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Smokey’s Pantry is located in the Tyson House, on Melrose Pl. behind Massey Hall. Alex Phillips • The Daily Beacon

Smokey’s Pantry offers free food for those in need Travis Dorman Contributor

Tyson House campus ministry is opening UT’s first ever on-campus food pantry.

Starting Jan. 24, Smokey’s Pantry will be open every Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. So UT students, faculty and staff members who struggle to make ends meet can supplement their food supplies with complimentary groceries.

Robin Lovett, an intern at Tyson House, came up with the idea of opening an on-campus food pantry due to her own experience.

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“I was a low-income student at UT, and there were weeks where I didn’t have enough to eat,” Lovett said. “At the end of the week, I would have taken a whole lot of bananas from PCB and things like that. It was hard, and it made school a lot harder.”

Lovett explained that a surprisingly large number of people on campus suffer from food insecurity. Students who have families or children, low-income students and nontenured faculty members often find themselves without enough food to eat at the end of the day.

Smokey’s Pantry is aiming to fix that.

Rev. John Tirro, chaplain of the Tyson

House, said that the ministry has offered home-cooked dinners and held worship services every Sunday evening for the past twelve years.

“Feeding people is very much part of our DNA,” Tirro said. “We don’t ask qualifying questions. We don’t ask for proof of income or anything like that. Anyone who can’t make ends meet, anyone who can’t afford enough to eat at the end of the week — they’re welcome to come by.”

Tirro is not worried about people taking advantage of the no-questions-asked system.

“People abuse every system no matter what you try to do,” Tirro said. “We’re

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focused on caring for people … a lot of times you treat people like they’re trustworthy, and they are.”

The primary donor to the new food ministry is Fish Hospitality Pantries, started by Jim Wright 30 years ago. Fish Hospitality Pantries has three food pantries in Knoxville: one in east Knoxville, one in south Knoxville and one on Scott Avenue that serves people west of Broadway Street.

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SMOKEY’S PANTRY continued from Page 1 “The idea of a pantry coming into the campus community that’s accessible to students and UT employees is interesting to us, so we’re donating the first thousand pounds of food today to help kick this thing off,” Wright said. “We want everybody in our community to get enough to eat. A lot of people don’t think of students as having issues with food, but they do.

So we are pleased to support Smokey’s Pantry.”

The community has also done its part to help support the effort. Members of various churches donated boxes full of food, and Messiah Lutheran Church donated all of its shelving units and food when their own food pantry closed down this week.

“Every time we’re on the news, they ask what we need, and we tell them,” Tirro said. “It seems like as soon as people hear about it, they want to help because they care about students, and they want them to be able to focus on learning. They want them to feel loved.”

John Wright (left) and Robin Lovett (right) helped organize the first delivery for Smokey’s Pantry. Alex Phillips • The Daily Beacon

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State lawmakers gave insight on their plans for the University of Tennessee’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion this Saturday as part of the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists’ annual legislative preview luncheon.

The luncheon was moderated by John Becker of WBIR-TV, Channel 10 and featured a panel of 12 state representatives and state senators answering questions submitted by attending journalists.

One audience member asked the panel “how serious” the lawmakers are about executing a full legislative review of UT-Knoxville’s diversity office.

State representative Martin Daniel, R-Knoxville, responded first and said that the office has “gotten out of hand.”

“It’s spooled [sic] over and taken on this life of its own … spilling over to other areas such as transgender rights, gay and lesbian issues, that sort of thing,” Martin said.

In late August, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion gathered national attention for an online release said to be implementing the use of gender neutral pronouns on campus.

State Senator Becky Duncan Massey, R-Knoxville, said her constituents’ initial reactions to the release was to “take away the money,” but Massey offered a different solution.

“What are the good things the (diversity office) is doing? All businesses and organizations should have goals,” Massey said.

“Hopefully by bringing that to light, it will get (the office) more in line with doing the things that really are their core values.”

Legislators requested the mission statement and budget of the diversity program be reevaluated and the salary of vice chancellor for diversity Rickey Hall be justified.

“What does a diversity guy do all day?” asked state representative Bill Dunn, R-Knoxville.

“You’ll find there’s a lot of travel and going to conferences to hear what people are doing in other states,” Dunn said. “Then you have to come back and justify a six figure income. Then it’s, ‘Let’s throw something on our website, because we haven’t put something on there in a while.’”

In December, vice chancellor of diversity Rickey Hall released a statement on the diversity website asking students and faculty to be mindful of the religious diversity on campus to promote an inclusive holiday season.

The post was met with opposition and calls from some Tennessee legislators for the resignation of Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and vice chancellor Hall.

The calls for resignation subsided in following weeks after the post was replaced on the website and Cheek released a statement that Hall had been “counseled.”

Ron Leadbetter, retired associate for the general council at the University of Tennessee,

served as the university’s attorney following civil rights cases from 1972 to 1999, working with faculty to prohibit discrimination.

For Leadbetter, the posts from August and December were “a waste of everybody’s time and money.”

Leadbetter instead offered two goals the Office of Diversity and Inclusion could pursue in order to align itself with core values: be a welcoming campus and maintain the affirmative action office.

“Let people know we are a welcome campus — that we welcome people from all different backgrounds,” Leadbetter said. “You don’t have to get into details. You don’t have to say, ‘We welcome people from Spain or people who are black.’ Just say, ‘We welcome all who qualify for tuition.’ Period.”

The affirmative action office Leadbetter mentioned is presently known as the Office of Equity and Diversity, which “investigates complaints of discrimination filed on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability or covered veteran status,” according to the office’s website.

“That’s the only legitimate role for those handling diversity,” Leadbetter stated. He later made another statement regarding vice chancellor Halls’ position as diversity leader as “useless.”

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Accelerated law program shaves year off law school Travis Dorman Contributor

When it comes to college, six is definitely better than seven.

As a part of UT’s College of Law’s new accelerated law program, “UT 3+3,” students of The College of Arts and Sciences can now obtain both a bachelor of sciences degree and a Juris doctor degree in six years — one year less than what was previously required.

After completing three years of planned undergraduate coursework in the college of arts and sciences, participating students can apply for entry to the College of Law, insuring first they have an undergraduate GPA of at least a 3.5 and a Law School Admissions Test score of 160.

Credits that students earn from a successful first year of law school then count as elective credits to complete their bachelor of sciences degrees.

From there, law students must endure only two more years of studies in order to obtain a Juris doctor degree,

enabling them to finish school in six years and save a year’s worth of tuition in the process.

Alex Long, associate dean for academic affairs and professor of law, sees the 3+3 program as a means to acquire a highly sought degree in a more reasonable time-frame.

“The university and the law school attract the best students, and the students are getting the deal of being able to go to law school early without having to pay a year of tuition,” Long said.

While some students may see the program as a step in the right direction, some have also expressed concerns that the program may have unforeseen drawbacks.

Rachel Wallace, a second-year law school student, worries that 3+3 students may not take law school seriously enough.

“The first year of law school is overwhelming,” Wallace said, who views the stark contrast between undergraduate and law education as an important aspect of her college experience.

“I had fun my last semester, which I

think is a good idea for anyone about to go to law school, because when you come here, that’s kind of over. You have to get serious your first day.”

Katie Yoches, a UT law student who completed her bachelor’s degree at Harding University in three years due to AP credits, explained from firsthand experience how getting into law school a year early can work as a disadvantage.

“The one thing that I find hard is that I don’t think fast enough, or that I’m not on the same level intellectually as everyone else because I’m younger,” Yoches said. “A lot of people want to hire older, more experienced lawyers, and the fact that I’m younger — it could be a deterrent for some people.”

For Long, aspiring 3+3 students must decide they want to go to law school relatively early on in their undergraduate careers.

“They have to be mindful of the courses that they’re taking,” Long said.

“They have to do some planning ahead of time. They’ll be missing out on some electives that they otherwise could have taken.”

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LUNCHEON continued from Page 2 The fate of UT’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion is unsure, but the legislators are adamant about discussing the concerns in length this term.

Also discussed at the meeting was a bill currently in the legislature on charges for public records. The 12 panelists unanimously agreed against raising the cost of requesting open records for citizens.

Sen. Ken Yager, R-Kingston, spoke of a common belief that increasing charges on open records would threaten transparency of government.

“I do believe there is a reasonable charge counties can make whenever they charge for copies, but to ask to charge for labor to look up something would really have a chilling effect on peoples’ rights to know,” Yager said. “The government belongs to the people, so it’s really their documents.”

The legislators gave a preview on other issues expected to surface or resurface this term, including Governor Bill Haslam’s Insure Tennessee proposal, gas tax increases, open carry gun restrictions in schools and the policy for assigning superintendents to local schools.

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The Bijou Awards are here again!

Jake Albright

Contributor

On Saturday night, the fourth annual Bijou Awards continued its tradition of bringing out the best in local talent, but this year, the awards also celebrated a local hero.

This youth talent competition allowed students from Knox and its surrounding counties to contribute a five-dollar audition fee in hopes of coming out with a $1,000 scholarship and a $500 reward going to the participant’s school or organization of his or her choice.

Because of an anonymous donation to the theater and the recent tragedy that happened in the Knox County School system, the evening was devoted to Fulton High School sophomore Zaevion Dobson.

Dobson was killed a week before Christmas in an incident that left him shielding three young girls from gunfire. The announcement was followed by a moment of silence in his honor.

“We weren’t sure how it would mix.

(The Bijou Awards) with singers and actors, and Zaevion, a football player,” event coordinator Jay Apking said. “It’s all about celebrating the greatness in our high schools and youth.”

The event showcased the talent of students in five different categories: male acting, female acting, male singing, female singing, with these first four categories covering high school talent and rising star, a category devoted to students in the middle school age range.

Saturday night kicked off with an introduction from the MC’s, who stated the schedule for the evening. The showcase was split into five blocks with each block containing one participant from each category. The participants ranged from students as young as seventh grade through seniors in high school.

In between each of these blocks, the judges deliberated and tallied the scores for each performer. Jed Diamond, head of acting at UT, was just one of six judges for the talent competition along with Abigail Langham and Casey Sams, associate professors within UT’s theatre department.

“Picking the winners in the Bijou

All of the performers have worked so hard, and of course, we want to recognize all of them.”

Jed Diamond, Head of Acting at UT

Awards is both fun and, at times, challenging,” Diamond said. “All of the performers have worked so hard, and of course, we want to recognize all of them.”

Ultimately the winners were chosen as follows: Rising Star —Heather Bohan from Farragut Middle, Male Acting — Jackson Mullins from Webb, Female Acting — Marybeth Davis from Grace Christian

Academy, Male Singing — Matthew Cleveland from Grace Christian Academy and Female Singing — Erykah Carter from L&N Stem Academy.

This year’s awards had a great turnout.

According to the Bijou Theatre management, this was the biggest turnout for the competition to date.

“Each year, we gain more and more momentum because the talent showcased on the U.S. Cellular Stage at the Bijou Theatre is one-of-a-kind,” Development Manager at the Bijou Theater Amanda Womac said.

Apking, the brains behind the operation from the very beginning, also expressed his excitement for the growth of the show.

“For the first couple of years, we didn’t need the balcony (of the theatre). Now it’s getting full,” Apking shared.

All of the money that was raised from this event, through audition fees, ticket sales, scholarships and a grant given by The Tennessee Arts Commission, will go towards rewards and scholarships in future Bijou Awards.

The show is trying to adapt to include more talent in the near future.

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Clarence Brown Theatre managing director named one of Knoxville’s “40 Under Forty” Megan Patterson Arts & Culture Editor

Nearly three years after David Byrd arrived in Knoxville as the new Managing Director of Clarence Brown Theatre, Greater Knoxville Business Journal named Byrd one of Knoxville’s rising stars.

Early in January, the publication released a list of Knoxville’s “40 Under Forty,” young local leaders nominated by their community for their efforts. Byrd joined the ranks due to an appointment from Georgiana Vines, immediate past chair of the Clarence Brown Theatre Advisory Board.

Vines spoke highly of Byrd’s expansion of the theatre, from higher tickets sales and numbers of subscribers to community engagement programs. According to Vines, diversity became a “core value of the theatre under David B. Byrd’s leadership,” with many of his initiatives involving both diversity and outreach.

Part of this community interaction included developing relationships with the Knoxville Area Urban League, Knoxville Jewish Alliance and the Knox County Public Library.

“With the Urban League, he has worked to engage more youth in the theatre, arranging for several students to attend a summer camp and for a behind-the-scenes tour of the theatre program,” Vines said.

This combination of business savvy and community leadership is exactly what the Greater Knoxville Business Journal looks for in nominations. According to Shelley Kimel, multimedia journalist at the Greater Knoxville Business Journal, candidates must have a resume of both personal and professional interest in order to be considered for admission to the “40 Under Forty” program.

For Byrd, having this sort of dual interest in mind is integral to working at the Clarence Brown Theatre, due to its posi-

tion as a professional theatre in a teaching institution.

“There’s a constant tug back and forth between our academic and professional missions, but when theatre is at its very best, it’s a collaborative art form,” Byrd explained. “So I think these two things work out very well, and we’re able to provide a remarkable experience for our graduates.”

The experience Byrd strives to give UT students is similar to one that jump-started his own career as a graduate student at Yale School of Drama. The “Master Teacher,” as students called the Yale Repertory Theatre, was also a professional company within a University, where Byrd pursued his master’s degree while on staff.

Byrd was drawn to Clarence Brown Theatre’s similar mission of education combined with professional, artistic pursuits, but he planned to expand the theatre’s educational potential beyond the university itself.

“Community engagement is a two-way street, and I’ve spent a lot of my time since I’ve been here working with my community to really connect,” Byrd said. “It’s interesting, because you have to do it in a way that doesn’t alienate your instant, mostly local community, which is that of the university.”

An attitude of inclusion led Byrd to adopt access programs, such as becoming the only open-captioning performance theatre in the state. The Clarence Brown also participated in Blue Star Theatre to provide resources for veterans and active duty military families.

For the rest of his time here at UT, Byrd hopes to expand on his current goals and continue integrating the community into his theatre.

“I would love nothing more than for the Clarence Brown Theatre’s name to be synonymous with accessible theatre that actively engages the community,” Byrd said.

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Around Rocky Top

Warm hearted groups plunge into the Tennessee River to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee on Saturday, Jan. 16.

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What I learned from Dr. King Maria Smith

Bleeding Orange, Being Different

When I was in kindergarten, I lied to my best friend Abby while we were in route to a field trip.

As we casually passed by a cemetery on the way to our destination, I told her that my grandfather, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was buried at that location (which I had just seen for the first time). I remember telling her how I missed him so much, because he did so many good things. Did I know what those things were? I only had the slightest idea. After all, what five-year-old knows the legitimacy of Civil Rights?

All I knew was that this man’s name was associated with powerful actions that changed society. He seemed like a great guy from the slight discussions I had heard about him, so why not claim him as my own? I had no idea the depths of this man’s work as a leader, but I knew that I wanted to identify with it.

At the age of five, the best way I knew to associate myself with this new found wonder was to lie and claim him as a relative, so that whatever good things he did would rub off on me.

I was reminded of this memory Saturday when I participated in the Center of Leadership and Service’s 2016 Clifton M. Jones Student Leadership Conference and MLK Jr. Day of Service. The day had more to offer than just acts of community involvement. Along with group activities at various locations, the day of service also included seminars regarding leadership development and influence inside and outside of our individual campus organizations. One of the common themes expressed was that of identity.

The concept of identity can be easily associated with Dr. King’s documented pursuits of achieving a widespread, nondiscriminatory dream. We can see his broad approach to Civil Rights as focusing on the individual and how they would help contribute to the cause rather than pointing fingers at those who may not agree. To do that, individuals first have to identify themselves. This is something we who make up this college community have to do as well if we genuinely want to make Rocky Top the top spot for diversity acceptance and inclusion. Knowing how you see yourself in a society that doesn’t necessarily see you is a key component in knowing how to address developing problems. Likewise, knowing how to see others in a society where they tend to be overlooked is necessary to truly create innovative change.

Instead of just talking about the problems, Dr. King put actions behind his words, and for us to create a legitimately culturally appreciative campus community, we must do the same. The fight for Civil Rights extended beyond equal treatment. It also stood for acknowledgement of individual identification. This was a time when discriminated people wanted to be seen as more than documented citizens. They wanted to be seen as actual people who had their own stories, feelings, families and rights just like the next person of a different complexion.

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The fight for Civil Rights extended beyond equal treatment. It also stood for acknowledgement of individual identification.”

In this day and age, while some of us are currently at the beginning of our societal enlightenment, we are able to see that discrimination is not limited to complexion and culture, but all the other aspects of diversity such as sexuality, finances, religion and more. With that in mind, we must be aware of our certain aspects of privilege that do not only come from one’s complexion, finance and education, but also from being a native of a modernized Western society. We have to see others for all that they are.

With so many things to think about alongside lessons derived from our past and currently advocating for change, where do we start? There’s so much to do with so little time and so many people in the world. How will our advocacy as Volunteers reach our distant friends in other states and countries? To be honest, we must first start with ourselves. Through self-identification and external education, so many false claims and unnecessary biases can be eliminated before they rise to the surface. If we start here, then we can create a more nurturing and understanding campus community that is attentive to the needs of diversity and inclusion.

Next, we have to become active both inside and outside of our campus. We must go further to be better because the issues of diversity do not stop here. The day of activities presented by the Center of Leadership and Service is a perfect example of how one group of unified individuals with a common goal can further educate themselves while also helping to spread a common idea of unity in hopes to initiate change.

If Dr. King taught us anything, it is that even the most challenging trials can be overcome; we just have to choose somewhere to start.

Maria Smith is a sophomore in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at msmit304@ vols.utk.edu.

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“Cold As Ice” Foreigner

“Ice Ice Baby” Vanilla Ice

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“Winter” Judas Priest

“Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow” Frank Zappa

“Snowblind”

Black Sabbath

“Stone Cold” Rainbow

“Snowballed” ACDC

“Sweater Weather” The Neighbourhood

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As Hollywood becomes more diverse, the Oscars remain blindingly white.

Elle Johnson I Learned Something Today

“Welcome to the 87th Oscars. Tonight, we honor Hollywood’s best and whitest.”

(Pause a beat) “Sorry … brightest.”

The tongue-in-cheek joke made by host Neil Patrick Harris to open last year’s Academy Awards certainly rang true then, but this year, it feels more cemented in a reality that should no longer be laughed about.

I love award shows. Anyone who knows me well enough can tell you all about the undeniable thrill I get when the nominees are finally announced. I don’t care much for the prancing about of irrelevant celebrities in their one-of-a-kind designer gowns, but seeing the rare appreciation and acknowledgement of a true work of art through acting, film, television, stage or music that perhaps wasn’t the box office or chart topping hit really does make me feel like there is some good out there in a pretty dim world.

With the clear snub of actor David Oyelowo and director Ava DuVernay for their work in “Selma” in last year’s Oscars, people became notably aware and vocal about the lack of diversity present in the Oscars and most competitive award shows.

After a truly rousing and moving performance of “Glory” by Common and John Legend during the ceremony, we all sat on our couches hoping it would bring home a win. But what few of us likely knew is that it would only be the 32nd time in 87 years of the Academy Awards that a black person had walked away with a competitive award.

Just over a week ago, the Golden Globes aired,

and I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of diversity in the nominations and wins, with recognition going to artists of various race, ethnicity and age, plus a few nods to extremely underrated works here and there. Typically, the Golden Globes are seen as a precursor and predictor of who will be nominated for the Academy Awards the next month, and I, like many others, was hopeful that this could be the year that the awards show, plagued by the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag, would begin to reclaim itself.

Boy, was I wrong.

All 20 acting nominations went to white actors.

In addition, no black directors were nominated, nor was a diversity-centric film recognized in hopes of winning Best Picture. The lack of diversity this year is too large to miss, and people are talking.

In a digital content analysis performed by Amobee Brand Intelligence, the most discussed snubs of this year’s Oscar ceremony go to Netflix’s critically acclaimed “Beasts of No Nation,” a war drama based in Africa, and it’s leading actor, Idris Elba. In addition, “Creed” and “Straight Outta Compton,” both better critically reviewed than some Best Picture nominees, failed to receive recognition, as well as acclaimed performances by Michael B. Jordan and Will Smith in “Creed” and “Concussion,” respectively.

But, hey! Having black comedian and actor Chris Rock host the ceremony makes it all okay, right? Not really.

The importance of art after death Summer Awad

Quite Contrary

I don’t know a lot about Harry Potter.

I tried to catch up in high school and got through part of the fifth book, but I never found the motivation to finish the series. So, when Alan Rickman died last week and my Facebook news feed was filled with crying face emojis, I had no idea what was going on.

“Oh, another celebrity died this week,” I said to myself as I scrolled down to more interesting news. As it turns out, the more interesting news was actually Alan Rickman’s off-screen life.

In addition to being a remarkable actor, Alan Rickman was also a very outspoken advocate for Palestinian human rights. Rickman edited and directed a play to raise awareness about the life and death of Rachel Corrie, an American college student and member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer while protesting a house demolition during the Second Intifada.

Along with journalist Katharine Viner, Rickman took Corrie’s diaries and emails and adapted them for the stage, titling the project “My Name is Rachel Corrie.” The play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2005 and has since been performed all over the world, drawing both praise from pro-Palestine activists and criticism

from prominent Zionists. Either way, though, it seems that the play made an impact.

Rickman’s death came at an interesting time for me. The day Rickman died was also the scheduled opening of my own pro-Palestine play, “WALLS: A Play for Palestine,” at UT’s Clarence Brown Lab Theatre. My play discusses my struggles growing up as a Palestinian American and learning about my Palestinian heritage. Although it is personal, it has the explicitly political aim of raising awareness about Israeli military occupation. On Thursday, I was nervous about how my play would be received. Would people be bored? Would they be angry and walk out? Would this play really make any sort of difference, or was it a waste of time?

Because of Rickman’s death, I was reminded on our opening day of Rachel Corrie and the impact of this piece of pro-Palestine theater. I had read Rickman’s play in preparation for my own writing, but I had never made the connection to such an influential actor.

As I scrolled through my Facebook feed, I saw an image of Rickman with a quote of his beside it: “Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.”

In a culture that so often devalues the arts and

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Last year, we saw Viola Davis become the first black woman to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and we called it progress. However, as defined by MerriamWebster dictionary, progress is “the process of improving or developing something over a period of time.” Progress is not a one-time act, nor is it an action that stops to take a break. Progress must be a continuous process that is constant, always growing and striving to shape new areas everyday.

Viola Davis’s performance was fully deserving of her Emmy, and I admire her acting every time I watch “How to Get Away with Murder.” However, to achieve real progress, we have to work and strive to reach this recognition in all fields at all times to ensure we come even close to achieving this diversity and equal opportunity that we discuss so fondly.

In 1968, at the dawn of the 40th Academy Awards, the ceremony was postponed for the very first time, due to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today, 48 years later, I urge the Academy and all those who hold power to extend equal opportunity to all to consider some of the late Dr. King’s words: “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it’s right.”

Elle Johnson is a sophomore in College Scholars.

She can be reached at ejohn100@vols.utk.edu

humanities by underfunding these departments at universities or pushing kids into medicine and engineering, I was reminded that art is still valued in some spheres of our society and that it is still being used for political good. I went into opening night feeling inspired by Rickman’s work and thinking of my own work as a way to honor his memory.

I can’t comment on Alan Rickman’s acting, but I can comment on his allyship. He knew what it meant to be an ally for the Palestinian people, and he used his talents to raise awareness about Israeli military brutality. Alan Rickman spoke for Palestine when he didn’t have to, and he used his artistic talents to do so. The solution to civil and human rights violations, from Palestine to Black Lives Matter, will require a cultural shift.

Art is uniquely positioned to bring about this change, and advocacy from well-known artists like Rickman will speed along the process. Thank you, Alan Rickman, for your art and for your activism.

Summer Awad is a a senior in College Scholars. She can be reached at sawad@vols.utk.edu.

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Undersized Vols to battle Vanderbilt’s giants Troy Provost-Heron Training Editor

In a matchup of size versus space, Rick Barnes would prefer to be on the side he is on.

When Vanderbilt (10-7, 2-3 SEC) pays a visit to Thompson-Boling Arena to face Tennessee (9-8, 2-3) on Wednesday (TV: SEC Network, 9:05 p.m.), it will do so with two probable starters listed at 7-foot or taller in Luke Kornet and Damian Jones.

Add 6-6 Jeff Roberson, and the Commodores will feature a potential starting lineup with three players taller than UT freshman forward Admiral Schofield, who is listed as the Vols’ tallest probable starter at 6-5.

Barnes, though, would rather have the challenge of facing Vanderbilt’s size than UT’s fourguard lineup composed of Kevin Punter Jr., Devon Baulkman, Detrick Mostella, Robert Hubbs III and Schofield. “I’ll tell you, I always coached big teams at Texas,â€? Barnes said Monday. “We had big teams, and we never enjoyed playing against smaller teams that could stretch the floor ‌ I’d rather play against a big team that likes to pound it inside to the post. “I think you can defend that a little bit easier than a team that spreads you out and moves the

ball, can shoot it and get big guys away from the basket,� Barnes said. “A lot of big players don’t enjoy being that far away from the basket. They don’t like being moved around very much.�

Regardless of height, offense has not been the problem for the Vols, ranking third in the SEC at 79.6 points per game.

It is on defense where Vanderbilt’s size advantage worries UT. “When we go to the defensive end, (playing with a smaller lineup is) much harder because we’ve just got to go double-team. Then when we get a ball screen, we’ve got to read it,� Mostella said. “It’s just a lot more movement than regular defense.�

Last season, against a defense that allowed 12 points per game less than UT allows this season (76.4), Kornet torched the Vols for 21 points on 6-of-7 shooting, including 5-of-6 from three, in Vanderbilt’s 73-65 victory over UT in Knoxville on Feb. 26, 2015.

With their small lineup, the Vols know that Kornet’s skillset provides a difficult challenge. “It would be like you at five feet trying to guard me at six feet,� Barnes said. “I’m just looking over top of you, like ‘What are you doing down there?’ That’s what it’s like. We don’t really have anyone that can get up there. Kyle (Alexander’s) length is close and Ray (Kasongo) maybe, but (Kornet) looks over everybody.

That’s why he’s so effective on the perimeter.

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Armani Moore for a second consecutive game after a sprained right ankle sidelined him for UT’s 80-75 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday. “I haven’t seen him today, and we were off yesterday,� Barnes said. “(His ankle) was swollen. It’s like life — it’s day-to-day.�

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Barnes wants focus on players, not orange blazers Troy Provost-Heron Copy Editor

Rick Barnes is big on tradition.

Well, not all traditions.

With Vanderbilt (10-7, 2-3 SEC) set to visit Tennessee (9-8, 2-3) inside Thompson-Boling Arena on Wednesday (TV: SEC Network, 9:05 p.m.), the first-year UT coach was not overly enthused about traversing the sidelines in an orange blazer.

“I appreciate tradition, but the one thing I don’t ever want is this program to be about me,” Barnes said Monday. “I don’t want people coming to the game wondering if I’m going to wear an orange blazer … I’m not the University of Tennessee basketball program.”

Former Tennessee coach Ray Mears, who coached the Vols from 1962-77, was the first to usher in the tradition of wearing the orange blazer against UT’s two biggest rivals, Vanderbilt and Kentucky.

After Mears left, the orange jacket went away for 28 years before Bruce Pearl (2005-11) brought it back in 2006. Both Cuonzo Martin (2011-14) and Donnie Tyndall (2014-15) wore the orange blazer during their tenures at UT. Barnes did not completely dismiss the idea

of wearing the jacket, stating that one condition could keep the tradition alive. He did, however, mention that he does not have one at the moment.

“If I’m going to do something to ‘bring attention to me,’” Barnes said, “somebody needs to promise me that they’ll auction that jacket to make a lot of money for a charity here in town.”

Barnes, though, has been fond of other past UT traditions.

On Nov. 9, 2015, Barnes announced that the Vols would begin running through the “T” again, a custom that had not occurred in nearly a decade.

But the orange blazer tradition, at least in Barnes’ eyes, diverts the focus from where it needs to be: the university and the players.

If Barnes opts not to wear the orange jacket, it would not be the first time this season he has made a change to put more emphasis on his players.

After the Vols’ season-opener against UNC Asheville on Nov. 13, Barnes asked that his name be removed from pre-game introductions. Barnes’ name hasn’t been announced before a game since.

“I think this is a great university,” Barnes said. “You look at what Chris Lofton did and

Dale Ellis, Ernie Grunfeld and Bernard King.

There are so many more stories about players that should be told, more so than what I wear and what I don’t wear.”

The player-first philosophy is one that Barnes grew used to growing up in Hickory, North Carolina, 149 miles away from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where coaching legend Dean Smith built a program off of that reasoning. “(Smith) was a guy who, back when press guides were important, never put his face on the front of it,” Barnes said. “When you used to open those press guides up, the first thing you’d open to is the coaching staff, and then the administrators and down the line. He was the first guy to put the players first. I thought that was great because he’s right.”

Barnes is hoping that one day this UT basketball program can resemble Smith’s Tar Heel product in every aspect.

“I don’t want anyone to think I’m disrespecting (tradition), it’s just that we want to take this program to the highest heights it can go, and I think it can go to the top,” Barnes said.

“When it is, I still want it to be about the University of Tennessee and the players because they are the ones that are going to Cuonzo Martin • File Photo get it there.”

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Tamika Catchings continues to build legacy after Lady Vols Trenton Duffer Copy Editor

In an article in the Baltimore Sun published on March 31, 1998, just two days after Pat Summitt’s Lady Vols capped off a 39-0 season by stomping then No. 4 Louisiana Tech 93-75 in the NCAA championship game, writer Milton Kent called the 97-98 Lady Vols team the “most athletic team the game has ever seen.” Even to this day, many regard that team of all-stars as one of the greatest basketball teams to ever take the court in either men’s or women’s basketball.

There were two All-Americans on that 97-98 powerhouse team — Chamique Holdsclaw and Tamika Catchings.

Winning All-American honors all four years of college helped Catchings move into the WNBA with virtual ease, being taken by the Indiana Fever with the third overall pick in 2001. She would end up missing the entire 2001 season because of an ACL tear, before debuting in 2002.

And now, 14 years later, a player that many consider the WNBA’s version of Kobe Bryant, Catchings is calling it a career after the 2016 season ends for the Fever.

“It’s been a ride, and it’s been fun.

But I know now’s the time to move on,” Catchings said. “My goal (before retirement) is to just be the best teammate and the best player I can possibly be.”

To call one of the Lady Vols’ “Three Meeks” (Chamique Holdsclaw, Semeka Randall and Tamika Catchings herself) anything less than one of the most game-changing basketball players of alltime would be a drastic understatement.

Coupled with her All-American honors throughout all four years of college at UT, Catchings won SEC Freshman of the Year in 1997, along with the Naismith National Player of the Year trophy and an ESPY for College Player of the Year in 2000. Add a couple of NCAA titles in the mix (97-98 and 99-00), and you’ve got one of the most decorated athletes in history.

And that was just in college.

“I can remember that every practice was physically exhausting,” Catchings said when asked about the practices that she went through in college. “Almost every day, someone would leave bloodied or bruised. During games, we played close and together. During practice, it was almost like we hated each other.”

After tearing her ACL in the 17th game of the Lady Vols’ 2000-2001 season, Catchings entered the WNBA with the Fever and sat out the entire 2001 season after being taken third overall in the draft. In 2002, Catchings fought back to grab the WNBA Rookie of the Year trophy while also finishing runnerup to the WNBA MVP and Defensive Player of the Year.

Throughout her illustrious career, Catchings raked in 10 All-Star honors, five Defensive Player of the Year trophies, one MVP trophy in 2011, and a WNBA title and Finals MVP in 2012.

The Duncanville High School graduate even made news this week as she won yet another award. This time, Catchings became the first woman in history to win the 11th Annual National Civil Rights Museum Sports Legacy Award, one of the most prestigious awards an African-American athlete can receive.

After touring the National Civil Rights Museum, Catchings admitted

Almost everyday, someone would leave bloodied or bruised. During practice, it was almost like we hated each other.”

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that she was overcome with emotion at the magnitude of the award and the abuse that her father, NBA star Harvey Catchings, went through.

But what Catchings feels is her greatest accomplishment in all these years of playing is her ability to give back to people off the court.

In an interview with ESPN on Jan. 17, 2001, Catchings was asked the question: If you could be a cartoon character or super hero, who would you be and why?

Catchings thought a moment before saying, “Superman, because he always helps people.”

With her community outreach programs such as Catch The Stars, which helps the youth of the world reach their dreams by staying physically and mentally healthy, constantly growing,

the Fever forward has been given the opportunity with Grant Hill to choose 10 men and women basketball players to be a part of the 4th Annual Allstate Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Good Works Team.

This award, given to five members in both Division I men’s and women’s basketball and five members in divisions II, III and the NAIA, recognizes a player’s contributions to the community through volunteering and being involved in community projects.

Two University of Tennessee athletes have received nominations for the award. Armani Moore is one of 154 male athletes to be nominated while Lady Vol Andraya Carter is one of 103 female athletes to receive nomination. The combined 20 members of each team will be determined sometime in February.

Catchings said that she is honored to be a member of this selection committee.

“When I was offered the opportunity to be involved with the Good Works team, I immediately accepted,” Catchings said. “Throughout my life, I’ve wanted to give back. And these individuals have proven that they can do just that. I’m proud of each and every one of them.”

With a plethora of awards on her shelves and a career that one can only dream of soon to be behind her, Tamika Catchings admits that she would love to be a general manager once the 2016 Summer Olympics are over and she hangs up her jersey for the last time.

Whether she’s making a difference off the court or making baskets on the court, Tamika Catchings’ legacy will always be dotted with shades of orange.

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