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Name: Al Hazari Department: Chemistry Pet peeve: “When they talk to their buddy and get the wrong information, instead of talking to me and getting the right information. They’re afraid to approach a professor.” >> See the full story on page 4-5

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DISPATCHES Video surfaces of police officer’s response to killing unarmed man

At a city commission meeting Jan. 21 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Jamal Rutledge, 17, will be honored alongside three police officers who helped him save the life of Officer Franklin Foulks on Sept. 10, the day Foulks was holding Rutledge at booking facility.

Handcuffed and seated a few feet away from Officer Foulks desk, Rutledge became alarmed when the 49-year-old officer leaned backwards from his desk, toppled off his chair and collapsed to the floor. Rutledge immediately sprang to his feet and began kicking the security fence and yelling to alert other officers in the area. Rutledge, who was being booked for violation of probation charges including burglary and violation of juvenile imposed conditions, has been arrested “multiple times” since the Sept. incident.

Dash cam videos showing Billngs, Montana Police Officer Grant Morrison’s response after he realizes he fatally shot unarmed Richard Ramirez surfaced on Jan. 14. The video shows Morrison approaching a patrol car and promptly collapsing before fellow officers attempt to help him up as he keels over the hood of the car sobbing. Morrison reportedly pulled over a car carrying Ramirez, who he thought was a suspect in an armed robbery and shooting, and shot him three times after Ramirez did not comply with orders to keep his hands in sight before realizing he was unarmed. This was the second time the drug enforcement officer had shot someone during a traffic stop.

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Ohio man arrested after plotting to attack the US Capitol Christopher Lee Cornell, an Ohio man, was arrested Wednesday after catching the attention of the FBI several months ago for posting alarming social media comments that mentioned violent jihad, according to a criminal complaint filed in Ohio. The FBI quickly engaged in an undercover operation, placing an undercover FBI operative in Cornell’s path. Cornell reportedly told the FBI source he had aligned himself with ISIS and had begun plotting to set off pipe bombs in the U.S. Capitol and shoot people as they fled. Cornell had allegedly researched the targeted government buildings and the construction of pipe bombs, saved money for the attack and bought weapons and ammunition. A law enforcement official said the plan was only in the early stages.

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Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Paris attack on newspaper A branch of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda in Yemen formally claimed responsibility Wednesday for the deadly attack at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that claimed the lives of 12 people last week. In a video clip the group said the target was chosen by Qaeda leadership and called the attackers “two heroes of Islam.” This claim of direct responsibility has not yet been fully corroborated. However, if it holds up it would make the attacks in France the most deadly strike planned and financed by Al Qaeda in a Western nation since the London transit bombings in 2005 that killed 52 people.

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Student government to limit election giveaways Hannah Marley Staff Writer

This year, there will be fewer Chick-fil-A sandwiches and Evolve sunglasses to look forward to during election week.

SGA kick-started the year Tuesday night with a discussion about election finances in what proved to be a heated first meeting about how to better use campaign funds to connect with students.

After a brief discussion and passage of a bill limiting the SGA Senate to 60 members beginning next year, the Election Committee presented the 2015 SGA Election Packet.

While many of the passages remain the same as in previous years, the committee made several significant changes to the spending budget, sparking a debate that lasted for more than an hour.

The packet stated that political parties would be limited to a $5,000 spending limit, independent parties to a $1,000 spending limit and individual senators to a $150 spending limit. The point of contention was the restriction of non-monetary donations in the overall spending limits.

Katelyn Hadder, member of the election

“We see people walk up and down pedestrian and grab a free sandwich, but they still don’t know anything about SGA.” -Katelyn Hadder

commission, defended the changes, stating that by focusing less on acquiring non-monetary donations from businesses, the senators should focus more on connecting with students.

“We see people walk up and down pedestrian and grab a free sandwich, but they still don’t know anything about SGA,” Hadder said. “We want to take the focus of this week away from just giving out free things and turn it into a time when students actually meet the candidates.”

Greg Butcher, a member of SGA senate, countered by stating that restricting nonmonetary donations would not necessarily achieve the outcome the committee is striving towards.

“There really isn’t another time to meet voters other than campaign week,” Butcher said. “The time you put in to get the donations happens long before you get to speak to the voters.”

Butcher promptly proposed an amendment that would keep the monetary spending cap at $5,000 while allowing campaigns an unlimited amount of non-monetary donations. The amendment did not pass, and the elections packet passed as it was originally printed with 43 for, 14 against and three abstaining.

Election days will take place from March 31 to April 1, with the results posted on April 2. The SGA campaigns will be permitted to begin campaigning the week prior, and the official ballot will be posted on March 23.

In addition to a discussion of election regulations, Mathew Theriot, associate professor in the College of Social Work, gave a brief presentation about UT’s new Quality Enhancement Plan, that will be presented when UT is up for re-accreditation in April.

“The accreditation is important because it makes your degree worth more than the paper it is printed on,” Theriot explained.

In order to remain an accredited university, UT will implement the Experience Learning Program, which will push for more programs in every department that engages student in hands-on experiential learning, whether that constitutes lab work, internships or even field trips to witness the information students are learning in class used in applicable real world settings. The program is scheduled to be implemented campus-wide in the Fall 2015 semester.

“What we’re really talking about is getting students out of their seats and away from their desks and just getting them more active and engaged in the learning process,” Theriot said.

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Police Chief’s rise to Rocky Top Chris Salvemini Staff Writer

Troy Lane has known what he wanted to do since childhood.

Lane, now UTPD’s Chief of Police, grew up largely without a father figure. He was taken under the wing of his local police chief Troy Lane who inspired him with a passion and ambition to become an officer of the law.

Without an exact idea of how far he could go in the profession, Lane said he simply wanted to go as far as he could.

Lane graduated high school with scholarship offers for both football and theater. He turned both down, however, opting instead to sign up for military service, a decision that would ultimately lead him to serve during Operation Desert Storm.

While in the military, he became a Military Police Team Leader and transferred the skills he learned from that experience to a new civilian law enforcement career which began in 1991. Lane graduated from the FBI National Academy, a program which selects students from around the world who excelled in their positions and were recommended by their departments. The program lasts for ten weeks and puts students through intensive academic study and physical training.

Established by J. Edgar Hoover in the 1930s, only 0.5 percent of officers have the chance to attend.

“When I attended the FBI Academy was when it dawned on me that I could both do college and do full time, and I decided I really needed to finish that degree,” Lane said.

His first law enforcement job outside of the

military was at the Salina Police Department in Kansas. Using money from the GI Bill and education incentives from his department, Lane started to sporadically take classes. For a few semesters, he worked as a full-time student as well as a full-time cop and ultimately graduated with a 3.8 GPA and a Bachelor’s degree in Management. Two years later, Lane completed his Masters in Criminal Justice.

Lane was quickly hired by the Fort Hays State University to teach criminal justice before going on to teach at Upper Iowa University and at the University of Wyoming.

While teaching, Lane’s primary focus was serving as Chief of Police for the University of Wyoming Police Department, and Lane typically taught just one course per semester. However, this did not keep him from being rewarded the Promoting Intellectual Engagement Award in 2010.

Feeling that he had reached his peak in Wyoming and looking for new opportunities for improvement, Lane made the decision to travel a little a little east and settle in Tennessee.

“I felt I was going to leave that department in much better shape than when I started,” Lane said of his decision to move.

Lane said his work with UTPD is far from complete and he is so far prouder of the accomplishments of his coworkers rather than any of his own. This admiration from the chief is widely felt by his colleagues, said UTPD Lieutenant Mike Richardson.

“He holds us to a very high standard,” Richardson said. “He’s a chief that supports us, and you need that.”

Soon, Lane could be adding another title to his belt, as he has recently been nominated to hold the position of Director at Large for the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators.

Lane’s life motto keeps him moving forward in his career in law enforcement, believing that when it comes to furthering oneself in any position, ambition is the quintessential component of the endeavor.

“We don’t get anything in life we don’t try for,” Lane said.

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The Daily Beacon • Thursday, January 15, 2015

What’s your biggest pet peeve about students?

Name: Asafa Jalata Department: Global studies and Africana studies Pet peeve: “A lack of interest in learning and unwillingness to work hard to gain knowledge.”

Name: Amber Roessner Department: Journalism and electronic media Pet peeve: “Whining about workload. I understand that many students juggle a full load of classes, extracurriculars and part-time jobs, but in order to learn you often have to read (yes, that’s right ... read the textbook, please!) and engage in hands-on learning activities.

Name: Ken Baker Department: Economics Pet peeve: “Asking for extra points at the end of the semester. I’m not Santa Claus! I can’t go ‘Well, you earned a C, but here’s a B-!’

That is clearly not fair to every other student.”

Name: Joseph Carcello Department: Accounting Pet peeve: “Sending me an email that starts out ‘hey,’ like I am one of their college buddies.”

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Name: Brian Stevens Department: Mathematics Pet peeve:“Take the front seats! Correlation doesn’t imply causation, but the grades in the front rows are often higher.”

Name: Sally Harris Department: English Pet peeve: “Late students who saunter across the room to take a seat in the far back corner, disrupting me and other students.”

Students protest Keystone Pipeline Tayllor Cochrane Contributor

The sounds of chanting filled Market Square Tuesday night as members of UT’s SPEAK organization participated in a national movement to protest the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Commissioned in 2010, this oil pipeline has been the source of much debate recently with House Republicans and Democrats split on the bill. Although Obama has already said he will veto the bill if passed, many still fear its passing and the inevitable damage the pipeline would do to the environment by devastating ecosystems, polluting water sources and jeopardizing public health.

“The Keystone Pipeline is a pipeline that would theoretically stretch from Canada down through the United States and it would be very bad for the environment,” Jessica Murphy, SPEAK President and senior in environmental studies, said.

Tuesday night’s rally was one of over 100 protests held throughout the country, said Robert Nowell, a senior in SPEAK. Protestors held signs, chanted and publicly voiced their concerns about how the pipeline would cause more harm than help.

“Tonight we are part of a greater United States movement against this action,” Nowell said. “So that really is where our strength comes in. Where

we are 25 or 30 here, all over the country there are going to be hundreds and thousands more which is really the whole purpose.

“Everyone needs to know that even in Knoxville, even in a Red State like Tennessee, there’s a strong, strong support for efforts against this kind of action.”

Murphy noted that the passing of the bill to allow the completion of the Keystone XL Pipeline would result in extreme damage to the environment, explaining how the plan has received much criticism from environmentalists and rejected by President Obama.

“While the jobs and monetary benefits are nice and things the economy can use, we are literally heading in the opposite direction of what we need to do in terms of sustainability and economic independence for the long term,” Nowell said.

“It’s really a dangerous thing that we’re playing with by putting more oil into the US economy.”

Nowell expressed concern that the pipeline represents an unsustainable, short-term solution to a long-term problem.

“It’s like giving a kid candy when he should go for a run because at the end of the day if we invest in oil, it’s just going to hurt us down the long run,” Nowell said. “If we invest in solar now, it’s going to be cheaper and it’s going to be more efficient and we won’t have to worry about it running out like we do with oil.”

“It’s like kicking a grenade down the road.”

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Thursday, January 15, 2015 • The Daily Beacon

What’s your biggest pet peeve about instructors?

Name: Emma Atkins Major: Communications Year: Sophomore Pet peeve: “Having professors tell you to act like adults but then treating you like children.”

Name: Chase Johnson Major: Business Year: Junior Pet peeve: “When a professor says the $400 textbook is absolutely mandatory and then never uses it.”

Name: Cameron Miller Major: Accounting Year: Freshman Pet peeve: “I hate when my professors read directly off the power point and don’t give us enough time to write down the notes.”

Name: Angelia Brummett Major: Recreational/Sports management Year: Sophomore Pet peeve: “I hate when professors make students introduce themselves. I hate to introduce myself. I dread that.”

Name: Kathryn Kennedy Major: Child and family studies Year: Sophomore Pet peeve: “When you’re in an English class and the professor tells you what to fix and you fix it, and then you still get a bad grade.”

Name: Tony Allen Major: Architecture Year: Junior Pet peeve: “I hate it when professors go over class time. I also hate it when professors only give a grade and no feedback on work I spent a lot of time on.”

Name: Sabrina Sutherland Major: Modern foreign language Year: Sophomore Pet peeve: “One teacher saying we’re allowed to use technology in the class because we’re in the real world now, and the next saying absolutely no technology allowed ever because we’re in the real world now.”

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LinkedIn, self-love and poop humor

Alexandra Chiasson Stained and Confused

“Never settle for a career you don’t love.” “Find something you’re really passionate about.” “Don’t sacrifice yourself for a job just so you can make more money.”

These maxims have always felt like the sort of cop out, make-the-humanities-major-feel-better job search advice I am offered with abundance and have always found to be exceedingly trite and unhelpful; the kind of guidance one doles out to people unsuited for demanding and competitive careers.

Ever the cynic and sometimes an asshole, I flushed these well-meant suggestions down the toilet along with other good advice I’ve ignored as of late like “stop gossiping about people when they are in the immediate vicinity,” “don’t use Tinder while you’re drunk” and “you might not want to send that photo of your butt.”

I just didn’t see the big deal about having a career self and a real self: what’s the harm in concealing some of my ideology or doing something kind of boring if the pay check made it worth it?

I didn’t see the big deal, that is, until it came time to decide what to put on my LinkedIn profile.

As much as I want to avoid corporate lameness at all times, I have recently been forced to concede that LinkedIn is now as ubiquitous to the job search as sweaty palms, conservative-yet-attractive shoes and crippling anxiety. Many job applications require a link to your profile, and potential employers pay attention to what’s on there; it’s not like the standard Facebook scan where they are just trying to figure out if you are hot and/or if you are arrogant enough to post drug paraphernalia.

I spent a lot of time thinking about how I wanted to market myself on LinkedIn. Which experiences should I highlight? Which will look the most attractive? Is there something I should leave off my profile? Is “brown nosing ” an acceptable and endorsable skill?

To change gears for a little bit, consistent readers of “Stained and Confused” and anyone who knows me personally has likely detected in me a certain irreverent approach to talking about all things lavatorial. The kind of jokes I like best—the kind that make their way into a few of my columns and many of my interpersonal interactions—are without a doubt those of the poop variety.

I’m the kind of person who can’t help but snicker when someone unwittingly says “do do” in the middle of a sentence. Just the other day, I couldn’t restrain my laughter when a friend used the word “duty.” But these are the most sophomoric— pedestrian, if you will—of poop jokes. My true preference is for the deeply dirty, most pungent of figurative language; for the nasty bathroom metaphors that either turn the stomach or, ideally, turn up the corners of the mouth.

There is frequently no subtlety in lavatorial humor.

And for those who love it, there is no use in scrubbing at the artful stain it leaves on your soul. Many have heard me say that I regard it in such esteem as a sort of universal language, a way to make many people from different backgrounds laugh — after all, is the ancient aphorism “everyone poops” not undeniably valid? And, like a good dump, even if you don’t have a deep appreciation for this brand of comedy, isn’t it almost a welcomed discomfort?

Returning to the true topic at hand, I will admit that despite this love for the simple things in life, I was reluctant to expose future employers to these sensibilities. I spent a lot of time wondering if there was a place for “Stained and Confused” among my LinkedIn professional gallery. Would someone considering me for a position be turned off by my creative “odors,” as we might call them?

The answer is almost certainly yes. There are, in fact, plenty of people who would not hire me based on what they might perceive to be juvenile tendencies. But the fact of the matter is this: if I take the advice I’ve received consistently for many years, I wouldn’t love working for an organization that doesn’t stand for what I believe in. And I believe in the power of the poop joke — even if there isn’t much money in the enterprise.

“Don’t use Tinder while you’re drunk ... you might not want to send that photo of your butt.”

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Alexandra Chiasson is a senior in English. She can be reached at poop@vols.utk.edu.

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Surviving in the wild world of adults

Jonathan Burkhalter Kinda Gourmet

Put the microwavable mac and cheese down.

It’s time you (especially men) learn how to cook.

Cooking for yourself is often times healthier and cheaper. It can relieve stress and has been known to occasionally impress a date. Knowing how to cook is like knowing how to fend for yourself in the wild world of adults. Plus, it’ll taste way better than that mac and cheese.

Tune in every Thursday to your favorite campus paper, The Daily Beacon, and find tips, recipes, and more to make cooking easy and affordable. Today, let’s start with the basics.

Tip number one: Cook in bulk Buying food in bulk is cheaper, and cooking in bulk with the ability to reheat things in microwaves or ovens can mean running out the door in the morning doesn’t require skipping breakfast.

Eggs and bacon are a staple American breakfast, but let’s say that you’re wanting to impress someone who stayed over the night before, or are simply sick of simple breakfasts. Try a finer recipe for broccoli, almond and cauliflower quiche. The recipe I found (in a fine dining book) calls for some ingredients that the aver-

age college student probably can’t fit into their budget.

However, we can take this recipe and boil it down to some pretty basic ingredients that, albeit crudely, will yield delicious results you never knew you could achieve.

Recipe No. 1: Broccoli, Almond and Cauliflower Quiche The ingredients you will need are as follows: cream, eggs, broccoli, almonds, cheese (the recipe calls for gruyere), pie crust and cauliflower (which you can substitute for something like mushrooms if you don’t like cauliflower).

Mix the cream with the eggs in a bowl. Heat the broccoli and cauliflower (or substitute) on the stove in a pan.

If you’d like, mix in salt or other seasonings, but it’s not needed. Roll out the pie crust in an oven safe pan. Pour in the eggs and cream mix. Once the vegetables are soft, drain them and add them to the pan with the eggs. Cook at about 400 degrees Fahrenheit for about 30 minutes. Cooking times may vary. While this recipe, like most, will call for enough of each ingredient to make enough servings for about six people (or you six times), remember to just

“Knowing how to cook is like knowing how to fend for yourself in the wild world of adults.” multiply everything for however many servings you want to make.

Once the quiche is finished, allow it to cool, then place into that new Tupperware of yours and enjoy a healthy, home-cooked breakfast for days to come. Tune in next week for more tips and recipe ideas.

Jonathan Burkhalter is a senior in history.

He can be reached at jburkhal@vols.utk.edu

Why the Paris terrorist attacks made me feel unsafe If you have been paying attention at all in the past week, then you’ve heard about the attacks in Paris on Jan. 7 and Jan. 9. When I first heard of the incidents, a range of emotions whirled through my mind: confusion, grief, anger and most importantly, fear.

As I turned to Google to learn the details, I mumbled under my breath, “Please God, don’t

Hawa Henderson

Real Reflections

“While I’m still alive, let me say this.

Don’t expect any apologies or public condemnations of terrorism from me because you will be sorely disappointed.”

let them have been Muslim.” My fear was confirmed — the terrorists were claiming to be Muslim. I use the word claiming because this was not Islam. How could these murderers justify their actions by claiming to be followers of a religion that preached peace and unity?

From Google I switched to Twitter and there, trending worldwide, was the hashtag #killAllMuslims. This is where the fear comes in. I was having déjà vu. Fourteen years from 9/11, and it felt like nothing had changed. The grief started to take over; 12 people had been murdered and then two days later four more, and for what?

Islamaphobia was rearing its ugly head into my life, yet again. My friends and I decided to hit Gay Street when my dad called to tell me he didn’t feel it was safe for us to be out. My dad has always encouraged me to stand up for myself and be proud of my faith, but tonight, I couldn’t help hearing the concern in his voice when he felt that I was in danger, simply because I could be easily identified as a Muslim.

According to my Twitter feed, people were either looking at me for an apology or they wanted me dead … While I’m still alive, let me say this. Don’t expect any apologies or public condemnations of terrorism from me because you will be sorely disappointed.

I don’t feel it necessary to broadcast to the world what my stance on terrorism is. The answer should be obvious. Islam is a more than

1400-year-old religion and if you truly want to educate yourself then there are much better sources than Fox News, like an actual Muslim.

Just this past Tuesday on Jan. 6 an NAACP office in Colorado was bombed by a white man.

Fortunately no one was injured. I’m not going to start a new racist trend on the Internet, and I don’t expect a handwritten apology from every white person I know. I do, however, expect my peers to overcome their ignorance, treat people with some common courtesy, and not judge a faith 1.6 billion-strong based on the actions of an insignificantly small minority.

It’s not all bad though. If I have learned anything from all of this, it’s that slowly but surely people are changing and beginning to educate themselves. Five years ago, someone would have yelled “terrorist” at me by now. But in all seriousness, in spite of all the hate, there has also been an overwhelming amount of love and support shown towards the Muslim community, which I greatly appreciate.

My thoughts and prayers are with the families and victims of terrorism and Islamaphobia alike.

Hawa Henderson is a senior in microbiology.

She can be reached at hhender7@vols.utk.edu

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The Daily Beacon • Thursday, January 15, 2015

Student uses dark humor to address student fears Megan Patterson Staff Writer

Who or what is the boogieman for our generation?

That is the question Brock Ward, senior in College Scholars, explores through his plays.

Using a style of writing that could be classified as “comedic horror,� Ward has produced two full-length plays during his time at UT that explore one of the central ‘boogiemen’ Ward has observed in millennials: mental illness. “I just adore the darker aspect of writing,� Ward said. “I think there’s sort of that really candy quality where it’s just delicious to have this spooky story.�

Despite their themes, Ward’s productions have a definite comic element to them, which is something he further developed over the summer during an internship at The Second City in Chicago. “The cutting, sarcastic humor in my writing fit perfectly at Second City,�

Ward said.

Ward entered as a psychology major, and although he has since switched to theater, his interest in the psychological element of human nature remains, hence his College Scholars’ program title, “Character and Sense of Self.� “I wanted to write a realistic portrayal of what it was like living with a mental illness, and I think what set the fire was seeing the therapeutic response an audience had to the relief of saying ‘Oh, thank God! There are other people out there

like me,’� Ward explained.

Ward’s first production “Homebound� featured a young high school girl suffering from depression. Then, his second work “Nothing Personal� put a dystopian spin on students’ fear of what their future may hold after graduation.

Casey Sams, head of undergraduate studies for the theater department, has been Ward’s advisor since his arrival at UT and sees the connection between Ward’s love of theater and fascination with psychology. “I would say that his central theme in his plays right now seems to revolve around a search for self, which makes perfect sense because that’s what is on the mind of a lot of undergraduate students: ‘Who am I, and how am I going to fit into the world?’� Sams said.

The prospect of what the future holds is especially significant for Ward as his own graduation approaches. He is preparing to receive a degree in theater with a focus on performance, English with a focus on creative writing and psychology through the College Scholars program. “I started off wanting to do drama therapy and be a counselor who uses theater, but I wasn’t really talented at the things counselors need to be talented at — like scantrons,� Ward laughed.

Following graduation this spring, Ward plans to return to Chicago and continue his involvement with The Second City, stepping into the big city and big leagues. “Acting is a ball,� Ward said. “It is such a joy, but playwriting is the thing that feeds my soul, that at the end of the day I’m like ‘I had a purpose today.’�

Brock Ward, senior in College Scholars, has written and directed two plays in his time at UT. Esther Choo • The Daily Beacon

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ARTS&CULTURE

The Daily Beacon • Thursday, January 15, 2015

NEW MUSIC THURSDAYS Album release dates are difficult to keep up with. They are pushed back, pushed forward, never even announced until you realize your favorite artist dropped a new album weeks ago. To alleviate that stress, The Daily Beacon will review the past week’s most anticipated albums every Thursday. Here’s to never being left in the dark again.

Justin Townes Earle “Absent Fathers”

Justin Townes Earle has made a decently successful career out of being Steve Earle’s son, which leads to knowing a thing or two about countrified melodies.

That doesn’t change on the admirable but not quite good “Absent Fathers.”

The title directly references Steve, who left Justin Townes Earle’s mother when he was two years old.

From there, listeners can guess this is a fairly emotional album for Earle.

It is (and so was 2014’s “Single Mothers”), but herein lays the main issue that continuously holds me back from throwing more support behind Earle.

Nothing Earle does is bad, and the longest song runs just a hair over four minutes; this is an album steeped in brevity and economics.

However, neither Earle’s voice nor his backing band on most tracks really do anything attention-grabbing.

Earle occasionally can emphasize emotions through his writing and his voice with certain inflections (check out “Day and Night”), but it should be a fuller album.

What made daddy Steve so important to country music and the alternative country genre was that his songs growled and stomped around, creating and filling their own space with ease.

His four-album run from 1995 to 1999 is one of the best peaks found in 1990s country music of any sub-genre and remains important to those still playing in the genre today.

Justin Townes Earle has yet to really hit a peak of any sort, which is fine; Steve Earle was 40 when he released his best record, “Train A Comin’.”

Yet, it feels like the window is beginning to close for his son, Justin, and there needs to be a direction more interesting than admirabl*e* for his next records.

But hey, at least it’s a little better than the Panda Bear record.

—Will Warren, Staff Writer (@wwarren9)

Meghan Trainor “Title”

Bubble gum pop is back.

Thanks to Meghan Trainor’s debut album, “Title,” the era of Britney Spears and Mandy Moore is back with a healthy, and much needed, dash of girl power.

Sure, Trainor and feminism don’t seem like they should paired, but I promise I’ll explain in a second, so hold on before you start typing out those angry emails.

First, pop music has been hazy lately. Genre lines have been crossed and bent, and while I’m all for experimentation, the pink pop we grew up with needed a revival. In “Title,” Trainor’s voice isn’t clouded with electronics, and the instrumentations are that upbeat, peppy, unfiltered sound we haven’t heard in a while.

Now, mix this sound with a healthy dose of girl power. Whatever happened to Miss Independent?

She’s been waiting for Trainor to make a move, singing about body acceptance, not being a perfect housewife, wanting to make her own booty calls and how the walk of shame should be the walk of pride.

While these aren’t examples of perfect feminist rhetoric, it’s refreshing for a woman to mix catchy pop songs with nonpolitical female issues. Trainor’s arguments aren’t perfect (there’s “Walkashame” where while Trainor accepts her one night stand but still admits to being influenced by alcohol), but even the statement, “Don’t call me boo” is an empowering move for girls looking to take dating into their own hands.

Trainor, rename this album to “No Boys Allowed,” and I think I can hand you that last half star.

—Jenna Butz, Arts & Culture Editor (@butzjenna)

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“Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper”

An uneasy haze plagues Panda Bear’s newest album.

“Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper” is like the sand of a beach riding on gusts of wind.

Notice that it’s a plague, not an addition – this is a request for a reprieve from pleasant music that refuses to innovate or stand out from murky, glazed-over synthesizers that hide mediocre songwriting.

Sure, this requires very little effort to listen to; the same can be said for most Noah Lennox records.

Sure, the winds of this album carry me to summer, my favorite season and a welcome sight in the dreary, gray skies of winter.

Sure, there are some likable things to be found here – “Mr. Noah,” the lead single, is good, if repetitive, and “Tropic of Cancer” is an honest, heartbreaking song about cancer in Lennox’s family.

However, isn’t it peculiar that Lennox claims to love “big empty spaces” in a recent Pitchfork interview while hiding his own voice behind layers upon layers of synthesizers and effects?

It’s not that this is a failed experiment or that there are any outright bad tracks; Lennox merely flirts with the unremarkable and the boring far too often.

That isn’t a shocker when considering his previous work with parent band Animal Collective, who have taken a similarly bad turn from a masterpiece (2009’s “Merriweather Post Pavilion”).

This is not the same Lennox that I found so interesting with 2007’s “Person Pitch,” 45 minutes of strongly-crafted works built around ancient guitar samples and his own keyboard-based additions.

What Lennox did so well on “Person Pitch” was his ability to turn the ordinary into the unique, 12-minute marathons that kept the listener entertained beyond its runtime.

Now? Lennox has decided to continue turning the ordinary into the ordinary. It’s inoffensive, but how long can one stay on the track of simply being acceptable?

—Will Warren, Staff Writer (@wwarren9)

SPORTS

Thursday, January 15, 2015 • The Daily Beacon

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Karl leaves lasting legacy on UT tennis program Trenton Duffer Staff Writer

Shy Tuttle, highly-touted freshman from Lexington, North Carolina, and one of 10 early enrollees, speaks to media about high expectations.

Hayley Pennesi • The Daily Beacon

Notebook: Early enrollees face high expectations for 2015 season Jonathan Toye

Sports Editor

Early Expectations As soon as early enrollee Shy Tuttle walked through the doors of the team meeting room in the Anderson Training Center, the consensus four-star defensive tackle was greeted with a host of flashing cameras and inquisitive reporters.

Yet, the media’s eagerness to speak with 6-2, 305 Lexington, North Carolina Native should come as no surprise.

Ever since his commitment to Tennessee on September 26th, there was chatter that Tuttle’s talent might help form a defensive line that could terrorize opposing offensive lines in 2015.

The chatter has since grown into a clamor after true freshman defensive end Derek Barnett recorded 10 sacks during the 2014 season and high school standout defensive end Kyle Phillips committed to Tennessee during the Army All-American Bowl on January 3rd.

But when asked whether he and fellow early enrollee Phillips ever discuss the possibility of becoming the next great defensive line duo at Tennessee, Tuttle stated the conversations between him and Phillips don’t usually go in that direction.

“We aren’t really talking much about football, we are just hanging out,” Tuttle said. “I mean we talked about it a little, but we just talk more as friends than recruits.”

Phillips opined that the defensive line could be good if each member poured in hard work.

“I think this group can do really well,” Phillips said.

“We still have a lot of work to do. There are a lot of high expectations for our freshmen class, but we have to put in work in the classroom and on the field just to show you guys how good we can be. As the season

progresses, we’ll see how it goes. We have, definitely, enough talent to be as good as people say, but we still have to work hard to get to that point.”

Fellow early enrollee and defensive end Andrew Butcher was more bold when offering his opinion on the 2015 defensive line’s ceiling.

“I think it is going to be one of the best of all time if we just keep our heads on straight and continue to work at it,” Butcher said. “I mean we talk all the time about working together and how special it is going to be and we are really looking forward to it.”

Commenting on Committing Every early enrollee provided a similar answer when asked why he decided to attend UT. The enrollees praised the way the Tennessee coaching staff develops relationships with players.

“They talk about life instead of just football all the time,” Butcher said. “(They) get to know you as a person instead of just a football player.”

Phillips echoed similar sentiments on the coaching staff.

“It was so exciting just to see how the coaches take care of the players,” Phillips said. “And how much they care about the players just not on the field, but off the field as well. They want you to succeed in every aspect in life.”

Extra Point When asked whether he played in the backfield in high school, Tuttle admitted that he played fullback when his team was close to the goal line.

He even scored six touchdowns in his junior year and two in his senior year when playing the fullback position.

Tuttle didn’t object to the idea of occasionally playing in the backfield in college “I liked to (play fullback),” Tuttle said with a chuckle.

“That would be fun.”

If anyone were to talk to Sean Karl at any point of his life, they wouldn’t know he was sick.

He didn’t want that to be the legacy he left.

On Nov. 16, 2014, men’s tennis player Sean Karl passed away after his twoyear battle with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare type of bone and tissue cancer.

He was 20 years old.

Sean learned about his cancer in October 2012, after experiencing back pain at a tennis tournament.

The cancer wouldn’t stop Sean from signing with Tennessee, though. A month later, he signed with the Vols to a standing ovation in his hometown of Ravenwood.

Word of Sean’s cancer and his relentless fighting spirit spread throughout the tennis world. Whether it was junior tennis teams or high school teams writing “Pray for Sean” on their shoe laces, or a get-well video from Roger Federer and a signed racquet from Rafael Nadal, everyone around the tennis world supported Sean.

“His character as a whole was incredibly sound,” Karl’s former roommate Brandon Fickey said. “If he could do anything to brighten your day, he was gonna do it. That’s one thing I really admire about him … He would make sure you were okay before he worried about himself.”

If you asked anyone who had ever met Sean, they would all remember one thing above all - his smile. He never wanted people to feel sorry for him. It was one of his qualities that made his character so inspiring.

“With Sean, he was understated as a person, and he was so consistent with who he was, it is so genuine when we say that he was a great human being,” head coach Sam Winterbotham said.

“He impacted us the way he lived his life, the way he met his challenges.

The things you would always teach as a coach, teach as a parent, he did that.

He lived that.”

Sean fought his cancer the best he could. He never gave up. During the 2014 season, Sean came back from treatment and traveled to watch his team beat Duke in the NCAA Championships.

“He brought people to him because he was always so positive,” teammate Mikelis Libietis said.

“It was nice to be around a guy like that for two years, and I learned a lot • Sean Karl from him.”

“Anyone that knew him knew what a fighter he was on the court, and those of us close to his battle knew what a fighter he was off the court,” Hunter Reese said. “Everyone remembers the Sean that was on the court, and I think that’s how he would like it. He wouldn’t want to be remembered any other way … I knew him and we were friends, but it’s a different level when you’re teammates with someone … Just watching him fight and practice every day, I couldn’t pick one memory as my favorite with Sean.”

A piece of Karl will now be etched into this program, as Court 1 inside the Goodfriend Tennis Center will be named “Sean Karl Court.”

As for Karl’s teammates, they agree that he will be on their minds as they prepare for the upcoming 2015 tennis season.

“We’re not going to use him as a crutch or an excuse as to why we won or lost,” Fickey said. “He wouldn’t want that.”

“We can’t say we’re playing for Sean,” Libietis said. “We’re playing with Sean.”

Sean Karl didn’t know he would leave a legacy behind. He just loved to play tennis. He was more than just a tennis player, though.

“You’ve got a group of young men who went through something that young people shouldn’t go through,” Winterbotham said. “We don’t know what tomorrow comes, but we do know that Sean had an impact on our lives. I cannot understate or overstate it that he was a great human being, and it was our privilege to have him here.”

His memory, his toughness, and his entire life will be remembered forever here at the University of Tennessee. He was an inspiration.

Sean Karl is, and always will be, a crowning achievement of the Tennessee Volunteer family.

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SPORTS

The Daily Beacon • Thursday, January 15, 2015

Lady Vols look to keep winning streak alive as they take on Auburn

Former Lady Vol Meighan Simmons during UT’s game against Auburn on Feb. 20, 2014. Tennessee has won its last seven contests against Auburn. • File photo

Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer

After two consecutive losses earlier in the season to Chattanooga and Texas, the Lady Vols knew things had to change.

“We had a lot of team meetings after those back-to-back losses,” senior point guard Ariel Massengale said. “We had to change our mindset. We know we aren’t going to be able to outscore people every night and that means we have to get stops. Our program is built on defense and rebounding. We just went back to the basics.”

Since dropping a, 72-59, contest to the now No. 4 Longhorns on Nov. 30, Holly Warlick’s team has put together a 10-game win streak that includes four wins over top-20 teams.

The Lady Vols (14-2, 4-0 SEC) have surged to No. 6 in the rankings over the past month and carry a great deal of confidence on the road with them when they face Auburn (9-8, 0-4) on Thursday night.

“We are playing with a lot of confidence right now,” freshman guard Alexa Middleton said.

“Our offense has been doing well. We played a close game with Arkansas, but we came out with a win. Coach said she’d rather take an ugly win than a pretty loss. We are on a roll and we know that each game is the next task at hand.

We have to come in and focus and I think we are doing that.”

While the Tigers are still in search of its first conference win and have lost five straight, senior Hasina Muhammad will be a force to reckon with for the Lady Vols.

The 6-foot-1 athletic guard has been hard to stop in SEC play so far, as she has averaged

17.3 points and blocked 13 shots in her first four conference games. Her 2.18 blocks per game this season rank her in the top-50 in women’s basketball.

Muhammad scored a season-high 26 points (8-of-18 FG, 10-10 FT) and recorded three blocks and three steals in a, 77-58, loss to No. 1 South Carolina on Jan. 2.

“Muhammad is just outstanding,” third-year head coach Holly Warlick said. “That kid can get a shot off and make a shot anytime she wants.

She is extremely athletic and we will have to try and do our best to shut her down.”

Tennessee has yet to allow an opponent to score more than 60 points in conference play and they have won the turnover battle, 56-49.

“Our key is taking care of the basketball,” Warlick said. “They like to press a lot and sometimes for 40 minutes. If we can take care of the basketball and have the opportunity to score in the halfcourt game and not turn it over it will be big for us.”

Massengale will look to keep contributing in big ways as the team’s sixth man, as over the past four games she has averaged 14 points per game and is shooting over 40 percent from 3-point territory.

The senior guard leads the Lady Vols with 12.3 points per game and has connected on 33 threes in just 15 games.

“Anytime you go on the road in the SEC it’s going to be a tough night,” Massengale said.

“We know going into Auburn that we have to be prepared. They are going to get after us for 40 minutes and we have to bring our ‘A’ game.”

Tennessee has won its last seven contests against Auburn and leads the all-time series, 39-10. Tip-off is schedule for 8 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN3.