, interdisciplinary, A growing disconnect between scientists and questions-based way of doing science.” society, Lee believes, makes events for the public
BENEFITS continued from Page 1 Regina Lambert, the lawyer representing Jesty and Tanco, said recent legislation in Texas and Arizona provides hope for couples facing similar circumstances. “Arizona vetoing the ‘Turn Away the Gays’ bill was monumental,” Lambert said. “In regards to SB2566, I feel like this ground has been plowed before; it sounds very similar
to Jim Crow, and we’ve dealt with that. We’re very happy that the legislation was stopped. It really seems that the majority of people now have a positive response to same-sex couples. “I think this shift in thinking in the modern youth of today has really made all of the difference. When you can put yourself in other people’s positions, that changes the world.” Religion is often cited as justification for denying legal marriage status to same-sex couples. But Tanco, who identifies as
Roman Catholic, cites religion’s fundamental tenets as the basis for marriage equality. “The message that I’ve taken away always — even before I came out to myself — was that religion was, above all, about love,” Tanco said. “I’m trying to love the person I’ve chosen to be with for the rest of my life. The fact that I can’t legally do that, that it’s not recognized by this country’s laws, is leaving out the very fundamental thing about religion – love. Recognition of love.”
Attendees of Sex Week's drag show come up to the front of the stage to hand cash to the performers to raise money for the Lambda Student Union on March 6 in the UC Auditorium.
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Confessions of a tall girl Turn of Phrase by
Sarah Hagaman
“How’s the weather up there?” “Do you happen to play basketball?” “Would you mind wearing flats?” I am part of a distinct breed of women, a type that can often be spotted from a distance. Our demographic in America forms a relatively small group but one that is rather difficult to miss, unless we happen to be lounging in a chair, driving a car or tying our shoes. When we’re not reaching for the jar on the top shelf, we can often be found running up and down the basketball court or playing volleyball. During our leisure time, we are often spotted shopping the stores with long jeans; pants often only reach our ankles, and our bodies have an amazing ability to make dresses look like shirts. We can’t change it, and we can’t stop it. We’re born this way, and (most of the time) we embrace it. At 5-foot-10, I’m a tall girl. I honestly can’t remember a time when I wasn’t lanky; growing up, remaining a solid 5 inches above my friends seemed as concrete as my hair or eye color. In America, we’re surprisingly more rare than one might expect; a U.S. census reports that the average height of women in the country falls around 5 feet, 3 inches, and the average male height is approximately 5 feet, 9 inches. For girls who grew with more typical measurements, height may not have been a major part of their identity or perspective of self. However, as someone born with height, I can honestly say that being tall absolutely factors into a person’s life, whether he or she desires such designation or not. Tall women form a somewhat interesting group. Like people with red hair, there is a sense of community because we can often relate on the various nuances that come with our height. Middle school posed a unique struggle – for many tall girls, relationships were decidedly less idyllic when a tall girl stood a head taller than her crush. Even into adulthood, the factor of height cannot be fully ignored when dating or even considering a relationship. High heels present a unique obstacle for us. Five-inch stilettos look beautiful when on display; many of us can certainly work a gorgeous pair of heels. Many others find that, despite our best efforts, sky-high shoes can often mean a huge fall – and it’s a long way to the ground. Elegant, dainty stilettos (even when found in the correct size) are not for the faint of heart. In the classrooms, we found out the back of the room really wasn’t so bad. We’ve almost come to expect that sitting up straight will block others’ views; slouching in class wasn’t a sign of passivity, but rather the function of necessity. Small desks pose a unique problem for our legs, and sitting for long periods of time in cars, airplanes or buses can be a distinctly uncomfortable experience. We can’t hide, and we can’t change the fact that we’re tall. Many of my tall friends growing up often expressed their desire to be shorter, and to be able to fit in more seamlessly – and to look up, rather than down, at boys. Vertical “giftedness,” can be a delicate balance between awkwardness and gracefulness. Yet, at an indistinguishable – but crucial – juncture, many tall girls decide to ditch the flats and wear a great pair of gorgeous high heels. And despite the change in weather, we’re not even sorry. Sarah Hagaman is a sophomore in English. She can be reached at shagama1@utk.edu.
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SAE’s elimination of pledging a blow to Greek life Cullenary Arts by
Cullen Hamelin On Friday, March 7, 2014, Sigma Alpha Epsilon announced that it is going to discontinue its pledge program and initiate brothers immediately upon signing a bid. For those of you who don’t know, when a new prospective member signs a bid to a fraternity — in most cases — he becomes a pledge. For weeks or months (depending on the chapter), the new pledge must learn the history of his new fraternity and gain respect from the other brothers before being entrusted with fraternal secrets and membership. But for the next generation of SAE recruits, instead of pledging, the brand-new members will be immediately entrusted with secrets that 158 years of fraternity alumni had to earn over the course of 8-12 weeks. “The Dark Power of Fraternities” is an article by Caitlin Flanagan in The Atlantic, which, despite its name, is actually not a complete tirade on local chapters. Struggling to differentiate the title’s application to either the lazy “parallel to the ground” lifestyle of a stereotyped frat boy or some dark occult practice more likely to be found on a Dungeons and Dragons card, the term dark power is, to my understanding, more of a jab at the neglect of national fraternities than it
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Let me make myself clear – I do not support hazing. If pledging is a political ideal, hazing is the radical wing of the balance that tips the beam between rational morality and complete disobedience. It is the confused thought that mental durability and “manliness” can be tested by physical means. Hazing has led to many injuries, deaths and lawsuits; above all, it does not in any way reflect the worth of an individual. But pledging is much different. Pledging is an individual’s opportunity to prove worthiness. It is a process to learn, to see and to become through desire. Obviously this 158-year-old process has some success, boasting a high number of Fortune 500 owners, political figures and even U.S. presidents. It is not supposed to make a particular individual feel small, but rather provide comprehension on how much bigger the world is. A world that isn’t inviting like a parent’s arms, a world that needs brothers to help you through. So, before the angry mob with pitchforks and fire charge toward me to “protect their sons’ well-being,” maybe consider that the pledging process is doing just that. Don’t let the media transform earning your stay into becoming their prey. Respect is never given without effort, nor should it be. Cullen Hamelin is a junior in chemistry. He can be reached at chamelin@utk.edu.
Competitive physical activity a step toward halting obesity Lost in
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Jan Urbano Last Friday, as part of an international soccer competition, I played on the Japanese team versus the Ghana team. Although we lost, we were given a taste of the skill level – and the fitness level – that we would be up against in the tournament. Not wanting to let the half-hour game be my only practice, I teamed up with some of the Ghana players and played pick-up soccer with other players. Though it was difficult, the extra three hours of crazy plays and sprints was worth the enjoyment and effort. There was no doubt I was completely outof-shape; the last time I did any exercise was sometime around November of last year. Yet, the exhilaration and challenge of playing with others who enjoyed playing soccer, instead of flaunting their egos, was the main reason why I managed to hang on for so long. That got me thinking – why can’t people do this more often? Is it that difficult to bring together a group of open-minded individuals who, regardless of skill level, can host a weekly physical activity?
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is an assault on witless college dummies that gain scrupulous media attention. After a thorough reading of the article, SAE’s announcement almost seems like a response to Flanagan’s illustration of the fraternity world’s half-hearted attempt to actually stop the hazing problem — by which I mean injuries, deaths and more potently, lawsuits. So, without argument, these brothers are expected to trust, through a week or so of rush events, unknown new affiliates with a foundation close to their heart and immediately donate brotherly equality to — in relative time — a complete stranger. I don’t believe it takes much common sense of a national sanction officer to realize that either the fraternal organization’s selectivity and secrets will diminish in meaning, or that John Doe and his pledge brothers are going to say “yes, sir,” shake hands, and continue doing exactly the same thing anyways to their new “brothers.” The national organization will flourish in its renewed vows in public relations and, as Flanagan’s story attests, probably abandon the inevitable dissenting chapters for fear of losing insurance. However, my dispute isn’t with the isolated local chapters’ new acquisition of risk. My disagreement is against the army of mothers and fathers who honestly believe that pledging is a problem, when it is undoubtedly a necessary prerequisite present throughout all aspects of life, only packaged in another box and wrapped with a different ribbon.
Such a thing could help change people’s lives for the better, especially those who aren’t very active. We live in a society that is slowly eating and “sitting” itself to death. There is no end to the statistics and studies that connect our sedentary lifestyles and poor eating choices to a multitude of crippling, chronic diseases. While we may think that we have several years or decades to “change” our habits to combat these incoming problems, such a lackadaisical approach can only spell disaster for us. Each day that we put off our physical activity today is another day that we’ve lost keeping ourselves healthy in the future. When I say that people should exercise more (or at the very least, become more active), I don’t mean it in the context that they should hate who they are. It’s not about not “loving the skin you’re in”; it’s about wising up and realizing that you will be confronting costly and debilitating diseases in the future. For example, obesity, a major consequence in a sedentary lifestyle, has been calculated to cost the U.S. almost $147 billion annually in medical care, according to RTI international. That number will without a doubt rise as the last “baby boomer” generation continues to age and our generation, as well as subsequent ones, lead inactive and unhealthy lifestyles. Few things motivate me more than when I do something with others, however. When
you have others watching you, you want to do better and push yourself. You want to show that, even though you may not be as skilled as others in an event, you’re not going to sit on the sidelines and complain about how difficult something is. You want to prove to yourself that you don’t give up easily – in doing so, we may surprise ourselves how much we can achieve. When it came to soccer, even though I was a novice, I didn’t idly stand by and watch the pros take over; I played too. On a broader scale, not only was I shocked by how far I pushed myself, but also that I got a hefty bit of exercise in. If we could only create such an environment where these ideals were instilled in people’s minds, we wouldn’t have to force people to exercise; they would do it willingly, eager to join others in different physical activities to prove to themselves their potential and passion. Instead of doing it alone, what better way to do it when you can have fun with others and get in shape? For those who are interested in coming out to join some pick-up soccer and get exercise, come out to the intramural fields – there’s usually a free-for-all match beginning each Friday at 3:30. Jan Urbano is a senior in biological sciences. He can be reached at jurbano@utk.edu.
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‘300’ sequel a mediocre remake Clinton Elmore Contributor I need to write roughly 500 words for every review. If written well, the review combines a tidy synopsis of a film and my feelings on the execution of said film. There are times when I — and all writers — find themselves struggling to fill those word requirements with excruciatingly banal verbiage in the hope that my editor will not call me out on having nothing productive to say. As I said, all writers do it. Apparently, so do filmmakers. It’s called going through the motions, which is something that “300: Rise of an Empire� haltingly tries and fails to accomplish. “Rise,� directed by Noam Murro, is less sequel or prequel and more of a lateral. Its action takes place alongside the events of the first “300.� While this wouldn’t be a defect in the story in capable hands, the implementation feels horrifyingly contrived. Themistokles, Athenian hero and main protagonist competently played by Sullivan Stapleton, is set on unifying Greece to fight the unbeatable Persian army. Since Xerxes, played again by Rodrigo Santoro, is marshalling his forces against Sparta, the duty of crushing the rest of Greece conveniently falls upon Artemisia, sex-slave turned unparalleled swordswoman and naval general. A sullen portrayal
GUY MARSHALL continued from Page 1 “Adam is the only writer. Eric Griffin is in the band, and he writes with Adam a little bit,� Sarrenna McNulty said. “But usually, it seems like Adam will have a faint idea of a story, pick around on the guitar and comes up with a melody or guitar riff first then finds the words. “Most of the time, the songs come out of his practice time. He plays through songs that he’s already written and then comes up with something different. He never says, ‘OK, I’m going to write a song.’� Currently, Guy Marshall plays
by Eva Green makes Artemisia seem more emo-gothic than a leader of an army. Lena Heady, “Game of Thrones,� “300,� regretfully reprises her role as Queen Gorgo, who refuses Themistokles’ request for aid from the Spartan navy but is later spurred on by a desire to avenge the death of her husband and King. Her acting outmatches the writing. David Wenham picked up a paycheck again playing Dilios. This isn’t a jab at his acting. I believe he did the best he could with a role that was there for no other reason than to show the audience, “See, we have actors from the first movie in this one.� The rest of the actors do as good of a job of green screen acting as one can hope. Like the Persian army to the Spartan forces in the first “300,� the screenplay, co-written by Zack Snyder and Kurt Johnstad, crushes the actors’ efforts. Any movie that begins with what seems to be a 30-minute voice over, as this one did, is a testament to failed storytelling. The best-developed back stories are for Xerxes and Artemisia. Yes, it gives us insight as to why these two hate the Greeks just so much, but at the expense of leaving the protagonists woefully underwritten. There’s a father and son storyline that was stapled on and falls flat out the gate. Near the end, when a soldier berates Themistokles for his hubris, there
is no emotional impact because it is the first time the character really speaks. Even the final camaraderie-invoking speech between our hero and his staunch companion, Aesyklos (Hans Matheson) feels like wasted words lost in the cold Aegean wind. Cinematically, this movie feels more like violence porn. Doing its best to copy and outdo the first movie, we get even more slow motion, even more fake blood and even more inconsistent visual imagery. Embers from campfires drift lazily by actors mouthing words without a hint of breeze in their hair. The world of “Rise of an Empire� is perpetual dawn or twilight to hide the horrendous special effects. The sound is competent and the music doesn’t distract from the visuals. I could literally go on and on about how bad this movie was. For example, it probably has one of the worst sex scenes in movie history. Artemisia and Themistokles go at it hand to hand, trying to screw each other to death. Then there is how Artemisia, who was a sex-slave for five-some years, laments on the deck of her ship in front of her men about not being able to find a man she can count on. To be honest, I would go on, but I’ve finished my required word count, and in doing so, fulfilled my responsibility to my editor.
once every month or two, often at Preservation Pub. Formerly, the group “pushed hard in Knoxville� and tried to do at least four shows per month. However, with band members having jobs and families to balance, they had to cut down their number of gigs. The band is taking a big next step, though: a spot on the Rhythm N’ Blooms lineup April 4-6. While the festival seeks to include a variety of local bands, Guy Marshall’s previous attempts to play never panned out. This year, a friend of Chyna Brackeen, co-producer of the festival, said she would put a word in for the band. That good word got them on the schedule which Sarrenna McNulty said the band members
“were pretty excited about.� “Just the fact that a lot of people come from out of town and make for a greater Knoxville nightlife,� Sarrenna McNulty said. “And we get to meet other bands, which is cool just to always be networking and let people know about the music.� Looking to connect with audiences, Guy Marshall has a particular song that it believes stands out among the rest. Written in 2009, “Cigarette Smoke� was one of the band’s earlier songs about his grandfather. “People say it is really relatable,� Sarrenna McNulty said. “It’s a sweet song about childhood, but also about the sadness of people passing away.�
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Spring Break suggestions: Nashville Jenna Butz Staff Writer
Lunch: Fido (Hillsboro Village)
Focusing on local and organic ingredients, Fido holds a solid reputation in Nashville as a delicious yet quick eatery in Hillsboro Village. Also, breakfast is served all day.
All. Day. Smoked salmon bagels, people. With vegetarian options scattered across the menu, it is the mainstream choice of Nashville hipsters.
Afternoon: Shopping Adventures
In Nashville, shopping is an art form. Start at BookManBookWoman in Hillsboro Village to rummage through the strategically placed books. To the untrained eye, the books seem haphazardly stacked on top of each other, but the digging can lead to rare finds. Next, hop next door to Pangaea. an eclectic shop filled with jewelry, unique clothing and off-beat home dĂŠcor. Take a second to find yourself a quirky piece for your wardrobe or apartment. And of course, Nashville is bound to have
a few good record stores up its sleeve. First, check out Grimey’s. The staple of record stores in the South, Grimey’s houses the best of local, vintage and popular artists on vinyl. Then, tour a newer attraction: Jack White’s Third Man Records. The Record Store Day Ambassador has made his new home in Nashville and introduced a mini museum of his legacy along with a room of novelties where patrons can record a single on a 7� vinyl. How Nashville.
Dinner: Five Points Pizza (East Nashville) While saying that you serve pizza baked in a brick oven has become the ultimate fad among pizzerias, Five Points is the real deal. Their meatball pizza is the food of legends
along with garlic knots and Greek salads. And bonus points for selling local beer from the area, specifically Tennessee-based microbreweries.
Dessert: Pied Piper Creamery (East Nashville) After pizza, walk down the street to the little purple house. There, you can find the most underrated homemade ice cream in Nashville. From Ziggy Starcrunch with Little Debbie cakes and
caramel swirled into chocolate ice cream to Sun Drop sorbet, the creamery gets creative with its flavors. Though if you are not feeling adventurous, the homemade vanilla ice cream is to die for.
Evening: Mercy Lounge (Downtown) Or you can check out the Cannery Ballroom or the High Watt, it just kind of depends on which floor you are going to. However, all are housed within the renovated flour mill’s exposed beams and brick walls making for a cozy yet
trendy music venue. Boasting a show nearly every night of the week, a range of genres perform there. From local bands to national acts, Mercy Lounge has hosted a range of artists to satisfy Music City.
Late Night: Belcourt Theatre (Hillsboro Village) On Friday and Saturday nights, the historic theater presents midnight movies. An experience from before to after, it plays vintage commercials beforehand that are relevant to the time period and pop culture references of the movie
it plans to show. Its showings have ranged from “Donnie Darko� to underground anime flicks. Take advantage of its ridiculously-cheap student tickets and go see a vintage movie on the big screen.
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Vols visit MTSU in hopes of reversing recent history Dargan Southard Assistant Sports Editor
Chaplin’s clutch performance lifts Vols past Missippi State Jonathan Toye Contributor All eyes were on Tennessee senior Jarryd Chaplin last Sunday at Barksdale Stadium as his singles match would ultimately determine the outcome in the Vols’ match against No. 17 Mississippi State bulldogs. With the score knotted, 3-3, and Chaplin and his opponent the only two players remaining, it was up to UT’s senior to keep the Vols above water in SEC play. And while the pressure mounted, Chaplin displayed why he is the senior caption of the team, winning, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to clinch a 4-3 victory for Tennessee (12-5, 1-2 SEC) over the Mississippi State Bulldogs (12-6, 2-1 SEC). “I was happy with my own performance today,” Chaplin said after the match, “which is something I have been looking for the last few weeks. “It was rewarding to actually get the win because there were a lot of unfinished matches that I have played,
LUNCHEON continued from Page 1 Much of the Vols’ defensive success as of late has to do with Richardson stifling two top guards. Pegged against Missouri’s Jabari Brown and Auburn’s Chris Denson — the conference’s top two leading scorers — in the last two games, Richardson has been at his best. Both shot just 1-of10 against the Vols. The Edmond, Okla., native admitted he knew very well that he held Brown without a field goal until the game’s final two minutes in Saturday’s win over the Tigers. “Yeah, I knew the whole time,” Richardson said. “Every other play, I was just looking up at the scoreboard
and coach just said that is a step in the right direction.” Chaplin was not the only team veteran that stepped up on Sunday as juniors Mikelis Libietis and Hunter Reese were the two other players to win their singles matches. “It means a lot,” Libietis said when asked about the meaningfulness of the veteran leadership on the team. “When I was still in the first set, I saw me winning, Hunter was close to winning the first set, and then Jarryd was winning the first set. I just felt confident because it is two guys with experience winning. It just helps a lot when you know these three guys are winning that have experience and they know how to close out matches. “It is just great, and I think it is going to be a confidence boost for the younger guys as well.” The final outcome of the match against Mississippi State was much different than the final outcome against Ole Miss on Friday. After an impressive doubles performance on Friday,
the Vols lost all their singles matches against Ole Miss, losing 4-1 to the Rebels. After winning the doubles point against Mississippi State, the veterans on the team were determined to avoid the same fate on Sunday. “I was really proud of Mikelis,” Chaplin said. “He stepped up and spoke to us all at the locker room today, and he just placed an importance on not taking it for granted, the doubles point. We did good, but we kind of fell on our faces a bit on Friday to a team that wanted to win. “We wanted to win today, so we did a better job of coming out of the doubles point.” Tennessee head coach Sam Winterbotham said he enjoyed how his veterans performed in the win, adding “today was fun.” “At the end there, I was laughing and just enjoying watching Mikelis and Hunter step up and do what they did,” Winterbotham said, “and just to see Jarryd at the end there was awesome.”
just trying to keep his number down.” Keeping his opponents locked up isn’t the only thing Richardson takes pride in defensively. “I started sensing that Jabari was frustrated,” Richardson said. “I remember getting a travel call, and I remember him slamming the ball down. When I get that moment of seeing the guy I’m guarding get frustrated, that makes me want to play even harder. “That’s like smelling blood in the water for a shark. It just gets me going even more.” Martin has seen a huge change in the player who was already his best defender, but said he is now reaching “elite” status. “Since the Mississippi State game,” Martin said, “I
think he’s defending at an elite level. And I thought he was always a good defender and our defensive stopper, but now I think he’s on pace to be an elite defender. “When you can shut guys down – those types of scorers – it’s not easy.” Considering Richardson’s improvement from a marquee defender to what his coach describes as an “elite” stopper, there’s no doubt in Martin’s mind that the junior is in line for his first selection on the SEC all-defensive team — if not the conference’s defensive player of the year award. “I think that part is understood,” Martin said of whether Richardson will be on the all-defensive team. “It’s just a matter of whether or not he’ll win it. I think that should be a given.”
innings pitched. Sophomore Andy Cox, who appeared in all three ASU contests, headlines that prolific slew of UT arms with a team-high 19 strikeouts and eight outings in relief. “(I’m) happy (in) the way the bullpen continues to perform,” Serrano said, “and obviously Andy Cox has been a big part of that.” Meanwhile, MTSU enters tonight’s matchup on a monthlong cold steak, having lost 5-of6 dating back to March 1. On Friday, the squad opened up a three-game set at AlabamaBirmingham with a victory, but that’s all the Blue Raiders could salvage of the weekend series — they dropped the final two contests by a combined three runs. MTSU’s signature performance to date, though, may have been in another midweek showdown against an SEC opponent. On March 5, the Blue Raider bullpen held then-No.6 Vanderbilt scoreless for the final seven innings, only to have the highly-touted Commodores narrowly escape with a 4-3 win. Once UT outfielder Jared Allen — one of two former Vols on the MTSU roster — garnered three hits and two RBI in the one-run loss to last season’s SEC regular season champions. Allen, as well as junior pitcher Brandon Zajac, was a part of Serrano’s first squad in Knoxville, but each transferred to a local junior college for a year before signing with the Blue Raiders. This season, Allen has started every game and is currently top 5 on the team in at-bats (51), hits (14), runs (7), homers (2) and RBI (8). Zajac, however, hasn’t been as fortunate since arriving in Murfreesboro. The southpaw is currently out for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Matthew DeMaria • The Daily Beacon
Senior Jarry Chaplin, front right, celebrates with teammates after clinching UT’s 4-3 win over Mississippi State at Barksdale Stadium on Sunday.
Following the Volunteers’ impressive road series win against heralded Arizona State, Tennessee head coach Dave Serrano’s primary concern, ironically, had very little to do with the game of baseball. “First and foremost we want to get this team home safely,” he said on Sunday, just moments after his squad upended the Sun Devils 6-4 in Tempe, Ariz. And in one piece those in orange returned to Knoxville, surviving both the nearly threehour flight from Phoenix to Nashville and the ensuing latenight bus trip back home. But less than 36 hours after exiting the Music City airport, the No. 17 Vols (14-1) will head straight back down Interstate 40 — this time en route to Murfreesboro, Tenn., where they’ll visit Middle Tennessee State (5-9) tonight at 7 p.m. EST. This evening’s in-state battle marks UT’s fourth road contest in five days and is the second leg of a seven-game, three-city stretch that spills over into SEC play. This wearisome scenario, however, wasn’t supposed to transpire when the Vols’ schedule was initially constructed. “Anyone that’s looking at what we’re doing could think, ‘Why would they do that?’” Serrano said on March 5, the night before leaving for Tempe. “Originally, we were going to Arizona State and were going to play MTSU (at home) Tuesday. Because of our final schedule we had to switch sites (with the Blue Raiders). Instead of us going (to Murfreesboro) at the end of April, we had to flip flop that.” With the change, the Vols will now transport their onceblemished record to MTSU’s Reese Smith Jr. Field, a baseball
venue that’s been rather unkind to Serrano during his Knoxville tenure. In back-to-back seasons, the Blue Raiders have defended their home turf in riveting fashion against their in-state counterpart, outscoring the Vols by a combined 22-9 while cruising to a pair of blowout victories. “It’ll be another challenge for us,” Serrano said. “We haven’t played well at Middle Tennessee in my time here, so that’ll be the main focus of Tuesday.” Specifically looking to curb the Blue Raider dominance will be sophomore Drake Owenby (1-0, 4.05 ERA), who gets the nod on the mound in what will be his first start in almost a year. This season, the Knoxville southpaw has served as the Vols’ primary closer through the first 15 games. His most recent outing came in Saturday’s 6-5 win over ASU, where he allowed a Sun Devil run in the ninth but still managed to convert his fourth save of the year. If Owenby struggles, though, it could be another extensive evening for the Vols’ bullpen, which as of late has been regularly called upon without hesitation in pivotal situations. In both of UT’s victories over the Sun Devils, Serrano showed minimal patience with the struggling starter and hastily signaled for the relief corps before the fifth inning concluded. And in each instance, the bullpen firmly delivered, allowing a grand total of two earned runs and a pair of free passes in 10 2/3 effective frames. “The bullpen is winning a lot of games for this team,” Serrano said at Monday’s press conference. “That’s where the strength of our staff is right now.” UT relievers secured both a win and a save in those first two road victories of the year. In the process, they helped lower the bullpen’s season ERA to a measly 2.03 in just less than 70
Sophomore pitcher Andy Cox delivers a pitch during the Vols’ 10-2 win over La Salle at Lindsey Nelson Stadium on March 4. UT travels to Murfreesboro, Tenn., tonight to take on MTSU at 7 p.m. EST.