Defense rallies to win Orange & White game Shane Switzer
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Going into the fourth quarter the White team or the Tennessee offense was leading 62-60. Head coach Butch Jones announced that the spring game was going “live” and a switch flipped on the Orange, or defense, team. Tennessee fans are well aware that the defense gave up multiple fourth quarter leads last season but inside Neyland Stadium on Saturday afternoon the defense came back to win 70-63. Obviously it wasn’t the normal scoring system but defensive linemen Kahlil McKenzie didn’t mind and was happy to get the win. “I think we got after it today,” McKenzie said. “Showed what we can do a little bit, was flying around a little bit, that kind of stuff.” Kahlil McKenzie: Fans will notice one obvious change from McKenzie on the field this fall as he will change from No. 1 to No. 99. “Number 99 was a number I’ve always liked; was a number I wore my senior year of high school,” McKenzie said, admitting that No. 1 was cool but after the Outback Bowl he wanted to change to 99. See ORANGE & WHITE on Page 12
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Phi Mu Alpha brings home trophy for 1st time in five years JoAnna Brooker Contributor
Singing fraternity Phi Mu Alpha placed third Saturday evening in the All Campus Events All-Sing. ACE puts on four events each year; Homecoming, Carnicus, All-Sing and Volunteer Challenge. Each event is planned a year in advance and offers organizations on campus a chance to represent themselves and compete against others. Although these events are filled heavily by
fraternities and sororities, the Greek organization’s overrepresentation is not intentional. “We realize that these are some of the larger organizations on campus and so we try to keep our fees low to allow the smaller organizations that don’t have the funds other groups do,” said Nancy June Inman, senior in mathematics and the committee chair of ACE. ”But it takes a lot of organization and manpower to get that done.” However, smaller organizations need not lose hope; Baptist collegiate ministry won 1st place in 2012, and this year musical fraternity Phi Mu Alpha placed for the first time in five years.
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“This is the first time that we’ve got a trophy in five years, so it feels really good to do it,” President of Phi Mu Alpha Corey Kiser, sophomore in music education, said. “The fact that I was in charge of it, I feel a little bit extra proud.” The groups were judged on singability, performance, outfits and energy. The theme this year was All Stars, meaning contestants would perform any artist who had gone platinum or who could be considered an “All Star” of their genre. The theme changes every year. Chi Omega and Sigma Kappa placed first, Beta Upsilon Chi and Zeta Tau Alpha placed second and Phi Mu Alpha and Delta Zeta placed third.
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Diversity funding bill to see vote this week, students respond Tanner Hancock News Editor
April is coming to a close, and with it comes the state legislator’s final chance to redirect funding from UT’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion for the year. Beginning Monday, two bills in the Tennessee Senate and House of Representatives addressing funding for UT’s Office of Diversity (SB 1912 and HB2248) stand the chance of becoming law as they make their way through the final legislative process. The senate bill, sponsored by Sen. Todd Gardenhire, seeks to redirect $436,700 in funds from the UT’s Office of Diversity to go toward scholarships for minority students pursuing degrees in engineering. The bill faces action in the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee Monday at 2 p.m. The House version of the bill, sponsored by Rep. Micah Van Huss, seeks to redirect $100,000 of the $436,700 sum total of diversity funding to help finance a decal program to place the national motto “In God We Trust” on participating state law enforcement vehicles. That bill faces a vote on the House floor Monday at 5 p.m. Both bills also prohibit the use of state funds to promote the use of gender neutral pronouns or to “inhibit the celebration of religious holidays.” The bills also prohibit the use of state funds to finance Sex Week, despite the fact that the event is independently funded. Speaking about the bills’ differing language, Van Huss said he would be willing to redirect funds to minority students seeking engineering scholarships so long as some funding remained in place for the decal program. “Law enforcement get a tough wrap in our nation today,” Van Huss said of the program. “It (the national motto) is part of our history as a nation, and I think it’s important to include that in there.” If the two bills pass in the house and senate with differing language, a conference committee would then need to be called to help create one law. Acknowledging the criticism against his and other legislators’ efforts against
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UT’s diversity office, Gardenhire said that he and his colleagues were “not trying to restrict” students’ rights to free speech, but rather acting in the best interest of their constituents. “You can do what you wanna do, but then again don’t complain when we do what we want to do in Nashville,” Gardenhire said of student complaints. “There’s consequences to everything in life, and they (UT students and faculty) need to learn that.” Speaking on behalf of the UT Diversity Matters Coalition, senior and co-chair for Sexual Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee Elizabeth Stanfield said the state’s efforts against the diversity office fit into the “narrative of punishment” whereby state lawmakers have attempted to “put UT in their place” when it comes to matters of diversity. “As people directly affected by this legislation, I think UT students and faculty have been crystal clear in our opposition to it, and they don’t seem to care,” Stanfield said. Despite student led efforts protesting legislative action against the diversity office, including a rally in Nashville last month, Stanfield said she and other members of the coalition feel as if their voices are being ignored. “They’re still continuing to push this really harmful legislation forward and don’t seem to care what students have to say about it,” she said. “It’s not a game. These are people’s lives we’re talking about.” But Stanfield and the UT Diversity Matters Coalition demands “no more business as usual” from the administration with its latest effort in support of diversity. The group is asking students to wear black, exit class and meet at the Humanities and Social Sciences amphitheater on Tuesday, Apr. 19 at 1:40 p.m. “We’ve really just seen a lot of stalling from the administration,” Stanfieldsaid. “We’ve been pushing them (UT administration) to give us some kind of real, concrete change on behalf of marginal-
They’re still continuing to push this really harmful legislation forward and dont seem to care what students have to say about it. It’s not a game. These are people’s lives we’re talking about.”
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ized students on campus, and they just really haven’t been doing it.” The UT Diversity Matters coalition included a full list of demands on the Facebook page for the event to remind administration and legislators what they are fighting for on campus. “We have repeatedly asked Chancellor Cheek and his Vice Chancellors to actively show support for marginalized students by making real, meaningful policy changes, but they have failed to do so, instead stalling for months,” reads the event Facebook page. “Because of these failures by our elected officials and our administration, Tuesday we exit class. “We will not be silenced, defunded or ignored at a school we pay tens of thousands of dollars in tuition to each year.”
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UT Debate Team wins national championship Alex Holcomb
Contributor “Debate is a form of intellectual self-defense,” Debate Team Secretary Abel Tahirkheli said. Earlier this month, UT’s student run Debate Team took seven debaters and two judges to Lee College in Baytown, Texas, to compete in the International Public Debate Association National Debate Tournament. Of the seven competitors, five, at least one in every division, broke through the preliminary rounds to compete for the National Championship. Despite not debating until last semester, Mickayla Stogsdill, freshman in public administration, beat more than 60 other competitors to win the title of the 2015-2016 National Novice Champion. “Anyone can do this,” Stogsdill said. “I did not know how to debate, but I did. And I loved it, and I did well.” The team became the national champions for the third year in a row and brought home over 20 awards. “We’re really proud of it because we’ve done it own our own. We’ve done it without a real coach and without real funding from the
school,” Spencer Hinton, a recent UT graduate and former debate team member, said. The debating style of IPDA is different than the type used by other organizations in that it is more practical and realistic. “IPDA has the least amount of formalities involved in how you construct debate,” Tahirkheli said. “When you go in, you’re not talking to someone who has a rule book in their head and a checklist of all the things you need to say just to debate, much as with real life.” At the tournaments, competitors could be given a topic on anything from literary figures to cheese puffs. With the short amount of time they have to prepare, they must become an expert on the topic whether they knew anything about it before or not. “I probably know more about angel hair versus spaghetti than anybody else in this building — probably at this school, and I know all that thanks to debate,” Denizhan Pak, sophomore in computer science and current varsity state champion, said. “When you realize how much there is out there to learn and when you sit down, and when you’re with your friends learning as much as you can as quickly as possible, that sticks.” The Debate team is often mistaken for an argument club for future lawyers and political
The members of the UT Debate Team. • Photo Courtesy of Mickayla Stogsdill scientists, but Debate Team president William than a fun activity or a way to spend Thursday Brandon Carpenter said differently. evenings. It’s home. “I grew up loving to argue, but no matter “The family that this debate team has made what, it’s not that we all love to argue. We’re me is more than I could ever ask for from not all hyper-argumentative people. We are a the university as a whole,” Stogsdill said. “I bunch of the most diverse group of students fell absolutely in love with every facet of this you’re going to meet on campus,” Carpenter, debate team, and I consider these guys my senior in history, said. “You meet people who family.” put you outside of your comfort zone and Although the team’s meetings are over for expand that comfort zone.” the semester, students can still get involved Likewise, for Stogsdill, the team is more this fall.
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NEW MUSIC MONDAYS
A variety of artists took the stage at this year’s Coachella festival. Check out this playlist to feel like you were there! “Hypnotic” Sturgill Simpson—“A Sailor’s Guide To Earth” Anticipation: 4.5/5 The man is known for solid country songs and interesting themes, and with a title like that, I know it’ll be like nothing else out there. During: 4/5 Horns! I didn’t know that a man with a burly, country mustache and a hard “g” in his name could pull an album with a Motown feel to it. Check out “Keep It Between The Lines”. Reflection: 4/5 Just when I thought his sophomore album was weird enough, Simpson comes back with more surprises. “In Bloom” is such an interesting cover and “Brace For Impact” is too cool for this world. If you’ve been keeping watch on country artists who are shaking up the country world, Sturgill Simpson needs no introduction. The alternative country songster, who has received overwhelming praise from all over (even from the late country great Merle Haggard) for his psychedelic country album “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music,” is back with his third studio album “A Sailor’s Guide To Earth”. And the country artist seems to be keeping it weird with his blend of old school country and psychedelic rock — but with strong bats of Motown as well. The album stays true to its sailor-themed title on the dramatic, classical intros “Welcome To Earth (Pollywog)” and “Breakers Roar,” but the title and theme are not nearly as interesting as Simpson’s blended sound. These melodies that connect from one song to the next, intended for continuous listening and a clear nod to old school musical styles, are not surprising coming from this man with an appreciation of older styles of music, but few country fans could have predicted the horn section on the new album. Songs like “Keep It Between The Lines” and “Call To Arms” are lined with this surprising blaring horn section throughout, but blasts of surging electric guitar riffs get their turn as well. “Brace For Impact” also adds to the rock sound on the album while a steel guitar slides its sound into the mix as well. But the left-of-center artist takes a few slower-placed moments on tunes like “Oh Sarah” with its crying orchestra instrumental and downtrodden underlying bass. However, even Simpson’s slower songs are kept outlandish; “In Bloom” is a cover of Nirvana’s 1991 song, but with Simpson’s country twang and another batch of old-school horns coming through at the climax of the song. No matter how weird Simpson gets with his new songs, he stays true blue country on songs like “Keep It Between The Lines” and the seriously country track “Sea Stories” which is reminiscent “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music”. Simpson is known for keeping country music fans coming back to see what crazy musical creation he’s come up with, and “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth” is no acceptation. With its vintage and continued old country sounds, Simpson somehow managed to add interesting elements to true country music without crossing the line.
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Anticipation: 2.5/5 They’re coming to town this week and that’s the end of the short list of things I know about them. During: 2.5/5 I can’t say I’m getting a feel for who this group is or what they’re sound is. There’s so much variation, it’s almost confusing. Reflection: 2/5 This album seems very thrown together. It doesn’t function as a mixed tape, so their inconsistent songs come across as unorganized and messy. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals have once again recorded together for their latest album “Call It What It Is” which seems to vary in style. However, it’s difficult to get a handle on just what the band is after with their sound. They go from a slide guitar heavy tune on “All That Has Grown” to a rock track called “Pink Balloon” and a reggae song “Finding Our Way” all back to back. Though variation in style isn’t a bad thing, there seems to be no consistency between songs. It’s difficult to figure out just what Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals are aiming for with this eclectic album. The album varies so greatly that it’s difficult to attempt to categorize the band. However, more disappointing are the vocals. There’s not a moment that the vocals shine through these tracks. “Goodbye To You” is a song that seems to be vocally driven, but yet, his vocals don’t do the track justice. Though this seems to be their first official album as a band, the album is rough and very unorganized, which came as a surprise from an artist with a lofty list of previous solo albums. With more direction and a tighter, more focused sound, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals could use the honesty on their latest album for a solid upcoming album. -Marina Waters, Staff Writer
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“Let It Go” James Bay
“The Mother We Share” Lauren Mayberry
“Hey Now” Matt and Kim
“White Noise” Disclosure
“Chandelier” SIA
“True Color” Zedd
“Purple Swag” A$AP Rocky
“Sweet Child O’ Mine” Guns N’ Roses
“Black Leather” Prayers
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Zeta Tau Alpha and Beta Upsilon Chi performing various hits from Queen in the All-Sing Competition on Saturday, April 16, in Cox Auditorium. Tiara Holt • The Daily Beacon
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High SGA turnout won’t create a wet campus
Thomas Carpenter The Workshop
This year, SGA received record voter turnout in recent history. With more than twice as many students voting this year compared to last year, it begs the question, why the shift? What compelled thousands more students to care about SGA for once? It could be a lot of things, but my guess is that it is primarily the fact that all three campaigns advocated for some form of a wet campus in their policy platform. This was big; no SGA campaign had included a change to the alcohol policy in my four years as a student until this year. As someone that’s been involved in student government in one way or another since freshman year, the biggest question that came to my mind as a student representative was how to get more students involved in student government, especially during elections because, just like the American government, the higher the voter turnout, the more the legislature is actually representative of their constituency. When upper UT administration and Aramark announced the mandatory meal plan last year, I thought the issue would rally students around SGA to fight back; I was wrong. In my time here, every year up til now has seen consistently lower voter turnout. At this point, I thought the student body was a lost cause. I was proven wrong after this year’s elections. This year’s campaigns found something that
The probability of life Kimberley Bress
Real World Problem Solving
Nothing can be for certain. But some things are more certain than others. This is the foundation for the discipline of probability, a branch of mathematics focused on studying the possible outcomes of a particular event, and then determining which one of these outcomes is most likely to take place. It is a numerical science of distributions and conditionality which can be maddeningly inconclusive. However, probability is more than just material for classroom chalkboards and dissertations. The ability to successfully predict the outcomes of future events is of interest to many people who are not mathematicians. Gamblers and law enforcement officers, epidemiologists and archaeologists, hedge fund analysts and football fans all attempt to foresee the future through probability, some in more sophisticated ways than others. A current focus of exploration in the world of probability is the impending presidential election. Is there a way to predict who will win before the polls close on November 8? Interestingly, Bing (one of the internet’s more underrated search engines) is attempting to do just that. Using a conditional and multivariate probability model, Bing combines current poll data, prediction markets, social media data and search queries to formulate a prediction on who will win the election. This foray into political probability is part of Bing’s move to become more than just a search engine.
struck a chord with students, and it appears it has to do with alcohol. I mean, why not? It could very well be the only issue UT students care enough to do something about, even if it is something as minimal as logging into VOLink and clicking some buttons. Most students don’t care about student government, even amid high voter turnout. This year, 7,500 students voted, which is only a little more than 1/4 of the entire student body. The vast majority of students still refuse to participate in SGA, and that is problematic. Without at least a majority participation by students, we will never have a truly representative student government. This low voter turnout also makes it hard for the UT administration to give the organization any credibility. With that being said, SGA’s lack of credibility is not the main reason why a wet campus is still several years away for UT students. The real problem is the way the process works. To achieve a wet campus at UT, you’d need to change at least two things: the Student Code of Conduct and whichever local or state policy prohibits alcohol on this campus. Let’s start with the local/state policy that is in the way of getting a wet campus. I’ll be honest, I’m not sure what policy it is. I’ve been told that it’s a city ordinance, state law or both. If you want to change the policy, you have to find out what the current policy is and no one really seems to know the specifics.
So let’s say you do find what local/state policy it is, and you’re successful at changing it. You would still need to change the Student Code of Conduct, which is an entirely separate process. We are currently in the middle of changing the Code as we speak. To change the Code, you need approval from not only the UT upper administration, but also the Board of Trustees, which only meets a few times a year, as well as the Tennessee state legislature, for some godforsaken reason. All this would take more than a year and since we are changing the Code right now, it would be unlikely that anyone at any step in the process would be willing to take up the issue anytime in the next few years. This is why a wet UT campus is several years away at the very least. This doesn’t mean that the campaigns lied to you, but even if you elected Teddy Roosevelt to be your Student Body President, there’s no way any change to the alcohol policy will be made this year. I’m glad that all three campaigns did push for it in their policy because I think this is a major first step in a long term campaign for a wet campus. The current policy is hypocritical and unsafe, so I hope students continue to take this issue on until we succeed in getting the policy changed.
Their newly launched project, the “Bing Elections Experience” provides a single interface containing information on each of the candidate’s platforms, publicity and social media. It also allows users to see data on the volume of public search interest in each of the candidates, a timeline of the race and their predictions for the upcoming primaries. So far, Bing has developed an impressive track record of correct predictions. It accurately picked the outcome for all 15 games in the knockout round of the 2014 World Cup, in addition to correctly selecting the result of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Bing’s history for predictions within the realm of American politics is similarly intriguing, with 97 percent accuracy in selecting the outcome of the Senate elections and 89 percent accuracy in predicting the outcomes of races for governor. What makes Bing’s predictions so precise? By incorporating multiple data sources into its probability model, including the changing rates of search volume and social media appearances, Bing takes into account as many variables as it can before making a prediction. By accounting for the complex array of factors which affect a candidate’s appeal and exposure, Bing attempts to predict who voters will choose. This isn’t to say that it has found the magic formula for seeing the future though. There are many factors which influence an election that are out of the scope of a search
engine’s knowledge. No matter how much data Bing amasses or how many numbers its crunches, the search engine will not be able to make a prediction with complete and total certainty. Probability can say what is likely, but only time can reveal what is reality. Every time that we make a decision, we are unconsciously assessing the probabilistic nature of potential outcomes. If I skip reading that section of the textbook, what is the chance that I will miss a question on the upcoming exam? If I decide not to go to the gym this afternoon, what is the probability that I will be able to make myself go tomorrow? If I ask this person on a date, what are the odds that they will say yes? All of our decisions have an outcome. Sometimes, the consequence is nearly certain. Other times, it appears totally unknown. However, on most occasions, it lies somewhere in the middle, where we are not quite sure what to think. Sometimes things will go as planned, and other times our expectations will be totally upended. It is this combination of certainty and uncertainty which makes us hopeful and anxious, nervous and excited, confident and confused. It is this complexity which makes us participants in the probability of life.
Thomas Carpenter is a senior in Classics. He can be reached at ThomasCarpenter@utk.edu.
Kimberly Bress is a sophomore in neuroscience. She can be reached atkbress@vols.utk.edu.
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The Roomsounds headline at Preservation Pub Marina Waters Staff Writer
If you’ve ever gotten to a venue and been the only person who drove a car there, you know exactly how I felt Thursday night while surrounded by bikers at Knoxville’s Harley Davidson bike night. Past the black leather-clad motorcycle enthusiasts and through the tin-roofed barbecue restaurant, the sound of a Gretsch electric guitar came seeping through the open garage-style doors. True to their old-school recording lingo namesake, The Roomsounds were setting up in a long room with each member making quite the rock n’ roll racket, in the best kind of way. However, after only catching a small portion of their set, I opted to give them another try at their show at Preservation Pub the following Saturday night. The band swapped a motorcycle venue for orange-clad, downtown drinkers swamping the smoky downtown bar. But the Southern rockers had no trouble adjusting to the wild crowd the night of the Orange and White game. Though lead singer Ryan Michaels told The Daily Beacon in an interview this week that their latest album “Elm
Street” is less of a garage-grunge album, the Texas rock roots band sounded like East Tennessee’s best kept garage-band secret. Their music was laced with smooth Southern rock melodies and enough upbeat rock n’ roll to keep a steady crowd filing through the narrow building. Their talent for rock n’ roll was clear on songs like the electric guitar-driven track “Couldn’t Break My Spirit” and their wild, Beatles-like tune “Kinks” from their grungier debut album. However, a Southern twist also came through in the band’s sound. The folk tune “Win You Over” and the easygoing “What Do I Gotta Do” added to this repute while a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Bad Moon Rising ” was the perfect good-time Southern rock ditty for the Knoxville stage. Overall, the band lands somewhere between rock n’ roll and Southern rock; from their scruffier debut album to their Muscle Shoals-inspired sophomore album, the clear sweet spot for The Roomsounds is the in between. They thrived on this midway sound on their latest single, the Texas-inspired song “Elm Street.” With its bellowing guitar riffs and steady rock rhythm, the catchy chorus and groovy Southern rock melody kept the crowd dancing on tables right along with every note.
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Famed Mozart opera hits the Bijou Megan Patterson
Arts & Culture Editor In the 1984 film Amadeus, the eccentric young musician Amadeus Mozart leads a life of excess and debauchery. While watching his opera Don Giovanni at the Bijou Theatre Saturday night, I couldn’t help but think it was Mozart’s autobiography. In the opening scenes of the opera, the Don sneaks into Donna Anna’s bedroom and attempts to “bed” her, but after she chases him into the courtyard and wakes up the household, Donna’s father comes to her defense and is killed by Don Giovanni. This opening scene sets the tone for the rest of the opera, as Don Giovanni continually tries to add more women to
his list of conquests and misdeeds from his past begin to catch up with him. As a novice to opera, my only impression going into the night was based on Richard Gere’s words in Pretty Woman: I would either love it or hate it. However, by the end of the night I hadn’t reached either of those levels of emotion; instead I was just intrigued. Watching any performance in a foreign language is bound to be a daunting experience, and when the foreign language is communicated through operatic vocals, it becomes even more difficult to process. But the key to opera (or what I found key to my understanding) isn’t in absorbing every word, but in following the emotion. The performers on stage displayed passionate emotions at every instant; there was no moment of peace and
calm on stage. Through these emotions viewers can be swept along in the music without fully understanding the specifics of the plot. However, for those who did want a perfect translation, a screen showed the words in English above the stage. The opera took place in several different settings, but the scenery remained minimal throughout the show, with only additional props to show the changes. This let the performers be the main focus on stage, and they live up to the task. Adopting larger than life personalities, the opera stars filled the theatre with their explosive emotions and phenomenal voices. At times, it was easy to forget the effort that went into belting out notes of that caliber while acting out a scene onstage. The performers
navigated both of those tasks seamlessly and I was blown away by their talent. However, at times the singing and pure volume of the show became a little too much for me. By the end of the first act, I felt pretty overwhelmed and was ready to give my ears a break. But, for the most part, the opera remained accessible to anyone in the audience, whether you have a cultured ear or just enjoy a good comedy. The opera may have been written in the 18th century, but it still has its share of raunchy humor. Although I left the night without falling in love with the opera, I can say for certain that I left in awe, and I will definitely be attending the opera again.
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Old Crow headlines at the Tennessee Theatre Marina Waters Staff Writer
The Tennessee Theatre has never seemed so East Tennessee before. The first night of Old Crow Medicine Show’s two-night stay at the historic theatre brought enough foot-stomping bluegrass to send any Knoxvillian back in time to front porch pickin’ in the hills of Appalachia. Although the Tennessee Theatre hosts a myriad of bands, it was refreshing to see folks on stage playing the vintage music that laid the foundation for so many other genres. The talent and musicianship the band possesses was clear from the first tune. Led by singer Ketch Secor’s twangy vocals and fast-flying fiddling, the show never slowed and seemed to be fueled by some sort of old-
timey country speed that kept this bluegrass train barreling down the tracks. Songs like the backcountry-drug themed “Alabama High-Test� and the banjo-infused bluegrass ditty “8 Dogs 8 Banjos� kept the pulse of the show at a high into the night. And where there was pickin’, there was a whole lot of grinnin’. Though the crowd stayed at a nearly steady roar throughout most of the show, thundering applause erupted from the crowd as a one-man flat-footing sideshow swept across the stage. As talented as these men were on their instruments, what was even more impressive was their constant rotation; after the flat-footer got his fill of Appalachian clogging, he’d move on to various instruments like the drums and piano. Songs and band members alike never sat still, which in turn kept the crowd applauding, dancing in the aisles and standing in awe of the bluegrass show that performed more like a
Tennessee musical. Knoxville made the band feel at home with their spontaneous cheerful applause, but the admiration was obviously mutual. Secor could barely introduce a song without expressing the group’s excitement of being in East Tennessee, and Knoxville returned the excitement with nonstop energy to go along with their neverending stamina for bluegrass tunes. Bluegrass may have been at the forefront of the show, but the band did take a minute to honor country music legend and the group’s latest touring partner, Willie Nelson, with a cover of “The City of New Orleans.� Although some songs slowed the tempo throughout the night, the band stuck to their faster-paced tracks through nearly the whole show. The Tennessee Theatre crowd however, didn’t seem disappointed. With happier songs like the Bob Dylan-assisted country anthem “Wagon Wheel� and “Mississippi Saturday
And where there was pickin’, there was a whole lot of grinnin’.�
Night,� Knoxville was the perfect audience for a speeding bluegrass band with an affinity for Appalachian music.
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Jalen Hurd attempts to pass the defense during the Orange & White game. • Courtesy of Craig Bisacre Tennessee Athletics
Jones names permanent captains for first time Jonathan Toye
Sports Editor
Alvin Kamara has always been outgoing. But he admits he was also immature in his freshman season at Alabama. He overlooked small details and wasn’t too concerned with becoming a great player. That immaturity hasn’t been a problem since Kamara arrived at Tennessee. He’s still a character, but he has channeled his strong personality to benefit the team. Tennessee coach Butch Jones has repeatedly said that Kamara has worked hard since day one of his arrival. He earned the respect of his teammates and evolved into a leader. And on Saturday, he was rewarded for his hard work. Tennessee
announced during the Orange & White game at Neyland Stadium that the Vols’ teammates voted Kamara to be a permanent team captain for the 2016 season along with Josh Dobbs, Jalen Reeves-Maybin and Cameron Sutton. It’s the first time in Jones’ four year tenure at Tennessee that the Vols have had permanent team captains. Like Kamara, all four players have positively impacted Jones’ rebuilding project and are big reasons why Tennessee has huge expectations for 2016. “We look forward to being captains this season,” Kamara said. “I think we all see it as a challenge. We have to be better and hold ourselves to an even higher standard. This is the first time Coach Jones has done this — named a permanent team captain — so it is a lot of pressure, but it is good pressure.” Jones said after practice last Tuesday that there would be a special announcement
at halftime. Turns out, the announcement involved appointing four players as team captains. Many fans were expecting something bigger, expressing their disappointment on twitter. It’s fine to be disappointed with the announcement itself. It’s a little harder to be disappointed with the selection of team captains. Dobbs, Sutton and Reeves-Maybin were members of Jones first recruiting class. When they were freshmen, Tennessee was a bottomdweller in the SEC East. Entering their senior seasons, Tennessee is an overwhelming favorite to win the division. All three players played important roles in the massive turnaround. “It’s been fun to see it all grow,” ReevesMaybin said. “Just to see us take that climb: from the bottom of the SEC to where we are now and have the expectations placed on us now. It’s been a fun process to be in. I want to take it to the highest we can go.” Sutton has started in all 38 games he has played at Tennessee. In only his second college game, he returned an interception for a touchdown. He’s played at a high level ever since: collecting six career interceptions and 26 pass breakups. Reeves-Maybin mainly contributed on special teams his freshman year. He switched from safety to linebacker his sophomore year and thrived in his new position, co-leading the team in tackles at 101 in his sophomore year. He established himself as the undisputed leader of the defense his junior year and was seventh in the SEC in total tackles at 105. Both he and Sutton forewent the NFL draft to
return for their senior seasons. Dobbs only played in five games his freshman year, but held a 4-1 record in 2014, leading Tennessee to its first winning season since 2009. He carried Tennessee’s offense at times during 2015, and spearheaded an offense that had the second most rushing yards in school history. Kamara didn’t arrive to Tennessee until 2015, but he made the most out of his first year at Tennessee. He ran for 698 on just 107 carries and caught 34 passes for 291 yards. Those stats just show what he brings on the field. Off the field, coaches say Kamara is a team leader, holding other players accountable and challenging them to improve. So Jones was right. The announcement was special in its own way. All four players represent everything Tennessee has accomplished under Jones. They also signify why fans are so excited about 2016. “We have something very, very special here and nobody should ever take this for granted,” Jones said. “It’s amazing, because when you welcome people from other areas of the country, whether it’s recruits, whether it’s media members, whether it’s family members, it doesn’t matter. When they come here and they spend time within the walls of our football program and they’re around our players, they’re around our fans, they sense the excitement. They sense the energy. They sense that there’s something special here. That’s something that we’ve been building for a long time. “We’ve come so far in such short periods of time, and it’s all a tribute to our players.”
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On Friday, select members of the 2016 Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame induction class gathered at Ray and Lucy Hand Digital Studio for media availability. Among those present were track and field standouts Sharrieffa Barksdale and Richmond Flowers, former shortstop Phil Garner and basketball legends Dale Ellis and Kara Lawson. Lawson played shooting guard for the Lady Vols from 2000-2003, averaging 13.6 points per game while shooting 41 percent from beyond the arc. A threetime All-SEC selection, she was a key component of three Tennessee Final Four runs. The Lady Vols twice finished runner-up to UConn in 2000 and 2003. “When you get an opportunity to be honored like this it kind of forces you to be reflective,” Lawson said. “Look back and be thankful for the relationships you had and the people that helped you get here. “Some of my fondest memories are some of the relationships I’ve made here, that I still have with my teammates, my coaches and my friends.” Lawson’s relationships at Tennessee go well beyond basketball. Her two college roommates didn’t play on the team, but they and their families will attend Saturday evening ’s private induction ceremony. Although Lawson was the No. 5 pick in the 2003 WNBA Draft, she has gained considerable recognition for her work as a broadcaster for ESPN. This past college basketball season capped her 13th on the job.
Because she works so diligently for the worldwide leader, Lawson rarely receives the opportunity to travel to Knoxville. However, she takes every advantage presented to her to get to know the current Lady Vols. “I do a lot of stuff with USA basketball,” Lawson said. “So a lot of times I know them before they even get here … and I’m always rooting for Holly (Warlick) and the staff and the program and want them to do really well. And gosh, they’ve been so close over the last few years, knocking on the door of the Final Four. “All the players, whenever I come down, I try to go through a practice or a workout just to watch and observe. They know that they have access to pretty much everybody that’s played here.” During Lawson’s years with the orange and white, the women’s college basketball landscape starkly opposed its current state. “There is more parity than when I played,” Lawson said. “There are a lot (more) stronger teams throughout the Top 25, but it is different than when I played in that there’s just one team (UConn) that has been so dominant for the last seven, eight years they’ve really started to distinguish themselves … I think next year, everyone will see how many good teams there are.” “There could be 11-12 teams that could make the Final Four and maybe ultimately win the championship. That would be a unique year for women’s basketball, in a good way.” A few feet away from Lawson sat Ellis, whose grandson was draped across his lap. Over the course of his four years at Tennessee, the 6-foot-7 Ellis was a nightmare for opposing defenses. Not
There are a lot (more) stronger teams throughout the top 25, but it is different than when I played in that there is just one team (UConn) that has been so dominant for the last seven, eight years they’ve really started to distinguish themselves... I think next year, everyone will see how many good teams there are.” Kara Lawson, former Lady Vol
only did he posses length, but his shooting efficiency and range made him an almost impossible player to defend. Ellis won back-to-back SEC Player of the Year awards in 1982 and 1983, averaging 34 points and 10 rebounds per game during his senior season while shooting 60 percent. “This was the best time of my life here in Knoxville,” Ellis said. “It’s always gonna be a home away from home. I have so many fond memories here and played with so many great teammates.” Despite the accolades, a moment Ellis cherished on the court was hitting clutch shots for his team. His most notable shot in the clutch came against VCU in the 1981 NCAA Tournament, when he hit the game-winning shot in overtime to advance the Vols into the second round. “It gave me an understanding that you
can actually do this thing,” Ellis said. “… I don’t know, it just gave me extra life ... it gave me an understanding that I might play this game and make it to the next level.” Ellis made it to the next level and definitely proved he could play the game. The No. 5 pick in the 1983 draft scored over 19,000 points and retired as the second-most prolific three-point shooter in NBA history during his 17 year stint. A total of 71 former student-athletes will join Ellis and Lawson as inductees. Interestingly enough, this year marks the first time that males will be included. Previously, the Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame was known as the Lady Volunteer Hall of Fame. The class was celebrated during the Dish Orange & White Game on Saturday.
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ORANGE & WHITE continued from Page 1 A change fans might not notice as quickly is the change in McKenzie’s conditioning. The defensive line was hit hard on the injury front this spring and as a result the linemen who were healthy had to take a lot of reps. “This spring helped me get in way better conditioning,” McKenzie said. “It helped me learn a whole bunch of plays, get a whole bunch of reps. Just getting chemistry with all the guys out there.” McKenzie said the low numbers and high reps he took helped build mental toughness as well knowing he couldn’t go out and have someone else take his place. McKenzie said the coaches talked everyday about mental toughness and fatigue asking what they were going to do when they were in a game situation and didn’t have a choice but to stay in the game. Todd Kelly Jr.: On the third play of the game Joshua Dobbs threw a pass over the middle that was tipped and gave Kelly Jr. a chance to intercept a pass and score big points for the defense. It was an opportunity he didn’t miss.
“We talked about getting tipped balls so when I saw the ball in the air I knew I had to accept the opportunity,” Kelly Jr. said. The interception gave the defense an early lead which turned out to be important at the end of the game. The interception and win made Kelly Jr. a man of his word after he told people before the game that the defense would win. Jones said he noticed a change in Kelly Jr. with two weeks left in spring practice. Jones said Kelly Jr. showed excellent leadership and had a great attitude. “His mentality has been great,” Jones said. Kelly Jr. pointed to a wolf necklace he picked up at Venice Beach as inspiration. Kelly Jr. said he tries to play football like a wolf. “You can’t second guess yourself,” Kelly Jr. said. “You have to be confident and know that you have it inside of you.” Kelly Jr. said he has been wearing the necklace since he got it and has been wearing it on the field as well. Bob Shoop: Shoop made his Tennessee coaching debut so to speak Saturday at the Orange and White game. Both McKenzie and Kelly Jr. said
that he is an aggressive coach and likes to attack the offense. “He (Shoop) likes to get after the quarterback and make sure the ball gets out quick,” Kelly Jr. said. “He also knows when to back off and allow us to make plays.” Kelly Jr. said Shoop has done great work with the safeties. Shoop sits down with the safeties and goes over film and points out areas that they need to improve on or that they do well. Shoop has made changes on defense to try and maximize the talent. One of the changes Shoop made was moving Rashaan Gaulden to safety. “You can put Rashaan anywhere on the field and he’ll make plays,” Kelly Jr. said. “I call him the energizer bunny.” It didn’t take long for Gaulden to show what he can do at safety. The offense had a 4th and one on the one yard line when Quinten Dormady handed the ball to Jalen Hurd going up the middle for the score. The only problem was when Gaulden got the jump and came around the backside to talk Hurd short of the end zone and keep the offense from extending the lead. “Once he (Gaulden) gets it, once he gets the grasp of it he is going to be a great safety for us,” Kelly Jr. said.
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