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New campus housing plan raises questions Travis Dorman Staff Writer The housing master plan to place the majority of on-campus residence halls in the heart of campus aims to foster a stronger sense of community, Director of Housing Frank Cuevas said in a meeting with the UT Diversity Matters coalition on Tuesday. A Daily Beacon article in February contained housing data that showed students of color are unevenly distributed among residence halls on campus. Some students said they feel these disparities create a divided campus climate in which halls with higher numbers of minorities, like Clement and Massey, are stigmatized. Cuevas said in an interview two weeks ago that while these criticisms were not considered when the master plan was originally drafted, he does think that resolving this problem could be a byproduct of the plan to demolish old residence halls and build new ones. See HOUSING on Page 2
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Counter-protesters stand outside the humanities building voicing their stance to the anti-abortion protests. Will Clifft • The Daily Beacon
Anti-abortion displays rally student protesters Alahnah Ligon Asst. News Editor For Indigo Jones, he was in the right place at the right time. Jones’s 9 a.m. class was cancelled yesterday morning, but on his way to the Humanities steps where he frequently meets the sun, he saw the rudiments of what was to be an expansive anti-abortion display instead. “I sat down and saw a dozen or so people erecting this monument of antiabortion,” Jones said. “I wanted to sit down, ignore it and enjoy my time, but a couple of minutes went by and I just couldn’t.” Pro-Life Collegians, a UT student organization, invited The Center for BioEthical Reform to set up the anti-abortion
displays on Pedestrian Walkway yesterday and today. UT administrators permitted the national pro-life organization’s visit. “We’re out here to show (students) the truth about what abortion is and what it does,” Fletcher Armstrong, director for the southeast branch of Center for BioEthical Reform, said. “A lot of people think abortion just makes you ‘not pregnant,’ but in reality, it destroys a living human being, and these pictures make that clear.” Jones, a freshman in psychology, said he was worried he would be protesting the group alone, but by 11 a.m., over 20 students joined Jones, holding cardboard signs with counter-protest messages, flowers and condoms. “I was really worried that I was going to make a fool of myself and stand out there by myself for a couple of hours until I had
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to go to class,” Jones said. “Thankfully, some people decided to stand with me. I think they got the message. “A lot of different people showed up. I didn’t know who they were. They just wanted to voice their opposition and they wanted to do it in their own way.” Andrew Wynn, junior in plant science, said it angered him to see the large display on campus and triggered harmful memories from his past. “I myself am a childhood abuse victim. To come here with PTSD and see bloody pictures on my campus infuriates me,” Wynn said. “It is not acceptable in a learning environment for a public university to have a private group that’s funded to come in here and traumatize students.” See PROTESTS on Page 3
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PARIS — The Islamic State group has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves of attacks, deploying interlocking terror cells like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time, place and method for maximum carnage, officials have told The Associated Press. The network of agile and semiautonomous cells shows the reach of the extremist group in Europe even as it loses ground in Syria and Iraq. The officials, including European and Iraqi intelligence officials and a French lawmaker who follows the jihadi networks, described camps in Syria, Iraq and possibly the former Soviet bloc where attackers are trained to target the West. Before being killed in a police raid, the ringleader of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks claimed he had entered Europe in a multinational group of 90 fighters, who scattered “more or less everywhere.” But the biggest break yet in the Paris attacks investigation — the arrest on Friday of fugitive Salah Abdeslam— did not thwart the multipronged attack just four days later on the Belgian capital’s airport and subway system that left 31 people dead and an estimated 270 wounded. Three suicide bombers also died. Just as in Paris, Belgian authorities were
HOUSING continued from Page 1 This August, Orange Hall and White Hall, located behind North and South Carrick in the Presidential Courtyard, will open and house 674 students collectively. Humes Hall is also scheduled to close and be demolished. Early next year, construction will begin on a new dining facility as well as on two of three residence halls located across the street from the Student Aquatic Center. The long-term master plan shows that Clement and Massey Hall, which currently house 45 and 31 percent minorities respectively, will eventually be replaced with academic buildings that shift student populations toward the Presidential Courtyard area. The end result will have the majority of UT students living in close proximity, in what Cuevas calls the “residential corridor,” connected by a pedestrian-friendly walkway on Andy Holt Avenue that will extend to the base of the Hill and provide easy access to dining facilities, Hodges Library, the TRECS and other student services. Not all students who live on campus will
searching for at least one fugitive in Tuesday’s attacks — this time for a man wearing a white jacket who was seen on airport security footage with the two suicide attackers. The fear is that the man, whose identity Belgian officials say is not known, will follow Abdeslam’s path. After fleeing Paris immediately after the November attacks, Abdeslam forged a new network back in his childhood neighborhood of Molenbeek, long known as a haven for jihadis, and renewed plotting, according to Belgian officials. “Not only did he drop out of sight, but he did so to organize another attack, with accomplices everywhere. With suicide belts. Two attacks organized just like in Paris. And his arrest, since they knew he was going to talk, it was a response: ‘So what if he was arrested? We’ll show you that it doesn’t change a thing,’” said French Senator Nathalie Goulet, co-head of a commission tracking jihadi networks. Estimates range from 400 to 600 Islamic State fighters trained specifically for external attacks, according to the officials, including Goulet. Some 5,000 Europeans have gone to Syria. “The reality is that if we knew exactly how many there were, it wouldn’t be happening,” she said. Two of the suicide bombers in Tuesday’s attacks, Belgian-born brothers Ibrahim and
Khalid El Bakraoui, were known to authorities as common criminals, not anti-Western radicals until an apartment one of them rented was traced to Abdeslam last week, according to Belgian state broadcaster RTBF. Similarly, an Algerian killed inside that apartment on March 15 had nothing but a petty theft record in Sweden — but he’d signed up as an Islamic State suicide bomber for the group in 2014 and returned to Europe as part of the Nov. 13 plot. In claiming responsibility for Tuesday’s attack, the Islamic State group described a “secret cell of soldiers” dispatched to Brussels for the purpose. The shadowy cells were confirmed by the EU police agency, Europol, which said in a late January report that intelligence officials believed the group had “developed an external action command trained for special forces-style attacks.” French speakers with links to North Africa, France and Belgium appear to be leading the units and are responsible for developing attack strategies in Europe, said a European security official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss briefing material. He is also familiar with interrogations of former fighters who have returned to Europe. Some were jailed after leaving IS while others were kicked out of the terror group, and they include Muslims and Muslim converts from all across Europe.
be located in this centralized area, however. Laurel and Volunteer Hall are scheduled to remain open, and a 684-bed residence hall on Lake Loudon Boulevard will be completed in December 2016. In addition to modernizing facilities, Cuevas said the goals for the master plan include increasing the number of outdoor courtyards and green spaces, creating more flexible areas that students can use either to socialize or study and making the different parts of campus more accessible to everyone. By creating new, versatile and open areas, Cuevas hopes that students will interact more with one another, which could foster a stronger sense of community on campus. Johnathan Clayton, a senior and member of UT Diversity Matters, expressed mixed feelings about the master plan. He said that demolishing halls with negative reputations and building new halls in a more centralized location could improve the campus climate — to an extent. “This still doesn’t address the costs of housing that disproportionately affect students from working class backgrounds, nor issues related to gender neutral/gender inclusive housing,” Clayton said. Clayton suggested that a system to deter-
mine housing priority based on registration date would be preferable to the current first come, first served system, which favors students who can immediately afford to pay the $200 confirmation fee. Cuevas responded to this suggestion by saying that the housing department is always willing to work with financially struggling students to connect them with the resources necessary to pay the fee. In the meeting on Tuesday, the administration told UT Diversity Matters that genderneutral housing has not been discussed as part of the master plan. Kristen Godfrey, a member of the coalition working on her master’s in social work, criticized Cuevas for repeatedly asserting the importance of providing safe gender-neutral housing options but neglecting to take action. Cuevas has confirmed that the new residence halls will include gender-neutral restrooms on the main floors, but Godfrey said she fears that they will be referred to as “family-style restrooms” in an attempt to avoid the controversial language that drew criticism from legislators last year. “The phrase ‘family-style restrooms’ erases individuals who identify as transsexual or nonbinary,” Godfrey said.
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PROTESTS continued from Page 1 Jones also cited that student victims of sexual abuse may have also been negatively affected by the images. “There are people on this campus who are victims of sexual abuse — who have had to go through the abortion process,” Jones said. “I know that’s not really something they want to be reminded of as they’re walking to class.” Many students skipped class to join Jones in his protests and said they felt the display impeded their educational experience. Tia Freeman, a freshman in interdisciplinary programs, said the display was a distraction for students trying to walk to class. “I feel like this is unacceptable to be on a university campus because this is harassment,” Freeman said. “ It’s a distraction from my learning experience.” Armstrong, however, argued that the display’s primary intention is to educate students. “People are telling lies to students, to potential customers if you will, saying it’s not a baby, it’s just tissue,” he said. “The first thing people get (with the display) is a
Thursday, March 24, 2016 • The Daily Beacon brief education about what abortion really is, what it looks like.” Armstrong mentioned the Hope Resource Center in Knoxville as an alternative to students considering abortion. “They provide help with parenting, with placement for adoption, with all kinds of things,” Armstrong said. “A lot of people who have abortions do so because they don’t think there’s any help out there. In fact, there is (a lot).” Still, many student protesters claimed the group’s arguments were largely illogical and inaccurate. “No matter what your stance is on this message, it’s the way they’re bringing it across,” said Tori Gilooly, a freshman on the exploratory track. “This is an illogical argument. This is sensationalism. They’re using non sequitur reasoning. “Their reasoning is just propaganda.” While Jones agreed the display was “taken too far,” he also maintained that the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform had an innate right to express their views. Jones advocated for nonviolence from protesters as he said the protests are likely to continue today. “I encourage anybody who wants to protest against this behavior tomorrow to remain nonviolent and remember that these people are our friends overall even if they are our enemies today,” Jones said.
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Counter-protesters stand outside the humanities building voicing their stance to the anti-abortion protests. Justin Keyes • The Daily Beacon
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SGA Profile: Hollingsworth Patterson Tanner Hancock News Editor When Carson Hollingsworth and McKinsey Patterson first met, you might say there wasn’t an immediate connection. “I thought he was a tool,” Patterson recalled of her first interaction with Hollingsworth. It was their freshman year when both of them served as presidents of their respective residents councils. Fast forward a year, and that all changed during a ropes course offered by UT’s Emerging Leaders. Partnered together on an obstacle course, suspended in mid-air, the two then realized there might have been more in common between them than originally perceived. “It took us about 50 feet off the ground to realize that there was a relationship that could be formed,” McKinsey said. Now both juniors, the pair represent the Hollingsworth-Patterson party heading into next week’s Student Government elections, with Hollingsworth running for president and Patterson for Vice President.
Given the large amount of candidates that usually choose to run every year, Hollingsworth feels that unlike many running for leadership positions, his and Patterson’s run represents the “breath of fresh air” so desperately needed within student government. While he admires the skill with which the current SGA leadership has handled issues — ranging from the Title IX lawsuit to the possibility of budget cuts to the Office of Diversity and Inclusion — Hollingsworth believes future leaders must work harder to prevent problems rather than solve them. “Overall, things can be avoided because SGA needs to be more proactive instead of reactive,” said Hollingsworth. Specifically, Hollingsworth points to the recent SGA vote on a resolution calling for the ban of all tobacco products on campus. While he respects their attempts to be proactive, Hollingsworth says leaders of a university must ultimately make decisions that consider the rights of all students, not just certain populations. “It’s not the popular opinion on cam-
pus,” Hollingsworth said. “It’s a little bit too extreme.” Mirroring that sentiment, Patterson said that while she personally has a bias against smoking stemming from her nursing training, she does not believe her personal feelings should interfere with her ability to make decisions as a leader. “SGA can’t say ‘this is an issue and we’re smart and we’re going to get it fixed for our students,’” Patterson said. “If we’re representing the majority, great — but how can we also compromise for the minority?” From their collective experiences, ranging from RA positions to Greek life, both Hollingsworth and Patterson feel that as leaders, their responsibility will not be to make decisions for the campus, but rather to reach out to students who may feel disaffected with the SGA process. “If SGA isn’t knowing who those resources are, and going to them and asking them for advice, that’s not an effective way to lead,” Patterson said. “You can’t just depend on your own opinions for every issue.”
SGA can’t say ‘this is an issue and we’re smart and we’re going to get it fixed for our students.’ If we’re representing the majority, great -- but how can we also compromise for the minority?” McKinsey Patterson, senior in nursing
Be Well encourages healthy lifestyle Caroline Mulloy Contributor The Center for Health Education and Awareness has implemented a new health initiative called Be Well, which encourages habits that could improve the health of UT employees. The Be Well initiative involves a lifestyle program to help keep employees on track with their wellness routine. Yusof Al-Wadei, Wellness Coordinator for the Student Health Center, said the new program is geared to those whose campus jobs may not be as active as others. “The (program) focuses on getting employees that are stuck behind a desk all day to get more exercise and eat right,” Al-Wadei said. “I like the fact that (the program) is so new and campus is so welcoming to the idea of becoming healthier.” The initiative is designed for the busy schedules of full-time employees as well as student employees. Karen Messing, Coordinator for the College of Nursing Student Services, said she enjoyed the flexibility of the program most of all. “What is great about the initiative is that it is easy to manage with a busy schedule, which is important to many of us as working parents,” Messing said.
These events include “Move More Mondays” and “Wellness Wednesdays” — two of many weekly events provided by the initiative. Al-Wadei said that anyone is welcome to attend Move More Mondays, which is a mile long walk around campus. Wellness Wednesdays are “lunch and learn sessions” every other week that educate employees on topics such as exercise and nutrition. The Be Well initiative also included a team that participates in the Zen Evo Chocolate Lovers Valentine 5K in February. This event supported the TnT Leukemia Lymphoma Society and local ROTC programs. The Center for Physical Activity and Health also hosted ‘Walk With a Vol’ as a part of the Be Well initiative. Al-Wadei said the three main focuses for the Be Well initiative are getting more exercise, eating healthy, and tobacco cessation. To get more involved in the Be Well initiative the group, Al-Wadei said to download the “Healthier Tennessee Foundation” app. “The Healthier Tennessee Foundation saw that one third of Tennesseans do not get any exercise in a week and two thirds of Tennesseans do not get any fruits or vegetables in a week,” Al-Wadei said. “The app was to be a ‘stepping stone’ for people who are not active yet to get into a healthier lifestyle.”
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William Wild creates music with nonconformity Michael Lipps
Asst. Arts & Culture Editor For Garrett Sale, the man behind the William Wild moniker, writing usually fills the morning hours between 8 and 10. Songwriting is something he is very invested in. Especially now, with a full-length album and a recently released EP under his belt. “I think I didn’t know exactly what it meant to be a songwriter,” Sale explained. “Because before, I had always been inspired by the music. I think production and stuff like that came first for me, for the first album … But I realized once you get a really strong song together, producing it is just so much easier because the song is just always going to be the most important part.” Steady Now, released on March 4, 2016, followed the full-length album released by William Wild in 2014. Sale explained that this EP is definitely more song-centric than the album. Playing the songs from the first album helped him to decide that he wanted to create music that wasn’t held captive to any specific form — he wanted to create music that would sound just as good with a band as it would during a solo-performance. “That was kind of the criteria going into the new album: to create moments and songs that spoke for themselves instead of having to be some massive arrangement,” Sale said. Although things only recently heated up for William Wild in 2014, you have to go back even further to see the foreshadowing of Sale’s affinity for music. His dad bought him his first guitar when he was very young. Though it didn’t necessarily mean much at the time, he thinks he would not have ended up being a musician if it were not for this gift. From here Sales would dabble in music for a while, but he didn’t take it too seriously. He eventually joined a synth-pop band during his sophomore year at UT, but it wasn’t long before he realized this wasn’t a good fit; it was time to begin something new. “Being in that band and playing shows kind of opened up a new side of me, and so right after leaving that group is when I started working on what would become the first (William Wild) LP,” Sale said. He didn’t want to name his new venture after himself due to the band-style music he envisioned. Thus, William Wild was born. “After the name presented itself, (I) just really liked it because you don’t know if it’s a person or a band; it’s just kind of interesting,” Sale said. William Wild is mainly composed of Sale and drummer Aaron Hill, who worked with
Sale on the 2014 album. The result of the pair’s work has given way to the smooth and melodic sounds that comprise much William Wild’s music. “It’s really easy to say folk-rock or something,” said Sale in reference to their sound. “But I think, for me, what sets it apart are the tones and textures — not necessarily the genre or chord structures. So, I don’t know, more atmospheric indie-rock.” What becomes clear in listening to the music, and certainly in listening to Sale speak about the creation process, is that a great deal of thought and intentionality lies behind everything you hear. Things like the aforementioned tones and textures, along with the frequency range of the music, are all things that Sale concerns himself with during the production process. “In the recording process I like to use a lot of vintage equipment that smooths out the top end,” Sale said. “A lot of modern music is really bright, and so I like to smooth everything out and kind of create a warm atmosphere around the music.” This warm atmosphere is something that Sale hopes extends beyond the sounds of his music and into things such as his stage presence as well. An extensive summer tour with plans for even further expansion will give Sale to opportunity to take his music to new audiences and holistically hone his craft. Since he’ll be doing most of the shows as a solo-act, Sale says he’s going to be on a bit of a quest. “I get intimidated about playing a show by myself,” Sale confessed. “I kind of like to hide behind the band. I’m scared and excited to be alone and to have to put my songs on display like that. I hope I come out on the other end much better and more able to put on a really engaging show that’s worth buying a ticket for, just as one man.” In terms of inspiration, Sale says he’s a pretty massive and diverse music consumer and that he listens to different artists for different reasons. “I think I’m both left brain and right brain, both analytical and creative,” Sale explained. “So I tend to hear music and be inspired by it but also, analytically, dissect what it is that I actually like … Kind of swim through the emotional part of what’s going on when I hear something inspiring and dial-in to try to put my finger on what it actually is about, what they’re doing to make me feel that way.” Ultimately, Sale said this whole venture is, for him, about community, and he just wants to keep doing the things that he loves. “I produced my first album pretty isolated, and I don’t feel like I ever want to do that again,” Sale said. “So I’m always trying to incorporate other people in the process.” Along with incorporating more artists into
UT grad, Garrett Sale, plans to write as many songs as he can and take his music to new places through the next year. • Courtesy of William Wild production, Sale hopes to incorporate more fans into the audience. “I just plan on writing songs and making records for a long time, and hopefully releasing them to bigger and bigger groups
of people,” Sale said. “Not for the fame and success, but because it makes writing a song that much better when there’s a bunch of people who like to listen to it.”
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K Brew changes bring new feel to coffee scene Michael Lipps
Asst. Arts & Culture Editor At the beginning of the year, there was just one cramped K Brew. However, the company’s full facelift with two new locations has paid off. Craving a great cup of coffee while you’re on campus? Hop on the Vol Line and stop in the 800 Market Street location just behind the Bijou. Want to actually spread out and hang out at K Brew? Head over to their new Broadway space and literally hang. The new Broadway location has quite possibly the coolest coffee shop seating arrangement I’ve ever encountered, in Knoxville or otherwise. There is a literal hammock forest, where you’re invited to lounge in one of the numerous
hammocks that hang from the ceiling. At first, it can be a little awkward. The hammocks hang low, and I couldn’t help but imagine how foolish I looked. You would have been hard-pressed to fit a feather between my backside and the floor as I awkwardly tried to settle into a socially acceptable position. But once I made peace with my position, I quite enjoyed doing some work and drinking coffee from a hammock. But if a hammock doesn’t sound like your ideal place to sit, or lounge, and enjoy a K Brew offering, no worries – there is abundant seating. The space is essentially broken up into thirds, the “hammock forest” area opposite the barista bar area and a middle section offering a variety of seating. Both of the seating rooms are behind garage doors that can be opened up to the outside, weather permitting.
Second to the hammocks, my next favorite seating option at the new space would have to be the mid-century modern black leather seats. Big enough potentially for two, I recall four in total with every other one facing the opposite direction to make for a conducive conversational setting. Since having ample seating is a bit of a novelty from what we’re used to from K Brew, I’ll continue the seating ranking to outline my third favorite option: the picnic tables. I’ve enjoyed picnic table seating at bars in cities across the Pacific North West, so I’m not sure if it’s just nostalgia, but I welcome the sight of such seating. In contrast, the other location on Market Street is much like the original Broadway location. In fact, there’s even less seating. Instead, emphasis is placed on serv-
ing to-go coffee seekers in the downtown area. As for their recently expanded plantdriven menu, I would implore you to try the almond fig bites and the chia seed yogurt. Oh my goodness — the almond fig bites are delectable and the chia seed yogurt tastes as good as a freaking cupcake (sans many of the less than healthy ingredients). I promise I’m not exaggerating. You can ask the gawkers on Gay Street who witnessed my delight as I shoveled the yogurt into my mouth for a midday snack. So while there have been some major address changes and a few menu changes as well, it’s still the same great K Brew — just even better now. Whatever you’re looking for in a coffee shop, K Brew surely won’t disappoint.
Tomb radar: King Tut’s burial chamber shows hidden rooms Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Radar scans of King Tutankhamun’s burial chamber have revealed two hidden rooms, a tantalizing discovery that could resolve a mystery as old as the pyramids: What was the fate of Egypt’s beautiful Queen Nefertiti? At a packed Cairo news conference Thursday to announce the find in King Tut’s tomb in Luxor, Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty declined to comment on whether any royal treasure or more mummies might be inside the rooms. But he said the unexplored chambers could hold some kind of organic or metal objects. Most experts say that while the scans might reveal another tomb behind the false walls, it’s unlikely to be crammed with solid gold and a royal mummy like Nefertiti, whose 3,300-year-old bust on display in Berlin is one of the most famous symbols of ancient Egypt and classical beauty. “Quite often, people have done these sorts of scans, and when actually investigated, things have turned out to be nothing like predicted,” said Aidan Dodson, an archaeologist at the University of Bristol in England. “If they are chambers, most likely they’d
be filled with more funeral objects of Tutankhamun, possibly including some gilded statuettes of gods, or perhaps even the mummy of a young child who predeceased Tut.” Still, the discovery has ignited massive interest, and el-Damaty cast the discovery as potentially huge. He said the radar scans of the chamber, taken last year and analyzed in Japan, will be repeated at the end of the month. “It means a rediscovery of Tutankhamun ... for Egypt it is a very big discovery, it could be the discovery of the century,” el-Damaty said. “It is very important for Egyptian history and for all the world.” The discovery could also renew excitement in Egypt’s antiquities and help reinvigorate its flagging tourism industry, which has been hit hard in recent years by political violence, an insurgency in the northern Sinai Peninsula, and persistent attacks since the military’s 2013 overthrow of an elected but divisive Islamist president. The contents of the newly found rooms could shine a light on one of ancient Egypt’s most turbulent times, and one prominent researcher has theorized that the remains of Nefertiti could be inside. British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves speculates that Tutankhamun, who died at age 19, may have been rushed into an outer chamber of what was originally
Nefertiti’s tomb. The queen was one of the wives of Tutankhamun’s father, the Pharaoh Akhenaten. El-Damaty said it was too early to tell what the metal and organic matter could be, saying only that he thinks the chambers could contain the tomb of a member of Tutankhamun’s family, possibly a woman. Luxor, in southern Egypt, served as the Pharaonic capital and is home to sprawling temples and several highly decorated ancient tombs in the Valley of the Kings. The discovery in 1922 of King Tut’s nearly intact tomb by Howard Carter yielded unprecedented treasures, including the boy king ’s sarcophagus and iconic golden burial mask. Reeves reached his theory after highresolution images discovered what he said were straight lines in Tut’s tomb. These lines, previously hidden by the color and texture of the stones, indicate the presence of a sealed chamber, he said. The images were broadcast live on national television in September. At the Cairo news conference, elDamaty showed the results of radar scans that revealed anomalies in the walls of the tomb, indicating a possible hidden door and rooms behind false walls that were covered up and painted over with hieroglyphics. Tut’s tomb, the most intact one ever discovered in Egypt, was packed with
well-preserved artifacts when it was discovered, but the fact that it was relatively small for the Valley of the Kings is boosting theories that there is more to be discovered. For many, Tut embodies ancient Egypt’s glory, because his tomb was packed with the glittering wealth of the rich 18th Dynasty, from 1569 to 1315 B.C. Nefertiti was the primary wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, who unsuccessfully tried to switch Egypt to an early form of monotheism. Akhenaten was succeeded by a pharaoh referred to as Smenkhare, and then Tut, who was proven by genetic testing to have been Akhenaten’s son. Many Egyptologists cite strong DNA evidence to argue that Nefertiti’s mummy is, in fact, one that already was found more than 100 years ago and is in Cairo’s Egyptian Museum. Reeves believes that Smenkhare and Nefertiti are the same person, with the queen simply changing her name during her rule. El-Damaty believes that if anyone is buried in the new antechambers it is likely Kia, believed by some to be the mother of Tutankhamun. Tut, Nefertiti and Akhenaten’s family ruled Egypt during one of its most turbulent times, which ended with a military takeover by Egypt’s top general, Horemheb. The family’s names were later erased from official records.
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On spring break, the beach and going fishing Clint Graves If I’m Honest
As I write this, it has only been two days since the end of spring break. And it already feels as cold and distant as fall break. Of 2013. There are few things more jarring in life than the sudden crash of post-vacation work. And I’m just neurotic enough to work myself into an absolute tizzy, while on vacation, about all of the work I’ll have to do when I get back. And to make matters worse, I spent spring break at my, at this point, least favorite locale: the beach. Now, don’t get me wrong. The camaraderie and conversation is brilliant. The fact that I can lie about doing nothing is fantastic. And the free flowing river of gin is a gift sent directly from God. I have no problem with vacation – at the beach or otherwise. What I’ve never understood, however, is the appeal of the actual beach. You know, the coast bit. Where water acts like an aquatic kitten that can’t decide whether or not it prefers to be in the ocean or on the land. As far as I can tell, the beach is good for only three things: getting sand in your eyes, being eaten by a shark and developing skin cancer. Yet people flock to it in droves. I don’t know who the shrewd, possibly evil, entrepreneur was that first thought of putting a hotel on the beachfront. But I’ll tell you: he or she is not currently in heaven. Every memory of my
childhood at a beachfront hotel is shrouded in a thin layer of slightly wet, slightly grimy sand. And body odor. Luckily, my spring break did not take place in a beachfront hotel. It took place in a beachfront house that someone else rented. That’s right. I managed to pay my way on a beach trip using only my charm, wit and ingenuity. And my girlfriend, whose lovely family felt obliged to take me at her request. So, the house was rather pleasant and relatively spider-free. And the cost was naught. It seemed something odd was happening: I was actually enjoying my beach trip. And any sane person might, at this point, ask if it could get any better. And that’s a good question because yes, it can. What made this trip even better? It took place in Cape San Blas. As it turns out, Cape San Blas is slightly south of Port Saint Joe. Which is on the gulf coast of Florida. Which is in America. Since Cape San Blas is a borderline mythical place – which I’m not fully convinced actually exists – you could probably guess that next to no one was there. And that, as you could probably also guess, was absolutely fine by me. It was also probably fine with whatever passes for a government in Cape San Blas because, had there been more people, there would have been a measurable
No more repeating the past Emily Moore Day to Day
Trace anything back through human history, and you will find the same theme over and over again: humans have a tendency to destroy everything we touch. Anything important, pure or simple better be hidden far out of our reach because the moment we get ahold of it, nothing will be left. Paint me a pessimist if you will. However, I must expand on the matter and say that I’m not looking at the glass as half empty or half full. I simply see a glass, and that is that. This reoccurring theme of selfishness, greed and war must come to a screeching halt (this is the part where you roll your eyes and say “No s—t, Emily. What else is new that everyone else hasn’t said a million times.”) Well, here is a question for you: these things humans have practiced throughout our existence, how well has that been working out? And why have we not learned from these mistakes yet? There could be several answers to these questions. The first being that it hasn’t been working for us well at all. Thirty-five people were killed in terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday. Sadly, a terrorist attack is not all together surprising in this day and age. No less tragic, of course, but with Paris just getting back on their feet from their own attack, how can we be completely shocked? As for the other question … I don’t have an
answer to it really. One of my favorite sayings is from George Santayana: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Of course it takes thousands of years to make mistakes and learn from them, which we have done in so many cases. But for some reason, no matter how advanced technology gets or what great achievements we make, I am beginning to wonder if we will ever find what it takes to walk the earth alongside each other in peace. We live in a world filled with massive nuclear weapons and high tensions littered with threats and violence. And sometimes the heinousness of the crimes committed is too much to talk about, but that cannot be an excuse anymore. We must address the lawsuit against UT, the extreme prejudice between our two main political parties and, as of most recently, the terrorist attacks in Brussels. As hard as it may be, it is time to face the ugly truth and take action already. The general population is looking to the corruptness of government and its leaders when the power to change these things lay in our own hands — the power of the people. I can sit here and write columns every week about different types of oppression, research modern day slavery and all of the senseless and violent crimes we commit against one another, but at the end of the day it will always be lost on me and my words
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increase in the number of shark attacks. And that’s bad for tourism. How do I know that? Because, against my better judgment, I went fishing. Now, to be fair, I should say that what I did was about as close to fishing as water polo is to regular polo. In that what I did bore little resemblance to fishing and featured no horses. In fact, a more apt description of what I was doing would be sitting under a low-lying tent, sipping gin and reading “Thunderball.” And very occasionally, I happened to peer over the top of my book to see the other men on the trip wildly swinging their arms, telling me to come reel in whatever happened to be snagged on the line. I had some notable catches: a venomous catfish, an agitated stingray and several sharks. But all of that pales in comparison to the first thing I reeled in: two, mid-coital horseshoe crabs. Honestly, I can’t say I enjoyed the experience of becoming an interspecies voyeur. In sum – and shame on you if you didn’t see this coming – I had an absolute blast at the beach. Except for the bit where I caught crabs. Clint Graves is a junior in communication studies and English. He can be reached at bhr713@ vols.utk.edu
will change nothing. We don’t need people preaching; we need people acting. That is why it is up to us. It is our responsibility to learn from our parents’ mistakes and the generations before them. To accept one another as we are and instead of generating so much hate and oppression and to simply be kind to one another will be the world’s greatest achievement as it is. It is our job to educate ourselves on these matters and pass these teachings on to our children so that they may grow up with the respect and understanding this world needs before it is too late. I am tired of being scared while in large crowds or stadiums because they are seen as targets. I am tired of looking over my shoulder when I walk alone at night and pretending to be on the phone to feel more safe. I am tired of reading about senseless hatemotivated murders and attacks on the LGBTQ+ community as well as minorities. I am simply tired of living life in a world so full of fear that it is every person for themselves rather than recognizing our strength and pulling together. We don’t have to keep living like this. The change is up to us. Emily Moore is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at emoore52@ vols.utk.edu
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Tennessee looking for pitching consistency in SEC series with Bama Rob Harvey
Contributor Tennessee coach Dave Serrano has a lot of respect for Alabama’s baseball program. But he still insists that the Crimson Tide won’t be Tennessee’s biggest challenge this weekend. Tennessee travels to Tuscaloosa to play a three-game series against Alabama this weekend, and Serrano knows his Vols will have to play at a high level if they want to experience some success this weekend. And that will be Tennessee’s biggest challenge this weekend. “We don’t play our opponent, we play ourselves.� Serrano said Tuesday after Tennessee’s 9-1 victory over Tennessee Tech. “I have a lot of respect for (Alabama’s) program, and we know we have to go play good baseball over there.� Tennessee (13-7, 1-2 SEC) will need a strong performance from its pitching staff for its first SEC road series against Alabama (13-7, 2-1). Serrano said that Zach Warren will start Friday night and that most likely Andy Cox will be the Sunday starter. However, Saturday
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WOMENS BASKETBALL
Lady Vols in uncharted territory as Sweet 16 underdogs
Trenton Duffer Copy Editor
Out of all 35 NCAA women’s basketball tournaments over the years, the Lady Vols are finally the ones sporting an orange and white glass slipper in this year’s tournament. After grabbing a seven seed in the Sioux Falls region on Selection Monday last week, the 10-seeded Green Bay Phoenixes were slated to be the Lady Vols opponent. Tennessee overcame an eight-point deficit in the first half to knock off Green Bay in the first round of the tournament. Following that win, the Lady Vols had the two-seeded Arizona State Sun Devils on Sunday on the Sun Devils home court in Tempe, Arizona. The Lady Vols beat Arizona State 75-64 to advance to their 34th Sweet 16. This was a bit different for the Lady Vols, who are used to playing on their home court during the first two games of the NCAA Tournament. “It’s a lot more difficult and the teams are getting better,” Lady Vols coach Holly Warlick said on Wednesday. “Had I wished we’d played at home? Yes, but I feel like what we did was huge, to go against a big crowd and to go against two quality teams.” “I think it does give us a little confidence.” Looking for a bit more magic, Tennessee will face the No. 3 seed Ohio State Buckeyes Friday’s game in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Buckeyes have a weapon in their arsenal that has propelled them to incredible offensive heights this year – Kelsey Mitchell. Mitchell is third in the nation in scoring with 26.3 points per game. The Cincinnati, Ohio, native has scored at least 40 points four times
this year — her highest being 48. Mitchell dropped 45 points against West Virginia, the first 40-point game in the NCAA Tournament since Brittany Griner scored 40 in 2011. Warlick said on Wednesday that her team has a lot of different defensive options to try to slow down the prolific scorer. “I don’t think we’ve faced anybody that is like Kelsey Mitchell,” Warlick said. “She shoots a majority of their shots. She’s very skilled and very talented.” Mitchell has been a one-woman wrecking crew this season, shooting 45.5 percent from the field this season. Mitchell has also been a threat from three-point range, shooting 40 percent from deep. The rest of her team is just 35 percent from beyond the arc. “We’ve heard about them through the season,” junior guard Jordan Reynolds said. “We’ve had a couple of practice players pulling up from half-court to make sure we’re containing her.” The Lady Vols and the Buckeyes have played a lot of the same opponents this season with nearly identical records against each foe. Both teams lost to South Carolina and Notre Dame and both beat Penn State. Ohio State beat Texas A&M in their one matchup, while Tennessee split the season series with the Aggies at one game apiece. The Lady Vols will hope to continue their Cinderella run against the Buckeyes Friday night at 9:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2. If Tennessee wins, the Lady Vols will face the winner of the South Carolina-Syracuse game in the Elite Eight on Sunday. The Lady Vols lost to South Carolina this season and beat Syracuse 57-55 in Knoxville in November.
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Freshmen impacting No. 1 seeds at women’s NCAA tourney Associated Press
They are first-timers in the women’s NCAA Tournament, highly touted recruits who as freshmen are already having an impact for No. 1 seeds getting ready for the Sweet 16. Notre Dame has a pair of guards who score in double figures, Baylor boasts two big posts who among the Big 12’s top shooters and Connecticut has a freshman starter whose two older sisters played for a Final Four team at Stanford. “As far as freshmen, if you can play, you can play,” Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said Wednesday. “What freshmen have to do quickly is learn the system at their respective schools, learn how to play defense, learn how to practice hard every
day and have management of their time.” Going into the second weekend of the women’s NCAA Tournament, here are some of the top freshmen: KATIE LOU SAMUELSON, Connecticut: Samuelson moved into the starting lineup for the three-time defending national champion Huskies in mid-January. The California kid is averaging 10.9 points and shoots 39 percent on 3-pointers (72 of 184). In her first NCAA Tournament game, she scored a season-high 22 points. “We’re not going to be able to win the national championship without her,” UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. Samuelson’s older sisters, Bonnie and Karlie, were on Stanford’s team that lost to the Huskies in a national semifinal game two years ago. Bonnie has since graduated, but Karlie is a junior for the Cardinal, who play Notre Dame
next. MARINA MABREY and ARIKE OGUNBOWALE, Notre Dame: Mabrey has been an all-around player for the Fighting Irish, and Ogunbowale has been instant offense off the bench. Ogunbowale averages 11.5 points while playing only about 19 minutes a game. “I think she’s the best sixth man in the game,” coach Muffet McGraw said. “She’s doing so many things that are exciting to watch. We get better when she comes in the game.” Mabrey scored 16 points in her first game for Notre Dame, and had a triple-double in her fourth. The younger sister of Irish senior team captain Michaela averages 10.8 points, and had 15 against Indiana on Monday. “The thing I love about her is that she’s just not going to back down from anyone,” McGraw said. “That’s really going to bode well for us in
the future.” BEATRICE MOMPREMIER and KALANI BROWN, Baylor: Along with former Duke transfer Alexis Jones joining the 1-2 punch of Nina Davis and Niya Johnson, the Lady Bears this season added two McDonald’s All-Americans inside — 6-foot-7 Brown and 6-4 Mompremier. Brown leads the Big 12 in shooting 62 percent from the field (134 of 218), and had 16 points in 18 minutes of Baylor’s second-round win over Auburn. Mompremier has started 24 games and is fifth in league shooting at 55 percent (114 of 208). “They have the physical skills to be as good as anybody that’s ever played at Baylor,” Mulkey said. “What they have to learn is you don’t just roll a ball out there and not absorb what you’ve been taught in the film room and what you’re doing on scouting reports, and I’ve watched them grow in that capacity.”
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Kamara hopes to improve in 2016 season Jonathan Toye
Sports Editor Alvin Kamara was good in 2015. But he wants to be even better in 2016. Kamara finished second on the team in both rushing and receiving yards last season. He rushed for 698 yards on 108 carries and collected 291 receiving yards on 34 receptions. His speed and shiftiness provided the perfect complement to Jalen Hurd’s powerful running style, as the duo helped Tennessee achieve its second best rushing performance in school history. So by all standards, Kamara’s season was good. But as a perfectionist, Kamara still spotted plenty of flaws from last season. “I always think I could do more,” Kamara said. “There was a lot of stuff I did wrong last year that I am looking to build on this year. Just watching a lot of film and trying to improve on the small things … (like) just helping Jalen more. You know, being in there in some pass blocking situations, just taking some of that load off him. There were some circumstances that prevented me from doing that, but now coming into this spring I feel like I can contribute more in that area.”
Kamara is already making strides to improve. He wants to polish every aspect of his game, but on Tuesday he focused on strengthening his endurance. During Tuesday’s practice, he was sprinting everywhere on Haslam Field. A year’s worth of experience has also helped. Last spring, Kamara was a newcomer. This spring, Kamara understands what is expected of him. “I feel like a vet,” said Kamara, laughing. “Last spring I was kind of like a wet noodle: just running around not knowing what is going on. But now I know the flow of practice. I know what is going on. I know what is expected of me. I know what my teammates expect of me. I feel like a vet. “This spring, I know what to look for. I know what I need to get better at. I know what I need to tweak and adjust and work on … There are a lot of things (I learned) from being here a year, just from experience.” While Kamara wants to elevate his play, he is content to keep the same role. “Anything I could to help the team win, that’s what I want to do,” Kamara said. “Like I said when I first came.” On Preston: Kamara had plenty of
praise for wideout Preston Williams. “Preston, he is really stepping up and starting to make some plays and come into his own,” Kamara said. Preston came to Tennessee as a highlytouted four-star recruit, but missed most of fall camp when the NCAA flagged his ACT score. Williams was eventually cleared to practice with the team. He had to shake off the rust from missing most of fall camp, but he still showed flashes of his potential and finished his freshman season with seven catches for 158 yards. And now spring practice reps give Williams an opportunity to bolster a passing game that was absent at times last season. “Preston missed a lot of camp. These reps have been crucial,” Dobbs said. “(The receivers) have really hit the ground running. They are starting to step up and they are making a lot of plays on the edge. That has been great to see. “It’s great to have playmakers and they are great athletes. They are long. They are tall. They have great hands. Having them Alvin Kamara, #6, scans the field in attempt to outside, it’s tough on defensive backs, and it score a touchdown. Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon/ makes my job a little easier.” Tennessee Athletics
Lakers hold off Grizzlies 107-100, snap 4-game skid Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — One last time, Kobe Bryant backed down Tony Allen, talked friendly trash with Matt Barnes and reminisced with old AAU teammate Vince Carter. By the final minutes, Kobe was watching them all from the bench while the young Los Angeles Lakers closed out an unlikely win. Jordan Clarkson scored 22 points, Brandon Bass got eight of his 18 in the fourth quarter and the Lakers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 107-100 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night. Bryant scored 12 of his 20 points in the third quarter, but the superstar sat out the final 4:20 because coach Byron Scott wanted “to see what these guys can do.” Bryant was curious himself, and he wasn’t disappointed. “I thought they played hard,” Bryant said of the young group. “I think it’s time for them to make that jump. Now it’s time to really lock in on those details.” Even with D’Angelo Russell sidelined by a
bruised shin, Clarkson led Los Angeles smoothly past the playoff-bound Grizzlies, who had won the clubs’ first three meetings of the season. The Western Conference-worst Lakers wrapped up an eight-game homestand with three wins, beating contenders Golden State and Memphis. “We were moving the ball, but a lot of it started on the defensive end,” Clarkson said. “We just stuck to the game plan.” Allen made all 12 of his shots while scoring 27 points for the Grizzlies, who rallied to win in Phoenix on Monday night. “It was one those games where they took advantage of us coming off a back-to-back, but no excuses,” Allen said. “That team played hard. They were all over the place, getting secondchance points. We turned the ball over and they scored off our turnovers. They played with a little more energy than us. They outhustled us and had a little more pep in their step. They’re a young, talented group, and they’re the future of the NBA.” Zach Randolph and Lance Stephenson added 16 points apiece for the Grizzlies. “It’s a game that we needed, and we didn’t win,” said Carter, who had four points. “They had more energy than us. I don’t know what
they’re playing for, but I know what we’re playing for.” KOBE’S GUYS Bryant suited up for the fourth time in Los Angeles’ last 10 games, and he appeared to be in a good mood throughout his final showdown with several old friends. Kobe recently called Allen the toughest defender he faced in his 20-year NBA career, and Carter was among his early inspirations to work hard. Bryant’s long-standing connections with them explained why he’ll attempt to play backto-back games with his sore shoulder instead of sitting out this one before Wednesday’s game in Phoenix. “My shoulder feels great,” Bryant said. “I didn’t have any aches or pains.” Bryant said he still intends to play in his Phoenix farewell. D’ANGELO DOWN Russell had 11 points in 22 minutes before sitting out the final 1 1/2 quarters. The rookie No. 2 overall pick went down in pain in the first half after a leg-on-leg collision with JaMychal Green, but he played in the third quarter before shutting it down. NO JUSTICE, NO WORLD PEACE
Metta World Peace was ejected early in the fourth quarter when he wouldn’t stop complaining about the lack of a foul call when Vince Carter tied him up for a jump ball. The former Ron Artest has a monumental history of oncourt misbehaviors, but it was his first ejection of the season. The Grizzlies got the chance to choose the Lakers player who had to enter the game to take World Peace’s spot on the jump ball, and they grinningly chose Kobe, who lost the tip. TIP-INS Grizzlies: Longtime Lakers G Jordan Farmar had eight points and five assists in his second game with Memphis, which signed the Los Angeles native and UCLA product to a 10-day contract. ... Stephenson scored five points in 1.5 seconds late in the third quarter with two free throws, a quick steal and a three-point play. ... Mike Conley missed his 10th straight game with tendinitis, and P.J. Hairston missed his fifth straight game with a strained groin. Lakers: Rookie F Larry Nance Jr. sat out as part of the team’s strategy to rest his sore knees during back-to-back sets. He is expected to play Wednesday in Phoenix. ... Russell is questionable to play in Phoenix, the team said.
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Track and Field shines at indoor nationals Shane Switzer
Staff Writer Going into the 2016 NCAA Indoor National Championships, head coach Beth AlfordSullivan believed that her track and field team could make some noise. Her belief wasn’t misplaced. Tennessee walked away with two individual champions: Christian Coleman and Felicia Brown. Both won the 200 meters at the NCAA Indoor National Championships in Birmingham, Ala. on March 11 and 12, making Tennessee the first school to win both men and women’s 200 in the same championship event. The men were able to finish on the podium taking third place at nationals while the women finished seventh. “Early on in the indoor season we felt we were going to be a pretty good team on both sides,” Alford-Sullivan said. “We kept the focus relatively simple and said we think we have two top 10 teams.” Coleman made the podium in the 60 meter, finishing in third place and ran in second leg of
the men’s 4x400 meter relay team that finished in fifth. Brown ran as the anchor of the women’s 4x400 that finished in fifth. It wasn’t just Coleman and Brown putting in great performances for the Vols. Kali DavisWhite ran a personal best time of 23.08 and finished seventh in the women’s 200 meter. Cassie Wertman also set a personal best in shot put throwing 17.68 meters and finished second in the NCAA. Wertman earned her first, First Team All-American honors with the performance. In the women’s 5000 meter final Chelsea Blaase set a personal best time of 15:42.47 and took third. On the men’s side Cameron Brown set a personal best in the weight throw with a distance of 23.54 meters. Cameron Brown finished third. Nathan Strother finished second in the men’s 400 meter and ran anchor of the 4x400. The high finishes suggest that it is was smooth sailing for the Vols at nationals — but that wasn’t the case. “At the end of the first day we were down a significant amount of points,” Alford-Sullivan said. “We rallied really well and came out with
more than we expected. We were absolutely thrilled and we value it quite a bit.” Even though Alford-Sullivan was pleased with the way her athletes finished, she made a point to say the team doesn’t feel it has arrived and it isn’t satisfied. It was a step in the right direction, but they want more. Closing out the indoor season signals the beginning of the outdoor season and AlfordSullivan said just because you were on the podium in the indoor season doesn’t mean you’ll be on the podium when the competition moves outside. “It’s hard to say, ‘Okay, we did it indoors, let’s do it outdoors,’” Alford-Sullivan said. “Very different seasons, very different ways of competition and very different teams.” The early outdoor season is a regrouping process for the Vols before they start the march towards the NCAA Outdoor National Championships. “I would say going into it we feel very confident both teams are prepared well,” AlfordSullivan said. “If we’re healthy and doing what we need to do from the middle of May to the middle of June we’ll have another successful season.”
At the end of the first day we were down a significant amount of points. We rallied really well and came out with more than we expected. We were absolutely thrilled and we value it quite a bit.”
Beth Alford-Sullivan, Head Coach